March 1651.

The seventh year of Longwu.

The earth is warm and warm, and Su Songchang is full of vitality and excitement.

Previously, in order to ban the sea, the Qing court moved people hundreds of miles along the coast, burning houses and abandoning fertile land, making the near sea a deserted place.

After Zhao Ming occupied Su Songchang, he discussed with the shogunate counselors and proposed two government orders: "Replenishing Clothes and Clothes" and "Revitalizing Industry and Commerce", and then proposed a plan to invest millions of taels of silver and "Revitalizing Su Songchang".

Two months ago, Zhao Ming ordered people to post notices to encourage the people to open up land and use coastal land to plant mulberry seedlings to meet the needs of Susong textile industry.

That month, tens of thousands of people carried hoes and tools to reclaim offshore wastelands and repurchase the discarded land.

In addition, craftsmen and civilians can be seen everywhere in and outside the prefectures and counties, jingling and building workshops.

By March, Susongchang was already in full swing, and many workshops had already started production, and the sound of the loom was endless day and night.

There were notices everywhere in cities and towns recruiting silk reels, looms, jacquards, and dyed workers. The generous treatment attracted many outsiders to pursue profits.

Because of the large amount of money investment, Su Song's often declining business was quickly activated. Workshops resumed work, and a large number of hired workers flocked to the towns, bringing a lot of benefits to the people and vendors in the city immediately.

For a time, many inn shopkeepers, wine shop owners, and grocery store owners who fled to the countryside to farm, returned to the city, erected signs, put up flags, set off firecrackers, and opened new business.

The people nearby picked fruits and vegetables, caught chickens and ducks and went to the city for sale, and each city and town immediately became full of vitality.

March, Shanghai County.

This place was originally just a small county town, and its economy was mainly based on rice cultivation.

At this time, outside the county town, on the bank of the Huangpu River, nearly ten thousand people and craftsmen were busy building wharfs and warehouses.

It is said that if Zhao Dashuai wants to turn Shanghai County into a trading port, the river silt must be cleaned to allow ships to sail, the dock must be solid, and can dock large ships with more than 1,000 materials. The warehouse pipe must also be waterproof and moisture-proof, which can ensure the storage of goods.

After a while, everyone gradually understood what a trading port was, that is, ships from all countries would come to Shanghai to trade in the future.

This made some people immediately notice business opportunities. The prices of shops in Shanghai County soared one day.

At noon on the ninth day of the lunar month, the sun was in the sky. On the construction site of the pier, the civilians and craftsmen were having lunch and resting for a while, and then they were ready to resume work.

Although the project has only started for a month, the outline has appeared.

Wooden stakes and stone piers have been laid by the Huangpu River, and the warehouse has been built more than one person in height, and some are about to be topped off.

At this time, a sea boat that came from the sea sailed to Huangpu River and stopped by the dock that was still under construction. It put on a rope and lowered the anchor. A board was placed on the boat. A middle-aged thin official wearing a scorched official robe, a black sand hat, and a jade belt, walked down from the boat and looked around at the construction site, with a look of surprise in his eyes.

The person who came was named Fu Shangrui, who was formerly the governor of Hubei. He was now appointed as the governor of Nanzhi by the Longwu court. He first went to Guangzhou from Changsha, and then took a boat from Guangzhou and advanced along the coast. It took two months before he came from Changsha to Jiangnan.

Because Hubei and Jiangxi were under the hands of the Qing army, Changsha had to contact Jiangsu and Zhejiang, but could not go downstream and could only take a detour.

In this way, the Longwu court sent personnel to either go to Ganzhou to Fujian, then to Zhejiang, go north to Susong, or go south to Guangzhou, and then take a boat north.

Taking the land route, there are too many mountain roads, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive, so Fu Shangrui chose to take the sea route to Su Song to take office.

Last year, the Longwu court was revived by the Zhejiang army and recovered the three prefectures of Nanzhili, and the court was full of joy, but at the same time, it was uneasy about the successive victory of local forces.

In the court, a large number of civil officials were worried that if this continued, it would lead to a great power in the vassal states and a situation of separatist states in the late Tang Dynasty.

The separatist rule of the vassal states at the end of the Tang Dynasty and the later Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms were a period of relatively chaotic and darkness in Chinese history, and also a period of extremely low status of literati.

Unconscious civil officials were unwilling to repeat that period of history. If the late Tang Dynasty was too far away, it would not be enough to awaken the world. Then, looking at the lessons of the generals' domineering and the four towns in Jiangbei and the Zuo Town in Wuchang, everyone also understood the tragic consequences of the increase in the power of the ministers and the fall of the central authority.

To this end, He Tengjiao, as the chief minister, formulated a plan, and the court sent a group of officers to Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian and other places to serve as governor, governor, governor, governor, and governor, and decided to reclaim part of his rights.

Emperor Longwu was a little hesitant about this, but he nodded in agreement.

After all, as an emperor, I don’t want anyone to challenge his rights.

So Heng Tengjiao selected a large number of officials and sent them to the local area to serve, but the people he sent were all his party, He Tengjiao.

Fu Shangrui and He Tengjiao are old friends, and the two have a very close relationship. They can be said to be He Tengjiao's right-hand man.

This time Fu Shangrui arrived, it can be said that he was shouldering a heavy responsibility. Whether He Tengjiao could make a situation in Jiangsu and Zhejiang and achieve his achievements depends entirely on him.

Previously, Fu Shangrui was just a governor of Hubei. His achievements were not obvious in recent years, but he suffered several defeats. However, in order to help him get to power, He Tengjiao selected Fu Shangrui into the cabinet and gave him the identity of a Grand Secretary to supervise the army in order to suppress the Zhejiang people.

At this time, Chen Yujie, who was supervising the construction site, heard the news and led some officials and craftsmen to come.

Chen Yujie looked at the robe official who was born in the distance and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him, "Chen Yujie, the deputy commander of the Zhejiang Commander and Commander, don't you know what Shangguan is?"

A general wearing mountain armor beside Fu Shangrui was quite arrogant and bowed to Tianyi and said, "This is the governor of Nanzhi appointed by the emperor, Fu Shangrui and Fu Pavilion, you may not come forward to salute."

Supervisor of Nanzhi?

Chen Yujie and others frowned slightly, why did the imperial court send a supervisor to him before he received the reward?

Moreover, who is this Fu Shangrui sage? I have never heard of him making any achievements before, so why should he supervise the army?

Having said that, Donghai Town was a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty after all, and Chen Yujie and others could only salute, "Xiaoguan and others welcomed the supervisor!"

Fu Shangrui smiled and waved his hand, "You don't have to be too polite. This cabinet is just a new arrival, and you will have to rely on you in the future!"

As he said that, Fu Shangrui glanced at the construction sites on both sides of the Huangpu River and smiled and said, "As soon as our cabinet arrived in Jiangnan, I saw such a busy scene. I wonder what you are doing?"

An official next to Chen Yujie was very proud and immediately said, "I don't know anything about the cabinet. My grand commander invested 6 million taels of silver to revitalize Su Songchang. We are building a wharf, cleaning the waterway, and preparing for the opening of a port in Shanghai."

Many officials in Donghai Town showed pride on their faces. Zhao Dashui made a big deal and smashed millions of taels. Su Songchang, who was originally depressed, was immediately full of vitality. Everyone saw it and was happy in their hearts.

According to the words of Dashuai Zhao, they witnessed with their own eyes that their actions changed the place, the world, and made them feel their own power. They all felt very proud.

"Six million taels?" Fu Shangrui couldn't help but take a breath of cold air when he heard this, and his eyes immediately narrowed.
Chapter completed!