Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 628

Xie Chengjie is proud, but he still has his wits about him. The children cultivated by the Zanying family, even if they are dudes, are rarely worthless.

At the very least, the necessary vision is still there.

His Majesty Li Er's involvement in Jiangnan, Xie Chengjie has already deeply felt the crisis that the Jiangnan gentry is about to face, and is even more aware of the precarious future of the Xie family...

Everyone can see that the current emperor does not have the slightest liking for those powerful and prosperous families. To support the poor to fight against the aristocratic family.

It is conceivable that in the upcoming imperial examinations, a large number of humble scholars will pass, and then be assigned to various ministries of the imperial court and quickly promoted.

The powerful family will suffer an unprecedented blow, and the danger will be no less than the "Yongjia Disaster"...

Now, Fang Jun pointed out to him a golden road leading to the sky. As long as Fang Jun’s actions in Jiangnan are well coordinated, it will be regarded as being in the eyes of the emperor. ashore.

As for the coming allies' rejection and hostility, Xie Chengjie didn't care at all.

The interests of the family are above all else.

If it is necessary to eradicate Xie's family to protect himself, will the Xiao family hesitate at all?Absolutely not!
Therefore, Xie Chengjie didn't feel any moral guilt at all about hooking up with Fang Jun secretly.

Now that he has made up his mind to stand on the line of Fang Jun and actually pledge his allegiance to the emperor, Xie Chengjie thinks that he should do it more thoroughly.

Two-faced, three-handed, vacillating is the most taboo when standing in a team. If it is not good, instead of being able to please both sides, it is very likely that there are no people inside and outside...

So Xie Chengjie decided to betray Xiao Shi.

Fang Jun raised his eyebrows, looked at Xie Chengjie with a little surprise, and asked, "I don't know what Uncle Xie Shi wants to tell you?"

Xie Chengjie leaned forward slightly, and said in a low voice: "As far as Xie knows, Song Guogong received the support of Zhao Guogong in the last impeachment of Erlang. industry, allowing Changsun’s family’s iron factory to enter the south of the Yangtze River to mine, smelt and sell iron.”

Fang Jun was slightly taken aback.

No wonder the last time in the Tai Chi Hall, officials who were not from the Jiangnan gentry also jumped out to impeach him, and they were even more ferocious.Presumably, Changsun Wuji, the old fox, had a crooked idea, that is, to retaliate against his previous suppression of Changsun Chong, and to take the opportunity to open up trade routes in the south of the Yangtze River.

It's really a good move to kill two birds with one stone!

But obviously, Song Guogong is not a vegetarian...

Seeing that the situation was not good, Xiao Yu decisively terminated the impeachment of Fang Jun, so at that time only Changsun Wuji's party was left in the court to denounce the impeachment, but the Qingliu party that initiated the impeachment died down.

The final result showed that Xiao Yu's decision was correct, Qingliu was unscathed, but Changsun Wuji's troops suffered heavy losses.

But Fang Jun didn't think that Changsun Wuji made a mistake. It should be that he used the sacking of those civil officials to achieve the established facts, so that Xiao Yu could not live up to his preface and tear up the agreement between the two.

Fang Jun knows that Jiangnan has always been equivalent to the "private land" of the Jiangnan gentry. These Jiangnan gentry have been in Jiangnan for thousands of years and are deeply rooted. They have long regarded the interests of Jiangnan as taboos and are extremely xenophobic.

And Changsun Wuji seized the opportunity when the successive mistakes of the Jiangnan gentry led His Majesty Li Er to make up his mind to suppress severely, and took advantage of the opportunity to get Xiao Yu's promise.Once the iron factory of Changsun's family enters Jiangnan, it can quickly occupy the market by taking advantage of the emperor's opportunity to suppress the Jiangnan gentry.

As a result, what should have been the emperor's interests were lost to the eldest grandson's family.

Compared with the massive wealth that the iron factory is about to gain, the loss of one or two low-level civil servants is completely acceptable.

They are all old foxes...

Fang Jun couldn't help sighing secretly, once again realizing the cunning of the ancients, he didn't have the slightest bit of contempt in his heart.

Although these ancients are limited in their knowledge, Fang Jun will take the lead for a while, but all of them are elites who have been tempered and have enough IQ. Can take advantage of the void and do everything possible to maximize the benefits.

Naturally, Fang Jun would not just sit back and watch Changsun Wuji bring the iron factory into Jiangnan. With Changsun Wuji's treachery and the colossal size of the Changsun family, he would definitely use the iron factory to quickly spread his influence into every aspect of Jiangnan.At that time, it will inevitably become my biggest constraint.

The interests of the eldest grandson's family are in conflict with Fang Jun.

It's just how to prevent the eldest grandson's family from entering the south of the Yangtze River, but it is a matter of life...

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The weather is getting warmer day by day, pedestrians on the street have already taken off their bloated winter clothes and put on light spring clothes.

The imperial examination hosted by the Ministry of Rites is coming soon, and there are more and more scholars from all over the street.The entire city of Chang'an let the Buddha come back to life from hibernation. There was a lot of noise and pedestrians. Merchant from all over the world brought their products from all over the world.

For several days, Fang Jun did not leave the gate.

Supervising the construction of the construction team of the Ministry of Industry in Fuchu, and also receiving the stewards who came back from the Western Regions, and listening to the reports from the Western Regions.

From winter to spring, the Fang family’s winery in the Western Regions has already been built. The “glycerin” extracted from lard transported from Chang’an arrived in Gaochang one by one. The porcelain altars were shipped to Guanzhong and distributed all over the world.

The grapes planted last year have not yet been produced, and the production of grapes is limited. By next spring, the production will double.

A wool spinning workshop will also be built in summer, and a large number of finished products will be shipped to Guanzhong for sale.

For the "sheep eat people" strategy in the Western Regions, Fang Jun does not need to devote too much energy.The basic strategy has been laid out. It only needs to transport the grape wine and cashmere products to the Central Plains for sale, and then give back a lot of money to the nobles and lords of the Western Regions. This will inevitably inspire them to pursue wealth even more frantically and turn all the land into grapes. Land and pastures, there is no more land to grow small and measurable grains...

The lifeblood of the Western Regions will gradually be in the hands of Datang. Once the food supply is cut off, the entire Western Regions will be in a desperate situation.

The situation in Tubo is very similar, but the progress is slightly slower.

After all, Tubo is now a unified regime. If it wants to achieve the same effect as the chaotic Western Regions, it must be more difficult and face greater resistance.

Fang Jun is now fully focused on the upcoming trip to the south of the Yangtze River.

I also found Li Daozong to discuss some preparations.

Now that the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming, the ice and snow in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River melt, and a large amount of snow water flows into the river, causing the river to surge and widen, forming a spring flood.

This time of year is a good time to release the platoon...

Rafting is mainly to transport timber, this kind of business has its own particularity, the wooden raft is not only a means of transportation, but also the object of transportation.Of course, the production of this kind of wooden raft has its own unique process. It must be economical and practical to transport out as much wood as possible, and at the same time it must be strong and firm to ensure safety.

In ancient times, rowing was the most important means of transporting wood.

The "timber yard" by the river is full of timber that was transported and transported from the mountainous areas on both sides of the river, piled up in bundles, and stacked on top of the "wood yard" in the open space by the river.

The process of binding wooden rafts is called "tying row", which is both physical work and technical work. When "tying up", the tools for "tying" according to the method of vertical and horizontal crossing are generally "ropes" twisted from bamboo. This "rope" is called "fiber rope" or "cable rope". foam, and toughness, and no stretchability, compared to later generations of steel wire, plastic rope and the like.

When tying up a row, it is tied up layer by layer in the water. Sometimes the arranged wood can reach more than ten layers. When the row is tied to the top layer, a radial rod is also tied. A large piece of wood, pulped at the back end and tapered at the front.This became the rudder of the wooden raft. When rushing across the beach and the gorge, the men stood in the row, hugged the small bowl-thick pole together, and cut through the waves like a swinging fish tail, rushing through one dangerous pass after another.

Li Daozong once commanded the world's navy, and the best discharger is often the most aggressive navy.Whether it is building a shipyard or building a ship, a large amount of high-quality wood is needed, and most of the best wood in the world is produced in central Sichuan.Logs from mountainous areas are cut down and can be easily transported to any place along the river.

Li Daozong immediately ordered his former subordinates to cut down giant trees and discharge them along the river.

After arranging this major event, Fang Jun settled down and began to plan the construction of the shipyard.It's a pity that before the plan was started, he received an invitation from Wei Wang Li Tai, asking him to have a banquet at the Luoxia Temple at the foot of Zhongnan Mountain...

(End of this chapter)