Chapter 51: Into the Water
In the 10th year of Zhenguan, there were 20 new coal yards in Gyeonggi Sifang, and there were 80 registered briquette factories and countless workshops in Chang'an. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Huaiyuan coal is of the highest grade and can be included in Tugong."
Some important ministers advised the emperor like this.
Huaiyuan Coal Mine is Zhang De's industry, and the private consumption in the past few years has been briquettes, but it is insignificant. The Datou is also the Great River Workshop and the Iron Riding Workshop, and because of the production of the "Friends of the Miners", this pumping equipment consumes a lot of coal. Nowadays, when digging canals or dredging rivers in the north, a group of "friends of miners" will be purchased.
Compared with row trucks, keel waterwheels or pumps, "Friends of Miners" is quite labor-saving, and it is also a big routine for local governments.
There was no such thing in the eighth year of Zhenguan, but with Xue Dading's entry into the central appointment, the bureaucrats of the Hanmen in the north pondered to follow Xue Dading's example and improve their official reputation by building water conservancy.
It's just that some people succeed and some people don't, and if they don't succeed, they give up the treatment, so they wonder if the price of the "Friends of the Miners" is a little higher......
Yes...... After making trouble for a long time, you kid gave me the benefits of Taijun...... Let's eat the rebate!
Simple accounts still have to be done, and when the local county orders the purchase of "Friends of Miners", the state appropriation plus the approval of the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the Imperial Court. Then it's the accounting, and then the machine, like people, gets sick, so sometimes it breaks down when you use it...... The horizontal knife will still be open, let alone the pump?
For ordinary people, the hoe at home is broken, of course, it has to be repaired and repaired, but for the county magistrates, it is broken...... Of course, it's a different one.
In those years, the most progressive thinking was still the bureaucracy.
A series of reactions have led to a shortage of coal, so the open-pit coal mine is no longer enough to meet the needs of Chang'an Luoyang and other prefectures, especially in the large cities in the northern region, the demand for domestic coal is very huge.
After several years of brewing, a huge market was finally born.
It's not just the "Zhongyi Society" that is salivating, those friends who have not joined the gang, watching the friends of the "Zhongyi Society" drinking wine and eating meat, how can they not go home and cry?
Then their father saw it, this can't work, how can he make his son lose face?
So someone summed it up and gave Zhang De eye medicine first.
After a certain important minister suggested this at the court meeting, Zhang Gongjin sneered and said expressionlessly: "Yes, Huaiyuan coal is a high-grade product, and it can be listed as the emperor's tribute." Qinghe Cui's family is a top-grade family, and he can be a courtier! ”
Although Uncle Zhang is handsome, it doesn't mean that he depends on his appearance. In terms of talent, he has shown it in Zhenguan for three years, and as a powerful person who has been a commander in the border guards and a commander in the Beijing garrison, Uncle Zhang said that he is blind to your dog's eyes, and he dares to peek at the old man's house!
The emperor coughed lightly and said, "I am not faint, how can I compete with the people for profit." ”
"Zhang De is not a citizen, he is a vassal of His Majesty, and Huaiyuan minerals are involved in business, which is the way of businessmen, not what courtiers can do. If it is transmitted outside of China, it may lead to criticism. ”
Zhang Gongjin was furious and snorted coldly, but he did not refute, but did not say a word, waiting for the emperor to arbitrate. As the emperor's brother-in-law, of course, not only his brother-in-law, Uncle Zhang still has a bottom in his heart, it is impossible for the emperor to do anything for the benefit of his nephew, not unwillingly, but unwillingly.
Huaiyuan Coal Mine, is it really Zhang De's alone?
The industries involved in the "Zhongyi Society", such as the "Friends of the Miners", are sold locally in subcontracted areas. In other words, the "friend of the miners" in Cangzhou, it cannot be sold in Cangzhou. And this subcontract is digested and distributed within the "Zhongyi Society".
Another example is the slave hunting business, the lives of slaves filled in the mine have already broken five figures in recent years, and the manpower consumption is a bottomless pit, and Zhang Gongjin is also aware of this.
The main operators of the slave hunting business are not only the branch of the Boling Cui clan, that is, the anti-human gang led by Cui Shen, but also the Langya Xiao clan and the Fengzhou gangster Hou Junji. Especially Hou Junji, Hou Wending gave Zhang De a sword to travel thousands of miles, and his father could capture slaves for thousands of miles. The water in here is unfathomable.
If there is iron and steelmaking, it will be even more complicated, and the entire Zuo Xiaowei group, whether it is a general or a general of Zuo Xiaowei, is involved. Niu Jinda has been escorting this for more than a year, as well as the Longyou Xue clan and the Hedong Xue clan, Zhang Gongjin's opponent Xue Wanche pinched his nose and wanted to get a kick......
Ten and twelve-year-old Zhang De may still be able to fool around, but after leaving the twenty-year-old Zhang De, just those complicated accounts, how many of them are willing to turn over the important ministers?
Even if Kong Yingda is also scolding "strange tricks and tricks", it doesn't mean that Kong Saijiu doesn't know that "technological upgrades" can earn tens of thousands more, and rice paper is not finished after making a batch, after the better and cheaper paper is rolled out, Kong Yingda can earn soft hands just by sending handouts to various states to learn and politics.
These things or industries, either directly used, indirectly used, or supporting resources, cannot be separated from the coal mine.
At present, if the Huaiyuan Coal Mine is accepted as the imperial tribute, okay, no problem, but tens of thousands of shift slave laborers in the Huaiyuan Coal Mine, the inner government will raise it itself? I'm afraid that when the slaves revolt, the first person to die will be the one who suggested it today.
This is a very clear account, the emperor knows, Zhang Gongjin knows, and the important ministers all know that this proposal to include Huaiyuan Coal Mine as Tugong means to disgust Zhang De, or remind Zhang De.
When a beggar asks for food, he will also jingle the pot......
The difference is that the beggar is either really hungry or has two Kaiyuan Tongbao. And Emperor Li's important ministers ask for food, which is generally either Jinshan or Yinhai, and they can't throw a few Kaiyuan Tongbao and send it away.
Since the "heavenly change" turmoil of Li Fengjie at the end of the ninth year of Zhenguan, with the public temptation of the important ministers of the DPRK and the central government, Zhang De knows that his fishing career since entering Beijing can finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Because, from now on, these well-dressed giants and heirlooms of poetry and books who originally disdained him for Li Shimin, the upstart and the cold family, they are either pretentious or pinching their noses or looking left and right to touch the groundwater, how deep is this career of "governing the country" and "making money".
After entering the water, whether it is the Yellow River carp or the East China Sea shark is touched, it is necessary to weigh the color of your family.
And Lao Zhang, who is far away in Hanyang, after a busy day of measurement work, went to his Hanyang Garden, where he has his own newly built bathhouse, a sauna, a horse to kill chickens, and then a mandarin duck bath with Xiao Shu without shame, everything is spicy and harmonious, spicy and comfortable.
"Erniang, your lord is buying a house in Dongdu at the moment, but you want to go to Luoyang to accompany him?"
"The New Year has not been accompanied yet, so the first month is just that."
Lying on the tiles, Zhang De poured the warm water in the bathtub, the wooden scoop did not scoop much water, and the amount was just enough to make her feel comfortable.
You can't soak in the bath for too long, but Xiao Shu enjoyed it very much, and hummed comfortably, Lao Zhang kneaded her shoulders and said: "If you stay in Hanyang, it doesn't matter, this year, in addition to the mulberry field, another 30,000 acres of peppercorns have been arranged." After five years, I can guarantee a yield of more than 300 catties of dried peppercorns per mu, and I naturally can't eat 30,000 acres of land alone, but I can take at least half of it in the name of Li Chunfeng accepting you as an apprentice. ”
Hearing that there were actually 15,000 acres of peppercorns, Xiao Shu's delicate body, which was originally comfortable and paralyzed, was like warm water in this bathtub in an instant, and instantly wrapped Lao Zhang.
For a moment, I heard the sound of running water overflowing, and the floor in the bathroom was completely submerged.