The pace of spring is getting closer and closer, and Xinhua City is gradually falling into a wonderful atmosphere.

Jia Jinwang came to Xinhua City at such a delicate moment.

A month ago, he took seven or eight younger brothers to take the whaling ship that Long Xi had ordered from Guangling from Guangling, entered the sea, and then followed the coastline to Xinhua City.

He came here with more than 300 Jiangdu sailors and folk heroes who were waiting to be recruited.

It's just that when he entered Xinhua City, Jia Jinwang was a little dumbfounded.

"The price of this new is really ......"

Jia Jinwang looked at the busy shops in the city and smashed his tongue.

A stone of corn can be priced at a hundred dollars here!!!

A pound of salt shouted directly for twenty dollars!!!

Moreover, all of them are only 5 baht.

Four baht and three baht, how far to roll.

Of course, the gold family also wants it.

A pound of sand gold, 10,000 dollars!

But that's not what surprised Jia Jinwang the most.

What really stunned him were the chariots and horses that were searching the market.

Each carriage and horse is loaded with beautiful works of art.

There are wood carvings and stone carvings, and these utensils are basically in the shape of phoenix birds or the wheel of the scorching sun.

The eyes of many phoenix birds are even decorated with beautiful jade and even pearls.

Many of the shops along the street are piled with wood chips and stone dust.

It seems that these utensils and works of art were carved by the workers in these shops.

And on the streets, there are some rangers in brown clothes.

These people held wooden signs and shouted along the street: "A certain workshop recruits workers, who can be a good carpenter or stone carver, with a daily salary of 300 yuan, a daily settlement, a certain place and such a guarantee, and the child is not bullied!" ”

"What's going on?" Jia Jinwang looked puzzled, so he quietly found the same clan who brought him to this Xinhua City, a Jia Si who served as the team leader under Long Hou Chen Huan

"It's not a famous hall made by Canghai Jun!" When Jia Si heard this, he sneered and explained: "Canghai Jun Jin Xin wrote to the Son of Heaven in September last year, requesting that he return to Qufu Yunyang Mountain to worship his ancestors!" ”

"The real fan in the east also joined in the fun, and he also attached himself to the Qingyang clan......

"Play the piano!"

Jia Si said in a deep voice: "After this Canghai Jun said that he was the Qingyang clan, the ancestor was the son of Emperor Shaogao...... It's understandable, after all, he is the heir of the Qingyang clan after the poor Sang approved and recognized by His Majesty today, but this is really ......"

"Lile is broken!" Jia Si sighed with emotion as a literati doctor.

Who's to say it isn't?

The Qingyang clan was preceded by the poor Sang clan.

The poor Sang clan is the first king of Zhuxia.

So far, it has been enshrined in the temple of the Five Emperors in Yongxian County, as one of the five emperors of the East, the Emperor Shaogao of the East, is worshiped by the world's incense.

Even today, the son has to bow and worship, and then bow and pause, and bow to the emperor.

Such a noble and noble bloodline is now being attached to these Dongyi Yidi.

But......

Jia Si looked at the carriages full of various works of art and sighed.

Who called these big dogs rich!

Don't talk about Canghai Jun Jinxin.

In the last year alone, he received three rewards and encouragement from the Son of Heaven, and he was given 1,000 gold and 5,000,000 gold!

But that's just a small head.

The real bulk of the income comes from the Blackwater River and the nearby hills.

It's just a conservative estimate that this Canghai Jun sent slaves to help the Yamen of the Lou Boat dry fish, do chores for the Yamen of the Protector Duwei, build roads, go into the mountains to hunt wild beasts and pick up ginseng.

It was almost more than 4,000 gold.

Moreover, it is all real money, money and goods!

Not to mention Canghaijun's own fixed tax income.

And that's true, although it may not be as trenched as Canghaijun.

But it's also a well-known big dog.

King Zhenfan is now the largest 'labor dispatch' owner in Anton.

Last year, the king provided Huaihua County with 30,000 'labor dispatch' slave laborers.

Pumping and employment fees alone are tens of millions of dollars!

Not to mention that they also produce ginseng and various furs.

Now, these two trenches are discussing going to Yunyang Mountain to worship their ancestors together.

So, the comparison began.

Canghai Junjin Credit Pure Gold created a phoenix bird perched on the plane tree and dedicated it to the ancestors as a sacrifice.

Then the king drove his slaves down to the rivers and seas, took the pearls of the sea, and embellished a phoenix with five virtues.

The King of the Sea ordered the people to cast a round of scorching sun out of silver.

King Shinban poured a hibiscus tree out of gold.

Above, the two trenches are richer than the one who is more devout to the ancestors.

The nobles of the big and small below are not far behind.

Although they can't use gold and pearls to build a trench like the King of Canghai and the True King.

But all kinds of offerings made of wood, stone, and bronze are indispensable.

What's even more terrifying is that even the civilians below are affected.

Many Hao families, even smashing pots and selling iron, also want to make a sacrifice and ask Canghaijun to take it to Yunyang Mountain and sacrifice it before the ancestors.

As if if they don't do this, they will not recognize their ancestors and return to their ancestors.

After the Qingyang clan was Emperor Shaogao, he worshipped the phoenix bird and the scorching sun.

As a result, the rangers and merchants in Xinhua City suddenly ushered in a great business opportunity.

Those who knew a little bit of carpentry and stonemason work were all pulled away by high prices.

Even the rest of the people were all pulled away to fight.

Today, except for a few shops in Xinhua City, they are still buying and selling grain cloth and exchanging it for gold.

All the others were temporarily transformed.,It became a workshop dedicated to serving the nobles within the Maban and the people.。

Anyway, the trenches are rich.

It doesn't matter if you don't have money!

You can use ginseng, dried fish, and fur to settle the account.

Even the poorest families have some stock of these things.

Jia Jinwang was dumbfounded after hearing this.

Looking at the young city and the mansions of the nobles hidden in the distant streets, he shook his head.

"Brother, take your time, slowly you will get used to this place......" Jia Si said to Jia Jinwang: "This is the source of wealth and the land of opportunity!" ”

"When I came here, I was empty-handed, only holding a coarse coat, and climbed onto the ship of the Yamen, and when I came here, I was just a precarious refugee......" Jia Si said encouragingly: "Now, I am the commander of the Northwest Governor, I hold the power of a land, and I am married to a three-room concubine, and I am a Korean lady......"

"My brother is much better than me, and he may not be able to enter and exit the Gonghou Gate in the future!"

Jia Jinwang was also enthusiastic when he heard it.

If it weren't for Jia Si's successful experience, he would not have let go of his hometown's stable contractor, sold his property, traveled thousands of miles, and came to this foreign land across the sea from his hometown.

"By the way......" Jia Si suddenly remembered something and said: "Brother, Long is waiting for a group of scribes from Chang'an to come down, and one of them will work with his brother in the future and cooperate on the whaling ship...... It is said that he is still a Taixue student! ”

"Taixue student?" When Jia Jinwang heard this, he immediately became interested.

That's the pride of the sky!

How could he have been exiled to this land of Anton, and even sent to a whaling ship as an official?

"It is said that this person has offended a certain great person, so it can be regarded as a match......" Jia Si shrugged his shoulders and said indifferently: "Anyway, my brother treats him as an ordinary person, don't deliberately make friends, and don't need to deliberately suppress him, if you agree, you will be friends, and if you don't agree, you will go!" ”

"This is a save!" Jia Jinwang nodded, he has been in the rivers and lakes for so long, of course he understands that he is not qualified to participate in those bad things at the top.

Rashly trying to get involved, no matter what the outcome, is a scourge.

It's better to pretend that you don't know about this matter, and treat it like an ordinary person, but there is no danger.

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The next day, Jia Jinwang met the guy who was said to be a student of Taixue and would cooperate with him in a side room in the Yamen of the Andong Metropolitan Protectorate.

"Looks pretty handsome," Jia Jinwang judged in his heart, "It's just that it's a little too young............"

"A certain Jia Jinwang, meet the ...... under your feet" Jia Jinwang pretended not to know the identity of the other party, bowed slightly, and said: "I don't know my surname?" ”

"Kang Kai......" The guy who was said to be a student of Taixue agreed weakly.

Jia Jinwang was also interested and did not ask any more questions.

After a while, someone knocked on the door and came in and said, "Two of you, please come with me, Incheon Governor Xu Gong is already waiting......"

"No!" Jia Jinwang and Kang Kai hurriedly got up.

Both of them knew that, strictly speaking, they were actually members of the Yamen of General Lou Chuan.

For example, Jia Jinwang's identity, in the records of the government at this time, is: the whaling envoy of the Incheon Governor of the Louchuan Yamen.

And Kang Kai's identity is: Lou Chuan Yamen Incheon Governor Whale Imperial History.

This so-called whaling messenger and whale watchman royal history is actually just famous.

Just like those 'peasant messengers' and 'corn guards' who are running around in the countryside to investigate and urge the people to repair the canals, it sounds lofty.

In fact, it is just a temporary worker, a supernumerary.

Unconditional dismissal is possible at any time.

Salaries are also based on attendance rather than annual salary.

In the people, officials like them are called fighting food.

In the Lou ship, it is called 'dispatch officer'.

What is a dispatch officer?

This is a new word invented by Lou Chuan Yamen.

Although their names are hung on the side of the ship, their salaries are paid by the charterers of Longxian Hou at their own expense.

This is an interest in avoiding legal risks and legal obligations.

Kangkai is relatively better.

He belonged to the overseers of the whaling fleet sent by the Lou Ship Yamen to Longhou.

The movements of the whaling fleet are to be monitored, and the capture and navigation records of the whaling fleet are recorded.

It is considered to be a member of the officials, and he can also get a hundred stone of money every year.

It's just a hundred stone of corn, and it's only five thousand.

In the past, it was less than a month's pocket money for Kangkai.

It's just that......

He was sent here because of his ignorance.

He knows very well that if he can't make a result here, it's a consistent and visible result.

Then, on the Chang'an side, there will be many people who are interested in his family's industry.

A businessman's family who offended Jiuqing in the current dynasty, even if Jiuqing himself forgot about that matter, everyone else would come to his family for trouble under this sign.

The only way to keep the family's wealth and safety is for him to make achievements here and deter those officials who are ready to move.

His parents and brothers told him about it on their knees.

"My son, if you can't make a career as soon as possible, my family will be ruined because of this......" Thinking of his father's tearful appearance, Kang Kai sighed.

Since two months ago, after that reckless act.

He's grown a lot.

In particular, when he witnessed his expulsion from the door by his teacher, his former classmates avoided him, and even his neighbors and former playmates turned away from him.

He understood a bloody lesson: man must pay for his actions!

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Xu Jiduan sat on a side office in the Anton Metropolitan Protectorate's Mansion, looking down at the copywriting on his desk.

"Chen Huan, the second ancestor, actually played tricks......"

Xu Ji sighed.

He didn't expect that this gentleman like Chen Huan would be able to make a career in Anton.

Now, this second ancestor, who gave Chang'an a headache and made the people panic in the past, has now faintly become the pillar of the northeast territory.

First, he developed such a circle of money trading as a Japanese slave, and made a lot of money, and thus won the praise and encouragement of the Son of Heaven.

In the last year, he even led his army to force the surrender of King Xianbei.

Now, the Governor of the Northwest of the Han Dynasty even has a plan to move his seat to the west for 500 miles, all the way to the vicinity of Rao Leshui.

He even had the money to charter the first professional whaling ship.

Xu Ji didn't know how this long wait said that the Son of Heaven agreed to such a plan.

"Use 3,000 gold as collateral, and then use 1,000 gold for a year's tax ......" Xu Ji sighed: "What a big deal!" ”

Xu Ji was worried about changing himself, and he probably didn't have such courage.

Bankrupt and even take out a loan, just for a whaling ship and a whaling permit.

This long-thinking decision cannot be described as indecisive!

But......

Who calls people have a good mother and a good sister?

Even if you lose, no matter how bad it is, you have a bottom line.

Can the Son of Heaven and the Queen still watch their brother and brother-in-law being collected for debts and even living a miserable life of eating chaff and vegetables?

Of course, he Xu Ji also reaped a lot of benefits in the process of Chen Huan's rise.

Now, although he is still the governor of Incheon, he has quietly added an officer before his position.

His current official title is General Lou Chuan, Commander of the Commander of the Incheon Port, and Captain of the Commander of the Imperial Palace.

All the ships of the entire Anton, both military and civilian, had to be under his control.

The whaling fleet, which has been waiting for a long time, is no exception.

Looking down at the case, he thought about it for the past six months, and after discussing it with his uncle and many other people for a long time, he finally reported it to the Son of Heaven and approved the new policy.

"Chen Huan, Chen Huan......" A smile appeared at the corner of Xu Ji's mouth: "This time, no matter how cunning you are, I'm afraid you will have to make a wedding dress for me!" (To be continued.) )