Horse on the World

Chapter 855 Changes

Dong Mingyang, the magistrate of Fuyuan County, and Zhu Hui, the highest officer of the Fuyuan Garrison, led a group of officials to stand in two neat rows outside the Fuyuan County Yamen to welcome the actual controller of the Wanli territory of Dingzhou, their lord Li Qing and the cabinet Shoufu Lu Yiming.Although Dong Mingyang is now a county magistrate in name, his official rank has been promoted several levels, only half a rank lower than that of a prefecture. Li Qing is considering listing Fuyuan from Dingzhou and becoming a county directly under the central government ．

And Zhu Hui was originally General Xuanwei. As Fuyuan's status rose day by day, he was also promoted to General Xiaoguo. Both of them can be regarded as high-level officials in Dingzhou.Originally wanted to go out of the city to welcome them, but Li Qing would not allow such a big fanfare, if it were someone else, they might still come out of the city to greet them, but I always knew that Li Qing said that one is one and the other is two, if he deliberately pleases, it will go against his original intention , On the contrary, it will annoy him, so everyone can only greet each other at the gate of the yamen.
Li Qing came down under the sign of inspecting Fuyuan, so naturally he had to go to Fuyuan first, so it was inconvenient for Ren Ruqing and Xu Xiaodao to come to Fuyuan to meet him, and Li Qing also wanted to hear Dong Mingyang's opinions on Fuyuan's administration The next step is to imagine that today's Fuyuan has become Li Qing's experimental field in a greater sense, a seed for the transition from agricultural civilization to industrial civilization.Li Qing doesn't expect to see this seed grow into a towering tree in his lifetime, but he hopes that this seed can take root and sprout, and can emerge from the ground. Then, after decades of careful care by him, it will be popular among the people Take root in my heart, at that time, even if I am gone, this trend will not be reversed because of my departure.

The reason why Li Qing valued Dong Mingyang was because he was courageous, had many ideas, dared to take risks, and dared to be the first in the world, so he was the best candidate for this position.Dong Mingyang has been sitting in this position for several years without moving, and his official rank has risen, but his position has not changed at all, because Li Qing does not want to weaken the momentum of this booming development by changing someone else.

"I've seen my lord!" Seeing the carriage approaching, Dong Mingyang and Zhu Hui all knelt on the ground outside the yamen.
Li Wen got off his horse, walked to the carriage, opened the door, Li Qing got out, looked at the crowd, and said with a smile: "Get up, get up! Fuyuan is changing with each passing day, and I can hardly recognize it. This is all thanks to you!"
"Don't dare to be the lord's praise. It's all because of the lord's wisdom and the hard work of all the ministers that Fuyuan is in such a state today." Dong Mingyang kowtowed heavily and said loudly.

Li Qing jumped out of the carriage, caressed Dong Mingyang and Zhu Hui, and said with a smile: "Now you are the God of Wealth in Dingzhou. Zhengqing looks at you eagerly at the end of each season. If your taxes are late One day, Zhengqing will jump in a hurry."
Dong Mingyang smiled slightly, "It is the wish of Mingyang and all the people in Fuyuan to serve the Lord."
"Okay, okay!" Li Qing said with a smile, "I'm very happy that you have this heart and put it into practice."
Passing over Dong Mingyang, walked towards Zhu Hui, and said, "I read your request note, what's the matter, you want to go to war after being so quiet?"
Zhu Hui bowed and said: "Yes, my lord, I am a military general. I have fought many battles, and my bones are all broken. Seeing my lord sweeping the world, this battle will become less and less. After a few more years, I'm afraid The world will be peaceful, and there will be no more battles to fight at that time, so I will have nothing to do, so I want to ask my lord to transfer me to the front line."
Li Qing laughed, "Have you followed General Yang's path? I just received your request for a transfer, and General Yang's important person's note has also arrived!"

Zhu Hui said impressively: "My lord, Mingjian, General Yang is the old boss of the last general. The last general indeed asked General Yang to beg for my lord. I want to serve under General Yang. I will contribute to my lord's determination to rule the world."
"There is indeed a shortage of people in Yidao, well, I will consider this matter." Li Qing said.

Zhu Hui was overjoyed, since the lord said so, then he could almost make the trip.
Behind him, Dong Mingyang and Lu Yiming chatted a few words, caught up with Li Qing, and said: "My lord, the house has prepared some thin wine, and my lord has come to wash away the dust."

Li Qingdao: "Now you are very rich in Fuyuan, you won't be too shabby, right? I have more mouths now than before!"
Dong Mingyang said with a smile: "No one in Dingzhou knows that the lord is diligent and thrifty, so the officials are very courageous and dare not be extravagant. It's just a common meal. It's just a collection of some special snacks and country dishes from Fuyuan Now that it's spring, these vegetables are very fresh."
"Okay, okay!" Li Qing clapped his hands and said with a smile: "It was a few years ago when I ate in Fuyuan. To be honest, I really miss the special snacks here. Let's go, Yiming. You didn't come last time. This time Follow me and have a good taste."
"It's good to make the lord think about it. I'm going to feast on Yiming!" Lu Yiming laughed.
After one day in Fuyuan, Li Qing and Lu Yiming listened to Dong Mingyang's report on the specific situation of Fuyuan, the achievements he had made, and the problems he faced. ．

Contrary to Li Qing's expectation, Dong Mingyang's mind is quite clear. Fuyuan's current prosperity is entirely based on the foundation of Dingzhou No. [-] Arsenal, and with the end of the war a few years later, this is completely possible. As expected, the importance of the No. [-] Armory Factory will decline significantly, and these merchants relying on the Armory Factory will inevitably face difficulties. It is now a matter of how Fuyuan will go in order to maintain the current momentum of vigorous development after a few years. This is the question that Dong Mingyang is focusing on.

"It is necessary to start a gradual transformation from now on, and start to develop above some civilian products." Dong Mingyang said: "If Fuyuan wants to maintain the momentum of sustainable development, it must take precautions, otherwise it will inevitably lead to serious problems. It is a huge loss and will cause great harm to the development of Fuyuan."

Li Qing was in a daze. There is no shortage of talents with long-term vision in any era!I did the right thing by putting Dong Mingyang here.
"Then what do you think?" Li Qing asked.

"From now on, we must be prepared. There will be no big battles to fight in the future, and the sales of military products will inevitably drop sharply. However, with the expansion of the lord's rule, civilian products will increase steadily. And we in Dingzhou Civilian products have great advantages over other regions in terms of quality and price. The key is to gradually switch production from now on. This time, our county government will organize the fleet to sail overseas. Those who led the organization did not dare to hide it from the Lord, and our county government also took a large sum of money and invested in it."
"You have invested money, so is it you or them who are in charge of the operation?" Li Qing's "they" naturally refers to businessmen.

Dong Mingyang said with a smile: "The businessmen are not as good as us in governing politics, but we are not as good as them in making money. We only pay dividends and effectively supervise them."
"Are you sure that you will not intervene in their operations and use your power to gain some benefits for them?" Li Qing asked with a smile.
Dong Mingyang said sternly: "We have an agreement in the shareholding document that we will never interfere with their daily operations. Moreover, the Internal Intelligence Department of the Overwatch Council is watching us closely, and we dare not go overboard. Of course, It’s not that I don’t care about it at all, there are still necessary guidance and suggestions.”
Li Qing smiled, touched the neatly trimmed mustache on his lips, and saw that Dong Mingyang was getting more and more pleasing to the eye, "Well, I have an idea, it just so happens that Mr. Lu is here, let me show you the truth Mingyang, you also have to be mentally prepared, I am going to separate Fuyuan from Dingzhou and make it directly under the Central Government, that is to say, once the document is formally issued, Fuyuan will be juxtaposed with other states."
Dong Mingyang was surprised and delighted, which meant that he was going to be promoted again. "Is it to upgrade Fuyuan to a prefecture?"
Li Qingdao: "Well, I prepared a separate name for him, how about calling it Fuyuan Special Zone? People in the special zone are different. Some policies implemented here are difficult to promote in other places for a while, and can only be formed here. After mature experience, it will be implemented in other states."
"My lord is wise, Fuyuan Special Zone, and the words are concise, and you can know the meaning as soon as you hear the name." Dong Mingyang nodded repeatedly.

"Under Luo Daoming's governance, the Shanglinli area has a very strong commercial atmosphere. Shanglinli is also included in the Fuyuan Special Zone, which is under the jurisdiction of the Fuyuan Special Zone. Yiming, what do you think?" Li Qingzhuan Asked Lu Yiming said.

Lu Yiming said: "Shanglin is full of Han and barbarians, and the folk customs are far better than those in the interior. I'm afraid it will take a lot of effort to manage it!"
"As long as there is a lot of money to earn, I believe it doesn't matter whether it is barbarians or Han people. No matter how aggressive the people are, they can turn them into soft fingers in front of wealth." Li Qing said with a smile: " Mingyang, do you have the confidence to be the first chief executive of the special zone?"
Although he was mentally prepared, Dong Mingyang was still very excited when Li Qing said it himself. My lord has already said that the new policies explored by the SAR will be fully promoted in the future. Then, in order to ensure the smooth implementation of the policies, I will enter the cabinet in the future It's a smooth thing to do for Zaizhi.Immediately, he left his seat and knelt down, "Don't you dare to apply your strength to the master's heart and brain, so as to use the meager strength!"
"Okay! You are working in the Special Economic Zone. If you have any problems, you can directly report to me. You must dare to do things. Don't be afraid that if you do more, you will make more mistakes. If you cross the river by feeling for the stones, you will always end up in the air. I won't blame you for sticking my feet, and neither will the cabinet, will I, Lord Lu?"

"Of course, of course!" Lu Yiming nodded with a smile, and naturally he would not throw cold water on this future cabinet colleague.

"Tomorrow we will leave Fuyuan, and the No. [-] Arsenal will send guards to welcome us. Except for a few personal guards, no other guards will accompany us, so we will stay in Fuyuan." Li Qing ordered, "Come back I will go back to Dingzhou City directly, and I won't go to Fuyuan anymore, and you don't have to see me off, just as you said, time waits for no one, and there is not much time left for you!"
"Yes, my lord!"

(End of this chapter)