Shen Xiangye also did a thorough investigator this time, and when he had the opportunity, he chatted a few words, and when asked about Fengzhi County, everyone said that Fengzhi County was good. After Lord Feng came to Yuhang, he cleaned up the unjust case.

The journey from the county yamen to the riverside was less than half an hour, and Shen Xiangye stopped and stopped, and it took an hour. Along the way, I learned that during Feng Manlou's stay in Yuhang, he rectified the entire business order in Yuhang, especially using the case of Yan Yanchang to completely liberate the merchants in Yuhang. In this case, Feng Manlou did not report it to the imperial court.

Especially when I was about to reach the river, I met an old woman, and the old woman told the story of the battle on the front line when the storm came, and the wind lord was determined to build a dam that could be used for hundreds of years.

The guard said; "Xiangye, look at this Fengzhi County, are people really so good? Could it be the same as the state and county officials we met before, who all found some people to act! ”

Shen Xiangye said: "I believe what I see with my eyes, I only see the people of Yuhang, and what I reveal is my respect for Fengzhi County, which comes from the heart, not acting." Let's go and see the embankment and see what cement is so powerful! “

Soon, the two of them went to the river, but they saw a group of people busy, but they saw people mixing gravel and some gray lime on the ground, mixing them together with water, putting them in wooden barrels, and then taking them to the river, and pouring them into a model made of templates.

And there was a section of the embankment that had already been built, Shen Lun was very curious, and walked over to take a look, but found that the embankment was obviously much better than the embankment built of mud, sand and stone.

But he saw a man who looked like a small foreman coming over and said, "Old man, just take a look over there." The cement in this section has not dried yet, and it will break down! ”

Shen Lun stopped him and asked, "These lime-like powders are cement?" ”

The man said, "Yes, I heard the wind say, the really good cement is much better than our one, and when it is done, it is harder than stone, oh no, it is harder than the current embankment." Now the are harder than the stones. Our embankment is equivalent to putting a whole stone on the riverside, and we don't have to worry about flooding anymore! ”

Shen Lun couldn't help but be curious, but he heard the guard say: "This Lord Feng is very powerful, and he actually made such a good cement. If he says he can do better, why can't he do it well? ”

The man said, "What do you know, little brother?" This cement, when it is fired, is to be ground into small particles, you think about it, those stones are difficult to grind into small pieces, but also to grind so small, now our technology, can only be ground into particles as large as beans, if it is not for Master Zheng in the mine, I am afraid the quality is not so good! ”

The levee is two feet wide, parallel to the top, and grows larger the further down the embankment. It's smooth and flat everywhere.

But the guard asked, "Then have you deducted your wages?" ”

The man smiled and said, "What did the little brother say, how could Lord Feng's salary be deducted." And the food at each meal is better than our own food, I don't know how many times better! There are so many people in line that they can't come! ”

Shen Lun took over the conversation and asked: "Then after the construction of this embankment, there is no such good thing, this is used to eating, but how will it end in the future?" ”

The man smiled: "This old man Hugh wants to make fun of me, but I have also thought about it, and when the embankment is repaired, I heard that the yard ferry will be repaired, all of which are repaired with this cement, but this ferry is not paid by the yamen, it is Huitong Bank Money to repair, I heard Lord Feng say what is called the contract system, after repairing, Huitong Bank charges fees, it seems to be collected for fifty years." By the way, in the vicinity of Huitong Qianzhuang, the yamen also said that a market would be built, what is it called a commercial market, I don't know much! ”

"Trade market? What is it? Shen Lun also heard of this concept for the first time.

But I heard the man say, "It seems that it is a place where those merchants gather to do business." In the future, the specialties of the capital from Tokyo, the brocade of Shu from the West, and the porcelain from the south of the Yangtze River, etc., will be transported to this commercial market first, and everyone will naturally be gathered. ”

Shen Lun asked strangely, "How is it possible?" Could it be that Lord Feng said that if you let the family transport it, they will transport it? ”

The man said, "Of course not! When the time comes, big merchants in Yangzhou, Suzhou and other places will come to this market to buy, if your husband has a porcelain kiln, the porcelain fired out, will it also be sold here? ”

Shen Lun asked: "Then it's hard to say, how can so many merchants be willing to come to this so-called commercial market to buy and sell?" It is better to sell directly to various places, and some places save a lot of freight. ”

The man said: "My husband doesn't know, the owner of Huitong Bank's money bank is the wife of our adult who has already decided to marry, what is the matter that must not be relied on by the adult?" Huitong Qian Zhuang has contacted merchants in Yuhang, Yangzhou, Suzhou and other places to prepare to set up a large caravan to be shipped overseas. I heard from the people in the yamen that it was Lord Feng who told them, as long as we talked about the things of our Great Song Dynasty being shipped overseas, the copper coins, no, the copper coins would not be worth it. but silver, gold and silver, all rolled in. ”

"And Huitong Qianzhuang led those merchants to sell the goods of our Great Song Dynasty overseas. It is said that in many places overseas, there is gold and silver everywhere, and it will be mentioned on the road that local people will directly pick it up and pay if they want to buy something, and the profit is not only a hundred times a thousand times, it is simply a million profits! When the man said this, his saliva was about to drip out.

Shen Lun smiled and didn't speak, this was too big.

The guard asked: "So, this Huitong Money Village is very powerful, so many merchants, the merchants of Yangzhou, Suzhou, and Yuhang all listen to them?" ”

The man said, "Actually, it's not, are you stupid about the merchants?" Huitong Bank said that as long as these merchants deposit money into it, the road expenses and freight costs for doing business in the future will be reduced by half! And Huitong Bank also took out the money and participated in it! ”

Shen Lun only then believed it, but this Shen Lun knew that overseas trade made money. The overseas commercial trade of the Great Song Dynasty was very developed, and when the king of Wuyue Qian Jiao had not surrendered, the shipping in Jiangsu and Zhejiang was doing business with Dongying, and the king of Wuyue was very rich.

I heard the man continue: "Moreover, I heard that in addition to building a wharf, Huitong Bank also has to build a road to connect directly to the commercial market from the ferry!" It's all built with cement, think about it, don't you build it for three years and five years? ”

The guard smiled, "Be careful not to be deceived by Lord Wind. Who believes this thing that has not yet been realized? ”

The man said, "I believe it, and we people in Yuhang believe it!" Huitong Qianzhuang has done a lot of good things for the people of Yuhang, you don't know, these new houses by the river, yes, that's the ones, see it, that is, Huitong Qianzhuang will live for us after it is built. The previous house had long since been washed away by the last flood. If it was before, waiting for the imperial court to allocate funds for disaster relief, and waiting for the disaster relief funds, one or two out of ten would have opened God's eyes. But this year, we finally don't need the imperial court to provide disaster relief, let's solve it ourselves! ”

These words, the more he said, the more Shen Lun felt that this Feng Manlou was very talented, and the idea of this commercial market was indeed a good way, and when the time came, the entire Yuhang surrounding area would definitely be rich, no, it would mean that it would be even richer.

When the people have money, the imperial court also has a source of tax revenue, and Shen Xiangye, who has managed the finances of the Great Song Dynasty for many years, is also moved this time.

Seeing the embankment under his feet, when he thought of this cement, Shen Xiangye's mind had already flown to the capital. The capital of the Great Song Dynasty is in Kaifeng Mansion, which is Tokyo among the four capitals of the Great Song Dynasty. The capital is on the edge of the Yellow River, and in recent years, the imperial court has spent a lot of money every year in order to build the Yellow River embankment, but as long as the flood is bigger, the embankment will burst.

After the Yellow River bursts, it is dangerous that several state capitals in the Central Plains will be flooded, and countless people will be affected. Shen Lun thought of this, if the entire embankment of the Yellow River was built with this cement, although the flood was big and there was a possibility that there would be no embankment, at least the general flood would still be able to withstand it.

If this is the case, the entire Central Plains will no longer have to worry about being flooded. This is a good thing for the benefit of the people, thinking of this, Shen Lun could no longer suppress the thoughts in his heart, and asked the man: "You just said that the firing master, where is it, can you take the old man to take a look?" ”

The man said, "Uncle, this is not good, you can't leave here." In this way, when you go out of the city from the west gate and walk along the official road for about half an hour, you will see a mine, the largest of which is the one that burns cement, and Master Zheng is there! ”

It is said that the wind is full of buildings at the moment, and he is outside the north gate, because today Zhao Ziliang is stabbed with Yinzhou, and now it is the son of the road. The escort was carried by two officials.

Walking with Zhao Ziliang, there is also Mrs. Wang Zhen. When Feng Manlou saw Wang Zhen for the first time, he was very surprised. But I heard Wang Zhen explain: "Where Brother Liang goes now, the slave family will also follow him, and he will never leave again in this life and this life!" ”

Feng Manlou said: "Are you willing to give up such a big family business? ”

Mrs. Wang didn't speak, just looked at Zhao Ziliang for a long time before she said: "In the minds of the slave family, Brother Liang is everything in the slave family, what is the wealth of the family, it is still not as good as Brother Liang!" ”

moved this Zhao Ziliang, with tears in his eyes! Mrs. Wang continued: "Mrs. Liu's grandson is only a little over a year old now, and Old Man Liu himself is already in his sixties. Therefore, the slave family gave them the family wealth, so that they would have no worries about food and clothing in the future, and it could be regarded as the slave family to make amends to them for Brother Liang! ”

Feng Manlou said with emotion: "Mrs. Wang, the true righteous man is also!" ”

saw Zhao Ziliang kneeling on the ground and said: "The kindness of the adult to the villain, the villain remembers it. If it weren't for the adults to save him, the villain would have been in a different place. Today, it is thanks to the adult to send it personally, and the villain is grateful. Please be worshiped by the villain! ”

After speaking, he was about to kneel, but because he was wearing shackles and handcuffs, his movement was very inconvenient. Feng Manlou grabbed it and said, "This official also thinks that you still have some conscience, so he pleaded with the court!" Go with peace of mind, and do it yourself in the future! ”

Zhao Ziliang had already burst into tears, and Xiang Feng Manlou said again: "My lord, take care!" ”

Feng Manlou also responded: "Take care! ”

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