Ming Zuo

Chapter 248 Fishing Company [Additional]

"Sensei, we didn't fight well, let Guo Yunbiao run away."

After the battle was over, Hong Qi and Qiao Shuangcheng came back dejectedly, and pleaded guilty as soon as they met.

They didn't see Guo Yunbiao sinking into the mud, they only saw more than [-] thieves ran ashore and went all the way far away, so they thought Guo Yunbiao was among them.

Things that make them regret are nothing to Zuo Menggeng.

"It doesn't matter, Guo Yunbiao alone can't make any trouble."

The more powerful the military force in his hands, the more Zuo Menggeng understood that in the face of the general situation, personal actions really don't matter.

As far as Guo Yunbiao's ability is concerned, even if he runs away, he will be nothing more than a bereaved dog in the future.

For failing to catch Guo Yunbiao, Li Qingshan and the others were very annoyed.

"Sensei, leave this matter to our brothers, and we will definitely bring back Guo Yunbiao's head."

Zuo Menggeng waved his hands to appease them.

"I know that you and Guo Yunbiao have a deep hatred, but we have more important things to do next, don't let a mere Guo Yunbiao trip you up."

The capture of Anshan Lake meant that such a large area of ​​water was completely in the hands of the new army.

As for this area, Zuo Menggeng did not intend to give up.

He will not occupy the surrounding Dong'e, Pingyin, Wenshang, Shouzhang, Yanggu, Yuncheng and other cities, so as not to irritate the Ming court.But he wants to firmly control the surrounding countryside centered on Anshan Lake.

He said to Hong Qi and Qiao Shuangcheng: "Since you didn't catch Guo Yunbiao, then make up for it. Next, take your men to sweep along the lake. I only have one request, and that is to find out the land deeds around and in the lake." Whose hands are they in? Is the person who holds the title deed still there? If not, then it’s fine. If it’s still there, let him not be here.”

His intention is obvious, that is, to turn the area around Anshan Lake into a land of no man.

In this way, what he takes is his.

Let the surviving land deed holders disappear, so there is no need to be afraid of lawsuits.

Hong Qi and Qiao Shuangcheng were eager to succeed and went there immediately.

Zuo Menggeng sent orders to Linqing, and within a few days, Chen Zhi rushed over with a dozen administrative staff.

Li Banghua and Geng Ruqi also came back from Cao Zhi's tomb and participated in the planning meeting.

Zuo Menggeng hung up the map around Anshan Lake and began to deploy.

"The towns and villages in this area have been basically destroyed, and all the landlords have been killed. Therefore, we occupied this area, and the court could not detect it. My idea is that Zhangqiu Town, Shawan Town, Liangshanji, Anshan For the four towns, we select and assign officials to manage them. In addition, relying on Anshan Lake, we plan to establish an aquaculture company. On the one hand, we will increase income, and on the other hand, we will explore the role of aquaculture in people’s livelihood.”

People in this era have a strong obsession with the land.

As for water resources, it is worse.

But Zuo Menggeng knew that it was unrealistic to rely solely on the land to support people.

Especially in peaceful times, once the weather is smooth, the population will skyrocket.Limited land resources cannot carry too many people.

Therefore, he set his sights on aquatic resources.

Rivers, lakes and seas are all rich in resources. Once managed well, they can definitely make up for the lack of food production.

This is something he mentioned before, and everyone agrees, so the arrangement went very smoothly.

After deliberation, officials were arranged in the four towns.

Zuo Menggeng saved trouble and directly named him the mayor.

And each town has more than one official, but three.They are the mayor, deputy mayor, and financial officer.

For government affairs, he also put forward clear requirements.

Major decisions in each town must be decided after the discussion of the three chief officials.

The method of resolution is based on voting, and the minority obeys the majority.Moreover, the content of each resolution must be documented.

The above should record the opinions of the three chief officials in detail, as well as the voting results.

This approach is actually a democratic centralism that he imitated and later proved to be very effective.

This system avoids the arbitrariness of individual officials, and at the same time avoids the inefficiency caused by the disagreement of officials.

A resolution, regardless of whether it is right or wrong, must be resolved at the executive meeting.Regardless of right or wrong, it must be implemented in accordance with the principle of the minority obeying the majority.

Even if it is wrong, because there are detailed meeting files, rewards that should be rewarded and punishments that should be punished afterwards.

In short, it is absolutely not allowed to dismantle each other and implicate each other for a long time like in the imperial court.

When he came up with this method, Li Banghua and Geng Ruqi's eyes were full of splendor.

As veteran officials, they certainly understand the benefits of this approach.

When they were officials, they suffered a lot from it.If there is such a good way in the court, why worry about the country's decline so far?
But they understand better that with Daming's virtue, it is absolutely impossible to implement this kind of system.

They don't even know that this system is the essence of politics hundreds of years later.

With the appointment of officials in the four towns, various livelihood measures were launched immediately.

Because of the destruction of the White Lotus Sect, the people in these places suffered a lot, and basically their families were destroyed.According to statistics, the surviving population is less than one in ten.

After discussing with Li Banghua and Geng Ruqi, Zuo Menggeng obtained the approval of Qu Shisi and Zhang Jimeng, and mobilized more than [-] people from Zuozhuang to move here.

At the same time, the second regiment was also stationed in Liangshanji, responsible for local defense.

Li Qingshan, Ma Yingshi, and Zhang Qi were the deputy mayors of three towns.

As locals, they are familiar with local customs.But they have never been officials, and they don't understand administration at all.So follow the side of experienced people, you can learn things.

Of course, after a while, they will also return to Linqing to study at the School of Political Affairs.

Li Qingshan originally strongly demanded to join the new army and go to war.But considering his age, Zuo Menggeng still vetoed it.

People in their fifties, it is impossible to learn the rules and methods of the new army all over again.

Ren Qi was seriously injured and was sent back to Linqing to recuperate.After the injury is recovered, it can be considered to be arranged in the navy.

To prepare for the establishment of a fishery company, Zuo Menggeng once again spread hero posts.

This time, it was no longer limited to Linqing, and even the various families in Dongchang Mansion received his invitation.

This autumn, the fields on Zuozhuang have another bumper harvest.Under farm-style management, even the yield of potatoes, corn and other crops is [-]% higher than that of ordinary land.

The big families of Linqing and Dongchang went to the fields to verify in person, and they have been completely convinced by this new mode of farming.

I heard that several major families in Linqing have signed an agreement with Zuo Menggeng to build a large-scale farm, and all the families in Dongchang Mansion are very excited.

After hearing Zuo Menggeng's plan for the aquatic product company, everyone knew that this was definitely a profitable business.

Aquaculture is not like farming.

In recent years, the weather conditions have been bad, and there are often severe droughts and floods, which will lead to a reduction in food production.

However, farming in Anshan Lake is different. Even if it is dry, Anshan Lake will not lack water, so it will have little impact on breeding.

This way the output is pretty much predictable.

And through the new water network channels, the breeding products here can be sold to many surrounding big cities without worrying about the market at all.

Each company invested money very happily, so that the aquatic product company raised [-] taels of silver for the start-up capital in one fell swoop.

The company is still a joint-stock company, and after discussion, Ren Huaimao was appointed as the person in charge.

Chen Zhi had a hard time, and had to run around Linqing Lake and Anshan Lake.

At present, he is the best learner of "Nongzheng Quanshu", and he also has to worry about aquaculture.

Yes, Xu Guangqi's "Nongzheng Quanshu" contains content about aquaculture, and it is very advanced.

It can be said that Zuo Menggeng's layout in agriculture and fishery is thanks to the help of this book.

Zuo Menggeng originally planned to stay here in Anshan Lake for a period of time to straighten out the affairs of the fishery company.As a result, Zuo Fu hurried over with a scholar in his thirties and told him the bad news.

"My official, Lu Xiangsheng, also ask General Zuo to quickly send troops to rescue Jinan."

Zuo Menggeng couldn't regain his senses for a long time, looking at the frail and handsome scholar in front of him, he couldn't connect with Lu Xiangsheng, who was famous in history.

All he knew about Lu Xiangsheng was that heroic tragic death in a fierce battle.Unbeknownst to him, in the third year of Chongzhen, Lu Xiangsheng served as the left councilor in Shandong.

Not to mention that Lu Xiangsheng would run over to ask for help.

But when Lu Xiangsheng explained the situation, Zuo Menggeng was even more astonished.

It turns out that after Zuo Menggeng withdrew his army from Qingzhou Prefecture, the Murong Finance Department of the White Lotus Sect was no longer able to control it, and captured most of Qingzhou Prefecture.

Later, Sun Yuanhua sent Zhang Keda to suppress the thieves, and the two sides fought a few times. Murong Cai was defeated, so he retreated to Jinan Prefecture and besieged Xincheng.

Local officials in Xincheng sent blood letters to Jinan for help, and the Wang family in Xincheng put great pressure on Shen Xun, the governor of Shandong.

Shen Xun had no choice but to send the general Song Wei and the deputy Liu Zeqing to rescue.

As a result, Murong Cai set up an ambush halfway, leading to the defeat of the Ming army in Jinan.The general Song Wei was seriously injured, and the deputy general Liu Zeqing was killed.

Hearing that Liu Zeqing had died, Zuo Menggeng's expression was extremely exciting.

(End of this chapter)