Anping Town, Jinjiang, Quanzhou Prefecture, was originally just a deserted beach, but Zheng Zhilong set this place as the Zheng family's nest and relied on the abundant financial resources to build mansions.

Including Zheng Zhilong's own and his eighteen brothers, but later Zheng Zhilong almost killed the brothers, and finally was forced by the imperial court to flee to Nanyang.

In the end, this villa area in the eyes of later generations became Liu Hongji's private territory.

Anping Town is not big, and all the Zheng family has moved away, so it is very quiet here.

Liu Honggradually hired dozens of maids to clean the courtyard and wait for the two wives of Xiao Si and Xiao Wu, and informed Qin Zuoming, the general soldier of Quanzhou, that he had sent a team of 1,000 people to take turns day and night.

"Wow, Daddy, what a magnificent yard!" The youngest daughter, Ling Yu, clapped her hands up and down.

"Hmph, Xiaoyu, your father must be corrupt, but don't be afraid, as long as your father is willing to marry me, I won't denounce him." Zhaoren pulled his character and admired the courtyard with great interest, while facing the light rain.

Xiaoyu was just five years old, how did she know that Zhaoren was scaring her, so frightened, she hurriedly grabbed the corner of Liu Hongji's clothes.

"Daddy, if you marry Sister Zhaoren, you don't have to go to jail." Xiao Yuxiao's face was full of worry, but she still said seriously.

"No, no, if you want to call your aunt, I'm six years older than you!" Akihito immediately corrected.

Liu Hong gradually didn't bother to pay attention to this little goblin, and walked into the courtyard with Sun Xiuxiu and Kun Xing left and right, while Yang Xue hugged Ling Yun and beckoned a group of little children to follow into the courtyard.

The guards at the door naturally recognized Liu Hongji, and after entering, the women felt that they had entered another world.

Anping town is adjacent to the sea, the scenery outside is really not flattering, but after entering the mansion, you find that the house is surrounded by mountains and rivers, there are grass and flowers everywhere, the lake not far away is dotted with green lotus, and there is a stone pavilion in the small lake, a scene of spring in the south of the Yangtze River.

Not long after, Dong Xiaowan helped Li Xiangjun to usher in, and Li Xiangjun was still holding her daughter who had been more than two months in her arms.

Liu Hongjian chatted with the second daughter for a few words, and was left out in the cold.

Sun Xiuxiu told Li Xiangjun how to take care of the children, Yang Xue kept holding her little daughter who was still in swaddling clothes, and Kun Xing silently took out the gifts he brought with him.

Liu Hong gradually named his third daughter Ling Shuang, Li Xiangjun was very satisfied with this name, and a group of women of all sizes began to call Shuang'er Shuang'er to the two-month-old girl.

Liu Hongjian couldn't say anything, so he simply said hello and went to Quanzhou to find Qin Zuoming.

After the recovery of Taiwan, Qin Gongming, the former commander-in-chief of Quanzhou, was transferred to Taiwan to maintain stability, while his younger brother Qin Zuoming took over as the commander-in-chief of Quanzhou and was responsible for the coastal defense of the Quanzhou area.

Liu Hong's arrival really made Qin Zuoming eat a whale, and the stone pillar battle was thanks to Liu Hong's ability to turn the tide, and Liu Hong gradually had both the grace of saving his life and the grace of knowing the Qin family.

Fortunately, thanks to Liu Hongji's recommendation, the Qin family and the Ma family were able to gain a foothold in various places.

I haven't seen Qin Zuoming for two years, so he knelt down and saluted when he saw Liu Hongji, and after some cold and warm greetings, Liu Hongjian began to ask about the situation in the open sea.

"Lord Wang, although the Dutch warships have withdrawn, the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty still dare not take the original route, and there are still merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty that have been plundered by the Dutch from time to time.

The humble duty obeyed the orders of the imperial court and only defended the enemy in the fort area, but every time he heard that another merchant ship was plundered by the red-haired robbers, the humble duty was angry! Qin Zuoming had a gritted teeth expression when he mentioned the Dutch, which showed his hatred for the Dutch.

"Hehe, for the sake of the general, you are not greedy for a while, you are still a little worse than your brother, but the Dutch will not be arrogant for long." Liu Hong's face gradually said calmly.

As a superior he had seen a lot of grievances between countries, and he knew in his heart that he could not rush into a momentary gain or loss, and he would always teach the Dutch to vomit all that they had eaten in their stomachs, and it would not be long before this winter at the latest.

The first is because the Beiyang Naval Division needs to adapt to the latest type of battleships, and the second is that the winter monsoon is conducive to the Beiyang Naval Division's attack on the South Seas.

Liu Hongjian never fights unprepared battles, and since he fights, he wants to defeat his opponent at once, so he knows how to forbear.

Qin Zuoming was just complaining, seeing that Liu Hongjian had already made up his mind in his heart, he would not talk more about this matter, but he said another thing that he was more worried about.

"My lord, there is something I don't know whether to talk about or not." Qin Zuoming wanted to speak and stopped.

"Where is the style of a military general, let's say, why are you so hesitant, do you fall in love with a girl from which family again?" Liu Hong gradually teased.

Qin Zuoming is almost a straight man with his temperament, and Liu Hong's mother-in-law helped him get it, and at that time, he also fell in love with the daughter of a household head in Nanjing, but he was worried about being rejected.

After all, he was just a small guerrilla at that time, and the guerrilla still seemed a little humble in front of the civil officials of Wupin, but with Liu Hong gradually coming forward, where did the head of the household department disagree, and later Qin Zuoming relied on his military merits to rise all the way to the general army.

"The lowly thinks that those merchants are too hateful, and they make those workers work day and night, and almost every month there are cases of exhaustion and death.

This matter should not be ignored, but the prefects and counties in various places have turned a deaf ear, and the families of those workers have died and there is no compensation, poor no! Qin Zuoming complained.

"Is there such a thing?" Liu Hong gradually ate a whale after listening.

There are hundreds of workshops and shops under Xishan Commercial Cooperation, and there are more than 40,000 permanent employees.

It's just that the responsible persons he identified are generally fair, and he has never heard of any cases of tired workers in Xishan Shanghe.

So much so that Liu Hong, who was a latecomer, thought that the workshops in the world were all ordinary, but Liu Hong gradually underestimated the nature of businessmen.

Merchants pursued profits, and the initial rise of capitalism relied on colonization externally and exploitation internally, and the most obvious internal exploitation was reflected in the working hours, anyway, there was so much money a day, and businessmen were eager to let workers stay in the workshop all day long.

"It's true, especially the Zhang family in Quanzhou City, that Zhang Haolin relied on his brother-in-law to be the prefect of Quanzhou, and opened a quarrying workshop outside Quanzhou City, specializing in supplying polished granite stones for rich families.

But this Zhang Haolin snake and scorpion heart, so that the workers work day and night, only allowed to rest for less than two hours a day, and people are tired to death every month! ”

"Damn! Won't these workers leave the workshop? Liu Hong said angrily.

"No one wants to leave, but Zhang Haolin made a document when recruiting workers, if the document period is not expired, if he resigns, he has to pay the owner a lot of compensation, where do the workers have so much money?"

Qin Zuoming didn't know that much in detail, it was still a personal guard under him, and the family members of his relatives had suffered such an unfortunate thing before he had an exact understanding.

"Overlord Clause!" Liu Hong gradually slapped the table, and then stood up.

"Let's go! Take this king to Zhang's quarrying workshop to have a look. ”

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