County Mansion.

Jia Zhixian saw that the fire was coming, so he smiled with emotion: "The son doesn't have to be like this, at the beginning of his tenure, he listened to the glorious deeds of Changxing's father and the old man praising Wu and Gui Ergong asking for the people's life." Especially for what happened to Wu Gong, all the people of Changxing beat their chests and hated to go to prison for him. ”

Several local gentry who sat with them all nodded and sighed, and some even wiped their tears.

"So when I learned that Gongzi rescued Wu Gong and allowed him to enjoy his old age in Suzhou, all of us in the county celebrated and were grateful." Jia Zhixian thanked Zhao Hao emotionally, and the gentry also got up and bowed one after another, all of them looked affectionate and righteous, which made Zhao Gongzi have goosebumps.

After everyone sat down again, Jia Zhixian asked angrily: "Gongzi should come to our county this time, it should be more than just a tour of the mountains and rivers, right?" If there is a place where the county can help, just ask. ”

"Something's true." Zhao Hao said logically: "Jiangnan Group consumes a lot of carbon, and it is difficult to sustain it by relying only on the island's own production." I heard that in the area of Niutou Mountain in Guixian County, people often find black and combustible stones, which should be charcoal. So I came to see it on the spot. ”

"That's right." Jia Zhixian didn't know much about this, so he looked at a few gentry.

"There is indeed such a saying." Several gentry nodded one after another and said: "When I returned to my parents, I also had a field trip, and I tried to say that there were coal mines in Niutou Mountain, and I also wanted to use it to benefit the people, but unfortunately the firewood and grass in the south of the Yangtze River were abundant, and there was no market for this thing, so it was delayed." ”

Zhao Hao nodded, he knew very well that before the advent of the industrial age, the utilization rate of coal was indeed very low. In an agrarian society, its high calorific value is almost useless, but because it is not easy to ignite, the smoke chokes and other defects, it cannot replace the pitching firewood.

Shanxi and Beijing used coal early because of the lack of firewood and grass, so they had to settle for the next best thing. And the south does not have this demand, so naturally it will not bother to mine.

Therefore, although several gentry knew the legend of the Xishan Company, they were not as hungry as the magnates in Beijing, they just enthusiastically expressed that if the son needed it, he was willing to provide all the conveniences for the Jiangnan Group.

Some people also said that Niutoushan has its own land and is willing to sell it to Jiangnan Group at a low price.

Jiazhi County is even more of a package ticket, Jiangnan Group in the county will get the highest standard of treatment, including them to use Changxing coal as soon as possible.

Zhao Hao was moved, and finally couldn't help but ask, if there was something they needed their help with.

Jia Zhixian and the gentry were stunned for a while when they heard this, and Pan Shujun, who had been laughing without saying a word, laughed and said:

"It's really making you die, isn't that all there is? If Zhao Gongzi didn't ask, did you plan to say it in the middle of the night? ”

"What the hell is going on?" On the way to Pan Shujun, he had already told Zhao Hao. But Zhao Hao still pretended to be confused and asked.

"What else can happen?" Pan Shujun said with a smile: "Huzhou and Suzhou have the same disease, and I want to ask my son to save my life." ”

"Just as the third master said." Seeing that Pan Sanye had his head, Master Huang immediately followed up and said: "Our county is quite dependent on the silk weaving industry. Almost every family raises silkworm reeling silk, and the lake silk we produce is famous all over the world. ”

Zhao Hao nodded, and listened to him continue:

"In the past, most of our raw silk and silk were sold to Suzhou. In the past two years, the whole market has not been good, and Suzhou has not been able to take care of itself, so it can't take care of us even more. ”

"Ugh." Jia Zhixian sighed and said: "Seeing that spring is about to begin, the farmers are uncertain, and they don't know if they can raise silkworms this year." The silk society is also full of last year's raw silk, and there is no money to lend them to survive the spring famine...... How can you survive this spring? When I think of this, it is difficult for the county to sleep and eat. ”

The gentry also sighed, and some wiped their tears.

"I see." Zhao Hao smiled when he heard this: "Guixian wants to follow the example of Suzhou and let Jiangnan Textile do it for you?" ”

"Exactly." Jia Zhixian nodded hurriedly, lest Zhao Hao refuse, and took the initiative to say: "We also know that Suzhou's costs in all aspects are higher than ours." I don't plan to be like them, as long as we can keep our capital, thank God thank you. ”

"This ......" Zhao Hao didn't feel too embarrassed. First, once the shipping is successful, the raw silk and silk purchased now can directly make a profit several times. Second, with the continuous financial support of Jiangnan Bank, the pressure on Changxing County and even the entire Huzhou government is not too great.

Third, there are still many people who are not aware of the fact that whoever can control the two major silk producing areas of Suzhou and Huzhou will have the pricing power of this industry.

Of course, the risk is also real, if you can't open up the sea as scheduled, so much raw silk and silk are backlogged in your hands, Hu Xueyan's tragic scene, I'm afraid that it will be staged on me in advance.

Of course, posturing is inevitable. He asked with a cautious face: "I don't know how big the plate in your county is?" ”

"No more, no less, how much output can we produce in Changxing?" Everyone hurriedly laughed and said: "If you have 500,000 taels of silver a year, you can cover it." ”

"That's it......" Zhao Hao nodded, as if he had made up his mind and said: "Okay, I'll talk to President Jiang, go back and let her come over, and you can talk about it." ”

Zhao Hao didn't have to think about it to guess that Jiang Xueying would definitely take the opportunity to demand that the 500,000 taels be paid to the silver coupons, and the taxes and yamen expenses of Changxing County in the future should also be settled with the silver coupons, right? In this way, opening Jiangnan Bank to Huzhou can also greatly improve the influence of Jiangnan Group along the coast of Taihu Lake.

I didn't expect that the trip to Changxing could have such a big harvest. Counting the coal mine and the Xu family brothers, it is simply killing six birds with one stone.

The two sides ask for each other, and the natural affection is long, hello and me.

At the end of the table, the guests and hosts were happy. Jia Zhixian personally sent Zhao Hao to the backyard of the mansion to rest.

Master Huang leaned in and asked in a low voice, "What do you want to do with those people?" ”

"Of course, it was handled impartially in accordance with the law." Zhao Hao replied with a straight face, and said without a beginning or a tail: "The coal mine is a place that needs manpower very much, and the small coal mine on Xishan Island has hundreds of coolies digging coal...... They are all criminals sentenced to hard labor in the county. ”

"Oh, I see." Master Huang suddenly knew how this case should be judged.

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After sending away Jia Zhixian and Master Huang, Zhao Hao asked Secretary Ma to make tea and eat tea with Pan Shujun to sober up.

The main reason is that Pan Shujun is sober, and Zhao Hao has drunk a few glasses of vegetarian wine, and he may not be able to find out if he is drunk driving.

"Childe shouldn't let President Jiang come over today, he should let Changxing County send someone over to talk." Pan Shujun was poured a lot, and he spoke more casually. "Otherwise, when she comes, I'm afraid she will be entangled by our mansion. What should I do if the whole Huzhou lets Jiangnan Group cover the bottom? ”

"That's just a bit of a struggle." Zhao Haoxin said what else can I do? The bank opened and used the money of the Huzhou people to buy the silk of the Huzhou people.

As he spoke, he raised his hand to stop Pan Shujun, who was still going to persuade again, and changed the topic and said, "Don't talk about this, is the third uncle interested in participating in the Changxing Coal Mine?" ”

"I can't help you take care of things, I don't have the face to take advantage." Pan Shujun sighed.

"You don't have to worry about it, it doesn't violate the family rules to help me collect the land, right?" Zhao Hao said with a smile.

"That's not violated, otherwise where did my Pan family's 100,000 acres of fertile land come from?" Pan Shujun replied with a smile.

"Turn back, you will help me collect the land." Zhao Hao then instructed: "But it's not from Changxing's side, but from Guangdezhou's side, along the boundary ridge all the way to Daniutou Mountain." ”

"Okay." Pan Shujun agreed, although this distance is not short, but it is all in the mountains, and it will not cost tens of thousands of taels to collect them all.

"When the time comes, your family will use these lands to invest in the coal mine, and I will count you as 20% of the shares," Zhao Hao said with a smile: "It's not useless now, right?" ”

"Hahaha, Childe is so considerate and thoughtful, how can I be embarrassed to take Joe again?" Pan Shujun laughed and responded.

ps. The last chapter caused you trouble. Two in one is a chapter.,This chapter is the second chapter.,I'll code another chapter.,But you have to wait.,It's the same tomorrow morning.。