Seven days later, two large ships flying the flags of "Wei" and "Su's Chamber of Commerce" docked at Fenyinjin.
After learning about this, Zhao Hongrun left Yan Mo to lead his army to garrison Fenyin, guarding the two cities of Puban and Pishi. He himself took the Zongwei and 500 troops personally led by the Yanling Army's heroic general "Hua Yu".
The infantry boarded the two ships and embarked on the return journey back to Daliang.
It turned out that after receiving a letter from King Qing Hongxin seven days ago, Zhao Hongrun sent someone to contact the "Su Chamber of Commerce" and asked the latter to send two ships to Fenyin to take him back to Daliang.
After all, it may take ten or twenty years to lead five hundred soldiers back to Daliang by land, but it only takes a few days by water.
As for whether the "Su's Chamber of Commerce" will complain, this is not a problem at all, because at least 40% of the "Su's Chamber of Commerce's" property belongs to his Prince Su's Mansion - which can be understood as Yang Toixing's dowry.
As for the ships of the "Su's Chamber of Commerce", they are actually the industry of the Metallurgical and Manufacturing Bureau - the Shipbuilding Office of the Construction Department of the Metallurgical and Manufacturing Bureau. In addition to building large transport ships and selling them to customers such as the Ministry of Household Affairs and domestic nobles, the rest are leased to the Su's.
Chamber of Commerce and Su's Chamber of Commerce will pay money to the Metallurgical Bureau on schedule.
Some people may wonder, neither the Su Chamber of Commerce nor the Metallurgical Bureau belongs to Zhao Hongrun. Is there any significance in the money of the two being left in the left hand and in the right hand?
In fact, the properties of the two are different.
First of all, the Smelting Bureau is a court agency. Although it is run by Zhao Hongrun, it essentially belongs to the state. As for the Su Chamber of Commerce, in layman's terms, Zhao Hongrun accounts for about 40% of the interests, and the remaining 60% belongs to the local Su Wang Party.
Power can be understood as the latter joining in by providing people, effort, and money.
For example, Concubine Shen Shu's natal family "Huangyi Shen family", such as the "Anling Zhao family" of her third uncle Zhao Laiyu, and the "Nanxi Marquis Zhao Zi" and "Chen Cao" who were on Zhao Laiyu's recommendation list a while ago
"Hou Zhao Mi", "Nan Cao Hou Zhao Jiu" and so on, it is Zhao Hongrun who led this group of people to make a fortune together.
Otherwise, Zhao Hongrun's reputation in the domestic aristocratic circle is so good, and he is even called "a traitor who eats in and out", why should Nan Xihou, Chen Caohou, Nan Caohou and others stand up for him, speak for him, and give him support?
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Although this matter was initially facilitated by the persuasion of Third Uncle Zhao Laiyu, which had always made Zhao Hongxuan a little unhappy, looking back now, Zhao Hongrun had to admit that Third Uncle Zhao Laiyu’s advice was
Correct - Zhao Hongrun alone cannot compete with the entire aristocracy of Wei; therefore, the wisest choice is to win over some and attack others.
This time Zhao Hongrun returned to Daliang to prepare for a showdown with the domestic nobles who coveted the four orders of Hedong. The reason why Zhao Hongrun was confident was precisely because of this - unlike three years ago when he was single and weak, now there is also a force behind him.
The aristocratic forces are supporting him, although most of them are unworthy nobles.
But that doesn't matter. Zhao Hongrun doesn't expect those people to really help him anyway. All he wants is to divide the nobles who oppose him.
It has to be said that during the Sanchuan incident, all the nobles in the country united to put pressure on the clan. Even Zhao Hongrun could only compromise. At most, he would overthrow Zhao Tairu. Zhao Laiyu and other clan elders vented their anger, but they did not dare to retaliate against the real clan leader.
The main culprit is that the words "the most powerful person in the country" put too much pressure on him.
In the face of this force, let alone him, even his father Emperor Wei could only choose to compromise.
But now, the "nation's powerful people" who oppose him have become "the vast majority of powerful people", and the pressure is obviously much less. When the time comes, Zhao Hongrun will win over some and attack some, so that "the vast majority of powerful people" become "the vast majority of powerful people".
"A small group of powerful people", then the direction of this war between "King Su and the powerful people in the country" will gradually shift towards the former.
Zhao Hongrun didn't think too much about what happened next. He only focused on the matter in front of him - because of the Sanchuan incident that year, the powerful people in the country once again tried to unite to cast spells on him, Zhao Hongrun, which Zhao Hongrun could not tolerate.
Do you really think that Zhao Hongrun is a soft persimmon? He can be pinched as much as he wants.
Humph! Last time the clan collapsed, who will fall this time?
Standing at the bow of the boat, Zhao Hongrun looked at the rough river and sneered secretly.
At this time, Zongwei Lu Mu came out of the cabin, holding two thick robes in his hands. He threw one to Zongwei Chief Wei Jiao, and then put the other one on Zhao Hongrun.
Zhao Hongrun nodded towards Lu Mu to express his gratitude.
At this time, Lu Mu asked hesitantly: "Your Highness, is it appropriate to leave Liu Bing in Fenyin?"
Zhao Hongrun tugged on his robe and said with a smile: "A sick man can be blown away by the wind. What are you worried about?"
Hearing this, Lu Mu shook his head and said: "I'm not worried about Liu Bingji. I'm worried about...Liu Bing is already a cousin of Prince Xiang...Isn't this inappropriate?"
Zhao Hongrun looked at the river without saying a word.
In fact, Lu Mu's words hit home the hesitation in Zhao Hongrun's heart.
If Liu Bing was not a relative of the "Liu family of Zhongyang", let alone a cousin of Xiang Wang Hongjing, in fact Zhao Hongrun deliberately recommended Liu Bing to be appointed as the "Pi family order" because Liu Bing was indeed very talented.
But because of this person's background, Zhao Hongrun hesitated. After all, he was more inclined to recommend county magistrates whom he could control.
It’s not that Zhao Hongrun has any evil intentions, it’s just that recommending candidates who are easy to control will facilitate his subsequent strategic deployment in the future.
If he recommends Liu Bingji to be the "Pi Shi Order" because he values Liu Bingji's talent, what if "Zhongyang Liu Shi" turns against him in the future? Don't be afraid of this kind of thing, just be afraid of 10,000.
I have to say that apart from this point, Zhao Hongrun had a very good impression of Liu Bingji.
Through Liu Bing's exchanges with Kou Zheng, Shang Yang, Mu Ziyong and others, Zhao Hongrun could tell that Liu Bing was most likely a scholar who stayed at home all year round. Because of his poor health, he lacked
The communication with the outside world feels quite pure, and he is not the kind of aristocratic child who is obsessed with profit.
Recalling that Liu Bing was so itchy that he finally couldn't help but argue with Kou Zheng and others about the arrangements for the military camps and military fields of the Fenyin garrison, Zhao Hongrun felt quite funny.
Especially this morning, when Zhao Hongrun was preparing to return to Daliang by boat from Fenyin, he asked Liu Bingji if he wanted to send him back to Zhongyang. However, Liu Bingji refused.
On the matter of "Fenyin County Rectification Plan", he has not yet reached a conclusion with Kou Zheng and others.
In Liu Bingji's opinion, the rectification plan that he and Kou Zheng came up with still had some omissions and deficiencies and needed to be improved.
Looking at Liu Bing's appearance at that time, Zhao Hongrun knew that this man was already intoxicated and seemed to be enjoying himself.
Thinking about it, Liu Bing is a scholar who stays at home all year round due to physical reasons. He must also have lofty ambitions, but his weak body cannot support his ambitions. Now, there is such a major event in Fenyin County to rectify
You can let him show a little bit of his achievements in studying over the years. How could he just return to Zhongyang like this?
Zhao Hongrun had no objection to this - Liu Bing was willing to work for free, so what could he object to?
If this man wasn't the cousin of King Xiang Hongjing, Zhao Hongrun would have wanted to recruit him as his staff. Now he doesn't lack soldiers, but only think tanks.
On the second day of November, Zhao Hongrun took a boat and sailed down the river for four days, and finally arrived at Bolangsha River Port.
After two or three years of huge investment, Bolangsha, which was once a barren river beach, has now gradually become prosperous.
Although the entire project has only progressed to about one-third of the way, part of the river port has been built. Even when Zhao Hongrun was watching from the boat, he could see the dense buildings in the Bolangsha area - a mixture of villages and markets.
architecture.
Nowadays, Bolangsha is filled with all kinds of people.
There are supervisory officials and surveying craftsmen from the Smelting Bureau, civilians who are paid wages, and even more are Hu people and Ba people slaves from Sanchuan - these three groups of people are responsible for the huge project of building Bolangsha River Port.
According to reports from the Metallurgical Bureau, the labor force in Bolangsha has reached 30,000 people. It is precisely because of such a large labor force that the construction project of this river port is faster than expected. Coupled with the emergence of cement, Zhao Hongrun estimates that
It is estimated that in two years at most, this largest military and civilian river port in the Wei Kingdom will be completed immediately, shortening the time by half compared to the original plan.
However, such intensive manpower has also made the current security situation in Bolangsha area relatively chaotic.
For example, many commoners who worked hard simply took their uncles and brothers to build a house in Bolangsha, so that Bolangsha was full of mixed houses; and some businessmen who saw the profits also sold wine, rice and food to them.
When the daily necessities arrived here, he opened a shop here.
Ninety-nine percent of these houses and shops are illegal construction and must be demolished in the future. But right now, in order to facilitate the construction of Bolangsha River Port, the Metallurgical and Construction Bureau is turning a blind eye to them.
The only ones that the Smelting Bureau wants to combat are those evil forces that are mixed in, such as those scoundrels, gangsters, rangers, etc. who have nothing to do and make a living by extortion.
It is said that the imperial court specially sent a "Bo Gang Lieutenant" for this purpose, who was responsible for managing the security in the Bolangsha area.
Zhao Hongrun was not surprised by this. The reason was very simple. Compared to him who only owned 20% according to the agreement, the imperial court, which owned 80% of the ownership of Bolangsha, was the master of this river port.
I believe that anyone who delays the construction of this river port will definitely become a thorn in the side of the imperial court.
Just as Zhao Hongrun was standing on the boat watching the construction progress of the river port, the boat under his feet had sailed away from this area and entered the dredging water.
After entering the dredged water, the speed of the ship immediately slowed down. This is no wonder, after all, the flow speed of the dredged water is not comparable to that of a large river.
But even so, Zhao Hongrun still rushed to the shore before dusk, directly in the area of Daliang Gyeonggi.
At this time, there were already more than a dozen Green Crows waiting in that area for a long time.
"Your Highness."
After seeing Zhao Hongrun get off the boat along the plank, the crows kowtowed and clasped their fists in a respectful manner.
"Everyone, get up."
Zhao Hongrun nodded, signaled the Green Crows to stand up, and asked: "Is there any movement in Daliang?"
A member of the Qingya crowd heard this and reported: "Reporting to Your Highness, today, King Qing is preparing to host a grand banquet for guests at his residence."
"Oh?" Zhao Hongrun's eyes flashed with a strange color.
At this time, Zongwei Chief Wei Jiao had already taken Zhao Hongrun's mount from the ship.
I saw Zhao Hongrun get on his mount, glanced at the beam, and smiled at the corner of his mouth.
"It's better to come early than to come by chance... Let's go and join in the fun!"