"Why, do you want pig iron too?" Huang Zhaonian was taken aback.

Waving his hand, "Don't ask this yet, the third uncle will tell me, how much pig iron do we have now?" ”

Huang Zhaonian groaned and said: "You also know that our Huang family's pig iron is strictly controlled by the government, and the pig iron we can sell ourselves is only 500,000 catties. ”

"I know this, I'm talking about Beku."

The Huang family's pig iron smelting has always been strictly monitored by the imperial court, and there are iron smelting envoys stationed for a long time, mainly sold to the imperial court, and the purchase price is very low, which has always made the Huang family dissatisfied, but helpless.

Therefore, in the most rampant years of Du Fuwei, the Huang family smelting iron broke away from the control of the imperial court, and they quietly set up a secret warehouse, called Beiku, to transfer part of the pig iron and copper materials to Beiku for storage, which could be sold at a high price for high profits.

Huang Zhaonian knocked him with a smile, "You kid was originally playing Beku's idea, I can tell you that there are about three million catties of pig iron and nearly one million catties of blister copper." ”

Feeling refreshed, there was so much pig iron and blister copper, he hurriedly said: "Can all these pig iron and blister copper be sold to us?" ”

"I can't call the shots about this, I have to ask your grandfather, as long as he nods, there will be no problem."

Knowing that their family's other library is located on the Yangtze River in Jiangdu County, the transportation is very convenient, but it is a bit time-consuming to have to ask my grandfather to agree.

Huang Zhaonian saw that he was embarrassed, so he smiled and said: "You don't need to go to Liyang, I will write a pigeon letter back, and there will be a reply tomorrow, but I suggest that you write it yourself, maybe you can convince your grandfather, as long as he nods from the old man, I will personally take you to Beku." ”

I was overjoyed to be able to write a pigeon letter back. That's certainly the best.

"Alright! I'll write it now. ”

Liyang County Huang family temple, Huang clan people in the dawn of the ancestors sacrificed, then left the temple to return to their respective homes, today is the first day of the first month, every household has its own things, so the ancestors are carried out in the middle of the night. It is to not delay everyone's business, for example, in the imperial court, the New Year's pilgrimage will be held on the first day of the first lunar month.

At this time, the old master Huang You stopped his eldest son Huang Zhaosi, "Da Lang, I have something to look for you, you come to my room." ”

Huang Zhaosi is the father of ****, currently serving as Sima of Lujiang County, this time he returned to the old house in Liyang in order to return to his hometown to worship his ancestors.

He followed his father to the study. Huang You pointed to the seat and said, "Sit down!" ”

Huang Zhaosi sat down, he knew that his father had to sleep every year after worshipping his ancestors, but today he was looking for himself, there must be something important, he didn't dare to disturb his father's train of thought, and sat quietly aside.

Huang You pondered for a long time before he said: "I received a pigeon letter from San Lang last night, and he said that Jing'er arrived in Jiangdu yesterday. ”

Huang Zhaosi was stunned. Puzzled, he asked, "What is he doing in Jiangdu, why didn't he come back to participate in the clan sacrifice?" ”

"It seems that I have important official business. I won't be able to come back until this year's mid-year festival. ”

"I see!"

Huang Zhaosi didn't ask his son what official duties he had, he felt that his father's words were not finished, so he waited for his father to continue.

Huang You glanced at him and asked with a smile, "What does Da Lang think of the current situation?" ”

"Does father mean JAC?"

"Let's talk about JAC first!"

Huang Zhaosi sighed, "I think that although the Son of Heaven was in Jiangdu back then, he didn't care about Jianghuai at all. The 100,000 Xiaoguo army was only stationed near Jiangdu, like Zhongli County, Lujiang County, and Liyang County, and there was not a single soldier, and now Du Fuwei was only beaten by Zhang Xuan and was greatly injured, so he hid in Huainan County, and it would be another year at most. He's going to make a comeback, and I don't know what that will be like then. ”

Huang You nodded, "It's not a day or two that the imperial court doesn't pay attention to Jianghuai, in the past, the north and the south were divided, Jianghuai was a buffer zone, bandits were rampant, and the people were not able to make a living, it has been like this for hundreds of years, last year King Yan inspected Jiangnan, went to all the counties in Jiangnan, and even Yuzhang County went, but he didn't step into Jianghuai, I know that he also doesn't pay attention to Jianghuai, if he takes the throne, Jianghuai will continue to be forgotten by the imperial court, this is the fundamental reason why our Jianghuai family has always been unable to fight the Jiangnan family." ”

Huang You sighed a few words, and said: "Jianghuai is like this, so what do you think of the general trend of the world?" ”

Huang Zhaosi hesitated, and Huang You smiled: "What else can't be said between our father and son?" ”

Huang Zhaosi nodded silently, and sighed lowly: "Don't hide it from my father, the child feels that the Sui Dynasty is gone." ”

"Why do you think so, now there is only chaos in Hebei, although there is a little bandit trouble in other places, but it will not affect the overall situation, I chatted with Han Yuegong a few days ago, he said that the Great Sui is not out of control, and it is still in the hands of the Son of Heaven."

Huang Zhaosi shook his head, "Han Yuegong only speaks three points when he meets people, his words can't be trusted, as far as the child knows, the local officials don't obey the will of the imperial court at all, and the local heroes are ready to move, and completely control the place, and now the imperial court can only control Heluo, Chang'an, Taiyuan, Jiangdu four places, the taxes collected are not enough to raise the army, and they can only live by eating their old capital, if it is really like what Han Yuegong said, what did the Son of Heaven do when he came to Jiangdu?" He clearly felt that chaos was coming, so he went to Jiangdu to avoid trouble. ”

Huang You nodded, "Wu'er has seen the situation very thoroughly, it is true, chaos is coming." ”

Speaking of this, he handed two pigeon letters to his eldest son, "One is a quick letter from Saburo, and the other is a letter from Jing'er, which was delivered at the same time last night, you can take a look!" ”

Huang Zhaosi knew that his father had been talking to him about the general trend of the world for a long time, there must be a reason, he hurriedly took the letter and read it carefully, his brother's letter had no content, he was more concerned about his son's letter, he hurriedly read it, and couldn't help but gasp, "Zhang Xuan wants to ask us to buy pig iron and blister copper?" ”

"Zhang Xuan is willing to buy according to the market price and transport it to solve it himself, it just so happens that we have three million catties of pig iron and one million catties of blister copper in our warehouse, which is the inventory that our Huang family has accumulated for many years, I thought about it overnight, and I decided to give him both pig iron and copper."

"Father decided to sell them to Jang Hyun?"

Huang You shook his head, "It's not for sale, but for him." ”

Huang Zhaosi was stunned, and it took him a while to react, it turned out that his father wanted to bet the fate of the family on Zhang Xuan?

"How?"

Huang You asked the eldest son with his eyes, "In two years, you will be the new head of the family, after all, this is a big matter, I have to ask for your opinion." ”

Huang Zhaosi pondered for a long time and said: "At the beginning, Zhang Xuan left Jing'er by his side and entrusted him with a heavy responsibility, I knew that there would be today, this person is far-sighted, martial arts and cultural governance are rare in the world, I heard that the people of Qingzhou under his rule live and work in peace and contentment, the folk customs are simple, and the road is not forgotten, since Jing'er is willing to follow him willingly, it shows his trust and reuse of Jing'er, this batch of pig iron and blister copper should be an investment in Jing'er!" ”

Huang You happily stroked his beard and smiled: "Our father and son want to go together." ”

On the evening of the next day, Huang You's pigeon letter was sent to Jiangdu, expressing his agreement to send the pig iron and blister copper in the other library to Zhang Xuan free of charge, **** was overjoyed, and urgently ordered his subordinates to go to Donghai County to deliver the letter.

Three days later, the ****'s express letter was sent to Donghae Island, and Zhou Meng immediately ordered the Hengyang Boat to divide the troops and set off one day apart, disguised as Silla and Goryeo merchant ships to the mouth of the Yangtze River.

Although Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty was in Jiangdu, there was no water army in Jiangdu, and all 100,000 Xiaoguo troops were stationed in Jiangdu City, and in addition, the general Chen Ling led 30,000 troops to confront Shen Faxing's army and the Menghai Gong army, which had risen again in Yuhang County.

There are only merchant ships and fishing boats on the Yangtze River, and occasionally there will be county tax ships from Jiangyang County and Jiangning County, but during the New Year, even the merchant ships are difficult to see, nine huge transoceanic boats are lined up on the Yangtze River by the Jiangning side of the mighty sailing, the scene is very spectacular, many people have rushed to the river to watch this rare grand occasion, even the Jiangning County Order was also alarmed, ran to the city wall to look at the river.

Jiangning County is the nest of the Jiangnan Society, the county order is surnamed Wang, nominally a Sui official, but in fact it is loyal to the Jiangnan Society, at this time Wang County Commander accompanied Shen Jian to stand on the city wall, Shen Jian looked at this fleet suspiciously, where did such a huge fleet come from, actually hanging the banner of Silla, but went to the hinterland of the Yangtze River, what is the reason?

At this time, Wang Xianling whispered to Shen Jian: "Shen Gong, I feel that this is very likely to be Zhang Xuan's fleet. ”

Shen Jian was stunned, "How could it be Zhang Xuan's fleet?" ”

"Did Shen Gong forget? Last year, the two transoceanic boats disappeared, and Shen Gong said at the time that they were obtained by Zhang Xuan, and what does it mean that they reappear today? ”

Shen Jian suddenly remembered, the two transoceanic boats were obtained by Zhang Xuan, and they were finally missing, they must have been sent to Qingzhou, what did Zhang Xuan's fleet do when they came to the Yangtze River again?

"Shen Gong, do you want to remind Poyang Lake?"

Shen Jian thought for a while and said, "Don't be in a hurry to notify for the time being, let's find out what Zhang Xuan's fleet is doing in the Yangtze River first?" ”

At this time, someone reported behind him: "Shen Gong, a person from Jiangbei came and said that there was a big deal to talk to Shen Gong." ”

"Who is it?"

"He didn't say it, he just said that he came from Beihai County."

Shen Jian was slightly stunned, who would be there in Beihai County? He suddenly came to his senses, and hurriedly ordered: "Where is the person, bring him to see me!" ”

Not long after, a young man with a bit of fairy style walked up and bowed to Shen Jian, "Li Qingming, who joined the army in Xiaqingzhou, came to meet Shen Gong on the order of the commander of my family." (To be continued.) )