Crowned the New Han Dynasty

Chapter 750 Gather the refugees, establish iron smelting, and build a new city

This inn has a tavern below and a place to stay above.

Although part of the building is under renovation, so many corridors and passages are blocked in the building, but the entire lobby is still quite elegantly decorated. In the spacious hall, low tables and seats are dotted, and there are people sitting in them. Ordinary, even this glance would remind Huan Yi of the Ancient Academy.

Among them, the most eye-catching one is a tall and thin man. He is sitting in the center, surrounded by several servants, looking towards the door like stars holding the moon.

This person is Zaosong.

Wang Jun had many daughters, some of whom were married to close ministers, some of whom were in contact with dignitaries of aristocratic families, and many adopted daughters, who were successively married to several leaders of Duan Xianbei for marriage purposes.

This wife of Zaosong is Wang Junzhi's Queen Shao.

When talking about Zaosong, we have to mention his father Zaozhi. This man was a literary master, and he was more familiar with Huang Lao theory. He was also very successful in the officialdom. He once served as the governor of Jizhou, so he made friends with Wang Jun, and the two sides were stable. The plan led to this marriage.

Therefore, Zaosong's identity and background are really enviable to others, and he is quite famous and famous in Youzhou. As an important staff member of King Jiangdu, Huanyi visited Wang Jun several times for the sake of the relationship between the two parties. , so I have been in contact with this Zao Song for a long time, and the two parties can be considered to have a friendship.

But meeting him in this place made Huan Yi a little embarrassed, and he even felt a little embarrassed.

You must know that the reason why they did not choose the more peaceful and stable route to Youzhou, but instead chose to cross Jizhou, which was in a mess and was full of dangers, and even part of it had been occupied by the Jie people, was to avoid Wang Jun and privately communicate with Chen Zhi. Contact, try to get some benefits first.

In fact, before this, some potential agreements had been reached between King Jiangdu and Wang Jun of Youzhou, a large part of which were aimed at Daijun. As a result, as soon as the agreement was made, the latter contacted them privately, and they met Anyone would feel embarrassed, let alone being accidentally seen through.

It's just that Huan Yi has experienced many battles. After a short period of surprise and embarrassment, he immediately frowned and walked up to greet him: "I didn't expect to see Brother Zao here. I didn't know that you came to this county this time." , What is the matter? I waited for the bilateral agreement, so why did you come here earlier?"

Zaosong was stunned when he heard this, then he couldn't help laughing, pointed at Huan Yi and cursed with a smile: "You Huan Maolun, you really know how to complain first to evil people. Why don't you tell me about yourself and why you are here? Don't tell me, If you think of a place, inform Grand Sima and then meet up in Guangchang."

Huan Yi also laughed cooperatively, then pulled Chang Xu, whom he had just met, walked over and sat next to Zao Song. At the same time, he solemnly nodded and said, "That's right!"

"You, your face is really amazing." Zao Song shook his head with a smile, invited the two of them to sit down, waved his hand to let the servants around him disperse, told the store about the food and wine, and then looked at Chang Xu and asked about the history. .

"This is Chang Jun Chang of Shu." Huan Yi introduced him smoothly, and then said: "So that Chang Jun will know that my name is not the one I just mentioned, but Huan Yi, the name of the sacrificial vessel." Yi, because he comes from Jizhou, he is inevitably a little cautious." Now that he has met Zaosong, concealing his identity would be self-defeating, so Huan Yi simply told Chang Chu the name clearly next to him. He didn't tell Zaosong anyway. You won't be polite either.

"It turns out that he is a gentleman of the Huan family, but I was rude," Chang Can still treated him politely, "and this one, could it be Mr. Zao under Wang Da Sima?" "I am not talented at all, but it is me." After Zaosong finished speaking, he asked rather uninhibitedly: "Judging from Chang Jun's demeanor, he is not an ordinary person, but forgive my ignorance, I have never heard of your name. Why did you come to Daijun today?"

Chang Quan said: "I keep a lot of history in my family, so I like to travel and record the local customs. Because I have some friendship with the Taoist sect in Shu, I heard them talk about the experiences of this generation of counties, and I was yearning for it. So I came here. It's just that There are still waves on the way, so I entered from Youzhou, and I happened to meet two people here in Guangchang."

"It turned out to be a descendant of a historian, really disrespectful and disrespectful." Zao Song nodded, and then said with emotion, "This generation of county is extraordinary. I just entered a county, and I faintly felt that it was unusual. Not to mention the order in the city, and Everywhere has been repaired and renovated, and the atmosphere inside can be said to be brand new..."

He glanced at Huan Yi, and then said: "Don't think that I am deliberately speaking to mislead you. I have been to Daijun Guangchang before. The atmosphere of the entire county at that time was completely different from now. Don't say anything. The merchants who came and went, even the big clans, clans, and commoners in the city had the heart of leaving, and they were in constant fear. Among the many refugees who went south, there were people from villages outside the city, but now it is completely different, and there are many Refugees come secretly to seek refuge, maybe you haven’t been to the private camp outside the north of the city, right?”

"You said there were refugees who secretly came to seek refuge?" Huan Yi was really surprised now. "Is there a special settlement camp in the north of the city?"

"That's right." Zao Song shook his head slightly and smiled bitterly. "You are working under King Jiangdu. It's impossible not to know the importance of population. Many things are restricted by population. Daijun is on the border and is subject to Invasion from three parties made it difficult to develop at all, and the population continued to lose. Therefore, it was one of the weak counties in Youzhou. As a result, Chen Zhi relied on this foundation to suppress all parties. He even subdued seven Xianbei tribes, formed a barrier in the north, and mobilized many mining slaves, Wuding built roads, and he looked like he was in great prosperity, but he absorbed the scattered population around him."

As he spoke, he took out an iron token from his arms: "And this person now has iron ore and smelt iron by himself. I heard rumors that this person built several iron yards by the Sanggan River and smelted iron by himself. Smelting iron, I don’t know if it’s true or not, but this token was made by Daijun, I had it appraised, and it was said to be of good quality and hardness.”

At this time, even Chang Quan couldn't help but said: "That Chen Fujun also paid for the counties and cities to repair cities and shops, built roads, recruited many warriors, drilled, and inspected, not to mention the new construction of Daibei New City. , these are all things that cost money like water, and now we need to smelt iron, which also requires a lot of money in the early stage, where will it come from?"

"This prince spends a lot of money, but he is also good at collecting treasures." Zao Song obviously has research, "Not to mention the paper mill and Dai kiln, if you look at this token, don't you know it? I think you two We have all received this recommendation order, so we should know how much businessmen are yearning for this place now, as it is another source of money."

Huan Yi couldn't help but become serious and whispered: "So, this generation of counties is really going to rise?"

"Isn't that right? Otherwise, why did you come here secretly?" Zao Song immediately teased, but before he could say more, an old herdsman came in from outside and went straight to the table of several people.

As soon as Huan Yi saw this man, he asked directly: "Are you clear?"

That old Xie obviously came running quickly, and he didn't care to wipe the sweat from his forehead, so he hurriedly said: "I found out, the so-called new city is said to be built in Sangqian Hebei!"

"what?"

This answer was beyond Huan Yi's expectation, and he couldn't help but subconsciously lost his voice.

(End of this chapter)