Can you live forever

Chapter 145 The Southeast Gateway, Zhoushan is Prosperous

Zhoushan is the dangerous sea route and the gateway to the southeast.

Its terrain slopes from southwest to northeast. The southern islands are large, high-altitude, and densely arranged; the northern islands are small, low-lying, and sparsely distributed. The total land area is 1440.2 square kilometers, and there are 1390 islands.

The land area is small, but the population exceeds one million, which is more prosperous than Nanjing.

Boarding the boat from Ningbo, you can see the sails covering the sky, and there are endless boats on the sea. Shiploads of gold, silver and jewelry are transported to Zhoushan, or they are squandered in the casino, or they buy a lot of supplies for round-trip trade. .

The initial sea ban in the Ming Dynasty was to prohibit private trade, and the imperial court established a tribute system to support and support the indigenous civilization, while the imperial court controlled the business.

Therefore, during the Yongle period of Hongwu, the emperor was rich and rich.

Zhu Di went to Mongolia and traveled with several 10 people. He could go three times in five years. The Ministry of Households said he had no money?I go out by myself.

It doesn't matter whether we fight or not, the main thing is to train troops and gain military power.

However, since Zhu Di's death, Annan was lost during the Renzong period, Xuanzong failed to regain Annan, and the old Hong Kong Xuanweisi (Malacca) disappeared later, and the royal family lost sea power.

The gentry and merchants used the forbidden sea as the ancestral law to restrict the emperor, and at the same time, the smuggling trade was booming.

They established many cargo distribution centers on the islands on the southeast coast and the west coast of Fusang. The number of caravans recorded in history books alone was 130. During the Jiajing Japanese Invasion period, the One Piece Wang Zhi’s group was the largest, with thousands of ships under his command. Gather tens of thousands of people.

According to historical records, Wang Zhi founded the country as Song Dynasty and called himself King Hui.

The interesting thing is that the book says that Wang Zhi first took refuge in Xu Dong's group as the shopkeeper, and the culprit who later lured the Japanese into the bandits was Wang Zhi's subordinate, Xu Hai.

Xu Hai, whose real name is Xu Hai.

It not only said that Xu Hai was Wang Zhi's subordinate, but also said that Wang Zhi competed with Xu Hai. It was clearly recorded that Xu Hai and Wang Zhi broke up, Xu Hai lured Japanese into the bandits, and said that Wang Zhi was One Piece.

There are too many contradictions.

Zhang Zhixiang can only combine the information he has known so far, and then reflect one or two things in the book, and pull out a general framework.

The Xu family did the work of bringing Japanese into the bandits.

The Wang family, with the joint efforts of the Xu family and Nanjing, took advantage of Jiajing's ban on the sea, and killed Wang Zhi.

In history, in the dispute between King Xu, the Wang family lost.

As the winner, Xu Hai also felt uncomfortable. He was cornered by Hu Zongxian and jumped into the sea to die.

Jiajing Japanese Rebellion.

The winner is Jiajing, and the entire Jiangnan gentry and wealthy businessmen have been hit hard...

It was not until after Jiajing's death that Longqing succeeded to the throne, and with the "Longqing switch", the Japanese invasion stopped, and the Jiangnan gentry and wealthy businessmen who had been suppressed by Jiajing for more than ten years were relieved.

In Jiajing's later years, he was incompetent in cultivating immortals?That's how it's written in the history books.

After all, Jiajing fought against the gentry in his later years, and greatly harmed their interests, so it is only natural to be discredited.

To sort things out.

The boat that Zhang Zhixiang was on also arrived at Shuangyu Port. Shuangyu Port is located on an island about five miles southeast of Zhoushan Island. Standing in the port, you can see the prosperity of Zhoushan Island. It makes people have a space-time disorder.

Not only the steam from the chimney of the factory, but also the steam from the sea-going ship made people suspect that this was not Daming in 1537, but London in the [-]th century.

Zhang Zhixiang also saw a huge dock where thousands of workers were building ships.

The row of dozens of docks is extremely spectacular.

I don't know how many people are engaged in the shipbuilding industry in Zhoushan. I'm afraid there are at least tens of thousands of people. This is the world's largest shipbuilding base, and it is also the world's largest arsenal, goods distribution center, and trade center.

"Zhang Zhixiang?"

When Zhang Zhixiang was looking at Zhoushan, a man with a face similar to Wang Yuanzhi came alone. The man inherited the beauty of the Wang family, but his beauty was a bit mean and sharp.

He is wearing a kimono, no, in this era, it should be called "Wufu".

This was originally Huaxia's costume, but it was used by Fusang people, and later generations changed it to kimono, which is a bit unreasonable. It may be because he has more dealings with Fusang, and his dress is actually a bit Fusang style.

Wu clothes, clogs, flower umbrellas.

As a man dressed like this, it doesn't make people feel feminine, it just has another unique beauty.According to historical records, among the Fusang daimyos, Ukusamasada and Matsuura Takanobu treated Wang Zhi extremely preferentially.

Perhaps, just based on this appearance and demeanor, those Fusang daimyos looked at him as if they were looking at the nobles, who were more like the emperor than their own emperor.

The sky has a cloudy drizzle.

Wang Zhi held an umbrella, while Zhang Zhixiang let the drizzle blow on his face, and asked, "Wang Jiashiro?"

"Come with me."

Wang Zhi nodded slightly, then turned and walked forward, the wooden clogs stepped on the ground paved with glutinous rice mortar, making a crisp sound, Zhang Zhixiang then noticed that the roads on the island here are all paved with this kind of "cement". (The performance of glutinous rice mortar is no less than that of cement. The embankment next to the Lugou Bridge in the Ming Dynasty was poured with 100% glutinous rice mortar. The Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty was also repaired with this.)
"It's weird here."

"Ah."

As they walked forward, Wang Cuiqiao and Zhang Jingdu looked at the atmosphere of Shuangyu Island and felt a little strange, because there are pavilions everywhere on Shuangyu Island, and workers in rough and short brown clothes can drink tea freely. When playing the qin, there will be some people watching. After each piece is played, everyone applauds and applauds. The whole island is happy and content, but everything is in order.

I found an empty gazebo.

Wang Zhi stopped and said: "Shuangyu Island belongs to the Wang family. The people here are all the children of the coastal people who have been sent to my fleet. There are schools, martial arts halls, medical halls, and craftsmen halls on the island... Learning is used independently, without any cost."

This is Wang Zhi's first introduction to Shuangyu Island.

Wang Cuiqiao and the others only thought it was a novelty, but Zhang Zhixiang understood that since he wrote the analysis report, he has obtained Mr. Ma's knowledge from him, and the best use of it is not Jiajing, but the Wang family.

Not only did Wang Jiangque engage in horse studies in the Qingyang Mountain Uprising Army, but Wang Zhi also did the same in Shuangyu Island.

In other words, the Wang family's business philosophy is similar, and they are probably moving in this direction. The Wang family can realize that the application of Ma Xue has made their internal cohesion stronger and stronger.

Almost every employee is doing his best for the development of the Wang family.

It's not just about money.

It's "all the world is white, and I am the only black", that kind of equality in personality, the feeling of being in charge of one's own affairs, is beyond the imagination of the outside world...

Therefore, Shuangyu Island is incompatible with the outside world.

After briefly introducing Xiashuangyu Island, Wang Zhi looked at Zhang Zhixiang and said, "Uncle mentioned your concern for me, but in fact there is no need to do so."

"I never thought of using horses to learn this way to fight for the world."

"Because I can't let everyone in the world live this kind of life. In fact, even if the Wang family is rich, it can only give some people this kind of life."

"Therefore, there is no objective condition for me to seize the world."

"As for claiming kingship and separatism, there is no need to worry. The Wang family never covets that kind of fame. With the official and imperial system, it is impossible to replace Daming in the current situation."

(End of this chapter)