When they came, the three of them quietly entered the city, and when they left, although the people and horses were vast, they were still walking quietly, and when the sky was not yet dawning, Qin Feng and his party had already left Tianmen County. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 The difference is that there are a few more wagons in the team, but they are loaded with worthless country things that the people here have given him.

"I'm going to take all of this with me, and I'll eat this along the way." Qin Feng Dao. "Courtesy is light and affectionate, these things that the common people have given me are more effective than you can say a million words. They are grateful to me and send me things, which can show that you officials are good and the people think of you well. Wu Xing, do a good job, as long as you do more practical things like now, maybe in a few years, you will be able to stand on top of the court in Yuejing City. ”

Wu Xing, who was a little wooden, was a little dazed by the emperor's praise, is this a promise of promotion?

The team slowly marched on the wide gallop road, which is the only main road leading to the outside world in Changyang County, which was originally a dilapidated road, but after the Taiping Army entered Changyang County, it began to repair and rebuild this road, when the army entered Changyang County, after defeating the Shuntian Army, almost every part was divided into a section to rebuild and expand, when the large army withdrew from Changyang County, this road has basically taken shape.

Later, it was all the Shaoshan battalion under the command of Dazhu, and they were stationed in Changyang County for two years, and during these two years, in addition to training, most of the time was in the construction of roads, connecting the official roads that had been repaired intermittently. In the end, when the Shaking Mountain Battalion exterminated Wuling and left Changyang County, the road was completed.

The road was very smooth, Ma Xiangnan sat cross-legged inside, and looked at Qin Feng with a smile: "Your Majesty, this year's apples and jujube hanging fruits in Changyang County are all excellent, and the minister has personally gone to see it, and when it comes to the harvest season, it is definitely a bumper harvest year!" ”

Qin Feng squinted at him: "Master Ma, I know that you have put your mind on my head again, and even the old men in the countryside know that their apples and jujubes are about to become tribute." You're pushing me. I just received a lot of gifts from this common people, and if I don't admit it when I turn around, won't I be scolded? ”

Ma Xiangnan smiled slightly: "Your Majesty, Changyang is poor, you don't know when you are in Yuejing, but all the officials from Zhengyang, Shayang, and Taiping are ashamed and arrogant, holding their heads high, I look at the tailors when they make official uniforms, they must be long in front and short in the back, otherwise the clothes behind their buttocks will definitely be dragged on the ground." Look at our officials in Changyang County, all of them are gray-faced, and it is good if they don't have nails on their official uniforms. ”

Qin Feng snorted: "So, your official uniform of Changyang County must be short in front and long in the back?" I have to ask the head of the garment workshop when I go back, is this official uniform different from place to place? ”

"Your Majesty, an analogy, an analogy. But to be honest, now that the officials of Changyang County go out to do business, it is indeed inferior, others look at us, it is really like looking at us as Huazi, I have to earn this breath! Ma Xiangnan scratched his head, "But the minister has no other way to think of it, so he can only think of some crooked ways, pointing to His Majesty to pull a handful of Changyang County." ”

"Old Ma, in the past two years, you have been a lot old!" Qin Feng looked at Ma Xiangnan on the opposite side, and suddenly said, when he first saw Ma Xiangnan, this person was still a personable guy, even if he was in the chaotic army, he also maintained his due demeanor, this was an official of the Ming Dynasty, but he aged very quickly. It can be seen that it is indeed a worry about labor.

"Your Majesty, it hurts and rejoices!" Ma Xiangnan smiled, "When the minister was in the Chu State, he also served as a local pro-people official, but at that time, the minister, most of the time, he was either fighting a lawsuit in the yamen, or he was arguing with the local gentry, and wanted to do a real thing, it's difficult!" Now that Your Majesty has handed over Changyang County to me, the bitterness is the bitterness, the tiredness is the tiredness, but you can see the tangible return for every bit of effort. What did my generation of scholars aspire to since childhood? Inherit the peerless learning of the past saints and open the peace of eternity. Although Ma is over 50 years old, he still remembers his ambition since childhood. ”

"I have fulfilled your tribute. When the fruit is ripe, you will send me to the city of Yuejing with great fanfare. Qin Feng looked at each other and said.

"Your Majesty, this is a promise! That's great! Ma Xiangnan was overjoyed: "Then these things in Changyang County will not be sold." The ministers have to let them set the price high, and they have to take advantage of His Majesty's shareholder wind to make a good profit. ”

"The key is how good your quality is!" Qin Feng laughed, "If it's not delicious, even if I grit my teeth and give you a platform with a shy face, I'm afraid it won't sell much, right?" ”

"Quality, of course, is nothing to say. Now that the road in Changyang County is open, things can be transported out, and His Majesty will look at it, if it can't be sold, my horse Xiangnan's age will be regarded as living as a dog. Ma Xiangnan stroked his goatee, "The minister also went to consult Director Wang Yueyao, and she also gave me an idea." ”

"Oh, what did this goddess of wealth give you?"

"She said, people rely on clothes, this sells things, you also have to dress up, she said this, I understand, when the time comes, I pick up the best fruits, wrap these fruits in gold paper, one by one into a beautiful wooden box, and then use a beautifully carved large box outside, known as the palace palace, can definitely sell tofu meat price."

Qin Feng couldn't help but sigh, this is Wang Yueyao's old routine, in order to please the perfume she invented, this big girl burned a batch of exquisite ceramic bottles, each bottle contains a maximum of dozens of drops of perfume, a set of twelve, the cost is only a few taels of silver, but it can be sold for hundreds of taels, an absolute profit.

And what kind of mask, now Taipingfang has the ability to produce in large quantities, but Wang Yueyao just doesn't do it, still only produces a little bit, resulting in a situation where there is no market for price, you can't buy it outside, you can only book it in advance, the price is naturally ridiculously high, and now this mask and perfume are exported to four countries, and it is still the majority of Taipingfang's profits.

This method of doing business is called hunger marketing by Wang Yueyao, the less it is, the more precious it is, and if it is more, it will be worthless.

"Master Ma, in fact, Baoqing Port is now basically perfect, and the first rice ship of Taiping Shipyard is about to be officially launched, sitting on this first-class port, you should have more ways to make money, you have to hang yourself on a tree, you can't just point to these local products and the business of the Shuchang Taiyi Department, right?" Qin Feng reminded Ma Xiangnandao.

"Your Majesty, how can a minister not know the cornucopia of money that makes money from the port? The minister came from the Chu State, there are many rivers in the south, and the city and port on the edge of the river can feed many people and earn a lot of money. Ma Xiangnan shook his head: "But Baoqing Port can't do it!" ”

"Why not?"

"Somebody has to have a boat!" Ma Xiangnan said: "Daqi is forbidden to the sea, not to mention the trade of sea vessels, that is, fishermen fishing, and there are also prescribed areas." And a few of the merchant ships of the Chu State dared to venture through the sea of Daqi, not to mention that the sailors of Daqi would not let them pass, even those pirates could make them unable to eat and walk around. A few years ago, Da Chu's ships came, but they all fought with Daqi first, and they could only come over after winning the battle, but every time they went to Baoqing Port, they were not scarred, if there were really merchant ships that broke through like this, the cost would be terrifyingly high, not to mention making money, it would be good if you could go bankrupt without losing money. ”

"It's understandable that the Qi people stopped the merchant ships of the Chu people from coming, why did they themselves want to ban the sea?" Qin Feng was a little incomprehensible.

"Your Majesty, this is the national policy of the Qi State, the sailor is too expensive, and the Great Qi thinks that there is no enemy at sea, and those pirates have no ability to go ashore, so the Great Qi has invested almost all its forces in the construction of the army, if it weren't for the fact that the Great Chu has a fleet, probably the Qi State will not even save the last fleet. Now the only role of this fleet is to guard against the Chu State. "Horse to the south.

"Won't there be no enemies at sea?" Qin Feng muttered to himself, "A thousand years ago, the huge fleet built by Li Qing's great enemy swept across the four seas, and those countries that were subdued by the Great Emperor and came from overseas to pay tribute, couldn't they become our enemies?" ”

"In the eyes of the Emperor of Great Qi, those are just small states, barbarians, not worth mentioning, as long as they dare to go ashore, Great Qi can beat them to the ground." Ma Xiangnan said with a smile: "I went to the Qi Kingdom back then, and debated with their courtiers about the policy of forbidding the sea, and this is how they refuted it as a minister at that time. ”

"How can you argue with them about this?" Qin Feng asked with a smile.

"At that time, the minister was also a county guard, and there was a port under his rule, and the merchants under his rule hoped to open maritime trade with the Qi State, but they were categorically rejected by the other party, so the minister went to dredge the activities, of course, and finally came back with a nose of ashes." Ma Xiangnan smiled.

Qin Feng suddenly remembered something, "Master Ma, you said that Luo Yishui, Chen Ci and they went out to sea for a boat, and now I don't know what the situation is?" ”

"I don't know." Ma Xiangnan said: "But there are thousands of them, and they are all elite soldiers, Luo Yishui Chen Ci and they are all top masters, even if they go overseas, it will not be a problem to gain a foothold." ”

"What kind of place is overseas?" Qin Feng was a little fascinated: "When Emperor Li Qing was in the past, the four seas surrendered, presumably the sea must be a sail covering the sky, at that time it was known as the dynasty of all nations, this must be a bit exaggerated, but dozens of countries always have it, even if as Qi said, all of them are small states, but dozens of countries combined, it is always bigger than our Ming Dynasty, right?" ”

"That's natural." Ma Xiangnan smiled.

"Master Ma, we need a sailor." Qin Feng suddenly sat up straight, looking at Ma Xiangnan with blazing eyes. "We need a sailor, and we need a sailor general."

Ma Xiangnan was stunned: "Your Majesty, the water division is a cost-consuming service, more expensive than the cavalry." ”

"Money can be made slowly, but the sailor has to be built, even if it is slower, it has to be there. But we don't have the talent to do that......"

"Do you want the minister to poach people from the Chu State?" The horse is exquisitely drilled to the south.

"You have a relationship on which side." Qin Feng said with a smile.