The Great Way

Early summer in the forty-fourth year of Wanli.

This is the best summer for farmers in Dengzhou.

Perhaps because the disaster last year was too serious, this year was a good year with good weather, and the harvest of winter wheat was better than expected. Seeing the good harvest on the wheat field, the people of the entire East Three Mansions suddenly had a smile on their faces.

Rice prices dropped by more than half at once. Although they were still at a high level compared to normal years, everyone felt that life was going to be successful, and all industries suddenly recovered their vitality, and everyone was more and more full of hope for the next autumn harvest.

It turned out that the deserted market suddenly recovered. People who bought calluses, raw silk, cloth, and oil sold came out one after another. Although everyone was still carrying heavy debts, the court waived most of the money and grain this year, making everyone feel that they might be able to pull one or two pieces of cloth to make new clothes in addition to paying off their debts.

The once deserted Longkou Port has returned to its original prosperity. Large merchant ships from Jiangnan, Huaiyang, Liaodong, Fujian, and North Korea have filled this emerging port. Merchants from all over the world are bargaining here, and everyone has a spirit of striving for progress.

This disaster has finally passed, and everyone has the same consensus.

Zhuang Tiaozhi walked on the streets of Longkou and saw this scene, and couldn't help but smile with joy on his face. He felt that he had made the extremely right choice.

This correct choice not only changed the fate of Zhuang Diao's personal fate, but also changed the fate of the entire Juzhou and even the entire Qingzhou Prefecture. In the past, when Juzhou was released, not many people knew about Dadian merchants, but now the entire Shandong knows that Dadianzhuang is the first in Juzhou.

What's more, in the past year or so, Zhuang Diaozhi, a newcomer who has come to invest in thousands of miles, has grown into a real player in Longkou. As long as everyone mentions the Locust Destroy Institute, it is well-known. It is said that Zhuang Diaozhi has done a great thing.

Thinking of the achievements of the Locust Destroyer over the past year, Zhuangtui had a great sense of accomplishment. This not only robbed food from the tiger's mouth, but also recaptured countless creatures in danger from God.

When Zhuangtuyi thought of these things, his spirit became energetic: "I wonder what the big deal is Mr. Liu looking for me today?"

Yesterday, Shi Qinming sent someone to inform him that he would come here early today to do business. Liu Peng was going to prepare to meet him first today, so Zhuang Dianzhi would wake up early.

But when he arrived at the General Affairs Office, he did not see Liu Peng, but saw an unexpected candidate: "Brother Yang, why are you here?"

The person who was waiting with him for Liu Peng to meet was not someone else, but Yang Guangwen, the patrol chief who patroled Juzhou, Zhucheng and Gaomi. However, Yang Guangwen knew that he wanted to get out of the situation in the local area, and that was the support of the dealer, so he asked Zhuangzhi to call him "Brother Yang".

Yang Guangwen sighed and said, "Things were not going well in Zhucheng, so I went back to meet Liu Shao."

When Yang Guangwen arrived in Juzhou, Zhucheng was extremely excited and thought that he could master such a large area of ​​land, which could be Longgui Dahai, but things were not as simple as he imagined. If it were not for the cooperation of the Zhang family in Zhucheng and the Juzhou merchants, Yang Guangwen, the general commander of the patrol, would probably have encountered big trouble.

Zhuang Diaozhi was chivalrous and had no scruples when speaking. He immediately asked, "Is the province making trouble again?"

"Yes, Mr. Liu slaughtered Anlou Village, and Madugong is our old friend again, so no one in the prefectures dares to be ignorant of praise, but the great masters in the province regard us as mortal enemies. I don't know how much trouble we have caused us until now."

Although Yang Guangwen did not go to Qingzhou Prefecture to work hard with bare hands, and brought a team of hundreds of people, and received widespread support from the local government, since the disaster came to an end, the pressure from the province followed, and many people helped the fire, they were determined to squeeze Yang Guangwen out.

As a result, in the past, Yang Guangwen was at Huangshan Pavilion, which was only thirty miles away from Longkou, but Yang Guangwen spent most of his time in Huangshan Pavilion. Now he went to Qingzhou Prefecture, two or three hundred miles away from Longkou. However, he ran to Longkou every day, hoping that Liu Peng could provide more resource support.

Zhuang Diaowen thought things too simple, and he immediately said, "Brother Yang, since it is a problem in the province, you might as well ask Mr. Liu to come forward and find a way to solve the problem of the province's opponent."

But Yang Guangwen shook his head repeatedly and said, "The problem now is that the province is already in chaos, and we can't even figure out who is friends and who is enemies."

The Shandong officialdom’s response to this severe drought can be said to be a mess. This unprecedented drought can be said to be a natural disaster or a one, and this chaos reached its limit last month.

In April of the 44th year of Wanli, the term of Zhao Riheng's office in Shandong was already here, but he left without waiting for the later office to take over the handover procedures, leaving behind a mess, and together with the Hedong Office in Hedong, he created a new record of leaving without authorization.

In the Wanli period, personnel were deteriorating, and officials often left office without approval. However, in the past, this situation only happened to irrelevant Beijing officials. However, now the two inspectors left directly without waiting for their later posts to take office, which was a precedent for local officials to give up their posts without authorization.

Although Bi Maokang, the new inspector, has already taken office this month, because of Zhao Riheng's trouble, the situation in the province can be said to be a mess now, and Longkou has become the best choice for these officials to divert internal pressure, and bombardment round after round, so that Yang Guangwen couldn't figure out who was really supporting him in the province.

But Zhuang Diaozhi said proudly: "This is a good thing, which means that Brother Yang has opened up after he arrived in Qingzhou, so there is so much criticism that the province still has Brother Yang's official position stuck in the province and refuses to give up."

As he was speaking, Shi Qinming's voice came over there: "Master Yang Xun, please notify me if you want to see Mr. Liu, don't you tell me earlier. I will definitely let Mr. Liu come over. Mr. Liu will run over immediately. By the way... I'll adjust it, please wait a moment later."

"Don't wait for the adjustment." Yang Guangwen can be said to spare no effort in winning over the Qingzhou tribe. He said to Shi Qinming: "Let him go to see Mr. Liu with me, and get things done together. Mr. Liu is here."

Liu Peng ran all the way to the General Affairs Office before he started wiping his sweat. Shi Qinming quickly said, "Mr. Liu, General Yang Xun is back."

Liu Peng wiped his sweat with a towel while moving: "Guangwen, adjust it, wait a moment, I will change my clothes first."

In Zhuang Diaozhi's eyes, Liu Peng is still no different from when he first met. Even though the power of Longkou has expanded so much this year, Liu Peng is still so approachable: "Guangwen, did you let us retreat again in Qingzhou?"

"The province is under great pressure, and there are many demons and gods in the prefectures and prefectures and states taking the opportunity to cause trouble. Fortunately, the official Kong Tui has been standing by our side. I came here this time to get a charter with you. What should I do?"

When Yang Guangwen said this, Liu Peng laughed: "I came here today, just to solve this problem. It would be best if you come here."

"What do you mean?" Yang Guangwen suddenly became interested: "This year the Locust Elimination Institute is preparing to enter Qingzhou?"

Liu Peng shook his head and said, "You are alone in Qingzhou Prefecture, and the province doesn't like you. If you go there again, some people will probably be restless and adjust it."

Liu Peng called Zhuang Tiaozhi's name affectionately: "I have worked hard this year in the past. I used to prepare to let you go to the seminar for a rest for half a year, but now I have big things to do, so I can only work hard for you."

Yang Guangwen knew that entering the workshop was not a break. On the contrary, it was difficult for ordinary people to adapt to the study intensity and training intensity of the workshop. However, everyone knows that entering the workshop is a real great thing, and they want to join the workshop as soon as possible and suffer a little. After all, if you want to promote and reuse, you must first enter the workshop to gilt, and even Yang Guangwen is no exception.

Zhuang Diaozhi immediately asked, "Mr. Liu means to let us leave the locust-killing site?"

He has a deep relationship with the locust-killing agency and the locust-killing agency. Liu Peng can understand his emotions: "You go back and hand over the locust-killing agency to Chen Biexue as soon as possible. What you want to do next is much more important than locust-killing agency, but I haven't made up my mind yet."

"What do you mean?" Yang Guangwen became more interested: "We have to consider our Qingzhou first."

Liu Peng immediately pointed to the map of Dongsanfu on the table, then used his fingers to draw from top to bottom in the middle of the map, and then from left to right: "I really didn't make up my mind."

Following the direction Liu Peng's fingers stroked, Yang Guangwen already understood: "Mr. Liu is... preparing to reopen the Jiaolai Canal, no... This is definitely not the Jiaolai Canal. Mr. Liu is preparing to build a road?"

Liu Peng nodded and said, pointing out the Guanma Avenue from Weixian to Penglai on the map: "The reason why we have today's situation in Longkou is because we rely on this Guanma Avenue."

This Guanma Avenue almost completely overlaps with the Weiyan Highway in another time and space. It can be said to be the artery of the East Three Prefectures within one or two thousand years. Most of the land transportation of the East Three Prefectures relies on this Guanma Avenue. After the rise of Longkou, it continued to develop along this Guanma Avenue. Now it can be said that it firmly controls most sections of this Guanma Avenue.

But without Liu Peng's explanation, Yang Guangwen would also understand the fatal flaws of this strategic layout, so he immediately asked: "Mr. Liu is planning to build another official horse road?"

Liu Peng clicked, but when he looked at the map, he always said with his eyebrows locked and said, "It can't be said to be Guanma Avenue, but he has to run a carriage now. The specific route has not yet been determined."
Chapter completed!