Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 2336 Pampa (44)

"Master Cen, I'm giving you this lion skin, so you won't have trouble with your legs and feet in winter." On February 1698, 2, Zhao Ke, the governor of Luoyang, got off his horse and threw a puma skin to a boy opposite. .

Standing in front of the boy was a rich and kind-looking old man, wearing a robe of Ming Dynasty style, with a radiant look. After hearing what Zhao Ke said, he thanked him immediately: "Master Zhao is very polite, I am very grateful."

Zhao Ke laughed, and went into the house with the old man without seeing anyone.This is a big house with two front and back entrances, which is very top-notch in Panshi Township.The owner of the house, Mr. Cen, immigrated from southern Zhejiang the year before last. There are dozens of people in his family, including many maids and servants.Their family took out the silver winter melon in the cellar and deposited it in the East Coast Agricultural Bank account in Ningbo, and then traveled across the ocean to the East Coast.

The reasons for their emigration are actually not complicated.One is that he offended the local government. Although he has the backing in the officialdom, he is not enough, and he is afraid that something will happen after a long time; migrant.But in fact, this is not the point. The point is that their family did not immigrate to Ningshao, but directly came to the mainland on the east coast. This is rare and very courageous.

Mr. Cen is familiar with the scriptures, and his calligraphy is even better. He hit it off with Zhao Ke, a calligraphy lover, and became friends within a year.This time Zhao Ke went hunting on the northern grassland, and the first thing he did when he came back was to present a very good-looking lion skin to Master Cen, which shows the relationship.

After Zhao Ke and Master Cen sat down in the courtyard, a young servant brought tea.Seeing this servant, Mrs. Cen, was also a little sad, because the East Bank does not allow private slaves, so many maids and servants who immigrated together at the beginning have left.The better ones bid farewell to the host family, and then went to make a living by themselves, and the worse ones just left without saying goodbye.Now that there is a lot of development on the east coast, there is a shortage of people everywhere, so it is not difficult to support yourself.Those who are still staying at home are actually just a few older servants. They have a good relationship with the master's family, and the master's family has also increased their wages, so they are still serving in the Cen's house for the time being. As for whether they will be in the future? Let's go, it's hard to say.

After Mr. Cen's family settled down in Panshi Township, they have not had any good livelihoods so far, relying entirely on the 8 silver dollars they took out when they landed in Qingdao.It's also thanks to the fact that most of the servants left at the beginning, otherwise, I'm afraid I won't last long if I sit and eat like this.Mr. Cen’s family doesn’t know how to farm, nor does he want to farm, and he has no way to do business. Finally, after much deliberation, the eldest son and second son went to Luoyang Mansion and opened a school teaching calligraphy and ink painting. The business was so-so. .The youngest son went to school in Qingdao County. He was still young and had time to learn new knowledge on the east coast.As for Mr. Cen himself, he didn't bother to change it, so he stayed in this new house for the elderly.

However, although the old age is leisurely, but the heart is very unhappy.Mr. Cen was only in his early 50s, and he thought that he would have the opportunity to "become an official" after he arrived on the East Bank. Even if he couldn't become a high-ranking official, a small official was more than enough, after all, he was a Jinshi.In the end, he couldn't even be a village chief, and he had to be under the command of a village chief who was a warrior. He was really aggrieved to death.Later someone told him that if he wanted to become an official, he had to go to the Free State or the Sioux City pirates in the north, but he couldn't do it on the east coast.After thinking about it for a while, Mr. Cen gave up on this idea. It is absolutely impossible to become a bandit. Mr. Cen still has this moral principle.

It's just that in this way, he can only idle all day long, and his resentment is getting more and more full.From the beginning, I couldn't understand the official system on the east bank, and finally I couldn't understand anything. From clothes, some food, music, sports activities to all aspects of life, I was full of resentment.Zhao Ke found it interesting, so he once laughed at him as "old and stubborn", and deliberately wore a woolen coat in front of the scorpion master with wide robes and sleeves, saying, "King Wuling of Zhao still wears a horse and shoots", and said, "Your family's pipa It's still a Hu people's musical instrument", "Confucius said: 'Threesomes must have my teacher', the things handed down by the ancestors really can't be changed", to ridicule Master Cen.

If it was an ordinary person, Master Cen would have turned his back on him long ago.But Zhao Ke hit it off with him very much, and when Zhao Ke said this, he could only hold his nose and listen.Of course, Mr. Cen probably valued Zhao Ke's dignified status as Governor of Luoyang, so he didn't dare to turn his back on him suddenly.But in any case, the relationship between the two is really good, and they have been in contact with each other for two years.

Zhao Ke was on vacation a few days ago to hunt. After the vacation, he went directly to the construction site of Luoming Highway to watch the construction progress of the road.He is now concurrently serving as the deputy director of the Luoming Highway Project Department, responsible for the construction of the western section of the highway.The eastern section of the highway (Mingfugang-Renji Township) has been opened to traffic, but the western section (Renji Township-Shendu District) is still [-] to [-] kilometers away from completion. Zhao Ke was a little anxious, so he planned to come and have a look.

Another thing is that with the approval of the Government Council, four new counties were established along the Luoming Highway at the end of last year, two of which were temporarily under the management of Luoyang Prefecture. He also had to come and have a look. Do your duty as a superior.These two counties are Zhengding County, the 187th county-level administrative unit in the country (Xuanwu County is 186 counties), under the jurisdiction of Zhengding Town, Boxing Township, Runshui Township and Panshi Township, with a population of more than 7000; Zheng'an County , the 188th county-level administrative unit in the country, under the jurisdiction of Zheng'an Township, Wuyang Township, Guangshun Township, Taishun Township and Lixing Township (located near the later town of Oliwa), with a total population of almost 2.These two counties are currently under the management of the Luoyang government. As for the future, whether to establish a special regional administrative office or continue to be managed by the Luoyang government is still unclear.However, given the current general trend of reducing regional administrative offices (half of the domestic regional administrative offices have been recalled) and increasing counties directly under the Central Government, it is estimated that they will be officially placed under the jurisdiction of Luoyang Prefecture.As for the two newly established counties in the east, it is estimated that they will eventually be under the jurisdiction of a newly established provincial administrative unit—these two counties are Changsheng County, which is the 189th county-level administrative unit in the country. Changsheng Township, Angui Township, Wenting Township, Jingtu Township and Nangui Township (located near the later town of El Trevor), and Daoming County, which is the 190th county-level administrative unit in the country. Jurisdiction over Daoming Township, Renji Township, Boyang Township, Changshun Township, Dongyan Township (located near the later town of Motross), Beigui Township (located near the later town of Moisesbier), each of the two counties With a population of about 3, the economy is dominated by agriculture and animal husbandry.

Four counties and twenty townships, with a total population of nearly 10, are distributed on both sides of the Luoming Highway. To be honest, it is amazing, and it highlights the firm determination of the State Development Bureau to develop this area.Many other regional officials who have been robbed of population resources are very jealous of this, but there is no other way, who let the new capital be in Luoyang Prefecture!The big shots are no longer impatient with the cramped environment in Dongfang County, and they are eager to move to Luoyang Mansion to work, as the so-called general trend cannot be stopped.

Zhao Ke is also busy with this matter recently. Seeing that the Luoming Highway will be repaired soon, and the government relocation will enter the large-scale implementation stage, he has to inspect the completed ministries and committees buildings to ensure that he is not deceived by the people below. It was his people who lost the joke.He predicts that the entire government relocation process will last for about three years. This is a systematic large-scale project involving tens of thousands of personnel, files, equipment, materials, etc., as well as related office buildings, residential buildings, and water and sewage facilities. The construction of supporting facilities such as lighting facilities, cable telegraphs, etc., all take time.

"Lord Zhao, I heard that the central government will move to Luoyang. At that time, you, the governor of the Fuguo government office, may not be happy." After drinking a cup of tea, Master Cen gloated at Zhao Ke and said, "Three If you are unlucky, you will be attached to Guo; if you are evil, you will be attached to the provincial capital of Guo; if you are full of evil, you will be attached to Guo Jingcheng. Haha, Mr. Zhao, take care."

When Zhao Ke heard this, he also looked unhappy.He has been a free and easy governor for several years. He manages several districts with a population of 10, and then manages two counties.As a result, with the upcoming opening of the Luoming Highway, various government departments will move here one after another. At that time, there will be countless "mother-in-laws" on my head. This "daughter-in-law" is really hard to do. I am really worried.

For the present plan, only outward development.He, Zhao Ke, was the first governor of the new capital, Luoyang, and he was regarded as a political star in official circles.Moreover, his family still has so much mobility, and the personal connections he manages are not bad, so seeking to be the leader of an overseas colony—well, the deputy is not unacceptable—is his best choice.After all, according to the practice of officialdom on the east coast, it is basically difficult to "join the cabinet" without the experience of a chief official in an overseas colony.As long as he, Zhao Ke, still has a little self-motivation, he has to consider this place.And once you go to an overseas colony, it will be even more enjoyable than being the Governor of Luoyang!You know, it's a real military and political grasp, and one word can decide the death of countless lives. The pleasure of standing at the pinnacle of power is really intoxicating.

"Master Cen, instead of worrying about me, Mr. Zhao, why don't you think about how to work? It's not a problem to sit and eat. I have a little brother who works as a scoop in Liangshan City, so why don't you go and help others? Let's take you on the list Jinshi's knowledge is not a piece of cake. People, you have to see the outside world more, reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles. How about it, Mr. Cen?" Zhao Ke put down his teacup, glanced sideways at Old Cen, and said.

"Could it be that Liangshan City? Do you want to go or not!" Mr. Cen shook his head repeatedly when he heard this: "Don't bring up this matter again. I am a scholar after all. What is it like to be a thief? It's not right! Mr. Zhao, you don't want to Persuasion, in two days I plan to go to the county to have a look and set up a school. Well, that's all I can do."

Zhao Ke couldn't say anything after hearing it, so he fell into silence.

(End of this chapter)