By the end of the Ming Dynasty, the status of military households still had some advantages over beggars, but ordinary civilian households would never choose to become military households without a certain level of service. Even their daughters were not willing to marry into military households. Because

, the military household was almost a dark gathering, nothing more than a group of serfs exploited by the guards officers.

Serfs or yeoman farmers, everyone knows the choice with closed eyes; serfs or tenants, most people will choose the latter without hesitation, because the relationship of personal dependence is completely different.

The man from Xinxing County said this, and the man from Gaoming County also nodded, expressing his agreement. The next step is nothing more than registration step by step, and then working in accordance with the rules and regulations here, working honestly, and farming.

, food, drink, and wages will all follow. At least, that’s what the recruiter said.

In the distance, several shareholders of Longjiang Town Silk Weaving Workshop looked at the registration scene, and they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. They used Chen Kai's tiger skin to have several contacts with Shunde County officials.

At first, when they only said it was the Guangdong Business Alliance, the officials below dared to suggest benefits to them, and they gave them without hesitation. When Zheng Xiyuan's shareholding was finalized, the news spread to Shunde County Government,

The local county magistrate actually went directly to Longjiang Town to guide the work and expressed his position in public, saying that they were the pioneers in restoring Shunde's sericulture and silk industry, and that the government should vigorously support them.

This is not an empty talk, the county magistrate's help was quickly in place, and the ownerless mulberry forests and fields were directly lent to them for farming, which was called to prevent abandonment and to guarantee future taxes. However, during the tax holiday,

The output belongs to them, and it is not much different from their own land.

Filial piety is of course indispensable. To the magistrate, to the officials below, to the government officials, they don’t want it, because these guys don’t get paid, and they always feel that they can’t feel at ease, for fear that these guys will use some tricks behind their backs. And some

With the connection of mutual interests, many things can be done more logically, including the bribery in Gaoming County, which is also the middleman of Shunde County Government.

The people in front of us live together in groups. In terms of work, the planting and picking of mulberry forests are necessary. The work of raising silkworms must also be carried out at the same time to ensure the production of silk, so as to ensure the weaving of silk. As for going one step further

The finishing of embroidery, such as embroidery, Cantonese embroidery is one of the four famous embroideries in China, which is divided into Chao embroidery and Guangzhou embroidery. It was famous as early as the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

"Don't forget the rules", some "wrap the horsetail as a thread, and then hook it", the pattern is neat, "the eye of the needle is hidden, the dress is seamless", the level is as high as other places.

Embroiderers will not be recruited among these refugees for the time being, because in Guangzhou City and Shunde County, embroiderers who have mastered certain techniques are not uncommon. As long as the wages are suitable, embroidery products can be produced continuously.

They have discussed these things in many meetings, and they are just following the steps now. As for these people, they have no intention of really exploiting them. They will still pay their wages, and the grain will be transferred from other places to be sold at a low price. In addition, they will let those who

The people cultivated the fields and planted vegetables nearby, and the entire area was completely revitalized with their Longjiang Town silk weaving workshop, which was what the county magistrate wanted to see.

Cooperate and achieve win-win results, Chen Kai mentioned this concept at the conference. During this period, they tried to attract investment from Guangdong trading companies and share profits with local officials. Even many of their original competitors

They chose to cooperate with them in the form of low-interest loans, and in exchange they only helped these new partners to join the Guangdong Trade Alliance, just as they promised to the partners who had joined earlier.

Funds are gathered and invested, manpower is gathered and distributed, raw materials are purchased, and the finished products are put on the market, and profits can be collected directly to make a new round of investment, and so on.

Today, when man-made fibers have not yet been born, silk is what later generations call "real silk". Just as real silk is rarely seen in later generations, in most areas of this era, silk is the most famous and in short supply. Its comfort,

Its smooth texture is popular all over the world, and naturally it became one of the most important export products in ancient China.

With sales guaranteed, silver will continue to flow in. The future is promising, but now there are still some worries, which are unavoidable.

"We have not only recruited civilian households from Gaoming County, but also many military households from Xinxing and Enping. Although they were originally civilian households, they were forced to do so by the generals in western Guangdong.

I am a military household, but if I take in a fugitive military household and let the generals know about it, I am afraid that trouble will arise again."

Regarding the escape of military households, this was the most common joke in the Ming Dynasty and from the beginning of the Ming Dynasty. Originally, when military households fled, they ran away. The local guards were powerless and did not dare to arrest people across the territory.

It's all over, but in the current situation, the territory that the Ming court put together with these large and small warlords is far from being comparable to the Qing court. The tolerance of the imperial court and the civil servants towards military commanders, to be precise, has been concessions.

They have reached the point where they are willing to compromise and take in fugitive military households like this. No matter where they go to sue them, they will probably end up with a bad outcome.

Having said that, other shareholders around him could not help but have some worries. However, Shunde suffered a serious population loss, and if it wanted to restore the scale of silk production, manpower was indispensable. The two contradictions caused everyone to think that a meeting should be held.

Have a meeting, discuss it, and if it doesn't work, vote to decide whether to continue to contain it or something.

"In the final analysis, it still depends on how much support Mr. Fujun can give us."

"I think it's difficult. It's not that Mr. Fujun is afraid of them. It's just for some money that he made trouble with those generals. Even I think it's not worth it."

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"This time, if it doesn't work, I'll write a memorial to impeach him."

"Is impeachment useful? Don't forget, he is not an official sent by the imperial court like Governor Guo, Lian Zhijun, or Zhang Fujun. As long as Zheng Ci from Fujian has a large army, even the emperor will support him

of."

"That's right, there's no need to break up for the time being. Let's talk first, and then let's get Wang Shuai, Wei Shuai, Ye Shuai, Chen Shuai and Li Shuai together. With the strength of the people, it doesn't matter if the negotiation doesn't work out, as long as

As long as you can get some benefits!"

"Wang Shuai and the others are fine, but aren't Chen Shuai and Li Shuai wearing the same pants as that guy?"

"That's not necessarily the case now. Among the military households who fled this time, there are quite a few from Xinning County and Yangjiang County. They all went to Guangzhou. I think Chen Qice and Li Changrong may not feel comfortable either."

"..."

Xinning County and the Ming army generals stationed in several neighboring counties gathered together to discuss the large-scale flight of military households and the large-scale recruitment of new enterprises in Guangzhou such as the Longjiang County Silk Weaving Workshop.

Military households have been fleeing for a long time. After all, the living conditions and quality of life of military households are far inferior to those of civilian households. Military camps composed of whips and military sticks make those civilian households who were forced to join the army yearn for the past even more.

life. However, there is no doubt that the latter contributed to this. Apart from that, as far as they know, in the past month, Shunde County has begun to catch up with Xinhui County and become the first choice for military households to flee.

trend. And this trend is absolutely intolerable to them.

An organized connection was quickly formed in the rapid exchange of cavalry messengers. After receiving the letter, Commander-in-Chief Wei Yingdeng and Commander Ye Biao of Luoding Prefecture immediately expressed their approval with both hands and feet. General Wang Xing of Huben County in Enping County hesitated a little.

For a moment, but soon expressed their approval. In comparison, Linghai General Chen Qice from Xinning County and Hailing Island General Li Changrong from Yangjiang County seemed a little hesitant, especially after

There is always a sense of ambiguity in what the author says.

"I think Chen Qice and Li Changrong are planning to see which way the wind is blowing."

"These two losers!"

"It's no wonder that they had a good relationship with Chen Kai earlier. This time they went to offend that guy for a few military households, so they probably weren't willing to do it. But if we can talk about something, they naturally won't

No. If you are willing to follow the truth, you should be able to echo a few words in the end."

With this foundation, the generals did what they said and rushed directly to Guangzhou. When they arrived at the governor's office, they even shouted that they wanted to see Chen Kai immediately and must give them an explanation.

"This is the governor's office of Guangdong. Are there any rules anymore?"

Lin Dezhong, the chief military officer of Guangdong Governor's Biao Battalion, came to report on the training progress of the new recruits. He saw the generals and their soldiers shouting loudly in the governor's yamen. The generals were startled when they shouted: "Fujun

The boss has a lot of things to do every day, but whoever wants to see you can see him? I have to make an appointment in advance, and I am waiting for the participating generals, guerrillas, and defenders. Maybe they have to get stuck in front of me. Now, I handed in the post and waited for the letter in the post office.

Go!"

The rank of an official is overwhelming, and the military is a place where hierarchies are clearly defined. In the Ming Dynasty, there was an ancestral system of the system of large and small ministers, and these generals were not directly subordinate to Lin Dezhong, nor were they controlled by him. However, the system of large and small ministers was controlled by them.

The gap between the prime minister and the class still brought a great sense of oppression, especially when Lin Dezhong said something like this, the guards of the governor's office also rushed over, and they were surrounded in such a small area.

The two sides are not from the same faction, and it is not uncommon for the Ming army to annex each other these days. In addition, they made a lot of noise in the governor's office, and they were dragged out and beaten because they were taught by their own people.

Handled.

Originally, they planned to seize the initiative and take advantage of the momentum at the beginning. In recent years, their voices and the civil servants' voices have been a few degrees higher. This is usually the case, so they didn't think much about it. But the situation in front of them

, but they couldn't help but wonder which civil servant's territory this was. Looking at the hilts of the knives held in their hands, they were all ready to go, and the generals could only feel dejected.

After leaving the governor's office, he followed Lin Dezhong's instructions and went back to the post house to wait for the letter.

It seems that conventional thinking is not useful for Chen Kai, so they had to submit the post and wait for the summons. But the next day, they heard that Chen Kai was taking a regular bath and was taking his wife and two children out of town to visit the mountains.

The water was gone. However, with Lin Dezhong's voice, they did not dare to disturb Chen Kai's good mood, so they had to continue waiting in the post house for news of the summons.

In the city, Chen Kai took his family to visit the Zhenhai Tower and Gongbei Tower for the first two summer holidays. He also visited the monument at the pier and gave his children some "patriotic" education.

By the way, I was bragging in front of my wife and children. This time, I wanted to visit Baiyun Mountain outside the city. The scenery there is so beautiful that it was one of the eight scenic spots in Yangcheng during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Third.

"Pujian Lianquan, Jingtai Monk's return, and white clouds at night, I'm afraid I can't finish it in one day. However, there is no rush. Our days in Guangzhou are still long, so take your time."

"Does your husband dislike our mother-in-law for walking slowly?"

"No, no, how could my husband think so? Madam, I think too much."

On weekdays, he is busy with military and government affairs. Chen Kai has always been vigorous and resolute. In addition, he has already been here and went straight to the scenic spots. He is not as careful about the scenery on the road as Zheng Xiyuan and others. Here, Chen Kai expressed

She showed a strong desire to live, which made Zheng Xiyuan chuckle. Immediately, she said: "I was just joking. If my husband is like this, those who don't know would think that I am so fierce at home."

Come.

"Huh, now you know what you can do as a husband. If you don't behave better in the future, you may end up with a reputation as a shrew."

He was so arrogant and exaggerated that he looked like he thought he had a plan. Seeing Chen Kai like this, Zheng Xiyuan almost laughed out loud, but she did not want to show weakness at all, and replied immediately: "If I am a shrew,

My husband also has to be said to be henpecked. He is a high-ranking official, so he is not ashamed of himself."

After all, it has been two years since they got married, but the couple is still flirting and flirting as if they were newlyweds, even to the point of not being around. In normal times, Chen Kai would inevitably be subject to censors, patrols and the like.

Yanguan impeached an unmanned subject, and even because Zheng Xiyuan responded, he might even be accused of being a filial daughter. But these days, I am the most powerful man in the world in Guangzhou, and those marquis and uncles

You have to obey his general orders and do everything, and you don't have to worry about anything else. This is probably the biggest advantage of being a civil servant in troubled times.

Chen Kai and his family were traveling outside the city and were very unhappy. At the inn inside the city, a group of generals were still waiting there dryly. It was not easy to go out and cause trouble, for fear of being caught again. Tighten.

Then, two more days passed before Chen Kai finally found time to summon them. But before they could even sit down, Chen Kai's next words made it impossible for them to sit down any longer.

"I am very busy and have no time to care about your messy things. If you want to start a quarrel, the Guangdong Commercial Alliance has hired a lawyer from the Qian Corps to wait. Go directly to the Guangzhou Magistrate's Yamen. If there is nothing else,
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