"What about the imperial court's approval for recruiting civilian husbands?"
"Xiaguan just came over from Baochao Tijuan Office. When Xiaguan left, he hadn't received it yet."
How did it happen? Is the efficiency of the court so low?
Forget it, after all, it's only the first day, so it's not easy for me to ask questions.
He had no choice but to tell Xiong Shi, "Then wait a little longer. If you haven't arrived today, you can go to the East Palace tomorrow and ask what's going on."
"The official has taken note of it." Xiong Shi nodded in agreement.
Han Du lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then suddenly asked: "Where is this piece of shit Heizi? Where did he go? Why can't he see anyone when the critical moment comes?"
"Sir, have you forgotten? Didn't you arrange for Heizi to go to the Ministry of Works to teach craftsmen how to make cement?"
Huang Lao tried to explain.
"Of course I haven't forgotten it," Han Du said unhappily, "But it's been a few days, why hasn't he come back yet? Making cement is such a simple thing, you can do it at a glance. Does it take so long to teach him?"
"Then the little old man will send someone to urge him?" Huang Lao suggested. But he didn't agree with Han Du's words in his heart. How could this be possible? Maybe this is something that adults can do naturally. After all, this is
Cement is made by adults, but for ordinary people, it is not that easy. There are actually many important points in making cement. A single oversight may lead to production failure. Anyway, at the beginning, Mr. Huang himself was also thinking carefully.
He finally figured out how to make it, and that's because he participated in various attempts to make cement from beginning to end.
However, Han Du thought that Xue Gongbu was a very nice person and there was no need to bring shame on the Gongbu for such a trivial matter.
Then he waved his hand and sighed, "Forget it, let's wait and see. Without him, it won't have much impact. It's better for us to take action first."
"become."
After things were arranged, Mr. Huang and Xiong Shi went to do their own things.
Mr. Huang went to summon the craftsmen to dig and build the kiln. More than a hundred people were digging and building the kiln in twenty places at the same time, creating a lively scene in an instant.
However, Xiong Shi had to work harder. He made another trip to the Baobao Collection Department to see if the money from the East Palace had been delivered. He also had to go to the General Affairs Department to see if the approval document for recruiting civilian husbands had been issued.
As the two left, Han Du began to relax. He picked up the teapot on the coffee table and slowly poured himself a cup. He sipped the tea leisurely while looking at the busy scene outside. It felt so comfortable.
This is the advantage of being a leader. You only need to use your words. The people below will naturally do the hard work and errands.
In the afternoon, Xiong Shi came back. He brought back the news that the money and food in the East Palace were in place, and the imperial court's approval for recruiting civilian husbands.
"Sir, this is the imperial court's approval. In five days, the people will be recruited to assemble."
Han Du was slumped on the chair and reached out to take it. When Xiong Shi said this, he immediately stood up from the chair.
"Why five days later? Not tomorrow?"
Xiong Shi immediately explained, "My lord, I don't know. Recruiting civilians is not a trivial matter. The imperial court ordered that it need to leave some time for the county government. Sir, if you think about it, the county government will receive an order from the imperial court."
It is impossible to gather all those people right away. After all, these people are scattered in various places throughout the county. It takes time for the court to notify the county, and it will also take time for the county to notify the grain chief and the li chief, right?
The grain chief and the li chief still need to go door-to-door to determine who has completed the corvee this year and who still needs to serve. Five days is the fastest, that is, these counties are near the capital.
So fast. If it were a remote place like that and wanted to recruit civilians, the imperial court would not have given the order a month or two in advance."
After listening to Xiong Shi's explanation, Han Du finally came to his senses.
Yes, this is not in the information age, where an order from the central government can be conveyed to the grassroots in an instant.
Now if an order from the imperial court wants to be conveyed, it must be conveyed by people on horseback. The most powerful one is the eight hundred miles at the border pass to convey urgent military information. However, the order can only be conveyed to eight hundred miles in one day.
Within, as for eight hundred miles away, sorry, we have to wait until the next day or even more.
After shaking the approval document in his hand a few times, Han Du sighed helplessly, "Okay, five days is all." After saying that, he returned the approval document to Xiong Shi.
It takes five days to recruit civilian workers, but I can't be idle here. The cement production can't stop for a moment. After the kiln is built tomorrow, firing will begin.
Five days later, after going through twenty kilns of the Banknote Paper Bureau and firing them day and night, the cement produced filled several rooms. Mr. Huang freed up several rooms where papermaking raw materials were originally stored.
cement.
Before dawn, Han Du and Xiong Shi had already left the city on horseback. Behind them were fifty craftsmen carefully selected by Huang Laojing, and they rushed towards the place where the civilians gathered.
The gathering place is in the middle of this road. Since most of this road is in Jurong County, the gathering place is also in Jurong County, but it is close to the capital, and Jurong
Naturally, the number of civilians recruited by the county is the largest among several counties.
When Han Du arrived, it was already the end of Chen hour and the sun had already risen. From a distance, he could see a large group of people, carrying various tools, standing or sitting in a long line on the road.
.
If there are ten thousand people, there will be no shore.
What's more, there are now 20,000 people gathered here.
Although the place was crowded and noisy, Han Du still saw an old acquaintance as soon as he arrived.
"Hey, Mr. Zhou, would you like to come in?" Han Du greeted him with a smile.
There were several government servants standing beside him, and waiting on the side of the road was Magistrate Zhou who sold the coal mine to Han Du.
Magistrate Zhou was not happy at first. The neglected barren mountain that Han Du bought from him turned into a hot coal mine. Fortunately, he wrote to the court in time to explain himself, although for some reason the court did not punish him for it.
He, but the officialdom is like a battlefield. He has lost such a big face and sold his gold for dirt. Naturally, other officials who don't deal with him will not miss this opportunity to ridicule him.
From word to word, the words of a "confused county magistrate" spread among the official circles.
Magistrate Zhou was born as a Jinshi, and he was also a person on the gold medal list. Otherwise, he would not have the opportunity to be a county magistrate in Gyeonggi. He is also ambitious, and he often thinks that one day he can be in charge of a film.
Well, now that this 'confused county magistrate' is making waves in the city, if nothing else, don't even think about his future.
Therefore, during this period of time, Magistrate Zhou's face has been clouded every day.
Seeing Han Du's bright smile now, Magistrate Zhou was really angry. If he hadn't been cultivating his moral character, he might have punched this annoying face long ago, making his eyes full of peach blossoms.
However, after careful consideration, Magistrate Zhou still suppressed the anger in his chest.
"Mr. Han really has the ability to turn stone into gold. He has bought up all the coal mines in this county and left not even a piece of charcoal residue for the people of the county. I have lived half my life, and I have learned a lot this time."
Although the words were not very sharp, but in line with the look on the county magistrate's face last week, the cold words made Han Du feel uncomfortable.
But Han Du knew that what he did was not very authentic, but there was no way. How could he take care of so many wealthy people now?
If Han Du really swallowed the coal mine alone, let alone the county magistrate this week, he might really give Han Du negative publicity among the people, turning a blind eye and acquiescing to the people looking for Han Du.
Trouble.
But now the coal mine no longer belongs to Han Du himself. The bulk of it now belongs to the emperor and the prince, and he dare not interfere with it if it is given to County Magistrate Zhou.
Perhaps these sarcastic remarks just now were what he could do to deal with Han Du's powerful attack.
"Your Majesty, what you said is wrong. Although I bought the coal mine, it did not leave any benefits to the county."
County Magistrate Zhou thought that Han Du meant that there were still coal mines left in other places in the county, so he gave Han Du a hard look and said, "This county has already sent people to search. Except for the ones you bought, there are no coal mines left in other places."
No trace of coal ore was ever found. Some people even dug several feet deep into the ground, even digging out the springs, but no trace of coal ore was found."
"That's not what I'm talking about," Han Du waved his sleeves and explained with his hands behind his back, "Mr. Zhou, you see, people are always needed to mine coal mines, right? I don't have many people in the treasure bank lifting department.
With this small number of people, even if they die from exhaustion, it is impossible to mine enough to feed the people of the entire capital."
Magistrate Zhou laughed angrily, "What? Do you still want me to recruit civilians to help you mine? Hahaha..."
County Magistrate Zhou looked up to the sky and smiled, vomiting the depression in his chest.
After laughing, he pointed at Han Du's nose and said, "Other officials can't guarantee it, but I can guarantee it. As long as I am still the magistrate of Jurong County, you won't have any common people to help you quarry coal."
"My lord, why are you like this?" Han Du saw County Magistrate Zhou snorting coldly. He didn't care about his own words, so he had no choice but to continue explaining, "Your Excellency, you misunderstood. I said that I left benefits for the people, so of course it is true. How about that?
Sir, how about you listen to what I have to say and then make further calculations?"
County Magistrate Zhou didn't even look at Han Du, and didn't want to listen to his nonsense. He snorted coldly to show his attitude. In County Magistrate Zhou's opinion, what good shit can a person like Han Du do?
I remember that when he first came to the county government, I was so enthusiastic and hospitable to him. What happened? I didn’t expect that he came here with bad intentions in his stomach. He pretended to buy a barren mountain that no one cared about, but actually he bought it.