Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 80 Cement Plant Commencement

After Zhao Wen escorted more than 500 captives and the tens of thousands of shi of grain, he finally rushed back to Longmen Fort after a journey of seven or eight days.

When Zhao Wen escorted the Tartar captives into the territory of Longmen Fort, it caused a huge commotion.

The local people are often ravaged by the Tartars, and they have already hated the Tartars to death in their hearts.

Therefore, when entering Longmen Fort, the outside of Longmen Fort was already surrounded by people.

Looking at the dejected Tartars, they gathered all their strength and threw the rotten eggs and rotten vegetables in their hands towards the Tartars.

What's more, the manure was dug up from nowhere, wrapped in papyrus, and thrown towards the Tartars.

For a moment, the stench was everywhere outside Longmen Fort.

At the same time, the news that Zhao Wen had captured hundreds of Tartars spread across the land of Xuan Mansion as if they had grown wings.

There are many empty houses in Longmen Castle, and it is not a problem to accommodate these Tartars.

Zhao Wen placed these Tartars in several empty warehouses not far from the military camp.

This warehouse was originally used to store cement, but because a cement factory was to be built, Zhao Wen built a warehouse to store the cement factory outside Longmen Fort.As a result, this warehouse was emptied, so it was taken out to hold Tartar captives.

There is an underground warehouse in the center of Longmen Fort, which is mainly used to store weapons and ammunition.

In order to prevent this batch of grain from being checked by outsiders, Zhao Wen stored this batch of grain in this warehouse.

Although the common people basically saw the convoy, Zhao Wen claimed that what was pulled there were captured armor and the like.

Now Zhao Wen has a very good prestige in Longmen Fort, and the common people basically believe in his words.

The captured war horses were also placed by Zhao Wen in a large shed not far from the barracks.

This shed was originally built for raising war horses, and now it is appropriate to place war horses inside.

Zhao Wen then recruited a few farmers who were good at raising livestock from the villages near Longmen Fort, and fed them horses.

On this day, Zhao Wenzheng was standing on the stone platform on the school grounds, looking at the soldiers who were training.

Zhao Wen now has about 120 people under his command. Although not many, they have sufficient firepower and have fought a few battles.

On the whole, it looks a bit brave.

Zhao Wen was looking at the training soldiers when Li Xiaosan suddenly ran over from a distance, out of breath.

"My lord, Fan Zheng is here." Li Xiaosan said hurriedly.

"Fan Zheng? It should be about the cement factory. Let's go and see him."

Zhao Wen let go of the girl and went towards the Garrison Mansion.

As soon as he entered the Garrison Mansion, Fan Zheng greeted him with a smile on his face.

"How is Brother Zhao?" Fan Zheng rushed out from the hall, clasped his hands and said with a smile.

Zhao Wen clasped his hands and said, "It's not bad, Brother Fan is here for the cement factory?"

"Yeah, I wonder if Brother Zhao has found a good place to build a factory?"

"The place has been found. There is a lot of land near Longmen Fort." Zhao Wen said.

Fan Zhengzheng showed embarrassment, and said slowly: "Brother Zhao, although I can invest a lot of money in the construction of the factory, I don't have any manpower. I'm afraid Brother Zhao will need to recruit civilian husbands to build the factory."

The meaning of Fan Zheng's words is obvious, that is, I have no one, and you have to handle the recruitment of migrant workers yourself.

Zhao Wen smiled and said, "You don't have to worry about this, I have plenty of people."

Zhao Wen looked at Fan Zheng and smiled mysteriously.

Seeing that Zhao Wen's expression did not seem to be fake, Fan Zheng felt relieved and didn't struggle any longer. After exchanging pleasantries with Zhao Wen, he left 1 taels of silver and left.

Zhao Wen looked at the banknote and put it in his arms with a smile.

Early the next morning, Zhao Wen took Wang Liuqi, accompanied by Li Xiaosan and Zhao Daniu, wandering outside Longmen Fort.

"How many bricks have been fired in the brick kiln now?" Zhao Wen asked, looking at Wang Liuqi, whose face was full of dimples.

Wang Liuqi cupped his hands to Zhao Wengong and said, "My lord, in the past few months, I have fired a total of 50 ordinary bricks, [-] refractory bricks, and more than [-] catties of cement."

Zhao Wen calculated in his mind that 50 ordinary bricks, [-] refractory bricks, and [-] catties of cement could build nearly [-] cement kilns.

"Twenty cement kilns are about the same. Let's build so many first." Zhao Wen said to Wang Liuqi after a while, "Cement kilns and brick kilns can't be stopped now. Let me start working with all my strength. If necessary For money and the like, go to Li Xiaoying."

Li Xiaoying's main job in Longmen Castle now is to manage accounts.

Originally, Zhao Wen didn't want to let a lady like Li Xiaoying do such a publicity job, but he really couldn't hold her back, so he had to let her go.

But I have to say that Li Xiaoying is indeed talented in calculating accounts.

Those recruited accountants were obedient to her.

You must know that these accountants have more than ten years of experience, but now they are prostrate at Li Xiaoying's feet, which also proves Li Xiaoying's talent from the side.

Zhao Wen led the crowd wandering around outside the Longmen Fort, when they suddenly heard an endless stream of shouts.

"Where did this sound come from? Why is there still the sound of hawking?" Zhao Wen looked at Wang Liuqi with a puzzled expression.

"My lord, this is the shopping mall you built, but it's overcrowded now. It's only tens of miles away, and Longmen Fort is the only one that has this shopping mall. All the merchants and people in the vicinity have come here." Wang Liuqi said. He looked at Zhao Wen reverently.

The young garrison in front of him is really different. It is really unexpected that he can build the Longmen Fort so well in just a few months.

Zhao Wen looked at the forum that had been built before Longmen Fort, and it was already overcrowded.

The Fan family of Shanxi merchants also settled there after the Chinese New Year.

It's just that there were not many merchants in the market at that time, just in twos and threes.

Before Zhao Wen escorted the food team to set off, there were not many people inside.

But it has only been less than a month, and the inside is already so prosperous.This was unexpected by Zhao Wen.

The common people within tens of miles around here, if they need anything, come to the Longmen Fort market to buy.

It seems that there is a bit of a bustling scene.

Li Xiaoying's contribution to the prosperity of the discussion field is not small.

Before Zhao Wen left, he issued a strict order to prohibit people from easily entering and exiting Longmen Fort.

This policy was also strictly guarded by Liu Wu and Wang Qi, and no one was allowed to approach Longmen Castle easily.This includes the market near Longmen Fort.

However, as the temperature warmed up, coupled with the entry of Fan's shops, the market gradually became more active.

At this time, the opening of the discussion field was already unstoppable, but Wang Qi and Liu Wu followed Zhao Wen's order and refused to open it.

If it wasn't for Wang Qi and Liu Wu's familiarity with Fan Zheng, and Zhao Wenliu's order, it would have been impossible for Fan's shop to settle in.

When repairing Longmen Fort, Zhao Wen paid a lot of money, so the people living nearby had a lot of money.

There are also migrant workers who burn bricks and cement living in Longmen Castle, and they have a lot of money in their hands.

As soon as this person has more money, he wants to buy some needles and thread.

The questionable market is not open, these people can't buy anything, and the merchants can't sell anything, so those who come and go secretly buy and sell near the questionable market.

Originally, Wang Qi and Liu Wu wanted to disperse them, but Li Xiaoying stopped them.

Li Xiaoying believes that it is human nature for merchants to buy and sell things, how can they be driven away by force?
Now that the market has been built, it is time for merchants and common people to enter.Otherwise, what is the point of building a forum?
So at Li Xiaoying's insistence, the discussion field was officially opened.

Regarding Li Xiaoying's insistence, Wang Qi and Liu Wu murmured for a long time, but they dared not stop it.

In Longmen Fort, who doesn't know the relationship between Li Xiaoying and Zhao Wen?This is all for the mistress, who dares to disobey Li Xiaoying's meaning?
Offending Li Xiaoying isn't that offending Zhao Wen?After offending Zhao Wen, do you still want to hang out in Longmen Castle?
After the opening of this market, there is another benefit, that is, the rent of the shops is collected.

The whole market is neither big nor small, and there are only a hundred or so shops in total.

In addition to the few shops reserved for Fan Zheng, there are more than 100 shops that can collect rent.

Zhao Wen wandered around the arena for a while, and then returned to the garrison mansion again.

As soon as Zhao Wen walked into the hall, he said to Zhao Daniu: "Go and find Hu Zi, Wang Qi and Liu Wu, and tell me I have something important to do."

"By the way, you stay here too." Zhao Wen looked at Wang Liuqi who was about to get up and leave, and said in a low voice.

When everyone gathered in the hall, Zhao Wen said to the people in the hall: "From tomorrow onwards, the training of the soldiers will stop first. Daniel, Huzi, Wang Qi, and Liu Wu, all of you lead the soldiers Men and horses, each guarding 120 Tartar prisoners, obeying Wang Liuqi's command, and building a cement factory outside the fort."

Zhao Wen looked at the people who hadn't calmed down, and shouted in a deep voice: "This matter is my top priority in Longmen Fort. If anyone dares to slack off, then don't blame me for being ruthless. Do you understand?"

Everyone looked at Zhao Wen with a serious face, knowing that Zhao Wen was not joking with them, they hurriedly cupped their hands and shouted: "I will obey your lord's order."

(End of this chapter)