Smuggling Daming

Zhou Zhong and the others did not return directly to Songjiang after inspecting the military academy. Instead, they went to the northeast of Songjiang Mansion, which is also the direction of the urban area of ​​Shanghai in later generations. There is still a piece of farmland and river beach, but now they are all covered by the Governor of the World. The government expropriated it, and the local people got enough compensation. Zhou Zhong planned to build a new Songjiang city here. After all, the original Songjiang old city was too far away from the Yangtze River or the sea, which was not conducive to future development.

In fact, Songjiang New City already belongs to the jurisdiction of Shanghai County under the rule of Songjiang Prefecture. In addition, Zhou Zhong also misses the prosperous magic city of later generations, so he directly named this new city Shanghai. This is the first time that Shanghai has been The official establishment of the city, Zhou Zhong, as the builder of Shanghai, was also recorded in the annals of history by later generations.

For this new Shanghai city under construction, Zhou Zhong also placed great hopes. In order to promote the development of this city, the newly built governor's office, the inspector's office and the chief minister's office are all here. On the river beach at the mouth of the Yangtze River, Zhou Zhong is also planning to make great efforts to build several large-scale wharves. As long as the wharves are built, the sea trade will definitely flourish given Shanghai's geographical location. By then, the sea trade will develop The city, whether it is financial, material and human resources, can be easily obtained, so now he only needs to get a few pieces of infrastructure in Shanghai New City.

It’s just that Shanghai New Town is not comparable to a military academy. After all, this is a real city, and its scale is far from that of a military academy. So when Zhou Zhong rushed to Shanghai New Town, what he saw was still a busy construction site. under the command.Even in the cold winter, everyone was sweating profusely when they worked hard to carry the soil and rocks. They were only wearing thin clothes, and they were not afraid of the cold winter wind at all.

Zhou Zhong is naturally an amateur when it comes to building cities, but it doesn't matter if he doesn't understand it, as long as the craftsmen understand it. These craftsmen are all transferred from the Ministry of Industry.All of them are well-known figures in this industry, as long as the matter is entrusted to them, and then Zhou Zhong puts forward the requirements of the new city, they will naturally perfect it according to Zhou Zhong's ideas.

So Zhou Zhong came here not to watch the craftsmen work, but to give encouragement to those craftsmen, and then check whether the food on the construction site is clean.Although pork and mutton cannot be guaranteed every day, fish is very cheap. At least the people who work are guaranteed to be able to eat a fish every day. ensure.

Zhou Zhong's approach to the people is all learned from the news broadcasts of later generations.The officials there often went to the countryside to express condolences, although everyone knew it was just a show.But whether it is the person who condolences or the person who is sympathized, they all look deeply involved in the play. The person who sympathizes is kind and kind, and the person who is sympathized bursts into tears. Whoever asks for a name gets a name.It is a happy ending for those who want to benefit.

by contrast.The people of Ming Dynasty are obviously not as shrewd as the people of the later generations. It is also the first time for them to face such a high-ranking official as Zhou Zhong, so they are all grateful, and even feel a little swayed all over their bodies. It's Shengdou Xiaomin, who usually gets nervous when he sees a village chief, let alone a high-ranking official like the governor.

In order not to disturb the work of the craftsmen, Zhou Zhong could only go back after walking around casually. Speaking of which, winter came earlier this year, and it was colder than before, and it would even freeze at night. The construction has brought a lot of trouble. Now we can only choose some jobs that are not affected by the weather, and the progress is very slow. When the spring is warmer next year, the workers will have to go home to plant in the spring. In this way, The progress of the project will definitely be greatly affected, and the officials of the Governor's Mansion want to move to the new Yamen office sooner, so it seems that they have to find a way to solve this problem.

In fact, solving the above problem is very simple. Zhou Zhong had already thought of it on the construction site, but some details are not very clear, so he needs to find someone who understands to ask.

Zhou Zhong’s old house in Songjiang Mansion, which was Zhou Zhong’s temporary Governor’s Mansion, Zhou Zhong asked the middle-aged man in front of him: “An Liang, now Korea has gradually settled down, and the people who migrated from the Ming Dynasty have gained a firm foothold there, but I heard that the original Koreans seem to be somewhat dissatisfied with the Han people who migrated there, and that Koreans often gather together to make trouble, I wonder if this is true?"

The middle-aged man in front of Zhou Zhong was Li Anliang, the leader of the Ping An Army. Zhou Zhong secretly controlled the Ping An Army to quell the civil strife in North Korea, and then used Li Anliang's name to propose an attachment to Ming. In the territory, countless Han people migrated there. At the same time, Li Anliang was also granted the title of Marquis of Gaoli by Zhengde, and then assigned to Zhou Zhong's Governor's Mansion to take orders.

"My lord, originally most of the Korean people hoped to be attached to Ming Dynasty, after all, they would get the food relief from Ming Dynasty, but after those Korean people were full, they were dissatisfied that the Han people who migrated over took their food. Land, that's why there was a conflict, and now the imperial court has sent troops to suppress it several times, and at the same time, the imperial court is also planning to move the original Korean people to Daming, where they will live in scattered places, and the amount of these Koreans will not cause any trouble!" On the surface, Li Anliang has an idle job in the Governor's Mansion, but in fact he is always paying attention to the situation in North Korea and Liaodong area, which is also the task entrusted to him by Zhou Zhong.

"Well, just sending troops to suppress them will definitely cause problems. Relocation is a good way, but there are already enough people in my country. If these North Koreans are moved in again, I am afraid it will only increase the pressure in the country." Zhou Zhong said He paused here, and then said, "But I have a good idea. Our Governor's Mansion's newly built Shanghai New City is progressing slowly, and we are facing a labor shortage after the beginning of spring, so do you think that if we recruit some people from North Korea to work here? How about it?"

Hearing that Zhou Zhong wanted to recruit workers from North Korea, Li Anliang's eyes lit up immediately and said: "Sir, this is a good way. Although there are many people in Ming Dynasty, most of them only look at the little harvest in the fields. If you want to go home and work, you have to be more leisurely in winter, but it is not suitable for building a city. If you can recruit some people to work in North Korea, it will ease the tension in North Korea. If you work hard to earn food to support your family, the progress of the project will definitely increase rapidly, which is a good way to kill two birds with one stone!"

Zhou Zhong proposed to let North Koreans do the work, which is indeed a good way for them to speed up the progress, but for those North Koreans, it is just the opposite. After all, they are farming in North Korea, but because of the needs of Daming, a sound Under the order, they were moved to Shanghai to work. They worked hard every day, but they could barely make ends meet. Naturally, they were not as happy as they used to be.

Speaking of which, Li Anliang lived in North Korea for ten years and married a North Korean woman. He is also half Korean, but he did not hesitate to Zhou Zhong's proposal, and even praised it. Because Li Anliang is ungrateful and ungrateful, but because he needs Zhou Zhong's strong support in order to avenge his family, even if Zhou wants to exchange his own life, he will not hesitate, let alone North Korea .

Seeing that Li Anliang agreed with his idea without hesitation, Zhou Zhong also smiled with satisfaction and said, "Very well, since you also agree to recruit Koreans to work, and you are the most familiar with the situation in North Korea, Then I will leave this matter to you, and I will send you the necessary expenses. By spring, I will need at least [-] North Korean laborers!"

"Don't worry, my lord, my subordinates will definitely satisfy you!" Li Anliang immediately cupped his hands. Although he has been responsible for paying attention to the movements of North Korea and Liaodong during this period, he has no actual power to handle affairs. Now Zhou Zhong is willing to give it to him. He was also very excited to send a practical task.

Zhou Zhong has always used people with kindness and power. After assigning the next task to Li Anliang, he gave a sweet date, and he smiled and said: "Anliang, I allow you to use Jinyiwei during this period of time. With the power, we should find out a lot about the Jurchens in Liaodong, tell me, do you have any thoughts about these Jurchens?"

Hearing Zhou Zhong's question about his revenge, Li Anliang was also shocked, but then he said with some frustration: "My lord, after the investigation of this period of time, I found that the total number of Jurchens in Liaodong is at least one million. As mentioned above, as for the murderer who killed my whole family, it was a branch of the Jurchen in Jianzhou, but as for which Jurchen it was, it has been too long, and the Jurchen in Liaodong has done a lot of such things. , so it is impossible to find out now.”

Speaking of this, I saw Li Anliang took a long breath, and then laughed at himself: "I wanted to kill all the Jurchens to avenge the family, but there are so many Jurchens, it's not like killing them all. Yes, even if there is only one branch of Jianzhou Jurchen, the number is more than [-], not to mention the larger number of Haixi Jurchen and Savage Jurchen."

Seeing that Li Anliang was a little discouraged, Zhou Zhong smiled and said: "Li Anliang, the number of Jurchens is too large, but our Ming army has more troops. Although I can't mobilize Da Ming's army to help you take revenge for the time being, But it's not that there are other ways, for example, now, I have a way to help you get revenge, I don't know if you are willing to do it?"

Hearing Zhou Zhong's words, Li Anliang was shocked again, and said excitedly: "My lord, please tell me, as long as it can avenge the family, even if it is to be smashed to pieces, and go to the eighteenth floor of hell after death, Anliang is willing to do it!" To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)