Chapter 117 Rumors

In the face of his father's worries and questions, Han Qian did not deny it, but said:

"Father, if you really want to do anything to change in Xuzhou, the local surname will not support you, and there is more or less Tanzhou behind the big guest family, and it will only be wary of you. You'll have to let someone else muddy the water for you, and things will only be easier if someone else has to ask you, the new assassin, to clean up the mess. ”

"But those living lives should not be the bargaining chips in your hands, you can muddy the waters of Xuzhou by doing this, even if the situation is not out of control, Xuzhou will be light for a long time!" Han Daoxun still did not approve of Han Qian's use of such extreme means, the mountains of Xuzhou were steep, and a large number of displaced people poured in, and it was very likely that something would happen that was entrenched in the mountains and forests.

"I take three million money from Zuo Si a year to supply Xuzhou, and I should be able to barely control the situation in Qianyang City and not deteriorate,"

Han Qian only considered that the situation in Qianyang City and the big zigzag was not chaotic, and as for the influx of displaced people, the mountains and forests outside the big zigzag shape, and the deterioration of relations with the local native people, this was exactly what he was looking forward to, and said,

"Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to convince the Third Prince to agree to allocate an additional three million dollars a year from the Zuosi Warehouse to Xuzhou. Daddy, you don't want to work for the three princes, but I have to remember the kindness of the three princes! ”

Han Qian didn't want to give his father a chance to retreat and hesitate, so he directly carried the third prince out.

Seeing that Han Qian was determined, Han Daoxun sighed slightly, he naturally couldn't be pure when he came out of Xuzhou.

Fan Xicheng was also shocked, he didn't expect that the young master Han Qian would use this kind of fraud to lure a large number of people into Xuzhou to pan for gold, and use thousands of displaced people who were lured in to suddenly impact the social structure formed by the long-term opposition between the old Turks and Hakkers in Xuzhou, and even did not hesitate to mess up the situation in Xuzhou?

What kind of scheming should this be?

Han Daoxun generally understood Han Qian's plan, sat for a while, and then took Fan Xicheng back to the front office.

Han Qian took the tea brought by Mrs. Xi and asked, "You didn't spit in?" ”

In the face of Han Qian's unobtrusive question, Xi Ying really didn't know how to respond, and she was even shocked by the conversation between the Han family father and son just now.

In the eyes of outsiders, the son of the assassin can only be attached to the new assassin history, even if he sometimes does things and does nonsense, but no matter what, in the big picture, he shouldn't go against his father's will, right?

Where did she think that what she had witnessed with her own eyes was far from what she had imagined.

"You go back to the east room and stay, I won't call you, it's better not to go out and walk around at will." Han Qian asked Mrs. Xi to go back to the east room to stay, and he took a sip of tea and thought about the current situation in Xuzhou.

The situation in Xuzhou is complicated, not only involving the struggle for succession, but also the ambition of the Ma family in Tanzhou for the southern Hunan region, as well as the local contradictions between the local gentry and the local gentry for many years, and the local tycoons who have always been strong.

The influx of a large number of outsiders in a short period of time and the impact on the old social structure will naturally make the situation more chaotic, but this chaos is beneficial to his father's control of the situation in Xuzhou.

Xuzhou is mountainous and has few lands, but when it comes to depth, it is much broader than the prefectures and counties of the Jianghuai Plain, with only more than 12,000 households at present, and theoretically there is still a great room to accommodate foreign households - and if there is no population, no matter how large the area is and how vast the depth of the mountains and rivers, Xuzhou can only be the lower state of Great Chu, and its economic and military potential are extremely limited.

In addition, most of the native people are controlled by the wealthy families, and the Hakka people have been cultivating for generations, and they are relatively stable, Han Qian hopes that Xuzhou's forest mines, porcelain, shipbuilding, weaving, cast iron and other industries will flourish, but the core premise is to have enough remaining population.

At this time, it was already the middle of the thirteenth year of Tianyou, and after he returned to Jinling, there would be two or three months after Tianyou was the fourteenth year of Tianyou, and Emperor Tianyou lived through the seventeenth year of Tianyou according to the historical trajectory.

If he wants to dismantle the traditional power structure of Xuzhou within three years, and ensure that Xuzhou's economic and military potential not only cannot decline, but also go to a big level, and at the same time ensure that his father is not affected in Xuzhou, what means can he take?

However, Han Qian's determination to order the Zuo Si scouts to spread the news of the discovery of gold sand in the Xuzhou River in the Jinghu area was not entirely a rumor made out of thin air.

Xuzhou produced gold in ancient times, and the previous dynasty set up a mining institute specializing in gold mining in Xuzhou.

More than 70 years ago, due to the collapse of the mountain, two gold placer mine caves in Xuzhou were buried.

Later, due to the conflict between the Turks and the division of the feudal towns, and the fact that these two gold mines have been continuously mined for more than 100 years, the gold produced in the later period is limited, and they have not been reopened.

Since ancient times, in addition to producing gold, Xuzhou has also produced minerals such as copper, iron, silver, dansha, wood, medicinal materials and tung oil, etc., which can be exported to other countries in large quantities.

However, these products are in the deep mountains and old forests controlled by the native people.

On the one hand, the surplus labor force of the native people controlled by the four surnames is also limited, and the productivity is also low. If Han Qian was only satisfied with commercial trade with the four surnames, it would not only be difficult to disintegrate the traditional power structure of the four surnames controlling the locality, but it would even be possible to further help the four surnames improve their strength.

On the other hand, the local Hakka people are mainly greedy for land that can be cultivated in the large zigzag shape, and they are really not interested in the minerals in the deep mountains and old forests.

Even if they are large families with surplus wealth in their hands, they will only think about buying a few more acres of land, and no one will think of going into the deep mountains and old forests controlled by the native people to mine and log.

This stubborn concept that has been strengthened for hundreds or even thousands of years is not something that Han Qian can reverse in a short period of time.

The only people who can be unrestricted are those who are unemployed and landless and are attracted to Xuzhou by lies, but only those who have no access to land, who are forcibly displaced, or who dare to take risks to survive are most likely to be led to logging and mining in the mountains and forests, regardless of the risk of serious conflicts with the native people.

His father was worried that the influx of foreigners would intensify and get out of control in a short period of time.

However, what Han Qian wants is the intensification of contradictions and a certain degree of loss of control, in short, it is necessary to directly suppress the big surname Qianghao from his father, and attract the focus of the contradiction to them, which is a hundred times stronger.

Han Qian asked Han Laoshan and Han Zhou to call over, and asked them about the resettlement of their husbands and wives in the past few days, and said: "There are many vacant courtyards on both sides of the Furong Garden, you can buy one or two empty yards, and the weaving yard will be set up first in the next two days." ”

In addition to more than 20 domestic soldiers and their children who stayed in Xuzhou, there were also 267 wives and daughters of domestic soldiers.

At present, the situation in Qianyang City is not stable enough, and the family soldiers and their wives and children still have to live in the Furong Garden for the time being, but there is no need to use too many miscellaneous servants and servants in the Furong Garden.

Jinling's weaving, printing and dyeing techniques are still much more advanced and efficient than Xuzhou; And weaving shipbuilding canvas and even the subsequent rainproof tarpaulin is a plan that Han Qian wants to implement in Xuzhou.

On the way to Xuzhou, Han Qian also found a few soldiers who were good at weaving, discussed the weaving of thick and tough canvas and tarpaulin, and waited until Xuzhou to verify it.

Of course, Han Qian has long been accustomed to the slow pace of the world, and if he doesn't come forward to urge these things in person, Han Laoshan and they may think that before the end of the year, the speed of buying the loom will be fast.

Han Qian called Han Laoshan and his wife over and asked, they were really at a loss, they didn't expect them to take a breath when they arrived in Xuzhou, and yesterday they were worried that the four surnames might raise troops to kill them down the mountain, so the young master urged them to do this.

"We have discussed the possibility of four weaving methods on the boat, I will see these four samples tomorrow, whoever is the first to come up with the sample, she will be the shopkeeper of the weaving institute," Han Qian asked again, "So, Ji Fu and Ji Xiyao's side haven't moved yet?" ”

"Ji Fu's body is a little uncomfortable, but Ji Xiyao took someone out of the city to see Wankou the day before yesterday!" After leaving Jinling City this time, Han Laoshan really realized the young master's means, and he didn't dare to have any ambiguity in his reply.

There is a shipyard in Qianyang City, but most of the ships are small canopy ships, etc., and the cargo ships with a load of three to five hundred stones are considered large ships on the Yuanshui, so the existing shipyards in Xuzhou do not have a ready-made dock for Ji Xiyao and them to renovate the sailing ship of two thousand stones.

Ji Xiyao took people out of the city to see Wankou, hoping to directly find a suitable dock port and reduce the amount of follow-up work as much as possible.

Hearing Han Laoshan say that Ji Xiyao took people out of the city the day before yesterday, Han Qian wondered if he couldn't see how chaotic the situation in Jinling City would be in three or four years, he should really take Ji Xiyao back to Jinling to build a shipyard.

Han Qian thought about it, and then said to Han Laoshan: "The matter of the Weaving Institute, don't ask about it after you tell me to go down today, I will hand it over to Ji Xiyao to be responsible." ”

"Hmm." Han Laoshan replied sourly in his heart.

Han Qian asked again, only to know that Yang Qin was also pulled out by Ji Xiyao to see Wankou, and he didn't care that it was about to be noon, so he ordered Gao Shao, Tian Cheng, and Zhao Wuji to prepare to go out of the city directly to find Ji Xiyao and Yang Qin.

After Gao Shao and the others prepared their horses, Han Qian remembered something and said to Zhao Ting'er: "We will take Mrs. Xi out of the city for a ride......

Zhao Ting'er didn't want to take Mrs. Xi with her, but she knew that the young master Han Qian probably had other meanings, so she pouted and ran to the hut to detain Mrs. Xi and call her out.

With a side saddle on the horse's back, Xi Ying's skills are good, and there is nothing inconvenient about riding a horse with shackles, and she has also seen Han Qian's cruelty, and she doesn't want to anger him when the situation has just improved, but no matter what, walking through the streets and alleys with shackles, and going out of the city, it makes her feel a sense of humiliation that she will be pulled out to show the public.

"Ting'er, you help Mrs. Xi change into a long skirt, which can cover the shackles," Han Qian saw Mrs. Xi come out with a gloomy face, and said, "Wrap the shackles with silk again, don't hurt her ankles." ”

Xi Ying stood there stubbornly, without saying a word, but Zhao Ting'er pulled her, and then followed her to the back room to change her skirt......