"Happy." Du Yan slapped his face, and asked all the maids and slaves of the Kabuki to retreat, leaving only the housekeeper to wait on the side, and said with a smile: "The king of Yue has sent a letter, iron ore has been found in Danyang County, considering that there are more craftsmen in Baiyue, he is going to build an iron factory in Dangtu County, called Jinling Iron Works, and wants to invite the prince to participate." ”

When Tu and Jinling Iron Works, Du Fuwei felt a pang in his heart, Yang Chong was powerful enough, the previous arrangements were always a little incomprehensible, that is, the bigwigs in the political hall were all puzzled in private, it turned out that the mystery was here. Yang Chong didn't let Jiang Duo come forward for such a confidential matter, the official in front of him, Du Yan, looked like the legend in the officialdom, he was Yang Chong's confidant, Du Fuwei smiled and said: "I don't know who is involved?" ”

Du Yan comprehended and said: "At present, there are Fu Gongyou, Wang Hua, Gu Xi, Wenren Sui'an, Sun Shihan, King Yue said, in order to supply the army in Jiangnan, as well as technical secrecy, the people he sent belong to the Salt and Iron Division, only responsible for the production of this iron factory, and the surrounding mines and civil channels are not involved, and you can negotiate the shares yourself." The Salt and Iron Division guarantees that the annual output of the iron plant will not be less than 2 million catties, and the military demand will not be less than 1.5 million catties a year. ”

Du Fuwei understood, the extra output is the output that his group can sell, 500,000 catties, which is equivalent to the total amount of the original Xie family's two iron factories in Jiangnan in a year; Du Fuwei's heart moved, and he suddenly realized that the Xie family's iron factory and iron shop had been sealed, and now they were all under the supervision of the army, and they could also buy them. Du Fuwei pondered and said: "Lord Du and King Yue are friends of each other, and King Yue is not interested in business in Jiangnan?" ”

Du Fuwei was so careful, it seemed that Yang Chong's reputation in the mall was not covered, Du Yan smiled and said: "King Yue said in the letter, he will not participate, and the supply of craftsmen is just to ensure that the technology does not fall to other countries." However, King Yue hopes that when the mountain people are resettled in Huating and Chongming counties, you can help you, and he is ready to settle 30,000 people to Huating, and the materials for immigration along the way and the development of the two counties are not a small number. ”

This is a good thing, Du Fuwei, as Shang Shuling, is concerned about this matter, as long as Yang Chongneng uses his fiefdom and Tuntian army to let the two newly established counties accommodate 30,000 mountain people, and the plan to settle 200,000 Baiyue is completed, Shangshu Province can be handed over. Du Fuwei agreed, making it clear that he would be the major shareholder of the iron factory in the future, and the county did not need to pay for the materials themselves, so why not do it.

Yang Chong returned to Luoyang, received Du Yan's reply, and immediately arranged for the counselor to sign Sima Caizhang to go to his fiefdom as the chief steward, Feng Qi's two apprentices Tianfeng and Tianji followed, and Yang Ba and Li Xing followed in the mansion. Li Xing is the eldest son of Lichun, not only learned Li Chun's craft, but also a student of Mozhuo Academy. Mozhuo Academy was led by Cui Hongdan, and sent 20 students who had participated in shipbuilding and dock building.

Sima Caizhang is the person who participated in the formulation of the plan, knowing all the plans of Yang Chong, Yang Shuang has established a small market in Huating County, Yang Lei led people to reclaim 500 acres of fertile land, and when the Yue Wangfu could not invest vigorously in the money, he built a wharf in the selected sheltered area, and built a small shipyard by the way. The Tuntian camp in Ducha will house 20,000 mountain people, and the remaining 10,000 will be arranged by the two counties and the Yue Wangfu, and the labor force will certainly not be a problem.

Yang Chong also arranged for a group of newly debuted officials to assist Sima Caizhang, Li Junxian was responsible for organizing and training an army of 2,000 people in the two counties, Tang Lin's elder brother Tang Jiao was appointed as the commander of Huating County, and Ma Zhou, a sergeant of Gongcao Sen, was appointed as the commander of Chongming County. Ma Zhou relied on his strategy to bring Pei Xingjian back to Chang'an, worshiped under Yang Chong, and was considered Li Chunfeng's junior brother, Yang Chong did not break his promise, and appointed Ma Zhou as a meritorious Cao to participate in the military, only less than two months, he was appointed as the county commander, and the promotion speed was so fast that even Ma Zhou himself felt dizzy.

Yang Chong advised: "It turns out that the Chongming County Order is the Tuntian Captain Du Cha concurrently, and the Huating County Order is the Deputy Supervisor of the Municipal Department of Shipping, Gao Biaoren, I will write a letter and inform the two of them not to serve concurrently." Caizhang, Junxian, I will hand over the 40,000 people to you, as long as they can live and work in peace and contentment, everything will be easy; If the 200,000 Vietnamese people can be arranged, we can continue to expand to the south, and then find a way to resettle the 200,000 Vietnamese people, if in a few years, we can resettle 1 million people, Jiangnan will be the second Guanzhong. ”

Sima Caizhang and Li Junxian understand that sometimes they die in battle, it is better to do one or two things that satisfy the superiors, and agree in unison; Zhang Jin, who was sitting on the side, secretly praised Yang Chong's thinking is very clear, that is, through the promotion of Zhancheng rice, millions of Yue people will be placed in Jiangnan, so that at least ten big cities can be built and ten thousand acres of land can be opened.

Zheng Cheng strode in and said with a relaxed smile: "King Yue, the great victory of Xishu, the wingmen of Xichong and Nanchong are attached, General Jiang Duo recruited 20,000 bureaucrats as the vanguard to attack Guanghan County, and took the five cities of Basi County and Yanting County of Guanghan County, and Li Yuan personally commanded the army to go to Zitong County for reinforcements. After Wei Yunqi volunteered to enter Shu, he persuaded the Tang general Guo Xingfang to surrender to the passes such as Sword Pavilion and Lecheng, and Zhuge Quan's army had already crossed the Sword Pavilion and marched into Jiangyou. ”

Full of cheers, the salt pavilion is the salt-producing area in Shu, the salt pavilion is in hand, Yang Chong can win the hearts of the people in Shu by supplying salt; If Zhuge Quan takes Jiangyou, he can attack Mianzhu, the two armies are getting closer and closer to Chengdu, the most important thing is that Zhuge Quan suddenly crossed the Sword Pavilion, Youjiang didn't have time to react, and even Li Yuan didn't have time to transfer troops and horses to Fu County, Zitong County, where Fu County is located, is the junction of Bazhong, Brazil, and Wuping counties, if Fu County is lost, Chengdu's barrier will be left Mianzhu.

Yang Chong naturally understood that the two armies had a long way to go, and it was impossible for him to provide any useful advice, so he could only wait for the latest results; Yang Chong ordered that the affairs of Shuzhong should be handled by Zhuge Quan, Feng Wei Yunqi as the Duke of Hanyang County, Xie Yingdeng as the Duke of Guanghan County, Guo Xingfang as the Duke of Wuping County, Ma Gongyou as the Duke of Xicheng County, Shan Xiongxin as the Duke of Fangling County, and Dong Axing as the Duke of Yangchuan County.

Zheng Cheng was very emotional, Yang Chong was younger than Li Mi, and he did things step by step, if the battle of Luoyang was replaced by Yang Chong, even if he was defeated by Wang Shichong once, he would not fall apart in a blink of an eye, and it would be a big deal to make a comeback. Yang Chong went to Luoyang to solve the worries of Li Jing and Xu Shiji, Li Jing did not release 30,000 Tang army prisoners for the next big battle, but instead recruited more than 10,000 people to supplement the troops.

(End of chapter)