Chapter 575: Revive Quanzhou
Lu Bing, Bai Xiaolan, Chu Ming, and Yun Feng replied in unison: "Yes!" My lord, we will be very careful not to spoil a big thing. ”
Duan Fei said: "You can go on the road overnight after changing your clothes, and you will go to Jiao Yang for the action funds, and come back to see me in ten days whether you find it or not, go ahead." ”
Lu Bing and the others left, Duan Fei stayed in Fuzhou for a full ten days, during which he often made appointments with local businessmen in Fuzhou, or met with some Fujian officials who came from other places to visit, for those who politely asked to help investigate the case, Duan Fei at most looked at the case and gave a few words, and did not plan to help in person.
With his arrival, the Fuzhou edition of the "Daily News" was successfully published, the newspaper is a good thing, it is a weapon to control public opinion, no one knows how powerful it is, Duan Fei intends to make it one of the most powerful weapons in his hands, and a soft knife can also kill people!
In addition to meeting guests and running newspapers, Duan Fei often travels to check the people's feelings, or to visit the mountains and rivers, eat and drink, in short, people keep paying, and there are local professional tour guides, every time he goes out, he can have a good time, which is really cool.
Ten days passed in a blink of an eye, and Lu Bing and the others returned one after another and handed over their homework to Duan Fei.
According to Lu Bing's visit, during Bao Xingpeng's time as a county official in Datian County, similar disappearances occurred in the surrounding county governments alternately, and Bao Xingpeng definitely couldn't escape the involvement, but they did it quite cleanly, and the time was long, few people could remember the details of the case, and the clues obtained so far could only indirectly assist in the investigation of the case, but none of the clues could catch Bao Xingpeng or a certain person, and there was no way to trace these missing cases to the end.
It seems that he has found nothing, this is just for ordinary people, but Duan Fei found what he needs from it, especially the things that Lu Bing brought back from Datian County helped him a lot.
"It seems that Lord Bao is very nostalgic......" Duan Fei muttered as he looked through the roster of Bao Xingpeng's subordinates during his time in Datian County, in which he saw several familiar names, such as his criminal master Qin Pei and so on.
Lu Bing said: "With this list, we are much more convenient, my lord, please see, this head catcher surnamed Jian is very suspicious, according to the clues I have found, whenever this head catcher surnamed Jian goes out on business, there will be one or several missing cases nearby, I suspect that these cases are personally led by this head catcher named Jian Wuya." ”
Duan Fei said: "Well, it's really suspicious, I remember that this person seems to be in Yangzhou now, and he is the head of the Yangzhou prison, and the brothers of the Yue family have suffered from them very much." ”
Duan Fei flipped through the old cases that Bao Xingpeng had cracked, and said with a smile: "It seems that our Lord Bao's ability to solve cases is nothing more than that, look at his whole case...... It's just full of mistakes and omissions, Lu Bing, since you have found out so many problems, have you brought back the witnesses? ”
Lu Bingdao: "No, I think it's better to wait until the adults are about to start arresting people and then invite them to Yangzhou as soon as possible, if they are taken away early, I am afraid that they will startle the snake." ”
Duan Fei said: "Well, you are very smart, long-term, very good, these people will be prepared for the B plan, you have all worked hard, go back and rest, we will leave together tomorrow morning, we will go to Quanzhou." ”
Lu Bing asked: "My lord, I don't know if I should ask, do you have a plan, can we help in any way?" ”
Duan Fei said: "The official's plan has already been launched, what is needed now is to repair and adjust the specific implementation, the method used by the official is extraordinary, you can't help much, just follow the official to observe and learn." ”
Lu Bing replied: "Yes, my lord, the lowly rank will retire first......
Duan Fei sent people to inform the political envoys and commanders of Fujian, and the next morning he led five hundred brocade guards to leave the line and rode along the road to Quanzhou, his ship had already gone to Quanzhou more than ten days ago, and now he could only ride horses.
When Duan Fei came to Quanzhou, he immediately felt that there was an atmosphere of obsolescence and loss in Quanzhou, which made Duan Fei, who was full of expectations, feel disappointed.
Quanzhou used to be the largest port in the East. Polo once compared it to Alexandria, and exclaimed: "This is one of the largest harbors in the world, and it is difficult to believe that there are so many merchants and merchants that it is difficult to believe." ”
However, since the Ming Dynasty Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang issued a ban on not going to the sea, the prosperous trade of private merchants in Quanzhou became a state monopoly tributary trade, plus Chenghua eight years, Fujian City Bosi moved from Quanzhou to Fujian, Quanzhou began to decline, now although smuggling is prevalent, but everyone avoids the heavily defended Quanzhou, and turns to the development of Zhangzhou Yuegang south of Quanzhou, Quanzhou is sandwiched between Fuzhou and Zhangzhou, which has long been far from the past.
Although Quanzhou has restarted the city, the time is still short, and the merchants are still waiting, so Quanzhou has not prospered immediately.
The local officials in Quanzhou welcomed Duan Fei into the city, Duan Fei immediately went to Quanzhou Port to see his ship after a short rest, there are many ports in Quanzhou, there are Weitou Port, Jinjing Port, Dongshi Port, Anhai Port, Shijing Port in Weitou Bay, which is closer to Quanzhou Port, Duan Fei saw his ship parked on the shore from a distance, and after the guidance of Quanzhou officials, he learned that it was called Anhai Port.
The workers of the dock revised the fifteen treasure ships according to Duan Fei's opinions, among which the covering of the hull with iron armor on both sides of the ship up to 100 meters is the biggest project, and the more troublesome is the gun port, Wu Haiyan has prepared enough gun ports when ordering the ship, on both sides of the ship, there are two rows of ten gun ports each, a total of forty guns, which is already a very terrifying configuration on today's sea ships, but Duan Fei still feels that it is less, the craftsmen are making up the gun ports on the hull, and the deck needs to be reinforced, Six fortified forts were prepared in the front and rear, ready to place the general's cannon.
As a result, the progress was a bit slow, and when Duan Fei arrived, the ships were less than half completed, and it would take at least fifteen days to be completely completed.
Duan Fei's flagship was the first to be completed, Duan Fei named it Ziqiang, the reason for this name is to hope that the Chinese people can continue to improve themselves, and the navy of the Ming Dynasty has been self-improving since then, becoming a decisive naval force in the world!
Duan Fei boarded the flagship and let the sailors drive the ship around the port of Quanzhou, really wanting to find something to bombard him, but considering the general lack of training of sailors and gunners nowadays, this idea had to be postponed for the time being.
Duan Fei still felt that Quanzhou Port was too desolate, and he issued an announcement in the capacity of suppressing the Japanese Qincha, ordering the merchants to immediately stop smuggling business and come to Quanzhou to trade, limited to ten days, and merchants who came to Quanzhou to trade within ten days could enjoy a tax reduction of five percent within five years, and those who were still doing smuggling business after ten days would be caught and cut one by one, and they would not be tolerant!