Zheng Haizhu bluntly expressed his doubts to Huang Zunsu.

Xu Jie, the first assistant of the former dynasty, when he was fighting Yan Song in Beijing, his son was in Songjiang, but he did not delay the occupation of farmland and changed rice to mulberry. The Xu family had a large number of mulberry fields, silkworm houses and loom weavers, but at that time, there was no conflict with the family business of other gentry in the Susong area, let alone monopolizing the silk fabric market in the six provinces in the south of the Yangtze River, so where did the Xu family's raw silk and finished products go to?

Huang Zunsu's eyes flashed: "Overseas? ”

"Yes." Zheng Haizhu nodded affirmatively.

"Impossible," Huang Zunsu finally showed his frustration when he argued with Zheng Haizhu at the door of the house that day, "Xu Ge Lao was the most opposed to Tong Wei back then. ”

Zheng Haizhu expects that Huang Zunsu will have this reaction.

Although the era in which Xu Jie lived, the Donglin School had not yet flourished, but the deep old fox of the city government defeated the traitor Yan Song, and was the spokesperson of the Jiangnan gentry.

Zheng Haizhu smiled calmly and said slowly: "The Yan Party has made a big deal, and Tongwei is a very appropriate hat, Xu Ge Lao wanted to fight the Yan Party back then, this hat is very suitable."

Besides, opposing the Japanese is not necessarily the same as opposing the opening of the sea. Opposing the imperial court's opening to the sea is not necessarily opposing one's own going to sea.

Master Huang, you are a scholar, and you are also a person in the eunuch field, you must understand better than I think, what happened to Xu Ge back then.

As for those of us who are Shengdou small people, although we haven't read any books, let alone get an official job, we are willing to believe that Xu Ge's hometown was originally trading on the sea, because this at least shows that the sea route is a big road, and if it can be changed from a few families to the sea, there will be many small people who will find a way to live on this big road.

And in all dynasties, there are bustling camel caravans, caravans, and the imperial court has commercial taxes in the account, which is a good deed for the benefit of the country and the people, only those who are in power and can cross the sea ban and fill their pockets will oppose the opening of the sea, Master Huang, you say, isn't it? ”

After listening to Zheng Haizhu's analysis, Huang Zunsu did not nod, but did not refute, but stared at the crowd on the embankment not far away, and the cold air on his face dissipated a little.

Zheng Haizhu looked at the direction of the Wusong River flowing eastward.

The young woman, with a hint of condolence, and a little bit of longing, said: "After I came to Songjiang to make a living, I learned that when Jiajing was a master, Songjiang had several extremely tragic battles against the Japanese. But doesn't this just show that Songjiang is indeed located in a critical position of Haiphong and maritime trade? Since Long Qingye ascended the throne, Fujian Yuegang has been switched on, and the Frankes in Guangzhou and Macao have also made the sea hawkers prosperous, why do we Songjiang put such a unique position and do not play the switch to the imperial court? This is not just a matter of my Han family's cotton cloth being one more export channel. ”

When Huang Zun heard this, his eyes also turned to the surging eastern sky.

As a person who has lived in Yuyao County, Ningbo Prefecture for a long time, he certainly understands that the land has been going east, and it is a world completely different from the rivers and mountains of the Ming Dynasty - the world of the vast sea.

"So, Miss Zheng, listening to the meaning of Fang Cai Zhuang Futai, is it that you suggest to him to open another new river in Songjiang Mansion?"

"Yes, the Wusong River is too narrow, and there are many twists and turns, and the sediment is easy to silt up, so it is better to simply intercept the Song River into Liu, and enter the Yangtze River from Taicang, a neighboring state. As for the water of Taihu Lake, it can be diverted to the newly widened river, and then form a wide river between the upper and lower Huangpu, and finally flow into the East China Sea. This not only solves the flood discharge of Taihu Lake, but also enables Songjiang Prefecture to open a new river that can berth Fu boats. And, if Mr. Huang looks at the current Shanghai County, there are many rivers and bays suitable for building water ports and wharves, and many sandy lands along the river cannot grow rice, but there are always warehouses for stacking goods. ”

When Huang Zunsu heard this, he finally stopped hiding his surprise: "Miss Zheng knows a lot about water affairs. ”

Zheng Haizhu thought to himself, this is because women in a few hundred years not only have books to read, but also have city museums to see, what I am talking to you now about is the cause of the Huangpu River in Shanghai, which can anchor the giant ship, is nothing more than something that will happen in the Qing Dynasty in advance to the late Ming Dynasty.

Just like the weaving eunuch Liu Shimin, why I dare to make friends with temptations is because I, a later generation, know that he is the famous eunuch Liu Ruoyu who wrote the "Records of the Middle". Ten years later, when the Apocalypse arrived, not only would he not be in the same league as Wei Zhongxian and Mama Ke, but he was also involved in the framing of the Seven Gentlemen of Donglin, including you Huang Zunsu. If this time and space give me a chance to fan my butterfly wings, maybe at that time, this Liu Gonggong will really be able to rescue you.

Partial to you, the self-proclaimed Donglin Party, regard all internal officials as beasts.

Diode thinking is really inevitable in ancient and modern times.

Zheng Haizhu was speechless when she thought about it, so she didn't fake modesty with Huang Zunsu, and said with a straight face: "Master Huang, Grandma Yao told me, and Master also thinks that there are many smart people among women, and it is not uncommon to open your eyes to see the world clearly. As the saying goes, the south ships and the north horses, I brought my nephew from Fujian, and I took the waterway, and I saw too much and touched the bypass, so I had such an idea. ”

Huang Zunsu said: "If you dare to think about it, you may not be able to do it, Miss Zheng, how did you say that you moved the prefect of Zhuang?" ”

"Because I first said that I moved Grandpa Liu."

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"Ah yes, that girl in Hanfu is indeed a little capable, and she said that Liu Shimin of the Weaving Bureau was moved. Liu Gonggong also felt that it would be more convenient for the raw silk brocade in the area of Susong and Hangjiahu to be sold to foreign merchants and leave the port directly from Songjiang. ”

In the carriage on the way back, Governor Zhuang, who was filled with hot ginger soup, had a fat face and a red face, and his tone easily confirmed to Huang Zunsu that Zheng Haizhu was not bragging.

"Brother Huang, otherwise what do you think, how can we in Songjiang Mansion invite those old mages from Hangzhou Mansion to control the water? Coincidentally, do you remember Sun Long? It is Liu Shimin's first two terms of the Weaving Bureau's admiral eunuch. Sun Long was so fierce in Suzhou that he provoked a popular uprising among weavers and merchants, and if he hadn't run fast, he would have been killed in Suzhou. Unexpectedly, this grandfather Sun ran to Hangzhou, turned into a bodhisattva, asked for silver from the saint, dredged the West Lake and the Qiantang River, and raised a group of skilled craftsmen to control water for Hangzhou. Now Liu Shimin is also leading the Hangzhou Weaving Bureau, so he transferred those people to our Songjiang to dig the river. ”

After Governor Zhuang finished speaking, he looked closely at Huang Zunsu's reaction, and saw that he frowned thoughtfully, and fell silent for a while.

Governor Zhuang is old in the eunuch field, so he naturally knows what the overly upright subordinate in front of him is in his heart.

"Lao Huang," Governor Zhuang patted Huang Zunsu on the shoulder, and said in a earnest tone, "The old man used to be in Beijing, and he had a few dealings with Gonggong Liu, and he didn't have any bad feelings. He is an internal official, and the Holy Lord sent him to the Southeast Weaving Bureau, do you expect him to be the same as the officials and the imperial historians, and say to the Holy Lord, that he would rather be beaten by the court staff than come to collect silk and cloth? If you Qingliu want to be enemies of eunuchs, you must also see if the other party is an enemy. The old man told you the truth, the smugglers in the coastal waters of Songjiang Mansion are much more powerful than the old man's hometown Fujian, and it's not all because of the sea ban? If it is simply switched on and off like Zhangzhou Yuegang, how can there be so many broken things. Old man, I wish there was a noble person like Gonggong Liu with a heavenly constitution in his mouth, and he would go and break this layer of window paper with the emperor. ”