In the Huangmei season, the smoke and rain in the south of the Yangtze River came as scheduled, as thin as silk, light as smoke, and permeated between heaven and earth. In Yingtianfu, the Wei Dynasty was negotiating with several merchants from the heavens to export silk and porcelain. Since he was transferred to the Weaving Bureau, he has exerted his 120% talent in his own field, not only quickly turning losses into profits, but also earning a large amount of foreign exchange for the Ministry of Internal Affairs through foreign investment.

The Wei Dynasty dealt with these foreigners every day, and they were also free and easy to drink and talk about, especially those beautiful blue-eyed beauties, all of them bewitching, their hot and sexy sex appeal was in stark contrast to the reserved and conservative oriental women. After careful selection, the Wei Dynasty finally brought four beautiful Yi girls into Beijing to face the saint, hoping to win the favor of the little emperor.

Zuo Zhan patiently listened to his report, nodded slightly in affirmation, and then said:

"I am very satisfied with the few trades you have negotiated, according to this momentum, the profit of silk alone is 500,000 taels per year, and other commodities will also follow up, and strive to exceed 1 million taels of silver this year."

The Wei Dynasty was overjoyed when he received the emperor's approval, and he was very grateful to the little emperor for pulling him back from the Nanhai Zijing army and entrusting him with important tasks. I heard that it was going to break through one million taels, so I could only complain bitterly:

"Shengming is just the master, and the old slave will break through one million taels even if he puts together this bone. However, although our DPRK is rich in products and has a wide variety of products, it can be constrained by poor transportation, and many commodities cannot be quickly distributed, which affects the efficiency of commodity trade. Taking silk as an example, Nanjing's Yunjin, Suzhou's Song Jin, Chengdu's Shu Jin, and Guangxi's Zhuang Brocade are collectively called the four famous brocades, among which the Tiansun brocade and ten kinds of brocade in Shu brocade are in short supply. Some foreign businessmen even want to spend a lot of money to buy out the transaction of Shu brocade, but the production capacity of Shu brocade is limited, and there are no more than a few hundred horses left a year after deducting the amount of tribute, and finally it will not be done.

In addition, due to the continuous natural disasters in various places, grain and cotton are very scarce, and prices continue to rise, so that the people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang are unwilling to change rice into mulberry, and even some mulberry households secretly cut down mulberry trees and plant rice instead. At present, the output of raw silk is seriously insufficient, and the old slave has to order several weaving bureaus to start work every other day to avoid the loss of skilled craftsmen and workers, but this is only an expedient measure. ”

The Wei Dynasty said that the Shu brocade appeared in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Chengdu was called Jinguancheng at the earliest, here has always been a prosperous place for silk production, full of patterns and every inch of brocade and gold, is one of the luxury goods that the Central Plains royal family and dignitaries dream of. Not only with the ice silk embroidery crown of the world, the exquisite skills, the exquisite brocade, but also added the geometric pattern texture with Western colors, through the technique of the eight halos to make the pattern chapter colorful.

In the Ming Dynasty, Shu brocade has moonlight, rain silk, square brocade, and a large number of gold threads as thin as hair are used in weaving, which can be called a pretending artifact. Helplessly, the traffic is blocked, Shu brocade has not formed a large-scale production, Chengdu, Chongqing around the skilled craftsmen holding the diamond in their hands but can not get the porcelain work, it is equivalent to holding the gold ingots to live a poor life.

The great poet Li Bai once said that "it is difficult to go to the blue sky in Shu", which can be seen in the poisonous road of Shu. Now the Wei Dynasty has also come to complain, it is estimated that he has no confidence in the profit of one million taels.

This made Zuo Zhan very entangled, and asked patiently:

"Do you mean that the local products are abundant, and the Celestials and Westerners are rushing to buy them, but due to the traffic blockage, the amount that can be exported each year is limited?"

Wei Chao nodded yes, and Zuo Zhan then asked:

"That means that as long as I help you open up the Shu Road, you can increase the goods you export and ensure the profit of one million taels?"

Wei Chao continued to nod, secretly calculated the specific quantity and price, and then replied:

"The old slave is willing to lead the army, as long as he can collect an extra 100,000 horses of Shu brocade every year, and distribute other special products along the way, the profit will not be less than 1.5 million taels."

Zuo Zhan thought to himself that you are also a genius, the road must be repaired, Zhu Kuiyuan has already taken the army to go, and the first step in cash-for-work is to mobilize the masses to build the road first. I saw him take a sip of tea and said solemnly:

"The land route is already being repaired, and I also plan to develop the Yangtze River shipping to improve the efficiency of transportation. As for the profit, my bottom line is still one million taels, and the rest is at your disposal, except for the additional treasure ships. ”

Wei Chao was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly thanked Tian's grace. The master and servant continued to discuss how to increase the plan of raw silk, Zuo Zhan knew that the key to this matter was to increase the output of grain and cotton to reduce the price, which was also one of the purposes of the implementation of the new policy, so gradually a little tired, Wei Chao knew that the opportunity could not be lost, and said in a low voice:

"Long live the master, the old slave brought a few gifts to Beijing this time."

The gift that the Wei Dynasty said was the four Yi women, Zuo Zhan knew through the portrait that they were stunning women, and they had long wanted to open foreign meat to fight tooth sacrifices. The two looked at each other and smiled, and Wei Chao turned around and went out to make arrangements.

After such a peace in the Wei Dynasty, Zuo Zhan was more concerned about the situation in the southwest. Sichuan not only has the best Shu brocade, but the Chengdu Plain is the base of grain production, known as the land of abundance. At present, Zhu Kuiyuan is propagating the truth that "if you want to get rich, you must first build roads" and mobilize local people of all ethnic groups to pave roads and build bridges.

Of course, his work was not prepared for the Wei Dynasty, but a strategic move involving the imperial court. Through the implementation of cash-for-work to let the local people get practical treatment, and then implement a whip law and change the land to the stream, so that the vast Chi Road can carry more cultural exchanges, completely change the backward situation in the southwest, and truly realize the situation of the great unification of the Chinese nation.

Historically, whenever there was turmoil and change in the Central Plains Dynasty, the southwest would become its own king. Changing the land and returning to the stream will inevitably cause resistance and resistance from the Tusi, and convenient transportation conditions will facilitate the mobilization of officials and soldiers.

As for why Zhu Kuiyuan was selected as the governor of the four provinces, first, he successively served as the secretary of the household department and the military department, and he was a rare civil and military talent. The two of them had resigned in the 35th year of Wanli on the grounds of their parents' advanced age and returned to serve his parents for ten years, and those who are filial must be loyal ministers. Third, he worked in Sichuan for three years and understood the local customs and geography.

Zhu Kuiyuan was in power, and with the assistance of Qin Liangyu, Ma Xianglin, Yang Sichang, Yuan Chonghuan and other virtuous ministers and good generals, he was determined to change the land and return it to the stream.

The plan was very thorough, not only to draw the bottom of the kettle, but also to stop the boiling, but he underestimated the hatred of the chiefs. This seed of hatred germinated as early as the Zhu Yuanzhang period, when Ma Ye, the nephew of Queen Ma, served as the commander of Guizhou, adhered to Han nationalist prejudice, regarded Xiangxiang as a "ghost barbarian girl", and even detained Mrs. Xiangxiang in Guiyang, and whipped her back with a strong man's naked incense clothes.

Fortunately, Zhu Yuanzhang used excellent political means to resolve the crisis at that time, but the officials sent by the Ming Empire openly flogged their political and spiritual leaders with the most taboo and humiliating means of the Yi people, which undoubtedly left a mark of shame in the hearts of Tusi everywhere.

Now that the imperial court has implemented the reform of the land and returned to the stream, new and old grievances have finally broken out into the famous Extravagant Rebellion. Yongning Tusi Xuan Chongming pretended to be obedient after receiving the order, taking advantage of the opportunity that Zhu Kuiyuan's army was in various prefectures and counties, the army immediately raised troops to rebel after arriving in Chongqing, killing the governor Xu Keqiu and more than 20 other officials, and then divided his troops to capture Hejiang, Naxi, Zunyi and other important towns, established the Great Liang State, and proclaimed himself the King of Great Liang.

At this time, Zhu Kuiyuan was deploying the details of the land reform and return to the river in Guiyang, and when he heard that the rebellion of Luxury Chongming hurriedly mobilized people from all walks of life to prepare for suppression, but it was too late. Extravagant Chongming was like a bamboo, and the troops were divided into four roads to approach Chengdu, and the men and horses were collected along the way, and there were nearly 70,000 troops when they arrived in Chengdu. For a time, there was a killing and shaking outside the city of Chengdu, and the mountains and fields were full of camps of thieves and soldiers.

Zhu Zhishu, the king of Shu on the upper floor of Wangjiang, poured himself a drunken wine, and had no intention of enjoying the scenery on both sides of the Jinjiang River.

At the beginning of the year, he reminded Zhu Kuiyuan that the local people were fierce, and Yongning and Shuixi were relatives by marriage, so they must send heavy troops to guard against it. Now that Hao Chongming has come to the city, Zhu Kuiyuan's army has not yet been assembled, and seeing that the city is about to be destroyed, the blood of Emperor Taizu Gao swelled in his body, and he decided to scatter all his family wealth to mobilize the people to defend the city.

The branch of the King of Shu is a famous rich prince in the Ming Dynasty, when Zhu Chun was good at the art of yellow and white, sitting on Tianfu along the Jinjiang River to build the Chipbian Building, Wangjiang Building, and Scattered Flower Building. This person is also known as Shu Xiucai, a comprehensive classic, tolerant and elegant, and can be described as suave. Although Zhu Zhishu is not as brilliant as his ancestors, he is still rich and rivals the country.

The Sichuan people are loyal and brave people, and when they heard that the prince himself was put into battle, they followed with homemade machetes and bamboo guns. Although they are not as well-equipped as the Tusi soldiers, they are not inferior to the city walls. The two sides have been entangled for more than two months.

At sunset and dusk, it was rainy and rainy, and Xuan Chongming ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops and prepare to fight again in the coming day. On the hill in the distance, Qi Xingguo, a thousand households in Jinyi, immediately stepped up, pointed to a sentry post below and said:

"General Qin, there is the camp of the thief general Luo Ganxiang, I have bought off his concubines, at this time they are doing something unruly, and their vigilance is relaxed. At the moment, you and I raised the lamp as a signal, and rushed in together to capture this person alive. ”

Qin Liangyu was originally in charge of the work of changing the land and returning to the river at the Lizhou Pacification Division and the Tianquan Liuban Recruitment Division, and after receiving the news of the rebellion of Luxury Chongming, he quickly rushed to the aid of Chengdu, and only collected less than 4,000 Sichuan soldiers along the way, and his heart has been up and down. The moment she saw Jin Yiwei and Hu Ben Jian'er, she was even more shocked, it was hard to imagine that the little emperor would anticipate the enemy's opportunity and lay a net long ago, which can really be described as a god and a man.

Under the command of Qi Xingguo, the two armies raided Luo Ganxiang's camp overnight. At that time, Luo Ganxiang was leaning on the beautiful jade arm and falling asleep, and was suddenly carried into the tent by a group of people, and he was not very flustered, quietly looking at a man and a woman sitting on it. Hearing that it was Qin Liangyu, the female general of Sichuan, and Qi Xingguo, the tiger leader of the powerful Kanto, Luo Ganxiang immediately knelt down and said:

"The last general has long heard of the names of the two generals, and when I see it today, please accept my worship, and I can die in the hands of the tiger Ben Jian'er who has the courage of ten thousand people, and the criminal minister does not feel wronged at all."

Qi Xingguo had already figured out his details, it turned out that the woman in his tent tonight was called Xiaoqian, the two were childhood sweethearts, but unfortunately Luo Ganxiang's family was too poor and couldn't get together. Xiaoqian is also a fierce woman, and in a fit of anger, she became a nun in Mount Emei for ten years. A few days ago, with the help of Qi Xingguo, I heard the news of Luo Ganxiang, and knew that he had not married yet, so he went down the mountain to find his lover.

Qi Xingguo, who is a "matchmaker", knows that they have a strong relationship, and he can't bear to break up this pair of hard-working mandarin ducks, and said sharply:

"Luo Ganxiang, Ben Qianhu saw that you were also a man, and thought that you were infatuated with Xiaoqian, and decided to open the net. Wouldn't it be beautiful if you surrendered to the officials and the army, made meritorious contributions, and got an official and a half-job in the future to spend the rest of your life with your lover? ”

Xiao Qian had already told Luo Ganxiang the ins and outs, and he was grateful to Qi Xingguo for his kindness, and immediately expressed his sincerity to the official army, and personally took the lead in burning dozens of military camps of the rebels.

When Zhu Kuiyuan led the main force to Chengdu, he heard that Hao Chongming had fled back to Yongning, and his son Hao Yin stayed in Chongqing, so he immediately ordered Qin Liangyu to seize Erlang Pass, and the general soldier Du Wenlian attacked Fotu Pass, and he personally led a large army to besiege Chongqing, preparing to capture these rebellious ministers and thieves alive and correct the law on the spot.