Lu Ming

Chapter 361 Visiting Group

People's ideas and concepts change very quickly.When wandering around in the cabin, Zuo Baoliu gritted his teeth at the old tent in the village: The old man is really bad, what will happen when the man returns to the village one day
As a result, when Zuo Baoliu was allocated a house in the community and started to work, he was full of gratitude for the old stuff again.Yes, the old man really didn't lie to him except that he misremembered Chikan as Zhoushan.

No, Zuo Baoliu soon lived a life of pain and happiness in the Sang Cocoon Company under the Ministry of Agriculture.

I say happy because life here is like heaven: a beautiful environment, rich food, and regular wages, no bullying by officials and landlords, and no pressure in life. Ordinary people can live a good life as long as they work honestly.

It is said that the pain is because of learning.Although Zuo Baoliu is a good player in mulberry planting, his level is obviously not enough here, so he has a very difficult time in the night school.People who lack basic theories find it difficult to understand concepts such as various bacteria, soil components, microorganisms, and pests and diseases.

The relaxed life with a little bit of hardship quickly changed Zuo Baoliu inside and out.He was no longer the dull, clumsy man who exuded sadness all over his body.The current Zuo Baoliu is happy to be in contact with people, speaks loudly, and walks in a hurry. He has been biased by the fast-paced industrial society.

The women of the Zuo family were also changing at the same time.This peasant woman Zuo Hu who didn't even have a name first picked up a nice and fashionable name at the beginning of disembarkation registration: Hu Yuehong.

After that, Hu Yuehong was assigned to the Canfang.Then, as she went home after get off work every day and excitedly broadcasted the live broadcast, Zuo Baoliu also learned how powerful the silkworm house under the General's Mansion is at the same time - he has been trained now and knows who is paying his salary .

Then one day Zuo Baoliu took the opportunity of giving mulberry leaves and finally took a fantasy trip: he first saw the inside of the silkworm house with his own eyes.

He was shocked by the industrialized clean conservatory, heating, large-format windows, thermometers, and thick white tissue paper. Zuo Baoliu had heard countless times about the functions of these miraculous things from women, and now he saw them with his own eyes. , He couldn't help but sigh.

Compared with the traditional method of raising silkworms that the husband and wife had in the village in the past, the silkworm house here is the difference between heaven and earth: baskets of pure white finished silkworm cocoons can prove it.

Tainan is warm all year round, so sericulture can be carried out throughout the year.The finished silkworm cocoon with a large silk uniformity, white cocoon color and luster is called "shangche cocoon" here, which means top-grade mulberry cocoon that can be reeled by machine.

After Zuo Baoliu delivered the mulberry leaves, he was happily caught and took the cocoon basket to the silk reeling workshop to deliver the cocoons.Here he saw the semi-manual and semi-mechanized silk reeling production line.After watching the machine reeling with half understanding, Zuo Baoliu was caught again, drove the carriage, and took the finished raw silk to the wharf warehouse.

The quality of the raw silk produced from the silkworm eggs of later generations is rare in this plane.Now all the businessmen know that the clothes woven from the raw silk produced by Dayuan are not only smooth and even, plump and smooth, but also have good elasticity, high fastness, and even coloring. They are the top silk products.

Therefore, the self-produced silk named "Chiffon" by the Textile Corporation has now occupied the top of the raw silk market in East Asia, and the price has soared to 300 taels of silver per load, which is still in short supply.

Then Zuo Baoliu's fantasy journey ended here - after he finished the delivery at the Chikan warehouse, he stood cheerfully at the door, stretching his neck to watch a bunch of merchants auction raw silk.The next moment, a few red-haired and black-haired people fought for some reason, and then Zuo Baoliu was blown away by an auctioneer's small copper hammer amidst the laughter, whistles and the footsteps of the police coming. He came over and smashed his head inexplicably, and was sent to the hospital afterwards.

Zuo Baoliu let the flying strange thing smash his head, and then the police came to arrest the Dutch businessman and the Spanish businessman. The scene was watched by a few people not far away who were looking at the scenery of the Taijiang River.

"Hmph, a group of demons dancing wildly, with no culture or education, what a gentleman!"

The person who spoke was a fair, square-faced, middle-aged man in his forties, dressed in lake silk and straight embroidered.It is already June when the temperature is rising. On the Taijiang pier where there are work jackets and linen T-shirts everywhere, this person can still wear soft feet and a formal dress, so there is no doubt that this master is from From Ming Dynasty.

"Pine Weng doesn't need to care about small things." At this time, a handsome man in his thirties and wearing a thin robe standing next to the middle-aged man said with a smile while waving a folding fan.

"Alas, a place outside of Hua." The middle-aged man shook his head at this moment, with an angry look on his face: "Let's go, let's go and see the crops first. Farming is the foundation of the country, so don't take it lightly."

After finishing speaking, he took the lead and led a few people to the taxi.

The master's surname is Bu, and his name is Bu Daxing.

Mr. Bu was a native of Xianyou County, Fujian Province. He was titled as the inspector of Fujian Province, and his real job was the deputy envoy of Xingquan Bingbei who was in charge of Xinghua and Quanzhou reserves.According to the understanding of later generations, this official position is probably the deputy director of the provincial police headquarters and the deputy director of the People's Armed Forces Department of a certain city. In short, it is an idle job.

So why did Master Bu appear in Chikan?This is a long story.

It is said that since Cao Chuan worshiped Chongzhen as the boss and put on the official skin, exchanges between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait have increased rapidly.

This is a very normal process.In fact, most of the subjects of a certain pocket empire are subjects of the Ming Dynasty before Fujian and Zhejiang. The relationship between the two sides is very close, and there are flights departing every day.So gradually, some high-level officials of the Ming Dynasty also began to notice this place of alienation that was isolated overseas.

Officials in Fujian were the first to set their sights across the strait.After all, many of them knew businessmen, villagers and poor relatives who went to the big officials to beg for a living, and the distance between the two places was close, so the officials could easily get detailed information on the other side.

In addition, the industrial products pouring into Fujian like a tide, such as salt, building materials, daily chemicals, hardware, etc., also made conservative and slow officials start to face up to the new power of the Cao family.

After all, the time-travelers are different from Zheng Zhilong in history: the Zheng family only cared about themselves, and charged high tolls everywhere; while the time-travelers from the counterfeit Cao Chuan and Zhang Dongdong were all sent to Fujian, all of them were legends God of Wealth.

Now there is a consensus in both officialdom and shopping malls: as long as you can get in touch with the Cao family, you will definitely make a fortune.There are too many examples of this point. Countless little people who have represented a certain industrial product to sell back to their hometown, or participated in a certain development project, have become rich overnight because they seized the opportunity.

So the current officials are happy to communicate with the Cao family, both public and private: Didn't you see that there is already a two-story building in the backyard of the governor's office, with a toilet?Who said that being an official does not repair the government, it is because there is no enthusiastic person!
Therefore, Master Bu Daxing received an official document not long ago.

This official document was forwarded to Master Bu's immediate superior, Mr. Jiao, the military preparation envoy.

Document content: In view of the lack of military equipment in the Xingquan area, the battalions and guards in various places are outdated, and many of them are in a state of decay, so Xingquan military equipment road plans to send capable personnel to Taiwan for investigation. It is said that there are indigenous people in Taiwan. , good at making superior weapons.If the investigation is correct, Bingbeidao intends to use this year's government procurement quota on this.

When Mr. Bu first received the official document, he was also confused.You must know that his deputy envoy never does anything, and it is even less his turn to sign such important documents involving government procurement.

So Master Bu sent someone to inquire after he returned.After inquiring, he figured out the whole story: Mr. Jiao's brother-in-law just went to the opposite bank not long ago, and when he came back, he became the general agent of the Xinghua Mansion of the Dunhill Fire Sickle.

After trying to understand the joints, Master Bu immediately scolded a thousand silverfish in the study.

It is said that Master Bu was the last Jinshi in the third list during the Wanli period.Although his grades in civil servant examinations are mediocre, Master Bu is upright by nature, loves to study scriptures, and has a deep understanding of the way of sages. In other words, he is rigid and unsuitable for an official.

Fortunately, the Bu family in Xianyou County is considered a well-off family. Although there are not many Jinshi in the family, there are many scholars, so there is no shortage of him as a moral gentleman.So Mr. Bu's official career is relatively satisfactory: he has been transferred among the deputy positions of various yamen, and has never been a chief official.

After he turned 40, Mr. Bu, who was a bit of a madman, found that he could not get used to the sleazy dog ​​in the officialdom. Coupled with the fierce faction in the court, he found this job near his hometown and planned to finish it in one term. , I went back to my hometown to teach and educate people.

I don't want to receive such an official document at the end of the day.What upset Master Bu the most was that this official document was supposed to send him to a senior official to deal with errands.On the official documents are the signatures and approval documents of the two major yamen, the Fuya and the Fuya. They have already opened up their joints, and they are waiting to finish their errands and spend their public money to befriend the pirate surnamed Cao!
That's why Master Bu scolded corrupt officials and pirates in his study.

Just when Master Bu decided to write a booklet to scold Xiong Wencan for being a traitor, and then hang up his seal and leave, he was persuaded.

It was a junior who came from afar to persuade him.The name of this junior is somewhat famous in later generations: his name is Fang Tangjing.

However, this Fang Tangjing of the Ming Dynasty was not the famous lawyer in the late Qing Dynasty, he was just an ordinary failed scholar.

Fang Tangjing came all the way from Hangzhou. He was a guest of Master Bu who was close to Tongnian's family.This time, Fang Tangjing came to Fujian to visit Master Bu on behalf of his master. In addition, his main purpose was to visit Taiwan—Hangzhou Station also created a wealth myth locally, so many people with a keen sense of smell Literati and bureaucrats have sent people to Taiwan for research.

So when Fang Tangjing learned the reason for Master Bu's anger, he hurriedly began to persuade him, planning to urge him to go to Taiwan together: anyway, it's public money, so if you don't go, you won't go.

(End of this chapter)