Half a year later, Lu Bing, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, died suddenly.
Emperor Jiajing was very sad, cried over Lu Bing's portrait, and wrote an edict in his own hand, praising him for his service to the country, exposing the traitors, his loyalty to his duties, and his contribution to writing Qing Ci, and posthumously awarded him the title of Uncle Zhongyong.
Jiajing gave him sixteen altars of sacrifices, equivalent to the specifications of an imperial relative; he also gave him fifty stones of linen and fasting food; he also ordered the Ministry of Industry to prepare a coffin and build a tomb for him. In addition,
He also asked the Ministry of War to appoint his son Lu Yi as the Jinyi Guard Qianhu.
After more than half a month, the appointment document of the prefect was finally delivered to Rongcheng.
Wang Lidong turned out to be the prefect of Rongcheng. This news shocked the officials and people of Rongcheng.
A seventh-level Sesame Official bought with money, got promoted to 6 levels in a row through some shitty luck.
He became the prefect of the fourth rank.
The emperor is blind.
By February next year,
Yue Buqun and his wife happily sent their baby daughter to Rongcheng.
On the appointed day, Wang Lidong came to marry his daughter-in-law and took her home.
Less than two months after getting married, Yue Lingshan became pregnant. The next year, she got a boy, and Lin Zhennan and his wife were so happy that they made love for three days.
In the same month, good news came from the weapons workshop that the Mauser 1898 breech-loaded musket was successfully copied. After Wang Lidong's personal inspection, it was found that there were many minor problems, but the problems were not major. With slight improvements in the future, it can be officially mass-produced.
Over the next four years or so, with Wang Lidong's investment without regard for return, the entire Jilong Mountain was like a chicken-blooded place. It remained the same for half a year, but changed drastically every year.
The entire island is like a big construction site, and the number of permanent residents on the island has increased from zero to more than 1.2 million.
In five years, more than 10 million acres of land on the island,
It has also been completely reclaimed. The annual grain output has reached about 10 billion kilograms, which can feed almost 10 million people a year.
The small school he established,
It also expanded from one to five, and a middle school was built.
With the continuous increase in the number of graduates every year, the dilemma of insufficient talents in Jilongshan has been solved.
Starting from the third year, Wang Lidong gradually moved all the key industries under his name to Jilong Mountain.
The magistrate did not waste his time. In a few years, he checked all the gentry and landlords in Rongcheng. Anyone who had ties to the Japanese would be dealt with according to Ming law.
This incident caused a huge backlash among the gentry officials throughout Fujian Province, and the memorial to impeach Wang Lidong flew into the hands of Emperor Jiajing like snowflakes.
But after Emperor Jiajing casually turned over a few memorials, he asked Huang Jin to use them as igniters.
Every time Wang Lidong raided a landlord and gentry house, he would send 30% of the stolen silver to Jiajing's inner treasury. In the past few years, the tribute received from Fujian Province exceeded more than four million taels of silver.
Emperor Jiajing was very jealous and tried to imitate him. However, after only two transactions, the entire civil servants in the court went on strike.
As a last resort, he could only make small fuss.
However, over the past few years, I have gained almost more than four million taels.
Plus two years ago,
Jiajing won over all the nobles,
Finally withstood the pressure from civil servants,
The decree opened the maritime ban, and the tax revenue of the Shipping Department in the coming year will reach more than three million taels.
Father and mother are not as close as money.
So much tax money was collected in one year. One can imagine how much tax money has been lost since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. This made Jiajing sleepless for several nights.
During the inspection, Wang Lidong obtained two large shipyards, which made up for his shortcomings at once.
Then they began to form the Jilongshan Fleet.
Since he was short of sailors, he visited several big pirates' dens and recruited about 80% of Wang Zhi's pirates.
Those who committed the most heinous crimes were publicly executed, and the remaining ones were made atonement for their crimes.
At this time, the pirate king Wang Zhi had been beheaded at the entrance of Jiangnan Province's official alley on December 25, the thirty-eighth year of Jiajing (1559).
After the incorporation, the largest maritime overlord in the entire Western Pacific was born.
With the explosion of various workshops under his name and the actual dominance of the Western Pacific, various industrial products produced in Jilong Mountain were distributed all over the world by cargo ships one after another.
Several major piers are filled with ships from Southeast Asia and even the West every day, and there is an endless stream of businessmen of all colors.
In the fifth year, the year-end report showed that the profits of all properties under his name reached thirteen million taels.
However, there are more and more forces that are jealous of Jilong Mountain, including not only the local civil service groups in Fujian Province, but also the noble groups in South Zhili.
Wang Lidong then personally came to visit and had a heart-to-heart talk with these top forces of the Ming Dynasty.
The two parties signed a series of business contracts in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere.
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Jilongshan Affairs Bureau
Lin Jian, the chief steward, held a notebook and said to Wang Lidong:
"Sir, there is news from the electronics factory that the wireless telegraph production line has been installed and debugged. Director Tian asked if you can make it through today?"
Wang Lidong said happily:
"Lao Tian is very quick with his hands and feet. Of course he should go for such a good thing."
He had been waiting for this day, but he had been waiting for a long time.
Wireless telegraphy not only allows people to communicate quickly and effectively.
In the military field, commanders can understand the trends of the enemy and ourselves at the first time, so that they can make correct decisions, which adds another guarantee for the victory of the war. It can be said that because of the telegraph, the world has entered a new era.
He glanced at the clock leaning against the wall:
"It will be at one o'clock in the afternoon."
After Lin Jian wrote down the time, he said:
"Mr. Zhao wrote a letter. Last month, Yan Song, Yan Shifan and his son were exiled to Qiongzhou by the emperor. I asked what should I do?"
Two years ago, Wang Lidong used his money skills to make Zhao Ligong the prefect of Qiongzhou Island.
Jilong Mountain is in urgent need of steel, but the output of iron ore in the entire Ming Dynasty is very low, so the famous Shilu Iron Mine was thought of.
The reserves of Shilu Iron Mine account for about 71% of the reserves of Sihai Guofu Iron Mine, and it is also an open-pit mine.
In addition, Qiongzhou Island is one of the four places where officials of the imperial court were exiled, and there are many high-ranking officials on it.
Although they all come from imperial examinations and have limited knowledge, it is definitely more than enough to give children a head start in primary school.
"Follow the court rules."
I didn't chop them both into pieces, which was considered a form of restraint.
Lin Jian continued:
"Second Madam sent a message to ask you when you will return to Rongcheng?"
Wang Lidong thought for a while and said:
"I'll go back the day after tomorrow."
This week's holiday happens to be Lanlan's birthday.
If he doesn't spend time with her, he will definitely look down on her again in the future.
A year ago, Wang Lidong married three junior sisters and the hairpin queen, so as not to let their wealth go to outsiders.
And in this day and age, if he really married just one, Yue Lingshan would definitely be called a jealous woman, a shrew, and the roaring lion of Hedong.
However, Yue Lingshan lost her temper because of this.
After all, Wang Lidong's father-in-law only married one.
"News came from China Resources Trading Company. In the past month, five of their shops in the Japanese country were smashed by the Japanese again.
Similarly, several shops of Zhongxin Industrial were also smashed and robbed.
I have communicated this matter with their local daimyo or general several times, but the situation is getting worse and worse."
Wang Lidong said expressionlessly:
"It's been three months, right?"
"yes."
Inform the heads of all departments to have a meeting in the conference room at half past ten.