Zhu Di held Yang Shiqi's memorial in his hand and read it casually for a while.

Immediately, my face became serious and I said lightly: "Jinling is too calm, it is a bit too calm. Mr. Yang's memorial today is actually blank. It seems... I shouldn't stay for a long time. I will prepare quickly. I don't have to stay along the way and go back to Beijing directly."

Zhu Di threw away the memorial, and his flashing eyes were a bit solemn.

In the past few days, the Magistrate Xi left Lang San. The Magistrate Xi was relieved. It was indeed a tangled thing that the Magistrate was here. He was afraid of being poorly served and was frightened when he was accompanying him. But after leaving, the Magistrate Xi felt a little empty. In the end, he still did not fall into the eyes of the Dharma. Although the monarch and his ministers reported it several times, Zhu Di's attitude towards him was calm.

It can be seen that he, the Lang Son County Magistrate, is afraid he will be stunned for a while.

However, the Xi County Magistrate is very busy now. Tens of thousands of prisoners have now been built by the Hao family and taken into custody. Although these people are actually under the supervision of the Hao family, the Xi County Magistrate felt that he had no choice but to be responsible for fear of something going wrong and worry about labor every day.

The Tongshan Gathering is the key concern of Xi County Magistrate. It’s not that he has any interest in buying and selling. But since the Lang Son victory, merchants have rushed in and lingered here. Countless foreigners gathered here, which will inevitably cause many disputes. When merchants come, the mountain people go down the mountain to trade on a large scale, which will inevitably bring countless religions and all kinds of religions. Xi County Magistrate is afraid of something happening. Since the victory, and with the arrival of His Majesty, this place has long become a hot spot for countless people to pay attention to. Even if the Holy Lord has left, it will not relax for the time being.

Therefore, the Xi County Magistrate knew that if there was a slight mistake here, someone would continue to magnify it in various names, and it might also be that for some willingness, he would want to cover it up.

Taking advantage of the topic, I have always been like this. I am in this officialdom. How could the Magistrate Xi County will not understand that the only thing he can do is to completely annihilate these questions before they happen.

Therefore, in addition to daily documents, he found an excuse to go to Tongshan. In this Tongshan Collection, he saw a lot of fresh things. For example, the good ironware on the car and the mahogany furniture that the county magistrate was a little moved. Some people have been selling the cloth recently. The texture of the cloth is just average. The only advantage is that the price is not high, and it can even be said to be outrageous.

Such a price has attracted many merchants to flock to it. The reason for stocking up a large number of goods is actually simple. After all, the majority of ordinary people are the ones, and the low-priced and practical things are not worried about not being able to earn money.

Lang Son Bu has now become a popular product, with more orders and more people looking for it.

The cloth on the market often costs 770 cents per piece, but here the price is cut off at halfway, only more than 300 cents.

It is really amazing to be able to push the price to this point. The secret is ridiculous. On the one hand, it is improved in existing skills and combined with the strengths of each company, the level of the loom has been slightly improved. More importantly, large-scale production.

In the early Ming Dynasty, there were actually not many special weaving workshops, mainly concentrated in the Jiangnan area. Most places were still in the stage of men farming and weaving and self-sufficiency. Even if some workshops mostly make silk, they do not weave cloth, and Lang Son was a precedent. It should be noted that in this world, the larger the production scale, the lower the cost. Take the acquisition of cotton as an example. If a small businessman purchases fifty kilograms a year, there is naturally not much room for price. One kilogram will cost at least sixty or seventy cents a year. But if someone purchases five thousand kilograms a year, it is another matter. There is room for negotiation for the price of fifty cents.

Furthermore, there are too few people in small-scale weaving cloth, and it may take one person a day to complete it. However, once large-scale production is produced, there will be division of labor. Some people will draw silk, some people will weave cloth, and some people will take care of printing and dyeing. Each person is only responsible for one process, which greatly improves proficiency, increases yield, and greatly shortens production time.

Therefore, a large number of cheap Lang Son cloth has now become the target of merchants chasing, and has attracted many cloth merchants from all over the world.

What Magistrate Xi County saw and heard made him feel a little unacceptable. After leaving for so many times, he felt a little uneasy. Everyone in Lang Son was talking about various business practices, so many natives in Lang Son seemed to have begun to think about it. The very few local gentry families were originally the support for his Magistrate Xi County to govern and educate the local area, but now they are also a little bit stinking. Xi County Magistrate even felt that if this continues, people would inevitably change their minds. Thinking of this made him feel a little uncomfortable.

The county magistrate went to Tongshan every few days, but it was not necessarily just doing it himself. His actions were nothing more than a clear attitude. When the attitude came, the people in the county figured out his preferences. Therefore, the servants in the county had to run there diligently and did not dare to neglect them at all.

With the increase of merchants, the roads in Lang Son seem to be deserted. In fact, Lang Son is poor, but the roads are much better than ordinary prefectures and counties. It is nothing more than that after the southern expedition, it became a food road. The court repaired the place, and with a large number of cars and horses passing by, the dirt road was constantly compacted. As the saying goes, as more people walk, it becomes a road. Lang Son's traffic can be described as well.

It’s a pity that people are still good to walk on such a road, and they really have to press on the big cart. Once it encounters rainy weather, the road will be too muddy and it is difficult to move forward. Therefore, the responsibility of building the road fell on the chief Wu Xiong. Fortunately, there is manpower here. What Wu Xiong has to do is communicate with the musketeers who stay here, and ask them to send some people to quarret every day, then crush the stones, the size of pebbles, and order people to lay a layer of gravel on the original mud road.

At first, these prisoners still needed to be escorted, but Wu Xiong understood that this was not a long-term solution. He began to pay attention to finding some powerful or prestigious people from the captives, improve their treatment, and let them manage the prisoners.

Gradually, a group of foremen began to take shape. Although these people were captured, they ate better than ordinary people. They also had some money every day. They didn't do any heavy work every day, but just carried whips and sticks to urge them. Therefore, they naturally became Wu Xiong's right-hand man.

In fact, even without the supervision of the foreman and the musket team, most people dare not escape. They were originally death row prisoners, but they were guilty of being forgiven. If they survived, they were extremely kind. Once they escaped, there was nowhere to go. In Annan, it is now reported that the government army is suppressing civil unrest, and the Ming Dynasty has strict household registration. Can they be lucky enough to hide for a day? It is absolutely impossible to hide their names. Even if they pass through checkpoints, intersections or ferries, they need to lead the way. Once they escape, they will be dead.

Besides, it’s pretty good here. Although it’s hard and there’s always something to eat, people will always subtly change themselves. At the beginning, it may be difficult for people to accept, but later on, they will gradually become numb.

In ancient times, what I needed most was manpower, but materials could be collected on site. In addition to providing some necessary food, the cost of other things was not much. At present, Lang Son was the least lacking in manpower.

However, this trend is not good, because the manpower is squandered and it will be difficult to maintain it for a long time. It requires people to build bridges and roads, and many workers have been selected to go to the workshop. In addition, there are also canals and civil engineering, which consumes a lot.

With people, there must be shelter from wind and rain. With people, there will be shops. All of these require construction and quarry.

Wu Xiong was already a little struggling. So many people and so many things were difficult to complete by himself. He had to find some helpers. So he sent a letter to Hao Fenglou. After being recognized by Hao Fenglou, Wu Xiong began to look for some candidates. Now that this guy has become a chief minister, he has a new look. With such a little bit of official power, he has gradually become implicit and cautious in his words and actions. Although he is as kind as ever, he is a bit distant in his harmony.

No matter what, he is already an official, and those who become an official can always adapt to their role quickly.

The most ambitious thing in Lang Son recently was that Prince Chen. The emperor had made a promise and was about to send someone to set off for Shenglong. It was very clear that he would be appointed as King Annan. On the other side of Shenglong, some old ministers of the Chen Dynasty also gained enough benefits in this rebellion. Now they have entered the court one after another, and the special marquis of Prince Chen ascended the throne.

A big rock in his heart settled down, and Prince Chen felt much lighter even in his bones. But then, he had a headache. The Emperor Ming Dynasty sent someone to convey a message intentionally or unintentionally, asking Annan to be responsible for the reward of the Hao family.

The emperor was already very concerned, and Hao Fenglou had indeed made outstanding achievements this time. If it weren't for him, there wouldn't be Annan's present. So Prince Chen immediately realized that this reward, in a sense, was like the Central Plains dynasty, and the amount of rewards might become a certain criterion for the Emperor of Ming Dynasty to judge him.

Nowadays, many places still need to rely on the Ming Dynasty. Of course, Prince Chen did not dare to neglect. He did not express his voice and was not in a hurry to mention this matter. However, he had already thoughtlessly, but he had already calculated that it was not the time, but... maybe this matter... can be used.
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