Chapter 1276
Chapter 1276
Chapter 1276
But Liu Shang also understands that the current situation in Guangdong and Guangxi cannot be changed by killing or replacing a group of local officials.Haihan has penetrated deeply in the coastal areas of Guangdong and Guangxi, and the local government has inextricably linked interests with it.Looking at this information, we can see that a lot of information should be collected smoothly with the acquiescence of the local government. It must be unreasonable to say that people in the government have no knowledge.
Even if the imperial court issues a ban on the sea now, it probably won't be able to prevent the local officials from Guangdong and Guangxi from joining forces with Haihan to make profits.After all, the Lingnan Mountains are high and the emperor is far away. How much the decrees issued by the capital can be implemented here depends entirely on the operations of local officials, and the Guangdong and Guangxi governments have already thrown out the entire Qiongzhou, so there is no possibility of confronting Haihan again. .The feasibility of relying on imperial decrees to stop Haihan's expansion in Guangdong and Guangxi probably only exists in theory.Liu Shang knew that he could not change the situation by himself, so he could only sigh and continue to read the content at the back of the document.
The content after that is basically some guiding opinions from the Haihan official to the sea trade operators, such as which commodities sell best in Daming, what the price is, where the demand is the greatest, etc. This information is very important for the operators. , its value is no different from real gold and silver.
After Liu Shang browsed through it, he had a deeper understanding of the methods of the Haihan government.If the previous impressions of Haihan were all superficial, then this official document made by Haihan is very thought-provoking. The rapid rise of this country in just a few years is definitely not due to luck. , Those Haihan people from the other side of the ocean have formulated detailed plans for the development of the country, and run the country in every detail. This level of care is the main reason for Haihan's rapid growth.
But why is it difficult for the dignified Ming Dynasty to achieve what such a group of rulers who were born in the sea can do?Liu Shang is aware of this problem, but due to the limitation of vision, it is difficult to deduce a reasonable answer.Of course, even if he had vaguely thought of the difference between the two countries' political systems, he would never continue to think about it in this direction. After all, it would be disrespectful to the imperial power to delve deeper into this issue.
Yu Xiaobao asked him to digest this material as soon as possible, and even better to memorize the content. This is not an easy task. The content in it involves a lot of place names and data, and it is really troublesome to write down this information.It may be a test for Yu Xiaobao to make such a request, but Liu Shang dare not be careless. Fortunately, he has an excellent memory, and he memorizes it in his heart while reading it. After reading it twice, he has memorized most of the content.The other people in the same cabin spoke to him, but he just responded with a few words casually, focusing all his energy on this document.
When Liu Shang felt that he had remembered almost, he found that the sky outside the porthole had darkened, and his stomach began to feel a little hungry.Only after he asked others did he know that the boat had already arrived in Yacheng County and was sailing into the mouth of Ningyuan River, and it was likely to rest here for the night today.
Yacheng, the seat of the Yazhou government in the past, is no longer the political and economic center of Yazhou.In fact, apart from Sanya and Haikou City in Qiongbei, there are still a small number of official establishments of the Ming Dynasty due to political needs. The local government offices of the Ming Dynasty in other places on Hainan Island have been withdrawn and changed to new administrative divisions after the Haihan rule.
In the new division, the original state government was canceled, and the county government was basically retained, but all the county government offices were changed to the management committee system with Haihan characteristics, and a number of county-level units were added in Qiongzhong mountainous area and Qiongxi coast. The city-level administrative units only set up three places in the capital Sanya, Haikou City and Danzhou City in Qiongbei.
Yacheng County is one of the few "downgraded" administrative districts in this wave of restructuring. It used to be the center of Yazhou, but now it is only a county-level unit.Of course, this has a lot to do with the rapid rise of Sanya. The distance between the two places is less than a hundred miles. Naturally, Yacheng is not qualified to be on an equal footing with the capital of Haihan Kingdom, so it can only be aggrievedly reduced to a county.
But also because it is not far from Sanya, Yacheng County has also benefited a lot from the development of Sanya, and the historical accumulation here is not bad, so the ranking of Yacheng County among the counties of Hainan Island is compared. The level of construction in all aspects is almost among the best.Today, the areas with relatively developed agricultural development in the south of Qiongzhou Island, apart from the banks of the two rivers in Sanya, are the banks of the Ningyuan River in Yacheng County.The total area of various economic crop plantations developed here by foreign investment has exceeded [-] mu, and the local agricultural and forestry deep processing industry has been driven by this, which has greatly improved the overall economic level of Yacheng County. Compared with the reign period, it is really a heaven and an underground.
Liu Shang heard from other people in the same company that the port where the ship was calling was the location of the Yacheng Shuizhai in the past.However, when he looked out the porthole, he didn't see any trace of the military camp remaining. Even the gate of the water village and the plaque hanging above it had been demolished long ago.Today, this is a port mainly for freight transport. Passenger ships traveling here transport local agricultural and forestry products and high-grade commodities after deep processing to other places. Some of the commodities for export will be transported to the nearby Sanya for final fine packaging. In this way, the value of their export sales will at least double or triple.
"The main raw materials of Sanya Special Brew are produced here." An official from the Ministry of Agriculture told Liu Shang a news that surprised him.
"So Sanya Special Brew is not produced in Sanya, but Yacheng?" Liu Shang asked a little puzzled: "Then why didn't it be called Yacheng Special Brew?"
The official explained: "You didn't understand, I was talking about the origin of the raw materials. Some of the low-end products of Sanya Special Brew are indeed produced here, but the high-end products that can be sold at a reasonable price are still made in Sanya."
The sugarcane planting area in Yacheng County amounts to thousands of mu, accounting for almost half of the sugarcane production in Qiongnan area. Besides being used for sugar production, the other biggest function of these sugarcanes is the Sanya special wine produced from sugarcane molasses. up.However, because Haihan’s glass production workshops are almost all concentrated in Sanya, the filling and packaging of high-end wines are also completed in Sanya, and the wines produced here are relatively low-end, basically using pottery jars. Storage and transportation.
Liu Shangchu had just arrived, and he didn't know much about these industrial divisions of labor. After listening to the explanations of professionals, he suddenly understood.Of course, he already knew about Sanya Special Brew. He had already tasted its unique flavor before coming to Haihan.However, Haihan’s commercial packaging capabilities are really good. There are all kinds of exquisite glass bottle gift boxes, covering products at multiple price points from high to low. In addition, many literati who have received benefits are vigorously advocating. The catering industry spares no effort to seek rebates. The promotion of this kind of wine has made this kind of wine become a popular trend in the middle and upper classes of society. In recent years, the sales volume in the southeast coastal area of Daming is quite good, and it can bring considerable profits to Haihan every year.
Such a product with an obvious Haihan label can become popular in the market, to a large extent, it depends on Haihan's strong business operation ability, which can package products that are not particularly outstanding in quality into fragrances that people are consuming. Momo, Liu Shang is still very convinced of Hai Han's ability.Before Liu Shang came to Sanya, he had also come into contact with many Haihan products. The overall feeling is that Haihan can always manage to sell goods for one tael of silver at double, triple or even higher prices, and it can also make buyers flock to them willingly. to pay for it.In terms of business operations and sales skills, Haihan is far superior to Daming's business counterparts.
After docking at the pier, the sailors came to the cabin to inform everyone that they could disembark and rest.After Liu Shang walked to the shore along the springboard, he happened to see a cargo ship moored next to him loading a jar of wine. At a glance, there might be as many as a thousand jars piled up on the pier.The air in the whole pier seemed to be filled with the smell of wine, which inevitably made the wine worms in everyone's stomachs start to move around.Some drinkers are already discussing whether they can have a few drinks tonight.
Contrary to Liu Shang's prediction, the team did not go to the county town to stay after disembarking, but planned to stay overnight in the inn near the pier, and then went to the county town tomorrow.After getting off the boat, Yu Xiaobao explained the arrangement: "It's getting late today, we have already missed the meal time when we went to the county seat, and there will be a lot of entertainment there, I guess we can't have dinner until bedtime, why not Rest here for one night, and leave early tomorrow is the same."
Liu Shang whispered to the people next to him: "Could it be that the management committee here won't come to pick up Director Yu?"
The person next to him glanced at Liu Shang like a fool and said, "I'm afraid you don't know that the head of the management committee of Yacheng County is the chief. Not only does it mess up the etiquette of the superiors and subordinates here, but Director Yu dare not accept it! Tomorrow Entering the city early in the morning, this is the difference between the upper and lower levels, and the etiquette is comprehensive."
Only then did Liu Shang understand that Yu Xiaobao didn't arrange to enter the city overnight because he was actually afraid of disturbing the chief's rest time.Although he has become a high-ranking official, his status is still unconditionally inferior to the so-called authentic chief of Haihan. Even if this kind of inspection is like an imperial envoy, he dare not let the local chief in power come out to welcome him.
However, Liu Shang observed the expressions of Yu Xiaobao and Zhang Qianzhi, and he seemed to take it for granted, without showing any signs of grievance. It seems that Haihan people have a very high status in their hearts, and this kind of obedience has already become a matter of course rules of conduct.
Coincidentally, the two inns next to the pier did not have enough vacant rooms due to too many merchants who came to transport wine recently, so they coordinated for a while before arranging them to stay. For this reason, Yu Xiaobao and Zhang Qianzhi also gave up the single In the human world, we live in the same room.However, the two of them didn't mind this at all. They were roommates who lived together when they went to Guangzhou to work as errands, and they had long been used to each other's existence.
After they arranged their accommodation, they shared two tables in one of the inns and prepared to eat. After Yu Xiaobao sat down and ordered food, he said to everyone, "Except for the new Mr. Liu, this is probably not the first time for everyone to come out to do business , You should know the rules, the food and beverage expenses can be reimbursed for the food, but not for the wine."
Everyone understood Yu Xiaobao's meaning as soon as they heard it. You can't drink alcohol at will during business hours. This is originally a errand rule. Although it can be relaxed or tightened, there is nothing wrong with Yu Xiaobao's request. No one said anything about drinking at the moment .
But Yu Xiaobao paused and continued: "Although the public expenses cannot be reimbursed, it is still okay for me to treat everyone to a drink privately!"
Everyone was smiling, and they couldn't stop praising Yu Xiaobao for his generosity and straightforwardness.Of course Liu Shang could also understand that this was Yu Xiaobao's little trick to buy people's hearts, but Yu Xiaobao's ability to have such mental means at his age also showed his rich experience in the officialdom.
Yu Xiaobao's income is not low, so naturally he doesn't care about the little money to buy wine, but he is not a greedy person, let alone condone his subordinates' binge drinking, so he just ordered two bottles of wine for a symbolic share and shared them with the audience. The average number of people is only one or two per person, so drinking too much will not cause trouble.And Zhang Qianzhi even touched his lips, and didn't drink much at all.
Liu Shang did not have so many scruples. He knew that the more natural he behaved, the less likely he would be suspected by others. In addition, he used his brain frequently this day and needed to drink two cups to relieve fatigue. Drink a cup for a comfortable drink.
After dinner, Yu Xiaobao asked everyone to go back to their rooms to rest, not to go out privately at night, and get up early tomorrow to go to Yacheng to handle official business.
Liu Shang slept soundly that night, and was woken up by his companions only after sleeping until morning.After washing up and having breakfast, Yu Xiaobao counted the number of people and ordered to set off on the road.The sailboat they came on stopped at the pier, where they would transfer to another means of transportation to Yacheng on the upper reaches of the Ningyuan River.
This is a small inland motor sailboat for both passenger and cargo. It is propelled by a paddle wheel driven by a steam engine, and its speed can reach about eight knots.In the middle of the hull is a dark steam engine. The three-meter-high chimney replaced the original main mast. There is a paddle wheel with a diameter of more than two meters on the outer side of the ship on both sides, and there is a mast at the front and back of the hull. Use wind power to increase speed during travel.
After Liu Shang boarded the boat, he saw some sailors shoveling coal into the boiler, and he was still a little unclear. So, it was not until the steam engine on the boat suddenly started, and then the paddle wheel was driven to rotate through the mechanical connecting rod, pushing the boat forward. Realize how this thing works.
"If this is moved to land, and the water hitting wheel is replaced with a wheel, wouldn't it be the train?" Liu Shang couldn't help sighing: "It turns out that this thing can be used not only on land, but also in shipping!"
(End of this chapter)
But Liu Shang also understands that the current situation in Guangdong and Guangxi cannot be changed by killing or replacing a group of local officials.Haihan has penetrated deeply in the coastal areas of Guangdong and Guangxi, and the local government has inextricably linked interests with it.Looking at this information, we can see that a lot of information should be collected smoothly with the acquiescence of the local government. It must be unreasonable to say that people in the government have no knowledge.
Even if the imperial court issues a ban on the sea now, it probably won't be able to prevent the local officials from Guangdong and Guangxi from joining forces with Haihan to make profits.After all, the Lingnan Mountains are high and the emperor is far away. How much the decrees issued by the capital can be implemented here depends entirely on the operations of local officials, and the Guangdong and Guangxi governments have already thrown out the entire Qiongzhou, so there is no possibility of confronting Haihan again. .The feasibility of relying on imperial decrees to stop Haihan's expansion in Guangdong and Guangxi probably only exists in theory.Liu Shang knew that he could not change the situation by himself, so he could only sigh and continue to read the content at the back of the document.
The content after that is basically some guiding opinions from the Haihan official to the sea trade operators, such as which commodities sell best in Daming, what the price is, where the demand is the greatest, etc. This information is very important for the operators. , its value is no different from real gold and silver.
After Liu Shang browsed through it, he had a deeper understanding of the methods of the Haihan government.If the previous impressions of Haihan were all superficial, then this official document made by Haihan is very thought-provoking. The rapid rise of this country in just a few years is definitely not due to luck. , Those Haihan people from the other side of the ocean have formulated detailed plans for the development of the country, and run the country in every detail. This level of care is the main reason for Haihan's rapid growth.
But why is it difficult for the dignified Ming Dynasty to achieve what such a group of rulers who were born in the sea can do?Liu Shang is aware of this problem, but due to the limitation of vision, it is difficult to deduce a reasonable answer.Of course, even if he had vaguely thought of the difference between the two countries' political systems, he would never continue to think about it in this direction. After all, it would be disrespectful to the imperial power to delve deeper into this issue.
Yu Xiaobao asked him to digest this material as soon as possible, and even better to memorize the content. This is not an easy task. The content in it involves a lot of place names and data, and it is really troublesome to write down this information.It may be a test for Yu Xiaobao to make such a request, but Liu Shang dare not be careless. Fortunately, he has an excellent memory, and he memorizes it in his heart while reading it. After reading it twice, he has memorized most of the content.The other people in the same cabin spoke to him, but he just responded with a few words casually, focusing all his energy on this document.
When Liu Shang felt that he had remembered almost, he found that the sky outside the porthole had darkened, and his stomach began to feel a little hungry.Only after he asked others did he know that the boat had already arrived in Yacheng County and was sailing into the mouth of Ningyuan River, and it was likely to rest here for the night today.
Yacheng, the seat of the Yazhou government in the past, is no longer the political and economic center of Yazhou.In fact, apart from Sanya and Haikou City in Qiongbei, there are still a small number of official establishments of the Ming Dynasty due to political needs. The local government offices of the Ming Dynasty in other places on Hainan Island have been withdrawn and changed to new administrative divisions after the Haihan rule.
In the new division, the original state government was canceled, and the county government was basically retained, but all the county government offices were changed to the management committee system with Haihan characteristics, and a number of county-level units were added in Qiongzhong mountainous area and Qiongxi coast. The city-level administrative units only set up three places in the capital Sanya, Haikou City and Danzhou City in Qiongbei.
Yacheng County is one of the few "downgraded" administrative districts in this wave of restructuring. It used to be the center of Yazhou, but now it is only a county-level unit.Of course, this has a lot to do with the rapid rise of Sanya. The distance between the two places is less than a hundred miles. Naturally, Yacheng is not qualified to be on an equal footing with the capital of Haihan Kingdom, so it can only be aggrievedly reduced to a county.
But also because it is not far from Sanya, Yacheng County has also benefited a lot from the development of Sanya, and the historical accumulation here is not bad, so the ranking of Yacheng County among the counties of Hainan Island is compared. The level of construction in all aspects is almost among the best.Today, the areas with relatively developed agricultural development in the south of Qiongzhou Island, apart from the banks of the two rivers in Sanya, are the banks of the Ningyuan River in Yacheng County.The total area of various economic crop plantations developed here by foreign investment has exceeded [-] mu, and the local agricultural and forestry deep processing industry has been driven by this, which has greatly improved the overall economic level of Yacheng County. Compared with the reign period, it is really a heaven and an underground.
Liu Shang heard from other people in the same company that the port where the ship was calling was the location of the Yacheng Shuizhai in the past.However, when he looked out the porthole, he didn't see any trace of the military camp remaining. Even the gate of the water village and the plaque hanging above it had been demolished long ago.Today, this is a port mainly for freight transport. Passenger ships traveling here transport local agricultural and forestry products and high-grade commodities after deep processing to other places. Some of the commodities for export will be transported to the nearby Sanya for final fine packaging. In this way, the value of their export sales will at least double or triple.
"The main raw materials of Sanya Special Brew are produced here." An official from the Ministry of Agriculture told Liu Shang a news that surprised him.
"So Sanya Special Brew is not produced in Sanya, but Yacheng?" Liu Shang asked a little puzzled: "Then why didn't it be called Yacheng Special Brew?"
The official explained: "You didn't understand, I was talking about the origin of the raw materials. Some of the low-end products of Sanya Special Brew are indeed produced here, but the high-end products that can be sold at a reasonable price are still made in Sanya."
The sugarcane planting area in Yacheng County amounts to thousands of mu, accounting for almost half of the sugarcane production in Qiongnan area. Besides being used for sugar production, the other biggest function of these sugarcanes is the Sanya special wine produced from sugarcane molasses. up.However, because Haihan’s glass production workshops are almost all concentrated in Sanya, the filling and packaging of high-end wines are also completed in Sanya, and the wines produced here are relatively low-end, basically using pottery jars. Storage and transportation.
Liu Shangchu had just arrived, and he didn't know much about these industrial divisions of labor. After listening to the explanations of professionals, he suddenly understood.Of course, he already knew about Sanya Special Brew. He had already tasted its unique flavor before coming to Haihan.However, Haihan’s commercial packaging capabilities are really good. There are all kinds of exquisite glass bottle gift boxes, covering products at multiple price points from high to low. In addition, many literati who have received benefits are vigorously advocating. The catering industry spares no effort to seek rebates. The promotion of this kind of wine has made this kind of wine become a popular trend in the middle and upper classes of society. In recent years, the sales volume in the southeast coastal area of Daming is quite good, and it can bring considerable profits to Haihan every year.
Such a product with an obvious Haihan label can become popular in the market, to a large extent, it depends on Haihan's strong business operation ability, which can package products that are not particularly outstanding in quality into fragrances that people are consuming. Momo, Liu Shang is still very convinced of Hai Han's ability.Before Liu Shang came to Sanya, he had also come into contact with many Haihan products. The overall feeling is that Haihan can always manage to sell goods for one tael of silver at double, triple or even higher prices, and it can also make buyers flock to them willingly. to pay for it.In terms of business operations and sales skills, Haihan is far superior to Daming's business counterparts.
After docking at the pier, the sailors came to the cabin to inform everyone that they could disembark and rest.After Liu Shang walked to the shore along the springboard, he happened to see a cargo ship moored next to him loading a jar of wine. At a glance, there might be as many as a thousand jars piled up on the pier.The air in the whole pier seemed to be filled with the smell of wine, which inevitably made the wine worms in everyone's stomachs start to move around.Some drinkers are already discussing whether they can have a few drinks tonight.
Contrary to Liu Shang's prediction, the team did not go to the county town to stay after disembarking, but planned to stay overnight in the inn near the pier, and then went to the county town tomorrow.After getting off the boat, Yu Xiaobao explained the arrangement: "It's getting late today, we have already missed the meal time when we went to the county seat, and there will be a lot of entertainment there, I guess we can't have dinner until bedtime, why not Rest here for one night, and leave early tomorrow is the same."
Liu Shang whispered to the people next to him: "Could it be that the management committee here won't come to pick up Director Yu?"
The person next to him glanced at Liu Shang like a fool and said, "I'm afraid you don't know that the head of the management committee of Yacheng County is the chief. Not only does it mess up the etiquette of the superiors and subordinates here, but Director Yu dare not accept it! Tomorrow Entering the city early in the morning, this is the difference between the upper and lower levels, and the etiquette is comprehensive."
Only then did Liu Shang understand that Yu Xiaobao didn't arrange to enter the city overnight because he was actually afraid of disturbing the chief's rest time.Although he has become a high-ranking official, his status is still unconditionally inferior to the so-called authentic chief of Haihan. Even if this kind of inspection is like an imperial envoy, he dare not let the local chief in power come out to welcome him.
However, Liu Shang observed the expressions of Yu Xiaobao and Zhang Qianzhi, and he seemed to take it for granted, without showing any signs of grievance. It seems that Haihan people have a very high status in their hearts, and this kind of obedience has already become a matter of course rules of conduct.
Coincidentally, the two inns next to the pier did not have enough vacant rooms due to too many merchants who came to transport wine recently, so they coordinated for a while before arranging them to stay. For this reason, Yu Xiaobao and Zhang Qianzhi also gave up the single In the human world, we live in the same room.However, the two of them didn't mind this at all. They were roommates who lived together when they went to Guangzhou to work as errands, and they had long been used to each other's existence.
After they arranged their accommodation, they shared two tables in one of the inns and prepared to eat. After Yu Xiaobao sat down and ordered food, he said to everyone, "Except for the new Mr. Liu, this is probably not the first time for everyone to come out to do business , You should know the rules, the food and beverage expenses can be reimbursed for the food, but not for the wine."
Everyone understood Yu Xiaobao's meaning as soon as they heard it. You can't drink alcohol at will during business hours. This is originally a errand rule. Although it can be relaxed or tightened, there is nothing wrong with Yu Xiaobao's request. No one said anything about drinking at the moment .
But Yu Xiaobao paused and continued: "Although the public expenses cannot be reimbursed, it is still okay for me to treat everyone to a drink privately!"
Everyone was smiling, and they couldn't stop praising Yu Xiaobao for his generosity and straightforwardness.Of course Liu Shang could also understand that this was Yu Xiaobao's little trick to buy people's hearts, but Yu Xiaobao's ability to have such mental means at his age also showed his rich experience in the officialdom.
Yu Xiaobao's income is not low, so naturally he doesn't care about the little money to buy wine, but he is not a greedy person, let alone condone his subordinates' binge drinking, so he just ordered two bottles of wine for a symbolic share and shared them with the audience. The average number of people is only one or two per person, so drinking too much will not cause trouble.And Zhang Qianzhi even touched his lips, and didn't drink much at all.
Liu Shang did not have so many scruples. He knew that the more natural he behaved, the less likely he would be suspected by others. In addition, he used his brain frequently this day and needed to drink two cups to relieve fatigue. Drink a cup for a comfortable drink.
After dinner, Yu Xiaobao asked everyone to go back to their rooms to rest, not to go out privately at night, and get up early tomorrow to go to Yacheng to handle official business.
Liu Shang slept soundly that night, and was woken up by his companions only after sleeping until morning.After washing up and having breakfast, Yu Xiaobao counted the number of people and ordered to set off on the road.The sailboat they came on stopped at the pier, where they would transfer to another means of transportation to Yacheng on the upper reaches of the Ningyuan River.
This is a small inland motor sailboat for both passenger and cargo. It is propelled by a paddle wheel driven by a steam engine, and its speed can reach about eight knots.In the middle of the hull is a dark steam engine. The three-meter-high chimney replaced the original main mast. There is a paddle wheel with a diameter of more than two meters on the outer side of the ship on both sides, and there is a mast at the front and back of the hull. Use wind power to increase speed during travel.
After Liu Shang boarded the boat, he saw some sailors shoveling coal into the boiler, and he was still a little unclear. So, it was not until the steam engine on the boat suddenly started, and then the paddle wheel was driven to rotate through the mechanical connecting rod, pushing the boat forward. Realize how this thing works.
"If this is moved to land, and the water hitting wheel is replaced with a wheel, wouldn't it be the train?" Liu Shang couldn't help sighing: "It turns out that this thing can be used not only on land, but also in shipping!"
(End of this chapter)