There is a home in the depths of the white clouds

Chapter 348 The Xu Family.

Two days later, Zhang Shen came back.

At the same time, he brought back 40 shi of grain, 50 taels of silver, and brand new copper coins worth 1 taels of silver, as well as [-] horses of Songjiang homespun cloth, and [-] shi of snow-white and shiny sea salt without any sand.

"These are all from us. Although the taxes in Shanghai County have been reduced for three years, we have done our best to return them." Zhang Shen said, "The governor is really greedy! Even the chief envoy is punished. If you get implicated, you will be fined for three years, and Jingcha... will be flat."

Didn't give a second, it's already good.

But it's not that the chief envoy didn't want to deal with him, but the emperor said that someone would deal with him.

I don't know what it means.

Anyway, Zhang Shen came back with something.

"Okay, thank you Master Zhang." Wu Youwei said: "These things are enough to support the construction of Shanghai County next year.

At least the 40 shi of grain alone is enough to feed Shanghai County for a year.

What's more, it's not that Shanghai County has no output, it's just that there is no tax and grain. At worst, he can spend the tax money to buy the surplus grain in the hands of the people.

And he has space, and it can be stored in the space to keep fresh.

It's just that there are so many people watching, it's hard to keep it secret, because I'm afraid that people will know that the warehouse is empty..., then something will happen.

But he can go out and buy...

The governor took bribes and was punished by the county magistrate. This has become a legend in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty.

Wu Youwei is thousands of miles away, and he is well-known in Beijing, but everyone pays attention to the cement concrete. Few people think there is anything wrong with it. The Imperial Academy received Wu Youwei After discussing for a few days, I agreed to Wu Youwei's proposal to send the Chinese Pinyin to Qionglin Primary School in Shanghai County as a primary school Chinese textbook...

Wu Youwei's Qionglin Primary School Academy was completed, and various disciplines were set up according to the rules of his Taowen Academy.

However, there was a shortage of teachers, so Wu Youwei sent a letter to his family, asking Tao Wen Academy to see if there were any qualified primary school teachers, and sent four to six of them.

There is no one suitable for teaching imperial examination students in Shanghai County, so Wu Youwei thought about where to hire a great Confucian. If there are students who want to get fame in the exam, let the big Confucian teach.

But want to learn a craft, or have an ideal student... He will teach!

Because my students use it very easily, for example, all of the more than 20 students use it very well.

Look at Cui Tieniu, he has become an invisible deputy county magistrate.

I help Wu Youwei with errands every day, so I don't know how to save Wu Youwei.

I don't know who said it, but everyone in the county knew it. The four villages took the initiative to hold a lively celebration, and the county town became lively.

After receiving the money and food, Wu Youwei posted an announcement that the money for building the house would be directly deducted from the tax money, and it would be treated as everyone buying a house.

The tax money will not be returned, and it will be used as a small treasury for the county government.

As for the grain, it is stored in the grain depot, and is used to make rations for the workers when the county government employs workers.

The people have a lot of trust in the county magistrate, and they can rest assured that the money and food are placed in the county government.

Wu Youwei also put in the grain he had bought privately. In this way, the granary would be quite impressive. In addition, the people liked the salt even more.

Wu Youwei made everything transparent.

Grain depots, money depots and salt depots are posted with bulletin boards.

How much is in stock, how much is spent, and how much is left.

All the people of the county are welcome to supervise together.

Everyone is very curious about his transparency. Even the county government's warehouse can invite representatives of the people to go in and weigh it.

Of course not everyone can be put in, only the elders of high esteem.

The four villages are actually the gathering places of the four clans. The clan elders have a high seniority in the clan. With their supervision, more people have confidence in the Yamen.

Those who have doubts can apply to go in when the inventory is checked every month at the "Yamen" to see if there is any shortage.

Although it was a bit troublesome, everyone felt that such a yamen gave them more confidence in the imperial court.

With these things, Wu Youwei distributed half of the money, grain, salt, and cloth to Wantong.

Shanghai was also cold at this time. When they came, they didn't bring enough thick clothes. Wantong directly asked Wu Youwei to hire local daughters-in-law to make clothes and quilts for the army.

When Li Wei, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, left, he directly gave Zhang Shen a large stack of bank notes. This was the military expenditure that the emperor asked him to give to the Zhenwei camp.

He has seen it, at least 100 million taels, the emperor is really rich!

Similarly, raising soldiers is really expensive.....

Zhang Shen also contacted someone to buy cotton over there. Although Shanghai is not so cold, you still have to sleep under a quilt at night, right?

So there must be quilts and cotton mattresses.

And people in Shanghai County also need to keep warm.

That day Wu Youwei was thinking about getting a sweater or something to keep him warm, when the district chief from Xujiahui came.

"Uncle Xu, what's the matter?" Wu Youwei asked someone to serve him tea.

Even though they couldn't drink Junshan Yinzhen's goodness at all, he was willing to give them a drink, which was much more generous than giving it to the fallen Governor of Songjiang.

"Da Ling, you made a good deal!" Xu Yishui, the district chief of Xujiahui, cheerfully took out a red cloth bag.

It turned out to be an adult, which felt strange; if you called him "old parents", Wu Youwei was too young, and he didn't even grow a beard.

So I had to call it "Da Ling", which is also a very good title, which is both respectful and close.

"What a good thing?" Wu Youwei smiled and sat down.

"You can see it at a glance." Xu Yishui was as happy as Maitreya Buddha.

Wu Youwei gently opened the small red bag, and inside was a... black and white pearl.

Now there are pearl farms, artificial pearls are not expensive, but this kind of natural marine pearls are still very precious, especially these pearls are as big as pigeon eggs.

One is as black as ink, and the other is as white as snow.

"This is from a pair of big clams." Xu Yishui said cheerfully, "I went to the beach to fish for some shell vegetables, and I finally caught them. Open it and have a look, it's a good thing!"

"That's right, it's a good thing." Wu Youwei also touched it curiously: "Keep it well."

"You can't keep it." Xu Yishui waved his hand: "You can't keep precious things."

"Uncle Xu, don't be afraid. Now Shanghai County is my decision. Whoever owns this thing is his. It's good to keep it as a family heirloom." Wu Youwei said: "Don't worry, no one will dare to snatch it."

"No, this thing...we really can't keep it." Xu Yishui said: "I heard that there will be a tribute at the end of the year? Why don't you offer it? Shanghai County can have a good official like you, and the emperor is wise. Shanghai County There is nothing to sell, so let’s pay tribute to this pair of beads, besides, the emperor has been exempted from taxes for three years, we are grateful.”

"Not bad, not bad!" Zhang Shen came in from the outside: "It is a good thing that the common people admire Heaven's grace."

"Master Zhang." The two of them greeted each other, and Zhang Shen unceremoniously sat on the other side of Wu Youwei: "Sit down, sit down."

"Since this thing was offered by the common people, Wu Shidu should keep it." Zhang Shen said: "Our family can have someone send it back to Beijing. The emperor promised you to exempt Shanghai from taxes for three years. This time the imperial decree comes Another three years of tax exemption, six years of tax exemption." Zhang Shen sighed: "The emperor has never given a place tax exemption and tax exemption.

Wu Youwei thought for a while, but yes, if he doesn't say anything, the emperor seems to be in a difficult position to make arrangements: "Then I'll buy this pair of pearls privately and present them in the name of the common people?"

"Just present it in the name of the common people." Zhang Shen said, "If you bought it, it will change the taste.

Wu Youwei didn't want to take advantage of the people, so Zhang Shen suggested: "Why don't the emperor reward you in the future and distribute them to the villagers?"

The emperor's reward is something that ordinary people can't get.

"Besides, these pearls are very particular, and they also need to be particular about their maintenance. It is not appropriate to put them in their hands." Zhang Shen said: "If you present them, you can also get some imperial rewards. This imperial reward is a family heirloom, which is comparable to pearls." Pearls are much stronger."

Xu Yishui also said: "I would rather ask for the emperor's reward than keep this pearl."

Alright, then it's settled, donate it, and with the emperor's reward, one-third will be given to everyone who owns the pearl. Wu Youwei looked at Xu Yishui: "By the way, whose family is this pearl?" "

"It belongs to my family." Xu Yishui said embarrassingly: "My old man took his small teeth to pick up shell vegetables. The child wanted to eat fatter ones, so he cast a net. He originally wanted to coax the child to play. Who knows that there are many things on the Internet, many of which are messy, and there is a pair of old clams inside, and when I opened it, I saw this pair of things."

Xu Yishui is the head of Xujiahui, and his father, Xu Feng, is one of the elders of the Xu family.

Xiaoyazi is the youngest grandson in the family. The old man loves him very much and takes him with him every day.

The old man has spent his whole life in the wind and rain at sea. Although he is a bit older, it is still possible to catch some small seafood by sailing a boat in the sea. In the end, he caught such a pair of treasures.

Immediately decided to dedicate it to the imperial court, and also to give Daling a long face.

So it was settled, Wu Youwei found a small box made of sandalwood, inside it was lined with red satin, and two small nests were made, with cotton in between, and two pearls were placed, which were very conspicuous.

Later, there was news from Fucheng that Huating county magistrate was also dismissed and investigated, and the things confiscated from the house were not much worse than those from Fu Yin.

The magistrate of Qingpu County was also copied, but he was less greedy, because he had not been in office for a long time, and Qingpu County had not been established for a long time, so there was not so much money.

Wu Youwei is listening to the news, and he is in full swing designing hot weapons for Wantong, because his arsenal...is established.

Ironmaking, steelmaking, and the simple thermal weapons he designed.

There are craftsmen who specialize in the development of firearms. The imperial court does not pay much attention to light firearms. They value heavy weapons such as cannons.

Moreover, the cannon was too bulky in Wu Youwei's opinion, and the range was not very far, but it was already a very advanced thermal weapon at that time.

The first things Wu Youwei gave to Wantong were ultra-portable grenades, grenades, and small melons.

The kind that can be operated by one person.

The second is the explosive kit. He added a waterproof treatment to this thing, and it can also be used in water battles...

In October Yihai, Wang Shu was the minister of the Ministry of punishment and the prime minister of Hedao.

At the same time, the Ministry of Industry provides cement to make concrete to repair river courses.

The cement and concrete were announced by the people of the Ministry of Industry, and the ministers in the court were skeptical, but then there was a memorial from the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, Li Ying, which was sent back quickly.

The above said two things, dealing with the Governor of Songjiang, and the latest experiment in cement concrete in Shanghai County, the newly built Shanghai County City has high walls and thick walls, as firm as a rock!

What is used is blue brick and cement concrete.

Emperor Xianzong made the announcement in the palace and had people circulate the contents of the memorial. Everyone was dubious, but the Minister of the Ministry of Industry was very proud and said: "This thing is beneficial to the country and the people, and it is very useful!"

After the British public saw it, they immediately applied to the frontier army: "Your Majesty, the frontier army's current city really needs to be repaired! Do you think?"

"Let the Ministry of Industry send craftsmen, cement and concrete to the frontier army, repair the city wall, and strengthen the city defense!" Emperor Xianzong generously gave convenience to the generals: "Priority is given to supplying the frontier army!"

The generals below shouted happily one by one: "Long live!

Now, Emperor Xianzong felt at ease.

In fact, cement has been researched a long time ago, but it has been produced all the time, and a certain amount has been stored, which is now enough for the frontier army to build fortifications.

After many years of sharpening their swords, the late emperor's veterans have grown old, and those who dismounted have dismounted, and now they are in power.

He could finally vent his depression one by one.

However, when he saw certain people, his eyes darkened for a moment. After the power was in his hands, this crown prince has also become a heart problem for him...