Poor family mother and son

Hu Hengqiu took a peek at the emperor, who was silent with his eyes downcast, not knowing what he was thinking; he looked at Hong Liang again, who was so angry that his blood was surging at a young age, if it wasn't for the hat, his hair would probably stand on end.

Hu Hengqiu thought about it for a while, and there were some things he shouldn't have said, but Chu Qing... It's a pity that this person is so young, alas.

With a light cough, Hu Hengqiu said: "Ahem, everyone, the establishment of the sea salt field is a joint strategy between the imperial court and the Marquis of Linyang.

So when the sea salt field was flooded, it was Linyanghou's property that was lost, not the court. Ladies and gentlemen, are you feeling sorry for Linyanghou?Or do you want to lend a helping hand to her? "

Hong Liang punched his right palm with his left fist: "That's right!"

In fact, Hu Hengqiu still didn't say anything about the construction of the sea salt field, and Lin Yanghou was also indirectly responsible for the task of coastal defense, but this was the emperor's intention, and it was not made public in the court.

Some courtiers rolled their eyes again and again, feeling that they had found another reasoning, and were about to blurt it out, but they heard Hu Hengqiu’s words went on: “Although the Ganzhou Prefecture Sea Salt Plant turned into nothing as soon as it made a profit, it did not affect the supply of refined salt, because it is supported by the Linyang County Sea Salt Plant.”

The courtier shut his mouth.

Hu Hengqiu wanted to trouble Chuqing by delaying the supply of refined salt, so Hu Hengqiu blocked the way first.

Hu Hengqiu also felt a headache for Chu Qing.

It was true that Chu Qing stepped down from his position as a cotton officer, Wailang, and Hu Hengqiu also reported to the emperor that it was difficult for Chu Qing to make profits in cotton and wool textiles.

As the earliest, oldest and best-known cotton and wool weaver, the Chu family's cotton and wool textiles are difficult to be replaced by their peers.

Although there are chambers of commerce established by peers in various places, and they want to rely on the power of the group to compete with the Chu family's goods, but they cannot match the Chu family's product quality, processing speed, and transportation efficiency.

This made it clear that because of the lack of raw materials, there were fewer products, but they did not increase the price and ensure the quality, so that the merchants who tried to monopolize cotton products could not sell them.

The price of the Chu family has virtually become the standard of measurement for the common people. They would rather buy less or not buy other products, but wait for the time-honored "Bao Qingxiang" to ship.

And the refined salt of the Chu family blocked the income of salt merchants and salt officials: the price of refined salt was set by the emperor’s imperial pen, and Chu Qing controlled the quality of refined salt and the final transaction price.

Therefore, Chu Qing was still blocking the way of making money for many big businessmen.

The bigger the merchants, especially the salt merchants, the greater the financial support for the imperial court.

Salt tax has always accounted for a large proportion of the country's income. Sometimes out of the need to prepare for war, salt merchants will be levied a large amount of salt tax or asked to provide military supplies.

Including recently, the imperial court has been playing with the idea of ​​salt merchants, hoping that they will bear the expenses of the border troops.

Of course, in the end, the salt merchants will not waste their money in vain, they will pass these losses on to the common people.

Not only can they sell illegal salt in the official salt, or add some impurities in the salt to make up for the loss by making huge profits, but they can also raise the price of salt, and the common people are forced to eat high-priced salt mixed with sand, while the salt merchants are not harmed.

It seemed inevitable that Chu Qing would be the target of public criticism. Hu Hengqiu really wanted to help her, but he couldn't do it. The most he could do was speak for her.

The premise is that it does not cause a crisis of trust in the emperor's heart.

Hu Hengqiu can't do what Hong Liang wants to do, and he has already won the "Lifetime Achievement Award". As long as he doesn't rebel, no one can shake him; but he still has to work hard and be cautious.

The emperor sighed in his heart, feeling that there were problems before, and he had enough confidence to deal with them, why did he feel powerless this time?
"Let the local yamen help to find Marquis Linyang, I'm afraid it won't be enough to rely on her servant alone," the emperor said.

No one answered.

It's almost Chinese New Year, who has nothing to do for themselves?
Besides, it would be best if Marquis Linyang died, who would want to bring her back?
Hong Liang took a step forward and agreed: "Your majesty is wise! The veteran will also do everything in his power to find the whereabouts of Marquis Linyang!"

After responding to the emperor, Hong Liang retreated to his position, as if talking to himself, but the volume was afraid that others could not hear him, and said: "Oh, who would have thought that Marquis Linyang has been away from the imperial court for two years, but her figure is still active in the forefront of disaster relief and in the hearts and minds of all my colleagues. Presumably you, like me, will go all out to find the whereabouts of Marquis Linyang?"

All the courtiers gritted their teeth with hatred: It's annoying enough to have a Chu Qing who stirs up the wind and rain and lingers, and this old guy also makes waves!

In fact, none of the courtiers was right. Chu Qing was not in the same plane as them, where there was any disturbance.

I have to ask which plane is Chu Qing thinking about?She has enclosed herself in the plane of skilled workers again.

Chu Qing took advantage of the few days of the Chinese New Year, and Xiaobao also led the team back, so he explained the idea of ​​reorganizing the entire population of the island, with the aboriginals and a small number of Chu family as the agricultural production population, and most of the Chu family as the industrial production population, which was approved by the Chu family.

With food and water (god) Mao (stick) Mao, the aborigines will not become obstacles to Chu Qing's plan.

The industrial population has also been subdivided, and Chao Liu is the most active among them. He thinks this is the most meaningful year he has lived.

Chao Liu said: "I am so important! I have to move, I want to move to the south of the island. Isn't there a lot of trees there, I cut wood, I build boats... I heard that the mountain people there raise cattle and sheep? I love beef!"

Chao Liu’s hard-working spirit is worthy of encouragement even without having to do ideological work to ask for shipbuilding. Chu Qing said, “Come on, let’s discuss building sea-going ships. What do you think should be the difference between sea-going ships and inland river ships?”

The wind and waves are high at sea, and the voyage distance is long. Inland river flat-bottomed boats with shallow drafts cannot withstand strong winds and waves, and are easily sunk by waves.

In addition, the ocean is much wider than the inland river, so there is no need to worry too much about the flexibility of turning, and large ships can be built.

With the basic idea, there will be details, such as the height of the freeboard, the shape of the hull and so on.

Going further, when it comes to how to keep the ship from sinking when the cabin is flooded, Chu Qing proposed the classic "watertight cabin" design.

"Bamboo," Chu Qing said, "has bamboo joints, and the diaphragms in the bamboo joints divide the bamboo into many diabolo tubes. We can use this principle to create watertight compartments;

With this structure, even if a certain cabin is flooded due to a hole caused by hitting a rock, it will not affect other cabins, ensuring that the ship can still run normally without sinking. "

On the [-]th night of the twelfth lunar month, I discussed the design of the watertight cabin with Chao Liu. On the morning of the first day of the new year, Chu Qing took out a blueprint, or a perspective drawing, showing all the content discussed the night before.

The round bilge ship, freeboard, draft, keel, etc. are all clearly drawn, making Chao Liu exclaim: "What is your relationship with my master?"

Chu Qing: "...It doesn't matter! Didn't your master die long ago?"