The old-style bureaucracy is a huge group, Chen Ming has never thought of putting all these people on the opposite side, as long as he is willing to surrender, as long as his ability and official reputation can reach the level line, Chen Ming has always been very generous. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Yue Wenhai is not a horse bone that he needs to buy with his gold, and there are not a few Jinshi like him in the Fu Han Army. But his identity, with his entanglement with the Chen family, Chen Ming certainly wouldn't leave people aside lightly. So much so that at this time, I also took time out to meet him.

Yue Wenhai came and went in a hurry, and Chen Ming turned around and buried his head in the military plane as high as a hill.

It was raining again, and the dense sound of raindrops hitting the tiles reached my ears, and strings of water droplets dripped from the eaves, as if a beaded curtain had been hung outside the window.

In late June, Ningbo was the first to open, followed by Shanghai, and in early July.

Long before the opening of the port, a large number of tea, porcelain, Nanjing cloth, raw silk and so on have gathered in these two places, whether it is Ningbo or Shanghai, this is the case.

In addition to the above bulk trade commodities, there are also cinnamon, stone strips, white paper, flower tiles, square bricks, umbrellas, stone mills, twine, rock sugar, casting, tinware, lacquerware, alum, green alum, red beans, medicinal materials and so on.

The influence is so huge that it has taken away the attention of the entire Jiangnan as soon as it appears. Jiangnan, which was lifeless in March and April, was immediately full of vitality. Even the fields and acres of land in Zhejiang, which are progressing slowly, are like adding a pot of oil, which is much faster.

Since the Qin and Han dynasties, China has always used mu and hectare as the unit of measurement of land, but due to the different regulations of each dynasty, the width and narrowness of mu are quite different before and after. In addition, due to the different traditional habits of the people, each place often has its own methods and standards. Taking the north as an example, there are large acres and small acres, one large mu is combined with three small acres, and even the small acres in the north are generally larger than the official acres.

"History of the Ming Dynasty: Food and Goods" contains: Fantian takes the near Guo as the upper land, and the far as the middle and lower land. Five feet is a step, a step of two hundred and forty is an acre, and a hundred acres is an acre.

In the twelfth year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty, the Qing court issued the world with a bow cast by the ministry, where the land was five feet for the bow, and the two hundred and forty bows were for the mu. But when the folk custom arrives in Wudi, it is a step of six feet. On the surface, it seems to be larger than five feet of official acres, but in fact, it is not. The old bow of the south of the Yangtze River is made by craftsmen to pass through the province. Gu Yanwu had a lot of discussions about this in "Daily Knowledge". Although Jiangnan is six feet as a step, Su ruler verifies that it is calculated, one foot is one foot, and Su is nine inches; The craftsman is one foot, and the Su ruler is eight inches; Although the custom in Jiangnan is a six-foot step, it is a little shorter than a five-foot bow. Moreover, the fields in Wuzhong are less than 240 steps per mu, and there are even seven or eight folds, which is much smaller than the mu volume stipulated by the state.

When he arrived in Zhejiang, Zhejiang's "Zhejiang ruler" and "Zhejiang mu" made Chen Ming even more headache.

Tongxiang, Chongde, Gui'an, Wucheng, Jiaxing, Xiushui, Jiashan, Pinghu and other places have no one the same area of acres, and the difference between high and low can exceed one percent. In particular, the measurement of acres in Pinghu County, one acre of land is more than Tongxiang and Wucheng, and the above list is only limited to Jiaxing and Huzhou Erfu Prefectures, as far as Zhejiang Province is concerned, of course, it is more complicated.

The progress of the measurement of acres in Jiangsu and Zhejiang is very slow, and even if a large number of local soap households join the Fu Han army, they are still as slow as a turtle crawling. At this time, it has been the first thing since ancient times, and Shen Guozhen, as the superintendent of the imperial history, has been involved in a considerable part of his energy here.

However, since the opening of Shanghai and Ningbo ports in June and July, the work speed of clearing acres and acres in Jiangsu and Zhejiang has suddenly increased. This made Chen Ming not know what to say.

The ships of the foreigners came even faster, and the people were floating in the open sea before the opening of the port. There are English, French, Dutch, and Portuguese. Macau has not yet given Chen Ming a definite answer, but this does not hinder trade between the two sides. These ships range from Western-style galleons to Chinese-style fortune boats.

As soon as it entered in mid-July, the export volume of Ningbo, which was the first to open the port, easily exceeded 1 million silver dollars. Only from the perspective of the share of goods, there was still a certain market for Chinese porcelain at this time, especially those export porcelain that depicted Western-style figure paintings. From the point of view of price and type, low-grade export porcelain still occupies the main force, and the rest is mostly high-grade high-white porcelain. As for the miraculous bone china that was passed down in Europe in the previous life, bone china, which has become synonymous with nobility and elegance, does not seem to have won the special favor of European merchants represented by British merchants. A little bit of the share is more like seeing a new type of porcelain, taking it back and testing the waters. I can't see Chen Ming's pursuit and love for bone china in the middle and upper echelons of Britain and the United States in his last life - 'the moment you meet bone china, the aristocratic temperament contained in her bones is inadvertently revealed'......'!

The French who came to Ningbo and Shanghai brought a large number of bird's nests, many of which were precious blood bird's nests, and Chen Ming is now living a life of gargling with bird's nests. Although this thing has been carried forward in China and has become a health treasure, the main production area is in Southeast Asia.

Recently, the Spaniards rarely came to China directly to trade, and the French replaced the position of the Spaniards to the west, and they followed the Dutch who were entrenched in the position of Indonesia in later generations, as well as the Chinese merchants in Siam, that is, the Chinese merchants in Thailand in later generations, and every year imported a large number of bird's nest, sumac, silver, betel nut, ebony, yalan, rice, sea cucumber, deer breast, cowhide, tortoiseshell, mugwort, etc. into China.

European businessmen have dealt with China for so many years, and it is clear that China is a humane society. Although this concept is completely inconsistent with their culture and thinking, it does not prevent them from using it neatly. Bird's nest is a very good gift for Europeans, but Europeans themselves are absolutely resistant to bird's nest - they think that bird's nest is: "These gelatin-like things are actually the dregs of some seaweed that a large swallow - swiftlet - spits out after digestion!" ”

Because of the problem of time and the current situation, this year's foreign trade transactions are destined to be petty fights. But a good start is half the battle!

Seeing that a bunch of people in the officialdom of Jiangsu and Zhejiang were busy at the moment, Chen Ming was going to release the news and rebuild the "History of the Ming Dynasty". He has already been angry with his father about this matter, Chen Hui thinks further, and in the future, he will not only rebuild the "History of the Ming Dynasty", but also revise the "History of the Qing Dynasty". At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang also ordered the revision of the "History of the Yuan", and it made no sense that Chen Han would not revise the "History of the Qing Dynasty".

They took this opportunity to gather a large number of prestigious readers. Because the thing of history revision is extremely lethal to traditional readers, these people may not regard the official position given by Chen Han as a thing, but they will definitely cherish the opportunity to revise history.

As a place where humanities gather, Jiangnan has many famous artists, so it is naturally a 'key area'.

Chen Ming also wanted to take the opportunity to send a group of well-known local 'high-moral celebrities' to Henan, and they in Jiangsu and Zhejiang would make irresponsible remarks and make trouble for him.

But now looking at the workload of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang government offices, Chen Ming feels that it is better to wait a little longer.

By the end of the year, the army should also take Guangdong and Jiangxi, and it will be more confident to propose the revision of the "History of the Ming Dynasty".

You must know that although the "History of the Ming Dynasty" compiled by the Manchu Qing Dynasty has many disgusting things, its volume is second only to the "History of the Song Dynasty" in the 24 histories, and its long revision time, hard work, and perfection of the description greatly exceed the previous histories. Although there are many inaccuracies in the "History of the Ming Dynasty", it has still been praised by many historians in later generations.

"Your Highness, there is movement in the sailors of the Qing army."

Liu Wuxing rushed to him, holding a small narrow note in his hand. This is the Flying Pigeon Biography!

……

On the blue sea, a huge fleet of ships is sailing in the direction of the Pearl River estuary.

The roaring sea water slammed into the side of the ship, and white water marks quickly rose and disappeared into the blue sea. The red military flags fluttering on the tall masts, they are the current Southeast Naval Division of the Fu Han Army, a behemoth that gathers the two major forces of the Fujian Naval Division and the Zhang Qiu Fleet.

Even if sixty or seventy old warships are withdrawn from the front-line battle sequence, the Southeast Naval Division now has more than 140 main warships in the true sense of the word. And they've been completely updated!

The old cannons, the bulky old guns, were taken off the ship, scrapped, or rebuilt.

In a period of more than a month, the production of the Fuzhou Gun and Artillery Sub-Bureau and the artillery transferred from Nanjing gave the artillery of the entire Southeast Water Division a new look, and its firepower suddenly rose by more than one grade.

And with the arrival of these iron molded cannons, a new weapon was also sent to the warship. It is a rocket, officially called a fire dragon bomb.

Chen Ming didn't know how much of a role rockets could play in naval warfare, some of them were his imagination out of thin air, and the first target of this thing that he 'invented' was the Manchu and Mongolian cavalry in the north.

Rockets at sea, rocket artillery on the road, these are all products that extend this idea.

The current battle of Guangdong is the first 'actual combat application' of rockets at sea, so it is time for mules and horses to slip out and see.

Chen Ming believed in Zhang Qiu and Ye Xiangde's ability to fight naval battles. Without real skills, Zhang Qiu would have died in the hands of Wu Bida a long time ago, and Ye Xiangde, whether it was the Qing army's sailors or Zhang Qiu's fleet, had a very positive evaluation of the level of the battle.

Such a commander, coupled with an army with updated armaments and very good morale, has no reason to lose to the inferior Qing Guangdong Naval Division.

What's more, they also have the helper of the Zheng family's fleet.

The latter is a land snake. Most of the descendants of the Zheng family came from the Xin'an area, and Xin'an at this time was the Shenzhen and Hong Kong areas of later generations. He is well aware of the geography and water conditions of the Pearl River Estuary. And the strength of the Zheng family's fleet is not weak at all. Although the head-to-head confrontation is not the opponent of the Guangdong naval division, although the latter does not have a special waterway commander, unlike Fujian, the strength of the foreign naval division is much stronger than Fujian.

There are five towns in Guangdong. Even if half of Nanao Town is missing [the other half is under the jurisdiction of the Admiral of Fujian Navy], the strength of the foreign sailors is also the best in the southeast.

Previously, He Sihe, the chief soldier of Nanao Town, was ordered by Admiral Gan Guobao to take the Nanao Town Water Division as the main force, supplemented by some soldiers and horses in Jieshi Town, and went north to Fujian to help suppress it, but Zhang Qiu was very embarrassed.

It was only later that the situation reversed, Wu Bida gave up Penghu and moved to Haitan Town, He Sihe ordered the deputy general Zhang Shen to lead his troops north, and he took the rest of the ships and soldiers to Yong back to the mouth of the Pearl River.

As soon as Penghu was lost, He Sihe really had no need to continue to stay in South Australia. In the past, Wu Bida stationed troops in Penghu, which not only cut off the ties between Taiwan and Fujian's local anti-party, but also greatly reduced the space for the activities of Zhang Qiu's fleet. He Sihe garrisoned Nanao, echoing Penghu from afar, directly cutting off the connection between the Taiwan Strait of Fujian and the sea of Guangdong.

But once Penghu changed owners, Nanao Town was on the verge of danger. Because the distance between Penghu and Nanao is only half of that from Haitan to Nanao, some of Zhang Qiu's sailors are stationed in Xiamen, which seems to echo Penghu and Xiamen from afar, dividing Nanao and Fujian sailors.

Zhang Qiu stood on the bow of the large thunder ship, the bow of the ship was like a sword splitting the waves, the waves splashed, the water vapor was booming, and Zhang Qiu's face was already wet after standing here. But Zhang Qiu's heart is happy.

It is not that he did not lead the fleet over the island of Vietnam and enter the waters of Guangdong. But those memories of the past are full of unbearable embarrassment and escape. How can you be as free as you are now?

"Don't talk about Nanao Island, Lao Tzu still wants to enter the Pearl River Estuary, take a good look at what the Thirteen Elements are!"

You can say that Zhang Qiu is very proud, very arrogant, and arrogant doesn't take the Qing army's Five Towns Water Division in his eyes. But now with the general trend of recovering the Han army, he really has such confidence.

The Zhang family and the Zheng family, their fleets are not only themselves, but also collect most of the pirates and bandits in the southeast ocean. These dozens of pirate bandits, large and small, are quite average in strength individually, but if they are added together, then they can really fight against the provincial Qing army and sailors.

Coupled with the surrendered Fujian Naval Division, as well as the artillery provided by the Fu Han Army these days, if Zhang Qiu had such capital and was still afraid of the Qing Army Naval Division in Guangdong, he would have sunk in the sea many years earlier and turned into fish dung.

There is no need for cowards above the sea, and cowards cannot show their heads above the vast ocean. Even if Zhang Qiu did not have the help of the Fu Han Army, he was also a huge bandit in the Taiwan Strait of Fujian. Don't underestimate him!

Zhu Lian was standing not far from Zhang Qiu, he was the elite seedling selected by the second batch of Han Army sailors. Because in Guangzhou, the British had prepared Western-style galleons and waited for the Fu Han army to come and accept them. It's amazingly fast, right? This is because they now have a close relationship with the Dutch.

The ship sailed from Batavia to Canton at the fastest speed, taking advantage of the last remaining strength of the summer monsoon.

The speed of the British surprised Chen Ming. After receiving the news, he immediately asked the sailor division to transfer key officers and elites to form the second batch of interns, and the number was also one hundred.

Zhu Li is one of them.

His son, Zhu Zhiwei, is already the CEO of Jiangnan Trading Company. Zhu Zhiwei did not choose to enter the logistics department of the army, nor did he choose to work in Shanghai Port, but went to the sea to do business, took the family money left by Chen Jigong at the beginning, and then Chen Ming allocated 100,000 silver dollars to start shipbuilding, transportation, and foreign trade trading.

Chen Ming's request for him is to communicate with North Korea and Japan in the second half of the year, Ryukyu and Southeast Asia next year, connect the shipping route to India in five years, and connect Europe in ten years.

Among the three choices faced by Zhu Zhiwei, the last one is obviously the most difficult, and the official position is also the lowest, only Zhengwupin, Jiangnan Trading Company is hanging under the newly established Foreign Trade Department of the Industrial and Commercial Bureau, and Zhu Zhiwei's immediate boss is Zhengsipin. But he chose this one anyway.

Zhu Hao's second brother Zhu Wu entered Wenzheng University, and now he is about to take a serious political career.

Therefore, Zhu Quan is more like Zhu Zhiwei's son than Zhu Wu, both father and son have a restless, adventurous spirit in their bones, and both love and yearn for the sea. (To be continued.) )