Chapter 138 I’m here today to solve the problem... (Here we are!)

Others were very excited, but Lin Conghui felt more and more regretful.

He could see that besides having a head full of money, this young Zhizhou was really very capable.

Among the seven counties in Quanzhou, in the eyes of this young magistrate, even the poorest Qingxi County has great potential for development. The rest of Tong'an and Dehua, not to mention Hui'an County under his own jurisdiction, have great potential.

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Although Lin Conghui despised Zhang Heng's wrong ideas, he also knew in his heart that for the common people, food was the most important thing, and it was absolutely impossible without money.

Although Hui'an County is better than other counties, if it can be better, it will definitely not refuse.

But now that I have offended this young Zhizhou, Hui'an County will lose its opportunity for development.

Just when he was upset, he heard Zhang Heng say: "Okay, let's do this for now. Let's go back and make a good announcement to the six officials and do a good job in ideological work. This is a great opportunity for the development of Quanzhou.

, whoever hinders us is hindering the people of Quanzhou, and I will not let them go! ...By the way, Magistrate Lin will keep you here for a while."

Everyone stood up, and some people looked at Lin Conghui with pity in their eyes. Lin Conghui roared in his heart: Get out of here!

Only Lin Conghui and Zhang Heng were left in the Qian Hall.

Zhang Heng looked at Lin Conghui with his head drooped and said with a smile: "President Lin, I have offended you today."

Lin Conghui gave him a surprised look.

Zhang Heng said: "I didn't want to use you to scare the monkeys today, but you jumped out, so I had to go with the flow..."

Lin Conghui: "..."

"...But, can you tell me what happened in Changpingcang?"

Lin Conghui suddenly stood up and stared at Zhang Heng, gritting his teeth and said: "I don't know who sent you, but you don't ask me any more about this matter. Either you arrest me, or don't ask anything at all!"

Oops, it sounds like a big case!

Zhang Heng thought for a while and said: "This matter is under the jurisdiction of the Changping Division. There is no need for me to meddle in other people's affairs. I don't care about this matter. Can you seriously do a good job in this matter?"

Lin Conghui looked at Zhang Heng and saw the sincerity in Zhang Heng's eyes. He nodded hesitantly and said, "Are you willing to use me?"

Zhang Heng sneered in his heart, I wouldn't dare to use someone like you if you didn't have the leverage in my hands.

Zhang Heng nodded readily and said: "I don't care about other things. I just want to achieve political achievements. You know, the more prosperous the sea trade in Quanzhou is, the greater my achievements will be. You just need to help me handle this matter."

Do it well and I won't treat you badly."

Lin Conghui finally nodded: "What you said makes sense. I don't care whether you get promoted or not, and whether you help me ask for credit. This is indeed beneficial to the people, so I will do it."

Still a thorn.

But Zhang Heng didn't care about him anymore. He would be assessed when the time came. If he found that he was perfunctory, he would find another person to do it. As for Lin Conghui, since he was disobedient, he should serve his sentence.

Zhang Heng waited for so long and found that Zhao Zhen had not launched a purge. He felt disappointed. Even Zhao Zhen, the emperor, did not dare to take action. Who would take the risk to rectify this decadent dynasty?

But whatever, since Zhao Zhen doesn't care, Zhang Heng will use this to convince these magistrates. These magistrates basically have the clues in his hands. If anyone is disobedient, he will throw the charges away. He doesn't care what these people have done.

, the most important thing now is sea trade.

Now is the best opportunity for Quanzhou. Once Jiangnan takes a breather, Quanzhou will have to stay in a corner.

Having laid the official foundation, Zhang Heng immediately summoned Quanzhou maritime merchants. Zhang Mazi and others had been waiting for a long time. When they heard the call, they immediately booked seats in the previous restaurant and waited for Zhang Heng's arrival.

When Zhang Heng arrived at the restaurant, more than a dozen maritime merchants he had seen before arrived.

In fact, there are more than just these merchants in Quanzhou, but these dozen or so people were the ones who transported food before, and they were ministers with meritorious service. Zhang Heng only asked them to come over, which meant that they would be rewarded for their merit.

Zhang Mazi and others saw Zhang Heng coming in and stood up to greet him.

Zhang Heng smiled and asked everyone to sit down. The first thing he did was to introduce Lu Yining to them.

"This is Lu Yining, the head shopkeeper of Lin'an Trading Company, the former head shopkeeper of the internal storage warehouse. You may not be familiar with this person, but everyone knows her father when talking about her..."

Zhang Mazi said with a smile: "Prefect Zhang, you are so mumbling about your position in our hearts. We know the people around you. You have Tong Boding in literature, Fan Wuji in martial arts, and Lu Yining in business. Everyone knows about Lu.

The big shopkeeper’s father is also a famous person in our Fujian Road, so we don’t know about it.”

Lu Yining smiled when he heard this and said, "Little girl Lu Yining has met all of your uncles."

No one here dared to look down upon this woman, and they all returned the favor.

It was Zhang Mazi who said: "Mrs. Lu, don't dare to be too polite. When it comes to doing business, in your eyes, we people are just small things. Lin'an Trading Company is the real big business. With the name of Feiyan Soap, even in Japan

Almost everyone knows about Liuqiu."

Zhang Heng waved his hand and said with a smile: "Everyone, please sit down. There is no need to be so polite. From now on, everyone has to cooperate, so there is no need to be so polite."

When everyone heard this, they were immediately overjoyed.

"Cooperation, do we actually have a chance to cooperate with Lin'an Commercial Bank?" The fierce-looking man said excitedly.

Zhang Heng remembered that this man should be named Li Pingchang.

Zhang Heng said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Li, don't get excited. Sit down. I'm so busy today that I haven't had time to eat. I'm hungry. Can I have something to eat first?"

Zhang Mazi, Li Pingchang and others repeatedly complained: "Eat first, eat first."

Zhang Mazi quickly asked the restaurant to serve food.

Food and wine were served on the stage like water, and everyone chatted while eating. They wanted to toast, but Zhang Heng just tasted it and stopped: "We have to talk about things today, so drink less."

Zhang Heng was really hungry. Hun Lun ate until he was full, so he stopped using his chopsticks. Everyone quickly put their chopsticks down and looked at Zhang Heng.

Zhang Heng took a sip of hot tea to moisten his throat and then said: "How has everyone been doing since the opening of the sea?"

Everyone looked at each other, and Zhang Mazi stood up first to speak, with a happy face: "After the sea opened, because the court issued a ban, we can run the sea openly without hiding, so the scale is much larger.

After one or two trips, we made more profits than before in a year. Of course, this is mainly because Jiangnan maritime merchants are temporarily unable to go to sea. We grabbed the routes and expanded the sales area, so everyone here has made a lot of profits. Of course

, the maritime merchants here in Quanzhou have also made profits."

Zhang Heng heard this and said: "The main thing is where to run?"

Zhang Pingchang said: "We mainly travel to Liuqiu, Japan, Korea..."

He looked at everyone, and then said: "...There are also people who went to Liao Kingdom, but none of us here went."

Zhang Heng frowned and said, "That's all?"

Zhang Pingchang hurriedly said: "There are also a small number of people who go to Mayi and the direction of Bo Ni Country, but after all, they are not as good as Japan's Goryeo. The ban is not open for a short period of time. They will definitely go there next."

Zhang Heng shook his head and said: "These are definitely things we need to go to, but they are not enough. You should also know that there are many countries outside the Western Region, right?"

Zhang Mazi nodded and said: "We all know, but we are maritime merchants, and we can't go to the Western Regions by land, and that road is now occupied by Xixia, otherwise we wouldn't have the chance to go to sea openly.

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Zhang Heng waved, and Fan Wuji quickly took out a scroll and opened it quickly. Someone quickly caught the other side and opened the huge scroll.

Zhang Mazi suddenly went numb when he saw it: "Prefect Zhang, how come there are so many countries here, and where is the Song Dynasty...Here, eh! So small!?"

"Eh?! The Song Dynasty is so small! No way, the Song Dynasty is only so small!"

"Prefect Zhang, where did you get this map? Is this a mistake? Why does the Song Dynasty only have so little!?"

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Zhang Heng looked at their fuss with a smile, and when they gradually calmed down, he said: "This is the world map, I got it from a foreign merchant.

Of course, the names of the countries above are slightly different due to different translations, and because each country always changes, it may not be the same as when the map was drawn.

But that’s about it, it’s up to you to conduct on-site inspections and then make changes.”

Zhang Mazi heard this and compared the distances on the map. He suddenly became numb again: "Prefect Zhang, you said that we should go to these countries... It will take us a long time to go to such a far place.

Wouldn’t it be a matter of months and a year to come back to this place?

I'm afraid this won't work, because there is miasma on the sea. If the crew stays on the ship for a long time, the crew members will have swollen gums, bleeding gums, and loose teeth. Later, they will have bloody stools, and finally die in pain, so we don't dare

Going too far."

Before Zhang Heng could speak, Zhang Changping also said: "Yes, we can't go to such a far place and have to cross the ocean. We have ocean currents to guide us to Japan, but if we really enter the sea, we may not be able to tell the difference clearly.

The direction.”

Zhang Heng secretly said that it was indeed the case. It seems that the compass has not been used on a large scale.

It’s no wonder, after all, sea trade was still hidden before. It’s good to be able to insist on traveling by sea. Of course, you can’t run too far. If you want to travel to Japan and Korea, a compass is not necessary.

But now if you want to sail far, you need such a sharp weapon.

As for what Zhang Mazi said was scurvy, this is quite simple. Just bring more tea leaves and beans to sprout, and supplement enough vitamins.

Zhang Heng nodded and said: "Well, I understand this. How much material does the current ship have? Is there a watertight cabin on the ship?"

Zhang Mazi was shocked: "Prefect Zhang, you even know about the watertight cabin. This is the secret of a sea runner..."

Zhang Heng smiled and said: "How much material does the largest ship have now?"

Zhang Mazi hurriedly said: "The largest one is about five thousand materials, but everyone uses about one thousand materials. After all, it is too expensive to build a big ship, and it was not possible to run the sea openly in the past, so they mainly used medium-sized ships.

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"Five thousand materials..."
To be continued...