Follow General Cao to mix the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 358
Jia Xu waited until Wang Hou had reached the gate of the governor's mansion in the island city, and then came out to greet him.

It's not that this old guy has been in charge for half a year. He thinks that he is the second child. It is really not easy to be a good mayor, especially in this newly built port city. Enter the place where the forces of the refugees meet, this guy is really busy.

Economically, when Wang Hou left, he explained that he wanted to attract business and investment. The old guy Jia Xu contacted the Jingzhou gentry and built a dye factory in Qingdao City to dye the cotton cloth produced in Rizhao into colors and sell it at a high price.

In terms of culture, when Wang Hou left, he explained that he wanted to build a university, and the old guy Jia Xu picked a site under Laoshan Mountain, and the construction project of the engineering team was full, and it was said that it was ready to be put into use.

In terms of law and order, there are more and more people, and the chaos has become more and more. Before, the heroes of Mount Tai were ruthless, and those who fought and robbed were all pediatrics. Now crimes are becoming more and more organized!The most common thing is tax evasion and smuggling. You must know that Wang Hou is not a philanthropist. He built this port city to make money. All merchant ships that come in need to pay Wang Hou a duty of one-tenth of the value of the goods.

This is a lot of money. Some people naturally want to save as much as they can. This time, a black port has popped up on Xiangfu Island not far from Qingdao City. Many unscrupulous businessmen from Soochow come in and out to trade supplies here. Just skip the part about Wang Hou.

And then there's the gangster issue!Although the style of being a chivalrous man is not as strong as that of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty these days, there are still many big brothers like Guo Xie and the Zhu family in the period of Emperor Wu. Like Guo Jia, he was a knight-errant before his debut. The ranger is Xu Shu. When this old boy was a ranger, he helped a friend to avenge and kill someone. The government painted paint and threw him into the market to kill him. Several friends rescued him at night, and Xu Shu was beaten after that I understand, study hard, first follow Liu Bei, then follow Cao Cao, without great achievements, it can be regarded as a small career.

Nowadays, there are as many as 20 people moving out of Qingdao city with slaves. It is not a new thing for two or three gangsters to appear. They can extort sugar farmers and collect protection fees from shops, which will also damage the commercial interests of Qingzhou. These are also Jia Xu can not bear!
When Wang Hou came back, the old guy was in a meeting. He was about to set up a special task force. He took over the black port and killed the gangsters. The meeting was only halfway through. When the chicken head was crooked, he welcomed Wang Hou back from the expedition. This old guy They don't all have a good face, they always show their teeth and grin when they meet each other with fists in their hands
"My servant Jia Xu, welcome Zhou Mu back to the manor!"

"Hey! Mr. Jia has worked hard! Please get up quickly!"

For a capable person, no matter how angry they are, they can be tolerated!The old man didn't have a good complexion, but Wang Hou had a cheeky smile, he quickly got off his horse with a smile on his face, supported Jia Xu's arm with both hands, and helped him up.

Dismounting with Wang Hou, seeing Jia Xu's gloomy face because he owed him half of the 10 taels of silver, Cao Zhang felt happy. This Wang is really annoying!Grandpa was right!

Although he just came back from a business trip, he is the major shareholder of Qingzhou after all, and his job is guaranteed!Although he really wanted to go back to the mansion to meet Lu Ji and feel the warmth of his next home, but at the first moment, Wang Hou consciously went back to the mansion to go to work and wait for Jia Xu, the second in command of Qingzhou, to report on his work.

Not to mention, a lot of things really happened in the six months since he left!
Business is indeed prosperous. Wang Hou’s plan for the Dalian Cape Bridgehead was implemented. Families from Qidi and heroes from Mount Tai bought boats to go to sea. The Japanese slave trade was not as lucrative as expected. At the beginning, some people backed down. At this time, a merchant ship accidentally went in the wrong direction and drifted to the Korean peninsula. It traded with the local Sanhan tribe and brought back half a ship of mink. The arrival of ginseng really made a small fortune.

Ever since, the big guys followed suit again, and when Wang Hou came back, Liao goods were all the rage.

Fortunately, the Liao goods trade is not as narrow as the Japanese trade before. Pearls are luxury goods, and there is too much competition in the slave trade. According to the scale of the Qingzhou market, it is far from saturated.

But these sea merchants in Qingzhou are not legitimate businessmen!Just like the early Western colonists, in the name of merchants, they did some business without capital. They could buy with knives instead of copper, and even robbed and burned them. The second major event, the diplomatic event!
The prefect of Liaodong, and later the family of Gongsun of Yan State in Liaodong, sent a particularly strong letter to Qingzhou Mufu strongly condemning these robbers in Qingzhou, and said that if Wang Hou did not restrain himself, he would personally raise troops to attack Linzi of Qi State. city!

"What? Gongsun Kang wants to declare war on me?"

Listening to Jia Xu's report, for a moment, Wang Hou's pupils were as bright as twenty-odd watt light bulbs, and he jumped up from the big desk, which stunned the old guy Jia Xu, and he curled his lips after a long while.

"The barbarian Xingbang, it's just fireflies! Why should the state shepherd care?"

This guy is just moving his mouth and bragging!Jia Xu didn't feel at ease at all, even when it was too cold when he received Gongsun Kang's "credentials", he yawned halfway through reading the "credentials" and threw the "credentials" into a brazier to keep warm. I didn't see the ambitious "Lord of Liaodong" going out to sea to fight.

Jia Xu didn't know it, but her lord was thinking about his family's one-acre three-point land!Zhengchou has no reason to go to war!Hearing Jia Xu's disapproval, Wang Hou was immediately "filled with righteous indignation", knocking on the table angrily and shouting.

"Even this firefly fire dares to compete with my bright moon! It's unbearable! Uncle can bear it, and auntie can't bear it either! Mr. Wenhe, just this time I brought back [-] refugees from Jizhou, Zhang The Taishan Army under General Yan’s command is also [-] strong, and taking advantage of these strong population, I decided to open another port, open Weihai City in the north of Wendeng, build a hundred ships, and crusade against this bureaucrat!”

"Build, build, build a port? The Black Mountain bandits also came to Qingzhou?"

What Jia Xu said was so big that he stared at Wang Hou as if he saw a dinosaur, and stared at him for a few seconds without saying a word. When the guy was about to violently hit someone, Jia Xu actually took off the crown on his head and threw it on Wang Hou's table.

"I'm a low-level official with little talent and little knowledge, so I really can't help the state pastoralist! Please resign and go back to seclusion!"

"Mr. Wenhe!!!"

(End of this chapter)