Since the conversation has started, Tong Yangjia is not polite. Tong Yangjia asked, "Brother, have you ever been the governor of Yazhou? Have you heard of the iron ore in Yazhou?"

Lu Shiyuan thought for a while and said, "I haven't heard of the Da Iron Mine. May I ask the King of Chu that he didn't say the detailed address?"

Tong Yangjia said: "The King of Chu only mentioned one place name, saying it was Shilushan, and saying it was in Yazhou."

Lu Shiyuan lowered his head and thought for a while and said, "There is really no place called Shilu around Yazhou. However, there is a mountain called Shilushan in Changhua. When I was grateful to the county magistrate, I heard that someone there was digging copper mines, but not iron ore."

Tong Yangjia said: "It may be here. The King of Chu said that he was not sure that he was in Yazhou. It is very likely that he would go somewhere else."

Lu Shiyuan said: "This is easy to deal with. I will go to Wenchanghua County in a while and ask about their situation."

Tong Yangjia shook his head and said, "It's too late. When I came, I made a military order in front of the King of Chu. The first batch of iron ore must be transported out within two months."

Lu Shiyuan was shocked and said, "Sir, this is impossible. Changhua County is OK, but Shilu Mountain is nearly a hundred miles away from the county town. The place is full of Shengli territory, and the Han people cannot enter. In addition, there is no road, so it will take time to transport it out."

Of course Tong Yangjia knew the situation was serious, but there was no way. Tong Yangjia said, "I brought more than a thousand craftsmen, but the manpower was still not enough. Do you know what big family there is in Hainan? What if it doesn't work and let them invest in it?"

Tong Yangjia used to manage industry in Dongguan and saw with his own eyes how Zhu Hongsan handled the development zone. Tong Yangjia was very optimistic about this method of empty gloves and was planning to use it in Qiongzhou.

Lu Shiyuan heard Tong Yangjia say this: "Sir, the people are not allowed to mine, isn't this the case?"

Tong Yangjia said, "My brother, things are urgent now, I will think about the rest in the future."

Lu Shiyuan said: "There are several big families in Qiongzhou Prefecture, but the first one is the Hai family. It is the Haigang Peak during the Jiajing period."

The ancestor of the Qing Dynasty official Hai Rui lived in Fujian during the Song Dynasty. The "Hai Family Genealogy" records that Haiqi, the ancestor of the Hai surname in Hainan, moved from Fujian to Guangdong during the reign of Emperor Lizong of the Southern Song Dynasty, and settled in Panyu. Haiqi gave birth to the second-generation ancestor Haiyu, Haiyu gave birth to the third-generation ancestor Haifuzhen, Haifuzhen gave birth to the fourth-generation ancestor Haixunzhi, and Haixunzhi served as the commander of Guangdong Wei when Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding country of Ming Dynasty. Haixun was born in Haidar, and Haidar followed his father to join Qiongzhou in the 16th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty. He settled in Qiongshan Zuosu, and later moved out of the military camp and lived in Xiayin Village, Xiayin, the city of Qiongshan.

Hai Daer was different from his father Hai Xunzhi. He hoped that his children and grandchildren could go on the imperial examination. Although in the military compound, Hai Daer's son Hai Kuan was quite successful and passed the imperial examination. In the Ming Dynasty, the imperial examination could go on the official career. Hai Kuan chose the place where his ancestors lived to be the magistrate of Songxi County, Fujian. Hai Kuan was a literati and in that era when everything was inferior and only had high school education, he naturally hoped that his son would participate in the imperial examination.

Haikuan was very pleased. His three sons were all very promising. His eldest son Hai Cheng passed the imperial examination and became the chief censor of Sichuan Dao Supervision and Censor; his second son Hailan passed the imperial examination and passed the imperial examination, and his third son Haihan also became a student. Although Haihan was not as good as his two brothers, he gave birth to an amazing son, that is, Hai Rui. After Hai Rui passed the imperial examination, he had been unable to surpass himself. In the end, like his grandfather Hai Kuan, he once served as the magistrate in Xingguo County, Jiangxi, the hometown of the traitor Yan Song, with his diploma.

Hai Rui was so famous in history that he had considerable influence at that time because of his honest politics, so that Emperor Jiajing Long Yan was furious and could not be killed directly even if he was imprisoned. In addition to being upright, Hai Rui did not hesitate to bet on his marriage in building an official circle.

In the third year of Longqing, Hai Rui, who was unhappy in working in Nanjing, applied to go back to his hometown to rest. Unexpectedly, he had been resting for fifteen years and had never left the officialdom for so long. It is conceivable that Hai Rui's mental blow was hit. During this period, Hai Rui married a wife of Qiu.

Mrs. Qiu is the same village as Hai Rui, but this lady is very famous. Her great-grandfather is Qiu Jun, who is the first in the second place in the imperial examination (the fourth place in the country is very awesome, and Zhang Juzheng ranked 12th in the country). After four dynasties, Daizong, Yingzong, Xianzong and Xiaozong, he worked as an official in Beijing for 40 years, becoming the Minister of Rites and the Grand Secretary of Wenyuan Pavilion. The Qiu family is a wealthy family in Xiayin Village, Zhujili, and Qiu Jun’s descendants have a lot of Jinshi Juren.

Hai Rui's marriage with Qiu was no longer drunk. In the 12th year of Wanli, Hai Rui, who was already 73 years old, had already reached retirement age, but the emperor suddenly recalled him and ordered him to serve as the right censor of the Nanjing Censorate. He was soon promoted to the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Personnel, equivalent to the deputy minister of the Organization Department. Unfortunately, Mrs. Qiu's three-year-old daughter died early, so that Hai Rui did not attend the funeral with her own flesh and blood.

Hai Shuzu, the contemporary head of the Hai family, is not Hai Rui's grandson. Hai Rui has a cousin named Haier, and Haier's second son is Hai Zhongshi, who was adopted by Hai Rui. Although Hai Rui had not been officially adopted before his death, the relationship has been confirmed. Hai Zhongshi gave birth to a son, which was this Hai Shuzu.

Although Hai Rui did not have a son, his nephew Hai Peng passed the imperial examination and was appointed as the magistrate of Wuzhou; his nephew, Sun Haimai, was a juren and was promoted to the prefecture. The descendants of the Hai family struggled endlessly, and together with the marriage to the Qiu family and the Liang family, the Hai family was still a wealthy family in Qiongzhou.

Although Hai Zhongshi had a halo of Hai Rui, this branch of the Hai family did not show any interest in the imperial examination career. On the contrary, Hai Zhongshi used the family's influence in Guangzhou Maritime and started a trade business. By the time Hai Zhongshi's son Hai Shuzu's generation, his family's wealth was quite rich. It can be said that Hai Shuzu was already a rich and rich man, and was the richest man in Qiongzhou at that time. Hai Shuzu, the son of the second generation of official, obtained wealth through smuggling.

After listening to Lu Shiyuan's speech, Tong Yangjia was overjoyed. When he left Dongguan, the King of Chu explained that he must bind with the local gentry. As for how to bind, it is very simple. Only the same interests are the most stable alliance relationship.

Unlike the Ma brothers, Tong Yangjia admired Zhu Hongsan's statement that "there are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests", so Tong Yangjia was preparing to experiment with Zhu Hongsan's theoretical knowledge in Qiongzhou Prefecture.

Tong Yangjia said, "Do you have any contact with the Hai family?"

Lu Shiyuan looked strange and said after a while: "Sir, the lower official is the Hai family. He is also the cousin of Hai Shuzu."

Tong Yangjia was overjoyed: "Okay, there is nothing wrong now, my brother and I go to Hai's house with me."

Lu Shiyuan had no choice but to go to Hai's house with Tong Yangjia.

The Hai family is located in Zhujilixiayin Village, ten miles outside the city. This village passed through the Hai family and the Qiu family has become a big town for nearly a hundred years.

When he arrived at the door of Hai's house, the servant at the door saw Lu Shiyuan coming, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him and said, "Mr. Aunt is back."

Lu Shiyuan said: "Go and report to your master, the new Qiongzhou Prefect, Lord Tong, is visiting."

The servant dared not delay and hurriedly ran in to report.

After a while, the door of Hai's house opened wide, and a middle-aged man in his fifties came out. He said, "Brother-in-law, that's Lord Tong."

It seems that this is Hai Shuzu. Tong Yangjia stepped forward and bowed and said, "The head of the Hai family, the subordinate is Tong Yangjia."

Hai Shuzu held Tong Yangjia's hand and smiled, "I heard that I was coming to the new magistrate. I was going to visit the city, but I didn't expect that the magistrate would come first. It's a death sentence, a death sentence, please come in quickly."

The three of them entered the mansion together and sat down in the front hall.

Tong Yangjia naturally admired Hai Rui's reputation first, and then said that he had just come to Qiongzhou and asked the Hai family to take care of him, etc.

Of course, Hai Shuzu knew that this was Tong Yangjia's cliché. The Hai family was very powerful, but Hai Shuzu had heard the words of the destruction of the family and the county magistrate who destroyed the family. These local officials all said this, but they still wanted to ask for money from the Hai family.

Hai Shuzu had originally planned to give the prefect a thousand taels of silver to finish the matter. Unexpectedly, Tong Yangjia changed his mind and said, "I don't know if the owner of Haizhuang knows that the price of pig iron in Guangdong has risen sharply, but now it has increased by three times compared to last year."

Of course, Hai Shuzu knew that the Hai family was smuggled. Many pig irons were sent from Fujian to Dongguan by the Hai family.

Hai Shuzu said: "Of course I know, I heard that it has increased to four times now. In this way, how much more can I eat in Guangzhou."

Tong Yangjia smiled and said, "Hai Manor, what if I say I have a big iron ore in my hand, I want to cooperate with your Hai family to mine?"
Chapter completed!