Huang Taiji received a secret report from Dongtangzi in Shenyang at the station. Chu Ying's third son Nikan came with fifty cavalry at starry night. Huang Taiji was not asleep yet, because it was an urgent military situation, and he would be in the big tent immediately Met with Nikan.
After reading the military report, Huang Taiji closed his eyes and meditated.
"Your third uncle has indeed been detained" Huang Taiji asked.
"It's absolutely true. It was his slave who escaped. He said he was sent by the Ming Dynasty. He was giving many officials and many rewards. He said he went to Vladivostok from the sea."
Huang Taiji rubbed his temples, this was a troublesome matter. He was about to go south to deal with Daming, but he didn't expect Daming to have the same idea and cause trouble in his backyard.
It's fair for you to come and go.
He quickly calculated the impact of this matter in his mind.
The southern part of the East China Sea Jurchen is closer to the Jianzhou Jurchen. However, most of the northern part, which is called the Donghai Woji by Jianzhou, is fierce and unyielding and has not been conquered so far.
The strength of Donghai Woji is quite high when they are gathered together. I don’t know how far Ming Dynasty can go, but they have to take precautions in advance.
"I know about this, go down and rest." Huang Taiji said.
The next day, the three Baylors met and decided to send Amin back with the blue flag to take charge of Shenyang's defense. They were worried that without important people to guard it, problems would arise if Donghai Woji really came over.
On the third day, the Xianglan Banner army left the Eight Banners army and returned to Shenyang via the original route.
A few months ago, Yang Fan and Zhang Shize met Qin Liangyu, Ma Xianglin, Zhang Fengyi and others on the street. Qin Liangyu came to the Ministry of War in the capital to handle the reimbursement of military expenses for the past ten years of quelling the She'an Rebellion.
Yang Fan discussed cooperation with Qin Liangyu and entrusted Qin Liangyu to sell some industrial products in the southwest region and purchase some local specialties.
At that time, Yang Fan accepted a batch of exquisite Shu brocade from Qin Liangyu and also gave back 500 kilograms of gun barrel steel.
Later, Ma Xianglin and Zhang Fengyi got married in Beijing, and Xiao Niangpi gave them a generous gift.
After the wedding, Qin Liangyu returned to Shizhu with his son and daughter-in-law. When leaving, at Zhang Fengyi's request, he took a train to Beitangkou, and then boarded the steam clipper ship from Tanggu to Chongqing.
Although Qin Liangyu is very knowledgeable and has experienced thousands of miles of war, this is the first time she has seen this train. The steam engine of the clipper ship shocked her even more.
While they were in the capital, they also visited the Gulou Commercial District and bought a single-family villa with a yard in a newly developed community on Huangcheng North Street to be used as their son's wedding room.
As Shizhu Chieftain, Qin Liangyu still has a small amount of assets. Moreover, the housing prices in the capital have been rising, and dignitaries are investing in real estate. It seems that they will not lose money. Moreover, they have a place to stay in the capital. They can also work as The stone pillars are used by the Beijing Office.
Their time in the capital was really eye-opening. The single-section rail buses powered by small steam-powered packs. The European-style horse-drawn carriage taxis in the city. The huge three-story store of Xinghe Supermarket. There were also new openings. The department store and the three streets with the Drum Tower as the center are incredibly prosperous.
Moreover, those who now live in the new-style residential area on Huangcheng North Street are either civil servants, descendants of distinguished nobles, or wealthy businessmen. A high-consumption circle has been formed here. The cement-hardened pavement, street lights, complete living facilities, and fully-equipped hospitals are all here.
Grand theaters, shops, schools... form the most comfortable living circle.
The civil servants, nobles, and wealthy businessmen in the capital found that the consumption in the house increased exponentially every month. The money they obtained through various channels was spent like running water.
Now, after Beitang Shipyard was converted into a civilian shipyard, its main business is to build ocean-going fishing boats, offshore passenger ships, and cargo ships.
This autumn, the first 1,500-ton river-sea intermodal passenger ship, the Beluga, has been put into operation. The ship's departure station is Tanggu Pier. It sails through Lushunkou and Penglai. Then it enters the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea, and then goes straight to the Yangtze River.
It stops at Zhenjiang and Nanjing, then goes up the river, stopping at Anqing, Jiujiang, Wuchang, Yueyang and finally reaching Chongqing.
Because the Sichuan River route is relatively steep, the water depth is less than four meters during the dry season. Therefore, the draft of the Beluga is only three meters. It will not be navigable further up to Chongqing. There will be a risk of stranding. Therefore, the Beluga
The end point is Chongqing.
The clipper ship was very fast. There was a tailwind going south, and it ran at an astonishing speed of 19 knots on the sea. And when the wind was against it, there was a three-expansion steam engine, and the speed did not slow down at all. In five days, it went from Tianjin Harbor to Zhongxian Wharf.
Originally there was no station in Zhong County, but Zhang Fengyi went to say hello to the captain.
The captain was a battle-wounded officer from the cruiser. He knew Zhang Fengyi and admired Qin Liangyu very much. He made a special stop in Zhong County to let General Qin and his family disembark.
The top deck of this ship is a place for activities. When the ship passes the Three Gorges, passengers come out to watch.
Those who can afford to ride on the clipper ship are either rich or expensive. The ticket is not cheap. The captain also specially asked the kitchen to prepare a buffet to entertain these passengers. The ticket includes accommodation and meals, so it is free.
Qin Liangyu sighed with emotion, Uncle Dingyuan is really a strange person, he can build such a ship and his service is so good. The money is not enough for him. At the same time, he is full of confidence in the cooperation with Yang Fan.
After returning to Zhong County, she returned to her natal home, Qinjiazhai, Mingyuxi. All her brothers had died in the war.
The eldest brother Qin Bangping and the second brother Qin Banghan died in the Battle of Hunhe in the first year of Taichang (1621).
The younger brother Qin Minping was awarded the title of deputy general soldier. He died in the battle to put down the "She'an Rebellion" in the fourth year of Tianqi (1624).
When she came back this time, she mainly summoned her nephews to discuss the matter of opening a trading company in Chongqing. Qin Gongming, Qin Yiming, Qin Zuoming, and Qin Zuoming were all summoned. She led the Qin family members to go to Chongqing to buy land, build houses, and open a trading company warehouse.
Chongqing is a thoroughfare for five provinces and is an important transportation thoroughfare. Although it was destroyed by the rebellion ten years ago, the population is now increasingly prosperous and the economy is gradually recovering.
Various industrial products from the north can be shipped by ship. The agents that Yang Fan gave her were mainly steel, refined salt, spices, Chinese patent medicines, and textiles. These are extremely scarce materials in the southwest. At the same time, tungsten ore in the southwest was purchased.
, manganese ore and other non-ferrous metals and rare metals. Acquisition of high-value silk fabrics such as Shu Brocade.
Yang Fan's Xinghe supermarket and shopping mall have opened in Chongqing, and Xinghe Bank has also begun handling various businesses in the southwest region.
A month later, Qinji Warehouse also opened in Chongqing. It mainly does wholesale business. They wholesale the various products they represent to local merchants. These merchants then use boats and caravans to sell to Sichuan, Guizhou and Yunnan
Everywhere.
At the same time, these caravans and merchant ships will also transport the products purchased by Qin Ji back to Chongqing.
The opening of Qinji directly drove down the price of salt and iron. The low-priced corn from Xinghe Supermarket provided low-priced grain that ordinary families could afford in the war-torn surrounding areas of Chongqing.
This chapter has been completed!