Chapter 167: Forty-two years of Qianlong
It was only more than two years later that Zhao Liang learned why Li Gui was arrested and what was the result after his arrest.
At that time, Wang Lun's Qingshui Doctrine Army had already been "destroyed" and some things were no longer so important. Zhao Liang easily found out.
However, on the third day after Wu Sanniang went out, Li Gui suddenly felt a fever all over his body. Whether it was temple Zhu or the two mates in the land temple, they all thought that Li Gui was unsuccessful.
The medical environment and conditions in this era are too poor. For example, the high temperature disease caused by wind and cold, which is easy to kill people.
But Temple Zhu still adhered to the principle of being entrusted by others to take care of Li Gui at night, but the consequence was that something happened to this care.
Li Gui was drowsy under the high fever. When he was fed water again, he suddenly thought it was his own person and directly said the word "The Emperor" and "The Emperor" was so scared that the mistress was shocked.
Nowadays, the name of the Qingshui Sect and the name of the Emperor Han, I am afraid no one will know about the huge Qilu?
What's more, the government has been crazily searching for the Qingshui Cult thieves recently.
That's the person in front of you?
The mate was first shocked, then he ran to the head of the Wanglu Town town to report the case like crazy.
Then, Li Gui was packed and sent to Caoxian County. He enjoyed the best medical care in Caoxian County in prison, but he was still not rescued.
It is said that the magistrate of Cao County was scolded by the prefect Moersi, who rushed to hear the news.
Because after checking, Li Gui's identity was already very clear, this person is Li Gui, an important figure in the Qingshui Sect!
But now Zhao Liang has no idea about Li Gui's situation. After he and Wu Sanniang confirmed that Li Gui had been arrested, they left the town the next day.
Wu Sanniang was very distraught. But before Zhao Liang could speak, she had already expressed that she wanted to go back to the mountain!
Zhao Liang was also happy and relaxed. His identity is not to be exposed to Qingshui Sect now.
Then he quickly caught up with Feilu, returned to Chenzhou Prefecture, and spent the entire New Year quietly.
It's really quiet.
Southwest Henan is still lurking, and Yimeng Mountain does not need his care. Everything in the capital is in good condition, and Xiangyang and Lingnan have not played cards yet.
Zhao Liang just needs to develop quietly now and it’s OK!
Walking at the intersection of Longlu, looking at the Zhao family's sub-industry, schools, technical schools, charity associations, and those grateful and respectful gazes, you can deeply realize that the foundation of the Zhao family is being consolidated bit by bit.
This feeling of getting stronger every day is really great!
As time entered the 42nd year of Qianlong, a new round of expansion of the Zhao family was about to begin.
And this expansion is different from previous expansions.
Because this time, Zhao Liang was the one who was Hongguoguo, and he was powerful to defeat others.
The restaurants, teahouses, inns, shops, workshops and other industries involved in the Zhao family were either helped by gold fingers and had strong funds; or advanced technology was in charge!
But the mining pit industry that the Zhao family is going to intervene now is different.
Zhao Liang didn't know how to mine, but he knew that there was a practical steam engine in Europe today, and it was thousands of miles away from the Zhao family.
The Zhao family wants to intervene in the mining industry in southwest Henan. It is still one of the most important things that the influence of Heshen is behind them.
Zhao Liang was in charge of Zhoujiakou, and his several managers had already traveled half of Ruzhou. He picked and took two iron ore and one coal mine easily.
Of course, the former owner of the mineral does not want to sell their own industries. They are doing a good job in their business, so why should they transfer it?
But Zhao Liang didn't even move his father-in-law's connections in Ruzhou City. He easily got things done with his famous post from the prefect Su Hetai. In this way, Zhao Liang's "power" that was bullied by others was not Heshen but Su Hetai.
But Su Hetai climbed on the pole and actively pushed the cylinder!
This is not difficult to understand.
Has Su Hetai's attitude changed since Heshen became rich?
The adult society is so realistic. As long as there are benefits, Su Hetai can add the spit they spit without hesitation.
Why is he a little fifth-rank magistrate and his close friend of the Minister of Military Affairs?
The status difference between the two sides is so big, so what if Zhao Liang is a businessman?
As for why Zhao Liang only bought three mines, it was entirely because the Zhao family's funds were still very limited.
I only spent 100,000 taels to Lingnan a year ago, and then the charity association also consumed a lot of money from the Zhao family. They themselves had to keep enough spare funds, and only bought more of the silver they could make up.
However, Songhelou and Workshop are both cash cows with a lot of money. With these two support, the Zhao family will never be short of money.
"Grandpa, dad, look, this is the spinning machine of foreigners. Just put the spinning machine down and arrange a few spindles vertically. One spinning wheel can drive them all, and you can get several times the effort."
In front of the Zhao family was a very standard Jenny machine, even the number of vertical spindles was eight.
"It is cheap and easy to operate. It can be said to be a perfect multi-spinned hand-spinned spinning machine!"
Because if this thing is really popularized, the spinning machine must not be expensive. If it is too expensive, it will ask the people to update it?
"I'm going to send this thing to the capital to see what the attitude there is. Although I think the Ministry of Internal Affairs will not even occupy this thing." Because this thing is too simple.
Not to mention skilled craftsmen, they are just ordinary weavers. You can find a rough idea by taking a look. People with strong manual skills can easily transform three or five units in a day.
"But no matter what the attitude of this thing is in Beijing, we will definitely not be wrong when we buy cotton now."
Spinning suddenly becomes easier. In addition to the price reduction of cotton yarn and to a certain extent, it is called the price reduction of cloth. Another impact is cotton.
That will definitely make cotton become popular.
The Zhao family bought a large amount of cotton, and even if they did not resell it, they just used it for themselves, and they would make a big profit.
What's more, they can still sign purchase agreements with some landlords while taking advantage of the wrong situation. As long as they are willing to combine the price with the market price, those landlords will definitely be willing to accept it.
Even if they were "scam" by the Zhao family, the Zhao family did not treat them badly, right?
In March, the Central Plains became brighter and Zhao Liang took Jenny to Beijing.
As expected, Heshen and Yinglian were very surprised by this Jenny machine, the structure of the Jenny machine was too simple. Unlike the shuttle, there was a spring for technical limitations, the Jenny machine could not be kept secret at all.
Chapter completed!