Lu Duan also saw Song Jiu in the crowd. He looked at Song Jiu holding his hands and frowned. He also knew that Song Jiu had a playful attitude towards this industry, but Song Jiu's attitude made him slightly dissatisfied.

He walked up to Zhao Chengzong and bowed, and said a few words. The Bian River was narrow in this section, and the two rivers were only a few dozen meters away, but the sound was not loud and he could not hear it. Han Qingxiong said, "This county magistrate Lu is so confused. He is an official and half an elder. What kind of tribute should he give?"

It seems to be.

Song Jiu knew it was not, but he didn't think deeply about it, but he was not. It was not good to give a gift to Lu Duan, but he only gave a peer tribute. At most, he was confused. Once he performed a gift, Zhao Chengzong would not be able to give up today. Lu Duan would also be impeached and formed a bond with Zhao Pu. But with this gift, Zhao Chengzong would be in a difficult situation.

Even the etiquette of peers, Zhao Chengzong couldn't bear it and said, "Minister Lu, you are not apologizing, but you are scolding."

This was easy to deal with. Lu Duan jumped onto the ship and asked the owner: "How heavy is the carbonite in your ship?"

"Report to the magistrate, 3,300 stones." The ship owner replied honestly. A medium-sized ship weighs about 150 tons, but it is a little overloaded, and the weight is not falsely reported. But in the future, the ship will become larger and larger, and such a ship will become a small boat.

This is also the first coal ship transported by Zhao Chengzong and other yamen.

There are also some people who have not arrived in the capital, and most of them were transported from Xuzhou.

"This is an important waterway in the capital. Every day, many ships are rushing to transport the lives of the people in the capital before the frozen Bian River. Do you let the ships unload the goods here, are you afraid of something wrong?"

"This. This..." The ship owner looked at Zhao Chengzong.

Lu Duan stood on the board and gave another peer gift to Zhao Chengzong. Zhao Chengzong wanted to say that this gift forced all his words back into his stomach. Han Qingxiong whispered again: "It's embarrassing. I'll throw away the face of Lu Xianggong."

Song Jiu did not think it was embarrassing and continued to watch the show. Lu Duan said calmly to the ship owner: "Come and see. This ship comes from Hongqiao, and you must be given a risk? According to the system, you will be confiscated together. Let's dock like this. Let's sail the ship to the opposite court dock. Song Jiu, tell General Han, and ask him to send someone to unload the carbide and transport it to the victims. Give the ship owner another 300 stale money."

"County magistrate, county magistrate," the ship owner shouted in a hurry. Lu Duan ignored him and asked two yamen runners to steer him to the imperial dock diagonally opposite.

Actually, this is the issue of carbohydrate price.

In the future, perhaps the Song Dynasty had large-scale coal mining. Now, there are only a few areas of coal mining, and the civil use is less, mostly for iron smelting in the area of ​​Cizhou. In the past, the capital was still warmed by charcoal and firewood or cooked. It was not easy to cut firewood, and it was impossible to cut it at the doorstep. It was impossible to sell it with some small dead branches. It must be chopped into firewood, and it had to be carried back after cutting it. It could only be cut three or two loads a day. But it was not finished. It had to be carried into the city to sell it. In fact, it was less than a load of firewood per day, so the price of a load of firewood per day is between 80 and 100 yuan. Once it was baked into charcoal, the cost was higher. Generally, a load of charcoal was a little more than a hundred pounds, about four hundred yuan.

The court found various coal mines. The coal mined was also set at this price, and it was four hundred minus one stone. Song Jiu ran to Kaifeng Prefecture to raise objections. The court did not implement all the proposals he proposed. It was just trialed on Jingdong Road and contracted some iron pits to private individuals. Depending on the situation, this decree might be revoked and might be promoted nationwide. But this process would be very slow, mainly because he was afraid of gunpowder leaking.

Song Jiu took advantage of the issue and said that it could not be so expensive. In fact, many charcoal pits were located by the river, and the cost of moving from the water was not high. Moreover, the imperial court dug charcoal pits on a large scale, which caused many disadvantages, and contracting them to private individuals was even more necessary.

Once half of it is private, such a high price affects its effect, and invisibly causes an increase in the cost of steel. So the court divided its price into two categories: one stone, two hundred cents, and two hundred cents. The actual price is also very high, and the price of a ton of coal reaches at least 4,210 cents.

After density measurement, Song Jiu finally found out how many kilograms of Song stone is about 95 kilograms. One meter is three points,05 feet. This is converted according to the standards of Kaifeng County. At the same time, the volume of liters is also converted. But now it is not called kilograms, it is called Huangjin. It is not called rice, but Huangzi, not ton, but Huangtian.

This is not easy. Song Jiu will not have any calculation chaos at last, but the others are in chaos.

It is still expensive, and it is very likely that it is equivalent to one ton of RMB 278 to RMB 3,000 based on purchasing power. However, the mining cost and transportation cost are still high now. No matter how cheap it is, it is unreasonable, so this cost can be barely popularized. That is, 3,300 stones of carbonite, the actual price is 660 yuan. If high-quality charcoal is given, the price is 770 yuan.

If Lu Duan only gave three hundred pieces of money, it would be a big loss.

Lu Duan stood on the shore and said to the yamen runners beside him: "Send five people to build a small shed here. For the safety of other ships' navigation, if any ships are unloading goods here in violation of regulations, all of them will be checked."

After saying that, he returned to Kaifeng County Government.

Zhao Chengzong led a group of yamen to stare at each other. The group of yamen called Lu Duan weak again and used this shameless method to solve the problem. However, the more Song Jiu felt it was more wonderful. After thinking for a long time, he suddenly said, "No, this old boy is uneasy and wants to drag me into the water."

The bridge is repairing the road surface. After repairing, it will have to be maintained for a while. It is temporarily unavailable. Song Jiu called a small boat and placed him over.

A large group of yamen did not invest in Hezhou stocks, but it does not mean that they excluded Song Jiu. There are many reasons for not investing. Some people disdained, some still didn't believe it, and some people were unwilling to accept that Song Jiu occupied most of the stocks. It was not until Song Jiu made a large concession that some people regretted it, but at that time the stocks were already full, and some people were unwilling to stay below Song Jiu, for many reasons.

However, everyone often dates, and Song Jiu's status is getting more and more expensive. In addition to family background, the official title and the emperor's valuation can be on par with them. As for the one hundred or dozens of yamen who invested in it, it is not a solid piece of law.

Like the Pan brothers, they were good to Zhang Lin, and Fu Zhaoshou was very repulsive to Zhang Lin. Later, when Zhang Qiong died, Fu Zhaoshou did not. But Zhang Lin was equivalent to having withdrawn from the yamen social circle. This was just one of the contradictions, and there were various complex relationships. I am afraid that Zhao Kuangyin, as their leader, could not integrate them into a piece of iron.

Zhao Pu was not very friendly to Song Jiu. Zhao Chengzong and his cousin Zhao Chengqing were not evil, just like Zhao Pu's attitude towards Song Jiu and his academic attitude towards him were different.

Seeing Song Jiu coming, Zhao Chengzong said, "Jiulang, are you really upset?"

"It's not that I really unloaded it, it's that County Magistrate Lu really unloaded it. How can I not let him unload it?"

"This loss is ours. Is it really the ship owner?" Not only did this ship, there were two ships behind it, but they had not arrived. Could it be that they were unloaded at home and could not be finished. Besides, where did the pile of charcoal be placed?

Song Jiu laughed and said, "How much does it cost per acre of these land you buy?"

"Don't mention it, twenty guan per acre is only worth four or five guan. It's all your money. It's more expensive than the land in the city." Zhao Chengzong said, and the other yanmen were also extremely resentful. Lu Duan's soft move was so cruel that he would not let the coal be unloaded. What workshop should he talk about?

"The land is not expensive, on the contrary, it is too cheap."

"Jiulang, don't be funny. Twenty cents per acre is not expensive. Can you sell one hundred cents per acre?"

"Zhao Dalang, you have not yet recognized its value. Hezhou Manfa is used. If it is less than 4,000 acres, then remove the money from the wharf and the academy. If the area occupied by building roads and bridges is removed, how many acres are left? In the future, I will pay the imperial court more than 560 yuan of money. And it is not permanent. It only has a fifty-year period. Your land is next to Hongqiao. How much do you think it is worth? Of course, except for you to make a honeycomb coal workshop, you only think that it can only grow vegetables, so just pretend I didn't say it."

"Yes, please teach me."

"Once Hongqiao is repaired, not only the Hongqiao landscape, but also the main store, amusement park, etc. People will not only come from Hezhou, but also from Hebei. How many people will come here in a day? You only use this kind of land as a workshop, how can you bear it?"

"Yes, Kyuro, just say it, I'll treat you tonight."

"where?"

"Ren Dian."

"There are many people across the street."

"I've invited it," Zhao Chengzong gritted his teeth.

"Okay, I'll just say this to you. It's not suitable for workshops here. The most suitable one is to build restaurants and tea shops. The income will be several times that of workshops."

"How is that possible, and your main store."

"The main store is different. It is a luxury restaurant. There will be a lot of snacks on the river in the future, but it has nothing to do with you. The honeycomb coal workshop is now profitable, its technology is simple, and more and more people will set up workshops in the future, and the profit will gradually decline. If you are reluctant to give up, I have another plan. There is no good water milling place near the Bian River, or it is too far away, and it is not cost-effective to transport it to the city. But the Bian River is not good, and the Wuzhang River is not good? Go and seize it as soon as possible."

"Yes, we are confused." Zhao Chengzong said overjoyed.

The profit is still OK now. After Song Jiu calculated, he deliberately suppressed the profit. Zhu Yanei was a little dismissed. Song Jiu repeatedly said that he could not make too much money. If he earned too much, the people would not afford it. If he had a lot of money, he would make up for the profit. Moreover, there would be more and more workshops in the future, and the prices would inevitably fall. People would also say that they made black money, which would even affect the credibility of Hezhou. The effect was indeed good. At least 30,000 households in the capital were starting to use honeycomb coal. So Zhao Chengzong and the others were jealous.

The first year was to monopolize business, and the profits would not be bad, but as long as several workshops were raised, the profits would immediately drop. Therefore, Song Jiu was playing with the nature of the game, so he could only say that one person could make up for it. Zhang Lin and Zhang Lin invested another hundreds of jin of coins to invest, and a total of 1,000 yuan.

But he had no official position and no position, so he could only rely on his old capital. It was okay. He also had an uncle. Without Zhang Qiong, Zhang Jin would not have been able to get the position of deputy army leader of Long Jiejun. However, he had the same relationship with Song Jiu and his eldest brother-in-law. Without Song De, his eldest brother-in-law would not have opened a small restaurant and his life would not have been better. When Song De passed away, it turned out that Song Jiu was rubbing around with that idea, and his eldest brother-in-law would have ideas. It was difficult to calculate the first year, and it was possible for one person to get 400 guan, 500 guan, or 600 guan. It would be good to get one or two hundred guan in the next year. But with this money, as long as Zhang Lin didn't do anything, it would be enough to support him. A few years later, Hezhou began to pay formal dividends. With his 1,000 guan, or 3,000 guan, every year, he might get 1,000 guan, 2,000 guan, and 3,000 guan each year. Whether Zhao Kuangyin would give him an official position in the second half of his life, he would have no worries about food and clothing.

At that time, Song Jiu was just a joke, but he didn't expect to take it seriously so quickly. Sometimes Song Jiu felt a lot of emotion when he thought about it.

Zhao Chengzong discussed with a group of yamen for a while, turned his head and said to the yamen runners, "You go back and report to Magistrate Lu, we will not set up workshops and rebuild teahouses and restaurants."

Isn't it disgusting? He actually saluted himself. When this reached his father's ears, he would be scolded again. Zhao Chengzong was so depressed that he said to Song Jiu: "Let's go see your vegetable, and have a drink after watching it."

Actually, playing is the main thing. If his father is so big, he still has to worry about money?

"good."

A group of yamen ran to the vegetable greenhouse to watch it again. It has been more than a month and is growing well. The green leaves are covered with jade under the sunlight from the glass. Several types are common vegetables, but some are called different. For example, the sap melon is actually a kind of short and fat vegetable melon. The gourd is divided into two types, one is a common long-shaped gourd, but some people also call gourds gourds. Some people also set up racks, gourds, gourds, cucumbers, and winter melons. The winter melons are not too big yet, but the shelves require high quality. Some start to climb vines and bloom, and vegetable farmers teach flowers manually.

There were no bees at this time, and there was no wind in the shed, so it could only be artificially pollinated. It was another novel science.

There is no need to set up a stand for leeks, eggplant and celery, but they are also high-yield vegetables, which grow hot and spicy. Pan Weide said: "Jiulang, it seems that these celery can be eaten."

"It's still twenty days to eat now."

"Do you really eat cucumbers?" Han Qingxiong said as he looked at the small cucumber eggs and opened his mouth.

"I don't know if it will snow in thirty days, but after thirty days, I can eat a batch of cucumbers that will be launched in the morning."

"Jiulang, how much does this one cost?" Pan Weide asked suspiciously when he thought of the unscrupulous character of this prospective brother-in-law.

"How much do you think it will be worth?"

"One hundred citations, no, this spring my mother bought a premature gourd and spent more than nine hundred citations. Oh my God, Jiulang, you are robbing money," Pan Weide finally reacted and hugged Song Jiu and shouted.

"Hey, this is called eating smart food and making money from smart, do you understand?"

"No, Jiulang, you want to treat you," Zhao Chengzong shouted. Dozens of yamen did not settle the accounts. When they settled the accounts, they were shocked and carried Song Jiu out together, tied him to Rendian, blackmailed Song Jiu for a luxurious meal, and used Song Jiu's more than 400 guan.

But it is not that expensive. This is twenty acres of land, which is too much. But a cucumber can still be sold for three or four hundred cents, which is equivalent to robbing money. But at that time, Song Jiu was mostly no longer in the capital.

As soon as he returned home, he saw one of his students' parents sitting at home waiting for him. When he saw Song Jiu, he knelt down and tears fell. Song Jiu was shocked, helped them up, and said, "Da Hang committed a crime outside?"

This student is named Wu Dahan. He is very hard-working when studying, but he talks little, which is a little old-fashioned. Otherwise, Song Jiu would have included twenty personal disciples. However, it may be due to genetic factors, and his parents are also old-fashioned.

The couple were peaceful in the river, but when they saw themselves kneeling down and crying, what else could they be if something happened to the big raft?
Chapter completed!