Daming Jingtai: I am the eternal benevolent king

Chapter 415 The old emperor who wants to have his cake and eat it too

As of the 7200th year of Jingtai's reign, Guizhou's registered population was 336 million, a decrease of million from the th year of Jingtai's reign. It was also a province with a net population outflow.

In the 9800nd year of Jingtai's reign, Guizhou's population reached its peak, reaching million, just shy of breaking through million.

According to estimates from the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the number of people still living in Guizhou does not exceed 50 million.

People from Guizhou generally go to Chongqing to work.

Liping Mansion was once included in Hunan, but was transferred back again.

Zhu Houying got off the bus at Liping Prefecture.

As the governor of a government, Liping gave Zhu Hooyong the feeling that he was indeed very poor and broken.

It shouldn’t be. Guizhou is rich in tea and was the tea capital of the Ming Dynasty. Liping Prefecture was snatched away by Hunan because of the importance of Liping green tea.

In the 14th year of Jingtai, the imperial court planted tea trees throughout Guizhou and planted green tea in Liping. Following the example of Duyun Maojian in Duyun Prefecture next door, it was named Hongzhou Maofeng. The first batch was launched in the 24th year of Jingtai. Jingtai became popular in the 40s, and it can be said that it sells well all over the world.

If Zhu Houyong remembers correctly, Liping Prefecture is an important green tea base. The annual income of tea farmers is more than 4 yuan, which is much more than factory workers.

Since the ninth year of Jingtai, the imperial court has planted tea trees on a large scale in Guizhou and regarded Guizhou as the tea capital of the Ming Dynasty.

It is precisely because of the prosperity of green tea that Guizhou's population is rising.

Guizhou’s financial reports every year are very beautiful.

But why is Liping Mansion so desolate?
Zhu Houying asked the photographer to take a few random photos.

But the local magistrate said: "The spring tea is on the market, and the people in every household are busy in the countryside. The New Year is coming soon, so we have to finish the work before the new year."

"Besides, it has been difficult to work in the past two years. It has been difficult to find a job. It has been difficult to find a job and get paid. People who leave their hometown are really worse than dogs."

“The biggest wage demand case in the country last year was from us.”

"The people of Liping were strong-willed and refused to give in. As a result, more than a dozen people were maimed and maimed by the unscrupulous factory. Only then did the situation escalate, and the court intervened to get the wages back to the migrant workers."

Zhu Houxing frowned: "In the 35th year of Jingtai, the workers' salary policy was promulgated, and companies and factories that were in arrears with wages have been ordered to rectify it. How come it has been so many years, and why are there still difficulties in asking for wages? Why don't local officials care? ?”

"It was fine in the past few years. Everyone still followed the rules and regulations."

"This has not been the case in the past two years. Local powerful men have monopolized local business and are both referees and players. Naturally, there is no way to appeal."

Prefect Liping smiled bitterly: "In the past few years, the government has sent people to help collect wages every year."

"In the 760th year of Jingtai, the total population of Liping Prefecture was 320 million. By this year, the total population of Liping Prefecture is only million. In fact, there are only more than million people still living in Liping."

"So much loss?" Zhu Houying was shocked.

However, this number is consistent with the central financial report.

"Liping is doing pretty well. The further you go west, the more people you lose. This is the case throughout Guizhou. They all go to other places to work. They earn 20,000 to 30,000 a year through hard work growing tea, and they also earn 20,000 yuan a year working in the south. Thirty thousand, workers are more decent than farmers, who wants to be a miserable farmer?"

"Wait a minute, tea farmers only earn 20,000 to 30,000 yuan a year?" Zhu Houying asked.

"Your Highness, it would be great to earn 20,000 to 30,000 yuan."

Prefect Liping said: "Growing tea is indeed better than growing food, but tea is not food, so you don't have to drink it."

"The supply of grain must be guaranteed, and the price is protected by the court. If you sell less, the court will provide it, and if you sell more, the court will stabilize the price, so growing grain is a sure way to make money."

"It's not like growing tea. You are completely responsible for your own profits and losses and rely on the weather for your livelihood."

"It was okay in the past few years. Green tea from all over the world looked to Guizhou. In the past two years, green tea has become popular. Green tea is grown all over the world, including African green tea, American green tea, and Oceania green tea. Green tea is everywhere, and the price has dropped again and again."

"The key point is that ordinary people can't drink it well. As long as it's cheap and tastes about the same, let alone high-end green tea, ordinary people can't drink the soup."

"It could still be sold before, but it's basically impossible to sell it in the past two years."

"You should know how high the Ming Dynasty's tariffs are. For import and export, after paying the tariff, the price is not as good as African green tea. In terms of quality, South American green tea is the best, but Guizhou green tea is more expensive than South American green tea. If you were a commoner, would you buy it? Which?"

"The domestic market has been severely impacted by African green tea, causing tea farmers' income to plummet year after year, making it impossible not to work."

There's nothing we can do about it.

The issue of tariffs was discussed by the imperial court in the 63rd year of Jingtai.

High tariffs are levied to protect the domestic market and to increase fiscal revenue.

Because the imperial court did not collect agricultural taxes and collected less personal taxes, it mainly focused on industrial and commercial taxes, customs duties and taxes on the rich, which constituted an important source of Ming Dynasty's finance.

Tariffs account for the largest share.

Because Daming is an export-oriented country, the goods produced in Daming are sold all over the world, and it is also a country with huge import volume, so tariffs are the main source of tax revenue.

In addition to maintaining normal administrative expenses, tax revenue must also bear expenditures on national security, war and military expenditures, infrastructure construction and maintenance expenditures, science and technology, education, agriculture, forestry, and animal husbandry, etc.

Therefore, tariffs cannot be reduced. If tariffs are reduced, fiscal revenue cannot be guaranteed, and big problems will arise.

But if tariffs are not lowered, foreign products will flood the country and carry out reverse invasion. Look at the supermarket shelves now, which are all imported from the vassal country.

The prices of these products are obviously lower than those produced by Daming, and there is almost no difference in quality. Consumers will definitely choose lower-priced products.

If you ask, can the vassal country make money by selling it so cheaply?
Not making money!

The best-selling products in Ming Dynasty, such as Guizhou green tea, have no tariffs and only pay a few taxes such as corporate tax, commodity tax, deed tax, etc. The prices on the shelves are basically the lowest and within the profit range.

The products from the vassal state entering the Ming Dynasty were imported goods. On top of all taxes, tariffs were added, as well as cross-sea transportation freight. The cost was definitely more expensive than the local products of the Ming Dynasty.

Comparing the two, it is certain that Ming’s local products have low costs and high profits.

However, the products of the vassal state were sold very cheaply, directly taking away the market of Ming Dynasty products.

It’s not that merchants from the feudal kingdom are stupid.

Instead, the vassal state's finances dug into their own pockets and used their own products to seize the Ming Dynasty's internal market.

It is equivalent to saying that the vassal state paid the Ming Dynasty tariffs and freight for the goods, and used their goods to seize the domestic market in order to seize market share.

However, there is a problem facing domestic manufacturers. Let's fight a price war with the manufacturers in the feudal country. If we can't compete with their huge capital, we should take the initiative to give up market share. How can the factory survive?

To engage in a price war, huge funds are needed to supply the funds. The funds of private enterprises are definitely limited. Behind such a vassal brand, there is either a large consortium or the support of a vassal country, gathering the strength of the whole country to open up the Ming Dynasty market. .

As long as there is a price war, you will fall into the trap of feudal capital.

But if you ignore him, you will still lose market share.

It is impossible for the imperial court to fall out with the vassal state for a single product, and the vassal states all over the world make a single product to seize the Ming Dynasty market. It is like pricking a person with a needle. It hurts, but it will not die.

After rounds of survival of the fittest, the products of the vassal country replaced domestic products and occupied the market share.

Guizhou green tea is gradually withdrawing from the market.

After gaining market share, it is too easy for feudal capital to make money back. The shortcut is to go public, and the more stupid thing is to monopolize. If you monopolize the product, the pricing power is in your hands. You can make back all the losses you suffered before. .

When the prices of products in the feudal state increase, the people will not go back and choose local products, because local products have been ruined. As long as the marketing is done well, users of the increased prices of products will stay.

It's not a vassal state doing this.

Capital from vassal states has entered the three hundred and sixty industries of the Ming Dynasty. Many brands that are familiar to the people are actually not Ming Dynasty brands.

This is the law of economic development, and the court cannot interfere. Unless the Ming Dynasty closes itself off, it must compete fairly with others.

There are also big companies that engage in price wars with them. In the end, each other suffers heavy losses and users benefit. However, this is a capitalist. Will it kindly let users benefit? Absolutely not. In the future, the money will be earned back on the users’ heads with interest.

In fact, from a macro perspective, this is inevitable to create hollowing.

The old emperor's idea was to place the manufacturing industry on the periphery of the Ming Dynasty and develop high-tech industries in the interior.

In fact it is impossible.

Because the labor cost is there, the manufacturing industry is based on low labor cost.

Unless there are always some people in Ming Dynasty who are unwilling to engage in high-paying jobs and insist on promoting their dedication in the manufacturing industry, it is impossible to have their cake and eat it too.

As labor costs continue to rise, low-end manufacturing will inevitably shift.

This is also the reason why the capital of the vassal state is trying its best to crowd into the Ming Dynasty.

If you don’t come in and become a player, how will you be able to drink soup when the manufacturing industry is being transferred?

Besides, the capital of the vassal state was unwilling to put money in its own country, but was willing to put it in the Ming Dynasty. Some countries even wanted to issue currency, but they were rejected by the capital, so they still used Ming Yuan to feel safe.

It's not that the Ming Dynasty is powerful, nor that the old emperor has good reputation, but that Ming Yuan is used by many people and has changed from currency to a kind of credit. As long as the court does not destroy it personally, Ming Yuan will be the world's currency.

In fact, given the development stage of the Ming Dynasty, low-end manufacturing should be transferred outward.

Why wasn't it transferred?
Because there are too many migrant workers.

Once the manufacturing industry is transferred, hundreds of millions of people will be unemployed, but there will be no suitable industry to receive these manpower.

Let’s just say that Guizhou green tea is no longer good. People no longer grow tea and have gone out to work. At least there is still the option of going out to work.

What if you don't have a job?

You can only grow tea, either by growing new tea, or by using technology to kill your peers.

Ming Dynasty has been unwilling to transfer its manufacturing industry because it is trying to protect employment.

Therefore, a series of problems have arisen. It is difficult to find a job, work hard, and ask for wages. Workers have low incomes, factory owners have low incomes, and have low motivation.

As well as price competition between feudal goods and local goods, etc.

This is a social issue.

This is the legacy left by the old emperor who was both in charge and established.

If we had made up our minds and directly transferred the manufacturing industry, we would not be in this situation today.

Then these surplus laborers can only do their own work at home. They will either kill themselves or their colleagues. They have no choice.

But then again.

Is this kind of volume a good thing?

Manufacturing means high employment rate, but it also means low technical content, it is difficult to upgrade the industry, low wages for workers, and low social vitality.

This has pros and cons, it depends on which one you choose.

The old emperor wanted to have both, so development was extremely unbalanced. The industrial chain was unable to be upgraded. There were obstacles on the way from the low end to the mid-to-high end. Workers were less motivated, and finally it became a stagnant water.

If we make a timely decision, we can give up low-end manufacturing and move to mid-to-high-end industries, such as moving to high-end industries such as cameras, refrigerators, and washing machines.

This is called concentrating efforts to do big things, which can quickly develop high-end manufacturing and carry out industrial upgrading.

But it will happen that a large number of people will be unemployed, creating social problems.

There will even be Ming slums.

This is not allowed. The old emperor has always said that we need common prosperity. Ming Dynasty is the world's first industrial country and the world's first hegemon. It is the first in the world. All four billion people should become rich.

"This matter will be reported to the court after I return to Beijing and the law will be improved." Zhu Houying has also been in a factory and knows how hard it is to work for six to eight hours to earn more than a thousand yuan.

He worked for three days and then ran home.

But those workers have to work for a lifetime.

"Thank you for your love, Your Highness!" Magistrate Liping paid his respects.

Zhu Houyong asked him to exempt himself from the ceremony: "In addition to planting tea trees and traditional Chinese medicine, didn't the imperial court also invest in many factories in Guizhou? Why can't they do it?"

“It’s not that we Guizhou people are lazy, nor is it that factories in Guizhou are not good, but the emission standards are not up to standard. Many factories have stopped working and production within a few days of opening.”

Prefect Liping spread his hands and said helplessly: "What impressed me most is that when I was a county magistrate in Rongjiang, Guzhou Prefecture, the first fertilizer factory in the county was unveiled."

"The imperial court invested 3000 million yuan to build the largest fertilizer factory in Guizhou and recruited thousands of workers."

"As a result, less than a week after the construction started, we were ordered to stop production because the sewage discharge standards did not meet the standards."

"At that time, the factory tried many methods, but they were unable to make the factory's sewage emissions meet the standards."

"In the end, the investment of 30 million was wasted, thousands of workers were happy in vain, and the county's two or three years of work were in vain."

"If you go to Rongjiang now, you can still see the fertilizer factory."

The old emperor's sewage standards were too high.

A country like Ming Dynasty that is moving towards primary industrialization cannot consider whether it is polluting or not, and it will not matter until it becomes an advanced industrial country.

But the old emperor wanted both industrialization and green mountains and green waters, which was fundamentally contradictory.

When we enter industrialization, we can then control pollution.

Imperial officials have also advised many times, and they all believe that the pollution standards should be raised. There is no need to set a standard that will hinder the development of the private economy.

But the old emperor just didn't listen and insisted on having his own way.

He wants both economic development and green mountains and green waters. I want to be rich, but not get sick.

"Why is the sewage discharge not up to standard?" Zhu Houying asked.

“If it’s not close to the sea, there’s no place to discharge sewage.”

Prefect Liping was also helpless: "If Guizhou was full of factories, Guizhou's population would not have lost so much."

"In the 63rd year of Jingtai, Weichen wrote a memorial, requesting the central government to change the pollution standards and invest in Guizhou. Guizhou did not want to be an agricultural province, but an industrial province."

"But the center ignored it."

In front of Zhu Houyong, he poured out his thoughts like beans. This was the best opportunity to climb the dragon and the phoenix.

What Zhu Houyong did in Hunan has been widely known.

Therefore, officials from all over the country must cater to Zhu Houyong's wishes and prepare dishes for others.

If he wants to meet a virtuous minister, he will arrange for the virtuous minister to meet him.

As long as this person doesn't enter a city casually, everything is controllable. Then he must control Zhu Houying's itinerary and let him follow the local government's ideas. He can see whatever the local government wants him to see.

During the past few days in Liping Mansion, Zhu Houyong stayed very comfortable and had a pleasant conversation with Yan Song, the prefect of Liping. He decided to return to the central government and recommended this great talent to the imperial court.

He was wondering why the old emperor didn't keep this great talent by his side because he was known for his discerning eyes.

But it's okay, if you are caught in his hands, you will be his help in the future.

however.

On New Year's Eve of the 66th year of Jingtai's reign, bad news came. The magistrate of Xiangyin committed suicide out of fear of committing a crime. He left a suicide note before his death, bearing all the sins on his shoulders.

"Your Highness, you don't have to worry about such things."

Yan Song comforted him: "This kind of murder and silence happens from time to time in local places. It is not a big deal."

Zhu Houyong also guessed the reason, but it happened now. Does it mean that as long as the court comes to investigate, it will end without any problem?
Yan Song nodded solemnly: "Xiaguan has been in the local government for several years and has seen through it all."

"The place the court saw was completely different from the real place."

"Wei Chen also sent a secret letter to His Majesty, but His Majesty has not replied for a long time. After several times, Wei Chen's heart became cold."

Zhu Houyong argued: "Your Majesty is in poor health. Since the 60th year of Jingtai, the secret memorials have been handed over to the deposed prince, so your Majesty does not know about it. However, after my grandfather succeeded to the throne, he will definitely make drastic reforms and clarify the situation." , the place that the court sees is exactly the same as the real place.”

Yan Song actually didn't have much confidence.

The young Yan Song has not yet been completely assimilated by power, but he is still an honest and honest official.

People change, and power corrupts a person.

Zhu Houyong knew that the Xiangyin incident might end without any cure and there would be no way to investigate it.

However, it was a worthwhile trip to get to know someone like Yan Song in Liping Mansion.

The capital is also celebrating the New Year.

Zhu Jianji celebrated the New Year in the capital for the first time after thirty years of absence.

He still remembered that during the Chinese New Year one year before he left Beijing, his father had a family portrait drawn. The whole family was there at that time.

After getting a camera, the old emperor would take a photo every year on important occasions.

This year is no exception.

While eating, the photographer took a photo.

In the photo, the old emperor is wearing a Yanlong robe, sitting opposite Zhu Jianjian, and they are joking.

This pose took nearly an hour to successfully capture.

Zhu Jianzhen doesn't like taking pictures because it takes too long and is too tiring.

However, this year, he and his dad were joking and taking photos, which was a little better.

"What Yong'er saw is what I have always wanted to see."

"However, every time I send someone to make an unannounced visit, they are either prevaricated or bribed to come back and speak confusingly."

"What Yong'er saw this time was good. He is capable of inheriting this huge empire."

"Both lakes have such big problems."

"Have you figured out how to deal with it?"

Zhu Qiyu raised his eyes and asked.

"Don't worry, my son knows what he knows." Zhu Jianji was still joking with Concubine Tan, telling her interesting stories from his childhood.

"Tell me, how do you want to deal with it?" Zhu Qiyu was a little curious.

Zhu Jianzhen drank a glass of wine and said with a smile: "Dad, do you know what kind of battles your son likes to fight?"

"It's so hard to talk to me!" Zhu Qiyu laughed and scolded him, asking him to drink less.

"My son likes to engage in encirclement and annihilation battles the most." "Commanding a large corps to fight and destroying the enemy's effective forces on the plains is so exciting!"

Zhu Jianjian said with a smile: "A trivial matter like this in Hunan is just like hunting a rabbit at best, and it's not worthy of my son's action."

"As long as the central government doesn't take action and the local government takes advantage of the situation, they will know the central government's attitude, and then it will intensify."

"They will think that their son is old and weak, and that he is just a vain person."

"Just let them get a little more crazy."

"It's a big deal."

"Son, let's catch them all again!"

"Hunan province is not interesting. If we want to fight, we will attack all the provinces in the south!"

"There is no shortage of officials in the imperial court, let alone dignitaries. There is no harm in killing them all!"

Zhu Jianjian was still smiling.

Zhu Qiyu didn't believe what others said, but Lao Si said that he did.

"Then I'll wait and see."

Zhu Qiyu found that his blood, which had been cold for a long time, was rekindled.

"Just eat and drink well and wait for the show." Zhu Jianjian smiled easily.

"You look so confident, but have you found any good ideas?" Zhu Qiyu asked.

"Dad, there are crouching tigers and hidden dragons in your Hanlin Academy."

Zhu Jianjian did not hide anything: "My son was in the Hanlin Academy and discovered a reform wizard named Zhang Cong. He failed to pass the imperial examination eight times. After passing the exam, he has been raising his reputation in the Hanlin Academy and is quite capable."

"Zhang Cong, I remember."

Zhu Qiyu nodded: "Is there more?"

"Editor Jiang Mian, Jingyan lecturer Jia Yong, supervisor Shi Xiayan, Donggong lecturer and reader of Mao Ji, what do you think of these people?" Zhu Jianzhen asked with a smile.

"Good taste."

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "But these ones all have thorns. They need to be sharpened before they can be used effectively."

"Dad, you have the most vicious eyes, and my son thinks so too."

Zhu Qiyu nodded slightly: "Employing people is a major subject, but you have been the emperor for more than thirty years, so I don't need to teach you this."

"But you have to remember that when you employ people, you have to trust them. After all, your ability alone is very small. You have to use courtiers to govern the country for you. Make good use of them and they will be your help."

"Fourth, I know your ability, and I'm not worried about your heart."

"I'm worried that you will be smart and if someone catches your weakness, the consequences will be disastrous."

Others at the banquet did not understand this.

But Zhu Jianmo nodded solemnly: "Dad, don't worry, my son knows."

"Always keep your head clear."

Zhu Qiyu pointed to his chair again: "This is the most important thing. Keep it and everything else will fall into place."

"My son knows."

After the meal, the old emperor was in a good mood and led the guests out to watch the fireworks. The tense atmosphere in the palace finally disappeared and the joyful nature was restored.

On the sixth day of the first lunar month, Zhu Houying came out of Liping Mansion and took a train to Guiyang.

Guiyang is the largest city in Guizhou, with a population of 1200 million. It is currently only a first-tier city, but it is at the bottom among first-tier cities. It is also a megacity, and it is also at the bottom among megacities.

Economists divide cities into five levels: super cities, mega cities, large cities, medium-sized cities and small cities, which are uniformly divided according to population and economic scale.

The hottest thing in Guiyang this year is the water plant.

Even the tap water used in Beijing uses the patent of a company in Guiyang. As the company's headquarters, it must be the first city in the world to receive tap water.

There are three water plants in Guiyang, which attract tens of thousands of tourists every day and have become a scenic spot.

Zhu Houying took a look.

There was one in the palace, but he didn't pay attention to it. Instead, he watched it with gusto in Guiyang.

Guiyang is also home to the two largest pharmaceutical factories in Ming Dynasty, Guiyang Pharmaceutical Factory and Harbin Pharmaceutical Factory.

Guiyang Pharmaceutical Factory was originally a sole proprietorship of the palace. Later, it continued to expand in size and absorbed a large number of shares. It has now become the second largest pharmaceutical factory in the world.

At the beginning, in the Guizhou envisioned by the old emperor, tea, wine, and medicine became the pillar industries of Guizhou.

Guizhou's Moutai, Xijiu, Zhenjiu, Dongjiu, Yaxijiao, Meijiao and other dozens of brands are all selling well at home and abroad.

In this world, the only countries that don’t drink liquor are France and Germany. The Vikings also drank liquor. The British didn’t drink liquor originally, but after being harmed by King Huai, they started to drink to relieve their worries. They must drink it. Liquor.

In places like the UK and the Netherlands where Ming products are dumped, they use what Ming sells. If Ming doesn’t sell it, how dare they use it?
Even Czechoslovakia is already accepting liquor.

No dog would even drink foreign wine.

What is really popular is that it was introduced by nightclubs. After mixing it, you are pretty enough, but the taste may not be very good, but the appearance is good, so this thing is popular, but generally no one drinks it at home, just to show off.

This kind of foreign wine was only drunk for boating and to supplement vitamins, and later it gradually became high-end.

What you drink after mixing is not the taste of the wine, but the atmosphere, so drinking foreign wine is romantic, not the actual wine.

As the world's largest drinking country, Ming Dynasty consumes 25 billion kilograms of liquor every day, 240 billion kilograms of beer every day, and other liquor consumption of about 300 billion kilograms.

This number is too scary.

It has also caused that Daming is a country with frequent car accidents. There are 200 million recorded car accidents a year, and 3 people die in car accidents every year.

Not only domestically, but also around the world, huge amounts of alcohol are consumed every day.

The best sellers are beer and wine, followed by liquor and foreign wine, and finally fruit wine.

In the fifty-sixth year of Jingtai's reign, the central government advocated giving up drinking.

The share prices of more than 2,000 listed wine companies around the world have collapsed.

In the 58th year of Jingtai's reign, the central government proposed traffic rules, requiring all vehicles and pedestrians to strictly abide by traffic rules.

Even so, the car accident rate remains high.

These days, everyone rides a bicycle, even after drinking too much. There must be wine for dinner. This is the case all over the world. If you don't drink a few sips, you will feel uncomfortable all over.

Fortunately, the drinking age group is mainly concentrated in people over 40 years old. People under 40 years old are far less interested in alcohol than cola and coffee.

The most interesting thing is that in the 60th year of Jingtai, the imperial court advocated drinking less drinks, as drinks are not good for the body.

As a result, the stock prices of more than 100 beverage companies collapsed.

From then on, the court dared not say anything.

Because among these enterprises, they are either state-owned enterprises or imperial enterprises, let's talk about beverages. The palace has invested in more than a hundred beverage factories, and many beverage formulas are in the hands of the old emperor.

Now if you say that drinks are harmful, you are not ruining your own job.

But the thing is, reporting is one thing, people believing it is one thing, and buying it as usual is another thing.

We all know that smoking is bad, so why do we smoke?
We all know that drinking drinks is not good, so why drink drinks?

We all know that eating outside is unclean, so why eat outside?

Get used to it!
This habit is extremely scary, and people have a sense of luck. If you drink a drink, you will die, but it may not be me who dies, so it’s okay if I drink.

Whether the stock price collapses or not has little to do with the people.

Those wealthy businessmen who worry about it.

In the fifty-eighth year of Jingtai, the old emperor moved the headquarters of a beverage factory to Guiyang, hoping to add another leg to Guiyang to walk on.

In fact, Guizhou's canneries have always done well.

The climate in Guizhou is suitable for growing fruits, and they have been growing them in the past few years. However, in recent years, health experts have always said that canned food is unhealthy and that we should eat more fresh fruits, which has led to the overall decline of the canned food industry around the world.

Even if there are trains, transporting fresh fruits is still very difficult.

If you really want to transport it and sell it, you need to use some technology. Use preservatives, preservatives, and water-retaining agents. Anyway, it can keep things fresh, but I don't know if they can save lives.

There is always no shortage of people in this world who are the first to eat crabs.

Soon, this kind of fresh fruit appeared in major markets, including border provinces like Lena Province in the north, where Guizhou fruits could be eaten.

The canning industry collapsed, and the fruit and vegetable growing industry reached new heights.

Guizhou has reaped the first wave of dividends.

However, Guizhou’s mountain roads are inconvenient, traffic is poor, railway transportation is long and freight is high, and soon the title of the largest fruit and vegetable province was taken away by Shandong.

Shandong has become a fruit and vegetable base supplying the entire north, and it is getting bigger and bigger.

As a result, the Guizhou people who were the first to eat crabs went to Shandong to work and grow melons and fruits.

Limited by its geographical environment, Guizhou will ultimately be unable to develop.

Zhu Houying stayed in Guiyang for more than ten days. He visited markets, shopping malls, and residential areas, and finally felt lonely.

It's all been arranged.

Not a single real common person was seen.

His route should leave Guiyang and go to Shuixi Prefecture.

But he suddenly changed his route and went north to Bozhou Prefecture, where he governed Zunyi.

Bozhou Prefecture was built by the Jingtai Dynasty after the Xuanwei Division was withdrawn from the Xuanwei Division and changed into a prefecture. It was transferred to Chongqing a few years ago and was later transferred back to Guizhou.

He learned wine from Bozhou Prefecture.

As of this year, Bozhou has a registered population of 760 million and a permanent population of only 510 million. As a thoroughfare between the three provinces, Bozhou has a stronger economy than other prefectures.

As soon as Zhu Houying arrived in Bozhou Prefecture, his buttocks were still hot, so he immediately returned to Guiyang.

Caught everyone off guard.

This time he met the real people of Guiyang.

Even though he didn't understand anything, he didn't like the feeling of being manipulated.

I stayed in Guiyang for one more day before going to Bozhou Prefecture and Zunyi.

As the governor of Bozhou Prefecture, the imperial court invested in traditional minerals such as coal plants and aluminum plants in Zunyi, a small city mainly focused on tourism.

Zhu Houyong hurriedly inspected and left in a hurry for western Guizhou.

He rode the Shuixi Horse and left Qianxi. According to the itinerary, he should go north to Chongqing, to Sichuan, and from Sichuan to south to Yunnan.

But he changed his itinerary and went directly south to Yunnan.

However, on the way, he received a call from Zhu Jianji, asking him to go to Chongqing immediately and not to change his itinerary.

The itinerary is all planned and there are people protecting you on the road.

Once it is changed, the entire plan must be changed. Even if something can be found, the political impact will be even greater if Zhu Houying is killed.

Therefore, Zhu Houying took a train to Chongqing.

After the Sichuan Basin was split into two provinces, its economic strength was finally stabilized by the strong coastal provinces. If the two provinces could be merged into one, the fertility of the entire basin would be no worse than that of the coastal provinces.

Chongqing Province has a registered population of 1.7 million and a permanent population of 2.1 million.

Many people from Guizhou work in Chongqing.

As the largest economic province in southwest China, Chongqing can be described as extremely wealthy, with tobacco, alcohol, sugar, tea, gold, and jewelry from all brands available.

The most famous one is definitely the hot pot.

Even the old emperor loved to eat Chongqing hot pot. In the 63rd year of Jingtai, folk statistics said that there were 170,000 Chongqing hot pot restaurants in the world, and there were more than 20,000 brands in Chongqing Province.

There is also a monopoly industry in Chongqing Province, which is Fuling mustard.

According to statistics from economic newspapers, 110 billion bags of Fuling mustard are consumed around the world every day. As the number one local brand in Fuzhou (later changed to Fuling), it can be said to be popular all over the world.

The administrative seat of Chongqing was originally called Ba County. The abbreviation of Sichuan is Shu, the abbreviation of Chongqing is Ba, and the abbreviation of Bashu is Ba.

Later it was renamed Chongqing.

It is also the only city in the country named after a province, Chongqing Province, Chongqing.

The name Chongqing comes from Zhao Dun, Guangzong of the Song Dynasty. Song Guangzong was first named Prince Gong and later ascended the throne as the emperor. He boasted of "double happiness", so Gongzhou was renamed Chongqing Prefecture.

Chongqing's Yu, Jialing River was called Yushui in ancient times, and it comes from here.

All names in China have deep meanings, meanings in ancient times and meanings today. These meanings are created by generations of people and written in beautiful words, creating the heritage of China.

In fact, when Chongqing Province was first established, the imperial court wanted to change Ba County into Chongqing Capital, which corresponds exactly to Chengdu. After all, Guiyang is the administrative seat of Guizhou Province and Changsha is the administrative seat of Hunan Province. There is no Chongqing provincial administrative seat in Chongqing. This seems uneducated.

Chongqing has really been crying for a few years, but it has not been smooth, and natural disasters have continued.

The imperial court changed the name of Chongqing to Chongqing. From then on, the country was peaceful and the people were peaceful, and Chongqing was called today.

Chongqing in the 2600th year of Jingtai's reign is a super city with a total population of 3100 million and a permanent population of million. It is the largest city in Southwest China and the largest city in Southwest China.

Gathering all industries including medicine, heavy industry, textile, chemical industry, mining, railway, breeding, manufacturing, and finance, it is a city with the entire industrial chain of Ming Dynasty.

The General Administration of Railways of Southwest China is located in Chongqing, and all supporting projects such as railway tracks and locomotives in Southwest China are manufactured in Chongqing. Chongqing Train Factory is one of the five largest train factories in the country.

This is a strong manufacturing city, and Chongqing has the entire manufacturing industry chain.

The first aircraft concept enterprise in the Ming Dynasty was located in Chongqing. The first person to fly into the sky in the Ming Dynasty was a Chongqing native. Although he has died, this flying spirit continues to be passed down.

Chongqing ranks 13th in the overall ranking of cities in the country.

Although there is no port, it can use the transportation capacity of the Yangtze River to build this southwest inland city into a super metropolis.

In terms of tourism, Chongqing is not weak at all.

It is not only a strong economic province, but also a strong military-industrial province.

There are a total of ten military factories in the imperial enterprise, and one of the four super-large military factories is located in Chongqing, but this one is not in the urban area of ​​Chongqing, but in the mountains in the suburbs.

It took the Ming Dynasty 12 years to completely build this city, and after more than 20 years of continuous development, its economic scale and population now exceed that of Wuhan, and the city ranks at the forefront.

Of course, I have said so many good things.

The downside is that housing prices are very high.

The average house price is 7000 yuan per square foot, and there are many areas where the price exceeds yuan.

In fact, fifty years before Jingtai, housing prices in Chongqing were not high because locals liked playing cards and not saving money.

In order to stimulate housing prices, the imperial court relaxed land control in Chongqing and allowed the construction of a number of villas.

As the only city in the country that allows the construction of villas, it must have attracted wealthy people from all over the world to buy houses, which has directly pushed the housing prices in Chongqing to the top.

Until now, it remains high.

It is said that all the rich people in the world have a house in Chongqing. They don’t know whether they can live in it or not. Anyway, they have to pay property fees.

Zhu Houyong's feeling in Chongqing is that there are many tourists and it is very wealthy.

There is not a lot of chaos in the scenic area, and there are noisy sounds everywhere.

In areas where land is at a premium, there are all villas. These villas incorporate Suzhou garden style and emphasize elegance.

These villas are just a sight to behold.

But I can only be greedy.

In the 64th year of Jingtai's reign, the imperial court issued a decree to suspend the sale of villas. Those rich people scolded their mothers every day. Everyone had a business, so who could come to live in Chongqing?

When I bought it, it was for investment.

Who knows, the emperor has many tricks to trap us here and prevent us from leaving?

Another disadvantage is that transportation is difficult.

This city is too big. In the era without electricity, everyone relied on bicycles. Even if there were trains in the city, it still could not solve the problem of bloated traffic.

In the past few years, some officials have proposed expanding the number of rings in Chongqing to ten rings.

But in this case, it is better to build a satellite city.

Most of the buildings in Chongqing are six or seven stories high. There were also high-rise buildings in the early years, but people were unwilling to climb the buildings. As a result, the price of high-rise buildings plummeted and many were demolished. In recent years, no one built them.

A big city with a population of 30 million is still a multi-story residential building. Now it has been built up to the sixth ring road. If it continues to expand, Fuling will have to be expanded into it.

Not only is it a waste of land, but residents’ lives are inconvenient. Commuting to and from get off work is congested, the journey home is long, and the rental prices for nearby apartments are extremely high.

Therefore, the Provincial Chief Secretary could only split the factory into several branches and move the branches outside to relieve the pressure.

But other factories are unwilling. They have already invested the money to build factories. What about our workers’ bonuses? Anyway, the problem is quite annoying.

Zhu Houzhen spent more than ten days in Chongqing. It was too big to visit and there were too many delicious things to eat.

Unlike the lifeless Guizhou, Chongqing is not much worse than the capital and is very prosperous.

The people here speak with a southern accent and a northern accent, not only the local dialect, but business people from all over the country flock here, with the largest number of people from Yunnan, Hunan and Guizhou.

It also allowed the four dialects to begin to merge and form a new Sichuan and Chongqing dialect.

(End of this chapter)