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Chapter 969
Jiangdong, Jianye.

Thousands of sails on the Yangtze River are like clouds, coming and going, which is very spectacular.

There are hundreds of large ships moored in the port, including large flat-bottomed ships specialized in river transport, as well as continuous sea-going ships.

With the rise of Lingnan and Jiaozhi, Jianye has become a transfer station between the north and the south. The grain and products in the south reach the Yangtze River by sea, enter the Ruxu River through the Yangtze River, and then enter Feishui, Huai River, and Yingshui River through Ruxu , arrived at Luoyang, and then entered Guanzhong via the Yellow River.

Nearly ten thousand boatmen and trackers are busy at the port, loading the goods in the port onto the ship, and unloading the goods on the ship.

With the gathering of population and materials, it is difficult for Jianye not to prosper.

A water transport can feed tens of thousands of people.

Compared with plowing the fields, water transportation guarantees the harvest during drought and flood, and one person can support a family of four.

The men work hard, the women tinker and do some embroidery, the old man grows some vegetables, and the family has a surplus.

The imperial court does not collect taxes on water husbands, but only imposes two months of corvee in the off-season of water transportation every year.

Dredging the river, or building a port, including food and housing, so the boatmen are happy to go.

In the past few years, under Wang Jun's careful management, Jianye has become like a raging fire.

Today's Jianye City is more than twice as big as it was then. The city is full of pearls, the households are full of Luoqi, and the towers and pavilions are row upon row. People who come from south to north will stop for a few days to taste the style of Jiangnan.

Occasionally, Sogdians and Persians in strange costumes can also be seen.

The prosperity of Jianye has also driven the entire Jiangdong.

Under the guidance of the land equalization system, the former Shanyue and Shanman walked out of the deep mountains and became the waiters and rulers of the Great Qin Dynasty, building water conservancy and reclaiming wasteland.

Where there is water, the land is naturally fertile.

There are many swamps and mud in Jiangdong, which have been opened up into patches of fertile fields.

After the introduction of Champa rice, the entire six counties in Jiangdong became a veritable land of fish and rice.

In the past two years, the slogan "Jiangdong is abundant and the world is full" has even been shouted, and Huainan in the north of the river has become one of the most important granaries of the Great Qin Empire.

Today's Daqin has five major grain-producing areas, Shuzhong, Hebei, Qingyan, Jianghuai, and Jiaozhi.

Champa rice is popularized in central Shu, Jianghuai, and Jiaozhi. Together, the output exceeds that of the north.

Guanzhong can only grow wheat, millet and other crops, so it is slightly inferior to these five granaries. In addition, the population in Guanzhong is increasing, and the grain produced has to support Hexi, Shuofang, Monan and other places. If there is no surplus, it will naturally be Not a granary.

In Jianye City, the Governor's Mansion of Wuzhou was extremely ornate, and it was only a little worse than the Imperial Palace of Wu State back then.

Wang Jun was very ostentatious. He walked in and out, shouting and embracing, with long halberds and flags, and more than five hundred people, all wearing silk and satin, fresh clothes and angry horses, swaggered through the market.

The food must be delicacies from mountains and seas, and the clothing must be the best Shu brocade.

The name of luxury is known far and near.

But the common people don't hate him, on the contrary they love him very much, every time they mention Wang Cishi, they give him a thumbs up.

Gain Wang Jun practiced the art of Huang Lao, rested with the people, implemented benevolent government, abolished all kinds of heavy taxes and corvees in the former Wu, wiped out thieves from all over the place, established prestige, and people of all ethnic groups from far and near came to join him.

It can be said that the prosperity of Jiangdong today is largely due to Wang Jun's credit.

But on this day, an unexpected visitor came to the palace.

"Does the governor know that a catastrophe is imminent?" The visitor lowered his beard, and he was one of the people who planned to attack the prince.

Wang Jun is now in his sixties, from Sima's house to Lao Yang's house, what kind of storms and waves have he never seen?He squinted at him, "Your Excellency, you may wish to say it clearly, a certain government affairs are involved, and you don't have time to play charades."

"Then let me be blunt, the crown prince has [-] cavalry into Jiangdong, called Qingcha Jiangdong, but he is actually here for the envoy!"

"Oh?" Wang Jun became interested.

"When the envoy attacked Wu, he disobeyed the order of the crown prince and Du Yu and sent troops without authorization. The crown prince would not have liked it. These years, the envoy has not flattered the upstarts, and has no backing in the court. The situation is in dire straits..."

The power of the crown prince has grown more and more these years, and Wang Jun is not a member of the lineage of the crown prince, and has run counter to the court's style of advocating reference. Naturally, there will be many reasons.

"Then what do you think a certain should do?" Wang Jun said with a smile.

"For the sake of the emperor, it is better to go to the table and return to your hometown, so that you can take care of yourself." A gleam flashed in the eyes of the short-bearded man.

Wang Jun has great fame and a great desire for power.

In the hands of the Sima family until he was in his early 50s, he defected to the Great Qin Dynasty. He relied on suppressing the tyrants of the gentry and handed in the certificate of honor before he was reused. After the destruction of Wu, he was appreciated by the emperor and guarded the most important Wuzhou in the south of the Yangtze River.

How could it be possible for Wang Jun to retire and return home?
In the past few years, Jiangdong has been under great rule, and he still wants to use this achievement to enter the cabinet and become the fifth Pingshang Shushi of Daqin.

"Is there any other way, Your Excellency?" Wang Jun's expression became serious.

The prince does not necessarily have to punish him with death, but suppression is inevitable.

"Of course there is a way. As long as the prince of Daqin is still alive, the position of Shijun... will be difficult to preserve. Sooner or later, the land of Daqin will belong to the prince, unless there is something wrong with the prince..."

"You guys are so bold!" Wang Jun reprimanded in a low voice.

But there was no anger on his face.

As soon as the short-bearded man heard the tone, he knew that he had hit Wang Jun's itching spot, "The Shijun was also a powerful figure in the past, so he should stop and stop, and then he will be disturbed by it."

Everyone knows Wang Jun's boldness.

The prince's [-] iron cavalry went south, which inevitably made people imagine.

Who else in Jiangnan needs to go to war like this?
Wang Jun said: "Your Excellency is an old man of the Sima family, so there is no need to hide it, just be honest, what do you want to do, what do you want XX to do?"

The short-bearded man was taken aback, he didn't expect to be recognized so quickly, but thinking about it, if he didn't have this identity, how could Wang Jun have the opportunity to meet alone?
"Haha, I really can't hide it from the envoy! That's right, I'm the old man of the Sima family!"

"Chen Man?" Wang Jun recalled, "Is your father the same Chen Xiuyuan?"

Chen Qian's name is Xiuyuan, during the Battle of Hedong, Chen Qian led a partial division to break through the important town of Huayin, and went straight to Chang'an.

If Sima Yan had followed Chen Qian's advice and left Hedong alone, and 20 troops had invaded Guanzhong, the victory or defeat would have been uncertain.

At that time, Wang Jun was under Chen Qian's command and had received Chen Qian's favor, so Chen Man was regarded as the son of an old man.

Chen Qian died early, and his family escaped Daqin's reckoning, but Daqin let them go, and they didn't intend to let Daqin go.

After all, there is the hatred of killing the father first, and then the hatred of seizing the land.

"So, you are entrusted by the Sima family?" Unknowingly, Wang Jun has turned against the guest.

Chen Man gritted his teeth, "That's right, someone came here on the entrustment of Lord Sima, and invited the envoys to raise important events together!"

"What's the big deal?" There was no trace of hypocrisy on Wang Jun's face.

A man who is almost 70 years old, his life experience has made him flawless.

At least with Chen Man's level, there is nothing wrong with it.

Given the current situation, they need Wang Jun more than Wang Jun needs them.

(End of this chapter)