Inn.

Twelve red candles flickered above the two huge light trees in the house, and the light was not bad.

This is a room that can only be stayed in by officials above the third grade, and of course it is also the best room in the post house.

Liu Changshi led Mai Zhongyi to meet Wu Yanzhi, and Yao Kuan was standing next to him.

Wu Yanzhi saw that Mai Zhongyi was over sixty years old and slightly fat. Even though it was winter, there were still beads of sweat oozing from his forehead.

"The villain came to visit late at night and disturbed Wu Gong!" Mai Zhongyi said, and it could be seen that he was very nervous.

"What's the matter with Mai Gong?" The Way of Martial Arts. This Mai Zhongyi's eldest son was a thorn in the neighboring state. So he is also a person with a certain status.

Liu Changshi replied for him: "Mai Gong said that there may be some misunderstanding, his nephew is in charge in Supingchang, and due to a clerical error by his subordinates, the lead output he reported this year is not true, and he underreported tens of thousands of catties.

As a result, it was verified by Judge Qi under Ambassador Wu, and Mai Chuliang had been arrested. According to Judge Qi's meaning, it seems that Mai Gong will also be implicated!

In fact, this matter has nothing to do with Mai Gong, even with his nephew Mai Chuliang, and it has nothing to do with it, it is the subordinates who make their own decisions. Selling the public will never do such a thing, and please ask Wu Shaoqing to verify this matter in detail! ”

"How could there be such a thing? However, since it was seized by Judge Qi, I am afraid that this matter will be more difficult to handle. He is also the title of superintendent, but he can handle the case independently, and your nephew is too careless.

You can't leave everything to someone else, right? Even if it is handed over to them to do it, then they should carefully check the copywriting reported to the government, right? Why so carelessness? ”

"The villain also asked Ambassador Wu to be aware of everything, the villain is indeed very innocent, the villain must follow Ambassador Wu's text, and then personally verify the statistical output reported by all the gold and silver fields, copper fields, and lead fields!" Mak replied respectfully.

"That's good! This time, the saint asked Wu to come to Lingnan to handle copper affairs, in order to solve the money shortage, to cast Wanshi Jiuding, and there is indeed a shortage of some copper.

Since Mai Gong professes to be loyal, first, he should strictly abide by the law. Second, for the court and local people, there should also be feedback, such as building bridges and roads.

Yao Zhi, since Mai Gong said that this matter of lying about data has nothing to do with him, you will wait for Judge Qi to return to Qujiang tomorrow, and then go to his place to verify. If it is really the subordinate's doing, let him punish it as appropriate! ”

Yao Kuan said: "Humble obedience!" ”

Liu Changshi and Mai Zhongyi glanced at each other and felt that there was a play.

Looking at Liu Changshi's hint, Mai Zhongyi said: "The next person will thank Wu Gong, the saint is the Bodhisattva descending to earth, the first empress of the ages, recasting Jiuding is of course to pray for the blessings of all people, the villain is willing to donate money, I don't know where Ambassador Wu wants to build the road?" ”

"Of course, in Dayu Mountain, the Wei family has already pledged five hundred yuan, how much Mai Gong wants to donate, whatever you want!"

"The villain also pledged to donate 500 yuan, if it is not enough, the villain will increase it. This road construction is also to benefit the people of Lingnan and Shaozhou, and Mai should make a little effort. "He was very simple about building roads for the people.

"Oh? Good! You can just send the money directly to the Metallurgical Superintendent. In this matter, I am ready to let the new Qujiang metallurgical supervisor Li Shang take full responsibility. Aim to have this road repaired within two months. When the time comes, the contemptible people will engrave the name of Mai Gong on this road, so that the passing merchants and pedestrians will remember Mai Gong's good deeds. Wu Yan looked very happy.

"Gong Wu is too much to raise the villain, such a trivial matter, it will be ......" He was a little embarrassed!

……

After ten days in Qujiang, the metallurgical supervisor was established. Wu Yanzhi used a Fazuo recommended by Li Shang and Hu Zuo recommended by Liu Changshi as the supervisor of the metallurgical supervisor.

Both of them are locals, and judging from their faces and words, they are honest and know how to read, so they are good candidates. Generally speaking, many mainlanders are reluctant to come to this job.

The main reason is that it is too far away and the climate is not adaptable. Not only Lingnan, but also the southern part of Hunan, southern Jiangxi, and western Fujian at that time were mainly places to belittle officials.

Now that the money for the road has been secured, the next thing that is lacking is of course people. In ancient times, the people who built the road were all local migrant workers. This is mandatory and can be deducted from other conscriptions.

He also sent orders to Zhenchang and Dayu counties, as well as Raozhou and Qianzhou, and asked them to fully cooperate with this matter. Those people were of course very happy to hear that the money for the construction of the road had been secured. Actually, to come back to it. The road itself does not cost much money, because manpower does not cost money, and only some rice and millet need to be provided.

"This road repair is very important, it is currently the agricultural slack season, so I ask Li Jian to rush to Zhenchang County tomorrow to strive for two months to build this road.

After you have completed the road, even if you have done a great job, I will be able to report your merits to the Holy One. At that time, there will be a better position to return to the Central Plains! Wu Yanzhi said to Li Shang.

"Please rest assured Wu Shaoqing, this road will not pass for two months, and you will never return to the Central Plains!" Li Shang was very excited, as if he would be able to return to the Central Plains tomorrow.

"Good! If there is anyone who does not cooperate, you can notify me or Judge Qi immediately! ”

"Yes!"

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After arranging the road construction, Wu Yanzhi and everyone studied the matter of the bile water copper field.

The new Wu Supervisor said: "Before the humble post, he served as a household in Raozhou, and he was a little familiar with the place where hardware was produced in this state.

The two nearby counties, Taipingchang and Supingchang in Lechang County, are the main locations for the production of lead and tin; Qujiang County Neutron Field and Tianxing Field are the most important copper fields in the county.

The humble post has already gone to the neutron field and Tianxing field with the Qi judge, and there is guts there. According to Judge Qi's inference, these two places should be able to produce 150,000 to 100,000 catties of copper a year without any problem.

Zhang Jianzuo is in charge there, and at present, more than 300 people have been enrolled. It is estimated that more than 40 sedimentation tanks in the copper field have been excavated, and there are still five or six days to go, and bile copper can be produced! ”

"Has the pig iron needed to smelt bile copper been solved?" Wu Yanzhi asked.

Anyway, in the future, these things will be the responsibility of the local metallurgical superintendent, and he doesn't want to and doesn't have the energy to interfere too much.

Wu Jian said: "Qi Wu Shaoqing! There are five fairly small iron yards in Anpingchang, Renhua County, Honshu, which can produce more than 200,000 catties of iron a year. Buying it up is almost enough for the time being.

However, when the scale is large, it will definitely have to be transported from outside. Therefore, the road to Dayu Mountain is very urgent, and the current road transportation is very difficult. Of course, it can also be transported by ship from sea to Guangzhou, and then transferred to land, but that is not labor-saving. ”

"Also, although this state can produce more than 200,000 catties of iron, it still needs to be used to produce agricultural tools, where is this bit of iron enough?

Tomorrow, Wu Jian Zuo will accompany me to Renhua County and Lechang County for more than ten days, and strive to find a few iron mines as soon as possible and entrust local large households to mine! "The Way of Martial Arts.

"Yes!"