Cheng Jingfang is not a pedantic person, and he understood what Gu Zhao meant when he heard Gu Zhao's words: "My lord is saying that we in Mihe County can grow this rubber grass by ourselves?"

Although he had never heard of people planting weeds artificially, his mind opened up at this moment. As long as the rubber workshop in Yaochang Mansion exists, the income of the growers of rubber grass will definitely be much higher than that of food. The main thing is that those wastelands can't grow food at all, and rubber grass may not be possible.

Gu Zhao said: "It depends on the adults themselves. When I decided to open this workshop, I ordered people to enclose a large piece of wasteland, which was used to plant rubber grass. Of course, how to plant it will increase the survival rate. As well as the yield per mu, it is not something that can be achieved overnight, and people who understand farming need to concentrate on research, and if adults think it is possible, then we can exchange experiences with each other."

Cheng Jingfang didn't expect Gu Zhao to be so thoughtful and ordered people to start planting, so what was he worried about, he immediately got up and said respectfully: "After I return, I will order people to start this matter, thank you sir for giving me Mihe County The common people have provided a way to survive, and the next officials will definitely make people value rubber grass as much as they treat food."

"Okay, then I'll wait for your good news from Mihe County."

After saying these words, Cheng Jingfang should have informed him, but now he has realized that Yaochang Mansion and Mihe County will have a good life when Gu Zhao is around, instead of being surnamed all the time. There are several other families in the room pressing on them, doing whatever they want, and his original thoughts of waiting and watching have faded now.

Cheng Jingfang thought for a while and said, "My lord, I don't know if I should say something or not..."

"I want to hear it."

Cheng Jingfang was stunned for such a blunt remark, and he also realized that Gu Zhao was different from other officials. Although he had the recklessness of entering the officialdom and did not know how to be tactful, he was still very different from other new officials. Zhao is capable, there is a saying that being proud of one's talent, first of all you have to be talented, Gu Zhao should be the one who has talent and ability.

Cheng Jingfang said in a low voice: "The rubber workshop is very important to Yaochang Prefecture and our Mihe County, but some people may not allow the adults and the workshop to run smoothly. They will use various methods to suppress and win over the adults. The grown-ups become the people of their boat, and if they don't, they're likely to... go to extremes."

Cheng Jingfang looked at Gu Zhao worriedly, worried that he would not have the means to take over those four families, how he hoped that Yaochang Mansion would have a truly capable official to break the current situation.

Gu Zhao laughed: "Mr. Cheng's concern has been accepted by Mr. Gu. Although he has not been here for a long time, he is also mentally prepared to face the worst situation. I always believe that in the territory of Dazhou, we should still be treated by the imperial court." The decree shall prevail, and now His Majesty is wise, and will not let the local people mess around and do what Emperor Gaoyuan did that day."

So Master Gu was not demoted to Yaochang Mansion because he offended him?County Magistrate Fang's expectations grew even greater, and he reminded Gu Zhao of a few points that need attention, such as the relationship between Fang Tongzhi and his senior management in Yaochang Mansion. The personal connections are inseparable.

In the end, Cheng Jingfang offered to leave, but did not ask Gu Zhao to send him out, and Gu Zhao was not polite, lest people find out that the magistrate Cheng was too close to him, which would be detrimental to magistrate Cheng right now.

When Cheng Jingfang went out, the rubber grass deal had been completed, and the people who came with them were all waiting for their adults. After meeting, a dozen or so people hurried out of the city. It would cost a lot of money to stay in the city overnight, and they would rather be outside. The sky is open.

It was only after leaving the city that someone asked Cheng Jingfang, who was the young man who asked him to go to the workshop before? It was because Gu Zhao didn't wear official uniforms, but casual clothes, which were comfortable and relaxed, so he had never seen him No one recognized him as the new magistrate of Yaochang Mansion.

Cheng Jingfang said with a smile: "Didn't you say that you have always wanted to see what the new magistrate looks like, why did you ask who it was instead?"

Everyone was surprised: "So he is Mr. Gu, the new magistrate? He is so young, is he 20 years old?"

No wonder they guessed that Gu Zhao was younger. The people here are exposed to the wind and sun, and there are a few fair-skinned ones. Gu Zhao's face looks tenderer than that of a girl's, so no matter how you look at it, you don't think he is old. How big is it.

Cheng Jingfang is also happy: "Of course it has passed. Mr. Gu is a Jinshi in the 21st year of Jianhe, and he was also a Tanhualang back then. It will take a lot of time to go through this step by step. Of course, Mr. Gu is also talented in literature, so he will At such an age, Tanhualang is a senior high school student, but Mr. Gu is indeed very good-looking."

Someone snickered: "That's why I was caught by the tigress of the Yan family and wanted to snatch it back by force, thanks to the magistrate, otherwise I might really let that tigress succeed."

"Okay, that's the magistrate, don't mention this kind of thing."

"Don't worry, my lord. Let's talk about it in private. We won't mention these things outside. Although Mr. Gu is young, he is not weak in methods. Didn't he arrest all the people who went to the Yan family early and sent them to prison? In the end, the Yan family I had to take out money to redeem those people, and this is the first time I have seen those people take out money.”

Cheng Jingfang was also happy, and told everyone about the planting of rubber grass that Gu Zhao said: "Master Gu called this weed grass rubber grass."

"This weed can be grown?" Everyone was surprised.

"Why not? Did we know that weeds can be used to make rubber tires before? No, we didn't know, so weeds that could not be grown before may not be able to be grown now. Anyway, we have a large wasteland in Mihe County. It is wasteful to put it there. It’s full of weeds, why not use it to grow rubber grass.”

"My lord's words seem to make sense. Anyway, it's just a show. Why don't we try it. If we can grow rubber grass ourselves, then we won't have to worry about the rubber grass being harvested."

"Yes, that's the reason, but how do we grow the grass? Are we growing it well?"

"Let's study and study together, and plant it no matter what."

After Cheng Jingfang went back, he started planting rubber grass. He recruited many people who were proficient in farming, led them to open up wasteland, and collected rubber grass seeds for breeding. The prestige among the common people is quite high, since the county magistrate Cheng led them to do it, they would follow along with enthusiasm without saying a word.

When Cheng Jingfang was busy planting rubber grass in Mihe County, Yaochang Mansion gathered more than a dozen caravans through means of publicity and solicitation, and gathered in the government office. The leaders of these caravans were also surprised by this The method of the new magistrate actually called them to the yamen to discuss business.

They were actually quite worried when they entered the yamen, but who let the magistrate bring out things that made them greedy. Whether it was soap or rubber products, they were not new to caravans like them. Yes, they can get some by some means, but they are limited to some. It is difficult to purchase these two things in large quantities. In addition, the cost of distribution on the way to them is not low, so these things The price is often very high, and it is light when compared with the capital by several times.

I heard that there are precious glass products and glass mirrors in the capital, which are even more rare for cities like them that are close to the border. The number of things is not only scarce, but also transportation is more difficult, because they are fragile. Anyone who wants to get a glass mirror the size of a washbasin will definitely attract fans.

Who would have thought that soap and rubber products would be produced in a poor place like Yaochang Mansion. If they hadn't seen the samples brought out with their own eyes, these caravans would not believe it at all, thinking that the people who lobbyed them were talking nonsense, which made no sense. Ignore them, but the sample is right in front of their eyes. Even if they don't dare to believe it, some people will come here with the mentality of giving it a try. What if it really exists?

Gu Zhao opened a special room to display the finished products produced by the two workshops for these businessmen to visit. They were all amazed and whispered to each other from time to time.

"How does the magistrate know this?"

"It must have been obtained from the imperial court."

"No, the rubber on the imperial court's side belongs to Eucommia gum, but the rubber on this side is extracted from a native weed, rubber grass, which is different."

"Tell me, what is the name of the magistrate of Yaochang Mansion?" One person suddenly became excited.

"My surname is Gu. I don't know what it's called." These businessmen, how dare they call their names directly to court officials.

The excited person reminded: "You have forgotten who made this soap rubber and later glass and cement?"

"...Fuck!"

Finally someone came to his senses. Even though this place is far away from the capital city and the transmission of news is very lagging, compared with ordinary people, these merchants have more channels to obtain information. No matter what, they are much more informed than ordinary people. It's not clear who made these things.

Others also became excited: "You mean this Gu Zhifu of Yaochang Mansion is the Viscount Gu Zhao who made such good things?"

"Even if it wasn't him, he probably belonged to the same family as Lord Gu Zijue. Otherwise, how would he know this? Just this suet soap, which is not available in the capital. It must be made by someone who is very familiar with soap recipes. Like rubber grass."

Zhao Guanshi was among them, listening to their excited incoherent speech, he laughed secretly in his heart, if he came from a family, it must be the same person, okay? Such a God of Wealth came under their noses, but they couldn't even recognize him.

But someone found him, and hurriedly arrested Guanshi Zhao, and asked excitedly: "Guanshi Zhao, you must be very close to this yamen, do you know the origin of this lord Gu?"

Guanshi Zhao didn't mind promoting the reputation of Young Master Gu Zhaobiao at all. Guanshi Zhao put on a calm look and said, "Of course it's clear that Mr. Gu will be called the God of Wealth even if he is in the south of the Yangtze River. You said Mr. Gu can come Is it our good fortune to be here?"

"God, it's Gu Zijue himself?!"

"Yes, it's me."

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