Ceramics and cloth are produced in a certain amount every day. In addition, the arsenal does most of the work of smelting iron and making weapons, and so on.
In order to facilitate the transportation of materials from brick factories and mines dozens of miles away to the factory, a road was opened behind the factory. In this way, outsiders could no longer peek into the factory, and the factory became its own.
The Xu family delivered a batch of weapons to Gongsun Zan every year, but he only knew that the Wang family had laid tracks in the mines and increased the transportation volume.
Little did they know that the mining technology in underground mines is now different from the original, and the monthly mining volume has increased five times compared to before.
However, when reporting to the outside world, Xu Da only said twice as much. Gongsun Zan and others already found it incredible.
Therefore, the couple secretly swallowed most of the remaining iron ore and transferred it to their own arsenal to produce weapons for their own family.
What Gongsun Zan only valued was Wang's magical weapons. As long as the weapons handed over by Wang were more useful than his original ones, the mission would be considered completed.
As for more useful weapons, the Xu family's warehouse is now half full.
The general ledger at home is managed by Xu Yue. Although there is a risk that the space in the research room cannot be entered, there is no safer place than her place now, so the ledgers and other things are still kept in the research room.
Every time Xu Yue looks at the general ledger, her heart will beat fast.
Because her father and mother were so greedy, it made her tremble with fear.
But Xu Yue knows better that her family can only rely on these greedy iron ores to stand up. Without a sharp knife in hand, everything is just a cloud!
Looking at the steady flow of iron ore coming in from the path behind the arsenal, Xu Yue silently glanced at the general ledger in the research room.
Well, as expected, my heartbeat will still speed up.
But there is also a strange satisfaction...
Xu Yue took a deep breath, no longer looking at the arsenal that made her heart beat faster, and turned her eyes to the school she was most concerned about.
Wen Changyao is already the class monitor of the first grade of junior high school, and he even got the big chicken drumstick that he was obsessed with. Now he is holding a Chinese textbook and leading his classmates in reciting the text.
What they were reading was Master Lu's Diary of a Madman. To these children, the cannibalism in it was a completely imaginable picture, so they felt very comfortable reciting it, as if they were reading about their own experiences before arriving in Xujiazhuang.
Among this group of students, there are a few outstanding students, including Wen Changyao. He has a basic foundation and is willing to learn. His position as monitor is unshakable.
Another person who caught Xu Yue's attention was Naiwa's sister Fubao. The little girl showed amazing talent in arithmetic.
Junmei personally took care of her for a period of time, and the little girl has now begun to teach herself the third grade of mathematics.
Cui Yuan and Guang Luhai, who were teachers, were both surprised by this talent.
Moreover, she learned the Xu family's new knowledge from beginning to end, which was different from the two of them who accepted modern mathematics halfway.
Those who are lagging behind cannot accept many concepts as quickly as Fubao because of their previous inherent concepts.
As time goes by, this little girl's achievements in arithmetic will definitely be even better than theirs.
Xu Yue listened to the students reading loudly and felt that the future of my club leader camp was bright!
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After a busy autumn harvest, the temperature in the north suddenly dropped.
Abnormal temperatures are considered a bad omen in this era.
At this time, Gongsun Zan's official responsible for accounting (statistics) had just finished counting the grain depot. Due to the mobilization of farming technology reform before spring plowing, this year's harvest was great, and the county's grain output was 50% higher than in previous years. Tian Cao was very happy.
But when he was obviously so happy, extreme weather occurred. On the first night when the temperature dropped, Gongsun Zan came to Xu Da and asked him to tell fortunes and gauge good or bad luck.
According to him, now that the prefects of several counties in Bingzhou have expressed their intention to make him the boss, Bingzhou is already in their pocket.
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Coupled with the bumper harvests this year in the three counties of Yuyang, Shanggu, and Bohai, he has begun to plan to capture Jizhou next year, but he must not make mistakes at this time.
When Gongsun Zan burst into the room, Xu Da was calculating the salt and iron output of the three counties this year. Well, he was counting the part that he had secretly plotted against Chen Cang.
Leng Buding was knocked at the door and his heart skipped a beat. Fortunately, he had already experienced it and closed the account calmly. At the same time, he calmly raised his head and looked at the person.
After all, apart from the mother and son at home, the only person who dared to kick his door was Gongsun Zan.
Thinking with his feet, Xu Da knew who was coming.
When he learned that Gongsun Zan came to see him in a hurry and asked for fortune telling, he almost rolled his eyes and thought to himself: Brother, don't you believe in evil? Why did you suddenly start to predict good or bad luck again by divination?
Could it be...that it was a chain effect caused by what he had entrusted with his dream before?
Complaining in his heart, Xu Da, a laborer, couldn't refuse the boss's request, so he picked up two stones in the yard and started to make fortunes.
"Crack!" Two stones exploded on the ground. Gongsun Zan went up to look, but saw nothing. Then he raised his head and looked at Xu Da, "Don't drive, how do you interpret this hexagram? Is it good or bad?"
The full name of Biejia is Biejia, who is engaged in history, which is equivalent to the current secretary of the provincial supervisory bureau, and serves as the assistant historian for the state governor (now the state pastor).
You said that the current state pastor of Youzhou is Zhao Yu, why did Xu Da become a special agent when he followed Gongsun Zan?
That's because Zhao Yu has already written to the court recommending Gongsun Zan to be the shepherd of Bingzhou.
Whether the imperial court agrees or not is none of their business. Anyway, Gongsun Zan will move to Bingzhou to take office after the year.
And because Xu Da had a large part of the credit for winning Bingzhou this time, he personally led the delegation to Bingzhou to provide disaster relief, and persuaded the prefects of Shangdang, Taiyuan, Yanmen and other counties in Bingzhou to jointly recommend Gongsun Zan as the shepherd of Bingzhou.
Therefore, after Xu Da returned, Gongsun Zan immediately appointed him as Bingzhou Biejia and engaged in history.
Xu Da's promotion speed can be said to be as fast as taking a plane. In just one year, he went from a small counselor to a state-level official.
However, everyone knows how much water there is. When Gongsun Zan went to Bingzhou, there were two state pastors in one state.
Because the original Bingzhou Mu has not been removed yet, this is Yuan Zhao's ally and the Bingzhou Mu recommended by Yuan Zhao.
If the imperial court disagrees and sends another Bingzhou shepherd, maybe the three state shepherds can get together at a table to fight the landlords or something.
It's too far to say that it's too far, let's talk about the hexagram in front of the two of them. Xu Da frowned when he saw it - good or bad luck is unpredictable!
What does that mean?
That is to say, half the good and half the bad, everything depends on human beings.
When Xu Da said this hexagram, he felt like a charlatan who gave two coins to tell a fortune at the south gate of the city. There was no difference between saying it and not saying it.
Gongsun Zan: "..."
Okay, then just collect more taxes this year to prepare for emergencies.
Increase taxes?
Xu Da tactfully advised: "It is enough to collect taxes according to the customs of previous years. It is not easy to stabilize people's hearts. If we rashly increase taxes, we may lose people's hearts and shake the foundation."
Gongsun Zan just doesn’t listen to me. It’s important to prepare food, fodder and horses for the battle!
Besides, isn’t there 50% more food this year than in previous years?
I only added 10%, and they still had 40% left!
"Please don't bother me with this matter." He hugged Xu Da respectfully, leaving these words, and Gongsun Zan left.
Xu Da looked up to the sky and sighed softly: "What a sin~, you only want 10%, but if you continue to exploit this layer by layer, I am afraid that the extra 50% that the people finally got this year will not be able to keep it..."
