It seems that Qian Sanniang has dressed up, although the clothes are simple, but she has her own sassy temperament, a different style from Wang Qiong'e.

Her eyes were cold, like ice and snow, and her tall and slender figure came with oppression.

When she and Wang Qiong'e met, the two daughters looked at each other, their expressions were complicated, and their eyes were inexplicable.

Qian Sanniang gave a gift: "Qian Guse has seen Mrs. Yan, but I haven't seen you for half a year, how is Mrs. good?" ”

Wang Qiong'e returned the salute, and she smiled: "Sister Qian, why bother to see outside, you and I can be commensurate with each other." ”

Li Ruwan stood behind Qian Sanniang, she looked at Wang Qiong'e carefully for a while, especially glanced at her chest a few times, and pursed her lips. I saw that there was a little maid behind the big breast, and she stared at Qian Sanniang at this time, and her eyes were also hostile.

Soon the lanterns were on, and the banquet was held in the East Flower Hall, with lanterns hanging one by one.

Yang He, Wang Qiong'e, Qian Sanniang and others sat down, and Minister Yang, Han Guan'er, Luo Xianjue, Zhang Songtao, Zhang Chugong, Chen Qiuao, Cui Lu, Chang Rusong, Zeng Youyu, Sheng Santang, Li Jiale, Zhang Chujing, Li Ruwan, and Huang Guan attended the table.

Wang Qiong'e has already met them, most of these people were old acquaintances of the official way, and at that time, they were very depressed like Yang Xianggong, just a group of hungry people who fled.

But now looking at these people, all dressed in officer uniforms, cyan folded scarves, cyan shoulder scarves, red armor coats, stepping on military boots, and flying spirits, they have a taste of weightlessness, and they have become important figures in Pizhou City.

This made her feel that her life was so magically different.

The atmosphere at the banquet was very relaxed, laughter and laughter, Wang Qiong'e had to admit that in terms of relaxation, it seemed that sitting with Yang Xianggong was the first, sitting with him was the second, sitting with his mother's house was the third, and her mother-in-law's house was the most depressing.

Everyone is also very interested in the things on her business name, Wang Qiong'e has talked a lot about everything, and everyone is also amazed, it is really a long insight. Even Li Ruwan has to admit that this big chest is really unique, only Qian Sanniang has been eating silently.

Finally, Wang Qiong'e talked about her intention to set up a general number, Yang Hedao: "General number? The general number is the head, and only when the head is sound can there be no confusion, and the command can be unified, such as the arm and the finger. You must be cautious in choosing the place of the general number, in my opinion, this Pizhou is very good. ”

Qian Sanniang couldn't help but glance at Yang He, and then at Wang Qiong'e.

Wang Qiong'e smiled, although Pizhou is good, Caoyun is a heavy land, and the population is more than 100,000, but it is obviously far behind Huai'an Fucheng.

Of course, although she has a plan, she will not refute Yang Xianggong's face because of this, but still in front of everyone. She just changed the topic and talked about some of the troubles of setting up a general number, just like the establishment of an institution, she was still thinking about it.

Of course, Yang He knew that this turbulent wave belonged to the soft outside and rigid inside, and he had a lot of ideas in his heart, he just wanted to fight for it in terms of attracting investment, so forget it if it didn't work.

Hearing Wang Qiong'e's words, he smiled: "It is easy to establish a general number, the key is to unify the order, so you have to grasp the personnel power and financial power first, and it belongs to your direct leadership." ”

Yang He's words are very novel, but of course Wang Qiong'e can understand them, and Yang He's subordinates at the same table also showed a look of paying attention, Yang Xianggong is teaching the art of controlling people?

Yang Hedao: "Personnel and finance have been caught, in order to prevent malaise, you naturally need to supervise, and you must also be directly under the supervision power." ”

Wang Qiong'e felt that she had spoken to her heart, and nodded again.

Yang Hedao: "With these three powers in hand, the rest will be at ease, you can set up a general manager to manage the affairs of various firms, and find him if you have anything, in fact, there is no need for one of your daughters to run around Huai'an and Pizhou." As long as the big shopkeeper finds the right person, you can be very relaxed. ”

Wang Qiong'e was thoughtful, Yang He glanced at her, and said: "Of course, if the affairs of the chief accountant are too heavy, you can set up a few deputy general accounts to help him share some affairs." Such as business procurement, logistics, security, etc., are also important. If they don't do a good job, you can remove them from the job, regardless of whether they are the chief or vice president. ”

Wang Qiong'e's heart became clearer and clearer, and she couldn't help nodding again, she said: "Actually, the concubine is thinking about a matter, I intend to separate local grain, rice and groceries, and set up a sub-section and semicolon shopkeeper, and manage the grain and the salt." But thinking about the complexity of the goods in various places, if something happens, one person needs to be in the middle of the command, which seems to be redundant. ”

Yang He said: "Why bother to divide it so finely? Each business has a shopkeeper, and you can set up a place to shopkeeper. Just like Pizhou, you have many business names, and you have a Pizhou shopkeeper to manage it. There are many businesses in Haizhou, and there is also a Haizhou shopkeeper to manage, and then directly under the general number of the shopkeeper. ”

Wang Qiong'e said: "Aren't you afraid of a big place?" ”

Yang He said with a smile: "At present, the transportation is inconvenient, and it takes ten days and half a month to come and go at every turn, and you don't give local power, how can they do things?" ”

He said, "As for the big ...... of the place."

He smiled: "Do you know the difference between the envoy of the Tang Dynasty and the governor of the Ming Dynasty?" It's one thing: the power of personnel appointment and dismissal! Not to mention that the Datang Jiedu envoy has a heavy army, the officials of all sizes in the jurisdiction are also appointed by the Jiedu envoy. Just like An Lushan, he dismissed, appointed, and dismissed more than 2,500 officers in one go, and put them in Daming to try? Every time a governor appoints or dismisses an official, he must report to the imperial court. The Tang Dynasty made all the subordinate officials slaves, and the governor of the Ming Dynasty and the subordinate officials were just colleagues. Therefore, although the governor is respectful, it seems that there is no difference between him and the festival envoy, but in fact, it is far away! ”

Wang Qiong'e understood, and also understood why Yang He explained to her at the beginning that she wanted to grasp the three powers of personnel, finance, and supervision in her hands.

She had a lot of thoughts in her heart, Yang Xianggong not only knew the military strategy and culture, but also was so proficient in business affairs, and he could understand the affairs he worked hard to understand, how could this talent be God?

Thinking of this, her heart was pounding again, and she had all kinds of tastes.

There is no surprise to Yang He's subordinates, Yang Xianggong has all kinds of miracles, they have seen more, they have immunity, but they are secretly happy, and they have learned another trick.

Steward Huang looked at Yang He, admiring and excited, Yang Xianggong mentioned the general number of the big shopkeeper, I don't know if he has this opportunity.

Finally, Yang Hedao: "Finally, I suggest adding one more to your direct authority: investment and planning. Everything is planned, and everything is wasted, and everything must be planned in advance. If you want to grow in business, how can you not invest? It just so happens that I have a big deal here, and I want to discuss with you a lot of money of at least tens of thousands of taels every year. ”

He pondered for a while and looked at Qian Sanniang and Wang Qiong'e: "That's it, tomorrow I will invite you to visit the mountains and rivers, and Sanniang and Wang Da Shopkeeper will come together." ”

……

The next day, Ge Yi Mountain.

This mountain is six miles northwest of the state city, and the local common name is the distance from the mountain, which is said to be far away from the Yishui. There is Ge Hongjing on the top of the mountain, there is Yuande Gong Temple in the sun of the mountain, and there is the Yuanxu State Cemetery and so on.

Early in the morning, the mist was hazy, Yang He and his entourage of carriages and horses went out of Pizhou City, they went out from the west gate of Pizhou "Tongyi Gate", crossed the Lizhi Bridge, it was very convenient to reach the west bank of Yishui, and then walked a few miles northwest along the river, and arrived at the foot of the mountain.

A line of two horses and a cart, Yang He rode a horse, today he wore a royal blue soft-footed head, a round-necked narrow-sleeved purple shirt, a jade belt, a horse chopping knife, and a red cloak covered, he was graceful and elegant.

Qian Sanniang also rides a horse, still riding her snow-hoofed rouge horse, she dressed up again today, Li Ruwan gave her advice last night, each person's temperament problem, no matter how she dresses up, she doesn't have the style of her daughter's family with that big breast, it's better not to take a chance.

She wore a tight-fitting shirt, long boots, a scarf, a cloak, and a heavy sword, which made her even more sassy and heroic, and it really worked wonders. Along the way, Yang Xianggong looked at her several times, although she didn't say anything, but her heart was sweet.

Then Wang Qiong'e took the carriage, and Chen Qiuao led fifty iron-armored guards to follow.

At the foot of the mountain, Yang He dismounted and went over to help Wang Qiong'e get out of the car. Needless to say, Yang He in this era, Yang He has never chased women in later generations, because women chase him, but he has never eaten pork and never seen a pig run? Help Ms. get off, which is also basic.

Wang Tian'er got out of the car first, Yang He asked her to go aside, and then Wang Qiong'e lifted the curtain with her hand, revealing her face full of charm.

Today, she was also carefully dressed, combed a goose gall bun, put on a xia veil, and when she saw Yang He stretching out her hand, her face turned red, but she still stretched out her hand generously.

With the touch of her fingertips, her delicate body trembled slightly, and Yang He held her hand, only to feel soft as boneless, and it was very comfortable to hold. After getting out of the car, Wang Qiong'e's breath was a little short, she calmed down and said with a smile: "Thank you Yang Xianggong." ”

Qian Sanniang looked at it with her eyes, she was going to get off the horse by herself, but when she saw this, she sat on the horse.

Yang He walked over like this, seeing her dark eyes staring at herself, like a fawn, worried about being abandoned.

He smiled and said, "Come, Sanniang, I'll help you down." ”

He held Qian Sanniang's hand, and in the smile that spread at the corner of her mouth, he helped her off the snowhoof rouge horse.

Chen Qiuao first sent people to search and open the way, and then the three of them went up the mountain, Wang Tian'er followed, Chen Qiuao and others followed, and a few more people guarded the horses and vehicles.

It is not high from the mountain, but the clouds on the mountain are fluffy in the distance, the highest place is the white cloud cliff, the perennial clouds are steaming and the clouds are blue, and it is called the white cloud peak again.

Needless to say, Yang He and Qian Sanniang climbed the mountain, and Wang Qiong'e was not a pampered person, the three of them carried out on the quiet mountain road, looking at the verdant trees and willows on both sides, and sandwiching the clear spring, they were all full of interest.

Wang Qiong'e smiled: "Ah, I am busy with business all the year round, and the concubine has not been so relaxed for a long time. ”

Yang He also said: "Yes, I haven't traveled for a long time, and the beautiful scenery is in front of me, and I have no time to watch." ”

Qian Sanniang said: "I have climbed a lot of mountains, and I feel the same for any mountain." This distance from the mountain has the word 'distance', but it is a small mountain bag. ”

It is only more than 200 meters away from the mountain elevation, and soon everyone arrives at the top of the Baiyun Cliff, there are Gexian Cave, Ge Hongjing, etc., it is said that it is the remains of Ge Hong's cultivation and alchemy in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

Everyone stood on the edge of the cliff and looked out, the morning was full of dawn, and the scenery was magnificent. There is a small hill in the southeast of the mountain, and the state city leans on. Not far from the north, there is Shibu Mountain, which is commonly known as Shibu Mountain locally, and the trees are like a cover from afar. Then there is a mountain in the northeast, which the locals call Dahuangshan.

Yang He pointed to the mountain and said: "That is the Great Yellow Mountain, it is rumored that tens of thousands of people from the Red Jacket Army and the Jin General Fu Shi Liehuan are fighting here. ”

Everyone looks at it again, the north of the Great Yellow Mountain is not far from the lake, the inner part is the Man Lake, the northwest is slightly farther away from the Clam Lake, and the southeast is a series of small lakes, called Lianwang, Zhou Lake, Liuhu Lake and so on. The Luo River, the Wu River, and the Yi River all flow from the northeast and flow into the lakes above.

In terms of location, Pizhou can be called a fertile place.

Wang Qiong'e's eyes were misty, and she sighed: "It's so beautiful." ”

Seeing her holding her heart, Yang He couldn't help but look at it again and again, he settled down, and looked into the northwest pole, which was the boundary of Xuzhou Tongshan, and he pointed over there and said: "Wang Da Shopkeeper, the big deal I told you is over there." ”

Wang Qiong'e was confused, and suddenly came to her senses.

She was blank in matters between men and women, and she didn't know where the boundaries were when she was in friendship with Yang He, but when it came to business, she regained her shrewdness.

She looked at Yang He, looked at the side of Xuzhou, and muttered: "Big deal? What Yang Xianggong said, is it about the iron mine? I remember that Li Guoyi had a great prosperity in mining and metallurgy, and the Song Dynasty was more conducive to the state supervisor. It's just that since the beginning of the previous Yuan, there was less ore over there, and during the Wanli period of this dynasty, all the mines and smelting furnaces there were closed. ”

Yang He said with a smile: "Indeed, Li Guoyi used to have a lot of mine smelting furnaces, but now they are all closed, because the ore on the surface has been mined. But after the surface ore is mined, what about the deeper ground, coal and iron are everything! The reserves of coal and iron are at least tens of thousands of times the surface reserves, but the investment is slightly larger! ”

He said: "This official has accurate information, after the iron ore smelted over there, the amount of iron produced will reach at least seventy percent, or even more!" ”

Wang Qiong'e was moved, glanced at Yang He, and had a charm: "Lord Yang won't deceive the little girl, right?" ”

Yang He said solemnly: "I vouch with my personality that everything I say is true." ”

Wang Qiong'e couldn't help but groan, if what Yang Xianggong said was true, this was indeed a big deal.

The iron ore of the Ming Dynasty has always been poor, most of the iron is only thirty percent, or even two percent, so smelting, every thousand catties of iron, at least three thousand catties of ore, seven thousand catties of charcoal, more coal is needed, unless very good coke is used.

If there is 70% of the iron, there is still coal in the local area......

Wang Qiong'e shook her head, ores containing seventy percent of pure iron were indeed unheard of.

She instinctively believed in Yang He, although whether it was true or not still needed to be carefully investigated.

As for the difficulty of mining, as long as it is profitable, it is okay to invest a lot.

At this time, there are also deep well mining techniques, such as coal mining, and "Tiangong Kaiwu" has various technical techniques for digging deep wells.

In order to dig salt, many salt wells in Sichuan are often hundreds of zhang deep, such as Zhuo tube well, with a depth of more than 100 zhang, and the depth of Shenhai well is more than 300 zhang.

Everything is key to whether there is profit, there is profit, and there is nothing if the investment is large.

Looking at her, Yang He struck while the iron was hot: "If you mine over there, you don't have to worry about orders." In particular, if there is fine iron, I will collect as much as I smelt. I assure you that the amount of refined iron I purchase every year will not be less than 150,000 catties, and I will give you a purchase price of one and a half cents per catty, which is a large order of 22,000 taels of silver. Coupled with a large number of pig iron and wrought iron purchases, etc., it is at least a large order of 30,000 taels per year. ”

Wang Qiong'e was even more excited, which solved her worries.

At this time, refined iron, that is, the price of more refined iron is six cents and six cents per catty, but you must know that it is a thousand miles from Guangdong and Fujian to transport the Guangzhou Railway Fujian Iron, how much does it cost to lose all the way, and how much does the foot price of silver?

In the local acquisition, there is no cost, the purchase price of one catty, one dollar and five cents, it is very profitable to calculate her.

As long as there is an order, her smelting production is not a problem, at this time there are all kinds of furnaces, about two zhang high, let go of fire smelting, one day and night can produce 12 versions of iron, each version of 300 catties of iron, a month is to produce 100,000 catties of iron.

According to the five-fold loss of pig iron forging, there is also a base of 20,000 catties of refined iron produced every month.

Yang Xianggong's one-year order, she can easily solve it with a big furnace.

Even if there is excess iron, she believes that this piece of Jiangbei can be easily sold.

Not to mention anything else, Qingjiang Pu is a place for shipbuilding, and the iron materials needed every year are massive.

But thinking about it, she smiled again: "Good things are given to the little woman, I don't believe it, Yang Xianggong is a boy who scatters money." ”

When she said this, Yang He was relaxed, after all, in business, there is no need to be in the clouds and fog, everything is open.

For businessmen, investment and recruitment have innate advantages, he Xin'anzhuang is recruiting talents everywhere, and he has not recruited a few craftsmen until now, and there are no technical talents.

Wang Qiong'e is different, when she goes to Huai'an Mansion and says, a large number of businessmen and craftsmen follow her to invest in production, and even local businessmen will be tempted.

Therefore, for Yang He, he first attracted investment, and then talked about the area of Xuzhou Tongshan, and when it was developed, there were a large number of businessmen and craftsmen, and it was easy for him to do anything.

He said: "I am an official and a businessman, of course I am not a boy who scatters money, I invite people to develop, and naturally I also want benefits." ”

He said: "I have already decided on that piece of land, and anyone who wants to open a mine must first apply for a permit from my statistical office, apply for a mining license, and pay some land use fees here." Then apply for a license from my tax office and pay taxes every month, which is reasonable and legal. ”

Wang Qiong'e glanced at Yang He and said with a smile: "The concubine knows that things are not so simple. ”

Yang Daodao: "Of course, there is no benefit, why should I let others get rich?" ”

Qian Sanniang had been listening to the side, and then she couldn't help but say: "Just collect a little money, it's better to go out and grab a handful, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of taels." ”

Wang Qiong'e couldn't help laughing, she looked ahead with wonderful eyes, and muttered: "Yang Xianggong's credit concubine is believed, but that side is the boundary of Xuzhou, and the official mansion is ...... There is also the smelting of iron ore, which seems to be only qualified by the Secretary for Administration, and it will be ...... time."

Yang Daodao: "I will naturally deal with these things, and you businessmen can develop them with peace of mind." ”

He said: "I will also set up a patrol and arrest bureau over there, all kinds of forts, and suppress the chaotic people and bandits, so as to ensure that the merchants have no worries." But one thing you need to know is that the commercial minerals on my side are different from the usual. It is not a furnace head system, but a free worker, and the workers receive wages and come and go freely. Of course, you are free to recruit them and decide whether to expel them or not. ”

At this time, the private mining industry in the Ming Dynasty, especially the iron ore and coal mines, was not a free capitalist workshop of later generations, but with a strong medieval character, and the local officials were mainly stable and quiet.

For example, at this time in the mine, whether it is a businessman's tax license or the government's investment contract, the first point is to confirm the head of the furnace, and then set up a small armor for every ten people, hand over the bundle, fill in the surname and submit the name of the county, and finally give the license.

There is a limit on the scale of mining, and it is not allowed to add more smelting furnaces to mines. There is a time limit, and when the time for the ticket is up, it must be closed. The prefecture and county health centers often have inspectors to inspect the furnaces, and if they find violations, they will arrest the head of the furnace and punish them severely.

Mainly at this time, the mining industry was bad, and most of the people gathered in the mines were homeless people, green-skinned villains, etc., and the miners "advocated chaos" at every turn, and the local government was deeply afraid.

In particular, the private mining industry without the approval of the government is the source of "advocating chaos", they take the wealthy and powerful families as the head of the furnace, and the main means to deal with the miners is not capital, but power and violence, etc., and the long-term mining chaos at every turn makes the government have a headache.

There is no development of such mining, there is no treatment for the mines, there is no development, and they are de facto slave workers.

This is what Yang He can't allow, what he needs is a free wage labor of a capitalist nature, not a chaotic and illegal worker.

Therefore, in terms of system, Yang He first had to isolate this point, and then bomb the troublemakers, so that the merchants could produce with peace of mind.

He also had his own base for collecting raw materials, especially coal and iron, which he could not live without, which strengthened his army.

Wang Qiong'e groaned, she knew that Shi Duchen was very important to Yang Xianggong, and the matter of mining might not be a problem.

As for freelance workers, there are more places in Jianghuai and other places at this time, and they come and go freely, which is not a problem.

For their merchants, except for a small number of people, most of them still want to be quiet, but the mining industry is special, and the miners are easy to get into trouble, and they can't do anything unless they are powerful, and in the end they all become the kind of slave-like furnace head general armor system.

For the mine owners, the miners often involve most of their energy, and now Yang Xianggong is willing to take over this big trouble, why not?

And his military support, especially three great victories, and the beheading of 6,000 Liukou, is also a very strong proof.

Rioters are always beaten by rogues.

Thinking of this, Wang Qiong'e made up her mind, she said: "When the concubine returns to Huai'an, she will immediately go to find miners to explore." If there is really coal and iron in Liguoyi, the concubine will naturally invest a lot of money to open a mine and set up a furnace here. ”

Yang Hedao: "If you want to be fast, you can't miss the opportunity to make a fortune." ”

Wang Qiong'e said with a smile: "If you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, please don't be impatient." ”

She laughed with Yang He, feeling relaxed all over, and the man in front of her did not have the pedantry of ordinary literati at all.

They are all readers, and she has seen a lot of Xiucai, why is he so different?

Qian Sanniang watched from the sidelines, and saw that Mrs. Yan was smiling and beautiful, and she was irritable for a while.

Seeing her talking and laughing with Yang Xianggong, it seemed that she was a perfect match, and she was sad again.

However, when she saw the horse chopping knife worn by Yang Xianggong, she suddenly realized again, and her heart was relaxed.

What if Mrs. Yan has wealth, she has a sword!