Seven days later, two large ships flying the flags of "Wei" and "Su's Chamber of Commerce" docked in Fenyinjin. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

After learning of this, Zhao Hongrun left Yan Mo to lead the army to garrison Fenyin, flanking the two cities of Puban and Pishi, and he took the guards and 500 foot soldiers personally led by the Yanling army general "Hua Yu" to board the two ships and embark on the return journey back to Daliang.

It turned out that after receiving the letter from King Hongxin of Qing seven days ago, Zhao Hongrun sent someone to contact the "Su Chamber of Commerce" and asked the latter to send two ships to Fenyin to pick him up and return to Daliang.

After all, it may take more than ten or twenty years to lead 500 soldiers back to Daliang by land, but it only takes a few days to take the water route.

As for whether the "Su Chamber of Commerce" will complain, this is not a problem at all, because at least forty percent of the property of the "Su Chamber of Commerce" belongs to his Su Wangfu - it can be understood as the dowry of the sheep's tongue apricot.

As for the ships of the "Su Chamber of Commerce", they are actually the property of the Smelting Bureau - the Shipbuilding Office of the Construction Department of the Smelting Bureau, except for building large transport ships and selling them to customers such as household departments and domestic nobles, the rest are leased to the Su Chamber of Commerce, and the Su Chamber of Commerce pays the smelting bureau on schedule.

Some people may wonder, isn't the Su Chamber of Commerce and the Smelting Bureau Zhao Hongrun's thing, and the money between the two is left and right, what's the point?

In fact, the nature of the two is different.

First of all, the Smelting Bureau is a court institution, although it is run by Zhao Hongrun, but it essentially belongs to the state; The Su Chamber of Commerce, popularly speaking, Zhao Hongrun accounts for about forty percent of the interests, and the remaining sixty percent belongs to the local Su Wang Party forces, which can be understood as the latter joining in the form of people, efforts, and money.

For example, Shen Shufei's maiden family "Huangyi Shen Family", such as the third uncle Zhao Laiyu's "Anling Zhao Family", and then Zhao Laiyu's recommended list a while ago "Nanxi Hou Zhao Zhi", "Chen Caohou Zhao Mi", "Nancao Hou Zhao Blame" and so on, it belongs to Zhao Hongrun who took this group of people to make a fortune together.

Otherwise, Zhao Hongrun's reputation in the domestic aristocratic circle is so good, and he is even scolded as a "clan rebel who eats inside and outside", why should Nan Xihou, Chen Caohou, Nan Caohou and others stand in line with him, speak for him, and wave the flag for him?

Although this incident was originally facilitated by the persuasion of the third uncle Zhao Laiyu, which has always made Zhao Hongxuan a little unhappy, but now looking back, Zhao Hongrun has to admit that the third uncle Zhao Laiyu's advice is correct - Zhao Hongrun alone cannot compete with the nobles of the Wei State; Therefore, it is the wisest choice to win over some parts and attack the other part.

This time, Zhao Hongrun returned to Daliang to prepare for a showdown with those domestic nobles who coveted the four orders of Hedong, and the reason why he was full of confidence was precisely because of this - unlike the weak power three years ago, now behind him, there is also an aristocratic force supporting him, although most of them are some nobles who are not in the stream.

But it doesn't matter, anyway, Zhao Hongrun doesn't expect those people to really help him, what he wants is just to divide those nobles who oppose him.

I have to say that at the beginning of the Sanchuan incident, the nobles of the whole country united to put pressure on the Zongfu, even if it was Zhao Hongrun, he could only compromise, at most he was angry with Zhao Tairu, Zhao Laiyu and other sect elders, but he did not dare to retaliate against the real culprit, the reason is that the four words "the powerful of the country" put too much pressure on him.

In the face of this force, let alone him, even his father, Emperor Wei Tianzi, can only choose to compromise.

And now, the "national magnates" who oppose him have become the "vast majority of the magnates", and this pressure is obviously much less, and when Zhao Hongrun pulls over some of them and strikes at them, so that the "vast majority of the magnates" become "a small number of magnates", then the wind direction of this war between the "King Su and the domestic magnates" will gradually favor the former.

Zhao Hongrun didn't think too much about the follow-up, he only focused on the things in front of him - because of the Sanchuan incident back then, those powerful people in China tried to unite to cast spells on him Zhao Hongrun again, which Zhao Hongrun could not tolerate.

Is he really Zhao Hongrun a soft persimmon? Pinch as much as you want?

Hum! Last time, the Zongfu fell, this time, who will be the one who falls?

Standing at the bow of the boat, Zhao Hongrun looked at the choppy river and sneered secretly.

At this time, Zongwei Lu Mu walked out of the cabin, holding two thick robes in his hands, he threw one to Zongwei Changwei Jiao, and then draped the other one on Zhao Hongrun.

Zhao Hongrun nodded towards Lu Mu and expressed his gratitude.

At this time, Lu Mu asked hesitantly: "Your Highness, is it appropriate to leave that Liu Yi in Fenyin?" ”

Zhao Hongrun pulled his robe and said with a smile: "A sick seedling that can be blown away by the wind, what are you worried about?" ”

Hearing this, Lu Mu shook his head and said, "It's not that I'm worried about that Liu's illness, it's because I'm worried about it...... Liu Yi is already a cousin of King Xiang...... That's not a good fit, is it? ”

Zhao Hongrun looked at the river and did not speak.

In fact, Lu Mu's words echoed the hesitation in Zhao Hongrun's heart.

If Liu Yi is no longer a relative of the "Zhongyang Liu Family", let alone a cousin of Xiangwang Hongjing, in fact, Zhao Hongrun has the intention to recommend Liu Yi to be the "Pi Order", because Liu Yi is indeed very talented.

But because of this person's background, Zhao Hongrun hesitated, after all, he was more inclined to recommend the counties he could control.

It's not that Zhao Hongrun has any bad intentions, it's just that he recommends candidates who are easy to control, which is convenient for him to implement follow-up strategic deployment in the future.

If he recommended Liu Aiji to be the "Pi Order" because he valued his talent, what if the "Zhongyang Liu Clan" would work against him in the future? This kind of thing is not afraid of 10,000, just in case.

I have to say that aside from this, Zhao Hongrun has a very good impression of Liu Aiji.

Through the exchanges between Liu Yi and Kou Zheng, Shang Yang, Mu Ziyong and others, Zhao Hongrun can also be regarded as seeing that this Liu Yi is a scholar who stays at home all the year round, because he is not in good health, so he lacks communication with the outside world, so he feels quite pure, not the kind of aristocratic child who is consumed by profit.

Recalling that Liu was already itchy at that time, and finally couldn't help but debate with Kou Zheng and others about the arrangement of the military camp and military tuntian of the Fenyin garrison, Zhao Hongrun felt quite funny.

Especially this morning, when Zhao Hongrun was about to return to Daliang by boat from Fenyin, he also asked Liu Aiji if he wanted to send him back to Zhongyang by the way, but Liu Aiji refused outright, because he had not yet argued with Kou Zheng and others about the "Fenyin County Rectification Plan".

In Liu Aiji's opinion, the rectification plan he discussed with Kou Zheng still has some omissions and deficiencies, and needs to be improved.

At that time, looking at Liu Ai's appearance, Zhao Hongrun knew that this person was already intoxicated by it, and he was quite happy.

Thinking about it, Liu Yi is already a scholar who stays at home all the year round due to physical reasons, and he must also have lofty ambitions, but his weak body can't support his ambitions, and now, there is such a major event as the rectification of Fenyin County, which can allow him to show a little the results of his studies over the years, how can he return to Zhongyang like this?

In this regard, Zhao Hongrun did not have the slightest objection - Liu Ai is such a person who is willing to give him a day job, what is he to oppose?

If it weren't for this person being the cousin of Xiangwang Hongjing, Zhao Hongrun would be eager to recruit him to his side as a staff member, he is not short of soldiers now, what he lacks is a think tank.

On the second day of November, Zhao Hongrun took a boat down the river for four days and finally arrived at the port of Bolangshahe.

After two or three years of huge investment, Bolangsha, a barren river beach in the past, has gradually prospered.

Although the entire project is only about a third of the way through, a part of the river port has already been built, and even Zhao Hongrun can see the dense buildings around Bolangsha — a mix of villages and markets.

Nowadays, Bolangsha is full of all kinds of people.

There were the supervising officials and surveyors of the Metallurgical Bureau, the commoners who received wages, and the more numerous were Hu and Ba slaves from Sanchuan, who undertook the huge project of building the Bolangsha River port.

According to the report of the Metallurgical Bureau, the labor force of Bolangsha has reached 30,000 people, and it is precisely because of such a large labor force that the construction of this river port is faster than expected, coupled with the emergence of cement, Zhao Hongrun estimates that in two years, the largest military and civilian river port in Wei will be completed immediately, which is half the date shortened from the original plan.

However, such a dense manpower has also made the current law and order situation in the Bolangsha area relatively chaotic.

For example, many commoners who sold their hands simply took their uncles and brothers to build a house in Bolangsha, so that the area around Bolangsha was full of mixed houses; Some merchants who saw the profits also transported daily necessities such as wine and rice grains here and opened a shop here.

Ninety percent of these houses and shops are illegal buildings and must be demolished in the future, but at present, in order to facilitate the construction of Bolangsha River Port, the Metallurgical Bureau is turning a blind eye to them.

The only thing the Smelting Bureau wants to fight is the evil forces that are mixed in with it, such as those scoundrels, ruffians, rangers, and so on who have nothing to do and make a living by extortion.

It is said that the imperial court also specially sent a "Bogang Captain" for this purpose, who was responsible for managing the security in the Bolangsha area.

In this regard, Zhao Hongrun is not surprised, the reason is very simple, compared with him, who only accounts for 20% according to the agreement, the imperial court, which owns 80% of Bolangsha, is the big boss of this river port.

It is believed that anyone who delays the construction of this river port will inevitably become a thorn in the side of the imperial court.

Just as Zhao Hongrun stood on the boat and watched the progress of the construction of the river port, the boat under his feet had already sailed away from this area and entered the dredging water.

It is no wonder that the speed of the boat slows down immediately after entering the dredging water, after all, the speed of the water flow in the dredging water is not comparable to that of the big rivers.

But even so, Zhao Hongyun still rushed to the shore before dusk and directly landed in the Gyeonggi section of Daliang.

At this time, in that area, there were already more than a dozen green crows waiting for a long time.

"Your Highness."

After seeing Zhao Hongrun get off the boat along the board, all the green crows knocked on the ground and hugged their fists, putting on a welcoming posture.

"Get up."

Zhao Hongrun nodded, motioned for all the green crows to get up, and asked, "Is there any movement in the beam?" ”

When a green crow heard this, he said, "Back to Your Highness, today, King Qing is preparing to feast guests in his mansion. ”

"Oh?" A hint of discoloration flashed in Zhao Hongrun's eyes.

At this time, Zong Wei Chang Wei Jiao had already taken Zhao Hongrun's mount down from the boat.

I saw Zhao Hongrun turn over and get on the mount, glanced at the beam, and a smile rose at the corner of his mouth.

"It's better to come early than to come at a good time...... Let's go, go join in the fun! ”

"Yes!"