"Oh... Nephew Lu, do you mean to recruit workers from this coal mine factory from these fleeing farmers?" Wu Daqiu twisted his beard, and the thin horse's face had a little more affectionate feeling. After two days of contact, he was obviously quite satisfied with Lu Hong's performance. Seeing that his ambitions of governing the country were rewarded, he was naturally in a good mood.

Lu Hong nodded affirmatively, "Sir, I think there are probably no less than a hundred households in this city. If they can take out grain and provide accommodation in their mining area, there will probably be many people who are willing to work without paying their wages! What's more... In today's season, the kindness of this gift of food is as good as the rebirth of these people's parents!"

The magistrate of Wu County smiled. This left a reputation in the local area. For officials like him who were born in the Qingliu and Tiger Clan, it was a huge benefit that could benefit for life. After a moment, when he thought of the small amount of grain stored in the official warehouse, he looked a little hesitant. In this era, this disaster relief was originally the responsibility of the county magistrate, but in fact, officials from all over the country mostly reported to the prefectures, the governors, and then directly reported to the court.

The reason for this is actually very simple. Disasters in the local area have never been a small disaster. If the prefecture and county start to provide disaster relief, this kind of news will spread around the surrounding area for ten or eight days. At that time, the people who fled to famine in Lin County will be moved by the news, wouldn’t they smash the foot by moving bricks?

He looked at Lu Hong and it was obvious that the student who returned from abroad did not understand this kind of thing. He still did not open an official warehouse, but asked his subordinates to find local wealthy families to come forward. The reason was forced to do so. After uttering this doubt casually, the complexity of the situation was obviously beyond Lu Hong's expectations.

However, after a moment, he had a new plan and planned with the Wu County Magistrate. Soon, the Wu County Magistrate wrote a letter of appointment, and put it in the red Mengyin County Magistrate's seal to Lu Hong. Wu Daqiu was obviously very concerned about the opening of a coal mine. Although he relied on Lu Hong, he still had concerns. Later, a young student in his early twenties and beautiful eyes was called in.

Wu Daqiu pointed to the young man, "Nephew Lu, this is my nephew Wu Shengxi, who is a juren from the Gengyin year. He is studying with me in his house. You might as well bring Shengxi with you in Mengyin's industry so that he can also study things and learn what he has learned to apply!"

Lu Hong hurriedly stood up to greet Wu Shengxi, and the two of them were polite. He immediately discovered that this young man who had passed the exam and achieved fame at a young age was very scholarly. Although his attitude was very polite, in fact, scholars of this era who read Confucian classics all day long and only wrote parallel poems and essays did not value this "strange and erotic trick" industry.

However, after all, since the establishment of the Westernization Movement in 30 years, the four ministers of the Qing Dynasty's Zhongxing all took it as their mission to establish the Westernization Movement, which had a considerable influence on the times. Therefore, Wu Shengxi was still somewhat interested in the coal mines that Lu Hong wanted to open in Mengyin. Wu Daqiu asked his nephew to interfere with this matter, of course, not entirely for the purpose of investigating things. After all, this industry is quite important to him. If his nephew participates in it, it is obvious that he is easier to control.

After Lu Hong came out of the prefect's office, he took out Guan Wen and looked at it, laughing in his stomach. He didn't expect that his first job in this era was the aide of the magistrate. This was also a temporary measure to facilitate the preparation of industrial affairs. After all, he had no status and had to prepare for this official business, so he really had no idea. Wu Shengxi, who was following him, did not forget to bring the servant and a book bag when he went out. He looked like a good student.

After walking around the street for two times, Wu Shengxi saw Lu Hongdong looking around, and didn't know what he was doing. He couldn't help but ask, "Brother Lu, what are you doing? Didn't you say you want to prepare for the coal mine industry? Are you just walking around the street like this?"

"Sheng Xi, I am checking the number of farmers fleeing famine in Mengyin. The streets can be seen with refugees, but the essential difference between farmers and beggars is that farmers are willing to work hard. Among the beggars, many people are not unable to support themselves, but are comfortable in begging life and have excellent begging methods. Therefore, in the next disaster relief, we must also fully consider this issue!" Lu Hong said slowly while walking.

Wu Shengxi was obviously stunned when he heard such an argument for the first time. He walked along the way, holding the book in his hand while reading. At this moment, he lowered his head and thought about the question mentioned by Lu Hong, and after a moment, he said, "Brother Lu, what do you mean... differentiate between beggars and farmers in this city? Are beggars not going to provide relief?"

Lu Hong looked at this guy. While walking, he was still reading a book. He could use it with all his heart and never lose it. He was quite capable. He actually didn't mean to have much contact with this guy. This guy was just the eyeliner that Wu County Magistrate put around him. However, he didn't plan to do anything, so it didn't matter how much eyeliner he had!

What we do is an industry, not a relief center. The porridge work will naturally be handled by the yamen. What we want is to select labor that meets our requirements from these farmers who have lost their foundation in life!

However, when he looked back, he saw a three-dimensional geometric pattern of a cone on the thick bamboo paper page on the guy's hand, which surprised him a little... Could it be that he was ignorant and actually took arithmetic in the Qing Dynasty imperial examination? His face turned over and looked carefully. It was really three-dimensional geometric...

Lu Hong frowned. Wu Shengxi doesn't look like a stupid person, so why not use it well. "Shengxi, I've seen the situation here almost all. Now let's go to the shopkeeper Qian and the headmaster Qian to discuss it. I need to determine the current assets and funds of our industry!"

"Assets, funds..." These two words were quickly digested by Wu Shengxi after he smashed them into the mouth!

It was very easy to find Qian Yiduo and Captain Qian. Soon, the two of them came down to a shop on the south street of the county town by a yamen runner. Qian Yiduo had been waiting here. The guy looked intimate now and greeted him from a distance, "Oh... Mr. Wu, Mr. Lu, today's shop is so bright that he is so beautiful. Please come in quickly... please come in..."

Wu Shengxi obviously disliked Qian Yiduo. He just nodded and hurried behind Lu Hong. This guy's behavior made Lu Hong worry much. He immediately walked into the shop with the shop with his back. Afterwards, there was a huge elegant garden, layered rockery and springs, which looked like a Suzhou garden in later generations. Wu Shengxi behind him snorted faintly, obviously having some objections to the style of the rich man in the Qian family!

After a few delicate maids brought the tea, Qian Yiduo waved his hand and immediately recovered from the attic. The guy smiled with a slander, "Mr. Wu, Mr. Lu, this industry matter is something that Mr. Wu wants to do. Our Qian family must help us... When will the construction start?"

Wu Shengxi's head had long gone aside, so naturally he would not answer. Lu Hong took out the Guan Wen from the magistrate of Wu County, "Shopkeeper Qian, Lord Wu has fully entrusted me to handle this matter. Now we need to confirm a few things. Whether it can be done properly is the ability of your Qian family!"

Lu Hong was holding Guan Wen in his hand, and his tone really became a bit more official. If he talked to this little profiteer, he wouldn't know what trouble could happen in the future... When Qian Yiduo saw the big seal of the county government on Guan Wen, he naturally didn't dare to open it and take a look. And next to him was the nephew of the county magistrate's family, so he was even more certain about what Lu Hong said.

"Young Master Lu, you said... I remember it all!"

"Shopkeeper Qian, the first thing to guarantee in this transaction is that every 100 kilograms of coarse coal is 50 cents. Secondly, the adult said that for this share, the adults will naturally have to take the big head after leaving the mine. The initial setting is 28. Third, the steam ships, cargo ships, and the operating fees under the premise of the investment will be handled by you here. Fourth, the coal sales in Haizhou, you must quickly finalize it!"

After Lu Hong finished speaking, Qian Yiduo's mouth was enough to throw a big goose egg. The guy obviously realized that his expression was not good, so he quickly straightened his fallen chin. "Mr. Lu, I'm afraid I can't invest so much money. I've gone to inquire about this little steamer. The cheapest one would have to cost 10,000 taels of silver. In addition, the cargo ship and mine building houses, the cost of the occupancy was mixed, and it would have to be several thousand taels larger. This has gained a fortune, and at least 40% of the shares must be given to me!"

Just under Wu Shengxi's strange eyes, Lu Hong and Qian Yiduo went back and forth, constantly increasing the price reduction. After a few rounds, they finally reached a 37-7 stock-share joint venture under the additional terms of the M1 coal preparatory machine produced by Lu Hong. This big problem was solved, and Lu Hong obviously did not intend to interfere with the following matters.

What’s important is that there were five hundred taels of silver in my pocket again, plus the 100 taels of big Shengchuan silver notes that Qian Yiduo came to the door earlier, and his assets had expanded to nearly 700 taels of silver... Unexpectedly, it would be so easy to solve the problem of poverty alleviation in this era.

Lu Hong mentioned the idea of ​​using the many conditions of fleeing farmers to recruit a group of suitable workers. For Qian Yiduo, it is not difficult. Although there was a disaster around Mengyin last year, local grain prices rose a little, but due to the convenient transportation of the river, the increase was actually not high, and the supply was sufficient. Moreover, this matter was a big deal to frame the face of the magistrate of Wu County, and the Qian family ran very quickly.

In the afternoon, 100 stones of rice had been transferred from the grain shop in the city, of which 10 stones were planned to open a porridge shop at the North City Gate the next day, near the Wenshui Wharf. The two old officials transferred from the yamen were obviously not doing this for the first time. They lined up their chests and went to Lu Hong. Wu Shengxi said that these 10 stones would definitely take half a month to use porridge.

This news made Lu Hong frown for a long time. There are rich households in Mengyin who are now serving porridge every day, but there are many people who are receiving them, so there are not enough distributions. The yamen runners estimate that there are at least a hundred households in and outside the county town, and beggars are no less than this number. After all, only a few dozen kilograms of rice are paid for by 200 or 300 people a day... This is probably the limit to ensure that these people can survive in the cold winter. However, these are obviously not something Lu Hong can control. This is already a practice in the yamen!

And he obviously has more important things to plan!
Chapter completed!