Ming Zuo

Chapter 526 Advantages of Shipping

To warm up in March, the soldiers guarding the south gate of Dezhou prefer to lean against the base of the wall, bathing in the sun while watching the pedestrians go by.

Even when eating, he likes to squat under the wall with a bowl in his arms.

Authentic Shandong people do this.

But today, the rare tranquility was broken.

The long convoy came from the south and soon arrived at the city gate.

The flag at the head made the little flag officer's ass on fire, and he punched and kicked the pedestrians to make way for the convoy, and greeted them obsequiously.

"Ouch, Master Cheng, you are finally back. All the young and old are looking forward to it."

Standing at the front of the convoy was a young man in his twenties, with a handsome face and a bookish look all over his body.

He is also approachable to the flattery of the little banner officer.

"I just pulled some vegetables back, how can it be worth such a fuss?"

The small flag officer does not follow.

"Oh my god, all the elders in the city have been eating pickles all winter, and they are all looking forward to eating some fresh ones. If it weren't for you, Young Master Cheng, this kind of good deed would never happen to us in Dezhou."

The young man laughed, implying something.

"In the future, if you want to eat these fresh vegetables, it will be convenient."

The little flag officer didn't know why.

"Where did it come from?"

The young man stepped aside, revealing the black muzzle of the gun.

"From now on, we and Linqing are a family. Tell me, do you want to eat this vegetable casually?"

The little flag officer was fighting with each other, dripping with cold sweat.

"Cheng...Cheng...Master Cheng, this...this...this is no joke."

Someone came out from behind the young man and asked with a smile: "What's the matter, this military master doesn't seem to want to join our new army?"

The little flag officer had a clear idea in an instant.

"How could it be? The little one... the little one has long been envious of the south, and has been waiting for this day."

It was not difficult at all to take over the city defense of Dezhou. With the Cheng family as the internal support, the Second Brigade of the Second Division of the New Army became the master of Dezhou in only half an hour.

Dezhou government office, prefect Wei Mingzhen and others were shocked and angry when they saw the new army rushing in.

"Who are you, dare to make a mistake here?"

Bai Congye came up and made a solemn report.

"Everyone, I am the new mayor of Dezhou City. I am ordered by the Shandong Administrative Committee to take over Dezhou from now on. Your mission is over, you can pack your bags, return to the capital, and just inform the court."

Wei Mingzhen finally understood.

"If you want to rebel, aren't you afraid of killing the nine clans and leaving a bad reputation for thousands of years?"

Bai Congye was too lazy to talk nonsense with these people, he just waved his hand and let the soldiers of the new army drive them all out.

Wei Mingzhen and the others had no choice. Even if they wanted to fight for righteousness and death, these unknown soldiers were very disciplined and did not harass them in any way. They just supervised them to pack their bags and drove them out of Texas.

It was Cheng Shao's grandson Cheng Xianzhen who cooperated with the new army to capture Dezhou.

Cheng Shao was originally the big boss of Donglin, but later because of off-season vegetables, he had ideas with Linqing, and a deeper relationship of interest outside of the officialdom.

Cheng Xianzhen has made good friends with her peers in Linqing, and has been deeply influenced by her for a long time, and has participated in many ideological discussions.

Bai Yongye is not an ordinary person.

He is a graduate of the first phase of the advanced school, and later became Hou Xun's secretary. After accumulating a certain amount of experience, he was released this time to serve as the mayor of Dezhou City.

How to take over the city that is still in the hands of the imperial court, the administrative committee has made regulations.

Only banish, do not harm.

The main purpose of doing this is to cooperate with the conditions proposed by Zuo Menggeng and to properly express goodwill.

No matter what Chongzhen and the imperial court think, there is still a need to try.

Anyway, the effect is the same.

Even if Chongzhen doesn't accept this, at least he can win a good impression in the hearts of the people all over the world.

After all, no one likes cruel and murderous political forces.

At the same time, the same thing is happening in many cities across Shandong.

The territory of the new army continued to expand in a short period of time.

If it weren't for adequate preparations and sufficient reserve officials, they would be in a hurry.

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Jiaozhou Bay Seaport.

Dozens of lucky boats docked side by side, and countless people flowed like ants, shuttling between the shore and the boat.

There are also many gantry cranes standing on the shore, under the operation of the workers, the bags of goods are hoisted onto the ship.

Looking at the extremely busy scene in front of him, Xu Erjue felt relaxed and happy.

"Among them, Zhongheng insists on sea transportation, and many people are quite critical. Now it seems that sea transportation is far better than river transportation."

Fu Yusun also came. It can even be said that all the senior officials in Qingdao are here.

Because this is the first day of shipping between Shandong and Songjiang Prefecture, it is a big matter that everyone cares about.

In order to transport the goods this time, Fu Yusun requested the cooperation of the navy and mobilized more than [-] ships capable of long-distance voyages.

The dock manager came running from a distance, with a look of surprise on his face.

"Mayor, Mr. Xu, all the cotton is about to be loaded, and we can leave immediately."

Xu Erjue was refreshed and quickly asked, "How much is the total shipment?"

The dock manager is very proud.

"Seven hundred thousand catties, a full seven hundred thousand catties of cotton."

"My God!"

Xu Erjue slapped his forehead violently.

Fu Yusun was frightened.

"really?"

The dock manager couldn't laugh or cry.

"This thing can't be faked."

Looking at the big ships, Xu Erjue's heart was surging.

"If you don't take the sea route, it's hard to imagine that a transportation can be so huge?"

Fu Yusun finally realized the value of the sea.

In the past, cotton was sent from Shandong to Songjiang Prefecture through canals.

Even if the transportation capacity is pulled to the extreme, it can transport [-] catties at a time, which is already the limit.

It is not just the carrying capacity of the ship, but also many problems such as narrow river, insufficient water depth, and manpower.

Of course, taxes along the way are also quite a headache.

Unexpectedly, after adopting sea transportation, it was only the first trial voyage, and the amount of cotton loaded was more than three times that of the highest value of river transportation.

Based on this alone, the cost savings is a massive figure.

Just as I was feeling over here, someone came from a distance, holding several big boxes, and I don't know what was in them.

Fu Yusun went up to meet him.

"Minister Liao, do you want to go to sea too?"

The person who came was Liao Zhongjian, Minister of Foreign Affairs.

He is also the first graduate of the advanced school and has served as Qu Shixu's secretary.Because of his outstanding performance, flexibility and responsibility, he was unanimously approved by the Administrative Committee and became the newly formed Minister of Foreign Affairs.

As a head, it is rare to travel far in person.

Liao Zhongjian patted the box next to him.

"This time I'm going south, I'm going to communicate with Zheng Zhilong about maritime matters, and I'm going to send a piano to Governor Haojing along the way."

Fu Yusun didn't understand yet, but Xu Erjue was overjoyed.

"In this way, the situation in Songjiang Mansion will be revitalized."

Now Shandong's anti-flag has been set up, although it is not yet known how the court will respond.But neither Zuo Menggeng nor the administrative committee would put their own interests on the court's ideas.

Once there is a change in the Songjiang Mansion, the key is whether to provide timely support.

It is impossible not to alarm Zheng Zhilong for the large-scale troop mobilization at that time.

The current strength of the new army at sea cannot be compared with that of Zheng Zhilong.Therefore, you must say hello in advance to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings.

　The previous chapter was blocked, it has been revised, wait for it to be released

　　
　
(End of this chapter)