Fu Song

Chapter 715 Undeliverable Labor Materials

Yangzhou, outside Zhang's mansion, is very lively. Dozens of large vehicles filled the wide road in front of the gate.

The former third-in-command of a small county has become the most popular family in Song Dynasty within a few years.

His father, Zhang Lu, is now working in Yunnan. He has already become the magistrate of a prefecture, and has already passed the threshold of the fifth rank. The next step is to return to the court to serve.Over the years, he has cultivated wasteland, farmed fields, recruited refugees and mountain people in the borderlands of Yunnan, and vigorously supported the activities of various pioneering groups abroad. He has managed a border prefecture prosperously, not only does he not need money from the imperial court and the province, but Instead, a large amount of tax revenue was handed over to the provinces, which formed a sharp contrast with some other places.

Who doesn't like such an official?Nature became the benchmark.More importantly, Zhang Lu was the first batch of officials who responded to Xiao Cheng when he implemented the New Deal in Jiangning. The two superimposed, he is the most promising official in Yunnan and Guizhou now.

And his second son, Zhang Ren, was one of the first batch to enlist in the army, and he also became a hero in the army. Both father and son were praised by the imperial court as a benchmark.

Zhang Ren was promoted faster than his father.Now he is the deputy commander, and his rank is higher than his father.

Of course, his father was a civil servant and he was a military officer.

It is much more difficult for his father to rise to the fifth rank than him.

All the Zhang family has jumped from a third-rate family in Yangzhou to a second-rate family in just a few years, and they are making great strides towards the first-rate family.

"How to do it is the business of your Ministry of Industry!" Xiao Cheng said: "Now we have to concentrate all our efforts to overcome this difficult time. For the production of the whole country, your Ministry of Industry must make an overall arrangement. Who will do what is there, There must be plans and arrangements to maximize the potential of production. Li Ge, every time we produce a crossbow, a shell, a cannon, and a piece of armor, one of our soldiers will die, and the Can cause greater damage to the enemy."

Of course, as long as Zhang's family is involved, many local wealthy gentry, officials and even ordinary people follow spontaneously.

The Ministry of Industry that Li Ge is in charge of, like the Ministry of Households, also needs to use numbers to prove itself.

One year of trial planting, sweet potatoes have proved their high yield, and not only can be used as a staple food, but also can be processed into other products, and do not choose the land, the benefits are barren land, if used to grow rice and wheat, more than a hundred The catty is enough, but if you plant sweet potatoes, there will be an output of seven or eight hundred catties.

"There's nothing to be reluctant about!" Mrs. Yuan said with a smile: "Isn't labor supplies allowed to be sent to the designated team? These are all sent to my son's team. Jiang Canjun, you can remember clearly, there is no less, I But I know that some subordinates have dirty hands and feet!"

Mrs. Yuan smiled and said: "I almost forgot, your son is also in the Yangzhou camp! Jiang Canjun, what did you donate this time?"

If you don't prepare well, it is easy to be overwhelmed by the first assistant's few words.

You have to be the first to do everything to get the biggest bonus.

Of course, this year they had a big harvest.

"In the first two years, our life must be difficult. If we want to stop the crazy attack of the Liao people, we need more ordnance to supplement the front line and more supplies for protection." Xiao Cheng looked at the general under his command and said: "All the large-scale projects in the whole territory have been stopped, and the manpower, financial resources, and material resources freed up are only for one thing, and that is to fully produce everything needed by the front line."

No money, just supplies.

Dozens of large carts are all supplies that the Yuan family planned to send to the labor force.

Wartime credit, that's the best way to get it.

The imperial court does not allow the government to raise donations from the people. In fact, the chief assistant Xiao Cheng is worried that if this opening is opened, the government will use this excuse to exploit the people. Some officials at the bottom have so many tricks and novel methods. It's unbelievable and strange.

There are people in the DPRK who are good officials!

Having said that, he shook his head again: "No, it will be terrible if these things are leaked out and let the people of Liao know!"

Just like Zhang Lu, the first one gets the most benefit.

"Miss Yuan, you are so willing!" Jiang Changyi held a notebook in one hand and a pen in the other, and counted the stack of boxes one by one, and wrote down twenty boxes of persimmons in the notebook.

"Li Shilong is brilliant!" Xiao Cheng said indifferently.

"Yungui, Guangdong, Guangxi, Lianghu, Fujian and Zhejiang, and even Yizhou Road, all have to be included. The whole country is a game of chess. At this time, who dares to play a moth, you will report it immediately, just let me use it to stand out!" Xiao Cheng said.

After receiving the latest battle report from Liu Xin, and glancing at it, Xiao Cheng's face looked a little gloomy.

"It's not as big as Mrs. Yuan's family. I only sent ten boxes of dried meat." Jiang Changyi smiled and opened another box. There were cut and dried potatoes in it, which were soft and sweet.

Just like in front of him, the Zhang family can bring out dozens of truckloads of labor supplies at once, but he can only send out ten boxes of dried meat.

The imperial court forbids happy donations, fearing that officials will take advantage of it to exploit the people, but it is still possible for the people to donate some materials spontaneously.If Yangzhou takes the lead to do this matter, and he is the host of this matter, then he will naturally benefit from the limelight.

However, the imperial court does not allow local governments to initiate donations, but it does not mean that the people are not allowed to carry out some labor activities spontaneously.

"Extreme times, extraordinary means, if they don't think about the country at this time, then they don't have to think about anything!"

"It's included." Li Ge said: "It's just that the profits for them are very low, not everyone is willing to do it."

Jiang Changyi opened a box, looked at the layers of dried persimmons covered with white frost, picked up one, and pulled it hard, the golden flesh was stretched out, and a sweet smell immediately penetrated into his nose Among the internal organs.

But this is the fate of others, there is no way.

Mrs. Yuan and the first assistant's wife, Mrs. Jiang, are so close, I'm afraid that behind this matter is Mrs. Jiang's idea, and isn't Mrs. Jiang's idea the first assistant's idea?
Thinking carefully about the arguments among the court, the army, and the people on the Jiangning Daily in the past two years, Jiang Changyi seemed to understand something.

It really made Jiang Changyi envious and jealous.

"Shoufu, isn't the front line going well? You lost the battle?" Looking at Xiao Cheng's expression, Li Ge also seemed a little nervous.

And there are ten boxes of such dried potatoes, which shows that the Zhang family has harvested this year.

Persimmons are fine, but this dried potato is a good thing. As a newly introduced crop, it has just begun to be planted and has not been spread in a large area. Take the good land with scruples to plant this kind of thing.

Xiao Cheng hates the long-winded and irrelevant reporting work, what he likes most is what did you do?one two three four!What are you going to do?one two three four!What's your problem?one two three four!How are you going to solve it?one two three four!Do you want the imperial court to help you solve those difficulties?one two three four!
I don't know how many officials were sweating profusely and embarrassed when they faced Xiao Cheng.

Seeing the power of the chief assistant Xiao Cheng, the future of the Zhang family can be expected.

"Have those private workshops of a certain scale been included in this system?"

For example, the Zhang family began to organize such actions.

Moreover, these harvests were recovered by the government at a high price. These harvests are not for human consumption, but as seeds to be planted on a large scale next year.

After all, the Zhang family was on the right team.

"Shoufu, Li Shilong had a ruthless attack on Yizhou Road!" Li Ge said, "Many people have died, and there have been many rebounds!"

"Are you going to let them use their own money to improve technology?" Brother Wen Xian knew the meaning, and as Xiao Cheng's old subordinate, Li Ge immediately understood what Xiao Cheng meant. "Shoufu, it's better to make gun barrels and flintlock ignition technology that we don't have the time or energy to..."

In the end, a good action by the people to support the army turned into a grand event for officials to enrich themselves.

"Of course it is possible, and we can tell them that if they can innovate based on these technologies, the imperial court will still be willing to grant them exclusive production rights." Xiao Cheng said.

You don't need to taste it, just smell it like this, and you will know that it is very sweet.

If you follow the trend, you can only drink some leftovers.

And Xiao Cheng has been working so hard to build the military and civilian fish-water situation these years, and he has just seen a little bit of it, and I'm afraid it will disappear soon.

"The Ministry of Industry has prepared plans for these things in advance, and they are now being implemented in an orderly manner!" Li Ge said. "All workshops related to military industry can increase their output by [-]% within one month, and double it within a year."

And Zhang Lu's wife, Yuan Shi, is also good at management.

These years, she has been closely following the steps of Mrs. Shoufu. Anyway, whatever Jiang Yingxue invests, she will follow suit. Everyone, Jiang Yingxue will naturally bring Yuan Shi to play together.

"I don't dare to talk about other places, but who dares to offer this batch of supplies?" Jiang Changyi said: "Deputy Commander Zhang has a Yangzhou battalion under his command. Five hundred soldiers are all my Yangzhou children."

There was a light knock on the door, and Liu Xin half body appeared outside the door, saying: "Shoufu, the battle report has been sent from the front!"

Reporting to Shoufu is not an easy task.

From time to time, some villagers would send some things, whether it be a few dried chickens and ducks, a few cured fish, or some cakes made by themselves, Jiang Changyi would accept them all, and Mrs. Yuan was also kind. Understanding people, I prepared some empty boxes, and when I made up a box, I sealed the box.

The Zhang family's adventures in the eyes of others at the beginning immediately became discerning, and they really made a lot of money.

Only someone like him who has followed Xiao Cheng for many years and is familiar with Xiao Cheng's style can prepare in advance, so that he won't be asked back with nothing to say.

Jiang Ning, the capital office, Li Ge put away the piles of files in front of him.

He is now the third in command of Yangzhou, but he has to go to the Zhang family to receive supplies and do some subordinate work. The reason is just to get closer to the Zhang family.

Seeds were immediately in short supply.

Besides, his second son also served in the Yangzhou camp. Of course, although he was about the same age as Zhang Ren, his status was too far behind. He was just a small team leader.

"Shoufu, for those private workshops that join in, are you really going to open up some technology to them in a limited way?" Li Ge said.

"Things that we can't even figure out, based on the research foundation of the Liao people, can they figure it out?" Xiao Cheng said: "It can be released, and some large-scale private workshops can be selected to open these technologies to them. Let them conduct in-depth research, if there is any breakthrough, they can make a fortune, and our strength will be greatly improved."

Jiang Changyi was so devoted to this matter, in fact, he got Mrs. Yuan's advice.

The battle damage of hundreds of people is obviously within an acceptable range. Li Ge looked at Xiao Cheng and knew that there must be something to say.

Zhang Lu is definitely going to return to serve in the court, and if he can get closer to him, he will be regarded as an Olympic aid in the court in the future.

Such high-grade persimmons are also qualified as tributes.

"Well, after the subordinates go back, they will select a batch of related technologies and subcontract them." Li Ge said: "Let every single technology not form any absolute power, but when it is combined together, it will become our absolute power." Something ahead of your opponent."

"Bring it in!"

Seeing the benefits, the enthusiasm for planting suddenly rose.

Xiao Cheng shook his head: "Everything was within expectation. The Baiyu Army, which took the lead in the battle, is retreating while resisting. This battle report is a part of the Baiyu Army that retreated to Sui County after resisting for several days, according to the plan. Retreat, but Yelu Chengcai guessed the retreat route in advance. In order to cover the main force to retreat smoothly, Zhang Ren led his Yangzhou battalion to break the rear. A battalion of [-] cavalry, in the end only a dozen people followed Zhang Ren to break out. All of them died in battle."

"I'm relieved when the chief assistant said that!" Li Ge laughed: "To be honest, I'm really a little uneasy in some places!"

If the relationship between the two families is good, Zhang Ren raises his hand casually, and his kid can jump up a lot.

And those who came to understand later, no matter how hard they worked, they would not be able to have Zhang Lu's luck.

"understand!"

Xiao Cheng likes his subordinates to talk to him with numbers.

"You don't have to force it!" Xiao Cheng said with a smile: "Those who are willing to join in will be rewarded in the future, and those who are not willing to come in can do as they please, and they will go bankrupt in the future, and they can only blame their own choices."

"I still have a brochure here, take a look!" Xiao Cheng flipped through it on the table, and handed a brochure to Li Ge.

This is a brochure for Yangzhou people to donate materials to the Baiyu Army, and these materials were sent to the Yangzhou camp by name.

He suddenly understood.

This labor supplies can no longer be delivered to the Yangzhou camp.

(End of this chapter)