Lord Moyu was forced to open

Chapter 112 The Road to Elimination
East Palace, Chengqian Palace.

Prince Zhao Ming may be the first to get the news among the princes. After learning about the actions of his younger brother who grew up with him, Prince Zhao Ming didn't say much.
It's just that the Bureau of Military Warfare received an order that day that the iron materials needed for some of the ordnance needed to be replaced by the Royal Horse Supervisor in the Palace this year need to be purchased in Yunzhou County.

And let them take the initiative to send someone to Yunzhou County to find someone to contact!

It's so easy!

Cui Ming, the palm print eunuch in charge of the military bureau, was stunned after receiving the order.

It has always been those who supply iron materials who come to them to ask for supplies, and there has never been a reason for the military bureau to actively seek suppliers for supply materials.

But this was an order from above, and in his position, he also knew who it was from, so he knew that he could not refuse this order, and he had to follow the order no matter how ridiculous it felt.

Reluctantly, he had to find a eunuch in charge in the military battle bureau and took some people towards Yunzhou County.

As for him going in person?

How is that possible? Although this is an order passed down by someone, who is still only the crown prince, and the purpose of the four princes and five princes in the court is simply revealed, and it is still unknown whether anyone can take that position.

I can do it for you as a dignified palm print eunuch, let me go to the frontier for thousands of miles to humiliate people, who doesn't have that ability.

Soon Yunzhou County picked up the pedestrians, and the Yunzhou County government did not embarrass them. After all, they traveled thousands of miles and were still customers.

After discussing the specific matters about the supply of materials, the officials of Yunzhou County also specially gave them some souvenirs.

This made the dissatisfied little eunuchs who had been sent out to travel thousands of miles to give money to others couldn't help feeling that this "local product" was really in line with their wishes.

It's not a waste of time.

According to the current iron price on the market, a catty of pig iron is about 25 yuan, and if the quality of wrought iron is good, it is about 35 yuan.

According to the discussion between the Yamen of Yunzhou County and the eunuch who was in charge, Yunzhou County supplied iron to the Bingzhan Bureau at this price, but the price of purchased iron on the surface was 38 renminbi for pig iron and [-] renminbi for wrought iron.

The extra ones... the eunuch in charge smiled happily, and the accompanying young eunuchs also laughed, secretly feeling that the officials of Yunzhou County are good at being human.

In this way, the deal between Yunzhou County and Bingzhan Bureau was completely concluded.

Both parties got the results they wanted, and then went back to their respective homes, each looking for their own mothers.

Not long after, the people sent by the fourth prince also came to Yunzhou County, and began to discuss matters related to the supply of iron in Yunzhou County, and specifically asked to see King Yun.

After receiving the news, Zhao Jun agreed to the meeting, but it was not at the palace meeting, but with these people at the county yamen.

Soon, from their mouths, Zhao Jun understood the meaning of his good fourth brother who sent someone.

There was a dissatisfied expression on his face, but his heart was full of disdain. The fourth child wanted to take advantage of everything with this trick.Unfortunately, he didn't know that the price of iron in Yunzhou County was much lower than he thought.

The price given by the Fourth Prince for pig iron is [-] renminbi and wrought iron [-] renminbi, which is quite a bit lower than the price of iron on the market, but Zhao Jun doesn't care.

After showing a look of anger and helplessness, he finally "humiliated" agreed to Zhao Ji's request to sell iron materials at a low price.

But after the people sent by Zhao Ji left, the officials in the yamen couldn't help showing happy smiles.

Because since the start of blast furnace iron smelting, the iron smelting output of Yunzhou County has been rising steadily.

The corresponding smelting cost is also reduced.

Now the price of pig iron in Yunzhou County has been suppressed at about 15 yuan a catty.

Wrought iron is only 23 Wen.

Even if it was sold to the fourth prince at such a seemingly lowered price, Yunzhou County still made a lot of money.

There is no loss at all, and there is an extra sales channel.

This Zhao Ji may have made money, but Yunzhou County will never lose money!

You said it was a mess...

As the so-called wealth is not revealed, sneaking into the village and not shooting guns, Yunzhou County will naturally not expose its low price, so it has no choice but to "humiliate" and sell a large amount of iron materials to the fourth prince. Make a lot of this "losing" purchase money.

Cloud Palace.

Zhao Jun is looking at the account book of this month's income. In addition to the usual fixed income, this month's income has increased a lot.

First, it was a large order from the Bingzhan Bureau, but it was said to be a large amount, and the Bingzhan Bureau was only responsible for the weapons and irons of the Yuma Supervisor, and only part of it was given to Yunzhou County, so it didn't actually make much money.

The main head is still the fourth prince. Since the fourth prince made his start, many people in the court have focused on his three-year tax exemption policy.

There are quite a few people who come to see me these days.

Zhao Jun chose a few, and together with the order from the fourth child, this month alone brought him a net profit of 20 taels.

Of course, this is a financial report for outsiders to see. In fact, based on the cost of iron materials in Yunzhou County, the profit is nearly 30 taels.

This is about to expand the army, and they have bought back so many people, spending money everywhere. Now that they have such a large amount of income, it can be regarded as relieving Zhao Jun's financial pressure.

When he was calculating the accounts, Wang Huai'en suddenly walked in quickly and leaned into his ear.

"My lord, the governor is out to see you."

Zhao Jun frowned, looked at the sky, it was not time for lunch, why did Li Yi come to him now?
Since the officials of Yunzhou County ate at the Wangfu a few times, they found that the food in the Wangfu is much more delicious than outside, so they often have something to delay until almost the meal time, just to catch a meal, they also know the meal Point Zhao Jun would not be ashamed to let them watch.

So now Zhao Jun is used to it. A group of people often come to him to report to him before the meal, and this has almost become the "rule" of the upper echelons of Yunzhou County.

Non-important matters are basically discussed at the dinner table.

It's not time for dinner yet, Li Yi came to him now, it should be something really urgent.

After waving his hand, Zhao Jun asked Wang Huai'en to bring Li Yi in.

As soon as he came in, Li Yi was about to salute, Zhao Jun waved his hands and said: "Okay, there should be something important at this point, so don't waste time, don't delay things."

Li Yi hurriedly said: "My lord is wise!"

Then he said what he did today.

"My lord, when Yunzhou County recruited a large number of people from all over Liaobei County to enter the customs these days, I found that many people were almost dead when they arrived here, and I even heard from them that many people collapsed on the road before they came.

When the local governments sent these people here, they didn't give them any food at all, so they forced them to carry them over.

Some of the nearby mansions are okay, and you can get there after you bear it, but those farther away, the people who are already hungry after such a long journey, the population drops sharply.

The lower officials think that this is not possible. According to our intention, we wanted to give them a way to survive, but now, although some people survived, we also let some people be forcibly eliminated on the road. A waste of manpower is also cruel to these people! "

After hearing this, Zhao Jun frowned deeply. He knew that the officials in the pass didn't treat the common people as human beings at all, but he didn't expect them to go too far.

In such a situation, he must not allow it.

After thinking for a moment, Zhao Jun suddenly asked: "How much food do I have in Yunzhou County now?
In addition, didn't the first batch of people who came here already arrange for them to go to Nanli County to collect the spring tax and come back?

How long will it take for the first batch of grain to return to Yunzhou County? "

After hearing Zhao Jun's question, Li Yi quickly recalled the data recorded by the yamen, and began to estimate...

(End of this chapter)