Chapter 1,769: Imperial Conflict

Although Zhao Zongsheng had a high seniority, his foundation was so weak that it was difficult to pay for the equipment for the first phase of the project, so Zhao Xu "lent" one hundred thousand yuan to his uncle and allocated a group of talents from the industry under his own name. Su You also

A loan of 150,000 yuan was approved from Hebei Development Bank to start up this quarry.

The quarry business is very good, and Su You has lived up to Zhao Xu's trust.

Of course, it is impossible for Zhao Zongsheng to actually manage the quarry. The ministers here come from Liuli Baofang, and the technicians come from Shangzhou Zhougan. They are all old people originally assigned by the royal family to Sitong.

Even the accounting accounts of the quarry were managed by the queen on behalf of the emperor's uncle.

When the minister saw Su You, his brows and eyes were filled with smiles: "Your Majesty, Zhang Chengjing, has met Situ."

Su You said: "The younger generation is not careful in doing things, and it will cause trouble to Zhang Shishi."

Zhang Chengjing smiled and said: "If you don't want to do anything, don't just ask for scraps. Even if you want large square bricks, the officials will definitely not refuse."

"The Sushe people are not imprudent, but they are too cautious. Situ single-handedly supported this industry. It was used by the wealthy merchants of the Song Dynasty. How can the people of Sushe not be able to use it?"

"That's not what you said." Su You sighed: "When you are in the court, no matter how cautious you are, it is not a fault. King Duan, you really need to stay away from him in the future."

Zhang Chengjing couldn't help but laugh again: "It's still not Sheren's fault. Isn't it the government's appointment to ask Duan Wang to design a house for Sheren?"

This is indeed true, Su You was speechless: "Forget it, everything has happened, it's useless to talk more, let's take a look at the facts."

Zhang Chengjing said: "In the end, Situ is still cautious."

Su You's meaning was very clear. The purpose of coming here in person was to see if it was really scrap.

People at the lower end often misunderstand the meaning of the upper end.

If Zhang Chengjing considered all bricks with defects the size of rice grains to be unqualified and "disposed" them to the Su family as "scrap", then that would be the real crime.

Not anyone can do this kind of thing.

Fortunately, Zhang Chengjing is an old Sitong and knows Su You's style.

Situ likes to spread his wealth, and outsiders don't know about it. But he knows it, and he will never be greedy for such so-called "expenses."

Therefore, there are no extraneous matters. What is being prepared is really just mountains of waste materials piled up in the mine.

Su You picked out a few pieces of frozen waste and said, "You are wasting your resources too much. If this frozen material is given to the carvers, not only to make it into inkstones and pen holders, but also to grind it into paperweights, that's still money..."

Zhang Chengjing couldn't help but his eyes lit up: "Eh? This is really a way to make money."

Su You smiled and said: "Let's add another team of carvers to the stone quarry. Your Majesty will find someone from the inner workshop. When the time comes, I can do the same for me."

Zhang Chengjing smiled and said: "This idea alone is more than worth the scrap money."

"One code equals another." Su You said: "Old Zhang, don't give me a hard time, but don't just focus on your own three-thirds of an acre of land."

Even when paving a road, the piebald stones have to be polished to a certain extent to look good. Su You asked Zhang Chengjing to prepare half of the scraps with polished surfaces and half of the scraps without polished surfaces, so that even if the pavement is paved with scraps, it will still look good.

It will produce changes and make it easier to walk without slipping.

Apart from this trivial matter, Suyou is more concerned about the quarry's role in driving the local economy.

The annual revenue of this quarry is around 200,000 yuan. After taking into account the costs, the profit is considerable, and the workers' salaries are also generous.

The processing of stone requires a lot of large machinery and steel, which in turn require supporting facilities such as hardware processing and maintenance.

The entire stone farm supports more than 700 people, providing food and clothing for at least 3,000 people in the surrounding area.

In other words, almost the entire Tongli Army is serving this stone field.

While visiting the quarry and listening to Zhang Chengjing’s introduction, Su You was very satisfied with the role of this quarry.

This is similar to the promotion effect of a large state-owned factory on the local economy in later generations.

Before the visit was over, a soldier in a new military uniform came hurriedly on horseback: "Report to Situ, there has been a change in the Liao Kingdom, Xiao Sixian was defeated and left Hedian!"

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Liao Kingdom, Hun Tongjiang, Huanglong Mansion.

Xiao Fengxian flew into a rage in the military tent, raised his whip and whipped a brocade-robed general who was kneeling in front of him: "How dare you be so arrogant! How dare you!"

The general expressed dissatisfaction: "Your Majesty has an imperial edict..."

"You still dare to talk back!" Xiao Fengxian whipped the horse whip again, and the general's brocade robe suddenly cracked a big hole: "It's an imperial decree, right? The imperial decree is for you to win! It's not for you to lose troops and generals and throw away the items on your neck.

A human head!"

"A Guda is a peerless warrior. How come he didn't shoot you to death with one arrow? This way I can still have an explanation with Your Majesty!"

The one who was beaten was Xiao Sixian, Xiao Fengxian's younger brother. Sitting in the tent was also a veteran, Xiao Wuna.

Xiao Wuna was the great hero who saved Yelu Yanxi from the evil hands of Yelu Yisun, but as Yelu Yanxi grew up, she gradually became more and more disgusted with him as a nanny.

Yelu Yanxi, like his grandfather, loved hunting, and Xiao Wuna expressed his disobedience bluntly.

After taking the throne, Yelu Yanxi controlled the army through Xiao Fengxian, and after balancing the court, his power was consolidated.

So he took advantage of Nabo's opportunity to send Xiao Wuna as the governor of Liao Xingjun and to guard the Taifu.

This was a clear signal that Yelu Yanxi alienated Xiao Wuna. So many people in the court were promoted, but the biggest hero was sent out.

When the wall fell down and everyone pushed it down, Wang Hua, a minor official guarding the Buddhist temple in the palace, came forward and falsely accused Xiao Wuna of borrowing the rhino horn from the palace and refusing to return it.

Xiao Tuohui happened to be engaged in building a clean government. He had secretly informed the emperor's uncle, Wang Jing's corruption, and was informed by Grand Duke Ding, so the two of them took precautions.

After the first pass was put into operation, the matter was suppressed by Yelu Yanxi, and Xiao Tuohui lost his prestige.

As soon as Xiao Wuna's incident came out, Xiao Tuohui felt that using Xiao Wuna to establish his power would definitely have great effect, so he immediately reported to Yanxi.

Yanxi issued an edict to punish him.

Xiao Tuohui ordered Xiao Wuna to defend himself, and Xiao Wuna reported: "In the previous dynasty, I was ordered to withdraw one hundred thousand yuan a day for personal expenses. I have not taken a single penny in vain, so I am willing to borrow rhinoceros horns!"

This slap in the face made Yelu Yanxi's face sore. Xiao Wuna meant that your grandfather once promised me that he could withdraw one hundred guan from the inner treasury every day. So far, I have not taken a penny.

How much is a rhino horn worth?

The implication is that your Heavenly Family owes me, but I don’t owe you Heavenly Family!

Yelu Yanxi was furious and took away the post of Taifu Xiao Wuna and demoted him to the governor of Ningbian Prefecture.

This move was greatly disappointing in the DPRK, and ministers expressed their opposition one after another.

Yelu Yanxi also knew that he had made a mistake, so he asked Xiao Wuna to serve as the naval military envoy, who knew the affairs of Huanglong Mansion and commanded the military envoy on the Northeast Road.

Xiao Tuohui originally wanted to increase his prestige by attacking Xiao Wuna, implement clean government, and let the officials fill the money and food that was short-changed by the court for military and state purposes.

The reason why the ministers rescued Xiao Wuna one after another was because they wanted to suppress Xiao Tuohui and prevent him from carrying out his political views.

After all, Yelu Yanxi was not a wise king. If he had not demoted Xiao Wuna so harshly at the beginning, things could have turned around. However, it turned out to be a good thing, and the ministers seized the opportunity to rebound.

Not only did Xiao Tuohui's intention to improve government integrity fail to materialize, but he was also branded a "treacherous minister" as a result.

When Xiao Wuna arrived in Ningbian Prefecture, he first discovered that the strength of the Nvzhi was far from what Xiao Feng first reported to the court. He immediately wrote a letter to warn the court: "Since Xiao Haili died and became a Nvzhi, he has the intention of underestimating the imperial court, so he should strengthen his troops to prepare for it."

unexpected."

However, Yelu Yanxi had a deep prejudice against him, thinking that Xiao Wuna was looking for a sense of presence, and ignored him.

After he learned about the affairs of Huanglong Mansion and unified the military envoys on the Northeast Road, Xiao Wuna continued to write: "I am in direct contact with my daughter. Judging from what she does, her ambition is not small. It is better to wait for it before it is launched and raise troops to plan for it."

No matter the number of chapters, they didn’t listen.

At that time, Aguda had already begun to build castles, forge weapons, recruit and train new soldiers, and annexed various surrounding tribes. With the help of Su Lishe, he reformed the tribal management methods and implemented a new military system.

However, under Xiao Fengxian's interference, Xiao Wuna's memorial had no effect at all.
Chapter completed!