The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

Su Jin sent hundreds of soldiers to follow Liang Shi to look for ore on the Northwest Fourth Road. Although he had great hopes for this, even if he could find the mine, let alone whether it could be mined, even if it could be mined, the process from mining to generating benefits It will take at least a year, and during this year, millions of people in Silu need to eat and wear clothes. Where does the money come from?

So Su Jin can't bet on the mines, he needs more ways to ease the financial pressure, there is a saying in later generations called "don't put all eggs in one basket", which means to warn people not to bet on one thing.

The current output of Baoshan's coal mines is gradually decreasing, not because the mines are exhausted, but because with the deepening of the excavation, the mines are getting deeper and deeper, mining is becoming more and more difficult, and at the same time, the danger is also increasing Last year, one of the ten excavation faces collapsed, killing seven or eight miners. Su Jin also had to order the mine management personnel to ensure the safety of personnel first, and then consider production.

Su Jin has specially dispatched a special independent safety supervisor, and the framework and excavation of the mine must be checked and accepted by them. Once their supervision fails and an accident occurs, Su Jin will directly hold them accountable; It is also becoming more and more inconvenient for coal to come in and out. Completely manual excavation and safety pressure have resulted in less and less output from Baoshan Coal Mine. During the peak period, nearly [-] baskets of raw carbon coal were produced every day, but now the production has been reduced to [-] baskets. , while the demand in various places is increasing, and the pressure on production is great.

However, coal mines are a cash cow. At the end of last year, Yan Biyun’s account books clearly showed an astronomical figure. Last year, Baoshan Coal Mine produced nearly 300 million catties of coal. ; but even so, the Su family's balance does not exceed one million, and the cost of labor plus the construction funds of the two roads of Qinfeng and Jingyuan cost 500 million yuan, and part of it was spent on unprofitable road paving and refining of kerosene superior. [

But what makes Su Jin happy is that the refining of kerosene is becoming more mature and faster. Although this thing is only costing money at present, Su Jin believes that these kerosene will come in handy sooner or later, except for some of the ordnance that is charged to the state capitals for free In the warehouse, Su Jin also ordered people to secretly get thousands of barrels of high-quality oil hidden in the cave for storage. Sooner or later, these kerosene will play a huge role.

The asphalt asphalt road was also paved from Baoshan to Yanzhou, and then from Yanzhou to Weizhou. It was originally intended to facilitate the entry and exit of coal and materials, but at this moment Su Jin had a new idea; The wide and flat asphalt roads with wind and rain resistance are naturally the best hardware. Even if the funds are tight, Su Jin decided to quickly lay all the asphalt roads and main roads between the states into asphalt roads.

In addition, several major cities should also be properly remodeled, and the low and narrow streets and houses should be replaced and rebuilt. Every state capital should have at least one main street that can be sold, and the roads should be spacious and clean. First, the shop should be open and bright, so that the merchants who come to inspect it will feel that this is a place to do business, otherwise it will look like a dilapidated city, which looks like a city that is ready to abandon and escape at any time. Which merchant dares to come to do business?

Su Jin's magnificent blueprint is eye-catching, but the wives and concubines in the family were quite worried after knowing the current situation. One evening, when Su Jin was sitting and chatting with everyone in the yard, Yan Biyun handed it over quietly. A piece of paper full of numbers.

Su Jin smiled and said, "What is this?"

Yan Biyun sat down gently, embraced Hu'er who was running around in his arms, and said, "This is the money that Ling'er and Rou Niang calculated for you. According to your idea, it's just for road construction. It will cost 3000 million yuan to renovate the streets of the old city, almost catching up with the fiscal and taxation of our Song Dynasty for a year."

Su Jin clicked his tongue and said, "So many? Damn it, it's not enough to smash my bones into dregs and sell them."

Hu'er imitated Su Jin in a milky voice: "Damn..."

Rou Niang at the side hugged Hu'er and rolled her eyes and said: "Hu'er, don't learn such foul language from your father, you have to speak politely, otherwise Aunt Rou will not let you sleep with me."

Hu'er hurriedly shouted: "Hu'er dare not speak foul words anymore, Aunt Rou takes Hu'er to sleep, Hu'er wants to eat Aunt Rou's big milk..."

Rou Niang blushed, spat and said: "Stinky boy, if you talk nonsense again, I will tear your mouth..."

Su Jin secretly laughed, this kid has the style of being a father, and he has already learned to take advantage of it, but soon Su Jin couldn't laugh, the amount of money is too big, it is really difficult to solve it in a short time, Su Jin also It is impossible to make the whole family tighten their belts to eat porridge and drink water because of these things.

"Hey, it seems that my plan is fantasy, it's difficult." Su Jin sighed.

Yan Biyun held Su Jin's arm and said, "My husband is just too impatient, and always wants to reach the sky in one step. According to my family, we don't have to delineate so many ten state capitals. Think about it, the four governing offices on the Northwest Fourth Road Zhouzhou, Qinzhou, Yanzhou, and Gyeongju are so far apart. It takes too much time and money to build roads over mountains and mountains. Moreover, the old streets in these cities have already taken shape. If you want to renovate them, you can teach the original residents where to live. Is it another building? Isn’t this another expense? And you mean to attract merchants to come to do business, business prosperity, and taxation can be increased. According to your goal, why do you have to spend so much money? thing?"

Su Jin tilted her head and said, "That makes sense. According to Madam, what should I do?"

Yan Biyun smiled and said: "The slave family thought about it last night, and they think there is a way that might work."

Su Jin said softly: "Last night? Didn't you fight me all the time last night? How do you have time to think?"

Yan Biyun punched Su Jin and spat: "It's business, if you don't listen to me, then stop talking."

Su Jin hurriedly said: "Listen carefully, Madam, enlighten me."

Yan Biyun said: "My family thinks that instead of making great efforts to bloom everywhere, it is better to build a new city in a suitable place, choose a flat terrain close to the river, and a place where boat and land transportation are fast, and build a small city according to your husband's idea, with spacious streets. The shops are brand-new, coupled with some favorable conditions, and a large market where all states can come to trade, in this way, why worry about merchants not coming to build a nest to attract phoenixes?"

Su Jin's eyes lit up, and he clapped his hands and said, "My mother, why didn't I think of this? Concentrating resources and radiating them is the concept of Uncle Deng's special zone." In [-], that was One spring...' That's a great idea!"

Yan Biyun looked suspiciously at Su Jinxi's raised eyebrows, talking about words he didn't understand, such as 'Uncle Deng, radiation', special zone', and singing nondescript ditties. Could it be that he lost his mind and went crazy?

Su Jin hugged the surprised Yan Biyun loudly, and Yan Biyun hurriedly spat at him: "What are you crazy about?" Looking around, fortunately no one saw it.

Suddenly I heard a milky voice: "Aunt Rou, look, Dad and Mother kissed just now, Aunt Rou and Hu'er kissed each other too."

Yan Biyun was ashamed to death, and gave Su Jin a hard look. Su Jin didn't realize it, and hurried into the study, lifted a piece of red cloth on the desk, studied carefully for a long time in front of the sand table, and finally pointed to a place Said to himself: "This is the best place. The north and south are connected, and the east and west are connected. This is the place."

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The fast place Su Jin mentioned is located in the transition zone of the three states of Jingzhou, Longzhou and Fenzhou. It is also the junction of Qinfeng Road, Jingyuan Road and Huanqing Road. The four waters of the Weihe River and the Weihe River converge to form a mighty Weishui River, which goes south and goes straight into the Yellow River. The traffic on the road is far away, and the geographical location is in the heart of Northwest Fourth Road; therefore, Su Jin calls it the North-South thoroughfare, connecting east and west, and it is indeed a good location.

Su Jin made a decisive decision, and the next day he personally led people to conduct field inspections. In order to prove that the waterway was unobstructed, Su Jin chose to go to Longzhou by land first. In one day, you will arrive at this alluvial plain where the four rivers meet.

Looking up, you can see rolling green waves and luxuriant vegetation on the fertile soil as far as the eye can see. It is obvious that this is a fertile land; but what Su Jin values ​​is not the fertility of the land, but the geographical location here. After looking around, Su Jin chose the address of Xincheng, which is a village in the south of an unremarkable hill.

Su Jin circled this small town called Yeluling on the map like a great man with a brush, and threw the pen and said: "This is it, this city must be as bright as a pearl Beautiful, let’s call it Pearl City.”

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