prosperous age

Chapter 44 Chapter 44

Wei Guangde didn't know what his father and uncle said the next day, because he followed Zhang Hongfu and Wu Dong, and Wei Wencai went to Dehua County to wander around.

It's so easy to come to Fucheng, how can we not take a good stroll.

Dehua County is where Jiujiang Fucheng is located. There are prefects and other related yamen here. Naturally, the county magistrates in Dehua have a hard time. It is wishful thinking to want to be a parent official here.

But these are too far away for Wei Guangde now.

Walking on the streets of Fucheng, there are people coming and going all the way, very lively.

Because of its superior geographical location, Jiujiang "Jinjiang with a lake, according to the mouth of the three rivers, is a thoroughfare extending in four directions, connecting seven provinces", and it is close to Pohu Lake, Ganfu Plain and other places rich in grain. At the beginning, it was valued by the court.

In order to strengthen management, during the Hongwu period, guards were set up in Jiujiang to garrison fields, and at the same time, the supervision of grain was also strengthened.

Up to now, most of the political and military power of the Ming Empire has turned to the north, and the north is poor, and its dependence on the south for food has gradually increased.

Jiujiang serves as the starting point for grain from Huguang and Jiangxi to enter Beijing. Every year, the Cao army transfers millions of stones of grain to the north, and transports grain from Zhejiang and Nanzhili to the north to supply Gyeonggi and the frontier army.

As a result, Jiujiang has gradually developed into an important grain market in the south, especially for private grain procurement. A large number of merchants from south to north have gathered here to create a prosperous Jiujiang mansion.

Jiujiang has the benefits of the Yangtze River, connecting Yingtian in the east, Wuchang in the west, and Nanchang in the Poyang Lake water system. A huge water transportation network is connected by water transportation, and various industrial and commercial products in Jiangxi are sold to various provinces. It can be seen that the money passing here every year and the prosperity of commodities.

Jiujiang Chaoguan also became the only tax collection port established on the Yangtze River in the Ming and Qing dynasties and has been maintained all the time. It collected countless tax money for the empire, which also shows the richness of Jiujiang.

Although Wei Guangde came from later generations, he was still amazed by the prosperity of Jiujiang Fucheng.

Those commodities that can spoil most people in this era, although they have no lethality to Wei Guangde, there are also things that Wei Guangde's future generations will not see.

The row upon row of shops along the street amazed my eldest brother, but when he saw the complete city wall of Jiujiang Prefecture, the ancient sense of heaviness still made his modern soul a little dazed.

The big city walls left over from later generations are rare, most of them are section by section, and there is no complete city wall surrounding the entire huge city that I saw in my eyes at this time.

I heard from Zhang Hongfu that the city of Jiujiang began to be built more than a thousand years ago because of its geographical location. About hundreds of years ago, the earthen city wall was also replaced by a brick wall, which is what he sees now.

Surrounding Jiujiangfu City, there are seven city gates in total, which are called Yingchun Gate and Dongzuo Gate in the east, Jingxing Gate, Xiaonan Gate and West Gate in the south, and Wangjing Gate and Yueshi Gate in the north.

Some of the main gates were built with urns, and now they were walking on Wangjingmen Street, a straight road along the river bank leading to the entrance of the city gate.

After turning around in the city, they walked out of the city along the main road, passed through the urn city and the city gate, and walked slowly along the road to the riverside wharf.

Naturally, they didn't want to go home by boat, but Zhang Hongfu took Wei Guangde and the others to see Jiujiang Chaoguan.

Up to now, Wei Guangde still misses Jiujiang Chaoguan.

Wei Guangde wants to live a good life, so he wants to get fame and become an official.

But all of a sudden, traveling to the ancient times hundreds of years ago, the knowledge I have learned must be top-notch in this era. Even if I am only a scumbag among my peers, I am still absolutely ahead of everyone in the world.

However, it is useless.

In this age of "everything is inferior, only reading is high", his knowledge can only be regarded as miscellaneous learning, not in the mainstream.

Although I have prepared for myself a job as the head of the village as a retreat in case I fail the exam, people who have already been familiar with historical development naturally hope to work and live in a big city instead of staying in Bengshan Fort all the time that place.

So Wei Guangde wants to come to Jiujiang Chaoguan to have a look. Even if he can’t pass the exam for fame in the future, he doesn’t know if he can get a job in Jiujiang Chaoguan with the help of the Zhang family with his literacy and arithmetic. It is not strong to stay somewhere.

When I came to the riverside, I walked west for two miles and saw a big pier, and there were several big houses beside the pier. According to Zhang Hongfu's words, that was Jiujiang Chaoguan.

Merchant ships going in and out have to dock again to accept inspections and pay taxes, and get the vouchers. Even if you can escape the patrol boats of Jiujiang Chaoguan and Jiujiangwei, you will still be inspected by waterways in Wuchang and Yingtian. You can pass, otherwise you will be detained and fined.

"The conditions are good."

Wei Guangde saw that at this time, there were still several merchant ships docked at the pier, and the scribes at the bank were inspecting the goods on board. It was not yet the Lantern Festival, and there were still merchant ships traveling across the river.

As a scholar who failed to get a good reputation, Wei Guangde feels that such a life is still easy to live here every day, waiting for the ship to dock, inspect the merchant ship, and then collect some tips to end the day's work.

"If you want to find a job here if you don't pass the test in the future, it's not difficult to say."

Zhang Hongfu watched Wei Guangde look at himself, and continued to whisper: "Jiujiang Mansion does not have much jurisdiction over this bank, but after all, there are still people to do things down there, so as long as you make friends with the people inside, it's really not bad to go in and find an errand." Difficult, that is, it costs a lot of money to make friends, and it also pays attention to methods."

Wei Guangde understood that he had to be able to send money to the banknote gate, and he had to send the money well before he could do things.

"How much silver do you need for this friendship?"

Wei Guangde asked in a low voice.

"I don't know about this, maybe a few hundred taels is still needed. I heard that the errands here are very lucrative."

Zhang Hongfu said, and after thinking about it, he whispered: "If you just want to prepare for an emergency retreat, then we'll talk about it when the time comes, and I'll help you find out.

Although the family can't talk in Chaoguan, it's still no problem to find someone to talk to.

But now that you are still too young, it is better to focus on your fame. "

It's the first month of the month, and the wind on the river is strong, so they naturally wouldn't stay by the river for too long, if Wei Guangde hadn't said that he wanted to see Chaoguan, they wouldn't have left the city at all.

He came in a hurry, but returned to the city in a leisurely manner. Wei Guangde also noticed that there is actually a majestic pavilion building leaning against the river on the road.

This building occupies a huge area, with three floors outside and four floors inside, nine ridges on the top, flying dragon eaves, tiles and corridors, and corridors on all sides, looking simple and dignified.

As he got closer, Wei Guangde noticed the huge plaque hanging under the eaves - the three characters "Xunyang Tower". Looking at the scene inside the gate, it was clearly a restaurant.

At this time, it was already noon since he went out in the morning, and Wei Guangde felt a little hungry.

"Brother, I'm hungry."

Wei Guangde said softly to his elder brother, he said so, but he was thinking in his heart where he seemed to have seen the word Xunyang Tower, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

(End of this chapter)