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When Yang Yi came to Qinzhou, the last stop of the inspection, it was the third day of the seventh month, and he left Beijing at the beginning of the year, and the trip took half a year. Ma Yingfang, the governor of Qinzhou, and Su Qingliang, the guard of Qinzhou, greeted ten miles and waited by the long pavilion.

As soon as Yang Yi's car arrived, the two of them were busy greeting each other by the car, looking overjoyed.

Yang Yi jumped out of the car and said with a smile: "Wenchang has been farewell to Qinzhou in the second year, and it has been three years since then, so the old people are safe, and I am very relieved!" ”

"Lord Taifu has worked hard all the way, and it is difficult for Xia Guan and others to dream that they can usher in Tai Fu again, how fortunate Xia Guan and so others, and how fortunate the people of Qinzhou are!"

"Hahaha, don't talk to the people, you don't play official in front of your own officials, have you ever prepared a banquet in the city? This official has come all the way south, and he has never eaten a table of reception banquets, and today he said that he would not have to eat a big meal;

But that's right, you have to pay for this banquet yourself, hahaha Today, the official will not eat up your three years, even if I come to Qinzhou for nothing. ”

Ma Yingfang and Su Qingliang also laughed, and Su Qingliang replied first: "Don't worry, Lord Taifu, this banquet has been prepared by Lord Ma, Lord Ma is higher than the last general, this matter of pocketing is taken care of by Lord Ma, and the task of the last general is to accompany the adult to have a good drink, and he will not return if he is not drunk." ”

Ma Yingfang immediately blew his beard and glared and said: "Taifu, I'm afraid you don't know, Lao Su is this kind of virtue, the lower official has been in Qinzhou for a few years, every time he comes to the door as a guest, he cries poorly, and takes some radish pickles to entertain the lower official, I don't want the adult to come now, he is still so stingy, it is really unreasonable." How can this be true? ”

Yang Yi didn't say anything, and simply jumped back into his car. Let the coachman drive into the city, when he passed by Ma Yingfang and Su Qingliang who were stunned. He poked his head out and said, "The two of you want to fight, please continue, this official will go to the city first!" ”

Ma Yingfang and Su Qingliang glanced at each other, and couldn't help laughing again, no one expected that the dignified prince of the dynasty would come to this hand. Ma Yingfang has worshiped under Yang Yi's door, Su Qingliang has also followed Yang Yi to fight Jiaozhi, in order to open the revolving door, Yang Yi ordered Su Qingliang to recapture Guizhou on time, and Su Qingliang fought bloodily for several days. personally carried a sword to attack the city, and finally completed the order on time, so although he was not a general of Yang Yi's family at the beginning, he was greatly appreciated by Yang Yi, and when he showed his merits to the court, he did not treat him badly at all.

Su Qingliang also seized this opportunity, and sent people to the capital every year to send some Lingnan specialties, although the gift was light, but the affection was heavy. Now he can be regarded as a general of Yang Yi's family, so Yang Yi is so polite in front of them.

In three years, Qinzhou City has changed so much that it has simply changed its appearance. The city is full of brand-new buildings and shops, and the prosperity of the market has far surpassed that of Guilin, where Luye is located. It's hard to believe it's in Lingnan.

The streets are full of business travelers from all over the world, with different accents mixed together. It has a different taste, and there is another special feature. There are a lot of people wearing all kinds of ethnic costumes on the street, Miao, Gu, Dai, Bai, Li nationality, at a glance, colorful, as if the national costume expo is being held.

Wanghai Tower, the most luxurious restaurant in Qinzhou, the top floor was fully covered by Ma Yingfang. After drinking and talking happily, Ma Yingfang began to report to Yang Yi on the development of Qinzhou, and he looked very confident when he mentioned this, and his face was quite complacent.

"Xiaguan according to the meaning of the adult, in the past few years, vigorously promote the cultivation of sugarcane, pineapple, longan and other fruits, the recovery of Annan Road, but also brought sufficient labor to Qinzhou, three years, Qinzhou's sugarcane planting has reached more than 30,000 hectares. The cane sugar produced is exported to Jiangnan, Gyeonggi, Goryeo, Japan and other places, and sugarcane has become one of the largest sources of harvest for the people of Qinzhou;

In addition, the cultivation of Lingnan special fruits has also made great progress, longan, lychee, mango and other fruit trees have a long growth cycle, but the use of grafting seedlings, this year also began to hang fruit, lychee production has increased by two times compared with previous years, mostly by sea, by fast ship to Jiangnan sales. The longan is ripe in July, and Xiaguan has already prepared some, so please taste it. ”

Ma Yingfang quickly asked people to bring in two plates of peeled longan, and said while inviting Yang Yi to taste it: "My lord, please see, this is the grafted longan, which is not only much higher than the original longan, but also has a large flesh and a small core, and the price is two percent higher than the original." ”

The peeled longan on the plate is like a huge pearl, which makes people's index fingers move, Yang Yi put one in his mouth, and sure enough, as Su Yingfang said, the meat is thick and small, sweet and delicious.

"Well, yes, how many acres of this grafted longan are planted?"

"Back to the adult, the lower officials came forward to pull the line, so that the local rich businessmen and farmers signed a purchase contract at a guaranteed price, in order to improve the enthusiasm of the family planting, the effect is still good, now Qinzhou has planted more than 20,000 acres, and nearby states and counties also have more planting, about 30,000 acres in total."

"Did the merchant buy the fruit and sell it in the north?"

"Half of the fresh fruit is transported to Gangnam, Gyeonggi and other people to sell, although three to four percent of the transportation is rotten, but because there is no longan in the north, the price is expensive, and the merchant can still guarantee a good profit. The other half is made into dried longan, and in order to reduce unnecessary losses, Xiaguan has asked businessmen to increase the proportion of dried longan. This year, eighty percent of the longan will be used to bake dried longan. ”

Yang Yi tasted the sweet longan, while listening to Ma Yingfang talk about the development of Qinzhou, overall, Ma Yingfang, the governor of the state, did a very good job, and he basically implemented everything that Yang Yi told him at the beginning.

As for the mulberry sericulture in Qinzhou, Ma Yingfang didn't say it, because he knew very well that Yang Yi must know no less about it than him, and it would be a waste of time to say it.

Moreover, he did not take much credit for the vigorous development of the silkworm industry, which was mainly made by the West Indian Ocean Trading Company with money.

"My lord, in terms of shipbuilding, Qinzhou has also risen in the past two years two shipyards that can build thousands of large ships, with a total of 12 docks, and about 30 large ships can be built every year;

Qinzhou is close to the Nanyang countries, and now it has frequent trade exchanges with Champang, Zhenla, Srivijaya and other countries, and most of the north-south straight roads are connected, and many merchants in Huxiang and Sichuan choose to come to Qinzhou to trade with merchants from various countries;

Qinzhou's commercial tax has tripled from three years ago, reaching 1.7 million guan, in addition. The tariff revenue of Qinzhou City is also expected to exceed 2 million yuan this year."

The Municipal Department is not under the jurisdiction of the local government, but is a department directly under the imperial court. It is mainly responsible for collecting customs duties for import and export commodities and issuing customs exit and entry certificates. and buy some goods that the royal family needs, such as ambergris and other scarce tributes.

The tariffs of the city and the commercial taxes collected by the state government are two different things, so Ma Yingfang will list them separately.

When Yang Yi returned to the residence arranged for him by Ma Yingfang in the south of the city, Li Nantong had been waiting for a long time, he was the Yang family's steward in charge of Jiangnan commerce, and it had been three years since he was sent to Lingnan;

Yang Yi will not just listen to Ma Yingfang's words, Li Nantong knows how the entire Guangnan is developing in all aspects. Yang Yi didn't have time to stay in Qinzhou longer, so he called Li Nantong. The two chatted for another hour before Li Nantong said goodbye.

When Yang Yi came out of the bath, she saw that Qing Niang was writing her "Qing Niang Wanderings" under the lamp, this time with Yang Yi out of Beijing, she got seven excellent lyrics before and after, and at the same time saw a large number of customs and customs in various places, these are what she needs to write into "Qing Niang Wanderings".

Yang Yi didn't bother her, and turned to Zhao Qian's side, she had just come out of the bath, and her hair was still scattered. The evening breeze was blowing in the corridor of the small building.

Yang Yi asked Liu Er and Wan'er to bring tea sets, and they tasted tea in the evening breeze under the porch, Zhao Qian is still used to drinking Tuanlong tea, and some people's habits are difficult to change. Especially Zhao Qian is a stubborn person by nature, Yang Yi doesn't care, just her sex.

Two chairs. A small table, the two of them sat under the porch. The rockery in the park is strange and strange, and the water is murmuring. The pink walls and tiles are as elegant as the gardens in the south of the Yangtze River.

"Ying'er, rest for another three or two days, we are going to sea, this is going to the ends of the earth, there are many dangers, Ying'er must be prepared."

"Can't you just tell me what you're going to do? You are the prince of the court, and you suddenly go to sea, how will the ministers of the court and the central government think about this matter, have you thought about it? ”

"Don't worry, as long as I don't have military power in my hands, the longer I stay from Beijing, the happier the ministers of the DPRK and China will be, and maybe some people hope that I will never go back. I have also made other arrangements for this trip, and I will have a reasonable reason to do so. As for what to do, you will naturally know Ying'er at that time. ”

"No, I want you to tell me now, I don't hide anything from you, and you don't hide it from me, okay? You asked me to be the president of the West Indian Ocean Trading Company, and I depend on you for such things, so what else can't I say? Don't worry, even if you really want me to follow you as a male and female thief, I will follow you to the end, even if there is a sea of swords and fires in front of me, even if it is a catastrophe."

"Ying'er!" Yang Yi interrupted him and said, "Don't think too seriously, let me tell you this, all walks of life in the Great Song Dynasty are booming, producing a large number of goods, if these goods are all sold in China, within a few years, the country will not be able to digest so many goods;

The goods of various large-scale workshops will be backlogged in the warehouse, and then these large-scale workshops will only have one way to go out of business, countless people will have no livelihood because of this, and the national finances will also suffer a serious blow. ”

"According to what you say, this is a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people, why do you want to hide it?"

Yang Yi smiled bitterly: "Ying'er, you think too simply, not all things that benefit the country and the people can be supported by hundreds of officials, such as the Shang Ying Reform, which made the Qin State become strong step by step, and finally unified the six countries, from the perspective of the Qin State, it should always be a good law, but when it was implemented, it was still opposed by many people;

Everyone doesn't look at the problem from the same angle, you think it's something that benefits the country and the people, but others may not think so. Besides, I won't hide it from you, in order to quickly find a way out for the goods of the Great Song Dynasty, and in order to prevent thousands of people from being displaced, this time I go to sea, I may take some shady means, which may damage the sanctity of the official family, so it is inconvenient to do it in the name of the imperial court. ”

The princess of Qin looked at him leisurely, looked at him quietly for a while, and then suddenly said: "Then I want to go with you even more, if you want to kill people and set fires, I will bear all the infamy with you."

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PS: Thank you for the monthly pass and reward of the two friends of the bad cucumber and Huajia candy, thank you.

(To be continued......)