Zhu Hongsan and Zhu Hongyi rode to the county government and happened to see Li Fugui coming out. Li Fugui is now the head catcher of the county government, that is, the captain of the criminal police in later generations. The official position is not as good as the previous canonical history, but because he is the henchman of Master Feng, it is much more effective than the canonical history in the county.

Li Fugui saw Zhu Hongsan coming, stepped forward and saluted, "Your lord, you are here." ”

Zhu Hongsan said: "I said Lao Li, how can you learn from the literati, I heard you call my lord goosebumps, you still call me the third master." ”

Li Fugui smiled: "Yes, third master." The third master came to find the master today? ”

Zhu Hongsan said: "Yes, is he in the inner hall?" ”

Li Fugui said: "Yes, I will lead the third master over." ”

After Li Fugui finished speaking, he asked Erzhu's horse to be tied, and he led Erzhu to the back hall.

Magistrates generally lived behind the yamen, and Feng Ziyong was no exception. Now there is Feng Ziyong and Xu living in the back. Feng Ziyong's son worshiped Ma Jiyuan as his teacher, and he ate and lived in the farm.

After passing through several portals, Zhu Hongsan came to the back hall of the county ya. That is, the place where the family of the prefectural magistrate lived. The place is not big, with a three-story courtyard, and Lao Feng is not a particular person, that is, he hired two maids and an old servant to serve his own daily life.

Feng Ziyong was sitting in the room with Xu Shi chatting, and when he saw Li Fugui leading Zhu Hongsan in, he hurriedly got up and went out to greet him. Feng Ziyong said, "Lord, why did you come here today?" ”

Zhu Hongsan nodded, arched his hand and said, "Second cousin and second cousin-in-law, today my eldest brother and I walked around the county for a day, and when I was hungry at night, I came to you to eat." ”

Feng Ziyong smiled: "I can't ask for it." "Let my wife Xu go down to prepare dinner.

Li Fugui saw that he had sent Zhu Hongsan to the place and wanted to leave. Zhu Hongsan said: "Lao Li, don't go, eat here." Just a moment later, there is something to do. ”

When Li Fugui heard this, he smiled and said, "Then disturb the county magistrate." ”

The four of them sat down in the hall, and the two maids came up to set up their seats, and the four of them sat down.

The dishes haven't been served yet, just four platters. Zhu Hongsan took the chopsticks and salted duck and ate it, and said, "This is made by the second sister-in-law, the craftsmanship is good." ”

Feng Ziyong said: "In the past, my father-in-law's family was poor, and my mother-in-law died early. They all cook at home, so they practice good cooking skills. ”

This is the wine and food came up one after another, and Xu came to the hall and said: "Time is tight, I didn't prepare anything, uncles, please forgive me." ”

The three of them stood up and said, "Thank you, Mrs. Sister-in-law." Xu went down after giving the salute.

Feng Ziyong knew that Zhu Hongsan had something to say when he was looking for him, so he didn't leave a maid to wait. Li Da saw that he had the lowest status, and hurriedly got up and poured wine.

Feng Ziyong, as the host, drank a glass first, and after putting down the wine glass, he asked, "Is there something wrong with the lord coming today?" Wouldn't it just be for a meal? ”

Zhu Hongsan smiled and said, "Eating is the main thing, and there are some small things as a supplement." ”

Feng Ziyong said: "Please make it clear to the lord." ”

Zhu Hongsan said: "I went around the city for a day today, did you find that the business in Dongguan County is not developed, why is this? ”

Feng Ziyong said: "Of course, this is far away from Guangzhou, coupled with the small population, naturally business is not prosperous. ”

Zhu Hongsan shook his head and said, "It's not all for this reason. Dongguan is located at the mouth of the Pearl River, and there may not be many merchants by land, but there is an endless stream of maritime merchants. It is true that they all go to Guangzhou, but the Guangzhou wharf is only how big.

How many boats can be parked in a day? When I was eating at noon today, I saw that hundreds of boats had passed in front of our door in half an hour. How much tax would these ships bring if they stayed with us? ”

Feng Ziyong drank a glass of wine and said: "What the lord said is true, but the county seat of Dongguan is too small, and the dock is broken and small. I can't carry so many ships. ”

Zhu Hongsan said: "Second brother is wrong, I didn't let the ships from Guangzhou come to Dongguan. What do you think the Nanyang ships are pulling when they come to Guangzhou? Is it tea, porcelain and silk? Our place mainly produces tea and silk. All we need to do is attract merchant ships that need these two types of cargo. ”

Feng Ziyong thought for a while and said, "I would like to hear about it." ”

Zhu Hongsan drank a glass of wine to moisten his throat, and then said: "My plan is called the Dongguan Development Zone Plan. It is necessary to build Dongguan into a distribution center for tea and silk in the whole of Guangdong. Guangzhou is far away in the Pearl River, and sea ships cannot enter, so they can only be transported in small boats.

Let's go to the sea, the sea ship can be parked directly at the wharf, saving a lot of costs, do you say those maritime merchants are still willing to go to Guangzhou? As long as they come and have vitality, naturally other businesses can be driven. Dongguan will become the second Guangzhou Mansion in a few years. ”

Zhu Hongsan said that he stood up and said, "We have a lot of wasteland, we can grow vegetables." You must know that there are not one million people in Guangzhou, but there are seven or eight hundred thousand, and a large number of fresh vegetables are needed every day, which is also a good way to drive the economic development of Dongguan. ”

Feng Ziyong looked at Zhu Hongsan's boastful talk, and was speechless in shock. Although Zhu Hongsan said a lot of new terms, I don't know what they mean. But the general idea is still clear, if it is really as Zhu Hongsan said, then Dongguan is really underdeveloped.

Zhu Hongsan stood up and talked for a while, seeing Feng Ziyong looking at him without speaking. A little embarrassed, he sat down and said, "Second cousin, how did I say?" You see, it will work. ”

Feng Ziyong said: "It's okay to listen to the lord say this in general, but did the lord think about it, where does the money come from?" Do you rely on us to vote? Such a big move can't be done without millions of silver. ”

Zhu Hongsan thought that Feng Ziyong was still old-fashioned, and he didn't know that there was a method called financing in later generations.

Zhu Hongsan said: "It's not that we take it all, nor is it the government's investment, we can mobilize the squires of the whole county to buy shares together." In addition, such a big project cannot be completed in one year or two, we can invest 500,000 taels of silver in the first year, and we will pay 100,000 taels. 400,000 taels were raised from the county in the form of IPOs. ”

It's a new idea. In the past, some people didn't have enough money to do business and find someone to partner with, but no one has ever done such a big deal.

Feng Ziyong bowed his head and could not make a total. Zhu Hongsan continued: "The first step is to ask Master Feng to use the official mansion as a guarantee, so that the squires of the county can trust us." Then I'll explain the plan, and it should be done. ”

Feng Ziyong nodded and said, "Then where does the lord want to open this development zone?" ”

Zhu Hongsan smiled and said, "It's Nancheng." I see that Nancheng is close to the mouth of the Pearl River, and there are no big clans living there in that place, and the land can be easily acquired. Then the southern city wall was opened, and a wharf was built by the river. The entire southern city was opened up as a warehouse dock. If the business starts, we can make a lot of money just by selling land. ”

Feng Ziyong said: "Then what kind of squire are you looking for a place?" ”

Zhu Hongsan said: "It's best to have strength, and it's better to raise people and jinshi." ”

Feng Ziyong smiled, knowing in his heart that this was Zhu Hongsan's desire to tie the local scholars to his chariot. But it's good to do this, Feng Ziyong is now on the ship, so he naturally hopes that the bigger the ship, the better.

Feng Ziyong said: "The first clan in this county is the Zhang family, Zhang Jiayu is the sixteenth year of Chongzhen's Jishi, this identity is unmatched in Guangdong. Then there is the Chen family, their family has produced a Shangshu in the previous generation, and this generation has also produced a waiter. There is also the Wang family, which only has one person in this generation, but the family is extremely wealthy. ”

Zhu Hongsan nodded and said, "It's just a matter of bothering the second cousin, just select more than twenty." I'm not afraid that I don't have money, I'm afraid that they won't come. ”

Feng Ziyong said: "No, the invitation of the Ma family of the four jinshi of the Huguang Sect will definitely give face." ”

Zhu Hongsan said: "That's good, haha." ”

After laughing, Zhu Hongsan continued: "The second thing is that the development zone is one. That is the Dongguan City Renovation Plan. I found that the sanitation of this Dongguan city is too dirty, and there are many people whose toilets are simply poured on the street.

It's going to be a lot of and urine, so how can you do business? How else to engage in development zones? I want to clean up the county first, repair the roads, and clean the side ditches. You need to be responsible for this, Lao Li, I will transfer you 200 soldiers, and you will recruit 200 chengguan teams among the displaced people outside the city and start to clean up the city. ”

Li Fugui asked, "Third Master, what is the urban management team?" ”

"Chengguan, as the name suggests, is the meaning of urban management. In the future, all the road occupation operations, sanitation maintenance in the city, and the placement of plaques in the city will be managed by the city management, that is to say, the thief is caught, the tax collection is not outside, and the rest is in charge. ”

Li Fugui was really happy when he heard Zhu Hongsan say this, and as a Xu official, he naturally knew how much oil and water there was. Li Fugui hurriedly got up and said, "Third master, don't worry, I will definitely handle this errand." ”