The avenue is wide and flat, no bumps, and there is no garbage to greet the road, and every outsider who arrives in Southeast Fu feels a deep feeling: unusually clean and well-organized!

It can be called a shock!

Even some people who are used to seeing their cities are not used to it!

People come and go on the streets, and the materials in which people are dressed are better than those in the big cities on the mainland, even if the clothes are made of poor materials, they are very clean, and everyone has dignity because they are clean or have money in their pockets and food at home, and their eyes are powerful, and their heads are high.

No beggars!

The streets and the people are pleasing to the eye.

The carriage deliberately took Liu Zhifeng out for a turn, and he saw that the farmland seemed to be boundless, and all of them were growing gratifyingly.

Liu Zhifeng had a pair of sharp eyes, and at a glance he could see that the spirit of the local farmers was completely different from that of the mainland farmers.

Of course!

All the land in the southeast province is Yan Changwu's, the peasants are his tenant farmers, only pay twenty percent of the rent and tax, and there is no other expenditure, the contract must be thirty years, and the monument is erected in Beigang, not far from the Mazu Temple, if the breach of contract, the peasants shouted at the gods, and Yan Changwu will not be able to sit steadily.

The peasants have money and food, eat well, are in good spirits, and are in good spirits, far surpassing their counterparts on the mainland who have been bullied and oppressed.

In addition, Chen Xinji deliberately talked about Taiwan's income from money and grain, which has the benefits of trade, such as the export of sugar, rum, re-export of porcelain, silk and tea, etc., and part of the income is given back to the people's livelihood, and the people's lives are guaranteed, and there will be no misfortune of freezing and starvation, as long as they are diligent, they must have an income!

"How much sugar cane income is here?" Liu Zhifeng asked with interest.

"Sugar cane is big business! It doesn't hurt to tell you! Chen Xinji smiled lightly, stretched out two fingers and said, "It includes white sugar, milk candy and rum, more than two million taels of silver!" ”

"Scared!"

Chen Xinji admitted the income in person, Liu Zhifeng was really frightened, he knew that during the Wanli period, the national financial revenue was (value) 20 million taels of silver (including silver money, rice and wheat grass and other miscellaneous items), of which the pure silver was only more than 3 million taels, this southeast prefecture and a prefecture, sugar alone was more than 2 million taels of silver!

After Emperor Chongzhen succeeded to the throne, due to wars and famines, the country's annual income was less (later three salaries were added, and the annual income was 10 million taels of silver, but this was a dove to quench thirst), Liu Zhifeng muttered in his heart, I don't know if the silver in the treasury of the Beiping household department is as much as the southeast mansion!

The Ming Dynasty should have been a very happy dynasty, because the silver mines of the Japanese Kingdom produced a large amount of gold and silver, and what was even more terrifying was the development of silver mines in the Americas, as well as the Age of Discovery, which ran through Europe, Asia and Africa.

However, under the force of those "staunch patriots" in the DPRK and China, the sea ban was imposed, so that smuggling was rampant at sea, the imperial court could not accept the silver of the sea trade, and the commercial tax of the imperial court was very low, which was really a match made in heaven!

Causing the country to be poor and the people to be rich, the emperor is definitely a good emperor!

Originally, Liu Zhifeng went to the Taiwan government to prepare to show his strength, educate the people, and make the local people loyal to the mainland and the Ming Dynasty. ”

He is not a fool, he knows that the Southeast Mansion will never give him financial power, how can he buy the hearts of the people without money!

Transferred back to the old Overseer's Mansion in Tainan, it turned out that it was only one street away from the wharf, but fortunately, Liu Zhifeng was not taking a taxi, otherwise he would have complained about collecting more money on a long detour.

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The Old Overseer's Mansion is a Western-style building, with a large atmosphere, but the interior decoration and items are not extravagant or ornate.

A servant sent a copper basin and a face towel, so that everyone could wipe the dust off their faces, and then everyone went to the main hall, Yan Changwu sat first, Liu Zhifeng and Mr. Zhong sat down on the left and right, and Chen Xinji sat down.

As soon as the banquet started, the Buddha jumping over the wall, fried oysters, southeast meatballs, fried flower branches, shochu snails and a seasonal vegetable were served on the characteristics of the southeast province, and there were not too many dishes.

Chen Xinji introduced the characteristics of the dishes, and then said: "The ordering customs of my Southeast Mansion are determined by General Yan, and the portion is required to be appropriate, not wasted, eat them all, and pack them if you can't finish eating!" ”

There is such a thing!

Liu Zhifeng felt deeply uneasy.

If the local tyrants in the southeast mansion are excessive, the imperial court will have an opportunity, but the other party knows how to control it, it will be terrible.

During the banquet, he intended to spy on the military, financial, land and people of the Southeast Mansion, and Chen Xinji did not hide it from him, he said everything he could, told it truthfully, and it was okay to tell you, but he heard that Liu Zhifeng was demented.

You guys are doing great things at home!

Seeing the other party's smiling and unscrupulous words, Liu Zhifeng remembered the old things of the Three Kingdoms, Sun Ce broke Huang Zu, and reported his merits, Cao Cao knew that Sun Ce was strong, and sighed: "Shi'er (referring to Cao Cao's own son Cao Zhang) is difficult to compete!" ”

Now that the Southeast Mansion is strong, they are not afraid of the imperial court dealing with them at all.

Yan Changwu is cunning, although he is rewarded by the imperial court, he never goes ashore, and he is in the middle of the army of tigers and wolves in the fleet, who can eradicate him!

There is a delicate balance between the Southeast Mansion and the Imperial Court, the Southeast Mansion shows superficial deference to the Imperial Court, and the Imperial Court cannot use troops against them, otherwise the Southeast Mansion will rebel!

In the event of a rebellion, the imperial court used countless money and food, but the key was not necessarily to win the war, and the soldiers were lost.

Xiong Wencan also wanted to deal with Yan Changwu by bribing the interior of the Southeast Mansion, but found that it was very difficult to buy, the other party was extremely strict and did not count, and the people sent were also quite dangerous, and several groups of people were missing, and later learned that they were all serving hard labor in the sand field in the Southeast Mansion!

The sand field in the southeast province has a far-reaching reputation, claiming to be dedicated to dealing with beggars, lazy people and hostile forces, so that no one in the mainland dares to go to the southeast province to do bad things!

It turned out that the generals and people of the Southeast Mansion were quite loyal to Yan Changwu, and it turned out to be a bonus to Yan Changwu's youth.

As the saying goes, "If you don't have hair on your mouth, you can't do things well", but if you say it the other way around: "If you don't have hair on your mouth, you can't do things well", then it's terrible!

There is such an achievement at such a young age, when you are young and old, when you are old...... How far can he go? Maybe he has the luck of the founding emperor!

In order to fight for the future of the founding fathers, the people of the Southeast Mansion fought fiercely, and everyone closely united in the middle of the team with him as the core, worked hard, concentrated on training and fighting, and was extremely strong and invulnerable!

Not to mention Liu Zhifeng's sigh, Mr. Makuyou Zhong, the governor who accompanied him, also learned for the first time that the Southeast Fleet has four giant ships, two are under construction, and eight more will be built in the future! There are also 12 large cruisers (5th class), 40 cruisers of 6th rank (all added), and 8 fast supply ships of 5th class (Yaksha-class), and the Southeast Fleet is equipped with large plywood ships, which is really terrifying.

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At the end of the banquet, Yan Changwu and Chen Xinji said goodbye and left, leaving Liu Zhifeng and Mr. Zhong to rest, the two stayed in the guest room of the old Overseer's Mansion, the decoration was not luxurious, and the bathroom facilities in the suite were unheard of, Liu Zhifeng felt very practical after using it!

The servants brought refreshments, and the two dismissed everyone and talked to each other.

When it comes to the pomp and circumstance of the Southeast Province, it is really unheard of.

Liu Zhifeng asked: "What do you say is Yan Changwu in Southeast Mansion?" ”

He said to himself: "The hero of troubled times? ”

Mr. Zhong said: "It can be called to establish a heart for heaven and earth, a life for the people, a continuation of learning for the saints, and peace for all generations!" ”

Liu Zhifeng was shocked, staring at Mr. Zhong tightly, he couldn't imagine how high his evaluation of Yan Changwu was!