In September of the 16th year of Yongli, the situation in the Ming Dynasty seemed to have undergone a fundamental change in this month.

After twenty years of Tartar invasions, those who survived the butcher's knives of the alien invaders in this land finally see new hope.

They saw the hope of Ming Zhongxing.

For them, as the situation changes, they seem to see. The hope of the coming peace and prosperity.

In the past few months, the Daimyo has been subjected to trials of one kind or another, and sometimes people even suspect that the Daimyo could fall into infighting at any time. But to people's surprise, just when they thought they were likely to kill themselves. The situation took another unexpected turn.

First came rumors from the north. Later, he asked the emperor to return the tension of the Beijing Division, and now the King of Huai agreed to escort the emperor and the imperial court back to the Beijing Division.

All of it. It seems to be all moving in a good direction.

The Ming Dynasty has its own loyal ministers!

In fact, the loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty have more than knowledge, and there is a Huai king. The same is true of Zhang Huangyan, the secretary of the Ming Military Department, and even if there is no him, Chaotian doesn't know when he will be able to return to the Beijing Division.

But now, this Ming Dynasty's military secretary is also going to leave here. left Jiangxi, where he had ruled for many years. The reason why he left was not because of anything else, but because he had to set an example for the world.

Leave the place and enter Beijing as an official. In the past, it was a normal thing, and even this was a promotion of local officials, but now, it is far different from that year.

"Boom!"

With the sound of a drum, the oars on both sides of the centipede boat stood up. However, the oars did not immediately fall into the water. According to the rules of Wu Hong's boat, his boat slurry must slide with the sound of drums, and every stroke must be uniform. Who has this to be able to keep sailing fast.

"Boom!"

There was another drum sound, and the moment dozens of boat pulps fell into the water, the pulpers in the bilge shouted in unison.

"Okay......"

The big ship, which was more than ten feet long, started slowly, and the dock was full of people seeing it off. While the oars are paddling on the water. People would wave and shout at the people on board to take care.

Zhang Huangyan stood in front of the window, looking affectionately at Nanchang, who had devoted several years of hard work, and his mood seemed quite excited at this time.

Not only because Nanchang has recovered in recent years, and even Jiangxi has shown a bit of prosperity, but because of the situation in the world, under the instigation of his Zhang Huangyan, it has shown a thriving appearance - King Huai promised the court not to say anything, but also agreed to send a boat to escort the emperor back to the court, and even took the initiative to ask the other three feudatories to send ships together, and King Huai's loyalty is rare in the world. This is the premise that the great tomorrow will be decided, and the history books will undoubtedly remember his contributions to the Ming Dynasty today, and history will never forget the meritorious deeds made by my Zhang.

Speech, morality, meritorious service This is the three immortal merits that countless people have pursued all their lives, although they have not made words and virtues, but at least they have made today's meritorious deeds for the world, which is enough in this life.

At this time. He saw the huge waterwheel by the river, and the waterwheel made his face look joyful. He pointed to the waterwheel and said with some excitement.

"Look, that's the mill's waterwheel!"

Lu Liuliang and the others all surrounded him, and looked along his arm, wasn't it the waterwheel of the yarn factory? Lu Liuliang was even more deliberately complimentary.

"Sima, since you took charge of Jiangxi, you have not only treated the people leniently, but also left mills and other factories and mines in Jiangxi, which can be said to be a century-old ...... for the people of Jiangxi."

This is not an exaggeration, in recent years, Zhang Huangyan has indeed implemented a lot of methods to benefit the people in Jiangxi, and the people of Jiangxi have indeed benefited a lot from it, and even he has exempted the people of Jiangxi Province from the grain in the name of not needing to solve the north.

As for this government-run yarn factory, it is just a cause he left to Jiangxi, but this cause is a mixed reputation, after all, it has the suspicion of competing with the people for profit, a factory can replace tens of thousands of female spinning workers, I don't know how many female workers are unemployed, and naturally it is not liked by some people. But at this time, everyone saw that Zhang Huangyan was on the rise, and no one wanted to pour cold water, just smiled faintly and stopped talking.

"It's a pity that there is only appearance, but no spirit."

Maybe it's because of his youth, so Loren has never had many scruples, and he will say whatever he thinks in his mouth.

Hearing him say this, Zhang Huangyan asked with a smile.

"You kid, you have to be responsible when you speak, why do I run a yarn factory with only appearance, no spirit?"

Shang Shu's question made Luo Lun also answer with a smile.

"I have been to see the bureau factories in Jiangbei, and I have seen more bureau factories in Jiangxi, and if I compare the two, I have this feeling: several bureau factories in Nanchang are similar to the bureau factories in Jiangbei, but in fact the two are very far apart."

Lu Liuliang hurriedly said on the side.

"Similarity is also a foundation, as for the rest, you can cultivate it slowly, and it will be similar in a few years."

"You're not right."

Because he has a certain understanding of the factory, Luo Lun is more serious.

"It's useless to look similar, the key is production. These bureaus and factories in Jiangxi, if they continue to run as they are now, will certainly not be able to compare with the factories in Jiangbei, and when the world is peaceful and the factories in Jiangbei are expanded, the factories in Jiangxi will be annexed by them sooner or later. ”．

Zhang Huangyan was a little unhappy at first, after all, all this was his hard work. He asked Luo Lun.

"What did you hear?"

"Xia Guan was about to tell you this, Sima."

Luo Lun replied.

"Guanjiangbei's bureau factory, not to mention others, is now the factory supervision officials are less than a dozen, more than dozens of people, how many of these people know how to run a factory, how many people know how to operate? They can't return the government's share capital and profits, and they can't increase the income of factory workers. ”

Unlike others, Loren once visited a factory in Jiangbei. Also know the factory in Nanchang. He naturally knows the gap between the two, and this gap is not slowly shortened because of time, but is getting bigger and bigger.

The words are good, but in such a good atmosphere, this Luo Lun is really too ignorant. It's too hard to speak. Lu Liuliang saw that Zhang Huangyan's face was getting tighter and tighter, and secretly thought in his heart: I must change the topic. When he saw a large field outside the boat, full of ripe rice, he hurriedly said to Zhang Huangyan.

"Shangshu, look here, when I first came to Jiangxi, it was all desolate, and now I look at it, but it is full of paddy fields, the people of Jiangxi are so diligent, but in a few years, this place will be turned into mulberry fields, which is really embarrassing for us."

Zhang Huangyan looked out of the boat, nodded and said.

"Yes, not only Jiangxi, my Han people's diligent history, the world is rare, it is this Jiangxi land, once upon a time it was also a wilderness, it is my Han ancestors here in the blue wisps, only today is rich."

Zhang Huangyan's words aroused Luo Lun's great interest, and he couldn't help but agree.

"Not only Jiangxi, Jiangnan is also the same, during the Three Kingdoms, Jiangnan was still a barbaric land, and in the Song Dynasty, Jiangnan was rich and covered the world."

Zhang Huangyan nodded slightly, and then said.

"It's not just Jiangnan, after the Zhou Dynasty destroyed Shang, the Zhou Dynasty was only in today's Henan, and then Zhou Tianzi divided the world and divided the world into princes, just like this Jiangnan, when it was the land of Chu State" In the past, my first king Xiong deduced in Jingshan, and the road was reckless, trekking through the mountains and forests to do things for the Son of Heaven, but the peach arc and thorns and arrows were the "......" of the king

Reciting the "Historical Records. This sentence in the Chu Family" describes the hardships of the Chu State to dig the foundation, Zhang Huangyan sighed again.

"If it weren't for this, the ancestors from generation to generation would have opened up the mountains and forests, and how could we have the present scene of my Han family!"

Lu Liuliang also nodded and said.

"That's true, I heard that today's Huai King is in Liaodong, which is intended to open up mountains and forests in Liaodong, so that Liaodong is like the south of the Yangtze River, and will always be the land of China and the land of fish and rice in my north."

Lu Liuliang heard that he had seen many articles in the newspapers describing the wealth of Northeast China, and even used "beating roe deer, scooping fish and pheasants flying into the rice pot" to describe Liaodong and Northeast China, where it was rich, he did not know, but at least from those words, it can be seen that it is not just a bitter cold land as people imagine. Not only is it not a bitter cold place, but even the land is fertile in the south of the Yangtze River, of course, even if the land is too fat, it always needs people to cultivate.

"Beat the roe deer, scoop the fish and pheasants and fly into the rice pot, I don't know how rich the Northeast is, but this sentence has spread all over the world."

Luo Lun said with a smile.

"And I heard that the king of Huai and Liaodong pioneered tens of millions of acres, granted disabled soldiers, not only granted land, but also placed Korean tenants for their arable land, and those Korean tenants planted Korean rice in the local area. According to the newspaper, with 20 years of work, the Northeast will definitely be the Jiangnan of the Ming Dynasty! ”

"Not really. If Liaodong can become my famous Jiangnan, then the people of Jiangnan will no longer need to bear the pain of grain as they do now. ”

The taxes of the people in the south of the Yangtze River are far heavier than those in the north, or even several times that in the north, and they are outside the tax burden. There is also heavy grain. The reason why this is so is because the grain production in the south of the Yangtze River is more than that in the north, and if Liaodong can produce rice grain, not to mention anything else, it will at least be a good thing for the people in the south of the Yangtze River, and it will always make their burden a little lighter.

"Saibei Jiangnan!"

Zhang Huangyan nodded thoughtfully, and then sighed.

"The Northeast is indeed a treasure land for my Ming Dynasty, if he can have millions of Han people living there in the Northeast one day, if you want to come to that time, the northern grasslands will no longer be able to suffer my Ming! In this way, the hard work of my generation will not be in vain. ”

When he said this, Zhang Huangyan's expression seemed a little unnatural, and even a little depressed, his expression was so unnatural because he knew what he was going to Liaodong to do.

"That's natural."

Lu Liuliang nodded and said.

"But I want to stay until the court returns to the court, and the army marches west to defeat the remnants of the Qing captives, so that the world can be stable for at least a hundred years, and there will be a hundred years of merit, and the Northeast will not be peaceful?"

Then Lu Liuliang successfully reversed the topic. The people then talked about history there, and along the way, they took a boat through Poyang Lake, then entered the Yangtze River, from the Yangtze River into the canal, and from the canal to the Yellow River to Haizhou, where they boarded a fast boat bound for Liaodong. The reason why they did not leave Shandong was because the North Canal was now busy with the task of transporting military rations, and all non-military ships were not allowed to enter the North Canal. So they can only go by sea.

Although there were centipede boats and multi-sail fast boats along the way, when Zhang Huangyan and his party arrived in Liaodong, it still took 40 days to arrive at Lushun, because the sea surface in the estuary area was frozen and the Hunhe River was frozen in winter, so it was impossible to go directly to Shenyang by boat, so it could only go ashore from Lushun and then go to Shenyang by horse-drawn carriage.

However, in this way, it also allowed Zhang Huangyan and his party to enjoy the scenery of the northern country here, and they also came to the land of Liaodong for the first time, so they naturally seemed very curious about everything here. It is natural to say that the curiosity is what this Saibei Jiangnan looks like. The group rode along the official road in a carriage, but what disappointed them was that because the car window was full of ice and snow, they naturally couldn't see what Saibei Jiangnan was.

But even so, the northern scenery of Liaodong still made them fall for it. After leaving Lushun, he did not arrive in Shenyang until the afternoon of the fifth day.

When they arrived at the post station in the east of Shenyang, the coachmen and attachés immediately got busy, either changing horses or fetching water and refueling for the horses. Zhang Huangyan and the others have already entered the post station, compared to the ice and snow outside the house, the inside of this house is very warm, even compared to Jiangnan, it seems very warm here.

"Everyone says that this Liaodong is a bitter cold place, but since I arrived here, I don't think it's cold here, and even compared to it, Jiangxi may be colder."

Standing in the lobby, sitting on the soft seat of the sofa, Lu Liuliang said with some sighs.

"That's because there's a stove in the car, there's a stove in this house, and you're already on the stove before you feel cold, and if it's still cold, it's really weird."

As Loren spoke, his eyes looked toward the nearby fireplace. The first few large logs were burning, and the fireplaces were completely different from the ones he had seen in Jiangbei. The heating stove in Jiangbei burns coal, but here it burns wood.

"If the people of Liaodong are like this, then in the future, this Liaodong will definitely become the north and south of the Yangtze River of my Ming Dynasty, with these furnaces, at least in winter, the people no longer need to endure the bitter cold of winter as in the past."

Zhang Huangyan's words, this side just fell, the door was pushed open, and several officials hurriedly walked in.