Sun Li, a wealthy merchant who owned two large mines, two ironwork workshops and three large leather workshops in Jizhou, couldn't help but stand up and asked loudly without any etiquette:

"Why does the Governor say that? Do you know Jizhou better than those of us who have lived on this land for generations? ”

Everyone was in an uproar, many people were frightened, and they were deeply worried about Sun Li, who had an upright personality, and the kind-hearted Min Chun had already hurriedly stood up to apologize to Liu Cun.

Liu Cun not only did not get the slightest annoyance, but laughed, motioned for Min Chun to sit down, and strode in front of Sun Li: "Mr.'s sentence of the state pastor made me Liu Cun very happy, which shows that Mr. Sun not only has a big heart for the Han and the court, but also recognizes the legitimacy of my Liu Cun as the Jizhou pastor." ”

"Here, I would like to express my sincere thanks to Mr. It is estimated that Mr. also knows that although Liu Cun is a down-and-out royal prince, he was the same as Mr. at the beginning of his debut, he was a craftsman who relied on pottery to eat, haha! ”

Sun Li, who was full of flesh and beard, was stunned, and bursts of laughter soon sounded in the hall, and many people secretly admired Liu Cun's wit, and gradually were impressed by Liu Cun's broad mind.

Liu Cun politely asked Sun Li, who was at a loss, to sit down temporarily: "As far as I know, Mr. Sun is the head of the smelting industry in Jizhou, and he naturally knows the mineral deposits in Jizhou well, and Mr. has always been straightforward and generous, and often helps the widows and orphans to support the weak, and is deeply supported by the people of Jizhou. ”

"The small people dare not ......"

Sun Li hurriedly saluted, and beads of sweat the size of beans appeared in his head.

Although after several generations of hard work, he stepped into the wealthy gentry class, but Sun Li did not dare to hold up in front of Liu Cun, who was famous all over the world. The reason why I stood up and questioned just now. It's all about personality. From the bottom of his heart, he respects Liu Cun, who loves the people like a son and has a far-reaching reputation, and has always respected Liu Cun.

Liu Cun invited Sun Li'an to sit again, smiled slightly, straightened up, turned to everyone and said loudly: "Here, I must honestly tell you that as early as three years ago, after I was appointed by the imperial court, I had sent as many as a hundred craftsmen to blend in with the caravan that was constantly walking on the ground in Jizhou. Quietly conduct a detailed survey of Jizhou's topography, minerals, rivers, water sources, playgrounds and even cultivated land. ”

"In the past three years, a large number of survey data have been obtained, and a topographic map of Jizhou has been drawn far more detailed than any map in the Han world, due to limited time, I will not talk about it far, today I will talk about the mineral resources within a radius of two hundred miles around Yecheng, and after I finish speaking, you can confirm it yourself, and you will know if I am bragging!"

"However, here I will first say the rules: all minerals belong to all the people of Jizhou. In the future, whoever obtains the mining rights will have to occupy 30% of the shares. For the specific situation, you can refer to today's Qingzhou. The three-year tax exemption policy for all industries in Jizhou, which is about to be promulgated and implemented, is also applicable to the mineral smelting industry, but after three years of mining, you must pay taxes to the government in accordance with the law! ”

The rich gentry in the hall suddenly became agitated, and the voice of eager inquiries rang out, as if they saw great wealth in front of their eyes.

Liu Cun smiled slightly, motioned for everyone to be quiet, and looked at Sun Li again with deep meaning: "Mr. Sun, can you know that if you smelt tens of millions of catties of steel every year, Heshan, sixty miles southeast of Yecheng, is buried enough to mine high-quality iron ore for five hundred years?" ”

"Do you know that Handan, 80 miles to the north, has enough iron ore and coking coal to last for hundreds of years? Do you know that further north, 150 miles away from Yecheng, Xiangguo (now Xingtai), has more high-quality ceramic materials than the whole of Qingzhou combined? ”

"If we join forces, learn from the best methods in Qingzhou, and seek the best smelting and manufacturing technology in Qingzhou, Mr. Sun calculates, how much refined iron can we produce in Jizhou every year? How many fine ceramic vessels can be fired? How many large workshops can be opened? How many people in Jizhou can be brought a life of abundant food and clothing? ”

"As long as we unite as one and work diligently for three or five years, Jizhou will no longer rely on cultivating grain to walk on one leg, in my opinion, only five years of hard work, Jizhou will be able to reach the current level of prosperity of Qingzhou, ten years later is likely to surpass Qingzhou!"

The hall was full of cheers, almost everyone was inspired by Liu Cun's words and bright future, and every rich gentleman was quickly calculating in their hearts how to get a piece of the pie.

Sun Li trembled with excitement and asked Liu Cun if he could allow him to bring someone to verify tomorrow? Even Yan Liang, Jiao Rong and Zhang Shuo felt their blood boiling, knowing that this was Liu Cun's clever strategy of "knowing with affection and seducing with profit", they still couldn't help but have infinite longing for the beautiful tomorrow depicted by Liu Cun.

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Northern Henan, Xiayi (now Dangshan County, Xuzhou).

The sun is falling in the west, the cold wind is rising, and the twenty-mile company camp set up by the mountain is lined with battle flags and smoke.

Suddenly, the rapid and dense sound of horses' hooves came from far and near, alarming thousands of soldiers in the camp who were eating, only to see more than a dozen elite scouts of the Cao army, holding high the big flag, galloping horses, escorting an anxious envoy with a three-color flag on his back and rushing into the gate of the Chinese army camp.

The mournful roar of the war horse and the sound of falling to the ground came into the huge Chinese military camp tent, Cao Cao, who had just finished the tense meeting and was about to eat, changed slightly, and Cao Hong, Cao Ren, Yu Ban, Xun You, Guo Jia and other more than ten civil and military generals looked out of the tent in astonishment.

Xu Chu, the fierce general who was responsible for the heavy duty of the guard, strode in, holding the unconscious envoy in one hand, and sending the wet leather tube with three red feathers to Cao Hong who was hurrying up in the other: "Puyang is in a hurry, galloping more than 600 miles day and night, and before he reaches the door, people and horses have fallen, and it seems that he may not be able to save it." ”

Under the gaze of a pair of concerned eyes, where can Cao Hong still care about the life and death of the urgent envoy? Immediately took the leather tube and opened it, pulled out the urgent report tied with a red ribbon rolled into a cylinder and quickly unfolded, his face changed suddenly in less than a few breaths, he turned around suddenly, and came to Cao Cao in two steps to present the urgent report, and his strong body trembled slightly.

Zhong Wenwu was stunned, and a sense of foreboding suddenly arose in his heart, Cao Cao, who wanted to reproach Cao Hong for a few words, read the emergency report, his face was sluggish, and the urgent report in his hand fell to the ground flutteringly, and the deep eyes that were originally shining showed a look of disbelief shock: "How is it possible?" How so? ”

The astute Guo Jia hurriedly stepped forward and picked up the emergency report to read carefully.

Xun You, Mao Jue and the others no longer cared about any etiquette and humility at the moment, and rushed to Guo Jia's side, staring at the urgent report in his hand, and soon let out an exclamation, looking at Cao Cao who was still sluggish in the handsome position.

For a while, the wide tent was lonely and silent, and the atmosphere was extremely dignified and weird. (To be continued......)