Hearing Tong Yangjia's words, Hai Shuzu didn't react for a while, and asked, "What does this mean, Lord Prefect?" ”

Lu Shiyuan, who was on the side, hurriedly said what Tong Yangjia meant.

Hai Shuzu didn't expect that there would be a big iron mine in Qiongzhou Mansion, and of course he was happy to do it together. You must know that iron ore is money, and now the price of pig iron in Guangdong has risen unexpectedly. There was no way before, but this time I heard Tong Yangjia say this, so I could not agree.

Hai Shuzu thought about it, and he also felt that Tong Yangjia, a bullshit prefect, had not been so bold as to take out the government-run iron mine and divide it privately, in case it was, he should ask who his backstage was.

Hai Shuzu asked: "Lord Prefect, since you want us to join the shares, can you tell us the details?" You must know that the mine is a royal industry, and it's okay to make a small fuss, but if it is a large-scale mining, it will be difficult to ensure that the Jinyi Wei of Fucheng will not report to the Beijing Division. ”

Tong Yangjia smiled and said, "Don't worry, Lord Haizhuang, the King of Chu standing behind this official, this iron ore is also the property of the King of Chu. The matter of Jinyiwei is naturally handled by the King of Chu. ”

Hearing that there was still a clan involved, Hai Shuzu frowned, you must know that the clan of the Ming Dynasty did not have a good reputation.

Tong Yangjia saw that Hai Shuzu didn't speak, so he naturally knew what he was worried about, Tong Yangjia said: "Don't worry, Lord Haizhuang, the king of Chu has said that this iron ore is too big for him to eat, so he only accounts for 20%, and 80% is given to the scholars of Qiongzhou Mansion." ”

I didn't expect this King of Chu to be quite benevolent and righteous, Hai Shuzu thought about it and felt that this matter had been done. He asked: "This deal is too big, my Hai family can't eat it alone, can you include the Qiu family and the Liang family." ”

Tong Yangjia waited for this sentence, and said: "Before the official came, he made a sharing plan, how about the owner of the sea village?" ”

Tong Yangjia had made a plan as early as Dongguan, and his plan was that the King of Chu accounted for 20%, the Hai family, the Qiu family, and the Liang family accounted for 10%, the officials of the Qiongzhou Mansion accounted for 10%, the Wei Office accounted for 10%, the Jinyi Wei accounted for 10%, and other small families such as the Xu family and the Mo family accounted for 20%.

After hearing this, Hai Shuzu thought for a while and asked, "Do you still need to give them the guard?" ”

Tong Yangjia said: "That iron mine is deep in the Li District, and it needs to be guarded by the guards, plus the guards are all people, so it's good to let them be miners." ”

Hai Shuzu nodded and said, "Okay, I'll talk to those ones in a while." Adults are waiting for my news. ”

Tong Yangjia nodded and said, "In this way, the owner of the sea village will give me news in three days." ”

After speaking, Tong Yangjia said goodbye and left, leaving Lu Shiyuan and Hai Shuzu to discuss without mentioning it.

The next day, Tong Yangjia found Tao Dayong, the commander of Hainan Wei, and leaked the news of the division to him. This Tao Dayong is not a scholar like Hai Shuzu who wants to think about the west.

Tao Dayong knew that the prefect had given him so much silver, so he immediately patted his chest and promised that there were people who wanted boats.

After Hainan Wei got it, Tong Yangjia came to the group of craftsmen outside the city and found Tong Tuchang to ask about the situation.

Tong Tuchang said: "Second uncle, now that everything is ready, just wait for the ship." ”

Tong Yangjia said: "The iron mine may be on Shilu Mountain in Changhua County, so tomorrow when the ship comes, you will first bring a hundred people and fifty guards, go to see how it is going, and then come back and decide what to do next." ”

Tong Tuchang nodded and went down to pick someone.

On the third day, two ships from Nanhaiwei came to Baishamen Wharf, and Tong Tuchang set off with 150 people to explore Changhua County.

Tong Yangjia here is also so busy that he made trouble after the fight, and as soon as Hai Shuzu and several major families said it, everyone naturally agreed. Now pig iron is silver, and there is a reason to push silver outward.

Tong Yangjia followed the example of Dongguan Development Zone and established the Qiongzhou Chamber of Commerce, with Hai Shuzu as the president, and the proportion of shares was the same as Tong Yangjia said.

In this way, the Qiongzhou Chamber of Commerce, like the Dongguan Chamber of Commerce, was tied to his chariot by Zhu Hongsan, the king of Chu, and became a staunch supporter of Zhu Hongsan.

In fact, when Tong Yangjia was leaving, Zhu Hongsan's bottom line was that all iron ore shares would be given to the natives of Qiongzhou, because Zhu Hongsan didn't expect to make money from raw materials at all.

Unexpectedly, Tong Yangjia wholeheartedly planned for his father-in-law, and left Zhu Hongsan with two reds. When they signed, these Qiongzhou natives didn't feel how much silver Yicheng could have, and they joined with the mentality that flies are small and meat. It wasn't until half a year later that the Chamber of Commerce paid dividends to know how big the Shilu Iron Mine was.

Here, after Tong Yangjia finished signing, he was busy looking for workers and arranging escort matters. Over there, Tong Tuchang took one hundred and fifty people to Changhua.

Changhua County has been established in the Sui Dynasty, it can be said that it has a long history, and the county seat is on the north bank of the estuary of the Changhua River. Tong Tuchang and his entourage came to the mouth of the Changhua River after two days of drifting.

The estuary of the Changhua River is divided into the left river and the right river, and the right river has been silted up to death due to the accumulation of sediment for a long time. So the ship stopped at Zuojiang.

Changhua County is still five miles away from the estuary, and the big sea ship can't get in, so it can only stop at the estuary. Tong Tuchang led the staff to walk to the outside of Changhua County.

The county seat of Changhua is actually a local guard city. Most of the population of Qiongzhou is concentrated in the northern counties, and there are not many people in the southern counties of Changhua, Thanksgiving, Yazhou, and Wanzhou.

For example, this Changhua County was established by relying on the local health office, and there are less than 10,000 people in the county, most of whom are military households.

Tong Tuchang arrived at the door and took out his official credentials, you must know that Tong Tuchang is also a seven-rank official now, which is bigger than the Changhua County Order. Because Changhua County is a lower county, it can only be from the seventh grade.

The guards at the gate saw that it was the official master of Fucheng, and hurriedly let them in.

Tong Tuchang asked the direction of the county government and entered the county seat.

Tong Tuchang is from the mainland, and he has never seen such a dilapidated county seat. There are two gates in the whole county, one south and one north. There is a street in the middle, and there are few shops on the street. As for the hotel, inn or something, there is no one, there is a tavern, but there are not many people to patronize it.

Tong Tuchang came to the door of the county government and took a look, if this county government did not have a sign on it, it would be the same as the shed of the displaced people outside Dongguan.

Tong Tuchang pursed his lips and walked in.

An old servant in his fifties and sixties came out and asked, "What is the matter?" ”

Tong Tuchang said: "I am the new governor of Qiongzhou Mansion, let your county order come out." ”

When the official heard this, this was a big official, and hurriedly went in to report. After a while, a county magistrate in his twenties came out and arched his hand: "Changhua county magistrate He Yuan greeted Shangguan." ”

Tong Tuchang nodded, this county order is young enough.

Tong Tuchang took out the customs defense given by Tong Yangjia from his arms, and said: "He County Order, this is the customs defense of the new prefect Lord Tong, and Lord Tong sent me to Changhua County on business. ”

He Yuan muttered in his heart, his rabbits in Changhua County don't, and they don't have any oil and water, I don't know what this official master has to do here. But Shangguan didn't dare not greet him. hurriedly let Tong Tuchang go to the back hall.

After the two of them sat down, He Yuan asked, "My lord, I don't know what official business I have in my remote county." ”

Tong Tuchang was not in the mood to talk nonsense with him, and said: "The prefect heard that you have iron ore here, so let me bring someone to prospect for the mine." ”

He Yuan was stunned for a moment and said: "Lord Hui, we haven't heard of this iron mine, but someone has stolen copper ore in the past few years. ”

It should be here, Tong Tuchang asked, "There." ”

He Yuan said: "Go upstream along the Changhua River, and you will arrive at about eighty miles. ”

Tong Tuchang said: "Then Mr. He will find us a few guides, and we are going to want to go and see." ”

He Yuan said: "My lord, that place belongs to the junction of Shengli and Shuli, and there are only a few people." ”

Tong Tuchang stretched out his hand into his arms, and took out the Hainan Wei Command Tao Dayong's customs defense, and said: "This official and Hainan Wei also command Tao Dayong's customs defense, you can control the local guards, and ask Lord He to find the thousands of households of Changhua Wei." ”

He Yuan didn't expect Tong Tuchang to be so awesome, both civil and military. He didn't dare to answer, so he hurriedly went out and called someone to go to the guard to find Zhao Qianhu.

Zhao Qianhu came and inspected Tao Dayong's seal, and then said, "May I ask what the adults need me to do?" ”

Tong Tuchang said: "Please Zhao Qianhu prepare 200 people for me, plus ten days of supplies, I will go inland along the Changhua River." ”

Zhao Qianhu was ordered to go down to prepare.