"There are two other people, it seems to be the servants of Zhao Kehu's family, and there is no one else, a total of four." The convoy replied.

Wei Bao immediately said: "Hurry up and go back first, welcome into the guest house to serve tea, and tell them that I am busy with something here, see them within an hour, and I must keep people." ”

The convoy agreed.

"Childe, I'll let someone follow." Lin Wenbiao saw that Wei Gongzi was so nervous about Zhao Kehu and Zhao Kehu's daughter, so he said from the side.

Wei Bao nodded: "Good hospitality." ”

Lin Wenbiao agreed, and let a person go with the escort first.

Wei Bao didn't care why Zhao Kehu and Zhao Jinfeng came suddenly, he decided when the meeting would be held, or when the meeting would be held.

"Li Zheng is here in person, isn't it a seer? It can be postponed a little bit. Wang Qiuya suggested softly.

Wei Bao glanced at Wang Qiuya and said coldly, "What's wrong with Lizheng?" He didn't say anything, so why can't he wait? Even if the prefect comes, when he comes to me, he has to wait, first do his own things well, and then pay attention to the affairs of the outside world, which is more important than anything else. ”

Wang Qiuya snorted, seeing that Wei Bao seemed to be a little unhappy, and secretly blamed herself for talking too much.

Wei Bao didn't mean to lose his temper with Wang Qiuya, nor did he still carry Wang Qiuya's refusal to get married, mainly because he was anxious now, and there was no way to make this kind of anxiety clear to others, only he was in a hurry, this kind of pressure to drive the whole team to fly up at speed, Wei Bao still felt it for the first time, in modern management, after all, he had never been such a big boss, and now he has more than 3,000 people under his control, and in modern times, it is already a medium-sized enterprise.

It's a pity that almost all the people in this medium-sized enterprise under his command are farmers, and most of the craftsmen are illiterate, so it is difficult to see them as workers, and they can only be regarded as farmers.

"Let's talk about it, if there are any difficulties." Wei Bao looked at more than fifty people, these people were more than half of the people who had a formal establishment except for the military departments of the escort team, and they were also the personnel selected by Wei Bao to engage in heavy industry and military industry.

Wei Bao has just talked about the production of cement, and the difference between cement and ordinary clay. The importance is self-evident, without cement, the foundation of the city wall cannot be completed, this is no joke.

Since there is no mechanical crushing equipment, Weibao requires manual use! I hope someone can pick up the cement plant.

"There's no problem digging coal, it's just that the weather is too cold, and it takes a lot of hands to hit it with a hammer." Luo San was stunned and saw that everyone didn't speak, so he answered Wei Bao softly.

"Lord, can you still use the bidding method?" Fan Xiaolin asked. She wanted to take out loans to people, set up a small business, and contract the construction of a cement factory, just like digging and building the foundation. In private, she can call Wei Bao Xiaobao, but on formal occasions, she took the lead in changing her name to Childe.

Now some people are called Gongzi, some people are called Wei Bao Huizhu, and most people are still used to calling Wei Bao Gongzi, and Wei Bao's symmetry doesn't matter.

When the others heard Fan Xiaolin's proposal, they all agreed, and they all recognized Wei Bao's practice of opening a small business last time.

Wei Bao said: "I know that there are many difficulties! But this matter is inconvenient to contract out, because the technology is not perfect, and when the technology is perfect, this kind of factory containing technology must also be grasped in the hands of the headquarters of the Tiandi firm, so we can only find someone to be this home, who has confidence? ”

Everyone talked about it for a while, listening to the meaning of the son, the cement plant is very important, everyone is actually tempted, it is clear that it is a ready-made position of the chief steward here, but just now I heard the son briefly talk about the research and development of cement, everyone feels very novel, but also very difficult, I don't think there is this ability. So no one dared to stand up and be in the limelight.

Wei Bao smiled slightly: "Since no one dares to pick a head, I'll come in person!" When the cement plant is regularized, let's see who will take over, and now I will take over. ”

Wei Bao said, so he ordered a few people to set up a team to be responsible for the crushing work of each clinker link. The core mixing and evaporation steps are personally in charge of R&D and production.

As far as Wei Bao had at hand, he knew that there was no problem in producing cement, even if the quality was difficult to meet the national standard of later generations, it would not be a problem to use it to build the foundation of the city wall.

The main purpose of this meeting is to clarify the functions of each department and find out who is in charge.

The meeting ended in less than half an hour, Wei Bao didn't have any extra nonsense, he would leave if he didn't do well, he believed that everyone would be full of energy.

There are no dryers, crushers, ball mills, everything can only rely on manual work for the time being.

However, a steam room for drying had to be built immediately.

Wei Bao asked Luo Sanzi to command the brick kiln to carry out the transformation, he has asked the brick kiln to add a blast furnace, the renovated brick kiln will be used as a steam room first, and another brick kiln will be built next to it, and it should be designed to be a process of circulating air supply by a steam engine.

This thing is not difficult, there are people who can do it, there are no cement bricks for the time being, you can let people go to the mountains to dig quartz stone stones, polish them into large square bricks, do this, it is very labor-intensive, but there is no way now.

Luo San was stunned and promised to go down immediately to prepare.

After Wei Bao arranged these, he went to see Zhao Kehu and Zhao Jinfeng, and his heart moved when he thought of seeing Zhao Jinfeng.

Wei Bao suddenly found that it is impossible for a man to pretend to have a lot of women in his heart, it is okay from the perspective of desire, but that is purely to use women as a venting tool, from an emotional point of view, once you really like a person, you can't tolerate other people in your heart, and even if you can, the weight of other women together is not as good as the most beloved one.

Since taking Zhao Jinfeng as his preferred object, Wei Bao has had this feeling, and now he knows why even if the emperors have three palaces and six courts, the favored women are always just one.

Originally, because Wei Bao before his rebirth liked Wang Qiuya, and Wang Qiuya's appearance was very appetizing for Wei Bao, and he had the feeling of a college flower, he had always put Wang Qiuya in an important position in his heart, and even Sister Fang, Xu Rui and Fan Xiaolin together could not shake Wang Qiuya's status in Wei Bao's heart.

But after having Zhao Jinfeng, Wei Bao looked at Wang Qiuya again, and his feelings changed, and he felt that Wang Qiuya did not surpass Fan Xiaolin, Sister Fang, and Xu Rui, and the beauty of the four daughters was comparable, and their personalities also had their own merits. And Zhao Jinfeng, who has not had much contact, is getting better and better in Wei Bao's heart, and most of it is made up by Wei Bao's brain.

When a man has feelings for a woman, he will help the woman's brain to be more perfect.

"Lord Li Zheng came to me in person, and Wei Bao is far away." Wei Bao entered the living room of the State Guest House with a happy face.

Zhao Kehu and Zhao Jinfeng stood up.

"You don't need to welcome you, it's just that next time you have something to do with Wei Gongzi, I'm afraid you have to say hello a few days in advance, right?" Zhao Kehu smiled slightly.

Wei Bao also smiled, secretly thinking that Zhao Kehu still has some demeanor, after waiting for so long, he didn't shake his face, but just said that the effect was achieved, the effect was very good, and it didn't hurt his demeanor.

"It's really too much trivial, snubbing Lord Lizheng, I'm making amends here." Wei Bao said and bent down and made a big salute.

Wei Bao's salute made Zhao Kehu feel more comfortable, and Zhao Jinfeng also had a smile on his face.

Zhao Kehu came today, and it was completely forced by Zhao Jinfeng to come.

It turned out that Zhao Jinfeng knew that Wei Bao and the four Li Zhengjia chiefs were very stiff, so he kept worrying, and went home again in two days, and happened to hear his father and Zhao Liquan talking, and knew that they had gone to Liaodong Jingluo Mansion to find someone to deal with Wei Bao, so he found his father and asked him not to continue to make things stiff.

In fact, Zhao Kehu didn't want to make so many things out, and he also hoped to ease relations with Wei Bao, after all, he had seen Wei Bao have Jinyiwei people behind him, and he really got things to the point of life and death, and he and a group of lieutenants and captains didn't necessarily take advantage of themselves.

Zhao Kehu asked Zhao Jinfeng if he liked Wei Bao?

Zhao Jinfeng blushed and shook his head, refusing to admit it, saying that he was just a friend.

It is rare for men and women in the Ming Dynasty to meet, let alone make friends, Zhao Kehu knows it in his heart.

In fact, Zhao Kehu also fell in love with Wei Bao, Wei Bao is handsome, only 14 years old, so good at doing business, and so good at pulling relationships, the relationship is affecting the capital, over time, it must be a new local talent, so he personally brought his daughter.

Zhao Jinfeng originally refused to come, but Zhao Kehu said that he was not familiar with Wei Bao, and if Zhao Jinfeng didn't go, he wouldn't go.

Zhao Jinfeng heard that his father wanted to ease the relationship with Wei Bao, so he agreed to come together.

"Wei Gongzi doesn't need to be polite." Zhao Kehu coughed.

"Is Rissho-sama sick?" Wei Bao's heart moved, he had a little commonly used medicine with him, and cold medicine was the basic configuration, secretly happy, did he have another chance to perform? "I have some medicine from the West here, it's quite spiritual."

Zhao Kehu smiled and waved his hand: "Thank you Gongzi Wei for your kindness, I can't believe those things in the West, I've been caught with the wind and cold for a few days, I've already found Langzhong, eaten herbs, and now it's almost good." ”

Wei Bao was slightly disappointed, smiled, and didn't insist on 'donating medicine': "That's good, Li Zheng should pay more attention to keeping warm." ”

"Wei Gongzi, I am an upright person, I used to be born in the army, so I don't talk around the bend, you let people build a city wall, and build such a long city wall, to isolate Jinshan and the surrounding three miles from the outside world, is it inappropriate to do this?" Zhao Kehu said.

"Mainly to prevent wind and theft, besides, I paid for it privately, and I didn't ask the four people to make up the money, is there any problem?" Wei Bao pretended to be stupid and said: "But I didn't make it clear to Lord Li Zheng in advance, it's true that I'm too young and don't think about the problem well enough, please forgive me." ”

"I don't care if I forgive me, if you do this, it will make the other three people think that you are not from our Jinshan, and I am not in your eyes, which is not good for you." Zhao Kehu understated.

Wei Bao secretly heard that Zhao Kehu had been an officer in Liaodong before, and he did speak at a certain level, and he was about to catch up with Wu Xiang, and his words did not leak, "I really didn't want to sweep the face of Lord Lizheng, I just wanted to make the life of the villagers in Sili better, we have such a serious wind and sand here, and now the number of displaced people is increasing day by day, and it will not be possible if you don't block it." ”

"My face is a trifle. Don't talk about this, let's talk about the wind and sand and homeless people, now in the north of the Ming Dynasty, where are there not many places? Are you the one who can handle it? Zhao Kehu said: "If the relationship with the other three is not good, can our fellow villagers live a good life?" You say, don't you? ”

Wei Bao was stunned, Zhao Kehu was able to refute himself with his own arguments, and secretly screamed that the old man was amazing, smiled, and did not answer.

Zhao Kehu saw that Wei Bao didn't talk back, and said with a smile: "Wei Gongzi is a good offspring from us, I haven't seen such a powerful teenager for decades, it's very rare." I believe you are a smart person, and you can understand without me saying much. If you really want to do something, let's do it in Jinshan, I'll go back and say to a few of the first elders, you just don't touch the ancestral graves of other A's neighbors, whatever you want, it's done, right? Outside of Jinshan, you don't want to do things. ”

Wei Bao's heart moved, Zhao Kehu could say this, which surprised him, people not only can say soft words, but also do soft things, this is already taking the initiative to take a step back.

The key is that Wei Bao feels that Jinshan is not big enough, and the place is not abundant, first of all, he did not completely surround the place where the Qin Emperor entered the sea to seek immortals, which is the first point. Secondly, it is not completely bordered by the Haihe River, it is inconvenient for him to build river embankments and seawalls, and it is inconvenient to build aqueducts, drainage canals and reservoirs, so that he cannot plan the quasi-modern city he imagined! Otherwise, Wei Bao would really consider Zhao Kehu's proposal.

Zhao Kehu saw Wei Bao's thoughtful appearance, thinking that Wei Bao was tempted, and hit the railroad while it was hot: "Wei Gongzi, I won't tell you, the old man thinks that he has a lot of eyes with you, and he thinks that it would be good to become a family." I saw you talking to Jin Feng at my house that day, and I found out after I asked that you had known each other for a long time, and you also invited Jin Feng to dinner, this is all fate. I've already inquired, Wei Gongzi hasn't decided to marry yet, then, Wei Gongzi, what do you think of my Jinfeng? ”

Wei Bao sweated, looked at Zhao Kehu in a daze, he didn't expect the old man to ask so directly, and let him do projects in Jinshan casually, and move his beautiful daughter out. Who can withstand your combination punch?

Zhao Jinfeng's face suddenly turned red with shame, she didn't expect her father to say this in front of her, fortunately, there were only three of them here, and there were no outsiders, otherwise she would really have to find a crack in the ground to get into, and said softly: "Dad, what are you talking about?" I've only met Wei Gongzi twice. ”

Zhao Kehu smiled: "There are no outsiders, it's just chatting, the girl's family, don't talk about it." ”

Zhao Kehu said, then looked at Wei Bao expectantly, as long as Wei Bao could agree, he believed that with himself and Wei Bao joining forces, in Jinshan, no one would have the ability to stop Wei Bao from doing anything.

His most precious thing is this daughter, although he has more than a dozen children with a bunch of concubines, but in the end he is not as much as he loves Zhao Jinfeng, and he is in his early forties, and there is not much hope for him to go out to be an official, if he wants to stay in the township for the rest of his life, he does not have much ambition, if Wei Bao agrees to this marriage, his position will be passed on to Wei Bao.

Wei Bao was not ambiguous, stood up, lifted the hem of his robe, slammed it, knelt down, kowtowed, and said, "Father-in-law is above, please accept the son-in-law!" ”

Burst!

Zhao Jinfeng almost fainted with shame, he thought that his father was direct enough, but he didn't expect Wei Bao to be a hundred times more direct, without saying anything, kowtow and recognize his father-in-law? That's too fast, right?

Zhao Kehu couldn't help but feel overjoyed, and stepped forward to support Wei Bao with great joy: "Okay, okay, Wei Gongzi, please get up and speak first." ”

Wei Bao didn't get up: "Father-in-law, please allow me to finish my words." ”

Zhao Kehu was stunned, and said in his heart, didn't you even call out your father-in-law? Isn't this just agreeing to the conditions I just said? Why don't you still want to get up? I said it myself, you can do whatever you want in Jinshan after marrying my daughter, isn't it enough? Do you want to sit in my position now? You're too anxious, aren't you? "Wei Gongzi said it."

Zhao Jinfeng's face was so ashamed that he could drip water, his heart was flustered at this time, his mind was blank, he couldn't say that he was happy, he couldn't say that he wasn't happy, he always liked it a little. Although I felt a little anxious, I didn't expect that I was only 16 years old, so I made a relationship with a 14-year-old boy, but I didn't resist, and now I don't know what Wei Bao is going to say? Is it possible, do you want to kiss now? Thinking of the picture of marrying Wei Bao, Zhao Jinfeng's heart was pounding, and she hadn't told her mother yet, she knew that his father couldn't be her master completely, and her mother had to nod her head to do this, and she secretly blamed her father Meng Lang a little, such a big thing, and she didn't discuss it with herself, so she said it to Wei Bao at once.

"My father-in-law can take a fancy to me, a poor kid, Wei Bao is not a person who doesn't know how to lift, and he admires inexplicably, beyond words." Wei Bao said: "However, I must connect the four li together, I must build a city wall on the periphery, a reservoir on the inside, a river embankment and a seawall, a road, an aqueduct and a drainage canal, otherwise this area will never be rich." ”

Zhao Kehu frowned, and said in his heart that your kid is really not ordinary, and you want to get my baby daughter, and you refuse to agree to my conditions, co-author, what good things do you want to occupy alone?

"Wei Gongzi, we have a radius of dozens of miles, not small, right? You just want to do a good job in us, and according to what you said, you have to throw two or three million taels of silver down, right? Why does it have to be four miles, such a large piece of land? Zhao Kehu asked puzzled.

Wei Bao did not say that he wanted to surround the Qin Emperor's place to enter the sea to seek immortals, but said that he wanted to build a region that would never be afraid of natural disasters and wanted to seek the well-being of the people in Sili.

"Don't say these big words, official words, here with me." Zhao Kehu habitually waved his hand and said, "You tell me what you think, right?" ”

"I want to have my own territory, and I want to become a powerful family like the Wu family, the ancestral family, and even the Dongjiang Mao family!" Wei Bao knew that in front of an old fox like Zhao Kehu, he couldn't hide it, so he simply came up with a thesis that he wanted to be a warlord.

Zhao Kehu looked at Wei Bao in shock, secretly wondering how a 14-year-old boy could have such a big idea? Although he and Wei Bao's father Wei Dakang are not familiar with each other, after all, he is a person from Benli, he is Lizheng in Benli, and he has been in contact with him a few times, I can't figure out how Wei Dakang, an honest tenant, gave birth to such a son? Could it be that this young man really seems to be rumored to be a Wenqu star? Otherwise, he would have come out of his mother's womb and started thinking about things, and he would never have such a 'grand ambition' at this age, right?

Zhao Jinfeng's hot pink face, the temperature dropped a little, and he looked at Wei Bao in surprise, he didn't expect that Wei Bao would still insist on expanding his power in four! Only then did I know that Wei Bao's heart was so big.

"Isn't your business doing well now? The entire Yongping Mansion is full of your business, I heard that you have also done all your business in Jingshi, and you have also set up a relationship with the official family of Jinyiwei, you will do business outside in the future, why do you need to stare at these poor and remote places in the township? Zhao Kehu asked puzzledly: "If you have silver, someone can afford it, and you can become a prominent family, just such a big place in Jinshan is enough, right?" ”

"Jinshanli is not small, but it is not completely bordered by the Haihe River, and it is inconvenient for him to build river embankments and seawalls, and it is inconvenient to build aqueducts, drainage canals and reservoirs, so he cannot completely manage this place. In addition, no matter how big the outside business is, no matter how much money is earned, and no matter how big the official position is, to put it mildly, it is not as good as having a local influence and being reliable! Wei Bao said resolutely.

Zhao Kehu agrees with Wei Bao's point of view, otherwise, he would not have run back to his hometown in Liaoxi from Liaodong, otherwise he is still an officer in Liaoxi, even if he is not as big as Mao Wenlong, at least he is a general. In Zhao Kehu's view, it is not as stable as him to be a general.

"What you think is good, but it's very difficult to get the whole Jinshan together, and it's difficult to hold all four miles in your hands! What others will not agree to is that even a force like the Wu family's ancestral family should not want to arbitrarily expand the land in their hands. Zhao Kehu said.

"I know it's hard to achieve this wish, and I don't want to embarrass my father-in-law, today's matter, God knows you and I know, and Miss Zhao knows. You will still treat me like you did in the future, within two years, if I can do it, I will naturally propose to Miss Zhao, if you can't do it, you can only blame yourself for being incompetent! Wei Bao said resolutely.

Wei Bao's words made Zhao Kehu's favorability towards Wei Bao skyrocket, I have seen an assertive person, and it is really the first time I have seen such an assertive person as Wei Bao, and people even think of it two years later?

"Master Wei, get up first." Zhao Kehu sighed, feeling that things were very tricky, and felt that this trip was in vain, except for being called by Wei Bao a few times by Wei Bao father-in-law, there was nothing to gain.

Wei Bao didn't kneel anymore, stood up and said, "I hope Lord Lizheng can consider my words." To tell the truth, since I met Miss Zhao for the first time in Shanhaiguan, one of my hearts has been fully promised to Miss, if I can't get Miss as my wife in this life, I will not be able to experience happiness even if I am rich all over the world. ”

Wei Bao changed his name because he didn't want Zhao Kehu to feel that he was taking advantage of him, and he refused to agree to the conditions and insisted on marrying his daughter.

Zhao Jinfeng was moved by Wei Bao's words, he didn't expect that he was so important in Wei Bao's heart, and he glanced at Wei Bao with affection in his heart.

Zhao Kehu said angrily: "Don't say such things again, Master Wei, if my Jinfeng is really so important to you, don't say that you are rich all over the world, and you are reluctant to give up even the three around Jinshan?" I'm here for your own good, and no matter how hard you try, there's no way you can do it. To take people's land and property is to take people's lives, if you want to take people's lives, can people not play with you? Did you know? In less than five days, the Liaodong Jingluo Mansion will definitely send people! It's useless for you to recognize the people in the officialdom of the capital, this is Liaoxi, they are far away from the emperor, they can't help you, and this matter will never be over, no matter what day it is, they will not give up! ”

Wei Bao listened to Zhao Kehu's stern tone, but he was not disgusted, but his heart warmed, because it was Zhao Kehu who took the initiative to tell him about the people coming to Liaodong Jingluo Mansion, and people could take the initiative to say it, they were already thinking about themselves.

Zhao Jinfeng listened to his father's stern words, looked at Wei Bao nervously, and was anxious to know how Wei Bao would answer.