In the flower hall, Xia Zhu had a tiger skin on his knees, roasted a fire, and said to Du Zhongxiao: "What Zhang Tixing said today, you must not worry about it. This time, the sale of furs and the purchase of incense medicine are all handled by you, and this matter cannot be hidden. You've done an excellent job! I have been an official for decades, and I have never seen financial management like you. It's just that this matter offends people, so you have to deal with it carefully. I can't help these people, but it's hard for you to say. In this way, when the New Year is over, you go to the Chase Prison and deal with the iron accumulation there. It is better to let the iron smelting there flourish, as the fur business here in Namashu. Taking advantage of this time, I took care of the troublemakers in the city to avoid trouble. ”

Du Zhongxiao arched his hand: "Xie Xianggong was promoted, and he obeyed his orders." ”

Who is Xia Zhu? When the Qingli Party came to power, they were not actually targeting Lu Yijian, but Xia Zhu. After a few years of hard work, in the end, the Qingli Party was demoted, and Xia Zhu turned over again. Fighting with him, writing articles to argue about him is not false, and he is even more false when he plays yin. The fuse for the failure of Qingli's new deal was the letter from Xia Zhu who asked the maid to imitate Shi Jie's handwriting and let Fu Bi do "Yihuo's matter". He can use this kind of trick, except for a few rich people in the city, cooking is like pinching a few ants to death.

Xia Zhu squinted his eyes and thought for a while before he said, "Those who want to take the opportunity to make trouble, how do you think to deal with it?" ”

Du Zhongxiao arched his hand and said: "This matter is simple, as long as the two guilds of fur and tanning do not accept these people, or even do business with them." Now in Bingzhou City, if you want to make money, you can't do without these two industries, and you can't enter the industry, and you are in a hurry to kill them. ”

Xia Zhu shook his head slightly: "These people have family backgrounds, but they don't let them enter these two industries, I'm afraid it won't hurt." ”

"Xianggong, look forward in everything. People in the two industries of fur and tanning, when they make a lot of money, will naturally buy houses and land and do other businesses. They have money in their hands, who can compete? After a few years, others will not be able to support it. ”

Xia Zhu thought about it and nodded with a smile. The families of those who made a fortune from the fur business in Bingzhou made a fortune very quickly. With capital in hand, it is inevitable to expand into other industries, and businessmen in other industries cannot compete at all. The simplest, the restaurants in the city, in just half a year, nearly half of them went to fur merchants. This trend continues to spread to other industries, or in a few years, the big merchants in every industry will have something to do with the fur industry. Either enter the fur industry yourself or be acquired by the merchants of the fur industry. This is the general trend and cannot be changed.

From Bozhou to Hedong Road, Xia Zhu was ambitious and wanted to turn over. What is the most feared side of the road? No money. With an army of more than 100,000 people on Hedong Road, it is not easy to feed so many mouths. But then again, if you have money in your hands, you have a lot to do.

Xia Zhu was planning to take the army to patrol the border after the New Year, showing force to the Khitan and the party. Last year, the party made peace with the Song Dynasty, and then fought with the Khitan, and a big war broke out, and finally defeated the Khitan. The hostility between the two countries gave Song an opportunity, and even if he did not fight, patrolling the border by force could put pressure on the two countries and get diplomatic benefits. At this time, Du Zhongxiao made a lot of money and gave Xia Zhu the much-needed financial support. So at this time, whoever said bad things about Du Zhongxiao, Xia Zhu made him look good.

explained to Du Zhongxiao about the affairs of Datong Prison, and asked how to deal with the troublesome businessmen, and Xia Zhu let him leave.

Leaving Xia Zhu's residence, Du Zhongxiao took a breath in the cold wind and watched the mist condense in front of him. In this incident, Xia Zhu also made a lot of money from the rise and fall of the price of incense, but for him, this is not a reason to support Du Zhongxiao. Of course, it's good to make money together, but Xia Zhu will not support and shelter a subordinate because of his own benefits. A politician thinks first and foremost politically.

From Du Zhongxiao's administration in Yongcheng to the merger of the state, he solved the problem of Yongli's supervision of land and salt, and built a profitable fur industry, Xia Zhu realized that Du Zhongxiao was an expert in financial management. There are many difficult things in the world, why is it difficult? In the end, it comes down to nothing more than a lack of money. If Du Zhongxiao can give financial support, there is much to be done on Hedong Road, which borders the Khitan and Dangxiang at the same time, at this special moment. This is the reason why Xia Zhu unswervingly supports Du Zhongxiao and solves all problems for him.

Thinking of this, Du Zhongxiao smiled self-deprecatingly. As a boss, he wants private money and public money. Private money for personal use, public wealth can fight for the future, without one, he is afraid that he will not be qualified in his eyes.

Du Zhongxiao's residence is not far away, and the thirteen langs in the courtyard are teaching Tao Seventeen to practice martial arts.

When he sat down in the hall, Tao Seventeen served tea, and Du Zhongxiao said: "Shicai Xianggong instructed that when the New Year is over, he will go to Datong Prison." ”

Thirteen Lang listened and muttered in a low voice: "It's only been a few months since I came back from that Wynn prison, and this is to go to Datong prison." And this place, why are there so many prisoners? I don't know if it's not far from here. ”

Du Zhongxiao said with a smile: "It's not far, it's only more than a hundred miles." Thirteen Lang, have you ever heard of it and slashed like water? Iron has been produced here since ancient times, so how could there be no iron prison? Although Wynn Prison and Chase are both prisoners, they produce different things. ”

Thirteen Lang said happily: "It turns out that there are good knives produced here in Bingzhou!" Official, we can fight some good knives just like in Yongcheng. ”

Du Zhongxiao shook his head: "The knife is talking about scissors, famous products in the world, and the price in the capital is very expensive." It's not as good as Yongcheng here, there are large armies stationed everywhere, who will sell the good knife to? I'm afraid that I will be sent to the army. But as long as there is iron, there is always much to do. ”

Tao Qilang on the side said: "Speaking of iron, official, didn't the Su official from Yongcheng write a few days ago, saying that the steam engine we left there was changed and changed, is it already difficult to run?" He also said that he would take it to the farmland! Since there is iron in the state, it is better to make another one. ”

"It's hard!" Du Zhongxiao shook his head. "Although I am now in a higher position, I am only a shogun, and I have no power in my hands. Compared to when he was in Yongcheng, he was the head of a county, and the craftsmen of the county were called casually. Now to do it, where can I find so many craftsmen? ”

Tao Seventeen said: "Since Datong Prison is an iron supervisor, there must be many blacksmiths, so it shouldn't be difficult." ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "You think badly, there is an iron smelting supervisor, and there may not be many blacksmiths." Datong prison is mountainous and has a small population, where do you need a lot of lost weapons? The more ironware is used, the more blacksmiths are used. It is a densely populated place, where iron is not produced, and there are blacksmiths. ”

Tao Seventeen was a little disappointed: "It took a few years to make a car in Yongcheng and throw it away, which is a pity." ”

"What's the hurry, if you have the opportunity in the future, you can naturally make another one. At that time, maybe Su Song will change it well, and the new car he made can really run on the road. It's not like the one made in Yongcheng, it's bulky and heavy. ”

When he arrived in Bingzhou, Du Zhongxiao was busy dealing with various urgent matters, and there were many chores in the embassy, so he had no time to spare, and his research on the steam engine had to stop. This time I went to Datong Prison and left the state, it will inevitably be much quieter, and I can pick up the previous research. In the final analysis, no matter how much fur and other industries Du Zhongxiao built, they can't be compared with things like steam engines. Once this technology matures, the world will change dramatically.

Datong Prison originally had East and West Erye, and the Shizhou next to it was divided and merged, and now only Dongye is left under the rule of the state. Due to the inconvenient transportation and the inconvenience of iron transportation, it has been deserted a lot in recent years. A few years ago, the Datong Prison was demoted from the state to the county level, and the Jiaocheng County Governor concurrently served as the Governor. When Du Zhongxiao got there, he had the final say on everything, not like he was in the city, and he was elbowed everywhere.

In Du Zhongxiao's heart, what is the most promising industry? Coal and iron, of course. Compared with this kind of industry that directly enhances national strength, what is the fur industry? Although it is not the time to be in charge of coal and iron now, you can also save some experience first.