In the Qian Mansion in the west of Mengyin City, Qian Zhutou and Qian Yiduo, who had just come back from the ashes, sat face to face with a depressed face, and the fat man Qian Zhutou drank hot tea in a big gulp, frowning and using his huge fat head to think about the matter of discussing this industry with Lu Hong before, for a long time, this guy didn't figure out a result, and in anger, he slapped the table and shouted, "Damn, I'll go to the guy surnamed Lu in a while and ask again, whether he can do this industry or not!" ”

Qian Yiduo, who was white-skinned next to him, also frowned when he heard his cousin's nonsense, "Big brother, I really want to hear from you, this Lu Gongzi alone settled the Ma Heizi group......"

As soon as these words came out, the fat man who looked majestic and high-spirited immediately vented his courage, sat back on the rosewood Taishi chair with a puff, picked up the hot tea and poured two sips, and looked at his shrewd brother, "Brother, what do you think this Lu Hong means?" But...... He said that he wanted to start another industry, and I did hear Wu County Ling mention this before! ”

Hearing this, Qian Yiduo's eyes flashed, and he suddenly thought of something, "Big brother, you send someone to check first, whether Gongzi Lu is still running this industry!" ”

"Brother, didn't the surnamed Lu say that he didn't do it!" The fat man Qian Zhutou muttered, raising his eyebrows to reveal a fierce look, "Is this bastard lying to us!?" ”

Qian Yiduo laughed, "Big brother, this is so bad that Lu Gongzi can't be blamed, how can we tell him the truth!" Hurry up and send someone to investigate the matter, according to my eyes, this Lu Gongzi is a great opportunity in front of us! ”

Although the fat man Qian Zhutou is a powerful figure in the yamen, he is obedient to his shrewd brother, and immediately got up and patted his ass and went out to inquire about the news!

Qian Yiduo stood up, holding his favorite purple sand teapot and standing in front of the window lattice of the living room looking at the rockery in his small garden, but his mind was no longer on it, the two brothers actually had a plan before they met Lu Hong, and what Qian Yiduo said before was naturally true and false, he was definitely not a conscientious businessman, and there were few businessmen who were serious in this era who could live a nourishing life!

This Wenshui, Yishui all the way down, indeed to Haizhou will find a large buyer of coal, this era Haizhou (Lianyungang in later generations) is already a famous port in Jiangsu, although not as good as Qingdao, Yantai and the like, but has been a prosperous place of commerce.

More importantly, Haizhou has a river leading directly to the inland of Shandong, since the Qing Dynasty Guangxu ten years (1884) Jiangsu merchants here to prepare the wharf, year by year to repair, to now is already a large-scale port in Jiangsu, Bohai, Shandong merchants have traded salt here, native products, quite a prosperous appearance.

There are almost no coal mines around Haizhou, so although there is also coal at the Haizhou wharf for the supply of ships, most of these coals are actually transported by sea ships, with more and more freight and passenger ships coming and going to the local area, the local wharf coal is often in short supply, but the real increase is willing to do the port coal trading merchants, but surprisingly few.

Many people have considered doing this business, but in the end they have retreated, the reason for this, in fact, is still a cost problem, although the coal trading in Haizhou Port seems to be quite profitable, the surrounding prefectures and counties are few poor few local coal mining, almost all of them are coarse coal, the quality is very poor, this output is simply a drop in the bucket, and the cost of coal mining in those coal kilns is relatively high, after all, this coal mining is in the modern era after a hundred years, it is still a high-risk industry, this era, dig a coal kiln to go down to mine, It's really a desperate job, and if you can't get a proper wage, how can anyone be willing to do it.

And this money is made of local ideas, that is also perennial Haizhou, this business he also had to think about trying to try, which is the key to know a lot, now Haizhou wharf coal, that is also a big deal, the market price of Shandong is 120 yuan of coarse coal, however, the cost of coarse coal from Tianjin is more than 100 wen, plus the cost of hired coolies, this profit is pitiful.

However, this thing is a quantity, 100 catties of coarse coal can have 5 or 10 yuan of profits, a 1000-ton ordinary cargo ship, loading coal also has to be dozens of tons, carefully calculated, a day of Guanghaizhou wharf to and from the cargo ship coal, are 1200 taels of profit, if you encounter the kind of thousands of tons of sea ship trading, more than several times the profit, this year is also very considerable.

This young man named Lu Hong, he really has a feeling that he can't see through, the Qingcheng Qin County Order next to him is polite to him, and it can be explained that it is because of the grace of saving his life, but the Wu County Order from the tiger class in the county government, this is a very high-minded person, no one in the whole Mengyin can enter his vision, and his family's respect for the New Year's Festival has never been less, and people don't really take the Mengyin Qian family seriously.

And this Lu Hong also chatted with the county master in the yamen for a long time, and even made this Qinggao master, who had always been scornful of foreign affairs, change his surname, this ability, he really can't understand it, even the old man in the yamen like Qian Zhutou can't understand it...... Thinking of this, he suddenly realized that his previous smart actions might have been seen through by the other party, in that case, it was really bad!

With a "snap", the purple clay pot in Qian Yiduo's hand fell to the ground and shattered because he was too distracted just now, and his mother-in-law and maid hurriedly ran in and exclaimed, "Master, what's wrong!" ”

"Nothing, nothing!" Qian Yiduo has completely lost the mind to pay attention to this fine purple clay pot at this moment, and he is too lazy to talk to his mother-in-law, so he hurriedly came to his account room and took a stack of silver tickets, and beckoned two or three small guys to go out, he has done something wrong, this is a major issue related to his own status in Mengyin, if this injection industry falls into other businesses, or this Lu Hongkai cooperates with other merchants, it will be too much to take himself!

As a result, as soon as he went out, Qian Zhutou outside the door had already hurried back without catching his breath, and saw that his brother was going out, so he hurriedly came over and whispered: "Brother, it's not good, I don't know which one doesn't know how to cooperate with Lu Hong's kid, Li Blacksmith and Liu Carpenter are already starting to make machines, and it is estimated that it is the mining thing!" ”

Qian Yiduo was also shocked when he heard this, but after a while, his face was happy, and he pulled him into the carriage and went straight to the inn where Lu Hong lived, and a little later, the two came out of the inn happily.

In the inn, Lu Hongzheng and Qin Tianmin happily teased the two brothers of the Qian family, after this Qin Yiduo came in just now, his attitude changed greatly, and he remembered something that could help prepare for the coal mining industry, so he came to visit, Lu Hong was not embarrassed by the two brothers of the Qian family, after all, now is the time to employ people, although these two do not seem to be social elites, but they have no foundation at all, and they are really useful, only the second brothers of the Qian family.

Qian Yiduo saw that he had spoken, he was overjoyed in his heart, this time he no longer deliberately concealed it, but what he had in front of him was a big opportunity to inject the industry, since he introduced the light and dark rules of trading in detail like a 1510 bamboo tube pouring beans, and the emphasis on it was naturally the fatal Li Jin!

As a result, after explaining the unspoken rules, Lu Hong listened quite seriously, while Qin Tianmin had a rather strange expression, and after Qian Yiduo's explanation, Lu Hongna also mastered the profit point of the coal industry.

The means of this carrot and the big stick Lu Hong naturally understands that it is necessary for the two brothers of the Qian family to make full use of the signboard of Wu Daxuan Wu County Order, but Wu County Order is not so easy to borrow from the big stick, so I have to think about it!

After the two of them left, Qin Tianmin sighed, "Engong, I listened to this Qian Yiduo's explanation, and I want to come to Qingcheng County to do the same thing, no wonder the tax collection in this year is not satisfied every year, and I am also deeply affected!" ”

Lu Hong looked at this guy with a look of enlightenment, and he was also amused in his heart, just before Qian Yiduo talked about the crooked ways in the collection of centijin in this place, in fact, more than sixty percent of the levy of centigold was intercepted below, this kind of unspoken rule, Qin Tianmin naturally heard some rumors, but he never thought that he would be intercepted so much, otherwise, his career as a corrupt official may be able to continue! No wonder you have to sigh......

Leaving this goods in the inn for a long time, Lu Hong prepared a little, left the inn and went to meet Wu Dayu Wu County Order, although there are some twists and turns, it seems that it is indeed progressing well, using the background of officialdom is undoubtedly the key to the success of this transaction!

In the yamen, it is obviously another bad day for Wu Daxuan, a few elders have just come to report, the beggars in the city seem to be increasing again, and the number is even worse than last year, although some wealthy families began to give porridge, but there are more people and less porridge, obviously to no avail, this is just the New Year, there are still three months before spring ploughing, these farmers who fled the famine can not withstand this cold spring three months!

Wu Daxuan is also a bag, this Qing Shengli has not yet landed, and he wants to think of disaster relief, there is still some grain in the official warehouse, but originally he also planned to exchange these old grains for silver and gold, but now it seems that this plan is in vain again, thinking of this, he can't help but be angry a little more, and scolds a few long-term followers, let them go to the rich families in the city to walk around first, this year of famine, someone has to share some for himself!

A group of sub-chiefs were sprayed with saliva by the county master, but they were also aggrieved, but no one dared to say no, at this time, a scribe outside came in and said, "Master, then Lu Hong came to ask to see!" ”

Wu Daxuan, who was spitting, stopped his saliva offensive for a moment, and yelled at a group of subordinates: "Hurry up and get things done, tomorrow morning, I want to listen to the echo, if there are those who are rich and unkind, I want them to look good when the time comes!" ”

When Lu Hong entered the house, Wu Daxuan couldn't wait to ask first: "Nephew Lu Xian, how is the matter of the industry planned?" Is there any progress? If you are short of money, I will have the scribe accompany you to withdraw some of it!" ”

Lu Hong had already heard the roar of this person just now outside the door, although he only heard a few words, he probably guessed that it was the government affairs in the city, and the officials who could still be angry with their subordinates for the sake of government affairs in this era, this Wu County Commander was also an alternative...... In his heart, he couldn't help but immediately compare Wu Daxuan and Qin Tianmin.

And when he heard Wu Daxuan mention the matter, he also went straight to the point, "My lord, I already have some eyebrows about the matter, I asked the local businessman Qian Yiduo to discuss the operation of this coal mine, so I want to hear what the adult means!" ”

As soon as he heard that the matter was clear, the remaining bit of anger on Wu Daxuan's face had already disappeared, and he immediately smiled: "Nephew Lu Xian, but it doesn't matter, as long as it is reasonable, the old man will definitely support you fully!" ”

This old Wu doesn't understand this business at all, but this is said beautifully, Lu Hong sneered twice, still showing a respectful look, "My lord, this industry is naturally official, the official family accounts for the majority, invested in the coal mining area in Wennan, and the money shopkeeper is willing to invest a part of the capital to account for the small head of the shares, responsible for the operation, and the profits are shared according to the shares...... Of course, this is only a preliminary plan, and the specific plan is still up to the adults! If everything goes well and we can recruit people, we will be able to start trial production soon! ”

Wu Daxuan squinted his eyes thoughtfully, he naturally knew who Qian Yiduo was, if it was presided over by the Qian family, this would also reassure him, after all, the fat man of Qian was in charge of himself, and he would have the means to clamp it when the time came, what made him strange was that this Lu Hong did not take any advantage...... This is an incredible thing in the Qing Dynasty officialdom and business circles!

However, there was another question that made him more concerned at this time, "Nephew Lu Xian, if the trial production goes smoothly, how much benefit do you expect this coal mine to bring to the people of Mengyin?" ”

"My lord, I have estimated it a little with the money shopkeeper, if the manpower is enough, throw out the wages and costs, and every 100 catties of coarse coal can make a profit of 50 yuan, and each worker, it should not be difficult to dig hundreds of catties of coal a day! However, considering the transportation of coal, it may be necessary to go to Haizhou to buy a small steam tugboat, which may cost thousands of taels of silver! Speaking of this, Lu Hong immediately saw Wu Xianling's face twitch, and he immediately explained, "This silver is also funded by the shopkeeper!" ”

Wu Daxuan's face immediately flushed at this moment, and he estimated the profitability of this transaction in his heart, and after a little estimate, the amount of silver had greatly exceeded his expectations, and even made his heartbeat accelerate directly, you know, this small county in Mengyin, the annual gold and agricultural tax income is only two thousand taels, and now the coal industry alone is estimated to have several times the income in the past!

Thinking of this, he naturally had no doubts, and asked directly: "Virtuous nephew, this matter has been done, the old man has to thank you, if the industry is successful, the old man will definitely ask for credit for you in the report of the recital, besides, I don't know what you need?" ”

Lu Hong smiled in his stomach, this old Wu is an understanding person, and he said it beautifully...... Of course, I have a demand, we haven't run that large area of diamond veins, the reason why we haven't go, is mainly because there is no manpower, but now is not a good time to make a request, just now I heard Wu Daxuan's roar in the yard, but he found an important opportunity!

[Rolling around for recommendation votes~~~ About the update, because the plot is coherent, the snow drift is mainly based on sending large chapters, rather than splitting into 2k chapters]

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