Chapter 208 Li Guojian

However, he faintly figured out another meaning of Hong Zhen, investment, yes, Hong Zhen is making a gorgeous investment in him, putting all the future on him, once he soars, Hong Zhen will also follow the luck of the great increase, this is the initiative to find opportunities. "Words * love * first * hair

He showed outstanding talent, but his career was not all smooth sailing, and he even avoided fighting, Hong Zhen really dared to invest

Hong Zhen saw the playfulness on Wang Xiu's face, and seemed to understand his intentions, indeed, he was just doing a political investment. He watched Wang Xiu rise with his own eyes, leading the Wang family from the downfall to the right path, and in just two years, he completed the height that he had not reached for more than ten years, what a demon

What he heard the most in Shangshui County was that Wang Xiu's amazing actions in Tokyo, Long Fei Huangjia tenth, entered the Yanfu Palace to face the saint before he was conferred an official, the actual founder of the Prime Minister's Office of National Affairs, the initiator of the Imperial Song Bank and the Southeast Maritime Safety Bureau, and was posted by the Secret Pavilion as soon as he entered the official career, as well as the poems with a strange style from Tokyo, which made him look amazed.

Wang Xiu's actions made him decide after careful consideration, since his future is bleak, why not gamble on this strange man is just a thin master, and he can be tied up with Wang Xiu, not a petty official from the ninth grade.

"Uncle Ben, you don't have to resign as the master." Wang Xiu said lightly.

Hong Zhen shook his head and said with a playful smile: "I'm not resigning from the ranks, this lord is really boring." ”

Wang Xiu can basically be sure of Hong Zhen's sincerity, and there is basically no suspense in the investment, he has to admire Hong Zhen's determination, he nodded silently.

Since he is going to take office, he should bring his family with him, but Wang Xiu persuaded Youqin Moyan to stay, which made his family very incomprehensible.

How can anyone who is newly married leave his wife at home, according to the system, it will be three years, and Widow Li has also specially looked for Wang Xiu.

"Brother Xiu'er, you can't take your sister with you, how can there be someone like you, the newlywed Yan'er will keep her mother at home and go to the field alone." Wang Qingjiao was in front of Youqin Mo Yan and kept counting down Wang Xiu.

Wang Xiu is suffering words, he doesn't have Qin Mo Yan to take office, it's really hard, Jingdong is not a good place

The mess of that is in the ground is constantly fermenting, and it is very likely that turmoil will break out, well, it should be ironclad to brew into a riot, and he doesn't want to put Youqin Mo Yan in danger. Besides, he is serving as a supervisor this time, and he is not a big county, why take his wife to take office, it is better to let Youqin Mo Yan stay and help the eldest sister do business.

"Eldest sister, don't talk about my brother, I'm going to stay." Youqin Mo Yan pulled Wang Qing and said.

Wang Qingjiao glared at Youqin Mo Yan, looking like she hated iron but not steel, and complained: "Sister, he bullied you like this, you can bear it"

"My brother bullied me, eldest sister, my brother didn't take me to the post, there must be a reason for him, let's not make trouble for my brother."

Wang Xiu took a deep look at Youqin Mo Yan, deeply felt her knowledge, and said softly: "Sister, you and your eldest sister have to take care of business. Oh, eldest sister, I ask the eldest sister to bother about running the elementary school, and it doesn't take much space, there is the second brother and the third brother to help them, and the county's Hong Zhubo will also help."

Wang Qingmao glanced at Wang Xiu, frowned and said, "You will hide and let others break their legs with one word." ”

"Isn't this the rule of the laborer, and the rule of the laborer?"

"You kid, why are you sister, look how I beat you."

"Eldest sister, don't screw my brother anymore."

"Sister, if he doesn't take you to the post, he won't take you, and after he leaves, I will go to Kaifeng with you to meet the fox."

"Big sister." Wang Xiu swallowed her saliva and was almost scared to death by her eldest sister.

The news that Wang Xiu was leaving had spread all over Shangshui County, and for a time there was an endless stream of people who came to congratulate him, and even the magistrate also prepared a generous gift to come to the door, with a very mild attitude.

What's going on, he has been in the office for more than a year, and he is at the same level as Shangshui Zhixian, but the cat inside is too big.

The supervision can be at the state level or at the county level, and without exception there are places where salt, iron, gold, copper, or other goods related to the national economy and people's livelihood are produced, and they are also places where large quantities are produced. Liguo supervises the smelting of iron money, an absolutely important area, and it is the most important place to collect wealth in Xuzhou, Jingdong County, and more than half of the taxes come from Liguo.

For the officials who are released to the outside world, that is a place where they can make a lot of political achievements, and knowing that the supervisors do not seek merit but have no faults, and the three-year examination is often the lowest and the highest, how can it not make people blush

The magistrate said sourly: "My brother is really a capable person, brother, I was re-elected as the second county, and I didn't get such a good thing" said no, that's really a hypocrite, he's not too hypocritical.

Wang Xiu doesn't care about other people's opinions, it is true that Li Guojian produces high-quality copper and iron, it is also the ordnance manufacturing place of the Great Song Dynasty, and it is completely promising, and his mind has already flown to Xuzhou

On the night of his departure, he and Youqin Mo Yan stayed warm for a long time before they whispered: "Sister, you wait for me for three years, and you can go to Tokyo together after the expiration of your term, well, or I will go to Rensu to have a look first, and when the situation is stable, I will write to you again, and our family can set up an iron smelting workshop." ”

"Brother, don't worry, the slave family understands." Youqin Mo Yan smiled, all in kindness.

As early as the pre-Qin era, there was a mining and smelting industry in Liguo, forming a cluster of villages. The Han Dynasty set up "Tieguan" in Xiaobeishan, and the Tang Dynasty set up "Qiuqiuye". Di Qing, a famous general of the Great Song Dynasty, had made cold-forged armor in Liguo, and rejuvenated the country for four years, due to the large scale of mining and ironmaking, it became one of the four major iron-smelting places in the world, and was upgraded to "Liguo Supervisor".

In the first year of Yuanfeng, Su Shi knew that Xuzhou, Li Guojian was a smelting center that produced nearly two million catties of iron every year, and it was a place where businessmen gathered.

Su Shi decisively requisitioned the well-equipped armor of the good family, trained by the head of the forbidden army, and supported by the big households, without spending a penny of the imperial court, and deterred those thieves who did not dare to approach the Li Guojian lightly, and achieved the goal of protecting the smelting with smelting and guarding the smelting with smelting. After Su Shi's governance, the country of Li, which was originally rampant with bandits, was restored to prosperity.

However, with the passage of time, these systems have been abolished, the guards have also been disbanded, and the magistrates are messing around, not to mention the local soldiers of the Liguo Township Army, which have long been gone, especially the rampant money, that little military salary is better than being a wine shop, who is stupid and thankless.

When Zhao Ji was in power, several governors were greedy for political achievements, and they even made the good Li Guojian miserable, and the sales were becoming increasingly sluggish. The coal mining in Baitu Town is also confused, the supply of coal is intermittent, and the cost remains high, which is really atmospheric, which is what Wang Xiu has seen and heard since his arrival.

Cai Gengdao has no good way, he is not fake, and it is true that he has Cai Jing as the backing, but Liguo, as the country's first iron-smelting center, has long formed an unbreakable interest group, and they are inextricably linked with Tokyo's interests.

Wang Xiu deeply realized the huge power of local interest groups, and he did not expect to count on Cai Gengdao, but on the surface, he was not close, but he had a good relationship with the soldiers and horses of the 35th general of the Xuanyi Army stationed in Jingdong, and often walked around to eat and drink.

Cai Gengdao is also an understanding person, Wang Xiu didn't bring his family, he smiled euphemistically and didn't say much.

Qiu Fu did not go to Jiangning in the end, but after he thought twice, persuaded Qiu Fu to follow him to Liguo, accompanied by Feng Yuan, Jing Bo and Qiu Yun, they were all children valued by Qiu Fu, and they were also fourteen or fifteen years old, and they came out to practice together.

Li Changsheng, Liu Renfeng, Bo Zhang, Qin Min, Gao Kan, and Li Caiwei stayed in Shangshui, followed Wang Qingjiao and Youqin Mo Yan, and opened a primary school with the help of Hong Zhen.

Wang Xiu's appointment to the Li Guojian was a direct transfer, and he did not enter Beijing, and he received the wind from the supervisor, the master and the famous iron smelting family, and he was particularly modest and polite, giving people a gentle and polite attitude, which made people feel a lot of goodwill.

The disadvantage is also obvious, that is, it makes some people contempt, thinking that he is just a scholar with shallow qualifications, a scholar who can be deceived, and there is nothing to be afraid of.

In this way, from the first year of Xuanhe to July of the second year, for more than a year, it can be said that Wang Xiu made no achievements at all, and deliberately did not touch the intertwined network of interests, except for inspecting the iron smelting households everywhere, that is, to strengthen the security of the Liguo Prison, and to step up the training of the township army in various parts of the county.

Qiu Fu is still an archer, and was appointed as the head of the bow and horse sect of the Liguo Township Army, and the three of Feng Yuan followed him, although they did not join the local soldiers of the township army, but they also followed the drill, and the three of them were skilled in bow and horse, and gradually became famous.

In just one year, because of Wang Xiu's full trust, Qiu Fu selected more than 800 strong men from various township regiments, reorganized the patrol and command of the Liguo Prison, and nominally guarded the iron smelting workshops against thieves.

Under Wang Xiu's instructions, everyone had at least forty refined blades, each equipped with a two-stone strong bow, two quivers per person, and a full set of fine leather armor.

Of course, for the formation and equipment of this army, Wang Xiu withstood the absolute pressure, the most fearful of the imperial court is that there are elite soldiers outside, Wang Xiu came to the emperor's letter, frankly said that the security of Jingdong is too poor, bandits are rampant, a number of ironworks were looted by bandits, he has no right to mobilize the forbidden army to pursue, can only use the local armor to form a patrol of local soldiers for self-defense.

Interestingly, Cai Gengdao also played a chapter to defend Wang Xiu, the entire Xuzhou Cai Yu more than 1,000 forbidden troops are stationed, where can they manage such a big place, the Xiang army has no combat effectiveness at all, Liguo is the country's main iron-smelting land, and it is understandable that the owners of the iron-smelting workshops will pay for raising a group of guards who are monitored by the forbidden army. Cai Jing decisively supported Cai Gengdao, Liang Shicheng and Li Bangyan also faintly spoke for Wang Xiu, that is, hundreds of local soldiers, used as the patrol of the Li Guojian, which is not too out of line, Liang Shicheng used the words of Wang Xiu's chapter and said: "Wang Xiu used the method of the ancestors, not unconventional. "No one did not expect that the seeds of the new army of the empire were quietly planted, waiting for the day when they would take root and sprout