Chapter 1,590 Meeting Dong Fei Again

Daming Mansion, Jiedushi shogunate, Wang Kechen received the notice and brought people over to pay a visit to Su You.

Wang Kechen and Su You have also been friends for a long time. This is the father of Prince Consort Wang Shiyue, a genuine Jinshi among the old lords. When he was guarding Yunzhou, he got the advice of Su You Crow Zui and vigorously built the Yunzhou embankment.

All the people on the lake beach inside the dike were moved outside the dike.

As a result, Xuanfangkou was defeated by the river that year, and although Yunzhou City was in danger, no one was injured. Afterwards, the court commended him and promoted Lao Tou to the Hedong Road Transport Envoy.

The old man was old in Hebei, and Su You was appointed as the governor of the four routes. The imperial court did not set up the transfer envoy of the four routes. In fact, Su You still had to perform the duties of the transfer envoy of the four routes.

However, Su You was used to giving in, so he just wanted to be in charge of supervision, so he applied for promotion from the imperial court and became the Deputy Transport Envoy of the Four Routes, so that he could stir the pot and focus on administrative matters.

As for the general judge of Daming Prefecture, Su You recommended Hong Jiang, his old boss when he first became an official, who had previously been in charge of three cases.

When one person attains enlightenment, chickens and dogs ascend to heaven, not to mention that Hongjiang can follow two people steadily.

Hong Jiang's official career also illustrates the cruelty of the officialdom of the Song Dynasty to officials.

Those who wanted to be civil servants in the imperial dynasty, like Xue Xiang, were already at the top, and they only had a chance when Wang Anshi "reduced talents in an eclectic way".

When Gao Shilin was the boss of the case, Hong Jiang was doing all the hard work, and Gao Shilin was taking care of all the flowers. This was the official ecology of the Song Dynasty thirty years ago.

With Su You's arrival, Hong Jiang's career began to change.

Because of his two achievements in the coking plant and steelmaking, Hong Jiang finally passed the threshold of "official" and became a small "official" in the Song Dynasty.

As a result, because of his name, later officials thought it was unlucky for the Hequ Department, so he was rushed to Shangzhou and continued to engage in industry with Gao Shilin.

But his identity has changed, his official career path has been opened, and he carries the label of "knowing about industry". He was involved in the construction of several industrial bases in the Song Dynasty.

After that, he worked in Xuzhou and Yunzhou, and also served as the magistrate of Xiaozhou. In Suyou's plan, Daming Prefecture must have a factory, so Hongjiang's name was mentioned.

Coupled with Shen Kuo's recommendation before leaving, the sixty-three-year-old Hong Jiang was able to pass judgment on Daming Mansion, and he could be regarded as one of the first few local officials in the Song Dynasty.

Wang Kechen and Su You didn't need to be polite, and they didn't have any sense of being subordinates. When they saw Su You, they read a book first: "Mingrun is guarding the fourth route. Your Majesty places the weight of Mount Tai on you. How can you treat yourself so lightly?"

"What's wrong with me?" Su You was confused: "I just arrived yesterday, didn't I do anything?"

Wang Kechen glanced at Gao Shize who was following him: "Zizheng has already told me that you will visit the workshop all morning, so don't glare at him! In terms of seniority, he has to call me Patriarch. If I ask him what to say,

Dare you not answer truthfully?!"

There is also a marriage between the Gao and Wang families, so there is no way to argue about this.

Wang Kechen added: "Daming Mansion is close to the north, and the city is full of fish and dragons. Jiedu's patrol must be followed by at least five hundred soldiers..."

Su You was shocked when he heard this: "Well, stop talking, wait for me to meet my old boss first."

Hong Jiang was so frightened that he almost cried: "Ming Gong has absolutely no way to do it, just call me Lao Hong... This time I have to be appointed as the magistrate, and I will do my job well..."

Su You still bowed to Hong Jiang: "When I first started my official career, I had to be guided and tolerated by Mr. Hong, otherwise Su You would not be where he is today."

Hong Jiang returned the courtesy repeatedly: "When I first met Ming Gong, Ming Gong declared that I could not be treated as a prostitute. Virtue and virtue are worthy of me. However, when it comes to official positions, Ming Gong asked me to be a general judge, and so is Lao Hong. I cannot afford to be so polite."

Su You asked the two of them to sit down, and then said: "I went to the north of the city today and found out that coal and iron have been produced in Handan, Hebei for a long time. There is a lot of potential for this matter..."

Hong Jiang said: "I looked through the old files yesterday. Near Daming Mansion, Handan does have coal and iron, and they are quite sophisticated."

"However, the Liao people still live close to the area and have not dared to develop it vigorously. Nowadays, the iron smelting industry there only accepts iron materials handed over by private craftsmen. In a year... it is about a thousand tons."

"Too little." Su You first defined it: "Thousands of tons of steel are supplied to four routes, which is simply a drizzle. Hebei's military powerhouse has a huge demand for steel."

"The new army has been organized and trained, and it is no longer the past. Others are afraid of the Liao Kingdom, but I am not afraid. I will build this production capacity no matter what."

Hong Jiang said: "Then I will go down and investigate carefully."

Su You said: "No need, they are already here."

But seeing that Gao Shize had already brought a few people in, Wang Kechen smiled and said: "I forgot that there is an old acquaintance of Mingrun here."

Su You had already stood up: "Hahaha, except for the director, it's been a long time since I last saw you. You are everywhere."

Dong Fei still had the same wretched look: "I heard that Situ Kaiya is famous, so Dong Fei came here to offer his advice."

Su You asked: "Is it corn wine or sweet potato wine this time?"

Dong Fei said "uh" and said with a sad face: "This... this Situ has already registered a patent?"

"You're not always so free!" Su You was not angry at all: "I don't know what kind of drum you are playing, you old man? This is called knowing the elegant meaning of a string song!"

"No, no, no..." Dong Fei was the kind of character who became more comfortable the more he was scolded, so he laughed when Su You said this: "I heard that the imperial court is promoting corn and sweet potato cultivation is quite difficult, so I really came to offer some advice.

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"Your plan is to build a winery and let everyone grow corn and sweet potatoes, and then you buy them at low prices and use them to make wine! You can't hide it from me!" Su You was angry when he saw this businessman who was so lucky but still wretched.

, then thought again: "No! You old abacus, you want everyone to take corn and dried sweet potatoes and exchange them for wine with your winery, and you can ship the rest by sea to Zhangzi Island for sale at no cost."

I also saved a lot on shipping costs!”

"Well, maybe we even got the idea of ​​a feed factory. The distiller's grains can also be used to make feed for livestock. Besides the directors, have you opened any ranches around Daming Mansion recently?"

Wang Kechen looked at the two of them as if they were monsters, and then cursed: "No wonder, Director, you came to see me yesterday and said you wanted to buy two thousand acres of wasteland to reduce the burden on the court, but you still had such an idea!

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Several other businessmen looked at each other in confusion. The director was bragging about his friendship with Situ. Now it seems that it is not the case at all!

Dong Fei was also frightened, and knelt on the ground with a bang: "Farewell Tanhualang, I am a 'humane businessman' praised by the Queen Mother Guangxian. I have already bought all my land and spent a total of 800 yuan..."

"Don't you say you are a Buddhist merchant?" Su You laughed loudly and helped Dong Fei up: "I was very happy to see that my old friend is still so cunning, and I couldn't help but want to make a joke with Yuanwai."

After pressing Dong Fei to sit down on the chair and inviting several businessmen to sit down, Su You said: "I have been friends with Dong Fei for a long time, but I have a problem, that is, I like to put everything on the table.

Let me tell you straight up, if it works, I will definitely support it strongly, and if it doesn’t work, I will give you a clear answer and tell you why it can’t work.”

"The problem with Director Wei is that he likes to hide everything and let me guess, as if I would steal his business."

Dong Fei wiped the sweat with his sleeve. He was really scared just now: "Don't dare, don't dare..."

Su You said: "I can give an answer to the director right now. This matter can, firstly, reduce the consumption of imperial grain and save a lot of food; secondly, it can make the people consciously plant high-yielding crops and live a better life; thirdly, it can save money on the promotion of the imperial court.

Crop energy.”

"Therefore, our government will definitely support this winery, feed mill, and livestock farm. If you have similar industries in the future and need help from the government, just say it and discuss it openly. If I can help, I will definitely help.

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Several merchants responded obediently.

Su You then asked: "Are all of you big coal and iron merchants from Daming Mansion?"

One of the old men handed over his hand: "I am the head of Damingfu Coal Industry, and the manager of Shengli Hao, Li Rusheng."

Another old man also handed over his hand: "I met Chen Wuchang, the head of Chengbei Railway Company, and met the envoy."

Su You asked: "Do you two have property in Handan?"

Li Rusheng said: "Yes, the coal and iron in Daming Prefecture basically come from Handan. Handan has the advantage of the Zhang River and convenient transportation. Every year, in addition to the iron and coal services provided by the imperial court and the government, the remaining common people also contribute some by themselves.

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Chapter completed!