At this moment, Chen Wenhui is eating crystal shrimp, which was obtained from a distant seaside with great difficulty, and it is very precious. While talking to Zhao Chongyi: "Chongyi, how is the progress today?" ”

Zhao Chongyi sighed and said, "We have been here for two months. Except for the fact that you have been in poor health for the past two days and have not come to the Yamen, have you all accompanied me to deal with those affairs? You also know how stubborn those people are. ”

Chen Wenhui nodded and said: "These people are closed, ignorant, and difficult, fortunately you have the Northwest Army in your hands, and this Northwest Army is still brought out by your father, you can command it, otherwise, these people are afraid that they will not put the two of us in the air?" No wonder the emperor wants the two of us to come here. Without a person from the Northwest Army like you to be this Northwest Duke, it's really not good. ”

Not long after Chen Wenhui and his wife came to Tiebi Pass, they found that the entire Tiebi Pass was governed by three forces. This is true whether it is public or private, whether it is a yamen or an ordinary civil affair.

These three parties are such three parties. The Northwest Army is on the side, the local heroes are on the side, and the outsiders are on the side. Among them, there are very few outsiders, and the two largest representatives are the Qinghelou opened by the Xiao Chen family in Tiebiguan and the shop opened by the Ma family in the northwest.

The Northwest Army is okay, because Zhao Chongyi was born in the Northwest Army, and Zhao Chongyi's father, Lao Zhongyi, was a figure who single-handedly built the Northwest Army. Therefore, Zhao Chongyi quickly gained their full support.

It's even easier for outsiders to do it. Xiao Chen's family is equivalent to Chen Wenhui's people, in fact, the reason why this Qinghe Building was set up in Tiebi Pass back then was also because of taking care of Zhao Chongyi, who was stationed at Tiebi Pass at that time. In addition, the Ma family, not to mention, has always had a good relationship with Chen Wenhui and his wife.

In this way, the three aspects in the Iron Wall Pass are left with the local strong party Chen Wenhui and his wife have not yet mastered. However, what made Chen Wenhui and his wife troubled was the strong party in this place. They are stubborn in their grip on local economic and other matters. After Chen Wenhui and his wife came to Tiebi Pass. They resisted all the policies they promoted, but Chen Wenhui and his wife were angry.

Chen Wenhui said: "The two of us underestimated the place of Tiebi Pass before. I thought that with our ability, we would be able to manage this place very quickly. But. Didn't think of it. It was difficult at the beginning. It's about building roads. They don't have to pay for the construction of the city wall, and they have to stop it. It's infuriating. ”

Zhao Chongyi said: "As for me, I used to only know how to fight, but you have administrative experience, but when you were in Nanyang, you didn't need to contact the local people at all, and directly built a new city. ”

Chen Wenhui smiled and said, "Of course. Those natives of Nanyang are not qualified to oppose my decree, because my decree was not really issued with them, and they will either be arrested by my people and go to the Wa Kingdom to mine, or they will be killed by my men, and their heads will be hung on the city gate. How to object? ”

Zhao Chongyi also smiled.

Chen Wenhui said while eating: "We have to think of a way, or it's not always like this, if we issue a decree and do one thing, they will oppose it, when will we be able to complete the task given to us by the emperor, when can we go back to the capital, go back to Nanyang?" ”

Zhao Chongyi has finished eating, and he has always eaten quickly, but he doesn't eat at the moment, and he also feels that it is a pleasure to watch Chen Wenhui eat.

After Chen Wenhui finished eating, Shui Lian and Shui Han called the little maid to clean up the table, and the two of them went outside. There is a glass corridor outside, and you can see the whole garden inside, but now the garden is only half completed, and most of it is still a construction site.

The entire glass corridor was specially designed by Chen Wenhui to cope with the bitter cold weather of Tiebi Pass. In order to be able to take a walk in the cold winter weather, there is also a place to walk, so as not to be trapped in the house.

Of course, not to mention such a glass corridor in this era, even in Chen Wenhui's previous life, when glass was not valuable, it was also quite a luxury thing. Not to mention here, in the Northwest too.

However, Chen Wenhui has nothing else, that is, the most money, as long as he can enjoy it, he doesn't care about spending money at all, not only has he spent a lot of money to build such a glass corridor, but also uses the kind of glass with top transparency and super strength.

However, although it is expensive, although it is luxurious, the effect is still very good. In such a cold weather, there is no wind at all in the glass corridor, because of the design of the vent, it will not feel stuffy, and there are some potted plants in the corridor that are green all year round, so it looks different from the scene of Xiao killing outside, and it looks springy.

At this moment, the couple took Shui Han and Shui Lian to walk in the glass corridor together, chatting at the same time.

Chen Wenhui said: "Chongyi, I thought of a way. Haven't those diehards always rebelled against us? Then we'll just replace them. Anyway, we have money, so let's find some merchants who are willing to cooperate with us, and let them come forward to buy these powerful shops, houses, fields, etc. In this way, they have no foundation, and naturally they cannot oppose us. Won't we be able to build roads and carry out urban planning smoothly? ”

Zhao Chongyi's eyes lit up and said: "This is a good idea, but this matter must be kept secret, and this gang of heroes cannot be discovered, and secondly, it will cost a huge amount of money, can we support this fund?" ”

Chen Wenhui sneered and said: "You are really, we lack everything, lack money?" Don't forget, we still have my Dachu Bank behind us. Even if we don't have enough money, we still have money from the bank. Afraid of what. Besides, I've calculated that if the merchants we find are willing to help us, we probably won't have to spend a penny. These merchants, such as the porcelain Cao family, the Ma family, the Jiangnan silk and satin writers, and the Lan family in the cotton cloth business. These people are good friends with us. ”

"In order to further follow us, it is not a problem for us to ask them to give hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, let alone let them pay for some land, storefronts, and houses with higher prices. These lands, shops, and houses may be raised in price by these powerful people, but can these prices be more expensive than those in the south of the Yangtze River? Can you get through the capital? Can you get through Shanghai City? ”

Zhao Chongyi couldn't help but nod and said, "This is true." For these few, any one of them can buy the entire Iron Wall Pass with all their might. This is a matter that can only be done by these few businessmen. We can't get involved, or we won't be seen by these local tyrants and thus sabotage this matter. ”

Chen Wenhui nodded and said, "This is easy to do, I will hand over this matter to Yan Shupeng." Ask Yan Shupeng to find a few Jiangnan merchants who are willing to come to the northwest to do business, preferably those who have nothing to do with us. We are behind these companies and let them slowly acquire them. Anyway, it's going to be winter soon, and you can't do anything in winter at Tiebi Pass. Everybody has to be at home. ”

Zhao Chongyi said: "Isn't there still a place to start work? It's the place we bought before, and it's going to be built into a workshop, and I've heard that it will be completed in half a month. At that time, we can recruit people to go to the workshop in the winter, when everyone is idle, and go to work warmly. In this way, we can also produce in winter. ”

Chen Wenhui was overjoyed when she heard the words and said, "Really, it's still quite fast." Let's go check it out, shall we? ”

Zhao Chongyi looked at the sky and said: "It's late now, and besides, you haven't felt well in the past two days, and the weather is not good. We have heating measures in this workshop, so we are not afraid of the cold, but the road is still very cold, and your body is not yet well-organized, so you can't suffer the cold anymore. ”

Hearing that her husband cared so much about herself, Chen Wenhui was very happy, and nodded sweetly in agreement.

The next day, Zhao Chongyi went to the yamen early in the morning, and there were still a bunch of things waiting for him in the yamen. Chen Wenhui still stayed in the house, but because she was already half better, she was not idle, and asked someone to invite Yan Shupeng and his wife to come over.

Tell the story over and say, "You're all clear." Originally, we could have called the Lan family, the Ma family and the like to do this. However, these heroes are not fuel-efficient lamps, they all know the relationship between these families and us, so they can't let them come forward, so please come and find some familiar businesses in Jiangnan, and we have the support behind them to do this. ”

Yan Shupeng was thinking about it, and the Wen family on the side was already asking: "County Lord, don't you know if our Wen family can do it?" ”

Chen Wenhui said: "Why can't you Wen family? And it doesn't feel obtrusive. Because your Wen family settled in the northwest, it is normal for your family to buy some properties here. ”

Wen's a joy.

Chen Wenhui said: "If your Wen family can help us do this, and it doesn't cost me money, I can give your Wen family the general right to sell Japanese satin in Huzhou Province and Heyang Province." ”

Wen was even happier when he heard it. In recent years, the reputation of the satin has been played, although it is not as good as Nanyang satin, Suzhou satin, but also good quality, is the best in the mid-range products, plus, the process is special, the color is fresh, has been barely squeezed into the first-class goods.

Because everyone in the world has a hunting mentality, the sales of satin in Jiangnan are very good. If the Wen family can get the general distribution rights of Japanese satin, they will definitely be able to make more money. (To be continued......)