I have to admit that great changes have taken place in the decades since Feng Ziying was in power.
Even his uncle had to admit that Feng Ziying was born to be an emperor. He was able to direct and control the entire government. Basically, the cabinet could only do things according to the path he designed, and everything was done beautifully.
The dredging of the canal has always been a big problem, and water transportation has also been a problem that has troubled the court for decades.
It stands to reason that as maritime transport becomes more and more prosperous, grain transportation gradually turns to sea transportation. Hundreds of thousands of Caoding and their families who rely on water transportation have lost their livelihoods. How can they not cause trouble?
However, the water transport reform promoted by Feng Ziying made the Caoding people peaceful and even happy to leave their country and make a living on their own.
At that time, even the imperial court was said to be on tenterhooks, fearing that something might happen.
However, with the support of Feng Ziying, the last governor of water transportation, Ma Shiying, drastically reformed water transportation.
Hundreds of thousands of Caoding and their families suddenly became ordinary people in the local area, but the ships were all handed over to the Caoding in the form of discounts, deductions, and interest-free loans.
The imperial court convened merchants from Shanxi, Shaanxi and Jiangnan, and in addition to the imperial court's own military needs, also proposed a five-year support period and a three-year decoupling period for the Caoding people.
Such a thing, which in other dynasties would probably have caused a huge upheaval, was handled in such a cunning manner.
Wang Xifeng once heard Feng Ziying say when she was drunk. Without him, the economic development of the north and the south has led to the transportation of coal from the north to the south, the transportation of railways from the north to the south, the transportation of grain from the south to the north, and the transportation of goods from the south to the north. The demand for transportation capacity is increasing every year. If it were not the case,
, how dare he carry out this reform?
This is not because of his great ability, but because the Imperial Socio-Economic Development Research Center has done a good job in research.
Along the way, the original canal boats that still have traces of water transportation have been gradually eliminated, but the caoding people have begun to invest in changing ships themselves and continue to be engaged in this industry, and their lives are better than when they were caoding. From their experience
The changes during this period can also be seen in the level of food and clothing.
The scale of Tongzhou Wharf has almost doubled compared to 20 years ago. Thousands of sails are competing with each other and the mast walls are like a forest. The entire Tongzhou Wharf is packed to the brim.
Wang Xifeng originally hoped to build his own dedicated cement terminal at Tongzhou Port, but failed to do so.
Businessmen from Shanxi and Shaanxi resolutely rejected this request, which was to prevent Fengming Group's cement from continuing to penetrate into the Beijing and Central markets, so Wang Xifeng had no choice but to give up.
Seeing her mother standing on the pier, she seemed to be feeling something. Sister Qiao said carefully: "Mom, get on the train. If you find it too slow, you can also take the horse-drawn train, and you can have a private compartment."
"No need, I don't want to make it too ostentatious." Wang Xifeng shook his head, "The road from Tongzhou to the city is all paved with cement. Now that the springs and rubber wheels of the carriage are used, it is quite good. By the way, the Xue family is said to have
Have you invested in introducing gum trees to Nanyang?"
Sister Qiao hesitated for a moment, "I heard from the palace that the emperor said that the promotion of rubber still needs some time, and the technology is not yet mature, so although the family has invested in stocks, there are not many."
"Did he say it again?" Wang Xifeng got on the carriage and motioned for her daughter to sit next to her. "There must be a process from immaturity to maturity. He has specifically mentioned this. I am sure this thing will be used in many ways in the future. I think your family
You should be bolder and invest more. If the money is not enough, I will ask Zhifeng to lend some to your family, and I heard that the imperial court also has policies to support reclamation in Nanyang..."
"Well, there is this policy, so I don't have to bother my mother when borrowing money. The imperial court designated Haitong Bank and several other banks to be responsible for lending money to the Nanyang reclamation industry. It seems that the Ministry of Household Affairs subsidizes the interest..."
While the mother and daughter were talking, the carriage headed straight for the capital city.
Wang Xifeng has a mansion in the capital city. Even if he doesn't come to live there often, he still has servants to take care of it. Like Hongyu, she sometimes stays here when she returns to the capital.
Lin Hongyu also gave birth to a daughter, named Lin Zhiru, and got a son-in-law. This lineage can be considered to be spreading.
When Wang Xifeng came to live in the mansion in Nanxunfang, Sister Qiao naturally accompanied her. Since her mother might want to enter the palace, she naturally had to follow.
Although her mother kept saying that she didn't care about the relationships between people in the palace, Sister Qiao knew that this relationship could not be broken.
What's more, no matter how you look at it, it's your mother who stole someone else's man, so why is it that your mother looks so righteous and confident, and is still here to complain about this and that?
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"Feng Lazi came to Beijing again?"
Li Wan also takes good care of herself, but no matter how well she takes care of herself, it's impossible to hide her aging appearance, but she doesn't care about this anymore.
The future of her two sons is her biggest concern.
Jialan didn't need her to worry too much, and her career was fairly stable, but it was this little son that she always kept in mind.
It's a pity that the younger son doesn't like an official career and only likes to study things.
Li Wan even thought with some resentment, wondering if his biological father had instilled something in him that made Zhitong stop his official career and take this path.
Li Zhitong frowned, "It's fine for a mother to call her aunt like this in front of her son, but don't do it in front of outsiders. You also know my aunt's temper..."
Li Wan chuckled lightly and shook the palace silk fan in his hand, "Hey, am I still afraid of her? Well, there are only you and me, mother and son, so what are you worried about? I won't have to worry about it outside."
"Brother attaches great importance to glass matters. I guess this is one of the reasons why aunt came to Beijing. In addition, there are many uncertain factors here. I guess aunt may find some more collaborators to share the risks when she comes to Beijing..."
The elder brother in Li Zhitong's words refers to Wang Zhifeng. Even Li Wan couldn't figure out why his son, who had a very weak relationship with his half-father Jia Lan, was so close to Wang Xifeng's son, who had nothing to do with him.
"Sister Feng is very good at calculating. She takes the lion's share of the profits and shares the risks with others. Why else would she come to the capital city again?" Li Wan smiled, "I'm afraid she will go to the palace to inquire about the news again.
As soon as these news came out, people who were well-informed would understand that she had reached heaven to hear it again and got accurate information. She could play this trick of pretending to be powerful more smoothly than anyone else."
Li Zhitong didn't know that his mother usually had a good relationship with Wang Xifeng, but as soon as they turned against each other, she would have to say these meaningless and sour words. Are best friends like this?
Or maybe my mother and aunt will still be brooding over those things that happened decades ago?
Seemingly feeling some of his son's resentment, Li Wan took back his words and said thoughtfully: "Okay, I understand. Then Zhi Feng can be considered an honest person. At least he is not bad to you. However, if he really wants to do it,
You have put so much effort into this glass or steam engine business, and the Li family also wants to take a share."
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