At present, Gao Pragmatic's worries seem to be somewhat unnecessary, because after Cen Shaoxun made the idea of "hiding in name only," he moved to Fenzhou and lived in seclusion in a villa in Fenzhou in just one day. He set up a fishing island beside the Chengbi River here to relax and recuperate.
After Cen Shaoxun left, the Xu family naturally followed him. After Cen Ling said goodbye to his brother, he began to clean up the house.
Gao pragmatic did not care about his internal affairs. He continued to do his inspection work seriously as before in Siming Mansion, and changed the judgment of several small cases to show that he was not here for fun and had nothing to do with the Huangma Rebellion. It has nothing to do with it.
As for whether the chieftains believed it or not, he believed it himself.
The civil strife in Sicheng Prefecture was very fierce that day, and the city was in a mess. However, after a final count, it was found that the property losses among the people were relatively heavy, while the personal losses among the wolf soldiers were not large.
The total number of casualties among the chieftains from each family was more than 300. On Huangma's side, more than 200 and nearly 300 were killed in the battle. The rest were scattered everywhere. Cen Ling asked Gao pragmatically to temporarily hand over the chieftain's troops to his command. At the same time, he also Mobilize troops from all over Sicheng Prefecture and use them for encirclement, suppression and pursuit.
After Gao pragmatic thinking, he handed over the soldiers and horses of the four chieftains of the Cen clan, including Zhen'an and Tianzhou, to Cen Ling, granted him a one-month period, and asked him to be responsible for the rewards and pensions of these wolf soldiers during his command. Cen Ling Ling also agreed.
Gao Pragmatic himself also had to raise money - in fact, it should be said that he allocated reward money, because he had to honor the reward promised by Cao Ke. Except for the results of the Gao family's servants and the results of Cen Ling's command, which are temporarily free of payment, the other chieftain wolf soldiers have more than 200 heads on hand, all of which require money in exchange for merit.
In addition, Gao Pragmatic didn't like letting people work for nothing, and with a wave of his hand, all wolf soldiers would be rewarded with one tael of silver as long as they participated in the battle and did not violate military discipline.
This news was announced in public. As soon as it was announced, it won Gao Jingshi a huge reputation. No matter which wolf soldier he was, whenever he mentioned Gao Jianshi, he would raise his thumbs and praise him: "Gao Jiantai is a brave and kind man. Help him fight the war." What a pleasure!”
As for the chieftains, Gao was equally unambiguous. He promised each of them a set of Yu porcelain, tea sets, cups, or vases, depending on their contribution.
This reward is not light. After all, "gold is valuable, but gold is priceless." Few of these chieftains, who have manpower but no financial resources, can afford to buy Jun porcelain. Now, they can actually exchange it for a small favor by sending troops to help. A set of family heirlooms, they were so excited that they couldn't sleep. If the Jun porcelain that Gao Xun promised them had not been shipped from the place of origin, they would have gone back and stored it away after receiving the reward overnight.
Gao Pragmatic is also very satisfied. He just failed to meet the expectations of his cheap mother, so he invested money in restoring the North Porcelain industry. I didn’t expect Junci’s name to be so resounding. Even the toasts in this mountainous area knew how great it was. When they heard that they wanted to reward Junci, their eyes turned green, like a pack of hungry wolves, for fear of being too pragmatic. He doesn't keep his words, just hang out in front of him all day long when he has nothing to do.
Gao Pragmatic thought of something. Logically speaking, Guangxi seemed to have produced porcelain clay in later generations. Why is there no porcelain-making industry worth mentioning now? Should I ask my mother if I can support a group of people who know how to make porcelain to set up a porcelain factory in Guangxi? There is no need to burn Jun porcelain here - in fact, it seems that there is nothing missing when firing Jun porcelain away from the place of origin. It may be that some trace elements in the raw materials are different.
But it should still be feasible to bake some low- and medium-grade porcelain in Guangxi. When Qinzhou Port is built, Guangxi's porcelain can also be exported to earn foreign exchange. Anyway, those Westerners are not very knowledgeable, and mid-range porcelain is sold to them at a high price.
Gao's pragmatic thoughts began to turn back to getting rid of poverty and becoming rich. After staying in Sicheng Prefecture for the same ten days, he handed out the reward and made an agreement with the chieftains to go to Nanning to receive the reward and hold a meeting in a month, and then left. Return home.
Oh, that doesn’t mean he went back home. He didn’t go back to Guilin, but went eastward along the Youjiang River and returned to Nanning Mansion.
He wants to hold a conference in Nanning to discuss the "Guangxi Development".
The news that the imperial court approved the transfer of Lianzhou Prefecture to Guangxi has come, and the handover of Guangdong and Guangxi provinces is now underway. In fact, most people in Guangdong have no feelings about the transfer of Lianzhou to Guangxi. Only some officials related to it were unhappy about it. When they approved Liu Yao's instructions, Shang Shu objected, and Shen Shixing and Shen Ge gave vague support. He said a few words, but Guo Pu directly refuted it, and the emperor did not discuss it further.
Guo Pu has made up his mind to retire next year, so his attitude this year has become tougher than before. Shen Shixing understands this and naturally does not want to confront Guo Yuanfu. He might as well wait until he becomes the second assistant next year.
Lianzhou actually had three ports in later generations: Beihai Port, Qinzhou Port and Fangcheng Port.
In terms of future generations, the three ports are all very good, but at this time, the most convenient one is definitely Qinzhou. Because Qinzhou is connected to a river and is a river mouth port, transportation is more convenient than the other two places.
There were railways and highways in later generations, but there were none these days. Where can we take a mountain road as convenient as a waterway? Don’t you see that after Gao Pingshi came to the south, he took a boat instead of riding a horse wherever there was a waterway? For thousands of years, China has been sailing from the north to the south, which is naturally not unreasonable.
After arriving at the Nanning Procuratorate, good news began to come one after another. The "vanguard troops" of various industries he planned to build in Guangxi were now arriving one after another.
The fastest one to arrive was the escort group of servants led by Gao Jue. Gao Jue felt that since he was preparing to fight in an unfamiliar place like Guangxi, it was essential to familiarize himself with the environment and climate in advance. Therefore, he would rather wait for the equipment than wait for the equipment. , first bring the team to Guangxi to adapt.
However, they are still in Qinzhou and have not gone all the way to Nanning - Gao Jue thinks it is best to be fully armed when going to Nanning, otherwise a group of people will run over empty-handed and don't get robbed on the road, which would be too ugly. .
Although Gao Pragmatic believes that the four thousand servants are unlikely to be robbed even if they are empty-handed, there is no problem in letting them adapt to the climate in Qinzhou first. It is easier to adapt to the climate on the seaside than in the mountainous areas - at least there will be no miasma on the seaside. stuff.
In addition, Guangzhou Port also began to deliver supplies to Gao Pragmatic under the command of Gao Mengnan. The first batch of 80,000 shi of grain has arrived at Qinzhou Port, but the newly established inland water transport fleet has not yet had time to transport them. All of them were transported away, but only about 30,000 shi were transported to Nanning, and the rest had to be transported slowly.
This inland river fleet is said to be "newly built", but in fact it is better to say that it is temporarily hired. Although Jinghua's brand was displayed first, there is no one from Jinghua in the fleet, and the ships are all their own.
Jinghua's own inland river shipping team in Guangdong and Guangxi is still on paper plan. Unless the shipyard is opened, there is no way to expand on its own. As for buying ships... First, ships are usually reserved, and finished products need to be purchased temporarily. Secondly, in order to develop the Guangxi timber market, the shipyard under high pragmatic planning is very large, but considering that there are many novices among them, he thought it would be a good idea to let them build some inland waterway ships to practice their skills first. ideas.
In addition, some strategic reserve materials have now arrived at Qinzhou Port, but they are also facing the same trouble as food, that is, Qinzhou Port is still too small and needs to be expanded urgently, otherwise there will be no place to store it.
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