Chapter 292: Inspection

Zhu Houhuang didn't know that Xu Song's side had reached an agreement with the Francophiles, clearing the way for Wang Yangming to send an envoy to Nanyang. At this moment, Zhu Houhuang is visiting the brickyard.

Zhu Houhuang never imagined that what he had identified was just an experimental cement cellar, but now it has become a large-scale brickyard covering several miles.

The ground here has been shoveled down a layer, and all this soil has been excavated by the brick yard, leaving only a large open space, on which horseshoe-shaped brick kilns stand because of the topography, and the brick kilns are surrounded by rows of brick embryos that are drying in the shade, and rows of green bricks of various styles that have been burned.

At that time, Zhu Houhuang was just setting up a fire cellar to experiment with the refining method of cement.

However, the development of Dongyong requires too many blue bricks and stones. In order to save costs, almost all the green bricks in Dongyong come from here, and the person in charge of the brick yard has long forgotten Zhu Houhuang's requirements for refining cement. At this moment, Zhu Houhuang came here again, and the person in charge of this brickyard was already trembling and kneeling on the ground.

Zhu Houhuang wanted to reprimand a few words. Looking at him like this, he also lost the nature of reprimand. He couldn't help but secretly say in his heart: "Talents, talents, the first thing to do great things is to win people." ”

When Zhu Houhuang first came to Dongyong, there were not many talents around him, and the current person in charge of the brickyard was just an ordinary craftsman. He has no talent at all, he can only be pushed step by step, or in other words, he can maintain the expansion of such a large brickyard, maybe it is the limit of his ability.

As soon as Zhu Houhuang thought of this, he had no idea of punishing him.

Zhu Houhuang hurriedly looked at the brickyard here, looked at the brick kiln that was burning, and asked, "What is burning here?" ”

The person in charge of the brickyard said with some flattery: "It's firewood." ”

Zhu Houhuang looked at the wood burned into charcoal inside and said, "Can't you use coal?" ”

"There is no coal here, and coal here is more expensive than wood."

Zhu Houhuang silently put this matter in his heart.

Not only the brick yard, but even the ordinary people of Dongyong do not use coal in their homes, but use wood, and Dongyong is already lush in vegetation, so this point does not show any drawbacks. However, it is useful for Zhu Houhuang's industrial plan to promote coal.

In modern society, there is demand, and there is supply. The larger the scale of production in the industrial age, the lower the cost.

Thinking of this, Zhu Houhuang didn't have any intention of staying in the brickyard.

After Zhu Houhuang left the brickyard, he secretly said in his heart: "Shaofu doesn't have much property in Dayuan. If I want to see Shaofu's industry, I'm going to Beigang. ”

This is the plan that Zhu Houhuang had from the beginning.

After Zhu Houhuang left, the person in charge of the brickyard breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that this level had passed. It's just that he learned of regret decades later.

At that time, most of the craftsmen who followed Zhu Houhuang with him became Shaofu officials, even if a few did not become Shaofu officials, they also became the elderly in Shaofu, and their status was very respected. And a few decades later, Dongyong is more prosperous than now, I don't know how many times. It's just that at that time, Shaofu was no longer in control of such a low-tech industry as burning bricks. Even now this brick yard has been auctioned off. In the end, he was kicked out of the brickyard by his employer and became an ordinary person. At that time, I knew what Zhu Houhuang's departure today meant.

Since Zhu Houhuang decided to inspect Beigang, he naturally did what he said.

He left Dongyong on a warship, but after a day's work, he came to Beigang. A group of people led by Liu Shigui had been waiting at the dock for a long time, and after Zhu Houhuang arrived, they bowed down and saluted: "The ministers and others meet His Royal Highness King Yong, His Royal Highness is a thousand years old." ”

Zhu Houhuang said: "You are exempt. ”

Zhu Houhuang didn't have the heart to greet them a lot. Because the boss of these prefecture and county officials is Lu Wan, Zhu Houhuang will not cross Lu Wan to govern them. However, Zhu Houhuang saw Wang Zhi, he called Wang Zhi over and said, "Accompany me to the mine." ”

Wang Zhi was overjoyed, he felt that Zhu Houhuang crossed Li Shigui and the others and talked to him directly, which was a manifestation of his holy family's generosity, and he said in a loud voice: "Yes." ”

Zhu Houhuang, under the guidance of Wang Zhi, came to the gold mining area.

The gold mining area is not only the gold deposit, but there are other mines in the vicinity of the gold seed deposit.

Zhu Houhuang looked outside the gold mining area and saw that this place was already very different from when he first came here.

Originally, it was a green area of green mountains and green waters. But now in the mining area, there is a large amount of rubble, and the mountains have been broken into stones under the action of a large amount of gunpowder.

It was as if a huge wild beast had bitten a large gap in the mountains here.

Wang Zhi said: "There are two kinds of ore in gold mines, large areas of golden sand, and gold ore rough, and one is gold-bearing ore. The former is directly ore, but the latter needs to be further refined. ”

Wang Zhi pointed to a shack for Zhu Houhuang and said, "This is the gold mine and smelting here." ”

Zhu Houhuang raised his feet and said, "Let's go and have a look." ”

The mountain road is twisted, and Zhu Houhuang can directly see the shed on the mountain, but it will take a while to walk over.

As soon as Zhu Houhuang entered the shed, he felt a heat wave, and a huge heat rushed towards him.

It is as if Zhu Houhuang had seen iron work in the first place, and the stoves are burning.

Wang Zhi led Zhu Houhuang and introduced Zhu Houhuang to the method of gold smelting.

Zhu Houhuang looked at it, and secretly despised it in his heart, he never thought that in addition to the primary gold mine, the rest of the gold ore was smelted in one furnace after another.

Zhu Houhuang is not a professional in smelting, so he can't propose any better way for such a scene, so he can only sigh and say nothing.

After leaving the smelting workshop, Wang Zhi took Zhu Houhuang to the mining area.

But I saw a team of soldiers pull out a cordon, and a person in front of the cordon, stripped naked, naked and checked by two soldiers together, and even took a look at the valley road. Examining these people is like examining brutes.

Zhu Houhuang couldn't help frowning.

"Your Highness," Wang Zhi kept looking at Zhu Houhuang's expression carefully, and the subtle expressions on Zhu Houhuang's face were all noticed by him. "It's a last resort. These people can't do it at all if they don't do it ruthlessly. You are a little wider, and they immediately steal the gold. ”

Zhu Houhuang said: "This is understandable. ”

Many things have to be combined with time, and inappropriate compassion will only be the behavior of the white left. Zhu Houhuang seems that although these people are like this, it is a bit insulting. But what personality will not fit at all in this era. And Zhu Houhuang looks at their bodies, they are still relatively strong, although most of their bodies are relatively thin, but they are not without meat. It can be seen that the food is good.

Zhu Houhuang looked at this and said: "Just see the gold mine here, go and see the iron mine and coal mine." ”

Wang Zhi's face froze slightly, and he lowered his head and said, "Yes." ”

Taipei's coal mine is east of Beigang, not far from the gold mine, there is a coal mine, but as soon as Zhu Houhuang came to the coal mine, Zhu Houhuang's face turned dark.

Because the difference between the coal mine and the gold mine is too far.

The people on the other side of the gold mine and the miners, although they lived a humiliating life, at least they could survive. But on the side of the coal mine, Zhu Houhuang saw almost the walking dead.

I don't know how many miners, with iron chains on their bodies, each of them is scrawny, black and thin, and it doesn't look like a human at all, but like a coal puppet that can move.

Zhu Houhuang's face immediately turned cold.

Wang Zhi said anxiously: "Your Highness,"

Before he could finish speaking, Zhu Houhuang had already snorted coldly and said, "Is this how you treat the lonely people?" ”

Wang Zhi fell to his knees with a thud and said: "The subordinates know their mistakes, but the ministers will never dare to go against His Highness's love for the people, and the people here are not His Highness's people." ”

Criticism from leaders, whether it is right or wrong, must be acknowledged first. And then justify.

Zhu Houhuang frowned and said sharply: "Are you still quibbling?" ”

"The minister doesn't dare, it's just that these people are all prisoners transferred from the south by the minister, and they are barbarians captured from the south."