"Haha, you're really here!"

When Wang Gongchen arrived at the intersection, he saw Xu Ping, Zhao Yan and others sitting on the side of the road, and hurriedly turned over and dismounted. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Xu Ping saw that he was sweating profusely, so he hurriedly asked the master to bring a bowl of tea, let Wang Gongchen drink it, and sit down to take a breath.

When Wang Gongchen came over, Xu Ping asked him: "I haven't sent someone to you yet, how do you know that I'm coming?" ”

Wang Gongzhi said with a smile: "Your dignified transfer and patrol is the top priority of the state army of this road, and when you are still in Caizhou, we spread it all over there." I count that you should go to Ruzhou in the day, and I will come to the state city to pick up the goods today, and I will come with me. ”

The transfer makes the time spent in each place limited, and the itinerary can be deduced, and it is not surprising that Wang Gongchen just caught up.

Seeing that Wang Gongchen led the people straight to the Sansi shop, Xu Pingqi said, "What goods are you taking?" So many people came. ”

"Cars, at this time, are mainly about buying cars. There are fewer people in the camp and more land, and there are more places to use vehicles, and there are not many goods in the small places in Ruzhou at one time, so they can only be ordered to be transported in batches. ”

Because there is no waterway between it and Henan Province, the cars here in Ruzhou are transported by land, and the transportation capacity is greatly reduced. Xu Ping had seen the team of the three shops on the road, all of which were on the front car with the wheels of the rear car, one after another, and many cars could be pulled with one ox. At that time, I thought it was very novel, but I didn't expect the person transporting the goods to come up with this method, which was very efficient.

But even with such transportation, only a few dozen vehicles can be transported at a time, which is far from meeting the demand for one state. Wang Gongchen's camp and field affairs are even larger, almost as much as they want, like a bottomless pit. Anyway, the transfer envoy owes him money and food, and the car money is deducted from the debt, almost the same as picking it up for nothing, don't do it in vain.

The Ru River flows through Ruzhou, belongs to the Huai River water system, although it is not navigable with the Henan Province of the Yellow River water system, but it has boat exchanges with Xuzhou, Caizhou and Chenzhou downstream, and is connected with the Bianhe River, and the water transportation is very convenient. Therefore, the goods transported from Luoyang to the lower reaches of the Huai River, the three shops are also transported to Ruzhou, and then go down the Ru River. In this sense, Ruzhou is an important wharf and transportation center for land and water transportation, and has an unusual position in the system of Sansi Shop.

After gossiping for a while, Zhao Yan said: "It's rare that Wang Tiju also went to the state city today, and he just got together, I will be a host at night, and I won't get drunk tonight!" ”

Xu Ping smiled and shook his head: "According to the regulations, the transfer envoy should not enter the city, I have already made an exception when I went to the state government today, and I will go to your host again, but I can't say it clearly." Before I return to Xijing, it is estimated that someone will join me in the recital. Forget it, I understand Xiping's intentions, the banquet will be waived, and I will start busy with business tomorrow. If you really want to have a feast, I'll talk about it when this tour is over. ”

Because Zhao Yan was his own year, Xu Ping went to the city to sit in the state office, and he was going back to the post house after dark. You can't even spend the night in the city, how dare you drink Zhao Yan's wine, there are still a few officials on Jingxi Road who don't like Xu Ping.

Wang Gongchen drank tea to rest for the summer, and when he heard this, he said, "What's so difficult about this? The camp is located in Zhaoluo Town, on the edge of the Ru River, which is not far from the state city. ”

Zhao Zhen smiled and said: "Jun Zhen should also be the east, speaking of your camp and field affairs, but you are much richer than our state and county." ”

Farm work is not only rich, because it is the nature of field work, and the degree of financial freedom is also high, and spending money is not like the state and county, which is incomparable to the local government.

Xu Ping's position is to promote the camp of the road, and Wang Gongchen is his subordinate, unlike in the state and county, he only has the right to supervise. Not to mention going to drink, no one can say anything about living there for a while.

At that moment, it was decided that when Wang Gongchen's subordinates went to the Sansi shop to bring out the car, several people would go to Zhaoluo Town together. Xu Ping took a look at the situation of the camp there, especially the cotton, and it was the flowering season, which was a critical time.

Zhao Yan sent people back to the state office, Xu Ping sent people back to the post house, and gave an order, and then went out of the state city with Wang Gongchen.

All the way along the Joux River, it is not a big road, there are no pedestrians, and there are fields and scenery. From time to time, small boats pass by in the Ru River next to it, and some of them carry the goods of the three shops and transport them to Chenzhou and Caizhou downstream. But most of the ships are still carrying coal, and the boats have a very deep draft, and they move forward slowly.

Under the rule of Ruzhou, between Longxing and Xiangcheng counties, there is a low mountain continuous, and the quantity of coal mines is good and good. This is where the largest coal mine in the Central Plains is located, and it is also an important high-quality coal producing area in China in Xuping's previous life, Pingdingshan Coal Sea. At this time, the development of coal here had already begun, especially after Xu Ping returned to the Central Plains from Yongzhou, and the pace of development accelerated suddenly. Coal is mined from here and goes down the Ru River to the town of Beiwu in Xuzhou. It is home to the largest iron ore mine in the Central Plains, where the new steel center is located. The coal mine is connected to the iron ore by a Ru River, and it has become the largest iron smelting center in the world.

Without steam power, the coal-steel combination would not be the core of the industry, and the area was not prosperous at this time. However, steel is an important material, and it is still very important for a wide range of industrial, agricultural and even military uses. However, whether it is an iron mine or a coal mine, the main force is government-run, and the local government feels that it is a burden and does not pay much attention to it.

It was the scorching heat of June, the melons and fruits on both sides of the road were fragrant, the cool breeze was blowing on the Ru River, the birds were singing in the trees, and from time to time a few hares were startled and ran around in a panic.

I came out to inspect all the way, and I was tired of running for my life, and it was rare to have such a leisurely time today. Xu Ping rode on the horse, looking at the scenery all the way and relaxing. I don't know how much time I haven't appreciated the scenery of this world, and I always feel that there is a whip on my back to drive me, and I can't relax.

After running to several states in the past few months and seeing the changes he has brought to Jingxi Road, Xu Ping is full of hope for the future, and his heavy mood is finally relaxed. The biggest change is in the traffic, there are more boats running on the river, more cars and horses on the road, and the three divisions are open to every state and larger counties, and are expanding to smaller counties. The channels for doing business have been built up by themselves, and what is lacking now is the goods marketed on this network. After all, social development will still fall on the development of the productive forces, and now there is only one breakthrough point missing, and all this that we do will show explosive power.

This breakthrough is cotton, a variety of clothes made from the cloth spun from cotton. Yingtianwu has opened hundreds of thousands of acres of cotton fields on Jingxi Road alone, and it is almost time to harvest.