The canal did not freeze, and the British Duke planned to go south along the Grand Canal to Nanjing to see his brother-in-law Xu Hongji, the Duke of Wei, and then take the "Nanming" maritime passenger luxury cruise all the way to the south.

Since many nobles and civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty are shareholders of "Huaxia Development", they are also the most active buyers of "Nanming" stocks, and the dividends in recent years have been rich.

Everyone is not bad for money, so they are not stingy, they do not harass the place along the way, all of them are arranged by Wu Xiang, and the expenses are settled safely.

Wu Xiang has Xiao Jiujiu in his heart, he sees that Da Ming's condition is getting worse, but "Nan Ming" is in full swing, the Wu family and the Huang family have been friends for more than ten years, so the relationship is not good and good use, I am sorry for Wu Xiang's high IQ in business.

Wu Xiang knew that the king of the south did not like the eunuchs to harass the common people, and even more despised the scum who oppressed and blackmailed the people, so when Wu Xiang led the tour group to the south, he followed the example of the "Nanming" army and drove out, and did not commit any crimes against the local autumn.

Not only that, Wu Xiang also asked the "Nanming" Tianjin Health Office to buy a lot of grain from his own pocket, and he was reluctant to give food to the people for nothing.

Because there are no hundreds of soldiers and horses to help verify the authenticity, doing such a thing is to fill the bottomless pit, and those who give food for nothing are not necessarily hungry people who urgently need food to survive.

Wu Xiang arranged for the nobles to take most of the guards to the shore to help open a porridge factory every time the fleet docked, and the sticky rice and multigrain porridge ensured that the chopsticks would not fall.

There are indeed many hungry people pouring into the canal to beg for a living, and the soup soup is a good porridge to ensure hunger, which really makes many hungry people mixed to a full stomach.

A large number of hungry people simply followed the fleet south along the Grand Canal, and the river boats in this era could definitely keep up with the speed on foot, and with a full stomach at the bottom, the hungry people who were weak had the strength again, and they began to migrate thousands of miles.

Wu Xiang was overjoyed to look at the people who were grateful to Dai De and chanting Buddha at the soup kitchen, and he enjoyed the pleasure of doing good deeds.

Wu Xiangcai gave porridge two or three times, and her husband Zhang Weixian was not happy.

He knew that his son-in-law had always won the hearts of the people, and he did nothing on the ship, seeing that Wu Xiang invited people to buy people's hearts, what kind of system?

As a result, when the fleet docked again, the porridge took even longer, and the people who came to receive the porridge knew that it was the old father-in-law of the "King of the South", the British Duke and his friend Ping Xibo, who were grateful for such a good deed.

Next, all the nobles and civil and military colleagues in the same industry stopped doing it, and they didn't dare to talk to the old man to find Wu Xiang's theory.

It's not a big deal, and when he blocked Wu Xiang, he asked: "Could it be that you are caring Pingxibo, and we are all hard-hearted?" ”

Wu Xiang was worried, because he didn't expect the hungry people to flock here, now there are thousands of them, and it is impossible to predict how many will be in the end, if there are more than ten or two hundred thousand people, one person has a big bowl of porridge with chopsticks and does not fall, and three or four hundred stone of grain will be needed at the end of the day.

In this era, the big bowl of porridge used by ordinary people to drink is very scary, and they can definitely bury their faces in it.

The "God of War" relief to the victims is in line with the attitude of letting the people eat as much as possible, and the person responsible for putting the porridge is to give two full spoonfuls, and one stone of grain is only to boil three or five hundred bowls of real porridge.

Wu Xiang does good deeds to learn the "God of War", of course, he has to learn a full set, and he also puts porridge according to the "God of War" standard, and the people who get a big bowl of porridge will definitely be able to resist for a day, but if this continues, the Wu family and the Zhang family will spend nearly 1,000 silver coins every day for soup porridge.

This is still based on the fact that the grain purchased by Wu Xiang is Nanming limited price grain, two and a half silver coins per stone of polished rice, but the cost of freight, labor and firewood is not a small number!

When Wu Xiang, who was good at calculation, was trembling in distress, a large group of colleagues who took the initiative to ask for money came, Wu Xiang was overjoyed, and everyone gathered firewood and the flame was high!

The final result is, of course, that everyone is happy, although the grain sold by "Nanming" is at a parity price, but it is supplied in limited quantities according to the account, and Wu Xiang contacted the Haizhou warehouse, indicating that the purpose of buying a large amount of grain has been supported.

It didn't take long for the grain that Wu Xiang needed to be transported in place, and the nobles and civil and military personnel each contributed money to give porridge according to their own abilities.

In the future, soup porridge belongs to everyone's behavior, and such a measure shows that the Ming Dynasty and the civil and military are well aware of the suffering of the people, and everyone is sparing no effort to save the suffering.

These dignitaries and nobles followed the "King of the South" to get benefits, and everyone saved the careful thought of stepping on the two boats, and doing good deeds not only greeted the King of the South but also gave him a good reputation, why not.

Soon, the news of the porridge factory by the Grand Canal spread, and a large number of hungry people who helped the old and the young came, and there were more than 100,000 people when they came to Yangzhou.

The prefect of Yangzhou was shocked when he heard the news, so many displaced people gathered in chaos, and he hurriedly sent soldiers to prepare to drive them away.

In the end, the old man came forward to let the Yangzhou prefect be at ease, and he asked the Yangzhou soldiers to maintain order and guide the displaced people to Guazhoudu, and there will be a big ship of "Huaxia Development" river-sea combined transport to pick up the refugees.

Zhang Weixian's arrival in Nanjing was of course the most grand reception, Wei Guogong let several sons also go south, his family has long had industries in Jiaozhi and Hainan Island, this time decided to increase overseas investment.

There were more idle officials in Nanjing, and there were many nobles, and the team carrying gold and silver to "Nanming" for sightseeing and business opportunities immediately doubled.

In recent years, it has become popular for Jiangnan scholars to go to "Nanming" to seek jobs, especially in Shaoxing and Songjiang areas, where there are many scholars, because there are too many talented people here, and they are hopeless and addicted to official examinations.

"Nanming" is prosperous, of course, it needs to be joined by scholars, as long as the Ming Xiucai Gong receives training and passes the open recruitment examination, he can get the errand of the grassroots officials.

Although reading the books of the sages did not teach practical skills, it had an immediate effect on moral development. Huang Sheng has never discriminated against Da Ming students, on the contrary, he admires it.

Because of how difficult the imperial examination is, the proportion of those who can pass the examination and become a talent and those who are admitted to prestigious universities in later generations is even greater.

There can be no limitations in the use of talents by "Nanming", and it is necessary to make use of its strengths and avoid its weaknesses, and to provide more stages for readers to show their talents.

What is Wenzhi martial arts? It is not advisable to govern the country without a large number of literati becoming the mainstream, and a general with great military achievements may not be able to become a qualified magistrate.

Just like chewing wax in the imperial examination, the talents can continue to learn, and successfully pass the county, government, and hospital examinations with a very high elimination rate, which is enough to show that their intelligence value is very high.

As long as they put a little effort into learning new studies, their results will definitely be much better than those of the peasants who "Nanming" drove ducks to the shelves for education, and their overall quality is beyond doubt.

Many Xiucai Gong got job opportunities, and after grassroots experience, there were indeed many people with both ability and political integrity, and Xiucai Gong was able to become the county magistrate without being promoted to the case of "Nanming" repeatedly.