Chapter 158: Triple Appointment

"Sister, brother-in-law, is he okay......" When the new appointment of Ye Tao was issued, to everyone's surprise, Ye Tao took his team of guards, attendants and staff who far exceeded this position.

Ye Tao's appointment is only the director of the Road and Bridge Department of Yunzhou Jingluofu, and the main job is to manage all roads, bridges and all post stations and passes on the ground in Yunzhou, ensure the transportation within Yunzhou, and build roads or widen the original roads as needed when the funds are rich. This is an extremely important and influential position. There is only one main road in Yunzhou now, which almost starts from the location of the camp built by the Dong family's blood qi army, extends to a little west of the Thunder Cliff, and then divides into two roads, all the way to Suiyuan, all the way to Ningyuan, and then all the way to the vicinity of the ferry built by Ye Taodu on the side of the Di River. In most places in Yunzhou, only the roads formed by more people can pass, and there is too much room for building roads. He was specially granted the right to set up post stations and other service agencies on the main roads of Yunzhou to maintain the roads with operating expenses and toll fees, and to build roads. The problem is that this position of real power is too real on the surface.

This is very much in line with Ye Tao's current grade appointment, if it happens to anyone else, it will probably attract a lot of envious eyes. The funds that can be operated in this position are really huge, and even if they are not intended to be corrupt and bribe-taking, the "courtesy" gifts of various stakeholders in this position alone are enough to make a fortune. And a series of post stations along the way can arrange a lot of their own subordinates, so that this golden road can continue to create wealth for themselves. In this position, it is very easy to make political achievements, and there is quite a lot of room for promotion in the future, as long as you are not too stupid. It is enough to push forward the construction of roads and bridges step by step.

But this appointment happened to Ye Tao, which can't help but make people think about it. Since many industries in Yunzhou have not been taken over, it will take time for the local finances to take over, and now all the expenditures of this road and bridge department are directly allocated from the internal government. Let Ye Tao, the concubine, take care of this mess, naturally there are factors that his family trusts more, but combined with the continuous debate between the DPRK and China a while ago and the struggle between the open and the covert, this appointment obviously has the element of making Ye Tao fade out of the center of right and wrong, so as not to let Ye Tao be surrounded by all kinds of hostile eyes. There is also the downplay of the struggle, so that those civil officials who have been made very difficult by Ye Tao to come to power can take up their posts with peace of mind, and will not cause turmoil in the DPRK and China. But the balance between the two is really hard to say.

Compared with Ye Tao's previous Canal Governor's Mansion, or an errand that could decide the affairs of Yunzhou in a word, this appointment was really too bland for a young official like Ye Tao, who attracted much attention. Ye Tao, who is so bland that he can always create tricks that others can't expect, is also likely to be dull in this position. finally became one of the "capable officials" who followed the rules of the Dongping court.

For Tan Weiying, who can see such a relationship clearly, he will naturally be a little worried. The most attractive thing about Ye Tao is that he can always find a variety of ideas and practices that are beyond common sense but reasonable in the traditional model. Tan Weiying is also deeply afraid that this position, which doesn't seem to be able to make any waves, will wear away Ye Taodi's wonderful creativity.

"How can something happen to your brother-in-law?" Tan Weixin smiled, "Just those words from the top, my father asked him to sort out the detailed statements. And to envisage ways to avoid the problems that may arise after reunification. is qualified to write such a note, and his father has already recognized that Ye Tao has the talent of Wang Zuo. And Yunzhou, at present, is probably the best way to keep your brother-in-law out of the limelight. A place where you can calm down and organize your thoughts, and at the same time you can easily do something practical. ”

Tan Weixin did not tell Tan Weixin about the work that Ye Tao undertook in private. In addition to the errand that everyone thinks should accumulate merit, such as repairing bridges and paving roads, in addition to the great and ethereal work of planning the Dongping plan, Ye Tao is also responsible for a bunch of things.

Ye Tao's plan, if it is put into the court, it is categorically impossible to pass. Moreover, now Tan Xiaopei can't guarantee that these people in the council hall and the people around these people must be reliable. If the news leaks, it's all over. The first bureau of the Dongping Intelligence Bureau, which is under construction, will be served by Nie Rui, and the promotion of the Lei Yin Demon Sect in Xiling will also be directly under Nie Rui's control, and Ye Tao is a key part of the whole plan, he will be responsible for establishing the entire Lei Yin Demon Sect's doctrinal system, and will be responsible for training the first few batches of various teaching personnel, especially to train a group of "priests" with strong infiltration ability, communication ability and incitement to preach. these personnel. In addition to selecting a batch from among the housekeeping guards. More than that, people of all ages who are loyal to the royal family, flexible in thinking, good at dealing with people, or who have shown some performance in leadership are selected from the system of the royal family that manages various industries in the inner government, and the royal grange that is managed. When handing over this group of people to Ye Tao. Nominally, it was just that Tan Weixin was just transferring manpower from his own industry in order to allow Ye Tao to better establish the post station system along the main road in Yunzhou. But after a period of training in public relations, group studies, psychology, interpersonal communication and behavior, Ye Tao will select potential people from among them for further training in religion and communication skills, such as nature, fighting skills, password use, and a series of courses on the use of espionage products including the first generation of invisible ink based on lemon juice. And after these trainings, those who are qualified in all aspects will be sent to Xiling. Zhuo Xianchen has already withdrawn from Xiling, and now he is staying in Xiling, occupying the Li family's castle, and slowly making the preliminary layout for the plan of the Thunder Yin Demon Sect in Dongping, and is an important leader of the internal guards. This guy, who is said to be now called Lei Chi, has used a combination of bribery and threats to quell the recourse of the local government in Xiling to what happened to the Li family castle, and cleverly transformed it into a property transfer that may have some conflicts......

In the current situation, let Ye Tao stay away from Danyang and the power center of Dongping, but give Ye Tao a solid and stable position, and let Ye Tao conduct intelligence personnel training in places that everyone does not pay attention to all the time, on the one hand, it is secretly in line with Ye Tao's lazy and lazy nature that likes to deal with things rather than interpersonal relationships, and on the other hand, it is also for changing Ye Tao's position in the future. The foreshadowing of more important appointments was laid. Moreover, the current Ye Tao is as stable as Mount Tai, except for Tan Xiaopei, no one can easily move him. The training personnel, as well as the expansion expenses of the Lei Yin Demon Sect in Xiling, were all handled through Ye Tao's Road and Bridge Division. But because the Road and Bridge Division is all funded by the internal government, the household department and the Yushitai don't even have room to intervene. In the future, when Ye Tao is transferred, as long as the person in charge of the inner government says that the accounts are fine. That's no problem. But the person in charge of the inner house is still talking about Weixin. Even if there is a problem, with her reputation as the "Queen of Fake Accounts", it is too simple to smooth it out on the surface.

Tan Xiaopei used such an appointment to ensure that Ye Tao would not be further involved in the dispute between the DPRK and China and his future future, but he used two other errands to greatly enrich the connotation of this appointment. Behind such an appointment, it is not only Tan Xiaopei's repositioning of a very talented young man like Ye Tao, but also putting him in a position where he can share secrets with his close ministers. Although it seems that Ye Tao is a little aggrieved now, when these benefits are gradually revealed. It's too late for everyone to envy it.

If anyone would be very dissatisfied with such an appointment, it would probably be Ye Tao himself. He had just returned to Danyang not long ago, and he was going back to Yunzhou again. Through Tan Xiaopei's hints and Tan Weixin's explanation, Ye Tao really understood how important what he had to do. There are many benefits to this appointment, but the problem is that the director of the Road and Bridge Department is also a coolie-type errand.

But what can be done now? Tan Xiaopei generously promised next summer. After the prince Tan Weiming and the prince Tan Weiran got married one after another, they immediately handled it for themselves and Tan Weixin. The long time between nominally recognizing Ye Tao's identity as a colt and actually holding a wedding for the two may also set a record for Dongping.

Is the Road and Bridge Division really a place where Ye Tao's full of ideas has nowhere to play? Ye Tao doesn't think so, at least not as the director. Since Ye Tao already has a lot of prestige in Yunzhou, he can do a lot of things that are difficult for others to operate. Just when his convoy was temporarily stationed in the Dongjiaji camp, the first caravan of the Yunzhou tribe also came to the Dongjiaji camp. This huge caravan, led by Golan, the patriarch of the Solo tribe, took on much more than just trade. At least one-third of the various supplies carried by the caravan were intended to be presented to the lord of Dongping. Golan will submit to Dongping on behalf of the tribes of the northern region of Yunzhou, and also hopes to get a promise from Tan Xiaopei.

And it's in the Dong family camp. After a half-day meeting with Golan, Ye Tao introduced Liu Qing, who served as the liaison of the Seven Seas Trading Company by his side, and introduced the businessmen of the Seven Seas Trading Company and the Kyushu Trading Company who followed Ye Tao's car into Yunzhou to look for business opportunities after the war, and let Golan get the best news: in order to ensure the salt supply of the grassland tribes, the inner government sold two of the four salt farms under its name to the Yunzhou tribe at a "reasonable price", and the Yunzhou tribe held shares in the two salt farms. The Dongping Imperial Court did not interfere. In the first three years. The Inner Government will be responsible for a series of salt-making processes such as drying salt, removing impurities, and purifying the salt by the personnel sent by the church tribe. Salt produced by these two salt works. All of them are exclusively for Yunzhou, and they cannot enter the territory of the Eastern Plain for circulation. Due to the large number of horses on the tribal side and the new four-wheeled carriage produced by the Ye Workshop, it is conceivable that the tribal side will spend a significant amount on salt. Not only will they have enough salt to ensure their daily diet, but they will even be able to store a considerable portion of the excess meat for marinating. This alone has been a tremendous improvement in the living conditions of the tribes. As for the problem of tea, since Dongping itself is not a big tea-producing country, except for a few special tea varieties with small output, most of the ordinary tea for daily consumption is also imported from Chunnan. In order to ensure that tea can be self-sufficient and can meet the needs of Yunzhou, the Dongping Household Department and the Ministry of Industry are trying to expand the tea production in Dongping. The first batch of old tea farmers and workers who have mastered the tea-making process from the major tea estates in Chunnan at any cost have come to Dongping, and are establishing tea estates in some places in the southeast of Dongping that seem to be more suitable for tea production.

"Your Excellency...... It's all thanks to you. Hearing what Ye Tao said, Golan bowed deeply at Ye Tao. The old man is a hero on the grassland, and his strength is not small, Ye Tao can't stop him if he wants to.

"It really has nothing to do with me." Ye Tao smiled: "When the court and the Chinese were still arguing, Your Majesty's arrangement began, originally Your Majesty meant that even if those terms were met with too much resistance in the court, they could not be passed immediately, and you could not be made to wait too long." Now that the Inner Government is in a good financial situation, I will help you solve it through the Inner Government. Anyway, His Majesty himself doesn't care about spending a few less money in his hand, and everyone has nothing to say. And now, now that the court has also passed, it will be solved the fastest and there will be no trouble. ”

Dongping's rapid response to the implementation of the Yunzhou tribal policy had a great impact on the Golan and other tribal leaders. It is estimated how much income the two salt farms can bring to the inner government each year. Even if it was to protect Yunzhou and the supply of the northern tribes, they were already very satisfied with the fact that the price of salt in Yunzhou had dropped slightly. And now, the salt farm is in their own hands, although because the salt field is too far away from Yunzhou, there is always a feeling that the whip is out of reach, but after all, it is much stronger than completely relying on people's breath. And the condition of this part of the supply is only to not allow the production of these two salt farms to flow back to Dongping, interfering with the Dongping market.

A fool will let the salt flow back to Dongping, you know, in the case of rich salt, doing business with tribes further north is the way to maximize profits. If it is properly mastered, Yunzhou's special salt supply can even become a sharp weapon to blackmail the northern tribes and divide the northern tribes, as long as it is properly mastered, suddenly the situation of hundreds of thousands of cavalry pressing the border may never happen again.

"Since Your Majesty has been generous to us, we have also been glad to our friends. Brother Ye, give me a thorough explanation, how much should our tribes pay for those two salt farms? Golan asked brightly.

"I don't know. Your Majesty will not personally inquire about this matter, and most of this business is going to be negotiated with my fiancée. Ye Tao smiled and said, "You are all my friends. Rest assured, although it will certainly not be cheap, it will not be a big number. I'm sure I'll have to leave you enough money to do business...... Remember what we said earlier about doing business in partnerships? When the roads are repaired and large quantities of goods can be shipped out, there are too many opportunities to make money. ”

Golan shook his head slightly and said, "You are underestimating us too much. There are no others, but everyone has a lot of cattle, sheep and gold. ”

Ye Tao hurriedly apologized: "Well, it's me who is not good." Then I'll tell you the good news. If you go to Danyang this time, if you encounter any local officials who dare to call you barbarians or something on the way, just whip them hard and don't beat them to death. Although this matter must be subtle, you must be persistent enough to help us friends. ”

Ye Tao squeezed his eyes. Golan laughed knowingly. This suggestion was so much in his mind. The impression of the Dongping Lord, whom he had never met, immediately plumped up in his heart. This lord of the country is really an interesting person. Goran had a hunch that he should be able to become friends with the lord of Dongping.