The time came to 1652 A.D., in July of the second year of Wuding of the Great Wei Dynasty.

The war between the Ming and Wei dynasties basically came to an end, with the remnants of the Ming army retreating to Guangdong, Fujian, and southern Jiangxi, and the Wei army occupying Nanzhili, Zhejiang, Huguang, and northern Jiangxi.

Gao Yihuan immediately issued an order to change Nanzhili to Anhui and Jiangsu provinces, and Huguang to Hunan and Hubei provinces, but Beijing and Nanjing did not change their names and were still called Beijing.

After Zhu Cihong crossed Lingnan and retreated into Guangzhou, the Wei army had to digest the occupied area, and was not ready to continue the attack, so the army stopped and did not pursue, and the world was only at war with Bashu and Bashu.

For these two battlefields, Gao Yihuan is not worried, with the Wei army occupying Jiangnan and Huguang, the population, resources, and taxes have increased significantly, the national strength has skyrocketed, the Haoge people outside the Guanxi have little food, and the southwest Sun Kewang is expected to transport materials inconveniently, and the Wei army does not use any strategy, and the light consumption will also consume them.

In July, the scorching heat in the south of the Yangtze River, the scorching sun baked the earth white, Jin Shenghuan retreated from Hengzhou Mansion to Changsha, Zhao Daxian also retreated from Xianxia Pass, to Jinhua, Zhejiang, and all Wei troops retreated to varying degrees to temporarily escape the scorching heat.

At this time, Gao Yihuan did not rest, but braved the scorching sun to inspect all parts of the south of the Yangtze River, and ran workshops in Suzhou, Songjiang and other places.

The Jiangnan gentry landlords and big businessmen were originally wary of the Wei State, after all, Gao Yihuan was born in a rogue, and he was born in a thief department, and they were always worried that the Wei State would attack them and suppress the Jiangnan gentry and businessmen.

However, Gao Yihuan personally inspected workshops in various places, and placed large orders, carried out government procurement, and helped various large workshops in Jiangnan to resume work, which made him gradually change his views on the Great Wei regime, and even made some businessmen feel ecstatic.

The dynasties of the past dynasties were basically heavy on agriculture and light on business, and the big merchants in Jiangnan, even if they had a lot of wealth, they also needed to be attached to the Jiangnan scholars, and their status was relatively low, and the Great Wei Emperor actually personally inspected the workshops of the major merchants, which made some people keenly aware of the opportunity.

Songjiang Mansion is the most developed area of silk weaving industry in the south of the Yangtze River, Wang Yan left Changshu, and after more than a month in Suzhou, he led a group of people to Songjiang County.

In the south of the Yangtze River, the economy is developed, and the population gathers in the city, and the city built earlier cannot accommodate so many people, so outside the county, long streets, markets, and workshops have been formed along the official roads.

Gao Yihuan and his entourage came on horseback, and saw from afar that on the streets outside the city, flags fluttered, people shuttled, and in the silk reeling workshop in the distance, pillars of smoke rose one after another.

"Your Majesty, the front is Songjiang County!" Ma Hongshan, a businessman who accompanied the inspection, pointed to the distance, "Your Majesty is going to the city to rest, or go to the workshop to have a look now!" ”

Although Gao Yihuan has checked many workshops, he is still interested in the sprout of capital in Jiangnan and these primitive handicraft workshops.

"Let's go to the workshop!" Gao Yihuan pulled out the reins of the horse, clamped the horse's belly between his legs, and put the charcoal horse under his crotch, and rushed out with a "sigh".

Li Laiheng immediately led thousands of cavalry, galloped out, surpassed Gao Yihuan and his party, and walked towards the workshop first.

Songjiang County had already known the news of Gao Yihuan's visit, and the county order and a large number of gentry and businessmen had already greeted him outside the city.

When Gao Yihuan arrived at the workshop, thousands of Wei soldiers and Xuanyi guards had already placed martial law around the workshop.

"Grass people Xia Yunxi, meet Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" A middle-aged businessman in his thirties, bowing to the ground, his slightly chubby body, trembling slightly with excitement.

Gao Yihuan jumped down from his horse, threw the horsewhip to the guards, and said with a fatherly smile: "No need to be polite, I came uninvited, I hope it will not affect the production of the workshop!" ”

"Your Majesty's arrival is a blessing for the small people, and the small people can't ask for it, and it won't affect it at all." Xia Yunxi hurriedly kowtowed.

Gao Yihuan waved his hand to let him up, and seeing that his temperament was not like a businessman, he couldn't help but ask casually: "Xia Yunyi and Xia Wanchun, from Songjiang Huating, do you know each other." ”

Xia Yunxi was excited, and replied timidly: "Your Majesty, Xia Yunyi is a brother of the small nation, but the small people do not approve of their behavior. ”

Gao Yihuan smiled slightly: "You don't have to be nervous, they follow Nanming and have nothing to do with you." Alright, take me on a tour of your workshop. ”

At the moment, Xia Yunxi took Gao Yihuan to visit the workshop, and it took nearly an hour to turn around.

The workshop covers an area of more than 800 acres, with multiple workshops such as silk reeling, weaving, and dyeing, and in each workshop, there are hundreds of machines running at the same time, which makes Gao Yihuan a little trance.

Along the way, Xia Yunxi explained the various processes to Gao Yihuan, Gao Yihuan listened in a fog, but he kept bowing his head slightly, but only he knew if he understood it or not.

"How does your workshop work, and how many new looms can be added in a year?" Gao Yihuan looked at it and couldn't help but be full of confidence in the Jiangnan handicraft industry.

At this time, the handicraft industry in the West had not yet developed, and the products circulating in the world, mainly Chinese goods, had a great future if they seized the opportunity.

Xia Yunxi said: "Back to Your Majesty, this workshop has not added looms for more than ten years. ”

"You hire so many workers, you should make a lot of money every year, why not scale up!" Gao Yihuan frowned slightly, after the accumulation of capital, shouldn't it be expanded?

Xia Yunxi said: "Back to Your Majesty, the villain does earn some silver every year, but this money is used to buy land or lend money." ”

Gao Yihuan's brows furrowed into Sichuan characters, "Is collecting rent and lending more profitable than the workshop?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, this is not so, but more stable. In the past, the villain added looms every year, but later found that there were more looms and the goods could not be sold, so they were no longer added. ”

Gao Yihuan pondered for a while, Jiangnan businessmen did not choose to continue to expand, there should not be enough market, and businessmen have a humble social status, cannot control the regime, and do not have the strength to create a market and open up the market, so when they develop to a certain level, they will not move forward.

If the merchants entered the political arena and could influence the policies of the imperial court, they would have the confidence to continue to expand.

Gao Yihuan was silent in thought, this was an official who suddenly walked in and whispered to Chen Mingxia, after Chen Mingxia heard it, his face showed a hint of joy, and then walked to Gao Yihuan's side, and said with an indignant expression: "Your Majesty, Qian Muzhai was detained by the Zheng family. ”

Gao Yihuan was stunned when he heard this, "Why did Zheng Zhilong deduct Qian Qianyi?" ”

Chen Mingxia's face was a little unnatural, but in the end he didn't dare to hide it, "It was Zheng Sen, the son of Zheng Zhilong, who deducted it!" ”

Gao Yihuan said: "What is Zheng Zhilong's attitude?" ”

Chen Mingxia said: "He was willing to surrender, but Zheng Sen took a group of people and ran away from Fuzhou and went to Quanzhou, obviously wanting to fight against the Great Wei. ”

Saying that, Chen Mingxia clenched his fists with a calm face, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the Zheng family wants to bet on both sides, so they can't stay on both sides!" ”

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