Xianyu Infrastructure, I have a lot of troops in my hands

In response to Cui Jing's congratulations, Xie Xian could only respond with a polite smile. As a teacher in her previous life, she was not really interested in honorary titles like "Three Good Students".

Looking at Xie Xian who was obviously absent-minded, Cui Jing changed the subject, "In order to appease the Jin people, the court wants to build a new market outside Tongguan. The elders of my family sent me to explore the way."

Back then, Kang Jincheng was beaten to a pulp by his own father. Now, I heard that because of the bad feng shui there, the Murong family is preparing to move to another place and start over.

The Qianji Battalion reported all this news. Unexpectedly, the court reacted quickly! However, this news has not been confirmed, and she is not going to tell the secret military intelligence to the public.

The source of Cui Jing's information might be the Emperor Qi's personal words, or it might be suggested by the elders of the Cui family. She was horrified at the control that the aristocratic families had over the affairs of the court was truly terrifying.

As a mere viscount, she had no right to get involved in this mess.

A market is a place for foreign trade, where people can exchange what they have with other races. It's a big cake, and there will definitely be a lot of people eyeing it. She just needs to stabilize the basic situation and get a share of the profits.

Compared with the major aristocratic families, the Xie family's Black Stone Guards are like a poor family that has just escaped poverty. What can they use to compete with others?

Xie Xian avoided Cui Jing's burning gaze and changed the subject: "The Xie family has a salt permit from Tongguan." She wondered if the Cui family knew about this.

If she really couldn't figure out why Cui Jing was so enthusiastic.

Cui Jing's eyes lit up: "Salt permit, this is a good thing, Ah Xian is so lucky." Although A Weng mentioned that Emperor Qi compensated the Black Stone Guards, no one knew what the specific amount was. He didn't expect Ah Xian to tell him so much without any hesitation.

Cui Jing only felt a tingling sensation in his heart, he lowered his eyes and a blush appeared on his face.

He immediately told Xie Xian about the salt and iron monopoly. These two products, salt and iron, are essential for people's material production and daily life.

It is not produced by individual small families where the men farm and the women weave, but can only be obtained through market supply.

This point has been noticed long ago, 'Salt is the basis of food'; 'Iron is the foundation of farming'; 'It is not something that the registered common people can make at home, so they have to buy it in the market, even if it is several times more expensive, they have to buy it'.

Therefore, these two products became the most profitable commodities in feudal society, and their production and operation were competed for by government officials and private individuals in all dynasties.

"It's such a good thing, but unfortunately I don't have the corresponding channels in Blackstone Guard." Xie Xian meant something. The iron ore she had was only used to make farm tools and furnace bars, and the quantity was too small to be exported at all.

"If Ah Xian looks for someone else to cooperate with, I will be very sad." Cui Jing looked at Xie Xian sadly, which made her scalp tingle.

Taking a sip of tea to calm herself down, Xie Xian smiled helplessly: "Qingque, don't laugh at me. Que County is also short of salt recently." Being inland and with no salt mines nearby, Xie Xian could only ask humbly.

The closest salt nowadays is Huai salt, produced in Yancheng, Huaiyin and other places. With the current salt-making methods, the quality is still questionable.

But Xie Xian doesn't have high requirements, as long as there is something to eat.

"With the salt permit, just let the fleet make a trip," Cui Jing didn't care. Although the salt mines were very profitable, the channels were controlled by the court. These wealthy merchants who held salt permits from various places were all connected with each other.

Xie Xian was overjoyed: "Then I'll trouble Qingque." The most worrying thing now was the lack of a guide. With Cui Jing and Xie Xian's own influence in Chen County, the stall could naturally be set up.

"Then how is Ah Xian going to thank me?" Cui Jing looked at Xie Xian, his voice ending slightly rising.

Xie Xian turned her head and rubbed her nose.

In the end, Xie Xian still lost one month's production capacity, and Cui Jing ordered 10,000 tons of Wushi raw coal.

After returning, Xie Xian reflected on her mistakes. Now the use of Wu Shi has been clear, and there are more than one coal mines in her hands. It should not attract so much attention if she recruits workers to mine now.

But to revitalize a coal mine, the Xie family alone is not enough. There are no less than four or five villages near Black Stone Mountain alone. It just so happens that there is not much work in the refugee camp during this period, so let's recruit workers!

Anyway, we have a clear path now. We just need to recruit people to work on the mines and increase their salaries. Once the business starts running, everything will be fine.

In Que County Government, County Magistrate Bai was both in pain and happy during this period.

The pain was to learn that a large number of refugees from the Huai River area in Zhongzhou were on their way to Que County.

The good news is that the angel bestowed a jade edict on him last time. If he can take on this wave of refugees, he can be rated as excellent, and it is not a dream for his official position to be promoted to the fifth rank.

But if I can’t do it! Haha, I’m afraid I can’t even keep this official robe.

Last time, the lady of the Xie family proposed work-for-relief, and almost all the walls and streets of Que County were renovated. However, no matter how much work there is to do, it will eventually be completed.

Now that winter has arrived, construction has come to a standstill and without work, naturally no more money or food will be distributed. The money the refugees have can only last them another month.

Seeing such a difficult situation, he was cheated by his superiors again. There were still 10,000 people coming, and he had to protect them. Not only was food difficult, but the money and grain donated by the wealthy families in the county last time had also run out.

Xie Ze's round face seemed a little thinner. Seeing Bai Lingjun at the top walking back and forth non-stop, he felt dizzy.

"My lord, please rest assured," but don't walk anymore, the soles of your shoes are getting fuzzy.

"How can I feel at ease? The county magistrate's memorial this time has caused me so much trouble." When Bai Tingjing said this, he had dark circles under his eyes and looked a little irritated.

"Those villains must be waiting to see my show. Humph! They are jealous that we can accept refugees. During the last evaluation, they even called the procuratorate to judge."

The arrival of the prosecutor's office that day caused a lot of busyness in the county government, but what was unexpected was that Bai Tingjing did not conceal or falsely report the matter, which gave the gloomy-faced Chenjun prefect a rare chance of gaining face.

Finally, the judge was so happy after receiving the praise that he cried. He hurriedly said that he would report his achievement to the inner court to comfort him for his hard work.

When Bai Tingjing thought of this, he wished he could chop off his hands. You are asked to show off your achievements and to be in the limelight. Now that the superiors see that he has done a good job, the pressure is coming down again, even greater than before.

Xie Zezhi stroked his beard and chuckled, "Your Majesty was able to escape danger last time. It was because of luck that favored you." He thought about the rumors he had heard from the clan in the past few days and had a plan in mind, but he was not in a hurry.

"How can I be so lucky every time!" Bai Tingjing knelt in front of the table, bent over and pounded his legs. Oh! He felt sore from sitting down so suddenly.

"That's not necessarily true!" Xie Zezhi smiled mysteriously.