"The newspapers published by Lanzhou newspapers are all fooling people. They compile some exaggerated news titles all day long. Unexpectedly, they are almost at Guanzhong. I bought a newspaper and saw it, but I was still fooled!"

"Governor Xue is so strange. Even when he arrived in Chang'an, the titles of the newspaper were sensational. If not, how could he attract customers to buy it?"

"No, this government doesn't care?"

"How to manage it? The title of the newspaper seems to be very exaggerated, but it does not distort the facts, right? It's just half of the words and the rest of the things that arouses the curiosity of passers-by. When it comes to the government, the newspaper also has a reasonable reason... Come on, I've made this glass of wine!"

In the inn, the old people I met by chance on the trip were drinking and talking. On one side, Li Biaotou from Chang'an. He set out from Chang'an and headed to Lanzhou, Longyou. In Shuangqiao City, Weishui Gorge Road, he met his old friend Xue Dongzhu from Jincheng, Lanzhou.

Xue Dongzhu has a single name, Ju. His ancestors were from Hedong, namely the Xue family in Hedong. Later, his father moved to Jincheng, Lanzhou and settled down in the local area. The father and son worked hard to manage it and became a local big family with a huge fortune.

Xue Ju is brave and good at shooting, is generous and likes to make friends with heroes from the border areas. He is the famous "Zhuo Zhuangzhu".

When escorting, you naturally have to establish good relations with wealthy families along the way. You have been escorting escorting and escorting escorting escorting between Jincheng, Lanzhou and Chang'an, Guanzhong, and naturally have a good relationship with the hospitality owner Xue Zhuang.

Today, the two sides met by chance at the "double bridge" with East-West Bridge, and they had to drink a few drinks. During the meal, Xue Ju talked about the newspaper, which was gritting his teeth, but he couldn't tear off the newspaper in his hand.

Of course, we cannot tear it up, because there are many news published in the newspapers, and we can know many things from it, whether it is the announcements from the government, business news, or strange stories that have happened everywhere, there are them in the newspapers.

Especially business news, Xue Ju needs to pay attention to it at all times.

With the establishment of the Longyou Weaving Department, the Xue family opened a cotton plantation like many large Longyou households. As the area of ​​cotton fields grew larger and larger, the "money" situation became brighter and brighter.

Therefore, Master Xue became "Master Xue Dong" and dealt with the escort business more and more times, so his friendship with Li escort head naturally deepened.

But now, Xue Dongzhu is already the "Governor Xue". Because Xue Ju made contributions to assisting the official army in attacking Tuyuhun, he was appointed as the military government and was appointed as the "Governor General" and became the general of the official army. Now he is ordered to enter the capital and go to the Ministry of War to work.

Xue Ju is now an official, so when Li PaoTou, who has no official position, can call himself a "grassman" when he sees Xue Ju, but Xue Ju will not show off his airs and will continue to call him brothers and brothers with the other party.

In recent years, Xue Ju learned that there were more business opportunities in Guanzhong through reading newspapers, dealing with Li Boutou and others and businessmen, so he wanted to find new ways of wealth for his own cotton plantation. In addition to supplying supplies to Longyou Weaving Department, he also found several "cooperatives".

In this regard, Li PaoTou can make a match because the owners of the PaoTou also operate other industries and also need a stable source of cotton.

But before that, Li PaoTou must remind the other party: "It's not that Li trusts Governor Xue. Now, not only is the supply of cotton cloth in short supply, but also the same is true for raw cotton. The despised owners are talking about big deals. At least there is a number of raw cotton taken out in the plantation of Governor Xue?"

Li PaoTou made a gesture, which made Xue Ju's heart beat faster, and then agreed: "Yes, regardless of whether the manor in Xue's family can produce so much cotton, if the contract is made, it will definitely be able to deliver the goods on time!"

If the yield is not enough, you can buy cotton from other plantations to make up. This is not difficult for Xue Ju, and his plantations have been expanding. In two years, this number will not be a problem.

Speaking of cotton, Li Biaotou asked about the situation of the Xue Family Plantation and mentioned one thing: the cotton plantations in Jiangnan and Lingnan have used a lot of raw mouth work, and the cost has dropped significantly and the profit has increased significantly.

Xue Ju was a little helpless about this. The cotton plantations in Longyou are currently mainly employed workers. Everyone knows that raw mouth can save money. The problem is that they have not been able to get enough quantities before.

Of course, it is not impossible to kidnap passers-by as slave labor, but now the government is keeping a close eye on it, and everyone doesn’t want to cause trouble.

At the beginning of the year, the official army attacked Tuyuhun, and Xue Ju also brought his troops to help. The official army won numerous cases in this battle, but the only drawback was that the prisoners were not enough to be captured, because the various plantations in Longyou urgently needed a gulp, and there were too many monks and less porridge.

Fortunately, the court responded to the "public opinion" of Longyou and planned to implement special policies in the Xihai area, which was to allow everyone to capture Shengkou and carry out Shengkou transactions with great fanfare.

As a local big family in Lanzhou, Xue Ju certainly had to share the worries of the court, and the same was true for others, whether it was officials, soldiers or civilians.

How to operate this matter specifically requires everyone to discuss a "draft" together, and then the imperial court "finalizes the draft". Therefore, Xue Ju and many military generals from powerful families and wise men from all over the country went to Qinzhou to discuss matters.

Then several military and civilian representatives were selected to go to Chang'an and go to the Ministry of War for inquiries. Xue Ju was one of them. Everyone made up their minds and must reassure the court, believing that the heroes from the border would actively "support the army" to assist the official army in fighting, and share the worries of the country.

Li Biaotou didn't care how heroes from the border shared the worries of the country, but he heard some rumors and happened to meet an old friend. By the way, he revealed one or two:

"Governor Xue, it's not that Li said too much. Longyou's cotton can be found to expand production. It is said that the court has agreed with the Turkish Khans to increase the share of cotton and cotton in border cities, but the plantations in various parts of Longyou are slowly expanding production, and everyone else is anxious to see it."

When Xue Ju heard this, he patted the food case: "Who said it was not? But it takes a lot of people to plant cotton, harvest cotton, and spun cotton. When it comes to the harvest season, all companies are recruiting short-term workers, and they may not be able to recruit them all. What do you think this is called?"

When Xue Ju talked about cotton, he completely lost the appearance of a hero from the border area. He changed from "Governor Xue" to "Zhi Dongzhu", but he soon changed back.

"But it's not a problem. Since the court opened its mouth, there were many Qiang people in Tuyuhun, Xihai, and there were naturally many people scrambling to help the official army to clean up. After capturing Shengkou and throwing it to the plantation, there was no need to ask for short-term workers all day long."

I don’t know if I’m drunk or something, but Xue Ju started to talk more and more, saying trivial matters.

Of course, he wants to manage his connections so that he can come in handy at critical moments.

It is hard to describe when the critical moment is, but it is obvious that it is not "that time". Now growing cotton is a good way to make money and make a living. When he entered the military palace and became the commander-in-chief, it means that he has hope of development in the career.

This road seemed to be easy, so Xue Ju had less thoughts. In the future, he led his army into the Xihai area to fight, which was a public and private situation, which was just in line with his wishes.

However, these newly promoted military governors, general governors and governors were ridiculed as "cotton governors" because they had cotton plantations and cotton textile workshops at home.

The cotton is soft, so the "Cotton Governor" sounds like a waste that is not useful, which makes Xue Ju very unhappy.

Others don’t like this joke, so everyone thinks that in the future, in addition to catching Shengkou, they have to capture a few "famous kings" in Tuyuhun. When the Qiang chiefs come back, they will show the methods of Longyou and Hexi heroes.

Xue Ju, who was drunk, pulled Li Biao's head and swore: "Old Li, you testify, I... hiccup... I must make a big contribution, which shocked these mocking men too!"
Chapter completed!