Huang Shun has personally experienced the disturbance of Annan in those years, when the city of Qinzhou was breached, ten rooms and nine empty, Qinzhou, where maritime merchants originally gathered, since that time, there are no merchant ships to arrive here!

Even after twenty or thirty years, the original incident is still a boulder in the hearts of the people of Qinzhou. This time the Haikou attacked, and the main force that Zhang Dascarla relied on was the Annan people, and the Jingguan composed of Annan heads piled up in the port was pointed out by the local people for a while.

If it weren't for the killing of the Annan people when they disturbed the border, Yu Guozhen would not have so much idle wasteland when he came to Qinzhou.

Yu Guozhen pulled him up again: "Huang Shun, I first came to Qinzhou, I am not familiar with the place, I have your help, and since I am based on this, then Qinzhou is my hometown, and everything I do is a matter of course, no matter how polite you are, I can only invite you out." ”

Huang Shun thought about it after getting up, and arched his hand: "Yu Gongzi, today is a big victory, the villain has nothing to congratulate, and he is willing to sacrifice 100,000 catties of charcoal and Yu Gongzi!" ”

100,000 catties, according to Yu Guozhen's agreement with him, that is one hundred taels of silver. From the beginning when he contracted the coal needed by the Xinxiang kiln, to the total amount he has sent, that is, more than 100,000 catties, he opened his mouth, it was for Yu Guozhen to do it for two months.

Yu Guozhen looked at him in surprise, and then shook his head with a smile: "Huang Shun, 100,000 catties of coal is only a hundred taels of silver, do you know how much silver I spent on this battle today?" ”

"How much did Childe spend?"

"Don't mention the reward, when I said that I moved, the Luo Tong wolf soldiers went out, and it cost me 1,500 taels of silver, and the gift is not counted. The mobilization of the three battalions of sailors under the Lianzhou Patrol Ambassador cost me 6,000 taels of silver. It cost me a thousand taels of silver to get gunpowder from the Gunpowder Bureau in Qinzhou City......"

Fighting a war is about making money, especially if you want to reduce your own casualties as much as possible, it is almost like smashing your opponent with money. Limited to today's conditions, Yu Guozhen could not spend money on improving the quantity and quality of his troops, and could only ask for foreign aid.

This is actually an uneconomical move, but after this experience, there is no longer any force in the entire Xihai that can threaten Yu Guozhen, he finally has a stable rear, can farm with peace of mind, and spend his silver on changing better equipment for the guard.

For example, in this battle, the guards were wearing bamboo armor, which had a very limited defensive effect, and Yu Guozhen actually wanted to replace them with a half-body cuirass, but this required a lot of steel.

"Coupled with the reward and pension, I spent nearly 20,000 taels of silver on this battle." Yu Guozhen finished settling the accounts, and then patted Huang Shun on the shoulder: "I even spent 20,000 taels of silver, do you still care about your 100 taels?" Lao Huang, you are good to run a coal kiln, make it bigger, and be able to supply me with sufficient coal, that is the greatest support. Now I consume about 80,000 catties of coal a month, but by the end of the year, this figure may have to double, and this time next year, it may have to double again...... Hello, let's plan the dock that should be repaired, and I will send someone to help you repair it. ”

"Yes, yes...... Yu Gongzi is kind and virtuous, villain, villain is unforgettable! ”

Huang Shun almost cried, 80,000 catties of charcoal is equivalent to 80 taels of silver, at the end of the year, it will be 160 taels, and next year it will be doubled again, wouldn't it be a big business with 6 or 700 taels of silver a month, and he will be a big tyrant with 10,000 taels of silver in a year, which is a beautiful thing that I couldn't think of before!

"Thank you, little officials, thank you...... However, the petty officials, the villains still have one more thing to bother the petty officials, the petty officials have several brothers, and they are all sincere and willing people, and I want to ask the petty officials to guide them on a way to get rich......"

"Hehe, did you listen to what we said at the bow of the boat, and your heart was moved?" Yu Guozhen smiled when he heard this.

"It's not that I listened to Yu Gongzi's words, it's the villain who brags." Huang Shun was a little surprised: "The villain was taken care of by Yu Gongzi, and he had more money, so he thought about the brothers who were with the villain at the beginning, originally invited them to eat and drink, and couldn't help but boast a few words during the banquet, saying that the villain was taken care of by the nobles, and it was finally time to operate, and they asked about the villain, and the villain said Yu Gongzi's guidance." ”

After hearing that he was a little rich, he didn't forget his roots, and he still remembered the old brother who was down together, Yu Guozhen had a good impression of him: "It's not difficult to say this thing, but Lao Huang, I think it's ...... If you have these reliable brothers, why don't you make this coal business bigger? ”

"The coal business is growing?"

"Yes, if the charcoal is well maintained, it is a big business, for example, Guangzhou Mansion, if there is a large Guangzhou Mansion, there are 600,000 people, of which no less than two or three hundred thousand live in the city of Guangzhou, so many people eat and make tea, all have to burn firewood, based on the firewood money spent per person per day, the people in Guangzhou City will spend two or three hundred taels of silver to buy firewood a day. If you do it right, you can replace one-third of people's firewood and grass with charcoal, which is cheaper than firewood and easy to transport. ”

"Cooking rice with charcoal?"

"Well, this is going to use a special stove, but unfortunately it's not the north, if it's the north, this thing will be popular, but it's okay in the south, it's rainy in the south, and it's inconvenient to buy some wet firewood every day." Yu Guozhen sighed slightly: "I'll tell you this after I make a special furnace and coal maker, anyway, I'm not in a hurry, but I need a lot of coal next year, and you may not be able to hold it alone, why don't you partner with these brothers, you have to have a big share, they have a small share, or simply you hire them as a steward and manage the coal mine for you?" ”

This is a sentence to wake up the dreamer, before Huang Shun always felt that there was only one market for the charcoal he picked, that is, Yu Gongzi's Xinxiang kiln, and the amount of kiln was always limited, if he introduced the rest of the brothers to do this, it would definitely affect his income, so he didn't think about it this way. But now it's different, six or seven hundred thousand catties of charcoal a month, and he can't really be busy alone!

"The six or seven hundred thousand catties of charcoal a month I just told you is only a conservative estimate, and it is only used to burn cement lime and bricks, if it is...... If there are enough manpower, I have another plan next, if it is completed, my monthly consumption of charcoal will probably exceed one million catties or more......"

"A million pounds or more!" Huang Shun has an extreme trust in Yu Guozhen, what Yu Guozhen said is just planning, but he takes it as a reality, the business of millions of catties of coal, with his current two outcropping coal mines, really can't support it, the only way is to dig deep!

Thinking of this, he nodded vigorously: "What Yu Gongzi said, the villain understands, the villain will recruit people and open a mine for mining!" ”

"Well, this matter is urgent, if you need my help, just come to me." Yu Guozhen said.

Huang Shun said goodbye and was about to leave, but when he walked to the door, he thought of something again: "Gongzi said that another plan, could it be to use coal to smelt iron?" ”

"Hey, you know that, too?" Yu Guozhen laughed.

"Ahh......h It is also a reminder from the son, the villain remembers, someone in Foshan Fu has also mentioned the use of coal to smelt iron, but he said that the iron smelted from the coal is as good as slag, it is really unusable, this matter is very important, and the son is asked to investigate. ”

When he said this, he was a little apprehensive, firstly, if Yu Guozhen really opened the furnace to smelt iron, and the use of coal increased greatly, it would be a good thing for him to have no harm, and he would inevitably have some gains and losses when he opposed this matter; Second, he had respect for Yu Guozhen, fearing that his opposition would cause Yu Guozhen's displeasure.

But he thought that if it weren't for Yu Guozhen, he would still be a cold-eyed broken household, and now he would have to talk about it like this, and he would almost step on the threshold of his family, so he gritted his teeth and still said it.

"Yes, yes, you are willing to think about me, and my heart is very happy." Hearing him say this, Yu Guozhen was also very happy, he was not afraid of other people's objections, but afraid that others would not be willing to pick up the gaps for him: "It is caused by the poisonous gas in the coal, and I will think of ways to solve this problem...... Lao Huang, it's good to do! ”

"Yes, I will live up to the trust of petty officials!" Huang Shun said almost instinctively.

After finishing speaking, he walked out of the door, and then he was stunned, his words just now seemed to be the response of the big and small housekeepers in Xinxiang Village to Yu Guozhen's order.

Thinking of this, he smiled dumbly, he really thought too much, if he could really run under this Yu Gongzi for three or five years, it would be a great capital!

In his opinion, the big and small housekeepers under Yu Guozhen are all characters who can take charge of themselves, and these characters are also a steward in ordinary big families, but in Xinxiang Village, they grab a lot of them!

"Brother Shunzi, what's wrong, what's wrong, did that Yu Gongzi agree?" After he came out, several brothers could no longer hold back and surrounded him.

"Yu Gongzi said, in the future, the charcoal bought from me will be doubled, up to 160,000 catties, and at the end of the year, it will be doubled again, 320,000 catties, one tael of silver per thousand catties, which is three hundred and twenty taels of silver a month, and in the coming year, it will be one million catties...... More than 1,000 taels of silver a month, such a big deal, it depends on whether our brothers have the ability to do it. With the support of Yu Guozhen, Huang Shun is now also stiff and arrogant, he waved his hand, and his arrogance was unparalleled: "Let's go to Qinzhou first, invite the brothers to eat and drink in the best restaurant, and then talk about how to find people who are good at opening mines!" ”

"Open a mine? Over there at the government? ”

"The government has its own Yu Gongzi to carry it, you just have to rest assured!" Huang Shun raised his chin: "Naturally, we can't rely on the prestige of Yu Gongzi to do those oppressive and good things, Yu Gongzi also said, if we know that we have a bad reputation, we will ......"

He rolled his eyes, then pointed to the dock and said, "If you see that pile of heads, you will pile our heads like that!" ”

He knows his brothers, although they are honest, but honest people become worse when they become more terrible, so they must be beaten often.

As he was talking, Huang Shun's eyes were suddenly stunned, because several ships were trying to dock in the harbor, and the appearance and style of the ship were the same as Haikou's ships. Immediately afterwards, he saw two or three hundred people on the boat coming down, and the man led by him was bare-chested, his chest hair shaking in a mess under the sea breeze, and he looked anxious and arrogant.

Immediately afterward, he saw one of these people who was being framed, and when he was fighting fiercely, he also saw this one, it was the leader of the group, Zhang Da Scarla!

"Ha, I know that this dog thief can't escape!" Huang Shun couldn't help but stroke his palms and laughed.

(To be continued)