Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 971 Denglai
Boom~
Thunder sounded in the sky, heavy rain poured down, the sky was covered with dark clouds, lightning flashed from time to time, the wind was howling, and rain washed the earth.

"It's raining hard, really hard!"

"hurry up!"

"Get out of the way!!"

"Get out of the way."

Denglai Town, Dengzhou Prefecture, Yantai.

Countless people were disrupted by the sudden rainstorm, and many people gathered in front of shops and houses on both sides of the street to take shelter from the rain.

However, under the rain, many porters still braved the rain. Wearing coarse cloth short clothes, they did not care whether they would get sick in the rain. They carefully covered the goods they were pulling and moved forward under countless eyes.

A teahouse.

"It's raining quite heavily."

At the window facing the street, a middle-aged man put down his teacup and saw the porters walking around the street. He sighed and said, "It's raining so hard, I don't know what's happening at the port."

"This little bit of rain is nothing."

The person sitting at the next table said nonchalantly, "The ships that are docked at the port should unload cargo and transship cargo as needed. Even the ships that are not at the port will probably suffer a bit."

After hearing what the man said, the middle-aged man didn't say anything else.

Yantai has only prospered in recent years. Its predecessor was Qishanso, which was built after Yuan Keli, the former governor of Shandong and current governor-general of Shandong, ordered the abolition of the garrison.

It’s just that Yantai’s reputation is not as great as Tianjin, which was opened to foreign trade after the emperor issued an edict, but it is quite famous in Shandong.

When this place was first established, it was only used by officials specially appointed by the imperial court as a coastal transit point to provide assistance to Liaodong, in order to solve the problem of transporting various necessities from Shandong to Liaodong. At that time, the Jianlu in Liaodong were still rampant, and they were determined to break into the hinterland of Liaozuo and then plunder various places in Liaodong.

However, as time went by, Yantai gradually became different. First, people from the capital came to build a shipyard here. Then, the military headquarters of Denglai Town was moved here, and then a smaller navy was stationed here. Later, with the continuous advancement of Tianjin's trade, some sea merchants heading north stopped here. Later, the aid to Korea happened, and the Ming Dynasty and Korea began to exchange what they had, which led to more and more sea merchants coming here. Under this situation, the scale of the new city of Yantai continued to expand...

Those who know about it believe that the emergence and development of Yantai was inseparable from the support of Shandong Governor Yuan Keli.

But the real situation was that the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, who was far away in the capital, after clarifying Tianjin's opening to foreign trade, identified several places in Shandong, which were to be built in batches, and Yantai was just one of them!

In these designated places, shipyards and supporting industries are planned to be built. Maybe the scale will be small at first, but the people who come to these places are all selected elite soldiers!

The reason why the approach was different from that taken in Northern Zhili, Liaodong and other places was because Shandong was too special. Especially during this period, several major cases had occurred and a number of vested interest groups had been cleared out. Zhu Youxiao did not want the places he had identified in Shandong to be targeted by some people.

Compared to this place, there is a place near the sea.

"This rain is really wasting time!!"

Yantai Shipyard.

The location of the government office.

Wang Zheng took off his raincoat and frowned, saying, "I came to Yantai for inspection this time just to see how the special funds allocated by the shipping company are promoting the upgrading of the local shipbuilding industry." "Teacher, you don't need to be too anxious."

Among the accompanying crowd, a young man came forward, holding a cup of hot tea in his hand, and walked towards Wang Zheng with a smile, "This rainstorm came quickly and went away quickly. Even if we can't inspect it today, we will definitely not be delayed tomorrow."

"Yes, teacher."

Another person followed closely and said, "It's rare for you to come to Yantai, so you should stay for a few days. We have a lot of questions and would like to ask the teacher to answer them."

"You make it sound so light."

Wang Zheng snorted coldly, looked at the people in front of him and said, "I didn't come to Shandong just for you this time. I have to inspect the shipbuilding industry in Yantai, Weihai, and Qingdao as well."

"After inspecting these places, I have to hurry back to Tianjin. There are a lot of things waiting for me to deal with. If I delay for a few days, do you know how many things will be postponed?"

The people who were accompanying him all lowered their heads.

Speaking of which, they were very happy that Wang Zheng could come to Yantai. After all, they left their hometown and chose to come to Yantai in order to do a good job in the tasks they were assigned.

In today's situation, the shipbuilding industry in the northern coastal areas is changing with each passing day. Whenever they think of this, they feel extremely fortunate that they made the right choice.

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The inspection that Wang Zheng just mentioned is actually a phased test of Yantai's shipbuilding industry, specifically in the field of shipbuilding for the three major fleets.

"Come to think of it, the last time I came to Yantai was last year." Seeing the atmosphere was a bit depressing, Wang Zheng said, "I came to Yantai again this time and found that the place has changed a lot. There are even a few new ports open to the outside world. Has the Governor's Office allocated money to the Yantai officials again?"

"Yes, teacher."

The young man nodded and said, "In recent years, the number of sea merchants traveling to and from Shandong, Liaodong, North Korea and other places has increased, which has made Yantai increasingly prominent. In addition to the shipyard built by our shipping company here, there were several more private shipyards last year alone. The scale of maritime trade in Yantai has increased, and the demand for seagoing ships has continued to increase."

"As for our shipping company in Yantai, since the establishment of the three major fleets, most of them have turned to anti-warships and warships, so there are changes today."

Wang Zheng sighed after hearing this.

When he first found this place, he came here specifically to investigate. It was a barren place on the coast, but now, Yantai has changed a lot.

In fact, it is not just Yantai, it is also like this in Weihai and Qingdao.

At first, Wang Zheng did not quite understand why the emperor attached so much importance to these places, and ordered Yuan Keli to abolish the garrisons in the above-mentioned places and gradually rebuild them.

Yes.

The above-mentioned places are indeed capable of building a shipbuilding industry, but there is no need to go to so much trouble just for this, right?
But now it seems that Wang Zheng finally understood the emperor's intention. As early as that time, the emperor had already set his sights on maritime trade. In the Ming Dynasty at that time, maritime affairs were still almost a taboo. After all, the Ming Dynasty was under a maritime ban most of the time. When the emperor issued an edict to open Tianjin to sea trade, it caused quite a bit of controversy and impact.

But now, who is talking about this?
There is none at all.

Shandong is not very active in maritime affairs, but in actual development, many places along the Shandong coast have been closely involved...

(End of this chapter)