The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 1663 The Governor’s Private Visit

Fang Yun nodded and said, "Tell me about the papermaking workshop. When I climbed the Yueyang Tower, I didn't seem to see any papermaking workshop outside the city."

Dong Wencong sighed and said: "As you know, papermaking is extremely water-intensive. It needs lime to bleach it, and the straw pulp black liquor needs to be discharged. Together with other wastewater, the papermaking workshop has become a famous wastewater consumer. To make a thousand kilograms of wastewater Paper will produce 100,000 kilograms of wastewater, a hundred times that! Workers have been trying to find ways to reduce papermaking wastewater, but there has been no major innovation. Therefore, papermaking wastewater has become the biggest headache for mankind. "

Fang Yun nodded. Not to mention the current Shengyuan Continent, even countries in the Ancient China period were worried about papermaking pollution and had no way to solve it.

Dong Wencong continued: "The Qing Dynasty never regarded the people of Xiangzhou as human beings, so it built a large number of papermaking workshops in various places near the water in Xiangzhou. With the excessive discharge of wastewater, problems occurred in the rivers and waterways in some places, which caused People in Xiangzhou took to the streets to oppose the paper mill. The situation was so great that some righteous people even ran to the entrance of the Holy Court and burned themselves, which alerted the Holy Court to send people to check. The Qingguo had no choice but to reduce the number of paper-making workshops in Xiangzhou and close those small paper-making workshops at the same time. The more paper, the smaller the workshop will discharge more sewage.”

"However, there was originally a papermaking workshop outside Baling City. After Jingguo took back Xiangzhou, Qingjiang Commercial Bank closed the last papermaking workshop on the grounds that there was too much wastewater from the papermaking workshop, and then evacuated all the papermaking workshops. People and institutions. However, some people say that Qingjiang Trading Company's papermaking technology is unique to the human race and is stronger than Jingguo's. The reason why Qingjiang Trading Company withdrew is to avoid being stolen by Jingguo. "

"Although Qingjiang Trading Company withdrew its paper-making workshop in Baling City, it still has paper-making workshops in various places. It is still the largest paper merchant in Xiangzhou and has earned a large amount of silver from Xiangzhou. Now, Zhao's Trading Company has established a The papermaking workshop uses local materials and costs less, which will affect the celebration. Jiang Commercial Bank. Due to the impact of Jingguo Commercial Bank, the income of Qingguo Commercial Bank has been reduced by about 10%. If Zhao's Commercial Bank builds multiple papermaking workshops, Qingjiang Commercial Bank's income in Xiangzhou will drop to 70% of the original amount. , This is something Qingjiang Commercial Bank never wants to see. "

"So, I believe that Qingjiang Trading Company is behind the protests by the people of Baling this time, in order to force Zhao's Trading Company out, almost ensuring that it will dominate the market in Xiangzhou."

"I basically understand. However, how are you going to deal with the people in Baling taking to the streets?" Fang Yun asked.

Dong Wencong looked ashamed and said: "I have not come up with a perfect solution. After all, this matter is complicated and affects the whole body. If it triggers a public riot, I am afraid that I will be rated as a subordinate by the Ministry of Civil Affairs." , will be demoted. I am going to convene the staff and officials today to discuss a comprehensive plan."

"Well, I'll leave this matter to you." Fang Yun said.

After Dong Wencong left, Fang Yun was preparing to study, but he remembered Dong Wencong's words "will be demoted" and stood motionless in the yard.

"As the governor of two states, I can naturally kill first and then report, but I cannot decide the transfer of state pastors, state governors and state monarchs. I have the power to control officials at all levels below the third rank of the two states, as well as the Ministry of Personnel and the Left Prime Minister! I You can find excuses to deal with those officials who favor Qing Guo or the leftist prime minister, and Liu Shan can also find excuses to deal with Jing Guan. Since I encountered thousands of people taking to the streets to oppose me when I first came to Xiangzhou, I must not let it go."

Fang Yun thought, walked to the side door of the state government office, walked to a deserted place, took out his pen and ink, used the power of painting to quickly change his appearance, then put on ordinary children's clothes and walked out.

The soldiers on both sides of the door glanced at Fang Yun, then looked straight ahead.

Fang Yun stepped away from the government office and walked out of the narrow alley. After walking a few steps, he saw several carriages parked outside.

Fang Yun waved, and the driver at the front immediately drove over.

The carriage was pulled by a common yellow-maned horse. The carriage was very old and the gaps between the wooden boards of the carriage were as wide as a finger.

"Master Tongsheng, where are you going?" The middle-aged coachman bowed his head in a respectful manner.

Fang Yun took out a piece of silver and threw it to the middle-aged coachman. He smiled and said, "I went far away, to the Beigongfang District outside the city. You may have nothing when you come back, so take it."

The middle-aged coachman was very excited and said: "Thank you, Master Tongsheng! Thank you, Master! We can't earn more than two taels of silver in a day."

When the coachmen not far away saw this scene, they were all envious.

Fang Yun entered the carriage and instinctively frowned because the carriage was too old and even smelled of mold, which made Fang Yun, who was used to Longma luxury cars, very uncomfortable. But then, Fang Yun looked serious and criticized himself for not being able to do so. Should emotions fluctuate due to such small external influences, and if this continues, it will be difficult to become a bachelor with a positive state of mind.

If you have a righteous mind, you will not be affected by the negativity of yourself or external objects.

Fang Yun was reflecting on how extravagant and even hypocritical he was, when the groom's voice came from outside.

"Master Tong Sheng, seeing that you are an honest person, I will tell you the truth. Someone is causing trouble in Beigongfang District today. I'm afraid I can only send you to a place near Beigongfang District. The money is too much." said the middle-aged coachman. His face was rough and dark brown, weathered by weather, but his tone was reassuringly honest.

Fang Yun smiled and said: "I'm just afraid that the troublemakers there will affect you, so I'll give you more money. You can take it first, and you can go as far as you can in the end."

The middle-aged coachman said hurriedly: "Since you said so, then I will deliver you wherever you go. This money will allow me to circle around Baling City."

"Let's go." Fang Yun nodded.

"Okay! Drive!" The middle-aged coachman waved his whip, the tip of the whip was harsh, and the carriage moved forward.

After a while, the middle-aged driver said while driving the car: "Master, the North Workshop District is not peaceful now, you'd better be careful."

Fang Yun was about to say thank you, but something moved his mind and asked: "I am a student, is there anyone who dares to rob a student?"

"You don't know, there are even Juren among the people making trouble, do you think they dare to beat the students?"

"Oh, is that so? Then do you know why they went to the streets to make trouble?"

The middle-aged driver said: "Actually, it can't be said that they are making trouble, they are also for the good of Baling. A few days ago, the officials of Jingguo took good care of our Xiangzhou Baling, but recently they suddenly changed and wanted to build a large papermaking workshop in Baling. The older people in Baling know that that thing It harms people. Once the papermaking workshop is built, the stench will spread for ten miles and the crops will be destroyed for a hundred miles. So some people in Baling City went together to oppose the construction of the papermaking workshop. The reason why they are making trouble is that I saw many ruffians followed them, and I also heard them secretly saying that there is money to be made there. But don't tell others, you will lose your head. "

Fang Yun smiled and said, "Don't worry, I won't say anything, I'm just curious about this. What do you think of this papermaking workshop?"

The middle-aged driver said helplessly, "Don't build a papermaking workshop. It's more expensive for people in Xiangzhou to buy paper, and the money is earned by Qingguo. If you want a papermaking workshop, the people of Baling will be unlucky for generations. What else can we do? The papermaking workshop can be built in other areas of Xiangzhou, just don't build it in Baling. "

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