"See, such a colt is not something that our family can deal with." An old man on the boat was teaching a middle-aged man, "Let go of everything in the past and follow the trend, so that our He family can go further, understand?"

Needless to say, this old man is Dongguan He Zhen, he personally took his son to come over to visit the concubine, and happened to meet the soldiers of Wubeitang in the north.

He Rong listened, looked at the troop carrier that had sailed, and had to nod in response to his father: "Even our He family has never had the opportunity to show his face in front of the emperor, these Xiangshan people have really bumped into a good master!"

The He family, although he did not claim the title of king before, was the de facto king of Lingnan, and everything was respected by the He family. Even so, he still did not enter the emperor's eyes, and the troops were directly transferred to Shandong and other places, and they never entered the Beijing division at all.

Not even talking about others, even He Rong, He Gui and others have never been to Jingshi. I don't know if the emperor knows about them!

In such a comparison, even He Rong, who was very dissatisfied with the colt before, had to sigh that the pony's hands and eyes were all over the sky.

If the He family can hug the thigh of the horse, maybe they can also rely on the relationship between the horse and rise to the top, this is He Zhen's idea.

After the noise on the dock passed, the He family's boat approached.

He Zhen went ashore, observed everything that could be observed with his hands behind his back, and said to his son beside him with emotion: "Although I have always heard from the people below what a good method Xiangshan County is, but now that I have seen it with my own eyes, it is even more shocking! Look, what is in front of you, can you imagine it before he comes?"

He Rong's face was a little bitter, and he replied to his father: "Looking at these, why do I feel that we Dongguan are in the countryside?"

Not to mention the cement houses everywhere, even the streets and alleys are cement roads, not to mention the smooth roads, but also very clean.

On the other hand, Dongguan, Dongguan Humen Port, which corresponds to this wharf, is not only much smaller, with a lot fewer people, but also mud embryo houses, except for a section of the wharf that is paved with stone slabs, the others are ordinary mud roads. Even the stone road has been uneven because it has not been repaired all year round.

He Zhen listened, and said again: "The typhoon disaster before the prince came, the disaster in our Dongguan, you know it in your heart, and in this Xiangshan County, under the same typhoon, the loss of people is only less than one-tenth of our Dongguan. You weren't convinced before, but now that you see this, you should understand that it's not an exaggeration, right?"

When He Rong heard this, he couldn't help nodding, although he didn't speak, he was convinced in his heart.

After He Zhen looked around, he pointed to the docked ships in the harbor and the passers-by on the dock and said, "If it was before the horses came, if we came to this Xiangshan County, it would stand out from the crowd, and it would be very conspicuous. But now you see, there are several boats like ours; There are several on the docks like us. When we come to Xiangshan County, it's not conspicuous at all!"

When he said this, even he himself had a faint sense of loss.

The development of Xiangshan County is so fast, so fast that although he has heard the advice of his subordinates, he is still very shocked after he comes.

After He Zhen finished speaking, he saw that his son didn't speak, but just looked around blankly, so he had a serious expression and said seriously: "The meeting gift prepared before is still too little, I am ready to double it again, otherwise I may not be able to enter the eyes of the colt!"

When He Rong heard this, he replied, "Dad, you know why I want my father to come, right?"

Actually, no!

It's that he feels that he bows his head to the colt and admits defeat, and his heart is really a little unbearable. In other words, I still want to save face. Therefore, although his father told him to deal with the colt and show his goodwill, he dragged it until his father came with him.

How could he really not know about his son's thoughts. However, he didn't say anything, and even felt that this matter was related to the future of the He family, and it was indeed necessary to run it himself.

With this in mind, he said to his son, "Let's go, look around, and then find a time to visit the colt!"

He Zhen decided to talk about it after having a comprehensive understanding of Xiangshan County. After all, it's just a place on the docks,

It's still a very different feeling from just listening to the advice of his subordinates. Since you're here, you naturally have to find out for yourself.

So, He Zhen's father and son spent two days walking through Xiangshan County.

In the evening, He Zhen and his son lived in the best inn in Xiangshan County, the kind of independent courtyard, which was convenient for talking.

After all, he is the actual king of Lingnan, and his servants are all in place, and after serving tea, he consciously retreats and looks around for the master, but he can raise his voice to come over and listen to the command.

And He Zhen and He Rong were in the courtyard in the shade, talking while talking.

I only heard He Zhen say there: "Everything in Xiangshan County is really incredible, no wonder the prince came here, he has no opinion at all, it is estimated that after going back, the horse will be more valued by the emperor." In the future, with the example of Xiangshan County, no one dares to ignore the idea of a colt. This time, we've got it right."

He Rong was reluctant to discuss this topic, and always felt a little uncomfortable, so he said to his father: "Dad, there is already a discussion among the people that Xiangshan County will redistribute grain land in half a year, and many people are worried that there will be less grain land!"

As he spoke, he was a little gloating.

He Zhen listened and nodded, but his expression was serious, without a hint of schadenfreude: "Xiangshan County is really a miracle, among them, it may not be without the credit of this grain land distribution law, from the perspective of the government, the problem of hidden fields and hidden households has been solved in one fell swoop, so there will be a large population and everything will be prosperous." Only when there are people can there be everything!"

Speaking of this, he put down the teacup in his hand and put it on the coffee table, then looked at his son and said, "The number of registered people in Xiangshan County has increased, and the newly cultivated grain fields will not be merged into the public fields until three years later, so the new grain land distribution will indeed be much less than the first time, but this is not a problem."

"Dad, I've heard some complaints that the grain fields will be less." When He Rong heard this, he emphasized.

He thought about this matter, and felt that there was no solution on the side of the colt. Therefore, he was very interested, and when he said this, he also put the teacup back on the coffee table, and waited for his father to analyze the situation.

He Zhen listened, sneered slightly, and then replied lightly: "A few greedy Diao people complain, what can hinder the overall situation? If the people's hearts are like this, and the general trend is not bad, nothing will happen."

Perhaps in order to teach his son, he continued: "When the grain fields are less, the government will naturally have less land rents and less burdens. If they feel that the family is not enough to eat, in fact, it is definitely not to this extent, they can go to the wasteland, and they can make up for three years' income; You can also go to the wasteland, there are many opportunities to make money in Xiangshan County, and if you don't have a brain, do some physical work; If you have brains, you can do some business or do some higher-paying work, in short, there is hope everywhere, as far as I can see, as long as you are not really lazy, life will get better and better."

"The general trend is like this, a few greedy people are just complaining, can they turn the sky around? There is no shortage of this kind of person, if it is not enough to just talk, if you want to make trouble, as long as you expel their Xiangshan household registration, you can deter everyone. Not to mention, it doesn't even need to be like this, there are means!"

When He Rong heard this, he immediately felt bored.

His father has always emphasized the word "potential" to him, follow the trend, the general trend is like this, judge the situation, and so on, he can hear the cocoon coming, and he can know how much his father is right what he said just now.

He was thinking about it, but He Zhen picked up the teacup again, and said to him at the same time, "It's almost over, let's go and visit the colt tomorrow!"

When He Rong heard this, he had to agree, no matter what, he would see the horse after all.

What they didn't expect was that the hot face was attached to a cold ass, although they went to ask to see them, but the horse didn't see them, and the people from the county government replied that the horse was not available for the past few days and asked them to wait.

When He Rong heard this, he immediately lost his temper and said to He Zhen: "Dad, look at it, people are proud of the spring breeze now, and they don't need our He family at all, it's not uncommon!"

After complaining, he tentatively asked, "Why don't we go back?"

"Fool!" When He Zhen heard this, he immediately became angry and said, "The more this is the case, the more it is necessary

Do you know how to make good friends? Now it's not as good as before, believe it or not, if you really want to support one, maybe you can fight with our He family in the future!"

The confidence of the He family lies in the past; And the confidence of the horse, or the confidence of the person who is the horse, lies in the future.

For these, He Zhen saw it very clearly.

If the colt is not sure, he will not hang them out.

However, He Zhen really thought wrong this time, he thought that the concubine was pinching them, but in fact it was not at all, but Zhang Yifan was really busy and had no time.

He plans to set up a government-run sugar factory in Xiangshan County, which is in full swing. The design, manufacturing, etc. of the plant are all inseparable from Zhang Yifan's personal guidance.

Moreover, because the preservation technology of this era is too poor, the purchased sugarcane cannot be stored for too long, so it is necessary to pay attention to efficiency.

Therefore, Zhang Yifan is watching every link of this sugar factory.

The most profitable thing about the sugar factory is that Zhang Yifan knows how to make the most ordinary brown sugar into white sugar with a high price. This is thanks to a video of his later generation brushing station b, and he was very interested, so he learned about it and remembered it.

The production of sugar originally came from ancient India and was introduced from the Tang Dynasty, but at that time it was always brown sugar, or brown sugar, the most primitive sugar.

There is a passage in many ancient farming texts that the traverser can simply turn brown sugar into high-priced white sugar with white flowers using the so-called "yellow mud water drenching method", thus earning the first pot of gold after the crossing.

Actually, this is.

This "yellow mud water drenching method" was originally recorded in a book by a Qing Dynasty person, saying that a person in Fujian coincidentally invented this method during the Yuan Dynasty, which is just a legend.

By the time it came to the Ming Dynasty, there was indeed a large amount of white sugar, and Song Yingxing also recorded how to make white sugar in his "Heavenly Creations".

There is a video blogger who is so idle that he wants to shoot a video to restore it, so he starts by buying sugarcane, and the result is lonely.

According to the research, in fact, Song Yingxing recorded this method in "Tiangong Kaiwu", which is also wrong, combined with local chronicles and the ancient method of making sugar that still exists in Hainan, and finally the blogger got the real sugar production method, which is not what "yellow mud water spraying method", but the mud sealing method, which takes up to a month or even longer, instead of using a funnel and drenching it with yellow mud water can be simply decolorized.

After Zhang Yifan sent Zhu Biao away, he had already experimented with the method of making white sugar and mastered the real production method, so he was busy designing the plant.

Now here in Xiangshan County, because last year, Zhang Yifan asked the people of Xiangshan County to plant a large number of sugarcane in non-farmland. Even Ling Daotong, the county magistrate of Panyu County next door, also came over and begged Zhang Yifan to buy sugarcane from Panyu County, and Zhang Yifan agreed, so the sugarcane was also planted there.

With the arrival of winter, sugarcane has reached the harvest season, and this Xiangshan County government-run sugar factory must be put into operation, which is the most important thing in all things Zhang Yifan is doing at present.

When He Zhen's post of asking to see was handed to Zhang Yifan, he was busy with the key links, although he said that if he really wanted to take time, he could draw it, but, seriously, the He family today is not important enough for him to take time out. It can even be said that in the whole of Guangdong, or simply in the entire Ming Dynasty, there are few people who have this qualification, and when Zhang Yifan is busy, he can take time out to meet him.

After three days, a batch of sugarcane was collected first, and after Zhang Yifan found that there was no problem, he posted a notice announcing the establishment of a government-run sugar factory in Xiangshan County and officially purchasing sugarcane, so he was a little idle.

However, Zhang Yifan did not meet the He family and his son for the first time, but watched it for a day, and saw that the people of Xiangshan County began to collect sugarcane and transport it to the sugar factory, and the whole order was in order, so he agreed to meet the He family and his son the next day.

After receiving the notice, He Rong said with some disdain: "Dad, it seems that the colt is busy with this sugarcane harvest, how much money can be made here, as for it?"

Dongguan also has a sugar factory, which buys sugarcane to make red

Sugar selling. How much profit can be made in this, the He family is naturally clear.

However, when He Zhen heard this, he shook his head and said, "Don't you see? This is a government-run sugar factory in Xiangshan County, not a workshop, and it must be different. Look at it, the sugar factory he built will definitely make a lot of money!"

He Rong didn't believe it: "Is it sugar? Can he still sell for a high price?"

He Zhen said with a serious expression: "I have some suspicions, if the horse is making sugar with such fanfare, it will definitely not be ordinary brown sugar, or brown sugar, maybe it will be the kind of white sugar that is foreign!"