Iron Dynasty

The atmosphere in the main hall was somewhat solemn.

The eyes of Pang Yukun and Niu Ben moved with Xiao Ming's figure.

After pondering for a while, Xiao Ming said: This king understands your thoughts. It's just that the court situation is ever-changing, and we should wait for the opportunity.

Yes, Your Highness. Pang Yukun and Niu Ben were overjoyed, this sentence was enough to make them excited, because it meant that Xiao Ming indirectly admitted a certain possibility in the future.

The two of them were so excited that Xiao Ming couldn't help shaking his head, he said, It takes one's own strength to strike iron. This king doesn't want you to put too much energy into this matter, but to make Fengguo stronger and stronger step by step. Understand?

Pang Yukun and Niu Ben nodded when they heard the words.

After talking about this, Pang Yukun remembered something and said, Your Highness, Xiguan passed by Dongshi just now, and found that there are many people depositing money in the bank at the gate of Qingzhou Bank. Among them, Xiguan also saw Zhu Wuliu. It can be seen that this propaganda has effective.

Zhu Wuliu? Isn't this Zhu Sansi's younger brother? Niu Ben asked with interest.

Xiao Ming nodded, Yes, it is Zhu Sansi's younger brother. Now this Zhu Sansi is in charge of the Ryukyu garrison in Ryukyu, and this Zhu Wuliu is also actively responding to the government, and this family's role model for the country should be supported. It is.

No, Zhujia Village, a village outside Qingzhou City, is the most supportive of His Highness. The lower official thinks that he should focus on supporting Zhujia Village, which is a typical example of Feng Guoli. What does Your Highness think? Pang Yukun said with a smile.

Xiao Ming nodded. He is now promoting the development of private capital, so as to revitalize the economy of the sealed country. After all, the more prosperous the business, the more business taxes will be.

In this case, let's go to Qingzhou to see it, and talk to the people of Zhujia Village about this incident. The haze in Xiao Ming's heart dissipated a little, and the intrigue was still very tiring.

In comparison, he still likes to slowly build his own fief.

It was agreed that at this time, the three of them left for Dongshi. When they arrived, the villagers in Zhujia Village had not finished their business, and the villagers who had already done it did not leave, but were waiting for their fellow villagers.

The arrival of Xiao Ming immediately attracted the attention of the villagers, and Zhu Wuliu was pushed to the front by the villagers.

Your Highness... Your Highness!

Zhu Wuliu stammered, and he was still very nervous when he saw Xiao Ming.

Xiao Ming smiled, patted him on the shoulder, and said, This king is very happy that you can come to Qingzhou Bank to deposit money, which shows that you have great trust in this king.

Your Highness is determined to be the master of our people. We don't believe who your Highness believes. Besides, if it wasn't for His Highness, we wouldn't be able to contract the roads in the city. Zhu Wuliu scratched his head and giggled.

Since this is the case, this king still has a way to make money. Would you like to continue?

A new way? Zhu Wuliu's eyes lit up. During this time, he had been thinking about doing something else with three hundred taels of silver, so he said, Of course I do, as long as your Highness gives us a chance, we will definitely not do it. It will disappoint His Highness.

The other villagers in Zhujia Village also agreed. Once they got rich, who would want to go back to their hard days, they all wanted to make more money.

Okay, this king has a white sugar production process that I can give you. If you want, you can go back to the village and build a white sugar workshop. You can go to the workshop area to learn the specific process, how about it?

White sugar? The villagers looked at me and looked at you, but they didn't know what Xiao Ming was talking about.

Seeing their confused expressions, Xiao Ming immediately understood, and he said, Well, after six days, you go to the Qingzhou workshop, and this king will let the craftsmen wait for you.

Zhu Wuliu laughed shyly, he bowed his body ninety degrees, and said yes in a loud voice.

At this time, the business in the bank was basically finished, and Zhu Wuliu and the young people in the village went to the village playfully.

Seeing that the villagers of Zhujia Village had left, Xiao Ming and Pang Yukun entered the Qingzhou Bank. From the deposits of the people, they could best understand the people's livelihood in the closed country. He asked the bank teller, How much money have they deposited this time?

Go back to your Highness, this time Zhujia Village has a total of 300 households and received a total of 2,000 taels of silver. Among them, Zhu Wuliu has the most money, a total of 353 taels, and the others are about 5 taels.

Hearing this, Pang Yukun suddenly felt a light on his face. In his opinion, the people who have been sealed in the past two years are indeed a lot richer. These five taels of silver were unimaginable in the past.

His Royal Highness, this is still the case in a Zhujia Village. If the people of the entire Fengguo deposit money, this is indeed a large amount. Now the lower official finally understands the importance of the Qingzhou Bank. Pang Yukun said with a smile.

Xiao Ming was also very satisfied. He said: Continue to promote during this period, and let everyone know about the bank. Only in this way can the bank play a real role.

While the two were talking, another commoner wanted to enter the bank to inquire about the deposit, but when they saw Xiao Ming and Pang Yukun, the commoners immediately ran away. In desperation, the two had to go back separately, so as not to affect the bank's handling of official business.

In the next few days, Xiao Ming continued to use various methods to promote Qingzhou Bank.

Hot air balloon advertisements, writing on the walls of the village, newspapers, and continuous promotion of Qingzhou Bank gradually became known to the people, and more and more people went to the bank to deposit money.

At the same time, the production of white sugar did not stop. As expected, seven days later, the first batch of white sugar was born in the workshop.

This is white sugar? It's really white, like snow. Zhu Wuliu brought three young people to the workshop area as promised. When a white sugar was boiled, he exclaimed.

Picking up a handful of white granulated sugar as fine as sand was also emotional. After two years, he finally saw white granulated sugar that was similar to modern times.

With this, he can make more food.

Your Highness, this is rock candy. Before Xiao Ming could react, the craftsman took out a basket of rock candy the size of peanuts.

This rock candy was taught to these craftsmen by him. It is very simple. It is to melt and recrystallize white sugar. This is rock candy.

Take a rock candy and put it in the mouth, and immediately a sweet and greasy feeling arises in the mouth. This feeling is very enjoyable, it is really refreshing and sweet.

Gudong. Looking at Xiao Ming's enjoyment expression, Zhu Wuliu swallowed hard. This newly brewed sugar has a strong sugar aroma, which is too tempting.

Hearing this voice, Xiao Ming smiled knowingly: You're welcome, you can also try it.

Ai. In response, Zhu Wuliu couldn't wait to pick up a piece of rock candy from the box and stuff it into his mouth.

Under the infiltration of saliva, the rock sugar began to melt, and Zhu Wuliu and the three youths opened their eyes wider and wider, and the four of them said in unison, It's so sweet!