Song Yingxing arrived at Yushan City, and I don't know if he is really used to it, his symptoms of seasickness this time are very weak, although he still doesn't have much energy, but at least he didn't fall ill like when he came to Dongshan Prefecture.

In the process of Zheng He's slow landing, Song Yingxing, who was standing on the deck to observe the city of Yushan, found that there was a familiar face in the crowd that greeted him at the port.

"Changbai, Xin'er, Sangui, come here."

Yang Changbai and the three people immediately rushed over: "Lord Song." ”

"When you see that old man, you must have a correct attitude when facing him, understand?"

"Yes, Lord Song."

Yang Changbai claimed to be the eldest of the three, and took the initiative to ask: "Lord Song, who is the old man?" ”

"Suzhou Lu Ge, Lu Lao."

Wu Sangui really hadn't heard of this person because he was the youngest after all, and Yang Changbai and Sun Xin hadn't heard of it either, but they reacted.

In Suzhou, the first yamen of the Maritime Safety Bureau was established next to Taihu Lake.

"Lord Song, could it be that this Lord Lu is ......?"

Song Yingxing nodded and said, "He is one of the first officials of His Majesty's southern tour to establish the Maritime Safety Bureau, and he is also the first steward of the Dongshan Prefecture Maritime Safety Bureau. ”

The three of them suddenly realized that they instantly understood the status of this person in the Maritime Safety Bureau and Dongshan Prefecture.

Lu Lao was once known as the successor of Lord Xu, but he loved Dongshan Prefecture too much and refused to return to his homeland to inherit the Maritime Safety Bureau. He also begged His Majesty to let him stay in Dongshan Prefecture, and now he should have no official position. ”

This dynasty learned the lessons of An Lushan in the Tang Dynasty, and once served as a senior official of the two major metropolitan protectorates of Annan and Beiting and Dongshan Prefecture.

Therefore, Lu Ge, as the first steward of Dongshan Prefecture, can still implore His Majesty to let him stay in Dongshan Prefecture after his appointment, which shows his connections.

For the three people, even if their father comes, this kind of person must be respectful, after all, he is the one who almost inherited the Maritime Administration and became the elder.

Song Yingxing didn't dare to let Lu Lao wait, and ordered the officer to put down the sampan and send him ashore first.

"Ying Xing, I haven't seen you for many years."

"Old Lu, why did your old man come, the port is windy."

"Well, I went to see the Inuit last winter, and this little wind is nothing."

After Song Yingxing and Lu Ge exchanged a few more words, they briefly introduced the three young people behind them. Lu Ge nodded simply, which was regarded as giving their father face, and then took Song Yingxing's hand and got into his carriage.

The interior of the carriage was very warm, the floor was covered with thick bear skin, the seats were wrapped in deerskin, and there was a small stove fixed to the floor in the middle, which was emitting heat.

"Dongshan Prefecture is poor, but there is a lot of fur." Under the service of his attendants, Lu Ge took off his heavy fur robe and continued: "Ying Xing, although the winter in the mountain city is warmer than the capital, it will still snow, where do I still have a few good furs, you can let someone get them later." ”

Song Yingxing hurriedly thanked him.

The two chatted for a while, and seeing that the warm-up words had been put in place, and the carriage was started, Lu Ge finally began to talk about meat play: "Ying Xing, is my student in prison now?" ”

Lu Ge's student is called Hao Ping, who is about the same age as Song Yingxing, and is the previous governor of Dongshan Prefecture.

From the time he was pulled into the carriage alone, Song Yingxing knew that there was such a scene, and he thought of a rhetoric on the way.

"Old Lu, I really didn't know about Lord Hao before I came, and Lord Xu didn't tell me anything about Lord Hao. However, according to my understanding of Lord Xu, unless His Majesty can't bear the pressure of the cabinet and asks in person, Lord Xu will never hand over Lord Hao over. ”

Lu Ge didn't reply, didn't look at Song Yingxing, took off the deerskin gloves on his hands, and hunched his back and put his hands in front of the stove to keep warm.

Song Yingxing suddenly felt a little restless.

He had already analyzed it in Caoshan City: Lord Xu wanted to use Hao Ping to block the mouth of the cabinet.

Hao Ping is a student of Lu Lao, and he is half a student of Master Xu, his teacher wants to use his students to block the mouth of the cabinet, and he is sitting in front of the teacher now, the embarrassment can be imagined.

"Old Lu, Lord Hao will be fine." Lu Ge still didn't speak, and Song Yingxing could only stubbornly continue: "Your Majesty has always valued Dongshan Prefecture very much, and the cabinet has resisted the pressure over the years, and I believe that this time it will definitely be able to resist." ”

Lu Ge finally spoke: "Do you know who arranged the gold mine?" ”

Who? Hao Pingbei.

But if Lu Lao asked himself so, it was definitely not the answer.

Song Yingxing was suddenly stunned, and thought of an answer: "Could it be... Lord Xu? ”

Lu Ge continued to warm himself by the fire.

His acquiescence attitude shocked Song Yingxing, and even began to suspect that it was Xu Guangqi, who was also his teacher and friend, who sent him to Dongshan Prefecture, to arrange for Hao Ping to smuggle gold ore rough from Fusang, and staged that farce.

"That teacher in your family has always been an old fox, I have known him for so many years, and I have watched him go from a jinshi who is committed to compilation work to a cabinet scholar."

Lu Ge withdrew his roasted red hand, leaned on the chair stuffed with cotton and wrapped in deerskin, and continued: "This gold mine incident was all arranged by him, and my stupid student should have guessed Lord Xu's thoughts, but he still chose to listen to Lord Xu's words. ”

"Ying Xing, do you know why?"

"I don't know, kid, please guide you."

"Because of Dongshan Prefecture, we have really encountered a bottleneck, and your Lord Xu and my stupid student are ready to go sideways."

Song Yingxing was silent, during his month in Zhushan City, he read the literature and looked at the policies of Dongshan Prefecture in previous years, and he could already see the biggest problem in Dongshan Prefecture now.

Lu Ge summed it up rightly, Dongshan Prefecture has encountered a bottleneck.

Dongshan Prefecture is a huge land, and from the descriptions of explorers and the estimation of geological experts from the Maritime Safety Bureau, the size of Dongshan Prefecture is comparable to the land of China.

But it is a pity that it is the mountains of Zhushan, which form a barrier along the coastline that is as difficult to cross as the Kunlun Mountains.

It was not easy to find the plain in the south of the mountain, but it was found that the east was still a continuous mountain range formed by the mountain, the mountain of Bolei, the mountain of Fantiao and the newly discovered mountain of Gu'er, which blocked the Ming Dynasty's continued exploration and expansion to the east.

At present, the Maritime Safety Bureau has discovered the Shan Plain in Dongshan Prefecture, which is suitable for development in the river valley where Jinshan City is located now.

But the problem is that although these lands are good arable land, the crops grown cannot be transported back to the country to be sold. Without the Annam Prefecture, Dongshan Prefecture would have been able to grow a variety of cash crops on a large scale, and then concentrate on artisans to produce various commodities and ship them back to the country for sale. However, the Annam Prefecture is closer to the mainland, and 7% of the various economic products needed by the Annam Prefecture can be provided, and even if Dongshan Prefecture produces goods, it cannot be sold back to the mainland.

The reason is that it is too far away and the cost is too high.

"So Lord Xu and Lord Hao acted in this play, pretending that there was a gold mine in Dongshan Prefecture?"

Ruger nodded, then shook his head again.

Song Yingxing was stunned and didn't understand what it meant.

At this time, someone knocked lightly on the carriage door, Lu Gelao drove the curtain to take a look, and found that he had arrived at the land hall in Shangcheng District, and said to Song Yingxing: "Yingxing, come down with me, after you have seen it, you will understand what your Lord Xu and my stupid student are really plotting." ”