Zhang Dian shook his head slightly, he was already a retired person, he just wanted to spend his old age in peace, and he didn't want to get involved in disputes anymore. Saying that Wu Haogu will become the target of public criticism is just an objective prediction, and it also has a bit of subjective psychology of watching jokes. But he would never end up fighting against Wu Haogu or the Confucian positivists......

He knows that his time has passed, and since it has passed, he should honestly live in seclusion, watch other people's jokes, and live his own small life.

"Hope," Zhang Dian thought about it, but couldn't help but ask, "What do you want to do?" Now that Wu Hao Gu Jun is in power, don't be rash! ”

Lu Jia asked and gritted his teeth: "Zihou, do you think I have no brains?" I won't suffer the same loss a second time. ”

He paused, turned his head to look at his son-in-law, "Teach it, the old man wants to do some business in Haizhou, can you make it easier for the old man?" ”

"Doing business?" Jian Xuchen never thought that his father-in-law would actually want to do business, is it because of the officialdom that he is willing to degenerate to become a businessman?

"What does my father-in-law want to do?" Of course, Jian Xuchen didn't dare to refuse, otherwise his family's Lu Niangzi would have roared in Hedong......

"The old man can't do the business that is too difficult now," Lu Jia asked with a smile, "Now build a wharf here in Haizhou, build a charcoal field, and then pound some charcoal."

Nowadays, Haizhou is really becoming more and more prosperous, and it is gradually becoming a center of maritime transshipment. In the future, a large number of people will definitely gather, and the charcoal will not be able to sell it. Moreover, Xuzhou's coal can also be transported through Haizhou port...... Coal can be used as ballast, right?

In addition, there are many salt merchants in Haizhou, the iron pot and charcoal in Xuzhou and the seawater in Haizhou are all boiled for money!

This coal business, as long as there is the help of the six-way shipping envoy, it will definitely be rich! Zihou, why don't you also invest some money, how about we do it together? ”

"Then, the old man will invest tens of thousands." Zhang Dian was asked by Lu Jia to say this, and he was actually moved.

Of course he is rich, and after so many years on the stage, he has always made a lot of money. But he is also a great profligate, and if he sits and eats empty, it is not enough.

And Lu Jiawen's coal business must be able to make a lot of money.

Because Lu Jiawen is very good at doing business, he took care of the state-owned enterprises in the Northern Song Dynasty for Wang Anshi back then. Although he was scolded by a bad head, it is undeniable that the state-owned enterprises in the Northern Song Dynasty under his management still made a lot of money...... Anyway, except for Wu Haogu, who managed the Heshi Bo Division, other state-owned enterprise operators in the Northern Song Dynasty were far inferior to him.

And the entry point he chose was indeed very clever. Now the demand for coal in Haizhou is indeed getting bigger and bigger, and it will only increase in the future, not decrease. The key to the coal business is to be able to dredge Caochen.

Otherwise, the tax card on the water transport route from Xuzhou to Haizhou will eat up most of the gross profit.

And Lu Jiawen's son-in-law is now the six-way shipping envoy and the largest Caochen, equivalent to the Caoyun governor of the Qing Dynasty in later generations.

With his help, Lu Jiawen's coal business will definitely be profitable. He also planned that when he made money in the future, he would invest in the "money industry", and he couldn't let Wu Haogu eat all the oil and water of the "silk standard" alone.

As for Wu Haogu's death in learning, Lu Jiawen is not in a hurry to make a move now. There is no need to even object...... Let him jump, the higher he jumps, the harder he will fall in the future!

Lu Jiawen had already made a plan, and found someone to engrave and print out the "Practical Doctrine of Taoism" and distribute it everywhere, and then set up a newspaper to advocate for the surname Wu...... The more this set of theories spreads, the more enemies Wu Haogu will have.

When the time comes, you don't have to come out yourself, there are people who will put Wu Haogu to death!

It's a sectarian battle!

……

Of course, Wu Haogu knew that the book "Practical Enlightenment Trial" co-edited by himself and Lu Haowen, Su Yu and Su Guo was a scourge - this is a big poisonous weed that can send him to the stake!

And if you don't want to be burned at the stake, then there is only one way, which is to learn from Confucius and collect a bunch of Confucianism to convince people with virtue. In this way, those opponents who are eager to burn themselves alive can calmly listen to their reasoning.

Therefore, after completing the general theory of the book "Practical Enlightenment Test" (in fact, the whole book has not been completed, and now only the general theory has been written, and it is still the first draft), Wu Haogu left Haizhou and went straight to Jiehe Shang City by land.

The journey of nearly 1,000 miles took Wu Haogu and his party less than seven days to complete.

On the fifth day of the first month of November in the first year of the Great Song Dynasty, facing the whistling north wind and the sparse falling snowflakes, he dressed as a martial artist who traveled far away, and finally rode his horse to the wilderness south of Jiehe Shang City.

The wilderness around Wu Haogu had changed a little since the last time he left, and at some point there were many crowded clusters of red mansions—all of which were large mansions of about ten acres, surrounded by tall red brick walls, and ten of them were built on top of each other to form a small community. Around the colony, there is a large field of soil divided by wooden stakes and ropes.

"Ke Province, are those Zhuangzi of the Imperial Knight?"

Wu Yanzhong, who was walking with Wu Haogu, had already guessed the usefulness of these Zhuangzi - when he was in Haizhou, he heard what kind of knights the Great Song Dynasty was doing.

"Yes," Wu Haogu, who was riding on horseback with his neck bent, nodded, "These are distributed to the knights, one courtyard for each family, and 1,500 acres of land will be returned." It should be enough to maintain a knight's house, and in the future, our country will not be too short of cavalry. ”

The distribution of the knights' land and the construction of the mansion were all specifically responsible for Shi Guozhong, the governor of Cangzhou, and Murong Wangwu, the secretary of the military academy of the Privy Council.

There is nothing in the division of land, it is a family of 1,500 acres. Beicang Prefecture is a plain dry land here, and there is nothing good or bad. The construction of the houses was a matter of science - these houses were not only to consider living and production, but also to serve as the basis of the "knight's castle".

It is impossible for a knight to build a knight's fort, so the principle of "ten families are united" was adopted, and ten knight villages were built next to each other. In the future, as long as the red bricks of the Boundary River were used to build a wall outside these ten manors, and then a trench was dug, a small but strong castle could be formed.

Theoretically, a knight's fort would have 10 knights, 10-20 reserve knights, more than 80 auxiliaries, and a larger number of family members. All auxiliaries and adult dependents were to be trained in military affairs, equipped with horned bows, divine arm bows, swords and shields, spears, and armor (at least leather armor). The Knights' Fort will store a large amount of food and arrows, enough to withstand a long siege.

If there really is a day when the Jurchen barbarians go south, on the ground of Northern Cangzhou, there will be not only the impregnable Lighthouse City (Jiehe Shang City), but also hundreds of small but strong knight fortresses......

"These mansions seem to be empty?" Wu Yanpet's observation was quite careful.

"It's empty," Wu Haogu nodded, "If you come back next year, it will be full of people." ”

"And where are the knights now?"

Wu Haogu smiled: "It's all in the knight academy in Jiehe Shang City." ”

Of course, knights had to be educated, they had to learn culture, martial arts, tactics, horses, and farms.

And these skills and knowledge will be taught at the knight school of the Boundary River. The Knights of the Boundary River Academy was restructured from the original Privy Council Military Academy.

The person who presided over this school was Zhao Zhongge, Murong Wang's assistant in the Military Science Department, and Murong Wang's official became the Jiehe Branch of the Yuntai Academy, which was the first president of Tianjin University in the future.

In addition to the Yuntai Academy Palace Jiehe Branch and the Jiehe Knight Academy, the Lighthouse Academy, which focuses on the education of the six arts, has now been prepared and is waiting for its official opening.

……

"We are waiting to welcome the Führer, the banquet has been prepared, but please move and relieve the wind and dust ......of the rebellious brigade for a while."

Outside Jiehe Shang City, next to the newly completed Jiehe City Ship Division, a group of officials and elders of Jiehe Shang City wearing white shirts, wearing a hood, and carrying a long sword on their belts, under the leadership of Lin Wancheng, Lin Chong, Zhang Xizai, Huang Zhisheng and others, stood on both sides of the official road, bowed their hands, and greeted Wu Haogu, the chief patriarch of the Senate of Jiehe Shang City, who came on horseback.

Behind these officials and patriarchs, there were still many people standing in a crowded manner, most of them were merchants wearing ayaluo, and some of them were wearing Khitan-style robes.

It seems that this merchant capital is now showing some signs of taking off.

Wu Haogu gently reined in the reins, still sitting on the back of the horse, looking at the people on both sides of the official road, and suddenly felt a little emotion in his heart.

My own territory is finally becoming more and more prosperous!

Wu Haogu immediately returned the salute with his fists, and then said in a loud voice: "In such a snowy weather, you still went out of the city to greet the lower officials, and the lower officials really didn't want to go." In this way, today, the lower officials will set up wine in this newly built city office and drink with you!

Lao Lin Sect Head, has the banquet been ready? ”

The dinner had already been arranged, and when Wu Haogu accompanied Wu Yanpet and Tong Guan to hurry slowly, he had already sent Zhou Yunqing to go first, and also brought his own letter.

"That's it!" Lin Wancheng said with a smile, "It's all arranged, so I'll invite Yuan to sit first." ”

Wu Haogu turned his head and smiled at Wu Yanchong and said, "Wuzhou Mu, this Jiehe Shang City is a place outside the world, and there are many fish and dragons in it...... Why don't you just live in this official office, rest for three or two days, and wait for the fatigue to relieve a little, and then the lower officials and Tong Daguan will discuss the purchase with you? ”

It was inconvenient for Wu Yanzhong and his Goryeo entourage to enter the Jiehe Commercial Market, because Wu Haogu had already received a report from Murong Forget that Guangmingjun and Guo Yaoshi of the Bohai Great Clan had already arrived in the Jiehe Commercial Market, and were now living in the newly bought mansion, waiting to meet Wu Haogu!

With them, there seemed to be some big names in the Jurchen Wanyan Division......