back to ancient times to be emperor

Chapter 712

Of course, Lu Chenhuan didn't expose them, and now he was worried about whether he could return to Chang'an for Yuanzheng this year.The imperial decree clearly stated that if the commander of the imperial army was to guard the Dali Mansion, there must be a general guarding it.Although Dashun is most afraid of generals rebelling, but right now he is the only general in Dali, who else can he use?

While Fatty Lu was in a trance, Duan Silian and the others were already talking about how to mine copper mines.The prefect of Shanchan Prefecture laughed with him, but he couldn't get into the conversation.In fact, Duan Silian and the others are just laughing at fifty steps, but they have more knowledge. In fact, they are also laymen, the kind who pretend to understand when they don't understand.

"General Lu, look, a well can be opened here, and copper and stone can be dug out in just a few feet."

After hearing Duan Silian's words, Lu Chenhuan slowly came back to his senses: "Oh, is this copper mine so shallow?"

A person came out from behind the head of the Wuman clan and explained: "General, this is a 'grass mine', also known as a 'chicken nest mine'. Yes. A certain person heard about the Laoya Well in Jiliao Cave, Jinzhou. The well was tens of feet deep and wide. First, firewood was gathered in the well. There was a small niche where the bluestone wall cracked. There is a white stone bed in the niche. The stone is like jade. It is sand. And this turf mine has a shallow floating soil surface, and it can be obtained without deep holes. Those who are floating pick it up, and after the rain is wet, the cattle plow the soil, and those who pick up a few inches of the soil can form a well. If it is a deep well, In the past, people took stones and left several pillars, and they would collapse. Today they are called Dongliuzhu and Xiliuzhu; they also took them and replaced them with wooden pillars."

Lu Chenhuan was taken aback, and asked, "Who is this person?"

"General, he is a member of my family. He has been to Kuizhou Road and learned the method of digging wells and mining copper." Patriarch Wuman said with a smile.

Lu Chengqi nodded: "Your Majesty pays great attention to craftsmen and hires them with wages. If you work for the court, your wages cannot be missed."

The man said "happily": "The general loves you so much, but the villain dare not!"

Duan Silian smoothed things over and said: "The general has already said that, so you have received the kindness!"

The Baiman patriarch was not happy: "There are also people in my clan who know how to smelt copper!"

Fatty Lu knew that they were fighting again, and said with a smile: "Very good, copper is smelted in situ, and then transported to Chang'an Qianjian, so that money can be made."

"Humph!"

The Wuman and Baiman patriarchs each snorted, and turned their heads away, as if posting the wrong door god.Fatty Lu thought to himself: "I don't understand. Isn't this savage infighting very good? Why does the emperor have to make a move?" It turned out that at this time, what the court fears most is rebellion. It will definitely not be reversed, maybe the court will deliberately provoke.

Lu Chenhuan didn't understand, but Lu Chengqi did, because he was a Cantonese in his previous life and knew the language and history of Cantonese, which was simply a history of disasters.Most of Guangdong Province is the descendant of Baiyue Kingdom. After Qin destroyed the Six Kingdoms, it continued to set its sights on Lingnan for expansion.As the Qin Dynasty attacked Baiyue three times, Lingnan was finally included under the Central Plains regime. Qin set up Nanhai County in Lingnan, and the soldiers who participated in the pacification of Lingnan settled in Lingnan, bringing Chinese into Lingnan.With the continuous strengthening of the Central Plains dynasty's control over Lingnan and the migration of immigrants to the south, the Lingnan area has gradually transformed into an area where Chinese is dominant.Among them, in the Pearl River Delta area, the Chinese language centered in Guangzhou gradually developed into a unique dialect, which is Cantonese.However, the origins of Chaoshan people and Chaoshan dialect are very different. Chaozhou people have a saying called "Chaozhou people's Fujian ancestors", which just explains the origin of their ancestors.Fujian has many mountains and little land, and the population it can accommodate is limited. Historically, Fujianese have continued to emigrate. There are descendants of Fujianese immigrants along the coast of China from the Liaodong Peninsula to Hainan Island.

Although Cantonese and Chaoshan dialect coexist in the Lingnan area, due to the different distribution areas, the two sides can generally live in peace.After the Song Dynasty in official history, with the entry of a group of new immigrants, both Cantonese and Teochew faced a new language challenge, and this strong competitor was Hakka.The Hakka people immigrated to Lingnan later than the Cantonese and Chaoshan people.At that time, the fertile plains in Guangdong were basically developed, so the Hakka people often lived in mountainous areas that were not easy to develop, such as Xingning and Meizhou.Although the Chinese who went south in the early days successfully "strengthened and unified" the local Baiyue language, when the Hakkas moved south, the Cantonese had already established a firm foothold in the Pearl River Delta and had political, economic and cultural advantages. "Strong but the same" is obviously not possible.

As the population of Guangdong continued to increase, the antagonism between the natives and the locals due to the competition for survival continued to breed. In addition, the Qing court provoked it, and even led to large-scale fighting.For example, in the Siyi area (Taishan, Xinhui, Kaiping, and Enping on the west bank of the Pearl River Delta, collectively known as Siyi), the fighting between natives and hostages was particularly tragic.According to records, "14 years of vendetta, killing millions of people".

The long-term large-scale fighting has caused far more damage to the Hakka people than the Cantonese.Although the guests are brave and good at fighting, the Pearl River Delta is the stronghold of the Cantonese after all. Cantonese usually have some relatives and friends to turn to when they fail to flee with weapons.In comparison, if the Hakka people are forced to leave their homes, they often have nowhere to go, become bandits, and become the targets of government and army suppression.

In the end, the Qing government sent some Hakkas from the Pearl River Delta back to their home towns in eastern Guangdong and even other provinces in order to solve the problem of fighting between natives and Hakkas. .This series of events led to a sharp decline in the Hakka population in the Pearl River Delta region. For example, the Hakka population in Siyi before Jidou accounted for about one-fifth of the total local population, but only [-]% after the dust settled.The influence of Hakka in the Pearl River Delta has been greatly reduced, and the Hakka dialect has therefore lost the possibility of further expansion in the Pearl River Delta.The Qing court also took advantage of the momentum to stabilize Lingnan, because at that time Lingnan was the most active area in anti-Qing and Ming Dynasty.

Lu Chengqi simply disdained the Qing court's sinister intentions.No matter what language, what kind of barbarians, they are not under the rule of Dashun, but they are all the people of Dashun?Rather than fighting in the nest, it is better to fight the enemy country.One's own people beat one's own people, isn't it the "Those who destroy the six countries, the six countries are also not Qin Ye.

Of course, Lu Chenhuan didn't know the mind of the superior, he just guessed Lu Chengqi's intention with his own understanding.

After watching it for a while, Fatty Lu was not interested in watching it anymore.This copper mine is not an iron mine. If it were an iron mine, he would still be a little interested, after all, it has something to do with war.Now he is just negotiating on behalf of the imperial court, and the negotiations have been completed, and the imperial court rules will soon send someone to take over.

"General, are you tired?"

Seeing Lu Chenhuan turned around to go down the mountain, Duan Silian asked hastily.

Lu Chenhuan said slowly: "I don't understand what you're talking about, so it's pointless to stay here. That... Governor, why don't you take Ben to wander around Shanchan's mansion, it's better than being here Feed the mosquitoes!"

The Governor of Shanchan Mansion responded, "That's very good, please, General!"

It stands to reason that civil servants should not be so polite to military officials, but the governor knew that the fat man in front of him was the emperor's favorite, and he had to take care of it if he wanted to be transferred from this "desolate place in Bashanchushui".If you can't give gifts, you can only go with the flow.As for the local savages, what does it matter to him if he is transferred away?

(End of this chapter)