Now that the conversation has been discussed, Tong Yangjia is not welcome. Tong Yangjia asked: "Brother Xian, you have been the governor of Yazhou, have you heard that there was an iron mine in Yazhou?" ”

Lu Shiyuan thought for a while and said, "I haven't heard of the big iron mine. May I ask if the king of Chu said that he did not say the detailed address? ”

Tong Yangjia said: "The king of Chu only said a place name, saying that it was called Shilu Mountain, and that it was in Yazhou. ”

Lu Shiyuan lowered his head and thought for a while and said, "There is really no place called Shilu around Yazhou. However, there is a mountain called Shilu Mountain in Changhua. When I was thankful for the prefectural order, I heard that there were people who were stealing copper mines, but not iron mines. ”

Tong Yangjia said: "It may be here, the king of Chu said that he is not sure that it is in Yazhou, and it is very likely that it will be somewhere else." ”

Lu Shiyuan said: "This is easy to do, I will go to Wenchanghua County in a while and ask them about the situation." ”

Tong Yangjia shook his head and said: "It's too late, when I came, I made a military order in front of the King of Chu, and the first batch of iron ore must be shipped within two months." ”

Lu Shiyuan was taken aback and said, "My lord, this is simply impossible. Changhua County is okay, but Shilu Mountain is nearly 100 miles away from the county seat, and that place is the boundary of Shengli, and the Han people can't enter it at all. In addition, there are no roads, and it will take time to transport them out. ”

Of course, Tong Yangjia knew that the situation was serious, but there was no way. Tong Yangjia said: "I brought more than 1,000 craftsmen, but there are still not enough people. Does Brother Xian know that there are any big families in Hainan? How about not letting them take a stake? ”

Tong Yangjia used to manage industry in Dongguan and saw with his own eyes how Zhu Hongsan handled the development zone. Tong Yangjia is very obedient to this method of empty gloves, and is ready to use it in Qiongzhou.

Lu Shiyuan heard Tong Yangjia say: "My lord, the people are not allowed to open mines, isn't this... ”

Tong Yangjia said: "Brother Xian, the matter is urgent now, and I will think about the rest later." ”

Lu Shiyuan said: "There are several big families in Qiongzhou Mansion, but the first one is the Hai family. That is, the Haigang Peak in the Jiajing period. ”

The ancestor of Hai Rui, a Qing official of the Ming Dynasty, lived in Fujian during the Song Dynasty, and the "Hai Family Tree" recorded: Hainan Hai surnamed the ancestor Hai Yu, who moved from Fujian to Guangdong during the Southern Song Dynasty and settled in Panyu. Hai Yusheng II ancestor Haiyu, Hai Yusheng third ancestor Hai Fu Zhen, Hai Fu Zhen gave birth to the fourth ancestor Hai Xunzhi, Hai Xunzhi served as the commander of Guangdong Wei at the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang. Hai Xun's birth Hai Da'er, Hai Da'er followed his father in the army in Qiongzhou in the sixteenth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, settled in Qiongshan Zuo, and then moved out of the military camp, and the family lived in Xiayin Village, Zhujili, Qiongshan Prefecture.

Unlike his father Hai Xunzhi, Hai Da'er hopes that his children and grandchildren can take the career of the imperial examination. Although he was in the army compound, Hai Daer's son Hai Kuan was still quite competitive and passed the examination. In the Ming Dynasty, people can embark on a career in office, and Haikuan chose Songxi County, Fujian, where his ancestors lived, to serve as the magistrate. Haikuan was born as a literati, and in that era when everything was inferior and only high in reading, he naturally hoped that his son would participate in the imperial examination.

Haikuan is very pleased, the three sons are very promising, the eldest son Haicheng was admitted to the Jinshi, and the official went to Sichuan Province to supervise the imperial history; The second son Hailan was admitted to the exam, and the third son Haihan also mixed up with the name of a student. Although Hai Han is not as good at reading as his two older brothers, he gave birth to a great son, that is, Hai Rui. Hai Rui has been difficult to surpass himself after he was lifted in the examination, and finally, like his grandfather Haikuan, once served as the magistrate of Xingguo County, Jiangxi, the hometown of the traitorous Prime Minister Yan Song, with his diploma of lifting people.

Hai Rui was too famous in history, and because of his clean politics at that time, he also had considerable influence, so that Emperor Jiajing Long Yan was furious and put him on death row and could not kill him directly. In addition to being upright, Hai Rui did not hesitate to gamble on his marriage in the construction of officialdom circles.

In the third year of Longqing, Hai Rui, who was not happy to work in Nanjing, applied to go back to his hometown to rest, but he didn't expect that a break would be fifteen years, and he had never left officialdom for so long. During this period, Hai Rui married a Mrs. Qiu.

Mrs. Qiu is in the same village as Hai Rui, but this lady has a great background, her great-grandfather is called Qiu Jun, the first place in the second class Jinshi (the fourth in the country is very awesome, Zhang Juzheng is the twelfth in the country), experienced the four dynasties of Daizong, Yingzong, Xianzong, and Xiaozong, and served as an official in Beijing for 40 years. The Qiu family is a wealthy family in Zhujili Xiayin Village, and Qiu Jun's descendants have a lot of Jinshi.

Hai Rui's marriage to Qiu's is already a drunkard, and he doesn't mean to drink. In the twelfth year of Wanli, Hai Rui, who was already seventy-three years old, had already reached retirement age, but the emperor suddenly recalled him and ordered him to serve as the right capital of the Nanjing Rendu Inspectorate, and was soon promoted to the right attendant of the Ministry of Officials, equivalent to the deputy director of the Organization Department. It is a pity that Mrs. Qiu's three-year-old daughter unfortunately died early, so that Hai Rui did not have her own flesh and blood to bury her.

Hai Shuzu, the contemporary head of the Hai family, is not Hai Rui's own grandson, Hai Rui has a cousin named Hai Er, and Hai Er's second son is called Hai Zhongshi, who passed on to Hai Rui. Although Hai Rui has not officially passed away before his death, the relationship has been confirmed. There is a son in the sea, who is the ancestor of the sea.

Although Hai Rui did not have a son, his nephew Hai Peng was promoted in the examination and was sentenced in Wuzhou; The nephew Haimai, who was born in the official state, was promoted by the state. The children and grandchildren of the Hai family have struggled endlessly, and with the marriage of the Qiu family and the Liang family, the Hai family is still a wealthy family in Qiongzhou.

Although Hai Zhongshi had the halo of Hai Rui on his head, this branch of the Hai family did not show any interest in the imperial examination, on the contrary, Hai Zhongshi used the influence of the family in Guangzhou City to start a trading business. When he arrived at Hai Zhongshi's son Hai Shuzu's generation, his family assets were already quite rich, and it can be said that Hai Shuzu was already a rich man on the rich side, and he was the richest man in Qiongzhou at that time. Hai Shuzu, the son of the second generation of officials, obtained his wealth through smuggling.

After listening to Lu Shiyuan's speech, Tong Yangjia was overjoyed, and when he left Dongguan, the king of Chu explained that he must be bound with the local scholars. As for how to bind, it is very simple, only the same interests are the most stable alliance.

Unlike the Ma brothers, Tong Yangjia appreciated Zhu Hongsan's statement that "there are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests", so Tong Yangjia was ready to experiment with Zhu Hongsan's theoretical knowledge in Qiongzhou Mansion.

Tong Yangjia said: "Can the virtuous brother have a connection with the Hai family? ”

Lu Shiyuan's face was strange, and after a while, he said: "Lord Qiyu, the lowly person of the lower official is the Hai family. And he is also the cousin of Hai Shuzu. ”

Tong Yangjia was overjoyed: "Okay, it's okay now, Brother Xian and I will go to the Hai family together." ”

Lu Shiyuan had no choice but to go to Haijia with Tong Yangjia.

The Hai family is in Zhujili Xiayin Village, ten miles outside the city of Fucheng, and this village has become a big town after nearly 100 years of development by the Hai family and the Qiu family.

When he came to the door of Hai's house, the servant at the door saw Lu Shiyuan coming, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him and said, "My aunt is back." ”

Lu Shiyuan said: "Go and report to your master, the new Qiongzhou prefect Lord Tong is visiting." ”

The servant didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly ran in to report it.

After a while, the door of Hai's house opened, and a middle-aged man about fifty years old came out. said: "Brother-in-law, that is Lord Tong." ”

It seems that this is Haishuzu. Tong Yangjia stepped forward and said, "Master of the Hai family, the lower official is Tong Yangjia." ”

Hai Shuzu took Tong Yangjia's hand and said with a smile: "I heard that I was going to come to the new prefect's mansion, I was going to visit the prefect, but I didn't expect the prefect to come to the door first, capital crime, capital crime, please come in." ”

The three of them entered the mansion together and took their seats in the antechamber.

Tong Yangjia naturally admired Hai Rui's name first, and then said that he had just come to Qiongzhou, and asked the Hai family to take care of him and so on.

Of course, Hai Shuzu knew that this was Tong Yangjia's cliché, and the Hai family was very powerful, but Hai Shuzu had still heard the words of the Fu Yin of the Destroying Sect and the county order of the broken family, and these magistrates all said so, and they didn't want to ask for silver from the Hai family.

Hai Shuzu originally wanted to give this prefect a thousand taels of silver to finish the job. Unexpectedly, Tong Yangjia changed his words and said: "I don't know if the owner of Haizhuang knows that the price of pig iron in Guangdong has risen sharply, and now it has risen three times compared with last year." ”

Of course, Hai Shuzu knew that the Hai family was engaged in smuggling. A lot of pig iron was sent to Dongguan from Fujian by the Hai family.

Hai Shuzu said: "Of course I know, I heard that it has risen four times now. In this way, there is still as much to eat as there is in Guangzhou. ”

Tong Yangjia said with a smile: "Master Haizhuang, how about if I say that I have a big iron ore in my hand and want to cooperate with your Hai family to mine it?" ”