A new Yuan Mansion was built next to the Fu Mansion, and a small courtyard door was opened between the courtyard walls of the two houses. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info appeased Yao Yun, who was in a tantrum, and Fu Ning still held a banquet; Usually, everyone dares to talk and laugh with Fu Ning, but once Fu Ning gets serious, no one dares to say a word, so now Fu Ning is serious about marrying a wife, and no one dares not to be there; What's more, marrying a wife is Fu Ning's family matter, and the people in various divisions don't want to interfere.

It has been said that "to conquer a man is to conquer his esophagus, and to conquer a woman is to conquer her body"; When the eight sedan chairs carried Yuan Qi into the Yuan Mansion for a night of Spring Festival, Yuan Qi believed that all this was true. Instantly regained confidence and radiance.

Yuan Qi's confidence recovered quickly, and after a month or two, he became the same wealthy businessman temperament as Yangzhou at that time; He is responsible for the weaving and business of fabrics in the Department of Commerce, and is responsible for weaving mills and fabric business; The new style of clothing and the familiar figure often make Lao Yue stunned; Lao Yue once complained to Fu Ning and asked him to hurry up and get Yuan Qi home and don't go to work in the Department of Commerce!

Somehow, Xiao Yanglan hates Yuan Qi very much, and Yao Yun doesn't like Yuan Qi either, but fortunately, Yuan Qi never comes to Fu's house, and never conflicts with the two.

The information from Japan is very confusing, and the maritime merchants say that in the past two years, there has been a grain shortage in Japan's Kanto region and grain prices have been very low, and there are still Japanese businessmen who like to smuggle grain for export. Shouldn't the price of grain increase when there is a food shortage? Why is the price of food very low? The Japanese are strange, but fortunately their merchants are willing to smuggle grain to Ryu, which is a good thing. But then news came, saying that a samurai in Kanto last summer shouted something "I want silver and not rice", and was recommended by the samurai daimyo as a "general", and led the local daimyo coalition forces and shogunate forces to fight for half a year, and then the coalition army was defeated and retreated to Kansai to fight guerrillas. Grain shortage, low food prices, samurai don't want rice, coalition forces attack the shogunate, coalition forces are defeated, the shogunate does not issue silver but only rice, what is this?

At the beginning of the year, I heard the news that the number of Japanese pirates in various inland and coastal areas increased greatly, and some of them even harassed the chicken coop near the sea; It wasn't until March, when a Nagasaki commissioner rushed to the chicken coop to buy a large number of steel swords and steel swords on behalf of the rebel coalition forces, that Fu Ning figured out what was going on in Japan; It turned out that the shogunate's financial problems and the loss of a large amount of rice caused the current situation in Japan. The influx of glass, perfumes, fabrics, and iron tools into Japan led to the chaos of Japan's commodity economy, and the price of rice was very low; Later, a large amount of rice was smuggled to Ryuki for export, resulting in a food shortage, and the samurai's income from rice was not enough for their daily needs. The shogun, Tokugawa Yoshimune, introduced several reform measures, but where were the rebels who had been beaten out of their brains willing to accept it, except for the overthrow of the Tokugawa shogunate, the rebels had no way out; The rebels even raised the chaotic slogan of returning to the emperor for a time, and Tokugawa Yoshimune dared to rest assured. Last year, when the shogunate asked Ryu to buy weapons in large quantities, it was when the rebels were at their peak. Later, the coalition army was defeated and fled to Kansai, and then a large number of Japanese invaders invaded the mainland, Korea, Ryuqiu and Xiaoryukyu; The British court's measures to ban the sea led to the transformation of many Han Chinese and sea bandits into Japanese pirates, which greatly increased the number of Japanese pirates.

Fu Ning was very puzzled, isn't Japan rich in gold, silver and precious metals? Since the samurai didn't want rice, they just gave out gold and silver, and the shogunate didn't want to give out gold and silver, so where did the gold and silver go? But seeing that Nagasaki government opened his mouth for 2 million taels of silver and asked for 60,000 steel swords, Fu Ning finally figured out where the gold and silver in Japan were, and it was all in the warehouses of Japanese high-ranking officials, or used to buy luxury goods, but he didn't want to give it to the samurai, because the hair of rice was a traditional policy, and the high-ranking officials did not want to change the policy and take their money out! Besides, there were so many samurai that they were all people who did not produce anything, and no one could afford to pay so much gold and silver.

As long as someone is willing to buy Fu Ning, they dare to sell it, and they also have to sell and give it away; Shoes, leather armor, umbrellas, bags, perfumes, lighters, canned food, carriages and other things were vigorously promoted and presented to Nagasaki, and in the end, Nagasaki Minister, who only planned to buy 60,000 steel knives, spent 4 million taels to buy a large number of various goods, and even sold all the fleets he brought to Ryuqiu for a batch of steel hard crossbows, and when he left, Fu Ning sent the fleet to send them back.

A large number of intelligence agents were sent to various parts of the Japanese country, frantically contacting the daimyo in various places; Selling swords and swords, selling carriages and leather armor, they are very happy.

Xiao Liuqiu heard about the strength of Ryuqiu, and was harassed by the Japanese pirates, so he actually sent tribute envoys to Ryuqiu, wanting to recognize Ryuqiu as the suzerain, just asking Ryuqiu to help them resist the harassment of the Japanese bandits. Fu Ning did not agree to Xiao Liuqiu's request for tribute, but promised to help Xiao Liuqiu resist the harassment of the Japanese and send the navy to train troops in the past. As for changing the suzerainty of Xiaoliuqiu, which stimulates the imperial court and does not get real benefits, what about the fool's talent!

The Savia iron ore mine was developed very quickly; Tian Yanwu led the marines to clean up the natives everywhere, frantically plundered the young and strong, and sent them to Savia to open mines, and for a time a large number of Savia's iron ore was developed and sent to Liuqiu by boat. The capital market and macro-planned economy model have led to a rapid increase in the level of industrialization of Ryuqiu Island; In March, the navy proposed a plan for the construction of 10 ironclad ships, which was changed by Fu Ning to build 10 5,000-ton iron ore carriers. Fu Ning's plan is to build iron ore carriers in the first half of the year to increase iron ore mining, transportation, and steel smelting, and only in the second half of the year can an appropriate amount of ironclad ships be built.

This year, Fu Ning's plan is steel! Steel! Whatever it takes to increase steel production! Massive quantities of explosives were shipped to Luzon for mining; As for not enough miners? First, the Marine Division cleared the natives island by island to capture the young Zhuang, and then the 3rd Division of the Army was transferred to Luzon to capture the Qingzhuang, and in May, even the 2nd Division of the Army was sent to Luzon to capture the Qingzhuang, and only the 1st Division of the Army and the Guards of the Ryukyu were still stationed in the entire Liuqiu, and even most of the Navy became a transport team.

The steel production in Ryuqiu was 2,000 tons in January, 3,000 tons in February, 5,000 tons in March, 7,000 tons in April,......, and 60,000 tons a month in December!

The chicken coop steel plant was expanded, expanded and expanded, and the production of molten steel was used to build iron ore carriers, which did not require any technology, just loaded with steam engines and propellers; First the 1,000-ton carrier, then the 3,000-ton carrier, then the 5,000-ton carrier, and then the 10,000-ton carrier plan ....... The construction plan of the navy's ironclad ships was pushed first to August, then to October, and it was not until December that the construction began, and the construction plan was ten 5,000-ton ironclad ships.

The corpses of the Savia Iron Mine were like a sea, the bones of the indigenous miners, and in the end, Fu Ning heard the news and forced all the bones to be thrown into the sea to avoid the plague.

In October, the Savia Iron Mine had a maximum of more than 300,000 indigenous absenteeism, which was suppressed and exhausted by batches; As for the grain, it was for the Han army, and it was good for the indigenous miners to have the sea fish sent by the Liuqiu fishing team. Sea fish with some fresh water, cooked in an iron pot is the food of the indigenous miners, and in many cases it is not even boiled, and the internal organs are removed and chopped up is the food of the indigenous miners.

This year, the situation in Liuqiu was stable and relaxed, and it was busy; If anything, the expansion of the steel mills, the construction of new workshops, the expansion of old workshops, the rapid expansion of fishing fleets, and so on. The peasants in the north are almost gone, and they have all become workers of all kinds; The number of peasants in the south has also decreased dramatically, and they are all working in several cities in Chichi, Changhua, and Nantou, becoming various types of workers. Almost all of the food needs to be imported, and the diet of the people has also changed, with cheap seafood becoming a staple food and expensive rice becoming a non-staple food, and many people feel uncomfortable.

In that year, the chicken coop became a big city, and the coal from the coal mine was sent to the steel mill by short railroad, and the chicken coop harbor was shrouded in black smoke all day long.

This was the year when steam power entered any of the workshops; Presses, pulverizers, conveyors, excavators, cranes, pumps, blowers, cutters, loaders, etc., etc., are all kinds of machines.

There was nothing vigorous this year, whether it was Liuqiu or the surrounding places, the political situation was calm, only when he saw the work report of the Finance Department in the New Year, Fu Ning said a sentence, "Those who are good at fighting have no great achievements, and listen to the thunder in the silent place!" ”。 Everyone was puzzled, and Fu Ningcai explained: "You all say that there is nothing to do in peacetime, and you are clamoring for war one by one, and you all want to expand your territory; But look at the development data of this year! We have achieved rapid development in silence, which is a huge achievement even greater than the expansion of the land for 3,000 miles after a few battles! You can't see your own merits, but these statistics are your great achievements! You have done something extraordinary! ”。

The huge iron ore transport fleet in the South China Sea once became the donkey of Qian, and when it first appeared, it severely shocked all kinds of pirates and all kinds of national forces, but when the stranger retreated, it became the "fat meat" coveted by all kinds of forces, and all kinds of temptations followed, and even some pirates wanted to grab one or two transport ships, and several ironclad ships and several sail wooden warships of the navy could not patrol at all, and the tigers could not withstand the wolves. The harassment of the pirates reached the most in December, and they were actually encountered twice, and the iron ore convoy escorted by the Anxing ironclad ship only left by speed advantage after sinking two enemy ships, but this is enough to show that hostile forces have appeared, and increasing naval strength is imminent.

Before the end of the year, it is the time of the House of Representatives to summarize the achievements of the year and plan for the coming year.

Yao Yun still can't talk to Yuan Qi together, after all, the difference between the two is too great; Whether it's age, personality, experience, temperament, habits, etc., I can't find something in common, and the two people almost never meet, and they can't say a few words when they meet occasionally, and there is a tendency to never get along. Many times, Fu Ning felt that Yuan Qi was his wife and Yao Yun was more like a child, and he was in a dilemma in the middle; Fortunately, Yuan Qi never tried to impact the status of Zhengfang, but was polite and respectful of Yao Yun every time, and there was no "family conflict" that embarrassed Fu Ning.

After the doctor completely pronounced the news that Yao Yun might be infertile for life, Yao Yun was completely lost and began to become silent, which made Fu Ning feel very distressed. So Fu Ning began to look for a suitable boy and wanted to inherit it under Yao Yun's name and let Yao Yun raise him, so as not to lose his confidence in life, but Fu Ning never found a suitable orphan, and he didn't want the Intelligence Department to help find it, so the matter was temporarily delayed. However, the miraculous thing is that Xiao Yanglan actually picked up a baby girl on the road, and Fu Ning asked the Intelligence Department to secretly investigate only to know that the baby girl was an abandoned baby of a shipyard craftsman, and the craftsman was very patriarchal, and he had abandoned his two daughters before and after. Fu Ning asked the Intelligence Department to make a noise, and then Fu Ning told Yao Yun that the parents of the baby girl could not be found, so they would simply pass it on to Yao Yun's name, so Yao Yun immediately became energetic again.

After the investigation of the Intelligence Department, Fu Ning learned that Liuqiu's abandoned babies are a very common thing, although Fu Ning had asked the Department of Culture to do all kinds of publicity about gender equality, but after receiving the latest investigation report of the Intelligence Department, he knew that the abandoned babies of the people were still a very common thing; The difference is that in the past, people would abandon babies who could not afford to feed, but now they abandon girls who they don't like. In fact, it is not that the people of Liuqiu today cannot afford to raise baby girls, but many people dislike baby girls from their hearts, a report from the Intelligence Department shows that there was once a master of the chicken coop military factory who raised and educated his deceased brother's daughter as his own son, but abandoned all four baby girls born to his wife and concubine into the sea. Fu Ning was speechless after reading the report, the idea of patriarchy still exists after hundreds of years, and it is not an overnight thing to clarify the poison of feudal thought; At present, all he can do is to add issues such as changing customs and legislating to protect female babies to the agenda of the upcoming Ryuqiu House of Representatives, in the hope that there will be less feudal ideas in the future.