Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chapter 309
Chapter 10 Deadliest Places

With hands behind his back, Chen Ying walked gently to the window of the study, looking out the window that the leaves had started to turn yellow.One leaf knows autumn, Chen Ying sighed, and said calmly: "If I am Guanglu Supervisor and you are Guanglu Cheng, then it means that even if His Majesty doesn't want to use me, it is not difficult to become rich. If I am Secretary Superintendent, if you are Secretary Cheng, then it means that His Majesty really wants to use me. Now let you become Guanglu Cheng from the fifth rank, and I will be Secretary Young Supervisor. This just shows that His Majesty not only does not trust me, but is vigilant and Be careful. I am alone, and I am afraid that I will not be able to do anything except pretend to be deaf and dumb in the secret prison where Pei Ji can't be splashed with water."

Xu Jingzong's expression suddenly became serious, and he looked at Chen Ying and said, "It's good that you can understand."

Chen Ying looked at Xu Jingzong a little speechless, this guy clearly saw something wrong, so he didn't say anything.Perhaps it was because Xu Jingzong hadn't really regarded himself as a friend yet, thinking of this, Chen Ying felt sad.But after thinking about it, he was relieved. In this age, Xu Jingzong naturally thought that if he wanted to get some help in his official career, it would be the support of nobles, or the help of aristocratic family.

When an official reaches the level of Chen Ying, the main thing to look at is not the size of personal ability, but the trust of the emperor.If the emperor doesn't trust him, he will do anything wrong. If the emperor trusts him, even if he doesn't do anything, he can still get credit for it.Perhaps, it was precisely because Li Yuan didn't trust him enough, in Xu Jingzong's eyes, a general who was not trusted by the emperor would have a life-threatening future, let alone a smooth one.

Thinking of this, Chen Ying felt a little relieved.

Chen Ying himself was not a powerful person, but he could be the ancestor of a powerful family. After Chen Qun's death, the Chen family was no longer famous, and the Chen family also fell into a slump.Since I started to work hard, the Chen family has become a generation of nobles and wealthy families with the same seven sects and five expectations.

Chen Ying murmured: "Why is Your Majesty afraid of me?"

Xu Jingzong bowed and said: "Actually, this point is also puzzling to my disciples!"

Chen Ying thought for a while and said: "Forget it for now, you can help me with something, and find a village near Chang'an City. It doesn't need to be too big, it can be as large as a thousand mu, and you don't need fertile fields, thin fields, or even barren hills. Everything works!"

Xu Jingzong looked at Chen Ying in surprise and said, "Mr. Lang didn't buy any property in Chang'an?"

Chen Ying shook his head and said: "No, how could I have this skill before?"

"I'm afraid this is the reason why His Majesty is suspicious of Langjun!"

"Ah!" Chen Ying said in surprise, "No way?"

"Those who don't have real estate have no perseverance. Your Majesty didn't set up a family business in Chang'an, and you are still alone now, how can you make Your Majesty feel at ease?" Xu Jingzong smiled lightly, looked into Chen Ying's eyes and said, "If you want to buy a property now, Mr. On the contrary, it is a good opportunity. Liu Wenjing's downfall, no family property registration, he has more than 270 pieces of good land under his name, and there are [-] pieces of mulberry fields. It's not difficult, but Susukita may not be able to make ends meet!"

"I didn't buy land to farm it."

"Not farming? Is it deserted?"

Chen Yingdao: "I'm going to open an iron workshop outside the city. If you don't have to farm, Susukida will do. Wasteland is the best, even barren hills are fine."

At the same time, Chen Ying rejected Li Yuan's position as secretary and junior supervisor on the grounds that he was seriously injured and unable to inspect. Officer of Honor.

And Xu Jingzong took Chen Ying's money to buy the land that Chen Ying needed.Chen Ying's land is actually really hard to buy. What Chen Ying needs is not a farm, and there is basically no land that is more than a thousand mu in one piece, and the land that is in one piece is basically in the hands of the big aristocrats and aristocratic families. , They will not sell land at all, this is not something that money can solve.

……

Su Hu, the county magistrate of Wannian, had his limbs broken by a group of black-clothed warriors at home a month and a half ago, and sent him Wanjin.It wasn't until these men in black revealed their identities that Su Hu knew that Chen Ying was actually the fifth son of Hou Mo's Chen family.

Su Hu did not dare to tell the truth to anyone, and claimed that it was Wang Huiye, the tomb robber he had uncovered three years ago, for revenge. The Ministry of Criminal Justice also issued a sea arrest document to arrest Wang Huiye.

Although Su Hu has been recuperating in bed these days, all the affairs of Wannian County have always been in Su Hu's hands.

It is said that Zhao Zhiyong, the prime minister of Wannian County, is Su Hu's confidant. Zhao Zhiyong was the son of Su Wei's personal companion Zhao Qingshan in his early years. When Su Wei was the former prime minister of Sui Dynasty, he supported Zhao Zhiyong as the prime minister of Wannian County. , Later Zhao Zhiyong mixed into the official post of Pingliang County Chief Shi, and Zhao Zhiyong gradually became the county magistrate of Wannian County from a small official in the private house book office of Wannian County.

However, Su Hu did not recommend Zhao Zhiyong as the acting magistrate of Wannian County, but instead recommended Bo Quan Wanji, the seventh-rank leader.Now Quan Wanji is the acting county magistrate of Wannian County, but Zhao Zhiyong treats Quan Wanji with raised eyebrows and eyes.It can be said that by taking advantage of the disagreement between Quan Wanji and Zhao Zhiyong, Su Hu can firmly control the affairs of Wannian County.

Just when it was getting dark, Zhao Zhiyong came to Su Hu's mansion in a carriage, and complained to Su Hu for nearly half an hour.

Su Hu listened quietly, her face still calm.

This made Zhao Zhiyong very strange. Normally, Su Hu should show Quan Wanji a little color, and let Quan Wanji know who is the Zhengxian County of Wannian County.

It's just that Zhao Zhiyong didn't know that Su Hu was already useless at this time.His injury may still be healed in future generations, but in this era, it is simply impossible.He just procrastinated as much as possible, and asked the court to give him a chance to support him when he couldn't procrastinate in the future.

Even though he couldn't figure out what kind of medicine was sold in Su Hu's gourd, Zhao Zhiyong still muttered: "Master Su, you don't know that Duke Pengcheng found a waste doorman, and he actually wanted to buy thin land and wasteland."

As the saying goes, it sounds unintentional, but it sounds intentional. When Zhao Zhiyong said Chen Ying, Su Hu shivered subconsciously.

"What did you say?"

"Oh, the people from the Gongmen of Pengcheng County want to buy land. They are so hungry that they don't even spare wasteland!"

"Do you know what the Duke of Pengcheng bought the wasteland for?"

"It's ridiculous to hear that it is going to build an iron workshop. There is no iron ore near Chang'an. If you buy iron ore from other places to make iron, it will not be enough to protect your capital!" Zhao Zhiyong laughed softly: "What a fool!"

You don't sell woodcutters for hundreds of miles, and you don't sell chestnuts for thousands of miles.In ancient times, it was the golden rule of doing business, but it was actually limited by the transportation capacity.The closest iron mine to Chang'an should be Taolin County in Hongnong County, but the distance is more than [-] miles, nearly [-] miles. If you transport iron ore, even worthless iron ore, it will In Chang'an City, it costs between [-] and [-] renminbi per stone.

With this transportation cost and the cost of materials made in this era, if Chen Ying smelts iron in Chang'an, he will not make any money at all, but will lose everything.

But they don't know that Chen Ying uses blast furnace steelmaking, and with the successful invention of spring steel, Chen Ying can immediately manufacture a carriage that can carry more than two thousand catties. In this way, transportation costs can be reduced, and ironmaking The cost can be controlled within a gratifying range.

From Chen Ying's point of view, steel needs to be sold at [-] guan per ton, which is equivalent to [-] tons of grain for one ton of steel, and the huge profits are huge. If you don't make this money yourself, you are committing a crime.

When Su Hu heard that Chen Ying wanted to buy wasteland to build a workshop, he asked Zhao Zhiyong, "Do you remember that there is still a wasteland in Qinglin?"

"The county lord is talking about the mass grave in the forest? It's just that it's a very dangerous place!"

At this moment, Su Hu nodded with the only head that could move in his whole body and said: "The big murderer? Duke Pengcheng killed tens of thousands of Turkic people at once, and killed people's heads rolling in Hedong. Can he be more fierce than him?"

Zhao Zhiyong seemed to suddenly realize: "Your official knows what to do!"

(End of this chapter)