The cities in the south seem to be more stable than the cities in the north. Whether it is Nanjing, Hangzhou, Yangzhou, Suzhou, Wuchang, or Hankou, since its formation, no matter how the situation in China changes, it has always stubbornly held their status and maintained its lasting prosperity and prosperity.

All of this depends on the rivers. All cities in the south are located on the shores of big rivers. The cheap and convenient transportation brings the prosperity of business. Cities rooted in commerce are always tenacious than the political center.

Similarly, the rise and fall of northern cities is also determined by waterways.

Compared with southern cities, the history of northern cities seems to be heavier and changes more frequently. Kaifeng, which was once prosperous during the Northern Song Dynasty, lost its former glory and glory during the Yuan and Ming dynasties due to the silt of the Bian River and gradually became dim and dim.

Of course, with the development of mining and smelting, some cities have risen rapidly and occupy an extremely important position in the country. Daye is such a city. Daye is affiliated to Xingguozhou, with Tieshan in the north and Baizhishan in the north, copper mines in the east, Weilushan in the east, iron in the southwest, Tonglushan in the south, copper production.

Daye is sitting on the iron mountain of Tongshan, and is located on the bank of the Yangtze River. It is difficult to not prosper. Since the Hongwu period, more than 100,000 people have been mining and smelting here all year round. The prosperity of the mining and smelting industry has driven the development of the service industry, and various restaurants, hotels, gambling workshops, and smelting courtyards... came into being, and ironware merchants gathered here to transport iron materials from Daye one by one and sold them to various parts of the Ming Dynasty.

All this even attracted Qu Shishi. After Qu Shishi said goodbye to Lin Chunhong, he put the boat along the water until Daye, and waited at Daye Yangtze River Wharf for ten days, and found out a fact: every two days, a three-masted sailboat was hanging the banner of Bangtai, loaded with iron ore, and went upstream.

Qu Shixi was shocked. Based on 4,000 materials, a three-masted sailboat smelted with more than 20,000 kilograms of thick iron. Wouldn't it cost nearly 4 million kilograms a year?

In other words, Bangtai gets four million kilograms of iron from Daye every year. Even so, Bangtai is still very lacking in iron. In addition to being amazed, Qu Shishi was overjoyed again. Daye happened to use some tricks under Tang Hui's jurisdiction, which was enough to jamm Bangtai's throat.

Qu Shixi, who thought he was able to make plans, no longer stopped and immediately set off for Haiyu to discuss Donglin's plan with Qian Qianyi.

When Qu Shixiu saw Qian Qianyi, he was extremely surprised. His teacher's face was rosy, not like the past when he was cold and cold, and seemed to have encountered a happy event. Qian Qianyi saw Qu Shixiu's tongue and smiled and recited: "The weeping willows are in the east of the embroidered curtain, and the remaining branches and butterflies take advantage of the wind; it is the cold food road in Xiling, and the peach blossoms are so energetic that they are beautiful."

This poem is beautiful and unique, and you will know it is from a woman's hand. Qu Shishi understood it with great since he knew it. It turned out that Qian Qianyi met his confidante, no wonder he was so proud. Qu Shishi asked, "Who did this poem? It is so exquisite and graceful?"

Qian Qianyi closed his eyes, as if he was still savoring it. After a while, he replied: "Hedong Jun Liu Rushi."

Qu Shixi's eyes almost glared into a bronze bell and said in a lost voice: "It's Liu Rushi, who is famous in Jiangnan? Isn't she close to Chen Wozi of Fushe?"

Qian Qianyi said proudly: "What does it matter? What I appreciate is her talent."

Qu Shixi wandered between conspiracy and party struggles all day long, knowing that people's hearts were sinister. He believed from the bottom of his heart that Liu Rushi was approaching Qian Qianyi, and he definitely had a plan! However, Qu Shixi could not point out all this to his husband, so he had to keep it in his heart and secretly decided to keep an eye on Liu Rushi and investigate her true purpose.

Qian Qianyi was so excited that he couldn't help but talk to his disciple about his encounter with Liu Rushi, "You are familiar with Taoist Taoist in the grass. That day, I went to Hangzhou for my teacher..."

Qian Qianyi is over fifty years old. Since he was dismissed from his post and returned to his hometown, his mood has been dim and sad. He is calm in history every day. He often goes to West Lake to raft and sends worries. When he is tired, he stays at the home of the famous Taoist Taoist in Hangzhou. At that time, Liu Rushi is also living in Hangzhou and is a regular visitor to the Taoist Taoist in the door of the Taoist Taoist. That day happened to put a small poem written improvised when visiting the lake in the living room of the Taoist Taoist. Qian Qianyi accidentally discovered the piece of poetry, and Qian Qianyi couldn't help but praise the poem. The understanding Taoist Taoist in his eyes, understood it, and arranged for the three of them to visit the lake together.

The next day, a pleasure boat carried three people on Xizi Lake. As soon as he saw Liu Rushi, Qian Qianyi immediately felt pity. Liu Rushi was small and charming, and there was a beautiful poetic feeling in his belly, which really makes people sigh. Liu Rushi talked about poetry and scenery without restraint, and talked about it as he pleased. His lively and cute expression made Qian Qianyi temporarily forget the depression in his heart, and felt that he had become younger. On a whim, he even recited sixteen quatrains in one breath to express his admiration for Yiren.

After hearing this encounter, Qu Shixi no longer got involved in this matter. He immediately changed the topic and talked about this trip to Jingzhou. At the end, he even made a conclusion about Bangtai: "There is enough money and food, the elite soldiers and armor are strong, and the people are dependent on them. In addition, Lin Chunhong gathers the power of heaven and earth, and the machine used is unique and exquisite. Students have never heard of it before. His ability to build ships and build weapons is super strong. Therefore, students believe that Lin Chunhong's feathers have grown up and cannot be dealt with at the moment."

Qian Qianyi was silent and pondered for a long time, saying, "Listen to your words, Lin Chunhong is unique and has three worries: opening a government office without authorization, privately casting silver coins and copper coins, and privately determining military positions, other things such as building roads, digging canals, building long-term warehouses, and opening workshops are not enough to worry about, but it is only a local official's responsibility. Although Lin Chunhong interferes in his duties, it is not a big mistake."

After walking around Bangtai with Lin Chunhong, Qu Shixi saw too many strange things. She only felt that Bangtai was powerful, but she couldn't figure it out. Now after listening to Qian Qianyi's summary, she suddenly felt that her thinking was extremely clear, far from the paste a few days ago.

Although Qian Qianyi lacks experience in party struggles, his political vision is indeed good, which is beyond Qu Shixiu.

Qu Shizi admired her and bowed and said, "Mr. As long as you start from these three aspects, you can completely limit Lin Chunhong. Using Shen Wenlin and Yan Jie and coerce Lin Chunhong will not only not succeed, but also cause annoying. Alas, dealing with Wen Tiren is really different from dealing with Lin Chunhong!"

Qian Qianyi smiled and said, "That's of course. Wen Tiren seems to be glamorous, but after losing the trust of the emperor, he is nothing. Lin Chunhong is not the case. No matter how outsiders evaluate him or slander him, he is getting more and more energetic."

Qu Shisi was amazed, "This time it was also a pupil that allowed the students to find his weakness. The whole Bangtai seemed to be full of flowers, but in fact it was facing a dilemma that they could not solve: iron deficiency. Without iron, artillery could not be cast, sailboats could not be launched, and fine armor could not be built... As long as they could limit their iron ore, Lin Chunhong's teeth could be said to have knocked out half of them!"

Qian Qianyi said: "Didn't you just talk about their mine?"

Qu Shizi smiled and said, "How old is Ma Lian and Huo Shaoping? The students made a special trip to Daye to investigate. If the students were probably not bad, more than half of Lin Chunhong's iron came from Daye. It's a pity that the bastards in Daye actually sold ore and Lin Chunhong without authorization! Now, students believe that only Governor Tang needs an order, and Lin Chunhong should be obedient!"

Qian Qianyi pondered without saying a word and fell into deep thought. Qu Shixiu did not dare to disturb him and stood with his hands down.

After a long time, Qian Qianyi said: "The court has been struggling with financial difficulties for a long time. If Secretary Hou can make achievements, it will be of great benefit to me. The minting of silver coins and copper coins is the responsibility of the court. Since Lin Chunhong proved that this is a huge profit, it might as well let Secretary Hou try it. If you really do this, you should be able to restrict Lin Chunhong. As for determining the title of military general, this was forced by Wen Tiren. Wen Tiren is vengeful, so let him make things difficult. The matter of opening a government office and building a yamen is shocking. Sooner or later, people in the world will find out, so we don't need to worry..."

Qian Qianyi sighed, "My Donglin lineage is withering so much, how can I charge forward? For those who are beneficial to me, you might as well learn from it. If you need to make great efforts, you might as well..."

Qian Qianyi stopped talking, as if he was a little hesitant. Qu Shixi couldn't help but urged him to ask.

Finally, Qian Qianyi gritted his teeth: "Soul the discord and sit in the mountains and watch the tiger fight!"

Qu Shixi and Qian Qianyi conspired for several days and were about to inform Hou Xun, the Minister of Revenue, when they received news of Lin Chunhong's redeem for land in Jingzhou. What surprised the two even more was that Liu Mengsheng actually hit a stone with an egg and became a rebel who everyone called to beat.

Qian Qianyi pushed away the manuscript in front of him with both hands and said to himself: "What else do we plan? Lin Chunhong is looking for death and looks down on this kid."

"This... Lin Chunhong actually has such a courage and dares to offend the world..." Qu Shixiu was puzzled. His years of interaction with Lin Chunhong made him realize that Lin Chunhong was definitely not an impulsive person. "What did he rely on?"

Qian Qianyi sneered: "Just just a martial artist, I really want to fight against the world with my own strength? It's ridiculous that I overestimate myself!"

"Sir, the student dares to ask the emperor about his temperament." Lin Chunhong surprised Qu Shisi too much, and his intuition told him that Lin Chunhong must have the confidence to win and has a basis for relying on it.

Qian Qianyi was reminded by Qu Shixi, and suddenly woke up and asked, "Did you think of the 300,000 taels of silver that Lin Chunhong handed over?"

Qu Shixi nodded and said, "That's right. The court is so poor that it is so poor. If the emperor receives these 300,000 taels of silver, what attitude will the emperor take?"

Qian Qianyi was deeply impressed by Zhu Youjian's dilemma of being short of silver. His first reaction was that after Zhu Youjian tasted the sweetness, he would imitate Lin Chunhong and become addicted to scouting the house. He thought about it carefully and couldn't help but feel heartbroken. However, after a moment, he shook his head and said, "Impossible...Impossible. The emperor has a wise ruler. Although he is more impatient, he should not use this as a method."

Qu Shixi frowned and said, "Let's not talk about whether the emperor will learn from Lin Chunhong's approach. Just talking about the 300,000 taels of silver will solve the urgent needs of the court. With the emperor's personality, he will issue an order to praise him. I am afraid that Secretary Hou will be happy."

Qian Qianyi suddenly stood up and patted his forehead and said, "Boy Lin Chunhong! Even the Emperor has plotted against him! What is he relying on? He is relying on the Emperor's praise and imperial edict!"

"Students also think so. Lin Chunhong wants to use the emperor to block the court's ministers!"

Qian Qianyi sat down dejectedly and sighed: "This guy's plan is so far-reaching! It's not up to you and me..." Qian Qianyi rubbed his temples, "When using conspiracy, I'm afraid only Wen Tiren can compete with him. How can I, Donglin, be his opponent?"

Qu Shixi said: "This matter is not over yet. Even if the ministers of the court are silent for a while, the land involves the foundation of the people in the world. How can the gentry and bureaucrats in various places give up? Now is just a temporary tranquility before the storm!"

Qian Qianyi nodded and said, "I originally wanted to see the battle between Wen Tiren and Lin Chunhong, but I didn't expect to enjoy the drama of Lin Chunhong fighting alone in the world... Haha, this is watching a group of wolves fighting alone in the tiger, haha, exciting..."

Qian Qianyi's face turned red, more excited than when he saw Liu Rushi. Qu Shixi also laughed, "Sir, the student thinks our biggest opponent is Wen Tiren. Why not take advantage of Lin Chunhong's desperate struggle to make the two fight too. Maybe Lin Chunhong was angry and bit Wen Tiren hard."
Chapter completed!