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Although the difficulties have passed, there are still hidden worries.

Throughout the New Year of the fifth year of Qingli, Su Jin was worried about this matter, this crisis was not so much caused by his poor financial management and calculation, but rather because he was forced to do so, and the culprit was none other than the current saint Zhao Zhen.

Zhao Zhen let himself be the envoy of the Northwest Fourth Road, and it sounded better because he had made some contributions and had some small skills, but Su Jin understood very well in his heart, from the time Zhao Zhen cried with himself that he had to independently find a way to feed the millions of soldiers and civilians on the Northwest Fourth Road, Zhao Zhen used his psychological weakness to exploit himself; Although he knew that it was exploitation, Su Jin had to accept it, because Su Jin's psychological weakness was that he believed that he could do it and could not see the people suffer.

The whole thing seems to have become a situation where one is willing to fight and one is willing to suffer, Zhao Zhen was a little polite to Su Jin, and put a high hat on Su Jin's head, Su Jin had no ability to refuse at all.

Of course, for Su Jin, he also has his own purpose, on the one hand, Su Jin thinks that he can complete this arduous task with his own ability, not for Zhao Zhen, but for the people; On the other hand, the dream that was stirring in Su Jin's heart prompted him to do this, that dream had no possibility of realizing it in the capital or anywhere else, only in this case, Zhao Zhen would not interfere too much with his actions, and that dream could be realized.

In order to realize this dream, Su Jin was a little dizzy, so much so that he forgot the biggest exploit of him that Zhao Zhen valued, once he went bankrupt and Yinzhuang lost his reputation, it was impossible for Su Jin to turn over again; And Su Jin, who has lost his strong economic strength, will plummet in Zhao Zhen's eyes, and the position of the Northwest Fourth Road Envoy will definitely not be guaranteed.

When he figured this out, Su Jin broke out in a cold sweat, this is the biggest danger of this financial crisis, when he became a useless person in Zhao Zhen's eyes, obviously with his qualifications and the bad deeds of Zhao Zhen's face and neck in the past, plus the things that the law did not allow will be turned over and settled, and the end can be imagined.

Su Jin finally understood that when there was already a gap between himself and Zhao Zhen, Zhao Zhen still handed over the northwest to his own hands, not entirely because of Zhao Zhen's magnanimity, but more importantly, because he still had the value of use, squeezing himself dry, and kicking it away at the right time, this is probably Zhao Zhen's true thoughts; But then again, there is no need to make a fuss about this kind of exploitation relationship between the emperor and his courtiers, take the popular saying: the matter of eating the monarch and being loyal to the monarch is just that he is very wronged, and he still has to be used by him if he does not eat the monarch, which is indeed wronged enough.

Contemporary officials who are loyal to the monarch will never understand this, they will think that everything is natural, even the emperor's exploitation is the emperor's trust, and never think of the exploitation relationship between the two; Su Jin doesn't have any concept of loyalty, maybe what he says is the same as what everyone says, but he has never taken these concepts deep into his bone marrow in his heart, and it is precisely because of this that he can jump out of the fixed thinking mode to see the real situation here.

After figuring out these things, Su Jin became cheerful, he suddenly found that he had grasped the key to control his own destiny in this era, it was very simple, always let himself be an indispensable person in Zhao Zhen's eyes, so that he could maintain Zhao Zhen's tolerance for himself, just like the matter of the palace in Xincheng, his own pretentiousness seemed to make up for it, but anyone who is not a fool knows that it is his own afterthought, and Zhao Zhen not only did not punish him for this matter, but also sent someone to comfort him when he was weakThis is the proof of this.

Su Jin suddenly admired the wisdom of the queen of the Xia Kingdom, Ye Li Dulan, what he realized had actually been seen through by Ye Li Dulan, when the Ye Li tribe was about to fall into a catastrophe, Ye Li Du Lan understood how to protect himself earlier than himself, that is, Li Yuanhao felt that the Ye Li tribe was indispensable, but it was ridiculous that he regarded this matter as someone else's business, and he didn't expect that things were connected, and these things were actually widely applicable.

Fortunately, it is not too late to wake up, as far as the current situation is concerned, he can still control the situation, in the current Great Song Dynasty, the way to make Zhao Zhen not abandon him is to hold his lifeline, that is the economy.

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After the New Year, Su Jin made two major decisions, the first is that Liang Shi found in Chengzhou iron ore mine must speed up the mining as soon as possible, the shortage of iron tools in this year led to high prices and huge profits, Zhao Zhen promised that he had the right to mine iron ore and the imperial court fifty-fifty shares, a big reason is because the imperial court has no money to invest in mining, and wants to fake Su Jin's hands to complete this matter; But Su Jin thought very clearly, but in any country, the mining resources will eventually be nationalized, if it is not forced by the situation, Zhao Zhen will not allow himself to have the right to share the mining.

It's hard to say that I'm not making wedding clothes for others, and when the domestic situation eases, I'm likely to be kicked away, and then these mines are all taken back by the imperial court; Therefore, we must take advantage of the fact that the imperial court is still poor and overstretched, and the situation in the south and north is still grim in the past few years, so as to act quickly, otherwise we will regret it.

In order to put into production as soon as possible, Su Jin personally followed Liang Shi to the new iron mine in Chengdu, a large snow-capped mountain range surrounded by a valley, after several months of leveling and preparation, more than a dozen huge smelting blast furnaces have stood on the flat ground, and the rock layers chiseled around the hillside are like a large terrace, that is the iron ore layer.

Liang Shi eats and lives in the mine, and he didn't go to the capital in the New Year, and when he saw Su Jin coming, he hurriedly came out to greet him, Su Jin saw that he looked unkempt, and there was a lot of dust on his face, and he admired it very much, this Liang Shi is like a scientist who is engaged in geology, he has always loved minerals and become obsessed, and he can give full play to his strengths, no matter how hard and tired he is, he doesn't say a word, he is a handful older, and he won't even go to reunite with his family in the New Year, I have to say that his attitude is quite serious.

Last year, Su Jin accompanied Liang Shi to the northwest for a few months, although a lot of ore veins were discovered, but Liang Shi said that many places are not suitable for mining, the cost is too high, the reserves are too small, and it is not worth spending energy at all.

Su Jin is a layman about this, and naturally listens to Liang Shi, this Liang Shi looks thin and unkempt, but he is extremely serious in his work, and every day he talks to himself with a sad face, what 'there is ochre on the mountain, and there is iron under it'; what 'there is a kind stone on it, and there is gold under it'; in short, the nagging is endless, and when he arrived at this place in Dazhou, Liang Shi suddenly cheered and jumped.

"My lord, there must be a big mine here." Liang Shi's beard trembled with excitement.

"How so?" Su Jin didn't believe it, a barren mountain and bald ridge looked no different from other hills he had seen.

Liang Shi pointed to the stream flowing out of the mountain and said: "Look at the color of this stream, it has a slight ochre color, it must be brought out of the mountain rocks, 'there is ochre on the mountain, and there is iron under it' This is the law." ”

In order to verify his inference, Liang Shi ordered someone to select a place on the mountainside, chisel a rock mouth with an axe, and use the big magnet he carried with him to move up and down the rock formation, and the magnet on the three-foot-high rock layer can be firmly adsorbed in every place, which fully shows that the iron content in this rock layer is extremely rich.

Liang Shi introduced the preparation of the mine to Su Jin: "Master Su, the coke for ironmaking that is most lacking at present has been sent to Lizhou Road and Qinfeng Road to buy it, but now it has just passed the New Year, and it is winter, so it is indeed not easy to collect, and the amount obtained is very small." The lower officials are also worried about this matter. ”

Su Jin said: "Buying the coke that burns the people, this will be the year of the monkey?" What is the amount of coke? ”

Liang Shi said: "The dosage is quite large, because coke should not only act as a heat source for combustion and melting, but also have the function of iron induction, and the specific proportion needs to be tested in detail when the furnace is opened, and there is no rule." ”

Su Jin said: "That's it, let's practice coking coal by yourself, after I go back, I will order Baoshan Mine to practice coke ten cars every day and send it over, if it is not enough, you can talk to them by yourself." ”

Liang Shixi said: "That relationship is good, if you can do this, you will have no worries." ”

Su Jin pointed to the tall stove and said, "Is this thing reliable?" Why do I feel a little unreliable? Hundreds of thousands of smashes were smashed to get these stoves. ”

Liang Shi arched his hand and said: "Don't worry, my lord, the officials know this kind of thing, the money and materials given by the adults are abundant, if I don't practice high-quality pig iron, how can I be the right adult?" ”

Su Jin himself didn't understand, confidence could only come from others, seeing Liang Shi's confident appearance, Su Jin also put his mind at ease; At the moment, all the condolences he brought with him were left, and for two days in the iron mine, everyone in the mine was busy, but Su Jin didn't know anything and had nothing to do, and finally left.