Although the conditions in Jingshi are much better than those in Liaodong, Li Xianzhong is cautious every time he returns here, for fear that something will happen.

Among these emperors, Wanli is the best for himself, although Wanli is greedy for money, but Li Xianzhong can always hold his life.

Taichang, the "Son of Heaven" in January, was helped to the throne by the Donglin Party, and he was directly sent to prison, and Li Xianzhong's impression of him was naturally very bad.

originally thought that Zhu Youxiao, the carpenter emperor, must be easier to deal with than his lascivious father, but he didn't expect that this Emperor of the Apocalypse was pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger.

It may even be the most difficult of the three emperors.

If you are not careful, you will easily fall into his way.

This time, the opening of the horse market, the abolition of Ningyuan Road, and the collection of business taxes by the imperial court made Li Xianzhong's income shrink a lot.

Especially the 200,000 acres of fertile land given to Wei Zhongxian, which really made Li Xianzhong feel a pain in his flesh.

If it weren't for the ruthless slaughter of the Qufu Kong family in the name of going out on the expedition, this time it would have been a miserable loss!

It seems that this Jingshi himself is still less good.

The only comfort is that he can be with his family, and his eldest son, Li Shengzu, is not yet two years old, so he doesn't have to worry about education for the time being.

The mortality rate of newborns in this era is very high, especially if they are infected with the smallpox virus.

Although the Ming Dynasty did not have the technology to grow cowpox, China has been inoculated with "human pox" since the Tang Dynasty.

The so-called "human pox" is the active inoculation of the virus from smallpox patients into people.

A small pox was rubbed with a silver needle that had been repeatedly cauterized, and then it was used to puncture the skin of another normal person. In addition, there are also acne scab methods, dry acne methods, etc., and the principle is basically the same.

Soon a small packet will be added to the place where the person is inoculated, and a fever will appear. But once you survive the danger period, you will gain long-term immunity to smallpox.

Of course, there are definitely risks associated with vaccination, but based on hundreds of years of experience, the mortality rate of active vaccination is very low, only about 1 in 50.

This is much lower than the mortality rate of about 30% of smallpox passively infected.

People infected with smallpox under natural conditions are people with relatively poor immunity and live in a poor environment, so the mortality rate of the virus is very high.

However, on the one hand, the artificial pox is because the patient's own body is healthy, and there is no problem with immunity.

In addition, the dose of virus administered is small, so the mortality rate is not high.

In the Northern Song Dynasty, due to widespread vaccination against "human pox", in fact, there were very few cases of smallpox infection among adults in the Central Plains.

Because they have been vaccinated against the test of "human pox" in early childhood.

Of course, "human pox" also has side effects, in addition to a certain probability of death, there is also a certain possibility of becoming pockmarked.

His eldest son will rule the world in the future, and it is definitely not good to have a pockmarked seed.

Therefore, Li Xianzhong inoculated his eldest son Li Shengzu with "cowpox", which is actually the same as the steps of vaccinating "human pox".

Cowpox can be understood as the smallpox virus in cows, which is transmitted to people by contact in the early days, so the girls who milk the cows are the most beautiful because they do not contract smallpox.

Li Shengzu's health is still good, after all, he has been breastfeeding since he was a child, and he doesn't have to starve and freeze, and his physique is obviously bigger than that of children of the same age.

At present, there are several teaching gentlemen in the Liaoguo Mansion, and Li Xianzhong requires Hazia, Hailanzhu and Bumubutai to learn Han culture.

However, they don't have to take the imperial examination, except for the enlightenment textbooks, Li Xianzhong generally lets them study the part of the subset of scriptures and history that interests them.

Let them also learn some of the female workers of the Han family.

I have to say that Bumu Butai, the youngest of these people, is the most talented, not only likes to read history, but can even write some poems.

As for his son, Li Xianzhong decided to start teaching him after he was three years old, and let him have a little time to play in his childhood.

After all, the probability of a child dying before the age of three is not small, you educate too early, in case you don't survive, it's a waste of energy.

In addition, Li Xianzhong also asked Mao Yuanyi to arrange for Hazia to have some contact with those noble ladies, after all, the dignified duchess must learn to communicate.

Under the guidance of Li Xianzhong, Hazia's mahjong skills have also been considered a small success, and she can also earn some extra money by playing cards on weekdays.

Usually, under the covert protection of the guards, they often go to the markets in the capital, and even go to the wine shops to consume.

For Hazia and Hai Lanzhu, Li Xianzhong still owes a little.

After all, I don't have many days a year to spend with them.

Hai Lanzhu is a little better, after all, she is just her own concubine, and the little girl can sometimes go to Liaodong to find herself.

Hazia is her wife, to put it bluntly, she is a hostage stranded in Beijing, and she must not be able to leave Beijing easily.

In order to make up for his debts, Li Xianzhong Li Xianzhong bought them a whole hundred acres of land to plant flowers on the south side of Shichahai in the capital.

Although Shichahai is not a prime location in Beijing, Li Xianzhong still carried out a lot of demolition work for this 100 acres of land.

Whether it is the houses of officials and wealthy businessmen in Beijing, or the houses of ordinary people, they are all bought and demolished.

It cost 58,000 taels of silver to buy land alone, which is still for the sake of the face of Liao Guogong, otherwise many people would not move at all.

This time the purchase of land and planting flowers can be described as a sensation in the capital.

It's not because of Li Xianzhong's spending, there are more mansions in the capital than those in good locations here.

The main reason is that Liao Guogong bought such a large piece of land to grow flowers, isn't this a proper waste of silver?

If you buy 100 acres of land in the suburbs of Beijing, it will be 2,000 taels at most.

Soon after, this imposing, hundred-acre garden was built.

In addition to the common moon season, begonia, and Taiping flowers in Beijing.

A large number of jasmine flowers are also cultivated, as well as varieties of roses and tulips that were imported from merchants commissioned from the country of Rumi (Turkey).

Li Xianzhong, who has a God's perspective, has a soft spot for tulips, and has recruited florists from the Lumi Kingdom and the best florists in the Ming Dynasty to cultivate tulips.

Once the "tulip craze" in the Netherlands takes off, these little tulips will become the ultimate killer against the Dutch in the future.

At that time, the wealth that the Dutch have worked so hard to plunder from all over the world will fall into Li Xianzhong's pocket because of this small tulip.

However, the current climate in Jingshi is still relatively cold, which is not conducive to the growth of these flowers.

Therefore, Li Xianzhong asked people to use the newly produced glass to create a large sunshine conservatory.

In fact, glass was invented very early, and the ancient Egyptians had already mastered the firing technology of tinted glass almost 3000 BC.

China mastered the craft of making glass as early as the Western Zhou Dynasty.

During the Tang Dynasty, China had already mastered the art of glass blowing, but it did not develop much after that.

There are two difficulties that restrict glass from becoming an ordinary commodity, one is the decolorization of glass, and the other is the process of making large pieces of glass.

In fact, transparent glass is easy to make, in addition to silica sand, add trona (sodium carbonate) and limestone to fire together.

The difficulty lies in the temperature of the blast furnace, which must be at least 1500 degrees above to produce glass with good transparency.

With the help of Tang Ruowang and Song Yingxing, the temperature of the blast furnace in Pingyubao has easily exceeded 1800 degrees.

Glass with high clarity has already been produced in Pingjubao.

Although the Italians had mastered the modern technology of making glass in the 13th century, it was not until 1688 that a man named Nav invented the process of making large pieces of glass, and glass became an ordinary object.

Li Xianzhong shamelessly plagiarized the Naf process, which allowed the glass workshop in Pingyubao to produce large pieces of glass.

Under the sunlight, the large expanses of glass shine like a sparkling waterfall.

They reflect a dazzling light, as bright as stars, and people dare not look at them directly. The combination of sunlight and glass creates a unique and spectacular picture that is breathtaking.

These glasses and flowers quickly attracted people's attention and became a new landmark in Kyoshi.

Ordinary people in the Ming Dynasty have naturally never seen this kind of large piece of glass, only if these are made of crystal.

The garden also has a new name, "Crystal Garden".

It is rumored that in order to express his apology for not being able to accompany the Duchess of Guo in Beijing for a long time, Li Xianzhong, the Duke of Liao, did not hesitate to spend millions of taels of silver to build such a "crystal garden".

There are even many imperial histories impeaching Li Xianzhong, who is poor and extravagant, and desperately wants to build such a crystal garden regardless of the lives of the people.

But Li Xianzhong relocated to the land, which gave enough silver, and did not sell it forcibly.

Although these buildings are very novel, they are not violated, and they use decorations that should not be used.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse naturally ignored it.

However, not long after, Li Xianzhong presented a batch of frosted translucent glass bottles of perfume to Zhu Youxiao.

It is said that it was made from these flowers.

This unique glass bottle, with its gilded nozzle and the smell of perfume, quickly became popular in the harem.

Soon after, Kyoshi went out and opened his first perfume store.

There are two types: lite version and hardcover version.

The lite version is a copper nozzle plus an ordinary glass bottle, priced at 20 taels of silver.

The hardcover version was sold for 50 taels of silver.

Surprisingly, in addition to the dignitaries and nobles in the capital, the eunuchs have also become the main consumer force of this perfume.

Because the eunuchs often urinated incontinence after castration, they had a smell on their bodies, and although they carried sachets on them, they could not hide this smell.

So in addition to the original jasmine and rose flavors, Li Xianzhong specially prepared a comprehensive perfume for the eunuchs in the palace.

Although perfumes don't last long, they are mainly sprayed on when meeting important people.

Mainly those who have heads and faces are in charge, and ordinary little eunuchs naturally can't afford this luxury.

Along with perfume, glass is also popular.

Li Xianzhong's perfume store adopts the design of a glass façade and a glass display case.

The application of glass windows has become popular.

Compared with perfume, in fact, glass is profiteering. Some shops and wealthy people's mansions also began to buy glass windows, and soon glass became popular in Kyoto.

The price of large pieces of glass is not cheap, and a three-foot (1-meter) long and wide glass costs 50 taels of silver.

In order to sell at a high price for a long time, Li Xianzhong started hunger marketing, and those who want glass have to book in advance.

Relying on glass and perfume, Li Xianzhong earned 60,000 taels of silver in the first month.

If these things become popular in Jiangnan, the profits can be multiplied several times.

Although almost all the people at the bottom can't survive, the gentry class of the Ming Dynasty is still living a life of drunkenness.

Li Xianzhong's behavior of buying property in Beijing not only did not cause the dissatisfaction of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, but made him more at ease with Li Xianzhong.

Li Xianzhong spent his money on buying land and building a luxurious garden, which was better than him saving up money and plotting against him.

Zhu Youxiao wished that this Liao Duke would indulge in the gentle township of Beijing every day.

In fact, Zhu Youxiao did not prevent Li Xianzhong from returning to Liaodong, he could have returned a long time ago.

On the one hand, the reason why he stayed in Beijing was that he could have time to accompany his wife and children, after all, it was rare for him to come back, and his son was almost no longer aware of him.

By the way, I also expanded the industry and made a lot of money.

The most important thing is that it is not easy to find out that Zhu Youxiao is not simple, and he is also doing this to confuse this carpenter emperor, so that he can rest assured.

When she told them that she was about to return to Liaodong, Hai Lanzhu, the little girl, cried even more.

She snuggled in Li Xianzhong's arms and said: "That Wei Liangqing is not dead to the concubine's body, it is not safe for me to stay in Beijing, I want to follow Guogong back to Liaodong!" ”

Originally, he wanted to officially accept Hai Lanzhu next year, but now that Abahai has temporarily returned to Azig, in the end, he still can't stand Hai Lanzhu's stalking and takes her with him.

Soon the two embarked on a warship back to Liaodong together.

This little girl was originally a beautiful embryo, but now it has gradually grown and become more sultry.

Li Xianzhong still decided to handle her in advance, in case this Wei Liangqing's thief heart does not die, wouldn't he lose a lot?

In the end, the two still hugged each other tightly, and the moment their lips touched, Li Xianzhong knew that he had completely fallen.

After all, Hai Lanzhu is a newcomer, where can she withstand the toss of a veteran like Li Xianzhong?

After a while, I began to forgive!

However, it is very strange that at this time, Li Xianzhong's mind actually appeared in the face of Mrs. Fengsheng Ke Yinyue.

Especially the proud twin peaks of Keyinyue, the size is much larger than the Hailanzhu in front of him.

It is said that Zhu Youxiao often has insomnia, and he still needs to be accompanied by Ke Yinyue to fall asleep when he is so old, and he doesn't know what kind of relationship the two have?

What Li Xianzhong has to do at present is to wait, wait for those gentry in Jiangnan to be unable to stand the taxation of the eunuchs, and a conflict will break out; Waiting for the people of Shaanxi to rise up because of the drought for many years, waiting for the Ming Dynasty to enter the chaos again.

Soon Li Xianzhong came to Liaoyang.

Li Xianzhong's Liaoguo Mansion is still located in Kaiyuan, but at present, Yan Mingtai, the governor of Jiliao, and Zhang Wenbing, the governor of Liaodong, are both in Liaoyang.

Zhang Wenbing said: "At present, more than 200,000 displaced people from Shandong have been resettled in the newly established Pinglu County (formerly Hetuala) and Kuandian Liubao. ”

"The governor of Liaodong, Yamen, lent them some grain and seeds, enough for them to survive until next year."

Li Xianzhong said: "Your Majesty has agreed to reinstate the Nurgan Dusi, and at present, our first task is to select officials and set up the main base. ”

After Li Xianzhong finished speaking, Zhang Wenbing and Yan Mingtai glanced at each other, both of them looking very helpless.

Yan Mingtai said: "Your Majesty's will reached Liaodong last month, but Nurgan Dusi is also very far away from Liaodong, and it is very cold. Even survival is a big problem there, and no officials want to go there. ”

Nuer Gandu Division, formerly known as the Marshal of Zhengdong in Liaoyang Province of the Yuan Dynasty.

Nuer Gandu Sizhi is located in the Telin area on the east bank of the confluence of the Henggon River estuary in the lower reaches of the Heilongjiang River, about 300 miles away from the Heilongjiang estuary and nearly 4,500 miles away from Liaoyang.

Li Xianzhong said: "It is definitely impossible for Nu'er Gandu Division to be in place in one step, the original governance is too far. ”

Then he asked him to take out a map and say: "This is the mouth of the Ussuri River, and the port conditions are very good. Although located in the far north, it is an ice-free port where ships can enter and exit freely for most of the year. ”

Yan Mingtai said: "It's incredible that there is such a port in such a place to the north. ”

Li Xianzhong said: "The Liaodong Naval Division once docked nearby, and it was determined that there was a place that was very suitable for building a deep-water port. ”

"So Bengong decided to build a large port here first to facilitate the transportation of supplies, and then this port has become the new seat of the Nurgandus."

Once the port is completed, it will only take more than ten days to travel there from Port Arthur, which is very convenient for transporting people and materials.

The original Nurgandus needed to be close by land and water from the northeast, a distance of 4,500 miles, and it would take 2 to 3 months just to reach the road.

Truth be told, more food is eaten along the way than is delivered, and transportation becomes more difficult as soon as the river freezes in winter.

This is also the reason why Da Ming finally gave up Nurgandusi, and the price was too great.

And those places don't produce anything at all, and they really can't be worth it.

Nowadays, taking the sea route is completely different, the efficiency of sea transportation is much higher, and replenishment is not a problem at all.

At this time, Zhang Wenbing said: "There is a person who once asked about the Nurgan Dusi, he is the official who was dismissed from Ningyuan Road this time, Yuan Chonghuan, the commander of Ningyuan's military preparation. ”

Damn, isn't this the famous Yuan Dudu in history?

Now that his mentor Sun Chengzong has no chance to come to Liaodong, Yuan Chonghuan is naturally not promoted.

Coupled with the fact that he was stationed in Ningyuan, he had no chance to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, and naturally he would not be promoted.

Vladivostok is so far away that no one wants to go to exile.

If Li Xianzhong designates his henchmen to go, it is equivalent to cutting off an arm.

Thinking about it, it will be cheaper for this Yuan Chonghuan.

Soon Yuan Chonghuan was appointed as the commander of the Nuer Gandu (Zheng Sanpin), leading 500 Ming troops, 1,000 Korean laborers, and 3,000 displaced people from Shandong, to Vladivostok to rebuild the Nuer Gandu Division.

Li Xianzhong asked Belebyangu and Jin Taiji, who were appointed to the Yehe Ministry, to be the commanders of Yehe's left and right guards, and included the large territory of the former Haixi Jurchens (most of today's Jilin, Heilongjiang and Liaoning) occupied by the Yehe Ministry, into the scope of the Nuer Gandu Division.

Azig, who had surrendered before, was arranged by Li Xianzhong to the vast area east of Changbai Mountain and north of the Tumen River.

Li Xianzhong asked for the decree to appoint Azig as the commander of the Jianzhou Left Guard, and clearly divided the two Korean provinces occupied by Daishan into the scope of the Jianzhou Left Guard.

And Azig is also preparing to recover his Jianzhou Left Guard!

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