The second day of Koji's return home.

Xiang Minzhong's fold was handed to the inner court.

He was already at home, so his recital didn't have much substance.

At most, it is a suggestion to the imperial court.

Sanzai in the inner court, after getting Xiang Minzhong's fold.

Everyone complained about Kou Ji, and then decisively adopted Xiang Minzhong's suggestion and handed over the printing of the imperial palace newspaper to Kou Ji.

The three of them are not stupid, so they naturally know that Xiang Minzhong is helping Kou Ji to speak for the inner court.

After Kou Ji got the documents approved by the inner court, he immediately returned to the Ministry of Industry and summoned the subordinate officials from top to bottom of the Ministry of Industry.

He ordered Langzhong to preside over the construction of the printing workshop of the Ministry of Industry.

At the same time, he ordered the other two directors of the Ministry of Works, in coordination with Bi Sheng, to lead the officials of the Ministry of Industry to prepare the things used in movable type printing.

Koufu has a full set of things used in movable type printing.

But there was no need for Kou Ji to move the things from Kou Mansion to the Ministry of Industry.

There are no rules to follow for private use.

But using the things of Kou Mansion to help the imperial court will only cheapen those corrupt officials who report public expenses to the household department and the three divisions.

Using the money of the imperial court to do things, Kou Ji is not distressed at all.

Under his reminder, Bi Sheng abandoned the cement and directly used lead to cast the printing seal.

After calculating the required expenses, it was directly reported to the third division and the household department.

The three divisions and the household department did not embarrass Kou Ji at all, and in three days, the expenses required by Kou Ji were sent to the Ministry of Industry one after another.

After the public funds were sent to the Ministry of Industry, Kou Ji stared at the subordinate officials of the Ministry of Industry and began to do things.

The subordinate officials of the Ministry of Industry did not dare to be lazy under the watchful eye of Kou Ji, and were busy day and night.

They all know that Koji is a ruthless person.

In everything he went to, there would always be some officials who would be unlucky.

They don't want to be the next batch.

Under the busy day and night of the subordinate officials and officials of the Ministry of Industry, the printing workshop of the Ministry of Industry was soon completed.

Since the public housing of the printing workshop is already existing, there is no need to work hard to build another house.

After the completion of the workshop, Kou Ji took over the printing of the newspaper from the imperial court.

At Kou Ji's suggestion, the first newspaper printed by the Ministry of Works' printing workshop was to promote movable type printing.

Kou Ji didn't do anything in the printed newspaper, and even followed the rules of printing the newspaper in the imperial court before.

He just added a few more words to the newspaper.

'Bi's movable type printing, created by the Ministry of Industry'.

No one knew what Kou Ji meant by adding these words, and no one stopped him.

Brand effect, businessmen may understand some.

Some officials in the DPRK and China who are doing business at home also know a little.

But they didn't think anyone would apply that to the court.

I don't think that someone will take advantage of this to plan something in the imperial court.

After the newspaper was printed, it passed through the post station of the imperial court and was distributed.

Bi's movable type printing will also spread throughout the Great Song Dynasty in a very short period of time.

The word Ministry of Industry will also be mentioned many times by the people inside and outside the government and the opposition.

After the newspaper of Bi's movable type printing was issued.

Kou Ji sat in the Ministry of Industry for a few more days, dealing with some officials and officials who were cheating and playing tricks when the Ministry of Industry was busy.

After the work of the Ministry of Industry to print the newspaper was stable, he returned to the house and continued to salt.

Time flies.

It's time for the alternation of autumn and winter.

This year's alternation of autumn and winter is different from last year's.

There was a little more autumn rain.

The autumn rains fall from mid-October to the end of October.

The people in Bianjing City have been in the house for half a month, and they can't go out to play.

Kou Ji was covered with a big coat and lay under the eaves, watching the raindrops gather into a stream and roll down the eaves at a rapid pace.

Xiang Yan held the tea bowl, sat beside Kou Ji, and said with a long sigh: "Xianggong, it has been raining for half a month, when is it a head?" ”

Kou Ji said lazily: "I'm not God, how do I know?" ”

Xiang Yan sighed, turned his head and asked Kou Ji, "Xianggong, when will the Jiaozi shop you have high hopes for open?" ”

Kou Ji turned over and said to Xiang Yan: "It has rained for half a month, and the roads are muddy. The Song Qian escorted by the Jiangling Coin Casting Workshop was still blocked outside Kaifeng Mansion.

If the money is less than a day, Jiaozipu will not be able to open. ”

Xiang Yan was puzzled: "Isn't Jiaozipu a place to save money?" Why wait for Song Qian to arrive? I don't need them. Besides, the Qian family, the Mu family, and the Meng family, haven't they already invested a sum of money and put it in Jiaozipu? ”

Kou Ji laughed in a low voice: "The reason why we have to wait for Song Qian to open after it arrives at Jiaozipu is to cope with the process of exchanging copper coins?" ”

Xiang Yan stared at Kou Ji as if she didn't understand.

Kou Ji explained with a smile: "What is the purpose of my minting Song money? Of course, it is to let people in Bianjing City, and even the whole world, use Song money. Jiaozipu is an excellent place to promote Song money.

Jiaozi is a very novel thing in Bianjing City.

Therefore, in the place where Jiaozipu opens, there will be many people who take copper coins and deposit them in Jiaozipu, and then take them out on the pretext, and so on, so as to find out the role of Jiaozipu and the credit of Jiaozipu.

When they deposited the money, we took back the old copper coins, and when they withdrew the money, they took the Song coins minted by my Koufu. ”

Xiang Yan frowned and said: "The newly minted Song money in the house has a copper content of eighty percent. Most copper coins on the market also contain about eighty percent of the copper. One in and one out, not only is my Kou Mansion not profitable, but it also has to be added to the fire.

Isn't this a money-losing deal? ”

Kou Ji laughed and said, "How can you lose money?" There are fees for depositing money, and there are many fees for lending. These are all the money made by Jiaozipu. Compared to the money, those fire consumption are nothing.

The Song money minted in the house is not only high in copper, but also exquisite, which is more conducive to implementation.

The three families of Mu, Qian, and Meng have already agreed to use the profits of Jiaozipu to save money to pay fees and make up for this fire consumption. ”

Xiang Yan's brows furrowed three points again, and said, "The profit from the savings of the Jiaozi shop can be saved, why should it be spent?" ”

Kou Ji said with a smile: "As long as Song Qian can pass through the world, this cost is nothing." ”

Xiang Yan gritted her teeth and said, "Xianggong, why do you have to issue Song money?" The imperial court obviously has a money casting workshop, and it will mint money every year. Why do you want to do this?

Not only will it cost a lot of money, but it will also get into trouble because of this.

Obviously thankless. ”

Kou Ji smiled indifferently: "The imperial court is minting money, but it is not good enough. I just helped the court make up for what the court could do, but didn't do. By the way, let all the copper coins in the world be measured by Song money. ”

"I don't understand ......"

Although Kou Ji had spoken very thoroughly, Xiang Yan still couldn't understand the meaning of Kou Ji's words.

She didn't understand what benefits the Kou Mansion could get if Song Qian was used as a yardstick for the whole world.

Kou Ji saw that Xiang Yan didn't understand, and he didn't instill this set of knowledge in Xiang Yan strongly.

just told Xiang Yan to send someone to call Liu Heng over when she turned around.

After Jiaozipu opens, it will definitely attract a large amount of savings in a very short period of time.

The storehouse of the one-word Jiaozi shop can't save so much money.

The treasury of the Kou Mansion could not be saved.

Therefore, Kou Ji had to discuss it with Liu Heng and Chen Lin, and then report it to the imperial court, buy some abandoned warehouses from the pile sealing warehouse, and save money.

In the past, Taizu Zhao Kuangyin established a pile sealing library for the purpose of conquering the Liao State.

The conquest of the Liao State is not an overnight thing, so the saving of the pile vault is not an overnight thing.

Therefore, the warehouses of the pile sealing warehouse, built to be exceptionally hard, and can prevent the erosion and impact of floods, they are like a war fortress, vulnerable to attack, and each building area is huge.

Far better than the treasury and the inner treasury.

There are a total of 134 warehouses in the pile sealing warehouse.

At present, more than 70 rooms have been used, about 60 rooms are still vacant, and 36 rooms are abandoned.

Kou Ji is interested in the thirty-six abandoned rooms.

They are also put away, and it is better to make the best use of them.

Although the pile sealing warehouse is a public instrument of the imperial court, it does not mean that it cannot be sold.

Anyway, those abandoned warehouses are also put away, and he has to spend money to sell them, and there is no reason why the court should not agree.

There is another reason why Kou Ji chose to seal the pile warehouse.

That is to borrow the hands of Chen Lin and Liu Heng to protect the comprehensiveness of the treasury.

After all, in Chen Lin's eyes, part of that money belongs to the official family, and whoever touches the official's money is tantamount to asking him to die, and he will definitely try his best to kill the whole family.

In fact, Kou Ji didn't need much, he only needed to use ten, as a temporary warehouse for Jiaozipu.

Where Jiaozipu's real warehouse is located, Kou Ji does not plan to set it up in Bianjing City.

Because when the savings of Jiaozipu reach a certain amount, everyone in Bianjing City will be red-eyed.

The first to bear the brunt is probably the imperial court.

Kou Ji didn't want to make wedding dresses for others.

Kou Ji said to Xiang Yan.

Xiang Yan sent someone to find Liu Heng.

It's just that the people sent out by Xiang Yan haven't left the gate of Kou Mansion yet.

I saw the steward of the Kou Mansion supervising the work in the workshop outside the city, and rushed into the mansion with a frightened face.

"Oh no! Something is wrong! ”

"Oh no!"

“……”

The steward rushed all the way into the Four Monarchs Garden, shouting loudly.

Kou Ji lifted the big curtain, straightened up, and asked, "What's wrong?" So flustered? ”

The steward glared in horror and said in a trembling voice: "Yellow River...... Yellow River embankment...... Crashed! ”

"Poof!"

Kou Ji stood up suddenly, his face shocked.

Xiang Yan trembled and said, "The embankment of the Yellow River ...... Collapsed again? ”

After saying this, she got up suddenly and said in horror: "Go quickly and inform Xiangfu of this matter." ”

Kou Zhong followed the steward's footsteps and ran to the Sijun Garden, and when he heard the steward's words, his heart trembled.

Hearing Xiang Yan's order, he immediately sent someone to deliver a message to the mansion.

After Kou Zhong finished ordering people to report to the government, he returned to Sijun Garden again.

Seeing all the stewards of the mansion that Xiang Yan had already recruited, he ordered one by one: "Go to a person, lead the servants of the mansion, and immediately go to the major grain stores in Bianjing City to buy grain." ”

"Go to a person, take the servants of the house, you can pack up the food in the house, transport it out from the north gate, and transport it to the other courtyard on the edge of the Durui Holy Garden outside the north gate."

"Go to one person, inform the servants of the mansion who are still running around outside the mansion, and let them all go to the other courtyard on the edge of the Ruisheng Garden."

"The craftsmen of the house, take the remaining servants, nail all the doors and windows of the house, and seal the door of the storehouse with a boulder."

"Quick!"

“……”

In Xiang Yan's hoarse urging, the servants in the house all moved.

In the shouting of Xiang Yan, Kou Ji had already returned to the room, changed into an official uniform, and appeared outside the door.

Xiang Yan saw that Kou Ji had changed into an official uniform and was about to go out, so she grabbed Kou Ji's arm.

"Xianggong? Where are you going? ”

"Xianggong, you can't go out at this time, you have to accompany the concubine to escape the disaster."

“……”

Xiang Yan's expression was a little anxious and a little flustered.

Obviously, this is not the first time she has faced such a situation.

It seems that something terrible has been experienced.

Kou Ji grabbed Xiang Yan's hand and said in a deep voice: "You take the people in the house to go out to hide from the disaster first." My grandfather is still in the palace, and I'm going to the palace. ”

Xiang Yan gritted her teeth, tugging on Kou Ji's sleeve and refusing to let go.

She couldn't say anything rebellious, but she didn't want to let Kou Ji go.

Kou Ji patted her hand and said, "Peace of mind! Wait for me in the courtyard outside the city, and I'll be fine. ”

Xiang Yan stubbornly shook her head, dragging Kou Ji and refusing to let go.

Kou Ji hugged her, broke her hand, and walked out of the house.

When he passed by Kou Zhong, he reminded him in a low voice, "Take care of Madame." ”

Kou Zhong nodded heavily.

Kou Ji walked outside the house without looking back.

Kou Zhong rushed to the place where the guards in the palace lived, called a few people, and asked them to follow Kou Ji out to protect Kou Ji.

The moment Xiang Yan's figure disappeared, tears fell suddenly.

She knew far more about the horror of the flood than Koji.

She has lived in Bianjing for a long time and has experienced more than one flood.

Every time a flood flows through Bianjing, it leaves behind a corpse.

Kou Ji left the house.

As far as the eye could see, there was chaos.

The news of the collapse of the embankment of the Yellow River has obviously reached Bianjing.

The people in Bianjing City are frantically fleeing for their lives.

Someone fell to the ground and never got up again.

With a gloomy face, Kou Ji passed through the frantically fleeing people, all the way to the palace.

Along the way, Kou Ji almost got hit twice.

If it hadn't been for the timely arrival of the guards at his side, he would have been trampled into pulp.

When Kou Ji arrived at the gate of the palace, he saw Kou Zhun, Li Di, and Wang Zeng, with the official Zhao Zhen, and some officials and eunuchs, hurrying to the outer city.

Kou Zhun frowned when he saw Kou Ji coming, but he didn't speak.

Li Di just whispered, "Keep up with ......"

Kou Ji followed behind Kou Zhun and the others and rushed to the walls of the outer city.

Along the way, no one spoke, and everyone's face was gloomy and dripping blood.

The atmosphere was very oppressive.

Anyone who encounters someone who takes the opportunity to make trouble, he doesn't ask, and directly slashes him with a knife.

When the group arrived at the outer city wall of Bianjing City, the knives in the hands of the guards who followed them all turned blood red.