But Liu Shang also understands that the current situation in Liangguang is no longer something that will change by killing or replacing a group of magistrates. The Haihan Dynasty had penetrated deeply into the coastal areas of Guangzhou, Guangzhou, and Guangzhou, and the local government was inextricably linked with its interests, so it was impossible to quickly cut through the chaos and dissolve the exchanges between the two sides. If you look at this information, you can see that a lot of the information in it should be collected smoothly with the tacit consent of the local government, and it is certainly unreasonable to say that the people in the government do not know about it.

Even if the imperial court now issued a ban on the sea, it probably wouldn't be able to prevent the local officials of Liangguang from joining forces with Haihan to make profits. After all, the Lingnan Mountain is far away from the emperor, and the decree issued by the capital can still be implemented here, it all depends on the operation of local officials, and the Liangguang government has even thrown out the entire Qiongzhou, how can it be possible to do it against Haihan again. Relying on imperial decrees to stop the expansion of the Haihan and Han dynasties in the Liangguang region is probably only theoretical. Liu Shang knew that he couldn't change the situation on his own, so he could only sigh and continue to read the content behind the information.

The content after that is basically all Haihan official to the sea trade operators some guiding opinions, such as which goods in Daming the best market, the price geometry, where the demand is the largest, etc., this information for the operators, its value is tantamount to real money.

After Liu Shang browsed it, he also had a deeper understanding of the methods of the Haihan government. If the previous impression of Haihan comes from the surface, then this official production of Haihan information is very thought-provoking, this country can rise rapidly in just a few years, but it is by no means by virtue of luck can be done, those Haihan people from the other side of the ocean have formulated a detailed plan for the development of the country, and run the country in every detail, this degree of care is the main reason for the rapid growth of Haihan.

But why is it difficult for such a group of rulers from maritime backgrounds to achieve what they can do? Liu Shang was aware of this problem, but because of the limitations of his vision, it was difficult to deduce a reasonable answer. Of course, even if he had vaguely thought about the differences between the political systems of the two countries, he would never continue to think in this direction, after all, if this issue continues to be investigated, it will be a great disrespect to the imperial power.

Yu Xiaobao asked him to digest this information as soon as possible, and it was even better to memorize the content, which was not an easy errand, and the content involved a large number of place names and data, and it was really difficult to write down this information. Yu Xiaobao's request may be a test, but Liu Shang didn't dare to be careless, fortunately, he has an excellent memory, and he memorized it silently in his heart while reading it, and after reading it twice, he had memorized most of the content. The others in the same cabin talked to him, and he only responded casually to a few sentences, putting his spirit on this information.

When Liu Shang realized that he had memorized about the same time, he found that the sky outside the porthole had darkened, and his stomach began to be a little hungry. As soon as he asked the bystanders, he knew that the boat had arrived in Yacheng County and was sailing into the mouth of the Ningyuan River, and it was likely to rest here for the night today.

Yacheng, where Yazhou was located in the past, is no longer the political and economic center of Yazhou. In fact, except for the cities of Haikou in Sanya and Qiongbei, which still retained a small number of official institutions of the Ming Dynasty for political needs, the local government offices of the Ming Dynasty in other parts of Hainan Island have been abolished and changed to new administrative divisions after the rule of the Hai and Han Dynasty.

In the new division, the original state administration was abolished, and the county governance was basically retained, but the county government was changed to a management committee system with Haihan characteristics, and a number of county-level units were added in the mountainous area of Qiongzhong and the west coast of Qiongxi, while the city-level administrative units were only set up in the capital Sanya, Haikou City and Danzhou City in northern Qiongbei.

Yacheng County is one of the few administrative districts that have been "downgraded" in this wave of restructuring, which was originally the center of Yazhou, but now it is only a county-level unit. Of course, this has a great relationship with the rapid rise of Sanya, the two places are less than 100 miles apart, and Yacheng is naturally not qualified to sit on an equal footing with the capital of the Haihan Kingdom, so it can only be reduced to a county aggrievedly.

However, because it is not far from Sanya, Yacheng County has also benefited a lot in the process of Sanya's large-scale development, and the historical accumulation here is not bad, so Yacheng County is ranked among the counties on Hainan Island, and the construction level in all aspects is almost among the best. Nowadays, the area with relatively developed agricultural development in the south of Qiongzhou Island is along the Ningyuan River in Yacheng County, in addition to the banks of the two rivers in Sanya. The total area of various cash crop plantations developed here by foreign investment alone has exceeded 10,000 acres, and the local agriculture and forestry deep processing industry driven by this has also greatly improved the overall economic level of Yacheng County.

Liu Shang listened to other people in the same industry and said that the port where the ship was docking was the location of the Yacheng Water Village in the past. However, he looked out of the porthole, but he didn't see any of the weather of the military camp left, and even the gate of the original water village and the plaque hanging on it had already been demolished. Today, it is a freight-based port, and passenger ships that come and go here transport local agricultural and forestry products and high-end goods that have been processed abroad, and some of the goods used for export will be transported to nearby Sanya for final fine packaging, so that the value of their export will at least double or triple.

"This is where the main raw material of Sanya Special Brew comes from. A Ministry of Agriculture official who was traveling with him told Liu Shang a piece of news that surprised him.

"So Sanya Special Brew is not produced in Sanya, but Yacheng?" Liu Shang asked with some puzzlement: "Then why didn't you call it Yacheng Special Brew in the first place?"

The official explained: "You don't understand, I'm talking about the origin of the raw materials. Some of the low-end products of Sanya Special Brew are indeed produced here, but the high-end products that can be sold at affordable prices are still made in Sanya. ”

The sugarcane planting area in Yacheng County is thousands of acres, accounting for almost half of the sugarcane production in Qiongnan area, and these sugarcane are not only used to make sugar, but also the other biggest function is to use sugarcane molasses as raw material to produce Sanya special brew. However, because almost all of Haihan's glass production workshops are concentrated in Sanya, the filling and packaging of high-end wine are also completed in Sanya, and the wine produced here is relatively low-end, and it is basically stored and transported in pottery jars.

When Liu Shang first arrived, he didn't know much about the division of labor in these industries, but he suddenly realized it after listening to the explanations of professionals. Naturally, he has known Sanya special brew for a long time, and he has tasted its unique flavor before coming to Haihan, which can be said to have its own advantages with grain wine, but it is not a great thing. However, Haihan's commercial packaging ability is indeed excellent, all kinds of exquisite glass bottle gift boxes, product coverage from high to low prices, plus many literati who have received benefits to advocate hard, the catering industry spares no effort to promote for rebates, making this wine a popular fashion in the middle and upper classes of society, in recent years, the sales in the southeast coastal area of Daming are quite good, and can bring considerable profits to Haihan every year.

Such a product with an obvious Haihan label can be all the rage in the market, to a large extent, it still depends on Haihan's strong business operation ability, and can package products that are not particularly outstanding in quality into fragrant buns that people compete to consume. Liu Shang had also come into contact with a lot of Haihan products before coming to Sanya, and the overall feeling was that Haihan could always sell the goods for one or two silver at two times or even higher prices, and it could also make buyers rush to buy them willingly. In terms of business operations and sales skills, Haihan is really far superior to his business peers in the Ming Dynasty.

After docking, the sailors came to the cabin to inform everyone that they could disembark and rest. After Liu Shang walked along the gangplank to the shore, he happened to see a cargo ship moored next to him carrying a jar of wine, and at a glance, the number of stacked on the dock was probably as many as a thousand jars. The air in the entire dock seemed to be filled with the smell of wine, which inevitably made the wine worms in everyone's stomachs start to move. Some good drinkers are already discussing whether they can get the ban lifted tonight and have a few drinks.

Contrary to Liu Shang's prediction, the group did not go to the county seat to stay after getting off the boat, but planned to stay at the inn near the pier for one night and wait until tomorrow to go to the county seat. Yu Xiaobao explained this arrangement after getting off the boat: "It's late today, we have missed the meal when we go to the county seat, and then we will have to entertain there, and it is estimated that we will not be able to eat dinner until we go to bed, so it is better to rest here for a night, and it is the same if we leave early tomorrow." ”

Liu Shang whispered to the person next to him, "Isn't the management committee here here coming to pick up Director Yu?"

The man next to him glanced at Liu Shangdao like a fool: "I'm afraid you don't know that the head of the Yacheng County Management Committee is the chief, and coming here to pick up not only messes up the etiquette of the superiors and subordinates, but Director Yu also doesn't dare to accept it! ”

Only then did Liu Shang understand that Yu Xiaobao did not arrange to enter the city overnight, but he was actually afraid of disturbing the chief's rest time. Although he is already a high-ranking official, his status is still unconditionally inferior in front of the so-called authentic Haihan chief, and even if he makes such an inspection like a minister, he does not dare to let the local ruling chief come out to greet him.

However, Liu Shang observed the expressions of Yu Xiaobao and Zhang Qianzhi, and seemed to take it for granted, and there was no expression of grievance or resentment, it seems that the status of the Haihan people is extremely high in their minds, and this kind of obedience has long become a natural rule of conduct.

Coincidentally, the two inns next to the wharf did not have enough vacant rooms because there were too many merchants who had come to transport wine recently, so they coordinated for a while before arranging for everyone to stay, so Yu Xiaobao and Zhang Qianzhi also gave up the single room and lived in the same room. But these two people don't mind this, when they went to Guangzhou on an errand, the two were roommates who lived together, and they had long been accustomed to each other's existence.

After everyone arranged accommodation, they put together two tables in one of the inns to prepare for dinner, Yu Xiaobao sat down and ordered, and said to everyone: "Except for the new Mr. Liu, it is probably not the first time that you have come out to do things, you should know the rules, this catering fee can be reported for food, but wine cannot be reimbursed." ”

As soon as everyone heard it, they understood what Yu Xiaobao meant, you can't drink alcohol at will during official business, this is also the rule of the errand, although it can be loose or tight, but there is nothing wrong with Yu Xiaobao's request, and no one will mention drinking at the moment.

However, Yu Xiaobao paused and continued: "Although the public expense cannot be reimbursed, it is still okay for me to invite everyone to drink two cups privately!"

Everyone was smiling, and they couldn't stop praising Yu Xiaobao for his generosity and cheerfulness. Of course, Liu Shang can also understand that this is Yu Xiaobao's little trick to buy people's hearts, but at Yu Xiaobao's age, he can have such mental means, which also shows his rich experience in officialdom.

Yu Xiaobao's income is not low, so he naturally doesn't care about the small amount of money he buys wine, but he is not a greedy person, and he will not condone his subordinates to drink and get drunk, so he only symbolically ordered two bottles of wine, and the average of everyone present is more than one or two per person, so that he will not drink too much and make mistakes. And Zhang Qianzhi even stopped dipping his lips, and he didn't drink much at all.

Liu Shang didn't have so many scruples, he knew that the more natural he behaved, the less likely he was to arouse the suspicion of others, and he used his brain frequently this day, and he needed to drink two cups to relieve fatigue, so he immediately pushed the cup and drank it comfortably with these people.

After dinner, Yu Xiaobao asked everyone to go back to their rooms to rest, and they were not allowed to go out privately at night, and they would get up early tomorrow to go to Yacheng to handle business.

Liu Shang slept soundly this night, and was only woken up by his companions in the morning, and when he got up, the sky was bright. After washing and eating breakfast, Yu Xiaobao counted the number of people and ordered to go on the road. The sailboat they had taken would stop at the pier, where they would change to another means of transport to Yacheng in the upper reaches of the Ningyuan River.

It is a small river engine sailing ship for both passengers and cargo, which uses paddle wheels driven by steam engines to propulsion and can reach speeds of about eight knots. In the middle of the hull is a black steam engine, a three-meter-high chimney replaces the original main mast, and there is a paddle wheel with a diameter of more than two meters on each side of the ship, and a mast at the front and rear of the hull, which can be used to increase the speed of the ship with the help of the wind during the journey.

After Liu Shang got on the boat, he saw that there were sailors shoveling coal into the boiler, so he didn't know how this thing worked until the steam engine on the ship started suddenly, and then drove the paddle wheel to rotate through the mechanical connecting rod to push the ship forward.

"If this is moved to the land and the water is replaced with wheels, wouldn't it be the train?" Liu Shang couldn't help but sigh: "It turns out that this thing can not only be used on land, but also in shipping!"

(End of chapter)