The first assistant of the poor family

Chapter 90

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Wang Shouren's uncle, Wang Su, is an extremely useful pawn to him. How to use it will not only affect the fate of Lu Zhongjing, Liu De, Wang Su and others, but also the fate of Lu Yuan himself will be greatly affected. influences.

Although Lu Yuan's words were not straightforward, Wang Shouren didn't think much about it.

He cupped his hands at Lu Yuan and said, "When we get to the Hangzhou mansion, I will definitely persuade my uncle to reveal all the evidence in his hand."

"That's good."

With a teachable expression, Lu Yuan stroked his beard and said, "You should deal with this matter as soon as possible. The old man will greet the officials in the procuratorate in advance."

After Wang Shouren heard this, he was overjoyed. With Lu Yuan, the deputy envoy of the inspectorate, greeting him, it would no longer be a problem for him to enter the inspector's office. All that was left was to convince his uncle Wang Su.

It was decided that both Wang Shouren and Xie Shen felt a lot more relaxed.The two enjoyed the scenery on the canal together with Lu Yuan, and the time passed quickly.

It is but a blink of an eye from dawn to dusk.Shaoxing is more than a hundred miles away from Hangzhou, and it takes a whole day to arrive.But in fact, if you go by water from Shaoxing to Hangzhou, most of them use night boats.

The custom of sailing in the south of the Yangtze River in the Ming Dynasty can probably be divided in Suzhou, which is said to be north and south.

Most of the north of Suzhou only have day-trip boats.In the south of Suzhou, such as Shaoxing, Hangzhou, Huzhou, Jiaxing, and Longhu, there are both night sailing ships and day sailing ships.

Night boats generally sail at fixed points, a bit like regular boats. Passenger ships in various places in the south of the Yangtze River generally use night boats, because they can reach their destinations after a night's sleep.

The reason why Xie Shen and Wang Shouren chartered a boat during the day was because they were in a hurry, so the price was naturally much higher than that of a night boat.

As for the "station ship" that Lu Yuan was riding on, because it was an official ship, it felt a bit like a post station, and it could be requisitioned at will during the day.

Xie Shen looked at the Water Gate of Hangzhou Mansion not far away, unable to restrain his inner excitement.

Is this the Hangzhou Mansion of the Ming Dynasty?

Although he had been to Hangzhou in his previous life, went boating on the West Lake, and worshiped Buddha in Lingyin Temple, what he sees now is the Hangzhou Mansion of the Ming Dynasty, the authentic Jiangnan Water City without any commercial development. .

As the most prosperous provincial capital of the Ming Dynasty, the status of Hangzhou Prefecture is self-evident.

It can be seen from the tall water gate and the towering city wall.

The ship that Lu Yuan was on was an official ship, and the flag displayed on the ship clearly showed his official status.After seeing the flag, the officers on the city wall ordered the water gate to be opened without even making a routine inquiry.

The official boat slowly headed towards the city through the water gate. At this moment, Xie Shen was in a daze.

At this time, Hangzhou Mansion was surrounded by forty miles, with 20 households and a population of about [-]. It was well-deserved as the number one city in eastern Zhejiang.

A population of 20 was considered too much for any city in the Hongzhi Dynasty, but Xie Shen was a graduate student with a professional background after all, so he was inevitably guilty of textual research.He clearly knew that the current Hangzhou city with a population of 20 had grown to a million during the Wanli period.This record comes from Wanli Hangzhou Fuzhi, which may be exaggerated, but if floating population is included, there is still a great possibility.

At least for now, there must be 20 people in Hangzhou Mansion, which is already quite prosperous.

There are ten city gates in Hangzhou.Among them, there are five gates in the east city, three gates in the west city, one gate in the south city, and one gate in the north city.

As one of the six ancient capitals, there is no problem with its size and scale.Although Hangzhou has become a prefecture in the Ming Dynasty and has been degraded a lot, you can still see the elegance of the imperial capital from the bricks and tiles.

At this time, Xie Shen thought of Lin Sheng's famous song "Ti Lin'an Mansion" in the Song Dynasty.

Outside the mountains, the green hills and the buildings outside the buildings, when will the West Lake dance and dance stop.The warm wind makes tourists drunk, and they regard Hangzhou as Bianzhou.

The place where thousands of styles of the Great Song Dynasty gather together naturally has its own merits.

Xie Shen originally planned to come to see the beauty of Hangzhou Mansion again during the provincial examination, but he never thought that it would be delayed unexpectedly because of the Wang family's affairs.

The positioning of Hangzhou Prefecture in Daming City is very clear, it is an industrial and commercial city.Hangzhou is close to where the Qiantang River enters the sea and is connected to the Grand Canal, so its geographical location is unique.If such a city does not develop industry and commerce, it will be a waste of money.

Cotton and linen products in Hangzhou are extremely rich, including ordinary cotton and linen cloth, Ge cloth, yellow grass cloth, and silk cloth, etc.In addition, silk fabrics are well-known throughout the country, and silk and silk yarn are the best in the province and even the whole country.

The production of these cotton and linen silk fabrics comes from two aspects.One is a small handicraft workshop, and the other is a large workshop run by wealthy businessmen.Some of these large workshops even cooperated with the Imperial Weaving Bureau and became imperial merchants.

The plans of the imperial merchants are nothing more than small profits but quick turnover. There is no reason to talk to the emperor. You can't cry to the emperor outside the imperial city of the capital. Your majesty, old man, let us give us a few more profits.

Xie Shen has a strong interest in the weaving industry. He asked several small workshops in Yuyao, and they all said that if they want to cooperate with the big merchants in Hangzhou Prefecture, it is the right way.

This time, I accompanied Wang Shouren to the Hangzhou mansion to rescue Wang Su, so I could inspect the market by the way.

In addition to the weaving industry, another pillar industry of Hangzhou Prefecture is book printing and engraving.Hangzhou's reputation for engraving books has spread in the Song Dynasty, and it has inherited the reputation of the Song Dynasty in the Ming Dynasty.

Suzhou, Fuzhou, and Hangzhou were the three engraving centers of the Ming Dynasty at this time, which is enough to see the important position of the engraving and printing industry in Hangzhou.

Xie Shen has countless famous poems and poems. It would be a waste to engrave them in Shaoxing, Yuyao. It would be a good choice to open up business routes in Hangzhou.He has long wanted to let his elder brother open a bookstore, so that the rich water will not flow to outsiders, so that the benefits will naturally be more.Of course, the money earned by the bookstore is still limited. Xie Shen hopes to open a bank in the future when the time comes, and his brother will be fully authorized to handle all matters.

In addition, the brewing industry is also very developed, but Xie Shen is not interested.

Of course, these are side jobs, and Xie Shen's main job is naturally the imperial examination.

Xie Shen was born in a poor family, and he can deeply understand the difficulty of not having money, so whenever he has the opportunity, he wants to earn more money, so as to plan for the future.

Daming's officialdom is not as clean as it looks, and there are many unspoken rules in it.Xie Shen naturally didn't want to be a corrupt official, so he needed to have his own property.

Money is not everything in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, but it is absolutely impossible without money.

The fastest way to get money in Daming is water transportation and salt transportation.But these two areas are difficult to operate without official background.In addition, it seems that the bank is the most profitable business. In addition to engraving and weaving, this time I came to Hangzhou, and I can also inspect this area by the way.
Xie Shen was worried about making money, but Wang Shouren didn't seem to have this ideological awareness, and was chatting with Lu Yuan about Confucian classics.

Xie Shen thought secretly in his heart.Brother Shouren, Brother Shouren, since the business has been finished, can't you relax and recite poems and talk about Fengyue?
(End of this chapter)