Gao Cai thought that this would be the end of his life, but he didn't expect that he would have the opportunity to participate in a major event that might leave a name in history after retiring, so of course he refused to let it go. As for the trivial matter of the conflict between Gao Pragmatic and Gao Wuzi before, it suddenly became not worth mentioning.

Gao Cai said in a big way: You don't have to take this matter to heart, although Gao Wuzi's kid is a long house, but the Gao family has been divided into families, and now he still has three uncles alive, this kind of thing that does not allow his family to participate in ancestor worship is not his turn to shake this majesty.

Gao Pragmatic breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, among the three living elders, the third uncle would definitely not support Gao Wuzi, who was unproductive, not to mention his cheap father, and the attitude of the fifth uncle was not easy to judge. Now that Wubo has also spoken out to support him, Gao Wuzi has nothing to jump on.

To be honest, Gao Pragmatic didn't want to completely tear his face with Gao Wuzi, after all, such a thing as a brother's wall, even if he made sense, it would be difficult to hear outside. It would be great to be able to cover up the matter under the suppression of the fifth uncle.

Gao pragmatic struck while the iron was hot, and said that he planned to divide some dry shares for Gao Wuzi in the Xinzheng Coal Mine, Gao Cai listened to it, and said with emotion: "This kid Wuzi is indeed not angry, a person who stands in his thirties, he doesn't do his job all day long, he is not a cockfighting lackey, or he sleeps in the willows, and he is not as sensible as his son!" I was worried that he would sooner or later lose the little family property that his eldest brother left him, but now you are willing to ignore the past suspicions and leave him some dry shares in the coal mine, and I, who will be a younger brother, will be able to talk to my eldest brother in the future. ”

It's hard to be pragmatic when you say this, so you have to be silent.

Gao Cai thought for a while, and added: "You leave him dry shares, the heart is good, but he is really unreliable, you must write clearly in black and white in advance, these dry shares can only pay dividends, and can neither meddle in the operation, nor can they be resold and gifted...... You can even simply make a decision and directly write the name of Rui Yan on this dry stock, this kid is better than his father. ”

Gao Ruiyan is Gao Jie's eldest grandson, it stands to reason that because of Gao Wuzi in the middle, Yin Guan can't take his turn, but Gao Jie has no confidence in Gao Wuzi's son, for fear that letting him be an official will hurt him. However, it is said that Gao Ruiyan is quite ambitious, and although he already has a quota for Yin Guan, he still said that he will participate in the imperial examination in the future.

Gao Pragmatic thought about it, it was okay to give the dry shares to Gao Ruiyan, but it was difficult to borrow if he wanted to take this opportunity to ease the relationship with Gao Wuzi.

Although Gao Pragmatic looks down on Gao Wuzi for 10,000, he Gao Wuzi can not care about adding another "brother or not friend" to the title of his son, but Gao Pragmatic refuses to let himself have a "brother disrespectful" on his head, so this cadre stock still has to be given to Gao Wuzi himself, at least so that he will not say bad things about himself when he meets people.

Fame is sometimes a double-edged sword. Just like in history, after Zhang Juzheng became the first assistant, his father bullied others in his hometown in Jiangling, which made people angry and resentful, so someone wrote to Zhang Juzheng and asked him to take care of it.

Zhang Juzheng reacted quickly, and immediately wrote a reply letter from the old elder to the person who persuaded him, but it actually meant the same thing: That's my father, how can I care? If I don't get it right, I have to bear the name of "unfilial piety", even if I am the first assistant, I can't bear this name!

Gao Pragmatic now has the pulse of the fifth uncle, and he does not reserve too much about him, and says that he will still give this cadre to Gao Wuzi, so as not to hide his mouth and publicize his family ugliness.

Gao Cai sighed and admitted it, but added: "Then you can't give too much of this dry stock, at most it can't exceed one percent...... Anyway, you said that Xinzheng has a lot of coal, and this success can't be lost to him. ”

Gao pragmatically nodded and agreed, and the two of them carefully discussed the matter of opening an iron factory - after all, they both knew that opening a coal mine was to lay the foundation for an iron factory, although it could also benefit the township by the way, but their fundamental focus was still on the iron factory.

The fact that Xuchang's iron mine is not far from Xinzheng has finally been determined by Gao Cai, and Gao Shishi breathed a sigh of relief, but subconsciously still wanted to follow his previous consistent thinking: one-stop work. So he asked Gao Cai if he could find a way to buy the iron ore, and even buy the surrounding mountainous areas that might be mineral veins.

Although Gao Cai already knows that Gao Pragmatic has a lot of courage to do industry, he is still a little shocked by this practice of buying a large piece of land at every turn, even if those places are mountainous and there are not many fields, Gao Cai also feels a little dumbfounded.

But Gao pragmatic and he carefully calculated the accounts, and he had to admit that buying land in the mining area and buying land are indeed two different things.

Many of these mountains are ownerless, and they can be purchased at an extremely low price directly from the local yamen, and even most of the local yamen are very happy - this is waste utilization, what are the birds used in those ownerless mountains? Some people buy and refuse to sell, is it because the county master wants to keep himself into the mountains to hunt?

Even if you occasionally encounter the main mountain forest, it doesn't matter, there is basically no decent output in the mountains and forests these years, the use value is very low, the cost of buying mountains and forests is more than ten times lower than buying fields, generally a few tenths of the price of the field, almost in vain, with a high net worth, buy dozens of hectares in one breath without blinking.

The only trouble is that the iron ore in Xuzhou is said to be owned by a large local family, the family surname Fan, the clan is quite large, although there is no special high-ranking person, but successive generations have spent money in the local chief book, the history, it can be seen that the foundation is very deep. And this year, there is even a lifter, called Fan Shouji.

Fan Shouji? Gao Shishi had the impression that this person later became a jinshi, it seems that it has been a few years, and later it seems that he has been a grandmaster, and even a soldier in the army, it turns out that his home is next door to his house......

But Gao pragmatic and sensitive found a problem and asked: "Xuzhou is a state, how can there be a master book and a classic history?" ”

The state is slightly higher than the county, and the county's main books and canonical histories correspond to the state, and they should be judges and officials.

Gao Cai said with a smile: "The Fan family's hometown is Weichuan County, which is close to Xuzhou, but his family is more powerful and has industries in Xuzhou, and the iron mine in Xuzhou is one of them. ”

Well, that means you have to deal with this Fan family.

Gao Pragmatic frowned, and asked hesitantly, "This Fan family...... Since the fifth uncle had bought iron at his house, did he have any friendship with them? If they were to buy his iron ore, would they sell it? ”

Gao Cai shook his head slightly: "I don't have much friendship with their family, but what about buying iron ore...... I think the key is the price, their family has come out of a person so far, in case the future is not successful, you have to rely on the alternate to have an official. Even if you can be promoted to the Jinshi, after all, your third uncle is the second assistant of the dynasty, and he is also a heavenly official, even if the Fan family doesn't stammer, at least they shouldn't think about offending, right? So I think that as long as the money is enough, they probably won't stop selling. ”