Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 2005, a sudden change
In the capital city of Ming Dynasty, accompanied by howling cold wind, heavy snow like goose feathers quickly changed the earth into white plain clothes, and it was another winter!
In the study of Liu Jin's mansion, Liu Jin is thinking about the affairs of the court.

Since the opening of the railway in the southwest region, the development has become rapid. In just a few years, Chengdu has now become the engine and driving force for the development of the southwest region, and it has begun to drive the rapid development of Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Chongqing.

In the future, we only need to continue to build railways leading to Yunnan, Guizhou, and Chongqing. The development speed of these places can keep up with the pace of Ming Dynasty.

The turbulent waves of capitalism and colonialism will inevitably attract a large number of people to move out. The ecological environment of these places can also be gradually improved. The ecological environment of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River is better, and the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River will also be improved. There is nothing to worry about.

"The old saying is good, this man is rich without windfall, and a horse without night grass is not fat."

"The same is true for a country. The Ming Dynasty has been able to develop to the present, and all regions are developing in a balanced manner. This is inseparable from external colonial plunder. There is no external source of huge wealth, resources, land, etc. Moisturize Daming's words."

"It is absolutely impossible for Ming Dynasty to have the situation it is in today, let alone spend a huge price to develop the southwest region. With the development of the southwest region, the development of all parts of Ming Dynasty will be really balanced."

"The northern industrial region represented by the Beijing-Tianjin region, the western region represented by Chang'an and Kaifeng, the eastern region represented by Songhu and Nanjing, and the middle reaches of the Yangtze River represented by Hanyang and Nanchang."

"There are also southern regions represented by Guangzhou, Quanzhou, and Qiongzhou, and even Nanyang and overseas provinces have developed extremely balanced and average, unlike later generations where the gap between the eastern, central and western regions is very large."

"Facts have proved that those who get rich first are not willing to bring the poor to become rich together. They will only try to set up high walls and courtyards to prevent others from becoming as rich as themselves."

"So development must be balanced, so that it is more balanced and reasonable."

Liu Jin thought of later generations, because of the input of external wealth, coupled with the poverty and weakness of a century of war, it is really not easy to develop, and they can only find ways to involve and concentrate resources on priority To develop key areas and fields.

The result is also very obvious, the difference between the east and the west is very large, there are many people and few resources, the interior is very complicated, and the development is extremely unbalanced.

And the current Ming Dynasty, because it can feed back itself with a steady stream of wealth and resources through overseas colonization and plunder, coupled with the development of industry and technology, has created the powerful Ming Empire today.

The development of each region is very balanced, and the gap between them is very small. There is no such thing as saying that your Beijing-Tianjin region is much better than the people in Liaodong.

In fact, the life and income of wage earners in the Beijing-Tianjin area is not as good as that of the farmers in the Liaodong area. The farmers in the Liaodong area can easily earn hundreds of taels of silver a year.

As for the migrant workers in the Beijing-Tianjin area, the income of the two couples working hard for a year is more than 100 taels of silver, which is not as good as that of the farmers in the Liaodong area.

There are also those farmers and planters overseas whose income is quite good. Some planters who plant rubber can even have a considerable income of several thousand taels or tens of thousands of taels of silver a year, which is far away. A wage earner in a super city.

While all regions are developing in a balanced manner, the price level of Daming has always been maintained at a low level, especially the price of food that is related to the national economy and people's livelihood is very stable and has always been at a low level.

Those grain merchants and salt merchants who were so rich in the past have long since declined.

The emergence of cement roads, cars, trains and ships made grain transportation more convenient. What's more, Daming continued to expand, incorporating granaries and meat warehouses into its own territory, and mechanized farming greatly increased grain production.

All of this seriously undermined the previous basis for those grains that could raise the price of grains to make huge profits, and it also determined that the price of grains was doomed not to fluctuate.

Even if there are droughts, floods or locust plagues in one place, the impact is minimal.

The wealth of the entire society of Ming Dynasty is growing and expanding rapidly. More importantly, the distribution of social wealth is more reasonable and can be spread to more people, and to the people at the bottom. You can immigrate out and live a happy life as a landlord.

The impact of this is that the prosperity and prosperity of the entire Ming Dynasty has never been so prosperous and powerful, and the society has never been as stable and prosperous as it is today.

"Work for a few more years, and stop when you are fifty. While you are still young, travel around, eat and drink, and don't worry too much."

Thinking of the end, Liu Jin also set a plan and goal for himself, and quit working for a few more years. It's not interesting to be the chief assistant of the cabinet for a long time.

Power is an addictive thing, but a person's life is very short, even if he holds power all the time, how long can he hold it?
In the end, it’s not the same as turning into a pile of loess. If that’s the case, why bother to be attached to it all the time? If you should retreat bravely, you should retreat early, and take advantage of the time and energy to do something you want to do.

"Master, it's not good, it's not good!"

"The old lady suddenly fainted!"

When Liu Jin was thinking about his future retirement life, the butler hurried over to report.

"what?"

When Liu Jin heard this, he became anxious immediately, and hurried to visit him.

In Liu Jin's mother Wang's wing room, Xu Wan'er, Li Zhen and the servants in the family were all anxious at this time. The old lady was taking a walk, but she didn't know what was going on, and she fainted all of a sudden. , fell heavily to the ground, bleeding from the head.

"What do you guys do for food?"

"Is there no one to help the old lady faint?"

Li Zhen reprimanded the maid who had been serving the Wang family.

If there is something wrong with this old lady, it will be a big deal.

Liu Jin lost his father since he was a child, and he was brought up by Wang's hand. At that time, he did not know how much hardship he had to suffer. One of the women's generation raised a child by himself and had to support him to study. One can imagine the hardships involved.

You must know that in the past, studying was very expensive, but it is not the case that new students can study for free.

"Ma'am, it was the old lady who said she wanted to see the snow for herself, but she fainted."

The servant girl hurriedly replied in fear.

At this time, Liu Jin had hurried over.

"mother!"

Liu Jin came to the bedside and looked at his mother who was unconscious, feeling very anxious.

"I've already gone to the doctor."

Xu Wan'er also said hastily from the side.

"How could such a good person faint?"

Liu Jin looked at the maidservants.

"We don't know either. The old lady said she wanted to see the snow, and she didn't let us go out because she was afraid that we would be cold. As a result, she fainted as soon as she went out."

The servant girl cried again.

The old lady has always been very kind to them, she has never beaten or scolded them servants, and she always thinks about them, the maids. There are also a lot of rewards during festivals and festivals, serving such an old lady, they all like it very much , and has always respected the old lady.

Now that something like this happened, they were also very sad, and they were already crying.

"You guys didn't take good care of them, so it's up to the family to take good care of you later."

Li Zhen looked at the maids and said angrily.

"We know it's wrong, we know it's wrong."

When the maids heard this, they were frightened to death, and they cried and shouted.

This Liu Jin is the Duke of Liao, the chief minister of the current cabinet, Xu Wan'er is the younger sister of Duke Ding, and Li Zhen is also the granddaughter of the six servants. This is definitely the top wealthy family in Ming Dynasty.

Since it is a wealthy family, there are many rules, especially the management of a large number of servant girls, there are more rules for servants, and there are severe punishments. Once you make a mistake, deducting wages is a trivial matter. It is the thing everyone is most afraid of. When the whip is hit, the skin will be torn and the flesh will be torn.

"Okay, let's talk about this later."

Liu Jin waved his hands, sat on the edge of the bed, and looked at his mother, tears streaming down his face.

I think of my childhood and the past. At that time, I was very poor. My mother suffered a lot, suffered a lot, and suffered a lot. Only then did I raise myself and pay for my education.

Thinking, thinking, Liu Jin was even more sad.

Not long after, several doctors came to the mansion in a hurry. This time, they specially invited the professors from Daming Medical College to visit him.

"How about it, doctor?"

After the doctor finished reading, Liu Jin asked quickly.

"The old lady must be old, plus she suffered hardships and hardships when she was young, her body was weak, and her energy and blood were exhausted, so she fainted."

"After fainting, he fell to his head again. I'm afraid it's more ominous."

After reading it, the doctor also spoke bluntly to Liu Jin.

After hearing this, Liu Jin couldn't help crying.

"I'm only in my sixties, how could this be?"

Liu Jin can't accept such a thing. He is only in his 80s. The average life expectancy of future generations is almost [-] years old. His mother is only in her [-]s. She only passed her [-]th birthday two years ago. Now she just fell down. , Liu Jin can't accept it anyway.

In fact, in this era, sixty years old is considered a long life, and the average life expectancy is only thirty or forty years old. What's more, Liu Jin's mother suffered a lot when she was young, overworked, and accumulated a lot of money. question.

That is to say, when Liu Jin became promising, he was able to relax and cultivate continuously, otherwise, the situation might be even worse.

(End of this chapter)