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Chapter 16 The Beginning of the Great Construction

Ji Kang was very close to his relatives in his previous life. After coming to Liaodong, he changed the number of meals in his current life to the same as in his previous life, from two meals a day to three meals a day. The office hours of the officials were changed to: the office hours at noon to the Chen hour to noon, the office hours in the afternoon were from Wei hour to You hour, and the dynasties were twice a month, which were the first and sixteenth day of each month.

The seventh year of King Wucheng, the eighteenth day of the first lunar month.

Early in the morning, after accompanying his mother for breakfast, Ji Kang came to the secretary's office in the outer courtyard with Shi Gan and several servants.

Junhou’s Mansion is divided into two parts: the inner courtyard and the outer courtyard. The inner courtyard is the place where Ji Kang and his mother live, and the outer courtyard has been an office city for officials since the general Qin Kai.

After Ji Kang opened the house to build the teeth, the meeting hall of the outer court was changed to the Qinzheng Hall. With this as the center, several small halls were set up on both sides as the offices of Ji Kang, Jun Xiangju Xin and others. The Secretary Pavilion was one of them, and was used by Ji Kang as his office. The departments under it were all working outside the Junhou Mansion.

After arriving at the Secretary-General, I saw Junxiang Ju Xin and Ji Mao, the director of the Supervisory Institute, had been waiting in the Secretary-General for a long time. Suddenly, my little face was stunned and said: "Ji Xiang, Bo Ji, I have told you many times, don't come to work so early, take care of yourself!"

Ju Xin felt warm in his heart and smiled: "Young Master, I have been used to it, it's okay."

"Oh, oh. Forget it, let it go!"

Ji Kang sighed helplessly, and then sat on the newly purchased chair. That's right, it's similar to his previous life, with a chair with a backrest and armrests on both sides.

This was created by Ji Kang after he came to Xiangping, and asked them to build the woodworking room of the Ministry of Works overnight. The accompanying them was also a desk with drawers, coffee tables and other items, which attracted positive praise from the officials at that time. This was so easy to use, is there any? It was so uncomfortable to sit on the mat on the mat.

Su Qing, a doctor from the Ministry of Commerce, saw business opportunities keenly. It was all money! He jumped up at that time and asked the carpenter to follow the "assembly line" method that Ji Kang asked, and built overnight according to the drawings. It has now caused a buying trend among the people of Xiangping and has a tendency to expand outward.

The boss Ji Mao sat on the chair with seat cushions, gently lit the coffee table with two chairs with his right hand, and he felt a little emotional. Only you can't imagine, and nothing can't do, okay!

"Young Master, you have asked the treasury and grain counted by the counties and counties to be completed. The result was beyond our expectations. Since General Qin Kai attacked Donghu, we have been in constant friction with the barbarians near Donghu, Goguryeo and other places, but there has been no major war for more than ten years. The treasury and wealth of the two counties in Liaodi is not much, but the grain is not safe."

Jun Xiangju Xin reported to Ji Kang.

"Okay, this is the best news. As long as the food is safe, we can support our construction. You don't need money, but I will let the boss manager transfer it to you. But we should save it and spend money on the blade."

After hearing this, Ju Xin sighed and said:

"Young Master, the task of suppressing bandits has now ended. Except for some bandits who fled, it can be said that the bandits in Liaodong and Liaoxi counties have been wiped out by us. According to the order of the emperor, the bandits caught by Liaodong County were prepared to be escorted to the concentration camp in Xinchang County, and the bandits caught by Liaoxi County were sent to the concentration camp in Wangwuwu County."

Ji Kang nodded and said, "It is not the time to relax. The Ministry of War, the county magistrates and county officials should follow the principle of "eliminating all evil affairs" and continue to chase and seize the fleeing bandit gangs. Try to end the task of suppressing bandits by the end of February. Even so, we must not relax. No county or county will allow any bandit gangs to appear in the future."

"The people organized people to build "Marty Shrines" and martyrs' cemeteries in Xiangping and Yangle, and carved monuments for the soldiers who died in this bandit suppression mission and the soldiers who died for the country and the people in the future. Every year, officials at all levels, including me, and officials from all counties and counties will sacrifice to the soldiers who died. This matter is as important as the establishment of academy, and we strive to complete the work before the Qingming Festival."

Ju Xin and Ji Mao stood up together and said, "No."

Next, Ju Xin reported again: "According to the order of the prince, the two counties have begun to recruit refugees, and the people of Hu Yi have registered and built a list. In the current slack season, people from all over the country have organized people to build roads, open canals, and build land and fields. Since the Liaoxi Conference, this short time has been effective. The number of households in each county has increased significantly, especially in Leting County, Liaoxi County, where the number of households has increased from more than 2,000 to almost more than 4,000 households, and the population has increased from 13,000 to more than 24,000, and it will soon reach the 30,000 people as the king said."

"Okay." Ji Kang happily clapped his hands and stood up and said, "Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Revenue will send people to inspect, and the Supervision Institute must follow up in time. For counties that have completed the population in advance, if the achievements meet the standards in all aspects, they can be promoted in advance. This is the capable official, and this is the official we want."

"In addition, we instruct the officials of all counties that as long as the people of Donghu, Goguryeo and other people who have already been registered, they shall not discriminate against. Anyone who has been classified as our country of Yan, and all treatments are treated equally with those of our people of Yan. In addition, the government should take care of roads, canals, land and fields organized by the government, and the government should take care of food and accommodation according to the amount of efforts. Just give one clear knife a day. Those who work hard and those who work hard will give two or three knife a day."

Ju Xin nodded and said, "Young Master, I will continue to give orders."

At this moment, an eunuch came from outside the secretary's cabinet: "Report to the Lord, Shiyong, the Marquis of Anshan Villa, sent someone to send an urgent document, saying that he would submit it to the Lord."

Ji Kang thought of something in his heart and shouted: "Hurry, let the person who sends the urgent items come in quickly."

"promise."

Seeing a lieutenant outside the door, he walked in with dust and dust. Then he knelt down on his knees, raised his hand and said anxiously: "Greetings to you, Master."

"Come on."

An eunuch next to him rushed over to take the urgent documents and handed them to Ji Kang.

Ji Kang opened the silk and saw that he couldn't help laughing. He handed the silk written by Shi Yong in his hand to Ju Xin:

"Drama, Ji Bo, you can also take a look.

Then he said to the kneeling captain: "You retreat first and reward five hundred Mingshaos."

After watching the urgent case, both of them couldn't help but tremble:

"Discover large iron mines! A gold mine was also discovered!"

Ji Kang was excited and could no longer help saying, "Yes, the open-pit iron ore that is dozens of miles in a radius of gold ore, which is easy to mine. Ji Bo, do you know? The mountains near Dagu Mountain in the urgent case are all iron ore, which is enough for us to use for dozens or even hundreds of years. This gold mine is enough for us to use."

The boss manager Ji Mao stood up excitedly and said, "This is a gift from the young master of heaven to achieve great achievements!"

The old man Ju Xin said excitedly: "Young Master, send an order to Shi Yong, you must block the news and keep it confidential."

But then he thought of something and said to Ji Kang: "Young Master, if we urgently need to build a copper mine for weapons, iron weapons are sharp, but they are easy to break. Especially iron ore, as far as I know, is not easy to smel."

Ji Kang smiled at Ju Xin and said, "Jiu Xiang, iron ore is not easy to smelte because the smelted fuel wood is burning at a lower temperature, but if you switch to another fuel, the temperature will be twice to three times the combustion temperature of wood, and iron ore will be much easier to smelte."

Then he said slowly: "And it can smel out a material that is stronger and harder than bronze and iron. I call it steel. Weapons cast from steel, weapons made of bronze, such as bronze weapons chopping wood."

Ju Xin and the boss's eyes widened and wider, and said in a trembling voice:

"Young Master, do you have this fuel? Can you make the material mentioned by the Lord?"

Ji Kang laughed and said, "It's really not true anymore. In Juju County east of Anshan, there is a stone that is extremely flammable. I call it coal, which is what I call burning material. Use it to smel this iron ore and get what I call steel without any effort."

Ji Kang ignored the surprise expressions on his faces, and continued:

"After I go to report to my mother, I will immediately rush to Anshan, Xinchang, Liaocheng, and you can handle the matter as we have discussed. I will inform me if there is any urgent matter."

Looking at Ji Kang who was hurried out, the old man Ju Xin hurriedly said, "Young Master, there is one more thing, and another more thing!"

"Oh, drama, what else is there?"

"I want to invite Lord Zou Yan and his students to Liao, but I wonder if the young master can do it?"

Ji Kang ran back excitedly, hugged Ju Xin with his little hand, and said, "Ji Kang is undeserved by Ji Kang! It's best to let him bring more friends and students."

In the first month of the seventh year of King Wucheng, Dagushan Iron Mine was located in Xinchang County, Liaodong County. This open-pit iron ore, known as the number one in Asia, was discovered and found, and Ji Kang immediately rushed to Anshan, Xinchang.

He also sent people to Juju County, Wangping County to search for Xilu Coal Mine, the first open-pit coal mine in Asia in his previous life. At the end of the month, news came that Xilu open-pit coal mine was found in the north of Juju County.

The entire Liaodong and western counties also began to build roads, canals, land and fields under the leadership of the prime minister Guo Xin.
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