Chapter 307: Cao Deshun's Ambition

An Dalang was very confused, what were the brothers talking about, why couldn't he understand a word?

Wei Hongye began to give a popular science lecture to An Dalang, and after talking for more than half an hour, he finally made An Dalang understand the importance of the big iron mine.

An Dalang opened his mouth and said: "Since this big iron mine is very important, we must find a way to get it, if not, I will take the guards to occupy it!" ”

Boris said: "You are talking nonsense again, as far as I know, it is very close to Jinling, just over a hundred miles."

Although the national strength of the Southern Tang Dynasty was very weak, it also had more than 100,000 troops. No matter how powerful you are, with our more than 1,000 guards, can you defeat other people's hundreds of thousands of troops? ”

An Dalang was speechless, and looked at Zhao Zizhong as if asking for help.

Zhao Zizhong said happily: "What do you think I'm doing? Boris is right, we will definitely not be able to beat others now, so we can only cooperate with Li Yu. ”

Cui Daoshu hurriedly said: "Brothers, I will contact Nantang as soon as possible and give them a batch of weapons first." Then I went to Jinling to negotiate with Li Yu and try to get the big iron mine. ”

Wei Hongye asked, "Do you know where the iron ore is?" ”

Cui Dao recounted, Wei Hongye continued:

"Let's go first, survey the terrain first, and find the location of the Nanshan Iron Mine."

"No, it's too dangerous." The brothers said in unison.

Wei Hongye asked, "If I don't go, which of you will look for mines?" ”

The brothers stared wide-eyed and ran out of words.

Cui Daoshu thought about it and said: "I have an idea, if we cooperate with the Pucheng Zhang clan, Lao Wei's safety will be guaranteed." ”

Du Dalei asked: "We have a grudge against others, and we also blackmailed them a huge sum of 500,000 yuan, can they agree?" ”

Na Zhe explained: "I think it is possible, as the saying goes: 'There are no eternal friends, only eternal interests'. We just need to give Pucheng Zhang some benefits, and they will definitely help us. ”

Cui Daoshu continued: "If we pull the Pucheng Zhang clan to invest in the iron mine, they will definitely agree. Let's not forget, they promised us 500,000 yuan, and the first batch of supplies has already arrived.

If we don't want the rest of the supplies, let them use 500,000 to buy shares, they will be so happy that they can't even find the north.

Besides, the Pucheng Zhang clan still has a request for us, and they want to get the right to sell the goods of Qishan Island in Fujian.

As long as we can give up some of our interests, they will definitely agree. ”

Na Zhe added: "The Pucheng Zhang clan is very powerful in the Southern Tang Dynasty, and their family has countless high-ranking officials, and they have very strong strength in the court, in the locality, and in the army. If we want to cooperate with Nantang to develop Nanshan Iron Mine, we will definitely not be able to bypass Pucheng Zhang's.

If we arouse their displeasure and they obstruct it in secret, we will be in big trouble. It's better to let them take shares and give people a little sweetness. We'll save a lot of money. ”

The brothers began to discuss, and everyone felt that they should negotiate with the Pucheng Zhang clan as soon as possible, bring them in, and jointly develop the Nanshan iron mine.

Zhao Zizhong opened his mouth and said: "Cui Dao has too many things, he must find someone to share it, otherwise he will be tired." I can look at Na Zhe, anyway, he doesn't have anything to do in the school, so he will go to the Ministry of Commerce and Trade to be the deputy minister, and give Cui Daoshu a hand. ”

Wei Hongye asked, "Is it okay for the school to leave him?" ”

Na Zhe smiled and said, "It should be fine, I have already compiled all the textbooks." The teachers in the school are already familiar with these teaching materials, and it is more than enough to teach the children. ”

Cui Daoshu quipped: "Third brother, if you let me be my deputy, will you feel aggrieved?" Otherwise, if you become a minister, how about I give you a hand? ”

"Come on, I don't want to be an official, what a worry! It's better for you to do it, and I'll beat you the side drum. ”

Wei Hongye said: "That's it, Na Zhe assists Lao Qi in his work, and tomorrow you will go to negotiate with Cao Deshun and them, and come up with a plan as soon as possible." Then go to Jinling and get Li Yu and Pucheng Zhang as soon as possible. I can also set off as soon as possible to find the Nanshan Iron Mine. ”

The brothers took counsel a little longer, and then they dispersed.

On the morning of the next day, Zhao Zizhong took An Dalang and Boris to begin to check the combat readiness, and they inspected the escort team, the fleet, and the logistics warehouse.

Wei Hongye and Du Dalei stepped up the production of weapons and equipment and hoarded as many war materials as possible.

Cui Daoshu and Na Zhe began to negotiate with Cao Deshun, Wang Mingjun, and Liang Daguan to discuss their stake in Seven Seas Company.

And Shu Ya and Gao Yanei, accompanied by Cao Yongxian, walked around the upper reaches of Qishan Island and had a lot of fun.

This time, Wang Mingjun brought more than 2,300 displaced people, and Cui Zhaorong and Wang Quan were very busy settling these displaced people.

Cao Deshun brought more than 80 scholars from poor families, and Li Heng and a few classmates were responsible for entertaining them.

Li Heng met Zhang Hongsheng and Zhang Jinxi, and there were also some acquaintances among the scholars, and everyone was very happy after meeting.

Li Heng took the more than 80 people to the construction site of the academy deep in the valley, and Hu Shuiyang was leading the workers to work intensively, preparing to build the dormitory and classrooms of the academy before the winter, so that the academy could move in.

Wang Jiuqing smiled and said to the scholars: "Ladies and gentlemen, the conditions are a bit simple now, and everyone can only live in a wooden house first. Next year, when the academy is completed, we will all live in a house made of red bricks. ”

Someone said, "It's okay, we are here to study the classics and study knowledge." The condition is almost nothing. ”

Some people also said: "Yes, even the owner of the academy, Cao Yongxian, the eldest son of Mr. Cao Deshun, lives in a wooden house. What are we poor scholars to find fault with? ”

"Yes, Mr. Cao gave us a settling-in allowance of ten yuan per person, and promised us that we would pay five yuan a month, and we were very satisfied. This is the first time I have encountered such a generous academy. ”

The scholars began to praise Cao Deshun and his son, and they all said that the mountains and rivers of Qishan Island are beautiful, and the scenery is beautiful, and it is very elegant to study and study here.

In the evening, the seven brothers gathered in the conference room again to listen to the reports of Cui Daoshu and Na Zhe.

Cui Daoshu spoke first: "Today, I went with my third brother to Cao Deshun. Wang Mingjun and Liang officials negotiated.

The three of them obviously discussed it, and they all said that the conditions were as good as we wanted, as long as we took them to play with Seven Seas. ”

The brothers all laughed, and Wei Hongye said:

"It seems that they are retreating as advancing, first putting on a low posture, making us embarrassed to start, and then striving to maximize benefits."

Boris analyzed: "I think the main reason is that they have no confidence, and the initiative is in the hands of our Seven Seas Company. Our in-demand goods can make a lot of money by any merchant who sells them. The three of them are afraid that we will abandon them and find another distributor. ”

Du Dalei said: "Boris is right, they really have no confidence, but we can't open our mouths and slaughter them." ”

Na Zhe replied: "Liang Daguan seems to be indifferent, he said that he doesn't want to pay attention to these things at all. It was Cao Deshun who had to pull him into the shares, and he couldn't stand the affection, so he joined in. He said that he would only take some money to invest in the shares, and he would not care about anything else. Every year, he will invest the dividends in the school to feed more orphans. And then he was gone. ”

The brothers were all in awe, and Zhao Zizhong said: "We can't let Liang Daguan suffer, he doesn't want money, we will take good care of his family, especially his two sons."

By the way, Da Lang, how are Liang Jiaming and Liang Jiakai behaving in the escort team now? ”

An Dalang said with a smile: "Brother, these two boys were played bad by the guards, and now they are very honest." They train with rookies during the day and teach at night at night, so they are always busy all day long. However, the two of them have improved quickly, and they can already keep up with the training intensity of the guards. ”

Zhao Zi nodded emphatically and asked again, "What is the attitude of Liang Daguan?" ”

Boris said with a smile: "He usually pretends to be indifferent, but the guards found that he often hid in the woods and secretly watched the situation of his two sons when the guards were training for cross-country running. ”

Wei Hongye sighed: "Pity the hearts of parents all over the world, we must not relax the education of the two of them, and cultivate these two brothers as soon as possible." In this way, we also have an explanation for Liang Daguan. ”

Cui Daoshu continued: "After Liang Daguan left, Cao Deshun said that he could take out nearly 600,000 yuan to buy shares, and Wang Mingjun also said that he could take out 200,000 yuan. They all said that we could just give some shares, so that my third brother and I didn't know how to talk about it. ”

The brothers were all surprised, and Du Dalei shouted: "Cao Deshun is so rich!" casually took out 600,000 yuan, he is really a big tyrant! ”

Cui Daoshu said: "When he was in Jinling, he talked to me that this money was all the savings of their family. He decided to take a gamble and put his bet all on Seven Seas. He was very optimistic about our prospects and wanted to be a businessman like Lü Buwei. ”

Everyone laughed, but An Dalang didn't understand, so he asked:

"What are you all laughing at, who is Lu Buwei?"

So everyone started a history lecture again, telling An Dalang the story of Lü Buwei.

After a while, An Dalang suddenly realized: "Cao Deshun wants to be a big official!" ”

Na Zhe said with a smile: "He still wants to be the founder of the country, his target is Wu Zetian's father, Wu Shi Tong." From a timber merchant, he followed Li Yuan to rebel. After the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, he became the secretary of the Ministry of Industry and the Duke of Yingguo. ”

Zhao Zizhong said: "This is a good thing, we are not afraid that Cao Deshun is ambitious, as long as we can control him." There is no shortage of speculators in every era, and the characteristic of businessmen is profit-seeking. ”