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In the palace of Jingnan Wang, all the people mourned and cried, and the sound shook the clouds. In the middle of the night, the whole palace was still full of mourning. In the early morning of the next day, the civil and military officials of Fujian also received the news of the death of the king of Jingnan, so they hurriedly boarded the carriage and quickly came to the palace of the king of Jingnan to mourn.

These Fujian officials did not have any feelings for Geng Jimao, in fact, they had no feelings at all. But there are still many people crying like his father. The three brothers Geng Jingzhong were stunned, and they couldn't come back to their senses for a long time.

There are many emperors who have died in history, and there are even cases of ministers crying and dying in front of the jade steps, but most of the ministers are kneeling on the ground and crying to show their loyalty. Those ministers are all good at acting, and crying can definitely be regarded as grief-stricken. Geng Jingzhong once watched a costume drama, which has this clip, those ministers are crying, the tears on their faces are messy, and the messy appearance is not only disgusting, but of course it shows his loyalty.

But right now, it's just the death of a prince, and it doesn't seem to have much to do with them, right? Could it be that he was crying to himself, wanting to take refuge in himself and let himself help him get promoted? The most unbearable thing for Geng Jingzhong was a gray-haired county official, whose muddy tears flowed down his face to the placket, and he was still beating his chest and howling. Could it be that the old prince was once kind to him? Forget it, don't care about these things, and do a good job of the old father's future generations first.

One thing. The house has its own special person arrangement. In fact, Geng Jingzhong doesn't need to worry too much. Geng Jingzhong has now become the true master of the palace. When he turned around, he would write a recital and submit it to the court and hand it over to Kangxi. Then it will be Kangxi who will give a decree to soothe, give a nickname, etc., and then make Geng Jingzhong succeed to the title of King of Jingnan. It's all a fixed set of procedures. Judging from the immediate situation, except for Geng Jingzhong, no one can hold the huge power of Fujian, even if others want to receive it, it depends on whether the more than 90,000 soldiers in Mawei agree or not.

Three days in a row. Officials from all over the country came to pay their respects, but Geng Jimao's coffin was buried the next day. The weather here in Fujian is hot, and the deceased's body will never be parked for a long time. However, although it has been buried, there is still an endless stream of officials from all over the country, who come to pay their respects, and then leave quickly. The officials on the Fujian side are really concerned, in fact, the veterans in the army, who have all followed Geng Jimao to fight. They are sincere when they cry, especially Zeng Yangxing and Ma Jiuyu. It's even more crying to death. Geng Jimao not only has brotherly love for them, but also has the grace of knowing each other, and at this moment the two of them can't wait to go with the old prince.

When a prince dies, it is also very cumbersome to handle the aftermath, and the whole procedure is very complicated. When Geng Jimao's descendants were completed in Fujian, the imperial court also officially issued an order, ordering Geng Jingzhong to take over the title of King Jingnan to continue to guard Fujian, and posthumously present Geng Jimao with the title of Zhongmin. It was only at this time that Fujian really belonged to Geng Jingzhong. The Mawei Army was created by Geng Jingzhong, and except for the original 20,000 veterans, all the others were newly recruited in recent years, including the 20,000 pirates who were recruited. However, these pirates have also become real navy, regular soldiers, and have completely abandoned the bad habits of the past

Seeing that it is June, the battleship is about to be launched, and after the sea trials are no problem, the newly trained navy will board the new detachment. The two newly formed detachments were not all equipped with new recruits, but some veterans from other units of the navy were drawn to lead these new recruits. When they set out for Luzon, the two newly formed detachments were responsible for guarding their homes, staying in the waters of Fuzhou and continuing their training in the coastal waters. The other veterans of the navy who were freed up went to take Luzon Island with their warships.

These days, Geng Jingzhong and Li Guangdi have been planning the affairs of Luzon Island, and after the Kunpeng caravan in the early stage, they have secretly ambushed a thousand Marine soldiers on Luzon Island, and these soldiers are hidden in the house of the first family of Chinese merchants, the young master of Haijinghai. The Haijia Manor is vast, hiding a thousand soldiers, and no one can find out unless someone betrays them. When the time comes, as soon as the naval warships arrive, the marines will attack the Spaniards from the hinterland of Manila, and when the time comes, they will be guaranteed to take Luzon at once.

Within half a month of Geng Jimao's death, Geng Jingzhong was already planning with Li Guangdi in good spirits, and after this matter was almost busy, Geng Jingzhong also felt exhausted. On the eve of Geng Jimao's death, he had just gone out for a walk and inspected for less than three days, and his spirit was really nervous, so he had to take a break and go to other places. After staying in Fuzhou for half a month, Geng Jingzhong came to Zhangzhou Yuegang by boat.

Since the Ming Dynasty, Yuegang has been absolutely unknown to the vast majority of people. It has not produced any outstanding figures, nor has it produced any particularly famous historical events. It was here that it began as a maritime trade port for just over a hundred years. In the first year of Longqing in the former Ming Dynasty, that is, in 1567, the Ming Dynasty set up Haicheng County in Yuegang, which means "Chengjing in Haijiang".

In terms of history, Haicheng County is definitely ranked last, and there is no chance of coming out at all. However, when it comes to economic strength, Haicheng County is enough to enter the top three in Fujian. Even Changle County in Fuzhou Prefecture was not as strong as Haicheng County a few years ago. Even, if it is apportioned according to the proportion of population, Haicheng County is definitely ranked first.

Since the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the country's main fiscal revenue has come from the tax burden of the southeast half. In this southeast half of the wall, Yangzhou, Suzhou, Songjiang, Hangzhou and other areas are the most abundant. The fiscal and tax paid by any government may exceed that of a province in the interior. Fujian is not as rich as Jiangnan, but due to the establishment of Yuegang in Haicheng County. It has made the people along the Jiulong River go to the sea too much. Most of them sailed out to sea from this. "It is connected to the Wa Kingdom in the east, and the Baiao Xinjiang in the south, where goods pass through the brigade and wealth gathers rich merchants." "The city is prosperous, and it was called Yuegang Xiaosu and Hangzhou in ancient times."

Geng Jingzhong vigorously developed maritime trade and sold a large number of products produced in Fujian to other countries, making Fujian's only two ports more and more prosperous. After all, Houyu Port is a rising star, and its overall strength is still not as good as that of Yuegang in Chengxian County. A light industry development zone has been set up on the side of Houyu Port. It's also available here in Moonport. Many businessmen in the south of the Yangtze River set up factories in the Houyu Port Development Zone, while big businessmen in Guangdong and Guangxi invested and set up factories in Yuegang. On the whole, the strength of Yuegang is stronger.

In particular, the geographical location here is better than that of Monkey Island Port, and Geng Jingzhong is also preparing to expand the Moon Port to add a port to Xiamen Island not far away, which will be managed by the Moon Port. Focus on the development of this side, and build this side into a real Suzhou and Hangzhou, or even surpass Suzhou and Hangzhou. As we all know, the textile industry in Suzhou and Hangzhou is the strongest in the country. It's almost every street over there. Even in remote villages, textiles such as cotton, silk, silk and silk and yarn are produced. In particular, Matsue Prefecture, which is famous throughout the country. There are very few people who farm the land, and every family is engaged in the textile industry. Since the late Wanli period, there has been a saying that "the Songjiang cloth that cannot be sold can be sold, and the Weitang yarn that cannot be harvested". It can be seen that the output of cloth yarn in the south of the Yangtze River is huge.

In fact, since then, the cotton silk silk and silk silk produced by several provinces in the south of the Yangtze River have not only met the needs of the country, but also met the needs of maritime trade. Jiangnan has its own outlet to the sea, and a large number of textiles can be directly shipped by merchant ships in the port and then sold overseas. However, in the past, there were no civilian ports at all, and all of them were military docks, which are commonly known as water villages. These water villages do not have a combat function, but the trade function is very strong. Later, when it came to the involvement of the interests of all parties, the imperial court also turned a blind eye and turned a blind eye. The wharves of these guards have become real civilian wharves. But at the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the imperial court forcibly banned the sea, and after the previous forces were wiped out, the Shuizhai port in the south of the Yangtze River was also abandoned. As a last resort, many businesses in Jiangnan came to Fujian.

Geng Jingzhong came to Yuegang, rested and played for several days, and finally relaxed his mind. A string is too tight, and after a long time, it is really easy to have an accident. No, after a bit of relaxation, it feels much better. After relaxing, my mind has become much more flexible, and I can think of problems that I couldn't find in the past. In the past few days of playing in Yuegang, Geng Jingzhong walked around, looked around, and once again truly appreciated the prosperity of Yuegang, which is indeed a historical flavor compared to Houyu Port. The business atmosphere here gives him the feeling that it is stronger than that of Houyu Port.

The textile industry here has also risen for a long time, and the scale was not large before, but after the development zone here came together, the overall scale was rising, and the scale at the moment was comparable to the Jiangnan area. Seeing so many textile factories, Geng Jingzhong thought of another question. These factories are fighting on their own, and even in order to compete for business, there will be malicious competition. So he thought of taking over the entire textile industry in Fujian.

If this is the case, a relatively high-level body is needed for overall management and coordination. Geng Jingzhong immediately thought of the Suzhou Manufacturing Bureau in Jiangnan, which was in charge of the textile industry in Suzhou and Songjiang. Geng Jingzhong thought that it was indeed necessary to set up a Hong Kong Weaving Bureau for a month, which was directly under the jurisdiction of the Jingnan Palace, not responsible for official weaving, but only responsible for the free trade of the people, just to add a frame to the textile industry.

The former Ming court, for a time, set up Suzhou manufacturing in Suzhou, specifically for the court to take a variety of textiles. The main position of Suzhou manufacturing is generally led by the governor of the capital, and the eunuch who is actually in power is the eunuch sent out by the palace to procure. In nature, this Suzhou manufacturing is purely for the private interests of the emperor and is the emperor's small treasury. Obviously, the high-level civil officials of the Ming Dynasty would not allow such a thing to succeed lightly. Therefore, they have repeatedly joined forces to resist all kinds of actions made in Suzhou. Due to the strength of the civil power, the emperor often had to give in. Since Suzhou manufacturing cannot be made public, the operation behind it is a mess.

Geng Jingzhong recorded everything he thought of here, and then he was thinking about where there was a suitable person to help him do this. Geng San of that starting point town has a calm temperament. It must be fitting that he should be allowed to do this. After all. Geng San was also very busy handling the affairs of more than 100,000 people in Qiqi Town. There should be no problem doing this. So, with a paper order, Geng San was transferred from the starting point town to the position of manager of the Yuegang Weaving Bureau. This month, the Hong Kong Weaving Bureau is set up in Yuegang, which is close to the Yuegang Development Zone, and it is convenient to manage.

"Lord Wang, this is some of the numbers sorted out by his subordinates." In the general manager's office of the Yuegang Weaving Bureau, Geng Jingzhong listened attentively to Geng San's report. As soon as Geng San was transferred here, he quickly entered the role. Geng Da has gone to take charge of the construction of the post office. They were reused, and the two brothers were still waiting for Geng Jingzhong's call. However, now it is Geng San who arrives first. Geng Er didn't complain, after all, he alone had the final say in the huge starting point town.

"Lord Wang, so far, there are a total of 612 handicraft workshops in the Monkey Island Port Development Zone and the Yuegang Development Zone. The largest number of employees was more than 600 people. The smallest number of employees was twenty. If there are less than twenty people, then it will not be counted. Those, can not be called a manual field. It can only be said that it is a small family workshop. The textile factories in other prefectures and counties have not yet been counted, but I have already sent people down. Presumably, in another half a month, we will get the exact figures. In these two port development areas, at least 18,000 pieces of cotton cloth are produced every day, as well as other silk silk and satin products. Every day, ships carrying cotton cloth and other fabrics sailed north and south from the various wharves of the moon harbor. Now the sea trade is becoming more and more prosperous, especially the market of the Japanese country has been opened, and the output of fabrics has been in short supply. The number of handicraft farms is still increasing. It is estimated that by the end of this year, there will be more than 800 development zones in these two areas. ”

"It's still too little!" Geng Jingzhong opened his mouth and said: "It's not enough. ”

"Lord Wang?" Geng San said a little puzzled. Such a large output of cloth yarn is already very surprising, isn't it enough?

Although he was already a person who had seen the world in the starting point town, he was also shocked when he saw that there were so many workshops in just two small places, and the daily output was so large. The workers in the workshop, who have been completely detached from the land, spin in the workshop behind closed doors, but their wages are much more than the income from farming.

"Geng San! You still have to take a long-term view," Geng Jingzhong said earnestly: "Our merchant fleet will be all over the world in the future. How can it be on such a scale! ”

Geng San completely understood, and he said in shock and excitement: "What does the prince mean is to sell our cloth and silk to the world?" ”

"Of course! In the future, wherever there are people, we should buy our goods! If they are in need and we can't provide enough goods, then you are remiss in your duty! ”

"Now, we just want to encourage businessmen to set up workshops, the more the better, we control the Japanese market, even if we increase the current output several times, there is no problem. A lot of people isn't a bad thing! There is a lot of power in numbers! Without people, where is the production of cotton silk silk and satin? The key is that these people are well managed. To be precise, it is up to us to formulate the relevant regulations to prevent problems before they occur. As long as we do it ourselves, we don't need to worry. ”

In order to let Geng San better complete the task, Geng Jingzhong took the time to start with the hired workers in the handicraft and slowly talk about it, and then to the "Labor Law" of the later generations, which simply and directly described the various rules of the industrial society in the later generations. If the current pace of development continues, these two will inevitably be the most advanced industrial zones in the country. Perhaps, it may also be the region where the Industrial Revolution first broke out.

Geng Jingzhong's knowledge is more than 300 years ahead, of course, it is not a fool. No matter what kind of knowledge, Geng Jingzhong can get his hands on it. From time to time, Zhang Zhun can also give a few vivid examples to deepen Geng San's understanding. Geng San listened carefully beside him, only in admiration. I really don't know where I learned these knowledge. He never knew that there was such knowledge in this world.

When Geng Jingzhong explained, he felt that they would develop from now on, and they would have taken less detours for 350 years, so under his guidance, they would take the Jiangnan region in the future, and as long as there was a five-year plan, they could become the world's largest textile industry center. Now, the textile industry in the UK seems to have just started.

Geng Jingzhong thought that he must seize this advantage. In the future, it will be ahead of the British, or others, and set off a frenzy of the Industrial Revolution. As long as the social economy continues to develop, as long as the outside world's thirst for commodities is very vigorous, the industrial revolution will naturally break out. It would be great to believe that in my lifetime, I will definitely be able to taste the fruits of the industrial revolution and even the electrification revolution. To be honest, sometimes, Geng Jingzhong feels that he is really not used to the days when there is no electricity, although he is slowly getting used to it now. (To be continued......)