Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 2279, Daming Sea King (finale)

Xiahetun, Changli County.

Xiahetun was an unknown small village more than half a century ago. Because it was located on the Bohai Sea, most villagers in the village made a living by cooking salt at that time.

But it is not a stove household, so boiling salt is illegal, and the salt can only be sold to those private salt dealers.

However, by now, Xiahetun has undergone earth-shaking changes.

The seaside cooking stoves and so on in the past have long since disappeared, replaced by a busy port, although it is not a deep water area, and large ships cannot berthed.

But as long as they are willing to invest, ports and wharves capable of mooring thousand-ton ships will still be built here. Thanks to the prosperity and development of the Beijing-Tianjin area of ​​the Ming Dynasty, the ports and wharves here have also become extremely busy, and they have undertaken part of the Beijing-Tianjin area's foreign trade. cargo transportation.

The scale of Xiahetun Village has also undergone tremendous changes. It used to be just a dilapidated small village, but now Yanran has become a densely populated, prosperous and lively town.

The former thatched houses and mud houses have now turned into reinforced concrete houses, which are neatly built and painted with various colors of paint on the outer walls, making them look much more beautiful.

There are even paintings on some walls, which makes the whole village look full of vitality.

"In addition, Liu Jin is the major shareholder of the overseas colonies, such as the South African colony, the Western United Commercial Bank, etc. The wealth of the Liu family is simply difficult to calculate and count, and it is so huge that it is beyond imagination."

When someone heard this, they couldn't help exclaiming immediately, these world-renowned big commercial firms and big factories are giants all over the world, and they didn't expect to be the property of the Liu family.

They looked at the old man in front of them curiously. This old man didn't seem to be the old man around them.

Hearing someone talking about himself, Liu Jin couldn't help smiling and continued listening.

The development of Xiahe Town and even Changli County as a whole is very rapid now, and Yanran has become a bright pearl on Bohai Bay!
Walking, walking, Liu Jin came to a park, where many old people gathered, many people in their 70s and [-]s, and some people in their [-]s and [-]s.

The cars parked at the door of every household are all good brands. Mercedes-Benz and BMW can be seen everywhere. The roads are spacious and tidy, and they are all equipped with street lights.

In the past, when they couldn’t even eat enough, there was no way to provide for the elderly. Many elderly people reached a certain age and couldn’t work, so they would find a way to leave without causing trouble to their children.

Liu Jin walked slowly in Xiahe Town. The changes here are too big, too big. I haven't come back for many years, and I can't find many places in my memory.

"Lao Li, I heard that your grandson is also very good. He has already passed the Juren examination. If he will take the exam next year and be named on the gold list, he will be a master by then."

There are also a lot of various parks, football fields, sports fields, etc., and you can see a lot of adults and children sweating inside.

"Speaking of which, I saw him decades ago. He seemed to be returning to his hometown to observe his filial piety and lived here for three years."

Some people set up factories and commercial firms, some traveled by sea, sailed ships, and some traveled north and south. Just like this magnificent era, earth-shaking changes have taken place.

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"It's there, it's still there."

There are many large factory owners, business owners, ship owners, large manor owners, large plantation owners, etc., which also make Xiahe Town extremely rich.

"What a big change!"

At this time, several children were playing and playing with the football, and the football came to Liu Jin's feet. Liu Jin gently picked up the football and looked at the children.

"That's not surprising."

"But why haven't you heard of their family? You haven't seen their family either."

Time passed slowly, day after day, year after year.

On this day, Liu Jin was lying on his master's chair, reading a book and looking at Xiahe Town and Bohai Bay in front of him.

The beautiful school, with the sound of shouting books, is immature and full of vitality.

"In addition, Liu Da, the governor of South Africa, is Liu Jin's son, and the governor of Ceylon is also Liu Jin's son. Liu Jin's son is also in charge of the largest oil company, gold and silver mines in Huangjinzhou."

"Then this Mr. Liu is no longer alive?"

Railways, trains, ports, highways, etc., these are indispensable, and there will be everything that should be there. The construction of infrastructure can also drive the economic development of a place.

"At that time, who would have thought that there would be all this now. Alas, the relationship between me and Liu Jin is so-so, and the relationship between Zhao Heishan's family and Liu Jin's family is very good, so the old Zhao family is also prosperous now, and the children of the family are also very good. All over the world, one is more promising than the other.”

"The children of the old Wang's family are also very powerful. I heard that two large oil fields have been discovered on the Golden Continent. From now on, you can collect cash continuously while sitting down."

"you do not say!"

The factory here in Xiahetun was moved here by Liu Jin on purpose, mainly to promote the development of his hometown. After decades, there are more and more factories here, which drives more factories to settle here, and also makes Xiahetun He Town developed rapidly here.

The son of Daming also carried out a large-scale pursuit of Liu Jin, and named Liu Jin the king of the sea of ​​Daming!

"He's still number one!"

"At that time, he was studying since he was a child, and I was working since I was a child. When I was free, I would go to see what books he was reading, and when I was free, we would go to the beach to play together."

"There are so many descendants of the Liu family, and they are all very capable. They are distributed all over the world and are giants in various fields. I heard that the big commercial firms and factories in our Ming Dynasty belong to the Liu family."

At this time, an old man in his 80s recalled what happened decades ago.

Liu Jin smiled and handed the football to these children. Neither the child nor the adults around him knew him anymore.

"Yes, yes, during the Qingming Festival this year, I saw Liu Jin's eldest son, Liu Xin, come back to worship his ancestors. He was quite polite to us folks."

There are many old people who naturally live a long life.

I have already become a legendary story in Xiahe Town and even the entire Changli County, and countless people are talking about myself.

"I see that mansion is really big and magnificent, but there seems to be no one there."

At the same time, it is also possible to see the descendants of the Liu family coming back from overseas to visit Liu Jin, especially during the holidays, the Liu Mansion, which had been deserted for decades, became lively, and a large number of descendants of the Liu family returned to the ancestors of the Liu family. Here to accompany Liu Jin to celebrate the New Year or something.

Who is Liu Jin? This is the most powerful person ever produced in the entire history of Changli County.

"The descendants of the old Yang family heard that there is an iron mine here in Australia, and they are planning to build a large steel factory there. This steel factory has also been built, and from now on they will just sit and collect money."

The news of Liu Jin's death quickly spread to the capital and all over the world. All the descendants of the Liu family were dressed in mourning and weeping uncontrollably.

As for the villagers in Xiahe Town, their appearance has already changed a lot.

Some younger people immediately sighed when they heard it.

"The Liu Mansion hanging on it, don't you know the most powerful person we have ever had in Xiahe Town?"

"What does he look like?"

The chief assistant of the official cabinet, who has been in power for decades, has also been named the Duke of Liao, and his disciples and old officials are all over the world. More importantly, Liu Jin himself is the God of Wealth of Daming.

The whole person looked and looked in a daze, in a trance, as if it felt like a long, long time had passed, and it seemed that he seemed to have had a dream, a long, long dream.

Who knew that as soon as his words fell, the people around immediately said in unison: "Who said there is no!"

An old man said very excitedly and proudly.

"well!"

At the same time, the Ming court, which was in a precarious time, also expressed deep condolences for Liu Jin's death as soon as possible.

"This oil field is a steady profit. The oil in it flows out like water, and it's all silver. The silver flows out like water. The money comes very fast. I didn't see the old prince. Are all the old houses so resplendent?"

"Naturally, there is nothing to say about his appearance. He is handsome and extraordinary, but he is the star of Wenqu. In the 12th year of Hongzhi, he was the number one scholar!"

The last time I came back was when my mother passed away and Shouxiao lived here for three years. Calculating the time, it was already decades ago.

In an open space, a large number of old people gathered together, recalling the past scenes, pointing to places and talking about everything that happened here decades ago.

"you do not say!"

On the other hand, it is mainly related to Liu Jin. Liu Jin has been in the ruling and opposition parties for decades, and has a high position and power. This will naturally benefit his hometown.

"This is just the hometown of their Liu family. Few people come here. Only during the Qingming Festival every year, the children of the Liu family will come here for a while, and leave after sweeping the tomb and offering sacrifices to their ancestors."

A few large factories in a small town are enough to feed the whole town and allow the people in a small town to live a good life.

"Old Zhao's family is really powerful. I heard that his son already has a family property of one million taels of silver!"

"If any one of these comes out, it will be an incomparably huge behemoth."

Liu Jin continued to walk here in Xiahe Town, taking a walk to see everything here.

"That's really amazing, a fifth-rank magistrate, we Changli County have never had such a high-ranking official."

"Although Mr. Liu was born as a civil servant, he led our Ming army in all directions, punching the Japanese kingdom in the east, kicking many small countries in the South Seas, sweeping the Western Regions and Hezhong in the west, and destroying the Jurchen Tatars in the north."

"Yeah, he's fine. When his son came back to visit the grave, I asked about it. I heard that he is still in good health."

When the young man heard this, he couldn't help being amazed.

But it is different now, the standard of living is high, and the medical technology is also high, and you can get 80 or [-] years old casually.

"Oh, it's not that easy. Now the imperial examination is very difficult. There are too many people participating, so it's difficult!"

The young man sighed and couldn't believe that such a super big family and big shot came out of this small Xiahe Town.

"Liu Jin?"

At this moment, Liu Jin has a feeling of being away from home when he was young, and his mane has faded. When children meet each other, he laughs and asks the guests where they come from.

"Yes, yes, I still need to read more."

Even a person in his 50s or [-]s is still very young for Liu Jin, and he may not have seen himself, and it is normal not to know himself.

There are countless industries and so on under his command. If he casually sprinkles some water on his hometown, it will be enough to benefit the people in his hometown.

"I didn't expect such a big man, big family to come out of our Xiahe Town!"

After thinking about it, the young man also asked.

As the saying goes, there are people in the DPRK who are good at handling things. In fact, this is the truth. It is like building roads in later generations. A certain place has a capable person. This place has an advantage in infrastructure construction, and some roads are crooked.

"The children of their family have already spread all over the world, some of them are on the capital side, and the Liao government on the capital side is the most important."

In the past, being able to reach sixty was considered a long life, and seventy was a rare thing in ancient times.

It is located in the peripheral area of ​​the Beijing-Tianjin area, following the development of the Beijing-Tianjin area, it has also developed rapidly.

As for Xiahetun, no, it has been renamed Xiahe Town now.

The story about Liu Jin is also mentioned here again and again by everyone. Those old people who are contemporaries of Liu Jin are even more excited to talk about Liu Jin to the people around them.

"These are just some of them. The large and small schools in the capital, such as Daming Imperial Institute of Technology, Daming Medical College, Daming Institute of Architecture, Tianjin Maritime College, etc., are all properties of the Liu family. They were all owned by Mr. Liu back then. Created."

Those familiar figures and people in the past seemed to appear beside him all of a sudden. Emperor Hongzhi, Emperor Zhengde, Zhang Mao, Li Dongyang, Wang Shouren, etc., as well as his wives Xu Wan'er, Li Zhen, etc., seemed to appear all of a sudden. They all came to their side.

When the young man heard this, he was also a little puzzled. He thought for a while and said, "I was born and raised in another place, and I just came back to my hometown recently. I don't know much about things in my hometown. Can you tell me about this Liu Jin?" .”

Liu Jin also smiled slightly when he heard them talking about himself.

Liu Jin shook his head while sighing.

"Liu Jin?"

"He is the only champion here so far, so the children in the family still need to study more, so that they can be really promising. No matter how much money they make, they are just a boss and a businessman. Can be compared with Liu Gong."

"Thank you grandpa!"

"I don't know if you are from our Xiahe Town. The most powerful people from our Xiahe Town don't know. Have you seen the courtyard in the most central area?"

"That's right, this old Zhao's family is very arrogant now. It used to be just a fire and boiled salt. Back then, his grandfather and I went to the seaside to pick water and boil salt."

Several children came to Liu Jin's side and said politely.

"Opening up the territory for my Ming Dynasty and assisting the emperor in governing the Ming Dynasty, created an unprecedented prosperity for my Ming Dynasty, and because of this, I was named the Duke of Liao, and hereditary will not replace me!"

Liu Jin who returned to Xiahe Town did not tell anyone, and came back quietly, but soon, slowly everyone knew that Liu Jin was back, and came back to Xiahe Town.

"That's right. If you want to say that we Xiahetun, and even the entire Changli County, the most powerful person in history, it is naturally Liu Jin, Duke of Liao!"

With the development of various fields in the Ming Dynasty, people's living standards are getting higher and higher, and there are more and more long-lived old people.

"Of course it is true. At that time our Xiahe Town was not called Xiahe Town, but Xiahetun. The village was only that big and there were not many people. Liu Jin and I were about the same age."

Many older people would also come to chat with Liu Jin and visit Liu Jin, but because the status gap between the two parties was too large, they would not have much contact with each other after they only met each other.

"The descendants of the Liu family are all very promising. We can't keep them here in Xiahe Town."

"Let's go to Xiahe Town, the most powerful person is Liu Jin."

"real or fake?"

Their figures are so familiar, their voices are so clear, it seems that everything is just yesterday.

The child got the football, looked at Liu Jin in front of him again, and always felt that the old man in front of him was very kind, and seemed to be a little different from those around him.

The changes here are really too big!
So much so that Liu Jin couldn't find the southeast and northwest, and the Xiahetun in his memory had long since disappeared, just like the countless villages in Daming in this era, which are undergoing earth-shaking changes.

Even if Liu Jin doesn't say it himself, the local officials here will know how to do it themselves, so a lot of funds are always allocated here for infrastructure construction and so on.

"My darling, I didn't expect such a big shot to come out of our Xiahe Town!"

"You may not believe it when you tell me, but I went to the beach with Liu Jin when I was young."

At this moment, many old people gathered together, basked in the sun, and chatted about some things in the past.

"The children of Mr. Hu's family are also very good. All of them have been admitted to the university, the Juren, and some officials. I heard that the most powerful one is now a fifth-rank magistrate."

"In the past, he was a first-rank official. He was the chief assistant of our Ming's cabinet and the emperor's humerus minister. He has been in power for decades, and he is deeply trusted by the emperor and holds great power."

It's different now. There is no shortage of food or anything. Even though natural disasters have continued over the years, Daming's food is still very stable and sufficient.

"I don't know how Liu Jin is doing now. He is over 80 years old, and he is probably an old man. I guess I might not recognize him in front of me."

It can be seen that the development of Xiahe Town is very good.

"Oh my god, these are all properties of their Liu family?"

The surrounding old people also nodded one after another. At this moment, they are also very honored. It is definitely something to be proud of that their hometown can produce such a capable person as Liu Jin, and it is definitely something to brag about.

The first rank of the official residence, the chief assistant of the cabinet, the Duke of Liao, and hereditary succession, no matter what it is, it is enough to become a close-up of a place, and now it is all one person.

"My darling, two more big oil fields have been discovered, this is just sitting and collecting money!"

"Grandpa, can you give us the football?"

On the one hand, this is related to the geographical location here. It is located in the Bohai Bay, and it is close to the Beijing-Tianjin area. There are a large number of factory spillovers in the Beijing-Tianjin area. There are many factories in Changli County, and there are many factories in Xiahe Town. large factories.

"Such as Daming First Bank, Mercedes-Benz, Tianjin Trading Company, Daming Petroleum Company, Daming Electric Company, etc., these are all properties of the Liu family."

The book slowly fell from Liu Jin's hand to the ground.

Because of Liu Jin's return, Xiahe Town can often see some big figures coming to Xiahe Town, and it is very convenient to come here from the Beijing and Tianjin areas.

The old man next to him smiled and continued, if the Liu family's property was really counted, it would be difficult to count at all, and what everyone said was only a part of it.

"Speaking of which, we have produced a lot of talented people in Xiahe Town. The rich big bosses are more powerful than the other. The grandson of the old man's family has several gold mines on the Golden Island. I heard that The gold in the house is almost gone."

Someone immediately asked.

Moreover, people nowadays not only need to eat enough, but also eat well and have good nutrition. With the high standard of living, the elderly don't need to do any work, and they can retire with peace of mind.

"After all, he is now over 80 years old. I heard that he has been living here in Nanyun Province for the elderly. He has not returned to our Xiahe Town for many years."

As for why the king of Zhenhai was named, this point also puzzled the historians of later generations, because although the Ming Dynasty did not have the practice of conferring kings during their lifetime, they were also named kings of Zhongshan after death, not Zhenhai kings. .

Of course, all of this is not important anymore. In addition to being proclaimed King of Zhenhai, Liu Jin was also given the posthumous title of "Wenzheng".

Such an honor is extremely honorable!
The story of an era has thus come to an end!
PS: Brothers, the book is finished. Calculate the time. It has been almost three years since I wrote it. Thank you very much for your companionship and support all the way. Because of your support, I was able to write until now and finish the book.

The book Daming King of the Sea is the first historical novel I wrote. When I first started writing, I stumbled and didn’t understand many of them. But because of your encouragement and support, I was able to keep writing. Go on, thank you very much, thank you all the book friends who supported me, thank you, I hope your life can be as complete as Liu Jin in the book.

I will write a few extra articles later, and write some stories in the future. In addition, I will take a break for about a week, and then I will start a new book, which will still write about the history of the Ming Dynasty. I hope everyone will continue to support me, and I will also Will try my best to write more exciting and better-looking!
(End of this chapter)