Chapter Ninety-Six: Industry Flourishes
Haixiya was transferred to Shaanxi to serve as the capital of the department, and he was the seventh product.
The Shaanxi Metropolitan Division and the Shaanxi Xingdu Command Division, to which Suzhou Wei now belongs, are not the same thing. The former is governed in Chang'an, and the latter is governed in Ganzhou, which are actually two places. It's just that they both belong to the northwest and are next to each other, and they are all places where the old marshal of Zhenguo Gong Zhou has guarded, so the relationship is quite close.
The current commander of the Shaanxi capital is surnamed Wang, who is not young, and fought in the frontier in the early years, leaving a lot of troubles, and now he has to take leave for many years, that is, he occupies this position in vain, and after a few years, when his son can be in charge alone, he will die old. The affairs of the capital division are basically in charge of the two commanders and acquaintances. One of them is a noble sent by Beijing, and the other is called General Thursday, but he is not the biological son of Marshal Zhou, but his cousin, whose biological father was also a general of the border army, died in battle at an early age, and was adopted by his cousin Marshal Zhou, and the children of the Zhou family are ranked fourth.
If there are no accidents, the Thursday general will take over the position of the commander of the Shaanxi Metropolitan Division in the future. I just don't know, in the previous life, several major generals of the Zhou family were calculated by Sun Gelao, and they were injured or dismissed one after another, after the old marshal Zhou died, and the Zhou family completely lost the power of the border army, would General Thursday still be able to successfully obtain this position? Or is he also a member of the calculated frame-up, and since then, he has been interrupted and can only move to the capital with his family?
Marshal Zhou has many sons, some are biological and some are adopted, and among the adopted sons are cousins and nephews of the same clan and family like General Zhou, as well as people with foreign surnames, most of whom are fallen in battle, and received a good military general education in the Zhou family, and when they grow up, they all enter the border army to defend the country like their fathers. The prestige of the Zhou family in the northwest today is also related to the outstanding performance of these righteous sons. After the death of the old marshal of Zhou in the previous life, although the Zhou family lost power and could only move back to the capital to live a dull life, the huge group of border army generals cultivated and promoted by the Zhou family still sat in the northwest frontier, defending the land and people here and resisting the invasion of foreign enemies.
As long as these border army generals are there, it is impossible for the royal family to really do anything to the Zhou family who returned to Beijing. How could the influence of the Zhou family in the northwest be easily eliminated by one or two generals who hold military power? When the Sun family completely falls, the young generals of the Zhou family, who are in the prime of life and are heroic and talented, will naturally have a day when they will play their role again.
After Haixiya received the order, he immediately went to the guard post to report to General Wednesday and General Gu. Both generals were delighted. General Wednesday and General Thursday are the same age, so it can be said that they grew up together, and their relationship has always been good. Although he regretted that he was going to lose a capable general, the fertilizer water did not flow into other people's fields, and he still benefited from his own family, so he had nothing to be angry about.
Haixiya had been in Chang'an for many years, and he was familiar with the personnel there. Although he has been away for more than ten years, since he knew that Tao Yue was going to transfer him to Chang'an, he asked General Wednesday and General Gu about the news in recent years, and he has figured out who there are in the Shaanxi capital now, what kind of temperament they have, what their preferences and taboos are.
Although he is only in the name of the Shaanxi Metropolitan Division, he is actually sent by the new right attendant of the Household Department in the capital, Master Tao, who is specifically responsible for the promotion of new grain, and does not need to participate in the daily official duties of the Division, but his boss and colleagues get along with each other every day, and he always has to deal with everyone well.
Haixiya thinks about his new job and is quite confident about the future. At present, what he is most concerned about is to hand over the work at hand smoothly first, lest his unfinished business in Suzhou Wei will not be able to continue after he leaves.
General Wednesday and General Gu had been preparing for this two months in advance.
The new grain affairs will be handed over to Liu Keren. This year's grain harvest has been bumper, and the maize harvest is also very good, and the planting scale should be expanded next year. Liu Keren has been paying attention to the situation of Haixi Cliff trying to grow new grain, and in the summer and autumn of this year, he followed Haixi Cliff to go through all the relevant work, and made half a box of notes, which was very attentive and thought that nothing would go wrong.
The vineyard is only in its infancy this year, and the planting is not half of what was planned, but next autumn it should be possible to harvest a large number of grapes for winemaking. The vineyard is also fully staffed, with a dozen or so experienced growers in charge, all of whom have a good understanding of the temperament of the grapes in the vineyard, and they can cope with the situation unless there is a serious natural disaster.
This year, the winery still collects grapes from private vineyards in the surrounding area to make wine, but after several adjustments, the taste has improved compared to last year. The wine made last year, after a year of cellaring, the taste is already very good, and it has become a hot commodity in Suzhou, and several generals of the guard station also took them to give gifts, and sent them to several guards around, and the evaluation was very good. This year's new wine is already better, and the longer it has been aged, it will be even better. On Wednesday, the general had decided that the New Year's gift sent back to his home in Chang'an this year would be filled with wine from Suzhou.
As for the glass workshop, not to mention. The glassware produced in Suzhou has been sold out since last year. Although it is mainly to do business with passing merchants, after some caravans transported the goods to Chang'an and Shuzhong, they sold very well, so new orders came early this year. From the beginning of spring to the autumn harvest, the glass workshop has hardly stopped, but glassware is still in short supply.
At this year's peace talks between Chu and Hu at the Gaotai Institute, the people in charge of the embassy in Shaanxi were responsible for maintaining order at the venue, and on Wednesday the general schemingly took advantage of his brother's relationship to bring smuggled goods and put the glass and wine utensils produced in Suzhou on the table of the peace talks. This is not only to let the Hu envoys know that their specialties in the Western Regions are not irreplaceable, but also to let the officials of the imperial court know that they have a new commodity in the northwest. Although the envoys of the Hu people were hit hard and repeatedly retreated, when the envoys of Great Chu left, they also bought a few pieces of glassware as a souvenir.
I would like to thank the presiding envoy Tao Yuetao for taking the lead. He was the first person to buy Suzhou glassware out of his own pocket, from the study room to the dining utensils and wine utensils, he bought all the styles, especially the ones that his old friends were responsible for designing the patterns.
Thanks to the goods brought by several peace negotiation officials, the reputation of Suzhou glassware seems to have spread to the Central Plains. Even if there are glassware produced by Chang'an and Ganzhou as competitors in the future, relying on the current market alone is enough to bring huge income to Suzhou Wei.
On Wednesday, the general was very satisfied with the financial situation of Suzhou Weizhou this year. Convincing Haixi Cliff to re-emerge from the mountain can be said to be the most correct decision he has made in the last five years.
He said to Haixi Cliff: "Don't worry that after you leave, these industries will be unattended, and they will not be revived." Brother-in-law Gu and I will never let those workshops and orchards have problems. This is not only your hard work, but also our Suzhou Wei's money bag. Whether we can eat and drink enough in the health center depends on these properties. The grain, gold and silver paid by the Hu people will always run out one day, but the workshop that can make money is our foundation! ”
General Gu also nodded and said, "He Baihu from Liangzhou has come to study with us for more than a month, what do you think?" His family already had wineries and orchards and other industries, and he was quite good at management, and he was also diligent. If you're satisfied, we'll keep you. ”
Hai Xiya smiled in surprise: "I originally thought that Liangzhou Wei sent He Baihu to learn from the scriptures, because he wanted to build a wine workshop or glass workshop there with them, but I didn't expect to send us talents!" He Baihu is shrewd and hard-working, if he comes to take over, of course I can rest assured! ”
(End of chapter)