"General, does the Pei Guild agree? If the court is reported, will the general be punished? ”

"Rest assured. Not to mention that the Pei family and we have cooperation in the east, even if there is none, don't think that the prime minister will really think about the court wholeheartedly. ”

"That'······ General, our family is weak, just like in the Dongdu Ferry, in the end, there is a little benefit. If he contacts those powerful families, he will leave our family behind······"

Xu Qing heard the idea that Xu Yi told Pei Yaoqing throughout the whole process. After more than a year, Xu Qing's knowledge has indeed grown, and he can also think of how much benefit there is in it.

What the Xu family is like, Xu Qing also knows that it is too lacking.

"Don't worry. When it comes to designing and planning ferries, is there anyone in the Manchu Dynasty who is more skilled than your general? If you really leave our family alone, I dare to make sure that not to mention the entire canal channel, even a ferry they can't play! ”

If it weren't for such a certainty, Xu Yi would really consider whether to say these things openly.

Don't look at the example of the Dongdu ferry, the terrain of any ferry port is different for the entire canal route.

In this era, there is no so-called integrated thinking, and the affairs of warehousing, transshipment, hoisting, distribution and ship scheduling are concentrated in the small place of the ferry, Xu Yi does not think that there is anyone in this era who can understand a little like him.

If Xu Yi hadn't had a charter in his head, he wouldn't even be able to say this.

Xu Yi also knew that the matter was big, and it was impossible for Pei Yaoqing alone, or even the Pei family, or even the Cui family and the Xiao family, to eat it.

Pei Yaoqing needs to be contacted, and Xu Yi kept the time of the correspondence for Old Man Pei. He continued to wander around the city of Yangzhou.

"General, that Hu Laosan has inquired clearly. His so-called cousin is Zhao Zhonghan's group of people who returned from the Western Regions without war merits, working under Gui Yinhu and working as a warehouse manager at Xindukou. ”

It's a hassle-free.

Several of Xu Yi's retainers, Zhao Zhonghan continued to be a martial marquis, and Wei Changtian was born as a ranger and served as Xu Yi's bodyguard.

The original Xinhui took care of the yak meat workshop, and took care of the carriage and furniture workshop. Lu Qingshan was sent to Qinzhou, and the Xu family's cultivated fields and Jinmai Brewery also needed to have their own family members.

Only Gu Yinhu was left to lead the entire storage at the ferry, piggybacking on the ferry.

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Hu Laosan, whose real name is Hu Yanzhao, is the so-called Luoyang Tang Hu family. The ancestors also had big officials in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, but this dynasty fell. The ancestor also served in the Taizong Dynasty, but was exiled to the south due to greed.

Although he still cultivates and reads heirlooms, Hu Laosan is a concubine, and he has embarked on the road of businessman. Raised two boats and ran cargo on the canal.

The current situation is a difficult life, otherwise I wouldn't go to the teahouse to hang out, and I wouldn't be laughed at in the teahouse.

The so-called cousin is just the ancestral hall, that is, the in-laws of Luoyang Hall, who have been in contact with their family······ Besides, that cousin is also from a bitter background.

"Hu Yanzhao, right?"

"The little thing is, I don't know what the officials have to say?"

"My family will see you mainly. Don't be afraid, your cousin is Shen Huzi, who is working under the master of my family. ”

Wei Changtian's background is a low-level fart, although he can be regarded as a soaring man with Xu Yi now, he does not have the problems of ordinary domestic slaves. He was very polite to Hu Laosan.

Hu Laosan ran the boat, so he paid more attention to information such as ferries. Don't look at the failure to read, for businessmen, Hu Laosan is quite talented.

It was also because of this that he exchanged letters with the so-called cousin and asked a lot about the new ferry port in the eastern capital.

His cousin's mouth was called by the Lord······ Hu Laosan felt like he was stepping on shit.

Excited, but strong and calm. It is said in the teahouse: Unless you climb up to the nobles. Hu Laosan had this dream, especially thinking about going to the Eastern Capital to seek refuge with his cousin.

I didn't expect this day to happen.

Xu Yi only had the heart to see this kid after seeing Hu Laosan's experience. I listened to a few words that day, but I just felt that Hu Laosan had some ideas.

After seeing Hu Laosan's experience, Xu Yi had the heart to accept it.

A little person who doesn't have any heels, in a place like Yangzhou, where the style of businessmen is prosperous, can start with a small sampan and play two cargo ships in five or six years, which can be regarded as a bit capable.

Xu Yi's family, it's okay to fight and kill, but no one can really provoke Yu Shangjia together. Although talent lies in training, Xu Yi found that his stall was getting bigger and bigger, and it was too late to cultivate talents.

Maybe this Hu Laosan can try.

Xu Qing had already sent a letter to ask Shen Huzi, who was under Gu Yinhu, to leave for Yangzhou.

Xu Yi still trusts the eighty-seven people who returned from the Western Regions. With Shen Huzi as the bridge in the middle, it should be more possible to recruit Hu Yanzhao.

Xu Yi is also a separate courtyard in the official post.

Hu Laosan followed Wei Changtian into the official post, but he didn't dare to look left and right, so he followed like that.

When it stopped, Hu Laosan looked up.

A very young nobleman, fiddling with something in the yard; A little lady seems to be playing with the young official; A middle-aged man waited next to him, smiling.

"Hu Yanzhao?"

"It's small."

"Shen Huzi will come over in a few days. You take a look at this first······"

Xu Yi pointed to the objects placed in the middle of the courtyard, which was a sand table in the stage of the Grand Canal. Among them, there are water currents, new ferries, warehouses, gantry cranes, sailboats, and even clay figurines symbolizing coolies.

"After reading this, you have to forget all about it when you walk out of this door, and you must not leak a single thing."

Hu Laosan was apprehensive for a moment, and finally his desire to get ahead prevailed.

This is Yangzhou, this is Surabaya, this is ······ I don't understand. I saw that the noble man put the model of a ship away, and quickly approached a place that he couldn't understand.

Immediately afterwards, the ······ manipulated by officials It should be a gantry crane, transferring the goods on the ship to another small boat in three or two······

"Official, is this a gantry crane? Is this boat a river boat and a river boat? ”

"Not bad! Look at ······ again."

Hu Laosan looked at it again, the ferry port in Surabaya seemed to have become a channel that could be circulated, and the entry and exit of river boats and the entry and exit of river boats were irrelevant to each other, and the channel had been unblocked.

The transshipment of goods is done on a dike, with several gantry cranes, and occasionally a little coolie······ Under the manipulation of the officials, one by one was completed.

Hu Laosan seemed to see the busy and orderly Surabaya.

Although he was not sure, Hu Laosan felt that this boat with so many sails was obviously much faster than paddling an oar.

Then there are the transfer of river boats and river boats, gantry cranes, and small houses that seem to want to be storerooms.

He was sure that once the model of the nobleman really appeared on the canal route, it would completely change the original shipping ······ Maybe I can find some money to print and raise a few more boats.

I just don't understand, what's the use of noble people looking for themselves to see this? He didn't think that his cousin relationship, who couldn't tell how far away, could allow a noble person to receive him like this.

"How?"

"Noble, the little one doesn't know if it's right. Once the canal route is really like the official, it is bound to completely change the status quo of the entire southern and northern transportation. ”

does have brains, Xu Yi feels quite lucky: "You are literate? ”

"Back to the official, I have studied for a few years, but I don't have the life to study."

Xu Yi looked at Xu Qing and nodded with Wei Changtian: "That's it, you go back first, don't do anything in the next few days, how about waiting for your cousin?" ”

Hu Laosan didn't reply, and was taken away by the people who brought him. I've been dizzy.

"······ the Lord"

"Uncle Qing, let Lao Wei watch him for a few days, and wait for Shen Huzi to come. Since he saw these things, he could not divulge them. ”

"Shen Huzi is here, if you can't solicit ······ Let's see. ”

Before reaching an agreement with Pei Yaoqing and the people Pei Yaoqing may bring, Xu Yi's models must not be exposed.

What Xu Yi thought in his heart was that if this Hu Laosan was not honest, he would not be able to spare his life, but he still couldn't say it.

"I'm going to see him! If it doesn't work, kill it! ”

Yingniang understands Xu Yi more and more. Xu Yi looked at it, and this time he didn't refute.

As Pei Yaoqing said, this is a big matter and should not be taken lightly. Today, Xu Yi brought Hu Laosan to the post house, and took out the model that even Pei Yaoqing had never seen, which was a test in itself, and wanted to see if this Hu Laosan was reliable and usable.

How dare Hu Laosan make any changes, he doesn't think that he can get the courtesy of the official who leads the Jianghuai transfer, or the kind of person who reveals the news in advance.

He was also a family member of the official eunuch, and it is not a good thing to know more clearly, as far as he sees today, at least he doesn't know anything about his relationship in the shipyard, that is a master craftsman.

Originally, the intention of building two more ships was extinguished, and at this time he thought about waiting for his eight-pole to be unable to beat his cousin.

Shipbuilding is not a matter of one or two days, and the official business of the imperial court is not a matter of two days or two days.

Pei Yaoqing was busy exchanging letters, while Xu Yi was busy collecting hydrological data everywhere······ He was sure that Pei Yaoqing would agree to his suggestion.

The first to arrive in Yangzhou was Shen Huzi.

"Command, Lord, if you have any send, the little one will be kept for you."

"Huzi, what if the Lord asks you to kill your cousin?"

"That's what he should be damned!"

Xu Qing joked with Shen Huzi because he knew that Hu Yanzhao was very honest these days, but he didn't expect Shen Huzi's words to be so resolute······ Xu Qing still didn't understand the feelings of this group of soldiers from the Western Regions for Xu Yi.

"Huzi, don't listen to Uncle Qing's nonsense. Here's it: your cousin has a lot of brains, the kind of businessman brains, and I want to woo him. ”

"I asked you to run this time, because I wanted you to be a middleman, and I was good at talking, so don't scare him. Well, if it doesn't work, make sure he doesn't divulge what he sees here. ”

"When it's over, you can stay, and we'll meet together in the end of the Eastern Capital."

Xu Yi's last sentence is the biggest temptation for Shen Huzi. Whether it was Wei Changtian or Gu Yinhu, they used to be the same as him. It's because I followed the general earlier, and look at the current life of others, which one is not alone.

Shen Huzi stammered a little: "Will... Lord, let him listen to us! ”

After saying that, he went out and hurried.

Ying Niang took a look at it and went out······ is still the same principle, the secrets of the family can only be known by the family.

Outsiders can only be kept secret by dead people, and he needs to know the true thoughts of Hu Laosan, not the final report by Shen Huzi.

Xu Yi, including his own people, still doesn't quite fit into his current status. Whether it is a soldier in the Western Regions, or a Taoist priest in the Gongming Palace, or the original Xu Yi, he is not a noble person in Dasheng mentally.

Of course, this is not about three generations of aristocrats, but the cultivation of ordinary people's mood and mentality.

When Shen Huzi visited his cousin, he didn't even say hello, and said directly: My family will mainly recruit you!

thought that he needed coercion and temptation, but who knew that Hu Laosan was extremely grateful to his cousin for his fulfillment······