There is a home in the depths of the white clouds

The governor of Songjiang didn't know that he was about to be punished. He was sitting in the lobby, preparing to send charcoal to Jingzhong.

He didn't give the charcoal gift alone, he wanted to hand over the money to the higher level, and then let the chief political envoy distribute it.

If there is any news, someone will tell it in advance, and this respect is considered money to buy news.

"Hasn't Shanghai County expressed anything yet?" For the new county magistrate of Shanghai County, the Governor of Songjiang is not optimistic. After all, the previous ones are... useless, and none of them can stay for three years.

"No, but there is news from above that Shanghai County will be exempted from taxes for three years." His master stood aside and said respectfully, "I'm afraid he already knew about it."

"Tax-free?" Governor of Songjiang was taken aback for a moment, then narrowed his eyes: "Then he still owes taxes for three years!"

Sure enough, dogs that can bite people don't bark. It's amazing. It's actually tax-free. Why didn't he expect it?

The master thought for a while and reminded him: "My lord, in fact, the last time we applied for tax exemption, it was just seven years ago that we were attacked by pirates and Japanese pirates. He probably knew..."

And he also checked, as early as when the previous Lord Fuzun was still there, he applied for exemption for Shanghai County... which one applied for tax exemption before leaving, but after the Lord Fuzun took over... .I didn't say anything about tax exemption.

Logically speaking, Shanghai County has been exempt from taxation for nine years.

"With this official, there is no such thing as tax exemption." The Governor of Songjiang will not let the cooked duck fly away.

To say that Songjiang Mansion is also a rich place, as early as the Song Dynasty, here was the estuary of the sea, and the wealth brought by Kaifu was enough for the people here to enjoy for several generations, especially the Songjiang cloth produced in Songjiang Mansion, which is very famous. In fact, maritime trade is prohibited. Songjiang Prefecture has an outlet to the sea, and those maritime merchants do business secretly, and each of them makes a lot of money.

Correspondingly, the magistrate of Songjiang prefect also gained a lot of benefits.

Of the six concubines in the family, five are concubine daughters of sea merchants, and one is concubine daughter of a silk merchant family.

Compared with the old and yellow main room, the six charming concubines are not only more beautiful than Huajiao, but also have "gifts" from their mother's family every year. Originally, concubines can't be said by their mother's family when they are in business, but businessmen Let them be concubines in order to have a bridge to communicate with the magistrate, and the "gifts" given are all tacky real money.

"He came directly from the capital, isn't it possible?" The master actually disapproved of the greed of Mr. Fu Zun, after all, it is more in line with the officialdom to stop it in moderation than to make it worse.

"What are you afraid of?" Song Jiang Fu Yin smiled: "Wait for me to go to the chief envoy one by one and ask him about his details."

He can't touch the royal relatives, and he can still make decisions in a small Shanghai county..

Soon, he took the money to visit the chief envoy.

On Wu Youwei's side, because of the good weather, he hurried to build the house.

More people means easier work. The dilapidated houses in those fishing villages were directly demolished. The houses were built with blue bricks, concrete and tiles. The speed was quite high, and the houses built were all two-story buildings. The reason was that Wu Youwei felt that On the second floor, more seafood such as salted fish and dried fish can be dried.

At the same time, the county government opened an official salt shop in Nanshi, selling clean sea salt exclusively.

Many people went to buy salt, and brought home the big and small bags, Wu Youwei was puzzled: "Salt...why do you buy so much?

"My lord, you don't know about that." Lao Zhang smiled and said while carrying a bag of salt: "In the past, the salt sold by those people had sand in it, and you had to boil it yourself before you could use it. Your salt is very clean. , buy more and keep it at home, it won’t break anyway.”

Only then did Wu Youwei realize that his own salt is a good thing in the eyes of the common people: "However, sea salt has been popularized for a long time, what's wrong with you here?"

Lao Zhang was also taken aback for a moment: "We have always been like this here..."

Wu Youwei nodded, sent Lao Zhang away, and thought about it: the salt has been improved shortly after he gave Wantong the prescription of drying salt, why do people here still eat gravel? What about salt?

In the past, there was sand in the salt, because it was time-consuming and labor-intensive to cook the salt manually, and the labor and pots and charcoal were all considered costs. The price of salt was expensive, and after a few hands, the price was even higher. Sha Shuo is mixed in, at a ratio of one catty to three liang.

He has also eaten dishes made of salt with shashuo, one time is enough.

Then he really asked the family to go through it again to get out the shashuo inside.

It’s just that there was no such situation in Yanba later when there were sun-dried salt farms. Why is it still like this in Shanghai County now?

With good salt, the women in Shanghai County quickly dried salted fish, dried fish and other things in their spare time, which are all vegetables in winter.

And because of the tax exemption, their grain harvest is also very good, and now they don't have to worry about starvation. Many people choose to store the excess grain instead of selling it.

The psychology of the people is very simple, there is food in hand, and there is no panic in their hearts.

This may be the most affluent life in Shanghai County in the past ten years. Large pieces of dried and salted fish are drying at home; men are sweating profusely in building houses, and women are supporting them and cooking for their own men. eat.

The half-child went fishing with the old people and brought back boat after boat of big fish.

The children all had clothes to cover their bodies, with satisfied smiles on their fleshy faces.

Wu Youwei feels that this is the spiritual outlook that Shanghainese should have.

Wantong's army has also moved into the barracks in batches. They have more manpower, and they take turns to add interior decoration to their camps, and the county government can already move in.

The sound of crackling firecrackers sounded, and everyone happily looked at the brand-new county government office. Wu Youwei walked into the gate of the county government office together with all the office staff in Shanghai County in his official uniform.

It can be considered that the county government officially...business...opens the door...starts to work.

"The county office is empty, my lord." Cui Tieniu and his party of more than 20 people, plus three hundred guards who were selected to serve, scattered in the county office, which was quite lively.

It's just that the county government wants money but has no money, and food but no food. If a mouse enters the granary, it has to crawl out crying and crying.

"That's right." Wu Youwei thought for a while: "How much grain is left?"

"Fifty thousand shi." Cui Tieniao pulled the abacus and said: "In winter, the rest of the house needs to be repaired. They repair the house outside by themselves, so there is no need for food."

People who build their own houses can feel at ease. Anyway, they also do some bricklaying work, and with the guidance of craftsmen, they build their own houses. Of course, they live and eat at their own homes.

Moreover, they are locals and know how to build houses to better resist the wind.

And after Wu Youwei's construction team was disbanded, he organized manpower to build walls around each village, forming small fortifications. Inside the walls were observation towers and fences made of iron and wood. There are two hundred people from the Zhenwei Battalion stationed here, but the guards change every month.

Wu Youwei built dormitories, playgrounds and various facilities for these 200 people in each village.

"I still have some grain in storage here, and I put it in the warehouse, so it can be regarded as the granary in Shanghai County." Wu Youwei said: "When there is tax revenue in the future, I will move it out of the warehouse.

This is also a helpless thing. He has recorded in advance how much Shanghai County spent, and he will have to get it back after the tax is collected. Otherwise, why would he spend so much money to rebuild Shanghai County?

It is impossible to engage in private construction in Daming, and the higher-ups will suspect you of buying people's hearts and plotting against others.

"Okay, I need to save some money." Cui Tieniu said: "Songjiang cloth is also necessary. It is said that the sails are all Songjiang cloth, which is thick and airtight."

"Yes." Wu Youwei nodded: "Songjiang cloth can be purchased at the nearby cloth shop.

Recently, everyone has some money in their hands, which has driven the development of the local economy. At least a few shops are no longer crowded.

There is also a lot of business in the grain store. Once the official salt store opened, it also drove the business of the two grocery stores. After all, the official salt store only sells salt, and the remaining seasonings still have to be bought in the grocery store.

The opening of the county government... Ahem, after the official office, the first thing is to make a roster for the household registration, and then to count the approximate harvest for this year, and winter is coming soon, Wu Youwei also I don't know the situation here.

Because it was the south, the big Shanghai at that time was completely different from the Shanghai County at this time, so he couldn't guarantee what was going on here.

I only know that you can fish in winter, and there are small boats in the Huangpu River that can go back and forth... There are both freshwater and seawater fish.

At this time, Zhang Shen came back.

He brought back many... warships!

It stopped at Bailong Port, which was originally an abandoned port full of sand, stones and shells. Later, Vantone sent people to build a wharf. There were 2000 people stationed there, and a waterway was built to connect it to the Huangpu River. Small boats can be used directly From there it enters the Huangpu River and finally arrives at Shanghai County.

The big ship has to stop at Bailong Port.

"My lord, you have worked hard all the way." Seeing Zhang Shen, Wu Youwei smiled and said hello: "Have you gained something?"

"Thanks to the treasure you gave, as soon as that thing was put in front of the old boy, he succumbed!" Zhang Shen laughed loudly: "I will give you whatever you want. Our family even brought some craftsmen back, which can be given to ships. Do repairs and maintenance.

He didn't come back with a boat, there are many craftsmen: "Master Wu, please arrange a place to live.

"Yes, yes!" Wu Youwei also narrowed his eyes with a smile. Talents are the most rare these days. Craftsmen, especially craftsmen who make warships, are all registered and cannot leave casually for the rest of their lives. where.

Of course, their offspring should be like them too.

This is the cruel system of feudal society. What if you run out and make warships for pirates?

"The wages will come from me." Wantong walked in from the outside, and after listening to the end, he knew that not only the warships were coming, but also the craftsmen who came with them.

These people have to support their families, and when they come with their families, they must be settled, and they must have wages and food.

Seeing Wantong, Zhang Shen cupped his hands: "Master Wan, our family is lucky to live up to our fate. We brought back a lot of ships and people. It was also said there that if necessary, we can place another order."

The boat was not bought for nothing, it needed to be bought with money, and all of this had to be paid out of the fee. Zhang Shen was able to buy the boat, whether he gave more or less, all depended on the wishes of the local guarding eunuch.

He gave a great gift. Of course, the boats can be selected and bought, and the craftsmen can also choose the craftsman. The artillery and other things equipped on the boat are also very advanced in Ming Dynasty.

This is all obtained by spending money and begging for favors. With such a large territory as the Ming Dynasty, which guarding general doesn't want to have good cannons?

Zhang Shen not only brought artillery and other things, but also weapons, all of which were fresh from the factory!

"Thank you, Mr. Zhang." Wantong also clasped his fists together: "Wan Mou will go and have a look.

After he left, Wu Youwei chatted with Zhang Shen. Zhang Shen had a lot of connections, and he was better than Wu Youwei in inquiring about things. He told Wu Youwei: "The Ministry of Industry sent people down, and they will clean up the Songjiang mansion. Yin, let's just watch the fun." "No!" Wu Youwei objected: "He has also received taxes from Shanghai County for many years, and he wants to get them back! Zhang Shen didn't expect Wu Youwei to think so: "Well, There is no precedent for this either? "

Generally, if the family is raided, all the property will belong to the imperial court. It seems that he has never done such a thing before chasing taxes.

"I can't get back..." Wu Youwei thought for a while, and it didn't conform to the prevailing rules in the officialdom, so he changed his words: "Then let the emperor exempt me from Shanghai County's taxes for three years." !"