Back to the Ming Dynasty to be a tyrant

Lou Zhilan burst out laughing, ignoring Xu Dingchen's livid face, and said with a smile: "Master Xu, if the railway is not built, what will the common people do in winter?"

Xu Dingchen said: "Naturally, the land needs to be leveled, so we can rest and recuperate, and wait for the next year's cultivation."

Lou Zhilan said: "According to Master Xu, if the common people don't build the railway, it means they have nothing to do at home? Then building the railway and getting paid, isn't it better than staying at home?"

Xu Dingchen acted like I've read the book and you can't fool me, and sneered: "If you use the bones of common people to build such a road, Xu will feel uneasy!"

Seeing Xu Dingchen pestering the common people all the time, Lou Zhilan said with a smile: "Of course the bones are indispensable, but they are all from Jiannu. What are you doing, Mr. Xu? Jiannu won't give you a salary from Mr. Xu!"

He is his mother!At any rate, this official has been educated, step by step from the provincial examination to the imperial examination, how many years did he get into the position of governor of Shanxi, you mediot still want to fool this official?

Yes, Shanxi is a bit far from the capital, but that doesn't mean I'm a fool!

How long has it been since the railway was repaired? Even Yanzhou has not arrived yet, and the dead Jiannu are enough to go from the capital to Nanzhili.

Besides, it’s not that Shanxi doesn’t have those people who are crazy about money and want to go to Liaodong to catch Jiannu for money. I know something about it anyway. Now the entire Ming Dynasty is going crazy because of the lack of Jiannu, even the Kunlun slaves. Usually, things that no one wants can be sold for a good price.

In this case, you told me to use Jiannu's bones to build roads?Are you a melon skin as an official?

Besides, even if it is enough to build slaves, you can also buy enough Kunlun slaves and white slaves, so you don't need to fill them with the bones of Daming people, but there is still a problem.

Steel!

Railway Railway, what kind of railway is a fart without iron?

With Daming's current production of steel, is it enough for you to burn like this?There are really two bloody panics, and the prodigals have never seen such a loser!

However, Lou Zhilan didn't care about Xu Dingchen's expression at all, instead he said with a smile: "There are not enough slaves, so naturally Kunlun slaves and white slaves will make up for it, Master Xu don't have to worry.

Besides, we can choose the repaired road sections first and let the people of Daming work to get some wages. It's better than staying at home all winter with nothing to do, right? "

Xu Dingchen thought about it, and felt that if he followed Lou Zhilan's advice, as long as he didn't harm the people of Ming Dynasty, his performance in the next year's Beijing inspection would not be too ugly.

But Xu Dingchen thinks that this matter is still bullshit, there is no iron, what kind of railway are you building?

After Xu Dingchen expressed his worries, Lou Zhilan smiled and said, "If there are relatives in Mr. Xu's family who know how to smelt iron, you can let them open some steel factories. As long as they are qualified, the Ministry of Industry will buy them."

Xu Dingchen's heart moved, and he asked, "Does the imperial court intend to let go of the Yantie official camp?"

Smiling, Lou Zhilan said: "It's not the court, it's Your Majesty. And it's not the opening of the Yantie official camp, but the opening of the iron smelting. So far there is no news about the salt matter. It is probably impossible to let go." opened."

At this point in the conversation, the atmosphere was no longer the same as it was at the beginning, and Xu Dingchen no longer mentioned the matter of writing a letter against Emperor Chongzhen, let alone the question of whether the railway should be repaired or not. Instead, he ordered his servants to prepare for it. Food and drink.

After drinking for three rounds, Xu Dingchen said: "I'm not in Beijing, so the news is much behind. I hope the two of you can clear up the confusion. I am very grateful."

Pointing at Sun Jin, Lou Zhilan said with a smile: "This is the engineering department. You have to ask Mr. Sun about this matter. The minister of the Ministry of Railways has nothing to say about this matter."

Cursing his lips, Sun Jin smiled and said, "It's not because there is not enough iron material. Pointing to the Ministry of Industry and the Jiaozuo Supervisor, in the next life, they will never even try to get enough steel to build railways, not to mention that the locomotives are all used. Good steel.

His Majesty has been discussing with the cabinet and the Ministry of Industry for a long time recently, and he is going to pick a suitable time to let go of the iron smelting gap, follow the folks to smelt iron, and the Ministry of Industry will buy it back at a price. "

After persuading him for another glass of wine, Xu Dingchen asked, "What about the iron ore? Besides, if you have spare money but don't know how to smelt iron, what should you do if you want to share your worries?"

Sun Jin said with a smile: "This is not clear, the final result has not yet come out, and no one can say for sure now.

However, the Duke's Mansion and the Marquis' Mansion in the northern and southern capitals have already taken action, and they all want to join in and get a share of the pie. "

After thinking about it secretly, Xu Dingchen said with a smile: "That would be a lot of trouble for Mr. Xu and Mr. Lou. I have been in Shanxi for a long time, so I don't have the two well-informed about this kind of news. I will need your help at that time." ?”

Sun Jin smiled and said, "What is Master Xu talking about? As colleagues, we should help each other. Whenever Sun gets any news in Beijing, someone will definitely give it to Master Xu."

Not to mention Xu Dingchen, all eyes of the entire Ming Dynasty are now focused on the matter of allowing private iron smelting.

Ironware, this thing has always been run by the government. Ninety percent of the folks who dare to touch this thing are planning to rebel, and the remaining ten percent have a way to get rid of these things.

This thing is not like salt. It is normal for things like salt to be flooded with private salt, but iron smelting is different.

This thing can be made into a sword to cut people!

From ancient times to the present, iron smelting and iron making have been firmly held in the hands of the government, and basically whoever touches it will die.

Coupled with the artisan household system created by Taizu Gao Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, it is very difficult for folk blacksmith shops to appear like the old Song Dynasty.

Although it has been slowly loosened over the years, officially, private blacksmiths and private iron smelters are still in violation of the law of the Ming Dynasty.

Now Emperor Chongzhen intends to let go of this hole, which means that the emperor wants to share the white money with the big guys.

Chapter 454 Military Control

It's good to divide the money. Being an official for thousands of miles is only for money. Now that there is such an opening for iron smelting, this is a good thing.

Since Emperor Xuande, the Ming Dynasty's control over iron smelting is actually not very strict, and it is not even strict about the making of ironware.

But after all, the name is not correct, and it has not been officially let go.

As for the fact that officials can't do business or something, who doesn't have any relatives or old friends? Whose family has fewer people in the nine clans?

With this precondition, Xu Dingchen said that he must give full support to the construction of the railway. This is a good thing that benefits the country and the people. The common people have wages to pay, and they will definitely actively participate in it.

As for the iron and steel needed, those are trivial matters. My cousin's second uncle's family, third brother's third brother's fourth son's seventh uncle's grandfather, has iron smelting skills in his family, and the quality is guaranteed to pass the test, and the construction period will not be delayed.

Xu Dingchen and others were thinking about how to put some money into their pockets in a reasonable and legal way, while Denglai Governor Chen Yingyuan was concerned about the pain and wanted to pluck out his hair.

It's October, and seeing that it didn't snow when it was supposed to snow, there was a bang of rain and hail instead.

Damn it, who has ever heard of hailstones in the winter?But the eggs are as big as his mother's eggs, the smaller ones are as big as the pigeon eggs, and the bigger ones are almost as big as eggs.

It's fine to just let it fall, but what does it mean when it rains so much?The water in Dengzhou City is almost knee-deep, and there is no way to count how many houses outside the city have been destroyed.

Lao Tzu, the governor of Denglai, has a bad life. The governors before Tianqi seven years ago, they were so nourished in their childhood. Seven years after Tianqi, one careless would be dismissed from office and go home to retire!

It is even a good thing to be dismissed from office, and it is better than losing your head and implicating the whole family.

The tea in his hand was completely cold, but the news he wanted to hear hadn't come, Chen Yingyuan became more and more anxious, and asked: "Has the person you sent here not returned yet?"

Chen Fu smiled wryly and said: "Master, the Commander of Denglaiwei must have a lot of troubles now, it's useless for you to be so anxious."

Chen Yingyuan simply put down the teacup in his hand with a bang, and ordered: "Prepare the sedan chair, I will go find him myself!"

However, before Chen Yingyuan opened the door, there was a sound of orderly footsteps outside, followed by a long hiss of a horse, and then a deep voice: "Is the governor in the mansion?"

Chen Yingyuan didn't care about putting on airs anymore, he simply opened the door and said, "I'm here, so I'm looking forward to General Li!"

Commander Li Wenjin of Denglaiwei was not polite, but directly took out a piece of paper from his arms with the seal of the Commander-in-Chief of the Five Armies, and said to Chen Yingyuan: "According to the military order, Dengzhou will implement military control from now on. Food and other materials are all subject to a rationing system.

Please, the Governor, show the Announcement to the People and send out manpower, telling the people to stay at home or neighbors' homes for the time being and wait for rescue.

In addition, please be sure to tell the people below that at this time, once you discover theft, robbery, corruption, etc., you will be dealt with directly by the military law, and you don't need to go through the government office and Dali Temple! "