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On the first day of March in the second year of Ming Taishun, Zheng Kezang's car drove away from Hangzhou.

Those who are familiar with geography do not need to look at the map to know that there are four ways to travel from Hangzhou to Nanjing, including the sea route.

Among them, if you take the sea route, you only need to get on the ship from Jiaxing's Lupu Port or Jiaxing's Zhapu Port, exit Hangzhou Bay and turn into the Yangtze River Estuary, and then go up to Nanjing Longjiangguan Wharf, which is the most convenient one of the four ways to go, and does not go through the states and counties along the way to disturb the people. However, the preparations for the Chan Dynasty ceremony in Nanjing have not yet been prepared, and it is impossible for Zheng Kezang to rush to Nanjing to wait, otherwise, the rumors will go out to let the countries and the Qing court see the joke.

In addition to the sea route, there are also eastern, central and western roads to walk. The most convenient is naturally the middle line, which passes through Changxing County through Huzhou Prefecture, enters Changzhou through the west side of Taihu Lake, and then turns to Nanjing. However, this road is sandwiched between lakes and mountains, not to mention the rugged road, it may not be that there is no collusion with mountain thieves and lake bandits who are loyal to the Ming family to do Bolang Feiji. Of course, Zheng Kezang, who has thousands of guards, is not afraid of a small number of bandits that have been cleared by the garrison many times, but the Chan Dynasty has encountered a counterattack by the former dynasty before, which is not a good sign.

After the center line is eliminated, only the east and west lanes are left to choose from. As the name suggests, the eastern route passes through the east side of Taihu Lake, and all the way is a plain area, with famous cities and cities abounding, and it is the most prosperous and wealthy area under the rule of Zheng Fan, and now all belong to Jiangnan and other places (provinces). As for the western route, it is from Huzhou to Xuanzhou, Xuanzhou enters Taiping, and Taiping goes down the river into Nanjing.

In the end, Zheng Kezhang chose the western front, not because he liked the rich and hated the poor, but because he thought that the finances of western Zhejiang were not sufficient, and then in order to meet the people's labor and money, it was the central finance and the people who suffered in the end. So, on the fourth day of the first month of March, Zheng Kezhang went to Jiaxing; March 11, into Songjiang; March 20, arrived in Suzhou; On the third day of April, he entered Changzhou.

"How big is this piece? What are the main crops? Looking at the grange and pond in front of him, Zheng Kezang, who was dressed in coarse cloth and agricultural makeup, asked in a non-standard Nanzhili official dialect. How much has you gained over the years? How much does it cost to hire a short-term worker? Can they be fed and clothed? ”

Zheng Kezhang asked not the local peasants, but the steward of Wang Zhuang, Zheng Fan controlled the Jiangnan after a large-scale raid of family homes, Changzhou alone, there were more than 100,000 acres of good land into the inner court, becoming Zheng Kezang's direct leader of Wang Zhuang or the management of Wang Zhuang. Extending further to the south of the Yangtze River, Wangtian has reached a quarter of the total cultivated area, which is still the result of not counting the mountains and forests allocated to the inner court in Liyang, Gaochun and other places, and is much more than the total amount of all the cultivated land managed by Zheng Chenggong and Zheng Jing in Dongning in those years.

With so many acres of land falling into the inner court, it is impossible not to have a severe impact on the economy of Jiangnan. In order to ensure the collection of local taxes, Zheng Kezhang compromised with the cabinet and ordered all Wangzhuang except for the mountains and forests to pay taxes truthfully according to the new tax system after the apportionment of the land into the mu.

Since he had to pay taxes to the local government, Zheng Kezhang naturally could not operate in the old way, so except for some of the excessively scattered cultivated land that continued to be leased, all the rest were recovered and directly operated, so as to artificially realize the germination of agricultural capitalism. However, the recovery of land from the tenant farmers also caused great turmoil at the time, and it was only under the pressure and diversion of the government that it did not cause further danger, but in the eyes of some disgruntled people, this became a heinous crime of Zheng Kezang.

"If you go back to the king, this piece of Zhuangzi includes the three villages on the side, a total of 40,000 mu," Wang Zhuang's steward also deals with middle-level cadres such as promotion and deputy promotion at most on weekdays, and He has directly confronted the chief boss, so he was quite trembling when responding to Zheng Kezang's words. "In addition to 1,500 acres of grain fields and 3,000 acres of vegetable fields, the rest have been converted into mulberry fields, and there are four ponds totaling about 1,000 acres for raising fish and ducks." The steward of Wang Zhuang peeked at Zheng Kezang, and the high-ranking king was listening carefully, and he was suddenly relieved, so the original stumbling words became smooth. "Most of the mulberry trees in the field are newly planted in recent years, and many have just emerged from the leaves, so there are only 20 silkworm houses at present, and the silkworm period can produce 50 stone silkworm cocoons, but Zhuangzi set up a wine workshop in the east of the three surnamed villages, when the mulberries are ripe, they can be used to make wine, and they are also part of the income****??"

“****?? The fish pond is also planted with lotus roots, which can harvest about 100,000 catties of lotus root every year, tens of thousands of lotus pods, and 30,000 catties of lotus leaves. Fish, duck, vegetables and duck eggs can be sold directly to Changzhou and Wuxi cities, although the income is not much, but it is better in the long run****?? Chickens are also raised, but credit to those long and short workers, the village goes to harvest eggs every three days, and the extra is even the income of the hired workers, let them sell it to the city by themselves****?? Several restaurants in the city come to collect chickens once a month****?? Pigs are also raised, and the whole Zhuangzi has raised more than 800 pigs, and the Zhuangzi also hired a butcher ****??"

"Pigs are good things, the whole body is full of treasures, pig skin can be tanned, pig manure can also be used to fertilize the field and raise fish." Zheng Kezhang suddenly interjected. "How many cows are there in the village, and the ration field is replanted with rice and wheat, how much rice and flour can be produced in a year?"

In order to plough the land, Zhuang raised a total of twenty large and small buffaloes, and in order to mill rice and flour, Zhuangzi built a water mill and a water mill, and a large convoy of six mules and eight green donkeys; In addition, these 5,000 mu of grain fields can produce nearly 12,000 stone of rice, nearly 8,000 stone of flour, and nearly 5,000 stone of bran bran a year. The steward answered Zheng Kezang's question with numbers. In addition, there are more than 200 laborers in the three villages in Zhuangzi, and the long-term workers open a Baokang silver to refuel six taels and salt three taels every month, and they have scattered acres of short-term workers, and they open forty wen a day when they are employed.

While listening, Zheng Kezhang leaned over to look at the seedlings that had just been planted, and nodded: "A small grange, but it is a county with hard work, so let's do it, although I am an inner court official, but I do it well, and I must have a background." ”

The steward of the grange was overjoyed, ignoring the slippery rice field, and knelt down directly and said: "Slave and maid thank the king for lifting!" ”

"Don't thank you too early, the country has national laws, and the inner court also has the rules of the inner court," Zheng Kezhang looked at the steward coldly. "If you mistreat your hired workers and are greedy in private, you should know what the end will be, and don't make mistakes."

The steward of the Grange suddenly fell from the clouds, and responded in a cold sweat: "Slave, understand, slave understands ****??"

"Sons, see your father." Returning from Wangzhuang to the palace prepared by Changzhou Mansion, two and a half children appeared in front of Zheng Kezang, and studied in the early martial arts for several years, so that although the two children still have admiration, they did not fall into Zheng Kezang's arms all at once as before. "Father Chitose ****??"

"What Chitose, Hooray!" Zheng Kezhang suddenly took his two sons, who were slightly reserved because they grew up, into his arms. "Hell, father and son, don't think about anything now, just the old father and the good son."

"Daddy," Zheng Kezhang said, Zheng Yang and Zheng Di immediately put their heads in Zheng Kezang's arms and coquettishly behaved. "We miss you so much, Daddy, you've lost weight." The words of these little children made Zheng Kezhang very happy, yes, the sons are still young and do not need any masks and disguises. "Daddy." After laughing for a while, Zheng Yang suddenly said. "This year, we are going to graduate from the Young Martial Arts School, and the teacher asked us to choose whether to enter the 6th Division School or the Water Master Academy****??"

Zheng Kezhang suddenly interrupted Zheng Yang's words: "What do you think yourself? ”

"Daddy, I heard Adu say that the sea is gorgeous." Zheng Di said hesitantly. "Son wants, wants to ****??"

"Who is Adu?" Zheng Kezhang asked, Zheng Di explained that he was a classmate at the same time, and his brother served in the water division, so he encouraged the two elementary schools to go to the water division together. "Looking at the eternal lonely starry sky in the bow of the ship and between the sails, it is a place where men are heroic." Zheng Kezhang raised first and then suppressed. "But the sea is very stormy, and the capsizing is imminent, aren't you afraid that your grandmother will worry?"

Zheng Di immediately stagnated, and Zheng Yang, who deliberately let his younger brother take the lead, also immediately stagnated, the so-called hundred virtues and filial piety first, that is, when loyalty and filial piety cannot be both advocated in the army, it is said that filial piety is as good as possible, not to mention that the two of them, as the prince's future heir and imperial heir, it is impossible to casually go to the sea to eat and drink, so for a while, the faces of both of them collapsed.

After a long time, Zheng Yang, who figured out the stakes, finally said: "Daddy is right, the sons shouldn't let Grandma worry, and the son will tell the teacher teacher to choose the 6th division school after he goes back." ”

"You don't have to go to the 6th Teacher Academy." Surprisingly, Zheng Kezhang further rejected his sons' other option. "Daddy didn't let you enter the military just because he let you study young martial arts." Looking at the two sons who were a little confused, Zheng Kezhang smiled slightly. "Your status might lead you to war? If you can't, why go further. "Zheng Kezhang has arranged it." After you finish your martial arts studies, both of you go to serve as military envoys for two years. ”

The so-called military envoy does not exist on Zheng Jun's current rank list, but the new military title after the founding of Great Xia, which is equivalent to the military position between the second rank of Liuwai and the second lieutenant of Zhengjiu Pinjinyi, and it is replaced by the rank of sergeant in Zheng Kezang's previous life. At this level, even if you only have the qualifications of young martial arts, you can be competent.

Of course, Zheng Kezhang didn't want his sons to act as cannon fodder as big soldiers, but just let them go deep into the grassroots to experience it, let alone send them to the front.

"After two years, you each choose a county and go to the countryside as officials," the so-called can manage the county well, you can manage the central government well, in order to cultivate the two, Zheng Kezhang naturally hopes that they can start from the micro end in a down-to-earth manner. "Daddy will arrange all kinds of experiences for you, if it really doesn't suit your wishes, after three or five years, it's not too late to change back."

If you change to someone else, it is a big deal to delay the future of three or five years, it may be a slow step, but if you change to a prince, it is not a problem at all, and the two people who want to understand this finally bowed down: "Listen to Daddy's arrangement ****??"