The distance from Luliuzhuang to Shouyang Mountain is about fifty miles. The whole journey takes about an hour if a horse is galloping. This speed may not seem fast enough, but in fact the knight must consider the endurance of the horse, so it cannot

Always maintain an extremely high speed. If you don't take care of your mount, you can run more than seventy miles in an hour, but this will seriously damage the horse's leg strength.

When Pei Yue and Ye Qi led several soldiers to Shouyang Mountain, the sun was about to turn to the west.

Today's Shouyang Mountain is completely different from what it looked like when Pei Yue discovered it.

There are a total of five connected hills with a radius of more than ten miles, and there are large coal mines exposed on the surface. Xiangyun Company's mining is concentrated on the easternmost mountain, which is actually a coal mountain tens of meters high.

There is a large area of ​​simple but solid buildings at the foot of the mountain, divided into several areas, such as coal mining area, coarse coal processing area, raw material storage area, finished product manufacturing area, workers' living area and business management area. In the past year, under Pei Yue's planning,

This place is getting closer and closer to formality. If he had seen the scene in front of him when he first crossed over, he might have thought that he was in a crude and backward industrial area.

Among all areas of the coal yard, the most important and core area is the raw material reserve area.

Briquettes are not simply punching small holes into unshaped briquettes. If it were just that simple, merchants would have imitated it long ago. In addition to coal, the raw materials also require saltpeter, sawdust, quicklime, loess and paraffin. These raw materials are as follows:

Only after the proper proportions are combined can real anthracite briquettes be produced.

Apart from Pei Yue, Wang Yong is the only one who knows the detailed ratio.

Pei Yue formulated strict management regulations, requiring Wang Yong to let different people manage different raw materials, and they must take different quantities each time, and then mix them in batches to prevent the leakage of formula data to the greatest extent.

The raw material reserve area is very tightly guarded. The leader is the soldier who followed Pei Yue for the first time, and the others are the villagers who know the inside and out of the village.

In addition to this place, the second most important place in the coal yard is the company's management area. This is a row of seven rooms surrounded by a small courtyard. Wang Yong lives here most of the time.

The second room on the left, although the furnishings are relatively simple but very neat, is the side hall where the business receives guests.

A pot-bellied man sat in the main seat and said coldly to Wang Yong standing in front of him: "How long do I have to wait?"

Wang Yong smiled warmly and said: "Sir, please wait a moment, my young master will be here soon."

Everyone is growing up, and Wang Yong is no exception. Compared with his dull appearance in front of Pei Yue, now, although he is not all-rounded, at least he does not have stage fright.

The man was very impatient, but he did not scold or humiliate him, because he knew that the young man in front of him with a faint scar on his face was the lord's right-hand man, and now he was in charge of this coal field, and he no longer had an idle role.

Sitting there was boring, and the tea was tasteless. He couldn't help but mocked: "Your young master has such a big air!"

"Since you think so, I should let you wait two more hours."

A clear voice came in from outside, and then a young man and woman were seen striding in.

Wang Yong looked happy, stepped forward and saluted respectfully: "Young Master!"

Pei Yue stretched out his hand and patted his shoulder twice, and said with a smile: "It seems that you have been raised well here, and you are much stronger than last month. But I still have to take time to go home and have a look. I don't dare to

After talking to me, I just kept pestering Taohua in private. Although I won’t gossip, I still miss you. If you don’t go back, they will probably think that I sent you to the border.”

Wang Yong smiled gratefully, and then said firmly: "Young master, my parents are not knowledgeable enough, so you don't want to be as knowledgeable as them. The things here are so important that I can't spare the time to go back. I will send them a message another day to let them know."

They shouldn't bother Miss Peach Blossom."

Ye Qi couldn't help laughing.

Pei Yue said helplessly: "Why don't you bother me? Taohua spends all day catching fish and birds. She wishes someone could talk to her."

Wang Yong said: "I will go back during the Chinese New Year."

Suddenly there was a coughing sound nearby.

Pei Yue turned around and saw the man sitting in the main seat looking at him with an unkind expression.

"This is Lord Pei, right? He is indeed a young hero. Ahem, my official household——" the man said arrogantly.

"I'm not interested in knowing who you are, and get down from that position. I've been itchy lately, don't force me to do it."

Pei Yue interrupted him bluntly.

The man's face turned red, as if he had just remembered what the young man in front of him had done. He stood up in embarrassment and walked to the chair on the left.

Pei Yue sat on the main seat and motioned for Ye Qilai to sit next to him. Then he looked at the man casually and said, "Who are you?"

The man said with great humiliation: "I am the head of the household department and warehouse department Zheng Zhirong."

Pei Yue asked: "What rank of official?"

Zheng Zhirong replied without knowing why: "From the fifth grade."

"Fifth-rank official?" Pei Yue chuckled, and then said suddenly and sternly: "I am Zhongshanzi, personally granted by His Majesty. I am a first-rank military officer in Daliang. Even your minister of household affairs has to salute me when he sees me. You are a bullshit boss.

, an official as big as sesame seeds and mung beans, dare to stand in front of me without bowing? Do you want me to give you a magazine and let Sun Dacheng teach you what is the etiquette of an official!"

Ye Qi watched this scene with interest.

In her impression, Pei Yue was calm and collected, and he was definitely not a villain who got carried away after his meteoric rise, so it was rare to see him in such a posture.

When Zheng Zhirong was looked at by Pei Yue's murderous eyes, his legs became a little weak, and he said in a trembling voice: "Sir, please calm down, I'll be the official... I'm the official..."

Pei Yue interrupted him impatiently: "Tell me what's going on."

Zheng Zhirong swallowed twice and said with fear: "Sun Shangshu asked me to tell Lord Pei that Shouyang Mountain is the land of the imperial court. Although it was sold to Lord Pei last year, it cannot be done like this. In addition to commercial taxes,

In addition, you have to..."

He looked at Pei Yue's increasingly gloomy expression and did not dare to say any more.

Ye Qi asked curiously: "What else do you want?"

Zheng Zhirong said with difficulty: "You still have to pay the land tax, and you have to pay it every month. If the Lord is unwilling to pay, the Ministry of Revenue will take back the land."

Pei Yue smiled instead of getting angry, and asked calmly: "Are you done?"

Zheng Zhirong nodded quickly.

Pei Yue took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Go back and tell you, Sun Shangshu, that the government has never heard of the term local tax for hundreds of years. People pay taxes and merchants pay commercial taxes. These are all rules written in Daliang law.

I will naturally abide by it. In addition, if he wants to get benefits from me, I advise him not to dream. If he has the ability, he can go to the two governors of Dongfu to ask for a warrant, and then I will consider giving him some benefits.

"

He stared at Zheng Zhirong and asked, "Did you hear it clearly?"

Zheng Zhirong said with an extremely ugly face: "I understand."

Pei Yue suddenly shouted: "You know this, why don't you get out?!"

Seeing Zheng Zhirong almost crawling away, Pei Yue put away his domineering aura and looked extremely solemn.

"It's just a boss, I didn't expect it to make you so angry." Ye Qi sighed lightly.

Pei Yue shook his head, seeing that both she and Wang Yong were a little confused, and then explained: "You don't understand the rules of the officialdom. If I pay too much respect to this boss today, there will be continuous troubles later. Only

Only by cutting off their outstretched hands can we take the initiative."

Ye Qi was stunned when he heard this, and asked curiously: "Then will they stop here?"
Chapter completed!