Chapter 1808 Along the Road Twenty Years Ago - The Past of Tianjin Shipping Division and Shanhaiguan
After talking about the extension of the grace order, Yun and Xiancai talked for a while about the situation in the southwest. Min Wang Zhu used various means to annex the Ahong Kingdom in Assam and completely controlled the Arakan Kingdom, but he still failed to control it.
Chieftain Meng Yang. The entanglement between Meng Yang and Min Fan was too deep. Don’t say that Zhu didn’t want to be too tough on Meng Yang. Even if he wanted to be tough on Meng Yang, it would be difficult for him to do so. This makes Zhu’s territory still occupied to this day.
Divide into two pieces.
After hearing this, Yun just nodded and said nothing. Since the generation of western Yunnan and later Burma was entrusted to Zhu, of course he had to solve the problem by himself. As long as there was no big trouble, Yun would not take action.' Will be pushed.
I just wrote a letter to tell Zhu about the favor.'
Having said this, it was getting late, and Yun had nothing else to discuss with Xiancai. He said good night and went back to rest.
The next day, they stayed in Qingzhou City for another day. Min'er and others went to visit the famous Seventh Uncle, but they were a little disappointed after seeing him in person. Zhu did look like an eminent monk, but he only looked like an eminent monk.
He was no more dignified than the other eminent monks they had seen before. They stayed in Mingdao Temple for a while, said a few words to Zhu and then left without staying longer. Of course, Zhu could see that they were a little disappointed, but he did not
Don't care.
The next day, the group left Qingzhou and continued northward. Passing through Linzi, Xincheng, Qingcheng, Wudingzhou, Leling, Nanpi, Cangzhou, Qingxian and other counties, they arrived at Bosi, Tianjin.
Wen Yuan had been waiting in Tianjin for several days. Yun arranged for Wen Yuan to come to Tianjin Shipping Department again before his northern tour. Xiyao naturally did not want his eldest son to leave the capital, not to mention that it was against the rules for the emperor and the prince to leave the capital at the same time. However, Yun insisted on it.
Xiyao and the ministers could not stop him.
After seeing his son, Yun said a few words and immediately asked: "Has the textile factory started to open?"
"Father, some businessmen have already opened a textile factory, but there is only one. The other businesses are waiting to see." Wenyuan replied.
"Why is there only one family?" Yun asked.
"Father, although wool is cheap, the Mongolians are nomadic people who live in pursuit of water and grass. If they come to the mutual market in Xuanfu this year to sell wool, they may not come back next year. Even if they come, the wool sold may not be the same as last year. We don't know for sure.
No matter how much raw material they can get every year, it is difficult for merchants to arrange production. They must either pile up a lot of raw materials or they can only open and stop operations. This may not necessarily make much money, so most merchants are reluctant to open factories. This is the one who opened the factory.
, most likely because my son was in Tianjin Shipping Department at that time and did not dare to offend him," Wenyuan said.
"I was negligent." Yun said. He only thought that wool was cheap, but he forgot that the Mongolians were not suppliers who could stably provide goods. What if they promised to provide wool this year, but for some reason they did not sell it next year, or took it away from them?
If the quantity promised is not exceeded, the businessmen who open the factories will have no choice but to hang themselves if they invest all their capital in the factories. The businessmen are very smart, and they will never open woolen textile factories unless they can obtain a stable supply of raw materials.
'Is it true that sheep can eat people?' This sentence came to Yun's mind. But he immediately denied it. 'The worst is to give up the woolen textile industry to the vassal state. The Qin vassal in the northwest is vast and sparsely populated, and can also be developed.
Wool textile industry. Hanzhou mainland has the foundation for the development of all large industries and agriculture, and is a good place to develop the wool textile industry.'
Yun thought about it for a few times, put the matter aside for the time being, and turned to Yunzhi and said: "Yunzhi, there is no need to do the other thing I originally planned to give you to do in Xuanfu."
"Third brother originally planned to give it to my sister to run the mutual market in Xuanfu and trade wool, right?" Yunzhi asked, and when Yun nodded, she added: "Third brother, I think it is better to put the wool textile factory in Tianjin.
The shipping department is wrong. The shipping department is a place where business is done, how can it be a place to set up factories? Suzhou and Hangzhou have the most factories in the south of the Yangtze River, not the Shanghai shipping department; the place with the most factories in Guangdong is Guangzhou, not Baoan City
Ship Division, the factories in the north should not be located in Tianjin."
"I also know that it is not appropriate to place it in Tianjin, but besides Tianjin, where else can it be? The only place in the north where commerce is prosperous and where merchants can do business with confidence is in Kaifeng, but Kaifeng is a bit far away from Tianjin, and there is no river connecting it."
Yun Lue said with some regret: "If I had known that the wool business would not do well, I would have placed the Shipping Department in Lijin."
"Third brother, can we put the factory in Peiping?" Yunzhi said with a smile: "Beiping is the core of the entire Hebei region and is close to Tianjin, so it is a suitable place."
"And it may not be impossible to do business with the Mongols. It's just that we can't open large factories for the time being." She continued: "The Mongols cannot provide stable wool, but there are always several tribes coming to Xuanfu every year to do business, and there is always some wool to provide.
We can follow Wenyuan's approach in Suzhou and help craftsmen open several small workshops and buy wool from the Xuanfu Mutual Market. Even when there is no wool, they can also do other things, such as spinning cotton or doing odd jobs.
, you won’t end up losing money, and you will always make some profit.”
"And there is more than just wool business to do with the Mongols. Let's not talk about the business of cattle, sheep and horses. Even cowhide and sheepskin have great potential..." Yun Zhi talked about the business experience incessantly.
Yun stared blankly at Yunzhi as she talked about business. After a while, she said, "Fourth sister, I haven't seen you in five years. You are so good at doing business."
"I have seen this in India." Yunzhi said: "The Tibetans north of the Governor's Palace are similar to the Mongols. They all make a living as nomads and drive cattle and sheep to do business every year. Local businessmen in India have long
I am familiar with the road. I just added a step to the Indian method and opened a small workshop."
"It seems that my brother made a mistake in asking you to take charge of the Xuan Mansion." Yun said with a smile.
But he didn't smile in his heart. Xuanfu was not suitable as a place to set up a factory, so Yunzhi proposed to put it in Peiping. But this implied a precondition. Yunzhi didn't want to guess whether Yunzhi did it intentionally or not, so he thought about it.
He said: "In this case, we will encourage craftsmen to open several small workshops in Peiping. Wuji will serve as the magistrate of Peking and concurrently as the commander-in-chief of Xuanfu."
"This," Yunzhi did not agree immediately, but said, "Third brother, can my sister make a small condition?"
"Say." Yun said.
"My sister wants to transfer Yu Qian and Tang Saier back from India, and make Yu Qian the co-president of Beiping Prefecture." Yunzhi said. After Lan Zhen and others led troops to pacify India, in order to open the governor's palace and govern India, they allowed the transfer from the Central Plains.
Many officials went to India. One day Yunzhi met Tang Saier's father Tang Jingyu and remembered that his son-in-law Yu Qian seemed to be very capable, was valued by his third brother, and had such a close relationship with Mingjiao, so he asked Yu Qian to be transferred here
Yun thought it would be good for him to go to India to exercise, so he agreed.
"Yes," Yun said. Yu Qian felt at ease when doing things.
Having said this, the group began to visit Tianjin Shipping Company. If you exclude the unsuccessful wool business and wool textile factories, Tianjin Shipping Company is actually doing very well. It has only been opened for more than a year, and there are already many Japanese, Korean and
Merchants from Ryukyu came to do business, and merchants from Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong and other places also came in droves. Yun and others changed into casual clothes and wandered around the Shibo Division under the protection of the guards. They saw that the market was very prosperous. Waiting from the market
When the ship commander came back, he was allowed to commend Zhang Yanfang and gave him many valuable things, as well as a title and a title of third rank. Zhang Yanfang happily accepted the order to express his gratitude.
The next day, they stayed in Shibosi for another day and were about to go elsewhere. According to the original itinerary, they should go to Peiping; but Yun suddenly said that he wanted to go to Shanhaiguan to have a look. Everyone couldn't help but agree to it.
On the way from Tianjin to Shanhaiguan, Yun made a special trip to Luanzhou City, where his 'ancestor' family in his previous life was located. Nineteen years have passed since the first year of Jianye, and he has never mentioned this family again.
He has never issued any decree regarding this family, but he has actually been paying attention to this family and knows what has happened to them in the past nineteen years. He even knows the new members of the family clearly, and occasionally makes guesses.
Who is your ancestor?
Yun did not meet anyone in this family. He just stood on the city wall and stared at the mansion with clairvoyance. He saw Sun Shao, who was over seventy years old and ranked first in the family tree of later generations. He met Sun Shao, who was nearly fifty years old and ranked first in the family tree of later generations.
Sun Rui, who was ranked second, and Tan Wei'er, who had been a female official in the palace. Yun looked at it for a while and said to Wenyuan: "After you succeed to the throne in the future, you will also take care of their family. Being a father is not based on the Ming Emperor.
I am telling you these words as a person, but I am speaking to you as your father."
"Yes, father, my son has remembered it." Although Wen Yuan was full of confusion, he immediately agreed.
"This matter is very important, you must not forget it." Yun gave another instruction, put down his clairvoyance and went down the tower. Wenyuan hurriedly followed.
After leaving Luanzhou, they passed through Lulong County and Funing County and arrived at Shanhaiguan. It happened to be raining when the group arrived at Shanhaiguan. The guard was worried that Yun would catch the wind and cold after being soaked by the rain, so he advised him to visit Shanhaiguan again tomorrow. But Yun recalled
In the past, I insisted on going on a tour today. The guards tried hard to persuade them, but they could only borrow a lot of raincoats and bamboo hats, dress them up for the royal relatives, and brave the heavy rain to go tour. Because it was almost noon, the officials who greeted the Acropolis asked about lunch.
What to eat? Yun thought about it and said, "There is no need to prepare lunch at the guard house." He turned to the guards and told them, "Go to the fishermen nearby to buy some fresh sea fish." After giving the instructions, he walked towards the seaside.
Although he had not been here for more than twenty years, Yun still led everyone from Shanhaiweicheng to the seaside in a familiar way. He walked into a pavilion, sat down on a stone bench, and said to the others: "Twenty-three years
In the 28th year of Hongwu BC, I was ordered by my grandfather to patrol the north. When I passed Shanhaiguan, it happened to be raining. I went with my fourth uncle, fifteenth uncle, seventeenth uncle, and nineteenth uncle in the rain, and walked from the Acropolis to this place.
Guanhai Pavilion.”
"I know, I know!" Min'er said immediately: "My father was visiting this place in the rain. He first admired the monument "The place where Emperor Qin sought immortality and entered the sea", and then rested in the sea view pavilion. At this time, he suddenly found a fishing boat on the sea.
, I became very popular in poetry and wrote the poem "Lang Tao Sha Qinhuangdao"."
"It's hard for you to know this matter so clearly." Yun said with a smile. No matter what, it is gratifying that his children care about his past like this.
"At that time, my father was really talented in literature. He wrote popular poems not only in Shanhaiguan, Xuanfu, and Suzhou, but also became a great poet among the emperors after the Southern Tang Dynasty. But gradually, my father did not write much.
Poetry." Min'er said again, and looked at her father expectantly, as if she wanted him to write a poem.
Yun just smiled and didn't answer. He was no longer young, and he was no longer interested in writing poems and lyrics to show off. Unless necessary, he would no longer write poems. How could he make an exception just because his daughter said a few words?
Min'er was a little disappointed when she saw that her father had no intention of writing poems and lyrics, so she could only talk about other topics. But at this time, a guard walked into the pavilion, first saluted Wenyuan, and then whispered a few words in Yun's ear.
After hearing what the guard said, Yun was startled and said, "Since it's such a coincidence, let him come up and see you."
"What's such a coincidence?" Min'er asked hurriedly as the guards retreated.
"Do you know what happened after you wrote the poem "Lang Tao Sha Qinhuangdao" for your father?" Yun came back to his senses and asked with a smile.
"Of course I know. Later, the fishing boats floating on the sea docked. Dad allowed the fishermen to rest near the pavilion, and gave him a vocabulary scroll and a few coins." Min'er said.
"The coincidence my father mentioned refers to this incident." Yun said.
"This matter?" Min'er was puzzled and subconsciously looked back at the guard who had just entered the pavilion. When he saw him leading a fisherman towards the pavilion, he suddenly understood what his father meant and said, "Could it be that today I saw the same person from that day again?"
The fishermen who gave away the scrolls?"
"That's right." Yun said with a smile: "My father just asked the guards to buy sea fish, but I didn't expect that one of them was the fisherman who received the poem scroll many years ago."
"What a coincidence? How can we see the fisherman who received the poem scroll more than 20 years ago again?" Min'er exclaimed, with a look of disbelief on his face. Not only him, but also everyone else in the pavilion looked in disbelief.
Isn't it such a coincidence that we met the fisherman from twenty-three years ago? Everyone couldn't help but look at the officials accompanying Shanhaiwei who were standing aside, leaving him baffled.
At this time, the fisherman came in. When he saw everyone, he knelt down and said, "I have seen noble people before."
But Ke Yun frowned and said, "Did you see me twenty-three years ago?"
"The villain has met the noble man. At that time, the villain went to sea with his father. When he landed, the noble man allowed the villain to take shelter with his father in the pavilion because it was raining. He also gave the villain's father a letter with words written on it.
paper, ten pieces of treasure banknotes and a lot of loose money. Because the villain has never encountered such a thing again, he remembers this incident very clearly." The fisherman said hurriedly.
Yun's frown relaxed. Things were right. As for why he remembered that he was not this person, it was easy to understand. Ordinary people worked hard all day long and were weathered, so they naturally looked different when they were young and in middle age.
Yun talked to him for a few words, and finally asked: "What did you do with the scroll I gave your father as a gift? Did you sell it or keep it?"
"Your Excellency, that piece of paper was sold after we returned home, but by coincidence, it came back to my house last year," the fisherman said.
"Huh? What's going on?" Yun asked curiously.
"Your Excellency, my family sold the piece of paper after we returned home, to the master of Juren in the neighboring village for ten guan. Later, I don't know how it was sold back and forth, and it ended up in the hands of a wealthy family in our village. This family last year
After committing a crime, the whole family was raided and exiled to Hanzhou. I went to their yard to see if I could find anything useful, and I found this piece of paper, so I took it home." said the fisherman.
"Why didn't you sell it this time?" Yun said.
"Because this piece of paper unexpectedly came to our house again, we didn't dare to sell it anymore, so we kept it at home." The fisherman replied.
"Haha, what a coincidence. The poem I gave you came back to your house after more than twenty years, and I saw you again after more than twenty years." Yun said with a smile.
"I will now tell you my identity. I am the current emperor. I was the emperor's grandson more than 20 years ago. Your family is not allowed to sell that scroll anymore," Yun said again.
"Your Majesty, yes, yes, His Majesty the Emperor?" the fisherman stammered.
"It's guaranteed to be replaced if it's fake." Yun said with a smile.
"The common people pay homage to the Emperor, long live the Emperor!" The fishermen suddenly knelt down and kowtowed.
"Get up." Yun smiled.
"That piece of paper and that scroll of poems must be passed down from generation to generation as heirlooms in ordinary people's homes." The fisherman added.
"Haha!" Yun laughed again. After laughing, she said a few words to him, rewarded him with some money, and asked him to leave.
"Dad's visit to Shanhaiguan this time was worth it," Min'er said with a smile, "Not only did I see the old sights, but I also met my old friends. Finally, I revealed my identity in front of my old friends. Why, it feels good."
"It's really good." Yun responded with a smile.
"Yonghua, you did a good job on this matter." He turned his head and praised the guard who had just brought the fishermen into the pavilion.
"I dare not praise you as an official," the guard said immediately.
"If you have merit, you should be praised. If you have fault, you should be punished. No matter how you don't deserve it." Yun said with a smile: "But you are the prince's bodyguard now. If I reward you, Wen Yuan should do it."
"I will reward you with a piece of silk." Wenyuan said.
"Thank you for your grace, Your Highness." The guard hurriedly saluted Wen Yuan and then saluted Yun. Wen Yuan encouraged him a few more words and asked him to retreat.
"Wenyuan, Yonghua's husband died fighting in the north for your father. His grandfather was from Fengyang. He followed your great-grandfather in the north and south and was a loyal martyr for generations. You can trust him and use him.
"Yun said to Wenyuan again. This guard is Chen Yonghua. He was assigned as Wenyuan's guard. Wenyuan traveled with His Majesty, and of course he had to guard him.
"My son knows." Wenyuan agreed.
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