Seeing his son's extremely serious look, Liu Hongxun was angry, and finally dispersed.

He just smiled wryly, speechless.

What else can I say?

After a long time, he said, "At least there is one more piece of good news." ”

Liu Wenchang: "......"

"Your stubborn temperament is very similar to that of an old man when he was young, at least it can prove that you were born for your father."

Liu Wenchang: "......"

Of course, this is just a pleasure in suffering.

Liu Hongxun is now starting to doubt whether it was right for him to let Liu Wenchang go to Xinxian.

He was like a different person.

It's just that Liu Wenchang is in the capital, and the commotion is not small.

After all, stocks, issued new shares, and the son of a cabinet scholar are more than a million taels of silver.

These words, which are naturally easy to create hot spots, are all put together, so much so that even Daming Daily made a special report the next day.

This Daming Daily clarified a few things, one is Liu Wenchang's silver, which was sold short of railway stocks at the beginning, and the Liu family made a lot of money on railway stocks.

At least this quelled the rumors about where the Liu family got so much silver.

Daming Daily's report is quite objective, after all, as the newspaper of the Zhang family, it is born with its own traffic, and it can often get first-hand news from the railway company and the mining industry and Jinyiwei, to some extent, it is not only a railway company, but also the microphone of Jinyiwei, with these two attributes alone, it is enough to make it have countless fans.

At least in the capital, in people's cognition, this Zhang family's Daming Bao is relatively accurate, whether it is doing business or paying attention to the current affairs, it is a must-read every day.

But other tabloids are different.

They don't have a channel for first-hand information.

To put it mildly, if you go to the railway company or other places to find out the news, who will pay attention to you.

Therefore, they prefer to do 'in-depth' reporting.

It is nothing more than to take the information that everyone knows, process it deeply, and then comment on what is happening at the moment one by one.

Or, to create some sensational anecdotes, why the sow screams in the middle of the night, why there is a hidden female voice in the temple in Dongcheng at night, etc.

There is another kind of newspaper, that is, the great Confucians have set up newspapers one after another, and what they are best at is making articles, reasoning, or ...... Research theories.

After learning that Liu Wenchang bought the mining industry on a large scale, Yang Xiong immediately wrote an article to comment on the matter, and his attitude towards this was ironic.

It is probably the Zhang family who used this Liu family to attract people to subscribe for new shares.

Of course, he was filled with righteous indignation about this, thinking that Liu Hongxun, as a cabinet scholar, should not condone his son like this.

And that's not all.

Moreover, there is a suspicion that Zhang and Liu's two families have joined forces to fool people into buying new shares for profit.

In his opinion, the price of this new stock is not worth the current price at all, and it is purely the Zhang family trying to cheat money.

And in his mind, it is naturally the stock of the railway company that has the value of buying.

The reason that supports his argument is also very simple, that is, there are mineral deposits everywhere in the world, and those coal and iron in Liaodong, even if they are discovered, are not unusual.

After posting several articles in a row, the Liu family suddenly became the target of public criticism.

The new shares had just been issued, and then they began to plummet.

The original three taels of silver a share, in the blink of an eye, actually fell by one percent.

All of a sudden, people who also made a little fuss and bought some shares couldn't help beating their chests and falling down.

This put tremendous pressure on the Zhang family.

There are still a lot of new shares that have not been sold.

Zhang Jingyi now needs to read the newspaper first when she gets up every day.

This stock is also occasionally seen, although it is also a study of stocks, to a certain extent, they also support the New Deal, but the New Deal they understand is somewhat different from Zhang Jingyi's New Deal.

So, these people had to be weird, and Zhang Jingyi didn't take it to heart.

Now the criticism of the new stock makes Zhang Jing disgusted.

I'm selling stocks here, and you're there saying that this stock has no future, and it will cut off people's money.

Fortunately, the shares sold have also raised more than 10 million taels.

The Zhang family themselves have also raised a sum of money, and now the plan to develop various mines has been put on the agenda.

Zhang Jingyi had already secretly sent people to several places to start searching, and the results of the exploration were ...... Although it hasn't come out yet, Zhang Jingyi has a lot of confidence.

In addition to that, it is about improving the technology of extraction.

Mining is not a simple matter, it requires a set of management processes, as well as a set of tools.

Therefore, the training of personnel has already begun.

After everything was ready, Zhang Jingyi instructed people...... Started to work on various items.

In fact, in all dynasties, even in later generations, those who have mines are masters.

After all...... This thing is a natural product, and when it is sold, it is a steady stream of silver.

Liaodong now has a small population, as long as the mining industry develops, at least in the next 100 years, it can take advantage of this trend to absorb the population, and allow the Zhang family to quickly gain a foothold in Liaodong.

At the beginning, the Liao generals relied on controlling a small amount of land, and then adopted a group of family members, and then fooled the imperial court, sent Liao salaries, and became the emperor of the soil in Liaodong.

Zhang Jingyi planned to rely on rye and ore veins to quickly establish a complete system.

So, one letter after another, back and forth between Zhang's family and Liaodong.

Even...... In order to supervise the railway between Liaodong and the capital, Zhang Jingyi spared no room and asked Liaodong to cooperate with the construction of the railway.

Even on the railway company's side, the road has just begun to be paved, and Zhang Jingyi has begun to instruct people to build a roadbed along the planned railway line outside the pass.

These days, he is very busy.

But there was a letter sent to Zhang's house.

Zhang Jingyi rarely came back, and when she saw the letter, she couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Princess Le'an didn't show displeasure about this: "Take a look, my husband is busy with official business, don't delay the business." ”

Zhang Jing pretended not to pay attention to these affairs, and now he reluctantly opened the letter.

This letter was sent by Huang Taiji.

As soon as she saw the letter, Zhang Jing took the case up, and then said happily: "Okay, good, I found it." ”

"What did you find?"

"Iron ore."

"Iron ore?" Princess Le'an frowned: "Although I know that there is a shortage of iron now, Liaodong ...... after all."

"It's different, iron ore and iron ore are not the same." Zhang Jingyi said happily: "The quality of iron ore is different, some have high iron content, some are low, in addition, some iron ore is hidden in the old forest, want to dig it out, sometimes you have to open the mountain, but some iron ore, in the open air, you pick it up, may be high-grade iron ore." The history of ironmaking in Kannai is close to 2,000 years old. Do you know that our ancestors have been refining iron for 2,000 years, our pots and pans, and our swords, guns, swords, and halberds, which of them are not dug out of the ground by our ancestors. ”

Zhang Jing paused, and said: "Therefore, at the beginning, they started mining from the easiest place to mine, and then later, it was difficult to find the mines that could be easily mined, so they had to dig deeper, and when we were in the Ming Dynasty, it was actually more and more difficult to find iron ore that was easy to mine." ”

Zhang Jing said with a fluttering eyebrow: "The current conditions, to dig out the iron ore in the pass, the manpower and material resources required, as well as the cost, are actually amazing, even if they are dug out, the quality is also very poor, this mining has a cost, the same hundred catties of ore, the iron that can be smelted is also different." And the iron ore we found is definitely of the highest quality compared to Kannai, not only that, but it is also a huge vein in the open air, do you know...... What does this mean? ”

Princess Le'an didn't know much about these things, but she actually tried to understand, at least what her husband was doing outside.

So she would also try to read the newspaper, but soon, she gave up, because there were many newspapers, either directly or in a yin and yang weird tone of reproach to the Zhang family.

In fact, this is also related to the atmosphere of the Ming Dynasty, and the scholars point to the sky and scold the earth...... It seems to have become a symbol of character and integrity.

Therefore, in order to show that he has a sense of moral superiority, he always has to find someone to say a few words about yin and yang, so that everyone in the world can seem drunk and sober, or he seems to be smart.

"What does that mean?"

Zhang Jingyi said excitedly: "It means...... Our cost can be minimized, mining and mining are different, different costs, and the quality of the ore mined, which determines the value of the mine. ”

Saying that, Zhang Jingyi rubbed his hands excitedly, and then said: "This time, it was hard work for Huang Taiji, in order to find ore veins, many people who were looking for ore were escorted by his clansmen all the way. Okay, I'm going to write back now, telling Huang Taiji, let's start moving quickly, this mine, we have to start moving immediately. ”

Princess Le'an said: "This is a big deal, then I won't bother my husband." ”

Zhang Jingyi shook his head and waved his hand: "I only need to reply to a letter, in addition, there are a few mines, and he should also be asked to hurry up, and the people who arranged it must start building a workshop immediately...... Yes, in order to save transportation, just near this mine, choose a place with geographical conditions, build a few steel workshops, in addition, we also need to build a branch railway, connecting the future trunk line...... Fortunately, this money has been raised, and now it is not bad for money. ”

Zhang Jing's eyebrows fluttered, in fact, when people were looking for some mines in their memories at the beginning, Zhang Jingyi was still a little worried, afraid that his memory would be biased.

Fortunately, it is finally the emperor who lives up to it.

He squinted, thought for a moment, and then quickly wrote a letter, ordered someone to send it out quickly, and then breathed a sigh of relief.