Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 863 Development of the Northeast
By April, the entire Northeast region has entered summer, with continuous rain.

Chang'an County was originally the western gateway of Shenyang, and it was connected by the Pu River. There were quite a lot of merchants.

Whenever there are merchants, the county town is fine, and the villages in the countryside are like a festival, and they take out their housekeeping goods one after another, wanting to exchange for what they need.

Needles and thread brains, iron pot hoes, cloth axles, oil and livestock, all the people want to exchange.

However, Li Shizhen and Cao Xi had no time to spare, so they could only send those who participated in the provincial examination to Shenyang; three days later, they had to work on the warehouse inspection and drying;

Local officials are always the busiest.

Li Shizhen couldn't take it anymore, so he directly posted his resignation and concentrated on preparing for the imperial examination at home.

Cao Xi had no choice but to work alone.

On this day, Cao Xi wandered to Li's house with two fishes: "This fat fish is very fragrant, add two pieces of tofu to stew."

"Shizhen, I think I can't hang around anymore."

"Oh? You also want to take the imperial examination?"

"No, I want to continue to be an official." Cao Xi said awkwardly: "I am not as knowledgeable as you, so I should be an official!"

"There is a shortage of officials in Jilin. I am a ninth-rank official in the county government. If I go to Jilin, can I be a county magistrate?"

As he spoke, he had question marks all over his face.

"It's a good idea." Li Shizhen put down the book in his hand, and said calmly: "The county magistrate and the general judge are from the seventh rank, and the promotion officials and the teaching officials are the eighth rank. If you become a Tui official, you have been promoted to two ranks."

"Even so, you don't necessarily have an official vacancy."

Hearing this, Cao Xi's mood faded, and he was quite helpless.

"Stop, are you giving up now?" Li Shizhen shook his head, feeling really helpless for this friend.

"Although you have no connections, others do!"

Cao Xi was dumbfounded and even more confused.

He and Li Shizhen are different from the other book offices of the county government. Because of their previous status of waiting to return, they can be promoted by the county magistrate, and the officials are scarcely known.

Nowadays, the population of Liaodong is increasing day by day, and there is a shortage of farmers, but there are a lot of officials who are officials.

Who doesn't have much relationship with those who work in the county government?
Li Shizhen continued to make a point: "Your book office, although it is only the ninth grade, but there are many people who are looking forward to it."

"Just like me, when I just revealed the news of my resignation, Yi Cheng, Cang Ambassador, Inspection Officer, Dian Shi (Prison), He Po Envoy, etc. ran directly to my house for Cong Jiupin, and they were all courteous and gave money and fields. "

"Why? I just want me to make a final recommendation when the magistrate resigns."

Cao Xi was stunned.

Just because he didn't ask for directions, it doesn't mean that those who want him to sit in his seat have no way,

Although the official rank of the book office of the ninth rank is low, it is a threshold, which can directly cross to the eighth rank.

Li Shizhen shook his head and said with a light smile: "Ambassador Cang, he has a fellow from the same township who works in the yamen of the General's Mansion in Jilin.

Cao Xi finally showed a smile, from the heart.

Soon, he got through the relationship and was transferred to Jilin Xingdu Division as a county pusher, specializing in litigation.

And Chang'an County is too close to Shenyang, so it directly followed a group of people who were exiled to the border and headed north.

Before leaving, Cao Xi seldom showed a trace of sadness: "Shizhen, wait for me to rise to the top in the future, and I will never forget you."

"Don't think too much." Li Shizhen lashed out mercilessly: "I will be a scholar next year, and if I take the provincial examination, I can directly become the magistrate of the county.

"At that time, I will promote you."

Cao Xi couldn't help laughing, and left sullenly.

The line was not long, only about [-] people, and there were more than [-] vehicles accompanying them. The old and weak, women and children were all sitting in the vehicles, accompanied by a large amount of rations.

There was only half of the detainee team, led by a deputy team, and they had no armor on their bodies, just a few bows, arrows, and muskets that were deterrent.

Cao Xi asked, "Why are there so many cars?"

"If you don't bear torture, you will go far away"

This is the origin of exile, and these people are well-clothed, full of food and drink, and even have a carriage to sit in, not like exile, but like moving.

Knowing his official status, the deputy team cupped their hands and said, "Considering that the road in Jilin is difficult, they are afraid that these refugees will be damaged, so they sent special personnel to escort them. These carriages are also from Jilin..."

Hearing this, Cao Xi was speechless.

Good fellow, Jilin is insanely short of people. In order to fear that these prisoners will be bullied, not only are they afraid that someone will escort them specially, but they even get a carriage to sit in.

Sitting in the carriage, he was chatting with the deputy team.

"Nowadays, apart from the most heinous crimes in the pass, other crimes such as theft, manslaughter, unfilial piety, corruption, etc., are all exiled—"

"I heard that the ships from inside the pass to outside the pass will be sentenced every year after autumn, and hundreds of ships will be used to pull people..."

"In this case, why is Jilin still short of people?"

Cao Xi was puzzled and said, in his opinion, Liaodong is the most lacking people at present.

You must know that the entire Liaodong not only bears the supplies of Jilin and Heilongjiang, but also needs to feed back the capital and contribute food to Taicang.

Now in the north, exiled people from all provinces have gone to Jilin. I'm afraid there are not a few of them these years!
"Hey, to be honest, you only need to go to Jilin to know." The captain sighed: "Our general is eager to open up wasteland and build a city, and treat everyone like a dog."

"That's all. The Heilongjiang General's Mansion is short of people, so we have to recruit people from us from time to time. No matter how fast we replenish them, it won't be enough!"

Talking and laughing along the way, Cao Xi's family wandered for half a month, and finally came to Jilin City.

Compared with before, Jilin City is already considered a big city.

Thanks to the gift of the Qing Dynasty, Jilin City is more than three feet high, more than ten miles in circumference, and more than one foot thick. Tens of thousands of households live here, and there are also nearly ten thousand troops stationed outside the city.

Horqin and other ministries often come and go here in exchange for needed supplies, so there are often long queues at the gate of the city.

Cao Xi didn't delay, and directly posted a post outside the general's mansion asking to see him.

However, even though he was a mere pusher, General Jilin still received him.

Jilin Xingdusi is different from the mainland and Liaodong Province. Here, a military-political system is implemented.

That is to say, General Jilin is not only the head of the army in Jilin, but also the head of civil servants.

He is also the commander-in-chief and the governor.

For the local people, giving birth to a Jurchen or a wild Jurchen can mean the difference between life and death, and they can even decide whether to start a war when necessary.

In a sense, he is the Emperor of the Earth.

"Xin Wencheng, General Xin, has been in Jilin for almost five years, and he is very powerful! I don't know what kind of person he is."

Whispering in his heart, Cao Xi soon saw Xin Wencheng.

Compared with other military generals, Xin Wencheng is relatively thin, but he walks like a dragon and a tiger, showing his power and power, and his narrow face is full of thoughts.

"Cao Xi, right?" Xin Wencheng glanced at the skinny literati in front of him, feeling a little impatient in his heart.

Although he prefers those literati who are capable and powerful, there is no way. To govern the people, civil servants must be used, and warriors with a head like paste can only sit on wax.

"You took the initiative to go north. Although you are only a mere pusher, you are very courageous. The Jilin Xingdu Division needs you."

Xin Wencheng encouraged: "But you should know that the further north you go, the colder the weather will be, and the more irritable people's tempers will be."

"So, hurry up now, eat more and exercise your body."

Cao Xi was stunned, how could he not understand this?
Xin Wencheng patted his shoulder and asked, "By the way, do you know how to drink?"

"Your Excellency, may I ask which man can't drink?"

Cao Xi was short of breath and couldn't help patting his chest.

"Hahaha, that's right, let's drink more."

In the end, Cao Xi learned of his official position - Changchun County Tuiguan.

Changchun County is in the southwest of Jilin. In other words, this county is on the way to Jilin City, closer to Liaodong.

When he was in the Yamen, after a banquet, he finally understood the general situation of Jilin Xingdusi.

At this time, the Jilin Xingdusi was actually built on the official road, and almost all the cities were built along the official road.

Except Ningguta.

At this time, the Jilin General's Mansion was under the jurisdiction of the main city Jilin as the center, and four new cities were placed horizontally in a radius of hundreds of miles.

In the southwest of Jilin is Changchun County, with only about [-] households and [-] troops.

In the northwest of Jilin, there is a fortress near the grassland, Nenjiang City.

In the northeast, there is the famous Ninggu Pagoda, which used to be the northernmost boundary where the Manchu and Qing garrisoned.

Today, due to the establishment of the Heilongjiang General's Mansion, the population of Ningguta is also increasing, and its scale has expanded to thousands of households.

"Then how many people are there in Jilin?"

Cao Xi hurriedly asked.

"About [-] households."

The knife and pen official who was eating wine said without hesitation: "There are also many soldiers' families."

"Although the exile in the pass has increased day by day in recent years, in the ten years of Shaowu, there were only about two thousand households who came here. It has been a long time, and I don't know when they will reach the level of Liaodong..."

With a heart full of thoughts, Cao Xi came to Changchun County.

Good guy, within two days of taking office, his yamen was beaten seven or eight times.

There were six cases of drunken fights alone.

Since there is no clan mediation in the city, and the family members of some officers and soldiers are making trouble, he must enforce the law impartially.

This made him wonder: "Why are there so many fights?"

One day, he left the county government office and wandered the streets to observe the people's sentiments. Good guy, he knew it straight away.

In May and June, the summer rain is pattering, and the whole street is full of wine shops.

Of the ten shops, nine of them were open for business, all selling liquor.

In this case, how can there be no conflict?

……

At this time, hundreds of miles away, Heilongjiang City was experiencing the busiest time of the year.

The Jilin region only thawed in March, while the permafrost in Heilongjiang only thawed in April and was frozen in August and September last year.

In other words, the prime time is only about five months.

In such a short period of time, growing food can only be regarded as relying on the sky for food, and can only rely on fishing and nomadic animal husbandry to live.

And Heilongjiang City was newly built near the sea, not in the old city of Nuergan, but more southward, where the future Vladivostok is located.

When Wang Shiguo boarded the city, he looked around and saw all the sails.

If Jilin is built on official roads, then Heilongjiang City is built on the sea.

Rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, and rely on the sea to eat the sea.

After the construction of Heilongjiang City, the first project is the boat yard.

Although the construction work is relatively short, Heilongjiang City has a lot of logs, but there is no lack of scarcity of wood.

However, at present, the ships in the entire Heilongjiang General's Mansion come from domestic merchants and Koreans.

Domestic businessmen come and go mainly to obtain fur at close range, while North Koreans do it for fish and sell a large amount of food and other basic materials.

Compared with the Jilin region, North Hamgyong Province in North Korea can be said to be a rich place.

After all, no matter how small the family is, there are still 30 to [-].

Scarce salt and fish can be obtained from North Koreans for food, ironware, and cloth, which can be said to be mutually beneficial.

And although the Joseon Dynasty requires that trade can only be done in Yeongjong Island, relying on its shit-like control over the local area, basically except for Gyeonggi, it can only be a joke.

"Rather than expecting to bring people from Jilin, it is better to pull people from North Korea!"

Wang Shiguo was lost in thought.

Heilongjiang is different from Jilin. Back then, thousands of people came directly to Ningguta, and then with the support of Jilin, it took three years to organize the nearby tribes to build the city.

There are less than [-] Han people in Heilongjiang.

As for the rest of the nomadic tribes, there were about a hundred of them in size, and their total population could exceed [-].

In other words, less than 3 people.

Anyway, there are still four or five cities in Jilin, and Heilongjiang City let him do his best.

It can be said with certainty that if you want to develop and grow, it is difficult to immigrate from the country, so you can only start from North Korea or Japan.

"General, it seems that this summer is going to have a bumper harvest."

At this time, Master Qian Liang came over with a smile on his face: "According to the household report, the commercial tax reached 3000 yuan last month, and this month it will be doubled. This year's commercial tax can reach at least 2 yuan—— "

It also made him unhappy.

The income of the Black Dragon General's Mansion is all used for the capital of the bank, and the imperial court implements financial subsidies. If the military expenditure is insufficient, the household department will subsidize it. As long as there is enough, it will not interfere.

In other words, the financial surplus is almost entirely controlled by the generals of Heilongjiang.

As a staff member, the harvest is definitely not small.

Of course, that didn't last long, with the fiscal bumper.

"Of course." Wang Shiguo sighed: "The best black bear skin can be sold for at least 500 yuan in the capital, but 100 yuan is the best here."

"Tiger fur, fox fur, mink fur, deer antler, deer whip, which one is worthless?"

"No, we have to pull people." Wang Shiguo yelled: "The money was earned by those businessmen, and the food was all pulled by boats. We have to grow it ourselves—"

"Corn can live in Jilin, so can we in Heilongjiang."

Outside the city, as the ice and snow melted, a large number of tribes began to slowly enter the city. In addition to offering tributes, the tribes also wanted to take the opportunity to trade with Han merchants in exchange for daily necessities.

Wang Shiguo showed a smile as the tribesmen filed in.

Soon, his memorial to lure Korean and Japanese people into Heilongjiang went directly to the cabinet.

(End of this chapter)