Tian Wenjing stood in Ma De's study, watching Ma De process various documents without saying a word.

He was still doing his own thing just now, but Ma De suddenly sent someone to call him over. Although he was unclear, he rushed over immediately and waited for Ma De's orders, not because Ma De left himself aside. Although he had only been a little less than a month in the Governor's Office, he had already felt that Ma De was very fond of his appetite. It was not that he had similar tempers with Ma De. As Ma De, he met Ma De many times, but most of them were official business and had no time to chat privately. He just admired Ma De's style. No matter you, the king of heaven, will be arrested if you commit any crime. He has been observing the case of Li Yuchang, and he has only four words for Ma De's methods - "I benefited a lot"! Moreover, Ma De's various instructions were not hidden from him, and many of them were still sent by him, which gave him a sense of respect and reuse.

"Sir, Lord Li is here!" Tian Wenjing was thinking about what Ma De asked him to do. Xing Ming also walked in from outside the study room, nodded to Tian Wenjing, and reported to Ma De.

"Is Li Lin coming?" Tian Wenjing was thinking as soon as he heard Xing Ming's words, and Ma De raised his head from a pile of files and said, "Call him in!"

"yes!"

Xing Ming responded, bowed out to pass the test. Tian Wenjing looked at him from behind, but he couldn't figure out whether he was a division master or a personal soldier.

...

After Xing Ming went out to pass the order, Lord Li came in quickly. However, it was not Li Lin, but a young official of a relatively similar age. Moreover, Tian Wenjing also saw the top of the young man's head and the patch in front of his clothes. This was just a seventh-rank official.

"Secretary Li Fu, I have met Master Taiwan Producer!"

As soon as the visitor entered the study, he bowed his hand and said with his fists at Ma De.

"Julai, you are finally here. Come on, let me introduce it to you..." Ma De sat on the chair behind the table, looked at the young official in front of him with a smile, pointed at Tian Wenjing, and said, "This is the only master of my Governor's yamen, Tian Wenjing!... Wenjing, this is the magistrate of Yingshang Prefecture, Fengyang Prefecture, Anhui Province, Li Fu and Li Julai. You can get to know each other!"

"It turned out to be Lord Tian. On the way, I heard people tell the story of "The Master Tian is strong and blocking General Su". Lord Tian's strength is very impressed." After hearing Ma De's words, Li Fu looked at Tian Wenjing in surprise and bowed his hand and said.

"Mr. Li praised it. Fortunately!" Tian Wenjing was not as "entertainly" as Li Fu, but just gave Li Fu a bow lightly, which was considered as appropriate.

"Okay, since I have seen it, I won't wait anymore. Julai, do you know why I want to call you Anhui to Jiangsu?" Ma De looked at Tian Wenjing's performance, shook his head secretly, and then asked Li Fu.

"I don't know!" Tian Wenjing's coldness was a little unexpected, but Li Fu did not take this matter to his heart. When he heard Ma De's question, he hurriedly answered.

"I want to transfer you to Jiangsu to be a magistrate," said Ma De.

"Transfer to Jiangsu? Master of the Taiwan Strait, the lower official has still had a lot of things to do at Ying..." Li Fu looked a little anxious and said with a fist and bowed to Ma De. However, Ma De did not let him continue to say things, and he shook his hand and stopped him from talking.

"I know you have done a good job in Yingshang in the past few years and have managed that poor county well. However, this time I want to give you and Wen Jing an important task. Although it seems that you are just transferring you to become a magistrate, if you can do this well, your political achievements will be much better than curing Yingshang in the past." Ma De said.

"This..." Li Fu paused for a moment, and finally bowed to Ma De: "Master of the Taiwan Strait, the officials are not greedy for any contributions and achievements, they just want to manage Ying Shang well. Moreover, according to the rules set by the officials, the officials during this term have already formulated a plan for Ying Shang, and they have just started to start. Once the officials are transferred, will they be wasted?"

"It's okay. I have reported to the Ministry of Personnel that Shi Yizhi was promoted to the prefect of Fengyang. Then you can leave the matter to him." Ma De replied.

"Shi Yizhi?" Li Fu felt a little sad. He and Shi Yizhi were both Jinshi, and they were asked by Ma De from the Hanlin Academy to become the magistrate, which was considered acquaintance. Although he often claimed to be a young handsome man, Shi Yizhi was seven years younger than him. Therefore, whenever he faced Shi Yizhi, he felt a little inferior. Now, when he heard Ma De say that Shi Yizhi was promoted to Fengyang Prefecture, he could only be transferred to Jiangsu to continue to be a magistrate. Even though he was a mature man and always attached importance to nourishing his energy, he couldn't help but feel distracted.

"Although Shi Yizhi is young, he is still safe to do things. Are you worried about him?" Ma De asked Li Fu again.

"The subordinates dare not, but the subordinates are afraid of being warned (Shi Yizhi) and he is not familiar with matters..." Li Fu wanted to slap himself a few words. As soon as he took office, who can be familiar with all matters? Isn't it enough to stay for a while?

"Hahaha..." Ma De laughed. After years of being in the officialdom, how could he not hear the jealousy in Li Fu's words? However, he also knew that Li Fu was not so stingy. After all, no matter who it is, he would probably not be able to resist this when he saw others being promoted. This is human nature, and it will be fine after a while. This also shows that Li Fu is still young and has not yet trained to the state of restraint but not letting go.

"The Master of the Taiwan Strait called Xiaguan and Lord Li to come. I wonder what he wanted to send us?" Tian Wenjing kept silent all the time, and couldn't help but interrupt and asked. Since Ma De called him and this Li Fu, there must be something to let the two of them do it together. But, following Ma De's words, Li Fu was going to be the county magistrate, what about him? He shouldn't be the county magistrate again, right? He said that he was from the sixth rank, and he could not be able to be the county magistrate after he was surrendered to this Li Fu?

"Haha, what I want you to do is a bit difficult..." Ma De said with a smile at Li Tian and the others.

"I'm willing to try it!" Tian Wenjing said without thinking. This made Li Fan next to him look at him a few more times. He didn't know what was going on, so he rushed up. He was stupid and bold, right? However, since Tian Wenjing had already expressed this, he couldn't be too backward, so he had to bow to Ma De and responded.

"Okay. I'm very happy that you two have this heart that is not afraid of difficulties. But I still want to remind you that this matter is not only difficult, but also difficult. In addition, my requirements are also high, so you must be mentally prepared." Ma De said again.

"Please tell me what I need to do?" It was not clear before we agreed before we said that this matter was very difficult. It was obvious that it was just a playful person! Li Fu and Tian Wenjing looked at each other, and they felt each other's thoughts at the same time. They were stunned and couldn't help but smile at each other.

"Wen Jing, you are my master, so you should naturally know the emperor's imperial edict. Reduce and exempt Jiangsu's money and grain for half a year! Where is Jiangsu? The richest province in the Qing Dynasty! Reduce and exempt the taxes here for half a year is almost equivalent to reducing and exempting the taxes of three poor provinces for one year. Do you know how I asked the emperor to agree to this matter?" Ma De did not answer directly, but instead asked Tian Wenjing another question.

"I don't know!" Tian Wenjing replied.

"I have issued a military order to the emperor. Within three years, the money and food handed over by Jiangsu will reach the sum of the past five years. If I can't do it, I will get out of here!" Ma De replied.

"What?" Li Fu and Tian Wenjing jumped up immediately. Taihu Lake is familiar, and the world is full! Jiangsu is the source of taxes in the world. The people here have a much heavier burden on each year than other provinces, especially northern provinces. Tian Wenjing, from Shanxi to Anhui, and then here, was in the Governor's Office. Recently, he knew that Jiangsu had undertaken almost 70% of the taxes in the entire Qing Dynasty and 30% of the land tax. A few days ago, Kangxi reduced and exempted Jiangsu's taxes for half a year. Although it was just a nice topic on the surface, the actual exemption was only the land tax and capitol taxes for the people, but even this was a great gift. Who would have thought that this was actually exchanged for Ma De's future taxes! Wouldn't this practice make the people's life even more difficult for the next three years?

"Sir, how can you do this?" Thinking of this, Tian Wenjing immediately asked Ma De loudly.

"Wen Jing, don't be anxious!" Ma De felt a little funny when he saw Tian Wen Jing staring at him. This man was just anxious! However, since he wanted to use this guy who had just arrived, Ma De naturally had his own ideas. He waved his hand to calm Tian Wen Jing for the time being, and then explained to the two of them: "Since I dare to make this promise with the emperor, I naturally have my own way. I will never disturb the people because of this. However, whether it can be done depends on the performance of you and the two of you!"

"Me and I? Please tell me!" Li Fu asked seriously.

"Do you two know...Shanghai?" Ma De asked.

"Shanghai? It seems to be a county under Songjiang Prefecture. I heard that it is relatively rich..." When Tian Wenjing heard Ma De's question, he pondered for a moment and replied. Since the day he became the governor of the Governor Bo, he has learned about the various basic situations of the three provinces under the Governor of Jiangnan. Although his memory is not very good, he still knows this Shanghai County.

"Shanghai belonged to Huating County during the Tang Dynasty. Shanghai Town was established in the Song Dynasty. During the Xianchun period of the Southern Song Dynasty, Shanghai was already a trading port. In the 29th year of Zhiyuan in the Yuan Dynasty (1292), Wuxiang in the northeast was divided into Wuxiang County and established Shanghai County. The county seat was established in Shanghai Town. In the 32nd year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, Shanghai built a city wall in order to fight against the Japanese. Now, Shanghai is a good place in Songjiang Prefecture. I want to go to this county, this county!" Ma De said.

"Then Master of the Taiwan Strait wants to go to Shanghai to..." Li Fu asked softly.

"Build a port!" Made replied.

“Build a port?”

"That's right. I want you to build a large port within three years, which cannot be worse than Quanzhou, Fujian! Because I want to make Shanghai the largest port in the world within five years!" Ma De said with a suggestion.

"The world's number one port? Sir, this... this requires a lot of things!" The world's number one? It's easy to say, but it's not easy to do. However, Li Fan finally got a little mentally prepared. Although he was a little surprised, he wouldn't lose his lust, but he still didn't dare to say that he could do this.

"I know that building a port requires a lot of things. However, it's your business to do that. I am only responsible for paying. Within three years, I will give you no less than one million taels of silver. If necessary, one million and a half thousand taels are fine! I just want the same - a port! The largest port in the world connecting the two sides of the Yangtze River and the canal north and south!" Ma De said.

"One.5 million taels?" Li Fu couldn't help swallowing. Such a number was really a little bigger for him, a young man who had just entered the officialdom for more than three years. Yingshang County is one of the poorest counties in Anhui. For three years, he has been snatching every copper plate and living. Now Ma De actually said that he would give him so much money within three years. Although the money was not given to him, the power of control alone was enough to lure countless people to death. He could even imagine that even a governor here would be unable to help but drool. However, he also knew how great a achievement it would be if this matter was done! Unlike Quanzhou, he also knew that even if it was done, it would be!

Shanghai is located at the estuary of the Yangtze River. According to Ma De, it is truly connected to the entire Qing Dynasty. Once the port is built, it will inevitably be a treasure pot. Not to mention paying taxes within three years, even ten years, it may not be a fantasy! Compared to Li Fu, Tian Wenjing was red in the face. The world's largest port! Ma De actually asked him to be responsible for building a world's largest port, and he had just arrived at the Governor's Office for less than a month! What does this mean? Trust! Pay attention!... If it weren't for the fact that the time, place, and environment were wrong, Tian Wenjing felt that he might kneel down to Ma De and thanked for this "good treatment".

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Not to mention that Ma De is considering building Shanghai Port in the south and increasing foreign trade, a ship is slowly entering the port, as far away as the north.

There were not many people on the dock. Apart from the fixed "staff", there were only dozens of people waiting there. These dozens of people were the clan soldiers sent to Yuzhong by Kangxi, and the leader was Longkodo.

"I don't know what Orostrodai is now! That guy Yu Zhong is so fucking cruel and vicious!"

Wu Erzhan said hatefully. He was the son of Prince An Yuele, and was named Beizi. He was the cousin of Kangxi. He was extremely noble. He thought that the sea huskwei sent by Kangxi to be gilded. He went back to the capital for two years and was able to enjoy the blessing of a high-ranking official. But he didn't expect that he would be arranged by Yu Zhong to be a soldier in the army. Now he is just a general. How can he meet people when he goes back? So, whenever he thinks about his current experience, he hates him so much that he feels so angry.

"Wu Erzhan, don't complain. The soldiers here are all brought by Yu Zhong, so don't you be afraid that they will secretly come to you? Then throw them into the sea and report a 'missing for no reason', no one will blame anyone!" Yan Xin, another clan's child, said coldly.

"Yanxin, what do you mean? Damn, don't think that you're so great that you're just a thousand-year-old man. You're just a lick of the flattery of Yuzhong? Are you just a supporter? If you have the ability, let's try another fight and see who can beat who!" Wu Erzhan said angrily. Among dozens of clan children, only Longkodo and Yanxin were attracted by Yuzhong and promoted to Qianzhong. Longkodo's father is Tong Guowei. Although his appearance is lower than his status, he is in control after all.

He dared not provoke a person with real power, but he didn't have so much concern about Yan Xin. He was sarcastic and was young, but soon he developed to the point of fighting. It was naturally a bit of trouble to be elected by Kangxi. No matter how hard they were, they could not do anything to each other in martial arts. Moreover, Yan Xin was a member of these clan children. Wu Er had a higher title than him, and he was not easy to use power to suppress others, so the two became rivals.

"Just fight, you think I'm afraid of you?" Yan Xin glared and set off. When other clans saw that there was a good show, they also started to make excuses.

"Enough. Do you think it's too pertinent, are you? Are you not afraid of military law?" Longkodo looked at the two of them and felt depressed, and couldn't help but scold him angrily. Private fights are forbidden in the army. Hai Chuanwei's central army, who is responsible for military discipline, has invited these clan children to chat over and talk, and they don't care who they are.

"He was the one who provoked me first!" Longkodo is now the leader of these clan children, so Wu Erzhan couldn't resist his face and first reported Yan Xin.

"So what if I provoke you? Have you provoked me before?" Yan Xin glared and shouted.

"Shut up! We are here to welcome Orolongtai today. If you want to fight, you will find time to fight yourself!" Longkodo said angrily. These clans have many troubles, and he is very upset whenever he sees this kind of thing. It's okay when Yu Zhong is here, but now Yu Zhong is heading south, these guys are awesome again. However, it is precisely because of this that he secretly agrees with Zhong's attitude towards these guys in his heart. It's not easy to grind these guys, they really don't know that the world is high.

"Mr. Long!"

The boat was docked! Longkodo and others were about to meet him when a soldier suddenly ran over.
Chapter completed!