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"Mr. Yao, oops, I'm finally looking forward to you!" Before Geng Jingzhong arrived, he shouted from afar. There was only Yao Qisheng, a shriveled old man, in the group opposite, and Geng Jingzhong was not afraid of calling the wrong person. Li Guangdi looked at the "great talent" valued by the prince with a suspicious look on his face, looking extremely ordinary, like an old farmer in the countryside, and he couldn't see anything special at all.

"Yao Qisheng, the dying man, has seen His Royal Highness the Prince! Thank you for saving your life! Yao Qisheng smiled faintly and said to Geng Jingzhong. There was no other expression when he was done, as if this was his own home, his eyes still shooting around. His expression was arrogant, and his eyes were empty, as if Geng Jingzhong and the others were guests or servants, and he was superior, so he almost turned his chin to the sky.

Geng Jingzhong didn't care at all, and still smiled and said: "Mr. Yao has been working hard all the way, and it is very hard, so I have prepared some thin wine to wash the dust for Mr., Mr. please!" As he spoke, he made a gesture of invitation and led Yao Qisheng towards the barracks. The appearance he made was respectful, and he learned the actions of Liu Bei, the big-eared thief in the TV series in later generations, and treated the virtuous, and he couldn't wait to send a good thing over.

"Hmm!" Yao Qisheng squirted a word out of his nose, and then followed Geng Jingzhong towards the barracks. At this moment, the surrounding soldiers had become air, and following him, Yao Qisheng did not have it. Li Guangdi was two steps behind at the moment, and did not follow closely.

"On the way you picked him up, did this old man look like this?" Li Guangdi asked Captain Qin.

Captain Qin was still depressed before. Isn't this Mr. Yao like this these days? Very kind and kind old man. It's just that sometimes he speaks a little sharper. What's going on today? "Back to Mr. Li, it's not like this, we were ordered to pick up Mr. Yao on the way back, the little one chatted with him every day, very talkative, very approachable. I don't know what's wrong with him now? ”

Li Guangdi nodded after listening, and understood, this old man is trying to test the world. If the son of the world can't bear it. If you can't stand this agitation, then you don't need to talk about it. From this point of view, this Mr. Yao still has some materials, otherwise he would not have put on this posture, like the Pang Tong Pang Shiyuan in the Three Kingdoms. "Alright, you've done a great job, go and get back to your life!"

"Mr. Xie Li!"

"I asked Mr. Yao to take a seat, which frightened Mr. Yao." There was only a short distance of 200 meters from the camp gate to the barracks, Yao Qisheng was full of posture, and Geng Jingzhong was kind and good-spoken. He is always in love with it, and he looks like his eyes are above the top. Until this moment into the barracks. At this moment, there were only Geng Jingzhong and him in the barracks. Li Guangdi in the back has not followed up.

When Yao Qisheng arrived at this time, he no longer put on a show, but turned around and knelt in front of Geng Jingzhong: "The dying person, thanks to the rescue of the prince, if the prince does not dislike my bones and is useless, please take the prince in!" Yao Qisheng's action caught Geng Jingzhong off guard, he thought that it would take a lot of effort to persuade Yao Qisheng to join his camp, but he didn't expect things to be so smooth.

There is a reason why Yao Qisheng is so simple, when he was in Guangzhou, he was the pioneer of opening up the sea trade, and most of the sea trade in Guangdong passed through Xiangshan. He knows very well the difficulty of doing this business well, and he has always thought that if a port wants to develop, it must take ten or twenty years or more, but he did not expect that today in Houyu Port broke his concept.

Moreover, he had heard of some of Geng Jingzhong's deeds, and felt that Geng Jingzhong was not the same as his father and ancestors, and he was not a martial artist who only knew how to fight. In the past five days, listening to Captain Qin's account of Geng Jingzhong's actions and the changes in Fujian in the past few years, coupled with what he has seen in the short period of time since he landed, he knew that what he heard was all the truth, and there was not much exaggeration.

What made him even more incredible was the army of Ponytail. The strength of an army lies not in the number of people, but in its morale, mental outlook, and training in peacetime. As soon as he entered the waters of Fuzhou, there was a naval patrol fleet on the sea to check the whole process, and there was no phenomenon of eating and taking cards. When they arrived here, the horse-tailed soldiers in the battalion were even more well-behaved and disciplined, which reminded people of Zhou Yafu's fine willow camp in ancient times.

This pile of piles all shocked Yao Qisheng's heart. He is nominally a dead man at the moment, even if he is not dead and stays in the Guangdong prison, the end will be a death. His ambitions have not been fully displayed for many years, how can he die like this. The Royal Highness of the Prince in front of him was completely different from the superior he had ever seen, his eyes were bright, as if he could see through a qiē, when he first met, it was as if he had been stripped naked, and there was nothing to hide, and he still forced this feeling and tried his best to make this arrogant expression. And Geng Jingzhong has always been unimpressed, like a warm spring breeze, melting his piece of ice.

Geng Jingzhong was still in a daze, Yao Qisheng thought he was angry and didn't want to accept him, and said again: "What the prince did, Yao heard about it when he was in Guangdong, and the son who can devote himself to the people can't recruit one in the whole world, and Shang Zhixin is not worthy of you at all." The old decay is only this remnant, I am willing to be driven by the son, and I hope that the son will not give up! ”

"Hey, Mr. Yao is serious, please get up! Xiao Wang can get Mr., it's too late to be happy, how can you dislike it! In the future, you and the two of you will be my Xiao He and Zhang Liang, with the assistance of you two, why worry about big things! Geng Jingzhong was so happy that he couldn't help himself, and when he was talking, Li Guangdi also walked in, Geng Jingzhong pointed to Li Guangdi and Yao Qisheng and said.

"I've seen Mr. Li!" Yao Qisheng didn't come so colorless when he first came, compared to Li Guangdi, he is still an outsider.

"Mr. Yao don't call him that, he is young and knowledgeable, and I hope Mr. Yao will mention it more in the future!" Lee Kwang-di also smiled and returned the salute. "Shizi, let's invite Mr. Yao to the table, it's not right to just stand here!"

"Yes, yes, Mr. Yao, please take a seat!" Geng Jingzhong is still the same as before. Again, please sit down with Yao Qisheng.

At this moment, Yao Qisheng has officially joined Geng Jingzhong's command. The master-slave relationship has been decided. How can he be willing to trespass, and he will not sit on the top of the head in life or death, and in the end, Geng Jingzhong did not force it, the upper and lower levels of this era are still very distinct, in fact, even in the 21st century in later generations, this article has not changed in the slightest.

During the banquet, the three of them chatted happily, and Li Guangdi and Yao Qisheng were both well-educated people. It's very speculative to talk about. And Geng Jingzhong is not as good as their study of Chinese studies, but his broad knowledge, spanning historical vision, and his remarks also deeply impressed the old man Yao, who was originally a little arrogant.

In the following days, Yao Qisheng did not immediately take over the tasks assigned by Geng Jingzhong, but took the guards assigned by Geng Jingzhong to wander around Fujian, and he wanted to thoroughly understand the specific situation in Fujian. The Mawei Barracks is his starting point, and it is best to start here to get familiar with military affairs.

The more in-depth he understood, the more frightened Yao Qisheng became. Then came rejoicing. Such a foundation already has the strength to win the world, and I don't know how many times stronger than Shang Kexi in Guangdong. It is Wu Sangui of Yungui. Although there are nearly 200,000 soldiers, it will definitely not be as strong as the Mawei Army. To put it bluntly, the 60,000 horsetail army at this moment can completely defeat more than three times the number of Wu Sangui's army, or the imperial court official army.

The most important thing is not the strength of the troops, but the popular will of the people in Fuzhou. A sentence of the people's desire is what many heroes dream of, Geng Jingzhong has done it at this moment, in Fujian Province, Geng Jingzhong's reputation is in full swing, half of the family has Geng Jingzhong's immortal tablet, praying for Geng Jingzhong every day. At this point, no matter who wants to deal with the Geng family, they will be met with great resistance. If Geng Jingzhong raised his arms at this moment, the people would definitely respond in groups.

For a whole month, he traveled all over the eight prefectures of Fuzhou and had a detailed understanding of the situation in various places. The reason why he wants to go all over these eight mansions is precisely to make it easier for him to do things in the future. If you want to do what a top strategist should do, it is a great sin not to know Fujian.

There haven't been too many things on Mawei's side recently, and all of them have tended to be stable, and after Yao Qisheng joined, Geng Jingzhong was finally completely liberated. Now he has enough time to do what he wants to do, and he has more time to spend with his family. Here, as soon as Yao Qisheng took over the affairs of the army, Geng Jingzhong took Yang Jian and other guards to go outside. The new artillery division is about to be formed, although Yang Jian is anxious, but it is not time yet, so he will accompany Geng Jingzhong to hang out with peace of mind.

Geng Jingzhong's destination this time was the starting point town, and by the way, he took a look at the road construction situation in various places along the way. Every time he walked to a mansion, Geng Jingzhong would stop and turn around to take a look. Shortly after the typhoon, the construction sites here and there were people everywhere. In a small number of places, cement roads are not built, mainly because cement is not in sufficient supply, and it is needed everywhere, but the number of cement kilns has not increased much. However, the stone quarried from the nearby mountains is also a good material for road construction, and although the ground is not as smooth as the cement pavement, it is better than the solid. After the stone road is repaired, the gaps in the stone can also be filled in when the cement is rich, so that it is not much worse than the pure cement road.

Along the way, Geng Jingzhong walked forward under the banner of the palace, but he did not reveal his identity, but only said that he was the cousin of His Royal Highness the Prince, and he was ordered by His Royal Highness the Prince to inspect various construction sites. It is this identity that makes him receive a lot of gifts whenever he goes, and he has no other meaning, just to get a touch of Jingnan Palace. "He", as the family of the son, must have a good relationship.

Slowly, in five days, Geng Jingzhong and his entourage walked to the boundary of Quanzhou, and there was too much delay along the way. However, Geng Jingzhong is not in a hurry at the moment, almost every 100 kilometers traveled, he must stop and inspect, basically every 100 kilometers is the scope of a prefecture. In other small places, no one recognized Geng Jingzhong at all, but in this Quanzhou territory, he met an old man.

Geng Jingzhong's hometown is in Gaizhou, Liaoning Province, where he grew up when he was a child, and he did not leave his hometown until he was twelve years old. He knew all the children who were as old as him in Gaizhou's Wei Gengjiazhuang, and after his Geng family was sealed as the king of Jingnan and stationed in Fujian, many old friends came from Gaizhou to defect. After all, these people have a little kinship with the Geng family, and it is not easy to rush out directly, so they gave them some benefits. Let them do business in Fujian. However, in recent years, Geng Jingzhong has also been very strict with these people. They are not allowed to swindle under the banner of Jingnan Palace. You have to behave in a proper manner to make money.

This one is called Xu Xingxia, and Geng Jingzhong can be regarded as small, although they haven't seen each other for many years, they still recognize each other at first sight! "The grass people see His Royal Highness the Prince!" Xu Xingxia was overjoyed when he saw Geng Jingzhong, and then instantly thought of his identity, and immediately bowed and saluted.

"Great Xia, it's you!" Geng Jingzhong was also very happy to meet his childhood friend, and he was very happy to hug Xu Xingxia. "Why are you here?"

"Hui Shizi. The small one is doing business here, and joined the Quanzhou Road Administration Company to be responsible for the construction of this section of the road! Xu Xingxia still said very restrainedly.

"Come on, don't be a son of the world, let's call me Brother Zhong'er, you call me that when you are young, you won't forget it now!" Geng Jingzhong pretended to be displeased and said.

"This, okay, I'll still call you Brother Zhong'er! Hehe, I'm really worried that you don't recognize me as a little brother! Xu Xingxia relaxed a lot after listening. smiled and said to Geng Jingzhong. "By the way, I heard that the inspector sent by the palace has arrived. I also have a gift for you. No, this box is for you, it seems that you don't need it now! But I still want to show you, this is a specialty of our hometown! ”

As he spoke, Xu Xingxia took out a small box from behind him, opened it casually and handed it to Geng Jingzhong. Geng Jingzhong was still wondering what kind of hometown specialty it was, so he took the small box casually, opened it, and found that there were a lot of crystal clear glass the size of half a little finger, crystal clear...... When I looked closely, I found that it was not glass, but something very precious in the future. If you think about it carefully, it's even more shocking, isn't this, not a diamond? Diamonds from your hometown?

"Is this a diamond?" Geng Jingzhong said in surprise.

Xu Xingxia shook his head, indicating that it was not a diamond.

And Geng Jingzhong took a closer look, what is this not a diamond? After looking at it carefully for a while, Geng Jingzhong concluded that this was definitely a diamond. He happily said, "It's a diamond, I'm not mistaken." Da Xia, I can't imagine that you still have so many diamonds on you! Well, thank you! I accepted your gift! However, you say it's a hometown specialty? How come I've never seen this ever made? ”

Xu Xingxia's expression felt a little strange, as if he didn't quite understand why Geng Jingzhong was so happy. He suddenly opened the burden and showed it all in front of Xu Xingxia. Xu Xingxia glanced at it casually and was stunned. In Wang Qinian's baggage, there are actually a lot of diamonds! The largest is even the size of a whole little finger! "These are all dug from the tile shop, many people just opened the mountain, dug a lot of these things, but they didn't take it seriously, just thought it was a kind of stone, I looked more beautiful, so I collected a lot. Later, when I came here, I found that many people liked this shiny thing very much, and one could be sold for one or two silver, so I sent someone back to buy it, no, I also made a small fortune because of this! ”

Geng Jingzhong's whole body suddenly boiled with blood. Damn, so many diamonds! The hometown actually produces diamonds, which is really too much for Geng Jingzhong, this is a big source of wealth, open a diamond mine, sell diamonds to Westerners, that is a steady stream of silver!

"Rich! What the? A tael of silver? Geng Jingzhong couldn't help but scream. His expression suddenly became very weird, and he looked at Xu Xingxia as if he was looking at a monster. "This is too cheap, if it is sold to Europe, one can definitely be exchanged for ten taels of gold!" Geng Jingzhong lamented in his heart.

Geng Jingzhong can now be sure that his hometown is indeed a diamond producer, but he didn't know it before.

In fact, China's proven diamond reserves and production are ranked tenth in the world, in the 21st century, the annual output is more than 200,000 carats, the main production of diamonds is in Liaoning Wafangdian, Shandong Mengyin and Hunan Yuanjiang Basin, of which Liaoning Wafangdian is currently the largest diamond mine in Asia.

It was not until 1965 that China found kimberlite and diamond primary deposits in Guizhou and Shandong. In 1971, Liaoning Wafangdian found a primary diamond deposit. The two primary diamond deposits that are still being mined are located in the Wafangdian and Mengyin areas of central Luzhong in Liaoning. Diamond placers are found in the Yuanjiang River basin in Hunan, Tibet, Guangxi and the Tanlu fault across Jiangsu and Anhui provinces.

At present, there are three main producing areas of diamonds in China: Wafangdian in Liaoning, Mengyin-Linshu in Shandong, and Yuanshui Basin in Hunan. All of them are kimberlite type, but no primary ore has been found in Hunan. Among them, the quality of Liaoning is good, and the size of Shandong is larger.

At present, the largest diamond found in China is Changlin diamond, which was discovered in Shandong in 1977 and was discovered by Wei Zhenfang of a Changlin brigade, so it was named "Changlin diamond", which is now stored in the treasury of the bank. Changlin diamonds weigh 157.8 carats, are octahedral in shape, and have a clean, transparent and pale yellow texture.

It is also rumored that the largest diamond in China was once the Golden Rooster Diamond, which was also found in the region and weighed more than 200 carats, but was looted by the Japanese army during World War II and its whereabouts are still unknown.

Geng Jingzhong didn't know anything about this information, he had never seen this information before, but now that he knew that there were diamonds there, he didn't go to mine them, it was really a tyrannical thing! (To be continued......)