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It is said that the gongs and drums here in Fuzhou are noisy and lively, and a large-scale procurement activity has also been launched in cities in the north. Geng Jingzhong's offshore formation set out from Houyu Port and arrived at the mouth of the Yangtze River in less than three days.

Among the 400 ships this time, there are a total of 30 ships carrying fruits such as lychees that are not easy to preserve, with a total of about 3,000 stones and nearly 400,000 catties. This may sound like a lot, but in fact it is just the surplus output of Fuzhou. In August, when the growth is the most vigorous, the yield per mu is 2,000 catties, and 300,000 catties is just the output of more than 100 acres of fruit forests. When the formation set off, it was still early October, and most of the lychees around Fuzhou were immediately sent to Houyu Port as soon as they were picked.

Lychees are indeed not easy to preserve, and if fresh lychees are not sold quickly, they will completely change their taste in just a few days. Bai Juyi's "Lychee Preface" wrote: If you leave this branch, the color will change in one day, the fragrance will change in two days, and the taste will change in three days. Outside of four or five days, the color and fragrance are gone. For this problem, others can't do it, but Geng Jingzhong can. This knowledge is the content of the previous middle school biology books, which is nothing more than reducing the respiration effect of fruits.

If the fresh lychee fruit is placed in a relatively airtight container, carbon dioxide is released due to the respiration of the lychee itself, and the oxygen in the container is less and the carbon dioxide is increased, which will spontaneously form a storage environment with low oxygen content and high carbon dioxide content. Using this method to store lychees, if it is at a low temperature of less than 10 degrees, it can be stored for a month, and it can be stored at room temperature for a week, and the quality does not change much, but the vitamins in it are slightly reduced, but it does not affect the flavor.

After these lychees and other fruits are loaded into the cabin, the hatch is directly sealed, leaving no gaps. Fortunately, it was already late autumn at this time, and the temperature in the closed cabin was also low, and the further north you went, the temperature became lower, which was a great thing for fruit preservation. However, the technology at this time is still not too good, although the temperature is low, but it can not be stored for 30 days, so it is the best policy to quickly unload the goods at the shore in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. The shopkeeper who arrived at the front stations in advance had already contacted the local merchants and waited for the ship to dock and unload.

The two ships entered Hangzhou Bay and sailed straight to Hangzhou, and the other stopped and unloaded in Suzhou, Xi, Chang, Zhen, Yangzhou and Jiangning along the Yangtze River. These places have always been rich areas, densely populated, with a large number of wealthy households, and a great consumption of various goods.

The two teams of the offshore formation began to separate at the mouth of the Yangtze River, most of them entered the mouth of the Yangtze River, and a small part of the more than 100 ships continued to the north, along the Yellow River inward, and a small part also went to Tianjin, the main purpose was to go to the capital to make offerings. In the large army at the mouth of the Yangtze River, ships loaded with different goods also began to diverge, some remained in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and some continued to advance. In the next ten days, all the cities where the ships docked were filled with goods from Fujian.

The price of all kinds of fresh fruits, preserved fruits and other Fujian specialties is not expensive, which makes the people taste fresh. The more sought-after is the glass mirror, which, like Fuzhou, was popular as soon as it was listed, making the second-tier dealers from all over the country make a lot of money. In addition, all kinds of glass products, perfumes, clocks and watches produced in the starting town and other Western gadgets are sought after by the rich and powerful.

The Fujian wind set off in various parts of Jiangsu and Zhejiang not only blew into the homes of ordinary people, but also blew into the mansions of dignitaries, but some officials did not get happy. As soon as a large number of sea vessels appeared at the mouth of the Yangtze River, the yamen of the Jiangsu Governor's Office and the governor's yamen were immediately reported. However, these ships were all planted with the flags of the Jingnan Palace, Fujian, and the officials of the Yamen did not dare to come forward to intercept them, until the ships unloaded the goods next to the cities.

Lang Tingzuo, the governor of Liangjiang, Han Shiqi, the governor of Jiangsu, the general of Jiangning, and Wu Daohuang, the prefect of Suzhou, all gathered at the yamen of the governor's mansion to discuss what to do in front of them! With such a big move in the Jingnan Palace, if they don't play and don't express their opinions, it will be their dereliction of duty. They also wanted to do something, but they didn't have a good reason, and they didn't know what to do for a while.

"Let's talk about it, what is this King of Jingnan doing?" Lang Tingzuo, the governor of Liangjiang, walked back and forth in the hall, looking at his expression, and his mood was very annoyed.

"My lord, the meaning of lowly duty is not to ask, just to truthfully play this matter to the court. The first emperor once said that everything involving the vassal king should be submitted to the imperial court. If we can't manage it, it's not easy to manage, and if something happens, we can't hold it! Jiangsu Governor Han Shiqi arched his hand and said, what he meant was to wait and see what happened, just watch closely, since it is not under his own control, then he doesn't care directly, as long as the people on the ship don't make trouble, then let them go!

Wu Daohuang, the prefect of Suzhou, said in a deep voice: "My lord, this is also the meaning of lowly duties. This time, the king of Jingnan sent a large-scale fleet to the north, in the name of paying tribute. As soon as their fleet arrived at the mouth of the Yangtze River, they sent someone to inquire about it! The glass mirrors on the ship are indeed very rare, and they are all tributes to the palace. That's it, there's no reason for us to stop them. Speaking of this, he paused, then accentuated his tone, and said word by word: "In addition, I feel that we must also order Yanjiangfu County to be on guard at all times, in case something happens to them, and then it will be troublesome if both sides end badly!" ”

"I'll take care of that! It's been a long time since my brothers had nothing to do, so let them escort them along the way! "Jiangning General Echu is a local general guarding Jiangning and other places, and he is the supreme commander of the Eight Banners Army stationed in Jiangnan. The official position is a good quality, no worse than the governor, but he is a military attaché, and there are only 3,000 people under him, of course, in terms of real power, he is worse than the governor of Liangjiang, after all, he is not a feudal official. Speaking of him, he is really a general who can fight well, and he once defeated Zheng Chenggong's army. In previous history, Geng Jingzhong's army was also repeatedly defeated.

"Let the people below do this little thing, how dare you bother the general." Han Shiqi, the governor of Jiangsu, thought to himself, this is a local matter, there is no need to work to garrison the army at all, what are you thinking, can we still understand? It's so fat, it's better to fight!

Echu is not a good man, but the fact that he is a martial artist does not mean that he has no brains, and it is impossible for him to be stupid if he can win so many battles. Geng Jingzhong's fleet went north with great fanfare, and it was impossible to rebel at all, which meant that it would definitely be very disciplined and would not take a step beyond the thunder pool. Since this is the case, whoever catches this errand will be able to knock a fortune out of it. Those goods on the ship, who can not look at them! Pieces of glass mirrors, bottles of perfume, and pieces of pocket watches are all white flowers of silver!

Although he is a good product and leads 3,000 soldiers and horses, there are very few opportunities to make money. His 3,000 men were all Manchurian and Mongolian soldiers, not local green battalions, so there was no chance to eat empty salaries. Usually, only the subordinates are filial piety, and think of some ways from the military camp equipment, but these are also small money, and it is very good to have 10,000 taels a year, and it is not as good as a local prefect. Three years of Qing prefect's 100,000 snowflakes of silver! In this Jiangnan realm, even if there are not so many, it is not far behind!

"This is not good, it involves the vassal king, you must be cautious. My Eight Banners is just doing my best for the country, besides, the emperor sent me to garrison the place to ensure local tranquility, and it is my duty to do so! In fact, he also knew that he didn't need to take action at all in this matter, and the patrol green battalions in various places were completely competent, but who made this matter enough!

Lang Tingzuo was still annoyed at this time, and the few of them quarreled over this little profit, and their mood was even worse. "Well, what's there to fight for. This matter will be troublesome to the general, and you must be optimistic about the people on board. It's just that they sell goods, but they are absolutely not allowed to cause other troubles, and once they find out, they will lock them up immediately! "Echu must be full of people, and it is also two yellow flags, Lang Tingzuo has to give some face. At this moment, he also made up his mind, this matter is very wide-ranging, and he can't just watch and do nothing. If someone doesn't follow the rules, he will be questioned immediately, and he will have an explanation for it. "I'll wait for the joint letter, and I'll play all the information we have discovered, and the court will decide!"

"Yes!"

"Good!"

After the joint signature, several people withdrew from the governor's palace separately and went on their own errands. The happiest is, of course, Echu, the general of Jiangning, who is really sorry for his spit if he doesn't knock down ten thousand taels of silver this time! After that, there may not be such a good opportunity!