Tao Shiqi washed his hands, walked out the door, and looked at the sun on the top of the mountain in the distance.

The strategic judge Li Fugui and the Shengzhou Director Dai Zhuang hurried over and asked, "How about the waiter?"

Tao Shiqi said: "I have been busy today for another day, and the major event has basically been completed, and it will be concluded tomorrow."

Li Fugui nodded repeatedly: "Okay, okay, thank you for your hard work at the waiter."

Dai Zhuang said: "We prepared a banquet in the city to celebrate the merits of the waiting edict. It's not too early, so let's go."

Tao Shiqi said to Dai Zhuang: "You two have been here all these days. It's really hard, why both of you spend more money?"

Dai Zhuang said: "Where is the Attendant? Jieshuai Jun's order, when the Attendant is here, all expenses are withdrawn from the minister's money."

In addition to the ministerial money of Hequ Road General Secretary and Shengzhou, Du Zhongxiao, as a senior official of the military governor, also has a ministerial money exclusively for his military governor. According to common practice, this ministerial money should be included in Du Zhongxiao's pocket and is one of the benefits of the military governor. Du Zhongxiao is not short of this money, so he saves it if he can, and spends it when he should spend it. He cannot be wronged or wronged his subordinates. Tao Shiqi is an old person who is following him. Because he is plagued by official duties, Du Zhongxiao asked Li Fugui and Daizhuang to take turns to entertain him, and the entertainment expenses are paid from the ministerial money.

This wool textile industry is jointly owned by the Jinliu Department and Shengzhou, and the money earned is evenly divided. Of course, the wizard and the magistrate of the head state of the road are the same person, so the division is not so clear. After Li Fugui and Daizhuang learned about the wool industry of the Volcanic Army, they both had high hopes for this place and were particularly polite to Tao Shiqi. Seeing the end of the installation, they were here together.

Relying on the money and food allocated by the court alone would not live a good life. In the past, the commanders on the side would use strange tricks to increase production and generate income. In the past, they mostly used their power and their subordinates to conduct various trades, which was called Huiyi in the Song Dynasty. Most of the greedy people put their money into their own pockets, and those who were not greedy for money would be used as benefits in the army, giving their subordinates additional rewards to improve their lives.

Du Zhongxiao is obviously not a greedy person. The Shuaisi industry is a big investment for the military. The wool industry of the Volcanic Army now has an income of over 100,000 yuan per year, and the government's commercial taxes in this regard are over 100,000 yuan. There are small handmade workshops there. Shengzhou introduces machines and conducts large-scale production. How much money should we make in a year? With this money, many things will be easier to handle.

The three of them took their followers and left the newly built wool factory and headed towards Shengzhou City several miles away. The factory was not built in the city because the wool industry was polluted, it was not well handled, and the smell was bad. There happened to be a small lake here, so a small canal was dug from Shengzhou to lead to the lake. The wastewater after the wool was washed was discharged into the lake, and after it was settled, it was discharged back to the Yellow River through the drainage ditches. With a factory here, this small lake will be abandoned in the future. However, in this era, what cares about a small lake with no one around.

Along the way, Li Fugui and Daizhuang spoke with a waiter, and were very polite to Tao Shiqi, and their titles were a bit funny. Tao Shiqi was a wise official. After being promoted to an envoy, some of the entrusted positions were exclusive to them and separated from the military system. Most of the entrusted positions used by the entrusted officials belonged to the Eastern Ban, while Xiban was exclusive to the military. Since these entrusted positions were mostly wine shops, wine warehouses, felt blankets, etc., they were not consistent with the jobs of Tao Shiqi and other personnel, and they were not elegant. There were only a few entrusted names in the bow and arrow warehouse, and a few military weapon warehouses had a little bit of affair. The court intended to add some new entrusted positions for them, which really became a sequence. Many people mentioned names they thought were suitable, such as artillery envoys, muskets, etc., which were in the same system as bow and arrows, military weapons, etc.

The savage officials used to have a low status and had no common honorary title. They often called Guanzhao, which is the most commonly used title for officials of the Hanlin Academy. The problem is that this title is used too much now. The people who paint on the market call Guanzhao, the people who grow jade call Guanzhao, and even those who cut hair are called Guanzhao. The people who call Tao Shiqi Guanzhao are indeed honorable, but once they are associated with the folk title, it makes people laugh and cry.

Li Fugui and Dai Zhuang did not have a suitable title for Tao Shiqi, so they could only do this. With Tao Shiqi and Du Zhongxiao's relationship, they did not dare to treat Tao Shiqi badly, let alone, they are still begging Tao Shiqi to do things now.

After entering the city, Li Fugui said: "Next to the shopping mall in the west of the city, there is an official restaurant, the most popular in Shengzhou City. We chose a pavilion there and ordered a banquet. Don't be disgusted when we are invited."

Tao Shiqi said: "How did this make me? I was just a business trip here. I was so polite, and I felt a little uneasy."

Dai Zhuang said: "If you don't say that the Shuzhao is an old man in charge of the rituals, just use official matters to discuss it. If you help us build that factory, you will not know how much money you make in a year. Not to mention this, with this factory, the surrounding herders can come here to sell wool, which will be of great benefit to the people. It is natural for us to invite some wine and dinner. There are still several officials in the city tonight, so Shuzhao will get to know each other."

While talking, when he arrived at the official restaurant next to the mall, a servant had already led him to the decided pavilion.

The signing judge Chen Xiliang, the replies Wen Tong, and the manager Zhang Tangying had already been waiting here early to greet Tao Shiqi.

These officials from the Ministry of War were all from Jinshi. If they were in the past, how could they be so polite to a genius official? Tao Shiqi was a person who had been with Du Zhongxiao for many years. In addition, in the past two years of industrial development, the status of the genius official has improved, so everyone got together to invite Tao Shiqi's wine.

Without this reason, it is not easy for these officials of the police to use ministerial money to drink in this most luxurious restaurant. Instead of using ministerial money and letting them pay for it themselves, how many people are willing to do so?

They each sat down, and the servants served the wine and food, and Li Fugui led them to drink a few rounds of wine.

After three rounds of wine, the topic came to the wool factory being built. Chen Xiliang said: "Attack, I heard that the newly built wool factory uses steam engines to spin and weave cloth. It employs very few people and produces a lot. I wonder if this is the case?"

Tao Shiqi smiled and said, "The signing of the judgment is that the steam engine only provides power. How can we spin and weave cloth? There are other human-machines, and the steam engine only brings them. However, it is much less people than before. It is good. Spinning and weaving cloth with machines, and there are fewer people. The most important thing is that the output is more and the uniform fabric is produced, which is the reason everyone likes it."

Wen Tongdao: "I dare to ask the appellant, is it useful in other places to weave cloth with a steam engine?"

Tao Shiqi said: "That's natural. The earliest factory that uses steam engines was opened on Jingxi Road to weave cotton. Not so. Why has the price of cotton dropped so much in recent years? Knowing this, my husband of the Strategic Sword ordered people to rebuild the machine and build a factory here."

Everyone nodded together: "So that's it."

Among these people, only Li Fugui was an official on Jingxi Road before, and knew what was going on. The others only had a slight understanding and didn't know the final word. Everyone knows the name of the steam engine, but most of them can't explain clearly what it can do and how to use it.

After drinking a few more glasses of wine, Zhang Tangying said: "If the factory uses a steam engine, will the fabric wool be as cheap as cotton in the future?"
Chapter completed!