On the long Huangsha Road, Jiang De rode a horse, looked at the caravans coming and going from time to time on the road and said, "The prosperity of Kaifeng City depends on these caravans, if there are no caravans, I don't know how many days Kaifeng can support?" ”

Xu Guanzhong next to him was a little absent-minded, and only nodded after a while and said, "Yes, the lord is right, the bigger the city, the more like a greedy beast, he must constantly feed him with supplies, in fact, the army is the same reason, so there are so many soldiers who love to cut off the enemy's food when they use soldiers." ”

Jiang De smiled and said, "I know, for example, the battle of Guandu, Mr. Xu, I see that you are a little absent-minded, but you haven't rested well?" ”

Xu Guanzhong shook his head and said, "Lord, I'm thinking, why is the lord in such a hurry to dedicate the "Romance of the Gods" to the official family? ”

Jiang De sighed and said, "Do you know the King of Shang? ”

Xu Guanzhong nodded and said, "Of course I know, Shang Xuan is the young son of Emperor Yi, and "Xunzi Feixiang Chapter" records that he is a long giant and beautiful, and he is also a masterpiece in the world; The strength is outstanding, and the enemy of a hundred people is also. "Historical Records: Yin Benji" has Emperor Yun's ability to distinguish quick diseases, and he is very sensitive to hearing and seeing; The material strength is outstanding, and the hand is fierce; Knowing enough to admonish, words enough to decorate wrong; The subordinates are capable, the world is high, and they think that they are all out of their own ranks.

However, at that time, the business situation was weak, and Zhou had three or two in the world, so that Bigan was killed, Miko was imprisoned, and Weizi ran away, and finally Makino fought and died by self-immolation, laughing for the world. ”

Jiang De sighed and said, "Don't talk about Shang and others, just talking about this person, don't you think that except for force, they are very similar to our official family?" It's just that our officials have turned the force of the merchant to tear the tiger and the leopard into the literary style of Li Du. ”

Xu Guanzhong suddenly said with some understanding: "Does the lord want to use this book to advise today's officials?" ”

Jiang Dehaha laughed and said, "If he can really do it, he won't be our official family, don't worry, this book will only make the heroes of the world see him more clearly!" Our official family is so happy with his achievements, he does not care about the people's strength, he does not listen to advice, he is only romantic, and he can be described as a single husband. ”

Xu Guanzhong nodded approvingly: "The lord's evaluation of the official family can be described as pertinent. ”

Jiang De looked back at the west and said, "Yesterday, there was news from my family that Wang Baozheng had recruited three thousand soldiers, and these people would be our initial capital." ”

Xu Guanzhong asked, "What does the lord do with these three thousand people?" ”

Jiang Deliang said after a long time: "Be a general! ”

Xu Guanzhong arched his hand and said: "The lord is wise! ”

- Heungin House

The location of Xingren Mansion is in the Heze area of later generations, north of the Yellow River, south of Jishui, flat terrain, deep soil, large population, is Shangfu.

"Haha, Jiang Xiaolang can come, it's really my luck to Xingren Mansion, and I ask Jiang Xiaolang to say hello to the master for me." In the Xingren Mansion, a civil official walked into the living room with a smile and said to Jiang De.

Jiang De replied and said, "Lord Xia is very polite, I heard from the Taishi that Lord Xia is a rare good official in the world, and the Taishi also asked me to learn more from the adults and ask for advice." ”

Xia Bing, the prefect of Xingren Mansion, the relationship between Jiang De and Cai Jing has spread throughout most of the Northern Song Dynasty officialdom in recent days, so as soon as he learned that Jiang De was coming, he hurriedly came to see him, and promised to give full support to Jiang De's preparation to open a factory here.

Jiang De couldn't help but smile when he saw Xia Bing talking so well, now that he has the tiger skin of Cai Jing, he has indeed done a lot of good things, and said in his mouth, "Whether it's glass or cement, you need minerals, I don't know?" ”

Xia Bing stroked his beard and said: "There are indeed a lot of minerals in my Xingren Mansion, and I will fully support it." ”

After Jiang De thanked him, he and Xu Guanzhong rode to the Jishui side, which will become the address of Jiang De's glass factory and cement factory.

Xu Guanzhong pointed to Jishui and said, "Lord, do you know where this Jishui flows?" ”

Jiang De looked at the river flowing northeast and said, "Anyway, it's the sea." ”

Xu Guanzhong said with a smile: "All waters eventually return to the sea, but there is still a good place to go before this water reaches the sea." ”

Jiang Deqi said, "Where is that?" ”

Xu Guanzhong's eyes were full of yearning, and he said: "It's the eight hundred miles of Liangshan Bo." ”

Jiang De suddenly saw Liang Shanbo's figure, but he still believed Xu Guanzhong's words, and he couldn't help but understand why Xu Guanzhong supported the establishment of the two factories here.

Jiang De sighed and said, "It's not the time yet... But for some, maybe it's time to meet. ”

Xu Guanzhong asked, "Listen to the meaning of the lord, there are already heroes and heroes waiting for us on this Liang Mountain?" ”

Jiang De shook his head and said, "There are no ones on Liangshan yet, but there are a few people under Liangshan who have to pay attention, sir, have you heard of Song Jiang's name?" ”

Xu Guanzhong knocked on his head and said, "But what about Song Jiang and Song Gongming in Yuncheng?" Students have heard his name in the rivers and lakes, people call Baoyi, and the name of timely rain, it is said that it is extremely righteous and squandering money, in this Shandong land, his name is reported in many cottages are good. ”

Jiang De nodded and said, "This person relies on the identity of a small official, and he makes friends everywhere, and many bloody cases have disappeared in his hands, if I am not wrong, this person will become our Liangshan's henchman in the future!" ”

Xu Guanzhong asked, "Could it be that this Song Jiang has the ability to command troops?" Will you lead troops against us in the future? ”

Jiang De smiled and said, "That's simple, this person is kind-hearted and scheming, think about it, a court official doesn't go to catch thieves, but he mixes with those reckless people every day, what do you want to do?" But whatever he wants to do, it's just a stepping stone for us. ”

Xu Guanzhong nodded slightly, his and Jiang De's goal was the world, how could they put a Song Jiang in their eyes.

Jiang De continued: "But there are still a few people at the foot of this Liang Mountain, I want to take a look, so let's go and see when we are done." ”

Xu Guanzhong replied, "It's okay, my lord, the place is in front, here is by Jishui, there is a wharf, and the transportation is quite convenient." ”

Jiang De dismounted, and said as he walked, "Come forward and take a look." ”

When they got to the front, Jiang De and the others saw that this place had almost become a military camp, with hundreds of people wearing forbidden army clothes walking around inside, noisy, some drinking, some gambling, some shutting down, some sleeping, all kinds of people, so lively.

Jiang De frowned and asked, "Who are these?" ”

Xu Guanzhong didn't expect this situation either, and said a little overwhelmed, "These people seem to be forbidden soldiers, that is, craftsmen who are transferred to obey our orders." ”

"Is this the Praetorian Army?" Jiang De looked at this military camp and didn't know what to say, although these are all craftsmen, but this is too scattered, and can such a person be used well?

"Hey! Who are the few of you? Finally, two people with knives and guns came over, looked at Jiang De and the others and said.