Ming dynasty grand dude

This is simply too scary, only five days ah!Suddenly, the population increased by more than 5!

So how many escaped and hidden households are there in the whole of northern Guangdong? !What about those who dare not register? !

Escaping households and reclusive households went to the government to register. The problem that this brought about was that the gentry and wealthy businessmen suddenly found that there were fewer people they could control at will!

I don't know where the news came, saying that northern Guangdong will abolish corvee.

After the news spread, more people rushed to register, and in the next few days or even every day, the number of people reported by the state government was as high as ten thousand!

The gentry and wealthy businessmen were in a state of dismay, and wanted the chief minister to come out to explain that corvee labor had not been abolished.

However, Zhang Xuanying is not a fool, so he groaned and said that the official didn't know about it, so he fooled it.

But in private, when "inspecting the people's conditions", they hinted to some small traders and "undocumented people" who came to register that there was such a thing.

The prefects, prefectures, and counties below...are also doing their best to cooperate, why? !

Because Nima's official merit test is coming, this is a great achievement!

Didn't you hear what the chief envoy and the chief envoy said at the meeting? If you do well this time, everyone will be promoted to a higher level!

Everyone who said this was very enthusiastic, and those colleagues from the household department who came to help also talked about it intentionally or unintentionally.

Why do you study hard and go to the examination room to study hard? !

After all, which Jinshi and the first degree have never thought about showing their ambitions in the official career? !

But the reality made them stumble a lot. After all, governing the world really doesn't depend on reading sage books.

When they really arrived at the prefectural capital and county, they understood after experiencing the warm greetings from the local "gentry and wealthy businessmen".

This official, he is not easy to be ah!

It can even be said that anyone who can make an official statement about his political achievements is definitely the best among the best.

Most of the stunned youths were punished by the gentry and aristocrats as soon as they went down, and only then did they understand who actually owned the world of Ming Dynasty.

However, now that the chief envoy and the procuratorate are backing them up, the magistrates, magistrates, and county magistrates who have been suppressed for many years suddenly exploded collectively!

Therefore, this group of people worked tirelessly in the yamen to comfort them personally, and even intentionally or unintentionally contributed to the exemption of corvee.

The noisy local gentry and aristocrats gritted their teeth, but there was nothing they could do.

This caused the gentry and aristocrats to hate Zhang Xiaogong, and Dai Yi asked Zhang Xiaogong to step up his guard after going out one time.

It was also from that day that Miss Miao'an began to wear armor all over her body, and Ashikaga Crane never left her body with a sword.

"Mining has recruited [-] young adults, and the master craftsmen are selecting..."

Housekeeper Xiao Zhou reported the situation to Grandpa Zhang in a low voice, "The carriage still needs to be purchased, and the dam of the foundry branch of Zhongyi Township also needs to be built..."

"The forging hammers, crucibles, and molds needed for the new foundry branch... have arrived in batches and are being transferred to Zhongyi Township."

"The sedimentation of the waterways and rivers still needs manual dredging. If this project is to be completed within a month or so, at least 2 people will be invested..."

Every pile and every piece is a job that burns money, but isn't it...

The gentry and rich merchants in northern Guangdong are all good people, Housekeeper Xiao Zhou sighed in his heart.

Those few million taels are of great use, even the money brought by the people from the capital over there has not been used yet.

"The farming tools and pots that you ordered the foundry branch to make last time have all been dispatched by the navy..."

The little prince never orders people around in vain, so even the sailor is no exception.

The sailors came and went to help transport people's supplies, food and fodder, and Zhang Xiaogong kept accounts for them at market prices.

But this will not give money, but let them be converted into items.

All the people and guys from the Ordnance Construction Bureau were transported, so the money was naturally credited to the Ordnance Construction Department.

The deductible is the flagship product of the foundry branch - the iron pot!

After all, this Foshan iron pot is a good thing that can be exported. Now all the craftsmen are in the foundry branch.

If you don't carry forward this good cause, Mr. Zhang will directly beat Housekeeper Xiao Zhou to death.

The foundry branch is now first to classify the pots, and then take out the recipes to polish the craft together.

Originally, each family had their own secret recipes and their own strengths, but it would be meaningless to hide such little gadgets in front of the master craftsmen of the foundry branch.

I have to say that it is not without reason that Foshan iron pot can be made. None of these old blacksmiths are the same as others.

With the participation of master craftsmen from the foundry branch, everyone's secret recipes are brought out and tried a few more hands.

Soon, the iron pot cast by the new method was much better than their original ones!

More importantly, the cost has been greatly reduced. Originally, it cost about five qian silver to cast ten pots.

Now the steel material of about three yuan can be cast, even better than before!

Then they began to plan the types of pots, such as printed pots, pack pots, ear pots, etc., and there are four models of A, B, C and D for each type.

All craftsmen unify the craftsmanship, and all the pots are marked with the words "Made in Hongzhi 14th Year, North Guangdong Casting Branch, Ordnance Bureau".

The pot is made more delicate, more beautiful and durable, but the price is lowered because of the cost.

Originally, ten pots cost seven cents and five cents, but now they can be bought for six cents.

Thousands of households, hundreds of households at all levels of the Navy, and the soldiers below are the first beneficiaries.

But it is not them who earn the most, but the nobles who are the general agents of the capital, and the Dongjiji Factory who is the agent of the Jiangnan area.

New pots are now very popular in various places and the supply is in short supply. Only the first batch of [-] pots in the capital was sold out within five days...

The various families in Foshan discovered that they were earning much more than they used to!

Because every time they make a qualified pot, they can get a corresponding proportion of "casting silver".

Each pot has its own serial number, and if it is unqualified, the money will be deducted.

Calculated together, everyone can get nearly ten taels a month, and even apprentices can get two or three taels.

Immediately, everyone was full of energy, gnashing their teeth and eagerly looking forward to the establishment of the foundry branch to earn a lot of money!

At the same time, there is Qian Neng, Mr. Qian, who is the general agent of Yizhou, and Mr. Qian also ordered a large number of farm tools to go to Yizhou.

The master craftsmen of the Ordnance Construction Bureau in the capital were also sent to Yizhou.

After the on-the-spot investigation, draw a blueprint according to the situation, and ask the capital to build more mining tools and send them to Yizhou...

The whole of northern Guangdong seems to be in full swing, and it seems that it is about to leap into the sky.

However, under the heat, it was the sons and servants of the gentry from all over northern Guangdong who kept leaving their homes at night.

Some disappeared for several days, and some even disappeared directly from the world.

No one knows where they went or what they did. In contrast, cottages everywhere seem to be shrinking recently.

Small vendors passing by are the most sensitive to this. In the past, everyone walked in groups.

There will always be a few scissors and bandits on the road. At this time, they will take out their tools and prepare.

If the other party just asks for a little money, just give it.

If the other party intends to seek wealth and murder, then it is impossible to say that they will fight for it.

But recently, these villains and bandits seem to have disappeared overnight, and they have never been seen again.

Reports of damage to ordnance in the guards began to increase, and many households reported that the ordnance was outdated and useless for daily practice.

Ask for the allocation of new ordnance, otherwise the daily drills will not be able to be done...

Chapter 388 Watching the River Upstairs

In Yangcheng Mansion, a new Wangjiang Building was built.

It is said that the owner of the Wangjiang Building is a big man with all-hands and eyes, and he can win the best location by the river.

Not only did the capital use new types of cement as soon as they got it from the capital, but they spent a lot of money to send the master craftsmen and supervisors of the Construction Department of the Ordnance Construction Bureau to build buildings with bricks and stones.

When it opened, Lun Yugang, who recently returned to Guangdong as the number one scholar in the 12th year of Hongzhi, offered congratulations, and the signature "Zhuangyuan Jidi Congee" tastes good and is affordable.

I don't know who wrote it in front of the door, and there is a couplet hanging on the left side saying:

"Wangjiang Tower, watching the river flow, watching the river flow from the Wangjiang Tower, the river tower is eternal, and the river flow is eternal".

The shopkeeper in the store smiled and said to the visitor, the owner once said that whoever pays this pair of couplets will pay a hundred taels of gold, and within ten years he will be free of charge in Wangjiang Tower.

As soon as this couplet came out, countless scholars from northern Guangdong came here curiously, but no one has answered it to this day.

At this time, the style of writing in northern Guangdong was as prosperous as Fujian and Zhejiang. From Hongwu to now, a large number of Jinshi candidates have been produced.

However, these self-proclaimed literary talents scratched their heads and scratched their heads for a long time when they saw this couplet, and could only sigh and start consumption.

Quite a few people inquired who the owner of the Wangjiang Tower was, but the shopkeeper just laughed and said nothing.

At the same time, because of the strong business atmosphere in northern Guangdong, there are not a few people who start business after making a fortune.

In addition to this pair of couplets, there are pavilions and terraces in Wangjiang Tower, and the third and fourth floors are divided into Wangjiang and Wangcheng small pavilions.

Of course, if you want to enter the Wangjiang Courtyard and Wangjiang Wangcheng Small Pavilion, the price is not low.

Not to mention that there are only three Wangjiang Courtyards and the full-floor "Jiangcheng Lanshan Pavilion" on the top floor, even the Wangcheng Pavilion on the second floor needs two taels of silver to sit down.

The front hall and two side halls are mostly affordable to the common people, and you can get a sea bowl full of materials for Bawen.

Although there is a lot of water, it is delicious and delicious enough to fill your stomach.If it is added, it starts from twelve characters.

The rest of the dishes are rich and simple, including famous dishes from various departments of Fujian and Zhejiang in northern Guangdong, and more than a dozen chefs prepare here...

"If Zhang's family wants to quell the chaos, go to Qiandongnan to quell the chaos. What kind of chaos is causing trouble in northern Guangdong!!"

On the third floor of Wangjiang Building, in the "Jiangliu Qiangu Pavilion".

There were nearly 20 people sitting there, and when counted down, they were all famous figures on the ground in northern Guangdong.

Uh... no head and no face, that's a sea cucumber...

"Who says it's not! Now that the wages in the market are pushed up to the sky by him, the chief envoy still wants to rent official land at a low price!"

A Confucian scholar with a long beard gritted his teeth and said, "It's really shameless for some unscrupulous people to use this to oppress the land rent!!"

The rest of the gentry were sighing and complaining constantly.

"It's still a little unruly. When I came to vote, I begged to be taken in. Now I heard that the corvee was exempted, and I ran away for most of the time..."

I have to say that Mr. Zhang's hands are really powerful, and he hit them seven inches with a very precise stick.

Exemption from corvee and high salaries to recruit a large number of people, and the government cooperated with the 20 returned official land to implement low-rent rent based on household registration and Dingkou at home.

At this moment, most of the "undocumented people" who were originally attached to the gentry and wealthy merchants were poached away, and the rest who had signed slave contracts could not leave.

Even those people are about to make a move, and some people have sent their children to other relatives' homes to register as Dingkou.

On the one hand, they will no longer be slaves from now on, and on the other hand, relatives and families can also share a little more land because of Dingkou.

Most of the "undocumented people" under him fled, and all the gentry suddenly became ill.And it's really bad.

"If it wasn't for the Zhang family's son digging our foundation like this, why would the old man make everyone work hard to come here to discuss the matter?!"

But he saw Tong Chengchun, a boy merchant, sitting in the upper seat, dressed in Shu brocade pines and cypresses, flying cranes and prolonging his life, holding the dragon's head stick with his hand.

The long beard fluttering under the chin is like a benevolent Confucian scholar, and he has the appearance of an upright gentleman and a local virtuous person.

"If this family doesn't leave, there will be no peace in northern Guangdong!"

The old man's words silenced all the gentry present who were complaining about their bitterness, and everyone looked at him without speaking.

Everyone vomits bitterness, but if you really want to pinch this family...

Who dares!He is a celebrity next to His Majesty the capital, and he is the young prince of the first British government of the nobles of the country.

Even if you pinch him away today, don't forget that he is still the prince's teacher.

It is said that the prince is very close to him, and everyone calls him "Brother Tiger".

If you offend him here, even if His Majesty didn't take care of us right now.

But what about His Majesty after a hundred years? !The crown prince has ascended the throne, so can we give up after we have tormented him? !

Let’s just say, this wharf is owned by the Ministry of Household Affairs and various noble families in the capital!

At the same time, none of the piles and pieces that the Jade Chihu is handling are trivial.