In the first four years, it was a good year for Zhao Ning, in this year, fifteen-year-old Zhao Ning mastered the green forest road in the sand dunes and actually became the most powerful person in the sand dune county. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Soon after, a large shallow iron ore vein was discovered in the Valley of the Dead in Dune County, and although the ore vein was controlled by merchants from ZC County, the price of iron sand in the sand dunes was also halved. Zhao Ning, who has a huge forging production and marketing system, naturally benefits a lot from it.

Of course, this is just what Zhao Ning wants outsiders to see.

In fact, when he saw the scene of the Valley of the Dead, Zhao Ning felt that there must be something strange in that place. It wasn't until afterwards that he remembered that in his previous life, he had heard a legend that there was a headless forest in the tomb of King Yue, and the legend said that it was because of the grievance of Yue Fei's death that there would be a headless forest in the tomb of King Yue.

But later people found out that it was because the tomb of King Yue was rich in iron ore, which was easy to attract lightning strikes, and over time, trees were constantly struck by lightning, so the headless forest was formed.

And the Valley of the Dead is exactly the same as the headless forest in the legendary tomb of King Yue, so Zhao Ning speculated that there must be a large iron ore vein there.

So afterwards, Zhao Ning asked Uncle Lian to privately send someone to investigate, and sure enough, a large iron ore vein was found in the Valley of the Dead. But Zhao Ning thinks that this matter should not be publicized, and it is not good for him to let people know.

That's why he repeated the old trick and asked Uncle Lian to arrange someone to pretend to be a merchant in Tancheng as the master of the ore vein.

It has to be said that in the past three years, the manor and the ironware business have developed rapidly, and the ironware shop has opened to eight of the fourteen counties in the East China Sea, and other industries have also increased day by day, helping him save a lot of gold. This time the destruction of Baitou Mountain and Baihezhai gained a lot, and Zhao Ning had the strength to obtain the legal mining rights of the ore veins from the iron officials appointed by the imperial court, and had the ability to protect and mine the ore veins.

In this way, there will be a large amount of gold in the future, which will continue to flow into Zhao Ning's manor.

This year, when Zhao Ning was fifteen years old, he finally owned his first iron mine, and his annual income reached the level of thousands of taels of gold, taking a solid step towards becoming Bill Gates of the Great Xia Dynasty.

The first four years have been good things for Zhao Ning, but for the ordinary people of the sand dunes, this year is not so good, the drought in midsummer has directly led to the crop harvest almost halved, and many people's lives are unsustainable.

Fortunately, Zhao Ning was generous and donated tens of thousands of stones of grain to help the government for disaster relief, so there were not so many displaced people in Dune County.

One afternoon in autumn and October, Zhao Ning was in the house.

"We are not outsiders, why should Zhao Gongzi be so polite." Wang Xianwei took a cup of new tea with a fragrant aroma and said with a smile on his face.

An ordinary cup of tea is not worthy of his courtesy as a county lieutenant, but Zhao Ning's tea is different. This tea comes from Yangzhou Qingling Mountain, the most beautiful place of heaven and earth, every year only three days before the Qingming Festival, designated by the 16-year-old Qingli girl, with the lips to pick, and personally fried in a small pot.

Its tea shape is like Lan Hui, white like jade, the soup color is green and clear, the aroma is fresh and lasting, it smells like a girl exhales, and the taste is like drinking fragrant jin. Therefore, it is called Xianshu Yulu, which is the best in real tea, and one or two new teas can be worth five taels of gold, even so, only the nobles in Luojing City and the children of the truly powerful families can buy it.

And if this tea could be transported to the Romance Empire in the far west within the second year of its picking, the price would have soared tenfold or twentyfold.

Originally, Zhao Ning was not lucky enough to drink this tea, but it was still summer, and Zhao Wucheng, who Uncle Lian had mentioned, sent someone to send five taels of new tea to Uncle Lian, so Zhao Ning had to drink it.

"The county lieutenant keeps the peace of the party, works hard, and a cup of tea, what is it?" Zhao Ning only smiled, and said very casually.

"The son has an overreputation, and the lower officials don't dare to be the officials." It's not that County Lieutenant Wang is modest in saying this, but that he also vaguely knows the relationship between Dianchizui Peak and the Zhao family, so he naturally understands whether the ground in this dune county is too peaceful or not, in fact, it still depends on the meaning of this little boy. "I came this time, but I have something to discuss with my son."

"Oh? Please also ask Lord Wang for advice. ”

County Lieutenant Wang hurriedly waved his hand, saying that he didn't dare. "It's such a thing: Gongzi must know that the anti-thieves in Guangling County are getting bigger and bigger, and even the officers and soldiers of the state and county have suffered a big loss some time ago. And the elite of the northern and southern armies of the imperial court are now pressed in the north, and they will not be able to send people to the East China Sea for a while.

Therefore, the day before yesterday, the imperial court issued an edict to the counties of Xuzhou, and specially ordered that in Xuzhou, the assassin Shi raised three brave and fierce soldiers, and each county and county also raised one person, and six cities in five counties, a total of seventy brave and fierce soldiers. Each person raised 300 villagers, and on the first day of November (1st) in Xuzhou Thorn Shi Zhi Zc County, led by the new Thorn Shi Zhou, defeated the East China Sea anti-thieves.

If there is a meritorious person before the battle, the court will not hesitate to reward heavily, after the war will be counted together, and the top ten meritorious ones will be given as Yulin Lang, with a rank ratio of 300 stones, and another thousand taels of gold, and those who have won the first merit will be given as the left supervisor of Yulin, with a rank of 600 stones, and another 10,000 taels of gold. Our Daxia law, the county does not have the right to inspect, but this time the matter is urgent, and as soon as the edict comes, Lord Xu and the lower officials are the first to think of the son, but I don't know what the son wants? ”

In the Great Xia Dynasty, the probation system was implemented.

That is, state and county officials recommend talents in their own jurisdiction to the state.

The probation is divided into regular and special sections.

Changke is divided into two kinds every year, one is filial piety, and the other is Maocai. Filial piety and honesty look at virtue, and Mao talent emphasizes ability.

Filial piety is one for each county, and one for each state, so there are many filial piety and few Maocai, showing the world the righteousness of virtue and education in the Great Xia of the Celestial Dynasty.

In addition to the regular department, there are many special departments, and the special department has no permanent rule, and only when the imperial court needs it, the central or local officials are specially ordered to recommend it. Tek is also divided into many names, such as the clear scriptures, the clear law, the outspoken and extremely admonished, and the brave soldiers.

However, the power of inspection is at least limited to the county state, and in the more than 200 years since the establishment of the Great Xia country, there has never been a precedent for county officials to recommend talents, and this time it is the first time in the world.

It is said that the original opinion of the court was that the imperial court allocated money and grain, and ordered the new Xuzhou assassin Zhou Jing to recruit troops and fight against the thieves. However, the emperor Wen Chong, who was still the order of Shang Shu at the time, strongly opposed it, believing that even if the situation was urgent, there should be no precedent for local officials to recruit troops on their own. Therefore, I would like to make a special decree to raise 70 brave soldiers in all counties and counties of Xuzhou, so as to make a total of 21,000 people.

However, because of this special department, the power of probation was delegated to the counties, so the person who was promoted would not be directly awarded an official position, and he would have to wait for the meritorious service before he could be rewarded for his meritorious deeds.

"Good! Since the two adults did not give up, I thanked the two for their support. ”

Although he knew that Zhao Ning was not extraordinary, his pleasure still surprised Wang Countywei. After all, sending troops and releasing horses is not a joke, and this Zhao Gongzi agreed without a trace of hesitation.

He originally thought that even if Zhao Ning agreed, he would have to think about it for a few days before he could get the letter.

After all, they have had a friendship with each other for many years, and he also knows that since Zhao Ning said it, there will be no more repetitions. "Childe is really a big person, happy enough, then the lower official will go back and inform Lord Xu, so that he can hand over the paperwork."

"The adults won't be in the village for a few days, so can you let the late students talk and express their gratitude?"

"Childe, what are these words, we have inherited the favor of Childe all these years, why do you still use a word of thanks? If Childe wants to say that, he will kill me. I moved quickly, so that I could hand over the official document as soon as possible, and it also seemed that Gongzi was worried about the monarchy and was eager to repay the service, and in the eyes of Lord Thorn Shi, it was also good for Gongzi's future. ”

In addition to the great merit given by the extermination of the bandits this summer, the blacksmith business of the Zhao family manor has become bigger and bigger in recent years, and the taxes paid to the government have also increased year after year, and the amount is huge. Moreover, whenever there is a natural or man-made disaster in the sand dunes, Zhao Ning is even more generous, so the sand dunes county is getting richer day by day, and there are very few displaced people.

When these are spread out on the table, it naturally seems that the two county officials have outstanding political achievements and are capable members for the benefit of one party. It is reported that Xu County Commander will soon enter Beijing to serve, and he will also be promoted to the county lieutenant.

"Thank you, sir. If you are a late student, you should take care of everything as soon as possible, and you won't be forced to keep adults. Lian Zhan, take the Izumo National Treasure Sword that I got the day before yesterday and the Momei of the Six Mountains Monk. Zhao Ning thanked him again and commanded.

"Childe, how can this be done? Not to mention the lower officials, Lord Xu will never accept it. ”

The two tugged for a while, and Zhao Ning finally sent Wang County Lieutenant to leave happily with the sword and famous paintings.

Zhao Ning has always believed in a principle, that is, "small wealth does not come out, big wealth does not enter." "It's trivial to spend some money on these people, as long as no one comes to affect their business, as long as their manor is safe, the caravan is unimpeded, and the business is getting bigger and bigger, then the gold will naturally flow in continuously.

What's more, he now has his first iron mine and has mastered the green forest road of a county, so he naturally does not worry about gold.

To say that Zhao Ning is still young after all, he has not seriously thought about entering the official career, he only thinks about opening up his financial path and becoming a Bill Gates of the Great Xia Dynasty. But since the opportunity has come to the door, and there is also the opportunity to directly enter Beijing to become an officer of the Yulin Army, close to the center of imperial power, he naturally will not easily miss such an opportunity.

"Young master, why do you have to accept this?" After Uncle Lian found out, he didn't think that this brave soldier was a good opportunity.

"With the talent of the young master, it is a serious reputation to be filial and honest in the county in the future. Now that I have responded to this brave and brave soldier, I will not have a chance to raise filial piety and honesty and Maocai in the future. In the final analysis, our Great Xia Dynasty still emphasizes literature over martial arts, virtue over talent, not to mention anything else, you just look at Huangfuduan and Luo Qing, who are now leading troops in the north, on martial arts, on commanding troops, both of them are immortal talents, and they are also very successful. And one of the two is a left general, the other is a right general, and the official position is generally the same, but the emperor is the main general, and Luo Qing can only be condescended to the deputy general, in the final analysis, is it not because Huangfu was born in filial piety, and Luo Qing is a brave and knowledgeable special department? Then again, Luo Qing's brave soldier department is still a special department recommended by the state, and now this special department is just recommended by the county, which is much worse, young master, why should you take it? If you can listen to the old slave's advice, the old slave will go after the county lieutenant Wang and ask him to ask Gao Ming. ”

is related to Zhao Ning's future, and Uncle Lian can't help but be nervous and anxious.

Zhao Ning saw that Uncle Lian was in a hurry, so he hurriedly invited him to sit down, and held a cup of tea for him, before he said, "You always say that Ning'er understands, but according to the law of Great Xia, those who are less than twenty-five years old are not allowed to raise filial piety and Maocai, and only Teke can make an exception." ”

"That's a good thing, but why are you in a hurry at this time, young master?"

"You don't have to worry about it, didn't County Lieutenant Wang say that as long as you can make meritorious contributions on the battlefield and come out on top, you can directly become the left supervisor of Yulin with a rank of 600 stones, isn't that much better than ordinary filial piety?" Zhao Ning spoke eloquently, as if that head gong was already in his pocket.