"Madame, please come inside. I've been waiting for you for a long time. ”

The big palace maid in front of Li Xiaomei led Xiao Li to Kunning Palace with a friendly face.

The old couple of the Li family have followed the Emperor Taishang and the Empress Dowager back to their hometown Lushan, but Uncle Guo's family is still in Nanjing, and Uncle Guo's wife is also in Nanjing. Although Xiao Li's family now has no orders and no titles, people entering and leaving Kunning Palace are like following up their own doors.

Chen Ming has not yet knighted Li Kun, he has to wait for a while, at least after taking down Jawa Island, and then knighting Li Kun, and now he wants the Li family to press and press for the time being.

The weather in August is also scorching hot, and the autumn tiger is amazing. Xiao Li was dressed in a formal suit, wearing three layers inside and three layers outside, and he was already sweating after walking into Kunning Palace all the way. It wasn't until I stepped into the palace that the coolness hit me all at once.

"Sister-in-law, sit down and rest." Li Xiaomei, who was wearing regular clothes, looked happy.

Xiao Li was not polite, chose a position closest to Li Xiaomei and sat down, and faintly glanced at Li Xiaomei when he picked up the teacup.

"Go down, all of you. Stay in the palace and say a few intimate words to your sister-in-law. ”

With an order, the palace maids and eunuchs in the main hall walked away with interest.

Xiao Li doesn't talk nonsense, and goes straight to the point, which is the most important and serious thing for the Li family now:

"The things that Niangniang ordered have already been raised, and the Liu family is already moving. Liu Dezhao sent his sons and nephews out, as well as several right-hand men......"

Xiao Li told the movements of the Liu family that the Li family had detected. It's not a small fight, it's all about going all out.

Li Xiaomei's face slowly showed a smile, "I knew that Liu Guifei was an interesting person. "After His Majesty had relented to let the noble ministers meddle in the Americas, the Liu family immediately prepared with such hard work, which can of course be understood as their importance to the Americas, and it can also be shown from another side - they do not have the determination and perseverance to devote all their efforts to the throne of the prince.

But Li Xiaomei has.

For the sake of his son's storage position, and for Chen Ding's future, the entire Li family is completely open-minded.

The strength of the Liu family is very strong, and Li Xiaomei will certainly not take him lightly because of the Liu family's current actions. But that's a good sign, isn't it? Otherwise, wouldn't the Liu family want to put all their energy into domestic development?

Even though this is because the prince born to the concubine of the Liu family is still young, and it is not yet the time for the Liu family to charge for it, the Liu family's current actions also make Li Xiaomei breathe a sigh of relief.

People who are really interested in the ninety-five positions will relax because they are young? Looking at the official history of China from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to the Ming and Qing dynasties, how many relatives and wealthy families have begun to plan and gather strength when their sons are still infants.

Doing great things is inseparable from money and manpower, and a large number of manpower and funds are used in North America, that is, they are weakening their own power in China.

The Liu family's actions made Li Xiaomei laugh at this moment.

There is no way, the Liu family is too much pressure on her.

First of all, Liu Bangyun's concubine position, which is second only to her existence in the palace, and the eldest is always the most vigilant against the second child; and then the future of Liu Dezhao, a cabinet minister; Even if Li Kun fights the Li family's industrial development again and again in the future, can he compare to the high-ranking and powerful Liu Dezhao?

China is an official-based society. Even Chen Ming's pillow man now regards being an official as more 'promising' than doing business! The strength of the Liu family is too strong.

There are high-ranking concubines inside, and there are important ministers of the state outside, which is completely a posture of seizing the heir.

"Sister-in-law, you go back and tell my brother, except for the Liu family, the other Yao family, the Shi family, the Feng family, the Zheng family, etc., all have to be watched. Find out what they're doing as much as you can, or I'll not be able to settle down. ”

Li Xiaomei patted her chest with her hand, and her face unconsciously rose a rosy.

God knows how Alexandria she is in this position. Especially Li Xiaomei, who has looked through the history books step by step over the years, rebelled against the queens of the founding emperors who were born as emperors, starting from Lu Pheasant and ending with Queen Ma, it can be said that the founding emperor himself is generally very good to his original wife, except for Liu Xiu, the scum - from the position of the original queen. But things are so strange, and most of the fate of these founding queens is very miserable.

Let's not talk about Lu Pheasant's fate, Liu Xiu's original wife Guo Shengtong is very sad, Emperor Wen of Sui's Queen Dugu was very awesome when she was alive, but several sons killed each other, isn't it the biggest sorrow of a mother? The founding queen of the Tang Dynasty, whether it was Empress Dou or Empress Changsun, the killing of children and grandchildren was the most painful sorrow of a mother. Not to mention Zhao Kuangyin's three queens. And Zhu Yuanzhang's queen Ma's sister-in-law died early, and his grandson lost the country, if he knew it in the spirit of heaven, it would definitely not be good.

Looking at these founding queens, Li Xiaomei thinks about herself again, she feels that her status is not fragile, even if Chen Ming has a favorite concubine in the harem, she will not end up with Guo Shengtong. But the flaws of the Li family are too obvious, Uncle Guo has it, but he can't gain a foothold in the officialdom. The Li family does not have strong strength support in the officialdom, and it will take a lot of effort to make up for it when they seize the throne in the future.

This burden is too heavy to be completely pressed on Xiao Chen Ding's shoulders.

And Liu Bangyun, who is regarded as the biggest enemy by Li Xiaomei, his father is a cabinet minister, and there is a chance that the next cabinet will be able to go to the next level. What an advantage.

Behind the other princes, they all have more or less military and political support, these people have been developing in the Chen Han system for so many years, and they have intricate relationships in all aspects of society, and the Li family has only developed for a few days?

Now China is still a humane society, the official standard!

"Mother's ......"

Xiao Li's call woke Li Xiaomei up from her reverie, "Niangniang, then our family will ...... and still not move?" ”

With Chen Ming's mouth open, the honorable ministers of the entire Nanjing were in good spirits. And the Li family, so far, has not continued to do the slightest sign of a second movement to North America.

"Don't move!" Li Xiaomei's brows were all firm.

Just don't move. What's there to be excited about? She is the main palace, Chen Ding is the eldest son, and the two of them are running for the throne now, so it is logical, what is there to be excited about?

Now she is going to declare to the whole world that her son is aiming for the storage position!

What's more, with the Li family's capital, the commercial group built on waves of loans can only choose between North America and China, and it is simply unable to take care of both sides.

……

When there was an uproar in Nanjing, Xiao Li's 'visit' to Kunning Palace did not arouse anyone's idea.

But when all the noble families are seizing the time to prepare materials and manpower, and are all attracting talents to send them to North America, the Li family, which is still and immovable, is like a firefly in the night, shining so brightly and so eye-catching.

said that the Li family was stable and immovable, which does not mean that the Li family will not recruit manpower. The Li family is always recruiting people, and the Li family already controls quite a lot of enterprises and shares, because they can get money from the bank without collateral again and again. Then the checks from these banks will be exchanged for factories and shares, and the noble and noble families who get the bank checks will not give the bank checks a chance to exchange them for real paper money, and will turn them into batches of manpower and materials needed for cultivating wasteland.

And the business people who finally get these cheques are more likely to return the cheques directly to the bank again to offset their loans and interest.

The power to print money controlled by the state has printed many more banknotes these days, except for a few people at the core of the court and the central bank, the ghost does not know.

Anyway, the high-speed circulation allows the money represented by these cheques to quickly integrate into society in the process of changing hands constantly.

And in the process, more and more eyes are touching vocational colleges and technical schools. This kind of rapid talent training mechanism has been funded by more than 50 noble and noble families in a short period of time. A large number of students in school have been tempted by these families waving 'employment contracts'.

At the same time, a number of new technical schools and vocational colleges are also being opened and raised at a rapid pace.

The social forces brought about by the 'great development' of the whole of North America are so enormous. At present, it is only the honorable and noble ministers who are in motion, and when the whole society is invested in it, this will inevitably become a high-horsepower engine for the rapid progress of Chinese society.

Now, with Chen Ming's permission, the Li family is rapidly expanding its influence in the domestic economic and political field by relying on a sum of loans. While they were making every effort to expand their power in their homeland, they were also announcing Chen Ding's competition for the throne to almost everyone. And their opponents are almost all trying their best to export all the manpower and material resources that the family can raise to North America.

So, in the future, when the two sides really meet with bayonets, will the Li family, which focuses on local development, have more advantages, or will the opponents who are now seeking a back road to operate North America have a stronger comprehensive strength?

Chen Ming didn't have a score in his heart.

But what he can be sure of is that ten or more years will be enough for China and North America to form an economic and trade cycle in a certain sense, and the forces behind Chen Ding's competitors in the Americas will not be able to communicate their local relations. Low value-added raw materials are also a strength!

Chen Ming's eyes were always staring at the entire noble ministers, the movements of the Li family, the actions of the Liu family and other families, he was clear. Without thinking about the child, it is difficult to say who will be able to help their support goals more in the last moments.

Now Chen Ding's biggest advantage is still himself.

Because Chen Ming is also quite willing to let his eldest son take over his position. Establish such a lineage to create the conditions for the changes that will inevitably take place in the future.

And also when the Li family was quietly staring at competitors such as the Liu family, the Shi family, the Yao family, the Zheng family, and the Feng family, more pairs of eyes were of course staring at the Li family. The advantages of the Li family, which is big and popular, are greater and more obvious than those of the Liu family. The emperor and queen are harmonious, the eldest son of the emperor is smart, and the emperor and the emperor, the queen mother, the queen mother, etc. This is the Li family's biggest capital.

Of course, they discovered the actions of the Li family, and the Li family is also vigorously robbing talents, but these talents are not blacksmiths, coppersmiths, masons, leatherworkers, and craftsmen, ......, but managers, shopkeepers, account accountants, and top students from many colleges.

……

A carriage followed behind Shen Yuan, and Shen Yuan got out of the carriage after entering the city gate and walked on his own.

It had been several years since he left Nanjing, and Shen Yuan felt like he was in another city when he looked at the city of Nanjing in front of him.

In addition to the magnificent city wall, where does Nanjing City still have its own familiar imprint?

There is no storefront on the street that is shorter than three stories. Five- and six-storey buildings are also visible from time to time. Moreover, these high-rise buildings obviously have the flavor of the new era, that is, the bamboo reinforced concrete that Shen Yuan is most familiar with.

Yes, bamboo tendons are bamboo [bamboo strips of a certain thickness (bamboo green must be retained), and they are made by a certain treatment], not iron bars, nor steel bars.

At present, China's steel production cannot support the steel supply in the construction of the National Congress, so it can only be replaced by bamboo strips. In the early days of the founding of the country in the last fifty or sixty years, rabbits also engaged in this thing, using bamboo strips instead of steel, and also did systematic research.

The data shows that in terms of strength, hardness and durability, bamboo strips have inevitable defects compared with steel bars, but they are not useless. The various indicators of bamboo-reinforced concrete, a technical construction term, are fully qualified to replace reinforced concrete in difficult situations.

Shen Yuan didn't know if the buildings in Nanjing City were the same as the buildings in Qinhuangdao, they were made of bamboo-reinforced concrete, he only needed to know that these buildings were concrete. It just categorizes them into the same type of building.

There are more white lines on the road, and one patrol police and traffic police can be seen everywhere. The old-fashioned two-wheeled carriages are barely visible, and there are more four-wheeled carriages and a row of railcars passing by.

Now this railcar is a famous brand of the city, and only when the economic and political development reaches a certain height, then the railcar will appear in the city. Therefore, almost all of these things are found along the coast, and the deeper you go inland, the rarer it becomes.

The cleaners in green vests and red sleeves are no different from Qinhuangdao. But it is too different from the Nanjing City in Shen Yuan's memory.

Shen Yuan, who was only seventeen years old at the time, left Nanjing to work in Sichuan, and after the training of the Wuhan branch of the Political Science College, he went directly to Sichuan, and then he went from Sichuan to Qinhuangdao, which was seven years after the city of Nanjing.

For Nanjing, which is changing with each passing day, seven years is too long and too long. Isn't Nanjing a completely unfamiliar city to Shen Yuan?

In addition to his parents and siblings, Shen Yuan felt that he was no longer too involved in the current Nanjing. This is a new city, a city where he is about to start learning and living.

Twenty-four-year-old Shen Yuan was selected as an outstanding local official to be sent to the Central Political Academy in Nanjing for training and study for one year.

In this year, Shen Yuan will also solve his lifelong affairs, his wife died in childbirth four years ago. Then Shen Yuan was transferred to Qinhuangdao, which was a sad place. The place in Qinhuangdao is very remote, and I haven't found a good marriage for a few years. Although this steproom is not as good as the original match, it is not like a lady, anyone can carry it home, and it is also necessary to pay attention to the conditions. Although Shen Yuan died of his original partner, he was still very young, and he had no son-in-law as an official. In the current era, a twenty-four-year-old widower, as long as he has the ability, it is easy to find another steproom.

As Shen Yuan's return to Nanjing Central Political Institute for training for a year was officially finalized, Nanjing's parents quickly finalized a marriage for him. It won't be long before Shen Yuan will be the groom.

"Brother, big brother......"

The shouts reached Shen Yuan's ears, although he hadn't seen his brother for a long, long time, but Shen Yuan was still so familiar with his brother's shouts.

Keep your head up.

On the other side of the road, a young man in civilian military clothes was jumping and waving at him. This is Shen Yuan's younger brother Shen Quan.

He knew that his eldest brother would be in Nanjing in the next few days—the time was uncertain, so he ran to the Xiaguan dock as soon as he had time. But today he hadn't arrived at the dock yet, and when he was waiting for the railcar on the road, he ran into Shen Yuan. Don't look at the brothers, they haven't seen each other for a long time, but Shen Yuan hasn't changed much, and Shen Quan recognized his brother at a glance.

Shen Quan was so happy that she couldn't help but have red eyes, and the two brothers hugged each other on the street, tears flowing.

With the carriage behind him, two young people with a two-year difference in grade came together, one is vigorous, Shen Yuan's younger brother Shen Quan is now working in the Nanjing tax system, and his income is also quite good; A calm and heavy. Shen Yuan's physical age is only two years older than his brother, but in his mental age, he is too much older than Shen Quan.

Compared with the twenty-two-year-old Shen Quan, Shen Yuan is not a young man, but a middle-aged man who has experienced wind and rain.

"Brother, Nanjing has changed a lot, right? Our house is very close, not far ahead......"

"Big, big. I don't even recognize it. ”

Shen Yuan can now understand He Zhizhang's poem very well: The young man left home and returned to the eldest child, and the hometown accent has not changed and his sideburns have declined. I feel the same way.

He is not very old, but his heart is very old, and this is how the current Nanjing City feels to him. It's as old as the history of Ya'an black tea on the signboard of the tea house opposite him now.

At the beginning, he mailed two Kang bricks to his hometown as a rarity, and the family had never seen this kind of tea bricks that were mainly sold in western Sichuan and Tibet, but now a series of colors such as hair tips, fine buds, Kang bricks, gold jade, and gold warehouses of the entire Ya'an black tea can all be bought in this small store in Nanjing.

"That's a big change."

Everything has changed so much.