A rough plan has been formulated, and Zhuge Liang and Zhang Xi began to go about their own business.
Zhuge Liang's task when he went south was to preside over the distribution of copper mine resources, while Zhang Xi was the commander-in-chief of the surrender, and his main task was to govern the place.
The tasks of the two people are actually different. At first, they came together to discuss what to do. Now that they have a plan, they must be busy with their own affairs.
Time came to June, and the climate in Nanzhong gradually became hotter. Even in such a hot Nanzhong area, it still did not stop Jingzhou and Yizhou families from sending their elders and even family heads to Wei County in person. , discuss with Zhuge Liang the issue of dividing the Nanzhong mining area.
Zhuge Liang was busy during this period, just like the second-hand businessmen of later generations. Not only did he often contact and discuss with representatives of these aristocratic families, but he also planned to use Zhang Xi's Gajiang Governor's Mansion to hold a so-called "investment promotion meeting."
This was proposed by Zhang Xi again.
Of course, it's the same concept, but I don't dare call it "investment". After all, these days, merchants are a cheap business, and a noble family will not do such a thing.
Regarding the distribution of minerals in Nanzhong, although these aristocratic families have their own channels to obtain information, some large aristocratic families may obtain more information, while small aristocratic families may obtain less information.
In order to prevent some big aristocratic families from taking advantage of the information gap to connect or crowd out the smaller aristocratic families and the Jingzhou aristocratic families, Zhang Xi suggested that Zhuge Liang simply hold a meeting to give an overall introduction to Nanzhong's mineral information. Some people in the province lacked information resources. And suffer a loss.
Zhuge Liang thought this was a good idea and has been busy with it this time.
As for Zhang Xi, it's June, and the wheat replanted in Nanzhong is about to be harvested. Zhang Xi has been staying in Xinggu County during this period to inspect the agricultural harvest results.
Due to the war, Nanzhong did not start replanting the first batch of wheat until late March. It was already too late, and Zhang Xi was not sure how much Nanzhong's wheat harvest would be this year.
Other places are fine, and local officials will supervise the harvest, but in Xinggu County, a newly established prefecture and county, Zhang Xi really feels uneasy.
Hundreds of thousands of Yi people were relocated to this place, and no more than one tenth of these Yi people had farming experience.
It’s okay if you don’t have farming experience. The farming season has not kept up. If this is because the Yi people have not planted well and are short of food, then the food gap in Nanzhong will be even bigger this year. It will not be conducive to appeasing these Yi people and tying them up in the future. On plain land.
Therefore, Zhang Xi has been staying in Zhurong Department of Xinggu County during this period, responsible for supervising the local autumn harvest work.
Zhang Xi and Zhuge Liang are each busy in their own way, and they have not seen each other for nearly two months.
By August, after Zhang Xi was busy with wheat harvesting and rice farming in Xinggu County, he returned to Wei County, and Zhuge Liang also initially completed the work of mineral distribution.
According to Zhang Xi's suggestion, this time the distribution of mineral resources only divided the Dongchuan copper mining area. Liu Bei Group, including the Yuancong faction, occupied 60% of the copper mining area, and the remaining 40% was allocated to The aristocratic families in Jingzhou and Yizhou.
Zhang Xi was very surprised by this. Is that enough? Zhuge Liang actually negotiated a 60% share for Liu Bei? !
Originally, Zhang Xi thought that it would be good if the two sides could split the relationship 50-50.
In fact, Zhuge Liang thought the same way, and even the bottom line given by Liu Bei was that he should occupy four achievements. But these aristocratic families lacked some courage and did not want to offend Liu Bei too much.
Another thing is that after these aristocratic families stayed in Wei County for two months, listened to Zhuge Liang's "Investment Conference" introduction, and sent people to conduct on-site inspections, they discovered that the copper mine storage capacity in Dongchuan was far greater than they expected.
After repeated calculations, these aristocratic families felt that it was quite difficult for them to eat 40% of the population with the money they had on hand.
In addition, most of the copper mining areas in Dongchuan are not easy to mine due to current technical conditions and have a certain degree of risk. The aristocratic families are not willing to take too many risks and invest money, so they focus on those that are easier to mine. On open pit or shallow copper mines.
After considering it all together, we came to this result.
As for the auction suggested by Zhang Xi, the effect is not too bad, but it is not very good either.
At the beginning, after the aristocratic families heard about the new method of "auction", they did have a lot of conflicts among themselves, especially between the Jingzhou faction and the Yizhou faction. Both sides were competing with each other.
But soon, under the leadership of knowledgeable people, a certain degree of reconciliation was reached between the two factions.
After all, there is no one who can come to Wei County to deal with copper mining matters on behalf of an aristocratic family, and there is no one who is not an elite in the family, and his brain is absolutely good.
Coupled with the fact that someone was communicating in series, a consensus was quickly reached.
It's not that they unite against Zhuge Liang, they don't have the courage yet, and they don't believe that representatives of other forces can trust each other and cooperate with each other so easily.
Therefore, these aristocratic families have formed small groups based on their own interests.
For example, the Nanzhong local faction formed a small group under the leadership of the Li family and the Meng family. They jointly took part of the mineral share first, and then digested it internally.
Similarly, the Dongzhou faction and the Shuzhong faction also did the same thing. Even the Jingzhou faction had to imitate the Yizhou people after seeing what they did. Under the leadership of the Kuai family and the Huang family, they formed a small group. group.
After all, this is the only way to have a chance of winning in the competition with the other party. Even the Huang family cannot compete with the entire Dongzhou Group in terms of financial resources and manpower.
In this way, the various aristocratic families that Zhang Xi and Zhuge Liang expected to fight over each other and raise prices did not occur on a large scale. However, among these small groups, raising prices with each other often occurred, which was sometimes harmful to others and not beneficial to oneself. kind.
As for the money, they did make a lot of money, but to a certain extent, Zhang Xi and Zhuge Liang's strategy of trying to divide the various aristocratic families did not have much effect. Instead, it increased the conflicts between the aristocratic families in various regions.
There are pros and cons to this matter. Even Zhuge Liang did not expect that a copper mine could achieve the purpose of dividing the family.
Zhang Xi also did not expect that the aristocratic families in these years would form such small groups. If they go deeper and form a group to operate and distribute dividends on a joint-stock basis, it is unlikely that these aristocratic families will really get a share of the copper mine. Maximize the benefits.
But it is obvious that Zhang Xi overestimated these aristocratic families. In their view, the small group was only a temporary one. After winning the share, internal intrigues would inevitably begin immediately. People these days do not have the concept of a joint-stock system. , only the money I get home is mine.
Zhang Xi doesn't want to remind these aristocratic families that there is a cooperation system to maximize profits. After all, Zhang Xi's butt is sitting on Liu Bei's side, not on the aristocratic family's side.
After Zhuge Liang finished talking to the major families about the distribution of copper mines, most of the Jingzhou families had already left.
One was that he had come a long way, so he hurried back to discuss with his family, allocate the share of the copper mine to the small group, and prepare money, food and manpower to develop in Nanzhong.
Another thing is that most people really can’t adapt to the climate in Nanzhong.
It's so hot today, and there's also miasma. Well, after the popularization of "Treatise on Febrile and Miscellaneous Diseases", most people in Jingzhou now know that the so-called miasma is spread by mosquitoes, but in Nanzhong, mosquitoes are really too common. too much.
In the summer in Jingzhou, even in the four counties south of Jingzhou, you can enjoy the coolness in the yard in summer.
But in Nanzhong, there are so many and big mosquitoes that they keep harassing you, so you have no intention of cooling off. Even if you want to sleep in the courtyard in the summer, you have to prepare mugwort smoke and mosquito nets, which is really uncomfortable.
So after finishing their business, the Jingzhou family said goodbye and left one after another.
As for the Yizhou family, although some of them have left, most well-informed people have also heard from the side that Zhang Xi, the governor of Nanzhong, has plans for Nanzhong, and it seems to be a very profitable deal.
Therefore, these people have been waiting in Wei County until Zhang Xi comes back from Xinggu County.
Next, it is about promoting the Nanzhong Sugar Cane Reclamation Park economy with Zhang Xi taking the lead and Zhuge Liang helping out.
Actually, this thing is much easier to promote than copper mines.
Just give these families some sweets and tell them that these sweets are made from sugar cane. The rest will be easy.
Who doesn't like sugar? !
Especially the four major surnames in Nanzhong want to contract all the mountainous land in Nanzhong at this time.
However, there are too many mountainous areas in central and southern China, and not all places are suitable for growing sugar cane.
In the Nanzhong area, the most suitable place for growing sugar cane is in the newly established Yunnan County and Yongchang County. There are also some places in the south of Yuexi County where it can be planted.
On the contrary, there are not many places suitable for planting in Jianning County and Xinggu County. It can be grown, but the effect is not good, and the sugar cane is not sweet.
As for Zangqi County, well, it has nothing to do with Zangqi County.
The main areas of influence of the four major surnames in Nanzhong have always been in Jianning County, Xinggu County, and Yuexun County. The prefect of Yuexun County is still Ma Su, who is Liu Bei's own.
Therefore, the Wang family of Yongchang and the Lu family of Yunnan, who had not benefited much from the distribution of copper mines because of their distance, became frightened at this time.
Although, the mountainous land where sugar cane can be grown does not belong to my family, but as local snakes, you plant sugar cane on our territory. If you offend us, you already know the consequences, right? !
Therefore, the Yunnan Lu family and the Yongchang Wang family were almost the first to discuss sugar cane plantation cooperation with Zhang Xi.
Of course, Zhang Xi also knows the importance of these two local snakes, so he must talk about them first.
But before the discussion, Zhang Xi also asked the two families. Considering the poor population and cultivated land area of Yunnan County and Yongchang County, if you organize people to grow sugar cane, who will grow the food? ! How do you plan to meet the tax quota and at the same time feed the people in the county? !
Don't tell me that you don't care whether the people live or die, you just want to make money from them! ! !
As soon as these words were said, the Wang family and Lu family members also choked.
At this time, the four Jianning families and some representatives of aristocratic families in Shu suddenly became angry.
Although we are outsiders, we have food in our hands! ! !
(End of chapter)
