Chapter 408

Wei Hao was a little depressed when he heard Du Yuan say this, there were not enough people, but now Wannian County does need a lot of people, and Wei Hao gave those workshops and the county government a rule for hiring workers, that is, only people from this county can be used, and they must be registered, and if they are not registered, they cannot be used.

"No one? Well! After hearing this, Wei Hao thought about it with his hands behind his back, and then asked Du Yuan, "Is the sand and gravel enough?" There's not much to dig now, right? The water is rising, isn't it? ”

"I can dig for a few more days!" Du Yuan said to Wei Hao.

"That's it, let those workshops pick people when the time comes, the workshops pick people first, pick the young ones to learn the craft, the old ones, when the time comes, you can follow us to learn to build roads, in this way, there will also be wages, only first, if there is still a shortage of people, then recruit people registered in Chang'an County, anyway, it's a sentence, if you don't register, you don't need it, it's useless!" Wei Hao confessed to Du Yuan.

"Yes, the prefectural order!" Du Yuan nodded and said,

Soon, Du Yuan and the others began to report the situation in Wannian County, while Lu Zishan was standing next to him, and he had not yet been assigned something to do.

After those people finished reporting, Wei Hao also nodded and began to arrange things, and then asked Du Yuan to take Lu Zishan to do things, while Wei Hao rode to the eastern suburbs.

And after the eldest grandson Wuji faced the saint, he returned to his mansion, and the family was also preparing for him to go far away, and after the eldest grandson Chong learned the news from the iron mill, he also came back, after all, no matter how he didn't deal with the eldest grandson Wuji, it was also his own Laozi,

Therefore, this time the eldest grandson Wuji went far away, and the eldest grandson Chong returned home, and this morning, Li Shimin's dictation also went to the iron mill, asking the eldest grandson Chong to come back and rest for three months, and then go to work in the iron mill after the eldest grandson Wuji came back from the border.

"Daddy!" The eldest grandson rushed off the horse, went to the living room, and found that the eldest grandson Wuji was drinking tea, so he went over to greet him, and the maid next to him also brought water to the eldest grandson Chong, asking the eldest grandson to rinse his hands.

"Well, I'm back, my father is going to go far away, and I need you to keep an eye on the house, so I asked Your Majesty for a favor and asked you to come back first, no opinion, right?" Eldest Sun Wuji stared at Eldest Sun Chong and asked.

"No opinion, Dad, but how did I send you to patrol the border this time? Isn't patrolling the border a matter for the princes? The prince can't go, so the other princes can go? Changsun Chong asked Changsun Chong suspiciously.

"Don't ask so much about what Your Majesty decides, well, let's go, go to the study and talk about it!" The eldest grandson Wuji stood up and said to the eldest grandson, after the eldest grandson rinsed his hands, he went to the study, and when he arrived at the study, he found that the eldest grandson Wuji had already made tea there.

"Dad, you have to be careful when you go out, but it's okay, it's summer soon, and it won't be too cold in the north, but you still have to be careful not to catch the wind chill!" Eldest Sun Chong sat down and said to Eldest Sun Wuji.

"This old man knows, the old man needs to explain some things to you, the old man is not at home, you don't have nothing to play, there are things at home, but I need to find you to get an idea, in addition, if you encounter a big matter, you can discuss it with your mother, if you can't decide, go to the queen mother, let her give you an idea!" The eldest grandson Wuji said to the eldest grandson Chong,

Changsun Chong nodded, indicating that he knew.

"Well, Dad asks you something, you are not allowed to say it to anyone, including Wei Hao, and also your brother Juan'er!" The eldest grandson Wuji thought of what he was going to do, and he couldn't help but want to ask, if there were other people who knew about this matter, otherwise, how did Li Shimin know the news, why was he so sure that someone was selling pig iron to the enemy country without permission?

"Well, okay, Dad, you say!" Eldest Sun Chong nodded, looking at Eldest Sun Wuji!

"If you leak the news, Daddy will lose his head!" Eldest Sun Wuji continued to stare at Eldest Sun Chong and said,

The eldest grandson Chong was stunned for a moment, and then sat there precariously, staring at the eldest grandson Wuji.

"Dad asks you, do you know that the pig iron in your iron mill is going to be sold to other countries without permission?" Eldest Sun Wuji stared at Eldest Sun Chong and asked.

"Well, I can't, Dad, I really haven't heard this news!" Changsun Chong was stunned for a moment, this was the first time he knew the news.

"Oh, you don't know? Do you think Fang Zhizhi knows? Eldest Sun Wuji continued to stare at Eldest Sun Chong and asked.

"I shouldn't know, this matter is not trivial, we are only responsible for transporting pig iron to various state capitals, we don't care about the rest, and each state capital needs to report it, we don't care about this, anyway, the transportation has passed, and we will get all the money sold last time!" The eldest grandson Chong said to the eldest grandson Wuji,

When the eldest grandson Wuji heard it, he couldn't help but stand up, thinking about who reported this matter to Li Shimin, he has been thinking about this problem for the past two days, someone must have reported it to Li Shimin, so he would be interested in investigating, but the people in the iron workshop didn't know, so who else knew, those generals on the border?

The eldest grandson Wuji walked around twice, and then said to the eldest grandson Chong: "This time Your Majesty asked me to investigate this matter, if it is verified, I don't know how many people will lose their heads, the old man is worried, once the news is leaked, someone will threaten the old man,

And you may also be in danger, the people who do this this time are not good at their peers, they are all people who lick blood from the knife edge, so, you are at home, be careful, keep an eye on your younger brothers, let them be honest, and do not leave Chang'an City, if you dare to leave, you will break their legs, the old man can't tell your younger brothers now, I'm worried that if I say it, the news will leak out, so the family will rely on you! ”

"Yes, Dad, don't worry, I'll keep an eye on them!" The eldest grandson nodded firmly, knowing that the matter was very big, and if it was not good, his father would have to explain it.

"Hmm!" Eldest Sun Wuji sat down and continued to make tea, while Eldest Sun Chong sat there thinking about it, thinking about who had the courage to do such a thing!

"Master, master!" At this moment, the butler knocked on the door outside and shouted.

"What's the matter?" The eldest grandson Wuji said a little unhappily.

"Master, Lu Guogong is here! People have come in! The butler spoke outside.

"What is he going to do?" The eldest grandson Wuji gritted his teeth and said, he really doesn't want to be with Hou Junji now, now Hou Junji is suspicious, if His Majesty also thinks that he is suspicious, and he is still so close to him, especially these days, isn't it fatal?

"Master, he said that he came here to practice for you!" The butler continued to speak outside.

"You tell him to wait in the wing, the old man will come over soon!" The eldest grandson Wuji was still very unhappy and sighed.

"Dad, why did you have a dislike for him, the relationship between the two of you was still good before!" Changsun Chong felt a little surprised, and immediately asked Changsun Wuji.

"Chong'er, if you don't do it well this time, it will involve the military department, you know?" Eldest Sun Wuji stared at Eldest Sun Chong and said.

"What? This? Is the military department so bold? Eldest Sun Chong looked at Eldest Sun Wuji in shock.

"Hou Jun is gathered in the military department, and the military department has such a big courage, okay, Chong'er, you just came back, go back to your yard and sleep, come to the old man at night, and the old man will meet him!" Eldest Sun Wuji stood up and said to Eldest Sun Chong,

Changsun Chong hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Dad, if he is suspicious, then I'm afraid it's not okay to go to see him at this time?" ”

"Dad knows, Dad can't help it, Dad was ordered to investigate secretly, and he can't be suspected, so he can only go to see him!" The eldest grandson Wuji sighed again as he spoke, and then went out,

And Changsun Chong is thinking about this matter carefully, the more he thinks about it, the more wrong it is, in recent months, all over the country is saying that there is a shortage of pig iron, they have discussed before, how can the people need so much pig iron now, the original problem is here, someone actually dares to collect those pig iron, transport it to the north to sell, this courage is not ordinary. When the eldest grandson Wuji arrived at the side room, he saw Hou Junji sitting there drinking tea.

"Hou Shangshu, why do you have time to come to the old man to sit here today? Is it really for the old man to practice? After the eldest grandson Wuji entered, he asked with a smile.

"Of course, you and I have been friends for many years, you have to go far away, it is impossible for my brother not to come and send it!" Hou Junji said with a smile.

"Okay, but, what you said last time, it is estimated that Chong'er can't do it, just now, my family Chong'er came back, and he was ordered to return to Beijing, the old man is not in Beijing, so Chong'er needs to stay in the capital, and he has no way to manage the affairs of the iron workshop." The eldest grandson Wuji sat down as he said and spoke.

"Really, I knew this earlier, so I went to the iron shop, but Wei Hao, this kid, is in the iron shop, and the old man doesn't want to see him, hey!" Hou Junji said with a look of remorse, when he talked about Wei Hao, he was still gritting his teeth!

"Well, it's okay, a few hundred yuan of money, you can still do it in the future, when I come back, you can go to Chong'er again, now Chong'er will not leave Chang'an City easily!" Eldest Sun Wuji nodded and said.

"Okay, it's not in the way, but, Brother Auxiliary, your patrol this time is a bit extraordinary, there is no warning at all, why do you suddenly want to patrol the border, it's completely unreasonable! And Your Majesty didn't show any tone before! Hou Junji asked the eldest grandson Wuji.

"The old man is also strange about this, but His Majesty wants the ministers to go, and the ministers can only go, but thinking that the border soldiers have been on the border for so many years, it is really hard, and now the court also has a little money, and it is understandable to patrol the border to comfort the soldiers, you also know that Your Majesty was also from commanding the army before, and he understands the hardships of the soldiers, so it is not surprising that Your Majesty asked me to patrol the border." The eldest grandson Wuji touched his beard and said with a smile.

"That's what I said, but we didn't know anything about it before, it's too surprising, but, Brother Auxiliary, you tell me the truth, does Your Majesty have any other tasks for you to do?" Hou Junji stared at the eldest grandson Wuji and asked, after finishing speaking, he still stared, and the eldest grandson Wuji pretended to look at Hou Junji in confusion.

"Task? It's condolences, is there still a task that can't be done? The eldest grandson Wuji looked at Hou Junji with a confused expression and asked.

"Brother Fuji, don't hide it from me, the matter of patrolling the border, if it is not for the prince to go, then any minister can go, why do you want to send you, you are a minister that Your Majesty relies on, and there are many opinions of the court, Your Majesty needs to ask you, you are gone, Your Majesty does not have an important person to advise, so my brother estimates, you must have a task to go!" Hou Junji still didn't believe in the words of the eldest grandson Wuji, and still wanted to set up the task of the eldest grandson Wuji.

"You're confused about me, I see you, you're not here to practice for me today, you have something to tell me, right?" The eldest grandson Wuji stared at Hou Junji and asked,

Hou Junji heard it and smiled bitterly, the eldest grandson Wuji was like this, which made him even more confused, and he also doubted whether the eldest grandson Wuji knew about selling iron without permission, but if the eldest grandson Wuji was going to investigate this matter, if he didn't make it clear now, it would be troublesome, but if he didn't say it now, it would be more risky, and he would have to share some less benefits.

Therefore, Hou Junji is also very entangled, whether to continue to talk with the eldest grandson Wuji, if he continues, then he needs to say something serious, instead of probing the wind here.

"If there's something, you say it!" The eldest grandson Wuji looked at Hou Junji with a smile and asked.

"Brother Auxiliary Machine, there is one thing, I don't know whether to talk about it or not, eh, in fact, I have been worried, worried that you will go down this time, it will be with a task, if it is with a task, you can talk to my brother, my brother is grateful!" Hou Junji said with a sigh to the eldest grandson Wuji, now he hasn't made up his mind, and I'm afraid it's not.

"Well, if you have something, you just say it directly, did I bring a mission here, I can't tell you that I can't tell you?" The eldest grandson Wuji thought about it for a while, and said to Hou Junji, he was also hesitating in his heart, this matter must be related to Hou Junji, if it really gets Hou Junji down, it is not good, after all, Hou Junji is still a usable person.

"This, eh!" Hou Junji was still hesitating, he didn't dare to bet.

"If it's inconvenient to say, then don't say it, the old man doesn't like to probe into other people's secrets!" Eldest Sun Wuji touched his beard and said. Hou Junji was still sitting there, thinking about this matter, whether to tell the eldest grandson Wuji, and if so, what if the eldest grandson Wuji didn't go to investigate?

"Come, tea!" The eldest grandson Wuji said to Hou Junji, Hou Junji nodded, took the teacup and began to drink, still thinking about it in his heart, and the eldest grandson Wuji was not in a hurry. Hou Junji took a sip, and made up his mind in his heart, this matter can't be gambled, compared to the eldest grandson Wuji, he is still afraid of being known by Li Shimin.

"Brother Auxiliary Machine, you have to help me in this matter, my brother made a mistake, and the mistake is not small!" Hou Junji put down the teacup, looked at the eldest grandson Wuji and said.

"Wrong, what wrong?" The eldest grandson Wuji held the teacup and looked at Hou Junji puzzled.

"I won't tell you anything, I bought iron because someone asked me to buy it, my price is not bad, where they sell it, I didn't know at first, and then I vaguely knew that they might be sold to other countries, this is strictly forbidden by His Majesty, so, my brother is worried that you went to patrol the border this time because of this incident!" Hou Junji sat there, looked at the eldest grandson Wuji and said,

The eldest grandson Wuji was drinking tea indifferently at the moment, and Hou Junji saw him like this, knowing that he had guessed correctly, the eldest grandson Wuji was indeed going to investigate this matter.

"Brother Auxiliary Sure enough, he knows!" Hou Junji looked at the eldest grandson Wuji and said.

"Your Majesty asked me to investigate, but I didn't expect that this matter was actually related to you, I said you, why are you so confused, you know, this is a capital crime!" The eldest grandson Wuji stared at Hou Junji and asked,

The eldest grandson Wuji is also worried that if he doesn't admit it, once he arrives at the border and is known by Hou Junji when he goes to investigate, then he still has the life to return to Chang'an.

"I really don't know, I just sell pig iron to them, you know, the military department has the right to go to the iron mill to collect pig iron, just give them money, eh, I know there, get on those people's thief ships!" Hou Junji said with a look of remorse.

"Since you've said it all, let's talk about it in detail, and it's not bad to come up with an idea together!" The eldest grandson Wuji sat there, looked at Hou Junji and said.

"You see if this will work, I will throw some people out, you take them away, so that you can give your majesty an errand, you can rest assured, I will arrange the things here, of course, the benefits will not be less yours, give you this number!" Hou Junji raised two fingers and said to the eldest grandson Wuji.

“2000？ Too little, right? How many lives are involved, you know in your heart! The eldest grandson Wuji looked at it, shook his head with a smile and said.

"Then you say, brother of the auxiliary machine!" When Hou Junji heard him say this, he felt a lot more relieved, and he was afraid that the eldest grandson Wuji would not want it, so it would be easy to say!

"This number, in the future, the iron you sell, I want 20% of the profits, this time, you have made a lot of money, at least 70,000 or 80,000 yuan, I also know, you can't do such a thing alone, there must be many families,

I want 5,000 yuan, not much, I want 20% later, not much, now it is equivalent to saving your life, and Your Majesty's side, I will also go to explain some, of course, the premise is that you need to throw people out and throw out some ghosts for the dead! The eldest grandson Wuji looked at Hou Junji with a smile and said,

Hou Junji sat there and thought about it, considering whether it was too much to give two percent, and it was just more than one percent.

"Brother Auxiliary Machine, one percent is not good, two percent is really too much!" Hou Junji looked up at the eldest grandson Wuji and said, while the eldest grandson Wuji stared at him.