Tian Wenjing stood in Ma De's study, watching Ma De deal with all kinds of documents without saying a word.

He was still doing his own thing, but Mader suddenly sent someone to call him over. Although he didn't know why, he still rushed over immediately, waiting for Mader's orders, and was not angry because Mader had left him aside. Although the days of being the lord of the governor's yamen were only less than a month, these days, he already felt that Ma De had a very good appetite for himself. It's not that he has a similar temper with Ma De, as a weak man, although he has met Ma De a lot of times, most of them are official affairs, and he has no time to chat privately. He just admired Mader's style. Mind you, the king of heaven, Lao Tzu, if you make a mistake, you will be caught. In Li Yuchang's case, he has been observing from the sidelines, and he only has four words for Ma De's various methods - "benefited a lot"! Moreover, Ma De's instructions were not hidden from him, and many of them were still sent by him, which gave him a sense of respect and reuse.

"My lord, Master Li has arrived!" Tian Wenjing was secretly thinking about what Ma De asked him to do, Xing Ming also walked in from outside the study, nodded to Tian Wenjing, and reported to Ma Deyu.

"Li Liang is here?" Tian Wenjing heard Xing Ming's words, and as soon as his mind moved, Ma De had already raised his head from the pile of dossiers, and said, "Call him in!" ”

"Yes!"

Xing Ming responded, bowed down and went out to pass the order, Tian Wenjing looked at him from behind, and he couldn't figure out whether he was a master or a personal soldier.

……

After Xing Ming went out to give the order, the Master Li came in quickly, but it was not Li Liang who came, but a young official who was relatively about the same age, and Tian Wenjing also saw the top on the young man's head and the complement on the front of his clothes, this was just a seven-rank official.

"Xiaguan Li Fu, I've seen Lord Taiwan!"

As soon as the visitor entered the study, he clasped his fist at Ma De and said.

"You're finally here. Come, let me introduce you to ......" Ma De sat on the chair behind the table, looked at the young official in front of him with a smile, pointed at Tian Wenjing, and said, "This is the only master of my governor's yamen, Tian Wenjing!" …… Wen Jing, this is Yingshangzhi County, Fengyang Prefecture, Anhui Province, Li Fu and Li Julai. Get to know each other! ”

"It turned out to be Lord Tian. On the way here, I heard the story of 'the landlord Bo forcibly blocked General Su', and Li Mou, the strength of Lord Tian, admired it. After Li Fu listened to Ma De's words, he looked at Tian Wenjing with some surprise and said.

Master Li praised it falsely. Fortunately! Tian Wenjing was not as "enthusiastic" as Li Fu, but he just returned the salute to Li Fu lightly, which was considered to be the right time.

"Well, now that I've seen it, I won't wait any longer. Julai, do you know why this governor wants to call you Anhui to this Jiangsu? Ma De looked at Tian Wenjing's performance, shook his head secretly, and turned to Li Fu and asked.

"I don't know!" Tian Wenjing's coldness was a little unexpected, but Li Fu didn't take this matter to heart, and hurriedly replied when he heard Ma De's question.

"This official wants to transfer you to Jiangsu as a magistrate." Mader said.

"Transferred to Jiangsu? Lord Taiwan, there are still many things to be done in Ying, the lower officials still have a lot to do......" Li Fu had a little urgency on his face, and bowed to Ma De and said. However, Mader did not let him continue, and reached out and shook his hand to stop him from talking.

"I know that you have done a good job in Yingshang in the past few years, and it is not bad to govern that poor county, but this time, I am going to give you and Wenjing a heavy responsibility, although it seems that you are just going to be transferred to be a magistrate, but if you can do this well, your political achievements will be far stronger than curing a Yingshang." Mader said.

"This ......" Li Fu paused, and finally arched his hand towards Ma De again: "Lord Zhangtai, the lower officials are not greedy for any merit and political achievements, they just want to govern Yingshang well." Moreover, according to the rules set by the adults, the subordinate officials in this term have already formulated a plan for Yingshang, and now they have just started to start. ”

"That's fine. I have already been promoted to the Ministry of Officials, Shi Yizhi has been promoted to the prefect of Fengyang, and you will be able to hand over the matter to him at that time. Mader replied.

"Shi Yizhi?" Li Fu felt a little sour in his heart. He and Shi Yizhi are Jinshi together, and they were asked by Ma De to be the magistrate of the county from the Hanlin Academy, which can be regarded as an acquaintance. Although he often boasts of being young and handsome, Shi Yizhi is seven years younger than him, so whenever he faces Shi Yizhi, he feels a little inferior, and now I hear Ma De say that Shi Yizhi was promoted to the prefect of Fengyang, but he can only be transferred to Jiangsu to continue to be a prefect.

"Although Shi Yizhi is young, he is still relatively safe. Don't you worry about him? Ma De asked Li Fu again.

"Xia Guan doesn't dare, it's just that Xia Guan is afraid of being a good example (Shi Yi Zhizi) He is not familiar with affairs...... Li Fu couldn't wait to slap himself in the mouth as soon as he spoke. When you first arrive, who is familiar with the affairs? Why don't you stay a little longer?

"Hahaha......" Madder laughed. He has been in officialdom for all these years, how can he not hear the jealousy in Li Fu's words? However, he also knew that Li Fu was not so stingy. After all, no matter who it is, I am afraid that I can't help it when I see others promoted, this is human nature, and it will be fine after a while. This also shows that Li Fu is still young, and his mind has not yet been exercised to the realm of restraint.

"Lord Zhangtai called Xia Guan and Master Li to come, I don't know what he wants to send us?" Tian Wenjing remained silent beside him, and couldn't help but interject at this time. Since Ma De called him and this Li Fu together, there must be something for the two of them to do together. It's just that, listening to Ma De's words, Li Fu is going to be the county magistrate, so what about himself? Should you be a county minister again? How can I say that I am also from the sixth grade, no matter how much I descend, I can't drop below this Li Fu?

"Hehe, it's a little difficult for me to do this...... Ma De looked at Li Tian and the others with a smile and said.

"Xiaguan is willing to give it a try!" Tian Wenjing didn't think about it and said. This kind of simplicity made Li Fu next to him couldn't help but look at him a few more times. I don't know what it is, I rush up, this person is stupid and bold, right? However, since Tian Wenjing had already said so, he couldn't be too far behind, so he had to follow and bow down to Ma De.

"Good. I'm glad that you two can have this heart that is not afraid of difficulties. However, I would like to warn you that this is not only difficult, but it can also be said to be difficult, and in addition, my requirements are also high, so you should be mentally prepared. Mader added.

"Could you please tell me what you need me to do?" If I didn't explain it earlier, I had to wait until we agreed to say that this thing was very arduous, and it was clear that it was a joke! Li Fu and Tian Wenjing glanced at each other, and they actually felt each other's thoughts at the same time, and they couldn't help but smile at each other when they were stunned.

"Wen Jing, you are my lord, so naturally you should know the emperor's holy decree. Exempt and exempt Jiangsu's money and grain for half a year! What is Jiangsu? The first wealthy province of the Great Qing Dynasty! The tax reduction here for half a year is almost equivalent to a year's tax reduction for three poor provinces. Do you know how I got the emperor to agree to this? Ma De did not answer directly, but asked Tian Wenjing another question.

"I don't know!" Tian Wenjing replied.

"I have made a military order to the emperor, and within three years, the money and grain handed over by Jiangsu will reach the sum of the previous five years. If I can't do that, I'll go home! Mader replied.

"What?" Li Fu and Tian Wenjing immediately jumped up. Taihu Lake is ripe, the world is full! Jiangsu is the source of taxation in the world, and the burden of the people here every year is much heavier than that of other provinces, especially the northern provinces. Tian Wenjing traveled from Shanxi to Anhui, and then here, in the governor's yamen, and recently he clearly knew that Jiangsu was responsible for almost seventy percent of the tax revenue and thirty percent of the land endowment of the entire Qing Dynasty. A few days ago, Kangxi reduced Jiangsu's taxes for half a year, although it was only nice on the surface, but the actual reduction and exemption was only the people's land tax and poll tax, but even this is already a great gift. Who would have thought that this was actually obtained by Ma De in exchange for future taxes! Wouldn't this practice make the people's lives even more difficult for the next three years?

"My lord, how can you do this?" Thinking of this, Tian Wenjing immediately questioned Ma De loudly.

"Wenjing, don't worry!" Ma De was slightly amused when he saw Tian Wenjing staring at him. This man is a quick temper! However, since he wants to enable this guy who has just arrived, Ma De naturally has his own ideas. He waved his hand to make Tian Wenjing quiet for the time being, and then explained to the two: "Since I dare to play this package ticket with the emperor, I naturally have my own way. It will never disturb the people. It's just that whether you can do it or not depends on the performance of the two of you! ”

"The two of me? Please show me! Li Fu asked.

"Do you two know...... Shanghai? Mader asked.

"Shanghai? It seems to be a county under the jurisdiction of Songjiang Prefecture, and I heard that it is relatively wealthy......" Hearing Ma De's question, Tian Wenjing pondered for a moment and replied. Since the day he became the head of the Governor's Palace, he has had a good understanding of the basic situation of the three provinces under the jurisdiction of the Governor of Jiangnan, and although his memory is not very good, he still knows this Shanghai County.

"Shanghai, Tang Dynasty belonged to Huating County. Shanghai Town was established in the Song Dynasty, and during the Xianchun period of the Southern Song Dynasty, Shanghai was already a trading port. In the twenty-ninth year of Yuan to Yuan (1292), five townships in the northeast were carved out from Huating County to establish Shanghai County, and the county was located in Shanghai Town. In the 32nd year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, in order to resist the Japanese, Shanghai built a city wall. Nowadays, Shanghai is also a good place in Songjiang Prefecture, and I want to come to you in this county! Mader said.

"Then the master of Taiwan wants to go to Shanghai for ......," Li Fu asked softly.

"Build a port!" Mader replied.

"Build a port?"

"That's right. I want you to build a large port within three years, no worse than Quanzhou in Fujian! Because I want to make Shanghai the largest port in the world within five years! Mader said, pointing.

"The largest port in the world? My lord, this ...... It takes a lot of things! "No. 1 in the world? It's easy to say, but it's not easy to do. However, Li Fu finally had a little psychological preparation, although he was a little surprised, but it was not to lose his color, but he still didn't dare to say that he would definitely be able to do this.

"I know it takes a lot to build a port. But that's your business. The official is only responsible for paying the money. Within three years, I will give you no less than one million taels of silver, and if necessary, one and a half million taels of silver! I just have one thing - the port! Connecting both sides of the Yangtze River, the largest port in the world from north to south of the canal! Mader said.

"One and a half million taels?" Li Fu couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva. Such a number is really a little bigger for him, a young man who has just entered the officialdom for more than three years. Yingshang County is one of the poorest counties in Anhui, for three years, he has been picking every copper plate to live, and now Ma De actually said that he would give him so much money in three years, although this money is not for himself, but this dominance alone is enough to lure countless people to death. He could even think that even if it was just a governor here, he couldn't help but laugh. However, he also knew what a great achievement it would be if it was done! Unlike Quanzhou, Shanghai is located at the mouth of the Yangtze River, and according to Ma De, it really connects the entire Qing Dynasty from east to west, north and south, and once the port is built, it will inevitably be a cornucopia. Don't say that paying taxes for five years within three years is ten years, I'm afraid it may not be a pipe dream! Compared with Li Fu, Tian Wenjing's face is red. The world's largest port! Ma De actually asked him to be responsible for the construction of a large port in the world, and he had only been in the governor's yamen for less than a month! What does this mean? Trust! Set store by! …… If it weren't for the fact that the time, place, and environment were a little wrong, Tian Wenjing felt that he might have knelt down directly to Ma De to thank him for this "favor".

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Not to mention that Ma De is considering building a port of Shanghai in the south and increasing foreign trade, and in Vladivostok, far in the north, a ship is slowly entering the port.

There weren't many people on the docks, except for the regular "staff", only a few dozen people were waiting there. These dozens of people are the disciples of the sect sent by Kangxi to Yuzhong, and the first one is Long Keduo.

"I don't know what Oro Dai looks like now! That guy in Yu Zhong is also fucking ruthless! ”

Wu Erzhan said hatefully. He is the son of Yue Le, Prince An, the son of the knight, and the cousin of Kangxi, with a respected status. I thought that I was sent to Vladivostok by Kangxi to just gild, and I would return to the capital to enjoy the happiness of a high-ranking official after two years, but I didn't expect that I would be arranged by Yu Zhong to be a small soldier in the army, and now he is just a general. How can he go back and see people? Therefore, whenever he thinks of what happened to him now, he hates it so much.

"Wu Erzhan, don't complain. The soldiers here are all brought up by Yu Zhong, so aren't you afraid that they will hear about it and give you a few shots in secret? When the time comes, throw it into the sea and report a 'missing person for no reason', no one can blame it! Another sect disciple, Yan Xin, said coldly.

"What do you mean by Yanxin, you kid? Damn, don't think you're great if you're a thousand, and you didn't lick Yuzhong's ass? Aren't you just an auxiliary prince? If you have the ability, let's try it again and see who can beat whom! Wu Erzhan said angrily. There are dozens of sect brothers, but only Long Keduo and this Yanxin were promoted by Yu Zhong. Long Keduo's father is Tong Guowei, although his status is lower than him in terms of face, but after all, he is a person with real power, he doesn't dare to provoke, but he doesn't have so many scruples about Yanxin, he is sneering on weekdays, and they are all young people, and it didn't take long for him to develop to the point of fighting. can be selected by Kangxi naturally has two sons, the two of them can't help anyone in martial arts, and no matter how Yanxin says, he is also a member of this group of clansmen, Wu Erzhan has a higher title than him, and he is not good at using power to oppress others, so the two have become opponents.

"Hit it, you and I will be afraid of you?" Yanxin glared and put on a posture. When the other clansmen saw that there was a good show, they also coaxed one after another.

"Enough. You're too talkative, aren't you? Aren't you afraid of military law? Long Keduo watched the two of them make trouble again, and he felt depressed in his heart, and couldn't help but reprimand angrily. Private fighting is forbidden in the army, and the Chinese army in charge of military discipline in Vladivostok has invited these clan brothers to chat with each other, and they don't care who they are.

"He provoked me first!" Long Keduo is now the leader of this group of clansmen, and Wu Erzhan can't refute his face, so he first opened his mouth to sue Yanxin.

"What if I mess with you? Have you messed with me less before? Yanxin glared and exclaimed.

"Shut up! Today we are here to welcome Oro Dai, if you want to fight, you can wait until today and then find time to fight yourself! Roncodo said angrily. This group of clan brothers and sisters had a lot of trouble, and he was upset every time he saw this kind of thing. Yu Zhong was fine when he was here, but now that Yu Zhong is going south, these guys are bullish again. However, it is precisely because of this that he also secretly agrees with Yu Zhong's attitude towards these guys in his heart. It's not good to grind these guys, they really don't know how thick the sky is.

"Lord Taka!"

The ship is docked! Long Keduo and the others were about to meet them, when a soldier suddenly ran over.

"Lord Long, the new Admiral of the Navy, Lord Isanga, has arrived, and I have asked you and Lord Yanxin to go over immediately!"