In the blink of an eye, April is already the season when the grass grows and the warbler flies, and it is half a year in a hurry.

Half a year is enough time for the Senate generals to govern more steadily, and it is also enough for the copper mountains of the four countries to start producing, and even Taiwan's pioneer group has gained a firm foothold.

The port of Dagou in the south of Taiwan now has a more pleasant name - Kaohsiung.

The garrison of Kaohsiung City had been building the fort north to the mosquito harbor north of Bazhang Creek, and built a large salt farm in a place called Budaizui by the Han maritime merchants, and all the refined salt produced was used for trade with the local indigenous tribes. In this way, in the southwest of Taiwan, the three societies in the north and the five societies east of Xiaodanshui in the south (note: from south to north are the Dazeji Society, the Monkey Forest Society, the Lower Tamsui Society, the Lili Society, and the Fangsuo Society) as the boundary, a small economic belt under the control of the Senate has been formed, and the medical team of the Fubo Army is very popular there, and there is a transit port stationed on the scale of dozens of Fubo troops in Jilong Mountain in Xiaoliuqiu, the northernmost part of the island of Taiwan, to receive copper mines from Japan, and a fastening fortress has also been built.

Although the size of Sanya's garrison has not been significantly expanded, the Li militia has a lot more, and the trade with the north of Qiongzhou and the mainland is also closer. In the west of Yazhou Prefecture, the Yinggehai Senate quietly opened a new salt farm. Now the Yinggehai salt field has begun to produce salt, in addition to supplying Yazhou and Changhua and Danzhou in the north, most of its salt has been sold to Annam, and the Fubo army simply opened a coal mine in Hongji at the mouth of Halong Bay, and built a fortress as a long-term solution. Because the salt farm was put into operation, Yazhou added a sum of revenue, and Pan Zhizhou was even more happy.

In this way, in addition to Changlu, China's three major salt farms are still in the hands of the Ming Dynasty, and the two places of Budai and Yinggehai have all become the pockets of the Senate.

In the South Seas, the expedition fleet around Australia had returned to Machen two months ago, and the 200 Volbo army had defeated more than ten times the aborigines in the Tiwei Islands in the north of Australia and established a town in the northern part of Australia, Darwin Harbor, a name that was used after the Senate discussion because of the intention of indoctrination and barbarism, and it was considered to avoid confusion.

I heard that the Senate is now trying to deliver supplies there, and several mirage-class transport ships are coming and going almost every week, and it is only in December this year that the road to the iron ore mines to the west will be built as soon as the local rainy season has passed. To the southeast, several port towns similar to Dave Haven will be established, so that the open-pit coal mines there can be transported to Dave Haven by sea. A year later, Han Chinese immigrants from the mainland would see a steady stream of chimneys and iron factories several times more than in Foshan, steam-powered transport ships laden with refined iron ingots and steel across the windless belt of the equator after the rainy season, powering the Song Dynasty's war machine, and the laying of railways on the islands of the South Seas would be officially on the agenda.

But this small half a year is just for Wang Xingping, who is far away in the southwest, to be able to digest the new military tun a little, after all, his power expansion must be carried out cautiously under the framework of the Ming Dynasty, and it is not as happy as the Senate, and when it comes to efficiency, it is still too far from Nanyang, but fortunately, his team is also growing, which includes both the growth of the old man and the help of the elders.

Two batches of crude mercury have been sent to Guangzhou, which not only solved the funds for military training, but also brought back a lot of cotton cloth.

During the half year of Luzon's 're-opening', thanks to the influx of immigrants from Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Fujian, the local cotton textile industry developed rapidly, and the state-run Minli Cotton Mill of the Great Song Dynasty recruited a large number of immigrants and a few native women of the Tushun tribe, and cotton was imported from Songjiang Province by Hu Barong for a short time.

It's not obvious now, but I believe that by this time next year, Jiangnan will feel the pressure of trade from the sea, and the trade of cotton cloth and various ready-to-wear socks alone will even change the business pattern of the entire Ming Dynasty, so this year's cotton cloth is mainly used to sell to Nanyang and open up the American market. As for Daming, it was only shipped through Guangdong, but it was to meet Wang Xingping's demand for equipment for the army, after all, the price of this batch of cotton cloth can be regarded as an internal special supply, which is more than twice as cheap as the cost of Songjiang cloth, so that it can save a lot.

If this continues, the contradiction between the southeast of the Ming Dynasty and the Senate will inevitably be acute, although Wang Xingping has absolute confidence in the Senate's force, but it is not known in what direction things will develop. After all, even if a historical idiot like him is roughly clear, these powerful people in Jiangnan will never stand on the side of the country in the face of their own family and national interests, and at that time, they will even affect the war situation in the north because of this change caused by the Senate, and Wang Xingping also knows that this contradiction will only deepen as more and more commodities that are duplicated with the Ming industry pour into the coast, but he does not want to see the 'savages' in Liaodong cheaper because of this change in the strategic situation.

But every time he thought about these changes, and looked at the kerosene lamp and wall calendar in his study, he felt that all this came really quickly. However, in half a year, even a large number of Zhejiang and Nanzhi officials participated in the impeachment of Haidao for poor auditing, and in Fujian, this kind of illegal immigration behavior is even more rampant, Wang Xingping once watched a new Fujian governor Zhou Zuo - that is, the future father-in-law of Qi Biaojia - mentioned that at the beginning of this year, the most outrageous thing in Fujian was that there was a Zhangzhou cargo ship that declared more than 600 sailors, but when the ship was not in much trouble, the sailors disappeared due to a 'shipwreck'. But when I think about the immigration on such a scale, the Han people in Taiwan and Luzon are probably more than one day at a time, but it is a pity that Guizhou cannot do this immigration as blatantly as the Senate, and it is not very convenient to travel by land.

This year's Spring Festival should be the most comfortable one for Wang Xingping after coming to this world, there is no gloom at home and no tiredness of running around, almost in anticipation of the family reunion festival has passed in a hurry, even the lights on the night of Shangyuan look more beautiful than in previous years, if only it could be like this every year.

As he was thinking, he heard movement outside—

"Hit! Hit! The young master has hit again! ”

Xiaoliu's good news soon spread from the street into the house, this time it was the first place in the government exam, Wang Xingping fulfilled his promise and did not accept the official recognition of his last subject results, but chose to start a new reference, which can be regarded as a closed door in the name of preparing for the exam, so as to leave more personal time for himself.

But with the foreshadowing of the previous subject, coupled with his reputation, it has become a proper meaning to be the first place in the county examination and the government examination in a row, and the level of candidates in Xingui County and Guiyang Mansion is not very high, and the county and the prefect have the heart to accept him as a protégé, and they will be more taken care of in the examination.

However, this is just an addition to Wang Xingping, and his most urgent thing at the moment is to rush to Jingshi again, and there are several things that make him have to do so.

First, in order to digest the newly occupied land, several military forts have been built in the newly recovered military tun and bought the land of Liumu outside the water, and each of the land is now garrisoned by the Rong army, Wang Xingping and Zhang Heming discussed to set up a new guard in the center of the Zhenxi Fort established by the Yinye Chale Department, and the report to the imperial court has also been issued, I believe that there is no reason for the cabinet to be inaccurate in this kind of matter with Zhang Heming's prestige in Guizhou Province, and it can be regarded as the last credit of Zhang Lao Xianggong before leaving office.

But for Wang Xingping, the problem is how to make this town Xiwei a thing in his own pocket, which needs to be operated.

In terms of merit, the most suitable candidate is undoubtedly Wang Zhongde, Wang Zhongde has made a lot of meritorious contributions since he ran errands under Zhang Heming, but because of the incompatibility of time, he missed the martial arts of the previous subject, but this subject will not be done until next year, and the qualifications are a little worse. He has the heart to make progress, Wang Xingping also wants to take advantage of this situation to promote him as the first commander of Zhenxiwei, and this needs to be paved in advance in the operation of the capital, only he can be sure if he goes in person, Liao Si and other old brothers are still looking forward to the dozens of worldly positions in the four guards of the new guard.

Second, things in Guizhou are on the right track, and there are veterans and Song Yingxing, Zhang Jiebin and others here to help, he is very relieved, but the military camp in Tianjin makes him quite worried. Now there are only Jesuit people there, although Xu Ji is diligent, but he is not good at military affairs, and although Sun Yuanhua has a lot of involvement in Western armaments, he is still extremely lacking in the ability to rebuild the army, plus these people will inevitably preach, so he is really not at ease over there, and he also wants to take this opportunity to recruit some northern seeds back.

The three new Qianfu is about to take office, and it is not clear what the political views of this person and Zhang Heming are at the moment, I am afraid that the two Fu Jun will have something to do in the handover that will make him sandwiched in the middle, so it is better to run away first, and then make a choice after the situation is clear, and he is closer to the court in Beijing, and there is more news, and Guizhou is naturally more flexible, and the Duke of Qianguo can send people to serve the movement of the Beijing Division, why can't he Wang Xingping.

And the most important point is that I heard that the emperor's health is not getting better.

Li Kezhuo didn't hide much in his private message, and Fu Xiaofei could also confirm it through the radio, although the emperor's gout symptoms were alleviated after taking the 'pill', but it was not easy to control life after all, and the illness was not accumulated in a day, it did seem a little unavoidable.

And the only thing he struggles with at the moment is precisely because of the imperial examination.

According to the previous rules, he must first take the annual examination of this year's college examination to obtain the qualification of a student - that is, to become a showman, and then pass the autumn examination in July to obtain the qualification of the township examination at the beginning of next year before he can go to Beijing, otherwise this reference will be irreconcilable with the itinerary of going to Beijing.

However, time could not wait, so there was only one way left - to enter the country.

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