It only took two and a half days to arrive at Ningbo Fucheng by boat, if it were to be changed to the past, this time would be more than seven days, which is still the fastest calculation, under the condition that the road is flat and the weather does not change much.

Sometimes, because a bridge is broken, it can delay the work for days, not to mention if it rains and the road is muddy.

If it is with goods, this speed will be more than doubled, the increase of time, but also means that the number of people into a burst of goods, dozens of people to press a batch of goods, along the way to live in the store, to eat and drink, to delay one more day, the cost of silver is a lot, such as food, if it is a thousand pounds of food, hire a car to ask for money, please also invite four or five grooms, along the way to take care of someone, there must be a few people to carry the goods, this is ten people, ten people daily consumption of food is ten catties, in addition, but also to live in the store, this day's consumption, I'm afraid that the daily consumption of grain is nearly 30 catties, if it encounters heavy rain, it will be even worse, because the grain can not rain, otherwise the things have not arrived, I am afraid that it has become moldy, so I can only stop and rest, this break, may be a few days past, from Hangzhou thousand catties of grain to Hangzhou, more than half a month of effort, four or five horses of horse material, people's grain, as well as the cost of hiring cars and guest houses, all of them, often consumed not under this thousand catties of grain. This is also the reason why in a disaster year, it is clear that a certain province three hundred miles away has food, but the people three hundred miles away cannot get relief and have to give up the bark of grass roots, which is also why the daily war occurs, and such a huge empire, even if it mobilizes 200,000 troops to fight, it needs to use all its strength.

Traffic...... Decided a qiē.

Along the way, Liu Yu was very excited, he deliberately got on Xu Qian's official boat, and praised the river fiercely, he is not a fool, the greatly reduced transportation cost does not only mean the acceleration of the circulation of goods and personnel within the entire Zhejiang. It also means that it is not a dream for his raw silk to be sold at a good price, after all, when merchants buy their raw silk, they not only have to consider how much profit can be generated after the raw silk is made into silk. There are many other expenses that need to be removed, the biggest of which is the cost of freight, which increases the demand for silk if the freight is greatly reduced. Silk merchants must be willing to pay a higher price for raw silk.

In the past, Liu Yu believed in Xu Qian because Xu Qian was both Futai. has the guarantee of the official face, on the other hand, Xu Qian has the background of Ruyifang. And at that time, Xu Qian said that the head was the Tao. That's why he was willing to follow Xu to the dark, but now, when he saw this thing rising from the ground with his own eyes, he was really convinced by Xu Qian at this moment.

Although he arrived in Ningbo, Ningbo was not the destination, but Wu Tixue got off the ship here. The prefect of Ningbo boarded the ship with officials of all sizes, and the ship still moved forward until it arrived in Haiyan Township.

The closer you get here, the grain fields on both sides of the river begin to change, workshops and unfinished buildings begin to be left behind the boats, and many shirtless men can be seen on the embankment, and there is a lot of people.

Arrived at the wharf, Ningbo Ruyifang's big shopkeeper and Qian Zhuang shopkeeper led, with the local businessmen who had been waiting here for a long time, Xu Qian got off the boat, came out of the dock, and everyone greeted them with hula, and saluted enthusiastically: "I've seen my lord." ”

Several royal lieutenants were startled, and hurriedly vigilantly pressed the handle of the knife on their waists, Xu Qian looked casual, pressed his hand, and said: "You're welcome, is the official late, when will the big ship in Shuangyu Port arrive?" ”

Qian Yi, the big shopkeeper of Ningbo Ruyi Fang, said: "My lord, it's noon, it's not too late, it's just the right time." ”

The other businessmen laughed one after another, as if they had to look at Xu Qian with flattery.

Xu Qian nodded and said, "Let's go, go to the port." ”

He took the lead, surrounded by a few nervous royal captains, followed by countless businessmen, so that the attaché he brought was left far behind, and Zhao Ming and the others who got off the boat couldn't get together with Xu Qian at all, and said in his heart that there was not much difference between the rank of this political envoy and the governor, how could there be such a huge difference in treatment.

But he was just slandering, obediently leading a group of officials and following behind.

The crowd snowballed and grew, starting with only hundreds, but the deeper they went into the workshop area of Haiyan Township, the more people there were, there were businessmen, officials, royal captains, and errands, craftsmen, apprentices, Xu Qian did not take a sedan chair, and his attitude was kind, everyone felt cordial, and naturally became active, and Qian Yi, the big shopkeeper of Ruyi Fang, led the way in front, while introducing Xu Qian, and said: "My lord, this is a newly built Zhouji dyeing workshop, and the owner is a Jingshi person, and he is the old customer of Ruyi Fang. I heard that the lord was governor of Zhejiang, and I heard that Ruyifang was going to set up a weaving bureau and a money village in Ningbo, so I came from thousands of miles away. ”

Xu Qian said with a smile as he walked: "Presumably the owner's surname is Zhou, in fact, here in Ningbo, not necessarily all weaving workshops, but the output of silk is not low, and his dyeing workshop must also be able to prosper." ”

A merchant on the side smiled and said, "My lord, naturally business is booming, and many workshops have woven cloth, and they are all sent here for printing and coloring." ”

This way to introduce the past, but also have a different flavor, all kinds of workshops are a lot, some produce carriages, some also shipbuilding, natural textiles, silk, ordinary cloth, dyeing workshops, in addition, some rare things have also come out, such as a small workshop, specializing in the production of rivets, supply shipbuilding and car workshops, as well as workshops, specializing in the production of lacquer, of course, this kind of lacquer and later generations of lacquer is very different.

The division of labor has gradually appeared, some people need silk, so there are people to supply raw silk, and the production of silk alone, weaving alone is not enough, but also dyeing, need spinning machines, and spinning machines need pig iron and logs, so that the line of logging and ironmaking has come out again, logging needs axes and saws, vehicles and ships need transportation, vehicles and ships appear naturally, vehicles and ships need rivets, more wood and iron-making tools are needed, iron-making needs coal, coal mining has become a new trade, this almost endless cycle, The amount of capital and labor absorbed has increased exponentially, and although there are more than 100,000 people in this small area alone, labor is still tight, so it has to continue to recruit displaced people on a large scale.

Xu Qian listened to a few businessmen complaining that they couldn't recruit skilled craftsmen and not enough apprentices, and he also smiled bitterly in his heart, this kind of thing, you can't be in a hurry, you can't let someone Xu send a decree to drive everyone here.

In addition to a large number of craftsmen, the shops here are also numerous, looking at the scale, it is obviously much more prosperous than the general prefecture, in fact, it is no wonder that most of the people here are uprooted from their hometowns, and some people do not even bring their own women, and they rely on merchants to eat, and the business is naturally extremely hot.

Further on, is Ningbo Port, this Ningbo Port obviously many places have not been repaired, but most of the wharves have been built first, does not hinder the use, near Ningbo Port, is a number of warehouses, here are many people, just to carry the goods of the foot, is also crowded.

Ruyi Fang is responsible for communicating with the sea pacification envoy, such as how many goods the sea pacification envoy intends to buy, will first draw up a list and send it to Ruyi Fang, and then list it, first after the Ruyi Fang advances funds to purchase the goods, it will naturally be responsible for agreeing with the sea pacification envoy to transport the goods, before the big ship of the sea pacification envoy comes, all the goods have been moved to the vicinity of the wharf, as long as the ship arrives, Ruyi Fang and the sea route pacification envoy each send personnel to check and count the goods, Then he ordered the porters to carry the goods onto the ship.

Because the big ship of the pacification envoy was coming at noon, at this moment, the goods near the dock had been piled up, the valuable goods had been packed, and some invaluable goods were only covered with coarse cloth, which looked from a distance, and it was also shocking.

Today is the first time that the sea pacification envoy has come to load, although many goods in the nearby workshop may have to be transported to other places for domestic sales, but at this moment, everyone knows that the biggest advantage of Ningbo is the goods to go to sea, it can be said that this attempt of the sea pacification envoy is related to the fate of countless people.

Xu Qian was welcomed into a teahouse near the port, and inside and outside the teahouse, there was still a sea of people, countless people were looking forward to it, seeing that at noon, Qian Yi was also a little anxious, and kept poking his head out to see the sun, but Xu Qian was not in a hurry, and deliberately made a joke, saying: "I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, and the sea route pacification envoy is always a yamen, this Ming Dynasty, is there a punctual official?" ”

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help laughing, Qian Yi smiled bitterly: "What the adults said is, what they say is, but the villains are too worried." ”

Xu Qian pressed his hand, took a sip of tea, and said: "Don't worry, the official will vouch for you, although the guys who appeased the envoy by sea are not a good thing, but this pacification envoy is the official's best friend, and he will come if he gets a knife on this day." ”

As soon as the words fell, the crowd outside exclaimed, "It's coming...... Here it ......."

On the sea level, the shadows of ships appeared, and the huge hull of the ship divided the sea water, slowly heading towards the port.

On the largest sea boat, someone raised his arms and shouted: "Damn, did you see it, what did Lao Tzu say, how did he say it, so many people in Ningbo Port welcomed Lao Tzu, what is this, this is the face, this is the official, Lao Tzu is a dignified sea route appeasement, where is it, who dares to be disrespectful?" ”

The sailors danced together: "Lord is mighty, Lord Deng is full!"

The sea breeze blew on Deng Jian's bronzed messy hair, and this guy, as always, pulled his long hair and let out a wild laugh!

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