[It's a little late, and the next shift will be at seven or eight o'clock]

Han Gang is responsible for reorganizing Haimen Port, and wants to turn this not too big port into a channel for Jiaozhou's export to the outside world. In addition to presiding over and reviewing the unshirkable tasks of being the chief officer of the camp and the Department of Economic and Strategic Recruitment, the rest of his mind was all on re-erecting the bronze pillar.

He hoped to see the erection of the bronze pillar with his own eyes before entering Beijing. Passing on his exploits to thousands of generations with indelible bronze, it also makes the prestige of the imperial court continue to deter this piece of southern Xinjiang at the ends of the earth.

This symbolic work begins with the search for craftsmen. Zhang Dian summoned a group of bell smiths from Guangxi—ordinary coppersmiths had no ability to cast large objects—and then sent people to Guangdong for secondment. With his current prestige and future prospects, several road supervisors in Guangdong will not and dare not obstruct him.

Soon, the master craftsmen from the two roads outside the ridge arrived at Haimen one after another, and the design and casting work began without too much delay.

As for the cost of materials, you don't have to worry too much. It has always been ten catties of small flat money, even if it melts into tens of thousands of catties or even hundreds of thousands of catties of copper pillars, it is only a few thousand or tens of thousands, and the number is not much, and it may not be so heavy.

From the Cochin treasury, the officers and soldiers did not seize much property. In order to boost the morale of the defenders, after the official army crossed the river, Li Changjie almost dispersed all the property in the treasury. But after all, the person who received the money was still in the city, and after the official army invaded Thang Long Mansion, the money was basically recovered, and it was multiplied several times - the extra part was naturally the original property of the people.

According to the terms agreed in advance, the soldiers, generals, and officers were to distribute the spoils of war in a ratio of four, three, and three. There are more than 300,000 yuan of cash in the Annan Economic Strategy Recruitment Division, which is basically copper coins - the iron coins minted by the Great Song Dynasty are not commonly used abroad, and they are not the same as copper coins - Zhang Dian has already written for this, and took out 10,000 yuan from them to reset the copper pillar in Jiaozhou, which is not allowed.

The craftsmen had already started work in Thang Long Mansion, and Zhang Dian came to Han Gang with the "Pingnan Chronicle" that he had been studying for a long time, which was an inscription to be cast on the copper pillar at the same time, ready to let Han Gang take a look.

However, when he arrived at Han Gang's temporary office, he saw a dark purple rod on his table, and if he looked closely, this rod had leaves at one end and fibrous roots at the other, "Isn't this sugarcane?" ”

"It's sugar cane." Han Gang picked it up and showed it to Zhang Dan, "It's for squeezing sugar." He lifted a small, plain porcelain cup that had been placed with the sugar cane, and instead of tea, it was brown sugar.

"Brown sugar."

"Brown sugar."

Han Gang and Zhang Dian spoke different terms at the same time. However, whether it is brown sugar or brown sugar, it is just a different name for jaggery sugar, and the difference is not big. Regardless of the name, it means that the sucrose circulating in the market at this time is not pure.

"Yukun is planning to make sugar in Jiaozhou?" Zhang Dian asked, surprised but a little happy.

The sugar industry was profitable at this time, and if Jiaozhou started planting sugarcane, Zhang Dian would not mind letting his brothers get a piece of the pie. Han Gang's layout on Xihe Road, and now the results obtained, Zhang Dian has also envied it for a long time.

"Cochin is already producing sugar, but it's just a small amount."

Pulling Zhang Dun into the water, it was a matter of pushing the boat along the water, and there was no need for any strength. Han Gang was thinking about whether he could drag Li Xian and Yan Da down, but Yan Da was born in Kaifeng, and Li Xian's eunuch status also made him feel taboo.

"If there is more sugarcane, there will be a lot less grain produced...... "Zhang Dian sat down, leaving aside the fact that he was looking for Han Gang.

"If the barbarians assigned in Jiaozhou are only engaged in grain production and deliver the lifeblood to them, they will be greatly constrained by the barbarians for a long time. If there is an accident, natural or man-made disaster, there may be a big mess in the country. However, it does not matter much to hand over crops other than grains, such as sugar, oil, and cotton, to others. If there is no cotton and silk satin, if there is no oil, then use some light dishes, and without sugar, you will not be able to live. ”

Han Gang's calculations, Zhang Dian understood after a little thought. Immediately, he stroked his palms and smiled, and exclaimed, "If half of it is used to plant sugarcane, the lifeblood of the barbarians will be controlled in the hands of Haimen Port." ”

Han Gang nodded.

This is colonization, which allows the colony to engage in a single economic production, turning it into a link in the economic system of the mother country, so as to firmly control the colony.

After a thousand years, there was a period of time when the colonies became independent states, but as soon as they founded them, they fell into a difficult situation, separated from the old economic system, but could not build a new system, and many did not recover after decades.

"And grain and timber alone are not enough for a port, plus sugar is about the same."

Attractive specialties are the main conditions for ensuring the continued prosperity of a port. In addition, there is a stable and reasonable system, a safe surrounding environment, and a sound transportation system.

In addition, there are all kinds of fruits that are special in the south, after processing, they can be transported to the capital to sell - the lychees processed by the red salt method can often be preserved for a long time, unlike the Tang Dynasty, which had to be transported to Chang'an by fast horses, only the Son of Heaven and the concubine could eat it, and it was sold on the market.

However, Zhang Dian is most concerned about the issue of the copper pillar now, which is the key to his future fame in history, as for how to make Haimen Port prosperous, it is up to Han Gang, an expert, to consider it. If you dip yourself in the light, you can benefit without bothering.

When Han Gang asked Zhang Dian what he wanted, Zhang Dian said: "Those who can work hard, Yukun, you are unmatched in the world in this matter, and the foolish brother will not dare to get an axe." These days, the foolish brother is looking at the copper pillars of Thang Long Mansion. ”

"I'll go to Thang Long Mansion in two days to have a look, didn't you say that it would take another half a month at most? The younger brother also wanted to see with his own eyes that the copper pillar that suppressed Tiannan was cast and erected. Han Gang smiled, "And Yan Fengchen has almost demolished the Shenglong Mansion, and I heard that he has also dug up more than a dozen cellars of gold from the mansions of the wealthy families in the city. That's a lot, three or four thousand taels of gold alone!"

"Gold must not be included in the officials, but it is all included in the account, and it will be counted together when the account is divided, and everything should be divided according to the rules." Zhang Dian didn't care about two or three hundred thousand yuan of gold and silver, he didn't want to ruin the morale of the army for this bit of wealth.

"By the way," Han Gang suddenly remembered one more thing, "the various departments of Xidong have already sent all the women ordered by the Recruiting Division. According to Zhou Bi, probably because the land has not been divided, it is all picked up. ”

"Yukun is tempted?"

Han Gang smiled: "It's the same as Brother Zihou." ”

"You don't want it either." Zhang Dun smiled. Both he and Han Gang have a long-term vision and big plans, and they don't have a hand in these behaviors that will damage their reputations. Just assigning women to sergeants and pawns can be said to be a public heart. But if you make a profit for yourself, then you have a loss of personal morality.

"But the little brother has no time to deal with this matter, and Brother Zihou may be reluctant to do it?" Han Gang planned to throw the hot potato out of the box.

But Zhang Dian doesn't want it, people are not gold, silver, and wealth, there are beautiful and ugly women, there is a difference between the old and the young, the strong and the weak, and it is not so easy to convince everyone, I don't know how much attention it takes.

"A gentleman doesn't take away the beauty of others, since this is Li Xian's suggestion, let him be a tooth wife, Yukun, you and I should not interfere." Zhang Dian was in a good mood and joked with Li Xian, and became serious again, "In two days, you and I will go to Shenglong Mansion and watch the copper pillar for China to live in the south of the world." ”

Ten days later, when Zhang Dian and Han Gang returned to Thang Long Mansion, the huge Thang Long Mansion had already been demolished in half. And the palace that took more than 60 years for the Jiaozhi Li family to gradually build has become a ruin. However, the beams and pillars on the hall have not been wasted, and they have been tied into wooden rows and put directly into the sea gate along the Fuliang River.

The wood used in the Jiaozhi Royal Court is the top grade of the top grade, especially the Zichen Hall as the main hall, the twenty-four courtyard pillars are the thickness of the golden silk nanmu that two people hug together, and there is a sound of gold and stone in the abyss of knocking. The coffin with golden silk nanmu as the main material is worth thousands of gold in the city of Tokyo, and the wood that is several feet high and hugged by two people is even more invisible, and it has no price.

After Han Gang and Zhang Dian discussed, they began to look for a sea ship and prepare to transport it back to Beijing. Although it is a bit unlucky to use it to build a palace, it can be used to build a temple, as long as it is transported into the capital, it is their action to open the port and sea gate, and there is the most powerful evidence.

As for the bronze pillar, its location was chosen in the old Zichen Palace. The palatial temple has been demolished, but the pedestal is still four or five feet high. Zhang Dian and Han Gang planned to erect the copper pillar on the pedestal

The bronze pillar tree was on the old site of the Zichen Palace, and Zhang Dian received the advice of his staff, and at the same time prepared to cast a batch of iron pillars and divide them into various places to suppress the luck of Jiaozhou. Previously, the Recruiting Division confiscated all the weapons and arrows in the country of Jiaozhi, a total of hundreds of thousands of catties of iron, which happened to be used for this purpose.

The copper pillar is cast very quickly, just casting the mold, a solid copper pillar, compared with the copper bell, iron tripod and other hollow utensils, the process is much simpler, and the most troublesome thing is only to engrave the inscription on the mold. Zhang Dun wrote Annan's account in his own hand, and the article of more than 2,000 words had to be cast on a copper pillar at the same time—but it was still not difficult.

The drizzle continued, and at the beginning of March of the tenth year of Xining, on the pedestal of the Zichen Hall of Jiaozhi, the red and bright copper liquid was poured into the model.

The heat wave rolled in, and the drizzle fell on the copper liquid, turning into a fog in the sky. Standing thirty or forty steps away, Zhang Dian and Han Gang could also feel the surging heat transmitted from the crimson copper water.

It took three days for the bronze pillar to cool down, and when the mold outside was opened, the dark and deep bronze had a metallic luster that made people feel awe-inspiring.

The mold was shattered, pry it off piece by piece, and after a while, a complete copper pillar three feet high appeared in front of everyone.

There was unconcealable excitement in Zhang Dan's eyes, and his voice was trembling: "Standard copper column, Yongzhen Tiannan!" ”