Chapter 90: Two Plans
Liu Zheng felt like crying.
What is this?
Qingyang Suo was also speechless. No matter how calm he was, he could not stand such teasing.
Hu Xier was also happy.
Does having a handsome dad always make you feel so insignificant?
wrong!
These people thought Liu Zheng had come back to marry a wife, so what kind of presence was he looking for? Thinking of this, he glared at Liu Zheng fiercely and said indignantly: "What are you looking at? This is my father. It was your Young Master Liu who invited him to be the chief historian!"
Everyone was shocked and started talking about it.
A few days ago, the Chief Secretary Shen Xing went to Yangzhou to take up his post. People were still discussing and speculating who would be the next Chief Secretary. Those prominent families had also been making recommendations and trying their best to have their family members appointed to the position of Chief Secretary.
I didn’t expect that Liu Zheng would invite such a disabled person?
Everyone couldn't help but laugh, and all of them looked at him with suspicion.
Liu Dahao, who was wearing a bright red outfit, also looked lonely, and asked suspiciously: "Zheng'er, the chief historian?"
Liu Zheng smiled and nodded.
Liu Dahao's mouth twitched, and he began to doubt his life. He wondered if his son really had a Longyang fetish. So he looked at Qingyang Suo with a strange look in his eyes and snorted coldly, "Zheng'er, I am the Yinyang Marquis, right? The chief secretary holds an important position, and it is not enough to rely on appearance alone!"
"you……"
Hu Xier was furious. Qingyang Suo was also at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
Liu Zheng was sweating profusely: "Dad, Mr. Qingyang..."
At this time, several prominent families who were watching the fun nearby also laughed.
"Mr. Liu, you dare to call yourself a gentleman when you are such a voluptuous woman?"
"Yes, Mr. Liu, the one we nominated is the truly talented gentleman!"
They were all a little indignant.
Liu Dahao also agreed with this, nodded and sneered: "My son, if they were relatives, it would be easy to say, but they are not even relatives, it is hard to accept!"
Everyone laughed.
Liu Zheng was even more at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
Qingyang Suo said calmly: "Lord Zhou Hou, do you want to test Qingyang? Please ask the questions!"
If he was in a small tavern, it would not be a big deal, but in front of so many people, many men could not stand it and were ready to make a move. It can be seen that Qingyang Suo's "beauty" is indeed outstanding.
The crowd started to make a noise again.
Liu Dahao smiled coldly. In order to correct his son's sexual orientation, he also tried his best. He said: "Mr. Qingyang, I have been ill recently and have been delayed in government affairs. Since you think you are qualified to be the chief secretary, can you help me?"
Everyone agreed.
Qingyang Suo smiled faintly and made a gesture of invitation.
Everyone followed him curiously.
Liu Dahao deliberately gave a look to the writing counselor, who immediately understood. After Qingyang Shuo was pushed in by Hu Xier, he ran to carry out a pile of bamboo slips and papers, and placed them on the table in front of Qingyang Shuo with bad intentions.
Everyone gloated.
Hu Xier was also furious, thinking, my father is so talented, and he gave you the position of Chief Secretary, but you have such an attitude? In anger, he wanted to push Qingyang Suo away.
Qingyang Shuo shook his head lightly.
He knew better than Hu Xier how hard it was to have a bosom friend in life. Young Master Liu drove the car himself and treated him like a teacher. Since he was a great talent, he should also be tolerant. If he couldn't stand such doubts, how could he be called a great talent? Since he had accepted such an assignment, he had to save Young Master Liu's face.
Seeing the documents in front of him, he just smiled faintly and asked Hu Xier to help him grind the ink.
Many people gathered around to watch, and most of them thought that this handsome man was just being mysterious.
Unexpectedly, Qingyang Shuo picked up a pen, glanced at the documents, and without much thought, began to write instructions with a quick stroke of the pen.
Liu Dahao sneered.
These documents were all official business that he found annoying at first glance, requiring all kinds of calculations and scrutiny. He found this annoying, so he just threw them aside and let the councilors deal with them slowly.
Can you figure it out with just one look?
However, he was standing next to him, initially with a look of disdain on his face, then a look of shock, and then his eyes lit up.
“This, this, this…”
Liu Dahao was amazed by her beauty.
Several counselors also came over, and they were also dumbfounded.
This Qingyang Suo, no matter farming, fortification, military affairs, or street trivia, he can do it all easily without even having to look at it. How many piglets does a sow give birth to, how much tax should be paid, and how many piglets died, how much subsidy should be paid... How much subsidy should be paid by Yinzhou for a baby born in a family - Yinyang has a policy to encourage childbirth. And how much tuition and miscellaneous fees should be paid for these children to go to public school, how much logistics equipment should be slaughtered, and how much expenses should be included...
He could do it all without even thinking about it.
"this……"
"impossible!"
"Just write nonsense!"
The counselors quickly gathered around, picked up the documents that Qingyang Suo had calculated, and used the abacus to calculate them. What shocked them was that after all the calculations, there was not the slightest deviation!
For a moment, everyone looked at Qingyang Suo in disbelief.
Is this a monster?
For more than an hour, Qingyang Shuo drank tea while slowly and methodically clearing up all the government affairs that had piled up for Liu Dahao for two months!
One person, in one hour, completed a month's worth of work for the entire Yinzhou Prefecture!
What a genius, what a monster!
The scene was deathly quiet.
Those people from prominent families were all stunned when they saw this scene.
Qingyang Shuo looked at Liu Dahao calmly: "Liuzhou Hou, is there anything else?"
"ah!"
Liu Dahao jumped up in fear, and immediately put on a smile on his face: "No more, no more, no no, there's more, hurry up, what are you standing there for, quickly bring the official uniform to Qing Changshi!"
The whole audience burst into laughter, and all the councilors were amazed by her beauty.
Liu Zheng was even more satisfied and said with a smile: "Dad, don't worry about the official uniform. I will take Mr. Qingyang to Yintan City first."
"Of course I should!"
Liu Dahao naturally had no objection, he personally took the tape measure, measured Qingyang Suo, and then ordered to make the official uniform immediately. Liu Zheng could only let his funny father do whatever he wanted.
Qingyang Suo was actually very interested in Liu Zheng's Yintan City.
Three days ago, the two asked each other three questions. He knew that this Mr. Liu must have a lot of cards in his hand. It is easy to say that soldiers make the world, but is it that simple? To be able to mass-produce weapons with quality comparable to the Zang family's weapons is not something that ordinary people can do.
So, although he often heard passers-by talking about Yintan City, when he saw this huge project from afar, he still took a deep breath and said, "Young Master, you have great ambitions!"
Liu Zheng did not hide it and said, "It's all salt."
"What?"
Qingyang Suo raised his eyelids, was stunned for a while, and then burst into laughter.
At this time, he was really laughing! The last barrier between him and Mr. Liu was completely gone. Qingyang Suo was a "remnant" of the Qingyang clan, and the people of the world would punish him. If Liu Zheng secretly kept Qingyang Suo and the royal family knew about it, Yinyang would be trampled to the ground by the royal cavalry.
But now it’s different…
This Young Master Liu actually made salt privately!
If the imperial court knew about this, I'm afraid all nine generations of the family would be executed!
In this way, Qingyang Shuo felt much more relaxed, and the two of them were truly in the same boat.
He looked at the Silver Beach City calmly and said with a smile: "So that's how it is. Since the young master has such craftsmanship, then Ruo is even more certain. "
Liu Zheng pushed him into Yintan City to watch the process one by one. Hu Xier, who was standing next to him, was also amazed and cheered. She no longer hated Liu Zheng as much as she did at first. After watching, Qingyang Suo was also amazed at Liu Zheng's talent, and his confidence in Liu Zheng increased greatly.
"only……"
Liu Zheng said in distress: "Sir, Yinyang's population has always been insufficient. Although the government has encouraged childbirth and provided subsidies, that is a plan for a hundred years. Now..."
Conservatively speaking, it would take 100,000 laborers to build this Silver Beach City...
One hundred thousand!
At present, the total population of Yinyang and Yangzhou is only 800,000. But almost everyone has their own division of labor. It is not easy to find 100,000 people to come to Yintan City. Therefore, the biggest difficulty facing Yinyang now has changed from having no money to insufficient population. However, in this era, population is actually the most important production tool. Liu Zheng is not yet powerful enough to truly realize the automated production of Yintan City - if that happens, he will probably go to heaven.
Qingyang Suo chuckled and said, "Even if there are people in Yinyang, they can't be used in Yintan City."
Liu Zheng was stunned: "Sir, why is this happening?"
However, as soon as this question came up, he suddenly realized and his face changed slightly.
Yes, the salt factory in Yintan City was more criminal than the drug factory in the later generations in the Longyang Dynasty. Liu Zheng was not afraid, but what about the people? Although they might come to Yintan City to work for money, but... 100,000 people, how could Liu Zheng guarantee that they would have the same ideas?
If someone leaks the news in Yintan City, wouldn't Liu Zheng be finished?
"There are Kunlun slaves in the Western Regions. What do you think, sir?"
Qingyang Suo smiled faintly.
Liu Zheng was delighted: "Sir, that's a great idea!"
Kunlun slaves, in fact, did not come from Kunlun Mountain... "Kunlun" refers to black in ancient times. Here, it refers to slaves in the South China Sea, most of whom are black people from Southeast Asia, that is, Negritos. There are also a small number of black people who came to China with Arabs. The Kunlun slaves that Qingyang Suo mentioned are these black people. These Kunlun slaves are as strong as bulls, gentle, down-to-earth and upright, and hardworking, so many nobles are scrambling to get them.
Due to religious beliefs, the Western Regions have been trading with the Arabs for a long time.
Therefore, Kunlun slaves were a relatively active commodity in the Western Regions. But when it came to the Longyan Dynasty, only the nobles could afford them .
Liu Zheng had thought about looking for slave traders before, but the price was too high...
If he wanted 100,000 laborers, he would not be able to get them without 1 million taels of silver! Nowadays, Yinzhou is still in a state of development, and money is needed everywhere. How could Liu Zheng be willing to take out 1 million taels of silver at once?
But Qingyang Shuo's suggestion made his mind start to work.
I certainly can’t bear to spend the money, but what about the goods?
"I'll go to the Western Regions right away!"
Liu Zheng said excitedly.
Qingyang Shuo shook his head slowly: "Shuo has two plans, you need to consider them."
"What's the plan?"
Liu Zheng cheered up.
