Mo Hong was not affected by Gao An's words at all, nodded slightly, and said calmly: "I guess that's it." ”

A few stewards of the Great Khan, now that you know this, what is the matter with your relaxed and comfortable expression?

"Since we can't transport it, what are we going to mine for?" Another steward asked, is it possible to let those miners work more days and earn more wages to solve the problem of food and clothing?

Mo Hong's expression was still calm, but the words he said made these people speechless, "Then what should I do?" You have to try and see the results, you can't just break up now, right? ”

…… What he said made several stewards have some expectations in their hearts. They are in the capital, which is the chief steward of the big family, and they all send small servants to call them, and they can be called pampered.

But now, in the great winter, they are thrown into the wilderness. It's good to say that birds don't, but all kinds of birds don't come here at all, okay?

If the mining thing really can't be done, they will go back to Beijing to resume their lives. Even if the interests of the main family are not maximized and they need to delay some time to see the benefits, this matter is not something they can control, and it can be regarded as an explanation to their respective main families.

Mo Hong saw the reactions of these people in his eyes, and also smiled: "Don't think about those who have and don't, since the adults in the mansion sent you here, you can only follow Mo to do this time." The place of Dongxi is barren and not strategic, and it has been uncontrolled for a long time, which makes the people here extremely stubborn and uncivilized. Instead of making them grateful, compromise will make them feel that they have an opportunity to take advantage of it, and they will gain more in the future.

A steward asked, "Then the court will come here ......?"

Mo Hong raised his finger and shook it: "I said before that this place is worthless, isn't it valuable now?" If the imperial court wants to build an office, it will naturally have corresponding force control. We don't have these, we can only use people's hearts to do this period of mining. ”

Gao An asked tentatively, "Then shouldn't we write colors for them?" "It's better to quit them all and let them go back to their miserable lives.

Mo Hong said: "Get the benefits first, and then regret the loss." It just so happened that the mining area also stockpiled some black gold stones for backup. During this period of time, you have worked harder, the affairs of the mining area are as usual, and there are not a small number of people among the miners who are willing to keep the contract, so you can find a few of them who can be used, use these people, and pay more attention to the movements of other workers. I will also send a nursing home to pay more attention to the abnormalities around me. ”

The expressions of the three stewards became more and more solemn.

Mo Hong was relieved: "This is just in case, it should be fine." It won't be long before they go home separately. ”

Speaking of this, Mo Hong paused, and looked at the sky outside through the glass on the window: "Now that the winter moon is nearly halfway through, transportation is not easy, and if it snows again, it will be even more difficult, and there will be a lot of losses after a trip." It's good for them to make trouble at this time, let's mine with all their strength first, and when the stock reaches a certain level, all the miners in the kiln will be resigned, and they will be dried for a while. My uncle said that Qingyun Zhai is working to improve the transport vehicles, and when the volume of vehicle transportation increases, then find a way to open the road, and one trip can reach the current two or three trips. ”

"Change...... Improving the vehicle? "A few stewards were surprised, when did this happen? Why is there no wind at all?

No wonder Mo Hong is not in a hurry at all, the co-authors are probably struggling whether to use this old carriage or not. As a result, the Diao people in Dongxi made trouble, but it just made the family make up their minds by the way.

"How are you going to change it? Make the car bigger? Gao An asked

At this time, Mo Hong had some expressions on his face, but he was similar to Gao An, and he didn't understand: "After the change, the goods loaded in a car are two or three times as many as they are now." ”

"Wider and longer?" Bai Jingxian asked in surprise: "How can the horse be pulled?" ”

It seems that Mo Hong really doesn't know, but he still explained: "I don't understand either, but Qingyun Zhai has a good relationship with the general as a prisoner, about this kind of thing, they can think of a way." ”

"That's right." These people don't know that Qingyunzhai kilns are also doing glass tests, but Qingyunzhai and the general supervisor and the cooperation with the Guan family are well known.

There is another reason why Mo Hong didn't say that there must be a reason for this, and he needs time to investigate this matter. If you haven't verified something, how can you compromise casually, and you have to see who is doing it here.

Hehe, Mo Hong laughed, no matter who did this, it was idiotic enough.

There are more than 400 miners here, each with a family behind them, each family has 200 catties of black gold stone per month, nearly 100,000 catties per month...... This is the white wolf with empty gloves, but, do they have the ability?

…………

Two days later, Liu Xie asked to see the emperor.

"Captain Shao secretly found Weichen and wanted to borrow two telescopes for use." Liu Xie said.

At this time, the emperor did not approve the recital, nor was he in the imperial study, but in the temporary dormitory not far from the imperial study, playing with an azure dragon pattern bowl fired in a Fujian kiln.

Hearing Liu Xie's words, the hand that was turning the dragon pattern bowl stopped, and raised his eyes to glance at Liu Xie, "What does he want to do?" ”

"Some people instigated the villagers around the Dongxi mining area to ask the mining area for Wujin stone, which cost about 80,000 catties per month. Captain Shao wanted to find out who was behind the scenes. ”

Speaking of this, Liu Xie felt that it was better to explain clearly, so he continued to explain: "In the northwest of Shuncheng Prefecture, the land is generally barren, and it is all open land, which has little military and transportation value. Therefore, the supervision department only has people who do routine work in Shuncheng Prefecture, and a few locals were temporarily hired in Dongxi County and the mining area, and secretly communicated with the people of the supervision department, and did not arrange for people to pay attention to the surrounding villages. ”

The emperor didn't blame him, if every village in the world had to send people, I was afraid that the silver that Liu Xie had deployed and withdrawn would be able to empty the inner treasury of the palace.

"What did you hear? But it's the same as what Shao Yi said? The Emperor asked.

Liu Xie said: "There are some differences in the details, but there are no major differences. ”

"Hehe, 80,000 catties of black gold stone per month, my appetite is really not small." The emperor also sneered, "Give it to him, tell him to designate two people who Mo Hong brought out back then to use it, and no one else is allowed to know that this thing exists." ”

"Yes." Liu Xie bowed down to agree, hesitated for a moment, and continued, "Weichen and Captain Shao chatted casually, and inadvertently asked, if there is a stalemate with the local residents, how to solve the transportation of Wujin Stone during this time? ”

The emperor looked up: "What did he say?" ”

Captain Shao said that Qingyunzhai is improving the shipment of horse-drawn carriages. It is said that the horse-drawn carriage after the improvement will transport two to four times as much as before. ”

"I'm afraid the horses can't bear such a large increase in weight, right?" The Emperor frowned.

Captain Shao said that the improved carriage is four-wheeled, and the horses will not be stressed at the waist, and all the strength will only be used to pull the cart, and the load on the horses will be much less. As for the rest...... He said that he saw that the craftsmen were very busy, so he didn't ask much. ”

The emperor snorted, his face disdainful: "This kid is slippery, he won't tell you." What Xia is tinkering with, he won't ask more? Simply a joke? ”

Liu Xie lowered his head slightly, wiped his eyebrows with his thumb, and took the opportunity to hide the smile on his face, the emperor thought the same as him, he also felt that Shao Yi was useless.