Ming Zuo

Zuo Menggeng came to Pusan ​​for the apparent reason of inspecting the navy, but in fact his goal was Dongying.

He waited until the person he wanted to meet.

Shen Tingyang, a native of Chongming, Songjiang Prefecture.

As a wealthy family in Songjiang Prefecture, the Shen family has long been a member of the Songjiang Textile Association.

For this reason, Shen Tingyang did not go to the Ming Dynasty to report, nor did he become an official of the Ming Dynasty, as he did in history.

Even more, he did not ask Emperor Chongzhen to use sea transportation to relieve the pressure on the grain in the capital and the north.

Entering Xia Guo's officialdom, Shen Tingyang traveled to many places, starting from the grassroots, and achieved extraordinary results step by step.

This time, he finally got the important task.

He is about to rush to Dongying to serve as Xia Guo's full-fledged commercial representative in Dongying.

"Hou Xiang and the others have explained clearly to you, right?"

Sitting next to Zuo Menggeng, Shen Tingyang was a little nervous.

This was the first time he met Zuo Menggeng, but he had heard many legends about the leader.

Being able to be interviewed by Zuo Menggeng shows that he has become important to a certain extent.

"Through the previous naval battles, our country has opened up the Japanese market. But what kind of business can be achieved still requires the efforts of the subordinates."

For his sobriety, Zuo Menggeng was very pleased.

"The Tokugawa shogunate has been pursuing a policy of closing the country and not wanting more foreign things to enter Japan. Therefore, after you get there, there must be a lot of friction between you and Japan's local forces."

Shen Tianyang thought he understood something.

"After the servants pass by, they must be cautious and do everything without leaking, and they will never let the Dongying people find fault."

This thought made Zuo Menggeng frown.

"In the war with Japan, we are the victors. The victors will enjoy the fruits of victory. Why should we be careful?"

Shen Tingyang was taken aback for a moment, but he didn't expect his understanding to be completely different.

"But if there is a conflict with the Dongying people, it may affect our trade."

Zuo Menggeng had no choice but to teach by example.

"If it affects the trade, then fight again. Only when the Dongying people are convinced, can the trade go smoothly."

Shen Tingyang took a deep breath, never expecting that the higher-ups' ideas were so barbaric.

In Hou Xun's place before, he was repeatedly taught that the affairs of Japan are very important.Shen Tingyang felt that he had to be careful not to make mistakes.

In the end, I didn't expect that the meaning of the higher-ups was not this.

Zuo Menggeng, like Satan, is leading the innocent Shen Tingyang to go astray.

"After you arrive in Dongying, you can be as arrogant as you want. Don't be polite to the Dongying people. That nation is afraid of power and not virtuous, and only respects the strong. The weaker you are, the more they will push forward. Only by being ruthless, Stomp on them hard, and they will understand what is primary and secondary. There is only one task given to you by the country, and there will be three points if it is unreasonable. No matter what happens, right or wrong, we must favor our people .”

Even though the weather was not hot, Shen Tingyang felt his face was covered with sweat.

"Your Highness, what if the Dongpu people can't bear it and deal with it forcefully?"

Zuo Menggeng casually grabbed the side knife and threw it to him.

"Then you can ask the Japanese people, do you know this? If it doesn't make sense, then speak with a knife. The navy bombarded Nagasaki before, and we don't mind bombarding Edo again."

Although all that Zuo Menggeng said ran counter to the benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trust that Shen Tingyang had learned since childhood.But for some reason, after being awakened, Shen Tingyang felt transparent all over.

The feeling of not having to care about morality, rules, and acting arbitrarily is really great.

Zuo Menggeng has much more to teach him.

"The Dongying people have small courtesy but no great righteousness. They always appear flawless in some small places, but they have no morals in the great righteousness. As the representative of the Xia Kingdom stationed in Dongying, you will definitely become the target of their raids. At that time All kinds of tricks will be used against you, and you must distinguish carefully so as not to fall into it. Especially the Dongying people are very good at using beauty, and you can play it on the spot, but you can't take it seriously."

Shen Tingyang listened intently, not daring to forget a single word.

Of course he understands that once he makes a mistake, it will definitely bring him ruin.

But when Zhang Haogu, who was next to him, heard about the tricks of the Dongying people, he immediately went up in anger.

"This little devil is really not a good thing, he is so evil. If Mr. Shen thinks that he is powerless to resist, I will go through fire and water for you."

Zuo Menggeng suddenly rolled his eyes.

Did you go through fire and water when you went to Dongying?

Are you not afraid of losing connection?
"Humph!"

Lee Jung Ri's reaction says it all.

Zhang Haogu smiled awkwardly and shrunk his neck.

"Hey, don't we, as brothers, want to worry about the left and right two?"

Anyway, with Zuo Menggeng's suggestion, Shen Tingyang had a clear understanding of his mission.

He changed from his usual humility, jumped on the boat with arrogance, and headed for Dongying all the way in a hurry.

Also in Busan, Zuo Menggeng also met important people.

Lin Xiaoyu, who has a very elegant name, is actually a big man with a beard on his face.

If you think that this big man is the God of Killing on the battlefield, you are totally wrong.

People... are actually farmers.

Lin Xiaoyu was also one of Chen Zilong's students, and was sent to the Nuer Gandu Division.

This time, returning with Mangurtai on the same boat is to report the agricultural situation in the north to the center.

"We started planting various crops in Nuer Kandus last year. As a result, because we were not sure about the timing, the frost came before the harvest, which caused a large area of ​​crops to be affected and the harvest was very limited. But through last year's practice, we have mastered the The local climate is changing, and some high-quality seeds that grow quickly have been collected. After planting this spring, the growth has been very good so far, and a bumper harvest is expected."

Hearing the good news, Zuo Menggeng was overjoyed.

Of course he knew that the Nuer Gandusi area could grow food.

Later generations here is the largest granary in the world.

But now it is the Little Ice Age after all, and with limited technology, he is not sure whether Nuer Gandusi can be turned into an agricultural base that feeds the entire country.

The Ministry of Agriculture can only send some technicians to the past to conduct field experiments.

After more than two years of hard work, it seems that the results are good.

"Based on your experience, what is the prospect of farming over there?"

For professional matters, ask professional people, Zuo Menggeng never focuses on the soul in his mind.

Four hundred years have passed before and after, and many things are different.

Lin Xiaoyu answered very confidently.

"Your Highness does not know that the land over there is so fertile. We were worried that the warm days there would be too short to grow crops. However, the land is too fertile, causing the crops to grow much faster than other places. .Although it can only be harvested once a year, if there is too much land, the harvest may be much higher than that of other places."

Zuo Menggeng nodded silently, and finally let go of his heart.

He couldn't help but look to the north.

It should be time to develop and manage that piece of land that is so hauntingly dreamy.