"Oh...... Lu Xian's nephew, do you mean to recruit the workers of this coal mine from these farmers who have fled the famine? Wu Daxuan's bearded and thin horse's face was a little more cordial, and after the contact between the two, he was obviously quite satisfied with Lu Hong's performance, and seeing that his ambition on the ruling side was rewarded, he was naturally in a good mood.

Lu Hong nodded affirmatively, "My lord, I think there are no less than 100 people fleeing the famine in this city, if they can take out food and provide accommodation in their mining area, it is estimated that there will be many people who are willing to work without paying wages!" Let alone...... In these days, the kindness of the adults is no less than the rebirth of the parents of these people! ”

Wu County Commander smiled, this left a clear name in the locality, for an official like him who was born in a clear stream and named in the tiger class, it was a great benefit that could be used for a lifetime, after a while, thinking of the small amount of grain in this official warehouse, he had a little more hesitation on his face, in this era, this disaster relief was originally the responsibility of the county order, but in fact, the officials around the country mostly reported to the county and the governor for disaster relief, and then reported directly to the imperial court.

The reason for this is actually very simple, local disasters, never a small-scale disaster, if the prefecture and county began to provide relief, this kind of news, ten days and eight days has already spread all over the periphery, when the people fleeing the county heard the wind and moved, then wouldn't it be their own bricks and smashed their feet!

He looked at Lu Hong, obviously, this student who returned from overseas did not understand this kind of thing, and he did not open an official warehouse until now, but asked his subordinates to find local rich families to come forward, the reason for this was also unavoidable, after casually saying this doubt, the complexity of the situation was obviously beyond Lu Hong's expectations.

However, after a while, he had a new plan, and Wu County Lingyi totaled, and soon, Wu County Ling wrote a letter of appointment, stamped with the red Mengyin County Ya Da Seal to Lu Hong, Wu Daxuan was obviously very concerned about the opening of the coal mine, for Lu Hong, although he relied on but still had concerns, a little later, a young student in his early twenties, clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes was called in.

Wu Daxuan pointed at the young man, "Nephew Lu Xian, this is my nephew Wu Shengxi, who is a person in Geng Yinnian, who is studying with me in the house, this Mengyin industry might as well bring Sheng Xi, so that he can also learn from things and apply what he has learned!" ”

Lu Hong hurriedly got up and greeted Wu Shengxi, and the two exchanged polite words, and he immediately found that this young man who had won fame in the provincial examination at a young age had a strong bookish atmosphere, and although his attitude was very polite, but, in fact, the readers of this era, who were familiar with Confucian classics and only wrote poems and poems, did not attach importance to this "strange silver ingenuity" industry.

However, after all, since the establishment of foreign affairs in the past 30 years, the four ministers of Zhongxing in the Qing Dynasty have taken the establishment of foreign affairs as their own responsibility, which is still a lot of influence on the times, therefore, Wu Shengxi is still a little interested in the coal mine that Lu Hong wants to open in Mengyin, and Wu Daxuan let his nephew mix this matter, of course, it is not entirely for the purpose of the Great Dao, after all, this industry is quite important to him, and it is obviously easier for him to control it by involving his own children and nephews.

After Lu Hong came out of the prefect's yamen, he took out the Guan Wen and looked at it, and smiled secretly in his belly, he didn't expect that his first job in this era was to be the staff of the county master, which was also a temporary surname measure to facilitate the preparation of industrial affairs, after all, he had no identity and position, and if he wanted to organize this official business, it was really impossible to start, and Wu Shengxi, who was following him, did not forget to bring a small servant and a bookbag when he went out, but he looked like a good student.

After turning around the street twice, Wu Shengxi saw Lu Hongdong looking around, and he didn't know what he was doing, so he couldn't help but ask, "Brother Lu, what are you doing here?" Didn't you say that you were going to set up the coal mining industry, so you just wandered around the streets? ”

"Sheng Xi, I'm looking at the number of farmers fleeing from the famine in Mengyin, and the streets are full of displaced people, but the essential difference between farmers and beggars is that farmers are willing to pay labor, and among beggars, many people are not unable to support themselves, but are comfortable with a begging life, and the begging methods are clever, so when the next disaster relief is concerned, this issue should also be fully considered!" Lu Hong said unhurriedly as he walked.

Wu Shengxi was obviously stunned when he heard such an argument for the first time, he walked all the way, holding a book in his hand and reading while walking, at this time he lowered his head and thought about the question mentioned by Lu Hong, and said after a while: "Brother Lu, what do you mean...... What is the difference between a beggar and a peasant in this city? Won't the beggars give alms? ”

Lu Hong looked at this person sideways, and he was still reading a book in his hand while walking, but he could also use it for two purposes without losing it, and he was a little capable, he actually didn't mean to have more contact with this guy, this guy is the eyeliner that Wu Xianling put around him, but he didn't plan to do anything greasy, so it doesn't matter if he has more eyeliner!

What we do is an industry, not a relief center, and the work of giving porridge will naturally be handled by the yamen, and what we want is only to select the labor force that meets our own requirements from these peasants who have lost their living foundation!

However, when he looked back, he was somewhat surprised to see a three-dimensional geometric pattern of a cone on the thick bamboo paper page in this guy's hand...... Could it be that he is lonely and unheard, and the Qing Dynasty imperial examination actually tested arithmetic? The face leaned over and took a closer look, and it was really three-dimensional geometry......

Lu Hong frowned, this Wu Shengxi doesn't look like a dumbfounder, so he might as well use it, "Shengxi, I have seen the situation here, now let's go to the money shopkeeper and discuss with the money catcher, I need to determine the current assets and funds of our industry!" ”

The words "assets, funds, ......" were quickly digested by Wu Shengxi after he smashed them in his mouth!

It was very easy to find this Qian Yiduo and Qian Zhutou, and soon, the two of them came down to a shop on the south street of the county under the guidance of a servant, Qian Yiduo had already greeted him here, and this guy was now an affectionate look, and he greeted him from afar, "Eh...... Wu Gongzi, Lu Gongzi, today's shop is full of brilliance, please come in quickly...... Please go ......"

Wu Shengxi obviously didn't like Qian Yiduo, just nodded, and shrank behind Lu Hong, this kind of style made Lu Hong feel a lot more at ease, he immediately hooked up with the money shopkeeper and entered the shop, and when he waited at the back, it turned out to be a huge elegant garden, with layers of rockeries and springs, quite a bit of the appearance of Suzhou gardens in later generations, and Wu Shengxi behind him snorted like nothing, obviously he also had some opinions on the rich style of the Qian family!

After waiting for a few delicate maids to deliver tea, Qian Yiduo waved his hand, and the small attic immediately recovered Yajing, and this guy smiled, "Wu Gongzi, Lu Gongzi, this industry, but Lord Wu wants to do it, our Qian family has to help no matter what...... When will construction begin? ”

Wu Shengxi's head had already gone to the side, so naturally he wouldn't answer, and Lu Hong took out the Guan Wen of Wu County's order, "Money shopkeeper, Lord Wu has already entrusted me with carte blanche to handle this matter, and now I have to confirm a few things, whether it can be done properly, that is the ability of your Qian family!" ”

Lu Hong held Guan Wen in his hand, and his tone was really a little more official, talking to this little businessman, it was not good to polish it, and I didn't know what messy things I could do after this fight...... And Qian Yiduo saw the county government seal roaring on the Guan Wen, so he naturally didn't dare to open it to take a look, and next to it were the sons and nephews of the county master's family, so there was no doubt about what Lu Hong said.

"Lu Gongzi, what do you say...... I remember it all! ”

"Money shopkeeper, the first thing to ensure in this transaction is that there must be a profit of 50 Wen per 100 catties of coarse coal, secondly, the lord said, this share, the adult has come out of the mine, naturally he has to take the lion's share, and the preliminary price is set at 28 open, third, the operating costs of steam ships, cargo ships, and premise investment are all disposed of by you, and fourth, the sale of coal in Haizhou, you have to finalize it soon!"

After Lu Hong's one, two, three, and four finished speaking, Qian Yiduo's mouth was open enough to throw a big goose egg, and this guy obviously realized that his expression was not good, and hurriedly straightened his chin that had fallen, "Lu Gongzi, this twenty-eight open, I'm afraid I can't invest so much silver, I went to inquire about this small steamer, and the cheapest one has to cost 10,000 taels of silver, plus cargo ships, mines, houses, and miscellaneous capitation fees, it also has to be thousands of taels, which is all worth a lot, at least give me forty percent of the shares!" ”

Under Wu Shengxi's strange eyes, Lu Hong and Qian Yiduo came and went, constantly increasing the price and lowering the price, and after a few laps, the additional terms of the M1 coal separator produced by Lu Hong were finally bought out by the Qian Da shopkeeper with 500 taels of silver.

The important thing is that there are five hundred taels of silver tickets in his pocket again, plus one hundred taels of Shengchuan silver tickets that Qian Yiduo gave to him earlier, and his assets have swelled to nearly 700 taels of silver...... I didn't expect it to be so easy to solve the problem of poverty alleviation in this era.

Lu Hong mentioned the idea of recruiting a group of suitable workers by using the conditions of many farmers fleeing from the famine, for Qian Yiduo, there is no difficulty, don't look at the disaster around Mengyin last year, the local grain price has risen a little, but due to the convenient transportation of the river, the increase is actually not high, and the supply is sufficient, and this matter is a big thing to frame the face for Wu County, and the Qian family is running fast.

In the afternoon, 100 stone rice has been transferred from the grain shop in the city, of which 10 stone is ready to open a porridge field at the north city gate and near the Wenshui Wharf the next day, and the two old officials transferred from the yamen are obviously not the first time to do this, and they lined up with Lu Hong and Wu Shengxi to say that these 10 stone rice will definitely be able to take half a month for porridge.

This news made Lu Hong frown for a long time, Mengyin now has rich households who put porridge in the field, but there are many people who receive it, and it is not enough to distribute it at all, and the official estimates that there are at least 100 homeless households inside and outside the county, and the beggars are not less than this number, so calculated, two or three hundred people will be divided into dozens of catties of rice a day...... This is probably the minimum limit to ensure that these people can survive in the cold winter, but these are obviously not something that Lu Hong can manage, this is already a common practice in the yamen!

And he, apparently, has more important things to plan!

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