Chapter 159 Occupation
Compared with the bleakness of the Gan General's Mansion and the Fan Family Branch, Wangjiazhuang is in full swing.
Joining Mongolia, there is enough reason to make Liu Tianyu and Guangji lively.
The 50,000 s of grain was transported over, and although Guangji earned tens of thousands of taels of silver, Liu Tianyu valued the most.
On the third day after he returned to Wangjiazhuang, Yang Shuting brought a few entourages to Wangjiazhuang.
Liu Tianyu went out to greet him in person and came to the study room.
After sitting down, the servants served tea.
As soon as the servant quit, Yang Shuting smiled bitterly and said, "Brother, you have a problem for me! I will come this time, and your third uncle even asked me to advise you not to open an iron ore."
After pausing, he continued: "I am bluntly obsessed with the iron produced by the stand-up furnace, and the output is uncertain, and there is always a risk of blast furnace collapse. There are mixed places. Although I can make a connection with Lingqiu County, it is a troublesome thing after all. If there is no profit, it will be more than worth the loss."
He is really not optimistic about the business of opening an iron ore. He manages local officials and has to settle local tyrants. The money spent is also a considerable expense.
Liu Tianyu smiled and said, "If our Jin Tie is not under Min Tie, what do you think Brother Shuting?"
Yang Shuting said suspiciously: "Brother is still proficient in iron smelting?"
At the same time, he remembered something about Hanfu wine.
It is said that the recipe for sorghum brewing in Guangji Winehouse was from the young Guangji owner in front of him. Maybe the other party also has some secret recipes for iron smelting.
Liu Tianyu shook his head slightly and said, "I don't know much, but I know some of the things I know about how to build iron smelting furnaces and casting furnaces, how to reduce impurities in iron, and how to forge them. I just don't know much, and I still have to explore slowly."
Yang Shuting shook his head and said, "Even if this is the case, he still won't make much profit."
Liu Tianyu raised his hand and pointed to the north, and said with a smile: "If it is just sold in the north of our Ming Dynasty, it will be really not profitable."
"Brother means Tartars?"
Liu Tianyu smiled and nodded slightly.
Yang Shuting frowned and said, "It is a serious crime to smuggle pig iron and iron tools to the Tatars."
Liu Tianyu said calmly: "So I only had more than 10,000 taels of silver a year on General Du's side, and more than 10,000 taels of silver a year on Governor Mu's side, and a few thousand taels a year on General Liao's hands. Then I settled the military forts and fire roads along the way, so what if I smuggled pig iron?"
"This matter is of great importance, I'm afraid Zhijing will need more."
"certainly!"
Liu Tianyu said with a firm tone: "It should be more than doubled at least. Governor Xuanda, governor Xuanfu, and governor Shanxi, they and their close friends must be responsible for the guerrillas along the way, and the team officials in various forts and villages must be responsible for the management of various places. Millions of kilograms of pig iron a year, and over tens of millions of kilograms of grain may make more than one million a year. I will take out half of it to share."
"Did you master the smuggling route with Beikai?"
Yang Shuting looked shocked on his face, and his body suddenly stood up from his seat.
"That's right." Liu Tianyu's expression was as usual, "I plan to walk around the Mongolian tribes. Some things must be met in person. Only when the agreement is made can we continue to cooperate."
Yang Shuting's face was gloomy and he finally sighed, saying, "You are really unexpected. You have been involved in Beikai in just over half a year."
Liu Tianyu sat still, holding a cup and drinking tea slowly.
The reason why he told Yang Shuting about these things was because he wanted to bring Yang Shuting in and do them together.
The Yang family is a family of merchants, and they have a strong relationship with the Dai royal palace, and officials and gentry from all over the country also have many friendships.
Guangji needs such a capable person to help Guangji open up the joints in various places, such as doing things everywhere. Guangji may not be as effective as Yang Shuting comes out to do it.
Originally, Liu Zunzhang was also a suitable candidate, but after all, it involved a Liu family. Before he could figure out the relationship between his body and the Liu family, he was unwilling to be too involved with the Liu family.
"Brother, can you tell me which line the Beilu has set up?"
"The Masaokouyi and the city officials are in charge of the city."
"Okay, okay, okay!" Hearing this name, Yang Shuting's eyes shone and he praised, "Brother, you are really amazing."
Liu Tianyu smiled indifferently and said modestly: "Brother Shuting praised it."
Yang Shuting waved his hand and said, "Don't say this, I'm awesome. Dabule Taiji is a man with a deep sense of cunning and has some methods. Otherwise, hundreds of Taiji in the Tatars would not be his turn to be a guardian. I can climb this line, and this business can indeed sit up."
"I will need Brother Shuting's help in the future. Of course, Brother Shuting's will not be missing."
Yang Shuting pondered for a while and said, "Since I have taken the opportunity to open up my connections, I will take care of it. However, it is more appropriate for Governor Mu to need Brother Tianyu and your third uncle to come forward."
Liu Tianyu smiled and said, "No hurry, Brother Shuting will accompany me to Lingqiu first. The relationship there is a mixed relationship. I heard that there is a Xu family and Dongshan Association that are both very strong, with thousands of people under him, and many of them are miners. If you don't handle these two families, you will be afraid of trouble in the future."
"Okay, I can get off anytime." Yang Shuting replied straightforwardly.
"Okay, let's take a night off today, and we will set off for Lingqiu tomorrow."
Liu Tianyu was unwilling to waste time, and Lao Tietou was still waiting for the iron to "put the pot"! There were still many people in the team who were not equipped with the A-level team.
"Brother Tianyu is worthy of doing big things." Yang Shuting handed over a high hat, "Just be decisive in doing things. I heard that this time the battle with the bandits was always there. The command was determined and killed dozens of levels. I think the fight was very fierce. If it were me, I would have been scared away long ago."
Liu Tianyu responded with a smile, but he didn't think much of the bandits of Huanghu and Huangbao. The horse team broke up as soon as they rushed, and there was no effect of training him to get rid of the horse team.
Lingqiu and Guangling County are not far away. You can get there in the morning and ride a horse. If you don’t have to hurry, you will arrive the next day.
Before Liu Tianyu and Yang Shuting's people arrived, Yang Shuting had already sent a letter to a Yang family branch in Lingqiu.
When Liu Tianyu and others sent the people who were in front of the battle station to the city, the Yang family led a group of people to the outside of the city to greet them in person.
"So it's Mr. Yang!" Among the people who were greeting, a middle-aged gentry took a step forward, bowed his hands, and smiled with a smile on his face: "Student Yang Da, once visited Datong for a visit to the general officer, and saw Mr. Yang from afar."
"Brother Yang Nian, you have to be polite. We are still the same clan. It's not good to be unfamiliar." Yang Shuting stepped forward and grabbed Yang Da's hand and shook it, looking extremely intimate.
Chapter completed!