Chapter 322: Throwing a stone to rush to the bottom of the water

Zhao Xing shook his head disapprovingly: "Developing the two lakes is my next established policy. The lake is wide and the world is full. The land of the two lakes and Guangdong is fertile, the rice is ripe three times a year, and the water system is developed. If these water nets are weaved together, we can create a richer Song Dynasty.

Those people in the court are busy with party struggles, so our local officials have to work harder. I discussed with Xie Lin. From this year on, the two lakes, Guangdong and Guangxi will immigrate to each other for 500,000 yuan. I will pay the money to build roads and rivers. Xie Lin will pay the debt to me, Guangdong and Guangxi with rice, and we will work together to manage Huguang."

Shan E smiled: "I don't care. I can be promoted to a magistrate, and I am also a fifth-rank official of all sizes. Although they are all 'pointed places', Jinghu is always higher than Guangdong and Guangxi. If you spend money and I am promoted, I have nothing to complain about. However, if you don't regret it in the future, it's hard to say. Have you reclaimed less land in recent years? The grain prices in Guangdong are getting lower every year. I hope Jinghu will pay a huge sum of 10 million yuan with grain. I guess they will pay back 100 years, maybe two hundred years."

Zhan Fan and Zhou Wenzhi have been listening to Dan E and Zhao Xing bickering. When they heard this, they were happy and interrupted and added: "That's right, what is the most lacking in Guangzhou now is grain. In recent years, Lord Shan repaired the rivers and Guangzhou has good weather. Farmers didn't take much care of the fields. That is, they sow seeds in spring and then went to the factory workshop to work. Local grain is basically harvested every day.

The two of us came from Huizhou and Xunzhou. It happened to be when summer grain was harvested. We didn’t see a young and strong man in the fields, all of whom were old men and women. But even so, the grain prices in Guangzhou did not rise. With the grain from Jinghu alone, you and I may not see them pay off their debts in this life.

Lord Zhao asked Mr. Xie Ying to deceive me, maybe Mr. Xie Ying now has ten million yuan and is rolling around the ground with joy."

Zhao Xing's smile on his face remained unabated. He replied: "This is called the 'stone-popping effect'. I spent this money, but I didn't plan to pay it back, just invest it. If the money is invested, the economy will be revitalized along the Shaozhou line. In addition, the small merchants and vendors in Guangdong and Guangxi can sell my Guangzhou goods to the rich Dongting. This is called the 'the absorption effect of a strong economy'. Our Guangzhou goods will absorb the wealth of Jinghu and north and south.

Don’t look at Xie Lin’s joy now, he may cry in the future. Of course, he probably won’t have the chance to cry in his life, because this fund-absorbing will be a long process and it may not be completed in one or two hundred years.

Think about it, people have to walk on land, cross mountains and ridges, and the sun rises and sets off. When the sun sets, they have to find hotel accommodation. When they are rushing, they are afraid of missing the lodge, so they can't walk many roads in a day. It's different to walk on a boat. People live on a boat and eat on a boat, and the wind cannot blow it. The rain cannot be wet - in this era, is there any easier than traveling on a boat?

I, Guangzhou is rich and famous now, and people from the mainland know it. But they may not necessarily know how to come to Guangzhou to make a living. People north of Yangzhou only know how to rush to Yangzhou. So, what about the people in Sichuan Prefecture? With this small canal, Chengdu people can drift along the Yangtze River and float to Guangzhou.

Don’t underestimate the courage of the people. Once the people know where the way to live, they don’t have to worry about the heights of the sky and the earth. In this way, my ability to absorb immigrants in Guangzhou will accelerate several times or dozens of times, and there is no need to bear the cost of immigration to them."

When Zhao Xing mentioned Chengdu, Shan E's face changed a little. He looked at Zhao Xing carefully and asked with a slanted eyes: "When I mention Chengdu, is it because I still not satisfied with Jinghu... What are you thinking about? Chengdu borders Tubo. Tubo people have been attacking you for a short time. Are you... Forget it, you don't have to tell me. I'm going to take office in Chenzhou now. Isn't it just digging a ditch that is hundreds of miles long? A small matter! Oh, with this reason, are you going to let the court allocate the wings for you again?"

Zhao Xing smiled but refused to answer. Shan E was not polite either. He stood up and walked out the door and said, "I'm leaving. I don't plan to sell the shipping shares on the Xijiang River. You promised me that when I complete the renovation of the river, I will pay me a silver coin for each sailing ship on the river one way. I have never received this money... Forget it, I won't ask you for the account, I will settle the accounts with your Mrs. Chen."

"Look for Zhang Zhuowei", Zhao Xing shouted at Shan E's back: "Mrs. Chen is not here for half a year. Now Zhang Zhuowei is in charge of this money. Don't worry, even a copper coin will not be missing."

Zhang Zhuowei was the county magistrate whom Zhao Xing captured from the Liao Kingdom. He has now also entered the mainland and became Zhao Xing's housekeeper.

Shan E ran away in a blink of an eye and saw no trace. Zhao Xing turned his eyes to Zhan Fan and around him. He said frankly: "The two are taking good care of my teacher, Mr. Po. Now that the two have expired, what official do you want to transfer to? Guangdong and Guangxi are the ones you choose."

Zhan Fan was not polite. He had a lot of contact with Zhao Xing and knew that Zhao Xing would be particularly generous once he regarded people as friends. He pointed to the map on the table and said, "I heard that the Overseas Affairs Department has been making great efforts recently. This is the full position. I want to go to the Overseas Affairs Department. I heard that the Governor Boni is still open, so I am willing to be the Governor Boni."

Zhao Xing was moved and stood up and bowed: "The current officials in Guangnan rarely want to work overseas. Zhan Shou is actually willing to relieve my worries. Very good, Governor Boni is yours."

Zhan Fan grinned: "That's them, they are stupid. I read your overseas affairs department regulations: the magistrate is like a king when he arrives in the foreign vassal state, and he doesn't have to worry about anything, just collect money and stamp it. Stay overseas for five years and make up enough money and rare things. After returning home, why should you become an official again? Just teach your children. Didn't you say: overseas foreigners are not my descendants of the Song Dynasty. They serve as a governor, and they will be killed and seized. Everything is supreme with the interests of the Song Dynasty. A governor, even the king of the foreign vassal state can call you around. How can a magistrate compare to this kind of majesty."

Zhou Wenzhi smiled and added: "The tax quota from foreign vassals and foreign vassals has no rules. The amount of the magistrate is paid according to the Governor. 30% of them are the income of the Governor. This is a good rule. Zhan Shou chose a good place. Boliu oil mines were sold to the Song Dynasty. There are about one million guan a year, and 30% are 300,000 guan. You can get one.5 million guan in a five-year term. This is a legal benefit. Three generations of descendants have enough to spend."

Zhao Xing looked at Zhou Wenzhi with interest and asked, "Are Zhou Shou interested?"

Zhou Wenzhi laughed and replied: "Xiaoguan and Mr. Xie Ying have some friendship. I heard that Mr. Zhao and Mr. Xie Ying have asked for two magistrates. One of them is going to go. Mr. Dan wants to transfer to Jinghu. I wonder if Mr. Zhao can allow it?"

Zhao Xing nodded: "I am going to build that canal, so I asked Mr. Xie Ying to ask the locations of Chenzhou and Hengzhou. The Lei River runs through these two prefectures and counties and directly connects to Dongting Lake. After the canal is built, the road to the Yangtze River in Guangzhou has been opened, and the Pearl River water system is also connected to the Yangtze River water system, so the location of these two prefectures is very important.

I agreed with Mr. Xie Ying that whoever sits in that position needs two consecutive terms. After six years of office, Zhou Shou is willing to go, I can recommend it, but Zhou Shou has already served as a magistrate. You only need one term to be promoted and you are willing to serve in the second term. Continue to stay in the official position of the magistrate?"

Zhou Wenzhi picked up the teacup and covered his face, and said with a smile: "I have heard that the adults complained that there has not been a news about Guangdong and Guangxi in the Dibao for several years. I went to search and checked it. There was so many big events in Guangdong and Guangxi this year. There was only one sentence in the Dibao, which casually said that Guangxi sent troops to destroy Dali. Apart from that, there were no more words.

The lord sat in Guangzhou and did so many big things, but the court ignored me. What is it that I was in a position of a prefect for two terms? But I was re-elected for two terms in Jinghu. Maybe I could be seen by the court, but it was also possible that the court ignored me at all. Apart from us officials from Guangdong and Guangxi, who would be willing to come to this place of shooting?

I am not greedy, and the court's party struggles are so strong. After two more term, I will be promoted or not. If I can get in touch with people from the Central Plains, it will be worthwhile to have this life. When I was born, I will leave it to fate."

"Okay! I'll give you official seals. Two, if there is no problem with the accounts of officials from Guangdong and Guangxi, I will also issue a deposit of integrity--this is used to seize the land fund to establish the land by Dali. Two can go to Jiansi Wanqiyong to settle the settlement..."

The two officials bowed farewell with satisfaction. At this time, Li Yuan and Chen Gongchuan also discussed in Zhao Xing's backyard. Chen Yiyi led the two to find Zhao Xing. She bowed to the ground with a sad face and kowtowed repeatedly: "Mr., you often say 'Heaven, Earth, Lord, Teacher, and the Five Principles of the World', and said: 'If you don't love your relatives, why love your family? If you don't love your family, why love your country'... Now, my family, life and death lies in my hands. Please give me mercy."

Zhao Xing reached out and helped Chen Yiyi up, and replied calmly: "As the Song official, my mercy is only directed at the Song people. You are my Song people's wife. You don't need to beg me. My mercy and love include you..."

Zhao Xing then turned to Chen Gongchuan and continued, "Originally we were relatives and friends. When I sent troops to Dali, I didn't expect to beware of my own relatives, but I didn't expect that the Chen family soldiers stabbed me in the back when I couldn't pull out the troops at the very least.

Originally, I would not let anyone go to the person who was stabbing behind the scenes. Having this person sleeps on the side of my bed would make me restless, but for Yi Yi's sake, I had polished the knife but couldn't cut it down.

Forget it, since you have already told the court, this matter ends here. To be honest, I don’t plan to return the five northern cities within ten years, just for the court, I cannot return it; I cannot return it for the children of Yiyi land. Because the Jinlan area must have ten years of construction, otherwise, how can I know whether it will be embezzled? With ten years of construction, I believe 'I will not offend anyone, and if people offend me, I will not be afraid'."

Li Yuan rolled his eyes straight.

What does it mean to turn black and white? This is called turning black and white. What we sent troops to capture is not the land of the Song Dynasty, and it is not even the land of Dali. At most, it can be considered as the bribery of Dali. You set a trap and made me accidentally cross the border. Then, the army that had already been waiting there ambushed us, and suddenly attacked my Jiaozhi Kingdom and seized the five most fertile cities of our country. Now you are still full of truth - is there any law in this world?!

However, Li Yuan could only bear this tone, who told him to "accidentally cross the border"!

"Mr. Zhao, I believe in you, but from now on, we will no longer be friends. You and I can only be officials of the two countries. Goodbye!" Li Yuan bowed and said goodbye. Chen Gongchuan hesitated for a moment, glared at Zhao Xing fiercely, and caught up with Li Yuan's footsteps.

When the two of them left, Zhao Xing smiled and said to Chen Yiyi: "Chen and Li are relatives. I remember that Chen also has the qualifications to inherit the position of the Lord of the Great Yue Kingdom. Does that mean that our son, the little Jinlan, is also qualified to become the King of the Great Yue Kingdom?"

Chen Yiyi widened his eyes blankly, and Zhao Xing slowly said, "I asked your child to go to Jinlan and ordered him to operate that land to be a demonstration land for Vietnamese people. You should think more about your child in the future. Don't disrupt my steps. You should know that your son may also become the king of Vietnam."

Chen Yiyi's eyes became brighter and brighter, and her mother always looked at her children. When Zhao Xing said this, Chen Yiyi's heart suddenly fell to her husband. She turned her eyes and said, "This time the two countries confront each other, the loss was all my Chen family soldiers, and Li was not damaged. My brother had to come, if he dared to show a hint of inclination..."

Zhao Xing continued: "The time is not right now, so don't let your brother out of breath. If you have ten years to control the Mekong River's mouth, Jinlan City, which is at the mouth of the Mekong River, it will not be a place that Vietnamese countries can check and balance - you have a idea in your mind. When Vietnam asks me to return the five northern provinces next time, it is time for me to launch it. At that time, whether Vietnam can exist depends on your son's meaning."

"Our child!" Chen Yiyi added with bright eyes.

"Okay, people often say, 'There is no two days'. There can be no two authority in a country, so I don't want to go to Jinlan, because once I set foot on that land, the boy needs to salute me, and his unique authority will be damaged. The same goes for you. In order to establish the authority of our son, you'd better not run to Jinlan in the future and let the child do it by himself.

I plan to let my child return to Jinlan every year in the future and receive worship from his subjects. I will receive education in Guangzhou at other times until he becomes an adult. Cheng Shuang is there, building that land according to his wishes, and I believe in his ability. Let me let him go. Cheng Shuang is a child of the Cheng clan, and one day he will return to Huangzhou. Return to his ancestral land. So, what are we worried about?"

Zhao Xingdi's words finally made Chen Yiyi relieve her psychological burden. She stood up, waved her hand vigorously, and said, "I am short-sighted. I only saw that the Jinlan Song Mall was prosperous day by day, so I thought about guarding that land. I didn't expect there would be a bigger family business."

After Chen Yiyi was upset, she glanced at Zhao Xing and complained: "My husband, why didn't you remind me soon?"

Zhao Xing laughed. The woman became unreasonable. There was no reason to say. However, seeing Chen Yiyi start acting coquettishly again, Zhao Xing nodded with satisfaction and said, "The place in Jinlan is indeed a good place. Its harbor is very deep and can drive into a 10,000 tons of ship. Unfortunately, our current technology is not as high as a 10,000 tons of ship. With that port and that fortress group, our fleet can directly block the Spurs Strait (Malacca Strait). In this way, all ships going to the South China Sea or ships entering the Da Song Sea must be nodded and let go.

Jinlan City has developed rapidly in recent years, but it is not enough. I plan to start from Dali to renovate the river channel leading to Jinlan City. In this way, Zhenla and Dali along the way are under our control. The trade of the Nanyang Alliance can involve water and land, and communicate with the east and west... The next step is to occupy the west bank of the Mekong River estuary, and then build a double-tower cable-stayed bridge. Several double-tower cable-stayed bridges have been built on the Guangzhou River surface recently. When this technology is mature, several bridges will be built on the Mekong River, and all the fertile alluvial plains on both sides will be in your hands."

Chen Yiyi's eyes were rolling around, and she didn't know what she was thinking about. Zhao Xing waved his hand and said, "Today, the Hong Kong Futu Lighthouse is completed. I'm going to go to watch it in the evening. You can clean up and accompany me?"

Chen Yiyi shook his head: "My husband, my previous plans were wrong, and I still have many things to re-plan. I only realized today that the Song Dynasty is the foundation, so I have to correct it in the past... My husband will go by myself, and I still have a few letters to write."

Zhao Xing waved his hand and said goodbye to Chen Yiyi. He walked to the backyard and found that his eldest son Zhao Feng was sitting on the swing stand, shaking the swing lonely while humming an unknown song. Zhao Xing was planning to stand at the door to greet the child. Seeing the child's lonely appearance, he couldn't help but quietly walk to the child and asked softly: "Are you ready? Can we leave?"

Zhao Feng said slowly: "There is nothing to be prepared. My father, do you want me to come forward in such an occasion? Why can't I play like a few younger brothers?"

Zhao Xing touched Zhao Feng's land lovingly and asked, "Why don't your younger brothers play with you? Even your younger brother Xiaoyun doesn't come to you to play?"

Zhao Feng replied depressedly: "My mother taught me to be steady in dealing with things, and to be like a yamen in the prime minister's family. She also said that the legitimate father does big things and cannot let the child ruin the reputation of the legitimate father. But Master Su, Master Huang, Master Chao and others do not like the disciple's steadiness. Several younger brothers also said that the child is not sociable, so I can only sit alone in the yard and swing. It's really not fun."

Zhao Xing smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Your mother... Forget it, she is teaching children with the method of the Song people. It is not convenient for me to interfere too much in this regard, but what she said is right. It is better for children to keep a stable focus. As long as you keep this family business, everything else doesn't matter.

Next year, the court will give you an official position, and from then on, you will also be the one who receives the salary of the court. I will arrange your servants and good partners. Your task is to guard our home. As for participating in the imperial examination and becoming an official, that is the business of your younger brothers. If possible, I don’t agree with them going to the capital to be an official - unless I change the world."

Zhao Feng nodded slowly and said in an old-fashioned manner: "The father is always so unfathomable when speaking. This is because the child is not intelligent enough, or the father and father like to say some lies."

Zhao Xing laughed loudly, and he waved to him and said, "Come on, child, today we are going to the beach to attend the unveiling ceremony of the Tower of Light. Let's go quickly... By the way, the Qingzhao of the Li family did not come to accompany you, but she had promised me."

Zhao Feng held Zhao Xing's hand and said slowly as he walked: "The Li family's little lady always likes to tease her brother, but I don't like it. But I envy my brother too, because she never teases me... Legitimate father, why did you ask me to marry her?"

As Zhao Xing walked, he smiled trepidly and said, "Your father can't write poetry, but he knows who writes poetry. The Li family's little lady came from a scholarly family and looked like a smart person. When she married my Zhao family, the poems she wrote in the future belong to my Zhao family - children. You must know that talent is worth buying at a high price."

Zhao Feng, a villain, actually understood Zhao Xing's words. He slowly replied: "I know that the legitimate father raised Mr. Qin because of his talent. I also heard from Lord Wanqi that Pan Dalin had recently sent a letter saying that he would also go to Guangzhou to find his legitimate father to make a living. I heard from the brothers of the Cheng clan that Pan Dalin had no ability except for good poetry. The "Pan Sheng Wine" he brewed was famous in Xiangfan, but his own business was heavily in debt. Many debt collectors interrupted the idea of ​​the poem, leaving only a sentence "The city is windy and rainy and close to Double Ninth Festival."

But Pan Sheng wine became one of the famous wines in Huainan in his father's hands, earning Pan Sheng tens of thousands of yuan every year. However, Pan Sheng didn't care about this hot scene, nor did he know the tricks to observe the prosperous business, but only knew the pursuit of poetry and poetry at the end of the world.

Uncle Wanqi said that when Pan Sheng comes, it may not be easy to settle the settlement, because he is not even a tribute scholar. Although the Lingnan officialdom is a place where the shooting is the place, he does not accept people who are not the right way to the imperial examination. I am afraid that when he comes, the legitimate father will still have a headache, because Pan Sheng can't even settle the accounts except for writing poetry. If he doesn't do it, the legitimate father will also raise Pan Dalinbai like he did with Uncle Qin. Is this what people often call "clearing guests"?"

Before Zhao Xing could answer, they had already walked to the door. At the door, Li Gefei was holding his daughter and was looking at Zhao Feng with a smile. When Li Qingzhao saw Zhao Feng coming out, she made a face. Zhao Feng had no expression on his face and looked ahead.

When Zhao Xing saw Li Qingzhao, his interest came. He shouted to the little girl: "Qingzhao, I'm ready for the chess and Go you want soon. I can't regret what you promised."
Chapter completed!