In the five years of Dingguo, the entire Chen Han Dynasty has been moving forward at a rapid pace, and its strength has grown rapidly every year, with stable national strength, developed funds, people's livelihood recovery, and stable people's hearts. But in the remote corners of the empire, in the Yunnan-Guizhou-Sichuan-Tibet region, few people knew that the rebellion had never been quelled.

Chen Yongsheng, the former commander of the First Division in the southwest, and later the first governor of the Southwest Military Region, have not returned to Nanjing in Chengdu for several years, and even Chen Qidu has been in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion for two years, but Chen Yongsheng has always been outside. Why?

This is not because he has the trust of Chen Ming more than Chen Qi, but because of the strength of the southwest region, yes, it is the Tusi forces, and there are always people rebelling.

No one will give up the strength in their hands in vain, even if they clearly know that the armed resistance to the central government is a kind of behavior of picking up the lights in the toilet - looking for death [], but there are always people who hope that the rugged terrain of the southwest will be like the big and small Jinchuan in the past, and drag the anti-insurgency troops of the Wehrmacht to death little by little, so as to seek the rights they expect.

As a result, it turned out that Chen Han's will to suppress Tusi was indistinguishable from the will of the Manchu Qing Dynasty to firmly settle the big and small Jinchuan.

To this end, Chen Ming did not hesitate to spend a lot of money and manpower to organize a special mountain unit.

In just a few years, the latter expanded from an initial division to six brigades, five battalions and a special service brigade. The level of Chen Yanxue, Huang Zicong and others is rising, which is the reason why Chen Hanzhong's focus is biased.

Chen Ming sent Chen Ming's group of powerful children to the children's camp at the junction of Xichuan and Sichuan and Tibet this winter, which was also to let Chen Ding and them experience the hardships of the mountain troops.

"Eldest son, this store is in a good location, let's go up to the second floor and sit?" A person dressed as an entourage pointed to a hotel at the entrance of the street and said to Chen Ding.

It seems that the smell of gunsmoke that has not dissipated can still be smelled in the Pine Domain.

This city that has just experienced the flames of war exudes an aura that Chen Ding feels very unfamiliar.

Chen Ding looked up at the restaurant, facing the street, as soon as the window opened, he could see the surrounding streets, and said with a smile: "It's really good!" Let's go, let's go up! It was only after he arrived at the boy boy camp that he learned that the city of Song Fan had just experienced a wave of rebellion. The rebels calculated everything very well, but they just didn't count the combat effectiveness of the boy boy boy battalion, and in the end they were cleaned up by the thousands of boy scouts over the age of twelve in the Song Clan's boy boy camp.

The entourage was actually a master among the internal guards, his name was Chen Bingwang, and on the other side was Chen Bingwang's brother Chen Gongzhao, followed by Dai Wenxiong and two personal guards. These people don't look like they are leaky, but Chen Ding is really in danger, and five people are enough to safely escort Chen Ding out of danger. Because the combat effectiveness of these five people is already the strongest combination in this era. Even the guards around Chen Ming can only be said to be of the same grade as them.

In the past 21 years of Chen Ming, the most disgusting plot was that the monarch of the great power, the White Dragonfish, was in distress, and then met a beautiful woman. It was a nausea-setting episode. In his opinion, this is completely a pretending to be unpressed.

Since ancient times, China has paid attention to the fact that a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, and the son of a daughter cannot sit in the court, so how can an important person go down and run around without any preparation? This is not only irresponsible for yourself, but also irresponsible for your own subordinates.

Therefore, Chen Ming attaches great importance to his own safety, and when he feels threatened, such as when he was in Xi'an, he would never come forward to appease the people.

Chen Ding's bodyguards are all configured by him, and his force value is absolutely first-class. Everyone wears the original version of body armor under their clothes, and these martial arts masters themselves have also been specially trained to block bullets, which is really a perfect defense combination.

The sky was cloudy, and although the snowflakes had stopped, the weather was still cold and freezing.

The Song Domain is not far from Chengdu, but it is located at the junction of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the Sichuan Basin, and it is not uncommon for the Song Domain to be ten degrees below zero in the cold winter and cover the mountains and rivers with heavy snow.

Dai Wenxiong stepped in first, and asked Xiao Er in the running hall, "Is there a private room upstairs?" ”

"Yes, of course there is." Xiao Er's eyes looked at Chen Ding, who was dressed like a nobleman, and gave a sneer, shouting: "This master, please upstairs!" "Running the hall is the person who attracts visitors in the hotel, and the eyes are naturally distinguished.

Chen Ding shook off his hand, and several people followed Xiao Er upstairs to the hall, and saw that the screens on the second floor were separated and divided into eight elegant seats.

Half of them were seated, so the business was still good.

Compared with the noise downstairs, the second floor is of course much quieter, although there is still a faint sound coming from next door to the elegant seat, but compared with the below, it is much better.

When they arrived at the private seat, they ordered a few hot dishes casually, Chen Ding and Dai Wenxiong sat down, and Chen Gongzhao, Chen Bingwang and two guards stood outside. The speed of serving the food was very fast, and within a quarter of an hour, Xiao Er came up with a large tray of steaming wine.

Chen Ding pushed open the window, and the cold wind blew, making him shrink his neck, but Chen Ding still insisted on opening the window. On the opposite building and street side of the restaurant, a few people dressed as locals had already occupied all the positions that could threaten Chen Ding. Don't look at his encirclement team, there are only five people, but there are more than ten times as many internal guards outside as five people secretly protecting. Chen Ding was not surprised at all, but looked at the crowded street downstairs and showed a happy smile, "The Song Domain government is still capable, and the market has been lively again in only ten days after the rebellion, and the people are full of joy!" "Although the time is definitely an important factor in the New Year's position.

But no matter what, the restoration of the streets of the market means the stability of the people's hearts under Chen Han's rule, and compared with this, its other meaning seems insignificant.

The composition of the various ethnic groups in the Song Domain is complex, and the rule of Chen Han can get a good response signal here, let alone the more Sinicized Han land in Sichuan.

Although Chen Han's bureaucracy seemed to be tora and redundant, the number of county officials per county was much higher than in the past. Over the years, there have been voices of opposition both inside and outside the government and the opposition, but now that we look at it, the results are still obvious. There is no distinction between officials, and the small officials in the past have now become small officials, and the difference between 'officials' and 'officials', although only one word is different, can be a thousand miles away, and it is completely the difference between heaven and earth. People's enthusiasm has surged, and the effect has naturally changed very significantly from the past.

In the past, no matter how high an official was, he could not become an official, an official was an official, and a warden was the pinnacle that an official could look forward to; An official is an official, and there is a horizontal difference between the canon and the warden, but that is the gap between heaven and earth. When they are small officials, they don't have the strength to struggle at all, all they can do is money.

But now the officials are one, and there is no difference, as long as you step into the yamen, that is, you will enter the officialdom. has the ability, can drill the camp, and the most ordinary member can one day shepherd the side. Coupled with the constraints of the 'shackles' such as the responsibility system and the system of disclosure of assets, the phenomenon of officials stealing and playing tricks and extorting money is really rare. They at least have a head, unlike in the past, when they had no future, they could only seek money.

In order to solve the case, the police station has not only become a forensic doctor, but also has a higher and higher status. The Supervisory Yuan and the Economic Crime Investigation Division, whose functions have been renewed, have been added to the responsibilities of the Anti-Corruption Bureau and the traditional supervision of the Imperial History, and they are eager to put their eyes on the bodies of each official and monitor their every move.

The rule of officials is clear, and the judiciary is naturally innocent. And how can the government get closer to the people it is ruled and build its own credibility? In Chen Ding's view, 'the rule of officials is clear', this is the best move for the Chen Han Dynasty to get closer to the people. People's hearts and prestige, people's hearts are made, not pressed out by knives and guns, and killed; Prestige is also made, just like the rabbits back then, how much they paid for the poor people in that era, and how much the people naturally trusted and obeyed them. And what became of the prestige of the rabbits later was also proportional to the 'hard work' they paid for the masses.

Time is the best partner to improve the system and law, and the Chen Han Dynasty has only been established for five years, as Chen Ming's adjustment of the officialdom system has become something that everyone is accustomed to, the prelude to the new era is also being opened.

'Bell, bell, bell, ......', the crisp sound of the bell came from the other side of the street.

Chen Ding turned his head to look at the corner of his eye, only to see that a moment later, a convoy of ten four-wheeled carriages met his eyes amid the retreat of pedestrians on the street.

A cart of two horses pulled, with a driver in front and two Boy Scout soldiers armed with knives and guns sitting in the back. There was also a small red flag in each corner of the top of the carriage, which fluttered in the cold winter wind, and the ten red flags were like a cloud of fire.

This is the fleet of the Logistics Department.

The boy scouts on the carriage were obviously still very naïve, but judging by the reaction of the locals of the Song Domain, it was clear that no one in the Song Domain, who had experienced the previous war, would dare to underestimate them anymore.

"Eldest prince, these are for transporting logistics materials." Dai Wenxiong whispered to Chen Ding.

"Logistics material transfer? Good things for the New Year. Chen Ding's brain reacted instantly, and nodded knowingly. In this rebellion of the Song Domain, the boy camp has made a great contribution, and the imperial court will certainly reward it.

"The military uniform is new, the swords and guns are distinct, these little babies have become more and more imposing after boarding this military uniform......" The discussion in the private room next door reached Chen Ding's ears.

"Isn't it? Recently, the military civilian clothes on the market in the Song Domain have been selling like crazy. Truckloads of cotton cloth were pulled into the garment workshop by the river, making it rare to see good cloth on the street now. ”

"That's the Boy Scouts, they're so brilliant. The children, who were not much taller than the gun, were stunned to kill the one or two thousand native soldiers of Astong, Shangba Village, and Zhangla Battalion, especially ...... the battle against Songfan County, knife to knife, adults can't do children, I was secretly afraid that I took a look at the roof, it was definitely ...... Remain fresh in one's memory.

Now the parents of the Quansong clan want to buy a set of military civilian clothes for their children, not asking their dolls to be comparable to other boy scouts, but only to be similar, then they are satisfied. The person who spoke was not very old when he heard the voice, and his voice was full of sighs and emotions.

"You're not so brave that you climbed on the roof to see? I was so scared that I couldn't stand. I hope that after the thieves rush into the house, they will only loot and not hurt anyone. ”

"Daydreaming. If the thief rushed into the house, how could he only grab something and not hurt anyone? How miserable is the old Zhao family in the west of the city? The grandsons who were only one year old fell to their deaths. Those wild people are ruthless. If it weren't for the fast counterattack of the Boy Scouts, the entire Zhao family would not have survived. The man's voice changed, and then he said: "But I, Zhou Shenghui, is serious, and I still admire the military regulations and military laws of the current imperial court, so how miserable is the old Zhao family?" But after driving out the bandits, whether it was the boy scouts or the officials and policemen who were summoned, everyone who dared to steal, let alone rob. ”

"I agree with what Brother Zhou said. This point of Chen Han is admirable, set the rules, do not rob, do not occupy, do not plunder, do not plunder, I don't know how much stronger than the official army at that time of the Tartars......"

"The rotten soldiers of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, that is the real soldier is like a grate, and the official is like a shaving. The bastards in the green camp don't have a good thing, and they eat, drink, and have fun and spoil people. It's the same with the official, one set in front of the back, and one set up in front of the bitch! ”

"It's really better now than it used to be. The officials don't dare to accept gifts, although they can't underreport when collecting taxes, but they are not much more than in the past. This time, the thieves rebelled and their nests were raided, and the three Tusi of Astong, Shangba Village, and Zhanglaying were all finished. The trade route from the Song Domain to Qinghai was smoother. I'm going to build a textile factory, let's rely on how convenient it is to rely on the Minjiang River, which of you is willing to come and mix a share? ”

It is a textile machine rather than a spinning machine, and there is no need for a steam engine, and after the introduction of hydraulic machinery into Sichuan, the development momentum is really good.

"You can dream about it, and when you do a good job of the water-powered loom by the Min River, it will be at least until summer. At that time, the woven fabric of Chengdu has long occupied the market in Qinghai. ”

"You're not going to build a spinning mill?"

"The steam engine is going to be the turn of this small place in the Song Domain, should I still build a spinning mill?"

"Then your cotton yarn is held in the palm of your hand, and your textile factory is still competing with others?"

Chengdu has one of the largest spinning mills in Sichuan, and the price of homespun cloth in the Song Domain has been declining in the past two years, which is also related to the introduction of more and more cheap cotton yarn into the Song Domain.

Who in the cotton cloth business doesn't know the importance of cotton yarn. In the inaccessible ghost place of Songfan, as soon as the textile company in Chengdu gets stuck in the neck of the textile factory here in Songfan, it will immediately lose its breath.

However, the steam engine is still a sought-after product in China, and most of the finished products flow into the coastal areas and mining areas, and the Song Fan is too remote. Even the spinning mills in Chengdu are nearly a year later than the spinning mills in Chongqing, and it is said that this is because the Sichuan government came forward to say hello.

If there is no care from above, in this place, as the man said, the steam engine is his turn, then he really doesn't need to pour the steam engine.

A smile appeared on the corner of Chen Ding's mouth, and he came out to take a look in the market, but he didn't expect to hear such a conversation. These are all good words, big good words, and the attitude of the few people next door towards Chen Han made him very satisfied and happy!

"Eldest prince, do you want to let these people come over...... Dai Wenxiong naturally heard this conversation, and saw the satisfied smile on the corner of Chen Ding's mouth, so he said.

Shaking his head, Chen Ding said softly, "There's no need. "The private interview of the microservice has an effect.

These people listened to the tone of the merchants, or the children of merchants in the Song Domain, and they were very sought after for steam-powered spinning machines and water-powered looms. But for Chen Ding, the most important thing is their current attitude towards the Chen Han regime, which has been revealed in the dialogue of several people, and it is enough.

"Alas, it's a pity that the quality of woven cloth is still poor, otherwise, if the woven fabric completely replaces the homespun cloth and puts it into the market, the profit will be much greater than now." Chen Ding sighed that there is no perfect thing in the world, and the water conservancy loom has greatly improved the efficiency of weaving, but it has also reduced the quality. It's wonderful to have the best of both worlds.

In the history of the original time and space, the British failed to completely destroy the market for China's homespun cloth in the first Opium War, and it was not until after the Second Opium War that China's small-scale peasant economy accelerated its disintegration, and foreign cloth began to completely open the market in China. Prior to this, European merchants had shipped goods from thousands of miles away, except for spices and furs that had been re-exported and still profited in the Chinese market, but the bulk products produced by the West could not be used at all, and the British woven cotton cloth was inferior to the Chinese homespun cloth in good quality and cheap, and the woolen fabrics were not suitable for sale in the hot and humid south. China has always been in a position of overtaking a large number of people, and Western businessmen have had to pay huge amounts of silver to make up for this huge deficit. Moreover, every year, Westerners would rebuy Nanjing cloth from China and ship it back to China, among which the British were the most prosperous. This is true even now. In the East-West trade system, it was always homespun cloth rather than woven fabric that was exported as a bulk of goods.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, China's textile industry completely collapsed, which was based on the great strides in the development of textile technology and science and technology in the second half of the nineteenth century, just like when the steam engine was just applied. The entire non-human textile industry is still just a small green tree, and it is completely impossible to completely destroy the traditional 'homespun cloth' in China for 2,000 years with its power.

Chen Ding vigorously developed the textile industry and built a large textile factory, the essence of which was to drive out the good goods from the inferior goods, and the emerging textile industry with the help and support of the imperial court used its price advantage to drive out the fine homespun cloth little by little.

Robert, who has a long experience in trading with China, summed it up by saying that China has the best food - rice, the best drink - tea, and the best clothing - cotton, silk, and fur. They have these main products, as well as their innumerable domestic by-products, and they don't have to spend a penny to buy things from elsewhere.

The homespun cloth woven from the traditional 12-count yarn in southern Jiangsu is extremely tough and strong, and the surface is smooth and moist. The lower-class peasants returned from spring to winter, dressed in homespun clothes, washed once a year, and washed with heavy sticks, and never broken. Among them, Nantong homespun cloth is the most, which is durable, simple, sweat-absorbing and breathable. Compared with this, the quality of woven fabrics in this era is really much worse, and the modern textile industry that does not dare to be vigorously developed by Chen Ming also has its own advantages, that is, the width of woven fabrics is relatively large, and the homespun cloth is very wide at one foot eight, but the woven fabric can easily cut a complete set of clothes, which is of course more convenient for the military enterprises of the logistics department.

"Eldest son, there is news from the family that your distribution table has been decided." Just when Chen Ding was listening to the conversation in the private room next door with satisfaction, an outside guard suddenly came in and said something to Chen Gongzhao, and then Chen Gongzhao walked into the private room.

"And now I'm going to go home right away?"

The eldest prince's interest was obviously not energetic, but Chen Gongzhao still nodded wordlessly. Chen Ding: It's really time for him to go back to the boy camp.

"I settled the account on the other side. This time, I invited them. ”