Zhao Chongyang is happy at this time, soda ash is an important raw material for the chemical industry, with it, the simple chemical industry can be opened

The next day, Zhao Chongyang asked Shi Bao and others to continue to do a good job in the construction of the village. And handed over a simple plan to Shi Bao: the village should be planned as a small county town, first the location of the work area and residential areas is roughly planned, there are about a few simple streets, according to the small town of 10,000 people to plan, the scope is so large that after the demarcation, the simple wall is repaired first. After the cement comes out, the fence is repaired with cement. More than 1,500 young and middle-aged people were recruited as workers in various villages, and they were enriched into various industries such as iron and steel, salt production, alkali production, and bodyguard teams. Those who are selected into the bodyguard team are paid three times a month, and the average worker is paid two times a month. In the county, 500 smart and clever women over the age of 15 and under the age of 30 are enrolled, and the educated are preferred, unmarried or widowed are preferred, and they are enriched into perfumes, shampoos, soaps and soap workshops. In the county, blacksmiths, carpenters, stonemasons, plasterers and other skilled workers are recruited, and those who can lead apprentices are five times a month, and those whose skills are not very good are three times. Blacksmiths will work in ironsmiths in the future, and stonemasons, plasterers, and carpenters will work here to build small towns......

After Shi Bao finished reading the plan, he asked Zhao Chongyang some questions that should be paid attention to, including how to dig out the soda ash underground as soon as possible. For every question, Zhao Gongzi answered. He also asked Pang Wanchun, Bao Daoyi, and Nangong Yongjie to be called, saying that he was about to go to Nanyang to buy antiques, and by the way, he went to build a business base in Nanyang Mansion, and sent another person to Xinyang with 50 carriages and 50 soldiers to buy antiques and fine porcelain for 50,000 to 80,000 yuan, and strive to return to Anzhu in ten days.

In the end, the result of the discussion was: Pang Wanchun took 300 people to Nanyang with Zhao Chongyang, Wu Song, and Shi Xiu to open a new area, and Nangong Yongjie took 50 people to Xinyang to buy antiques and porcelain. Qian Xiaoan stayed in the county seat and was responsible for buying antiques and porcelain from Tongbai County. Shi Bao and Bao Daoyi are responsible for the work of Anpeng.

The bodyguard team here in Anpeng has now expanded to 800 people, because after entering Anpeng, Shi Bao asked Pang Wanchun and Nangong Yongjie to be in charge of the expansion of the bodyguard team, and the two selected some honest and strong ones from the captives and slaves to supplement them, after this period of training, the quality of recruits and veterans has been greatly improved, and the use of fighting and crossbows has become more proficient.

On the way back to the county seat, Zhao Chongyang asked Shi Xiu where there was coal and iron ore, and he was ready to make steel and open an iron workshop. Let him take some people to contact Coal Zhitie. Qian Xiaoan stayed in the county seat and was also responsible for the purchase of antiques and porcelain in Tongbai County.

When I returned to the county seat, because there was a horse-drawn carriage, it was slower than simply riding a horse, and it took three hours longer than the day before yesterday to reach the county seat. After entering the city, the group stayed at the Four Seas Inn and had a meal. Shi Xiu said that Tangjiazhai in the west of the city went to find someone to contact the iron mine, and Zhao Chongyang asked Wu Song to bring five people to accompany him.

Some of the liquor and perfume have been produced, and Qian Xiaoan asked everyone to pack all the inventory products, and Shui Yu still has 150,000 yuan of inventory, and he will take them all away tomorrow.

The four little beauties heard that they were going to Nanyang tomorrow, so they naturally had to follow. happily urged Red Sleeves and Purple Smoke to pack up their salutes. The girls they trained had to follow, and after they stabilized, they had to continue their training.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, Wu Song and Shi Xiu brought a young man about twenty years old to see Zhao Chongyang. Although the person who came was not as tall as Wu Song and Shi Xiu, he was also strong, with a pair of arms that were very thick and powerful, a leopard's head and eyes, and a few pockmarked rings slightly smaller than copper coins on each side of his face. When Zhao Chongyang looked at this person's appearance, it should be the money leopard Tang Long, because the money mark on his face was too obvious.

Shi Xiu pointed to the young man and said: "This person is the nephew of the owner of Tangjiazhai named Tang Long, his father and brother are striking iron in Yan'an, because they offended the local bullies, and the family only returned to their hometown last month. Their family has been a craftsman for generations, and the family has a good skill in ironmaking. And Tang Long's craftsmanship is still prominent, and he likes fists and feet, Wen Gongzi is happy to make friends with heroes and heroes in the world, so he is here to agree. Their family had smelted iron, but because the quality was not good, they gave up later, but the mine was still there, and the Tang family could buy the mine or ore to the Wantong Chamber of Commerce.

The Tang family and the Tangzhou Hu family are a partnership, with shops in Nanyang and Tangzhou, and they know that the soap, perfume, and liquor of the Wantong Chamber of Commerce are all in demand, and they want to obtain the monopoly rights of Tangzhou and Nanyang. It's just that now from Tongbai County to Tangzhou, there is a strongman haunting, and I hope we will send someone to deliver the goods. By the way, their Tang family and Hu family have coal mines in Tangzhou, and the coal we need can be transported from Tangzhou. ”

Zhao Chongyang said: "Nanyang Mansion has a great deal to do, just one Wang Qing is not something that their ordinary local families and wealthy families can deal with, Ruyang and Tanghe can be handed over to them, and Nanyang Mansion still has to be dominated by our Chamber of Commerce." As for the problem of the mine, we are short of manpower, and we hope that the two families will send people to dig up the iron ore and coal mines, and when we send a horse-drawn cart to deliver the goods, we will bring the ore back by the way. Now we can send people to Tangzhou, Ruyang, Tanghe and other places, Nanyang in the future we have our own base, two in the future to the base to pick up the goods on the line, in Tongbai County to buy goods also line, the price remains the same. This time, we can supply some of the goods to their stores in Tangzhou, I urgently need tens of thousands of antiques and porcelain products, let them help me collect them in three places, so we will take part of the goods to arrive, and part of them will take water jade or cash to arrive. After that, the business expanded, and the settlement was made once every two months, and the cash was settled only after the mine money and the goods money were offset. Not only those kinds of goods, including all kinds of ironware, paper, and cloth, the goods of our chamber of commerce are very marketable, and they can also be supplied with priority when needed. ”

The problem of coal and iron has been solved, and now it is necessary to solve the problem of manpower shortage. Zhao Chongyang also instructed Qian Xiao'an to arrange for people to write advertisements for recruitment, post them in all major market towns in the county, and send special personnel to be responsible for recruiting people in Anpeng and the county seat.

At seven o'clock that night, Zhao Chongyang set up a wine for Shi Xiu and Tang Long at the Sihai Restaurant of the Four Seas Inn, and welcomed the two to join the Wantong Chamber of Commerce. There were Pang Wanchun, Tang Long, Wu Song, Shi Xiu, Nangong Yongjie, Qian Xiaoan, and Zhao Chongyang, a total of seven heroes. Among the seven, Pang Wanchun is twenty-two years old, Tang Long is slightly younger than him, Wu Song is twenty-one years old, Shi Xiu is one year younger, Nangong Yongjie is nineteen years old, Qian Xiaoan is eighteen years old, and Zhao Chongyang is about to be eleven years old.

Everyone was drinking and laughing at the same time. Zhao Chongyang heard Tang Long say that he had worked in the Bian Liang craftsman camp in Tokyo for a period of time the year before last, so he asked him if he recognized the Ling family's father and son, who were the most powerful firecrackers in Beijing.

Tang Long said: "Why don't you know it? The quality of the gunpowder prepared by the Ling family father and son is passable, and the firecrackers they make are the best, and it is said that every time there is a large-scale celebration in the palace, they are named to make firecrackers. ”

"Do you know that the Ling family's father and son are doing things for me now? In particular, Ling Zhen, and my cousin Liu Jinlong are making a firearm with a group of masters. This kind of firearm is so powerful that it can injure people at a distance of 100 steps, and it will be a weapon of great destruction on the battlefield in the future. This weapon is called a musket, and it is much more powerful than a bow and a repeater. There is also a short gun, after the ammunition is loaded, it can be fired continuously, but the range is shorter, and it can be fired accurately within fifty paces. I have a shooting range at the back of the inn, and after a while, you can follow me over and shoot a few shots to feel its power. My eldest brother Pang Wanchun has now not only become a marksman, but also a sharpshooter, and he will teach you the essentials of shooting in a while. In addition, I know that your second brother Tang is not only a good at making ironware, but also learned the production of various mechanisms with a disciple of the Mo family when he was a teenager. At that time, the production of ambushes was to make various machines by using various spring gears and connecting rods. If you are interested, go to Jiangnan to meet Ling Zhen and Liu Jinlong to study guns and various machinery together. ”

Tang Long said excitedly: "As soon as I heard what you said about the musket and mechanical workshop, I felt very fascinated, I don't know how long I can go to Jiangnan?" In addition, I want to tell you one more thing, it is said that the iron you smelt is refined wrought iron, and our Tang family's ironware workshop will be expanded, hoping to get your high-quality iron. ”

Zhao Chongyang said: "It doesn't matter, in addition to our own iron, eugenics will satisfy you." However, you will ask Second Brother Wu and Second Brother Qian to take you to see if the iron tools you make are comparable to the quality of ours? If you can't compare, it is better to merge your ironcraft into the ironcraft of the Chamber of Commerce, and then we will produce steel and master to guide you to work, except for the cost and the monthly money of the workers, and the profits will be divided equally, and your income will be doubled. Otherwise, the bigger your workshop will be, the greater the loss. ”

Tang Long said yes again and again.