Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

Geng Jingzhong wanted to take back Quanzhou by force, but Ming and Zheng would naturally not agree to this. Therefore, after using spies to spy on Geng Fan's movements, Zhu Jin sent Liu Guoxuan, the general of the Right Military Guard, to lead more than [-] troops to the city of Hui'an to reject Geng. The [-]-step cavalry sent by Jingzhong.

Geng Jingzhong's general Wang Jin, who was in charge of the southern crimes, was nicknamed "tiger".However, Liu Guoxuan treated him strictly and did not give Wang Jin the opportunity to find a gap to advance. The two sides faced each other for more than ten days, and Wang Jin had to retreat to Tuling because of the supply line of troops.

Wang Jin stationed troops in Tuling, and the continuous camp stretched for more than [-] miles. Liu Guoxuan led his own soldiers Qingqi to observe closely, but was discovered by Wang Jin and took the initiative to attack, intending to kill the enemy general first.But Wang Jin didn't realize that Geng's army was actually a paper tiger with a strong foreign power but was stopped by Liu Guoxuan's troops who quickly reinforced. The two sides fought for a day, but Geng's army was repelled by Zheng's army with strict military discipline and high combat effectiveness, and suffered heavy losses. .

However, killing one thousand enemies and injuring eight hundred, plus the fact that the Zheng army had fewer troops than Geng Fan, the Zheng army that won Tu Ling did not take advantage of the trend to advance to Putian and Fuzhou, but only retreated to Quanzhou after chasing Xinghua Make up.

Seeing this situation, Geng Jingzhong, who was not willing to fail, immediately felt the desire to fight again. Of course, he was terrified by Liu Guoxuan's beating, and he did not dare to use a large army to forcefully challenge the main force of the Zheng army, so he ordered Liu Yan and other troops in western Fujian to attack Zhangzhou. When the Zheng army launched a counterattack in the newly occupied area where the foothold was not stable, the two armies fought against each other frequently in Zhangpu, Nanjing and other places.

"Qinshe, Qinshe," Zheng Kezang was reading after Master Lu, when Zheng Cong, who was shaking his head, broke in regardless of the waiter's obstruction. "Why are you still reading it? Second Uncle has already finished what he said that day. Don't be too late. When will you go and have a look?"

"Marquis Funing, keep quiet!" Mrs. Lu cast a displeased glance at Zheng Cong, who was full of flesh, picked up a ruler and knocked on the table. "Is there anything more important than Yuan Zidu, Duqing will talk about it later," Zheng Cong wanted to open his mouth, but Master Lu slapped him. "Does the Marquis of Funing want the old man to report to the king?"

Seeing Mrs. Lu getting angry, Zheng Kezang had no choice but to speak: "Second Uncle will go out first, there is still a quarter and a half left, and Yu will finish his homework for today, and it will not be too late to talk about important matters by then."

Speaking of this, Zheng Kezang also gave Zheng Cong a chance to refute, and told the servant who followed Zheng Cong: "Please bring Marquis Funing to the side to wait for you, and prepare some wine, vegetables and fruits."

Seeing the old man's strong face, and the young man winking at him, Zheng Cong, who knew that he had done a poor job, felt a little resentful, so he had to retreat with the servant, but seeing his appearance, he couldn't keep himself from cursing secretly.

When Zheng Cong disappeared in the house, Master Lu picked it up again calmly. Seeing the old man's behavior, Zheng Kezang had no choice but to pretend that nothing happened, and the two sides continued to read until the scheduled content until the end of teaching.

Class was over, but Old Master Lu didn't get up as usual, but said to Zheng Kezang: "Yuanzi wants to set up a boy camp. I don't say much. After all, the world is in chaos now, and it's not easy for the country to learn some military affairs, but Yuanzi The old man is very worried about hanging out with such ignorant people as the Marquis of Funing, Yuanzi should take care of himself."

"Teacher, please rest assured," Master Tiandi Junqin, the teacher was so concerned, Zheng Kezang did not dare to be careless, stood up and responded respectfully. "The Marquis of Funing is indeed looking for something serious. As for the other things, the students have their own discretion, and they will definitely not imitate their playboys."

"That's very good." Mr. Lu nodded slightly, stood up and walked away under Zheng Kezang's gaze.

Relieved, Zheng Kezang left the room, turned around and came to the side room where Zheng Cong was drinking. Seeing Zheng Kezang coming in, Zheng Cong, who had been impatient for a long time, dropped the wine cup and said in a hurry: "Qin She, the sugar house has already been acquired, and the artisans have been recruited. It took a lot of effort, if you can't make the snow sugar and rock sugar you mentioned, how should you pay for it?"

Zheng Kezang shook his head, this Zheng Cong is really looking for money, he clearly made it clear last time, even if he can't just make candy, it will be a big profit, and he is going to do this today, just to let Zheng Cong Ke Zang just gave up some more benefits.

Zheng Kezang didn't say anything to him, and threw a paper bag in his hand. Zheng Cong was taken aback: "What is this?"

"Second Uncle, if you open it and have a look, you'll know."

Suspiciously, Zheng Cong picked up the paper bag on the table, slowly opened it, saw the contents inside, and couldn't help crying softly: "Snow sugar, it's really made, it's really much whiter than the current snow sugar on the market , Qinshe, how did you do it?"

"This is based on the methods tested over the past few days," Zheng Cong naturally wouldn't reveal his hole cards to Zheng Cong now. "Second Uncle, you can taste it and see if it is sweeter than the snow sugar and brown sugar currently on the market."

Hearing this, Zheng Cong really ordered a few candies into his mouth. In fact, the sweetness didn’t change much, but he was hinted at just now, and the result naturally affected his judgment: “That’s right, it’s really sweeter, Qin She , this is a big fortune."

Seeing that Zheng Cong was calculating how much the new snow candy would sell for, and how much profit he could make in a sugar season, Zheng Kezang smiled lightly: "Second Uncle, don't talk so much, just take a look at your new Tangliao"

Zheng Cong's newly bought Tangliao is in Tianxingzhou. If he travels by land, he may not get there in a day, so he can only take a boat across the Taijiang Inner Sea.Although the inland sea was far calmer than the strait, Zheng Cong, who was exhausted in the debauchery and drinking, was dizzy, his eyes were staring, and his chest was nauseated after sitting on the boat for more than an hour.

After finally getting off the boat, Zheng Cong sat down on the ground with his feet fluttering. The servants hurried to find the bullock cart. After getting on the bullock cart, they bumped for half an hour and finally saw the target.

"This is the eldest son." The panting Zheng Cong was helped by the servants to rest aside. After being introduced by the steward of the Hou Mansion, Zheng Kezang nodded and followed him in. The entire Tangliao seemed to occupy a large area, but the main building only There are two thatched huts, built of bamboo and wood, ventilated on all sides, one of them has a rolling mill, and the other has some pots and pans, about one is a pressing room and the other is a boiling room. "Look, my lord, this is the best and latest stone reel, which can produce [-]% more sugar juice than the previous wooden reel."

"Is there an iron reel?" Zheng Kezang interrupted the steward's self-boasting, and asked directly: "Also, what is the reel driven by? Human power? Animal power?"

"An iron reel?" the steward exclaimed. "How much refined iron does the eldest son need, how can there be such a luxury." Zheng Kezang frowned, and the steward of the Hou's mansion knew that he had lost his composure, so he hurriedly corrected his attitude. "It goes without saying that we don't have one, not in the whole of Taiwan. The eldest son, did you hear it wrong?"

"That's right, so maybe Yu made a mistake." Zheng Kezang didn't bother with the manager who said the wrong thing, but just ordered. "You haven't said what drives the reel."

"The reels are driven by animal power, so Tangliao has a few healthy cattle for this reason," he was able to manage affairs in the Hou's mansion, and the other party was also a good person, so when he found that Zheng Kezang's attitude was slightly different, it was natural. Don't dare to digress. "It's just that the cows were driven out to graze when they found out that Lord Hou and the eldest son were coming today."

"Animal power?" Zheng Kezang thought for a while. He originally wanted to use hydraulic machinery to ensure stable power, but the knowledge he searched for all his time had no practical ability, and if he wanted to practice it, it would be impossible. It was a one-time success, and Zheng Cong would never sit back and watch him waste money like this. "How much sugar can be produced in that season?"

"This is the best sugar factory in the Ministry of Industry. As long as the sugarcane can be guaranteed, it can produce [-] tans of snow sugar and no less than [-] tans of brown sugar and brown sugar in a season." With the current processing level, brown sugar cannot be fully converted. For white sugar, even Zheng Kezang, who has knowledge beyond the times, cannot change this. "Back then, Master Hou spent a lot of thought on taking it down."

Zheng Kezang waved his hand, he was not interested in how the prince dang stole state-owned assets: "I want to mention a few points, first, these two dilapidated houses will be demolished and rebuilt, and they will be converted into brick houses, stoves, chimneys, etc. If you want to repair it outside, why don’t you understand? In this way, Yu will send someone to send you a pattern later, and you can follow the pattern to find out.”

"Reconstruction? How much will it cost?" Zheng Cong did not know when he appeared behind Zheng Kezang, and when he heard that he was going to spend money to rebuild the workshop, his face hurt. "Qinshe, what are you doing with such unjust money?"

"Second Uncle, the key to producing good snow sugar is to use sweet water and clean surroundings. If the smoke is too heavy, it will damage the appearance." Zheng Kezang bullied Zheng Cong for not understanding, and explained indiscriminately. "Second Uncle, if you don't want to let your child be a wolf, as long as you can produce good snow candy, this amount of money is a small amount."

"You can say whatever you want. The second uncle is in your boat." Zheng Cong cried and thought for a long time and finally accepted Zheng Kezang's statement. "Also, if there is a first, there must be a second. Say it all out, the second uncle is going all out today."

"Secondly, I have to order a batch of utensils. I will list them after I go back. Please order from my second uncle." White sugar production needs to control the precipitation temperature, but there is no way to achieve temperature control now. The control of the fire is not as good as using more convenient tools to achieve this goal, so a batch of suitable utensils must be manufactured. "Thirdly, we need to build another tofu workshop next to it. The tofu made can be sent to Dongdu for sale, or as a snack for craftsmen, but the soy milk must be kept, which is very useful in producing rock sugar." Zheng Cong said Looking at the steward next to him, the steward nodded to indicate that he had written it down. "Fourth, prepare another thousand catties of charcoal, grind it into fine powder, and put it in a gauze bag for later use. The river water or well water that will be fetched later must be filtered through a toner bag before it can be used. Fifth, Yu will put the whole The regulations of the sugar factory were copied down, and the second uncle asked these sugar workers to follow the regulations, and no changes were allowed, otherwise the quality would be damaged. In the end, how should the interests of the sugar factory be divided in this way?"

"Profit? Share?" Zheng Cong called out. "Qinshe, it's your second uncle paying for it, and you still have to share it, is it too calculated?" Zheng Kezang turned around without responding, and Zheng Cong jumped. "Okay, okay, it's a three-year-old child who beats my mother, [-]%, I'll give you [-]% for the head office."

"Thirty percent." Zheng Kezang clapped his fingers. "At least [-]%, if not, I will go to Uncle Third and Uncle Fifth."

"What?" Zheng Cong jumped up immediately. "Qinshe, what do you mean by crossing the river and tearing down the bridge?" Zheng Cong said anxiously. He hadn't crossed the river yet, so where did the bridge come from? But Zheng Kezang was unmoved, and the angry Zheng Cong held back for a long time, then raised two fingers. "Twenty percent, at most twenty percent, if more, we'll break up."

Zheng Kezang Jian frowned and thought for a while. This is probably the opponent's bottom line, so he nodded: "Two percent is two percent, but it needs to be documented, and I have to send someone to be a supervisor."

"Qin She, eldest nephew, you are too smart." Zheng Cong didn't hesitate for a moment this time. "Okay, let's do that."

"Second Uncle, I don't want to take advantage of you for nothing, I'll give you an idea." Zheng Kezang looked at Zheng Cong calmly. "First, Second Uncle can collect some brown sugar from the Ministry of Industry for processing," Zheng Cong's eyes lit up. "Secondly, in fact, bagasse and hog sugar can be used to make wine. Dongning now strictly prohibits grain wine making. If it is made, it will also be a huge source of profit, and the watermen of the barbarians like this kind of sugarcane wine the most."

"Can bagasse and hogwash sugar be used to make wine?"

"How dare Yu talk nonsense in front of my second uncle, but I don't know how to make wine anymore, and second uncle needs to find the craftsman by yourself. By the way, after it is done, second uncle will reward my nephew with a [-]% profit That's it."

"Qinshe, you are really the lucky star of the second uncle, no, no, you are the God of Wealth." Zheng Cong had already thrown the idea of ​​wanting to strangle Zheng Kezang to Java. "Second Uncle, everything is up to you, but isn't [-]% too much? You see, you're just talking empty teeth, or how about half of it?"

"Okay, then it's settled."