Chapter 419

Fang Zhizhi was very happy to receive Du Gou, but now the Ministry of War still wants to mobilize the iron out, and there is no approval from the Ministry of Industry, so he will not do this, the Ministry of War has done this once before, but I didn't expect it to come again this time, and Fang Zhizhi feels that this batch of iron is very likely not needed by the Ministry of War, but by someone. Soon, the officer was out.

"Come, Brother Qimu, drink tea, no way, there are such things in the iron workshop, they are all miscellaneous things!" Fang Zhizhi poured tea for Du Gou, Du Gou smiled and nodded, he admired Fang Zhizhi very much, and now he has some majesty.

"What position are you going to take up this time?" Fang Yi opened his mouth and asked, and several other people were also staring at Du Gou, after all, Du Gou was a romantic figure before, and he also had some skills, but unfortunately his father died too early, there was no way, now that Du Ruhui is gone, he will be the pillar of the family, so everyone also hopes that he can quickly enter the court as an official.

"I don't know yet, I want to stay in Beijing, but there is no good position in the capital, so I can only wait, or I will be a thorn, but, you also know, the children in the family are still young, and the younger brother is not married, if I go far away, these are all things!" Du Wei said with a wry smile.

"Let's stay in Beijing, it's too poor outside, don't you know, we've been to a lot of places, many places, and they're very poor!" Xiao Rui answered beside him.

"Well, it's best to stay in Beijing first, outside, when you get to a place, you don't know how to govern it, we are not Shen Yong, if it is Shen Yong, he must have a way, Shen Yong's ability, we are really convinced!" Fang Yi said straightly.

"That is, there are so many workshops in Wannian County now, but all of them are set up by Shen Yong, and they are very rich now. It is also of great benefit to the court, and the people have also made money! Gao Cheng nodded beside him and said.

"By the way, have you ever seen Shen Yong? Is it Xia Guogong Wei Hao? Fang Yi thought that Du Wei and Wei Hao had never met, so he asked.

"I've seen it, I went to sit in his yamen for a while yesterday, and now Wei Hao is the Shaoyin of Chang'an Mansion, that is, Jingzhao Mansion, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness the King of Shu serve as the Mansion Yin and Shaoyin respectively!" Du Wei nodded with a smile and said.

"What? Shen Yong has become the Shaoyin of Chang'an Mansion? Hey, the King of Shu is back? As a young man? Fang Zhizhi and they were very surprised, they hadn't been back to the capital for a while, so they didn't know anything about the capital.

"Yes, the King of Shu is back and serves as Shaoyin!" Du Wei nodded and said, Fang Zhizhi sat there frowning and remembered.

"Shen Yong, it may not be easy to do!" Xiao Rui said next to him.

"Yes, it may not be easy to do, but Your Majesty arranged it like this, ha, it's interesting!" Fang Zhizhi also said in agreement, and he also understood in his heart that he was coming back,

At this moment, there was a knock on the door outside, and before Fang Yi could say come in, a person pushed the door in, and it was a general in armor who came in.

"Fang Zhizhi, what do you mean? The Ministry of War has an approval, why not give pig iron, the approval of the Ministry of Industry, we will give it to you soon, now the Ministry of War urgently needs to transport this batch of pig iron to the north, delaying the war, can you afford it? The general who came in was Hou Jin, and at this moment he excitedly pointed to Fang Yi and asked.

Fang Yizhi was very unhappy at the moment, but he still sat there very calmly, and said to Hou Jin: "General Hou, what do I need to bear, since I am in a hurry, then the Ministry of Industry will quickly give you an approval, if there is no approval, the pig iron of the iron mill can't go out for a pound, let alone you come over, it's anyone, if you have an opinion on the management of our iron mill, you can write a chapter and hand it over to Your Majesty, let Your Majesty comment!" ”

"You, Fang Zhizhi, are now in urgent need of pig iron on our front line!" Hou Jin stared at Fang Yi angrily and shouted.

"I said, take the approval of the Ministry of Industry, if there is no approval, don't want to transfer pig iron from here, last time it was you, transferred 200,000 catties of pig iron from here, said to make up the approval, now the approval, where is the approval, I tell you, if within two days, your approval has not been supplemented, I want to impeach you and the Ministry of War, how can this be reasonable, knowing that you need approval to mobilize pig iron, why not transfer, you transfer pig iron like this, what is the use, do you want to fill your pockets?" Fang Yi sat there straight, continued to stare at Hou Jin and said.

"You!" Hou Jin was stunned for a moment when Fang Zhizhi said this, and his heart was empty, and then he said viciously to Fang Zhizhi: "Cheng, I'll go back to report to Shangshu, let Shangshu impeach you well, don't think that you manage pig iron, how great it is!" ”

"I didn't think it was a big deal. It's just that I will do a good job of the errand that His Majesty has given me, and if I am not convinced, you will go to impeachment and talk to Your Majesty! Fang Yizhi looked at Hou Jin coldly and said,

Hou Jin snorted, turned around and left, Fang Yizhi frowned,

In my heart, I was thinking about the smuggling of pig iron, more than a month has passed, and there has been no news yet, could it be that Your Majesty has not found out yet?

If this continues, I don't know how much pig iron needs to flow out every month, this month, Fang Zhizhi deliberately said that he would do inventory, deduct all seventy percent of the pig iron, pile it in the warehouse, and only release three percent, but in this way, the military department began to mobilize pig iron in this way, and it is estimated that they can't find pig iron on the market now, otherwise, they wouldn't want to do this.

At night, Hou Junji was in his study, and Hou Jin stood there, reporting to Hou Junji what happened in the iron workshop.

"Fang Yizhi is so hateful, he has always been stuck with us, uncle, are we trying to find a way to replace him?" After Hou Jin finished speaking, he suggested to Hou Junji.

"Change, change whom, can you? On the side of the iron workshop, a few of them took turns to sit, and the people who changed them went over, and they didn't want to be the person in charge of the iron workshop, and those who didn't understand it couldn't understand the affairs of the iron mill at all! Hou Junji glared at Hou Jin and spoke.

"However, now that the pig iron is not released, we can't get pig iron in the market, what should we do? The northern side has been urging to ask for it, this month, it must not be completed, last month, we couldn't finish it, and the northern side also seized a batch, saying that they would give money when they were all given this month! If this continues, how will we do business in the north at that time? Hou Jin stood there and said anxiously.

"Well, the old man will find a way, the last time he transferred 200,000 catties of pig iron, he needs to make up for it as soon as possible, the old man will go to the Ministry of Industry tomorrow to find Duan Lun, and he must open it, if it is not opened, Fang Zhizhi will really write a chapter to His Majesty, and then the old man will not be able to explain clearly!" Hou Junji is worried about this matter, as for the money deducted from the north, there is no money deducted, these are small things, the key is that things need to be straightened out, otherwise it will be troublesome.

"Yes, but will Duan Lun give it to you? After all, 500,000 catties of pig iron! Hou Jin said worriedly.

"The old man just needs to find a way, it's too late today, let's go tomorrow!" Hou Junji frowned and said, now that Fang Zhizhi does not release the pig iron, Hou Junji always feels that Fang Zhizhi seems to know something, but now there is no way to test it,

After all, no one has a way to get inventory over there in the iron mill, and there is no precedent to follow before, after all, the iron mill was only started last year, what to do, no one knows, all of it is the house left to say. But this trick made Hou Junji very uncomfortable, originally there was the eldest grandson Chong over there before, and he went to find the eldest grandson Wuji, and he could still talk,

But now the eldest grandson Chong is still at home and has not gone to the iron workshop, and the other people in charge of the iron workshop, Hou Junji, are not familiar with it, and the relationship with their father is also average, and he can't speak at all, so he also has a headache when he thinks of this matter.

"No, you're like this, you find some brothers, go to the following counties to see, see if the people can buy pig iron in the locality, if you can't buy it, find a way to encourage the people to make trouble, and then we will go to the book to impeach Fang Zhizhi, so that Fang Zhizhi can release sales as soon as possible, otherwise, it will not be completed by then!" Hou Junji said to Hou Jin at this moment, Hou Jin nodded, thinking that if he really couldn't do it, just get him down, why talk about impeachment, just let him let go of sales?

"Go for it!" Hou Junji looked at Hou Jin, Hou Jin turned around and went out,

Then, Hou Junji sat there, thinking about what would go wrong with this matter, what was there, he didn't think about it clearly, as long as Duan Lun was done, it was estimated that he wouldn't be able to find out anything, this batch of pig iron would be scattered and sent to all parts of the north at that time, but at most 50,000 catties would be sent out, and the rest would all be sold.

The next day, Wei Hao was still busy in Chang'an Mansion, and he was busy for a while, and all the office buildings had to be repaired, but it took time.

And the affairs of Wannian County, in fact, there is no need for Wei Hao to take care of it now, that is, Wei Hao needs to take a look to see if there is any problem, if there is no problem, Wei Hao will not care about it at all, let them develop by themselves, anyway, now in the eastern suburbs, it is very well developed,

During the day, all the merchants gathered here, which has affected some business in the Xicheng Market, but the impact is not big, after all, many merchants have come here to open shops, and the goods here are better sold.

And Hou Junji went to the office of Duan Lun, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry.

Duan Lun was very surprised by Hou Junji's sudden visit, but he still welcomed him very warmly.

"Come, please be seated, please be seated! I'll make you tea! Duan Lun said to Hou Junji, he was sitting there making tea, and then asked, "I don't know what Hou Shangshu is looking for me?" ”

"Well, there is one thing, you need to make two approvals, one approval is 200,000 catties of pig iron, and the other is 300,000 catties of pig iron!" Hou Junji said directly,

For Duan Lun, he despised in his heart, he was a scholar, he had no ability, he was the secretary of the poorest department, he looked down on him, although Duan Lun was also Ji Guogong, but for the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, in the eyes of Hou Junji, he did not have his own great credit, however, Duan Lun's daughter-in-law was Li Yuan's daughter-in-law!

"What?" Duan Lun didn't understand a little, and immediately looked at Hou Junji and asked.

"That's right, there is an urgent need for a batch of pig iron on this side of the frontier, and 500,000 catties of pig iron need to be mobilized, of which 200,000 catties are transferred to the northwest and 300,000 catties are transferred to the north!" Hou Junji looked at Duan Lun with a smile and said.

"This, Hou Shangshu, isn't it?" Duan Lun thought about it, no, two months ago, he just mobilized 600,000 catties of iron to the front line, and there was no war on the front line, and these pig iron were used as backups.

Their weapons and equipment were all transferred by the Ministry of Industry, and the spare pig iron in front was used to repair weapons, and now there is no war, so there is no need for so much pig iron to repair weapons and armor, Hou Junji transferred pig iron like this, which made Duan Lun suspicious?

"What's wrong?" Hou Junji pretended to be confused and looked at Duan Lun and said.

"Hou Shangshu, there has been no war on the front line recently, how can you consume so much pig iron, usually, it is enough to spare up to 100,000 catties of pig iron every year, that is, in the second half of last year, the soldiers of the frontier still have to fight with the Turks, but they only consumed 200,000 catties of pig iron,

Now, there is no war on the frontier, how can you need to mobilize 1.1 million catties of pig iron in the past, do you know that now the iron mill needs to stock inventory, which is to prepare for winter! Duan Lun looked at Hou Junji and said.

"Oh, that's right, this transfer is indeed a little more, but our military department is also preparing for the front line, but we are worried that in winter, there may be a big war,

Moreover, maybe you don't know yet, Your Majesty wants to completely solve the Turkic matter, therefore, our military department wants to prepare more for the past, if it is really going to fight at that time, our military department is not well prepared, plus there are more things that need to be transported, and pig iron is very important and can be stored, so we just thought, send more past! Hou Junji explained to Duan Lun with a smile.

"Really?" Duan Lun was a little unconvinced, but this reason was also in the past, and he also knew that Li Shimin's side really wanted to completely solve the Northern Turks and completely suppress them.

"Of course! You also know what is on your Majesty's heart! Hou Junji looked at Duan Lun and said.

"In that case, there must be more backup!" Duan Lun nodded and said, then poured tea for Hou Junji: "Come, taste it, this is the best tea sent by Shen Yong!" ”

"Oh, that's to be tasted!" Hou Junji said with a smile, he was very happy in his heart, but when he saw that Duan Lun agreed, the stone in his heart was finally put down, but now when he heard the good tea sent by Shen Yong, he was not happy.

Wei Hao has sent good tea to many people, but the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Civil Affairs do not have it, and he is also a national prince, and he is so despised by Wei Hao, he is quite uncomfortable in his heart, but he can't say it clearly, he can't say it, Wei Hao doesn't send me, he looks down on me.

"Well, good tea, this Wei Shenyong, relying on this tea, I don't know how much money I made, the whole Chang'an, Wei Shenyong will make tea!" Hou Junji sat there and said with a smile.

"Well, it is estimated that there are some, but there are not many, and the tea sold in Juxian Building is not expensive, from 20 yuan a pound to 2 yuan a pound, there are all, but now we drink it, but we can't buy it!" Duan Lun said to Hou Junji.

"That's not expensive, is it?" Hou Junji said dissatisfiedly.

"This? It's not expensive, you can drink it for a month, the old man likes to sell it for a pound, compared to drinking, or is this tea cheaper? Duan Lun was stunned for a moment, said to Hou Junji, and then the two of them chatted,

After chatting, Duan Lun gave the approval to Hou Junji, but how did he think about it and felt wrong, the front line actually needed to mobilize so much pig iron, and in previous years, there was no need for so much, although at that time, the output of pig iron was not so much,

But last winter, after a year's war, it only used 30,000 catties of pig iron to repair armor and weapons, this time, I actually had to prepare 1.1 million catties, which is a bit too scary, but let him ask Li Shimin, he is still a little afraid to go, in case what Hou Junji said is true, then ask yourself, isn't it suspicious of Li Shimin?

But if he didn't ask, he didn't feel at ease, thinking about it, he still went to Wei Hao, Wei Hao was Li Shimin's most trusted minister, and the matter of Tiefang was originally related to Wei Hao, plus if Li Shimin really wanted to fight, Wei Hao might know, so he went straight to the Yamen of Chang'an Mansion in the afternoon.

"Yo, Duan Shangshu, what kind of wind is blowing today, and it blows you here?" Wei Hao saw Duan Lun, was stunned for a moment, and asked with a smile.

"You kid, I'm looking for you to go to the Ministry of Industry to take over my Shangshu position!" Duan Lun said jokingly to Wei Hao.

"Don't make trouble, what are you kidding, I won't go to the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Industry is poor haha!" When Wei Hao heard this, he said to Duan Lun in disbelief, and then asked: "Is there something I want to solve in the Ministry of Industry, I don't have time, let's make it clear first, I'm not available!" ”

"It's not!" Duan Lun shook his head with a smile and said.

"Not? You, seriously? No kidding, I'm not going to the Ministry of Works! As soon as Wei Hao heard that it was not, he was stunned, Duan Lun came to find him, then there must be some problem that the Ministry of Industry could not solve, otherwise, he would not have time to come to him!

"You kid, what's wrong with our Ministry of Works? It's not bad now, it's okay, now our Ministry of Industry has money, it's really rich! Duan Lun said dissatisfiedly to Wei Hao.

"Pull it down, it's only a few dollars, come, drink tea, I'll make you tea!" Wei Hao waved his hand and said to Duan Lun.

"You kid, eh!" Duan Lun sighed, he liked Wei Hao the most to go to the Ministry of Industry to serve as a scholar.

"If you have something to find me, let's talk about it, what can I help, there is no ambiguity!" Wei Hao looked up at Duan Lun and asked with a smile,

"There is a thing, the old man always feels wrong, I want to talk to you, you can help the old man analyze it, okay?" Duan Lun looked at Wei Hao and asked, Wei Hao nodded, and while preparing to make tea, he motioned for Duan Lun to continue.