"I heard that since Mr. Han conquered Dateng Gorge, this place has been open to merchants and merchants."
Although He Dongli does not know anything about Australians, it is commendable that this "overseas barbarian" can think of Han Yong's deeds after just hearing one sentence - this happened a hundred and fifty years ago! Even if it is In Wuzhou itself, regardless of the common people, even ordinary scholars, when it comes to the word "Han Yong", many people don't know it, let alone Dadengxia.
"Although Mr. Han destroyed the Dateng Gorge, he still allowed the local Yaodong to collect taxes on merchant ships passing through the Gorge. From then on, the Dateng Gorge can be opened for business travel."
"Is Yao Qing still peaceful today?"
He Dongli shook his head slightly: "Although Mr. Han was defeated twice, the ground in Guangdong and Guangxi has never been peaceful - but it didn't become a climate!"
In the mountains of the Guijiang and Xijiang river basins around Wuzhou, there are Yao and Tong villages everywhere. Although most of them are appointed by local officials and chieftains, in fact most of them "disobey the king's rule", and various riots occur one after another, even for people like Han Yong and Wang Shouren. Even if capable ministers come to govern, they can only achieve peace for a few decades. After a while, troubles will arise again. The so-called Yao Tong riot is nothing new for an old place in Wuzhou like He Dongli.
Xie Erren was silent. He saw the collapsed urn city outside Dezheng Gate and the incomplete battlements, parapets and towers on the city wall. His heart was heavy - the artillery fire at the beginning must have been too fierce! This needs to be repaired. when!
The height of the city wall is about eight meters, which is quite high. Xie Erren stretched his neck out of the female wall and looked down, feeling that as long as the city wall was repaired, safety would be guaranteed.
He Dongli saw that he was concerned about the city's defense, so he told him that there were 569 clusters of buildings on the city wall, and 36 huts, where the police and sergeants could stay. However, only the Dezheng Gate in Wengcheng was there.
"Zhao Toyota!"
His secretary immediately followed him, holding a small notebook and pen in his hand - this was Xie Erren's favorite tune, issuing "instructions" anytime and anywhere.
"After I return, I will instruct the aftermath bureau to prioritize manpower and material resources on repairing the city walls and city defense facilities!"
"Yes, chief." Zhao Toyota quickly wrote it down.
Coming down from the city wall, Xie Erren led the way through He Dongli and inspected the city. The business here is indeed prosperous. According to He Dongli, there are eleven cities in the city alone. To the east of Fu Yamen, it is the most prosperous Fudong City is one of the two cities in Futong City. Along the way, I saw many shops on the streets, but there were not many pedestrians. However, many of the shops were open and the road barriers were being repaired. Xie Erren looked at the scene along the way. , although there was a fire in the city, the damage was not too great - it was just that the houses were too unsafe. He complained secretly in his heart: most of the houses and shops were either made of wood or had bamboo fences and walls painted with yellow mud. If As for any fire prevention measures, the best ones are just clam shells inlaid with river mussels. Except for government offices, temples and a few large shops and houses, there are almost no masonry buildings.
If Xiong Wencan's fire was really set off by him, it would be a sea of fire! Xie Erren secretly laughed.
Even without entering the store, judging from the signboards and merchandise on display, you can tell that the commodity economy here is of considerable scale, with a wide variety of commodities and various industries. Xie Erren is a journalist, so he has a deep understanding of the business environment of a place. Have considerable powers of observation.
"I didn't expect Wuzhou's commercial market to be so prosperous." Xie Erren has seen many counties and cities. To be honest, except for Lingao under the rule of the Senate and the newly restored Guangzhou and Foshan towns, whether in Hainan or Guangdong and Guangxi,
, no town can rival Wuzhou.
Seeing this, Xie Erren's originally gloomy mentality became active again - this place has a lot of potential! Sure enough, risks are accompanied by opportunities. As long as he can firmly defend Wuzhou City and continue to operate slowly, he will not dare to
When it comes to the future of Guangdong Province's second and third places, it is always ranked first. What's more, this is an important business window for Guangxi and the mainland.
He looked up and saw the confluence of three rivers near Wuzhou City, surrounded by mountains in the distance, "near the Tea Mountain, next to the Guishui River, and surrounded by the river." It is known as "the ratio of Lingnan's appearance to victory" - this praise is indeed not a boast.
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"It is truly the thoroughfare between two provinces where three rivers converge!" Xie Erren praised. This beautiful and magnificent mountains and rivers now belong to our Senate! Thinking of this, he felt excited in his chest.
Wuzhou in the Ming Dynasty was already an important commercial city in the Guangdong and Guangxi regions economically. Since ancient times, Wuzhou has been a major inland port in the Lingnan region, with obvious location advantages. It can be traced along the river to Nanning, Liuzhou, Guilin, and far to the southwest, down to the Pearl River Delta, and directly to
Guangzhou, Macau. This makes Wuzhou Port function as both an inland port and a coastal port. In the Qin Dynasty, the Lingqu Canal was opened to connect the Yangtze River and Pearl River water systems. "North water flows to the south, and north boats cross the mountains." This began to establish the role of Wuzhou Port in the south of Lingnan.
Important position. During the Han Dynasty, Wuzhou Port gradually developed into a water transportation hub for Guangdong and Guangxi. Since the Tang Dynasty, Wuzhou Port has had wooden sailing ships leading to the coast of Guangdong. Since then, a large number of merchants from Guangdong have gone up the river to trade in Wuzhou. Although it is located at the junction of Guangdong and Guangxi
Although it is located in the inland mountains, it has the convenience of coastal ports. Many "foreign goods" are not uncommon in Wuzhou, and "Australian goods" are even more common.
Xie Erren took over such a piece of territory - to be honest, if Wuzhou was not located on the "front line", with his ability and resume, it would have been impossible for him to come to Wuzhou to become the mayor.
"That's what the master said." He Dongli glanced at the Australian. His face was filled with the words "contribution to success." However, although Wuzhou is good, whether it can stand still depends on each person's ability.
He Dongli has no special tendency: the Ming Dynasty treated him well, and the Australians had no enmity with him. As for which one has more prospects, anyone who is not blind and has gone to Qiongzhou Prefecture will not find it difficult to answer. But Qiongzhou
The government is just a small place, and it is necessary to manage the entire Guangdong well. This is the real ability. Especially in Wuzhou at the moment, the internal and external environment is very complex. It is hard to say how capable this Australian Xie Yuan is.
"This mansion has been the thoroughfare between Guangdong and Guangxi since ancient times, where boats and cars gather, goods are abundant, and hundreds of industries gather." He Dongli said, "It is really a good place! It's just that there was a war not long ago, which hurt our vitality! Sir, please take a look..."
He pointed outside the city with his finger.
On both sides of the Guijiang River and Xijiang River outside the city, there used to be markets and wharves, but due to the war, most of them were destroyed. You can see broken walls and ruins everywhere. On the shoals along the coast, you can see the wreckage of sunken ships and messy wood hanging out of the water everywhere.
"This river was originally a 'floating market'. In addition to Danhu's boats, merchant ships from all over the place gathered here, and merchants used bamboo and wood as rows to build shops on it and sell shops.
In peacetime, the wooden rafts here are parked along the river, which is a spectacular sight. During the day, when the boats are passing by, the lights are on at night, and there are a lot of people and hawkers. Outsiders think it is a strange sight when they come here." He Dongli said.
, full of regret in his words.
"Where are these wooden raft merchant ships?" Xie Erren was a little puzzled: I didn't see anything when I came here.
"Everything that could run ran away, and the wooden rafts that couldn't run also carried away all the goods. The remaining ones were defended and attacked the city in the past few days, and they were all burned down."
"What a pity!" Xie Erren shook his head and said, "We need to restore it as soon as possible!"
He Dongli is not so optimistic - Australians have always valued business, and he believes that what Mr. Xie said is from the bottom of his heart. However, the surrounding areas of Wuzhou are currently in chaos: Governor Xiong's troops are very close, and now he has heard from businessmen that the Yaodong in Xijiang is not good.
Stable. If this chief can ensure the safety of the surrounding areas of Wuzhou, it will be considered good.
Walk all the way along the city wall until you reach the "Three General Palaces" in the east of the city.
Looking from the city wall, these three general palaces are very large, with a total of four large courtyards, covering an area of dozens of acres. He Dongli said that these three general palaces were established by Emperor Xianzong of the Ming Dynasty in accordance with Han Yong's suggestions during the Chenghua period.
They are the Governor-General's Palace of Guangdong and Guangxi, the General Military Palace, and the General Town Palace.
The architectural layout is centered on the Governor's Mansion. The Governor's Mansion is on the northeastern mound of the city, which is the highest point in the city. The General Military Mansion is on the right of the Governor's Mansion, the General Town Mansion is on the left of the Governor's Mansion, and the meeting halls of the three governments are in front of the Governor's Mansion.
A huge government building complex was built, which was used by the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, the chief soldier and the eunuch of the general town for living, working and conducting discussions.
"There are still eunuchs in Wuzhou?" Xie Erren knew from the history lecture that the origin of the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi was in Wuzhou, but he did not expect that the guarding eunuchs were also stationed here.
"It was true that he was stationed here in the past. Later, the governor's office was moved to Zhaoqing, and there were no longer any ministers guarding the place. However, during the Wanli period, the tax supervisor came again."
Xie Erren followed He Dongli to the gate of the Governor's Mansion. On both sides of the gate, on the left is the opening stele and on the right is the inscription stele. There is also an archway built in front of the door. The south square says: "Control the two vassals"; the east square says:
"The mountains and seas were cleared";
Next to the east city wall, it is very close to Yangmingmen. It was severely damaged by artillery fire during the battle. There are signs of penetration and collapse on the roof and walls.
There were still a few government servants guarding the place, but they all looked unmotivated. When they saw the "Australian Master" coming, they quickly got up to greet him.
The old scribe who came with him said: "Open the doors everywhere and ask the chief to inspect!"
Xie Erren followed the clerk into the governor's office. Because Xiong Wencan had been stationed here not long ago, the interior had been somewhat renovated and repaired. It was not as desolate as it looked outside. However, judging from the small trees and weeds on the roof,
This place has been abandoned for a long time.
There is a couplet in front of the main hall of the Governor's Mansion that reads: "Open Wuzhou and control hundreds of Guangdong." This reflects the irony of the people in the Governor's Mansion fleeing for their lives in a hurry when the city was destroyed a few days ago, and the chaos left by the rebels who took advantage of the fire and looted the place. It is quite ironic -
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