After explaining to Huaiyin for Li Ji, Zhou Chang turned his gaze to Xiao Mo: "Ziheng, I came to Luzhou this time, but what happened to Shen County?" ”

There was no way, since Zhao He asked to meet Xiao Mo in person, Zhou Chang had no choice but to ask Xiao Mo in front of everyone. 【&n】

Xiao Mo shook his head and said: "Lord Yu, there is nothing abnormal in Shen County, this time Xia Guan came to Luzhou, and he came to participate in the poetry meeting on behalf of Zhu Weng!" ”

"I see!" Zhou Chang's face was as usual, but he was a little dissatisfied with Xiao Mo's coming to Luzhou! After Li Ji left Shen County to walk in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, more than 1,000 households and tens of thousands of people in Shen County were in the hands of Xiao Mo, but Xiao Mo left Shen County for a poetry club that was not related to him.

Although he was dissatisfied in his heart, Zhou Chang did not reveal his emotions, after so many years of crawling in the officialdom, Zhou Chang had already learned how to hide his thoughts in his heart, no matter when, he would not write his feelings and thoughts on his face!

Zhou Chang's face was as usual, but he was silent for a moment, and Xiao Mo guessed that this Lord of Futai must have a lot of complaints about himself in his heart, but because of Zhao He's face, he didn't express it.

With a wry smile in his heart, Xiao Mo secretly said that he was indeed careless this time, and only when he arrived in Luzhou did he remember that he would only say Zhou Chang first, but it was too late, Zhou Chang had already accompanied Zhao He and went to the painting boat of the Soft Fragrance Pavilion.

But it doesn't matter, compared to the lime he was going to give to Zhou Chang, Xiao Mo was confident that he would definitely make Zhou Chang forget his dissatisfaction with leaving Shen County without permission this time.

Of course, Xiao Mo couldn't be stupid enough to sacrifice the lime in front of Zhao He, Wen Zhong and others. At this time, it was lunch time, and after hearing that the Soft Fragrance Pavilion had sent someone to invite the officials to dinner, everyone walked downstairs headed by Zhao He, Xiao Mo fell behind, and stopped Zhou Chang: "My lord, this time the officials came to Luzhou, and there is still something to explain to the adults!" ”

There is no way, if the lime is mined, there will be at least a dozen mountains to be requisitioned in the three towns, and crops can no longer be planted.

As part of the cultivated land, without Zhou Chang's permission, Xiao Moke did not dare to lead the squires to mine, if the people were unwilling to lose the cultivated land, or were dissatisfied, and sued Luzhou, then he would be speechless.

After all, in ancient times, the status of merchants was the lowest, even lower than that of peasant households, and if you were to be charged with grabbing farmland, where would you go to complain?

Behind the screen, Zhilan, who was about to come out to greet Xiao Mo after the people were gone, heard Xiao Mo's words, so she stopped, and then walked out through the side door.

A smart woman, especially as a courtesan in the Qinglou, Zhilan knows when she should do something, what she shouldn't listen to, and what she can't listen to!

Since Xiao Mo has something to report to Zhou Changyu, and even Zhao He, the prince, can't say it to his face, then he can't even know about it.

So Zhilan chose to leave quietly, anyway, Xiao Mo didn't know that there was another one behind the screen.

Xiao Mo really didn't know, after leaving Zhou Chang, Xiao Mo told his plan.

Hearing that Xiao Mo was going to mine lime in Shen County, Zhou Chang was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "Is this limestone also available in Shen County?" ”

Xiao Mo shook his head and said: "Yes, but it's not a lot, the main thing is that there is more dolomite, if the blast furnace is good and the temperature is high enough, the effect may be better, and ......"

Xiao Mo pointed to the four walls of the cabin: "And it can greatly reduce the cost of lime, used by ordinary people to paint the walls, the most ideal, of course, is to use Cao Yun, sold to Jiangning, Suzhou and Hangzhou, Jiangsu and Zhejiang are the rich township, the granary of the country, if this sales channel is opened, I believe it will not be long, with iron ore and lime, Shen County can also soar to the sky, become a veritable rich land." ”

After a pause, Xiao Mo was not afraid of scaring Zhou Chang, pointed to the direction of Shen County outside the window and said: "If this is the case, I am afraid that it would not be an exaggeration to say that Shen County was full of gold at that time!" ”

Indeed, when Xiao Mo left Changle Town, he also went to check it out in person, and found that there were so many dolomite mountains in Changle Town, basically except for the iron mine, the rest of the mountains were dolomite!

If you have resources, you have to use them, Xiao Mo is not afraid of the wind flashing his tongue, and as soon as he said a few big words, Zhou Chang was dumbfounded, and after a long time, he came back to his senses and asked Xiao Mo: "What does the governor think of this matter?" ”

It seems that Zhou Chang was shocked, and then calmed down, after being an official for a lifetime, Zhou Chang certainly has an unbearable ability that is different from ordinary people, after hearing Xiao Mo's thoughts, Zhou Chang's heart was also thrown out of the clouds, but after all, Shen County still has a county order Li Ji, although Zhou Chang is one level higher than Li Jiguan, and Shen County does belong to the rule of Luzhou, but with the relationship between Zhou Chang and Li Ji, he will definitely not overstep his responsibilities and cross Li Ji to meddle in the affairs of Shen County.

Xiao Mo said honestly: "Lord Li doesn't know the idea of Xiaguan, and he is in a hurry, and Xiaguan has no time to send people to Jiangsu and Zhejiang to deliver letters, so he must despise the adults, and I hope the adults will make a decision!" ”

"Oh?" Zhou Chang heard the meaning of Xiao Mo's words, and asked suspiciously: "Hurry up and obey the power?" Could it be that there are really variables in Shen County? ”

At this point, Xiao Mo no longer concealed it, and directly told Zhou Chang about his festival with the squires, after hearing that Xiao Mo went to the Li Mansion to attend the banquet, and Li Yuan deliberately invited a character like Deng Ying to embarrass Xiao Mo, Zhou Chang's face also flashed a trace of anger, but whether Zhou Chang was making a show to Xiao Mo, Xiao Mo didn't know.

And after Zhou Chang heard that Xiao Mo was in the West Yasheng Hall and beat the shopkeeper Su angrily, Zhou Chang said: "Good fight!" But after finishing speaking, Zhou Chang looked at Xiao Mo again and asked, "Ziheng, what happened later?" ”

It seems that Zhou Chang is in his heart, but he doesn't want the county government to fall out with Li Yuan, so Xiao Mo told Zhou Chang about the agreement he made with Li Yuan later, Zhou Chang listened, patted his thigh and said: "Ziheng, confused!" ”

Xiao Mo didn't speak, but looked at Zhou Chang.

Zhou Chang continued: "Of course, when they proposed to reduce the price of grain to two taels and one stone, why didn't you agree to them? This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! ”

It turned out that Zhou Chang was for this heartache, Xiao Mo smiled in his heart, and said without moving: "My lord, don't be sorry, Xiao Mo can guarantee that when he returns to the county this time, those squires will definitely take the initiative to come to the door, and when the time comes, the contract between the lower officials and them will take effect, and the price of this grain will naturally be sold to the county for eight dollars and one stone!" ”

Zhou Chang is a smart person, as soon as Xiao Mo said this, Zhou Chang noticed that Xiao Mo must have his intentions in doing this, he pondered for a moment, and then laughed!

"Ziheng, Ziheng, what did the official say about you? Ha ha...... High, clever! ”

After complimenting Xiao Mo a few words, Zhou Chang continued to sit down and ponder.

Seeing that Zhou Chang did not object to dealing with those squires like this, Xiao Mo was a little surprised, but then he also understood.

It is said that literati are arrogant, especially scholars like Zhou Chang, who read the books of Confucius and Mencius and claim to be disciples of saints, how can they be afraid of a eunuch? Zhou Chang and Li Ji were only scruples about provoking the prince behind the father-in-law of Li Yuan's family, but if those squires had no one in their eyes because of this, Zhou Chang would be a little disgusted.

So for Xiao Mo's approach, Zhou Chang not only did not object, but still supported it, but against the person who is the prince after all, who is the prince? That is the future Son of Heaven, he is the king, and he is a minister, of course the minister can't do anything to disobey the monarch, so after Zhou Chang praised Xiao Mo, he fell silent again, and after knocking his finger on the table a few times, Zhou Chang asked Xiao Mo: "Then how does Ziheng plan to deal with them next?" ”

Of course, they refer to those squires, listening to Zhou Chang's tone, Xiao Mo knew that in Zhou Chang's heart, he still didn't want to be too much of these squires!

After thinking about it carefully for a long time, even Zhou Chang still had to ask himself, not daring to let himself do it, where would Xiao Mo not understand what Zhou Chang meant?

"Don't worry, as long as the squires are willing to hand over the grain, the lower officials will never treat them badly, on the contrary, they will also point them to a Yangguan Avenue!"

Hearing Xiao Mo's assurance, Zhou Changcai relieved his heart.

As for what Xiao Mo said, does he have the ability to complete it himself? Zhou Chang didn't think about it so much, after seeing Xiao Mo, Zhou Chang saw that Xiao Mo was different from ordinary people, especially the superior wisdom, which made Zhou Chang sigh to himself.

Whether it was using such a bold idea as building a windmill to drain the water, or dealing with the White Lotus Sect, Zhou Chang saw a spirit of not being afraid of difficulties from Xiao Mo's body.

Mining without steel, going to other provinces to buy grain without food, these things seem simple, but it takes a lot of determination and courage to do it, at least Zhou Chang himself, has never done these things!

When he and Zhou Chang came out of the private room, Xiao Mo found that Hu Yunxue didn't know where to go, so he smiled apologetically at Zhou Chang and said, "My lord, let's go to the meal first, I've been delaying for a long time, I am afraid of snubbing the prince!" ”

Zhou Chang nodded, and then went downstairs, Xiao Mo looked for it on the second floor of the painting boat, but Hu Yunxue didn't find it, Xiao Mo ran into an acquaintance.

"Zhilan girl!" Xiao Mo shouted.

Zhilan came out, stopped in front of Xiao Mo, and asked, "What are you looking for?" ”

Xiao Mo then remembered Hu Yunxue, so he asked Zhilan: "Have you ever seen the girl who came with the next one, uh, a little brother?" ”

Zhilan looked at Xiao Mo, and then laughed: "Are you sure that's your little brother?" ”

"Uh...... This one! Xiao Mo was a little embarrassed, but she was relieved, Zhilan said this, it means that she knows Hu Yunxue's whereabouts, if she hadn't seen Hu Yunxue, how could Zhilan know that there was such a person, and asked Xiao Mo such a thing?

Seeing that Xiao Mo was so embarrassed that she couldn't speak, Zhilan smiled and said softly: "Don't worry, my lord, your 'little brother' has arranged for her to be with the prince's family and is having dinner!" ”

"Uh...... The prince's family? Xiao Mo was a little surprised, how could Hu Yunxue get involved with Zhao He's family?

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