I’m The King

The capital of Chu, Yingcheng.

Huang Xie finally ended his busy day. He straightened up from the piles of papers, stretched his waist, and let out a long sigh of relief. Finally, he could take a break and returned to the mansion to take a warm bath. Then let the maid’s soft hands press the sore bones of her body, and she can sleep well and cultivate enough energy to devote herself to tomorrow’s work.

Chu State is too big, and there are too many things. Even after the memorials have been screened through the booklet, and only picking up some important things and sending them to me, they still have endless work to do.

After standing up from the big case, he straightened up some crumpled clothes. Huang Xie was about to leave the public hall and return home. Today, for the whole day, except for the convenience of eating, he almost never left this @猪@猪@岛@小说ww.zzhdo .om big case, there are always endless memorials, endless officials.

However, although tired, Huang Xie is not tired. Once there is really nothing to do, he doubts that he will be able to sustain it.

"My lord, Commander Zhao, please see me." Before he stepped out of the threshold, a subordinate official had rushed over and bowed.

"Shucheng? Why did he come at this time?" Huang Xie frowned, and it was almost the third watch. As the ghost commander, how could Zhao Shucheng rush to see him? Didn't he go to Jiangnan? Could something big happened again?

My heart tightened, and the fatigue that had just surfaced flew away immediately, "please please."

When Zhao Shucheng set foot in the official hall of Huang Xie, Huang Xie was already sitting right after the gong'an. He saw him coming in and stood up straight, "Shucheng, did you just come back from Jiangnan? Why don't you take a break? What an urgent matter? Tell me today?"

Zhao Shucheng bowed and bowed to Huang Xie: "Shoufu, Shucheng is a warrior. He is used to running long distances, but he is not tired. He just heard about something when he came back. He felt that something was wrong, so he rushed to see him. Shoufu, it won't delay your rest, will you?"

Huang Xie laughed and said, "You don't feel tired after traveling all the way back from Jiangnan. I sit in the official office this day, and those who rarely walk a few steps dare to shout tired? Is the Jiangnan trip going well?"

"It's okay, the Jiangnan riot case, some eyebrows were found." Zhao Shucheng said.

"Oh, so to speak, have you figured out the ins and outs of this riot?" Huang Xie was immediately delighted. Jiangnan is a rich place for Da Chu, but it has been more than a year. However, many riots broke out, which caused him a headache.

Speaking of this, Zhao Shucheng's brows were deeply frowned: "Although there are some eyebrows, but it is still far away from the water, but the subordinates can be sure that there must be the shadow of the Han people here. This is their specialty. ."

"The weaver riots, why did you get on the line with the Han people again? There has never been such information before!" Huang Xie was taken aback, but everything became a relationship with the Han people. All made him very vigilant.

"Shoufu, the riots of the weavers have occurred three times this year, although they have occurred in different counties in the south of the Yangtze River. However, the organization has become tighter and more destructive each time. From the latest riot, the subordinates Smell some familiar smells. So I rushed over by myself, but unfortunately, the trap I laid down. It fell short at the last moment. The other hero broke his wrist. The suspects I followed all died inexplicably. All the clues were complete. Discontinued. Originally, I was still hesitating my own judgment, but this time, I can be sure that in the riot, our colleagues must be in trouble, otherwise I would never be aware of my actions."

"Jiangnan is the place where taxes are important for my great Chu. This time after time, the court is really overwhelmed. The tax and silver shipped from Jiangnan today was reduced by one-fifth in the same period last year. You still need to spend more on this. For good, find out the source as soon as possible. I would rather kill a thousand by mistake than let one go." Huang Xie said murderously.

Zhao Shucheng hesitated for a moment, and finally gained the courage, "My lord, the Han people are doing tricks here. I have the confidence to find them out and kill them cleanly, but when it comes to the source, I can't cut it off. "

"Why is this?" Huang Xie said strangely, "Aren't these Han spies the source?"

"No." Zhao Shucheng shook his head, "If you want to talk about the source, it is our own people. Originally, the subordinates didn't quite understand what was going on here. This time, I went down to talk with a county magistrate. This person has seen people before. , Talking with him all night, it made me realize it suddenly."

"Talk about it." Huang Xie was interested.

"The source is our technological leap forward in weaving and silk reeling." Zhao Shucheng looked at Huang Xie and said.

"What is this? Isn't technological progress a good thing? Why is the country's national strength continuing to leapfrog development? It is because of the development of a technology that is related to the national economy and the people's livelihood. Has it become the source of the disaster?" Huang Xie asked rhetorically.

Zhao Shucheng regrets a little bit. You must know that Shoufu's family is the leader in controlling the domestic silk weaving industry, and the family of his in-laws, the doctor Fan Zhuo, controls the pricing power of domestic silk weaving. At this point, it is impossible to take it back.

"Shoufu, the reason why Han is like this is that their development is developed step by step, and our technological advances in silk reeling and weaving are derived from Han, and before that, we did not do it. With relevant preparations, the leap-forward development of these two technologies has indeed reduced the cost of products, and the decline in prices has brought about a large increase in exports. At the same time, our weavers and silk workers have lost a lot of jobs because of this technology. In various parts of Jiangnan, the workshops originally required a lot of manpower, but now, a single machine can do the work of a dozen people before. What about these people who have lost their source of livelihood? How do they live and what to feed their families? We? Unlike Han, there are a large number of workshops that can absorb these lost jobs. Over time, and with some people instigating it, it is difficult to avoid accidents. These times this year, the scale has become larger and more organized. The stronger you come, your subordinates worry that if this continues, they will really lose control!"

Seeing Zhao Shucheng's appearance, Huang Xie knew exactly what was going on. Technological leaps brought wealth, but at the same time brought disaster.

"The Han people were not at ease at the beginning. They must know the consequences of doing this. Subordinates feel that this is their deliberate behavior." Zhao Shucheng said angrily.

Huang Xie waved his hand, "Don't think badly about everything. This is also because we didn't think about the possible consequences. We didn't do a good job of doing it. I will find a way to solve this matter."

Of course, Huang Xie cannot admit what Zhao Shucheng said. If Zhao Shucheng was asked to attribute this incident to a deliberate act of the Han people, once he went to the court to discuss it, I was afraid that his relative Fan Zhuo would just eat and suffer, and he would also suffer. The important thing is that the advancement of looms and silk reeling technology has indeed brought about an increase in wealth. Next, I only need to solve the problem of the way out for unemployed workers, and this matter has been successfully resolved.

"Yes." Zhao Shucheng nodded, no longer entangled in this topic, this matter is related to Shoufu, just click it, if you say too much, not only will it not help, but it will also make Shoufu have an opinion about himself. "Shoufu, I am here today not for this, but I heard that Shoufu agreed to introduce Han's bridge repair technology and let Han merchants contract to build our country's bridges?"

"Yes, it is true, but there is one more thing you haven't heard of. We spent a million taels of silver to buy the full set of technology for the Hanren reinforced concrete bridge, and another 200,000 taels of silver to buy cement. With dozens of labeling formulas, this is a good deal." Huang Xie said with a smile.

"I think there must be another Han conspiracy here." Zhao Shucheng said.

"Shucheng, I think you are about to get an occupational disease. You don't know much about this. How can you conclude that there is another conspiracy? The blueprints we bought are real and genuine. Let the Han people repair a few in the country. After the bridge is completed, our people will learn about it, and we can repair it by ourselves in the future." Huang Xie smiled.

"Shoufu, I am worried that the Han Chinese engineering team can walk through the mountains and rivers and valleys of our country in a big way. We don't have any secrets about them." Zhao Shucheng was a little discouraged.

Huang Xie laughed, "Shucheng, even if there is no Han engineering team coming in, would it be difficult for them to get our detailed geographical situation? To put it bluntly, a businessman took the silver and walked to that county casually. , I’m afraid I’ll be able to buy the pictures of our county. I have carefully discussed with the Taiwei, this matter is greatly beneficial to our great Chu, and it is also good for the military. Originally, I was going to be the first Construction started around Yingcheng, but if you come back today and say that, I have changed my mind."

"Are you going to?"

"I plan to put the first bridge and even the next few bridges in Jiangnan. Aren't there many silk weavers in Jiangnan who have no source of livelihood? Then we will go to repair the bridge and pave the road, which requires a lot of manpower. Can digest part of it, right?"

"Isn't it anymore?" Zhao Shucheng asked in surprise ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ no longer a serviceman, this time we also learn from the Han people, work and earn money. It is not our court that takes money either. "Huang Xie smiled.

"Why didn't the court take the money when building the bridge and paving the road?" Zhao Shucheng asked in surprise.

"According to the plan put forward by this businessman, the construction was funded by the private sector. After the construction, the card will be charged to recover the cost and make money. This is a good idea. We are a lot of rich people, and the money is buried in the cellar. The rust is moldy, so I just let them use it. The businessman still wants to pay his own capital to repair the bridge, but Yao Shangshu, the Ministry of Household, has decided to do some calculations and rejected him. How can such a lucrative thing be cheaper? Han people, they only care about the repairs, we pay the wages, and we will get out after the repairs." Huang Xie smiled.

"Well, isn't this just buying road money?" Zhao Shucheng was a little bit dumbfounded.

"Whoever benefits, whoever pays!" Huang Xie said disapprovingly: "This Han merchant is right. I didn't ask you to cross this bridge. You can take a ferry or swim there, but This bridge was built by my private investment. It is natural to charge you a little toll, just like we collect money for entering the city at the gate of the city.” (To be continued...)