Li Xun stood beside Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan and watched all of this. He sighed and said, "Who would have thought that as soon as your family arrived, you would be able to resolve the conflict between the people. Your luck is good."
"How is this luck? This is called opportunity. If other officials came by land, they wouldn't have gathered so many people if they didn't have 18 ships. Even if they came, if my family didn't cook for the people, they wouldn't accept my father. No one would talk about the past, so the people wouldn't be relieved. "
Zhang Xiaobao saw that Li Xun attributed his hard work to luck, so he retorted.
Li Xun didn't say anything this time. Seeing that most of the people on the boat had gone down, he also climbed down the ladder at the side. Fifty-six people stayed in the water, protecting the people on the small boats as they landed safely.
By this time, Zhang Zhong had a rough understanding of the situation. It was true that the prefecture was located in Ulei County, but the largest county in the prefecture was Yushan County. In the prefecture, other than himself, who was in charge of both military and political affairs, there were four other people. Two of them were in charge of two departments. There were also three scribes, fifty prefecture soldiers, and six miscellaneous people.
The soldiers couldn't be left behind. They had to follow the people who left. These soldiers were raised by the officials who left. Even if they were left behind, Zhang Zhong didn't dare to take them.
In this way, the prefectural court seemed to have become a decoration, but the yamen of the four counties were fully staffed. There were county magistrates, deputy county secretaries, county secretaries, county wardens, clerks, and all sorts of other people. Not a single one was missing. Every county had more than a hundred yamen runners, and there were also county magistrates and other people who were more than soldiers.
As a result, if anything happened in the prefecture, they had to discuss it with the county magistrates. The local government was stronger than the prefecture. Zhang Zhong finally understood why the previous governor was so happy to see him come with official documents. No one would be comfortable if they were restricted in all aspects.
"Provincial Governor Zhang, why don't we let them work first? We can go back and deal with the local affairs. We can't slack off when it comes to the people." Wulei County's County Magistrate Zhang Yi said to Zhang Zhong. He had eaten his fill and was looking at other people working. Being blown by the sea breeze and basked in the scorching sun, he couldn't stand it anymore.
"Well, if everyone is busy, then you can go ahead and do it. I wonder if the magistrate of the state can help me find it?" Zhang Zhong wanted to meet those four people. The four of them were in charge of the six departments. He did not know how they were doing. It could be said that they were in the dark.
County Magistrate Zhang showed an expression that he didn't know. "Provincial Governor Zhang, the four people might have gone elsewhere to investigate. Why don't you go back and wait?"
"No need. I have my own arrangements. You can go back and do your work." Zhang Zhong knew that many of these people were against him, the new Provincial Governor. Before he could figure out what they were thinking, he would slowly investigate on his own.
After Zhang Zhong finished speaking, some people immediately left in a hurry. Some people looked at Zhang Zhong and seemed to want to say something. When they saw that Zhang Zhong didn't intend to keep them for questioning, they also left.
Zhang Zhong wasn't in a hurry to return to the prefecture. He stood there and watched the people build a simple dock. He was waiting for the people in the prefecture to come and find him. After all, it wasn't a big deal. If they didn't come today, he would go back to sleep on the ship. If they didn't come tomorrow, he would continue to sleep. Let's see who could outlast who.
"I'm old. My body can't take it anymore. I'll go back first. Lord Zhang will watch over here. The matters in the prefecture will be clear in the future." The old man just now used his hand to massage his waist and said this. He was helped away step by step.
Zhang Xiaobao, Wang Juan, and Li Xun also came down. When they were about to go ashore, they instructed the 56 people, "Continue to swim. Come up at night. It's easy to swim in the sea. Feel the sea water, especially the waves. Now you know why we put fish in the swimming pool."
The 56 people didn't say anything. They lowered their heads and dove in. When they came out again, they were already several feet away. They split into groups of two and spread out.
Li Xun stood on the shore and looked at the sea in the distance. "This place looks good. We caught a few big fish on our way here. We can eat fish every day in the future."
"There's no rush to eat fish. We should build a new dock here. The dock needs to be repaired. We'll follow the route we took to come here. We'll ship the things here back and the things on the other side here. We won't unload the goods midway. If we want to buy things from the other side, we'll have to come to Lu Zhou."
This was Zhang Xiaobao's next step. Lu Zhou was a huge place, but the population was too small. It was no wonder it could not develop. Nobody had anything to develop it. There were so many specialties. Apart from the tributes, why didn't they sell more? There must be something going on.
There was another mountain range on the other side. It was the Hundred Thousand Mountains. It was like a primeval forest. It was similar to Fragrant Mountain in Hua Yuan County. However, it was bigger than Fragrant Mountain. There were countless good things there. The people who guarded this place were poor for two reasons. First, there were some things that were not valued. Second, there were trade channels.
Perhaps, there were people who came to buy all kinds of things. Due to the difficult road and the places that could be sold were far away, the people who came to buy the goods deliberately lowered the price.
Let alone now, even when they came here, some villagers were still suppressed by outsiders. It was very difficult for the villagers to go out and sell their goods.
Fortunately, they were here. They did not have to be afraid of being suppressed in the future. The reason why they were suppressed was because of some of the goods that were transported here. For example, cloth and medicine that were not available in the local area. Since they had a fleet of transport ships, they could bring them here and sell them at a fair price. They did not believe that anyone would dare to suppress them.
Zhang Xiaobao analyzed the situation. Wang Juan also thought of something. "Xiao Bao, I think the people here are too conservative. Why don't they raise more poultry and livestock? If they sell the things they produce, their lives will be better. "
"Where are there no conservative people? It's easy to sell them. If we sell our own things, we won't be able to sell them for a good price. If we sell them too far away, we won't be able to afford to go back and forth. If we collect other people's things and sell them together, won't we become merchants? Our family has a lot of business, but they are all under other people's names.
If they really become merchants, it will be very troublesome to do things in the future. Moreover, they are already used to this kind of life. For example, in the remote villages of our time, there were still people who only raised two pigs and kept them for the New Year to eat. They still raised more than ten chickens and waited for them to lay eggs.
The main thing is that these things require capital. When one falls ill, everything will be gone. They are all ordinary families. Building a house requires money, getting married requires money, and even getting sick requires money. Living like this, many generations of people can only be rich when nothing major happens. "
Zhang Xiaobao actually didn't feel that there was anything wrong with this. As long as the government guided them, the people would be able to live a good life. Some people were smart and forgot their good qualities. In their eyes, there was only money. There was no family affection, no friendship, and even love became a luxury.
When the two of them talked, only their lips moved. Li Xun didn't know anything. He was already used to Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan's communication method. To him, it was very magical. He didn't know how the two of them could understand. In the end, he concluded that it was because the two of them had been together for a long time after they opened their eyes.
Thinking about the rolling in money in the future, Li Xun felt that his mind was as broad as the sea and the sky. He said to Zhang Xiaobao, "I'll write a letter in a while and have someone send it to the military station to explain the matter. I don't know what Imperial Uncle is thinking. He didn't send your father's matter to the military station first. I've decided to pull in a few more merchants and build a bigger dock."
Li Xun was very excited when he spoke. He couldn't fight for a position that he shouldn't, but he could make more money. With money, not only could he live a life of luxury, but he could also help the poor. In the future, it would be good to be a free and unfettered Prince. He could govern his side well.
"They didn't send the detailed information here through the military station. Maybe the Emperor noticed some things here and didn't want the people here to prepare in advance. It is estimated that in addition to the tribute for the Emperor, the Emperor will also collect a lot of extra tributes for some prince, minister, or even the big families.
Don't look for other people to build the dock here, just the two of us. In the future, not only will we build normal merchant ships, but also warships. How can we let other people join us? You are a relative of the country, and my father is a high official. As long as the Emperor knows about the warships, there will be no problem. It will be troublesome if other merchants take advantage of us. "
Zhang Xiaobao didn't hide anything from Li Xun. For example, he let him know about the matter of training the army. This time was the same. All kinds of business between the two families were mixed together, and they were also connected politically. They were grasshoppers on the same rope. As long as there was something fun to do, it would be fine.
"Build warships? Your family wants to rebel? Then I can't protect you. It's okay to train some guards, and it's okay to hide some military weapons. After all, your family is doing too many things, and it's easy to be plotted against, especially by other countries. Even if Imperial Uncle knows, he won't do anything. But your father is an official here, and he wants to build warships. It doesn't seem good, right? "
Li Xun still protected the Zhang family in his heart. He also didn't think that the Zhang family would rebel. Then what was the point of building warships?
Zhang Xiaobao glared at Li Xun, "What's the point of rebelling? Do you know how to do experiments? There are many technologies that the people in the imperial court don't know. How long will it take to teach them? We will use a new technology on the ship, and we will tell the Emperor. You will tell him directly, so that the Emperor will know. If he wants to do something, he can imitate it.
We will build a big ship, and in the future, we will go to other places to have a look. Japan has been here before, and we will go further. We won't use warships, but only ordinary cargo ships. What if we get beaten? "
"How long will it take to go out?" Li Xun was also moved by Zhang Xiaobao's words.
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