Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 251 Controlling the Southeast
Hearing Princess Xingnan's emotion, Shen Zhezi knew that the little girl must have heard some gossip.

As his family spread out in the capital, the entanglements with the interests of various families became deeper, so the female relatives of the noble families in the capital were also very flattering to Princess Xingnan, and they often communicated with each other.When it comes to the abundance of guests, everyone responds, this girl is even better than Shen Zhezi.

The topics that the women talked about when they gathered together were nothing more than food, clothing, daily life, and household chores.Having been around a lot, this girl is very familiar with the situation of each family in the capital and what happened recently.

"Princess Zhang Wu came to Yunyang again today, and pestered me for a long time. This is the third time she has come to my house this month, and what she said is nothing more than the same. Several garden villas in the suburbs were arguing endlessly, and they were almost on the point of drawing swords. Earlier, her family Yuxiang Marquis invaded the fields and occupied the village in Yanling, and was also participated in by the Taiwanese ministers, and almost imprisoned the court lieutenant."

Hearing a lot of things, and the little girl is not used to talking right and wrong before others, so whenever she has time to be alone, she would tell Shen Zhezi: "King Zhang Wu is also my family member after all, and he is also the title of the prince. Shen Zhezi, everyone Is it true that Zhongmi grain is so expensive that the princely family can't live?"

After hearing the words, Shen Zhezi sneered: "His family has noble titles for men, women, old and young, and there are many properties beyond the title of national title. This princess is lying to you. If even his family can't survive, then the little one What will the people's house look like, I'm afraid there will be starvation everywhere inside and outside the city."

When Princess Xingnan heard this, she nodded with a smile and said: "I think so too. This woman came to my house to weep for a long time, but her eyes were looking around. She brought some plain silk, but prepared a few large cars. The car came to return the gift. Inviting poor people in front of me is nothing more than hoping that my family will take care of me more. Ha, I wouldn’t care too much if I changed it to someone else, but this woman’s tongue is annoying, and she often talks in front of others My family is so bad that someone else will say it to me and she doesn't know it, so I won't give her family too many benefits!"

Shen Zhezi couldn't help smiling when he heard the words. With experience in dealing with people, this little girl is no longer as urgent as she was at the beginning, and gradually there is a difference between closeness and closeness in her heart, and she no longer treats people equally.Especially for those poor relatives in the clan who are used to playing the autumn wind, they no longer give what they ask for.

It is absolutely impossible for these clans to be so poor that they can't get rid of the pot, but life must not be as comfortable as before.Especially in the past few years, Yu Liang stepped up his attack on the Zongwangs after he took over the power. It is tantamount to directly cutting the main income of these Zongwang families by more than half.

This is unbearable for those kings who are used to extravagant enjoyment, but now their influence is not the same as that of China and North Korea.Even if you are dissatisfied, there is nothing you can do. You can only find other ways to make money to maintain the huge expenses.For example, the king of Xiyang has almost invested his entire fortune in the Yinjue, while the king of Nandun is recruiting wealthy families from poor families to make money for his students.

As for King Zhangwu and King Pengcheng, who have a weaker sense of existence, their lives are indeed worse than those of ordinary overseas Chinese.If you don't have so much wealth and goods, and you want to maintain a decent luxury, you can only fight around.A rich and well-connected family like the Shen family is naturally their first choice.

Shen Zhezi really has no sympathy for these poor relatives.Not to mention that their current poverty is the fault of their ancestors, and they alone are doomed to be poor.

In the past two years, Shen Zhezi also has the mentality of using waste to support these kings and ask them to help with things that he does not want to do, but without exception, he has done a mess. It can be described as extremely clumsy. Make it round and decent, but the appearance is too ugly.

Over time, Shen Zhezi also completely gave up on these Zongwangs, drew a clear line with them, and stopped communicating with them.Even if he wants to plan any major event in the future and needs the political support and response of the clan, it is by no means that the current group of clan kings can undertake it.For example, the king of the East China Sea, the king of Langya, and other close relatives of the imperial line have gradually grown up, but they can still maintain a friendly relationship.

"If you think that Princess Zhang Wu is too annoying, then you will have less contact with her in the future."

Shen Zhezi held the little girl Bai Nenrou and said with a smile, his family didn't have to worry about these Zongwang's attitudes before, but now they can completely ignore them, and there is really no need to treat them politely.

The little girl arched into Shen Zhezi's arms again, her expression became more lazy, her starry eyes were blurred, her exquisite figure was somewhat uneven and interesting, and her bosom was full of fragrance, which made Shen Zhezi's heart throb a little, and she couldn't help but sit upright, It is very deterministic.

"I just like to see this woman say something different in front of me. She talks a lot about how my family is from the south in front of others, but she pays little compliments in front of me. Her appearance makes people laugh."

After living together day and night for a long time, the little girl learned all about Shen Zhezi's occasional mischief. She tilted her face sideways and held Shen Zhezi's chin in both hands: "I know that my husband is very handsome and a man of the world. But it’s always more joyful to hear it from someone else.”

Seeing the little girl's expression full of admiration and admiration, Shen Zhezi suddenly felt proud, embraced the princess's delicate body with both hands, and asked with a smile: "My lady has a lot of good words today, did she put honey on her mouth? "

When the princess heard this, she giggled and said, "It's been wiped on a lot, Fulang, would you like to try it?" As she said this, her pink mouth pouted slightly.

Seeing the girl's behavior, Shen Zhezi couldn't bear it any more, put both hands on the girl's fragrant shoulders, leaned over and kissed her.

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Under the scorching sun, many boats and boats are crowded here on the not-open waterway in Pogangdu, waiting for the sluice gate to be released to continue navigation.

Only in this ancient society with poor conditions can we feel the limitation of transportation conditions on the vitality of the whole society.Standing on the bullock cart by the bank, Shen Zhezi was deeply touched when he watched the boats full of goods stop wasting time on the waterway.

From Qu'a Yunyang to the east, there are continuous hills and hills, with extremely undulating terrain.It will take a lot to dig a canal on such terrain and maintain it.Therefore, although the entire Pogangdu waterway is not long, it is arranged in ladder-like segments, which cannot be consistent.

When the boat reached the bottom of the ladder, the sluice gate was opened to release water, and the water level of the river gradually rose, but it still couldn't reach the same level, and could only catch up with the upper river bottom.If the boat goes straight up, it will soon sink into the mud at the bottom of the river, and it needs to be towed on both sides of the river by laborers.Not only is it a great loss of manpower, but it is also a great wear and tear on boats.

Although Shen Zhezi did not organize his forces to carry out thorough repairs on Pogangdu, he made a series of changes in response to the harsh water transportation conditions after his family's property in Qu'a and Jurong increased.

Now the two sections of the Pogangdu River are equipped with boats, instead of directly towing the boats, the boats will unload and reload the boats on the opposite boat.In this way, although the loading and unloading process is increased, the work of consignment is saved, and the wear and tear of the ship is also reduced.

In order to facilitate loading and unloading, the transported goods are shipped in small wooden containers, and there are elevated pulleys and ropes on the shore to pull and lift these two-foot-sized wooden containers.If it is a product that is afraid of water and tide, it will be transferred to the shore and dragged to a high slope by an ox-drawn cart before loading.If the goods are not afraid of water, then tie an inflatable sheepskin bag directly on the bottom of the container to increase buoyancy, and drag it directly on the water.

After this series of changes, the shipping efficiency of Pogangdu has been improved several times, and the daily cargo traffic has been greatly increased.

On the other hand, it was hard work. While digging the waterways in Yunyang, Shen Zhezi also led the craftsmen and peasants to dig and divert the water from Taihu Lake, and then went west and built hangdais as a supplement to the original waterways.In this way, the navigation period of Pogangdu can be extended by about two months every year.

This is also thanks to the reform and upgrading of the local industry in Zuojin, which no longer focuses on paddy field farming, but instead grows a large number of cash crops.In this way, the phenomenon of privately digging ditches to divide the water from the canal for irrigation was gradually eliminated, and the canal water was avoided from being consumed in large quantities.

Of course, Shen Zhezi didn't do this without rewards. Pogangdu was a government-run waterway, and the navigation period was short in the past, so civilian ships were generally not allowed to navigate.The Shen family spent their own money and food to manually repair the waterways, which made the water transportation here more convenient. While benefiting from Taichung, Shen Zhezi also drummed up many contacts and obtained the priority of navigation for himself.

Basically, after the money, food and taxes are delivered every year, the rest of the transportation is basically taken up by the Shen family.And even if it is Taiwan-funded tax transportation, it is basically done by the Shen family fleet.Now the scale of tax-packed transportation is getting bigger and bigger, and it is not limited to Wuxing and Kuaiji. For example, Linhai, Yongjia and even Jin'an in the farther distances are also handed over to Shen's family with the unremitting efforts of Shen Chong. .

This mode of transportation is more convenient for the local government and can also save consumption on the way.As for the saved transportation loss, part of it is the profit of the Shen family, and the other part flows into the pockets of officials at all levels in the counties and counties.For this alone, the annual gross profit will be in the hundreds of millions!
Of course, the actual net profit cannot be so high, after all, Shen's transportation also has to bear a huge cost.Moreover, today's taxes are not limited to money and food, and miscellaneous products from various places are also included in the transportation, and it is not easy to realize them.A large part of the taxes collected by the imperial court were accumulated in the treasury and were difficult to use.

But the Shen family is different. With such a huge sales channel as Shangmeng and Yinjue, even if all places donate dog feces, they can be sold as fertilizer in Jingkou.

Taichung is actually very unhappy that the Shen family controls the taxation of the entire southeast. If the operation of the Shen family suddenly stalls, all officials in the capital will have to do volunteer work for the first half of the year.Therefore, since last year, there have been [-] or [-] copies of the ban on Taiwan-funded taxation and private transportation, and the wording has become more and more severe.

But still the same sentence, all the prosperity of the world is for profit, the center's opposition is opposition, and the locality remains the same.Even if there are incorruptible officials who don't eat fireworks in the local area, they can't organize the human transportation of taxes at all. Year.

It is a foregone conclusion that the Shen family will control the capital and taxes of Southeast Taiwan. Unless the central government is determined to eradicate the Shen family, this fact cannot be changed.But if you really want to do this, you have to consider the powerful counterattack power of the Shangmeng and Yinjue!
　I seem to be under the procrastination spell, and I can't sit still in front of the computer before eight o'clock every day. . .Alas, every day I walk on the edge of gaining and losing full attendance. . .To change, get up early and write early tomorrow. . .

　　
　
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