The next step is to negotiate behind closed doors and determine what each will do based on industry and capacity.

This was the most united time in the history of the wealthy businessmen of Nanyang County.

The result of the discussions was the formation of a loose steel alliance based on the iron-making workshops established by Fan and five other copper and iron merchants, and to focus on smelting steel to make blades, stirrups, and horseshoes.

A large saddle production base was set up with another furrier as the leader, and several carpenters undertook the manufacture of wooden frames for saddles and the production of gun and knife handles for weapons.

And because the coal furnace involved in the smelting furnace and the blacksmith's workshop was also manufactured by several potters, the refractory bricks and craftsmen involved were also responsible for convening people to solve the problem, and there were some wealthy merchants who were not in the right industry to be responsible for the excavation and transportation of coal and iron ore, and a special association was set up to coordinate between different industries.

Of course, the distribution of benefits has also been roughly distributed, a set of harness and weapons Xianyang issued a standard contract purchase price of 1,500 yuan, which has huge profits and operating space, enough to ensure that all participants can distribute satisfactory benefits, although this benefit is still a fictitious spoils, but almost all of them have maintained great satisfaction with the future benefits.

At that time, the best war horses will definitely not be their turn, and they must be taken by the emperor as war horses in the army, but those remaining horses are also amazing horses, which definitely belong to the breed that can overturn the bad horses of the Central Plains with a single stroke, and there is no problem in doubling the value of the Central Plains to the Central Plains.

A day later, although the snow was falling, the whole Wancheng was bustling.

The four markets in the south, east, and west have countless merchants who recruit all kinds of craftsmen and helpers at high prices.

There are countless caravans from the four city gates in the southeast, northwest and northwest to leave Wancheng, to the county seat of Nanyang County to begin to recruit helpers, and proficient in the production of leather or knife and gun accessories craftsmen are more sought-after goods, there are merchants to open a daily half stone of grain salary, and each successful production, in addition to a separate reward, this time the craftsmen of the entire Nanyang County are boiling, especially those apprentices who have obtained the qualification of craftsmen, one by one are as happy as a chicken blood to abandon their families and children to go out to work.

Although this kind of thing was not allowed before, the merchants who recruited craftsmen all showed a certificate issued by the county guard, which was a form of labor, but this labor method was very special, and the other party not only had to eat and live, but also paid wages.

Of course, there are also farmers are also very happy, because the merchants also buy a large number of wood to make knives, guns and sword handles, although it is specifically noted that only a few kinds of hard and elastic tree species such as green oka wood and thick wood are needed, but the most important thing in this wild era is wood, a five-year-old, diameter of five inches long and one zhang straight green wood, the purchase price is thirty yuan, the same specification of thick wood rod is as high as fifty yuan, as for the handle of half a foot and a foot, it is also a few to ten yuan a piece, if the peel is simply processed the price is higher, and the number is not limited.

Because in yesterday's discussion, everyone felt that the emperor would have to equip more horsemen in the next few years, and the number might exceed 100,000, so everyone felt that they could take this opportunity to stock up on a large number of goods in case of emergency, so as not to be in a hurry and not be able to grab a share.

At the same time, the Iron and Steel Alliance led by the Fan family also arranged for a large number of clansmen to set off with craftsmen to help the workers and slaves to Luyang and Wuyang, because as early as last year, Chen Xu asked the Fan family to start exploring coal and iron ore in these two places, and some of them have been dug out, and a lot of them have been transported to Qinghe Town, and what to do now is to increase the scale of mining in the local area, and build ironmaking workshops and foundry workshops nearby.

When the caravan departed, the orders of the Nanyang county guard and the county lieutenant also set off with it, so that the local county government could cooperate closely.

Because whether it is Jiangbei Pavilion or Gao Yan, they all have a close relationship with Chen Xu, even if Chen Xu does not write to them, they have all received notices from their respective backers in Xianyang.

In particular, Li Xin's letter to Gao Yan was directly an ordering tone, ordering him to fully support the creation of horse pawn equipment, because this may be a great opportunity for him to make meritorious contributions and make a shame, if he can lead this 10,000 new horse pawns to conquer Henan, the shadow of the original defeat of Chu can be completely eliminated, if he can become a general in the next war to conquer the Xiongnu in Hebei, as long as he completely conquers the Xiongnu, maybe he can also be named a liehou, and the Li family will become a top wealthy family like the Wang family.

And just after Nanyang merchants took the lead, the merchants of Hanzhong, Sanchuan, Shangdang, and Hedong counties who received the emperor's edict also began to act, although there are fast and slow, and the starting point is not the same, but the businessmen involved in it are all excited and excited, not to mention the benefits, just the second article in the three chapters of the law, it is enough for countless businessmen to exhaust their family wealth and fight desperately, to fight for that opportunity to become a Lang job, once they have this identity, the descendants of the family have the opportunity to make progress, and completely get rid of the lowly identity, It is possible for him to become a scholar one day, a real official of Great Qin, or even a prince and princess.

Therefore, although the weather is cold, although most of the Central Plains are shrouded in the vast snow, although countless poor and unclothed poor people are shivering in the ice and snow, there is an unprecedented enthusiasm burning in the hinterland of the Central Plains like a flame, which seems to indicate that a magnificent curtain is about to be opened.

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Pheasant County, Qinghe Town.

In the heavy snow, there is a caravan composed of dozens of carriages loading, boxes of porcelain, boxes of Qinghe wine, Qinghe tea oil, Qinghe vinegar and candy are constantly piled on the carriage, hundreds of villagers are sweating back and forth to move goods, everyone is full of excited smiles.

"How much mahjong is loaded?" Hu Kuan, dressed in a fine fur suit, with a hat made of soft fox fur on his head, a woolen scarf around his neck, and a pair of sheepskin gloves on his hands, looked exactly like a successful businessman, standing in front of a carriage and shouting to the villagers.

"Master Hu, it's already thirty pairs!" A helper in the pottery workshop hurriedly said.

"It's not enough, Xianyang is the capital, where is thirty pairs enough, I've already heard that Lord Hou is playing mahjong with the emperor, the imperial concubine and the eldest prince in the palace every day, think about it, how big the palace is, there are tens of thousands of concubines inside, what are they doing if they don't play mahjong on this snowy day, and the inventory is quickly moved to the car." Hu Kuan said loudly.

"Master Hu, you just pulled a hundred pairs to Handan and Daliang last month, and now there are only more than seventy pairs in stock in the workshop! A few days ago, the county commander said that he would come to buy ten pairs of ......," said the helper.

"Hmph, let him wait first, and he dared to grab the mahjong that Hou Ye wanted, so hurry up and move up, and he can't leave a single one!" Hu Kuan snorted disdainfully.

"That's it, move quickly, move quickly, it's just a county order, our Hou Ye can crush him to death with a finger!" A teenager next to him laughed.

"Just talk too much!" Liu Po, who was standing next to him, came over and kicked the young man's buttocks, "You didn't hear the letter from Master Hou last time, and then I went to the mansion of Lord Hou in Xianyang, and arranged for you to clean the toilet every day!" ”

"Hehe~ Sweep the toilet and sweep the toilet, you can't take the turn to sweep the toilet for Hou Ye!" The boy fanned his eyebrows proudly.

"What about Xu Kui? How much white paper is in it? Hu Kuan walked to the front of the other carriage and asked loudly.

"It's coming, Master Hu, it's already five thousand!" A sweaty teenager hurriedly ran over and said.

"Not enough, not enough, keep pretending!" Hu Kuan shook his head.

"Master Hu, there are still seven or eight thousand in the treasury, but some of them are wanted by Master Fan, and you can't get them all!" The boy said with a wry smile.

"Master Fan, well, then put another 3,000 sheets, and leave the rest for him to print the deposit receipt!" Hu Kuan hesitated and said.

"Good!" Xu Kui nodded repeatedly.

"How many truckloads of Qinghe Liquor have been loaded?" Hu Kuan continued to walk forward.

"Master Hu, there are already six cars, twenty boxes and two hundred and forty bottles per car!"

"Almost, the rest of the tea oil and tea leaves, ink and ink strips ......"

In the hot busyness, hundreds of people are noisy, countless materials from Qinghe Town are constantly piled up on the carriage, and the grooms and helpers who follow the carriage are also constantly helping to tie the thumb-thick hemp rope, and the atmosphere is a warm mess.

Today's Qinghe Town is no longer the Qinghe Town of the past, the 600 households and 3,000 people in the town have all become Chen Xu's food estate, the fields they plant, the goods they produce, and they will directly pay taxes to Chen Xu in the future, and the county order cannot interfere.

But Chen Xu is not here at the moment, I heard that in Xianyang, he was not only named the Marquis of Qinghe by the emperor, but also almost named the prince and the minister of state.

What kind of big mountain is Taishi, who was poor last year and couldn't wear clothes and couldn't eat enough haha, I don't know, the minister of state naturally doesn't quite understand what kind of official it is, but everyone knows that the marquis has a title for Liu Po in the town, and the fourth level is not changed, and the family is divided into four tilts of land and four houses, no need to pay taxes and no military service, and the Liu family is richer than the town's Li Dianjia in the past, and the Liu family has a big business in Qinghe Town, which is considered a top wealthy family, except for the county order and the county lieutenant, no one dares to provoke, but now Liu Po is convinced of Chen Xu, became the most loyal dog leg of Qinghe Hou, helping him keep an eye on the entire Qinghe Town all day long.

Everyone knows the marquis, and they know that the marquis is the highest rank among the marquises, and there is no marquis in the whole Nanyang, so when Chen Xu's edict was transmitted to Qinghe Town, all the people in Qinghe Town were crazy and jubilant for three days, especially Liu Po, Niu Dashi, Lu Gen and some hardcore supporters who worshiped Chen Xu, and they let out a cry like a ghost crying wolf to vent their joy. Tossing and turning on the narrow mountain road, scared the confessor so much that he almost peed his pants.

But fortunately, although the villagers of Qinghe Town were savage, they were also super bold, and after carrying them back from Xiaohe Village again, the confessors and soldiers each got a few bottles of Qinghe wine and Qinghe tea oil, and the pottery workshop also gave each person a set of exquisite porcelain.

Qinghe Town is so rich, a bottle of Qinghe wine is at least 10,000 yuan in Xianyang, and a bottle of tea oil is also worth 1,000 yuan, as for this set of exquisite porcelain, it is estimated that it cannot be bought without 10,000 or 20,000 yuan.

Therefore, when leaving, the confessor on the horse and a few soldiers were directly dizzy, and the direction of returning to Xianyang almost went backwards, which perfectly interpreted the meaning of the phrase that happiness cannot find the north.

After Chen Xu was crowned marquis, under the auspices of the three elders in the town, the people of the town worked together to build a temple on the bank of the river, which enshrined the tablet of Taiyi Xianzun, and there was a small sign next to it, with a Xu character written on it, indicating that Chen Xu was a disciple of Taiyi Xianzun, and the people in the town often went to worship, because there were vague rumors in the outside world that Chen Lidian was a disciple of Taiyi Xianzun. During this period, Taiyi Immortal Zun also released a Taiyi Divine Thunder to blow up a big pit in Wancheng, and a stone tablet with the word Taiyi written on it also appeared.

Therefore, now the people in the town believe that Chen Lidian, who brought them a happy life today, is a disciple of Taiyi Xianzun, and he has come down to help them.