Su Jin left the capital with his family on the ninth day of the lunar month, and Su Jin originally planned to mix in the capital until the New Year, but the situation in the capital made Su Jin feel that he was afraid that he would fall into it if he stayed any longer.

I don't know when Su Jin also learned to cultivate obscurity; There are really a lot of people who are stronger than themselves these years, not to mention Fan Zhongyan and Han Qi, once they take power, they will act very differently from before, and of course they can't have a head-on conflict with them.

Even Fu Bi, in Su Jin's eyes, is a good person, and now he has to say that he has changed a lot, since becoming one of the leaders of the New Deal, he is in a high position as a privy deputy envoy, and Su Jin has also become estranged a lot because of the New Deal; Even with his father-in-law Yan Shu, he became angry because of political differences.

Power and status are enough to change a person's temperament, there is no doubt about this, Su Jin can also understand, who wants to live under others for the rest of his life and not do something big? Who doesn't want to be celebrated by all the people?

For Su Jin, the current major thing is to manage the two acres and three points of land in the northwest, so that the affairs of Jingyuan Road and Qinfeng Road should not go wrong, and the business of the Su family should not be affected, so as to make a fortune.

The good news is that no matter what, the return on investment made by themselves is huge, the operation of Baoshan coal yard and oil refining valley is booming, this time to the capital, the Su Ji Baoshan briquette and fragrant cake in the capital sales channel opened, after the experience, not only the three divisions booked 500,000 catties of briquettes for heating in the capital this winter, even the palace internal affairs office also set the supply of fragrant cakes throughout the winter, with the palace to take the lead, the relatives of the dignitaries and nobles naturally flocked to it, and the fragrant cakes were also booked 100,000 pieces.

Su Jin's next step is to radiate the use of briquettes from the capital to the southeast of the state capital, with the capital as a springboard will have a good publicity effect, the popularization of coal as a fuel in major cities to replace firewood should be completed soon, now to consider is not the problem of sales, but the problem of production output.

At present, ten excavation faces are excavated at the same time, the speed is not fast, only more than 2,000 baskets of coal are produced every day, a basket of 30 catties, in fact, only about 6,000 catties can be produced a day, and if the capital is all replaced by briquettes for heating and fuel, the metropolis of a million people needs more than 100,000 catties a day, it has not yet been popularized, and it is naturally barely able to supply, once the people have recognized, such a little output is not enough to supply, not to mention expanding the market to the southern state capitals.

Of course, Su Jin also knows that the market of the Great Song Dynasty is not his own, and the success of Baoshan coal cake will inevitably drive the sales of coal in Shanxi, Henan and other places, and there is not no high-quality coal elsewhere, and according to the invited coal mining master, Henan Hebi Coal Mine has found a way to turn inferior coal into high-quality coal with less flue gas, whether it is washing or sorting, and even breaking the raw coal into the end and mixing it with secret unknown things, it can also reduce the flue gas.

But Su Jin is not worried, with the speed of producing coal in the Great Song Dynasty, at least in the past 100 years, it will be in short supply, and Su Ji is taking the brand route, and Baoshan briquettes are the first to be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, no matter when, their own sales will not be a problem.

Over there in the oil refining valley, the refining of oil is accumulating at a rate of about fifteen barrels per day, although the output is not high, but the specifications of the oil are undoubted, and it seems to be a loss-making business, but Su Jin knows that the oil is a thing, maybe when it will be able to turn the tide and achieve greater benefits, and Su Jin also has selfish intentions, except for promising to supply a part to Di Qing in Yanzhou, the rest are hidden in the cave warehouse, this thing is good to sell to the imperial court, but Su Jin is unwilling to do this, Besides, the imperial court also has several places for refining fire oil in other places, so he doesn't have to worry about that.

There is also a place that makes Su Jin happy, that is, the residue produced by oil refining, Su Jin knows that it is asphalt oil, and what he sees every day in this era is the potholed official road, which is difficult to walk an inch when it rains and snows, and the better bluestone and blue brick road is too expensive, and the asphalt can be used to pave the road; In the months since the beginning of oil refining, the asphalt produced has been ordered by Su Jin to be laid on the road opened for the entry and exit of Baoshan, and half of the entire road has become an asphalt road, which is still unimpeded in rain and snow, ensuring the entry and exit of briquettes and materials.

Su Jin's goal is to use asphalt to pave all the official roads of the Northwest Fourth Road, and at that time, whether it is transporting materials or marching to fight, mobility will be greatly increased, and the entire Northwest Fourth Road will become unimpeded, and there is no need to look at God's eyes.

On the third day after Su Jin returned to Qinzhou, Liang Jian, the supervisor of the Imperial History Observatory, and Gongchen, the servant of the Imperial History, followed Su Jin's footprints, and the arrival of these two people surprised Su Jin, but it was obvious that they were not here for themselves.

Su Jin didn't have a deep impression of Liang Jian and Wang Gongchen, most of the counselors in the Imperial History Terrace were characters that everyone was afraid to avoid, in the Imperial History Terrace, Su Jin was familiar with Ouyang Xiu, and he also chose the strategy of staying away from other people, and these two would not come for no reason.

In the evening, Su Jin set up a banquet to entertain the two, and at the banquet, the two informed Su Jin of the purpose of the trip, and on the morning of Su Jin's departure from Beijing, Liang Jian played the impeachment of Teng Zongliang, the prefect of Jingyuan Road, and in the Great Song Dynasty, officials above the state capital road level will have the right to dispose of a large amount of money, called 'minister's money', similar to the entertainment expenses of later generations, such as the entertainment and accommodation of the court's officials to inspect here, the rewards to subordinates, and the money such as dinners on the holidays of the official yamen belong to the category of this minister's money.

It's not that Teng Zongliang, the prefect of Jingzhou, put the 160,000 minister money allocated by the three divisions into his pocket, but this gentleman spent the 160,000 yuan in places where he shouldn't have spent, and he used the money to feast and drink with his subordinates, and also built several halls and pavilions in Jingzhou, which he generally liked with his subordinates. The staff of the wind and the moon feasted and drank in it, and lived a good life; Spend 160,000 ministers' money without a penny; Every year, the Imperial Observatory would investigate the various actions of the officials during the year, including the reconciliation of the accounts of the minister's money, but this gentleman destroyed the account books after the inspectors arrived, falsely claiming that they were lost during the chaos of the war, and there was no proof of his death.

Such a may not be a big deal in a prosperous year, but now that the whole Song Dynasty is tightening their belts to live, Teng Zongliang is a little out of place to do this; What's more, it is a sensitive period now, the new policy of the imperial court is in full swing, and Teng Zongliang and Fan Zhongyan have a very good relationship, the two are a pair of bosom friends who appreciate each other, and their buttocks are not clean at this time, and they will obviously be pulled out.

In the court, in the face of Liang Jian's impeachment, Fan Zhongyan couldn't argue for Teng Zongliang at all, but scolded in his heart: Teng Zijing, Teng Zijing, when are you making trouble badly, but at this time, I can't protect you, not only can't I protect you, but I can only fall into the well.

So Fan Zhongyan had to second, proposing to demote Teng Zijing to Fengxiang Mansion, although it is also at the state capital level, Fengxiang and Jingzhou must be small market towns compared with large cities, and their power positions have plummeted.

But how could Du Yan be so cheap Teng Zijing, when even if he asked Wang Gongchen to discuss it again, Wang Gongchen suggested that Teng Zijing be demoted to the end and be relegated to a common person on the grounds that he was sitting too light, and he would never be used again; Zhao Zhen thought about it again and again, and adopted a balanced strategy, not only to take care of Fan Zhongyan's face, but also to show his attitude towards the rectification of the officials, so he ordered Teng Zongliang to be demoted to Baling County, Yuezhou.

After listening to this, Su Jin suddenly remembered the famous work "The Story of Yueyang Tower" by Fan Zhongyan that he learned in middle school: In the spring of the fourth year of Qingli, Teng Zijing guarded Baling County ......, it turned out that this gentleman was guarded in Baling County because of abuse of public funds, which was not very glorious, but this guy was very thoughtful, and when he arrived in Baling County, he rebuilt Yueyang Tower to carry out political performance projects, and also invited Fan Zhongyan to make a record.

"Lord Su, the two of us are here to read the holy judgment to Teng Zongliang, the emperor specially instructed me to come to Qinzhou to say hello to you, Jingzhou is your subordinate, because Teng Zongliang abused the minister's money first, and the new envoy of the Lord is behind, the emperor said that please Lord Su does not have to blame himself, this person's fault has nothing to do with you." Liang Jian said with a smile.

Su Jin smiled and said: "Thank you for your understanding, but I am also considered a dereliction of duty, I will go to the fold to ask for guilt, Teng Zijing has naturally to be punished, and it is already the emperor's grace to guard Baling County." ”

Wang Gongchen said with a smile: "I have heard for a long time that Lord Su understands the righteousness, and when I saw it today, it really lived up to its name, then again, if Teng Zijing had not had a friendship with Fan Gong, I am afraid that this time it would not be so lucky; When the new policy was implemented, many officials were dismissed from their posts for minor mistakes, while his friend Teng Zongliang still retained his official status, which was a bit of a suspicion of being strict on the outside and lax on the inside. ”

Su Jin knew that they were talking nonsense, as long as he echoed and said one or two bad words about Fan Zhongyan, the capital would inevitably spread the word that he was dissatisfied with Fan Zhongyan, how could such a trick deceive Su Jin, who knew more and more about the urine nature of these people.

Su Jin smiled and said: "I only care about the affairs of the northwest and northwest roads, and I am busy with my own affairs, how can I manage others, besides, the matter of the new deal is agreed upon by the emperor and several privy councillors, how can I have the right to speak; The two of you don't know, I have already ordered that all officials within the jurisdiction of Qin Feng Lu and Jing Yuan Road will be slapped twenty times. ”

Wang Gongchen hurriedly stopped his mouth, he had heard that Su Jin was a stunned young man, and if he talked nonsense again, he would be slapped by this stunned young man with twenty big mouths, and it would be a shame to throw him home.