Ming Zuo

Chapter 729 Cluster Effect
The style is wrong!

Zuo Menggeng hurriedly read in his heart.

"I am not a Cao thief... I am not a Cao thief..."

"Zhongshan is knowledgeable and talented, and he is only trapped in the house. He is really a pearl. Minister Chen plans to expand his propaganda in the south of the Yangtze River. What he needs most is a helper with good writing skills. I think Zhongshan should also find a career. It's useful."

Zuo Menggeng is not a womanizer, after a moment of ripples, he expressed his thoughts.

There is no need to doubt Xu Xianqing's talent and learning.

At least it is used to help Chen Hongshou write articles and proofread drafts, which is definitely as easy as eating and drinking.

Hearing that Zuo Menggeng invited him to come out to do something, Xu Xianqing was very moved.

"I'm not a talented person, but thanks to the commander-in-chief's trustworthiness, Sansheng is lucky."

As for Xu Renlong, after discussing with Chen Zhi and Zuo Maodi, Zuo Menggeng invited him to serve as the deputy chief of the Songjiang Police Department.

Xu Renlong was originally Su Song's soldier and was in charge of the military, and he also had a lot of experience in local security.

In addition, he has lived in the south of the Yangtze River for a long time, and he is familiar with people and places, so he must be handy in this job.

It's just that he is not yet familiar with the working methods of the Shandong police system, so he temporarily acts as a deputy, and after a period of training, he can take charge of the government.

As soon as the arrangements were made, the Xu family was very satisfied, so they settled down in Songjiang.

With Fang Yuegong beheaded, the second conflict between Shandong and the imperial court came to an end.

Xie Sheng rushed to Songjiang Mansion in person and signed a new agreement with Shandong on behalf of the imperial court.

Regarding the conditions proposed by Shandong, the imperial court had no choice but to accept them all.

From now on, Kunshan and the east of Taicang belong to Shandong, and the imperial court is not allowed to garrison troops in Suzhou.

Of course, the administrative power of Suzhou, except for Kunshan and Taicang, is still in the hands of the imperial court.

In addition, the communication between Songjiang Mansion and various regions in the south of the Yangtze River is the same as before, and the imperial court must not stop it.

And Zuo Menggeng also kept his promise, and he really ordered the new army to retreat.

Prior to this, the attack speed of the new army was extremely fast, and it had already reached Zhenjiang.

The entire south of the Yangtze River is panicked and turbulent. Many gentry officials have packed up their wealth and are ready to run away at any time.

With the withdrawal of the new army to Taicang, the situation in Jiangnan finally stabilized.

After experiencing this turmoil, seeing the strength of the new army, all the civil and military ministers in the south of the Yangtze River calmed down, and no one dared to stand out indiscriminately.

In addition to signing the agreement, Xie Sheng also sent Xu Erxuan and other culprits who massacred the people.

Naturally, Zuo Menggeng would not let these people go.

"Hand it over to the Ministry of Justice for interrogation, and choose a day for punishment."

Zuo Menggeng intends to use these people to make an example of others, so that all those who oppose Shandong know what the end will be if they go against Shandong.

After the agreement was reached, Zheng Sanjun returned to Nanjing together with Xie Sheng in despair.

With the withdrawal of the new army fleet on the outskirts of Nanjing, this place of rouge quickly regained its former luxury.

Instead, Qian Qianyi stayed.

He was originally a wild crane with no official status, so he didn't have any worries.

The main reason is that after experiencing the strength of Shandong this time, Qian Qianyi's psychology inevitably gave birth to different ideas.

He wasn't willing to be a wild crane, but was forced to step down.

His utilitarian heart has never been broken.

Since the court cannot get what they want, it is not impossible to seek refuge in Shandong.

If he really had any tough bones, he wouldn't dislike the water being too cold.

"Next, the focus of our work is to build the Huangpu River Wharf. In the future, there will be countless ships coming and going here, and the simple wharf today is absolutely unbearable."

With the Songjiang Mansion falling into the hands of Shandong, from now on, the business exchanges between Shandong and Songjiang Mansion no longer need to be smuggled secretly.

Merchant ships from the two places can openly enter each other's ports, which will definitely cause a sharp increase in cargo volume.

In addition, business relations have also been established with the Dutch.

If there is no accident, there will definitely be an endless stream of Dutch people coming to do business in the future.

In addition, all parts of the south of the Yangtze River will also gather here, so the port of Songjiang Prefecture must be built and built.

But Zuo Menggeng looked at the situation by the Huangpu River, but he was not very satisfied.

"If a port is really going to be built, my opinion is to put it at Wusongkou, not here."

Seeing that he had other ideas, everyone didn't know why, so they looked at him one after another.

Of course, Zuo Menggeng didn't come up with a temporary idea, but relied on the knowledge of later generations.

"This is in the hinterland of the Huangpu River. Foreign ships need to sail into the Yangtze River and then turn into the Huangpu River to get here. Compared with the Yangtze River and the sea, the waterway here is still too narrow. Once cargo ships gather in the future, it may be blocked. The river road affects traffic. On the contrary, if it is placed outside the Wusong River Estuary, it is equivalent to the convergence of the Huangpu River, the Yangtze River, and the sea. Not to mention the wide water surface, the water depth is also sufficient, and that is the first choice for a good port."

The place Zuo Menggeng mentioned is Waigaoqiao in later generations.

Although today's wooden sailboats can't compare with those steel giant ships of later generations, and they don't have much water depth, but for long-term consideration, Zuo Menggeng still thinks it's better to be close to that area.

But everyone couldn't help but struggle with his thoughts.

"Nowadays, the east of the Pujiang River is barren, and the port is built at the mouth of the Wusong River. I'm afraid it will be inconvenient for transportation."

To the east of the Huangpu River in the Ming Dynasty, there were only some dilapidated and poor villages, and the land was wilderness in the past.To build a port in such a place and abandon the prosperous Songjiang City, everyone is a little reluctant.

In this regard, Chen Zhi supported Zuo Menggeng, and he also had realistic arguments.

"Nowadays, several large cities in Shandong, such as Dengzhou, Qingdao, and Jinan, are expanding in size and have already exceeded the original city boundaries. Now that Songjiang Prefecture is free of shackles, future economic development will definitely absorb a large number of people. The small Songjiang City can't accommodate it at all. Instead of imminent events in the future, it is better to plan ahead now, which can also save a lot of costs."

Among them, those who had been to Shandong changed their minds when they heard his judgment.

"Then choose Wusong River Estuary."

"Abandoning the convenience of a moment, and the foundation of the future, it should be like this."

The Songjiang Mansion quickly unified their opinions, and the new port was selected to the east of the Wusong River Estuary, near the mouth of the Yangtze River.

But with the birth of this resolution, various novel changes finally made people realize what is called cluster effect.

First of all, to build a port, there must be a large number of workers.

And as these workers went to the port to work, a lively market quickly formed nearby.

Almost at a speed visible to the naked eye, the market turned into a village, and the village turned into a city, and the population in the surrounding area quickly prospered.

With such a large population, the supplies needed for daily life are also massive.

Then countless people began to engage in the service work of the surrounding industries, which suddenly turned the originally desolate Wusong River Estuary into the second center of Songjiang.

(End of this chapter)