On the street, more than ten cavalry passed the soldiers' investigation, arrived at the General Administration Office, stopped beside the horse pillar near the main gate, Du Yan threw a whip and dismounted, handed the reins to his entourage, and immediately walked towards the gate.

He was wearing official uniforms, and others could tell he was an official at a glance, and his rank was not low, so people entering and leaving the gate gave way.

The soldiers guarding the gate immediately saluted when they saw him coming. Du Yan nodded, entered the gate and walked straight towards his public housing. Several subordinates followed closely behind with large bags on their backs.

As the chief executive officer of the General Administration, Du Yan had just come from the Dongchuan area and would report the situation in Dongchuan to the General Administration at 3:00 p.m. tomorrow, but before that, he would report to the General Administration Chief Liu Wenjing, and the time was set at 9:00 a.m.

There are a lot of information to be sorted out. Du Yan and his subordinates must stay up all night and report it all night today.

This is nothing, everyone is young and able to hold on. In order to perform well, Du Yan has been very concerned about the affairs at hand for a while and is very busy.

After sitting in his public housing (office), Du Yan looked at the clock and ordered a meeting twenty minutes later. After hearing this, his subordinates went out to communicate with each other. Du Yan took a pot of tea handed over by his entourage and drank it directly.

Of course you are busy all day long, but you have to fight for fame and fortune with both hands. How can you not be busy?

He came to Nanzhong, not to travel around the mountains and rivers.

Du Yan was determined to be a high-ranking official, but he was an official not for "managing the world and helping the people", but for pure selfishness.

He became the chief magistrate, had a high position and a wealthy family, and was surrounded by wives and concubines at home, like a group of flowers.

This is a very realistic ambition. Du Yan doesn't think anything is wrong. Although he was born in the Du family of Jingzhao, he cannot rely on his family's help. In addition, he has a bad relationship with his brother, so he can only rely on himself to climb up.

He relied on his examination to work as an official in the Maritime Warehouse Department. He worked hard for several years. Because of his outstanding performance, he ranked first in the assessment and was recommended by Wang Jun, deputy envoy of the Maritime Warehouse, and was a candidate for entering Beijing.

The candidates were of course the choice of officials. He had the opportunity to be elected by the Ministry of Personnel and stayed in Chang'an to be an official in Beijing, but chose to come to Nanzhong.

In Nanzhong, there have been smoky places in ancient times. When people from Central Plains arrived in Nanzhong, they were prone to die in a foreign land because they were not suitable for the land. Although the imperial court established the Nanning Prefecture General Office after pacifying the Cuan family, and officials were urgently needed to serve as prefectures and counties, many people regarded it as a fear of going to Nanzhong to become officials and avoided it.

But Du Yan faced the challenge and took the initiative to ask to become an official in Nanzhong.

Generally speaking, becoming an official in the wilderness of the border means that there is no hope of improving the career, and it will be like that in this life. However, Du Yan, who is determined to be a high-ranking official, did not make such a choice because he was not stupid.

The reason is simple: profitable.

When the emperor was invading his residence, Yuan Cong Wudi served as the chief supervisor of Nanning Prefecture. Liu Wenjing, who was not much older than Du Yan, was appointed as the chief supervisor of Nanning Prefecture by the emperor.

The emperor clearly wanted to let his confidant go out for experience and make great use of his political achievements. The Nanning Prefecture General Administration is a good place to achieve political achievements.

Du Yan didn't know what political achievements could be made in such a broken place in Nanzhong, but he was not blind. He could see that the emperor attached great importance to the Nanning Prefecture General Administration, so he decided to take a risk.

Take a chance to climb up.

Perhaps, General Manager Chen and Liu Changshi stayed in Nanzhong for three to five years and returned to Chang'an. He stayed in Nanzhong from then on and was forgotten by the Ministry of Personnel until he was old and could not return to his hometown.

Perhaps, he got what he wanted, made political achievements, and was favored by the emperor with his outstanding performance. He stayed in Nanzhong for three to five years, recalled Chang'an and had other appointments.

Or, because he was not accustomed to the environment, he died of illness in a foreign land, or was shot and killed by the rebel natives and was lost in the chaos.

Everything is possible, it depends on whether you dare to fight.

Du Yan chose to fight, but now, he felt that he had fought correctly.

When time came, Du Yan took a stack of materials and transferred them to the conference hall. The officials were ready, and a large map was hung on the wall, drawing the terrain of the Dongchuan area.

Dongchuan is located in the northwest of Nanning Prefecture, not far from the five-foot road of the Qin and Han Dynasties, and there has been mining copper mines since the Han Dynasty.

The Dongchuan copper mine area was previously controlled by the Cuan family and became the source of wealth for the Cuan family, which lasted for hundreds of years.

Now Dongchuan is controlled by the government, and the imperial court specially appointed the chief officer to preside over the mining of copper mines, while Du Yan, the chief officer of the General Administration, serves as an adjutant, assists in the mining affairs.

He originally thought that the output of copper ore in Dongchuan area was just like that, but the result...

After investigation by prospecting experts, the copper veins in the Dongchuan area were astonishingly large, and the copper smelting technology used by the Cuan family was low. If improved, the Dongchuan copper ore would be enough to rank first in the world!

The smooth mining of large copper mines and the transportation of copper materials from abroad means that the imperial court will have more copper to mint coins, which can directly increase fiscal revenue.

Du Yan felt "so that's it" after getting the details of the Dongchuan area. He finally understood why the emperor disagreed with the public and mobilized a large amount of manpower and material resources to develop Nanzhong.

Finally I understood why the Emperor wanted Liu Wenjing to be the chief supervisor.

Because Liu Wenjing has worked in Guangzhou for several years, she understands how to operate China and France, and has rich experience in this.

The story of Nanning Prefecture General Administration conducting Guangzhou, conducting China and France, attracting merchants to transport grain into Nanzhong. However, even if the government widens the five-foot road, it is nearly a thousand miles from Zidu to Weicheng, and the transportation cost is not small.

However, for sugar, salt, and the most attractive copper, merchants in Shu racked their brains to find ways, and finally found that hiring people to farm in the local area and delivering the harvested grain is a relatively cost-effective way.

Similarly, for the Jiaozhou merchants under the Yeyu River, hiring people to farm in Nanzhong and harvest grain on site is more cost-effective than transporting grain to Nanzhong from thousands of miles away.

So merchants from all over the country would recruit people and form military farming teams to enter Nanzhong, and under the protection of the government troops, they would cultivate on a large scale.

For this spontaneous civilian military farming behavior, the government only needs to manage and guide properly, and then provide iron farm tools and seeds.

As more and more people are rushing to farm, the government can also organize farmers to live in a concentrated manner. Fortresses (villages) appear. When farmers have land, they will naturally call friends to help.

This is not impossible, because the post road is smooth, the Nanning Prefecture General Administration has begun to implement "postal service" and has a letter writing business, allowing people in Nanzhong to send letters back to their hometowns and contact their families.

As pioneers, the farmer settled in Nanzhong, allowing people in their hometown to understand Nanzhong more and more. They would not feel that it was so scary. They also knew that they could indeed make a new world in Nanzhong, and more and more landless farmers would be moved.

Then, if the government moves a large number of people from other places (Shu) to settle in Nanzhong, it will not be so easy to inspire civil unrest.

In this way, in just five to ten years, the Southern Central will change a lot, and the political achievements of the officials of the General Administration will be lenient.

Du Yan understood this and felt full of energy. Looking at the subordinates here, he stepped directly to the topic: "I just returned from Dongchuan, and everything is going well there."

He saved the opening remarks, raised the information in his hand, and continued: "The General Administration Office launched China and France to encourage merchants to transport grain into Nanzhong and encourage merchants to farm on the spot. However, relying solely on sugar and salt profit is not enough, so you must continue to work hard..."
Chapter completed!