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No matter how lively the fight is in Tianjin, Geng Jingzhong himself is more leisurely. Now the affairs of Jiangnan are also on the right track, and all prefectures and counties are stable. Now the Mawei military control area has been integrated with Jiangxi and Fujian, the only place where there is some obstacle is the Zhejiang section, Jiaxing, Hangzhou and other most of the Zhejiang area is still controlled by the Zheng army, and the Mawei army has not had any friction with them. Many Ponytail troops are afraid of them, but there is no need for them at all.

The Mawei army also controlled the territory it had conquered more closely, and the inland could march from Jiangxi to Anhui, that is, to the area south of the Yangtze River. On the waterway, the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River can be said to be under the control of the Mawei Navy and the Navy, although most of the navy has gone north to Tianjin, but the remaining warships are not thin, and the naval division of more than 10,000 people under the command of Wu Sangui can be compared. The Mawei Army could quickly use warships to transport troops to the areas on both sides of the river, so Wu Sangui's soldiers and horses did not dare to cross the border between the two armies lightly.

Geng Jingzhong did not continue to stay in Jinling City these days, and when his injuries were healed, he began to go out in the name of moving his muscles and bones, and inspected his new territory. At this moment, he has entered the realm of Suzhou. Suzhou has been the center of the government weaving industry since the Ming Dynasty, and even the dragon robes that pay tribute are from Suzhou. The prosperity of Suzhou is also incomparable, Fujian Fuzhou has been operated by Geng Jingzhong for nearly ten years, but when it comes to prosperity, it is still not as good as Suzhou City. However, this Suzhou Mansion is different from Songjiang Mansion, Songjiang mainly produces cloth, while Suzhou mainly produces silk.

More than 5,000 years of Chinese farming culture soil. Three thousand years of Wu cultural roots. The former capital of the Spring and Autumn Period of 2,500 years. The 1,500-year-old influence of Buddhism and Taoism, the 1,000-year-old urban pattern of the Tang Dynasty, the neighborhood style of the Song Dynasty 500 years ago, and the prosperous civilization of the Ming Dynasty for nearly 300 years have given the city a historical heritage that no other place has. In later generations, Geng Jingzhong visited Suzhou City many times, but at that time, most of them were high-rise buildings in modern cities, and ancient cities and villages still contained a lot of modern atmosphere. But at least those that have been named as national key cultural relics protection units, provincial cultural relics protection units, municipal cultural relics protection units, etc., many of the building communities that have been accused of protection still have ancient charm in them.

But in the later generations. Suzhou is only left with five historical districts: Changmen, Shantang, Pingjiang, Humble Administrator's Garden, and Yiyuan, three historical areas of Guanqian, Shiquan Street, and Fengqiao, more than 30 historical sections of old streets and alleys, 70 ancient bridges, 22 ancient revetments, 639 ancient wells, and 22 ancient archways. Compared with the current Suzhou City, these numbers are too far away, and the Suzhou City in front of you is really antique and prosperous. It didn't become economically depressed because it became the territory of the Ponytail Army. On the contrary, business has been more prosperous in recent months. Geng Jingzhong looked at the big city in front of him, and he also sighed in his heart. This city is worse than Jinling City, except for the city wall, the others are all better! This city is since the 514 BC King Wu Lu ordered Wu Zixu to build a big city, to the present more than 2,000 years, the city site has never changed, it is really rare in the world.

Geng Jingzhong and his entourage had just stepped into Gusu and came to the north of the city, and Gao Junjie, who was newly appointed as the prefect of Suzhou, hurried to meet Gao Junjie, who was the former governor of Suzhou, and Geng Jingzhong saw that he was in the dust, so he said: "Shixin has worked hard." "Shixin is Gao Junjie's word, he is only thirty-three years old this year, he is in the prime of life, and he is not a few years older than Geng Jingzhong, so it is appropriate to call him a cousin.

Gao Junjie didn't expect Geng Jingzhong to come to Suzhou City at this time, at first glance, his expression was a little excited, and he replied deeply: "My subordinates don't dare, most of the governors have every opportunity, and they have to come to Suzhou to inspect in person, which is really hard." ”

"Okay, the governor of Pontus will not stay in Suzhou for a long time, this time I will come to distract myself and inspect the people's livelihood. Shixin took the Governor of Pontus to the industrial zone to see the newly established textile factory. ”

"Yes, Grand Duke."

According to the plan set by the Ministry of Government, the textile factories founded are concentrated outside the east gate, forming an industrial zone, there are several rivers in the meantime, freight can not only pass guò boats to and fro, many looms are also driven by water power. Hydraulic weaving appeared in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, which is nothing new. Outside the factory, Geng Jingzhong found that there was a shrine and statue of Huang Daopo, so he stopped to look at it and asked, "Shixin, this is not new, right?" Looks like it's been a few years! ”

Gao Junjie hurriedly explained: "Back to the Metropolitan Governor, this was spontaneously recast by the people ten years ago. In the past, there was also a place that was only destroyed in the war, and it took many years to erect it again. In fact, in the south of the Yangtze River, there are many Zodiac temples and statues, all of which are spontaneously erected by the local people out of gratitude. ”

Geng Jingzhong nodded, and said with emotion: "Huang Daopo, a strange woman, used her personal experience to tell us a truth, only by going out to communicate with the outside world and learning from each other's strengths can we make progress." Geng Jingzhong's perspective on the problem always makes Gao Junjie feel novel, all the time. Everyone sees the great progress that Huang Daopo has brought to the textile industry in Jiangnan, but few people emphasize how this progress came about.

In fact, if there was no experience of Huang Daopo living on Hainan Island, she would not have learned the advanced textile technology of the Li nationality, and there would have been no great development of the textile industry in the entire Ming Dynasty. But one generation, in order to restrict the movement of people, the official tied people to the land, and deliberately erased the point of Huang Daopo "going out". Now Geng Jingzhong does not emphasize how much benefit Huang Daopo has brought to the textile industry, but only emphasizes what her technology is. You must know that his own family is also a local business family in Jiangnan for many years, and he has never considered this.

"What the Metropolitan Governor said is extremely true, and his subordinates must keep it in mind." Gao Junjie immediately agreed.

Geng then went in to visit the new Suzhou Industrial Zone. This industrial zone was built quite quickly, which is due to the credit of the major families in Suzhou. Now there are about 30 factories in it, all of which are related to textiles. Most of the factories have already been built and started production. Only a small number are still under construction. There is no doubt about the ability of the major families. When they started to invest, they didn't hesitate at all, they knew that if they put into production earlier, they would make a profit as soon as possible, and they were looking forward to selling their products abroad as soon as possible.

Only about one-third of them are cotton weavers, and the rest are silk producers. Spacious factory building. The loom kept ringing, and to Geng Jingzhong's ears, this was a beautiful symphony; Introduced by Gao Junjie. Geng Jingzhong learned that the largest silk weaving factory was opened by his family. As a dozen families in Suzhou, the Gao family was originally connected with the Mawei Army, and there was also a factory of the Gao family in the Mawei Industrial Zone. Geng Jingzhong didn't care about this, he appointed officials more on their ability than their background, Gao Junjie was indeed a cadre.

Geng Jingzhong wanted to develop the textile industry in the south of the Yangtze River, and the head of the Gao family was very keen to see the opportunity, so he was the first to respond, and then the Liu family, the Xu family, the Fang family, the Zhao family and other families in Suzhou City discussed it a little. It was decided to invest a lot of money in building a textile factory. This industrial zone is almost a copy of the two industrial zones in Fujian, and the overall layout is reasonable. The internal management officials also keep the place in order. In fact, in addition to Suzhou Mansion, Songjiang Mansion on the other side also set up an industrial zone, but they couldn't intervene there, and the families of Songjiang Mansion also united like them.

The news of Geng Jingzhong's arrival in Suzhou City was soon known by those who were interested, and of course the heads of these big families were notified at the first time, and they took the initiative to run to the industrial zone and wait around their factories. Geng Jingzhong was troublesome, so he asked Gao Junjie to call everyone over, and simply met them all at once, anyway, there were only about 20 people in total.

Those masters of the great family are okay, they have already seen Geng Jingzhong once in the Jinling City Palace, and although they are excited, they still maintain their demeanor. The heads of those small families were not good, and they were all so happy that their hands trembled with excitement. In their opinion, Geng Jingzhong is not much different from the emperor, he is already divided into three parts of the world with the Qing court and Wu Sangui, and the Mawei army is extremely strong, and the army has begun to attack the capital in the north. What does this mean, it shows that the world is about to change hands, and the person in front of him is very likely to ascend to the Ninth Five. Tell me, how can they not be excited.

"You don't have to be polite." Geng Jingzhong said with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "I think you should know that under the rule of my Mawei Army, I have never excluded businessmen, and business will no longer be a cheap business in the future." A qiē can come in a righteous and bright light. You can rest assured that you can run your factory, as long as you pay taxes truthfully, you don't have to worry about someone making things difficult. ”

"Thank you, Governor."

"Metropolitan Governor Shengming!"

The heads of the family praised one after another.

Geng Jingzhong said casually: "The port over there in Songjiang Mansion is already under construction, hehe, there should be some of you who have invested money in it." Pontus is here to thank you in advance! Hearing this, five of the twenty-odd or so heads of the family around had a look of pride on their faces, and it seemed that they had invested money and helped build the port.

"As soon as the port is built, you will benefit the most, at least the products you produce now will definitely not be marketable. Pontus can guarantee that you will sell as much as you produce. Of course, if you want to make more money by setting up a factory, it is nothing more than these points, constantly improving the quality of products and enhancing market competitiveness. Continuously stimulate the enthusiasm of workers and increase output. There is also the need to reduce costs and reduce expenses. What the governor of Pontus wants to say is that the best way to reduce costs is not to withhold the wages of workers, but to improve production technology, which is the long-term strategy to remain invincible. Relying on the small amount of money from workers without technological innovation is a completely short-sighted behavior, and you must firmly remember that science and technology are the primary productive forces. ”

"The good words of the Metropolitan Governor Jin Yu, we must remember it." Gao Junjie's uncle, who is also the head of the Gao family, Gao Po immediately took the lead and patted his chest to reassure. Others chimed in.

The wages of the workers are indeed only a small amount of money, as long as the output comes up, then a little money is not even a drizzle, and these family heads are very shrewd, it is impossible not to calculate this account. Besides, Geng Jingzhong is the most disgusted with the oppression of workers, you are already exploiting laborers by hiring workers, and it is not appropriate to deduct workers' wages again, so the labor law has long been promulgated under Geng Jingzhong's order in Fujian to specifically protect the rights and interests of workers.

"Zhao's Printing and Dyeing Factory, this is a dyeing factory, which one of you opened it?" Geng Jingzhong and his entourage happened to walk to the door of a factory, and the big wooden plaque next to the gate read these five big characters.

"Back to the Grand Duke, this is the villain's property!" Zhao Liancheng, the head of the Zhao family, stepped forward with a smile on his face and said. His family is also a big family in Suzhou, in this Suzhou Industrial Zone has opened two factories, this printing and dyeing factory is only close to the west of the industrial zone, and the other silk weaving factory is in the east.

"Oh, the dyeing factory is good, this person has to have a color when he wears clothes, and if they are all white, then they will become filial piety robes! But the dyeing factory dyed cloth can't fade, and the cloth dyed by your dyeing factory can't fade! Geng Jingzhong also smiled and joked.

"How can you!" Zhao Liancheng hurriedly waved his hand and said: "The governor of Dadu is joking, the villain originally had two dyeing workshops outside the south city of Suzhou, these are ancestral crafts, the ancestors of my Zhao family are also the homes that rely on dyeing cloth, the dyeing cloth fades, and the villain's dyeing factory will close soon!" ”

"Okay, let's go, let's go in and have a visit!"

"Metropolitan Governor, please!" Zhao Liancheng hurriedly made a gesture of please, now he will be happy, Geng Jingzhong personally visited the factory, if he gives a high evaluation, then his dyeing factory will have a great development, and even his other industries will have chain help.

"This dyeing factory is very different from the dyeing workshop, and the scale is much larger!" Geng Jingzhong looked at the big dye vat around him and exclaimed. "I've also been to the dyeing mill in Fujian, but then I haven't started to visit the dyeing factory in the industrial zone. Too busy to take care of! This vat is dyed with blue cloth! Geng Jingzhong pointed to a vat of cloth that was going out. This dyeing is too dark to appear green, but Geng Jingzhong has seen it in the dyeing workshop, and it will be green when the next pot is heated again!

"The Governor's eyes are like torches, this is indeed cyan!"

(To be continued......)