Daming One Piece

Chapter 132 Encounter (first update, please subscribe, ask for a monthly pass)
The capital city in the sixth year of the apocalypse was very lively. Although I don’t know how prosperous it was during the Wanli period, one thing is certain is that the current capital city is definitely not the dead city full of plagues in the last years of Chongzhen.Even if the year is not good, it will not have too much impact on this place.

If we talk about the impact, I am afraid that there are more and more refugees and beggars on the street.

Sitting in the box on the second floor, looking at the beggars on the street, Shi Yiwen couldn't help but sigh, the situation is getting worse and worse.

"No, sir, when we came, the land on both sides of the river was dry. Such dry weather is very rare in Liaodong."

Li Guiqi also nodded at the side and said, Shi Yiwen only brought him out today, and the others were all sent out by Shi Yiwen to investigate the business situation in the capital.

"This year is not a good year..."

Another old man sighed in the next box.

"No, it hasn't rained since Lichun."

"If this continues, I'm afraid there will be another wave of homeless people in July..."

Droughts, floods, and even snowstorms, successive famines will lead to banditry in some places.

This is the environment at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and as time goes by, the climate will become worse and worse, and it will become more and more extreme, just like the extreme in Shaanxi where there was no rain for several years in a row. The severe drought was called The "Chongzhen Drought" is the longest continuous drought in ancient China, the largest range, and the largest number of people affected by the drought.Drought has spread across 20 provinces, and most areas in the north have been suffering from drought for 4 to 8 years. Seedlings have dried up, crops have failed, and people eat each other.

It was the drought that lasted for several years that destroyed Ming Dynasty. Natural disasters led to a complete collapse of the economy and intensified social unrest. First, a peasant uprising broke out in Guanzhong, and soon swept across most of China in the following years.Every time he thinks of all this, Shi Yiwen's heart becomes a little heavy:
"Maybe there is still a chance to change..."

Shi Yiwen thought so in his heart, change?
How to change all this?

Of course, Shi Yiwen does not have the ability to change the climate in this era, even in the 21st century, he does not have this ability, but at least he can do something.

For example, get some machinery that can improve irrigation conditions.

Steam pump?
This technical difficulty seems a bit big.

Thinking about this in his heart, Shi Yiwen, who was sitting in the box on the second floor of the teahouse, picked up a pencil and kept drawing on the paper. Perhaps it was because he was so focused that he didn't notice it at all. The guests left one after another, and even at the end, even the staff seemed to have forgotten that there was anyone in this box.

While Shi Yiwen was drawing the blueprints, Li Guiqi sat there without speaking. By the time Shi Yiwen put down his pen and wanted to stretch his waist, it had already been a long time, and the sky outside the window was already a little dark After coming down, just when Shi Yiwen was about to speak, perhaps because of his concentration, he vaguely heard someone talking next door, their voices were not loud, but they clearly reached his ears, the outside voice Sometimes strong and sometimes weak, but he still analyzed the meaning of those broken sentences clearly.

"This is an errand assigned by Da Khan!"

Sweating profusely?

Although he was not focused enough, these two words made Shi Yiwen's mind suddenly vigilant. He stretched out his hand to signal Li Guiqi not to speak, and then listened.

"We definitely have to do the errands ordered by Da Khan, but will there be extra problems in what Grandpa is doing now?"

What are they going to do?

Shi Yiwen quietly walked to the window. Although he still didn't know the identity of the other party, he could already guess from the word "profuse sweat". The people in the box next door were probably Hou Jin's. Spy, what is the biggest characteristic of the last gold in the late Ming Dynasty?
It's time!
Although the capital was not infiltrated into a sieve by Hou Jin's spies, the secrecy work of the Ming Dynasty was extremely poor, especially in the Chongzhen era, and the decisions that were just made here often took only a few days. Huang Taiji has mastered it.

The person in the next box is probably Hou Jin's spy!
"An extra problem? What's an extra problem? As long as we finish this matter, we can guarantee that the sweat will not be blamed. Besides, we don't have to rush to do it right now. We should send the things out first. Fan's side The things will be sent out in two days, if there are no accidents, that is, in the past few days, the things will be shipped from Dagu, and once the goods are out of the sea, we can start here..."

As soon as the goods go out to sea?

What are they shipping?

Also, what are they going to do here?

Countless thoughts flashed in Shi Yiwen's mind, and he couldn't help but be curious. After all, the capital is so big that meeting a spy is an extremely exciting thing in itself, especially when he finds out that the spy seems to be plotting something .

The Fan family should be the so-called imperial merchant Fan Yongdou.

In fact, these few days, Shi Yiwen has not been idle. While he sent people around him to explore business opportunities, he also knew that Shanxi merchants are dominant in the capital, and the business of the Fan family is indeed not doing well in the capital. Small.

Yiwen didn't care about the Fan family's business. What he cared about was how the Fan family colluded with Jiannu and how they were full of Jiannu spies.

"Now everything has been shipped to Zhangjiawan. The Fan family's fleet will ship the things out in the past few days. You can go there to check again in the next few days. As long as there is a chance, we will go to the other side of the bay to see if there is any chance." Let's do it... After all, we can't come to Ming Dynasty for nothing, we have to leave some marks for him no matter what."

Zhangjiawan?
hands on...

Although he didn't know what they were talking about, Shi Yiwen still vaguely guessed that they must be discussing a big event, what kind of big event could this big event be?

Although the other side didn't speak any more, Shi Yiwen still gave Li Guiqi soft instructions when the quarantine called Xiao Er to check out.

"You take two people to follow them in a while, don't attract their attention, be careful."

Shi Yiwen had great trust in Li Guiqi's skills. He was born in a military family, not only killed Jiannu, but also went to the battlefield, which was the reason why he was appointed as the captain of the personal army.

"Yes, sir."

Li Guiqi nodded, and then quietly left the box.

After a while, the guest next door left the box and stood by the window on the second floor. Shi Yiwen stared downstairs for a while, and saw two people walking out of the teahouse. When they left, they were followed by two tails .

"I hope it won't be discovered!"

While talking to himself, Shi Yiwen thought to himself.

"Zhangjiawan, Fan's family, there is a need to take a look over there..."

(End of this chapter)