Author: Use your soul to aim

After Eunuch Li left, Zhang Zongxian entered the teacher mode again. He was either in class or conducting experiments with his disciples.

On November 23rd, the 46th year of Wanli reign, the first batch of young men who received training completed their formation assessment today.

Zhang Zongxian selected the best 300 people from among them and incorporated them into the New Army in the name of guards as the defense force of Changsheng Fort.

In this way, the defense of Changsheng Fort can be guaranteed. After all, this has become the most critical place.

The remaining young adults did not go home and went directly to the construction site. The construction of the city walls and roads required manpower. The second batch of young adults who received training were also pulled directly from the construction site.

In this way, more than 10,000 young people were either training or working on construction sites throughout the winter. Both the construction sites and the training grounds were responsible for food.

The people in the family have one less able-bodied person, which greatly reduces the burden. The children at home can also eat more. I believe this winter will bring a little more warmth to the people of Qingjian County and have more expectations for the coming year.

It's just that Taiping's food inventory is depleting a bit quickly, so we have to find a way to increase the inventory.

With the road repair and construction, XCMG solved the steering system. Zhang Zongxian decided to open the first public carriage route between Changsheng Fort and the county seat.

The public carriage was given an interest-free loan by Taiping and operated by the original carriage company. The government office granted tax exemption for one year in advance.

The public carriage is so big that it can carry twenty people at a time. This is to reduce the weight and increase the load, which makes the four sides ventilated and a bit cold.

People can ride to the county seat for one copper plate. If they carry goods over twenty kilograms, they will be given an additional copper plate. There is no child ticket. Children who carry more than twenty kilograms will have to pay.

Take a carriage to the county seat and pay a copper plate, and you can follow the established route to pull the people to any place on the main road in the city.

In the future, public carriages will be available throughout the county as long as roads permit.

During this period, Zhang Zongxian and his disciples also produced coke. At this point, the temperature of the steel-making furnace was guaranteed, and the refining of spring steel finally made progress.

The gunpowder factory of Liujia Workshop was also built. Zhang Zongxian told them the method of refining soil and saltpeter, and also ordered the production to be far away from populated areas. The meaning of production was too heavy.

As for the technology of granular gunpowder, craftsmen have already mastered it and do not need Zhang Zongxian to remind them.

The biggest problem in taking classes in winter is that opening the windows does not provide warmth or lighting. This makes Zhang Zongxian extremely irritable. Isn’t it just glass?

I remembered the refining scene I saw on TV. I built a furnace near the steel-making furnace and put sand and various substances in it to melt it. I don’t believe it, but I can’t try it out.

The horse market was hoarding wool like crazy, and merchants from all over the country came to Qingjian County to buy wool thread despite the severe cold. Later, Hu Biao spent a lot of money to find a dyeing master to dye the wool and then sell it, which made it even more popular.

Zhang Zongxian praised Hu Biao's initiative and asked Hu Biao and the dyeing master to build a separate factory to produce dyed wool. Taiping accounted for 30% of the shares, Hu Biao accounted for the remaining 40%, and the dyeing master accounted for 30%.

This behavior stimulated many craftsmen, and various craftsmen and businessmen from nearby counties came to Qingjian County to open workshops. Zhang Zongxian took advantage of the situation and designated a large piece of wasteland in the west of the city as an industrial zone.

As long as there is a market for what you produce, Taiping will lend you money. It will be interest-free in the first year. There will be no rent for the land.

Zhang Zongxian has also continued to place orders in the market to continue to stimulate the development of the manufacturing industry. For example, he recently invited bids for two thousand pairs of large leather shoes for the new army to dress up. One thousand pairs of long riding boots were prepared for the cavalry team. The equipment of the new army has also been replaced.

Made of leather.

In addition to the Liujia Workshop, three new iron-making workshops have opened. They mainly produce agricultural tools, iron pots and the like.

The prosperity of the manufacturing industry has driven all walks of life. Although it is winter, everyone's enthusiasm has not diminished. Every day's transactions in the horse market hit new highs.

The permanent population of the county is also increasing the demand for workshops. The demand for heating fuel in winter has also increased significantly. The price of coal and charcoal has also soared. The road from nearby Shenmu County to Qingjian County is full of large trucks pulling coal.

The increase in population also brought about various chaos, and more people came to the county government for mediation. Zhang Zongxian and his disciples formulated many city management regulations to regulate the behavior of the people.

For example: if a contract is required to rent a house, disputes will not be accepted if the contract is not signed. If the contract is signed, taxes must be paid.

Strictly crack down on littering and open defecation. If caught, you will have to pay money or display a wooden sign to the public.

Demarcate areas for mobile vendors, and all must hold licenses and pay taxes.

Horseback riding is not allowed in the county town except for official duties, and horse-drawn carriages are not allowed to run in the county town. Anyway, a road around the city wall has been built, so you can run around the city in a hurry.

Zhang Zongxian also experimentally established an administrative processing center. The yamen was too serious and the people were always cautious when doing things. He rented several shops at the yamen gate and transformed them into open windows similar to those in his previous life, allowing people to handle various contracts and make up for repairs.

All taxes are paid here.

The reconstruction plan of the county government office was also put on the agenda. Once the road construction was completed and the manpower available, the county government office wall was demolished and turned into a reception window.

At the same time, he was guarding the eunuch's mansion in Nayansui Town.

The guarding eunuch An Qiusheng was currently meeting with the handsome guard in Qingjian County who accompanied Eunuch Li that day.

Before the big man in Jin Yiwei could finish speaking, An Qiusheng had people drive the big man out of Jin Yiwei. Because he was recommended by the staff next to him. At this moment, he asked in confusion:

"My father-in-law, Qingjian County is indeed very fat now! The Nama Market alone is a huge business, and the strong liquor is in short supply on the grassland!

In Guiduo City, the price is 20 taels per catty, but there is no market. Now this Tianru wine is released, and it can be sold for 300 taels per catty in the capital. It is about to become a tribute wine.

This year’s earning is at least one million taels!

And Huang Shilang has always been filial to his father-in-law, but he was destroyed when the county magistrate said it would be destroyed. He doesn't give you any face at all. If you just let his father-in-law go, where will you put your face?

Why not call the soldiers from Yansui Town to disguise themselves as Tatars and wash out the Qingjian County, and kidnap the brewers and bring them back, then from now on, my father-in-law, you will not be short of money to honor the palace."

Mr. An gave the staff member a cold look.

"Idiot, then Jin Yiwei is a fool and you are also a fool. So Li Jin is nothing after all? But behind Li Jinzhong is the Wei Dynasty, and behind the Wei Dynasty is the Eunuch Wang An. How many of you have the brains to touch the Eunuch Wang?

Qingjian County was also purged, and the Tatars killed the county magistrate. This was a major event that shocked the government and the public. The court would definitely investigate the first one, and I, the supervisor, would be the one to be attacked.

No matter how much money you spend, it will only benefit others."

The staff member was still unwilling to accept it and said

Master, then send someone to warn the county magistrate, or ask the people below to intercept their caravan. Unless you are given an annual profit of 500,000 taels, their goods will not be allowed out of the border wall.

The more Mr. An looked at this staff member, the more he disliked him. If you were my fucking brother-in-law, I would have beaten you to death. He could only sigh helplessly:

"Those border generals who owe money to the imperial court are all hoping to collect the tolls. Banning caravans will cut off their financial resources. If they cause trouble due to paying them, the imperial court will use my head to settle the trouble."

Now the staff had nothing to say.
Chapter completed!