Chapter 1221: Someone from the Imperial Court
On all sides of the Zhao Ziying, the losses and casualties were mainly in the trade aspect, and the Yunshan Xingdian in the Qingjiangpu and Yangzhou areas collapsed, and the men inside were buried and smashed, and the goods were also damaged.
In the Huai'an North District, the farmer Grange and the Jiading group exercises, during the noon earthquake, they were all working and practicing outside, and there was no rule of resting and laziness during the day in the Zhaoziying system, but this rule allowed everyone to escape.
If Shandong is hit by such an earthquake, there will definitely be another big chaos, but in the Huaiyang Jiangnan area, it is much better, the affected area and population are quite large, but the local people can come up with enough materials to help, have food, and resettle, and the people will not rebel.
Not to mention the rich and world-famous places in the south of the Yangtze River, in Huai'an, Yangzhou, Chuzhou and other disaster-stricken places, in addition to spontaneous relief, Zhao Ziying recruited people to go to the grange to farm, and the move of annexing the fields to resettle farmers was also in a certain sense in the stable place, and all possible displaced and chaotic people were rapidly absorbed by Zhao Ziying's system, which was equivalent to eradicating the source of chaos.
Who would have thought that there would be such an earthquake suddenly, and some of the hard and extravagant hopes of the government and the local government were gone, so dare to make it difficult to resist with Zhao Ziying in Xuzhou, Xuzhou's requirements are all obediently cooperated, for fear that the other party will take advantage of the fire to rob.
This earthquake disaster also played a role, originally Wei Zhongxian was recalled to the Beijing Division, arrogance greatly reduced, the Donglin Party is striking while the iron is hot, the eunuch party entrenched official positions one by one, this is their top priority, naturally do not care about Zhao'an and other trivial details, but after this earthquake, Zhao'an has become a matter of urgency, in the face of such an earthquake, if someone takes the opportunity to instigate, the disaster will become a big chaos, not to mention that the chaotic people over there have beaten the official army very badly, and the surrounding is empty.
Zhao Yan, the military secretary who followed Wei Zhongxian in Hejian Mansion, had no chance to return to Beijing at all, and was directly placed in the official position of governor of Fengyang, and sent to Nanzhili to recruit an and appease, this Shangshu is naturally a top boss, and it is already derogatory to be sent to the governor of Fengyang, but this governor of Fengyang is also the position of a local magistrate, and to be honest, it is not too much of a loss.
But how can there be such a cheap thing in the world, all parties in the government and the opposition, even including the party Zhao Yan, all know that this is a black pot, Zhao An is not successful, he naturally wants to ask for guilt, Zhao An is naturally a few days late to ask for guilt, dealing with thieves is always hard work, no matter what he promises or not, he may be held responsible, Zhao Yan, the secretary of the Ministry of War, is here to take the blame, as for the other person in charge of recruiting is Cui Wensheng, the eunuch of the Fengyang garrison, he will not be able to escape the liquidation in the future.
Now, the new governor Zhao Yan and the eunuch Cui Wensheng have accepted their fate, Cui Wensheng came to Xuzhou early to wait, and the governor Zhao Yan went south along the river, according to the news that came halfway, this Zhao Yan had two meals of wine a day, and he actually bought three concubines to serve, drunk and dreamed all the way, and he didn't want to wake up.
At this time, all parts of the Zhao Ziying have been extremely busy, needless to say, the winery, iron yard, weaving yard and shipyard and other workshops are outside the earthquake area, this time the impact is very small, and it is in full swing to increase production capacity.
Daming is in war everywhere, but the same business opportunities are everywhere, not to mention the ocean and the sea, how to count the two projects of iron and Xuzhou cloth are in short supply, and the gap is quite large, in addition to the orders of Qingjiangpu and Jiangnan businessmen, more demand is from the Zheng family, although the demand of the Yu family is more than last year, but compared with the Zheng family's gang, this is really nothing.
To say that the style of the Zheng family gang is indeed different from the past, the Zheng family leader is extremely sensitive to business opportunities, and because of the new position of the leader, it is necessary to use materials and trade to make friends and stabilize various relationships in the past, and now the sea just says that the former leader Li Dan died of a violent illness, but everyone has seen and heard a lot about these things, and guessing in their hearts is always inevitable, which is the hidden danger of instability.
In order to consolidate this position, the Zheng family leader needs to use these fundamental bulk commodities to win the hearts of the people, although the profits of iron weapons and cloth are very rich, but there are more profitable commercial goods than them, but the iron weapons of various gangs and even the forces of the Wa Kingdom and Nanyang are in great demand, and cloth is even more so, which is the important goods for the princes and chieftains everywhere to rule the people and buy people's hearts.
In addition to this consideration, the Zheng family gang also has an urgent need to make friends with Xuzhou, whether it is Zheng Laohai or other Zheng family eyeliners who stay in and out of the port, they have confirmed one thing, relying on the strength of the Zheng family gang There is no way to fight down, let alone destroy, it will hit the head on the shore defense battery and bleed, since there is no way to eat, then you can only do business honestly.
Xuzhou can ship a large number of salt, iron and cloth and the Qingjiangpu goods from Clam Bay, are urgently needed and necessary by the Zheng family's gang, and to Liaodong port, there must be Haizhou Port, which is a transit for trade and supply, if these two lines are cut off, Xuzhou still has a way to make money, and the current one-third of the Zheng family's gang will collapse because of this, and the Fujian hometown that has been consolidated because of the import of bulk salt will also have trouble.
The Zheng family still has a consensus, although Xuzhou has taken in the remnants of the Li family such as Li Siming and Li Simin, there is no grievance conflict with the Zheng family, the more business they do, the closer they are combined with each other, the more the remnants of the Li family will not take revenge.
Whether it is to make a fortune in business, or the overall stability of the big gang, or the grievances and hatred with the Li family, these reasons have made the Zheng family big gang invest a lot of money in Haizhou Port, even if Zhao Ziying did not hand over the people of the Li family, but the Zheng family increased the amount of trade, promised to double the ships to Liaodong, and specially arranged for their own shipwrights to come over and enter the shipyard.
In this trade, the people of the Zhao Ziying Trade Hall finally knew how much oil and water there was in the Wa Kingdom, and the third batch of ships of the Zheng family brought a large number of silver ingots and copper ingots, and the Zheng family shipowner also specially reminded Xuzhou that they must pay attention when smelting copper ingots, because the copper ingots of the Wa Kingdom contain a lot of silver, and refining can make a fortune, and the copper ingots are to meet the needs of Zhao Ziying, and these silver are deposits.
There is such a big demand, Zhao Ziying craftsmen everywhere naturally to start work, this earthquake gave them a good opportunity to recruit workers, Yunshan line, Sun family firm, etc. are to go to the Huaiyang and Jiangnan, where there are experienced craftsmen, Xuzhou here are vigorously recruiting, give all kinds of preferential conditions, is to enrich their various workshops.
However, the preferential treatment for the recruitment of workers in the disaster area is only limited to craftsmen with skills and experience, and there is only one place for labor, that is, to settle in various granges, and the recruitment of factory laborers is very restricted by Zhao Jin, and can only be carried out in the four counties of Xuzhou and Pizhou.
Nowadays, the ground of Xuzhou and Pizhou is much more prosperous and richer than before, as long as you are willing to do things, it is always not a problem to support your family, but all the errands are far away from the city, all in higher places, especially those who are relatively well paid for the work errands, wineries, iron yards and weaving yards, as well as shipyards and salt yards in Haizhou, all have to be done by a large number of people, but they can only leave their hometowns when they go.
Supporting a family is more important than leaving the homeland, eating and living is more important, the cities of Pizhou, Xuzhou are getting more and more empty, and the people gather around the various workshops of Zhao Ziying with their families, or go to the various granges newly built by Zhao Ziying in Shandong, there are also a lot of people, many people are wondering about this arrangement of Zhao Ziying, and the heart says that there is any feng shui and Wei Wei? It looks like it's about emptying the city.
When Zhao Yan, the new governor of Fengyang, got off the boat from the Yellow River ferry, although he was wearing official robes and setting up a guard of honor, Zhao Ziying did not send someone to greet him, but waited for a long time for the eunuch Cui Wensheng to come over, sent someone to report, and after greeting each other, they got into the carriage and walked to Hejiazhuang.
Before getting into the car, Governor Zhao Yan was quite embarrassed, and said: "Grandpa Cui, it must be very bumpy to take a big car, and the official can't afford to toss it at this age, so it's better to take a sedan chair." ”
"There is no sedan chair driver here, and no one is allowed to sit in a sedan chair, but Lord Zhao doesn't have to worry, the road in Xuzhou is smooth, and taking a car is not a crime." Cui Wensheng said with a smile.
The carriage here in Xuzhou is improved compared with the Daming carriage, the space can be opened by people's activities, and the ventilation and warmth are done well, the carriage started, after walking for a while, Zhao Yan was relieved, opened the curtain and looked out, but couldn't help but sigh and said: "It's a pity that this great river and mountain is entrenched by traitors." ”
"Lord Zhao, this side is much more neat than other states and counties, but this good and tidy up is made by these Xuzhou thieves, but it has nothing to do with the government." Cui Wensheng said indifferently.
This attitude made Zhao Yan very surprised, but he didn't think about it, although he didn't drink today, but these days the wine and beauty have made a lot of weakness, and he didn't bother to think about it, Zhao Yan opened the curtain and looked out, compared with other places in Daming, there is not much difference between Xuzhou and other places in the Ming Dynasty, but if you pay a little attention, you will notice that this side is neat and orderly, and all the pedestrians on the road are ruddy and full of energy.
When he saw a team of horseback riders passing by, Zhao Yan snorted coldly and lowered the curtains, and said to Cui Wensheng angrily: "It's understandable that the court is still saying that he was forced to make chaos, this is clearly a rebel who pulls the flag and rebels. When the official got off the ship, several boats on the side actually unloaded the salt packets there, isn't this just private salt? No wonder this Xuzhou thief is so powerful, he dares to involve private salt profiteering, it is really lawless! Wild! ”
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