A mouthful of tea spurted out, and Yang Ming looked at Dugu Xin in the room with dumbfounded eyes.
"Did I hear you correctly? What did you just say?"
Dugu Huaien helped light the lamp in the room, and then said with a smile:
"Nowadays, the scale of the refinery is growing day by day, which is driving the entire surrounding area. I have inspected and found that the population of the surrounding villages has surged. Peizhuang has a population of nearly 30,000 due to the mineral processing plant. Shimen Village has a bamboo yard and a clay yard, with a population of almost 30,000.
, the same is true for other villages, all benefiting from the refinery. In Wenxi County, 30 new dyeing houses and 21 embroidery houses have been added in the past six months. It is a fact that the population will surge sharply in the future, so I thought about it early.
Take action."
When the new smelting site was started, all the smelting furnaces located in six villages were demolished and converted into batching sites. Due to the extremely huge demand for the new smelting site, those villages not only did not decline due to the change of site of the smelting site, but also became more
Become prosperous.
In the Sui Dynasty, the best place to find women is naturally high-end restaurants like Jinyang Tower. The women there are also high-end. Of course, the prices are high and not within the reach of ordinary people.
So what places are suitable for ordinary people? They are dyeing and embroidery workshops.
After all, it was explicitly prohibited, so it was necessary to sell sheep's heads for dog meat. Where in the Sui Dynasty were female workers needed? Isn't it just the dyeing and embroidery workshops? It's the same as the hair washing rooms in later generations.
This thing depends on luck, because you can't see all the dyeing and embroidery workshops from the outside. You can only go in and take a look. Of course, there is at least a half chance of encountering the real one, and then spread it by word of mouth, and everyone will naturally follow it.
Just know where to go.
Yang Ming was embarrassed to laugh at Dugu Xin, after all, his own Jinyang Tower did the same thing.
Moreover, some of what the other party said actually makes sense. Where there are many men, women really need to be there.
After Yang Guang succeeded to the throne, whether he was building Luoyang or the canal, there were actually businesses doing this kind of business around the construction site. Yang Ming had heard of it, and the most exaggerated one was a man pushing a cart with people sitting on it.
A woman, holding a roll of blankets.
If someone takes a fancy to it, they can settle it directly in the forest. Once the blanket is spread, it becomes a bed. The man pushing the cart can also help look out for the wind and prevent others from disturbing it.
This is the most normal physiological need and should not be despised.
If we look at it from a rigorous scientific point of view, if a man does not have sex for a long time, it will cause physical and psychological damage.
Dugu Feng'er is not opposed to this kind of thing. After all, there aren't too many places like this in Luoyang. Although it's prohibited by law, she hasn't heard of anyone's family being investigated. Her Dugu family also does this.
Because the workers at the new refinery are all paid and can afford the money, and a large number of suppliers are constantly coming to Wenxi, this place will soon be the richest and most prosperous place in Hedong, worthy of being
Shanxi is called Little Luoyang, just like many places call themselves Little Hong Kong.
"You are now the Governor of Hedong, what do you think?" Yang Ming teased.
After all, it is expressly forbidden, and he is the prince, so he cannot nod this way, so as not to fall into the facts. If Dugu Huaien is allowed to nod his head, everyone will say in the future that it was the governor's tacit approval and has nothing to do with the prince. The prince does not even know
.
Just like many corrupt officials in history who did countless corrupt things and perverted the law, they would eventually say that the emperor didn't know. Did he really not know? He was just pretending not to know. If he wasn't stupid or deaf, he wouldn't be the head of the family.
Dugu Huaien felt that it didn't matter, and nodded: "Whether it is craftsmen or migrant workers, they really need a place to have fun. I have also heard that many migrant workers will go to Wenxi at night, and they will come and go until the next morning.
Yes, if things continue like this, it will inevitably consume mental and physical energy.”
Those who go to Wenxi County are willing to spend money, and if they are reluctant, there are solutions in the surrounding villages.
Tangying Township is forty miles away from Wenxi County. Walking back and forth at night on two legs, the real enjoyment time is only half an hour, which shows how attractive this thing is to men.
Yang Ming frowned and said, "Isn't there a curfew at night in Wenxi County?"
"There's a curfew," Dugu Huaien said: "But the wealthy businessmen in the city and the city defense have already made arrangements to let people in secretly at night."
Isn't this a dereliction of duty? In order to make money, the city defense is ignored?
Yang Ming was angry. Wenxi's city defense was decided by the Pei family. It can be seen that the Pei family was also involved in this business. If you look at it this way, it is really necessary to build some dyeing and embroidery workshops nearby to save migrant workers from running away.
long way.
Yang Ming continued: "You are the Grand Governor now. You must get the badges of all the personnel in the refinery. Except for Wenxi County, if you want to go to other places, you must have business approval. Otherwise, you must not stay away. The craftsmanship will be leaked.
You can't bear the crime."
Dugu Huaien nodded and said: "Don't worry, this matter has been taken care of. The division of labor in the refinery is clear now, and no idlers are allowed to observe. The craftsmanship in each workshop is a single item, and it is in the hands of the masters. If you control these people well, you can
Can."
Yang Ming nodded, then got up and left with Feng'er.
Dugu Xin waited until Yang Ming left before looking at Dugu Huaien: "Do you think His Highness agreed?"
Dugu Huaien said: "It's a routine to talk to His Majesty. It seems like you don't nod, but in fact you do."
"I understand," Dugu Xin was also a clever man and said with a smile, "So you can just nod?"
Dugu Huaien said coldly: "Please call me Grand Governor, or uncle."
Dugu Xin stood up and saluted Dugu Huaien and said, "That nephew is going to do something big now."
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The Dugu family is very wealthy, because they have always focused on making money, and Dafang, Dugu Zuan, is the most important because they were afraid of poverty when they were young.
Dugu Xin didn't do anything, but he took drastic measures. He actually directly hired thousands of people to break ground at the foot of a mountain not far from the training ground, intending to build an entertainment villa integrating high-end and low-end.
This is the territory of the Pei family, and Dugu Xin is a sensible person, so he took the initiative to find the Pei family and let them join.
The two families and the prince are related by marriage, so they have to give each other face.
Xue Shixiong, the general of Youyiwei, was responsible for sending the armor and weapons forged in Hedong to Luoyang. When he saw the first batch of armored stomachs, his eyes lit up and he wanted to take them all back to his home and equip them with his own weapons.
Part.
The Pei family has taken all this good thing. How great would it be if the training ground were located in Fenyin and Longmen?
The three families in Hedong, the Pei family dominated Wenxi and Jishan, the Xue family dominated Fenyin and Longmen, and the Liu family dominated Jie County, all had their own territories.
Xue Shixiong approached Yun Dingxing at the training ground and chatted privately:
"I heard that the blast furnace you built is a high-quality product?"
Yun Dingxing smiled and said: "Wu Yin Gong is interested?"
"It's fun to talk to people who understand," Xue Shixiong said with a smile: "How about selling me a batch? Money is not an issue."
Yun Dingxing whispered: "There is no problem on my side, but you have to queue up. Also, the cost is really high, so you have to have an idea."
Xue Shixiong laughed and said: "You get what you pay for. I understand this truth. I saw the sword presented by the prince with my own eyes at the court meeting. It's worth all the money spent."
If you say so, then the current price can be adjusted upward. The higher the price, the more sufficient my 10% commission will be.
Yun Dingxing said: "In that case, let's not talk about money. How about you come up with the amount you want and send it to your house in three months?"
"Good brother."
The first batch of delivery of 6,000 weapons of various types and 1,500 pieces of armor was personally counted by Xue Shixiong and escorted back to Luoyang by his guards.
The emperor has been urging him, because Yang Guang wants to see whether it can be produced in large quantities and how much it can produce. This is what he cares about most.
Xue Shixiong was also happy, because he was going to fight Goguryeo. With this kind of magical weapon, he couldn't wait to try it on Goguryeo.
Not far from the refinery, a shooting range was opened to test the armor-piercing capabilities of arrow clusters made from refined steel.
The effect is very significant.
In the Tai Sui Dynasty, the standard for the archery range was to hit the target in thirty steps, and for an expert to hit the target in fifty steps, that is, forty-five meters and seventy meters.
After the test, the new arrow cluster can directly break armor within twenty steps, that is, thirty meters. Above twenty steps, the effect gradually decreases, but if it is thrown from a hundred steps away, the armor can be broken even more, because with the help of
Inertia and wind force.
In other words, if two armies are facing each other, if they fire a few rounds of projectiles from a long distance, they can knock down the entire opponent. Unless everyone on the opposite side has a shield, that is impossible.
The test personnel at the shooting range are all Yang Ming's subordinates. Song Laosheng leads the team and is stationed here, specifically responsible for Yang Ming's safety.
This unit is the elite of the elite, because they do nothing else but train troops. They are professional soldiers, which are different from the military guards under the military system.
Of course, it also cost Yang Ming a lot of money.
"Read the military book when you have time," Yang Ming looked at Feng'er's shooting target and said to Song Laosheng behind him.
Song Laosheng said embarrassedly: "If you don't read, you really don't have any books."
Although he is a bandit, he is literate. An illiterate bandit cannot be a bandit leader. How can you be a bandit leader if you can't even read the reward notices in the county?
Yang Ming said: "I will find some for you, and be sure to study them carefully."
Song Laosheng was immediately overjoyed. The prince gave him a military letter, indicating that he had high hopes for him and was determined to promote him. This was definitely a good thing.
"Your Highness's kindness is hard to repay even if you die because of your humble position," Song Laosheng said gratefully.
Yang Ming smiled and said nothing more.
His Bubu must be given priority to change clothes. The batch of goods that Xue Shixiong escorted away was only two-thirds of the shipment, and the other third had already been assembled for his Bubu.
It is impossible for people to have no selfish motives. Isn’t there a saying that says: If people don’t do it for themselves, they will be punished by heaven and earth.
Yang Guang doesn't have to worry about whether his son will take advantage of the state treasury. Yang Ming will definitely take advantage of the state treasury because he needs to strengthen his private armed forces in order to have the power to turn things around in the future.
He planned for the country, for the people, and for the Sui Dynasty.