Qing envoys Wan Fu and Chonggui left Hanyang happily with more than 200 loads of gifts. Hong Jinglai ordered Li Shujiu, a royalist, to be the envoy to express gratitude to the Qing Dynasty. By the way, he drove away the big troll who had turned against Hong Jinglai.

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Unfortunately, there are not many royalists and conservatives that Li can trust now. His uncle Li Shujiu is really one of the few people he can trust. He escorted the Qing envoys and went to Yanjing to thank him.

Li? He really trusts Li Shujiu and feels that others may not necessarily do their best.

After all, Li Shujiu was the one who guarded the palace gate with his sword, personally supported Li Yu to ascend the throne of Mingzheng Palace in Changqing Palace, and was the first minister to take the lead in welcoming Li Yu to the throne, as well as the Li family members.

?If you can’t even trust him, no one else can.

It’s great, my ears can be quiet for a few more days!

Considering that Li Shujiu didn't dare to ruin Li Shuji's important event, Hong Jinglai patted Li Shujiu's hand and sent him away. Not to mention how happy he was smiling, he almost applauded.

Li Jing took the lead back to the palace, and the carriage was very lively. Hong Jinglai accompanied him beside the carriage. On the other side was Li Sangxian. As another royalist and conservative with real power, Li Jing regarded this person as his arm.

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"Your Majesty, the streets in Beijing are now very good, but they still need donations to maintain them. I hope Your Majesty can allocate funds from the Department of Domestic Demand to improve the streets." Hong Jinglai chatted while walking.

"It is true that it is always so dirty and unsightly." Li? nodded. He also lived in Hanyang when he was a child and was deeply impressed by the dirty city environment.

Now that we have finally managed to get this thing done by welcoming the Qing Dynasty envoys, it would be a pity if it continues to decline due to lack of follow-up maintenance. Li? He himself is not willing to live in a city full of garbage and stench.

, but this cost money after all, so he still hesitated.

"It's just a matter of hiring a hundred servants. It really doesn't cost a few coins. It's also a good governance." Li Yu was still hesitant, but Li Shangxian helped.

After all, he and Hong Jinglai were teammates who played together. Although they had some opposing opinions in some aspects due to their different identities, they were still fundamentally political friends. They did not touch the fundamental interests or harm King Li's rule.

Li Sangxian usually agrees or acquiesces to things.

"That's right. Hong Qing can send someone to write a statement and roughly have a place to spend the money." Li Hu nodded, which was basically an agreement.

"I have also ordered Hanyang Mansion and Gongcao to prepare the ditches in the city, which can not only prevent fires, but also serve as drainage. It all depends on the Lord's wisdom!" Hong Jinglai didn't mind flattering Li?

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"Hahahahahaha, it's all your help." Li? That means he is in a good mood today and is happy in whatever he does.

A few people have finalized this matter in Hanyang City. This is a certain benefit of power politics. The nod of a few people on big and small matters in the court is equivalent to the nod of the majority of the bureaucracy.

Hong Jing was here to take care of Hanyang's city appearance issues, while Lim Sang-wook arrived at Jemulpo and was about to start showing off his talents. He met Li Heizhu, whom he had known for a long time, and the two of them held hands and talked happily while walking.

Jeong Yak-yong, who has been reinstated and appointed as the magistrate of the three-provincial naval capital, introduced his plan for the new Incheon Prefecture to Lin Sangwo. The Incheon Prefecture Yamen, which was moved from Shiyanri, will be established nearby in Gangzhen.

A town no longer has any walls or anything like that. Anyway, with Li Xi's navy stationed there, even with the hundreds of cannons, nothing will happen.

As for the size of the city, according to Ding Ruoyong's estimation, it is likely to exceed 100,000 people!

"No! Judge Ding wants to design it according to a big city of 300,000 people!"

Lim Sang-wook is much more courageous than Jeong Yak-yong. He wants to do something big in Incheon. Not only will he set up a government-run Incheon Textile Institute, but he will also set up other large and small government-run enterprises, and use Incheon as a new hub for foreign trade.

Node, directly connected to the Yangtze River Basin where Qing Dynasty developed commerce and trade.

This will not only gradually increase the commercial population, but also greatly increase the number of people in various industries that rely on government-run industry and commerce upstream and downstream. At that time, enough shipbuilders and carpenters will have to be recruited from the South Province to build a shipyard in Incheon. Say less about this

Thousands of craftsmen will also gather, and there will be thirty to fifty thousand people with their families.

"A big city of 300,000 people!" Ding Ruoyong was a little unbelievable.

You must know that Hanyang at this time was only a town of 3.5 million people. This was because tens of thousands of soldiers and their families, thousands of yangban households and their slave households were all in Hanyang. A small trading house

The ability of the port to develop into a town with a population of 100,000 in the future is already the limit that Jeong Yak Yong believes.

It's just that these two people made a mistake in their calculations. Incheon will be a big city with a population of more than three million in the future!

"The population may be even larger in the future!" Lin Shangwo was full of confidence.

"This..." Ding Ruoyong turned to look at Li Xizhu. The two had recently partnered. Ding Ruoyong knew that Li Xizhu was a capable and decisive person, and he believed in Li Xizhu.

"Do everything according to Lin Shenping's words!" Li Xizhu not only believed in Hong Jinglai's employment, but also believed in Lin Shangwo's vision.

When doing business, it may not be a bad thing to be a little "high-spirited" sometimes. If you don't take a little risk and gamble, and just think about taking it step by step, your business will not be successful.

After sending Ding Ruoyong away, Li Xi lined up the rest of the crowd and stood on the wharf where large-scale construction work was being carried out, pointing at the various buildings and all kinds of workers that were under construction everywhere.

"Brother, I must have a mission when I come here this time!"

"Brother Hong allowed me fifty thousand taels to set up a textile institute and connect the trade on the other side of the Yangtze River in the Qing Dynasty." The two of them chatted privately, so there was no need for official talk.

"Textiles?" Li Xi said that he had been reselling silk imported from the Qing Dynasty to Japan.

But for the actual entire textile industry, they don’t have much in-depth understanding or participation. They Lai merchants are mainly second-tier dealers between the Qing Dynasty and Japan. They relied on Japan’s seclusion and banned its own merchant ships from going to sea. This business has been profitable for two hundred years.

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But recently, it has become harder and harder for second-rate dealers to do so. Japan itself has begun to embark on the road of colonialism and industrial development. If it can't be imported, it will not import. If it can be made domestically, it will be made domestically. It is getting harder and harder to make money.

The Lai merchants, including Liu Chengyong, who brought the business group to Hong Jinglai this time may not be trying to find a new way out for the Lai merchants whose trade volume is shrinking with this venture investment.
Chapter completed!