Qiang Junjian's first feeling when he entered Nanping City was that Nanping City had changed. After Yang Chong set up the Tuntian Governor's Mansion in Nanping, he spent his own money to open a Nanping School in Nanping, recruiting more than 500 students, the school is next to the library set up by the government, the students of the school and the readers registered in the government can borrow in the library, every day is overcrowded, so Yang Chong had to build a library in Gaochang also built.

Qiang Junjian, as the leader of the Qiang clan of the Di clan, could naturally inquire about Yang Chong's two libraries using the collection of the Gaochang Palace and the Zhang family, and the government did not spend a single one, but only came forward to allocate two houses that were copied from the family. At the beginning, Qiang Junjian had the same opinion as most of the Gaochang clan, Yang Chong came to a difficult Gaochang, and it was completely by ruining the Zhang family that he obtained money, goods and time to breathe, and the future prospects were not optimistic.

After Yang Chong exchanged the real estate owned by the Zhang family for the iron ore of the iron factory, Qiang Junjian realized that he was wrong, and Yang Chong arranged for the people of the iron factory to start erecting a blast furnace almost the day after taking over the iron factory, and the drawings turned out to be ready-made. Qiang Junjian therefore accepted the appointment of the lord of Yancheng, and also competed with the clan; Coming to Nanping today, Qiang Junjian just wanted to inquire about Yang Chong's plans for Yancheng, Gaochang salt tastes bitter and salty and astringent, even Gaochang people don't want to eat it, what kind of flowers are there in such a salt area.

The school used to be a Turpan commercial house that had not been open for a long time, and it sounded like a commercial house of the Hu people in the Western Regions, but it was actually Yang Chong's private industry, and the person in charge was Yang Chong's future brother-in-law Jiang Duo, and the tea, mirrors and other department stores sold were in short supply in Gaochang. In less than two months, Yang Chong's three industries turned the southwest city of Nanping City, which was originally rarely lived, into a more lively place.

The Tuntian Governor's Office is located in the southeast corner of the city, and now actually manages Tiandi, Puchang, Nanping, Yancheng and other two counties and two places, and there are people coming and going in front of the door. Qiang Junjian entered the governor's mansion and came to the conference room, only to find that Puchang County ordered Du Yan and Cao Cao to participate in the military Ye Heilong was also there, Ye Heilong got up and said: "The strong lord has worked hard, I'm afraid I'm afraid I'll leave early in the morning, right?" ”

Ye Heilong was Yang Chong's henchman who arranged and coordinated the salt industry, Qiang Junjian didn't dare to slack off, and said with a smile: "It's nothing, it's a hundred miles away, but it's only two hours." What are you discussing, don't you get in the way? ”

"Out of the way." Ye Heilong said: "Louguan Dao is building a Taoist temple, and I want to apply for a village of 100 households around the Taoist temple, and I am consulting with Master Du." ”

It turned out that Louguan Dao was inconspicuous in Gaochang, and only Taoist Pu Shen built a small Taoist temple in Gaochang, but now Pu Shen's uncle Feng Qiquan came to assist Yang Chong with eighteen disciples, and his status was suddenly different. Feng Qiquan is Yang Chong's senior brother, many people under Yang Chong, including Ye Heilong and Meng Chuan are from Louguandao, although these people are now out of the master's door, but fireworks are always indispensable, so Louguandao developed rapidly, fortunately, Feng Qiquan did not have ambition, and chose to build a Taoist temple in Nanping City, where Buddhism is relatively weak.

Qiang Junjian sat down beside the two and said, "I also want to build a village in Yancheng, and Master Du will talk about it together." ”

Du Yan said proudly: "In fact, it is all the assumption of the county guard, the population is insufficient, the urban area is small, and it is impossible to expand all at once, so first build a hundred villages around the city, with the population, naturally there are businessmen into the city, and when the population is large, then the village will build a walled fort, and finally connect the walled fort with the city." The most important thing is not to fake, not to rush. ”

Qiang Junjian was born in a family and has been an official for many years, so he naturally knows that "don't fake, can't be in a hurry" is easy to say, but difficult to do; Yang Chong strode into the conference room and said, "I'm sorry to keep you waiting." ”

The three of them all knew that it was Yang Chong's casual kind words, and they all said that it didn't matter; Yang Chong sat down and said: "The reply letter from the imperial court is here, the annual salt tax of 1,000 yuan, the rest of the household department does not care, the tax exemption in the early stage is half a year, judging from the day of the reply, twenty days have passed." What I mean is that if the salt fields are leased out, as long as the salt supply in Gaochang can be satisfied, in addition to the salt tax of the household department, Gaochang County only needs a management fee of 200 yuan. ”

Two hundred guan is really not much, even if you add a thousand guan salt tax, it is nothing, the problem is that the Qiang family has not found a way to make money until now; Yang Chong saw Qiang Junjian's worries, and showed his hole cards and said: "First bid among the merchants of Gaochang County, if no one is willing, ten days later, expand the scope, and I will let the Turpan Commercial Bank and Procter & Gamble of Louguan Road to support the bottom." Listening to Senior Brother Feng, Qi Hui sent a steward named Qin Li to follow Zhang Daochang to the west, and he has arrived in Huni City, and I hope that the branch of Procter & Gamble will be in Nanping City or Dongzhen City. ”

Qiang Junjian heard that someone was willing to support him, and if he didn't understand it, he didn't need to be an official, so he said humbly: "My lord, if you have a plan, you can directly order the officials, and you don't dare to disobey." ”

Yang Chong asked with a serious face, "Can you call the shots of the Qiang family?" ”

Yang Chong asked about being able to call the shots, including the question of money, Yantian is not a little money, although Qiang Junjian is the representative of the Qiang family in the government, but he is not the head of the Qiang family, the number is huge, most of the families and even the head of the family can not be the master, and the whole family has to discuss. Yang Chong asked not only about money, if the Qiang clan of the Di clan cooperated with Yang Chong with the strength of the family, it would be equivalent to getting on Yang Chong's chariot, is the Qiang clan willing? Willingly?

Qiang Junjian arched his hand and said, "The head of the family and Fuqu Tianhai can go to Nanping at noon, so I'll go and see if they have arrived." ”

Du Yan and Ye Heilong also had doubts, and after Qiang Junjian left, Du Yan asked, "Yang Chong, you don't really plan to support you, do you?" ”

Puchanghai is Lop Nur in the southeast of Xinjiang, called Puchanghai from the Han Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, also known as Yanze, Gaolanhai, Size, Furihai, Linhai. The Tarim River, the Peacock River, the Cherchen River, and the Shule River converge here, and were once the second largest saltwater lake in China, but later due to climate change and the impact of human water conservancy projects, the water coming from the upstream decreased until it dried up. In the Sui Dynasty, the Puchang Sea had not dried up, but under the interference of the Taklamakan Desert, the area had been greatly reduced, and the Loulan in the northwest no longer existed, and near Gaochang was a large-scale salt land, hence the name of Yancheng.

From the salt samples collected by Liu Heilong and Qiang Junjian, Yang Chong has found potassium salt, which is a good material for making glass. Gaochang's salt merchant Fuqu Yunzhao said that every year there are some large and transparent salt blocks, which are not as bitter as ordinary salt, and should be the associated mineral of potassium salt, stone salt, also known as rock salt, which can be eaten directly.

Yang Chong said with certainty: "If it is salt, it will not be lost, I have been in contact with the Xiongnu Fuqu clan, they are the largest salt merchants in Gaochang, and it is because of this news that Qiang Junjian is willing to go to Yancheng to be the lord of the war." It is not strange for the Qiang family to contact Fuqu Tianhai, and the interlacing is like a mountain. ”

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