"The trees on Guangwu Mountain cannot be cut down just like this. Without trees, the soil will rush into the river along the water when it rains. The rocks are exposed and what is the bare ground? Moreover, there is already a lot of mud and sand in the Yellow River. If the two sides rush down like this, what is that? The Bian River below Yongqiu is already higher than the houses on both sides, called the Xuanhe River, because it has been diverting water from the Yellow River and silting. For the sake of the descendants, the Yellow River cannot be like this!"

Xu Ping and Li Shen walked on the mountain road, looking at the large forest that had been cut down not far away, and looked at Li Shendao.

Li Shen sighed: "When the government is ready, why don't the officials know? How can we use porcelain to burn trees and charcoal? Where can we go if we don't burn porcelain? This is always a helpless thing."

"Can you burn stone carbon if you don't cut down trees and burn charcoal? Right, the firepower of stone carbon is strong, and it's not much stronger than charcoal!"

"That's right, but Heyin County does not produce stone carbon, so what can I do?"

Xu Ping stopped and pointed to the Yellow River not far away, saying to Li Shen: "Heyin County is not produced here, but Huaizhou on the north bank of the Yellow River is full of pits and valleys. The cultivation of porcelain in Wu County is not all about stone carbon? Even Gong County in the south, and Ruzhou in the south, now they use stone carbon to burn porcelain. How can it be a long-term solution by cutting down trees on the mountain? This is close to the Yellow River, and you can transport stone carbon from Huaizhou from Qinhe River. How much money can it cost? If you are afraid that the taxes through the prefecture are high, you can use stone carbon from the Xushui area in the south to come from Xushui, and only pass Xingze County on the way. Can the tax calculation be negotiated?"

Li Chan said respectfully: "What I said is that I will go and find a way to change to stone carbon here later."

"Keep this in mind. If you keep cutting trees and burning charcoal, the kiln will not be able to handle it in a long time."

After saying that, Xu Ping took a step forward.

Although Guangwu Mountain is not tall, it is right next to the Yellow River. Although the river is rolling north now, standing on the mountain and looking at the Yellow River in the distance, I still feel imposing. The Yellow River rushes thousands of miles away, and when I get here, I am forced to go north by this mountain.

After traveling all the way, Li Shen said: "At the time of the process, there is a gap in front of us. Let's not go there, just rest in this small village. The official has already told the remaining kiln workers in the kilnyard and asked them to speak in this village. The village is neat and not as pickled as the kiln pits."

While speaking, he led Xu Ping into the largest yard in the village.

At this time, Li Shen, the main house in the yard, had already sent someone to clean up. The original gambling tools had been cleaned up, and the tables and chairs inside were neatly arranged, which was a good place to discuss matters.

Xu Ping sat down in the middle of the house. Li Chan ordered his followers to call the kiln workers across the ditch to come over to discuss matters.

Xu Ping and Li Shen had already negotiated with the Sanhuang Temple in the Three Emperors Temple. Today, they came together, but it seemed solemn. Moreover, although the kiln was later returned to Mengzhou, it was only in charge. The real owner was still the Sansi. Regardless of whether the cooperative or how to manage it, the Sansi would have to agree. Xu Ping happened to be here, so he decided in person.

Not long after, the public official brought five people over, two of them were already gray-bearded and three middle-aged men.

When they arrived inside the house, the five people saluted Xu Ping and Li Chan: "Xiaomin has met the official."

Xu Ping looked at the five people, then looked at Li Shen next to him, and asked in a deep voice: "Why are there five people coming? Didn't you say that all the kiln workers could come together?"

An old man with hair and beard in the middle said, "This man asked all of us to come, but everyone didn't know what the officials were asking for, so they asked the young and old men to come and wait for the orders."

Xu Ping looked at Li Shen beside him, shook his head, and stopped talking.

This is a habit that has been formed over the years. There are several people who have to push forward everything, rewards or punishments. In short, all people will not come together. Unless they have a proper talk with these people, they will persuade everyone to come. But today's matters need to be explained clearly to everyone. Whether to participate or not depends on voluntarily, and they can no longer just give orders as before. Just tell these people, then why do you have a cooperative?

The protagonist today is Li Shen and the Sansi represented by Xu Ping, just to ensure that the assets under management will not be lost.

Li Shen secretly looked at Xu Ping, cleared his throat, and said loudly to the five people standing in front of him: "The former kiln owner Tong Qilang not only gambling here, but also hid goods and evaded taxes, and was already imprisoned. As for what kind of punishment he would be subject to, the government will report the tax directly. In the past two days, the tax was settled because I don't know where Tong Qilang transferred the wealth he earned in the past few years, but he collected these kilns as officials to offset the tax he had escaped."

The old man in the middle asked, "We ordinary people don't understand the affairs of the official family. We evade taxes, but only the kiln owner Tong Qilang, and it has nothing to do with us ordinary people. The brothers recommended that the old people come to the official, just ask the official, "The kiln is taken over by the official, so what should we kiln workers do? Where can we settle down in the future?"

Li Shen said: "Today I call you here to discuss the aftermath. The person sitting here is the Marquis of Yongning County. Now the Deputy Envoy Xu of the Salt and Iron Department has no official position. He has always been under the jurisdiction of the Third Department. Deputy Envoy Xu is here to prove that Mengzhou has taken over these kilns. What will happen in the future? Today I will discuss with you today."

"The officials joked, what does these things have to do with us, the little people who work as hard laborers? If you lose your official position in the kiln, you just need to send a supervisor to see you. What we did before and what we will do in the future."

This was something that Li Shen had never done before, and his principles of doing things were novel. He was always a little uncomfortable, and he felt a little embarrassed after listening to the old man. According to normal practice, this should be true. He took over the kilns and sent a supervisor with a wealthy family. If he lost, his family property would be compensated. He gave it directly to the kiln workers working here to manage themselves. Li Shen really felt that he had no idea.

Clearing his throat again, Li Shen said in a deep voice: "This time, the state is not going to send supervisors here, but to you to manage them yourself. If there is profit from selling porcelain in the kiln, the government will share the benefits with the people in charge, so everyone will ask."

After Li Shen said that, the five people standing there looked at each other and couldn't help laughing together.

"What the officials said is that it is unheard of for the young people to live so old. The kiln is either the master's house or the official. Of course, the supervisor is in charge. The young people just work hard, how can they understand these? Besides, when there is a profit, the more you get, the more you get, the less you get, will always be in your own pocket. If there is no profit, how can the government explain? All the young people have to borrow money to repay the money? Officials, the young people make life difficult, don't harm us!"

The compensation for the day before yesterday is to be continued.

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Chapter completed!