How to get the caravans to come to Yaochang City, Gu Zhao made two preparations. On the one hand, he entrusted Manager Zhao to lobby the caravans he knew, and on the other hand, he mobilized the local residents of Yaochang City to find merchants from all over the country, and formulated corresponding incentive measures.

During this period, samples were constantly being sent out. Gu Zhao didn't want to keep it secret, but wanted to expand the publicity. Therefore, the truth about what the two workshops were used for entered the eyes of the four families of Yaochang City. They even managed to get samples from the workshop.

"Suet soap? Car tires?" Fang Tongzhi couldn't maintain a calm mind, thinking that everything was under his control, "How could this be? How did that Gu Zhao make these things? What did he use to make them? Just suet and unwanted weeds?"

Fang Tongzhi shouted in his heart that this was impossible, but the real thing in front of him could not deceive his eyes. The suet soap made of suet not only had no smell, but also had a faint milky fragrance. The news spread , It will definitely attract caravans from all walks of life, and it will also make the blockade of the four families against the new prefect a joke.

"My lord, what should we do? Hearing the news from the government office, the magistrate is going to hold a business promotion meeting soon? What does that mean?"

Fang Tongzhi was walking back and forth in the study, and suddenly stopped and said: "We must not let him succeed, go, let..."

Fang Tongzhi whispered to this subordinate, and after receiving the order, his subordinate immediately left the Fangfu, took a few detours in the city, and got into an inconspicuous shop, and then several people from the shop rode out of the city.

A dozen skinny and dark kids who couldn't be covered by clothes ran up to another older kid who was a bit more respectable, chattering in the local dialect, and the older kid hurriedly asked them to come one by one, After collecting enough information, the eldest child turned around and ran to find his father, and told his father the news he got. Unfortunately, his father was Tian Sheng, a servant of the government office.

Tian Sheng was startled when he heard that: "Go to the Yamen kitchen and get some food for us, I'll go see the adults."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and left in a hurry, reporting the news to Gu Zhao. Gu Zhao sneered after hearing this: "I knew they couldn't make me succeed like this, but do the four families all have the same attitude? Can't tear a hole?"

A man who came in later as an errand looked up at Gu Zhao carefully. When Gu Zhao saw this, he knew that he had something to say: "Tell me, did you find something?"

The man replied in a half-baked official dialect that he had learned recently: "I found that the Yan family has the least moves, but this Yan family..."

Gu Zhao's face twitched when he heard it. How many people in the city didn't know that he was robbed by the Yan family's tigress in the street. If possible, he didn't want to push all four families to the opposite of him. Those who come here still hope to win over one or two, but there is a prerequisite, that is, the other party has not committed any heinous crimes.

"Then continue to wait and see."

Gu Zhao turned around and sent two guards out, one of them followed the people leaving the city to see which direction they were going, and the other secretly went to another place.

In order to expand the publicity, Gu Zhao also specially made up a few jingles and asked the children to sing them on the street, so more and more people knew what the weeds they sent and the suet bought by the government were used for. Yes, everyone was amazed, is it true or false?

"It's true. One of my neighbors is in the suet soap workshop. I didn't dare to go when I was recruiting for work. I was afraid of being cheated. My neighbor couldn't live anymore, so I gave it a try. I returned yesterday. I saw that she brought back a piece of sheep oil soap, although she said it was the worst kind made by their workshop, which was distributed to their workers, but it was really good, and it was clean after washing.”

"Yes, yes, a relative of mine entered the workshop where weeds were purchased. They really used weeds to make car tires and rubber-soled shoes. It was amazing. Those passing caravans used to bring a few bars of soap and A few pairs of rubber-soled shoes, the old men in the city are crazy about it, I didn’t expect that we can make it in our own workshop this time, this time it must be the turn of those caravans to come to us to grab things.”

"Yes, yes, it must be like this, our new prefect is this." Someone boasted with a thumbs up.

Cheng County Magistrate wore a patched bunt, and pushed a wheelbarrow to Yaochang City to deliver goods with others. He hadn’t heard these discussions last time, but what he heard this time surprised him. Cheng County Magistrate Quickly let go of the wheelbarrow, found the local people and asked them if there was any discrepancy in what he had heard.

"You are not from our Yaochang City, are you? This matter has spread a few days ago, but we didn't just talk about it. I heard that the magistrate will hold such a meeting in a few days?"

"Investment Association!" The person next to him helped to add.

"Yes, just this meeting, we don't know what this investment promotion meeting is."

The county magistrate Cheng was shocked. When he came back and looked at the weeds on their car, the light in his eyes was very different.

Others also excitedly said: "My lord, this weed is actually used to make car tires. I have heard about that thing a long time ago. I heard that all the carriages in the capital of the Central Plains have been replaced with that kind of tires. I didn't expect to use this kind of tires." Made from weeds."

Cheng county magistrate shook his head and said: "No, this grass is only found in our place. I heard from a passing caravan before that that kind of tire is extracted from a tree called Eucommia. Eucommia used to be used To be used as medicine, if it is really made of this weed, many caravans would have heard the news and came to buy it."

"No, I remembered that the caravan mentioned to me who is the manufacturer of that kind of tire?" Cheng County magistrate woke up suddenly.

"who is it?"

"It's Gu's Firm, what's the last name of our new magistrate?"

"It's Lord Gu, no, Lord thought...it's impossible! There are too many people with the same surname."

The more the magistrate of Cheng County thought about it, the more he felt that the prefect Gu had a lot to do with the Gu's firm that produced tires: "Otherwise, why do you think that the prefect Gu knew how to use this weed to make tires? Before the prefect Gu came, who would take a second look at this Plant weeds?"

It is a very popular weed on the roadside and in the wilderness. Before this, this weed didn't even have a name, which shows how much it has been ignored.

The others looked at each other in dismay, although what your lord said made sense, why did such an official come to work in a place like them?

"Go, go and deliver the goods first."

The county magistrate Cheng brought a dozen young and middle-aged men to the workshop purchase office with a wheelbarrow. There were very few of their size, and the county magistrate came once, so someone immediately came out to weigh them individually, without waiting in line. , other common people can't say anything against it, who will let people send more weeds.

It so happened that a caravan was invited to come here today. Gu Zhao put down his official business and accompanied several leaders of the caravan to visit the workshop. When he was about to enter the workshop, he accidentally glanced at the crowded place. Zhao's footsteps stopped.

The county magistrate Cheng was staring at the person weighing, and he valued the amount of money more or less. Suddenly, a voice sounded from the side, and the county magistrate Cheng looked up. He raised his hand and wanted to cover his face with his sleeve, but the next moment he realized that he was trying to cover his face, maybe that Master Gu who had only met once did not remember his face at all, so he put down his hand again and made a gesture. A calm look.

Gu Zhao was almost overjoyed, but looking at this person's attire, no wonder he looked like a passerby.

Gu Zhao said to Master Fan: "Master Fan, you lead people in first, and I will go find someone."

Master Fan couldn't immediately recognize a single person among these people. Looking around, the people over there were almost the same, and it was the official business that the adults told him, so he led them into the workshop.

Seeing Gu Zhao approaching, Cheng Jingfang, magistrate of Cheng County, became more and more uncomfortable. It was very obvious that Gu Zhao recognized him. He lowered his head to look at his attire, and Cheng Jingfang felt ashamed.

Gu Zhao saw the embarrassment of the county magistrate Cheng in his eyes, and smiled: "Brother Cheng, I didn't expect to meet you here."

Cheng Jingfang breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, it was fine for him to lose face, but it was his fault for Mihe County to follow suit, and he quickly cupped his hands and said, "Well, I brought people over to give this weed, we can't grow it in other places, But there are many such weeds."

Gu Zhao hadn't gone for a walk in the county below, and he was a little surprised when he heard Cheng Jingfang's words. Fortunately, he saw the magistrate Cheng coming, otherwise wouldn't it be a long time before he knew the situation? The magistrate, the following counties are also under his jurisdiction, Gu Zhao suddenly had a thought: "Brother Cheng, why don't we go in and talk."

Cheng Jingfang also guessed that Gu Zhao had something to say to him, so he nodded, turned around to talk to the people around him, and followed Gu Zhao into the workshop.

In the workshop, someone brought tea to Gu Zhao and Cheng Jingfang, and Cheng Jingfang didn't care about knowing that the Lord was in front of him, so he took a big sip of the tea that was not too hot, and then said embarrassedly: "I made Master Gu laugh!" , I was rude to the next official."

Gu Zhao didn't care much about this matter. It was an accident to meet Cheng Jingfang here today, but after the situation just now, Gu Zhao can basically conclude that Cheng Jingfang is really an upright official, and he tried his best to do something for the local government, so He, the county magistrate, took off his official uniform and came to deliver rubber grass with others. Of course, it can be seen how poor he is, so he even cares about this little money.

Gu Zhao waved and said: "It's okay, I heard what you mean, there are a lot of rubber grass in Mihe County? Oh, by the way, I call this kind of wild grass rubber grass, because it can extract rubber."

Cheng Jingfang felt that the name was too vivid, and people could tell the purpose of this weed just by hearing it. He said with a wry smile: "The land in Mihe County is too barren to grow food, but this weed can easily survive. Fortunately, My lord's purchase of this rubber grass can also be considered as an extra income for the people of Mihe County."

Gu Zhao nodded and said, "Right now I don't have time to go to the counties below, but I've heard that the situation in Mihe County is relatively bad. Has Mr. Cheng ever thought that no matter how much rubber grass grows wild in Mihe County, But if it continues to be picked like this, there will be a day of light?"

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