Chapter 432 It’s not okay to stand by and watch

Chapter 432 It’s not okay to stand by and watch

Therefore, along both sides of the four-horizontal and four-longitudinal main roads of Jingdong East Road, a group of watchtowers appeared every twenty or thirty miles. These watchtowers were large or small in size, but the overall shape was round, some were three-story high and some were five-story high. During the road construction, they were dormitories of civil servants or residences of the wing army. After the road construction was completed, these watchtowers were either resold local merchants, or were bought by the government office for a sum of money and used as inns to entertain officials.

Because we are trying to resell and redeem the cost in the future, the construction is based on the lowest cost, the simplest decoration, and the most practical idea. The gentry of the stakes affirmed the design concept of Shidai, which is: rough appearance and complete internal functions.

The outside of the watchtower is made of the same color of huge stones, with almost no carvings on the top and bottom. The main body is made of bamboo reinforced concrete as beams and columns. The small windows on the wall are not big, and a person can drill in, but it takes some effort to drill his shoulders into it - this means that the drilling action cannot be fast. Because the watchtower is round, there is always light entering all sides at any time of day, so that the interior is bright without lighting.

The watchtowers are at least three floors. Most watchtowers have stairs indoors, and use rotary stairs to hover upwards to save space. In addition, in order to facilitate the transfer of heavy objects from upstairs to downstairs, pulleys are installed on the roofs of most rooms, which makes it seem faster to transport items from one floor to fifth floors than flat ground.

The interior of the watchtower is generally about eighty or ninety square meters, while the giant watchtower has three or four hundred or five or six hundred square meters. Generally, each building will be attached with a well, and two or three hundred meters apart. The open space in the middle of the watchtower is the playground where civil servants and wingmen gather. During the road construction, migrant workers climb up and down through internal stairs, laying the floor and sleeping on a watchtower is no problem. It is a good building that occupies a small area and is low-cost. When the main road project is over, several workers divide the stairwell into a partition, so the watchtower has become countless living rooms divided into different functional areas according to different floors.

Such a small single watchtower does not seem to be suitable for the aesthetics of the Song people. In order to finally make these watchtowers be sold, they spent a lot of time on their clothes. The small playground used by migrant workers and the wing army to gather was used. After the road construction workers retreated, they were slightly renovated and turned into a garden. With several small pavilions, several sculptures were erected, and a well was dug into a small bridge and flowing water... The modern concept of open community was introduced into the Song Dynasty.

That's right, although the living environment of this kind of watchtower is good, it lacks the ease with which ordinary houses in the Song Dynasty to see their own yards... But if the entire watchtower group is regarded as a whole building, it adds many different styles. Who among ordinary people has the financial resources to build landscapes in their yards? Now more than a hundred watchtowers have been merged, the landscapes are also available, and the scenery is complete. Sooner or later, there are places for leisure and entertainment, then these buildings are really good as houses.

It is even good to use it for commercial purposes. For example, people always like to climb high and look out. Very good. Please put a few tables upstairs upstairs. You can drink and write poems while watching the pictures of people coming and going on the official road from the small narrow window of the watchtower. You have already put your collars in the wind and feel the thoughts of ancient times...

Passengers who are rushing to stay temporarily, which is very good. Please stay upstairs. The guest officer will stay in a single room for each person. We will use pulleys to transfer luggage into your room. Once the door is closed, this floor is yours, so don’t worry about harassment from others.

Occasionally some people come to relax and like to sit on the ground to talk about business with others. It’s great. There are spaces in the shed beside the building, or go to the public garden and make two pots of tea. You can sit there all day in a daze...

The only regret is that all the watchtowers have no trees. Most of the open spaces between the watchtowers have lawns. When they were doing this, shareholders thought they were wearing it to save money and did not want to transplant trees. But later, someone bought the watchtowers and wanted to plant trees in front of the door, but they were blocked by the watchtowers. They said that this affected their sight and destroyed the overall feeling of the watchtowers... Well, all the watchtowers did not plant trees afterwards. Gradually, everyone felt that this lawn square style was also very interesting. So, the watchtowers that were imitated by Jingdong East Road also maintained a unique square lawn style. In autumn, walking on the lawn covered with dewdrops has become a common landscape for watchtowers.

Among all the watchtowers, the watchtowers near Huangxian are the most important. The watchtowers are not only the largest, but also the most sculptures among the buildings. Round stone balls are densely scattered in the lawn as stone benches for tourists to rest. Even the stone tables among the grass are all stone slabs placed on the balls. The watchtowers built here spread for several miles, and because the building complex is huge, the momentum of the overall building is fully presented... Of course, the watchtowers here are also best sold. Because Huangxian happens to be in a transportation hub, you must pass here to Laizhou, Dengzhou, so even the Huangxian government bought several watchtowers as inns to receive officials from time to time.

This time, Shi Chuan and the officials from Dengzhou Yamen came to visit Huangxian Diaolou Group. Huangxian magistrate accompanied him throughout the journey. He was so attentive that he did not spend money to buy the Diaolou Group. This guy also participated in the "Riri Council" he made, so he actually had selfish intentions to buy the Diaolou Group. But in fact, he didn't have to worry at all, because he was not the only one who participated in the Riri Council, and all the officials present were there.

After a year of crazy investment, the investment foundation that Shi Chuan now has entered the return stage. The money that should be spent has been spent, and various investments have gradually achieved benefits. Not long ago, Shi Chuan gave the first phase of shares a bonus, and the dividend is equivalent to one-third of the investment. The shareholders all have good wishes and hope that their investment will not only bring profits to themselves, but also leave a wealth for future generations.

After the dividends were distributed, Shi Chuan announced that the board of directors would be allowed to be transferred. As a result, someone purchased the board of directors' shares at a higher face value of 50% on the same day. Dong Fengchang, the magistrate of Huang County, felt that the price was not satisfactory to him. If the shares could still be paid 30% a year while spending money, now all the money was done, and it would be indefinitely much of the dividends. If the shares were sold for 50%, who would sell them would be a fool.

Thinking of this, Dong Fengchang pulled his wife and whispered to Huang E's back, and reminded: "My wife, our term of office will expire in February next year. Before leaving Dengzhou, the shares will take action no matter what. Please ask Mrs. Huang more about the stocks we have, will still be dividends? If you don't pay dividends, find a suitable price to sell for your daughter before leaving, which can be considered as raising a dowry for your daughter."

Dong Anren nodded: "I know, my husband, please go there quickly. I see they are smiling happily, I don't know what they are talking about?"

Dong Fengchang walked a few steps and walked to the crowd where Shizeng was. Hu Yanchuo said there: "I originally thought the wood in Liuzhou is good, but now I find that there is good wood in Liaodong too... Haha, my wife told me in front of me that I would like to hand me a message to Lord Shi, and to transfer a few woodworking lathes from Cuizhuang, and to make a few sets of furniture according to the new style of Haizhou. We can feel comfortable when we go home in the future."

Hu Yanchuo used to be a tutor in Dengzhou, but now he is in charge of the Dengzhou navy. Because of the Liangshan people, Shi Chuan was the first to surrender to the past after he performed his duties. At the instigation of Lin Chong, he was also the first officer to imitate the Cuizhuang model and ask his relatives to open workshops - his family opened a wooden ware workshop. His wife hired a few carpenters, owing several carpenters from Cuizhuang to credit, and then bought wood from Liaodong. Gradually, the wooden ware workshop became bigger and bigger. Now, in addition to taking on the processing of parts in the shipyard, Hu Yanchuo has also begun to sell furniture to the outside world.

Dong Fengchang was very envious of Hu Yanchuo. This guy started to take action early. Dengzhou officials initially adopted a wait-and-see attitude, so basically no officials participated in the first batch of stock raising. In the second batch of stock raising, because the amount of funds needed to be larger and larger, Shi Chuan forced officials at all levels to participate, and specially lowered the threshold to 100 yuan per share. Many officials reluctantly participated... Now, all the officials who took action regretted it.

The huge investment has leveraged the development of many related industries. Yuwen Xuzhong and Tongzong Diao Hui, who were the first to participate, made some money by asking their relatives to come forward to make food, and the other asked their family members to come forward to provide road construction tools. However, they only earned more money by participating in maritime trade.

The Rili Council’s main business is to buy goods from Goryeo, Japan, and the money earned is used to develop warships and road construction. After the establishment of the Council, the road construction was just a cost of money, and the time was handed over to the local government, and he personally presided over the shipbuilding and sailing matters. Initially, the Dengzhou ships built a slew-shaped boat, rented to local fishermen for fishing, and purchasing wood from Liaodong... Of course, it was not only wood purchased from Liaodong.

When the boat started to make a profit, Shi Chuan issued the second batch of stocks, expanded the scale of the shipyard, began to manufacture medium-sized whaling ships, large trawlers, and ocean-going warships, and then began to recruit sailors, recruit team training, and began to test the waters in the surrounding waters. Those warships were actually equivalent to armed cargo ships, and the soldiers on the ship were named "Marchers". The fleet sailed for the first time, arrived in Goryeo, and the second time they went to Liaodong, and then Japan...

There was no Maritime Bureau in Dengzhou. The goods brought back from the ocean were transported by the military. From procurement to transportation to destinations, there was almost no extra fee. After the goods flowed into the Dengzhou market, they were quickly transferred to various places by small boats. The Dengzhou government collected enough taxes and naturally opened their eyes to these goods. Therefore, the high profit immediately made the fishermen who had rented small boats give up fishing and switch to the transportation industry. As a result, the routes between Liaodong and Dengzhou became busy.

During this period, the Privy Council sent a privy councilman. Shi Chuan established the "Prince Council Fire Appliance Room Dengzhou" in Dengzhou with the help of the firearm craftsman brought by the Privy Council. He employed more than 100 tons of gunpowder to meet Tong Guan's needs, of which the 100,000 thunderbolt bombs transported to the front line had been thrown to the Liao people by Tong Guan. In addition, the Dengzhou outer room still stores about 400,000 thunderbolt bombs. Before it was transported to the front line, the Privy Council had repeatedly urged him, but Shi Chuan was not in a hurry. Even if this expenditure was excluding, the Hai Trade still had huge profits. It is said that the first person to rent a boat and buy a boat has already obtained several times of profit. If Dong Fengchang was too late to start, he could only sit and eat the dividends.

When he was riding Shi Chuan, he was in a good mood. Dong Fengchang inserted it into it and greeted him with a smile: "The wooden ware yard of Lord Huyan's relatives is still expanding, but it's amazing. If this continues, Huyan's family will become one of the best wooden ware yards in Dengzhou."

Shi Chuan greeted Dong Fengchang with a smile: "Mr. Dong, have there been many merchants in Huang County recently? Are there any Jurchen merchants?"

"Yes," Dong Fengchang replied casually: "Since the Chongning period, Jurchen merchants have traveled to Dengzhou, bringing mountain goods such as ginseng, Dongzhu, fur, etc. Huangxian is a major transportation route, so there are naturally many people coming and going."

Shi Chuan casually continued: "Are there any Jurchens selling horses?"

"Yes, but the Jurchens drove small boats. The boat was only a little bit, and at most it was loaded with three or two horses. Simply selling horses did not make money. Therefore, the Jurchen merchants who came and went all sold horses in the name of selling horses, but actually sold mountain goods."

Shi Chuan showed a thoughtful look in his eyes and continued to ask: "How many watchtowers in Huangxian have not been sold?"

"One hundred and sixty-two?...You don't have to worry, this watchtower is very sold very much, and many people ask for it, so you can guarantee that no one will be left afterwards."

Shi Chuan turned his gaze to Diao Hui and Hu Yanchuo - both of them were local officials. It would be a joke to say that they were familiar with the terrain of Huang County, which was not as familiar as the Jurchens who entered the Central Plains for the first time. But why did they get ambushed by the Jurchens in Huang County? Moreover, the Jurchens set up ambush on the Yellow Line more than once... So, who is the Jurchens' leader?

"Then there is no need to sell it," Shi Chuan said casually: "Lin Chong, I will allocate these 162 watchtowers to you. You will place two commanding wing troops in Huang County, all of which will be equipped with bows and crossbows."

Others may not know the military uses of these watchtowers, but Lin Chong and Sun Li, who have seen Fennel Castle and Rose Castle, understand very well. When we built these watchtowers, we also hinted to Lin and Sun: "A watchtower only requires two or three guards, but it takes at least two or three lives to capture a watchtower. These watchtowers are erected on the Qilu Plain. If the enemy wants to attack, then one life will be exchanged for another life, and we will not suffer any loss."

When the watchtower group was launched, Lin and Sun remembered Shi Chuan's words and asked some watchtowers to be left for military purposes. However, due to the pressure from shareholders to fulfill the situation, most watchtowers were sold. This time Shi Chuan specially visited the watchtower group in Huangxian, leaving so many left behind. Lin Chong couldn't help but move. He narrowed his eyes and scanned the surrounding environment.

Stopped, and only listened to Shiteng and said to himself: "How much time do we have?...not much more"

Lin Chong didn't know what Shi Chuan was saying, so he raised his head and answered "After the order". A sound of horse hooves interrupted his words. Several messengers with white feathers in the distance ran wildly. Seeing this, Sun Li jumped into the road and shouted: "Jingdong East Road Defense Envoy, Dengzhou General, Dengzhou Prefecture is here. Can military information be transmitted? Can the officials present be informed?"

The messenger got off his horse and shouted: "The Privy Council and the Zizheng Hall jointly signed the meeting, and the five hundred miles were urgently transferred to Dengzhou to train, and the Haizhou train went north to Xiongzhou to join the army to conquer Liao."...

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