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Wang Shouren's uncle Wang Su is an extremely useful chess piece for him, how to use it, not only affects the fate of Lu Zhongjing, Liu De, Wang Su and others, but even the fate of Lu Yuan himself will be greatly affected. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Although Lu Yuan's words were not straightforward, Wang Shouren didn't think much about it.

He arched his hand at Lu Yuan and said, "When I get to Hangzhou Mansion, I will definitely persuade my uncle and ask him to give him the certificate in his hand." ”

"That's fine."

Lu Yuan had a teachable expression, stroked his beard and said, "You can do this matter as soon as possible, and the old man will greet the officials in the judicial department in advance." ”

Wang Shouren was overjoyed after hearing this, with Lu Yuan, the deputy envoy of the inspectorate, greeting him, it would no longer be a problem for him to enter the yamen of the inspectorate, and all that was left was to persuade his uncle Wang Su.

After the matter was agreed, both Wang Shouren and Xie Shen felt a lot more relaxed. The two of them enjoyed the scenery on the canal with Lu Yuan, and time passed quickly.

From dawn to dusk, it's just a blink of an eye. Shaoxing to Hangzhou more than 100 miles, a whole day to arrive. But in fact, if you take the waterway from Shaoxing to Hangzhou, most of them use night boats.

In the Ming Dynasty, the custom of sailing in the south of the Yangtze River could probably be divided in Suzhou, and there was a saying that the north and the south were divided.

There are only day-time boats north of Suzhou. To the south of Suzhou, such as Shaoxing, Hangzhou, Huzhou, Jiaxing, and Longhu, there are both night and day ships.

Night ships are generally fixed-point sailing, a bit like regular sailing boats, and passenger ships all over Jiangnan are generally night sailing ships, because they arrive at their destination after a good night's sleep.

The reason why Xie Shen and Wang Shouren chartered a boat during the day was because they were in a hurry, and the price was naturally much higher than that of a night boat.

As for the "station boat" that Lu Yuan took because it was an official ship, it was a bit like a post station, and it could also be requisitioned at will during the day.

Xie Shen looked at the water gate of Hangzhou Mansion not far away, and it was difficult to suppress the excitement in his heart.

Is this the Hangzhou Mansion of the Ming Dynasty?

Although he had been to Hangzhou in his previous life, he had boated on the West Lake and worshiped the Buddha in the Lingyin Temple, but now what he saw in front of him was the Hangzhou Mansion of the Ming Dynasty, which was the original Jiangnan water capital without any commercial development.

As the most prosperous provincial capital of the Ming Dynasty, the status of Hangzhou is self-evident.

This can be seen from the tall water gate and the towering city walls.

The ship Lu Yuan was on was an official ship, and the flag on the ship clearly indicated the identity of the official family. When the officers on the city wall saw the flag, they ordered the water gate to be opened without even making a routine inquiry.

The official ship slowly walked towards the city through the water gate, and at this moment, Xie Shen was in a trance.

At this time, there were 90,000 households and a population of about 200,000 in Hangzhou, which was the first city in eastern Zhejiang.

A population of 200,000 is already a lot in any city in the Hongzhi Dynasty, but Xie Shen is a graduate student with a professional background after all, so he will inevitably be guilty of the habit of examining. He clearly knew that the current city of Hangzhou, with a population of 200,000, had grown to a million in the Wanli period. This record comes from the Wanli Hangzhou Prefecture Chronicle, which may be exaggerated, but if the floating population is counted, there is still a high possibility.

At least for now, Hangzhou must have 200,000 people, which is already quite prosperous.

There are a total of ten city gates in Hangzhou. There are five gates in the east city, three gates in the west city, one gate in the south city, one gate in the north city, and the city is five thousand five hundred zhang.

As the six ancient capitals of the past, there is naturally no problem with the volume and scale. Although Hangzhou has become a mansion in the Ming Dynasty and has been downgraded a lot, you can still see the style of the imperial capital from the bricks and tiles.

At this time, Xie Shen remembered Lin Sheng's famous poem "Title Lin'an Residence" in the Song Dynasty.

Outside the mountain, the Qingshan Building is outside the building, and the West Lake singing and dancing will be closed. The warm wind smokes the tourists drunk, and Hangzhou is regarded as Bianzhou.

The place where thousands of graces and splendours of the Great Song Dynasty converge is naturally outstanding.

Xie Shen originally wanted to come to see Hangzhou Mansion again during the township test, but he never thought that he would accidentally advance because of the Wang family's affairs.

Hangzhou Prefecture is clearly positioned as an industrial and commercial city in Daming. Hangzhou is close to the Qiantang River at the mouth of the sea and connected to the Grand Canal, so its geographical location can be described as unique. Such a city, if it does not develop industry and commerce, is simply a tyrannical thing.

Hangzhou's cotton and linen products are extremely rich, including ordinary cotton cloth, linen cloth, as well as kudzu cloth, yellow grass cloth, and silk cloth. In addition, silk fabrics are famous all over the country, and silk yarn is the leader of the province and even the country.

The production of these cotton and linen silk fabrics comes from two aspects. One is a small handicraft workshop, and the other is a large workshop run by wealthy businessmen. Some of these large workshops even cooperated with the weaving bureau of the imperial court and became imperial merchants.

The imperial merchant is nothing more than for small profits and quick turnover, and there is no reason to talk to the Son of Heaven, so you can't go to the Imperial City of Beijing to cry to the Son of Heaven, Your Majesty, your old man, let us a few more profits.

Xie Shen has a strong interest in the weaving industry, and asked several small workshops in Yuyao, and they all said that if they want to cooperate with the big businessmen of Hangzhou, it is the right way.

This time, I accompanied Wang Shouren to Hangzhou Mansion to rescue Wang Su, but I could inspect the market by the way.

In addition to the weaving industry, another pillar industry of Hangzhou is printing and engraving. The reputation of Hangzhou engraved books has been spread in the Song Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty has also inherited the good name of the Song Dynasty.

Suzhou, Fuzhou and Hangzhou were the three major engraving centers of the Ming Dynasty at this time, which is enough to see the important position of the engraving and printing industry in Hangzhou.

Xie Shen has countless famous poems, and it is a bit of a waste to engrave and print them into books in Yuyao Shaoxing, and it seems to be a good choice to open up trade routes in Hangzhou. He had already had the intention of letting his brother open a bookstore, so that the fertilizer and water would not flow into the fields of outsiders, so that he would naturally get more benefits. Of course, the money earned by the bookstore is still limited, and Xie Shen hopes that in the future, when the time is ripe, he will open a money bank, and his brother will take full authority to act as a matter of responsibility.

In addition, the brewing industry is also very developed, but Xie Shen is not interested.

Of course, these are all side jobs, and Xie Shen's main business is naturally the imperial examination.

Xie Shen was born in a poor family, and he could deeply understand the difficulty of not having money, so as long as he had the opportunity, he would make more money so that he could plan for the future.

The Ming officialdom is not as clean as it seems, and there are many unspoken rules in it. Xie Shen naturally doesn't want to be a corrupt official, so he needs to have his own industry.

In Daming officialdom, money is not everything, but no money is absolutely impossible.

The fastest money in Daming is Cao Yun and Salt Transport. But these two pieces are difficult to operate without an official background. In addition, it seems that Qian Zhuang is the most profitable business, this time in addition to engraving, weaving, this time in Hangzhou can also be inspected by the way......

Xie Shen was heartbroken to make money, but Wang Shouren didn't seem to have this ideological awareness, and was chatting with Lu Yuan about Confucian scriptures.

Xie Shen secretly sighed in his heart. Brother Shouren, Brother Shouren, since the business has been discussed, can't you relax and chant poetry and talk about Fengyue?

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