Chapter 256
"Director Song, please be patient!"
Lin Xuzong looked at Song Xiance and smiled and said, "Actually, isn't this a good thing?"
"Is this still a good thing?"
"inherited!"
Lin Xuzong said: "The most important inheritance for our countrymen is that one father dies and his son succeeds. No matter how talented a childless man is, it is difficult for his subordinates to rest assured. If Zhou Taizu had not been Guo Tong and Guo Xin Both sons were killed by Emperor Yin of the Han Dynasty, so he had no choice but to let Shizong Chai Rong succeed him. However, after the death of the family, Song Taizu launched a mutiny in Chenqiao to usurp the kingdom of Zhou Dynasty. If Shizong was the blood son of Zhou Taizu, Song Taizu would still dare to Usurping the throne? Even if he dares, can he succeed?"
Song Xiance was familiar with classics and history, and naturally knew that Chai Rong would be usurped because he was in the wrong position. All the trusted ministers, including Fan Zhi, Wang Pu, Wei Renpu and other prime ministers, all approved of Zhao Kuangyin's rebellion. The only one who opposed it was Han Tong and his son. Zhao Kuangyin took advantage of him and killed him. To say that the Song Dynasty usurped the throne without bloodshed was actually planned by civil servants. Han Tong was killed in his mansion before he had time to send troops.
But similarly, when Mao Wenlong was killed, Mao Wenlong had no sons and only one son-in-law, Chen Jisheng. However, Chen Jisheng, as Mao Wenlong's adviser, was resourceful but unstoppable. In the end, Mao Wenlong raised eight thousand children and grandchildren, but failed to protect his foundation.
Cheng Shijie is now in the prime of life and his health is not in serious trouble. Although Cheng Jiayue is still young, in a few years, if Cheng Shijie cannot have another son, he can find a son-in-law for him.
The Liaodong Administrative Committee defines the four states in southern Liaoning as heavy industry bases. It is responsible for the production of warships, naval guns, and various large metal parts. The Liaozhong area is defined as a light and heavy industry base. Responsible for the production of shoes, boots, furs, agricultural and sideline industries, etc.
The only light industry in southern Liaoning is sun salt, but central Liaocheng does not have these natural advantages. As for Maoshan, it is a raw material base. Of course, the raw material base also includes the Shuangcheng area.
From now on, the scale of the settlements has begun to be controlled. Even if a large number of refugees arrive, they will not be directly organized into settlements of 100 households to resettle the refugees.
Those refugees need to undergo simple vocational training for one or more months in Liaodong and be sent to work in various factories. Now the income of workers in Liaodong has begun to increase again. A skilled worker can earn one or two yuan a month. The above does not include some hidden benefits.
For example, Cheng Shijie brought not only technological innovations to Liaodong regarding work-related injury, medical, and disease insurance, but also a management system for future generations. Both farmers and businessmen can purchase insurance from Liaodong Ping An Insurance Company.
The insurance industry has been ruined in later generations. After many people buy insurance, they will find that it is not the case at all.
No matter what you do these days, the risks are extremely high. When farming encounters locusts, drought, rain, and pests and diseases, food production may be reduced. At such times, the role of insurance comes into play.
Of course, Cheng Shijie's insurance business in Liaodong is government-run. This is because even if there is no insurance, if a disaster occurs in Liaodong, can the Liaodong Management Committee ignore it?
In the hands of Cheng Shijie, insurance is a means of macro-control of the economy. The real source of huge profits in the insurance industry is actually maritime transportation. Once a storm or piracy occurs, it will be enough to bankrupt small businesses. However, at this time, the marine industry that purchased insurance You can file a claim with the insurance company.
According to incomplete statistics, there are a total of 4,053 merchant ships in Liaodong, and more than 3,800 of them have purchased commercial insurance. These insurance coverage include pirate attacks and storm damage.
In addition to these problems, ordinary people can also purchase medical insurance voluntarily. With insurance, even if there is a patient at home, they do not need to borrow money. If they do not understand and are deceived, and borrow a loan shark, it is absolutely The family will be destroyed and people will die.
Thanks to the protection of insurance, Liaodong's economic development has been booming. If Cheng Shijie hadn't led Ning Haijun to attack senior officials, then Luzon, and then Batavia, Ning Haijun would have tens of thousands of troops and hundreds of thousands of military personnel. consumption, thus avoiding the crisis of industrial overcapacity in Liaodong.
In Song Xiance's view, Liaodong could have absolute strength and sweep the world in at most five years. At this critical moment, the issue of Cheng Shiwei's successor was particularly prominent.
People in the Ming Dynasty recognized blood. Adopted children without Cheng Shijie's blood were not recognized by the Ning Haijun Group. However, Cheng Jiayue was different. She was the daughter recognized by Cheng Shijie personally, and she was also the daughter of Cheng Shijie's first wife, Xiang. This legal inheritance right , no one can deny it.
Now Ning Haijun's generals, whether Shen Mingyu or Chang Yu, including the newly rising Liu Qingsong, Li Weiluan, and Li Zhixiang, do not have enough prestige and strength to rebel. It is not whether they will rebel, but they do not have the strength.
When Zhao Kuangyin launched the Chenqiao Mutiny, he already had hundreds of thousands of Northern Zhou Dynasty Forbidden Army in his hands. Even if King Han Jonggong protected him, his troops could not defeat Zhao Kuangyin's troops. But Ning Haijun is different. Although Ning Haijun is nominally headed by Li Zhixiang, in fact the real combat effectiveness of Ning Haijun lies in the four fleets, and three of the four fleets are stationed outside and are not allowed to return to Liaodong without orders.
As for Jinzhou's army, it is only in the hands of Cheng Shijie. What's more, Cheng Shijie's prestige is far greater than Chai Rong's prestige in the army.
Lin Xunzong said: "Should we congratulate the commander-in-chief?"
"congratulate?"
Song Xiance quickly realized that this was to build momentum for Cheng Jiayue. Regardless of whether Cheng Jiayue was Cheng Shijie's biological daughter or not, Ning Haijun needed her to be.
Song Xiance said: "To celebrate the safe return of the eldest lady, our management committee must express our gratitude!"
Lin Xunzong said: "Grace comes from above!"
Lin Xunzong also reminded Song Xiance, don't use this excuse to provide tax exemptions to the people of Liaodong. In fact, Song Xiance really didn't have this intention. However, after Lin Xunzong's reminder, he quickly wrote down an application.
To celebrate Miss Cheng's safe return, I hope Cheng Shijie can reward Liaodong greatly. Now the warehouses in Liaodong have piled up mountains of grain, potatoes, cheese, dried meat and a large number of cans. In order to prevent the price of grain in Liaodong from being too low and hurting farmers, Liaodong has now established 22 wineries and nine vinegar factories. Factory, thirteen soy sauce factories, these factories consume a lot of food.
However, the problem is that despite the consumption of wine, vinegar and soy sauce, the warehouses are still full of grains. Spring plowing is about to begin, and new grains will be harvested in more than half a year. With the current grain warehouses in Liaodong, there is simply no way to save them.
Soon the news that Cheng Shijie had recovered his biological daughter Cheng Jiayue spread quickly in Liaodong. Almost overnight, it spread throughout Liaodong, shocking everyone.
Although the news is very sudden, congratulatory gifts still have to be given. In Liaodong, Cheng Shijie's status was comparable to that of the emperor. Now Cheng Shijie has more than 200,000 elite troops and the largest fleet in the Ming Dynasty and even in Asia.
What's more, Cheng Shijie went everywhere to collect money for Emperor Chongzhen. Emperor Chongzhen also had a lot of money because of Cheng Shijie. Wusongkou alone could bring Chongzhen an income of three to four million taels of silver every year, which almost caught up with the original Ming Dynasty. annual financial revenue.
When it comes to winning the emperor's heart, Cheng Shijie can be said to be unparalleled. How can a person like Cheng Shijie not go and curry favor with him! Besides, many people are planning to talk to Cheng Shijie about business to see if they can introduce potato seeds from Liaodong, buy phosphate fertilizer, and most importantly, see if they can win over this powerful group that is rising extremely rapidly.
There was an endless stream of people who came to congratulate Cheng Jiayue on his return, which invisibly gave Cheng Shijie another big gift. The various gifts he received alone amounted to hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.
Fortunately, Cheng Shijie threatened to have the Military Supervision Office investigate whoever gave more gifts.
However, those who dare to give Cheng Shijie gifts are not afraid of investigation.
After all, Ning Haijun’s leaders at all levels have dividends and rewards. This money is not a small amount. At least Ning Haijun’s commander-in-chief or above, or the prefecture level, the reward and performance system allows their income to be several times more than that of Ming officials. So many.
Cheng Shijie actually doesn't hate the rich, he just hates wealth obtained by any means.
Cheng Shijie was very busy and asked Zhu Weiti to take care of Cheng Jiayue in the Ming Dynasty, while he returned to later generations to be responsible for appeasing Xiang Hui. Even Wang Zheng, a great scientist, didn't have time to meet him.
Without Cheng Shijie by his side, Zhu Weiti took Cheng Jiayue for a ride in the carriage. After more than four years of development, Jinzhou has changed greatly. Anyone who has never been to Jinzhou will be stunned. .
After all, the roads in Jinzhou are now paved with cement. They seem to be roads that stretch to the horizon, with neat rows of two- or three-story buildings.
However, Cheng Jiayue was not surprised by what he saw.
In Zhu Weiti's opinion, Xiang's teaching to Cheng Jiayue was really good. She definitely didn't look like she had never seen the market before. However, Cheng Jiayue was very happy sitting in the carriage.
"Jia Yue, have you ever been in a carriage?"
Cheng Jiayue shook her head: "No!"
"Then what if you go out?"
"Mom takes me in the car!"
Zhu Weiti wanted to trick Cheng Jiayue and learn more about Cheng Jiayue's secrets, so she asked, "Can your mother still drive?"
"Yes, dad can drive too!"
Cheng Jiayue said with a smile: "Dad is not as good at driving as mom!"
"Yueyue, where is your brother Long?"
"Brother Jialong is in school!"
In front of Cheng Jiayue is a cup of carefully made yogurt, which is Cheng Jiayue's favorite snack. Of course, Xiang Hui usually has strict requirements for Cheng Jiayue, but Zhu Weiti does not.
In the Ming Dynasty, Cheng Jiayue was the first to realize the freedom of yogurt. The yogurt in the Ming Dynasty was the most natural, without any additives. It was added with a large amount of white sugar and was so sweet that it was almost greasy after a sip. Cheng Jiayue was instantly happy and satisfied.
Eating sweets makes people happy.
Cheng Jiayue also has a certain degree of self-control. Although Zhu Weiti gave her a lot of yogurt, she only drank one cup and no more. Instead, she said to Zhu Weiti: "Auntie, when can I go to school?"
Zhu Weiti waved her hand towards Gu Ziyi and said, "Have you found the gentleman you asked to find?"
Before Gu Ziyi had time to answer, Cheng Jiayue said: "Auntie, I don't go to school at home, I want to go to school!"
Zhu Weiti had a headache. She could tell that Cheng Jiayue was Cheng Shijie's heart. If there was any accident or any grievance, Cheng Shijie would definitely feel heartbroken.
Zhu Weiti had no choice but to find Chen Guodong.
"Meet Madam!"
In the eyes of Chen Guodong and all the Ning navy officers, Zhu Weiti did not have the aura of the Ming Dynasty princess. She had only one identity, and that was Cheng Shijie's wife.
"General Chen, I have called you here today. There is something I need you to arrange!"
"About the eldest lady?"
"That's right!"
Zhu Weiti smiled bitterly and said: "The eldest lady is going to school. There are many naughty children in the school. You have to be very alert and don't let her get hurt. Otherwise, the consequences will be disastrous when the husband is furious. .”
"I understand!"
After Chen Guodong returned, he immediately asked General Ning Haijun to recommend his own daughter, Cheng Shijie's biological daughter, so naturally he couldn't be careless.
Soon the generals of Ning Navy recommended their nephew. Cheng Shijie's daughter had a distinguished status and had a good relationship with Cheng Jiayue, which would be of great benefit in the future.
It turned out that this question was not a pressing one, and more than sixty young girls were recommended. Chen Guodong selected four of them, namely Zhou Dingguo, Zhou Yandong's eldest son, Zhou An's son. Zhou Dingguo is ten years old, although he is older than Cheng Jiayue. He is two or three years old, but due to malnutrition, his development is delayed. He looks about the same height as Cheng Jiayue. Mao Yuanyi’s daughter is Mao Yu, who is now eleven years old, Sun Zhilan’s daughter Sun Pu, and Chen Dayong’s adopted son Chen Zhong, who is now ten years old.
They brought the four children to the Ning Haijun General Military Mansion. At this time, Cheng Jiayue had changed into a Ming Dynasty undergarment. Cheng Jiayue originally had two Hanfus, but Zhu Weiti had people rush to make them overnight. The materials were used. It is also very luxurious and cannot be compared with a certain treasure.
At this time, Cheng Jiayue was sitting on the swing, playing with the swing under the care of Cheng Jingjing and Cheng Jingjing.
Chen Guodong looked at the four teenagers and said: "This is the marshal's daughter Cheng Jiayue, who is going to school. The marshal has many enemies, and we are also worried that someone will attack the eldest lady!"
"General Chen means that we should be the escorts of the eldest lady?"
Zhou Dingguo, the oldest, understood immediately.
"You are about the same age as the eldest lady. You will study with the eldest lady and protect you secretly!"
Chen Guodong said seriously: "I don't have to worry about you outside the school, but everything must be done in the school!"
"Swear to protect the eldest lady to the death!"
Zhu Weiti and Cheng Jiayue walked towards Chen Guodong and the others.
Everyone saluted Cheng Jiayue: "Greetings to the eldest lady!"
This move shocked Cheng Jiayue.
Cheng Jiayue looked at the crowd and said, "Auntie, who are they?"
"My name is Zhou Dingguo!"
(End of chapter)
