Chapter 574: The Weak Eat the Strong

This was the peak of the law of the jungle era, and most of the time, reasoning was a waste of time. A group of businessmen do not hesitate to fight for the sake of profit, so don't give them too much reason, what is the public power of the government used for? Encouraging foreign trade, not infighting.

Even without waiting for the imperial court's order to come down, Chen Xie first cut and then played, and issued an order to the shipping departments in various places, that in the future, all materials imported and landed must have import and export licenses, and the shipping departments must strictly investigate smuggling without a license. In the treatment of foreign ships, it is required that all goods on board be collected and declared before docking, and the personnel shall be subject to a quarantine and disinfection system.

This licensing system, which had trade licenses long before dealing with Europeans, now deals with domestic merchants. In this way, the rights of the shipping department (customs) have been greatly increased, and there are certainly drawbacks, but Chen Xie values the knife on the neck of the merchants more important. Chen Xie knows too well what capitalists are, so there must be means to contain them, otherwise these people will not care about profits for the sake of profit.

In the winter of Chongzhen's sixteenth year, Chen Xie was preparing to go north again, and it was a matter to send Zhu Cihong back to Beijing, and going to Beijing for the New Year was just incidental, and more importantly, there were many things that needed Zhu Youzhen's support. There's a lot to do next year, and it's a must say hello in advance. Before leaving, Chen Xie had to meet the people who came back from Nanyang, and when Cui Xin was still preparing for a meeting, Su Haochen, who was in the dust, had already landed on the dock.

Seeing Chen Xie waiting on the dock, Su Haochen's heart was hot, and he stepped forward to salute vigorously, and said loudly: "Hello, my lord!" Humble to come to the debriefing. Chen Xie raised his hand to return the salute, stepped forward and carefully looked at this guy, who was once a great talent. After years of training, he is now a typical soldier.

"The sun of the South Seas has tanned you. Those brothers in Nanyang, hard work! You're working hard too, I know that. Chen Xie opened his mouth with emotion, and Su Haochen's eyes were a little sour when he heard it. Turning his head and rubbing it a few times, he turned around and smiled: "My lord has a good reputation, these Sun monkeys are very happy in Nanyang, and they have all made a fortune." The troops of the Jiazi Battalion, when I heard that they almost fought in order to rush to Nanyang to change their defenses. ”

Speaking of this, Chen Xie smiled, nodded and said, "It's not going to be a fight, but the competition is fierce." Now the troops of the A-word battalion. Faced with a new reorganization, the previous establishment was a bit sloppy, all to cope with the war. It is true that the Nanyang garrison is well treated and has many opportunities to make a fortune. Chen Xie said as he walked.

Now Chen Xie's troops have begun to slowly recycle the troops scattered outside. The main reason is that the two A-shaped battalions commanded by Li Yuncong have not returned to Yunnan, and it is estimated that they will be soon. The four Jiazi battalions under the command of Wang Ben continued to drive Duoduo north on the grassland. Strike at the last remnants of the dividing force. Because the distance is too far, the specific message is not so exact. There is also Chang Shiren, the news here comes more frequently, the remnants of the original Qing Army, under the continuous blows of the ten Jiazi battalions of the Northeast garrison in recent years, under the continuous squeeze of the immigration policy. Constant retreat to the north. Although the Qing army has been retreating, it is difficult to grasp the main force of the Qing army because of the harsh natural environment. Recently, Chang Shiren came to a report, saying that he was in contact with that side and negotiating. Ask the remnants of the Qing army to be annexed, and draw a territory for them further north, where they can live in peace. As long as you send someone to surrender to Jingshi, you don't have to be beaten again. What will be the outcome of this negotiation, there is no concrete result yet.

The Dengzhou battalion in the northeast is relatively strong, with more than 50,000 troops, organized into 20 A-shaped battalions. Shandong, on the other hand, is just a battalion, and it is still a unit that guards the family in Dengzhou. The others are all local troops in Shandong, and they are all used to maintain the locality. There are four Jiazi camps in Jiangnan, two in Nanjing, one in Huating, and one in Suzhou. The other troops, except for the two battalions that rotated in Nanyang, are all undergoing adaptive training on Dayuan Island, and they will all have to go to Nanyang in the future.

In the Northeast, Chang Shiren is now in charge, because it is not far from Shandong by sea, the climate difference is not very large, the situation of the garrison is relatively stable, and the land in the Northeast is sufficient, and many military families have simply moved to the Northeast and settled there. According to the regulations, as long as military dependents settle down in Northeast China, each adult will be given 50 acres of land. The temptation and confusion of land for the Ming people are too great, and most of the military families choose to move to the Northeast because of the land.

The senior officer and the entire Nanyang are now in charge of Su Haochen, so when he comes back to report on his work, the most important thing is to report on the progress of various places in Nanyang. Passing through the South Seas, it is not so simple to say, the distance by sea is thousands of miles, and there are many factors such as logistics and supplies, epidemics, indigenous people, and wind and waves at sea. For the army, the biggest attraction is to get rich. Very few people are willing to settle down in that place, and Chen Xie thought about this problem early on, so he asked the three big families in Batavia to engage in immigration. The fact that people in other places are unwilling to go does not mean that the people in Fujian and Guangdong are unwilling to go. Both provinces have a tradition of going to the sea to earn a living, and the population of Nanyang is very large, and Cheng Dù counted on immigrants from these two provinces. There is another advantage of leaving this matter to the private sector to do, that is, it saves a lot of costs. As for efficiency, it's hard to say. It is estimated that for their own interests and long-term development in Nanyang, the three major families will still work hard to do this.

After walking for a while, Chen Xie heard the cheers coming from the dock, looked back and saw that it was the soldiers who were landing, he couldn't help but smile, turned his head to look at Ruan Dacheng who was following him and said, "Brothers must settle down." "Ruan Dacheng, this guy has no discipline at all, Donglin-Fushe's guys, have been biting him, if it weren't for Chen Xie, how could he come out to be an official? So, in order to hug the thighs, then I am willing to do anything.

"Your Excellency, just rest assured, the humble post has already been arranged. There is a matter, I don't know if it's convenient to move, and I want to report it separately. Seeing that this guy was a prefect, nodding his head and bowing his waist, so flattering, Chen Xie was speechless. Give him a face and say, "Okay, let's go over there and talk about it." After walking away a few steps, Ruan Dacheng followed and said, "My lord, the little lady in Li Zhenli's family, do you remember?" ”

Well? Chen Xie's mind flashed the face of a girl, look at Ruan Dacheng, what do you want to say? Ruan Dacheng knew that maybe Chen Xie had forgotten about it, so he said stubbornly: "Miss Li Xiang is almost time to leave the cabinet, it's not that many romantic talents have been there, and they have all been blocked by her." Li Zhenli is also anxious, this girl is old, and she always has to go out of the cabinet. I asked her what she meant in private, but she didn't say it explicitly, so she said that she was going to be a big husband who stood up to the sky. Li Zhenli thought about it, Miss Li Xiang was thinking about adults. You have a lot to do, or sometime, take the time to go there, whether it works or not, give her a word. The humble post and Li Zhenli have been old friends for many years, so they have the courage to talk about this matter. ”

Chen Xie nodded and said, "I know, but I won't have any time recently." If you want to go back to Beijing, you have to go to Liaodong, and in the spring of next year, the affairs of Dongying will have to be dealt with clearly. It will take more than half a year to have the possibility of returning to Nanjing, so be it, you go and get busy with yours. ”

The actual situation is not what Ruan Dacheng said at all, this thing told Li Zhenli in private, Chen Gebu likes your girl very much, and then spent 10,000 taels out of his own pocket, which can be regarded as living expenses for Li Xiang. As a result, Li Zhenli took it seriously, and told Li Xiang with joy, this girl is also very happy. And then, I just waited stupidly. Seeing that she had been waiting for more than a year and there was no movement, Li Zhenli naturally wanted to find Ruan Dacheng. This thing is in the desire of the supervisor to pat the leader's ass, and found an opportunity to make up a paragraph.

Chen Xie doesn't have much interest in these Oiran or anything now. The main thing is that there are too many women to take care of. In a city of Nanjing, there are three houses for women. Liu Ruyi, Zheng Toniang, and Gu Xi live together, "Ming Pao" is the industry of the three of them, and there are many shops in Huating New District. The red lady lives in another place, next to the hospital, because the hospital is in her name. She is quite willing to do this work, kind-hearted, and willing to help people. There are two more on the Huating side, and I don't remember how long I haven't been back in Dengzhou, and Chen Xie, the doll at home, hasn't seen it for a long time. Chen Xie wanted to take him with him, but the two women were not happy, so they had to go with them.

Speaking of Chen Xie, he is really a full negative man, and the little girls of the three families and those North Korean women are even more miserable, and they can see Chen Xie once or twice a year, and each time it is not too long. In this era, women are men's accessories, and if you have to change, it is too unrealistic.

Cui Xin recruited all the people from the Silk Guild together, and after setting a meeting time in the hall in the new district, he specially came to ask Chen Xie.

Chen Xie explained: "Tomorrow morning, I will go, you settle these people first." Sticks should be beaten, and sweet dates should be given. There is another one, you put a rumor in advance, the shops in Huating New District, the people of the Silk Guild will give priority to procurement. ”

When Huating New District was built, it was land acquisition in the name of the government, and when no one was optimistic, it was essentially a private property that Chen Xie paid for to buy. In that case, you're welcome. This piece of land is some barren land, and most of them are ownerless wetlands, and the land taken down at the price of cabbage has been built in the new area, and after the ship division has started to operate, the low price of the entire new area has soared. But at this time, it is difficult to buy land again. On both sides of the Suzhou Creek, the land within ten kilometers was bought by Chen Xie privately. (To be continued......)