Invincible son

Chapter 188 187 [Roll]

The distance from Lvliuzhuang to Shouyang Mountain is about 50 miles, and it takes about an hour to gallop the whole journey.This speed does not seem to be fast enough, but in fact the knight must consider the horse's bearing capacity, so he cannot always maintain a very high speed.If you ignore the mount, you can run for more than [-] miles in one hour, but this will seriously damage the horse's foot strength.

When Pei Yue and Ye Qi lead a few soldiers to Shouyang Mountain, the sun will turn to the west.

Today's Shouyang Mountain is completely different from what it looked like when Pei Yue discovered it.

There are a total of five connected hills here, with a radius of more than ten miles, and there are large coal mines exposed on the surface.The mining of Xiangyun Company is concentrated on the easternmost mountain, which is actually a coal mountain tens of meters high.

There are a large area of ​​simple but solid buildings at the foot of the mountain, which are divided into several areas, such as the coal mining area, the rough coal processing area, the raw material storage area, the finished product production area, the workers' living area, and the business management area.Under Pei Yue's planning over the past year, this place has become more and more formal. If he saw the scene in front of him when he just crossed, he might think that he was in a simple and backward industrial area.

Among all areas of the coal yard, the most important and core place is the raw material storage area.

Honeycomb coal is not simply punching out small holes in unformed briquettes. If it was just that simple, some businessmen would have imitated it.Besides coal, saltpeter, sawdust, quicklime, loess and paraffin are also needed as raw materials.Only after these raw materials are fused according to a fixed ratio can real anthracite briquettes be produced.

Apart from Pei Yue, Wang Yong is the only one who knows the detailed ratio.

Pei Yue formulated strict management regulations, requiring Wang Yong to let different people manage different raw materials, and each time must take different quantities, and then mix them in batches to prevent the leakage of formula data to the greatest extent.

The guard of the raw material storage area is very strict, the leader is the first soldier who followed Pei Yue, and the others are farmers who know the basics of the village.

In addition to this place, the second most important place in the coal yard is the management area of ​​the company. This is a row of seven rooms surrounded by a small courtyard. Wang Yong lives here most of the time.

In the second room on the left, although the furnishings are relatively simple but very tidy, this is the side hall where the business entertains guests.

A man with a big belly sat on the main seat, and said coldly to Wang Yong who was standing in front of him, "How long will I have to wait?"

Wang Yong smiled warmly: "My lord, please wait a moment, my young master will be here soon."

Everyone is growing up, and Wang Yong is no exception. Compared with his dull appearance in front of Pei Yue at the beginning, although he is not yet well-rounded, at least he is not stage frightened.

The man was very impatient, but he didn't scold and humiliate him, because he knew that the young man with a faint scar on his face was the lord's capable subordinate, and now he was in charge of the coal yard, and he was no longer an ordinary role.

Sitting was boring, and the tea was tasteless, so he couldn't help mocking: "Your young master is so arrogant!"

"Since you think so, I should let you wait two more hours."

A clear voice came in from outside, and then a pair of young men and women strode in.

Wang Yong showed joy, stepped forward and saluted respectfully: "Master!"

Pei Yue reached out and patted him on the shoulder twice, and said with a smile: "It seems that you are growing well here, and you are much stronger than last month. But I still have to take time to go home and have a look, you dare not Talking to me, they only hang around Taohua in private, and although they don't say gossip, they still miss you very much. If you don't go back, they probably think I sent you to the border."

Wang Yong smiled gratefully, and then said firmly: "Young master, my parents have little knowledge, so don't be as knowledgeable as them. The things here are so important, I don't have time to go back, I will send them a message some other day, let them They don't want to bother Miss Peach Blossom."

Ye Qi couldn't help laughing.

Pei Yue said helplessly: "What's there to bother you? Taohua spends her free time catching fish and catching birds all day long, wishing someone could talk to her."

Wang Yong said, "Then I'll go back when the New Year's Eve comes."

Suddenly there was a coughing sound.

Pei Yue turned his head to look, and saw the man sitting on the main seat looking at him with an unkind expression.

"This is Lord Pei, right? Sure enough, a young hero. Ahem, my official household department—" the man said arrogantly.

"I'm not interested in knowing who you are, and get off that position. I've had itchy hands recently, don't force me to do it."

Pei Yue interrupted him bluntly.

The man's face turned red, as if he just remembered what the boy in front of him had done. He got up in extreme embarrassment, and then walked to the chair on the left.

Pei Yue sat on the main seat, motioned Ye Qi to sit beside him, then looked at the man casually and said, "Who are you?"

The man said humiliatingly: "I am Zheng Zhirong, the head of the warehouse department of the official household department."

Pei Yue asked: "How many officials?"

Zheng Zhirong replied without knowing why: "From the fifth grade."

"Fifth-rank official?" Pei Yue chuckled, and then said suddenly and sternly: "I am Zhongshanzi personally appointed by His Majesty, Daliang Zheng is a first-rank martial artist, even if your Minister of the Household Department sees me, I will also salute. You are a shit master , an official who is as big as a sesame mung bean dares to stand in front of me and not worship? Do you want me to give you a booklet, and let Sun Dacheng teach you what is the etiquette of being an official!"

Ye Qi watched this scene with great interest.

In her impression, Pei Yue was calm and calm, and definitely not a villain who would get carried away after his success, so it was rare to see him in such a posture.

Zheng Zhirong was stared at by Pei Yue's murderous eyes, his legs became weak, and he said in a trembling voice: "My lord, please calm down, my servant... my servant..."

Pei Yue interrupted him impatiently: "Tell me, what's the matter."

Zheng Zhirong swallowed twice, and said with fear: "Shangshu Sun asked me to tell Lord Pei that Shouyang Mountain is the land of the imperial court. Although it was sold to Lord Pei last year, it can't be done like this, except for commercial taxes. In addition, you have to..."

Seeing Pei Yue's increasingly gloomy face, he didn't dare to speak any more.

Ye Qi asked curiously: "What else do you need?"

Zheng Zhirong said with difficulty: "We still have to pay the land tax, which has to be paid every month. If Sir Alexis refuses to pay, the Ministry of Household Affairs will take back the land."

Pei Yue smiled instead of anger, and asked lightly: "Is it finished?"

Zheng Zhirong nodded quickly.

Pei Yue took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Go back and tell you, Sun Shangshu, that the land tax has never been heard in the country for a hundred years. The people pay the tax, and the merchants pay the commercial tax. These are the rules written in the Daliang law. I will naturally obey. Besides, if you want to get benefits from me, I advise him not to dream. If he is capable, he will go to the two governors of the East Mansion to ask for a warrant, and then I will consider giving him some benefits. "

He stared at Zheng Zhirong and asked, "Did you hear clearly?"

Zheng Zhirong said with an extremely ugly face, "Your officer knows."

Pei Yue suddenly shouted: "You know, why don't you get out?!"

Seeing Zheng Zhirong almost scrambling away, Pei Yue suppressed the domineering aura just now, and his expression was extremely dignified.

"It's just a principal, I didn't expect it to make you angry." Ye Qi sighed softly.

Pei Yue shook his head, seeing that both she and Wang Yong were a little puzzled, he explained: "You don't understand the rules in the officialdom, if I show more respect to this principal today, there will be continuous troubles in the future. Only Only by cutting off the hand they stretched out at the beginning can we take the initiative."

Ye Qi was taken aback when he heard the words, and asked curiously: "Then will they stop here?"

Pei Yue sneered: "Of course not, but I will let them know what pain is."

(End of this chapter)