But when Gao Gong and the newly appointed ordnance supervisor Cheng Liu Weiming arrived at the Kesu Valley Iron Works, the two were dumbfounded. The furnace of the iron factory was stopped, and not a single iron ingot could be found in the whole factory, only mule carts and ox carts on the mountain roads were constantly transporting iron ore.

When I asked the people who stayed in the factory, I learned that the county had informed the Turpan trading house that the iron factory was no longer rented, and that the people from the trading house had left overnight and had taken all the equipment with them; As for the finished steel in the iron works, there is never a stock, and it is all produced and pulled away.

Liu Weiming's face was pale, and Yang Chong's attitude was obvious, he would rather not earn this money than cooperate; Gao Gong didn't pay attention to it at all, if Yang Chong didn't react, it would be a strange thing. Gao Gong immediately decided to go to Tiandi County, and the two of them rushed to the garrison of the Tuntian Army, a row of iron-striking stoves were in full swing, all of them were building crossbow cars, transfer machines, registration cars, and various matching arrows, and there were no weapons and armor in the armory.

Yuwen Rutong and Sikong Xing, who came to greet him, explained that because Gaochang County was strengthening the defenses of each city, the orders in recent months were all these things, and if they were needed elsewhere, they could be proposed to Yang Chong, and as long as Gaochang County and Tuntian Governor's Mansion were sealed, they could be extracted. Liu Weiming proposed to go to the military warehouse to check, but Yuwen Rutong refused, according to the law of the Great Sui, the ordnance supervisor can only manage the ordnance workshop, and has no right to inspect the barracks.

The nearby fields were green, and there were herds of war horses on the grassy beach in the distance, Gao Gong smiled bitterly: "I didn't expect Yang Chong to be so clever, I regret bringing you here, you must be careful in Gaochang in the future, you can't get involved in any conflict again." ”

Liu Weiming said unconvinced: "There are also copper mines. ”

Gao Gong's eyes became stern, and he said word by word: "Use your wisdom to the right path." Yang Chong is the county guard, and he has the power to make life and death decisions in Gaochang, and the copper mine is his personal asset, if you move, even if I am in Gaochang, I can't guarantee that you will go back alive. The reason why Yang Yichen went back to Shanshan in the morning and said that there was something going on in Pu Shihai and he wanted to rush over was because he knew that Yang Chong had prepared a good show. ”

Liu Weiming was not intimidated by the old man, and made a suggestion: "The storage capacity of equipment in Yang Chongjun's army must be very large, and Yang Yichen can be asked to order the allocation; Later, as soon as the iron factory is in production, I will arrange for it to be shipped to Yiwu. ”

Gao Gong was taken aback, do you think that Yang Chong is a good man and a woman, if you Liu Weiming dare to do this, you don't know that the barren mountain and wild mountain is where you are buried. Gao Gong asked coldly, "Do you still have a plan to carry me behind my back?" ”

Liu Weiming looked around and said in a low voice: "I don't know the specific situation, Pei Gong just said that the bigger the trouble, the better." ”

Gao Gong sighed and said, "Even if Pei Ju has the means to reach the sky, if Yang Chong proposes to lead three thousand iron horsemen to participate in the Eastern Expedition, do you think the Holy Son of Heaven will agree." The official documents went back and forth for three months, plus Yang Chong's time to reorganize the army, you couldn't do anything in five months, you could only watch Yang Chong kill your companions with a knife, and when Yang Chong's elite left, why did you hold Gaochang? Pei Gongyuan is in Jiangdu or Zhuo County, and he can't help you at all. If you lose Gao Chang in the end, Wei Xuan and Yang Yichen will definitely kill you to the ground. ”

Liu Weiming's eyes showed a trace of fear, Gao Gong's vision and experience were nothing to say, and he would never scare himself casually, but Liu Weiming was unwilling, but a few days later, when everyone met in Jiaohe County, Liu Weiming found that they were all disgraced. Qiang Junjian paid a salt tax of 1,000 yuan, and directly sent the salt supervisor Chen Kui away, leaving only two houses in Yancheng as the office of the salt supervisor; Dugong Cao Cui Kaiyuan settled accounts with Fang Xuanling, and got back the list of materials owed by the imperial court to Gaochang County on five pieces of paper; Sun Wunai, the deputy supervisor of Bianjiao City, stayed in Liupo City for two days, and Li Wenxin rejected all of the suggestions of the eldest grandson.

Li Yu is not easy in Jiaohe County, the county Wang Jun is stunned that Pei Ju is not fake, and has been providing Pei Ju with information about Gaochang County, but Wang Jun is stunned and refuses to cooperate with Li Yu to block his way. Jiaohe County is full of people who are stunned by Wang Jun, and Li Yu is sitting in the county government and cannot move people at all; Yuwen Chengdu, the captain of Jiaohe, didn't take Li Yu seriously, and directly told Li Yu that he was under the direct command of the county guard, and even Fang Xuanling could not interfere.

Li Yu is undoubtedly the most capable one, and instead of being depressed by the current predicament, he is asking Gao Gong a question: "Why didn't Yang Chong read that list?" Even if Yang Chong didn't plan to arrange those people to be officials, it was not a bad thing to know the names of some people. ”

Gao Gong asked people to invite Wang Junjun of the county to ask about this problem, Wang Jun was stunned and said: "This is Yang Chong's consistent style, employing people without avoiding relatives, and being virtuous without holding grudges." Yang Chong doesn't care about the opposition of the people at all, what he cares about is whether the officials who are already in the position have the ability to do good things, and he would rather be short than indiscriminate in the appointment of officials, so Fang Xuanling and others wear many hats. ”

Li Yu asked, "What can we do?" ”

Since Wang Jun's ability to be a county is a design that Yang Chong has prepared a long time ago, Li Yu will not care about it, Li Yu is concerned about the future, Wang Jun is stunned and said: "Yang Chong's ability is unimaginable, and his strength in Gaochang County will definitely exceed your imagination, if you are not prepared to tear your face to death, there will be a chance in April." Although the Ministry of Rites did not grant the power of the Gaochang County Reclamation, but the Metropolitan Protectorate did, as far as I know, Fang Xuanling and Murong Xixiong have already contacted the various ethnic groups in the west, and a large number of caravans will bring back tens of thousands of cattle, sheep, mules and donkeys. ”

The eldest grandson Wunai was excited, this is a low-hanging fruit, report to the center, who knows that Fang Xuanling did the work in advance, the eldest grandson Wunai asked: "What are the materials exchanged?" ”

"The goods prepared by the Hongnong Yang family, the Duhu family, the Yu family, the Cui family and more than a dozen local scholars." Such a big move can't be hidden from Wang Jun's stunned county, a few people gasped, and Li Yu asked suspiciously: "Yang Chong's Turpan Commercial Bank is not involved?" ”

Wang Jun was stunned and smiled: "How can you not participate, there are Yang Chong's shares in all the transactions." If you have the strength to take over the deal, Yang Chong will be in a dilemma, he can give up the iron factory, and he can't ignore the relationship with the various clans in the Western Regions. ”

Li Yu and the others didn't dare to squeak, they were not rookies, the stakes could still be figured out, and after taking over the deal, Yang Chong would fall into a dilemma; But if you prepare a large amount of materials and can't accept the deal in the end, you will be in a dilemma. Gao Gong decided to wake up these people completely, and asked Wang Junjun a most critical question: "How is Yang Chong's steel and copper sold?" ”

Wang Jun looked at everyone strangely and said: "Yang Chong's steel is sold to the merchants, officials and troops of the six counties, and the biggest customers are the Tuntian Army and the Western Regions Protectorate. The object of copper is the major temples, Yang Chongneng casts the bronze bell, as soon as the bell of the desert temple hangs out, it receives more than 20 orders, Yanqi and Qiuzi have temples to order, and the Turpan Commercial Bank does not accept copper money and silk for casting bells, only two things, iron and gold, and Qiuzi steel is also regarded as iron. ”

Cunning, a room of people had to admit that Yang Chong did it seamlessly, and the sadness on his face was even greater.

(End of chapter)