Murong Yuan, the governor of Wuzhou County, is definitely the hottest star among the younger generation of the Ming Dynasty. He graduated from the Yaolan Jingshi University, a young man who graduated from the Ming Dynasty, took power in a county and married Ruyi's wife. He also made a series of great achievements in his previous achievements. Whether it was the aftermath of the Ming Dynasty's conspiracy to seize the steam engine or the riot planned by the Qi people's conspiracy to seize the steam engine and use the Jiangnan incident, he responded properly. Not only was he appreciated by his superiors, but he also received the personal order of the Emperor of Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, as a barbarian, this is not only not an obstacle to him in his current official career, but has become the most eye-catching point in him, becoming a role model for the court, and also excited all the minorities who surrendered to the Ming Empire. The Ming Dynasty does not judge heroes by origin. As long as you have the ability and are willing to serve the court, the door of the court will always be open to you.

Almost a year and a half have passed since the large-scale riots in Jiangnan. Tens of thousands of mobs were exiled, most of them went to far away Cenzhou and Yingzhou. A small number of those with minor crimes went to Kunling County and other places. Their families, either voluntarily or forced to immigrate with these people, and hundreds of thousands of people left their hometowns. This is an extremely cruel thing for them and their families, but it has to be said to be a good thing for Jiangnan, Cenzhou and Yingzhou.

The calm Jiangnan began to lick the wounds on his body quietly. Various large factories driven by the steam engine began to show its power. No matter how much silk produced in Jiangnan, they would be swallowed up silently. A large amount of cotton was also transported from other places to Jiangnan, where it was woven into cotton cloth, and then further bleached and dyed, turning into various exquisite flower cloths, and then sold to all directions.

The economy of Jiangnan not only quickly returned to its heyday in a short period of time, but even began to surpass it and became another driving center of the Ming Dynasty economy.

Here, merchants from all over the world were gathered to transport a large number of silk products and cotton fabrics in an endless stream. They were not only sold overseas, but also to the territory of the only powerful neighbor of the Ming Dynasty, the people of Qi.

The silk weaving and cotton spinning industry of Qi have been devastatingly hit. The reason is very simple. These things produced by Ming are not only cheap, but also more exquisite. Even if Qi takes many protective measures, they still cannot stop the large-scale import of Ming products. The high taxes formulated by Qi on the surface seem to have flattened the selling price of these goods in Qi. But in fact, private smuggling is rampant. A large number of smuggled products are sold openly in various parts of Qi under the cover of a small amount of regular imported goods to win high profits.

For Murong Yuan, this year and a half was a comfortable and comfortable year and a half.

The powers and responsibilities of local officials in the Ming Dynasty are now clearly divided. They no longer have to take care of everything like local officials in the past, and even have to open a trial of cases. One by one, you can find out what this department does at the yamen where you can clearly distinguish each person's responsibilities. There is a police station for public security, a Dali Temple for trial cases, and a civil affairs bureau for comforting the local government. As the highest commander of a county, Murong Yuan has to do to grasp the overall situation of the county.

For local officials, the assessment standards for the Ming Dynasty are actually very simple, one is economic development, and the other is local stability. For Murong Yuan, what he mainly does is to vigorously develop the economy of Wuzhou. As for stability, everyone in the Jiangnan region that has just been cleaned on a large scale is as honest as a quail.

For the son-in-law of Xie, the most powerful chaebol in Chu, Murong Yuan has an innate advantage over the rulers in other regions. His father-in-law not only made a large investment in Wuzhou, but also brought many wealthy guys who were related to Xie to make money together. After the Chu State returned to Ming Dynasty, land reform has been continuously promoted. For those who have lost a lot of land but have a large amount of cash in hand, it is not easy to find a stable road to wealth, because many industries have been exhausted by people, and the price they pay is not an ordinary price to insert. With the entry point of Murong Yuan, they naturally came happily.

Murong Yuan is naturally ambitious. For him, becoming the future chief minister of this huge empire is his ultimate goal. To do this, he naturally has to show more powerful abilities than others to achieve it. The barbarian origin is now his highlight label, but the more he goes up, the label will become his obstacle.

Wuzhou will be the first benchmark region for his outstanding political achievements.

Now he is building Wuzhou into a production and sale center for the Jiangnan silk cotton spinning outlet. In the past, this position belonged to Xiangzhou. But now with the great development of maritime trade and the emergence of steam factories, Xiangzhou, which is not on the sea, has lost in a new round of competition. The entire industrial center is rapidly moving to Wuzhou.

Thanks to the strong help of his father-in-law, Murong Yuan raised a large amount of funds to expand the wharf in Yangquan, Wuzhou, built a large wharf where large sea boats could dock, built large warehouses, and formulated preferential policies to attract silk and cotton merchants from all over the world to gather here. Under his series of actions, Yangquan, a county town near the sea, is slowly achieving the goal in Murong Yuan's mind.

"A Yuan, it's successful, it's successful." A burst of laughter came from outside the hall. Murong Yuan, who was discussing the cost of dressing up for the police with an official from the police station, stood up and looked at his father-in-law Xie Cheng who was walking in.

"It's done?"

"Of course it was done." Xie Cheng laughed and said, "Don't forget that when it comes to proficiency in textile machines, the people in Chu are much better than those in the Ming Dynasty. I carefully selected so many experienced old guys, and hired their technicians from the Academy of Sciences for a long time. I studied it behind closed doors for a whole year. How could I not succeed?"

Murong Yuan was overjoyed and turned his head to the police station officials and said, "Okay, I'll allocate funds to you as you said, but the funds will be used for special purposes. If you use them elsewhere, I don't need to look for you. The people from the Supervision Bureau will naturally come to you."

"Thank you, the county magistrate." The official was overjoyed. He thought he would give you a discount, but he didn't want to succeed so easily. He said repeatedly: "How dare you use it randomly? The regulations are strict. I don't want to betray it. The county magistrate, I don't know what kind of happy event makes you so happy, so I'll be happy to say it."

Murong Yuan smiled happily and said, "The jacquard machine we invested in Wuzhou, which was used in conjunction with the steam engine, was successful."

The police chief was also a local, so he naturally knew about the local things. The current steam-powered looms in the Ming Dynasty can only weave flat silk and cotton cloth. If we want to weave patterns on these cotton cloth and silk, we still need to use the old jacquard machines from the past. They are inefficient and cannot keep up with the entire production rhythm at all. Once the jacquard machines produced in conjunction with the steam engine can be produced in large quantities, the silk or cotton cloth produced must be of great success.

"We must do a good job in confidentiality. Our Wuzhou immediately invests in the establishment of a new jacquard machine factory. This will be another major driving force for our Wuzhou economic boom. Haha, this is the first new machine invented besides the Ming Academy of Sciences. Father-in-law. This memorial was passed on to the court, I am afraid that Your Majesty will be happy."

"That's natural." Xie Cheng smiled and said, "But Ayuan, ugly words are ahead. This new jacquard machine was created by Xie's investment. It's not impossible for Wuzhou County Government to join, but we Xie's family want to take control."

"Of course there is no problem. This is a matter of justice. Murong Yuan is not afraid that others will stick my back. Whoever invests will benefit. This is what Your Majesty said back then. But my father-in-law will give you at most 51%. If you have too much, don't think about it." Murong Yuan said with a smile.

Xie Cheng sighed, "Okay, who told you to be my son-in-law?"

Several people in the house laughed. In this way, Wuzhou will not only become the silk cotton production and sales center in the entire Chu area, but also form a complete production system of three grades: low-end, medium-high, and high. The low-end ones are naturally the flat cloth, while the mid-end ones are patterned cloth produced by this jacquard machine, while the high-end ones are hand-embroidery, which is also a project that Murong Yuan insists on refusing to give up. First of all, hand-embroidery can solve a considerable number of employment problems. In addition, the acceptance of customized hand-embroidery does have the distinctive personal characteristics of products produced in large-scale machinery and large-scale machinery industry. When large-scale machine products are dumped on the market, hand-embroidery products have gradually become luxury goods favored by high-end people. Although its market size is small, it cannot withstand its high price.

The police chief said goodbye with satisfaction, and Murong Yuan and his father-in-law began to look for where to build a piece of land on Wuzhou.

When Chen Jian ran into Murong Yuan's official hall with sweat, Murong Yuan happened to circle a piece of land from the map, near Suojiang Pass, where the things produced are more conducive to transportation and export. The sales targets of this jacquard machine are mainly aimed at the silk spinning industry in the entire Chu area.

Seeing Chen Jian’s appearance, Murong Yuan knew that there was nothing good. As the director of Wuzhou National Security Bureau, Chen Jian lost his demeanor so much, which only shows that things are too small.

Sometimes Murong Yuan really doesn't want to see this guy.

"The county magistrate, the emergency information from the capital, has been sent to the county magistrate of Shangjingma and General Yang at the same time." Chen Jian handed a piece of information to Murong Yuan.

After unfolding, Murong Yuan's face changed suddenly.
Chapter completed!