Lang Son.

In this land full of hope, of course, there are countless dirt, all kinds of noise and ridiculousness, but here, it is a dream.

There is a lot of injustice here, and behind this prosperity, I don't know how many miserable things are there.

In the yamen of Lang Son, there are many complaints received every day, such as child labor, slave labor, and apprentices being bullied, and being abducted and deceived.

But this is a place of hope, as long as you come, you can change your situation, and there is hope. The princely general Xiang Ning had a kind of people, others could earn money, and they could earn themselves, and the crowds who poured into Lang Son from almost all over the country had nothing to lose, and a person who had nothing to lose gathered here with the dream of being well fed and clothed and even getting ahead.

Recently, the Daomen have become rampant, and many Daomen have recruited disciples on a large scale in the docks and some commercial gathering areas, and even on many docks, in order to grab business, some porters have organized themselves to confront other people, and sometimes there will even be fierce conflicts, and it is common to kill people.

For this reason, the Luguo Mansion finally couldn't stand it anymore, and had to increase patrols and arrests to vigorously crack down on Daomen.

In fact, in the past, a county needed only a few dozen people, a county, only need a county order, a county, a master book, the political power is not under the county, the traditional mode of governance has long been impossible to adapt to the situation in Langshan, in fact, unconsciously, Langshan up to the government, down to the grassroots county government are changing, the population increases, it is necessary to set up a special patrol, the number of patrols from the original is a dozen or so people continue to expand. In the end, there were as many as 1,000 people, and as the city continued to expand, patrols had to be stationed all over the city. As a result, there was a patrol and arrest bureau, and the patrol and arrest bureau set up dozens of patrol and arrest stations. Because of the development of industry and commerce, then it is necessary to dredge the waterway and land, the problem of transportation is becoming more and more apparent, the original official road can no longer carry this huge flow of people and vehicles, through the river has also become a top priority, fortunately Lang Son here is silver. With silver, it is necessary to build bridges and pave roads, and this kind of project is no longer like an ordinary county government, for political performance. Feel free to recruit some people to tinker with it in a few months, and it can be completed. The transportation of Lang Son is a long-term project, and even after construction, necessary maintenance must be provided, so it is impossible to recruit people and temporarily let the Yazhong messenger preside over it. Naturally, a special transportation bureau came into being. They are responsible for building roads and opening up waterways, and recently the Transportation Bureau has a very bold idea to connect the waterways of Jiaozhi and Guangxi, and build a grand canal to connect the territory of Jiaozhi, and even connect the rivers of other provinces and countries. In the eyes of many people, it is a fantasy, but the Luguo Mansion has begun to pay attention. Immediately, some people began to invite into the public mansion to discuss the construction of the canal, and everyone brainstormed and actually came up with a plan.

It's just that the amount of silver spent is staggering, and the amount of silver is more than 13 million, which is an astronomical amount, and it is enough to make people tremble when you think about it.

This money, even the Hao family may not be able to get it, but there is a way, Lu Guogong and his son who is far away in Beijing communicate every day, and Hao Fenglou thought of a way.

Once the river is dredged, the efficiency of freight will be greatly improved, and the freight will also plummet, in the past, a thousand catties of goods need to hire five carts, five grooms, seven or eight guards, eat and drink along the way, a month down to arrive, but once the canal is repaired, a ship can carry tens of thousands of catties of goods only need a few people, four or five days to arrive, a single freight can be from the original ten taels into one or two silver.

In this case, it is indispensable to charge a fee for transporting goods by the canal, even if it is five taels of silver, it is worth it for the merchants, not to mention the time saved.

In the future, once the canal is opened, most of the income collected will be distributed in the form of dry shares, except for a part of the fixed funds for maintenance and dredging.

The Hao family is wealthy, the first to take out three million taels of silver, anything that has a prospect, it will inevitably make people excited, and the Hao family has set an example, the Langshan family and giants are also beginning to enthusiastically, after all, this is the livelihood of future generations, as long as you buy shares today, as long as the canal is still in the future, you can eat this dividend from generation to generation, although it seems that the investment cycle is too long, but everyone understands that once the canal is built, there must be tens of thousands of cargo ships on the river, and it is not difficult to enter the current fight.

Therefore, the subscribers are like a carp crossing the river, and many people have accumulated a lot of wealth in their hands, but they only hate that they cannot open up more financial routes.

More than 10 million taels of silver were collected in only half a month, and those who came late had regrets.

The survey and mapping of the river has already been completed, and the plan has been revised several times, and the head of the transportation bureau is called Liang Chao, who organized the construction of bridges and paved roads, and has already accumulated a lot of experience in engineering.

Of course, the most important of these is the recruitment of manpower, the excavation of the river is a sectional construction, the labor required is tens of thousands, fortunately there is a special coolie camp here in Lang Son, this coolie camp, are all heavy prisoners of the previous war, and a considerable number of people are some traitors, the vast majority of these manpower have been transferred, there are more than 9,000 people, but these alone are not enough, especially some specialized stonemasons and some skilled craftsmen are in short supply, so it is inevitable to post notices and recruit on a large scale.

The population of Lang Son has long exceeded millions, this Lang Son has long ceased to be the so-called Lang Son County, it has been abolished a long time ago, but formed a seven or eight counties into one, including the so-called Lang Son in Haiphong and other places, but although the population is large, the workshop and wharf and even the ordinary shops need more manpower, and suddenly the government began to recruit manpower again, which inevitably makes the manpower insufficient, even if a large number of people pour in every month, but the demand for manpower is still strong, It is not easy to recruit manpower, and as a last resort, it is necessary to raise some wages.

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However, once the canal matter has money and food, the specific details will naturally be handed over to the Transportation Bureau, and Hao Zheng's mood is very good, and the canal matter has long been put aside.

The will of the imperial court has been issued, to add a small list, not only that, the draft of the charter of the second Yang bachelor also sold his personal favor, in the charter of the small list of the location of the scientific examination in Langshan, now the imperial court has ordered Langshan to build an examination institute, in order to prepare for the imperial examination.

This is a trivial matter, with the financial resources of Langshan here, build a Confucian Temple, get an examination room is not a trivial matter, at present, this small list area is Guangxi, Jiaozhi, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Guangdong six provinces, and the content of the test is Chen Xue, so that the scholars of these six provinces can no longer have any interest in science, Chen Xue finally has a basic plate, and Langshan, will definitely become a gathering place for all students, and then the literary style will gather and I don't know what the situation is.

The consolidation of Chen Xue's position is not easy to come by, some of Chen Xue's great Confucians, they all understand what is going on, without Hao Fenglou and His Royal Highness King Zhao mediating in Beijing, it is impossible for them to have today, that Master Chen is ready to enter Beijing, and he has already repaired a book before, although he did not mention the matter of gratitude, but the conversation is very intimate, this kind of thing is tacit, everyone is the closest ally, without the Hao family, Chen Xue cannot get up, without the support of the chaebol headed by the Hao family, Chen Xue cannot go on, they can hold you, can afford to hold others, everyone's interests are closely related, and everyone knows it in their hearts.

The Luguo Mansion has long been more than just a public office, it has long become a decision-making body, with as many as 100 staff members alone, some in charge of personnel, some in charge of transportation, and some in charge of public security, offering advice and formulating policies. And at this moment, another news came, which really surprised Hao Zheng.

After the decree of the imperial court, Yang Shiqi, a cabinet scholar, went to Guangxi and Langshan to supervise the affairs of Xiaobang and appease the Chen students. Jinyi Wei commanded Hao Fenglou to go together.

Hao Fenglou is going back to Langshan.

This is something that Hao Zheng never expected, although the wind had blown before, saying that Yang Shiqi might be coming, but why did Hao Fenglou come?

Hao Zheng didn't understand a little, his son is now the commander of the Jinyi Guard, how can he walk away? And the will did not say Hao Fenglou's responsibilities, which inevitably made Hao Zheng a little unclear.

Fortunately, no matter what, since they can come back, it is very good, although the father and son exchange letters, but many words are still more convenient to meet.

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It's really sad, I can enter the monthly ticket list in front of me, but it's far away from the previous one, not to mention that I want to be among the best, it's difficult to catch up with the previous one, students, for the sake of the tiger no matter when it's not lazy, just reward a few tickets! (To be continued......)