Now this person from the river and the sea has surfaced.

And as long as it is confirmed that this person is the henchman of Yang Taigong, next, more things can be seen at a glance.

Chen Kaizhi immediately said: "Where is this person from, and is there any other details?" ”

Yang Biao said: "I found out earlier, it is a person from Guanzhong, but most of the things in the past are not clear, I only know that he went to Suzhou and Hangzhou in the Yue Kingdom, and since then he has made a fortune and made a lot of business, but now, he is resident in Jibei, and many industries have also moved from Suzhou and Hangzhou to Jibei." ”

When Yang Biao said this, he couldn't help but smile smugly: "In fact, there are many people like this, Jibei has attracted too many businessmen, especially those big businessmen, if they want to do big business, they have to focus on Jibei here, some people, even the whole family moved here, and there are also people, even if people are still elsewhere, but many transactions have to be done in Jibei, this Jibei is like a suction stone, so that businessmen have to come." ”

Chen Kaizhi also smiled: "Now this Jiang Hai, still staring?" ”

"Jin Yiwei didn't keep an eye on him, and even the people around him didn't dare to inquire easily, for fear of startling the snake, all the investigations were carried out in secret, and Jiang Hai and nearby people were never involved."

"Yes, if this person is really Mrs. Yang's person, then he will be very vigilant, and it is right not to startle the snake. Su Hang, once there is solid evidence, let's talk about it. What, is Mr. Fang still in the future? ”

"I've been invited."

Yang Biao was obviously one of the people who knew Fang Wucai's inside story, when he learned that Fang Wucai was Chen Kaizhi's uncle, he was really shocked, in his opinion, this was really an unreasonable thing.

So when it came to this 'Mr. Fang', Yang Biao was both speechless and admired.

Sure enough, at this time, someone said with a smile: "The minister has deposed the official position and title, and he is already clothed, so he must be lazy, His Majesty summons him, and the minister is late, and I ask Your Majesty to forgive me." ”

Fang Wu just came, and he looked aggrieved.

Although Chen Kaizhi played a double reed with him before, Chen Kaizhi removed his title in the name of Fang Wucai's collusion with the Empress Dowager, naturally, people inside and outside the Beijing Division understood that this Mr. Fang was completely kicked away by His Majesty because of the Empress Dowager's remnants.

Not only that, but even Mr. Fang's Shanzhuang was also banned by Jingzhao Mansion, and all of a sudden, this hot Mr. Fang fell into the abyss.

Naturally, Mr. Fang soon faded out of everyone's field of vision. But who would have thought that Mr. Fang would appear here.

The people here are all Chen Kaizhi's henchmen, so there is no need to shy away from it, Chen Kaizhi said with a smile: "Uncle, please take a seat." ”

Fang Wucai was very generous, knelt down directly, and said: "I didn't expect that Your Majesty would come to Jibei in person this time, what, does Your Majesty want to personally exterminate Yang Taigong?" ”

Chen Kaizhi nodded: "Uncle Shi is willing to take risks, how can I be in the palace, Uncle Shi, are you ready?" ”

Fang Wucai said with a smile: "It's all ready, Your Majesty can rest assured, as long as the minister has a mouth, he can have no worries." ”

Chen Kaizhi still glanced at Fang Wucai quite nervously, and then nodded his head: "Then, everything depends on Uncle Shi's means." ”

The two exchanged a few words, it seemed that Chen Kaizhi did not mention the plan about Fang Wucai, in Chen Kaizhi's heart, since Uncle Fang planned to hook up with Yang Taigong, he would naturally have his way.

Fang Wu just said a few words of gossip, then got up, as if he suddenly remembered something: "I heard that Your Majesty plans to meet the countries of the alliance in Jibei, is it for the sake of Da Liang?" ”

Chen Kaizhi nodded: "Exactly." ”

Fang Wucai yawned, and looked leisurely: "The minister can help His Majesty, you can repair a book, and invite Beiyan and the Son of Heaven of Yue to come in person." ”

Chen Kai was stunned.

This time, Chen Kaizhi naturally wanted to invite important figures from various countries, and maybe even the princes of various countries, but the Son of Heaven of various countries personally drove it, which Chen Kaizhi could not imagine.

In fact, I think back then, the Son of Heaven of various countries, not without alliances, decades ago, the Northern Yan invaded Dachen in the south, causing a tragic war, in the end, or the mediation of various countries, only to finally return to peace, and the then Emperor Dachen and the Emperor of the Northern Yan Kingdom, on the border of the alliance, since then reluctantly turned the war into a jade silk.

Now that the countries are more evenly balanced, and the emperors of all countries are coerced, it is almost equivalent to becoming the target of the public, and the emperors of all countries are invited to Jibei, but there are no security concerns, but ...... Chen Kaizhi was a little suspicious, the emperors of Beiyan and Nanyue were really willing to sell their uncle's face?

And once the emperors of Beiyan and Nanyue set off here, then other countries, in terms of etiquette, will not be able to send only envoys, so ...... This means that it is very likely that it will eventually lead to the situation of the Five Emperors Alliance.

Chen Kaizhi said: "If they can come, I will wait for the position." ”

Fang Wucai said: "The minister will do his best. Even so, it looks like he has a lot of money in his chest.

Chen Kaizhi settled in Jibei, and gradually began to appreciate the customs of Jibei.

For Chen Kaizhi, instead of looking around, it is better to directly call the data survey of Jibei Prefecture, such as the population of Jibei today, which has exceeded 300,000 households.

300,000 households is by no means a small number, and according to the calculation of three people in a household, this is a population of 1.5 million, which is already extremely frightening. Of course, this is not a registered number, half of which is not a resident population.

In addition, the annual tax here, almost every year, skyrocketing, here, all taxes, are silver tax, not levy in kind, because here involves countless commercial trade, silver tax alone, has exceeded 10 million taels of silver, if you add Chen Kaizhi's own money, salt factory, steel and cloth workshop, then the profit and tax combined, a year, the silver can exceed 40 million taels.

That's almost astronomical.

And this number, is still in the crazy snowball-like growth, such as the steel workshop, although it is expanding production every year, wantonly recruiting apprentices and craftsmen, one by one workshops have risen from the ground, last year's steel production of 300,000 tons, can be based on the shortage of supply, because this kind of steel far exceeds the pig iron in the past, almost all countries are competing to buy, and even the Northern Yan people's bureau, directly a large number of purchases, used to build weapons, in addition, there is a large number of agricultural tools and living utensils demand, plus this Jibei itself, because of the crazy increase in population, as well as the construction of a large number of workshops, the production tools of the workshops have also begun to be gradually replaced by steel, and the demand for 300,000 tons has been snapped up almost before the workshops have been sold.

As a result, we had to continue to expand the scale, adding tens of thousands of new steelmakers and apprentices every year, and in order to increase production, many production processes were constantly improving, and new workshops were springing up one after another.

This year's output is likely to exceed 500,000 tons.

But Chen Kaizhi knows that whether it is 300,000 tons or 500,000 tons, compared with the output of later generations, it is just a drop in the bucket, but in this era, it is a dust.

Stronger steel has also led to the development of many industries, and better quality steel means that the production tools have been greatly improved, and all walks of life are almost eliminating the original production tools.

There was a large amount of profits and taxes and silver, in addition to a part of the payment to the imperial court, more silver, at the same time smashed in this Jibei, the wealth of the whole country, but invested in the land of a government, began to build roads, open up canals, establish ports, and even began to get involved in shipbuilding.

The wealth of the world has been rolling in, so that even the original workshops, such as silk, porcelain and other handicrafts, have begun to gather madly to Jibei.

Jibei has better craftsmen, has a broader market, the establishment of workshops here, means that only the goods out of the workshop, there are roads and bridges in front of the door, and then, through these roads, the goods can be transported, not only that, but also gathered a large number of businessmen, so that the workshop owners, do not have to go to great lengths to find the source of goods, naturally, Jibei for the friendliness of businessmen, but also make many businessmen flock in, here, all people are foreigners, naturally do not worry, being bullied and exploited.

Chen Kaizhi has probably seen the data, this Yang Biao, has begun to be handy, he has a lot of unique insights into business and trade, and at the same time experienced the political experience of the year, this Jibei can be called well-organized, not only that, a group of young officials, but also took this opportunity to slowly grow up here.

Originally, there were not many officials in the government, but with the increase of the population in Jibei and the division of labor began to be more and more refined, which led to the fact that the government could not carry out effective management with the original six rooms such as rites, workers, officials, and households, so it had to add various institutions.

Naturally, in Jibei, there are still many problems, all kinds of new ideas and new modes of production have emerged, as well as a huge population, new problems are constantly emerging, but also adding many new difficulties.

But just when Chen Kaizhi was observing the military and political affairs in Jibei, Jinyiwei from Suzhou and Hangzhou finally had news.

The one who came to report in person was Zhang Huang, a thousand households in Jinyiwei, Jibei.

Zhang Huang faced the saint for the first time, he looked extremely excited, he excitedly made a big salute, and saw that Chen Kaizhi was only wearing a regular clothes, with a pleasant face, and not as he imagined with the majesty of the emperor, so he slowly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart: "Your Majesty, Su Hang, the news has been inquired." Although there are many trades and industries in Suzhou and Hangzhou, the vast majority of them are just a disguise, not only that, but Jin Yiwei also found out a news, his family in Suzhou and Hangzhou, nine times out of ten, seems to be different. ”

"There is a discrepancy, what does that mean?"