The royal compound has long been destroyed to the point that it is completely unpresentable, and rebuilding it will be a long-term project.

Wang Jizong knew that Qinchuan was going to repair several water conservancy projects before the land was completely frozen, so the people sent by Qinchuan to repair his house were all transferred to repair water conservancy.

More than 20 members of the Wang family now live in the inner courtyard of Mengjiazhuang, and in addition to the old and weak and women, more than a dozen young people, including Wang Jizong's uncle, have followed Zhuang Min to dig the reservoir.

There are three courtyards in the inner courtyard of Mengjiazhuang, Wang Jizong's family lives in the west side of the courtyard, Qin Chuan has been living in the gatehouse before, and after the situation in Mengjiazhuang stabilized, he moved to the east side of the courtyard with Song Zhiting.

Now, Wang Jizong entertained Luo Wentian in the East Courtyard, put two pots of meat and a pot of wine, and gave Luo Wentian a mouth full of fat.

After a meal of wine and meat, Wang Jizong began to slowly tell the origin of the Great Steward of Qin, the recent major battles in Lou Fu Town, the ambitions of the Grand Steward and various measures to benefit the people and himself, and then why he would be a thief.

He really wanted to recruit Luo Wentian, not only because he was friends with Luo Wentian, but also because he knew that this classmate had some talents, especially in negotiations.

Outstanding appearance, eloquent and decent manners made Luo Wentian once a limelight figure in Jingle County, not only valued by the division commander, but also a good son-in-law in the eyes of the major gentry and lords.

It's a pity that his strengths are also his weaknesses, not only because of the delay in his academic fame, but also because of the adultery with the eldest lady of the Wu family, which ruined his future.

Wang Jizong wanted to recruit him, not only to make him a shopkeeper, but also to let him run business for the chief steward.

Now the Black Mountain mine has hoarded tens of thousands of catties of pig iron, and has not yet found a suitable market, and Mengjiazhuang needs a large number of war horses, saltpeter, etc. in the future, both of which need to be bought in large quantities from other places, and a suitable source must be found.

At the same time, the archsteward needs a spokesperson to do something for him outside, such as the most urgent thing at the moment: recruiting craftsmen from all walks of life from all over the world.

There is no shortage of people in Mengjiazhuang, but there is a shortage of craftsmen, blacksmiths, bricklayers, carpenters, weavers, furnaces, potters, etc., especially blacksmiths, who are currently the most scarce talents.

Someone has to open up this trade route.

Wang Jizong knew that Luo Wentian could be up to this important task, this classmate with a wide range of friends was good at dealing with people, and he also liked to travel around, especially when he went to places where beautiful women gathered, and the beautiful women with high noses and big eyes in Tulupan and Tumut could make him flock to him.

Luo Wentian listened very carefully, and after hearing that the Great Steward of Qin was going to eradicate the big households in Jingle and Lanxian one by one, he was a little moved.

After talking for a full hour, the meat on the table was hot over and over again, and most of the bag of wine was drunk, and when he was seven or eight points drunk, Luo Wentian finally slapped his thigh and agreed to join the gang.

After he was released, the suave and beautiful man regained his true nature, and after a lot of talking, he soon helped the chief steward draw up several business routes.

Just as Qin Chuan was busy with things, he went back to the east side courtyard to prepare for bed, and heard the handsome talk of Luo Da from a distance, and suddenly became interested, and went in to add a pair of dishes and chopsticks and a wine glass.

Talking and talking, talking about saltpeter, and naturally talking about making firearms and gunpowder, Qin Chuan lamented that he had no talent in this area, and when Luo Wentian heard it, he immediately recommended a few people to him.

One is the change of Wang Gongchang, because he was lazy and did not go to work and escaped a catastrophe, and was finally confiscated as the head of the army and the other few are Sun Yuanhua's old subordinates, after the change of Kong Youdedenzhou, Sun Yuanhua was beheaded just a few months ago, and his old subordinates were assigned to the army.

These people are now farming in the military camp of the Biaotouguan, and their lives are miserable.

When Luo Wentian was still in the Wu family as a bookkeeper, he had been to the Biaotou Pass with the grain team, and he couldn't bear the loneliness when he chatted with those border soldiers in the pass, and he happened to know these people.

According to him, there are quite a few talented people in the Tuntian military households of the border army, and there are many officials of all sizes who have been assigned to serve in the army, clansmen of the wealthy gentry and family lords, and people with heads and faces from all walks of life, and so on, and there are many artisan households.

In addition to the above people, Luo Wentian also introduced one person to Qin Chuan: Wang Zheng.

It was recommended by Sun Yuanhua to serve as the supervisor of the military road in Liaohai and follow Sun Yuanhua to build artillery in Shandong.

After Sun Yuanhua was beheaded, Wang Zheng got a friend to intercede, and was able to avoid a death, and instead sent a military recharge, and got the help of his friends, and finally exempted himself from the crime of confiscating the army, and is now idle in his hometown of Jingyang County, Xi'an Prefecture.

As soon as Luo Wentian finished speaking, Qin Chuan shook his head, it was almost impossible to recruit Wang Zheng.

He was once a member of the imperial court, and he was a well-known gentry in the local area, so it was impossible for him to rebel against a small bandit leader.

After Li Hongji captured Xi'an, he sent people to recruit him, he asked people to write his tombstone inscription in advance, and then he wanted to draw his sword and kill himself, which angered Li Hongji's people, and his son went to see Li Hongji on his behalf in order to save his life, but he finally died of hunger strike.

This kind of loyal ministers of the court of death cannot be recruited.

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The next morning, Qin Chuan transferred a few old bandits from Jiuji Mountain and a hundred Guan Emperor troops, led by Lao Huang and Bobcat, to help Luo Wentian transport 500 stone grain to the grain shop in Jingle County.

He also took 500 silver and gave it to Luo Wentian, and asked him to recruit a shopkeeper and a few men to help him take care of the grain shop, and then take the silver and Lao Huang's soldiers and horses to go to the side pass to recruit the few people he said.

If you can bribe the guards there, it is best to bring people out blatantly, and if the bribery fails, it is to steal or rob, and you must get those people out.

It is better to get more craftsmen to come out, and all types of craftsmen are needed, especially blacksmiths, as many as they want.

The second task given to him by Qin Chuan was to find out the movements of those gentry in Jingle and Lanxian, on the one hand, relying on him to inquire about the news, and on the other hand, asking Lao Huang and Lynx to pick some clever Guan Emperor soldiers and wander between the two places as homeless.

Luo Wentian went with confidence, he planned to go to Cuixiang Building to find a few girls, and send them to the guards to comfort them for two days, and this matter was naturally done.

Qin Chuan originally wanted to go to the Three Cliffs and the East Hulu River, but before he could set off, he saw that Hu Dawei was coming again.

This time, Hu Dawei did not enter the village, saying that the military affairs in the direction of Taiyuan and Shouyang were urgent, and only one sentence was transmitted: Song Tongyin wanted to invite Qin Chuan to praise the painting of Rongji, and he was in charge of suppressing bandits.

Qin Chuan was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Song Tongyin to look up to him so much, and he wanted to invite him to be a staff officer.

But he didn't want to be a staff officer at all, let alone the governor of Shanxi, even if the emperor Lao'er asked him to be the first assistant, he didn't want to go.

The Ming court is rotten to the roots, and Zhuge can't be saved while he is alive, not to mention that he is a small bandit leader.

What's more, it is still unknown whether Song Tongyin can keep the position of governor of Shanxi, and now that he is gone, in case Song Tongyin is dismissed or demoted, he will have to run back in disgrace?

Immediately, Qin Chuan told Hu Dawei that he was a man with no ambitions, and he just wanted to keep Lou Fu, lest the villagers here suffer from bandits again, just because the villagers had been kind to him.

Of course, Hu Dawei didn't believe his nonsense, and asked with a calm face: "What do you kid want to do?" ”

Of course, Qin Chuan didn't dare to say that he wanted to rebel, so he only said: "I want to be promoted and make a fortune, but he and Lord Futai are not the same person, so they can't go together." ”

Hu Dawei looked at him with a calm face, and after a long time, he dropped a sentence of "You are so self-conscious", and then left.

Of course, Qin Chuan has to do it himself, after all, he will lose his head if he is not careful.

When Hu Dawei walked away, Qin Chuan led dozens of subordinates to the East Hulu River.

He wanted to have a good talk with Ren Liang.

Then, go to see Wang Gang and Leopard Wu again, and talk about it too.