Zhou Keshan insisted that he was a maritime merchant from Mingzhou of the Song Dynasty, and Guo Yaoer only regarded him as a maritime merchant from the Song Dynasty. Even if this Song Dynasty maritime merchant said "my family is the commander-in-chief", he still had to be a Song Dynasty maritime merchant.
As long as everyone understands it in their hearts, there is no need to inquire too carefully about other trivial matters.
After taking out a batch of cheap weapons as bribes, and with Guo Yao'er's consent, Zhang Kai and his party gained the right to settle in Banqiao Town, effectively occupying the former place of Jiaoxi Forge.
This place is located at the junction of Laizhou and Mizhou. It seems very dangerous, but in fact the situation is very delicate. And about eighty miles upstream of Gushui outside Banqiao Town is Banqiao Town, which Zhao Bin worked hard to manage. . Taking this as a foothold is enough to echo the Zhang family’s operations in Mingzhou for several generations and form a reliable business route.
As for how to deal with Zhang Kai's nemesis in the process of doing business, Mr. Shi Sanye, who was said to be very powerful in the Southern Song Dynasty, is another matter.
According to Zhao Bin, he has at least a dozen ways to make Mr. Shi die in Sanshan Port in Laizhou. However, he should not spoil the business of assassinating the judge at the moment, so he should be merciful for the time being.
Moreover, Zhang Kai himself understood that the next priority was not to seek revenge, but to quickly replenish the manpower of the caravan and repair the ship. Everything was focused on business.
For ship repairs, Zhou Keshan recruited several familiar craftsmen from Fushan Island, gave them enough benefits, and asked them to work day and night.
As for the manpower to operate the three ships on the sea, there was really no place to find them for a while. In the end, because Wang Erbai tried his best to recommend his companions in Wandu Village, Haizhou, the group had to figure out how to go to Haizhou. If they want to cross the area controlled by Yang An'er from north to south, it will be difficult to do so.
Originally, the relationship between Guo Ning and Yang An'er's families was not completely hostile. There were a few people who could get things done, and as long as it was not publicized, it wouldn't be too difficult.
However, the person who did this the previous time was Guo Ning himself. The person who did it the next time was Sui Wang Wanyan Shouxu and his party.
Wanyan Shouxu and his party relied on the cover of Yan Ning, Gao Xin and others in Ding Haijun and relied on the Quanzhen Sect to secretly play a role, so they walked in an upright manner.
It wasn't until he arrived in Kaifeng and assigned people to seize the military and political positions in Kaifeng that Yang An'er learned about such a thing. He suffered a big loss each time. No matter how patient Yang An'er was, he would inevitably get angry. He was furious and killed several people who had neglected their duties.
As a result, the generals in various places became more vigilant. Zhang Kai and others discussed it several times, but there was no proper way. In the end, they felt that instead of going by land, it was better to repair a fast boat first, barely control the boat, and then leave. A sea journey south.
Of course, before that, Zhao Bin also sent a reliable companion to deliver the letter Guo Yaer brought to Geng Ge to Dengzhou.
A few days later, Geng Ge received this letter and immediately knew that it was obviously not for him alone. He could always do a good job in Dengzhou in this world where the court, Yang An'er, and Guo Ning were swinging. As a governor, he naturally has his merits. He immediately brought the letter and went to Ye County.
When he arrived at the Jieshuai Mansion in Ye County, he learned that Guo Ning was surveying an iron yard to the north of Jiaoshui County. Geng Ge did not delay and immediately went out and rushed towards the iron yard.
Tiechang is a subordinate of the Laiyang Mine Superintendent, and is under the jurisdiction of the Ordnance General Department under the Secretary of Government. The work in this area is generally coordinated by the removal of Chu materials, and there are also officials he trusts who are responsible for the specific responsibility, and there are also people sent by Jing'an people. The representative is permanently stationed to supervise the output of ordnance. However, Guo Ning also comes to inspect from time to time and gives direct instructions.
In this regard, Guo Ning is not superstitious about the role of the system. The so-called system is, in the final analysis, a collection of many people. So many people were originally under Daikin's system, but none of them made any achievements. They are really just in Dinghai governance.
Next, each one has been reborn and energized a hundred times?
It may be said that it is possible, but in reality it is definitely not possible.
Because of some special expectations for the future, it is true that the atmosphere of the navy is more high-spirited. It is also true that Yi La Chucai has outstanding talents in government affairs.
But the military book says that important matters of the country, the place of life and death, and the law of survival must be observed. The army is Guo Ning's foundation, and victory is the guarantee for Guo Ning to gather people's hearts. Therefore, when it comes to the specific military affairs in front of Guo Ning, he still believes in it.
With my own vision and judgment, I am willing to see the pros and cons of everything with my own eyes.
In the past few days, as the weather has gotten warmer, mining of iron mines, and even gold and silver mines has been in full swing. Outsiders can't help but focus on gold and silver, thinking that it is the most direct wealth. But Guo
Ning pays more attention to the output of iron and steel.
He visits several iron mines under Laiyang Mine Supervisor every three to five days.
"Commander Jie, please look. Over there is the Xiaogu River that flows from Nanshan. We have built several pontoons on the river to collect water and wash iron sand. Well, Commander Jie said a few days ago that the ore is ground with a mill.
We are also trying this method. Jieshuai, the place where the river bank is built in front is where the water dam is planned to be placed."
Most of the craftsmen in this iron mine are old people from Laiwu Iron and Steel Industry, so the supervisor is also from Laiwu. This middle-aged man didn't know what to worry about before, so he pretended to be a farmer and plowed the land for a month. In the past few days,
Ricai was found by his old companions and was frightened by the salary offered by Guo Ning, so he started working like a top.
He had seen Guo Ning several times before, so he was extra attentive at the moment.
In the mine, the miners who passed by Guo Ning would also look at Guo Ning curiously.
Guo Ning also looked at the miners. Most of these people had dark faces, and their bodies and heads were messy and unkempt. However, most of them had lean bodies, with muscles on their exposed arms and shoulders, which were tempered by years of hard work.
Because it was work time at noon, some miners were walking and eating pancakes. The pancakes were obviously too dry. Some people were eating and suddenly left the team and ran to the river to scoop water to drink. Then they were slapped by the foreman.
Suddenly scolded.
Guo Ning waved to several of the miners and continued to listen to the supervisor:
"Jie Shuai, look here again. From here all the way to the west, five miles away, there are mineral veins. There are three mineral veins that have been opened... They should be the remains of the Jingdong Road Mine Supervisor in the Southern Song Dynasty. There are
Two places collapsed and are completely unusable. So this time, we are going to open another vein and put a new furnace site here..."
The supervisor stamped his feet and said: "This place is right between the mine veins and the Xiaogu River. It bypasses the earth slope and has a depression. It is just right to build two more warehouses. The refined iron produced is transferred to the workshop directly under the Ordnance Department in the south.
Very convenient.”
Guo Ning doesn't have any special knowledge in this regard. When he came to inspect last time, he had some small ideas, but he didn't know whether they would be useful or not, let alone whether they would cause trouble to the mine. This time he came, determined to just
Listen or speak, don't say much except to supervise the progress.
But seeing the overseer's face full of joy and his gesticulating movements so wide, he was inevitably infected and laughed a few times from time to time.
At this moment, someone announced that Geng Ge had arrived.
"Huh?" Guo Ning said with a smile: "Chief Geng has a lot of free time, so he wants to join in the fun with me again?"
Guo Ning is a pure martial man who doesn't like red tape or hypocrisy. Although he doesn't deliberately win over Geng Ge, he is not particularly wary or disrespectful towards Geng Ge. He treats him as a capable subordinate. After a few months,
Geng Ge and Junfu Wenwen were getting along really well.
Listening to Guo Ning's joke from a distance, Geng Ge responded with a smile, walked closer, and handed the letter directly to Guo Ning: "Jie Shuai, a letter signed by Yang An'er, the governor of Mizhou."
Guo Ning had known about this for a long time. He assassinated Chu Cai's promising partner and was chased and fled. In the end, he traveled across most of the Shandong Peninsula, but ended up at the same place as the originally planned partner. What a coincidence.
, lucky enough.
The newly formed caravan reached out to Yang An'er's control area so quickly, which was really bold.
As for this letter...
Guo Ning opened the letter and sighed before reading it carefully.
"What? Jieshuai, is there something wrong?" Geng Ge was a little nervous.
"This must be Guo Yao'er's handwriting. This guy's handwriting is ten times uglier than mine. It's like a dog crawling."
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