Chapter 1660, the rolling waters of the Yangtze River to the east
Nanjing, Jinling Hotel where Liu Jin stayed.
Liu Jin and Wang Shouren were drinking wine and looking at the now depressed Jinling City.
"Liu Jin, you are always resourceful. Please help me think of a solution. If Jinling continues like this, I'm afraid it will become an extremely ordinary city by then."
Wang Shouren looked outside. To be honest, he was also worried about the current situation in Jinling.
The Ming Dynasty was a period of rapid change and rapid development. All cities in the Ming Dynasty, large and small, were developing rapidly.
Needless to say, Beijing and Tianjin, Songhu and Shanghai have become the third largest city in the Ming Dynasty in just a few years, and the scale of Ili in the Western Regions is also getting bigger and bigger.
Wuchang in Huguang, Nanchang in Jiangxi, Guangzhou in Guangdong, Crescent City in Nanyang, and Kaifeng in Henan are all rising rapidly and developing rapidly.
In such a critical period, Nanjing not only failed to develop, but was regressing rapidly. If this continues, it is estimated that in a few years, Nanjing will really have no status.
Once the city's development misses the best period, it will inevitably be unable to keep up. If it falls behind, it will fall behind step by step. What's more, many of the advantages Nanjing currently has are gradually being replaced by Songhu.
The transportation along the Haihe River in Songhu is extremely convenient, and the transportation location is extremely important. Business travelers traveling from south to north, and from east to west now choose to go to Songhu instead of Nanjing.
In the past, it could be said that it relied on the water transport of the Qinhuai River for support, but now water transport has declined, and what is emerging is maritime transport. One new steam ship can hold up to many water transport ships. Coupled with the construction of railways, the supply of grain
Transportation does not necessarily rely on water transport. The status of water transport is gradually declining. Nanjing cannot expect to be any better.
"Wouldn't it be better to become an ordinary city?"
Liu Jin looked at Wang Shouren, thought for a while and said.
"But Jinling is not an ordinary city after all."
Wang Shouren sighed and said, this is the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties and the old capital of the Ming Dynasty. There is even a complete six-ministry system here. The emperor can even move here directly to build a new boiler. This is incomparable to other cities.
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"Everything has a cause and effect. If Jinling cannot develop, other cities can develop better."
"For our entire Ming Dynasty, it is actually the same. The population is so large in a short period of time. If you have more people in Jinling, there will be fewer people in other cities."
"If you have fewer people in Jinling, there will naturally be more people in other cities."
"These big families, big businessmen, and big gentry in Jiangnan will eventually have to pay the price for their actions."
Liu Jin didn't seem to care about this at all. After all, the water is in the pool. If you don't have people in Jinling, then there won't be people. When people go to Songhu, Songhu will develop faster.
Why do some big cities in later generations introduce policies to attract college students to settle down and find jobs? In fact, it is not to grab people. In the end, only those who have them have everything. If there are no people, nothing else will have any meaning.
After hearing Liu Jin's words, Wang Shouren was immediately speechless. In fact, it was just as Liu Jin said.
Jinling is no longer good, but the surrounding areas such as Suzhou, Yangzhou, Songhu, and Hangzhou are developing much faster. A large number of factories have moved to these places, and migrant workers have also moved to these cities.
For the Ming Dynasty, the rise and fall of Jinling did not matter at all.
But for the people of Jinling, the decline of Jinling is a vital interest.
The houses here used to be very valuable, but now they are so cheap that no one wants them. In the past, it was easy to find a job here. There were thousands of factories, big and small. You could find a good job and do some small business.
In the past, Jinling was very lively. Every night, not only the Qinhuai River was brightly lit, but also the night market for barbecues. The commercial streets were also very lively. However, now, even the flower boats on the Qinhuai River are sailing to Songhu.
Already.
After the two of them finished eating, they immediately got into a four-wheeled carriage and headed to the riverside area where the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge was built.
"The Yangtze River Bridge is planned to be built from here to the other side. The water flow in this area is gentle, the geological structure is stable, and there are large open areas around it, which can effectively raise the bridge."
Arriving at the Yangtze River, Wang Shouren also introduced to Liu Jin in detail why he chose this place.
Liu Jin also listened carefully, and combined with the memory in his mind, he felt that the location of this site was similar to the place where the bridge was built in later generations. Then he looked at the Yangtze River in front of him. The river was wide and the waves were vast. From time to time, a ship came from east to west.
In the past, there were also fishing boats casting nets to catch fish.
"Um?"
“There are actually finless porpoises?”
"Bring the telescope~"
Liu Jin, who was originally looking at the river, suddenly saw a group of finless porpoises chasing the water-loving porpoises on the river, and he immediately became interested.
This thing was a critically ill animal in later generations, and its number was extremely rare. There were probably only a few hundred in the entire Yangtze River Basin. The fishing in the Yangtze River Basin in later generations was so great that it almost became extinct.
I didn't expect that I would be lucky enough to see this kind of elf when I came to the riverside.
Liu Jin looked at the river carefully with a telescope. A group of finless porpoises, tens of meters in size, were swimming towards the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, laughing and playing. It could be seen that their population quantity and quality were very high.
Yes, it is enough to show that the Yangtze River during this period had an extremely good ecological environment.
This is extremely rare.
In later generations, not only the water volume of the Yangtze River was greatly reduced, but the fish species in the Yangtze River were also greatly reduced. Even Poyang Lake and Dongting Lake were about to dry up, which can be said to be in danger.
Later, there was really no other way, and we had to implement a total fishing ban. Only then did we slowly recover a little bit, but it was still difficult to return to the previous ecological environment.
"This is finless porpoise. It tastes extremely delicious. I will ask someone to arrange it for you."
Seeing that Liu Jin was interested in finless porpoise, Wang Shouren on the side also said.
"No, no~"
"Don't you think they are the spirits of the Yangtze River?"
"What a lovely, free creature!"
"In the Yangtze River, fishing must be closed regularly in the future, and overfishing cannot be carried out. Otherwise, it would be a pity if our descendants cannot see these elves."
When Liu Jin heard this, he immediately said.
People in this period are really speechless. They eat everything and are not afraid of eating it all and eating it to extinction.
There are many precious species in the Yangtze River, such as finless porpoise, river sturgeon, alligator, etc., which were basically driven to extinction in later generations.
"Ah~"
When Wang Shouren heard this, he was also dumbfounded.
What is Liu Jin thinking in his head? Aren't the fish in this water just for eating?
What kind of elves are there, and they also say that fishing is prohibited on a regular basis? I really don’t understand what Liu Jin has in mind.
Finless porpoise is often caught by fishermen. It is also a common dish here in Nanjing. There are even more kinds of fish, which is nothing.
"Ah what?"
"I will report this matter to the emperor later. All rivers in the Ming Dynasty must be closed to fishing regularly, and fishing must not be overfished. We must leave precious wealth to future generations."
Liu Jin curled his lips. Of course, people of this period still couldn't understand why protection was needed.
The people of the Ming Dynasty had just had enough to eat. If it were in the past, let alone the finless porpoise, even if the national treasure of later generations was captured, it would still be stewed in a pot.
Of course, now the Ming Dynasty is a vast land with sparsely populated areas, and a large number of people have migrated from the mainland to all over the world. Many people from deep mountains and old forest areas have migrated out, and a large number of people have migrated even from the Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan areas.
The benefits of this are obvious. With fewer people, the damage to nature will be smaller. Special protection may not necessarily be implemented, and the natural environment will not be much worse.
But what should be protected must be protected. Precisely because Ming Dynasty has this condition now, it should be well protected. Anyway, now there is no need to worry about food, land, or resources. We must properly protect these precious resources.
It is also a valuable asset left to future generations.
"I see, this is from the thought in Mencius, right? When an ax goes into the forest, the wood cannot be used. Is that what it means?"
Wang Shouren thought about it carefully and said.
"That's what it means. Fishing bans and moratoriums are also for long-term livelihoods and for future generations to be able to see these elves in the Yangtze River."
Liu Jin smiled and nodded, and then started walking casually along the Yangtze River.
Looking at the Yangtze River in front of him, Liu Jin soon remembered Yang Shen's "Linjiang Fairy".
"The rolling Yangtze River flows eastward, and the waves wash away the heroes. Right and wrong, success and failure are all gone, but the green mountains are still there, and how many times the sunset is red~"
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Liu Jin couldn't help but read it.
Looking at the Yangtze River in front of us, Cao Cao of the Three Kingdoms looked at the river and sighed in ancient times. Later, there were many great and romantic figures. Looking at the present day, commenting on the emperors of the past, I don’t know how many talented people sighed at it, and I don’t know how many literati and poets wrote poems about it.
word.
"Liu Gong, what a wonderful word!"
Wang Shouren on the side couldn't help but his eyes lit up when he heard this.
"The rolling waters of the Yangtze River pass eastward, and the waves wash away the heroes. Right and wrong, success and failure are all gone. The green mountains are still there, and the sunsets are red several times!"
"Wonderful, wonderful, this article can be passed down through the ages!"
"Cough cough~ cough cough~"
When Liu Jin heard this, his face immediately turned red. It was really embarrassing to plagiarize other people's poems.
"Mr. Liu, is there a xiaque?"
Wang Shouren could not see Liu Jin's embarrassment, tasted it carefully, thought about it and asked again.
He felt that Liu Jin was inspired by the Yangtze River and was inspired by poetry, so he wrote this poem.
"White-haired fishermen and woodcutters on the river bank are used to watching the autumn moon and spring breeze. They happily meet each other over a pot of wine. Many things in ancient and modern times are all laughed at and talked about!"
Liu Jin's face turned even redder. After thinking about it, since he had plagiarized, he might as well just plagiarize to the end. After going through it a few times, he read out a section, which was also the famous "Linjiang Immortal".
Chapter 1660, The rolling water of the Yangtze River passes eastward
