Wu Mingjin was not very satisfied with this negative approach, "Isn't the county sitting and waiting to die?" Why don't you ask for help from Fucheng, Qiongzhou Mansion can't help him, and there are elite soldiers in Liangguang, it is impossible for the governor to sit idly by! ”

Master Qian shook his head, very worried about the owner's IQ: "At the moment, they are still named Xiangyong, not only do they have no misdeeds, but they take the initiative to ask Ying to fight against the chaos. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Wu Mingjin stood up and paced back and forth: "Didn't you say they have bird guns?" How can such a militaristic weapon be hidden and used privately, why not use this reason to move the officials? ”

"None of us have seen it with our own eyes, it's just hearsay, they hid the bird's gun, where to find it? Besides, doing so is tantamount to startling the snakes, maybe they didn't have the intention of rebelling and were forced to a dead end, but instead rebelled, and the first to bear the brunt at that time was you, the proprietor! Without waiting for the arrival of the elite soldiers of Liangguang, I am afraid that the Lingao County Ya has been razed to the ground! ”

Wu Mingjin slumped in his chair again: "In this way, the county can only watch and can't do anything?"

Master Qian comforted him and said: "Maybe Xia Nan is just seeking wealth, and he has no objection at all, we just worry too much." ”

Wu Mingjin shook his head, still unable to suppress his worries. At this time, there was a government official to report, and in the summer south sent someone to report the results of the "Xiangyong" to Chengmai, and to report other important matters.

Said Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrived. The two looked at each other, and they came so quickly. Wu Mingjin sorted out his appearance, stabilized his mind, and summoned people to meet. No matter what, as a parent official, the majesty of the appearance must be maintained, and the dignity of being an official must not be lost in front of this group of people.

The person who came was Liu Quan, not Xia Nan himself. The purpose of Liu Quan's trip is to inform the results of the battle in Chengmai, to show off his strength in a vague way, and to appease the county lord by the way, what Xia Nan needs at present is an obedient, cooperative, and stable county government, which is more beneficial to his development.

Liu Quan saw the county master for the first time, but as he ran around in the summer, his horizons broadened a lot, and with the strength of the escort team as a basis, he was very relaxed in the face of Wu Mingjin, and his performance was neither humble nor arrogant.

"Villain Liu Quan, for my lord to the county respect: first, my lord's escort team rescued Chengmai County in the name of the township, and won a complete victory, the chaotic people have fled, and the siege of Chengmai has been resolved, but Chengmai County Ling Tian is shameless and robbed of the credit of my lord, and my lord has a large number of them, and he didn't care about it......"

If this is the case, Wu Mingjin and Master Qian secretly glanced at each other.

"The second thing, my lord will set up a fleet to go to sea to do business in the future, and I have come to report to the county, and I need more care from the county in the future."

Master Qian heard a few meanings from the other party's words: first of all, the other party admitted that he had a strong combat power, and he was also defeated by him, and Chengmai County was really meritorious; Second, in his words, he can hear his disdain for Chengmai County and even the government, but it can also be seen as dissatisfaction with Chengmai County's actions; Third, the other party not only expanded the scale of business, but also wanted to get involved in the maritime field.

Summing up this information, one conclusion can be drawn: this summer, Yugoslavia is excellent in business, good at military training, and has great ambitions, and is not satisfied with land, but also wants to be a maritime businessman. However, in this way, Master Qian is not worried that the other party will rebel, with a huge foundation, he has scruples, and rebellion is a great crime of rebellion, and the richer the person, the less likely it is to do it. Historically, most of the rebels were forced and cornered, and the current rogues raging in the Central Plains are ready-made examples.

Zheng Yiguan is such a big pirate leader, crisscrossing several places in Fujian and Taiwan, the government and the Dutch red-haired ghost have nothing to do with him, and in the end he is not obedient and becomes a coastal defense guerrilla. No matter how big Nan business is this summer, it will be just a shrunken version of Zheng Yiguan in the future.

Thinking of this, Master Qian was in a much relaxed mood, and he replied instead of Wu Mingjin: "You can tell your master that as long as the wife is doing business peacefully, the county will definitely take care of it." As for Chengmai, don't be too worried, your lord doesn't have an official position, and it's useless to have this credit. ”

Liu Quan's purpose was achieved, and he knelt down and saluted and said goodbye. Wu Mingjin hurriedly asked Master Qian: "Why does Baoshan say this?" ”

Master Qian explained his analysis to Wu Mingjin in detail: "The proprietor, the family business is big, and there are naturally more altars and jars, no one wants to let go of the glory and wealth not to enjoy, but to rebel with the threat of losing his head, as long as the south takes care of it this summer, he will definitely not rebel, and the proprietor can rest assured." ”

After hearing this, Wu Mingjin felt that it was not unreasonable, and nodded: "In this way, this county doesn't have to worry too much. It is not necessarily a good thing to have such a huge businessman under this rule. ”

The bigger the business, the more you have to ask the government, filial piety is naturally indispensable, the trick of this, both of them know, look at each other, all in silence, worry is gone, and suddenly laugh together.

Lin Weiye told him a bad news, the stocks of saltpeter, sulfur, and pig iron bought from Guangzhou were not much, and the arsenal and steel mill were about to face a situation where there was no rice to cook.

The amount of sulfur required is much less than that of saltpeter, and it can be bought from Guangzhou for the time being, and the purchase of saltpeter is in high demand, so it is much more troublesome to buy, and these two samples are prohibited by the government from being bought and sold privately. Pig iron is the same problem, although you can continue to buy some, but you can no longer buy tens of thousands of catties at a time like last time, buying and selling pig iron is more or less taboo in the government, the shipments on the market are not large, and it cannot meet the needs of iron and steel factories -- not only do you need pig iron to make low-carbon steel for making guns, but you also need a lot of pig iron as a material for casting artillery.

In the summer, Nan couldn't help but have a headache, the early days of entrepreneurship were really difficult, and the shipyard was finally built, just started, and the steel mill here is going to have raw materials again.

Lin Weiye suggested that buying pig iron is a stopgap measure, and the next step is to focus on the development of iron ore, which can be started now. At the same time, the capture of the chopping mountain must also be carried out at the same time, and the saltpeter mine must be in the hands of the hand. Without pig iron, no more guns could be made; Without saltpeter, there is no ammunition replenishment, and the rifle is a burning stick.

It is an unbreakable truth that political power comes out of the barrel of a gun, and these raw materials are all strategic materials, which involve the fundamental issues of the foothold and development of the entire system, so no matter how difficult it is, it must be taken.

So, in the summer, Nan made a decision, starting with the development of iron ore, and he and Lin Weiye personally went to explore iron ore, and Yang Youji led twenty people to protect it.