Chapter 257(1/2)
Swear to protect the eldest lady to the death
Author: tx Cheng Zhi
Swear to protect the eldest lady to the death
Chapter 256
"Director Song, please be patient!"
Lin Xuzong looked at Song Xiance and said with a smile: "Actually, isn't this a good thing?"
"Is this still a good thing?"
"inherited!"
Lin Xuzong said: "The most important thing for our people is inheritance. After the father dies, the son succeeds. No matter how talented a childless man is, it is difficult for his subordinates to rest assured. If Zhou Taizu had not been Guo Tong, Guo Xin
Both sons were killed by Emperor Yin of the Han Dynasty, so he had no choice but to let Shizong Chai Rong succeed him. However, after the death of the family, Song Taizu launched a mutiny in Chenqiao to usurp the kingdom of Zhou Dynasty. If Shizong was the blood son of Zhou Taizu, Song Taizu would still dare to
Usurping the throne? Even if he dares, can he succeed?"
Song Xiance was familiar with classics and history, and naturally knew that Chai Rong would be usurped because he was in the wrong position. All the trusted ministers, including Fan Zhi, Wang Pu, Wei Renpu and other prime ministers, all approved of Zhao Kuangyin's rebellion. The only one who opposed it was Han Tong and his son.
Zhao Kuangyin acted first and killed him. To say that the Song Dynasty usurped the throne without bloodshed was actually planned by civil servants. Han Tong was killed in his house before he had time to send troops.
But similarly, when Mao Wenlong was killed, Mao Wenlong had no sons and only one son-in-law, Chen Jisheng. However, Chen Jisheng, as Mao Wenlong's adviser, was resourceful but unstoppable. In the end, Mao Wenlong raised eight thousand children and grandchildren, but failed to protect his inheritance.
Now Cheng Shijie is in the prime of his life and his health is not in serious trouble. Although Cheng Jiayue is still young, in a few years, if Cheng Shijie cannot have a son, he can find a son-in-law for him.
The Liaodong Administrative Committee defines the four states in southern Liaoning as heavy industry bases, responsible for the production of warships, naval guns, and various large metal parts, while the central Liaoning area is defined as a light and heavy industry base, responsible for the production of shoes, boots, furs,
Agricultural and sideline industries, etc.
The only light industry in southern Liaoning is sun salt, but central Liaison does not have these natural advantages. As for Maoshan, it is a raw material base. Of course, the raw material base also includes the Shuangcheng area.
From now on, the scale of the settlements has begun to be controlled. Even if a large number of refugees arrive, they will not be directly organized into settlements of 100 households to resettle the refugees.
Those refugees need to undergo simple vocational training for one or more months in Liaodong and are sent to work in various factories. Now the income of workers in Liaodong has begun to increase again. A skilled worker can earn one or two yuan a month.
The above does not include some hidden benefits.
For example, regarding work-related injury, medical, and disease insurance, Cheng Shijie brought not only technological innovations to Liaodong, but also a management system for future generations. Both farmers and businessmen can purchase insurance from Liaodong Ping An Insurance Company.
The insurance industry has been ruined in later generations. After many people buy insurance, they will find that it is not the case at all.
In these days, no matter what you do, there are extremely high risks. Locusts, drought, rain, and pests and diseases in farming may cause grain production to decrease. At this time, the role of insurance comes into play.
Of course, Cheng Shijie's insurance business in Liaodong is government-run. This is because even if there is no insurance, if a disaster occurs in Liaodong, can the Liaodong Management Committee ignore it?
In the hands of Cheng Shijie, insurance is a means of macro-control of the economy. The real source of huge profits in the insurance industry is actually maritime transportation. Once a storm or piracy occurs, it will be enough to bankrupt small businesses. However, at this time, the marine industry that purchased insurance
You can file a claim with the insurance company.
According to incomplete statistics, there are a total of 4,053 merchant ships in Liaodong, and more than 3,800 of them have purchased commercial insurance. These insurance coverage include pirate attacks and storm damage.
In addition to these problems, ordinary people can also purchase medical insurance voluntarily. With insurance, even if there is a patient at home, they do not need to borrow money. If they are deceived and borrowed from loan sharks, it is absolutely
The family will be destroyed and people will die.
Thanks to the protection of insurance, Liaodong's economic development has been booming. If Cheng Shijie hadn't led Ning Haijun to attack senior officials, then Luzon, and then Batavia, Ning Haijun would have tens of thousands of troops and hundreds of thousands of military personnel.
consumption, thus avoiding the crisis of industrial overcapacity in Liaodong.
In Song Xiance's view, Liaodong could have absolute strength and sweep the world in at most five years. At this critical moment, the issue of Cheng Shiwei's successor was particularly prominent.
People in the Ming Dynasty recognized blood. Adopted children without Cheng Shijie's blood were not recognized by the Ning Haijun Group. But Cheng Jiayue was different. This was the daughter recognized by Cheng Shijie himself, and she was also the daughter of Cheng Shijie's first wife, Xiang. This legal inheritance right
, no one can deny it.
Nowadays, Ning Haijun's generals, whether Shen Mingyu or Chang Yu, including the newly rising Liu Qingsong, Li Weiluan, and Li Zhixiang, do not have enough prestige and strength to rebel. It is not whether they will rebel, but they lack the strength.
When Zhao Kuangyin launched the Chenqiao Mutiny, he already had tens of thousands of Northern Zhou Dynasty Forbidden Army. Even if King Han Jonggong escorted him, his soldiers and horses could not defeat Zhao Kuangyin's men. But Ning Haijun was different. Although Ning Haijun was nominally headed by Li Zhixiang, he could not defeat Zhao Kuangyin.
In fact, the real combat effectiveness of the Ninghai Navy lies in the four major fleets, and three of the four major fleets are stationed outside and are not allowed to return to Liaodong without orders.
As for Jinzhou's army, it is only in the hands of Cheng Shijie. What's more, Cheng Shijie's prestige is far greater than Chai Rong's prestige in the army.
Lin Xunzong said: "Should we congratulate the commander-in-chief?"
"congratulate?"
Song Xiance quickly realized that this was to build momentum for Cheng Jiayue. Regardless of whether Cheng Jiayue was Cheng Shijie's biological daughter or not, Ning Haijun needed her to be.
Song Xiance said: "To celebrate the safe return of the eldest lady, our management committee must express our gratitude!"
Lin Xunzong said: "Grace comes from above!"
Lin Xunzong also reminded Song Xiance, don't use this excuse to give tax exemptions to the people of Liaodong. In fact, Song Xiance really didn't have this intention. However, at Lin Xunzong's reminder, he quickly wrote down an application.
In order to celebrate the safe return of Miss Cheng, I hope that Cheng Shijie can reward Liaodong. Now the warehouses in Liaodong have piled up mountains of grain, potatoes, cheese, dried meat and a large number of cans. In order to prevent the price of grain in Liaodong from being too low and hurting farmers,
Liaodong has now established 22 breweries, nine vinegar factories, and 13 soy sauce factories. These factories consume a large amount of grain.
However, the problem is that despite the consumption of wine, vinegar and soy sauce, grain is still piled up in the warehouse. Spring plowing is about to begin, and new grain will be harvested in more than half a year. With the current grain warehouse in Liaodong, it is impossible to store it.
Soon the news that Cheng Shijie had recovered his biological daughter Cheng Jiayue spread quickly in Liaodong. Almost overnight, it spread throughout Liaodong, shocking everyone.
Although the news was very sudden, congratulatory gifts had to be given. In Liaodong, Cheng Shijie's status was comparable to that of an emperor. Today, Cheng Shijie has more than 200,000 elite troops and the largest fleet in the Ming Dynasty and even in Asia.
What's more, Cheng Shijie went everywhere to collect money for Emperor Chongzhen. Emperor Chongzhen also had a lot of money because of Cheng Shijie. Just from Wusongkou, he could bring an income of three to four million taels to Chongzhen every year, which almost caught up with the original Ming Dynasty.
annual fiscal revenue.
When it comes to winning the emperor's heart, Cheng Shijie can be said to be unparalleled. How can a person like Cheng Shijie not go and curry favor! Besides, many people plan to talk to Cheng Shijie about business and see if they can introduce potato seeds from Liaodong and buy them.
Regarding phosphate fertilizer, the most important thing is to see if we can win over this powerful group that is rising extremely rapidly.
There was an endless stream of people who came to congratulate Cheng Jiayue on his return, which invisibly gave Cheng Shijie another big gift. The various gifts he received alone amounted to hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.
Fortunately, Cheng Shijie threatened to have the Military Supervision Bureau investigate whoever gave more gifts.
However, those who dare to give gifts to Cheng Shijie are not afraid of investigation.
After all, Ning Haijun's leaders at all levels have dividends and rewards. These are not a small amount of money. At least Ning Haijun's commander-in-chief or above, or the prefecture level, reward and performance system, so that their income can be several times more than that of Ming officials.
So many.
Cheng Shijie actually doesn't hate the rich, he just hates wealth obtained by any means.
Cheng Shijie was very busy. During the Ming Dynasty, he asked Zhu Weiti to take care of Cheng Jiayue, while he returned to later generations to be responsible for comforting Xiang Hui. Even Wang Zheng, a great scientist, did not have time to meet him.
Without Cheng Shijie by his side, Zhu Weiti took Cheng Jiayue for a ride in a carriage. After more than four years of development, Jinzhou has changed drastically. Anyone who has never been to Jinzhou will be stunned.
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After all, the roads in Jinzhou are now paved with cement. They seem to stretch to the horizon, with neat rows of two- or three-story small buildings.
However, Cheng Jiayue was not surprised by what she saw in front of her.
In Zhu Weiti's view, Xiang's teaching of Cheng Jiayue was really good. She definitely didn't look like she had never seen the market before. However, Cheng Jiayue was also very happy sitting in the carriage.
"Jia Yue, have you ever been in a carriage?"
Cheng Jiayue shook her head: "No!"
"Then what if you go out?"
"Mom takes me in the car!"
Zhu Weiti wanted to trick Cheng Jiayue and learn more about Cheng Jiayue's secrets, so he asked, "Can your mother still drive?"
"Yes, dad can drive too!"
Cheng Jiayue said with a smile: "Dad is not as good at driving as mom!"
"Yueyue, where is your brother Long?"
"Brother Jialong is at school!"
In front of Cheng Jiayue is a cup of carefully made yogurt, which is Cheng Jiayue's favorite snack. Of course, Xiang Hui usually has strict requirements for Cheng Jiayue, but Zhu Weiti does not.
In the Ming Dynasty, Cheng Jiayue was the first to realize the freedom of yogurt. The yogurt in the Ming Dynasty was the most natural, without any additives, and was filled with dense white sugar. It was so sweet that it was almost greasy after a sip. Cheng Jiayue was instantly happy and satisfied.
Eating sweets makes people happy.
Cheng Jiayue also has a certain degree of self-control. Although Zhu Weiti gave her a lot of yogurt, she only drank one cup and no more. Instead, she asked Zhu Weiti: "Auntie, when can I go to school?"
Zhu Weiti waved her hand towards Gu Ziyi and said, "Have you found the gentleman you asked to find?"
Before Gu Ziyi had time to answer, Cheng Jiayue said: "Auntie, I don't go to school at home, I want to go to school!"
Zhu Weiti had a headache. She could tell that Cheng Jiayue was Cheng Shijie's darling. If anything unexpected happened or he was wronged in any way, Cheng Shijie would definitely feel heartbroken.
Zhu Weiti had no choice but to find Chen Guodong.
"Meet Madam!"
In the eyes of Chen Guodong and all the Ning navy officers, Zhu Weiti did not have the aura of the Ming Dynasty princess. She only had one identity, and that was Cheng Shijie's wife.
"General Chen, I have called you here today. There is something I need you to arrange!"
"About the eldest lady?"
"That's right!"
To be continued...