The price of eight thousand eight hundred and eighty taels of silver is indeed very low. You must know that there are too many things involved in a mile of river embankment. It is definitely not just a matter of filling the soil with sandbags and building it up. It must be constructed in accordance with strict construction standards and made of stones.
, mortar and sand are used to build strong embankments, and protective forests must be planted on the embankments. When encountering branch rivers, gates must be built so that when necessary, the gates can be opened to release water to relieve the pressure on the main river. Flood channels must be dug every fifty miles.
Reserve, this does not include the funds for acquiring farmland near the embankment, the cost of stone and earthwork, meals for migrant workers, etc.
In short, this river embankment project was built according to high standards for a once-in-a-hundred-year super flood. It definitely cannot be stopped by ten thousand taels of silver. The quotations of other builders are much higher than this figure, and the lowest ones are fifteen thousand.
Two, no wonder Jack Ma is so confident about winning the championship.
Everyone here is an expert, and they know that 8,800 is a floor price that cannot be any lower. This time, Lin Ruhai can earn political achievements. Regardless of whether such a small amount of money can build a dam, anyway, when this number is reported to the court, it will definitely be praised.
Applause rang out, and everyone stood up to congratulate Ma Yun and Lin Ruhai. Those builders who lost the bid all walked to Ma Yun in a sour manner and cupped their hands to congratulate.
When subcontracting to us, it must not be less than 15,000. Ma Yun seemed to know what they were thinking. He returned the gift with a smile and said implicitly: "It all depends on everyone's help."
Liu Ziguang did not show up, thinking that so far, there had been no violations in the Jiangdi bidding. Although he believed that there must be fraud in this matter, and that there would be even greater corruption in the near future, this was all a matter of course.
If nothing happened, he could only instruct his followers to pay close attention to the matter and report it at any time.
As for Lin Daiyu's resistance to marriage, Liu Ziguang had also heard about it. He didn't have the energy to make some heroic rescue of the beauty, but he also didn't want to see such a beautiful girl fall into the hands of a dirty guy like Ma Yun. Liu Ziguang's subordinates were also observant.
He is a smart person who understands how to deal with this matter, and does not need the leader to personally give orders...
The matter in Huguang has been almost settled. The long-coveted Wuchang Shipyard was acquired by Jiangnan Shipyard and became a hidden asset of Liu Ziguang. Refugees returned home one after another, and an army loyal to the imperial court was also established. The core force of this army
It was the young troops trained by Liu Ziguang. The matters in Xiangxi, Sichuan, and Yunnan and Guizhou involved complex ethnic issues that could not be solved by pure force. Liu Ziguang was not interested in taking care of it. He just wanted to go home to see his wife as soon as possible.
A huge river ship was moored at the Wuchang pier. Liu Ziguang boarded the robot ship with officials from Huguang seeing him off, and said goodbye to countless people on the shore. Although he was not a civil affairs official, the local people still followed the rules of leaving the office of his parents.
He also gave him the Wanmin Umbrella, and also left one of Zhenwu Hou's boots to hang on the top of Wuchang City, indicating that the Marquis will always remain in the hearts of the people of Wuhan.
It was already the end of August, and we were traveling eastward along the Yangtze River with smooth sailing. We arrived at Jiujiang in just one day. When we were crossing Jiujiang, the garrison at the top of the city saw the Marquis of Zhenwu crossing the border by boat, and fired a salute with cannons and a robotic ship whistle.
Changming returned the gift, not far from the mouth of Poyang Lake after passing Jiujiang. At this point of the Yangtze River, the yellow river water and the turquoise lake water are completely separated, forming a clear boundary in the waterway. The white sails of Poyang Lake in the distance are dotted against the background.
The blue sky is vast and beautiful. The nearby Shizhong Mountain stands on the riverside, and the cliff at the foot of the mountain is beaten by the river water. Looking behind it, a tall green shadow rises from the sky, where is Lushan Mountain. The ship still does not stop and goes up the river.
On the way up, the waterways are complicated. The main waterway of the Yangtze River is often endless without seeing both sides. Sometimes you can see many wide tributaries on both sides, leading to some wild lakes and swamps. Boaters who are not familiar with the Yangtze River waterways often leave their ships.
It is very dangerous to get lost when you reach a fork in the river somewhere.
Along the way, you can enjoy the scenery of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. Thousands of miles of fertile plains on both sides of the river, with rolling rice waves everywhere. You can often see shepherd boys herding cattle by the river, and there are bursts of fishing songs and the sound of herding flutes in the wind. Such beautiful scenery makes you feel relaxed and happy without even realizing it.
Halfway through the journey, Liu Ziguang arrived in Anqing, South Zhili. Not wanting to alarm the local officials, Liu Ziguang lowered his flag and anchored at the dock of Anqing City to rest and buy some fresh vegetables. There happened to be someone selling pufferfish on the riverside.
, the servant bought a few tails for the Marquis to try.
The taste of puffer fish is extremely delicious. Since ancient times, there has been a saying that "if you eat a mouthful of puffer fish meat, you will never smell fish in the world again." Although the method is extremely complicated and can poison people if you are not careful, this is not a problem for Liu Ziguang. His men are very clever.
The cook is a master of poisoning. It is not a big deal to deal with a small pufferfish. The cook uses a knife to cut off the fins, remove the mouth, dig out the eyes, peel off the skin, and then cut open the belly of the fish and take out the intestines, liver, and ovaries.
and kidneys and other highly poisonous internal organs, and then put the pufferfish meat into small pieces in clean water to rinse away the poisonous juice. The washed fish pieces are as white as jade and crystal clear. Then, they are
Cut the fish fillets into paper-thin slices, place them on a plate, and prepare plates of soy sauce and chili oil to eat together. In addition, a bucket of stool is secretly prepared to induce vomiting immediately in case anyone is poisoned. Regardless.
No matter how clean it is, you must prepare this thing. This is the rule for eating puffer fish.
Liu Ziguang had a table set up on the deck and gathered his subordinates to taste puffer fish. The cook took a bite first, then everyone raised their chopsticks, picked up the fish fillets, dipped them in the soy sauce and chili on the plate and slowly put them into their mouths.
Chew. After eating the fish fillets, drink a bowl of puffer fish soup, which is really refreshing and delicious.
While eating and drinking, I suddenly heard a noise coming from the dock in the distance. It turned out to be a group of fierce and strong men searching the passenger ship. The Yangtze River was the most important waterway in the Ming Dynasty. It was a busy route from Sichuan to Shanghai, with cargo ships and passenger ships coming in.
After all, most passenger ships are wooden boats powered by sails. When there is no wind, they can be pulled forward by trackers. One ship can carry dozens of passengers. Anqing is a big city along the river, and all passenger ships have to board and unload passengers here, so
There are many people on the pier.
This group of big men wore short jackets and carried knives in their waists. They looked like slaves of a wealthy family. They blocked the entrance and exit from the pier to the pier, checked everyone who left the pier, and searched every passenger ship. They seemed to be looking for something.
There were several people standing nearby, holding water and fire sticks and looking at the visitors with interest, as if they had no intention of interfering at all.
Liu Ziguang frowned slightly. He was just about to send a few people to take a look. There was already a commotion there. The big men grabbed two people dressed as scholars from a passenger ship. Although the two people were dressed in men's clothes, they were petite and screamed.
Sharp, it looked like a woman disguised as a man. The big men did not use violence and tried to persuade the two people very restrainedly. The two people kept screaming. One big man couldn't help but slap one of them in the face. The people around him
They all gathered around and accused these big men of their rude behavior, but the unarmed people could not resist the evil slaves with steel knives, and they were about to take the two women away.
"Sir, the woman with the shrill scream seems to be from our South Factory." A guard said.
"Oh? Why don't you go over and see if those who dare to bully Nanchang have rebelled against them!"
After the commander spoke, a few guards immediately put down their sampans and rolled over. They boarded the dock and negotiated with the big men. They were far away and could not hear the conversation between the two parties, but they could see the big men meeting Nanchang.
After the waist card, he was not afraid, but argued with reason. In the end, the Nanchang fanzi pulled out the knife and the blunderbuss and gained the upper hand. The two women boarded the passenger ship and headed for the capital, and the fanzi put it away.
Weapons come back.
The gangsters jumped on the sampan and rowed back and reported to Liu Ziguang: One of the two women disguised as men was Lin Daiyu, the daughter of the river patrol censor Lin Ruhai, and the other was Cuifeng, the maid of the Lin family, but the maid was just Cuifeng's cover identity.
, her true identity is an intern Nachang fan, she was the one who peeped out the contents of the secret letter from the capital from Lin Ruhai’s study, and this time she took Miss Lin to escape from the marriage just under the instructions of the Nachang gang.
The big man is a servant of Ma Yun's family. He came to arrest the young lady on the orders of Master Ma and Yushi Lin to get married. They thought that arresting the young girl from the Qiao family was an upright matter, and they had already informed the local officials, so even if they met
They were not timid when they came to Nanchang to get the badge, but argued with reason. However, Nanchang fanzi was not a vegetarian. He tried to steal someone on the spot and wanted to kill someone. Only then did they realize that they were afraid and could only watch Lin Daiyu's boat leave.
After listening to the report, Liu Ziguang said with satisfaction: "Well done. Arranged marriages kill people. Let's just be good people and do it to the end. We sent the order to weigh anchor and set off to escort this passenger ship all the way to Beijing."
So Liu Ziguang's robot ship slowed down and accompanied the sailboat as it slowly headed towards the capital. Two medium-sized robot ships with luxurious decorations and flags of the Ma family followed behind, but they never tried to rob people.
Obviously he was afraid of the official ships of the South Factory.
The distance from Anqing to the capital is not very far, it only takes two days and nights. The power of the South Factory in this three-thirds of an acre of capital cannot be underestimated. Before the Ma family's robotic ship could dock at the dock, it was blocked by two Yangtze rivers.
The division's warship stopped, and the soldiers jumped on board without saying a word. They beat everyone first and then seized the ship and took the people. As for the charges, just accuse anyone of illegally carrying weapons. No matter what his background, half of them will be detained first.
Let’s talk in a month.
The Navy Commander ordered the soldiers to escort the Ma family's servants into the cabin with a straight face. He raised his head and saw the official ship of the Nanchang passing by. He quickly put on a smile and waved in greeting. The Nanchang entrusted him with the task because they looked up to him. How could he do that?
If I don’t try my best to do it beautifully, alas, I don’t know if this task was arranged by the Marquis of Zhenwu himself. If so, then I will not be far away from becoming famous. I always think about it happily.