Li Xun stood by Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan looking at all of this, sighed, and said, "I never imagined that when you arrived at the place, you resolved the problems that people were prone to conflict with. Good luck."
"How is luck? This is called an opportunity. If other officials came over by land, they would not gather so many people if they were not as prominent as the eighteen big ships. Even if they came, if my family did not cook for the people, the people would not. Acknowledge my father, no one is going to talk about the past, and it is even more impossible to reassure the people."
Seeing that his efforts were classified as luck by Li Xun, Zhang Xiaobao retorted.
Li Xun didn't say anything this time. He watched the people on the boat almost get down, and climbed down the suspended ladder next to him. Fifty-six people had been soaking in the water to protect the people on the boats from landing safely.
Zhang Zhong has already got a rough idea of the matter. It’s good to put the state capital in Wulei County, but the largest county in the state is Yushan County. In addition to his own military and political governor, there are four people in the prefecture, two of them. Individuals each took part in the affairs of two divisions, three swordsmen, fifty soldiers, and six miscellaneous men.
It is impossible for the government soldier to stay. They have to follow the outgoing officer. This soldier was raised by the outgoing official at his own expense. Even if Zhang Zhong stayed behind, he would not dare to ask for it.
In this way, Zhouzhong seems to have become a decoration, but the four counties’ yamen are fully staffed, including county magistrates, county princes, master books, county lieutenants, warehouse planners, memorial affairs, copywriters, and other messy people, one It's not a lot. There are more than one hundred government servants in each county, as well as followers of the county magistrate who have surpassed the military system.
In this way, if there is anything in the state, you need to discuss with the county magistrates. The locality is stronger than the state capital. Zhang Zhong now understands why the previous term would be so happy to see that he came here with the official documents. Restricted, no one will feel comfortable changing into it.
"Zhang Cishi, it's better to let them do it first. We will go back to deal with local affairs and people's affairs. We can't slack off." Wule County magistrate Zhang Yi was full and watched others work. The sea breeze was blowing, being scorched by the scorching sun, and he couldn't help but said to Zhang Zhong.
"Well, if you are busy with things, let's do it first. The judge in the official state doesn't know if he can help the official find it?" Zhang Zhong wants to meet the four people, who are in charge of six parts. I don’t know what to do, it can be described as a black eye.
The county magistrate Zhang Yi showed an expression that I don't know. "Zhang Cishi, the four of them may have gone to investigate elsewhere, so it's better for the adults to go back to the prefecture and wait."
"No, the official has his own arrangements for a while, and you can go back and do things." Zhang Zhong knows that many of these people are resistant to his new governor. When they don't understand their specific ideas, they slow down. Investigate slowly.
As soon as Zhang Zhong finished speaking, there were people who waited and left in a hurry. Some people looked at Zhang Zhong as if he wanted to say something but stopped. Seeing that Zhang Zhong didn't leave their question, they also dispersed.
Zhang Zhong was not in a hurry to return to the prefecture, so he stood there watching the people build a simple wharf. He was waiting for people in the prefecture to come and look for it. Anyway, there was nothing big. If he didn’t come today, he would go back to the boat at night. Sleep, don’t come tomorrow, continue to sleep, see who can survive whom
"When I get old, my bones will not work. Let me go back first. Master Zhang is watching here, and things in Zhouzhong will become clear later." To leave.
Zhang Xiaobao, Wang Juan and Li Xun also came down, and when they went ashore, they told 56 people: "Keep on swimming, and come up again in the evening. The sea will swim more easily. Feel the sea, especially the waves, this time. Why did you put fish in the swimming pool?"
Fifty-six people didn't say anything, their heads sank, and they were already a few feet away when they went down and then came out. The two people were in a group, spreading towards the surroundings.
Li Xun stood on the shore and looked at the sea in the distance. "It looks pretty good here. I caught a few big fish on the way, so I can eat fish every day."
"Don’t worry about eating fish. We should build a new dock here. The dock should be well repaired. Then we should follow the way when we came, and transport the things from this side back and bring the things over there. Unloading, if you want to buy things over there, you can just come to Luzhou."
This is Zhang Xiaobao’s next plan. The population of a place as big as Lu is really too small. No wonder it can’t develop. No one develops anything. There are special products. Except for tribute, why don’t others sell more? ? There must be something in it.
There is also a mountain over there, that is, one hundred thousand mountains. It belongs to the same place as the virgin forest. It is similar to the Xiangshan Mountain in Huayuan County. It is larger than the Xiangshan Mountain. There are countless good things in it. So poverty, one is that some things have not been taken seriously, and the other is trade channels.
Maybe some people come to collect all kinds of things, because the road is not easy, and the price can be sold far away, so the people who come to collect the goods deliberately keep the price very low.
Don't say it's this time, when it comes, villagers in some places will still be suppressed by foreign purchasers. Villagers want to go out and sell themselves, which can be described as difficult.
Fortunately, when I come to my own home, I don’t have to be afraid of being suppressed in the future. The reason why I can be suppressed is still related to some goods shipped from outside, such as cloth and medicines that are not available in the local area. After I came here, I sold it at a fair price, but I didn't believe that someone would dare to suppress it.
Zhang Xiaobao analyzed various situations, and Wang Juan also thought of "Xiaobao, I think people here are too conservative in their thinking, why don't they raise more poultry and livestock? Sell the products they produce. , Life will be better."
"Where are there no conservative people? It's easy to take out and sell it. If you take it out of your own family, you won’t be able to sell it at a high price. A businessman? Our family has a lot of business, but it's all under the names of others.
Really becoming a businessman, it will be very troublesome to do things after that, and they have become accustomed to living this way. For example, in our remote villages at that time, some people still only raised two pigs and kept their own family to kill and eat meat during the New Year. Still raising a dozen chickens waiting to lay eggs.
The main reason is that these things require capital. After an illness, everything is gone. They are ordinary people. You need money to build a house, you need money for marriage, and you need money for a disease. How many generations have you lived like this? Wealth can only be done when nothing big happens. "
Zhang Xiaobao actually doesn't think there is anything wrong with this. The people can live well as long as they are guided by an official. Some people are shrewd, but they forget the good quality. In their eyes, money is money except for family and friendship. Even love has become extravagant.
When two people said this, only their lips moved. Li Xun didn’t know anything beside him. He was used to the way of communication between Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan. It was amazing to him. I don’t know how the two of them could understand. In the end, It boils down to the fact that two people are together when they open their eyes for a long time.
Thinking of the future fortunes, Li Xun felt that his heart was as broad as the sea and the blue sky, and said to Zhang Xiaobao: "I will write a letter in a while, let people go to the military post, and explain things. The emperor doesn't know what he thinks. Yes, instead of taking your father's affairs to the military post here to talk about it first, I decided to bring in a few more merchants to build a bigger dock."
Li Xun was very excited when he spoke. He couldn't fight for a position he shouldn't think about, but he could make a lot of money. With money, he could not only help the poor, but also help the poor. It would also be good to be a happy king in the future. , Govern the side where you are.
"I didn't send the detailed matters here by the military post. It may be that the emperor has noticed some things here and does not want the people here to prepare in advance. It is estimated that the tribute here will be a lot more than the ones given to the emperor. , To a certain prince or minister, or even a large family.
Don’t look for other people in the dock here, just the two of us, because in the future, we will not only be a normal merchant ship, but also a warship. Can others join us? You are a national relative, and my father is a high-ranking official. As long as the emperor knows about the battleship, it will be fine. If other merchants take advantage of us, it will be troublesome. "
Zhang Xiaobao is not shy about Li Xun. For example, let him know about the training of the army. This is the same. The various transactions of the two companies are mixed with each other and are also politically connected. A grasshopper on a rope, As long as the fun things take him with him.
"Being a warship? Your family wants to rebel? Then I can't protect you anymore. It's okay to train guards. You can hide some weapons. After all, your family does too many things, and it is easy to be conspired by others, especially in other countries. , The emperor won’t care if he knows it, but your father is an official here and wants to build warships, doesn’t it seem bad?"
Li Xun still protects the Zhang family in his heart, and he doesn't think the Zhang family will rebel, so what is it doing to build the warship
Zhang Xiaobao glared at Li Xun, "What are you doing? Do you know if you do an experiment? There are many people on the court who don’t know how to do it. Teach them how long to wait for the church? Let’s apply a new one on the ship. Just tell the emperor about the technique, and you can tell it directly, so that the emperor knows what you want, and you can follow suit if you want to do it.
Let's build a big ship, and we will go to sea in the future to see elsewhere. Japan has already visited us. Let's go to farther places without warships, just ordinary cargo ships. What should we do if we get beaten? "
"How long does it take to get out?" Li Xun was also moved by what Zhang Xiaobao said.
"It's early, let's solve the local affairs first." Zhang Xiaobao estimated that he would have to wait a few years, and building large ships would not be so easy to build.