The main shops on the outskirts of the city are those of silk merchants and fur merchants, and there are several larger porcelain shops... The best shops are all in the city. The hat maker's shop is really beautiful, and the fur dealer's shop is particularly numerous, and the goods are also very good.

.Many shops are filled with acting crowns and helmets, which are painted with gold and silver and are very gorgeous. The number of such shops makes me feel that this city must be famous for the production of these things...

Nanchang Fucheng is famous for its porcelain shops. The shops selling porcelain are very spacious and very neatly arranged. Indeed, I can hardly think of any scene I have seen in China that is more impressive than a first-class large porcelain shop.

I feel satisfied...

Nanchang Fucheng in the Jiaqing period was located at the junction of Poyang Lake and Ganjiang River. On weekdays, the Ganjiang River was the busiest and most prosperous. Because the Qing Dynasty's Western trade was almost completely concentrated in Guangzhou, Nanchang was the most prosperous city in the Qing Dynasty.

In the middle period, it became a southeastern transportation artery. Chinese commodities were concentrated from the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and various parts of Jiangxi to Nanchang, and then went south from Nanchang via the Ganjiang River to Dayuling. They only had to climb more than 20 miles of mountain roads to enter.

The Guangdong Waterway, the "Ganjiang-Dayuling Channel" became a key bridge for the Qing Dynasty to communicate between China and foreign countries.

At this time, the population of Nanchang Prefecture was also at its peak. Only the newly built Nanchang Prefecture City and the two counties of Nanchang had a combined population of 1.3 million during Jiaqing. Hangzhou, also a famous city in the southeast, had two counties, Qiantang and Renhe, under its jurisdiction.

There are only 800,000 or 900,000 registered residents. However, most of the population of newly built counties are to the west of the Ganjiang River, so Nanchang is not as big as Hangzhou, Suzhou, or even slightly smaller than Yangzhou. Even so, Nanchang is an important town in the south of the Yangtze River with a population of about 300,000. Ami

When Shide and his party went south to Nanchang, they also wrote a lot about the scenery of Nanchang. The deputy envoy Ellis's "Diary of the Amesh Mission to China" and the ship's doctor Apil's "Travel in China" both left relevant records.

Valuable insights into Nanchang’s scenery business.

On that day, because the British envoys were entering the city, Ruan Yuan hurriedly mobilized a group of green troops near Zhangjiang Gate. The roads around Zhangjiang Gate were quickly cleared, waiting for the envoys to land and enter the city. But in the afternoon, they only heard from outside the city.

There was the sound of gongs, and soon, a line of honor guards gradually entered Zhangjiang Gate. They seemed to be second-rank officials. After the honor guard, a civil servant wearing a plain gold crown rode on a horse and walked slowly into the city.

When this man saw Ruan Yuan, he was also shocked. He quickly dismounted and walked forward, bowed in front of Ruan Yuan and said, "Yuntai Gong Bao! I didn't expect that Hou Xue and Gong Bao would meet again in Nanchang after three years!"

"You are... Shao Mu! Haha, it's beyond my expectation to meet Shao Mu again in Nanchang!" Ruan Yuan was overjoyed when he saw the man. It turned out that the man was none other than the one who met in Taizhou earlier.

, Lin Zexu met Ruan Yuan several times in Huai'an and other places, and had many exchanges with him.

But Ruan Yuan was a steady man after all. Although he was happy to see Lin Zexu, he also thought of the official duties of the day, and hurriedly asked Lin Zexu: "It's just... Shaomu, the person I came to greet today is the British envoy, but

I don't know why...where is this English envoy? Why is it you who came? Also, what's going on with this second-grade honor guard?"

"Yuntai Gongbao, this second-grade guard of honor is the record of Minister Qian of the Ministry of Rites." Lin Zexu hurriedly replied to Ruan Yuan: "This time the British delegation went south, and the person sent by the emperor to see them off was Mr. Changlu Guanghui.

And the Minister of Rites, Qian Zhen, the Minister of Qian? Moreover, after the Minister of Qian welcomes the envoys to Nanchang, he will keep the governor of Jiangxi who will take over as the palace protector. As for me... I was selected for the Jiangxi Township Examination this year because the emperor valued me.

I was the chief examiner, so I took a boat ride from Minister Qian and went south with him, and sure enough I met Yuntai Gongbao today!"

"Really? Your Majesty... he asked Shao Mu to preside over the provincial examination? Shao Mu, it seems that you have done very well in Beijing in the past three years? Come on, what have you done in the past few years?

How about you tell me what the emperor has taught you?" Ruan Yuan heard that Lin Zexu could serve as the examiner of the provincial examination, so he was naturally happy for him.

"Gongbao, this is a long story." Lin Zexu agreed hastily. It turns out that although Jiaqing had completed the compilation of "The Complete Texts of the Tang Dynasty", he thought that he still had shortcomings in the matter of civil affairs, which happened to be the case in Qianjia.

Over the past few decades, the population of various prefectures and counties has undergone many changes. The old "Qianlong Huidian" did not contain Xinjiang and the military affairs department. Now it seems that there are gaps. Jiaqing immediately issued an edict to re-edit the "Qing Dynasty"

"Huidian" and "Reunification of the Qing Dynasty", with Tuojin as the chief executive. It was also in the "Jiaqing Huidian" that the Qing Dynasty formally included the military service system into the official official system for the first time. The establishment of officials in various parts of Xinjiang

There are also complete records. The "Unification of the Qing Dynasty" is a complete geographical book that includes all direct provinces, household registrations, customs, and changes during the heyday of the Jiaqing territory of the Qing Dynasty. It needs the most talented people to compile it. Lin Zexu

He read many books in the Imperial Academy and became interested in the geography and hydrology of various provinces. He studied it diligently for several years. Because of this, he was selected as the official who compiled and edited the "Unification of the Qing Dynasty".

When he was editing the book, Jiaqing also knew a lot about Lin Zexu. He knew that although he was just an editor, he was quite knowledgeable and his writing was good, so he arranged for him to be in the Jiangxi Dianxian position for training purposes. The provincial capitals of the Qing Dynasty

Except for the major imperial examination provinces such as Zhili, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang, which are generally appointed by ministers, the examiners in other provinces are often selected from officials in the Han and Zhan rites departments without asking about their official positions. Therefore, although Lin Zexu is only a seventh-rank Hanlin, he is also

Can serve as examiner in non-key provinces like Jiangxi.

Ruan Yuan listened to Lin Zexu briefly talk about his career as an official over the past few years, and nodded repeatedly to express his approval. Seeing that the ceremonial guard was about to pass, Lin Zexu also said to Ruan Yuan: "Yuntai Palace Protector, after this ceremonial guard, there will be Westerners.

Xuexue is just walking with Qian Shilang and other people along the way, but he is not the one to greet and see him off. If there is nothing on Gongbao's side, Houxue will leave first."

"Shao Mu, it's just a welcome thing. It doesn't matter if you rest here for a while. What's more, the provincial examination will only start in half a month, why are you so anxious?" Ruan Yuan also thought about the rare reunion with Lin Zexu, so naturally

It is better to spend more time reminiscing about the past. He then asked Lin Zexu: "It's just... I don't know if Mr. Qian succeeds me as governor of Jiangxi, where will I serve in the future?"

"Teacher, it's... to be honest, the edict for appointing the teacher is here in Houxue. Well, after the meeting here is over, Houxue will hand over the edict to the teacher." Lin Zexu also said to Ruan Yuan.

, by this time Qian Zhen and his party had passed by, followed closely by Guang Hui and his party. After Guang Hui, there were fifty or sixty green camp soldiers guarding dozens of blond and blue-eyed people, all dressed as entourage. After the entourage,

The costumes of the British envoys who appeared in front of Ruan Yuan and Lin Zexu gradually became more refined, and it seemed that they were the Amishites.

But just as Amesh and several other envoys passed by Ruan Yuan, Ruan Yuan also vaguely noticed that one of the envoys looked very similar to an envoy from twenty-three years ago.

At the same time, the man seemed to have noticed Ruan Yuan.

"My lord, are you...are you...the lord named Ruan from twenty-three years ago?" Needless to say, the envoy was none other than Xiao Si Dangdong. When he saw Ruan Yuan's appearance, he suddenly felt

I remembered that when Macartney met the envoys, there was a young Qing Dynasty official, who looked like Ruan Yuan without a mustache. He also greeted Amherst and others for a while, and walked forward to ask. The guard soldiers on the side

He had always been strictly ordered not to allow the British envoys to interact with the people in the country. Seeing that Xiao Stangdong looked strange, he immediately stepped forward to stop him.

"It doesn't matter, let him come over." At this time, it was Ruan Yuan who stopped the actions of several soldiers.

However, when the soldiers blocked him, Xiao Si Dangdong also knew that although Ruan Yuan was a provincial official, he might be in trouble. He hurriedly stepped forward to pay homage to Ruan Yuan and said: "My lord, if...if...

You are really the deputy envoy Ruan from twenty-three years ago, so... I have a grudging request, could you please move to the post house, but I have a few questions that I would like to ask you."

"I...twenty-three years ago, it was indeed a good time for me to meet the deputy envoy. Judging from your appearance, I knew you well. Since you took the initiative to invite me, you can go to the post house first, and I will follow you.

We'll be there, how about that?" Ruan Yuan saw the appearance of little Si Dangdong and recalled the rigorous and humble old Si Dangdong. When he saw his appearance, he was probably the thirteen-year-old boy back then. He thought about it after a long time.

It was rare to see him again after so many years, so he immediately agreed to Xiao Si Dangdong's request.

Seeing that Ruan Yuan agreed, Xiao Si Dangdong temporarily returned to the team and went to the post house with other envoys. Lin Zexu looked at his appearance, but he was a little worried about Ruan Yuan and asked: "Yuntai Palace Protector,

Is this... appropriate for you?"

"It's okay, Mr. Qian Zhenqian. I also know Guang Hui, the salt envoy this time. They won't care." Ruan Yuan replied to Lin Zexu. They both knew that Jiaqing had always been worried about Westerners attacking Chinese people.

As a missionary, there were many restrictions on the behavior of the British envoys. Ruan Yuan only had the duty of welcoming and seeing off the envoys, but had no responsibility for meetings and talks. If Ruan Yuan rashly went to meet Xiao Si Dangdong, it would be easy for others to leave excuses. But this is

It is difficult to strictly enforce this kind of thing. Qian Zhen and Guang Hui both know Ruan Yuan. Even if Ruan Yuan meets Xiao Si, they will only turn a blind eye and not embarrass Ruan Yuan.

It was precisely because of this that Ruan Yuan agreed to Xiao Si Dangdong's request.

Since there was no problem with Ruan Yuan, Lin Zexu felt relieved. Soon, the two of them followed the British envoy to the post house that had been prepared for that day. Ruan Yuan specially asked for a side room in the post house and invited Xiao Si Dangdong to enter.

, and deliberately dismissed the guards to prevent them from knowing about it. When Xiaosi Dangdong saw that there was no one else here except Ruan Lin, he also took the initiative to talk about his old mission twenty-three years ago. Only then did Ruan Yuan understand that he was indeed

He was the young man who received the purse as a reward from Qianlong.
Chapter completed!