Wei Zhongxian suppressed his smile, looked at Zhang Gui, and said nothing.

He thought that this uncle would be excited when he heard that there was so much silver, and even give him a smiling face, and then begged him to give him more silver to engage in some industry.

But Wei Zhongxian didn't expect that he copied so much silver and was not taken by Uncle Guo.

"Ten million taels?"

Moreover, after Wei Zhongxian heard Zhang Gui say this at this time, he was still a little unconvinced.

He really wanted to ask Zhang Gui, you are so powerful, why don't you go and copy one and I will try it immediately, if you can, I will give you the position of Admiral Dongchang!

Wei Zhongxian didn't dare to talk to Zhang Gui like this on his face, but said with a smile: "Uncle Guo's ability is naturally better than ours. ”

For a while, the two arrived at the warm pavilion where the apocalypse was.

Wei Zhongxian first reported to Tianqiyu about the situation of copying Luo Sigong.

After hearing this, Tianqi said: "Not bad! ”

Wei Zhongxian glanced at Zhang Gui and said: "The emperor has won the award, the slave maid is still worse than the uncle of the country, the uncle said that he will be able to copy out tens of millions of taels of silver for the court at one time in the future, the slave and the maid feel that the uncle of the country has this ability, although this slave and maid can't do it if they ask themselves." ”

Tianqi therefore also looked at Zhang Gui: "What Wei Zhongxian said is true?" ”

Zhang Gui presented Ye Xianggao's Donglin list to Tianqi: "Your Majesty will know if you look at it, these are all the lists of Donglin officials written by Ye Xianggao himself, among them, Li Sancai and Zhou Yanru, who were all said by Ye Xianggao to be big corrupt officials, were all asked by the minister Ye Xianggao to estimate his family assets, and which of these is not tens of millions of taels?" This is where the confidence of the minister lies in what he said. ”

Tianqi looked at the list and said angrily: "Among the officials of Donglin, there are so many corrupt officials!" No wonder Luo Sigong said that Ye Xianggao was incorruptible, and compared with Ye Xianggao's own officials who said that he was greedy, he was indeed incorruptible. ”

Wei Zhongxian was convinced on the side, and only then did he know that what Zhang Gui said was true, a Luo Sigong is indeed nothing, Ye Xianggao is not even nothing, and these Donglin officials behind Ye Xianggao are really rich.

"Emperor, it's better to have a melon vine."

Wei Zhongxian even took the initiative to propose.

After hearing this, Tianqi nodded: "You can do this matter, this list has been marked as greedy and useless, one by one, one by one, copying!" ”

"Slave obeys!"

Wei Zhongxian replied.

Zhang Gui knew that Wei Zhongxian was busy at the moment, so to speak, because of the list he asked Ye Xianggao to provide, Wei Zhongxian's great cause of raiding his family had just begun.

"I heard that the farmland given to you by the household department is not very good, and you still want it, it is a place called Xishan?"

At this time, Tianqi asked Zhang Gui about other things.

Zhang Gui nodded: "Xishan is very good, the minister plans to engage in industrial products there, to be precise, to establish an industrial zone, where steelmaking and weaving are concentrated." ”

After hearing this, Tianqi nodded: "I have been waiting for you to make the carriage with rolling bearings an industrial product, and then use it on a large scale for the country and the people." If you don't have any money, remember to ask Wei Zhongxian for it. ”

"Yes!"

Zhang Gui replied.

After returning home to make up for a day's sleep, Zhang Gui began to plan to go to Xishan to engage in industry.

Why do it in West Mountain?

Naturally, because Zhang Gui knew that Xishan was not suitable for farming, but it was rich in coal mines and other energy, so it was naturally more suitable for industrial development, and the key was that it was close to Beijing.

Zhang Gui first asked people to call Han Jue, and said: "I heard that there is a person named Song Yingxing, who is now waiting for the election of officials in the ministry, you take my letter to see him, and then bring him to see me." ”

As he spoke, Zhang Gui handed a letter on the desk to Han Jue.

"Yes!"

Han Jue took the letter and went to the ministry.

It didn't take long for Han Jue to bring Song Yingxing.

As soon as Song Yingxing saw Zhang Gui, he immediately bowed his hand: "Say hello to Uncle Guo!" Uncle Guo is very knowledgeable and proficient in the study of nature, I don't know if he can accept the late birth as a disciple?! ”

Han Jue looked at Song Yingxing in astonishment, and said in his heart: "You are a lifter, how can you be like me, and you also come to talk to Uncle Guo, and you want to recognize Uncle Guo as a teacher, is it not enough for you Rulin to be your teacher?" ”

Han Jue naturally didn't know that Song Yingxing belonged to a science and engineering man who liked natural sciences in the scholar class, and there were indeed few scholars who could be his teacher.

It is true that not all of the Ming scholars despise science and technology as strange skills, but there are also people like Song Yingxing who attach importance to science and technology, and therefore left a scientific and technological work called "Heavenly Creation" in history.

Song Yingxing wanted to apprentice with Zhang Gui at this time, naturally because Zhang Gui's letter to him showed that Song Yingxing didn't know about natural science.

"Damn, you have to be a disciple of Enfu, isn't this to rob yourself of the prestige of this senior brother?"

Han Jue said in his heart: "Enfu and the scholar have always been at odds with each other, and they will definitely not agree." ”

As a result, Zhang Gui said at this time: "Han Jue knows, I never reject studious people, since you want to recognize me as a gentleman, then be a gentleman." ”

"Disciple, salute!"

Song Yingxing knelt on the ground and saluted as he spoke, and then looked at Zhang Guidao with bright eyes: "Enfu's crucible steelmaking and wicker frying steel mentioned in the letter are indeed very good, and the so-called elemental theory is also really novel, Han Changli said, smelling that there is a sequence, and there is a specialization in the art industry, Enfu is obviously above the disciple in this regard, and it is an honor for the disciple to be a disciple!" ”

Zhang Gui nodded and looked at Han Jue: "Look, this is what it looks like to really like a scholar of Lu Ban!" ”

Han Jue smiled awkwardly: "Yes!" Then, the heart said, "It's over, I'm going to fall out of favor in front of the master." ”

"You two should know each other, now come with me to the outside of the city and recruit a group of homeless people."

As he spoke, Zhang Gui instructed Man Gui's brother Man Hua, who was sent by Man Gui to help him train his family: "You take your family with us, and when the time comes, we will select a group of homeless young people for me to prepare for the formation of the Taikang Bofu family team." ”

"Big brother!"

"Senior brother!"

"Yes, Uncle Guo!"

Han Jue, Song Yingxing, Man Hua and a team of family members under Man Hua followed Zhang Gui to the outside of the city.

It was a cold winter, the wind was continuous, and the snow was falling non-stop.

Zhang Gui, Han Jue, and Song Yingxing sat in a canopy carriage.

Man Hua rode on horseback and led his own team of family members to guard the carriage.

Zhang Gui is a member of Zhengyipin, according to the system, when he goes out of the city, the official schools inside and outside the city gate must evacuate the crowd and clear the road.

Therefore, when Zhang Gui came out, he saw that the avenues inside and outside the city gate were already full of sergeants, and in the snow behind the sergeants, there were many girls and boys kneeling, these children had straw sticks on their heads, their faces were yellow and thin, and behind them stood their parents, all of them in ragged clothes and blank eyes.

Naturally, these children did not come to cry out for injustice, but hoped that Zhang Gui would buy them back home, so that they could give themselves and their parents a way to live.

Outside the city, these inserts sold more people, and even squeezed a few rows of needles.

No matter how the soldiers defending the city reprimanded, more and more homeless people gathered with their families, waiting for Zhang Gui, a powerful person, to buy it.

Han Jue and Song Yingxing are naturally commonplace as people of the Ming Dynasty, and Zhang Gui, who has just come to this world, is still a little uncomfortable.

Outside the city, Zhang Gui, who was dressed in a big hat, got out of the carriage with the copper hand furnace, stepped on the broken jade, and said as he walked: "Han Jue, you send someone to contact the tooth shop here, and let them bring someone to pick it for us." ”

"Hey!"

Han Jue agreed and sent his little guys to go.

Then, Zhang Gui looked at the heavy snow and asked, "Why don't these homeless people burn a fire to keep warm?" ”

"The price of charcoal is too high, it only rose by 30% this morning, every year of this year, the powerful people in the capital will hoard coal, charcoal Juqi, and then force the homeless people born along the river to sell their children and daughters at a lower price, and even force the landowners to sell their fields, after all, it is getting colder and colder in the north now."

Song Yingxing replied.

After hearing this, Zhang Gui said: "Dare to love is why I don't eat minced meat." ”