Li Congyi came back from Jingting Mountain, and before he could catch his breath, the porter Luo An came to ask Hu Yuan, the commander of the battalion, to ask for a meeting. It is said that such a middle-level officer, Luo An will never be able to pass it, but Hu Yuan stuffed five taels of silver, and said that the Lord Guogong would definitely see it, so Luo An tentatively reported.

Unexpectedly, Hu Yuan was right.

When Hu Yuan saw Li Congyi, he immediately made a big salute: "Lord Guogong has a good way of governing the army, and his subordinates are never in time, but he sits in the well and watches the sky, and he is very disrespectful to the adults, and he asks the adults to forgive him." ”

Li Congyi waved his hand, "Don't talk nonsense." I have limited time, so you can say it if you have something to say. ”

Hu Yuan was slightly embarrassed on the one hand, but very happy on the other. Who doesn't like to go straight to the ground when you're in the military? And those pedants go around and around, until people's brains are burned out.

"My subordinates want to work for the Lord! Subordinate......"

Without waiting for Hu Yuan to speak, Li Congyi interrupted him, "My father wants to see you, it's not my father's talent." The sergeants you see today are the elite of your battalion, right? But in the eyes of Bengong, it is - completely unqualified. “

"My father wants to use you for the sake of the horse bones of the gold market. When I see you today, I want to tell you that whether you can be of great use depends on your own awareness of your own shortcomings, and then make up for your shortcomings and give full play to your strengths. ”

Hu Yuan was poured down by a basin of cold water, and he could only say at the moment: "My subordinates have been taught." ”

Li Congyi also stopped: "You have to heat your ass in the new seat." However, the guards will send three people to assist you, so you can get an idea of how the guards are trained. ”

Hu Yuan walked out quite lonely, but he happened to collide with Tang Puze. Seeing Hu Yuan's expression, Tang Puze's heart moved, so he stopped Hu Yuan.

After hearing Hu Yuan's retelling of Jiang Guogong's words, Tang Puze couldn't help laughing. "Commander Hu, Commander Hu, Lord Guogong has given you a promise, what are you not satisfied with?"

Tang Puze went to Li Congyi and asked why when he talked about Hu Yuan.

"This rammed goods, everyone else gave gifts, but he didn't give any of them. In order to give you an explanation, I also have to clean him up for the time being, and then think about how to use him. But he has a lot of problems, and he doesn't frustrate his spirit, I'm afraid that he doesn't know what modesty means to make people progress. Li Congyi said with a smile.

Tang Puze pondered for a moment and felt that Jiang Guogong might have a great deal of plans against Ning Guojun. However, as long as Ning Guojun does not make big waves, Jiang Guogong has nothing to worry about. Changshi is not involved in the military, and Tang Puze only wants to work hard in the direction of making money and making a fortune, so he will not continue this topic. "This humility makes people progress, and it is the 'full of losses and humble benefits' of using Shangshu, right?"

Tang Puze came over, of course, not to shoot Li Congyi's sycophants, after half a month of dinner in the Jiangguo Mansion, Tang Puze thought that the time was ripe (the dishes were already rich), and it was time to go to Jinling.

As for official business or something, Li Congyi has now changed it to send someone to pick up and deliver official documents in the morning and evening; Li Congyi didn't read it indiscriminately, only those he felt were problematic, he would circle them, ask questions or suggestions, but not sign, and when Tang Puze and they finished discussing, they signed and confirmed; If you don't agree, you will find Tang Puze and Gao Jingtong to discuss again. In this way, Tang Puze also relaxed a lot.

The two discussed in detail about opening a restaurant in Jinling for a long time, and Tang Puze specially asked Li Congyi for an employee to follow up the renovation of the Xuanzhou Construction Office, so he said goodbye to Li Congyi and returned to Beijing in the next day.

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As soon as Tang Puze left, Xu Jianzhang and Xu Shiming broke in and said that they had selected a coal mine address.

It turned out that after Xu Jianzhang took over the task of finding coal and iron ore, he thought about starting from the coal mine first. So he found an old official from Xuancheng County and went to find a coal mine.

But the problem is much more complicated than Xu Jianzhang thought.

Since all the coal found at this time was superficial, according to the seriously lagging records of the county government, some places have long since disappeared. But this question is actually easy to say.

The ability of the old officials of the county government to inquire about the news is superb, but when Xu Jianzhang went to see it on the spot, he felt a big headache. The main problem is that we don't know the size of the reserves.

When I ask the locals, half of them say that there was coal a hundred years ago, and it has never been cut every year. Another half said that now it is time to throw away a cart of soil and dig out a basket of coal, and nine times out of ten the coal will be gone.

When Xu Jianzhang felt that there was nothing to do, there was no way to do it, and a local named Tang Xing'an came up. Xu Jianzhang also asked about the origin of this person, and it turned out that this person was selling goods on weekdays, buying some needlework from the county town, and then picking a burden to sell in the countryside. In this way, he came into contact with the charcoal, and later it was convenient to organize people to dig the charcoal up the mountain before the winter, and then sell it to the large households in the city, which was specially used for burning the dragon.

Xu Jianzhang was skeptical, organized manpower, and dug according to Tang Xing'an's requirements. This Tang Xing'an expected to be true, in the south of Xuancheng, this coal mine, on the one hand, has a wide range, stretching several mountains, and coal seams have been found, and it is almost certainly the same coal seam; On the other hand, the thickness is large, in addition to the surface layer of a few feet deep coal seam, and then dig in less than a zhang, there is another coal seam, even digging for several days to chisel through, Tang Xing'an suspects that there is still a coal seam, but Xu Jianzhang is not willing to waste any more time.

When Tang Xing'an walked in with a winc, Li Congyi couldn't help but smile dumbly. This Tang Xing'an is fleshy, but he is a rare fat man in this era.

Tang Xing'an knew that meeting Jiang Guogong this time would determine his future fate, so he also made a lot of preparations. The conversation box opened, and he swept away the restraint just now.

"This surface coal is full of stones, and if it is mined, if it is not carefully screened, it will not burn vigorously; And the thickness is insufficient, if the soil and stone are cut and then mined, it is half the effort. ”

"The villain thinks that it is better to mine the deep coal seam directly. In the way of tunnel excavation, each section of excavation is supported by wooden planks. At a certain distance, another hole is opened and mined in a similar way. ”

Cold, Li Congyi asked, "What should I do if I encounter a mountain spring or an underground stream?" ”

Tang Xing'an was speechless for a while, "This, the villain didn't think about this matter before." However, as the adults say, this is indeed a big risk. And allow the villain to study and ponder. ”

Li Congyi didn't talk deeply. When even the decision, "Tang Xing'an, your name is very good, my father is very satisfied, so you will preside over the work for the deputy general manager of Xuanzhou Coal Industry for half a year, if the performance is good, then the company will take you as the general manager." ”

At this time, Tang Xingan didn't know that he was ascending to the sky in one step, but these days he was mixed with Xu Jianzhang and others, and this general manager was like the big shopkeeper of some big shops, and he could make a decision internally.

After Tang Xingan knelt down to thank him, he asked again: "Lord Guogong, the villain has something unclear, if Lord Guogong can answer, then the villain can be more energetic in his work." "It turned out that Tang Xing'an dug some more coal for a year, but he couldn't sell it; I had no choice but to find a place to put it up, but when I saw it the next year, it was no longer usable.

"Coal is a good thing, and my father-in-law wants to produce briquettes, which can replace firewood; The second is to use coal for coking, which can obtain coking coal and coal tar, and coking coal can be used for steelmaking. Li Congyi replied, "You may not understand just listening to this, but after my father-in-law does these things, you will naturally understand." ”

Tang Xingan happily left with Xu Shiming. But Xu Jianzhang was a little frustrated. After doing it for a long time, the result seems to have nothing to do with me.

Of course, Li Congyi also noticed his emotions.

"Xu joined the army, my father has an idea, if my father grazes another land in the future, or in case, if my father has a bigger platform, my father still hopes that someone will act with reference to this father in the system of the government, and give this father strong support. However, if Xu Senjun wants to try his skills in the company, his father will open new companies here one after another, and there is no shortage of opportunities. Li Congyi said, "You think about it first, you don't have to reply to my father in a hurry." However, Xuanzhou Coal Industry, you can also be regarded as one of the founders, and there is no need for a large investment in the initial stage, so you will take 10,000 taels as the registered principal, and you and Shiming will each invest 5%. ”

Xu Jianzhang was also overjoyed at this time. At that moment, he said that he wanted to find iron ore for the Guogong people as soon as possible, and at the same time find iron smelting talents.

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After sending Xu Jianzhang away, a staff member of the Development Planning Department brought a person to see Li Congyi.

Li Congyi is now in full swing, and he has met Huang Guangyi a few times, so he really doesn't know what his name is.

"Lord Guogong, this is the general manager recommended by the villain for Xuanzhou Commerce, Du Chengyin. Director Xu has already seen it, and said that if you are free, let people come to see you. ”

Du Chengyin is not from Xuanzhou, but from Shezhou, when he was young, he went to a shop in Runzhou as an apprentice, and after more than ten years, he was sent to Xuanzhou as the head of the branch, and he started a family in Xuanzhou. Du Chengyin had the intention not to go, so he didn't leave until the big shopkeeper spoke.

Huang Guangyi, as a tooth man, not only knows Du Chengyin, but also knows him very well. That day, I thought of Du Chengyin, so before he left, I made an appointment to meet and tell him about the situation, and Du Chengyin was moved.

Li Congyi chatted with Du Chengyin for a while, and then called Xu Jianzhang, Xu Shiming and Tang Xingan, and Huang Guangyi and Luo Chengwen also sat at the end of the seat and had a lively dinner.

Li Congyi was very satisfied with Du Chengyin, and after eating, he moved to the reception room to continue chatting.

"For customers, the purpose of Xuanzhou business is that no one has me, and no one has me. From an internal point of view, Xuanzhou Commerce and Trade has determined that the products include refined salt, soap, tea, liquor, in short, it is to make a fuss about the characteristic products of brother enterprises. In the selection of sales model, in the territory of our dynasty, we should set up flagship stores to create a high-end brand image of the company's products; In Song or Wuyue, it is widely looking for powerful shops to cooperate and grant them agency rights, for example, in Song Jing, you can cooperate with shops all the way. ”

Du Chengyin said, "During the banquet, I listened to the law of making tea from the Lord Guogong, but I am afraid that this method is easy for others to learn, and it may be difficult to set a high price for tea at that time." ”

"Not bad. Therefore, the tea of Xuanzhou trade must not be used by ordinary people to drink daily. First, we must seek innovation and refinement in tea production, continue to iterate and innovate, and continue to launch new products; The second is to strive for exquisite packaging, which is a packaging box and a work of art. ”

Du Chengyin listened, and his eyes lit up: "Lord Guogong has a high opinion, the ancients said, 'Listening to your words is better than reading a book for ten years', and today I know that this is not a deception." ”