Xin Qiji is coming to Lin'an, so he is not here to travel. He has his own purpose when he comes to Lin'an.

During this period, Xin Qiji and He Chian got along. During the chat, Xin Qiji also learned about the general trends in the future. For example, one of the general trends is that it will develop into an era of steel. In the future, wars will be made of guns and cannons and steel.

So Xin Qiji became interested. Maybe I, Xin Jiaxuan, couldn't stand the steam engine, but Xin Qiji asked himself about iron smelting, and he was still very qualified to participate in it.

Speaking of the Special Administrative Region, the source of iron ore for iron smelting so far is the main source of iron ore in Daye. Daye relies on the Yangtze River and relies on the convenience of water transportation to transport it to the Kaohsiung Special Administrative Region. Daye is actually not very expensive. And Daye is within the sphere of influence of Xin Qiji. Xin Qiji has successively held important positions on Jinghu North Road, Jinghu South Road and Jiangnan West Road. In layman's terms, Xin Qiji has served as provincial leaders in Hubei, Hunan and Jiangxi. Daye was affiliated with Jiangxi in this era. Xin Qiji can easily control Daye with just one hand.

In short, the iron ore mining in Daye began in the Sun Quan era. By 1191, it has been mined for nearly a thousand years so far. Moreover, according to He Chian's judgment, the iron ore in Daye is simply endless. According to this gentle mining rhythm, it can be mined for hundreds or thousands of years.

Of course, He Chian would not be wrong. Historically, Daye Iron Mine was an important part of the Hanyeping Company (Hanyang Iron Plant) established by Zhang Zhidong, the Westernization Movement of the late Qing Dynasty. During this period, Daye Iron Mine not only supplied iron ore to the Hanyang Iron Plant, but also the main supplier of iron ore to the Japanese Hachiman Iron Plant. It can be said that Daye iron ore and Xiangtan manganese ore fed Japan's Hachiman iron. Later, when it came to the Celestial Empire, Daye Iron Mine had new exploration results and became the raw material base of Wuhan Iron Steel. It can be seen that the reserves of Daye iron ore were extremely astonishing, and there is no doubt about this.

Recently in the Southern Song Dynasty, when Yue Fei was stationed in Ezhou, he once started mining and smelting in Daye and won the "Sword of Daye". In fact, Yue Fei not only refined a large number of weapons in Daye, but also involved in civilian use, and generated some military expenditures.

Xin Qiji certainly understood Yue Fei, because raising an army is definitely a bottomless pit for burning money. From this point of view, the Yue family army is always short of money at any time, so naturally they have to make some money. In the early years, the Northern Song Dynasty collapsed, the world was in chaos, and the military expenditure of the court was not settled, so the major resistance forces of the Southern Song Dynasty had to raise military expenses on their own. In this way, it was very common for the smuggling in the army to violate the ban. For example, in the Song Dynasty, the wine industry was subject to the prohibition method.

However, Yue Fei made wine in the military camps in his early years to raise military funds. The same is true for the iron industry. In short, whether it is engaged in the iron industry or the wine industry, it is all for the purpose of raising soldiers. Later, the war gradually subsided, and from chaos to governance, Zhao Gou began to rectify, including reorganizing the army and prohibiting smuggling in the army. Naturally, the imperial court allocated to the military according to the organization, but it was difficult to return. The Song Dynasty could only turn a blind eye to the illegal business operations in the army.

It is similar to Yue Fei's philosophy. Xin Qiji also agrees with concentrating resources to strengthen the army. When Xin Qiji was in power in Hunan, he concentrated his financial resources to train three thousand elite "Flying Tiger Army". At the same time, in history, Xin Qiji has been trying every means to generate income in order to prepare for the Northern Expedition. When he was in power in Fujian, it seemed that Xin Qiji was trapped in this - someone impeached and imposed heavy taxes. Of course, Xin Qiji has not yet been in power in Fujian, but at this time, the most important thing in Xin Qiji's mind was the Northern Expedition. For this goal, he did not mind that someone would attack him to "gather" at all.

That's right, Xin Qiji came to Lin'an to "gather". His plan was to promote the listing of Wugang Holdings. Who wouldn't know how to make money? Of course, raising money tells a touching story. Well, you have to have a legitimate investment direction and draw a big pie with investors. You can't say that making money in the stock market is for war! However, in terms of investment direction, there is no need to worry about this at all. Xin Qiji already has a new investment plan. According to Xin's prospectus, the funds obtained from listing will be used to build the "Jiuyeping" company.

Why is it the "Jiuyeping" company rather than the "Hanyeping company" in later history? Of course, we have to look at the problem from Xin Qiji's perspective. Compared to Hanyang, Jiujiang is close to Lin'an and Taiwan, close to the economic center of the Song Dynasty, and close to the pig iron customers. This is one of them. Secondly, Jiujiang is still the downstream of Daye, so it is more convenient to transport iron ore downstream, not!

As for the coal in Pingxiang, although Pingxiang is in Jiangxi, the coal can only be transported to the Xiangjiang Port in Xiangtan, Hunan by small boats, then loaded into the Yangtze River in Xiangtan, Hunan, and then transported to Jiujiang. The transportation distance of coal is a bit far, but it is not much longer than transported to Hanyang. From the Yangtze River downstream, the distance of water transportation is nothing. Therefore, Xin Qiji chose the location of the iron plant in Jiujiang. In this era, no one can find any problems.

Given that 70% of the shares of Wugang Holdings are held in the hands of the court, and 20% are held in the hands of Taisong Haimao and Gaojian Company, which are held in the hands of the court, and only 10% of the shares are held in Mao Geng, under such a share structure, Wugang Holdings is naturally considered an official business. Major events such as listing and trading and establishment of "Jiuyeping" company are of course required to obtain the approval of the court.

Therefore, Xin Qiji came to Lin'an this time to do business and sell his grand plans.

As soon as Xin Qiji arrived in Lin'an, he immediately visited Zhao Yanbian, the Minister of Works, and then visited Prime Minister Zhou Bida. Of course, Zhou Bida could not take the lead, and Zhao Shen finally decided. Xin Qiji also understood that the emperor would summon him, and Xin Qiji was nervous and did not know whether his plan could be passed in the end.

Xin Qiji was waiting for Zhao Xing to summon him, so under He Chian's arrangement, a dinner was held at the Hatang Restaurant in Lin'an.

The four people attended the banquet were Lu You, Xin Qiji, You Mao, He Chian, Peng Qinfang, Lu Yijian, and Chen Yujie, all of them were there, and Wen Yuan, the owner of the Wen Mansion, would not leave.

The first three are representatives of the literary world of the Song Dynasty. Among them, You Mao and Lu You are as famous as Lu You and are famous for writing poetry. Lu You, Yang Wanli, You Mao and Fan Chengda are known as the "Four Great Poets of the Revival". Among the four great poets, Yang Wanli was in Jiangxi at this time, and Fan Chengda was idle at home, and only Lu You and You Mao were in Lin'an.

Wen Yuan was very successful in the literary world of Lin'an during this period. At least, the novelist's reputation was very famous. After some hype, he was actually respected as a master of popular literature. Wen Yuan's novels were enthusiastically sought after by the people of the Song Dynasty. If you have to compare them, it is no exaggeration to say that Wen Yuan's status in the Song Dynasty today is equivalent to Jin Yong's status in later generations.

Wen Yuan invited him to the scene, and Xin Qiji was present, and with the "returnees" of the Harbin and Tang Kingdom as the host, the two master poets naturally attended the banquet together this day.

Lao Peng, why do you have to break the truth?

Fortunately, Chen Yujie's subsequent statement turned well.

According to Chen Yujie, it is difficult for the Yue family army to be the main force of infantry. It is already difficult for infantry to compete with cavalry in field battles. It is even more valuable to be able to repel Jin soldiers. As for the casualties of our own side, even if the exchange ratio is three to one, considering that the Jin soldiers have limited resources, the total number of genuine Jin soldiers is only about 100,000, so the Jin soldiers cannot afford to consume it. From this perspective, the victory of the Yue family army is unquestionable.

As for the Northern Expedition, the Yue Family Army was a pity that year. Since the Jingkang shame, the Song Dynasty has been striving to restore the Central Plains but it is unattainable. Chen Yujie patted his chest and said that this situation would not last for a few years. In less than five years, the Song Dynasty could command the Northern Expedition and sweep the Jin soldiers.

So Lu You turned anger into joy.
Chapter completed!