Just when there was a common enemy in Shengjing City, there was a new thing in the city of Nanjing.

A merchant ship from the South Seas docked, although it was a private shipping ship, but the government did not come to take people and detain the ship, which attracted the people to inquire about the background of the visitor.

In fact, although the Ming Dynasty had a strict maritime ban, private overseas trade was forced to turn into smuggling.

However, after Ming Muzong succeeded to the throne, he realized that "the general rule of the city is to turn Kou into business, and the market ban is to turn into business", and began to adjust the policy of strictly prohibiting private overseas trade. It announced the lifting of the maritime ban, adjusted the overseas trade policy, and allowed private people to trade in the east and the west. The Moon Port of Zhangzhou Prefecture in Fujian Province was opened.

In addition, according to the tradition of "opening up if it is not prohibited", the resistance to overseas trade in the late Ming Dynasty was not as severe as in the early Ming Dynasty, and as long as the imperial court did not pursue it, there were still many ships traveling between the South Seas and the inland.

Especially after the incorporation of Zheng Zhilong's sailors, as long as they hold the imperial court to investigate, they can generally dock in various seaports and river ports.

Of course, after docking, the filial piety to the local officials cannot be missing.

As soon as this ship from the South China Sea came ashore, people heard that they went north after the exchange of exploration in Yuegang, entered the mainland from the mouth of the Yangtze River, and traced all the way back to Yanziji in Nanjing.

Originally, people thought that they were here to do shipping business, but after the people on the ship got off the ship, they asked for land and prices with great fanfare, and wanted to buy a large piece of real estate, and the reward for the tooth store was also very generous, which caused a small sensation.

Just as the landlords were about to sacrifice the guests at a high price, the people on the boat unexpectedly bought a piece of beach land on the Yangtze River on the second day of their arrival at a price several times higher than the market.

"At the same price, you can buy a good paddy field of the same size." Some people are very indignant.

This sandy land is difficult to moor large boats, cannot fish, cannot farm, and has nothing to offer except for the flat place.

In particular, it is full of sand and the ground is soft, and if you build a house, it will definitely consume a lot of labor and materials.

After learning about it, the landlords beat their chests, knowing that these people did not understand the market so much, and they were a big injustice that made a quick move, so they did not wait for the opportunity to recommend their own good land, but quickly recommended their own wasteland!

It's better than that sandy beach.

On the day they bought the land, they hired dozens of laborers and began to lay the foundations, and at the same time bought a large amount of masonry and stone to build a house.

Because of the large number of people and the omission of tamping the ground, it took them only one day to dig dozens of small trenches less than two feet deep in the sandy land, which is considered the foundation.

In this way, it is simply laughed off the big teeth of Nanjing Ziren, stonemasons and other craftsmen.

On the second day of construction, these idiots from Nanyang laid bricks in a small ditch, supplemented by lime mortar, and in just one day, they built a low wall more than one meter high, and the prototype of more than 20 houses was impressively listed.

On the third day, the two-and-a-half-metre brick wall was completed, the floor was paved with green bricks, and a roofless three-hall courtyard house miraculously stood on the beach.

This is not the most shocking, what stunned everyone was that Yin Li Zhengmao of Nanjing Yingtianfu somehow came to this beach and caused a sensation.

This Li Zhengmao, a native of Hongdong, Pingyang Prefecture, Shanxi, the last Nanjing Yingtianfu Yin of the Ming Dynasty, historically, surrendered to Dolgon after the city of Nanjing was broken.

Although in history, his integrity is very problematic, but this will still be a well-known figure on the heads of the people of Nanjing.

His appearance cast a veil of mystery over the house and the people on the ship, and various rumors suddenly appeared in Nanjing. In a day or two, it reached the level that women and children knew.

Early in the morning of the fourth day, more than 20 beams that had already been built were transported from Jiangdong, and on the same day, under the sound of firecrackers, they were tightly erected to the roof and laid with the rafters and trusses that had been prepared.

At the same time, in the three large houses facing the main road, more than a dozen craftsmen began to smear the walls with lime and scrape them flat, and the houses suddenly lit up.

Nanjing merchants and the common people looked at the three-entry courtyard house with walls and beams built in four days, and they had nothing else to think about except being frightened.

Everyone looked at the tiles piled up around the house, and everyone could guess that tomorrow, these tiles would be neatly stacked on the roof, and a three-entry courtyard house would be completed in five days!

To everyone's surprise, on the afternoon of the fourth day, the men on the ship recruited more than forty craftsmen, carried torches and started work overnight, and on the fifth day, before sunrise, all the houses were tiled.

On the fifth day, in the sound of firecrackers, the people on the ship announced to the whole of Nanjing that the house was finished!

Before the firecrackers and debris were cleared, dozens of porters brought down the ship's supplies, tables, chairs, benches, pots and pans, and even many special boilers, and a long transport team of carts and carts to carry countless guys into the house.

At ten o'clock at noon, a person who looked like a boss, surrounded by many people, got off the boat and came to the house, and after a ceremony of burning incense and praying, gongs and drums, he solemnly hung a plaque that had already been made, with four large bronzing characters on it:

Shen Ji Jingxing.

The whole city of Nanjing was a sensation, and thousands of empty alleys came to watch this magical store that was completed on the fifth day and opened on the sixth day.

What's even more unexpected is that this boss, surnamed Shen, is extremely generous.

Those who entered the store that day, regardless of whether they bought anything or not, were given copper coins ranging from one to ten cents.

As soon as the news came out, not only the people of Nanjing came here, but even the people of Liuhe, Jiangpu, Jiangning, Jurong and other places also came to pick wool with the old and the young.

In front of Shen Jijingxing, there was a sea of people.

Such exciting news spread to Zhenjiang Mansion, Guangde Mansion and Taiping Mansion on the same day. Even more distant places such as Yangzhou Mansion and Fengyang Mansion have also received news.

Shen Ji Jingxing can be said to be in the limelight for a while, both the powerful and the people are talking about it, and within a few days, it has become a long-lasting conversation in the land of Jiangnan.

In particular, the crystal mirrors sold in the store can reflect people as if they were gods in the sky.

It's a pity that the price is too expensive, such as a small piece the size of a teacup, it can be sold for 99 taels of silver.

But there is no shortage of wealthy businessmen in Nanjing, such magical utensils, whether at home or as gifts, are rare good products, and only 99 taels, for rich businessmen and nobles, very cheap.

As a result, the 60 crystal mirrors were sold out in three hours.

That night, the crystal mirror arrived at the homes of Nanjing nobles and officials.

Some of them appeared in the slender hands of the beauties of the painting boat, and the beauties smiled and happily invited the mirror giver to the boudoir, which attracted the envy of many rich children.

On the second day, 20 new mirrors were put on the second day of Shen Ji Mirror Shop, and they were sold out in less than a stick of incense.

Those who came late could only sigh.

On the third day, the people who were squatting at the door of the store early to rush to buy looked at the wooden sign that "the crystal mirror is out of stock, and it will be open in three days", and their faces were full of loss.

The scarcity of crystal mirrors is firmly engraved in everyone's hearts at the moment when the wooden sign is hung.

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When the wealthy merchants of Nanjing were running for the mirror, Luo Luohun of Fushun City in Liaodong also ran between the three cities of Fushun, Tieling and Kaiyuan for several days.

Luo Luohun is the owner of the Red Flag of the Eight Banners of Jianyu, the king of Yanxi County of the Qing Dynasty, the great-grandson of Taizu Nurhachi, and the grandson of Prince Li Daishan, and his status is extremely noble.

After Dolgon returned to Beijing, there was no one to use, so he had to send him to Fushun and ordered him to collect soldiers and food and grass supplies.

Before he could complete his mission, Hauge returned to Shengjing to stage a coup d'état, which led to the imprisonment of Dolgon and others, and Luo Luohun was also given a new mission, going further north to capture the wild Jurchens and replenish his army.

Luo Luohun led people north non-stop, went deep into the snowy forest, destroyed several tribes with great difficulty, and arrested more than 1,000 wild Jurchen people, and more than 1,000 women and children, all of whom were escorted to Fushun.

After he finished counting and reorganizing, before he could leave for Shengjing, Luo Luohun got an even more shocking news - Shengjing was surrounded by the Ming army!

A few days ago, when Luo Luohun heard the news that Sheng Jing was besieged, his first reaction was not to believe it, and then he guessed whether something had happened to Sheng Jing and wanted to trick him into going back.

After all, it was Dolgon who sent him to garrison Fushun. Now that Dorgon is in prison, Hauge will have to strike first and take him down if he doesn't trust him.

Combined with Hauge's annexation of the two white flags and his recent strange moves, Luo Luohun almost decided that this was Hauge's trick in order to take down his own red flag.

But after thinking about it, Sheng Jing's order was to lead the army to King Qin, if he had military power in his hands and full of combat power, he was not afraid of Haoge.

Therefore, in the past few days, Luo Luohun has traveled back and forth to the three cities of northern Liaoning, in the identity of the owner of the red flag, in the name of King Qin, almost evacuated the few troops in Kaiyuan and Tieling, plus Kaiyuan City and the wild Jurchens he captured, and put together an army of 15,000.

In order to prevent the shortage of grain and grass and be defeated by the Ming army or Haoge, Luo Luohun requisitioned 8,000 old people and women to escort grain and grass.

At the same time, 5,000 pairs of armor and 8,000 pairs of weapons were prepared, and the newly established 15,000 red banner infantry and 8,000 grain transport soldiers, a total of 23,000 people, slaughtered to Shengjing.

Just as the army braved the wind and snow for 40 miles, and there were still 50 miles away from Shengjing, a team of 100 people stopped in front of the army, and the military flag of the blue flag waved with the wind, blocking all the roads ahead!