"Mind my, this official just got off the boat, is it possible that he can still be separated...... I said, Lord Zhou, could it be that you were also killed by this official? ”

Hong Tao, who was speaking, recognized another thin man who was dressed similarly behind him was none other than Zhou Ri. She had a scarf wrapped around her head, and when she put on the camouflage uniform of the New Army, her whole body was just as dirty, and she couldn't really tell the difference between men and women if she didn't look closely.

"The subordinates and the tall master are like this, and they do have something to do with the superintendent. This is not a place to talk, and please go to the yamen to rest. "Monday and Sunday are still more reserved, and I don't want to be embarrassed on the embankment.

Compared with when he first arrived in Weiqiao Town, the living and office conditions of the Daimyo Mansion are very, very good, and even better than the state government in Huangzhou. The government is ready-made, there is a garden on the front and back three sides, dozens of palaces want to be used how they want, and there are guards at the door.

According to Gao Cuifeng, since the former prefect heard that the concubine Wang Shu was going to come to the Daimyo Mansion to serve, he immediately left with his family. Before leaving, he handed over all the case documents to the master book, and made a list of luggage, and he didn't dare to take anything that didn't belong to his family, for fear that he would end up with the same fate as Jingzhao Mansion Chongkai.

When Hong Tao arrived, Gao Cuifeng and Zhou Zhou were taking a few special forces to move the Buddha statue in the back hall, and by the way, they installed the cast iron stove, which made them look like miners.

"This official has no fate with the Buddha, but he doesn't have to rob other people's houses, so he doesn't have such a big hatred. Let's let the Buddha live here, and the official will live in the wing. But one of you is the commissioner and the other is the new chief bookkeeper, so why do you have to do it yourself, the engineers and craftsmen that this official has assigned to you? ”

The original daimyo prefect was still a devout Buddhist, and he made a few mud Buddhas in the back hall, thinking that Gao Cuifeng and Zhou Ri knew that he didn't like religion, so he had to demolish the Buddha statue. But Hong Tao felt that it was completely up to someone else to do it, were the two of them deliberately making a show for themselves?

"Adults don't know that coal and iron are abundant here, and engineers and craftsmen are busy building workshop foundations and mines. On weekdays, I didn't stay in the city, but I received a message from Lord Jiang and came back to greet me, and then I found the Buddha statue, and I thought it would take a few days for the adults to arrive......"

It was Monday and Sunday who answered the question, and by this time she had already taken the cloth towel handed by Fuji and wiped her face. Not to mention, in the past few months in the Daimyo's Mansion, the skin has been a lot whiter, no matter how hot the sun on the plain is, the air density is large, and it seems that the plateau is not as easy to tan people.

"You're going to build the workshop and the pit together?" Hong Tao finally understood that he had misunderstood the two of them, not deliberately acting in front of him, but that the stall was too big.

"Xia Guan thinks that time is running out, since Lord Zhou believes that they are all good mines, and the craftsmen also believe that the location of the workshop is correct, Xia Guan will make his own opinion......

Gao Cuifeng was a little weak-hearted, and the task he received was just to come to the front station, by the way, to touch the bottom of the minerals here, and then find a few suitable addresses for backup, and he did not have the right to spread out the stalls.

"It's done, let Mrs. Ji deal with the affairs of the government, Erlang, you take someone to go to the workshop with the official first, General Miao, you go and see where the camp is suitable inside and outside the city. The rules of the new army are still the same, and nothing is allowed to enter the city. Let's go, my high point and master Zhou, let the official see your results. ”

Should his subordinates criticize if they dare to help themselves make decisions? If it is replaced by government affairs and military affairs, it must be criticized. It's not a thousand mountains and rivers to leave the seal here, and the fast horse will arrive in two days, so you can't ask if there is anything to ask first.

But on the issue of mines and workshops, Hong Tao felt that he could first look at the results before speaking, Gao Cuifeng has been running Weiqiao Town for more than three years, and he understands more experience in managing the operation of the workshop than himself.

The Zhou family is a professional prospector and mine, and they are more professional than themselves, a second-hand mining expert. The two of them should not be worse than their own vision when they join forces, and there are so many craftsmen to assist.

The industrial zone of the Daimyo Mansion is located far away in Licheng District, which is not in the Daimyo Mansion at all, but in the west of Handan County, Cizhou, Hebei West Road, which is more than 100 miles away. There is only one reason why it is so far away, the source of raw materials.

Cizhou has produced coal and iron since ancient times, and there is the Zhanghe River passing through, so that the ship can be loaded directly into the Yongji Canal, and there is no transportation difficulty in the south and north. If the coal and iron produced here were to be shipped to the Daimyo Mansion for smelting, Gao Cuifeng and Zhou Yiri felt a little suspicious of taking off their pants and farting.

They were well acquainted with the nature of the horses, and they were very concerned about the cost of transportation, and they did not specifically prohibit the workshop from being far from the daimyo's mansion, so they chose the location that they thought was most suitable.

"Handan, isn't this Nima Handan!" After looking at the construction base of the workshop, Hong Tao stood on a nearby hill and began to compare it with the map of the future in his mind.

If this Handan is really another Handan, then this workshop is likely to be the factory of the Handan Iron and Steel Group in the future, and it will not be too far away. The ravine to the south that produces high-quality peat should be the Fengfeng Coal Mine, and the iron ore mine in Wuli to the west should be the Cishan Mining Area in the future.

In fact, there is a larger mining area more than ten miles to the north, which is the Wu'an mining area in later generations. This piece is located at the eastern foot of the Taihang Mountains, which is rich in mineral resources, so it will develop into a famous steel city in the country in later generations. It seems that the ancients were not stupid, and without the assistance of modern instruments, they could still find a treasure land with concentrated resources.

"Your Excellency is not satisfied?" Hearing the muttering in the horse's mouth, Gao Cuifeng was a little vague.

"Satisfied, if you let this official choose, I'm afraid there will be no better place than here, and it is a blessing for the official to have the help of the two of you. I don't think it's better to set up the Yamen of the Tidian Division in Handan City, and I won't think that there is no prosperity here, right? ”

Satisfied, must be satisfied, very satisfied. But Hong Tao's reward method is a bit puzzling, not only is it not beneficial, but it also directly bombarded Gao Cuifeng to Handan, a small county with a population of less than 20,000 people.

"Thank you, sir!" But Gao Cuifeng's reaction was not like being assigned, he was really happy, and his smile burst out of the flesh.

"It's worth being happy if you don't work with this official, your conscience is greatly broken, is this official so annoying!" Others may not understand Gao Cuifeng's reaction, but Hong Tao can completely figure it out.

He always feels constrained when he is by his side, and it is more comfortable to let him go and lead alone. This is the common problem of people who have the ability, they don't want to stay by the leader's side and always remind them of face-to-face teaching, and they are more willing to have more space for free play and a greater sense of achievement.

"The lower officials don't dare to ...... There's just one more thing that's tricky. Gao Cuifeng gritted his teeth and put away his smile, it was impossible to pretend to be embarrassed, this bitter sentence was not very vivid.

"......" Gao Cuifeng can complain, Hong Tao feels that there must be big trouble, and he also puts away his smile and nods.

"The people here are fierce, and there will be hundreds of armed people fighting for the ridges in the township, and most of them live on silkworms. If the workshop is started, within three years the Zhanghe River will become a sewage river, and the acres of mulberry forests on both sides of the river will be abandoned. Once they become homeless, they are afraid that they will cause a lot of trouble to adults. ”

"Yes, the good land will soon become a wasteland, and the official can't bear it. But there is no way, if you want to supply the needs of the new army, you have to do this. The official will deal with this matter without worry, there will be a van servant arriving in the future, first step up the construction of the lime kiln, the official needs lime, the more the better. Regardless of whether the local government and the people are willing or not, those who get in the way will be relocated, and those who are willing to work can go to the workshop as apprentices, and those who are unwilling will be compensated more. ”

Gao Cuifeng's worries are very advanced, and he has already taken into account the problem of environmental pollution, if he had not been in charge of Weiqiao Town for many years and had seen the side effects of industrial production, no one would have thought of this problem, this is experience.

But Hong Tao is not in a rut, industrial development is the only way to become a strong country, and no one can avoid it. However, to engage in industry, it is necessary to sacrifice part of agriculture and the natural environment, and there is no good way to do it in later generations.

The only thing he can do is to minimize the damage of this side effect, such as developing more economical agriculture, so that the same land can feed more people, so that the farmers who have lost their land will not become displaced people.

Speaking of this problem, Hong Tao is also quite worried, Gao Cuifeng observed very carefully, from the Daimyo's Mansion to Handan County, more than half of the land is not planted with grain, but mulberry trees.

Why do you plant mulberry trees? It's not nonsense, it's useless for anything other than raising silkworms. That's right, the vicinity of the Daimyofu is an important silk-producing area north of the Yellow River.

It sounds a little implausible, but it's exactly what it is. The southern region of Hebei during the Northern Song Dynasty was very different from that of later generations, not only was there no shortage of water, but also full of rivers and lakes, and the distribution of water systems was very dense, not worse than that of Jiangnan.

It is said that this is a good thing, agriculture is developed without water shortage, whether it is planting rice or raising silkworms, the common people are living a better life, what is there to worry about Hongtao?

I was really worried, Hong Tao originally planned to promote cotton planting in Hebei, turn the vast Hebei and Shandong plains into the main cotton producing areas, and then rely on these raw materials to vigorously develop the cotton spinning industry.

Cotton fabrics could be used as a unique commodity, and they could be sold along the canals, the Yellow River, the Huai River, and the Yangtze River to more regions and make more profits, thus offsetting the huge expenses of training new armies and building workshops.

Speaking of this, I have to scold Emperor Shenzong, he dared to covet the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun without even saving enough money, which is really bolder than a thief. According to the emperor's plan, he could only allocate 200,000 yuan from the interior to support the new army, and the rest had to be figured out by his brother-in-law.

The court was not short of money, but the money had to be used first to deal with the Tanguts, and the rest had to be given to the forbidden army first, which was the premise for the courtiers to agree to let the horses expand the new army.