my wonderful zoo

Chapter 4
"Brother Xun, what happened?" Mother Chen asked with concern.

The red bamboo tube carried by the carrier pigeon is at the highest level among the Chen family's information transmission level. The most robust carrier pigeons will be used to transmit messages. The carrier pigeons can also transfer messages front and back at the fastest speed. This is why the servant rushed in just now.

"The situation has changed. Today's officials are timid and cowardly. They are afraid of the Jin army and directly abdicated the throne to their eldest son Huan." Chen Xun replied.

"Ah! Such a thing can happen."

"Oh my God!".
"You can also evaluate the official family?" These are Chen's father's words, which are always out of tune.

What Emperor Zhao Ji of the Song Dynasty did is truly unique in history, pushing the realm of "coward" to a level that no one else can reach.

"When did it happen?" Mother Chen asked.

"Three days ago, the new emperor ascended the throne on the 22nd of this month."

"Hey, this is the New Year," Chen Yi sighed. It is the 25th, and the 23rd is the Small New Year. It is indeed the New Year now.

"You guys eat, I'll go out and make arrangements." The sudden news made Chen Xun lose his appetite at all.

In his previous life, Chen Xun was just a programmer and read some time-travel novels in his spare time. His historical knowledge only came from the mixture of middle and high school education and historical time-travel novels.This pitiful amount of historical knowledge was almost forgotten even after walking around in the mother's womb.

Before today, Chen Xun himself was not sure at what time Zhao Ji passed the throne to his son. He only knew that the Jingkang reign was only two years old. The arrival of the Jingkang reign meant that the Northern Song Dynasty was about to die.

Guangzhou is located on Guangnan East Road. During the transitional period of the Song Dynasty moving south, it did not suffer many wars. Chen Xun should not have been worried. After all, it would not matter who would be the emperor a hundred years later.But who allowed Chen Xun to have a "Wonderful Zoo" and also know that there is an animal in the world called "Lighthouse Jellyfish" that can rejuvenate youth. If it can live for decades, even hundreds of years, or even see the tail of immortality, then Later things have to be considered.

As we all know, by the Yuan Dynasty, the southerners were fourth-class people, inferior to the Han people in the north, and the landowners in the south were like fat pigs with no one to protect them, and they were bound to be slaughtered.

Chen Xun did not want to be a fourth-class person, let alone a two-legged sheep of the Mongols.That's why Chen Xun gave up the imperial examination, developed his power, gradually eliminated all the older generations of the Chen family, and tied everyone in the clan to his own warship; that's why he was busy day and night, exploring the "wonderful zoo" Only then could an intelligence network covering all large cities in the Northern Song Dynasty be established early, with its tentacles extending to the Kingdom of Jin, Goryeo, Japan, and Southeast Asian countries.

"Wait a minute." Chen Yi called out to Chen Xun who was about to step out. Chen Xun turned around and looked at him.

"The trusteeship of the Guanfu Salt Farm was not completed. Dongguan Ling asked for too much. If it was really given to him, he would definitely go further." Chen Yi finally remembered the serious matter of inviting his son over for dinner this time.

"I understand, please tell uncle that you don't have to worry about the Guanfu Salt Farm anymore, just withdraw it all." The timeline has reached the Jingkang Year, and the previous safe and secure style of conduct should change.

"Don't mess around. Although the output of Guanfu Chang cannot be increased, it is one of the fourteen large-scale official salt farms in Guangzhou. It is registered in the state capital and even on Guangnan East Road." Chen Yiquan said.

"I know." Chen Xun responded.

The official family of the Song Dynasty was about to be beaten to death. How could the state capital have the time to take care of a salt farm with low output below.

Next, the Chen family's power base at sea should gradually be transferred. The famous "Searching Mountains and Seas" was just around the corner. Chen Xun didn't want to have his own ships directly requisitioned by the officials when Zhao Gou fled to sea.Chen Xun, who quickly returned to the South Campus, did not convene a meeting with various officials just because the emperor had changed. After all, Guangzhou is still too far from Hebei. For the current Guangzhou, whoever becomes the emperor has nothing to do with the common people. Not big.

"Call Manager Liu to come over." Before entering, Chen Xun ordered the servants following behind.

"Yes".

Just after looking through the year-end summary report sent from below, I saw Manager Liu Yu and Liu walking in.

Liu Yu is mainly responsible for the Chen family's logistics work related to people's livelihood, such as the purchase and sale of grain and oil, the production and distribution of daily necessities, etc. Everything related to people's livelihood is under Liu Yu's responsibility. It is a very lucrative position, and it is also the most frequently audited by the Chen family's Audit Office. position.

"Mr. Lang, are you looking for me?"

"A brief report on the progress of the distribution of New Year's goods." Distributing New Year's goods a year ago is a tradition that the Chen family started five years ago. At the beginning, there was only some rice flour and oil. In the following years, salted fish, cloth, candies, and cannons were gradually added. Bamboo, etc., as long as they are produced by the Chen family, they will distribute some more or less to the following.

As long as they work for the Chen family for a long time, they will enjoy this treatment, regardless of high or low.Wool comes from sheep. After years of benevolence, these people's centripetal force to the Chen family has increased dramatically.

"The systems for sea trade, sea guards, chariots and horses, overseas stations, and personal guards have all been distributed. The sea guards and guards who cannot go home during the New Year rotation have also been sent to their homes. Only the tenants and long-term workers nearby have not yet been sent to their homes. Send it." Liu Yu replied.

The late delivery of goods nearby is because they are worried that those who receive the New Year goods will consume them all before the New Year, and will not feel the warmth from the Chen family when the New Year comes.

"Okay, speed up the progress and try to complete the distribution within two days. If we complete the distribution early, we can give the people in the logistics department a holiday for the New Year." Chen Xun arranged.

"Don't worry, Mr. Lang, everything is ready. I guarantee it will be distributed within one day." Liu Yu assured, patting his chest.

"I read your report. You plan to expand the daily necessities and non-staple food factories next year. This is good, but your steps are a bit too slow." Chen Xun pulled out a report from the table and said to Liu Yu: "We will directly double our output next year, especially sugar mills, which need to maximize their production capacity. Last year, the sugarcane planting area on Guangnan West Road expanded two or three times, and it will definitely expand further this year. Don't wait until the cane sugar is recovered. Sugar mills can’t keep up with their output.”

Guangnan West Road is roughly equivalent to Guangxi and Hainan Island in later generations. When Chen Xun came to this era, he learned that during the Song Dynasty, sugar cane cultivation was already common in the south.Soap cannot be made, but it is not difficult to bleach cane sugar. In recent years, the Chen family has signed contracts with many farmers and landowners on Guangnan East Road and Guangnan West Road to purchase cane sugar at a price slightly higher than the market price. The deposit is paid before harvesting. , affecting the growing area of ​​sugarcane planting in these two places.

Liu Yu was very happy to hear that Chen Xun approved his suggestion, but he was a little embarrassed about Chen Xun's request: "Expanding production capacity is no problem. Long-term workers are easy to find, but there is a serious shortage of management personnel."

The process of sucrose bleaching is not complicated. If you want to monopolize this business, you must keep this process from being leaked. Therefore, the key positions and processes are all responsible for the people who have signed long-term contracts with the Chen family, which is what Liu Yu said. "manager".

"It doesn't matter, there will be nearly a hundred people graduating from the orphanage in the next year, and we will make some arrangements for you then." Chen Xun replied.

Those who do not have top academic performance in the orphanage will be "graduated" when they reach 16 years old and go to various management positions in the Chen family. These people have been raised and educated by Chen Xun since they were young. They are much more loyal than those recruited from outside. , even taller than the people in Chenjiazhuang.

(End of this chapter)