Chapter 3 Return to Lushunkou
When He Xi arrived at Lushunkou, there were already many people waiting on the pier.
The leader is Ye Wang. Ye Wang is not just here to greet He Xi. He also welcomed his son. Ye Chen, by He Xi's side, has also accumulated some achievements in Nanyang, and now he has a thousand households. But following He Xi, he did not lead any troops. Now that we have arrived in Liaodong, we can take up actual duties.
Although he is still under his father's command, he is not showing favoritism.
Next is Huang Zicheng.
Huang Zicheng had great power in Liaodong.
This is because Liaodong is under military control and there are almost no serious civilian officials. After that, Shandong Province established an inspectorate and so on, which was also a later matter. Therefore, Huang Zicheng was without a boss in Liaodong. In other words, Huang Zicheng's boss is in Jinan, in the capital.
Although Ye Wang had the largest official position in Liaodong, he really had no control over Huang Zicheng.
In addition, for the sake of He Xi, Ye Wang not only did not restrict Huang Zicheng, but also provided support. Therefore, Huang Zicheng's power is almost unrestricted. This is what we have achieved today.
As soon as He Xi arrived at Lushunkou, he exchanged greetings with these people and there was no need to mention it.
He just turned around and took a look, and felt that Lushunkou was completely different. The first is the pier berth at Lushunkou. Although Lushunkou is a natural port, the wharves and berths still need to be constructed manually.
There were a lot more than He Xi’s last visit.
Moreover, there are many more shops in Lushunkou.
The people who came and went before were all from the Yamen. Therefore there are not many shops here. But now there are a lot of businessmen coming and going. Naturally there is a demand. There are so many newly opened shops. Other than that, it’s just a warehouse.
The densely packed warehouses are several miles long. This is all grain and grass transferred from the south. Of course, this is just a transfer station, and it needs to be transferred to the front line one station at a time. In other places, there are many large trees placed in the open air, almost like a mountain of wood. Stacked very high.
People may even get lost when walking among them.
Seeing this, He Xi couldn't help but said, "Zicheng, you have done a great job in Liaodong."
Huang Zicheng said, "Teacher is ridiculous. Without the guidance and arrangements of the teacher, I wouldn't be where I am today. I just followed the teacher's plan and put in some hard work. There are 1.5 million shi of food here, of which 1 million shi are for navigation." It was transferred by Hou. But the one bought with wood only cost 500,000 shi."
"There are very few already."
He Xi said: "Is half a million dan still too little? It's quite a lot."
What is the concept of half a million shi? Before this, the Ming Dynasty shipped only this amount of grain to Liaodong every year. It was enough for the soldiers and civilians of Liaodong to live almost as well. After all, Liaodong can be farmed. It is only because of the war that affected agricultural production and a large number of unemployed people that there is a food shortage. Nowadays, although the grain output in Liaodong is not high, there are also few people. Without war, self-sufficiency would not be a problem.
He Xi said: "Before I left Beijing, I had already reported to the court that you would be promoted to participate in the political affairs of Liaodong. You will be responsible for logging matters and be in charge of both sides of the Yalu River. You must keep up your efforts and don't let the court down."
Political participation in the Ming Dynasty was not as good as that in the Tang and Song Dynasties. In the Tang and Song Dynasties, political participation meant that the governor was actually the prime minister. In the Ming Dynasty, those who participated in politics were just deputies to the chief envoy. But even so, he is still a third-grade official. Even in the Quan Dynasty, for a person who was a county magistrate a few years ago, promotion seemed to take off.
However, since He Xi became the governor of Liaodong, he had an idea in his heart, that is, to establish a province in Liaodong.
There are two prerequisites for establishing a province in Liaodong. The first is safety. As long as there are no enemies around, Liaodong can get rid of military control. Secondly, there are enough households. Without people, there is nothing. There are at least 10,000 or 20,000 people in a county. If you want to establish a province, the hundreds of thousands of people today are simply not enough.
However, both problems will be solved.
Since Liaodong has been established as a province, there are naturally many vacancies. Huang Zicheng's official position is too low, so I'm afraid he won't be able to grab the most lucrative piece.
He Xi, this can be regarded as a matter of public and private matters.
It is one thing to do things for the country, but it does not prevent you from getting some benefits for your own people. After all, humans are not vacuum creatures. He Xi was so selfless, and was taken advantage of by others, which also hurt his own morale. Promoting Huang Zicheng in this way may not mean that he has the intention of buying a horse's bones.
Huang Zicheng said: "Students will definitely do their best to serve the court and die exhausted."
He Xi said: "I heard that you built a shipyard?"
Huang Zicheng said: "It's right here." Huang Zicheng pointed to one side and said.
He Xi turned around and looked over, only seeing large tracts of wood, and said, "Let's take a look."
Huang Zicheng led the way and the group walked over. He Xi saw these logs from a distance and suddenly realized that they were different. The previous logs were all stacked on a large scale and there was nothing particular about them. But nowadays the placement of wood is very regular.
This is drying in the shade.
Passing through these areas where wood was stored, He Xi saw a large area of open space. In the distance, there is a river. Where the river is about to enter the sea, it seems to be connected with the ocean and is very wide. There are many wooden slide rails on the ground. Some formed and unformed ships were supported by stones and beams.
He Xi clearly saw the structure of the keel. These unbuilt boats were like big fish stranded on land, with their backbones and thick fish bones exposed.
Once built, it will be pushed into the sea along the slide rails.
In addition, there is a boat dock. In short, it covers a large area and has all kinds of tools.
What made He Xi more satisfied was nothing else. Rather, the entire factory has a logic of division of labor. Unlike the shipyards He Xi saw in Ningbo, those shipyards were more like workshops than factories.
There are no certain rules for every ship, it all depends on the mood of the tool.
But it's different here. Although it also requires master craftsmanship, in many places, we can see the footnotes of future industrial production.
After all, Huang Zicheng had listened to He Xi's lectures.
He Xi said, "Zicheng, you have learned well."
Huang Zicheng said: "I only learned one-tenth of the teacher's skills. If Senior Brother Ge comes, this will be nothing more than a small skill."
He Xi said: "Ge Tiangong is here too."
He Xi brought not only Ge Tiangong. This time, Jinghai Company dispatched several ships to bring He Xi and He Xi’s entourage. Among them were many people from the Imperial College and a large group headed by Ge Tiangong. artisan.
Huang Zicheng said with great joy, "Senior Brother Ge is here too? That's great."
The reason why Huang Zicheng looks forward to Ge Tiangong so much. It’s when you actually do things that you feel the importance of technology.
Of course, this is also because Huang Zicheng is different from others. He attended the class under He Xi and has no prejudice against technology. There is also the initiative to reform technology and the ideas and motivation to solve problems. When Huang Zicheng opened a forest farm, he also made some technical improvements.
However, Huang Zicheng is not doing this after all. A lot of his knowledge in this area was gained from attending lectures and communicating with classmates. He didn't do much research. Being able to do this is already the limit.
Having a professional like Ge Tiangong here will definitely help him a lot.
He Xi said, "Okay. I'm not here to listen to nice things, but to solve problems. If you brothers want to reminisce about the past, please wait. Find a place to talk about Liaodong's problems."
"Yes." The group said.
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Inside the main hall of a Qianhu residence near Lushunkou.
He Xi listened to them talk about the problems faced by Liaodong.
Ye Wang said, "I have just received news that the Yellow River flood has caused heavy losses in Shandong. Your Majesty has issued a decree to reduce or reduce Shandong's money and food, more than two million shi, and Henan's money and food of hundreds of thousands of shi. As a result, this autumn's battle plan has been postponed. In fact, this makes us breathe a sigh of relief. Otherwise, within the next month, we will have to transport more than one million stones of grain to Zhenbeiguan, north of Shenyang. It is estimated that all soldiers and civilians will have to be fully mobilized. This autumn The harvest is gone.”
"If we start the war again next year, it will give us some breathing space."
He Xi frowned and said, "Why not transport it in advance? Why is it so delayed?"
