Sand ships carry heavy grains much more than canals, and take much less time than canals. If the canals can be changed to sea transportation, then the transportation costs and consumption along the way will definitely be greatly reduced, and the burden on the people of Songjiang Prefecture will also be greatly reduced. This is a great benefit to people's livelihood.

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It's just a canal from south to north, from the local area to the center, from the Caode to the Minister of Revenue, the cabinet boss, I don't know how many people distributed the fertilizer on it, transporting grain for 8 million stones, but it cost nearly 30 million stones.

And the expenses of repairing the canal are really full of gold and silver. How can the people's livelihood of a mere government be hindered?

The local bigwigs of Songjiang Prefecture also have their own benefits in the canal transport, and they are involved in the interests, and they will not do any troubles in changing the canal transport to the sea. Then again, Xu Jie invaded thousands of acres of fertile land and did not dare to be buried in his hometown after his death, for fear of

The grave was dug, and Dong Qichang's mansion was flocked to the house and burned down by the people. How could such a person do such a troublesome thing that benefits the country and the people

There are many people in the world. In addition to those who are obsessed with profit, there are also heroes who are righteous and righteous in their consideration for the country and the people. Yujia, Shanghai County, Songjiang Prefecture, is such a person.

The Yu family operated a cotton field weaving farm in the early years. Since Huang Daopo brought back the textile technology from Hainan, Songjiang cotton cloth has been popular all over the world. The Yu family relied on this business to get rich. Perhaps in order to produce, transport and sell, the Yu family began to accumulate raising in the Longqing year.

The sand ship specializes in the so-called Beiyang route from Songjiang to Tianjin. Songjiang cotton cloth and Jiangnan specialties are transported to Tianjin and exchanged for various cargoes in the north. It is a huge profit when you go back and forth.

Around the 20th year of Wanli, the Yu family had become a local rich man. Like many families in Jiangnan, the business was done by the management, and the children still studied and went to school to glorify their ancestors.

If you have such a business mind and keen vision, it will not be too bad to study and study. In the year of Longqing, there were already scholars and juren in the family. You should know that there are so many scholars in Songjiang Prefecture. If you take the scholar exam, you will be trampled to death because of thousands of students.

, it is very difficult to be able to have a scholar and even be a scholar.

In the fifteenth year of Wanli, the Yu family had a Jinshi and stayed in the capital to be an official, and became a doctor in a department of the Ministry of Revenue.

It is said that such a smart person should have a very good reading seed in the officialdom and is good at dancing with a long sleeve. However, he did not expect that the most passionate thing about Yu's doctor was to change the canal transportation.

I don't know how many people this statement has violated. When it was first proposed, everyone thought it was a joke or Qingliu pretended to be a big talk to gain reputation. When everyone found out that Yu Lang was serious, they would not tolerate him immediately

There was no big fanfare in the crime. The assistant minister "inadvertently" saw a small mistake in the account under the jurisdiction of Doctor Yu, and then he was "furious". None of his colleagues who were both angry and stood up, so Doctor Yu was dismissed from office.

Returning home.

Official Yu Lang, who returned to his hometown, was not discouraged. He tried it himself in Songjiang Prefecture. The comparison between sea transportation and canal transportation has huge advantages. As long as he manages it carefully, it will naturally be a profit from the sea of ​​gold and silver. Doctor Yu kept spending money at home to clear the relationship and entrusted him.

A familiar official submitted a memorial to try to change the canal transportation to sea transportation to reduce the burden on the river and the entire Jiangnan.

But all his suggestions were about rocks sinking into the sea, with a thousand miles of canals, and nearly one million people involved. They shared tens of millions of stones, which was tens of millions of taels of silver. With such huge benefits, who would dare to touch such huge benefits, who would dare to touch them if he wanted to change them.

,Dr. Yu continued to work hard and failed continuously, and finally became anxious and died of illness at home.

Yu Langzhong's two sons, the eldest son is honest and studious, scholars, juren, and jinshi, and were very smooth, but because of his father, he did not stay in Beijing and was directly sent to Jiangxi to be a county magistrate, step by step on the way to be a foreign official.

After suffering, his second son Yu Zhiyuan was intelligent and romantic. He was known as a child prodigy in Songjiang Prefecture. He passed the imperial examination in Nanzhili at the age of 19 and had a bright future.

In addition to his ability to enter the imperial examination, this second young master Yu is also a hero in the romantic field. At his teenage years old, he is a good guest in brothels, and he is good at piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. It is said that he once wrote a list of Hundred Flowers.

Evaluating the beauty in Jiangnan, the brothels and Chu Pavilion, the pleasure boat courtyard, the beauty and beautiful ladies, the value of the girl was a hundred times as soon as she was on the list.

His father was smart and capable, and he was a great figure in the imperial examination and officialdom, but he fell into the transformation of the canal transportation. This second young master Yu was so romantic and elegant. No matter how he looked at his career, he was even more prosperous and had a proud love scene, but he was also persistent.

Thinking of the transformation of canal transportation to the sea.

His brother went to Jiangxi to be an official, while Yu Zhiyuan was in charge of the family business locally. His father was already considered to be able to turn stones into gold, but in his hands for two years, the number of ships actually exceeded 60%, and Shandong even supplies Liaodong's military business.

He Liao Town specialties have been transported and sold a lot, so he naturally has a lot of money.

In the 45th year of Wanli, the twenty-one-year-old Yu Zhiyuan did several things. He first spent a lot of money to get through the capital, and asked several Qingliu and a certain inner court to agree to the advice and make a memorial, and then

I found several famous nobles and famous scholars in the capital and Nanjing, and retired officials, and asked them to come here next year to be a witness, and then buy and sell grain on their own. I decided to use my home fleet to transport grain from Songjiang Prefecture in the 46th year of Wanli.

The same amount of grain was paid to Tianjin.

This principle is also very clear and understandable. If sea transportation is faster and the losses are smaller, then the transformation of canal transportation into the sea will be even more reasonable, and at least you can compete for it.

Jiangnan has a heavy tuition. Although wealthy families do not suffer this burden, many people have suffered a lot. Even if they delay the arrears, they must be stabbed. These families agree with the initiative of Yu Er Gongzi, and many people are willing to contribute money and efforts.

There are often some officials and scholars behind these families. As the sound waves get louder and louder, it is gradually becoming a climate.

On the ninth day of the twelfth lunar month of the 45th year of Wanli, the world was cold, but the coldness in the south of the Yangtze River was different from that in the north of the Yangtze River, and there was still green everywhere, but it was a little more bleak than usual.

As it was dark and dusk, everyone in Shanghai County, Songjiang Prefecture did not care about the cold. Everyone walked out of the house, stopped in the courtyard, or walked towards the northeast.

"Didn't Yu Er go to the dock?" On the contrary, the women in brothels in various parts of the county could guess where they were going

The second young master Yu Zhiyuan is famous, but he never stays outside. He also goes to the dock every other day to see his own fleet parked there to feel at ease.

At this time, the red light reflected the sky in the northeast of Shanghai County, and the pier was located there. There were few sunsets here. At dusk, such red light could only be fire.

In the second year of Yongle, Songjiang Prefecture cleared the silt, led the Wusong River into the Liujia River, dredged the Huangpu River, and the two rivers flowed into the sea, with abundant water flow and no longer silted, becoming a good harbor, Songjiang merchants could take a boat to go upstream and go to Nanzhili,

Jiangxi and Huguang riverside stations sell goods and trade specialties, and can go north to Hebei, Shandong and Liao Town, south to Fujian and Guangdong, and go to Goryeo and Japan. The so-called "Gangjiang and Sea" is a natural hub, a trade center, and this is Songjiang.

One of the reasons why he is rich but still rich.

Tongzhou⊥ means Nantong, which is now Nantong) and Chongming Island built sand ships, and large ships were moored to the Shanghai port, so Yu's fleet was naturally moored here.

In the port, Yu's fleet was burning, the whistling wind caused by the fire, the crackling sound of the boat boards, and the strange sound of the river waves, and the masts broke and smashed into the water from time to time,

Splashes burst.

The river surface and the sky were already reddened by fire. It was originally dusk, but the fire was fierce, which made people feel like they were at night. The contrast was dark everywhere.

The Yu family's fleet is too large, so it occupies one place in the port, far away from other ships. Seeing the fire here, everyone set sail and stayed as far as possible.

Compared to the chaos and noise on the water, the dock was very quiet. Yu Zhiyuan stood not far from the shore. He tied his hair with his jade crown and a pure sable fur, and looked at the fire on the river without expression.

Because the distance is not far, the wind blows the heat from the fire to burn people. Although it is cold, the people on the dock are covered in sweat. Four men guards are beside Yu Zhiyuan. Since Yu was dismissed from office and returned to his hometown, he has been invited.

The martial artist guards the house and guards the hospital. The second young master Yu has these people to guard every day when he goes out. Because he is ridiculed and said that he is a noble family, he is a foolish martial artist who is a playboy and evil young man all day long.

The four guards were not focused on the fire. They kept looking at more than 200 young and strong men who were more than ten steps away. Although in winter, these people were not dressed much, they were all dressed as sailors. They looked so bad that they stood there.

Over there, I looked at the water from time to time, and then at Yu Zhiyuan standing there.

Suddenly someone moved forward. When they moved, the four guards immediately put their hands on the hilt of the knife and looked over coldly. One of the guards was closer to the second son of the Yu family.

The solution has been decided long ago. Once something happens, the three of them will hold on, and the other one will pull Yu Zhiyuan and run away. Although the young master Yu Zhiyuan looks like, his skills are much more convenient and agile than ordinary wealthy backgrounds.

The person who moved was one of the sailors. He looked guilty and knelt on his knees. With this man taking the lead, more than 200 sailors knelt on the ground one after another.

Several guards breathed a sigh of relief, but Mr. Yu ignored it and just looked at the river quietly. The fire burned for a while. The hull broke, water began to enter the cabin, sand ships began to sink, and the fire became smaller.

The sable fur and jade crown are beautiful, reflected by the flames and glows. They look like the man in the painting. The sailor kneeling in front of them and the guard beside them are waiting for Yu Zhiyuan to speak, but the young master is so happy

Standing there without any sadness, staring at the sunken fleet calmly.

After watching for a long time, the sailors and guards felt cold. The dock was warmed by the fire, but the chill was not the body, but the heart.

The fire became weaker again. After knowing that the fire broke out, many people came to Shanghai County. With the reputation of the Yu family in the local area, there were certainly many people who were familiar with each other. If it were normal, they would have come to talk and please. Now everyone is

Standing far away, whispering to each other, pointing fingers.
Chapter completed!