Chapter 843 Thirteenth Lang

Not only was the official system of the Song Dynasty complicated, but even the place names were complicated. Many places were accompanied by the name of a country or a county.

These are all inherited from the feudal system of the Han Dynasty. Countries were divided into large countries, small countries, and sub-states. The counties generally followed the state structure to determine the superiority and inferiority.

Cangwu County sounds high-end, it is Wuzhou on Guangnan West Road, at the junction of Guangxi and Guangdong, it is just a lowest-level military state.

In other words, Su You, the founding Duke of the country, was only the lowest level among the counties and kilometers. He was still far away from the title of Duke of the great powers of Qin, Qi, Wei, and Chu, and there was still a lot of room for improvement.

Shi Wei and a woman in linen robes came in with a copper basin of potion: "It's time to wash the wound. Brother Xiaoyou, don't make the bachelor angry."

Wang Shao quickly said: "No, we are joking. It will take a lot of hard work to save my old life."

Shi Wei took off the gauze on Wang Shao's belly and said, "Very good. The scabs have formed and will be cured in half a month. You can eat some minced meat porridge starting today."

Wang Shao's gratitude to Shi Wei is indescribable: "The Wang family does not have a good daughter, otherwise they would dare to ask for marriage."

Su You smiled and said: "It's a pity that I don't have a good daughter. Your thirteenth son, Xiao Nanmei, is really good. Why don't you become my apprentice?"

A few years ago, the thirteenth son of the Wang family caused a big incident that caused a sensation in Bianjing City. The five-year-old boy was abducted by traffickers when a servant took him out to watch the lanterns on Lantern Festival night.

Xiao Nanmei didn't panic, and after a series of tricks, he successfully rescued himself, met Zhao Xu, got along well, and helped Kaifeng Mansion capture the thief.

Later generations described the story in "The Surprise at Two Moments", which is the story of "Xiang Min lost his son on the first night of the new year, and the thirteenth son turned up in heaven at the age of five."

Speaking of this, Su You is very angry. Even now in the Song Dynasty, there are still rumors that his deeds at the age of five were fabricated, a flaw in the story, and a hype of the Jiangqing family in Meishan.

Then he made a clear and profound analysis, saying that he was digging for ant holes when he was five years old, so it can be proved that there are no such five-year-old children in the world...

Why can't a five-year-old child think as well as an adult? Even if the IQ is high enough, the emotional intelligence is not enough...

Even if the emotional intelligence is sufficient, a five-year-old child will not be respected by adults, and no one will listen to what he says...

Even if they listen, the records of child prodigies in history are only for their great literary talents and no science or engineering...

Su You seemed to be telling them that the article was written by literati, and there were no records of history, science, and engineering. That doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. It’s just that the literati didn’t pay attention to it and didn’t write it!

Strictly speaking, aren't Cao Chong the elephant and Wen Yanbo the ball master with science and engineering knowledge?!

Well, I'm a bit more evil than them, but why haven't I seen you go to "Three Words and Two Moments" to write comments?!

Wang Shao didn't know that Su You was thinking so much at this moment, so he just sighed: "Yes, just like your small flat jar, it's time to enlighten..."

Shi Wei was a little moved when she talked about this: "You guys talk first, I have to check the ward."

After Shi Wei left, Su You took a book and said, "Let's take a look. I think there are many places that can be used."

There is a line of words written on the cover of the book - "Chronicles of the Vassals of the Sea Country".

Wang Shao took it and turned it over, a smile appeared on his lips.

Su You said: "The ones listed in the newspaper are the abridged version, and this one is the full version."

For a scheming person like Wang Shao, it might be more appropriate to change the title of this book to "A Compilation of Information on Various Incidents Around Jiaozhi County".

The two have been cooperating for too long, and they understand each other tacitly. Wang Shao's first sentence is straight to the point: "Compared with Qingtang, what are the benefits?"

Su You nodded seriously: "Less effort and greater benefits."

Wang Shao also nodded seriously: "Put it here, it happens to be fine, I will study it."

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There is no shortage of salt in Jiaozhi. In addition to the salt obtained by boiling the sea, which is "as white as snow", it also has "salt wells in dozens of prefectures in Xingqiao Prefecture and three streams in Yuma Prefecture."

The problem in Jiaozhi is not the products, but the people. After Su You liberated the serfs, he discovered a serious problem. The people here were not as hardworking as the people in Shu.

Su Zhe once commented on the people in Leizhou: "The people are content with fish, loaches, crabs and shrimps, so they don't eat fruits and vegetables; the winter is warm but does not snow, and their clothes and quilts are rough, so they can't achieve success in their crafts, and they can't weave silkworms."

Wan cloth and silk are looked up to by the sellers in all directions. The craftsmanship is simple and simple, so the utensils are not used; the medicine is taken over by witches and ghosts, so the prescriptions cannot cure it."

The situation in Cochin is even worse.

Su You watched a documentary. There was a tribe in the Amazon. Because they were never short of food, they dug cassava and grilled fish when they were hungry. They had it handy without the need to store it. As a result, they didn't even develop the concept of numbers.

The real "Datong".

Jiaozhi is similar to this, with rich products, warm climate, and underdeveloped culture. Except for a few powerful people who know how to be extravagant, the people have little motivation for development.

This won't work. There is only one way to solve this problem - let some people among the common people "get rich first."

Just start from Thang Long City and Ninh Hai Port.

In addition, after hundreds of thousands of strong men died on the battlefield, many families in Cochin fell into financial difficulties.

Just relying on tax exemption is not enough, you also have to find a way to make a living.

Su You found an industry that was very suitable for women—sericulture.

Silk in Jiaozhi can be harvested eight times a year. The climate here is unique. During the spring season, branches are picked from the big mulberry trees and inserted into the soil. After a year, the branches and leaves will be "luxuriant", which is enough for raising silkworms.

Since the people of Cochin do not like the technical work of weaving silk, they can only be responsible for raising production and making cocoons. Sitong Company set up its own silk reeling factory and satin factory, and let them be the supplier of raw materials.

The most diligent group of people are probably the captive army, serious proletarians.

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After the construction of Ninghai Port was completed, Sitong Company's first chemical plant also produced the first batch of products.

In June, the Sitong prospecting team discovered a super large open-pit coal mine in Xian'an Town, An Phong Prefecture, northeast of Halong Bay.

Su Fu ran over and reported, saying that the coal from this coal mine was the highest quality coal discovered by Sitong Company so far, even better than that from the Erlin Department!

Even the coal used by the Xixia people to make Qingfeng Steel cannot compare with it!

Moreover, this coal mine is very large. Many places are exposed on the surface and can be mined directly. It is only 25 miles away from the sea, which is much closer than the distance between Niutoushan and Hangzhou.

To the north of Thang Long Province and on the banks of the Beijiang River, in Taiyuan City, Pinang Village, Jinbu County, and Quangzhong County, extremely high-grade magnetite iron and goethite were discovered with abundant reserves!

Su You stamped his foot: "I'm just saying that the Jiaozhi people's smelting technology is obviously not very good, how come they can kill everyone, and the quality of their weapons is so good!"

Su Hu smiled and said: "I won't mention the technology of the Jiaozhi people. The most important thing is that the iron ore can be transported from Taiyuan City to Yuanjiang Estuary using the water power of the Beijiang River, and then taken by sea to Xian'an Town. We can build it in Xian'an Town

A large joint base of salt, acid, alkali, coal, iron, machinery, and ships!”

Su You's eyes widened: "It's more geographically advantageous than Dukou Town. Sitong has found a treasure this time..."

What Su You didn't know was that what Sitong Company discovered was the largest treasure in Indochina - the Southeast Asian metallogenic belt.

This area is a zone of intense activity of ancient and modern plates around the world, with diverse, complex, and multi-stage structural magma zones of various types, forming an excellent mineralization environment.

Later, from the Lancang River to Indonesia, it was a concentrated area of ​​world-class tin, nickel, ruby, sapphire, jade, potassium salt, oil and other minerals.

It is also the most important producing area of ​​chromium, titanium, iron, copper, cobalt, tungsten, gold, rare earth, phosphorus, coal and other non-metallic minerals in Asia.

The coal mine discovered by Sitong Company was the famous Hongji Coal Mine in later generations. It was rich in top-quality anthracite coal and was the largest coal mine in Southeast Asia.

The entire mining area is more than 100 kilometers long, 15 to 20 kilometers wide, and has reserves of more than 2 billion tons. Most of them are open-pit mining types.

Moreover, it is very close to the seaport, which has the advantage of shipping.

Fortunately, Su You didn't know this, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to relax, so he just lightly agreed to Su Fe's suggestion. Sitong first set up a test base there and smelted a furnace of iron to take a look.

He also specifically explained that Ha Long Bay is his designated commercial area. In the future, the construction of the port will be carried out as a resort for local tycoons. Now that there is coal, chemical plants, cement plants, and brick and tile factories will be built first.

Get explosives and cement to build ports, lighthouses, castles, and camps.
Chapter completed!