Since Lin Shengchang Company established an online relationship with Li Gui, the old shop owner of Bianjing Shanfengyuan, it has taken the road of importing wood from Liaoning, Hebei. The industry has suddenly embarked on the fast track of development. In more than ten years, it has gradually become a first-class businessman in Hebei.

In order to thank Mr. Li for his cultivation and support, Sheng Lin gave this small courtyard to Li Gui as a place for him to stay when he came to Daming Mansion.

After Mr. Li celebrated his 70th birthday last year, he returned to Beijing to recuperate and handed over the Hebei business to his second son Li Chuan.

Li Chuan took advantage of Shen Yunshuai's opportunity to greatly expand his famous residence. He obtained a piece of land in the north of the city early and built a mansion. The yard was of no use to him anymore and was put up for sale in a shop.

This year the courtyard was under attack, and the owner sent a rude servant called Wu Ren to guard the front station.

Wu Ren looks cosmopolitan, and has a certain atmosphere of the world. In the process of repairing the house, adding furniture, painting and calligraphy, he met many prostitutes and prostitutes. Things were done smoothly, but in the process, his clothes gradually changed from The linen ones were replaced by silk ones. It looked like my hands and feet were not clean, and there were a lot of flower heads in the middle.

Several times, he even set up a show in the new house, as if he was the owner, and had a lot of fun and gatherings.

However, things have become peaceful again in the past few days, because Wu Ren has welcomed a young master, a well-mannered young student named Xu Buxu.

The master and servant just settled down in the courtyard.

There is a neighbor across the street, an old scholar named Wang Hui, who is also well-known in Daming Mansion.

Wang Hui was originally a very promising scholar, and he once won the first place in the Damingfu Provincial Examination.

However, he was taking the exam on behalf of a rich man. As soon as the results came out, because he did so well in the exam, his flaws were revealed. The governor discovered it. After an investigation, the rich man's son was appointed to marry him three thousand miles away.

Thinking that Wang Hui was forced by life to take the exam for someone else, and because he was really talented, the governor avoided pursuing Wang Hui, but a person who never talks about it can't escape.

That was a case that caused a sensation in Daming Mansion decades ago. Wang Hui deeply regretted it afterwards. Although he could not take the imperial examination, he still studied with peace of mind and pretended to be knowledgeable.

Because the name of the imposter has been publicized, many merchants who did not care about it sent their children to him to teach them how to read and calligraphy.

As a result, Wang Hui discovered one of his talents - topic solving.

Regarding the annual imperial examinations held by the imperial court, Wang Hui was very good at guessing the questions and could often win.

After several imperial examinations were passed out in succession, Wang Hui's worth increased rapidly. Rich families paid to send their children who were about to take the exams to study with him and analyze the test papers, hoping to get an extra advantage during the imperial examinations.

Today, after Wang Hui saw off his students, he came back and sighed.

When his wife Gui came over and asked what had happened, Wang Hui said, "What a pity. It's a pity that the adults in the family have no vision and destroyed a good seedling in the family."

Upon hearing this, Gui knew what her husband was sighing about and said, "What's the matter? Are you really interested in taking on a disciple?"

Wang Hui sighed again: "Mr. Xu came to visit that day and said that his family asked him to come to Hebei to take care of the business. According to my inference, it was the direct descendants who were jealous of the concubine and deliberately set him free to cause trouble."

"Young master Xu can only read. How have you made friends with any businessmen these days? That servant's name is Wu Ren. He looks like a slippery villain at first glance. I just saw that Wu Ren lured two more bewitching women to the hospital. How can you count on me?" have no idea?"

Gui said: "Does this mean that the evil servant Diao Nu will seduce Young Master Xu and make him irrecoverable?"

Wang Hui said: "I heard Mr. Xu said that there are also officials in the family. I feel that the first wife is not a good match. The family's academic seeds should be vigorously cultivated. After becoming an official, they will also help the direct lineage. Why can't you understand this?"

Gui said: "I'm afraid he can't compare with the son of the direct descendant. I've seen him through the door curtain. Mr. Xu's knowledge and conversation are excellent. He is a rare person."

Wang Hui sighed again: "So what if you are superior? Being a merchant is considered a good thing, but I am afraid that wandering around will eventually ruin your family and career."

Gui said: "After all, we are neither relatives nor friends, how can you still take care of this matter?"

Wang Hui said: "I have written a private letter to him. Whether he can listen to it or not depends on his luck... Well, I hope you won't be like me, making a mistake and regretting it for the rest of your life."

…

North of Handan, Su You, Shi Yong and Li Yong were looking at the map.

There is a traffic problem between Hedong Road, where Taiyuan is located, and Hebei East and West Road. There is a Taihang Mountain that Yu Gong moved in between.

Therefore, it is almost impossible to go directly from Taiyuan to Damingfu. The best way is to go from Yuci to Shouyang, along Mianmanshui to Yangquan, pass Niangziguan, go down to Jingxing, arrive at Zhendingfu, and then go south to Daming.

Mansion.

There is another way, which is to go south along the Fen River to Fenzhou, then turn northeast along the Taigu River to reach Pingyao and Qixian County, cross the Hujia Mountain to reach Tongdan, then cross the Lutai Mountain to reach Xiangyuan of Longde Prefecture, and finally arrive along the Zhanghe River Valley.

Name.

No matter which way you go, you won't be happy.

Su You put his pencil on the map: "No way! I don't want Taiyuan Copper anymore!"

Li Yong asked: "Where did the copper material come from?"

Su You was very angry: "This damn Taihang Mountain, if you move the copper here like this, it will even match the price of Japanese copper! Hey - there is a way!"

After speaking, he patted his thigh: "Let's switch with His Majesty!"

"What...what do you mean?" Li Yong and Shi Yong both couldn't keep up with Su You's thinking: "How to change it?"

Su You said: "Taiyuan has the advantage of Fenshui, and copper can go directly to Bianjing. We will let Taiyuan copper be transported to Bianjing, and then the court will deduct the corresponding amount to us. We will take two Zhejiang coppers from Tongling and sea

The state takes Japanese copper!”

Shi Yong looked at the map and pondered for a long time: "There is no other way, we have to do this. The cost of land transportation for several hundred miles is actually higher than that of thousands of miles of waterway."

Su You said: "Haha, I have known this since I was nine years old. At that time, my elder sister Ami would rather take the water route and go around Dali, which would cost an extra 1,500 miles, rather than lead a caravan over the Niba Mountain because it was not cost-effective.

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"That's it. The railway starts from Cishan, passes through Cixian, Linzhang, Weixian, and ends at Daming. The two hundred miles of road are easy to repair, and we can afford it."

Li Yong asked: "Does the road to Handan need to be built?"

Su Youyou smiled and said: "Of course I do, but I have to dig into the imperial court's pockets. Bianjing, Xiangzhou, Xingzhou, Zhending, Dingzhou, Baozhou, Guangxin Army, and Ansu Army are the key points of the military and the protection of the middle road.

, how can we let the local government bear it?”

"But we also have to fulfill our responsibilities, such as selling rail tracks and providing manpower."

This means that after the iron and steel production capacity is increased, the sales will be found. Li Yong and Shi Yong gave a thumbs up together: "High! The commander is really high!"

…

In November, Dingmaoshuo, King Yanxi of Liao Dynasty gave birth to a son, and he was granted amnesty.

In Guiwei, Zhang Kai, a bachelor of Longtuge, knew the affairs of the Privy Council.

Yiyou, there are stars with red and yellow tails, traces on the ground.

Although she was ugly, the Empress Dowager congratulated her with gifts on the first day of the lunar month and ordered hundreds of officials to pay homage to her.

On the day of Jiawu, Su Shi, who knew Hangzhou, said: "There will be very little wheat grown in the water towns of Zhejiang in western Zhejiang this year. I am afraid that there will be famine in the coming year. Although the crops in Dongshengzhou are high-yielding, they are not stored for a long time."

"The imperial edict ordered all the states to build noodle factories, leaving half of the rice to be supplied in Laichun, and the rest to be paid for by noodles. Northerners are accustomed to eating noodle, so it may be used as a seasoning."

Gao Taotao agreed.

So Su Shi went down to the states to promote potatoes and corn, and promised the people that they could use potatoes and corn as prices and exchange rice from Changpingcang, and the price of rice was only half of the previous price.

Because the price of rice on Liangzhe Road has not increased, and the Tongji Medical College presided over by Su Shi has been built, and the porridge medicine has been given to many people, a disaster year that would have devastated Liangzhe Road has been silent.

The breath has passed.

In October, a flour mill capable of processing fifteen tons of grain per day was established in Hangzhou.

Flour mills use a large number of machinery, including screw feeders, squirrel cage cleaning machines, material crushers, cyclonic slag separators, drum dehydrators, dryers and a series of other equipment.

Along with it, there is also a feed mill.

On the first day when the machine was launched, young and old alike from Hangzhou came out to visit the workshop.

Because the first batch of potatoes had arrived a few days ago, and they were piled up in the warehouse. Everyone came to see how the master would deal with the pile of potatoes.

There are dozens of workers in the factory, and the task of several of them is to push potatoes into the hopper.
Chapter completed!