The Zhoushan Islands are off the coast of Zhejiang, and out of this unfriendly Songjiang Prefecture, it is even faster than before to return to Changshan Island from Qingcun Zhongqian in Shanghai County, and then to Hangzhou Bay.

Mao Wenlong was born in Shangnan Mao, he is a native of Qiantang County, Hangzhou Prefecture, but he lost his father at a young age, followed his mother to the uncle of the Beijing Division, and finally passed on to the uncle of the Mao family in Liaodong, and spent most of his life in the north.

The clan concept in this era is extremely strong, in the early years, Mao Jue was not angry, and Mao Wenlong didn't think much, but in the past two years, Mao Jue has changed like a person, uh, ......, he has indeed changed a person, he alone is enough to support most of the Dongjiang River, and if he wants to turn the Dongjiang River into a Mao family domain, he still needs the support of the Mao family's clan, so Mao Wenlong was impatient to send Mao Jue back to Jiangnan.

Even if Mao Jue is from the later generations, this aspect is not exempt from vulgarity, he also hopes that there will be more people with the same surname to help him, Tieyi is now too lacking in educated senior talents, it is okay in a short time, once it drags on for too long, sooner or later there will be chaos, even if there is no chaos, it will seriously delay the development of the Dongjiang River.

Literati, warriors, soldiers, this time how much can be rowed, Mao Jue wants to row as much, and landed from the port of Jinshanwei, and he went straight to Hangzhou Mansion to kill him in high spirits.

The horse team still traveled east along the Jiangnan trail, to be honest, just landed, Mao Jue was really worried, this Jiangnan clan is so domineering, in case of any injustice, does he care or not? What if it's a man who is buried alive this time? No matter if he forgets his righteousness, but he cares, if he offends a big clan again, he will have a bad reputation in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, how can he recruit people?

However, this kind of worry is superfluous, and not long after he went ashore, another appearance of Hangzhou Mansion couldn't help but catch his eyes.

Compared with the densely populated, prosperous and wealthy Nanzhili, the main silk producing area here is a desolate appearance.

Walking continuously, several villages are actually more than half empty, the huge mulberry garden mulberry trees grow dry and dry, obviously no one has taken care of them for a long time, and there are many good fields and beautiful houses that are very dilapidated, the lime blocks on the walls are cracked, the windows are densely covered with cobwebs, and many houses are sold with straw sticks, but no one cares.

"This is Jiangnan?"

Mao Lance looked left and right in disbelief, in the hearts of these northerners, Jiangnan had to be like Songjiang Mansion, with a dense population, fertile land and oil leakage, and every household was a big money, but here, it was not much stronger than his Tieyi Town, which really surprised him.

To be honest, it was quite surprising to look at Mao Jue left and right, but after knocking on his head, some memories of his previous life lingered in his mind, and he vaguely understood it again.

Trouble with the silver!

In later generations, there was a very famous argument on the Internet that silver poisoned the Ming Empire!

Jiangnan is rich, so the basic national policy of the Ming Dynasty has always been to take silver from the southeast and use it in the northwest, however, Jiangnan does not produce silver, and China is not a silver-producing country! A steady stream of silver taels in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the source is plundered by Western colonists from the New World of America, from Manila, Taiwan and the Ming Dynasty maritime trade, imported into China, in Fan Shuzhi's "History of the Late Ming Dynasty" research, at the peak of the annual import of the Ming Dynasty silver taels as high as more than 86,250 kilograms, that is, 1.7 million 800,000 taels, decades is hundreds of millions of taels, these silver taels stimulated the rapid development of the economy in the south of the Yangtze River, which is also the reason for the emergence of capitalism in the late Ming Dynasty.

But in the year of the Apocalypse, the year of Chongzhen, an unprecedented economic crisis hit the whole world, the Netherlands dragged away from Spain and started the Eighty Years War, which has reached the most intense moment in the past few years, the Spaniards at sea and the Dutch merchant ships and treasure ships are frantically fighting, and the Thirty Years War has reduced the demand for Eastern goods such as silk and tea in the West, and the silver flowing into the Ming Dynasty every year is not even one-fifth of that of previous years.

And another curse, China can never develop capitalism on its own, the sprout will always be the sprout, and here it is in effect again, and the silver taels that have come from the sea over the years are not in circulation for reproduction, but most of them are hidden by wealthy merchant and gentry families.

After making profits in business, many people went back to the traditional old way, investing money in land, and the investment of silver led to high inflation in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, which greatly reduced the amount of cold imports, and there was not enough silver money and the market to turn exports into domestic sales, and the economy of Jiangnan began to depression irrepressibly.

The tax silver two was taken from the southeast and used in the northwest, and at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the northwest suffered a rare natural disaster during the Xiaoice period, and the amount of silver and grain required increased geometrically, but the tax source in the southeast had another accident, coupled with the war between the northeast and Houjin, the Ming Empire was almost struggling at once.

And to Chongzhen here, it became more difficult, because he lacked the wisdom of his ancestors, Wanli Emperor was criticized as the most lazy emperor of the Ming Dynasty, thirty years not in the dynasty, but he is commendable for another ability, that is, to collect money, Wanli years, by the eunuchs of the mine supervisors, tax supervisors all over the huge Jiangnan, don't care how greedy the eunuchs are, at least a large part of the silver is still transported to the imperial court, all say that Zhang Juzheng's new policy supported the three major expeditions of Wanli, the last glory of the Ming Empire, you must know that Zhang Juzheng Wanli will be about ten years ago, Most of the wars of the Wanli Dynasty were after his death, and most of the new policies were abolished at this time, if it wasn't for the Wanli Emperor to collect money, where would there be the Liaodong Iron Army that fought the little devils howling?

The Apocalypse was similar, don't look at the Emperor of the Apocalypse, he reused Wei Zhongxian, and Wei Zhongxian was also scraped the silver of industry and commerce, no matter how he tried his best to fish, corruption and lawlessness, forcing those Jiangnan clans to die, but he didn't increase agricultural taxes, and the oppressed Dousheng people like Qin Niang could still survive, and there was no shortage of military salaries during the Apocalypse, even if hundreds of thousands of troops were lost, the imperial court still had the strength to reorganize and let these losers continue to scourge.

But when it came to this Chongzhen Ye, the situation changed again, his old man's "wise and martial arts" got rid of Wei Zhongxian, and reused Wenchen Qingliu, the mine supervisor and tax supervisor suddenly became a rat crossing the street, everyone shouted and beaten, the interests of the Jiangnan clan were preserved, and Emperor Chongzhen also became the enlightened saint in the literati's mouth, but the country was suddenly poor, and finally Chongzhen, who lacked silver and was in a hurry, rushed to the doctor, while facing the crazy peasant uprising, on the other hand, he also frantically put the peasants with three salaries, so that the flesh was cut and mended, and the country's blood flowed more and more, even if there was no Houjin, The Ming Empire still had to fall with a bang.

Later generations took pity on Chongzhen and thought that he was the king of the last days rather than the king of the dead country, but in Mao Jue's view, he was the faint king of the dead country, the emperor of the apocalypse was not dead, maybe the Ming Empire would not be a problem for decades, but as soon as he took over, he was bound to die.

However, Da Ming is dead, as one of its high-level leaders, he also has to be martyred, this emperor's stabbed basket can't be ignored, how can I help Chongzhen wipe this ass? Walking among these dilapidated mulberry gardens, Mao Jue couldn't help but meditate.

Speechless, after thinking for a few hours, Mao Jue didn't have any good way, it was too powerless, if he was Wen Tiren, that traitor, maybe he could still do something, but a Tieyi deputy general wanted to take care of the world's major affairs? It's not much more realistic than a toad wanting to eat swan meat.

Fortunately, this kung fu Hangzhou city has also arrived, compared to Songjiang City, it is obviously a lot of depression here, there are many abandoned houses outside the city, and the streets are not so lively, which seems quite down.

But this time Mao Jue can't live outside the city, Mao Wenlong's brother-in-law, his uncle and grandfather Shen Guangzuo live in the city, and he has to be the first to visit Shen Guangzuo.

Sun Yuanhua's official document came in handy here, communicating with the city gate guards at the gate, hiding the fire gun in the salute, and Mao Jue and his party smoothly blended into the east city gate.

"It should be, probably, like, it's this street!"

Although the depression is a lot, but the city is a city after all, Hangzhou is still a big city with a population of 500,000, even if Su Yi took the map, the group of people in the city was a little confused, and turned around in the market for more than half an hour, leading the horse in front, Su Yi pointed to a spacious street in the west uncertainly.

"Girl, are you really sure?"

There are many people in the city, and it is not very good to ride a horse, and after walking for a long time, she has three more silk skirts and several pieces of jewelry, but the whole team is more than a hundred, and they are all listless, and Mao Jue also asked weakly.

The little blushed and the girl scratched her head uncertainly.

"Why don't you wait, young master? Son-in-law, go and see it first? ”

"Forget it!"

Although it has been prosperous in these years, there are all kinds of bad people, what kind of flower sellers, their own girls are cute and stupid, in case he gets lost, Mao Jue is not crying and has nowhere to cry, he waved his hand exhaustively, and with a large army, the group rushed in.

This street is really reliable, the Shen family is a prominent family in Hangzhou, and the streets are full of high-ranking families, stone lions one after another, and the towering plaques are also brilliant, walking more than 100 meters, Suyi is shouting excitedly.

"Young Master, it's here!"

A signboard with two big characters of Shen Mansion written in gold, the door of vermilion lacquer was wide open, two evil stone lions were squatting there with their teeth and claws, and the two family members at the door were with the unique arrogance of the wang clan, looking at the plain clothes dancing like the hillbilly with disdain, looking up, Mao Jue was also relieved.

"Hey, what? This is the Shen Mansion, not all cats and dogs can come!"

pinching his waist, watching Mao Jue stride up the meteor, the subordinate on the left shouted disdainfully, although his words were ugly, but Mao Jue didn't have the energy to deal with him, and took out Mao Wenlong's handwritten letter directly from his arms.

"Deputy General Tieyi of Dongjiang Town, nephew Mao Jue came to visit his uncle and grandfather Shen Guangzuo Shen, and I bothered the little brother to pass it on!"

In the past few years, they have all looked down on people, Mao Jue reported his official position first, but he was shocked by the two Shen Mansion subordinates, and then said that Mao Jue was still their nephew and young master, and he didn't dare to slack off, and this Tsing Yi bowed in front of him.

"Young nephew, wait a while, the little one will come when he goes."

"It's hard work!"

Seeing this person trotting towards the house, Mao Jue turned back to Mao Lance and commanded.

"Pack it up, prepare the gift for Uncle Shen's grandfather first, and hand it over to the housekeeper in a while, I don't know if the Shen Mansion will serve food at night, the Nanchu restaurant in Suyi just now looks good, otherwise, let's go there and set a table in a while!" Sleep well at night, tomorrow I have to go to Qiantang County to worship my ancestors, blind date, alas, troublesome......"

This Mao Jue was still thinking about what to eat at night, but he didn't expect that after a while, this person in Tsing Yi came back again, and now his face was not as respectful as just now, Mao Wenlong's letter went to the ground, and this thing actually shouted angrily.

"My lord said, our Shen family is a family of scholarly etiquette, and the family is full of etiquette, Your Excellency is such a high-flying and domineering nephew, our Shen Mansion can't afford to climb, Your Excellency, please go back!"

Mao Jue is really a little dumbfounded, he came all the way because this old man found a Rausch family for himself, good guy, he is here, eat here behind closed doors?

This Wu family is really powerful, and the rumors have spread here! But even so, Mao Jue is also uneven, others don't believe in themselves, arrange themselves, Shen Guangzuo is his grandmother's younger brother! can be regarded as one of the closest relatives, he also cherishes feathers and doesn't even give him a chance to explain, then it doesn't matter whether this relative recognizes it or not, his face suddenly gloomy, picking up the letter, Mao Jue turned around and wanted to leave.

However, when he walked down the stairs, he hesitated again, the old guy was not good to himself, but Mao Wenlong was not taken care of by him back then, it can be said that he was raised as a child for several years, so he left, Mao Wenlong didn't look good when he went back, he was depressed for a few seconds, he turned his head helplessly, used an old face as an ass, and hugged his fist at the person with a disgusted face.

"Since my uncle and grandfather don't want to see the juniors, I don't force it, but my father ordered me to come all the way to give gifts to the next generation, and I hope that the little brother will be accommodating again! Someone!"

A few boxes were placed at the door, and as soon as they were opened, the best sable coat and wild ginseng, Dongzhu suddenly made even the eyes of the subordinates widen, these things, I'm afraid they are worth no less than 10,000 taels! But it's really a bitch to set up an archway, the two of them really want to accept it, but they can't pull their faces a little, looking at their tangled appearance, sneered, Mao Jue arched his fist directly, and didn't say anything anymore, leading Mao Jue to turn around and leave.

Came in from the street, ate a sturdy closed door, and went out from the end of the street in a gray manner, seeing that Mao Jue's face was not good, and they didn't dare to say anything in plain clothes, and walked out two miles, who knew that Mao Jue's face suddenly turned cloudy and sunny, and he suddenly laughed.

"Young master, you, aren't you confused?"

was really startled, and hurriedly made do with him, Suyi's little face was full of worry, and grabbed his sleeve to comfort.

"Young master, why don't you hit the plain clothes twice to dissipate your anger!"

"Gas? Why am I angry? It's a good thing to be kicked out! What Miss Chen, I don't want to marry your young master! Without this Shen Lao bridge, wouldn't it just be saved? Let's go, young master, I'll do the east, Nanchu small restaurant!"

After all, it was the woman Mao Jue who went to marry a big lady, and Su Yi's heart was also sour, as soon as she heard this, her little face also showed a smile, but then Mao Jue's words almost didn't make her little face congested and fainted on the street.

"But my girl's protector is earnest, I can't help but receive this young master, and when I find an inn to settle down, I will reward my little butt with five hundred slaps!"

Holding back his laughter, Mao Li's faces were weirdly distorted, and Su Yi was even more blushing as if bleeding, and he was pacing the little man's boots sadly.

"Young Master!"

"Alright, no kidding, let's eat!"

After laughing for a while, Mao Jue waved his hand in the middle of this girl's disobedience, but this head was just about to leave, and he had been following behind the team, but a fat man wearing brocade clothes and embroidering several ingots and copper coins suddenly caught up from behind.

"Dare to ask, is Your Majesty General Mao Jue Mao from Liaodong?"

Is there anyone else who knows this? There has been no theft of personal information to sell insurance in these years, Mao Jue hugged his fists in some surprise and replied.

"I don't know who your Excellency is?"

I had a cold, ......, and there have been a little few updates in the past two days, sorry.

(End of chapter)