I really don't want to be emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 199
Chapter 198

The Eight Princesses is sailing slowly.God seems to be very considerate of Cheng Shijie, the wind and waves are not too big, and there are no other shortcomings except that the boat sails slower.

After sleeping in the cabin, when Cheng Shijie woke up, he found that it was already light. Cheng Shijie didn't have the habit of staying in bed. He got up, washed up, and came to the deck.

The sailor who was manipulating the Eight Princesses saluted Cheng Shijie.

Cheng Shijie turned around on the deck and was about to go back when he suddenly found Zhu Weiti lying on the railing on the deck, looking down quietly.

Cheng Shijie walked over to Zhu Weiti, the sound of the wind and waves covered Cheng Shijie's footsteps, Zhu Weiti didn't notice it until Cheng Shijie walked behind Zhu Weiti and asked in a low voice: "Princess, what are you looking at?"

"what!"

How could Zhu Weiti have thought that someone would suddenly appear from behind, screaming in fright, she subconsciously dodged to the side, and turned her head to see Cheng Shijie, but her foot was stuck in the leaking gutter on the deck, and her ankle was sprained. All of a sudden, the body lost its center of gravity and was about to fall to the deck.

Cheng Shijie's eyes were sharp and his hands were quick, so he hurriedly grabbed her hand and leaned over to support her, but Zhu Weiti was overly frightened, and grabbed Cheng Shijie's hands as if grabbing life-saving straws and pressed them to his chest, and said in panic: "Scared to death!" Killed me, scared me to death?"

Zhu Weiti gasped for breath, and instantly realized that it was Cheng Shijie's hand that was grabbed and stuck to her chest. As she walked, there was a severe pain in her ankle, she couldn't stand up and was about to fall again.

Cheng Shijie saw that she seemed to have sprained her ankle, and supported her.

Hearing Zhu Weiti's scream, Gu Ziyi hurried out and said, "Princess, princess, what happened?"

"fine!"

Zhu Weiti struggled and stood up straight, but the sea was not on land, the boat was shaking, and one foot was not stable at all. Fortunately, Cheng Shijie was by his side, and it might have been blown by the sea wind in the middle of the night. At this time, Zhu Weiti It was a little cold, and she suddenly felt a little warmth on Cheng Shijie's shoulders.

Zhu Weiti and Cheng Shijie have been married for more than three months, but they have never had any real contact. However, their relationship is very special. During this time in the capital, whether it is breakfast, lunch, or dinner, Cheng Shijie always accompanied them. Eat with Zhu Weiti, and will accommodate her preferences and tastes.

Zhu Weiti also knew why Cheng Shijie was unwilling to accept her, which made Zhu Weiti hate her status as a princess. If she was the daughter of a commoner, how great would it be?

In fact, Zhu Weiti hadn't thought about the crux of the problem. If she was really the daughter of a commoner, she would probably be two parallel lines with Cheng Shijie, and she would have no communication in her life.

"Uh, sit down for a while, don't move your feet if you sprain..."

Cheng Shijie subconsciously took a look at Zhu Weiti's swollen chest. Even through the cold clothes, he could still feel the straightness and fullness inside, and when he touched her waist with his hand, he could feel the firmness and elasticity there.

Zhu Weiti thought about holding on to the railing on the deck and jumping back into the cabin, but the idea was very good, but in fact it was very difficult to do. Although the Eight Princesses weighed more than 800 tons and belonged to big ships in the Ming Dynasty, they still It was very bumpy, and Zhu Weiti inevitably shook her injured leg, causing her eyebrows to frown frequently in pain.

Cheng Shijie couldn't bear to see it, and said, "I don't know how badly your feet are sprained. If you are not careful, you will easily become lame..."

Zhu Weiti bit her lip and wanted to move forward.

"excuse me……"

Cheng Shijie pleaded guilty, grabbed Zhu Weiti's waist and legs and hugged her up.

"what!"

Zhu Weiti never expected that Cheng Shijie would suddenly pick her up and struggle to get down: "Put me down quickly."

"I don't want a crippled woman,"

Cheng Shijie only held Zhu Weiti in his arms, and said with a smile: "Princess, you just treat me as a doctor, and you can't avoid a doctor when you treat illnesses and wounds..."

Zhu Weiti didn't take the opportunity, and pressed her body tightly into Cheng Shijie's arms, fearing that if she struggled again, she would fall off, so she turned her face to the side, and asked Cheng Shijie to carry her back into the room shyly, her heart beating even harder, her body They all became slightly hot.

Back in the cabin, Cheng Shijie directly put Zhu Weiti on the bed, took off her shoes and socks to check the wound.

Although Cheng Shijie is not a doctor, he has become a doctor after a long illness, and Ning Haijun suffered too many bruises during training, so he knows a little bit about medical principles. He looked at Zhu Weiti's ankle, which was only slightly swollen. No bones were broken.

"You wait first, I'll get you the medicine place!"

Cheng Shijie got up and left directly, Zhu Weiti's face became even hotter when he thought about the way Cheng Shijie was holding her just now.

Gu Ziyi came in from the outer room at this time, she knew the seriousness, and said in a low voice: "Princess, I saw..."

"you shut up!"

Gu Ziyi also wanted to explain that Zhu Weiti frightened Gu Ziyi by raising her hand, but her intimidation had no deterrent effect.

While speaking, Cheng Shijie returned from the cabin, holding a bottle of wound medicine.

"Lie down first and I'll apply medicine to you..."

But at this moment, Cheng Shijie saw Gu Ziyi and gave the medicine to Gu Ziren: "Who..."

"Servant Gu Ziyi!"

"You come to apply medicine to the princess!"

"it is good!"

Only then did Zhu Weiti feel that Gu Ziyi was a bit redundant.

Seeing Cheng Shijie leave, Zhu Weiti began to criticize Gu Ziyi: "I usually see you with sharp eyesight, why are you so stupid today..."

"Princess……"

Gu Ziyi gently applied the medicine to Zhu Weiti.

Zhu Weiti was lying on the bed with her eyes slightly closed, but her mind was full of thoughts.

Being hugged by one's own man is a kind of happiness, a kind of thoughtfulness, and a kind of deep comfort.

Cheng Shijie is really gentle towards others...

Zhu Weiti sighed slightly, took off the quilt to cover her body, and didn't care about her injured feet, thinking that a woman's life is nothing more than seeking a good husband. Unknowingly, a tear slipped from the corner of the eye, and it was already cold when it slipped past the ear...

Unknowingly, Zhu Weiti was thinking wildly and fell asleep in a daze.

When I woke up, the sky was bright.

Zhu Weiti was taken aback, she still had to prepare meals for Cheng Shijie, how could she expect to sleep so soundly?

Zhu Weiti hurriedly sat up, looked at the wound on the ankle, the swelling had subsided, and there was still some redness, she felt strange in her heart, and when she pinched it, there was only slight pain, but it was bearable.

Zhu Weiti got up in her shirt and socks to get ready to cook: "Zi Yi, what time is it?"

"Three quarters before the hour!"

Unknowingly, Zhu Weiti fell asleep for more than two hours, and she was a little anxious: "Have you eaten yet?"

Before Gu Ziyi could speak, Cheng Shijie's voice came from outside the cabin door: "Is the princess awake?"

"Maybe not!"

A palace lady outside the door didn't know if Zhu Weiti had woken up, and continued: "My son-in-law, do you want your servant to ask?"

"no need!"

"I'll bring the princess a bowl of seafood porridge, and I'll drink it when she gets up...Ask her if she still needs medicine on her feet?"

Zhu Weiti really wanted to call Cheng Shijie to stop, but she didn't speak.

There are some things that cannot be rushed.

……

The long winter has finally come to an end, the ice in the rivers in southern Liaoning has melted, and the bare branches have spit out strands of fresh green, and the earth has regained its vitality.

Unlike the Central Plains, Henan, Shandong, and North Zhili haven't had much snow this winter, which means that the drought will continue in the sixth year of Chongzhen. This terrible little glacier climate can really drive farmers who rely on the sky to live crazy.

However, there is no such worry in southern Liaoning, because since November last year, there have been several heavy snowfalls one after another. Even at the end of February, the snow accumulation is still fifty or sixty centimeters. It is basically certain that there will be no shortage of snow in southern Liaoning. rainwater.

In all fairness, the Liaodong Peninsula is a treasure land. Whether it is for industrial development or farming, it is really convenient. It belongs to the temperate monsoon climate and has excellent natural conditions.The Liaodong Peninsula has very convenient transportation. Because the draft of ships in the late Ming Dynasty was relatively shallow, unlike the giant ships of [-] tons in later generations, the draft was more than ten meters at every turn. In such a situation, the construction of a port really required a certain natural geographical environment.

But the problem is that the draft of the current ships is at most three or four meters. A large ship of 800 materials like the Eight Princesses has a displacement of more than [-] tons and a draft of less than one foot when fully loaded, which is only nine feet six inches. All the ships in the entire Liaodong Peninsula Coastal areas can basically dock.

Even in the farther north, there are still dozens of rivers such as the Liaohe River and the Taizi River that can be used for water transportation.

When Cheng Shijie arrived in Jinzhou in southern Liaoning, he did not stop at Lushun Port at the southernmost point, but was close to Jingang West Port. Jinzhou also has an East Port. The land distance between the two ports is less than 150 miles. In fact, Liaodong Most of the peninsula is within [-] miles of coastal ports.

In this way, the grain produced in Liaodong can be easily transported.

When the Eight Princesses was approaching Jinzhou West Port, there was a sea of ​​people on the pier, from generals and officials to artisans and farmers, and everyone who could come came. Seeing the majestic entry of the fleet into the port, there were deafening cheers on the pier.

"Cheng Shuai, Cheng Shuai!"

No matter what official position Cheng Shijie was promoted to, ordinary people actually didn't care. In their eyes, Cheng Shijie was still their commander-in-chief.

"Greetings, Commander-in-Chief, Madam!"

Song Xiance finally squeezed his way in. At this moment, members of the Liaodong Management Committee also squeezed in one after another.

"Song Xiance, what the hell are you doing!"

Cheng Shijie pointed at the sea of ​​people and said, "How much manpower and material resources will you waste doing this?"

"Duke, you have wronged your sect!"

For the marriage of Cheng Shijie and Zhu Weiti, the happiest person is actually not Cheng Shijie, nor Emperor Chongzhen, but Song Xiance, just like the development strategy Zhu Sheng proposed to Zhu Yuanzhang back then, "build high walls, accumulate food widely, and slowly become king .”

Under the auspices of Cheng Shijie, southern Liaoning has developed very rapidly. In fact, southern Liaoning has been developing very rapidly. Even though the Ning Navy fought against Jiannu in Baliwan, southern Liaoning was still developing at a high speed.

"The Duke doesn't know, these people are not organized by the sect, they came here to welcome the Duke of their own accord!"

Cheng Shijie didn't really believe Song Xiance's words: "You really didn't organize it?"

Song Xiance said: "Really not!"

It wasn't until Chen Guodong cast a look at Cheng Shijie in the crowd that Cheng Shijie realized that it was indeed the people who came to greet Cheng Shijie spontaneously.

There is a reason why these people are very enthusiastic about Cheng Shijie. Most of these people are from Liaodong. casualties.

More importantly, when they migrated to southern Liaoning, Cheng Shijie gave them food, planted land, and worked for them. Through their own efforts, these people have survived the most difficult period, and now they basically cannot eat. problem.Of course, there is still a long way to go before being truly rich, but these people are simple and kind.

The most important thing is that Cheng Shijie has been made a Duke of the state. This is a grand event that has not happened in more than 200 years since the founding of the six Dukes of Jingnan in the Ming Dynasty since the battle of Jingnan.

The people under Cheng Shijie's rule were naturally ecstatic.Ordinary people, of course, hope that those officials who are capable and kind to the people will be promoted step by step and become stronger, so as to provide better protection for themselves and seek more benefits.

The ecstatic people came empty-handed. When Cheng Shijie came back, the people cheered and applauded enthusiastically wherever Cheng Shijie passed. At this moment, everyone's hearts were filled with pride.

Let Zhu Weiti feel that there are more people in Jinzhou than in the capital city. Of course, this is Zhu Weiti's illusion. Let alone Jinzhou, even the entire Liaodong, there are not as many people as Shuntian Prefecture.

The entire Shuntian Prefecture governs five prefectures and 22 counties, with a population of more than 1204 people. Of course, there is one thing that Jinzhou can compare with the capital. Among the [-] million people in Beijing, one out of five is a businessman.

However, the proportion in Golden State is as high as one-third, and the population engaged in business exceeds 7.

Southern Liaoning is very busy now. Of course, they have been busy. As the spring plowing begins, every day, a large number of young and strong men push the chicken bus or drive the cart to Jinzhou, and then load potatoes, sweet potatoes, etc. The seeds were transported to the surrounding towns in the four states of southern Liaoning.

With a large number of sweet potatoes and potatoes produced last year, the people in southern Liaoning took the lead in getting used to eating potatoes and sweet potatoes, which are very popular because of their rich nutrition and low price.In particular, a large number of businessmen saw business opportunities, and invented countless ways to eat and use sweet potatoes and potatoes.

The military and martyrs of the Ning Navy in southern Liaoning were the first batch of people in southern Liaoning to become rich. They more or less sold some potatoes, which can be regarded as a fortune.

If a person has money, after filling his stomach, he will start to have new pursuits, that is, food, clothing, housing and transportation. Of course, in this case, almost every household in the Liaonan army and martyrs has horses or cattle. When Ti set foot on the land in southern Liaoning, the first feeling was that there were too many cars.

Carts, rooster carts, deer carts, two-wheeled carriages, four-wheeled carriages, the wheels on the road are rolling and dense. If these carriages are replaced by cars, the current situation is almost equivalent to a county town in later generations, and traffic jams have started.

The development of southern Liaoning is inseparable from Cheng Shijie's plan. From the beginning, he wanted to build southern Liaoning into an industrial base, or an industrial empire.In order to let the common people experience the convenience of the industrial empire.

One of the great things about industrial empires is that industrial products are very cheap.

For example, when Poussin was first made in China, it was sold at a sky-high price of 18 yuan. How much was the per capita salary at that time?The author did not work at the time, but I remember that the monthly income was more than 200 yuan. That is to say, if the working class wants to buy a Santana, it will take [-] months without food or drink.

As a matter of fact, someone in the author’s village bought a Santana. In the same year, a relative spent 500 yuan in the city to buy a three-bedroom, two-living room, more than 130 square meters. Of course, it is not a small high-rise. Because there was not a single high-rise building in the city at that time.

According to the current housing prices, the city where the author lives is between 500 and [-]. Even if the lowest average price is [-], five houses are worth more than [-] million.But the question is, what now?Even if the income is not high, it is not a problem to buy a Poussin without eating or drinking for a year. This is the advantage of industrialization.

Cheng Shijie also adopted this method. As early as after the victory in Liaoyang, the danger of slavery has been greatly reduced. Therefore, the factories under the Ning Naval Gun Bureau, Ordnance Bureau, and Equipment Bureau have all changed from military supplies to civilian supplies.

Then the problem arises, the quality of military products is very good, especially the products such as civilian quilts produced by military uniforms and quilt factories, although the dyeing is not black, ordinary people, for this kind of good quality and durable shoes, socks, clothes , quilts, sheets are very like.

In this way, the conversion of military factories to civilian use is simply a blow to the similar civilian factories in southern Liaoning. Fortunately, southern Liaoning is not easy to sell. These factories can be sold to the Central Plains, and there is still a huge market gap.

Of course, it is also a blow to the small peasant economy in the Central Plains.

In addition to the traditional textile industry, the biggest blow to military products is actually the iron and steel industry. A kitchen knife made of a pound of fine steel used to cost six or seven coins for each ordinary iron kitchen knife, but now, only Two coins.The days when ordinary people could not afford to use kitchen knives have become history.

Especially the refugees who arrived in southern Liaoning before winter and spring plowing, they found that life is not difficult, and there are job opportunities everywhere.

For example, they can fire bricks and tiles in kilns, work on construction sites for factories, build houses for ordinary people, do odd jobs in factories that have not yet started production, and pick coal.

With the large-scale application of coal, many emerging industries have been derived along the coal in southern Liaoning, such as briquettes, briquettes factories, briquettes mold factories, especially coal transportation.

Coal is not only used to light fires and keep warm, but also to make coke. In fact, coal cannot be used to make steel directly. The sulfur content of coal is quite high, so it must first be burned into coke, which requires a lot of manpower.

The hottest business in southern Liaoning is not actually the steel or coal industry, but the wood industry. A lot of wood is needed to build houses, and a lot of wood is needed to build horse-drawn carriages. Of course, there are drought-resistant waterwheels and furniture.

Refugees can cut down wood to sell, but this matter was soon stopped. If there is no limit to cut down wood, the damage to the forest will be too great, but once the forest is destroyed, the impact will be huge.

For this reason, Cheng Shijie forbids the refugees to cut down forests privately, but cuts them in a planned way, and requires a logging certificate before cutting, thus avoiding waste.

Another booming industry is the deep processing of potatoes and sweet potatoes. The storage time of sweet potatoes and potatoes is not long. In the climate of southern Liaoning, there is no major problem in the cellar for more than half a year. Destruction occurs.

In this case, in addition to leaving potatoes and sweet potatoes ready for breeding, they can only be processed into sweet potatoes or potato flour and vermicelli. Hundreds of tens of millions of potato or sweet potato processing factories of different sizes have sprung up in southern Liaoning. The factory processes sweet potatoes or potato flour day and night.

In comparison, the production of potato flour and sweet potato flour is high, and the price is low. More and more grain shops in Beizhili, Shandong, Shanxi, Henan, Huguang and other places have appeared this kind of flour with a much lower price. , the common people rushed to buy, and the sales scene was so hot.

There is no way not to be popular, and the price of food is rising steadily. How do you choose between wheat that costs more than one liang of silver and one stone, and potato noodles that cost five dollars and one stone?
If you have money, you can choose, but if you don't have money, it's natural to fill your stomach.

Potato dregs are not wasted either, they are processed into feed and transported to farms to feed pigs, horses, cows, and sheep until they are chubby.

Cheng Shijie returned to Ning Naval General Mansion, which is Cheng Mansion.

Before he had time to rest, Song Xiance asked him a serious question.

There was no government office in southern Liaoning before. Although there is no government office now, the imperial court has dispatched fifteen guards and eight independent thousand-household offices here, which means that these fifteen guards and eight thousand-household offices have become The most unstable factor in southern Liaoning.

Cheng Shijie thought for a while and asked, "Have they all arrived yet?"

"It has arrived!"

"This matter is easy to handle. Inform them that I will meet them tomorrow and let them get ready!"

Song Xiance conveyed Cheng Shijie's meaning to the fifteen guards.

The guard commanders of these fifteen guards gathered together and began to discuss countermeasures.

These guard commanders and commanders, although all provinces in Lishu are under the jurisdiction of the commanders, the problem is that the commanders do not have much authority over them, because they are hereditary commanders or commanders, as long as they do not make major mistakes, They can stay in this position honestly until they die, and after they die, the imperial court will let their sons continue to hold their official positions.

There are also marriages and other relationships between the commanders of the guards and the commanders of the guards, which have long been deeply rooted and formed a huge alliance of interests.

The problem now is that they are now under Cheng Shijie's management.

Although Cheng Shijie can't stop their officials, he can make them fly away with one thought, and send them to hell with one thought.The military fields in each guard station are allocated by Cheng Shijie. Cheng Shijie can make them live well, and can also make them cry every day and make the land not work.

The [-] households of the [-]th guard in southern Liaoning are now uneasy, how should they face Cheng Shijie, the new boss?

Just like when Cheng Shijie got married, they negotiated, and the congratulatory gift for Cheng Shijie was 5000 taels of silver for the commander of the guard, 3000 taels of silver for the commander of Tongzhi, 2000 taels of silver for the commander, and 1000 taels for each of the thousand households.

The 30 households of the fifteen guards gave Cheng Shijie more than [-] taels of silver.

(End of this chapter)