Faced with his father's worries and questions, Han Qian did not deny it, but said:
"Father, if you really want to make some changes in Xuzhou, the local people with surnames will not support you, and the big people with local surnames are more or less Tanzhou people behind them, so they will only be wary of you. You have to let others muddy the water for you.
, only if others have to ask you, the new governor, to come forward to clean up the mess, will things become easier."
"But those living lives should not become bargaining chips in your hands. If you do this, you will muddy the water in Xuzhou. Even if the situation does not get out of control, Xuzhou will be plagued by bandits for a long time.
It's too light!" Han Daoxun still disagreed with Han Qian's use of such extreme measures. The mountains in Xuzhou were steep and a large number of refugees were pouring in. It was very likely that they would occupy the mountains and forests.
"I take 3 million yuan a year from Zuosi to supply Xuzhou, and I should be able to barely control the situation in Qianyang City from deteriorating,"
Han Qian only considered the stability of the situation in Qianyang City and the zigzag. As for the influx of refugees, taking over the mountains and forests outside the zigzag, and deteriorating relations with the local indigenous people, this was exactly what he expected.
things, said,
"Otherwise, there is no way I can persuade the Third Prince to agree to allocate an additional three million yuan from Zuosi Warehouse to Xuzhou every year. Dad, you are not willing to do anything for the Third Prince, but my dear, I have to remember the Third Prince's kindness!"
Han Qian didn't want to give his father a chance to shrink back or hesitate, so he directly carried the third prince out.
Seeing Han Qian's firm will, Han Daoxun sighed slightly. Naturally, he would not be pure when he became an official in Xuzhou.
Fan Xicheng was also shocked. He did not expect that the young master Han Qian would use such deceptive means to lure a large number of people into Xuzhou to go for gold, and use thousands of refugees lured in to suddenly attack the old soil of Xuzhou.
The social structure formed by the long-term antagonism between Hakka and Hakka even went so far as to mess up the situation in Xuzhou?
What kind of scheme is this?
Han Daoxun generally understood Han Qian's plan. After sitting for a while, he took Fan Xicheng back to the front office.
Han Qian took the tea brought by Mrs. Xi and asked, "You didn't spit in it?"
Facing Han Qian's nonsensical questions, Xi Rong really didn't know how to respond. She was even frightened by the conversation between the Han family and his son just now.
In front of outsiders, the governor's son could only be subordinate to the new governor. Even if he sometimes acted recklessly and misbehaved, in any case, in a big way, he should not go against his father's will, right?
She never imagined that what she witnessed with her own eyes was far from what she imagined.
"You go back to the east room and stay there. I won't call you. It's better not to go out and walk around at will." Han Qian asked Mrs. Xi to go back to the east room and stay there. He sipped tea and thought about the current situation in Xuzhou.
The situation in Xuzhou is complicated. It not only involves the fight for heirs, but also involves the Tanzhou Ma family's ambitions for the southern Hunan region. It also involves the local conflicts between natives and guests that have persisted for many years. It also involves the local wealthy aborigines who have always been strong, even his father.
As a governor, it is difficult to break the situation even if you are trapped in it.
A large number of foreign people poured in in a short period of time and impacted the old social structure, which naturally made the situation more chaotic. However, this chaos was beneficial to his father's control of the situation in Xuzhou.
Xuzhou has more mountains and less land, but in terms of depth, it is much wider than the prefectures and counties in the Jianghuai Plain. Currently, there are only more than 12,000 households. In theory, there is still a lot of room to accommodate outside households - and if not
In terms of population, no matter how big the area is and how vast the mountains and rivers are, Xuzhou can only be the Xiaxiazhou of Da Chu, and its economic and military potential are extremely limited.
In addition, the native people are mostly controlled by wealthy families with big surnames, and the Hakka people have been farming for generations, which is relatively stable. Han Qian hopes that Xuzhou forest mines, porcelain, shipbuilding, weaving, cast iron and other industries can prosper. The core prerequisite is to have enough people.
remaining population.
At this time, it was already the middle of the thirteenth year of Tianyou. After he returned to Jinling, it would be the fourteenth year of Tianyou in two or three months. According to the historical trajectory, Emperor Tianyou lived beyond the seventeenth year of Tianyou.
He wants to disintegrate the traditional power structure of Xuzhou within three years, and ensure that the economic and military potential of Xuzhou not only cannot decline, but also rises to a big level, and at the same time, he must ensure that his father is not harmed in Xuzhou.
Impact, what means can he take?
However, Han Qian's decision to order Zuo Si's scouts to spread the news about the discovery of gold sand in the Xuzhou River in the Jinghu area was not entirely unfounded rumors.
Xuzhou has produced gold since ancient times, and the previous dynasty set up a mining institute specializing in gold mining in Xuzhou.
More than seventy years ago, two gold sand mines in Xuzhou were buried due to mountain collapse.
Later, due to conflicts between locals and foreigners, the vassal towns were divided. In addition, these two gold mines had been continuously exploited for more than a hundred years. The gold produced in the later period was limited, so they were never reopened.
Xuzhou has not only produced gold since ancient times, but also produced copper, iron, silver, cinnabar and other minerals, wood, medicinal materials, tung oil, etc., which are all products that can be exported to other places in large quantities.
However, these products are all in the deep mountains and old forests controlled by indigenous people.
On the one hand, the remaining labor force of the indigenous people controlled by the Four Surnames is also limited and their productivity is low. If Han Qian is only satisfied with commercial trade with the Four Surnames, it will not only be difficult to dismantle the traditional power structure of the place controlled by the Four Surnames, but it may even be possible
Further help the four surnames improve their strength.
On the other hand, what the local guest people covet is mainly the land that can be cultivated within the zigzag, and they are really not interested in the mineral resources in the deep mountains and old forests.
Even wealthy households with foreign registration would only think about buying a few more acres of land if they had extra money. No one would think of going into the deep mountains and old forests controlled by local residents to mine and log wood.
This kind of stubborn concept that has been strengthened for hundreds or even thousands of years cannot be reversed by Han Qian in a short time.
The only people who are not subject to restrictions are those who are jobless and landless and are attracted to Xuzhou by lies. However, refugees who cannot obtain land in Xuzhou and are forced to become homeless or who dare to take risks for survival are the most likely to ignore the alienation of natives.
Due to the risk of serious conflicts among the people, they were led to the deep mountains and old forests to log and mine.
His father was worried that with the influx of foreigners in a short period of time, conflicts would intensify and get out of control.
However, what Han Qian wants is for the conflict to intensify and to lose control to a certain extent. In short, his father must directly suppress powerful people with strong surnames and draw the focus of the conflict to them, making it a hundred times stronger.
Han Qian asked someone to call Han Laoshan and Han Zhou over and asked them about the arrangement of the couple's military, wife and children in the past few days. He said: "There are many vacant courtyards on both sides of Furong Garden. You can purchase one or two empty courtyards.
Let’s start the weaving institute in the next two days.”
In addition to more than 20 soldiers and their children staying in Xuzhou, there are also 267 wives and daughters of the soldiers in total.
At present, the situation in Qianyang City is not stable enough. The soldiers, their wives and children have to live together in Furong Garden for the time being. However, Furong Garden does not need too many handymen and servants. Han Qian wants to open the Weaving Institute first.
Get up and arrange the extra women's labor.
Jinling's weaving, printing and dyeing techniques are still more advanced and efficient than those in Xuzhou; and weaving sail canvas and even subsequent rainproof tarps is a plan that Han Qian wants to implement in Xuzhou.
On the way to Xuzhou, Han Qian also met with the women of the family soldiers who were good at weaving and discussed the weaving method of thick and tough canvas and tarpaulin. He waited until Xuzhou to verify it.
Of course, Han Qian has long been accustomed to the slow pace of the world. If he doesn't personally come forward to urge these things to be done, Han Laoshan and the others may think that it is faster to purchase the loom before the end of the year.
Han Qian called Han Laoshan and his wife over to ask, and they were really confused. Unexpectedly, they didn't take a breath even when they arrived in Xuzhou. Yesterday, they were worried that the four surnames might raise troops and come down the mountain to kill them, so the young master urged them to do it.
this matter.
"We discussed four possible weaving methods on the ship. I will see the samples of these four kinds tomorrow. Whoever comes up with the samples first will be the shopkeeper of the weaving institute," Han Qian asked again.
He said, "So, Ji Fu, Ji Xiyao hasn't made any move yet?"
"Ji Fu is feeling a little unwell, but Ji Xiyao took people out of the city to see the mouth of the bay the day before yesterday!" After leaving Jinling City this time, Han Laoshan truly understood the young master's methods and did not dare to be vague in his reply.
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There is a shipbuilding yard in Qianyang City, but most of the ships built are small awning boats. A cargo ship with a capacity of three to five hundred stone is considered a big ship on the Yuan River. Therefore, there is no ready-made shipbuilding yard in Xuzhou.
The shipyard provided Ji Xiyao and others with the opportunity to renovate the two-thousand-stone sailboat.
Ji Xiyao took people out of the city to see the mouth of the bay, hoping to find a suitable dock directly and reduce the amount of subsequent engineering investment as much as possible.
Hearing that Han Laoshan said that Ji Xiyao had taken people out of the city the day before yesterday, Han Qian thought to himself that he should have brought Ji Xiyao back to the Jinling shipbuilding yard if he could not see how chaotic the situation in Jinling City would be in three or four years.
Han Qian thought for a while, and then said to Han Laoshan: "After you tell us about the weaving institute's affairs today, you should stop interfering. I will leave them to Ji Xiyao."
"Yeah." Han Laoshan replied with a sour heart.
When Han Qian asked again, he found out that Yang Qin had also been dragged out by Ji Xiyao to see the mouth of the bay. He didn't care that it was almost noon, so he ordered Gao Shao, Tian Cheng, and Zhao Wuji to go directly out of the city to find Ji Xiyao and Yang Qin.
After Gao Shao and the others prepared their horses, Han Qian remembered something and said to Zhao Ting'er: "Let's take Mrs. Xi out of the city for a ride..."
Zhao Ting'er didn't want to take Mrs. Xi with her, but she knew that the young master Han Qian probably had other intentions. She pouted and ran to the cabin where Mrs. Xi was detained to call her out.
There is nothing inconvenient about putting a side saddle on the horse. No matter how skilled Xi Rong is, riding with shackles on the horse is not inconvenient. And she has also seen Han Qian's cruelty and doesn't want to offend him when the situation has just improved, but no matter what
She said that walking through the streets and alleys in shackles and going out of the city gave her a humiliating feeling that she would be dragged out to public display.
"Ting'er, help Mrs. Xi change into a long skirt that can cover the shackles," Han Qian saw Mrs. Xi coming out with a gloomy face, and said, "Wrap the shackles with silk again, don't hurt them.
Her ankles."
Xi Rong stood there stubbornly without saying a word. Zhao Ting'er pulled her and then went to the back room to change her clothes...
