Hangzhou prefect's yamen, the back hall is brightly lit, the prefect Zhao Ting frowned, sitting on the Taishi chair has not spoken for a long time, these days have really made him anxious, the post newspaper is flying like snowflakes, and now all of them are backlogged on his desk, none of them are good news.

The Demon Sect Army attacked the city and broke the house, all the way like a bamboo, a large number of officials were either killed, or surrendered, the official army was dispersed, the granary of the government treasury was occupied, it happened that this year's drought in eastern Zhejiang, the grain harvest failed, and the imperial court Huashi Gang made evil, and the hungry people became many displaced people, and the rebels expanded sharply, and there were more than 100,000 people at present.

Zhao Ting also knows that these chaotic people are not a climate at all, but if they are not restrained, the chaotic people will become a mob, and the demon sect's demagogy is too powerful, and he can't help but equalize the wealth and help the neighbors...... Where in and out, although I don't know, the party is all in the hall, and the characters are used indispensably, which is called a family. ”

This kind of behavior is very tempting! Zhao Ting put a southeast post newspaper in front of him, which read: "Wax is chaos, self-proclaimed Holy Prince, Jianyuan Yongle, put officials and generals, take scarves as a farewell, and go up to the sixth class from the red scarf." There are no bows and arrows, only ghosts and gods fanned each other with secrets, burned rooms, plundered gold and silk children, and lured good people into soldiers. People are content with the peace, do not know the military revolution, hear the sound of the golden drum and obey the order, and gather tens of thousands of people every day. "The Demon Cult rebels have become a climate, and they hate themselves for rushing eight hundred miles to report to Tokyo, like a stone sinking into the sea, without any response.

Hearing that Kyoto Zuo advised the doctor, gave the matter, and the imperial history of Wang Huang, and discussed the matter on behalf of the prime minister, Cai Jing ignored it, and the police performance was not determined to be intentional by Wang Huang, Zhao Ting secretly sighed that his usual filial piety to this person was too little.

There are three people standing under the hall, Chen Jian, the envoy of the Hangzhou government, Zhao Yue, the envoy of the Lian Visit, and Zhang Ping, the deputy envoy of the Hangzhou Prefecture General Regiment, all of whom looked at the prefect with an anxious face.

Originally, there were two Zhejiang roads in the southeast of Wuzhen, and the two Zhejiang roads were changed during the political and political years, but after the previous festival made the adults die of a violent illness, this lack has not been filled, it stands to reason that the festival envoys are all feudal officials, and they are generally released by Beijing officials, but this real lack has been delayed for more than three years, and no one has gone to the post, those Guanglu doctors in the capital, some idle officials in the imperial history have gone more, and there are a lot of people who have sent silver to the door, but it has been unresolved, not that the emperor is unwilling to release, that is this fat shortage is actually in the hands of the ministers.

Who doesn't know that Liangzhejiang Road actually has half of the wealth of the south of the Yangtze River, and if you don't arrange a henchman, how to say the past, this is the process of the Beijing bigwigs in the game, but according to the old calendar of the imperial court, all the way to the festival degree must not be vacant for more than five years, and there must be local talented local officials to fill the vacancy, that is to say, officials like Zhao Ting from the third grade, there is still a chance to directly become from the second grade, and the military garrison, Hangzhou garrison Shi Chen Luzhang and other five-grade officials also have such an opportunity, after all, there are people above the people.

This Chen Luzhang is not a fuel-efficient lamp, since he took office, he has been making small moves, and many officials in Liangzhejiang Road have dealings, plus he has attracted a group of middle and lower-level officers, in the officialdom of the entire Hangzhou Mansion, Chen Luzhang is definitely the number one person.

Recently, Chen Luzhang's action has been relatively large, and he has spent a sum of money for the local garrison to change clothes within five years, a total of 10,000 yuan, and the garrison has the right to allocate the cost of this dressing, but there is also oil and water to be fished, and I heard that the Gu family's refinery had gifts sent to the garrison yamen at that time.

Zhao Ting and the others didn't catch this oil and water, but Gu's Refinery is a big business that has just risen recently, Chen Luzhang can catch such a big fish, but for the long-term benefits, although Zhao Ting is red-eyed, he is not worried about his own income, because he has mastered another big fish, that is, Richanglong.

Speaking of the relationship with Ri Changlong, it is not ordinary, from the earliest year of tribute should be served to the Bureau, the annual tribute to the Liao State, but Zhao Ting operated, Ri Changlong's weaving raw materials in the southeast region, completely depend on him as the prefect of Hangzhou, so the two sides are partners, through this southeast incident, of course, you can buy a large amount of silver from the imperial court, at least the Hangzhou Prefecture within the jurisdiction of thousands of villagers Yong's clothing always need to be changed.

The most important thing is that Richanglong also has a sharp weapon for city defense, that is, a bed crossbow, once the war appears, many cities need to defend the city, whether the rebel army can capture the city, it depends on you when you defend the city, you are reluctant to use expensive weapons to defend the city, Richanglong has a large number of such weapons, their craftsman team is not small, and a large number of bed crossbows can be made in a short time.

A bed crossbow according to one hundred and fifty taels of silver, Zhao Ting only needs one hundred and twenty taels to come forward, and report one hundred and eighty taels to the imperial court, and there is a day of Changlong coming out of the account, seamless and flawless, one comes and one comes out is sixty taels, Hangzhou City is more than 160 miles of city wall, how can you also have a thousand bed crossbows, these 60,000 taels of silver can be equivalent to a prefect's ten years of money, and it is easy to get it.

Zhao Ting couldn't help but smile when he thought of this.

"Big brother, have you come up with a way to break the enemy?" Zhang Ping asked, Zhang Ping is Zhao Ting's sworn brother, the deputy envoy of the Hangzhou Fuxiang Yongtuan, and Zhao Ting is still in the main position.

Zhao Ting came back to his senses from his imagination, looked at the three cronies in front of him, and the cruel reality returned to him.

"There is not much grain in the granary of the treasury, and we need to use money to buy it, but now money is also a problem, once the thieves besiege the city, we will face the danger of running out of food!"

"Is the prefect too worried?" Chen Jiandao, the envoy of the system, said, "Although the rebels are powerful, most of them are rural farmers, who never know what the war is, they stand still when they hear the sound of drums, and use bamboo guns as weapons, they are really a gang of rabble, Cai Zun and Yan Tan will not be killed if they are not too light on the enemy, but once the mud-legged man sees the Tianwei of the imperial army, he will definitely disperse in a hurry."

"Yes, what Lord Chen said is very true," Zhao Yue echoed on the side.

"What the two of you said is good, but so far, the imperial court has still not replied, and until the imperial army comes to help, I'm afraid you and I have already died in the city!" Zhao Ting looked at the two of them.

In this regard, Chen Jian and Zhao Yue disagreed, Chen Jian arched his hand and said: "Hangzhou City, the city is high and thick, it is not compared to other states and counties, traitors loot all over the country for property, after all, many are farmers who are afraid of death, and they may not dare to come to attack Hangzhou." ”

Zhang Ping was a little knowledgeable, and said on the side: "Although there are many homeless people in the rebel army, they are a rabble, which is extremely true of what Lord Chen said, but ......" Zhang Ping frowned and continued: "The words of the Demon Sect are very terrifying, and the backbone of the rebels is mostly the Demon Sect members, the right envoy of the Demon Sect, Lu Shixiang has eight thousand Five Banners in his hands, all of them are well-trained, and they are capable of fighting, plus Wang Yin, the left envoy of the Light, is resourceful and scheming, and must not be guarded against."

Zhao Ting nodded and said: "That's right, traitor activities have been rampant recently, there have been many assassination activities, targeting the officials and big merchants of Hangzhou Mansion, the purpose is to create panic, and at the same time weaken the garrison of Hangzhou Mansion, so the thief soldiers will definitely come to attack Hangzhou Mansion, at the moment we are short of troops, Zhang Ping, you tell me how many soldiers we have available now"

Zhang Ping coughed and said: "There are more than 2,000 troops in Fucheng, plus the township warriors in Lin'an, Qiantang, Pingjiang, Zhenjiang and other counties, as well as the officers and troops who have fallen to various states and counties in the past few days, and now our strength is less than 6,000, and most of them are old and weak. ”

Chen Jian hurriedly said: "What should I do then?" ”

Zhao Ting said: "The army can be recruited, and we need to increase the collection of township warriors now, but the problem of silver is a bit of a problem, if we let a few major businesses think of a way, let them also recruit township warriors, and it can also relieve the pressure on the government." ”

At this time, Zhao Ting lowered his head and said to the three of them: "You guys go and do it, we all want money and food, the more fully prepared, the better, is it an extraordinary period, is there money to pay, and there are things to pay?" After speaking, he picked up the tea and looked at the three of them meaningfully.

The three of them are not fools, this is too clear, isn't this a shortcut to riches? Jun showed joy on his face, bowed down and said: "Don't worry, Lord Prefect, we will do our best!" ”

The three of them said goodbye and withdrew, Zhao Ting stopped Zhang Ping and instructed him: "The armor of the Gu Clan's refining workshop is good, you can make a special trip, let them also make some efforts, and reduce the pressure on Lord Chen Luzhang."

Zhang Ping smiled: "Understood, big brother Gao Jian"

……

Gu's refinery, Xiao Ming didn't know that people were going to knock on his bamboo pole, he was busy in the past two days, and the matter of cooperation with Ri Changlong had been determined, and Ri Changlong placed a large order for him at one time, and the two sides also organized a group of craftsmen to develop and produce the latest looms and silk reeling machines.

There are a lot of senior craftsmen in Richang Longnei, all of them are very experienced, Xiao Ming explained to them that the structure of the loom is not difficult at all, a light point is thorough, and there are many new insights, which makes Xiao Ming have very high confidence in these people, he often sighs secretly: "The wisdom of the ancient working people of our country is really not covered!" ”

Richanglong and Gu's refinery jointly sent a part of the skilled craftsmen to Jiangning Mansion, because the base of Richanglong's weaving is not in Hangzhou, but in Jiangning Mansion, Gu Shouzhen personally led the team to go, but within a few days, this guy ran back, and as soon as he came back, he found Xiao Ming, and he was anxious.

"What! Buying a mine? Xiao Ming exclaimed, "What is the situation?" ”

It turned out that when Gu's refinery followed the Richanglong fleet to buy iron ore in Xuzhou Mansion and other places, it heard the news that there was a government-run iron mine eighty miles south of Xuzhou Mansion, which produced a kind of hematite, which was a typical iron-rich ore, but the result of the official camp was that it was on the verge of bankruptcy, and the mine had basically been suspended for half a year.

"Xuzhou Mansion is close to Yangzhou, the roads extend in all directions, and there are canals connecting all parts of the Yangtze River, not far to the northeast is the coal-producing area of Yanzhou and other places, if I take the mine, I want to open a semicolon directly there! Brother Xiao, what do you say? ”

Looking at Gu Shouzhen's excited, nervous and reddened face, Xiao Ming patted him on the shoulder.

"Then what are you waiting for, Brother Gu, of course we can't let go of this opportunity and fuck it!"

"But it takes a lot of money!" Gu Shouzhen snorted.

Xiao Ming laughed and said: "Money is to be spent, and besides, I don't know how much this good deal will earn us in the future!" Don't be afraid to spend as much as you want now! ”

Of course, for Xiao Ming, simply digging out his own pocket is not the best way to finance capital, and borrowing chickens to lay eggs is the most cost-effective, so he took Gu Shouzhen and went to Su Caier, the big shopkeeper of Richanglong, and said the plan, suggesting that Richanglong and Gu's Refinery have a joint venture, with each of them accounting for half of the equity, and the investment dividends will be split into two.

Su Caier actually agreed, during the Northern Song Dynasty, there was less silver and more iron, and there was basically very little silver circulating in the market, so the imperial court used iron to mint coins, and mastered the source of iron, which is equivalent to mastering the economic lifeline of the country, Su Caier is very shrewd, and it is rare for a beautiful woman to have such insight.

Su Caier not only agreed, but also specially sent two experienced bookkeepers to follow Gu Shouzhen to Xuzhou Mansion.

……

At the Qiantang River Wharf in Hangzhou, Xiao Ming said to Gu Shouzhen: "The people of the government are very greedy, and they have to tease them a little, and sometimes they need to use some extraordinary means. ”

Gu Shouzhen nodded and agreed, Gu's refining workshop is now going to entrust Xiao Ming, he has nothing to worry about Xiao Ming, now everything in the refining workshop depends on others, Gu Shouzhen said to the people below: "Xiao Ming is Gu's benefactor, and he is also the archdeacon of the refining workshop, I can not listen to my words, the words of the archdeacon must be listened to." ”

Boarding the river boat to the east, taking the sea route into the mouth of the Yangtze River and then to Suzhou Jiangning, and then through the canal to the north, Xiao Ming waved his hand.

"Success!"

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