"Aha, Uncle Zhang, Second Uncle Yang, Brother Zhang, and Ziwen are satisfied when they see that you are safe and sound."

Jumping off the bow of the boat, Wei Shuo trotted all the way to meet everyone, looking at Uncle Zhang, who was still in good spirits, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion, Uncle Zhang was the first ancient person he met after he came to the Jin Dynasty, which was of great significance to Wei Shuo.

"Brother Wei, you're back! The old man hoped that you would come back as soon as possible, but there was no trace of you. Every time I ask Da Lang about your news, he always says that you are coming back soon, but he didn't think that he hadn't returned for several months, but he was in a hurry to die of the old man. ”

Uncle Zhang patted Wei Shuo's shoulder excitedly, and the others were also excited, and they all surrounded Wei Shuo to tell their farewell feelings. Wei Shuo smiled, nodded from time to time in response. Stepping on Laoshan again, he felt very cordial.

After a long while, Wei Shuo finished greeting Uncle Zhang and Second Uncle Yang, and then he had time to listen to Zhu Wen and Zhang Erlang's work reports.

"My lord, now there are no less than 30,000 displaced people around Laoshan Mountain, nearly 8,000 people in Qingzhuang alone, the escort team has expanded to 3,000 people, there are nearly 1,000 sailors, and there are no less than 60 warships. The entire south of Buqi County is basically under the jurisdiction of our Laoshan Mountain. ”

After listening to Zhu Wen's simple report, Wei Shuo was very satisfied, and couldn't help but praise: "Well, Ziwen and Dalang, you did a good job, if it weren't for the support of Laoshan, Zhuqi County would not be able to accept the eastern coastal areas of Xuzhou smoothly this time." By the way, how many acres of our salt pans have been cultivated now? ”

"Let's let Da Lang talk about this, Yantian has always been in charge of Da Lang."

At this time, Zhang Dalang stood up and said: "President, now I have more than 5,000 acres of salt fields in Laoshan, but only more than 3,000 acres have begun to produce green salt, and the remaining 2,000 acres are newly reclaimed new fields, and there is no salt output yet." After discussing with Mr. Zhu, we decided to reclaim another 5,000 acres of salt fields, and the total number of 10,000 acres is about the same. ”

"Well, it seems that the population of Laoshan is still a little small, just now I plan to reclaim a new salt pan in Xuzhou, the two of you will discuss it and see how many skilled salt farmers Laoshan can send to Zhuqi County, there are still large areas of tidal flats on the eastern coast of Xuzhou that can be reclaimed into salt pans."

After mastering the eastern coastal area of Xuzhou, Wei Shuo decided to reclaim new salt pans. Zhuqi County not only has more extensive fields than Laoshan Mountain, but also has dozens of times the population of Laoshan Mountain. If properly utilized, tens of thousands of acres of salt pans can be reclaimed along the coast of Xuzhou.

"What's so hard about that? After a while, I will ask Second Uncle Yang to pick some salt farmers and let them take a boat south to Xuzhou to reclaim the salt fields. ”

Wei Shuo nodded with satisfaction, and then he asked about the roasted tea business. However, the roasted tea business is not as smooth sailing as green salt.

"My lord, roasted tea is a new thing, it takes time to be accepted by everyone, and the sales prospects of roasted tea are very bad at the moment. Many tea merchants shook their heads when they heard about roasted tea, and they didn't talk to us at all. In addition, due to the fact that Laoshan does not have its own tea garden, it can only purchase tea from Jiangdong, resulting in the production of roasted tea not going up for a while. ”

"Lord, I'm waiting to disappoint you!" Speaking of roasted tea, Zhu Wen looked depressed, feeling that he had failed Wei Shuo's expectations.

Wei Shuo hurriedly comforted: "Eh! Why did Ziwen say this?! You and Da Lang have done a very good job, much beyond my expectations. To be honest, before I came back, I really didn't expect Laoshan to develop to this point, and it's all thanks to the two of you! ”

"In fact, roasted tea is a good thing, and now Laoshan has long stopped drinking boiled tea, and has drunk roasted tea, which shows the charm of roasted tea. It's just that those big families haven't realized the wonder of roasted tea, if there is a celebrity with great influence in the family, willing to make a name for our roasted tea, then maybe we can solve the current dilemma in one fell swoop. Zhu Wen said thoughtfully.

Wei Shuo felt that the matter of roasting tea was not something that could be solved for a while anyway, so he only set the general direction with Zhu Wen and Zhang Dalang and would not discuss it again, and talk about it when the time was ripe in the future.

After talking about official business, the three of them were about to cheer for their family, when suddenly a guard came in and reported: "Lord Qiqi, there is a person outside who claims to be Su Jun's envoy who has come to see Mr. Zhu. ”

Zhu Wen was puzzled when he heard this, "Su Jun? Isn't he tossing in Ye County? We have always been well water and not river water, so how did he send a messenger to us today? ”

"Who is Su Jun?" Wei Shuo hurriedly asked.

"Lord, this Su Jun is a famous hero in Ye County, and now he is very prestigious in the countryside of Ye County, and thousands of township parties have gathered under his command. The day before yesterday, I suddenly heard that Cao Wei was going to summon him to be the county commander of Ye County, and I thought that he had submitted to Cao Wei, but today he sent a messenger to us? I don't know what I'm planning. ”

When Wei Shuo heard that he was involved with Cao Wei, he couldn't help but ask, "Then did Cao Wei send someone up the mountain?" ”

Zhu Wen knew what Wei Shuo was worried about, and hurriedly comforted: "Don't worry, Lord Don't worry, Cao Wei obviously hasn't figured out how to deal with us and others, so he hasn't sent anyone over." We kept in mind the Lord's teachings and only kept the pass, and because both sides were very restrained, there has been no conflict between the two sides so far. ”

Listening to Zhu Wen's words, Wei Shuo frowned, he didn't know what he thought, he suddenly leaned down and looked at Zhu Wen and Zhang Dalang mysteriously and said, "I heard that Cao Wei has the heart to return to the imperial court, I don't know if you have heard of it?" ”

"What?! This, this...... How is this possible? Lord, where did you get this news? Is it reliable? Zhu Wen and Zhang Dalang were full of horror, which shows how shocking this news is, once it spreads, it will definitely cause violent turmoil.

Wei Shuo smiled and said nothing, of course he wouldn't tell Zhu Wen that this was a historical fact recorded in the history books of later generations! It is recorded in the history books that although Cao Wei successively obeyed the orders of the Hu regime of the former Zhao and the later Zhao, he had always cherished his homeland, and after the fall of the Western Jin Dynasty, he always wanted to return to the Eastern Jin Dynasty regime that built the capital Jianye City.

To this end, he established a garrison along Jishui, seized Qingzhou, and did not listen to the orders of Qianzhao. In order to envelop Cao Wei, Shi Le specially promoted him to the general of Zhengdong, Qingzhou Mu, and Langya Gong.

But Cao Wei was still at both ends of the head, only accepted the appointment of Hou Zhao on the surface, and still served Jiangdong in private, but he felt that Jian Ye was far away, and there was something "unacceptable", and he was weak and afraid of Shi Le's attack, so he had to accept the appointment of Hou Zhao.

"Lord, if Cao Wei really has the heart to join the Jin, then we might as well take advantage of one or two, if we can sign a non-aggression agreement with Cao Wei on this, it will be greatly beneficial to the development of Laoshan." Zhu Wen immediately thought of the current threat facing Laoshan.

"We'll talk about the peace with Cao Wei later, but for now, let's talk about the Su Jun envoy first. Come! Messenger come in! ”

It didn't take long for Xu Wei to step into the hall under the leadership of a guard, and when he looked up, he saw a young man sitting on the main seat, and the famous Zhu Wen and Zhang Dalang could only sit on both sides. He couldn't help but muttered to himself: "Could it be that this young man is the Yantian envoy of the dragon on Laoshan Mountain-Wei Shuo!" ”

"The contemptible Xu Wei, the long history of Su Jun of Ye County, came to meet Mr. Zhu Wen and several leaders of the trading company on the order of the lord of my family." Xu Wei came to the center of the hall and stood still, and said with a deep salute.

Wei Shuo glanced at Zhu Wen, Zhu Wen understood, and asked, "I don't know what Changshi has to teach me in Laoshan?" ”

"Back to Mr. Zhu, I am waiting for help, the day before yesterday, the traitor Cao Wei wanted to surrender my lord and appointed him as the county commander of Ye County. But my lord cherishes his homeland, how can he accept the appointment of the country of the Xiongnu Yidi? Therefore, he rejected Cao Wei, but Cao Wei was annoyed and ashamed, and wanted to send a large army to take my county. ”

"My lord knows that he is invincible, and he wants to evacuate Qingzhou by sea and go to Jiangdong to join King Langya. But my lord was suffering from the lack of boats and could not make the trip, so he ordered to go down to Laoshan for help. Mr. Wangzhu saw that we were all of Chinese Miao descent, and sent a navy to help. ”

Oh, I see! Wei Shuo and the others, who were sitting on the top position, finally figured out Su Jun's intentions, and originally wanted to retreat with the help of the Laoshan Water Army! This Su Jun is really not simple, no wonder he can stir up the wind and rain in the early years of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Wei Shuo weighed the pros and cons in his heart, and secretly looked at the visitor.