Yujia did not stay in Jiankang Mansion for too long.
After inspecting the trade in Jiankang Prefecture, Li Xingchen took a boat and returned to Jingkou, and went south along the canal, inspecting Jinling, Wujun and other important towns in the south of the Yangtze River, boating into Taihu Lake, and inspected Wuxing, Qiantang, Kuaiji, etc. on the south bank of Taihu Lake.
The old or new maritime and land trade centers then went north along the coast and arrived at Songjiang County, which is now an important coastal dock of the Han Dynasty.
Almost all important towns in the south of the Yangtze River were visited by His Majesty.
Commerce, industry, education, customs, etc. along the way are all within the scope of Li Xinchen's inspection.
Li Xingchen did not stop at the emerging southern coastal ports such as Qiantang County, but chose Songjiang County, not because it was the most important port along the southern coast of the Han Dynasty.
The important node of the Maritime Silk Road is Panyu, and the end point is Qiantang County. The canal goes all the way north from Qiantang to Jingkou, and then crosses the river to the Central Plains. Therefore, Qiantang and Kuaiji, towns on both sides of the harbor, naturally become
Now it is the largest port in the Jiangnan area of the Han Dynasty, and even in the entire Han Dynasty.
Although the names are Qiantang and Kuaiji, Li Xingchen knew that this was actually the location of Hangzhou, Shaoxing and Ningbo in later generations, but the Ningbo area was just a county under Kuaiji at this time.
Historically, when maritime transport developed in the Southern Song Dynasty, Ningbo became the most important maritime trade port. All goods were loaded and unloaded here and then arrived at Lin'an through the Zhejiang South Canal.
However, this vast bay outside Qiantang County has not yet experienced thousands of years of siltation and accumulation. The area of the bay is much larger and the water is deeper. Therefore, there is no need to locate the port where Ningbo was in history. It is not there now.
It's a tidal flat. Kuaiji and Qiantang counties on the inner side of the bay can obviously do the job.
However, Li Xingchen looked at the development of Qiantang and Kuaiji at that time and already knew in his mind that within a few decades, the port would expand to both sides and gradually cover the entire bay.
The port is developing very well, which naturally shows that the maritime trade of the Han Dynasty is advancing rapidly.
Li Xingchen did not need to stay too long, he was more concerned about Songjiang County.
Because this is where Dahan Shipyard gathers.
In the past, the shipyards of Dahan were concentrated on the banks of the river outside Jiankang Prefecture. However, these shipyards could only build ships on the river. Large sea-going ships always made people feel that the river was not open enough. Therefore, in the past few years, the shipyards have continued to build
They moved downstream along the river and gradually settled on Songjiang.
This is where the river flows into the sea, and there is a Songjiang River that directly connects to Taihu Lake to the west.
Songjiang is the predecessor of Huangpu River and the source of the name of Songjiang County.
Two rivers flow into the sea, which means that the shipyards here can simultaneously build ships that are suitable for navigation on large rivers, seas, and inland rivers such as Songjiang, which are similar in width to the canals of the Han Dynasty.
The shipbuilding industry is thriving here, and it makes sense.
At this time, Li Xingchen took Chen Shushen, Shen Jungao and others through the shipyard.
On one side of the pier, huge sea-going ships are undergoing intense outfitting. On the other side, in the dock on the shore, many sea-going ships are being repaired.
As for the end of the pier, on the embankment, you can see the keels of many small ships, which have just been laid out. There are also many tall and large work sheds. These work sheds are naturally dry docks, and the keels of large ships are laid on them.
There.
In the distance, you can see some young people in short jackets carefully carrying things or knocking things under the leadership of a master. Judging from their unfamiliar appearance, you know without thinking that they must be apprentices at the shipyard or the Songjiang County Shipbuilding Academy.
Students who come for internship.
Songjiang Shipbuilding College is one of the representative professional colleges currently established in Dahan.
The academies of the Han Dynasty have now been divided into two types under the control and encouragement of Li Xingchen. One is Jinling Academy and Longmen Academy, which have the main purpose of cultivating all-round talents. After the talents come out, the first priority is to take the imperial examination and enter the court.
As officials, even if they failed in the imperial examination, they would instead take the imperial examination to recruit officials.
Civil servants are different from officials in that they often do not require all-round talents. As long as you are outstanding in a certain aspect, you can naturally be hired. This is of course a good thing for many people who are partial to subjects, because the civil servants of the Han Dynasty are not
You will always be an official. As long as you have achieved enough achievements or have worked in the position for a certain number of years without making any mistakes, you can naturally be promoted.
Of course, it is definitely not better than officials taking the position in one step.
But sometimes the opponent is really powerful and you really can't compare to it, and you have to admit it, so it's not a bad thing to settle for the next best thing since you already have a chance.
Therefore, this kind of academy is naturally sought after by everyone, and people are proud that their children can study in such an academy.
After all, as long as you can graduate successfully, you won't do too badly.
In contrast, colleges that train industrial and commercial professionals, such as the Shipbuilding College and Longmen Institute of Technology, are naturally not so popular.
Everything is of inferior quality, but reading is of high quality.
Although this era has not yet reached this extreme level, people who have just emerged from troubled times can naturally realize the importance of having power in their hands. In addition, most people are still used to passively accepting new things, so for business and industry
Such colleges have little interest, and are even inferior to colleges established by other departments, such as the Criminal Law School opened by the Ministry of Criminal Justice.
After graduating from the Criminal Law School, good students can pass the exam and be assigned to various places to serve as legal advisors in government offices. Now the laws of the Han Dynasty are constantly being updated, and local officials are also very overwhelmed. They have to be responsible for many things in daily life.
Quite a few. Where can I have so much time for systematic study?
Therefore, with these legal advisors, they can naturally memorize some key legal provisions, and these advisors will be responsible for supplementing other details. They are a bit like masters who are specifically responsible for this aspect, but they are appointed by the court.
And even students who do not study well can use their knowledge of the law to help people with lawsuits after they graduate. After all, it is cultural work that uses their brains and wins people's respect.
After all, those who come out of business schools are just errands and workers.
Among the three religions and nine streams, industry and commerce are at the end.
Li Xingchen knew that it was reasonable for the people to have such thoughts.
But this is not necessarily a bad thing.
Those who are qualified to choose are basically the middle class of society, and their families are relatively wealthy. There are also many children from poor families who are not qualified to choose at all, unless they have the conditions to study hard or are talented.
At least for now, it is difficult for them to have a place in the academy.