The Zhoushan Islands are just off the sea of ​​Zhejiang. They leave this unfriendly Songjiang Prefecture. They return to Changshan Island from the Qingcun Zhongqiansuo in Shanghai County and then to Hangzhou Bay. They are even a little faster than before.

Mao Wenlong was born in Shangnan Mao. He was from Qiantang County, Hangzhou Prefecture. He lost his father when he was young and followed his mother to the capital's uncle. He was finally adopted by the uncle of the Mao family in Liaodong. He spent most of his life in the north.

The clan concept in this era was extremely strong. In the early years, Mao Jue was not good at his strength, and Mao Wenlong didn't have any intention. But in the past two years, Mao Jue has become like a different person. Uh..., he has indeed become a person. He alone is enough to support most of the Dongjiang River. If he wants to turn Dongjiang into a Mao family vassal, he still needs the support of the Mao family. So Mao Wenlong was impatient to send Mao Jue back to Jiangnan. Marriage is one aspect, and choosing some Mao family members to go north is also the other aspect.

Even if Mao Jue came from later generations, this aspect is not immune to the common people. He also hopes that there will be more people of the same surname to help him. Tieyi is now too lacking in high-level talents with education. It is okay for a short time. Once it is delayed too long, it will sooner or later cause chaos. Even if there is no chaos, it will seriously delay the development of Dongjiang.

Literary, military man, and soldier, Mao Jue wanted to do as much as he could. After reaching the shore from the port of Jinshanwei, he rushed straight to Hangzhou Prefecture with interest.

The horse team still walked east along the Jiangnan path. To be honest, Mao Jue was really nervous as soon as he got ashore. The Jiangnan clan is so domineering. If he encounters any unfair things again, will he care or ignore it? What if the man was buried alive this time? No matter what, would he forget his righteousness when he sees sex, but he cares. If he offended any big clan again and becomes famous in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, how could he recruit people?

However, this kind of worry was redundant. Not long after he got ashore, another appearance in Hangzhou Mansion could not help but catch his eye.

Compared with the densely populated and prosperous Nanzhili, the main silk production area here is desolate.

After walking in a row, several villages were almost half empty. The huge mulberry gardens and mulberry trees were growing dry and obviously no one took care of them for a long time. There were also many beautiful houses with fertile land and beautiful houses, with lime on the walls and spider webs densely spread on the windows. Many houses were sold with grass signs, but no one cared about them.

"Is this Jiangnan?"

Mao Lu looked around in disbelief. In the hearts of the northerners, Jiangnan must be like Songjiang Prefecture, with dense populations and fertile land and oil leakage. Every household is like a wealthy house, but here, it is not much better than his Tieyi Town, which really surprised him.

To be honest, it was also quite surprised to watch Mao Jue from both sides, but after knocking on his head, some memories of his previous life lingered in his mind, and he became a little vaguely aware of it again.

The trouble caused by money!

Later generations once had a very famous argument online that silver poisoned the Ming Empire!

The Jiangnan was rich, so the basic national policy of the Ming Dynasty was always to take silver from the southeast and use it in the northwest. However, the Jiangnan did not produce silver, so China was not a silver producer! The continuous silver in Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas were plundered by Western colonists from the New Continent of the Americas, from Manila, Taiwan and the sea trade with the Ming Dynasty, and imported into China. In Fan Shuzhi's "History of the Late Ming Dynasty", at the peak, the silver imported from the Ming Dynasty was as high as 86,250 kilograms, which is 17,800,000 taels, and hundreds of millions of taels in decades. These silver stimulated the rapid development of the Jiangnan economy, which was also the reason why capitalism appeared in the late Ming Dynasty.

But in the year of the Tianqi and Chongzhen, an unprecedented economic crisis hit the whole world. The Netherlands dragged away from Spain and started the Eighty Years' War in the past few years. The Spanish and Dutch merchant ships and treasure ships were fighting wildly. The Thirty Years' War caused the West to reduce the demand for silk tea and other Eastern goods, and the silver flowing into the Ming Dynasty every year was less than one-fifth of the previous years.

And another curse, China will never develop capitalism on its own. The germination will always be the germination, and it will take effect here. The silver from the sea that has been used for reproduction in the past years is not used in the circulation market, but is mostly hidden in the cellars of wealthy businessmen, officials, and gentry families.

After making profits in business, many people went back to the old path of traditional investment and invested money on land. The investment of silver led to high inflation in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. This suddenly reduced the amount of input. There was not enough money and the market on the market to convert exports to domestic sales. The economy in Jiangnan began to irresistibly decline.

Tax silver was taken from the southeast and used for the northwest. In the late Ming Dynasty, the northwest encountered a rare natural disaster during the Little Ice Age. The amount of silver and food required increased geometrically. However, something happened to the southeast. Coupled with the war between the Northeast and the Later Jin Dynasty, the Ming Empire almost struggled.

Moreover, it became even more difficult to get to Chongzhen because he lacked the wisdom of his ancestors. Emperor Wanli was criticized as the lazy emperor of the Ming Dynasty. He did not attend the dynasty for thirty years. However, another skill worthy of praise was to make money. During the Wanli period, a mining supervisor composed of eunuchs and tax supervisors were spread throughout the vast Jiangnan. No matter how greedy the eunuchs were, at least a large part of the money was still sent to the court. It is said that Zhang Juzheng's new policy supported the three major strife of Wanli, and the last glory of the Ming Empire. You must know that Zhang Juzheng was sad about the tenth year of Wanli. Most of the wars in the Wanli Dynasty were after his death, and most of the new policy was abolished at this time. If Emperor Wanli had not been able to make money, how could there be the Liaodong Iron Army that was screaming in the Japanese?

It was similar during the Tianqi period. Although Emperor Tianqi did not do his job properly, he valued Wei Zhongxian, and Wei Zhongxian also scavenged the money from industry and commerce. No matter how he exhausted the pond, embezzled illegally, and forced the families of the Jiangnan clans to destroy them, he did not increase the agricultural tax. The bullied Dousheng people like Qinniang could still survive. Moreover, during the Tianqi period, there was no shortage of military pay. Even if hundreds of thousands of troops were killed, the court still had the strength to reorganize them and let these prodigal literati continue to harm the disaster.

But when he arrived at this Chongzhen, the situation changed again. He was "wise and powerful" to get rid of Wei Zhongxian and valued the civil servants and Qingliu. The mining supervision and tax supervision suddenly became rats crossing the street and everyone shouted to beat him. The interests of the Jiangnan clan were preserved, and Emperor Chongzhen also became the enlightened lord of the wise people. But the country was short of money. In the end, Chongzhen, who was short of silver and urgent, went to seek medical treatment in a hurry. On the one hand, facing the crazy peasant uprising, he also frantically added three wages to the farmers. In this way, cutting the flesh to replenish the carbuncle, the country's blood flowed more and more. Even without the Later Jin Dynasty, the Ming Empire would still fall down.

Later generations pity Chongzhen and believed that he was the king of the last days rather than the king of the country that was destroyed. But Mao Jue's opinion was that he was the foolish monarch of the country that was destroyed. If Emperor Tianqi did not die, it might not be a problem for the Ming Empire to last for decades, but once he took over, he would definitely die.

However, the Ming Dynasty was destroyed, and as one of its senior officials, he had to be buried with him. The emperor could not ignore the troubles that the emperor had made. How could he help Chongzhen wipe his butt? Walking among these dilapidated mulberry gardens, Mao Jue couldn't help but think hard.

After thinking about it for a few hours, Mao Jue had no good idea. He was too powerless. If he was the treacherous minister Wen Tiren, he might have done something, but a deputy general of Tieyi wanted to take care of the world's major affairs? It's not as realistic as a toad who wants to eat swan meat.

Fortunately, Hangzhou City has arrived this time. Compared with Songjiang City, it is obviously a lot of depressed here. There are many abandoned houses outside the city, and the streets are not so lively, which makes it look quite depressed.

But this time Mao Jue couldn't live outside the city. Mao Wenlong's uncle and his uncle Chen Guangzuo lived in the city. He had to go to the first to visit Chen Guangzuo.

Sun Yuanhua's official documents came in handy here. He had a traffic with the city gate guard at the door and hid the musket in the salute. Mao Jue and his party successfully sneaked into the East City Gate.

"It should be, probably, it seems, it's this street!"

Although it was a lot of depression, the city was a city after all, and Hangzhou was still a big city with a population of 500,000. Even Suyi took the map and entered the city, and the group was a little confused. She turned around in the street market for more than half an hour and led the horse in front. Suyi then pointed at a spacious street intersection to the west with uncertainty.

"Girl, are you really sure?"

There were many people in the city, and it was not easy to ride a horse. After walking for a long time, she had three more silk skirts and several jewelry, but the entire team was about one hundred and they were all listless, and Mao Jue asked weakly.

The little face turned red, and the girl scratched her head uncertainly.

"Or, Master, please wait a moment? Let's go and have a look first?"

"Forget it!"

Although these days are prosperous, there are all kinds of bad people, such as those who sell flowers and sell kidnapping. If he is lost, Mao Jue still has no place to cry. He waved exhausted and led the large army, and the group of people came in one after another.

This street is really reliable. The Shen family is a prominent family in Hangzhou. There are also high-ranking families everywhere on the streets, with stone lions one after another, and the towering plaques are also magnificent. After walking for more than a hundred meters, Suyi shouted excitedly.

"Young Master, we're here!"

A golden sign with two big characters written on the Shen Mansion, the door of the vermilion was wide open, and two shaking stone lions squatted there with their teeth and claws. The two servants at the door were holding the arrogance of the prominent clan, looking at the plain clothes like the country bumpkin, looking up at the country bumpkin, and Mao Jue was relieved.

"What are you doing? This is Chen Mansion, not all cats and dogs can come!"

Pinching his waist, watching Mao Jue strode up, the servant on the left shouted at the top of his voice. Although his words were harsh, Mao Jue had no energy to argue with him, so he took out Mao Wenlong's handwritten letter from his arms.

"The deputy general of Tieyi in Dongjiang Town and his nephew Mao Jue came to visit his uncle, Lord Shen, please send me a message!"

These days, people are always looking down on others. Mao Jue's official position was reported first, which shocked the two servants of the Shen Mansion. Later, they said that Mao Jue was their nephew and did not dare to neglect them. Qingyi bowed arrogantly at first and then respectfully.

"The nephew, wait for a moment, and the younger one will go."

"It's a labor!"

Watching the servant trot towards the mansion, Mao Jue turned around and ordered Mao Lu and the others.

"Pack up and prepare the gifts for Uncle Chen first, and hand them over to the housekeeper later. I don't know if the Chen Mansion will serve food at night. The Nanchu restaurant in Suyi just looked good. Otherwise, let's go there to book a table later! Have a good night's sleep, and I will have to go to Qiantang County to worship ancestors and go on a blind date. Oh, it's a big trouble..."

Mao Jue was still thinking about what to eat tonight happily, but unexpectedly, the servant in Qingyi was back again after a moment. His face was not as respectful as before. Mao Wenlong's letter was sent to the ground, and this guy started to shout with a proud look.

"My master said that our Shen family is a family of books and etiquette, and all the family members are polite people. Your grandson, who is so domineering and domineering, cannot afford to be able to climb up with our Shen Mansion. Please come back!"

Mao Jue was really a little stunned. He came from all the way because this old man looked for a marriage for him. Good guy, he has come, is he turned aside here?

The Wu family is really powerful, and the news has spread here! But even so, Mao Jue is full of injustice. Others don’t believe in him and arrange him. Chen Guangzuo is his grandmother’s younger brother! He is one of his closest relatives. He must have cherished his feathers and didn’t even give him the opportunity to explain. Then it doesn’t make sense to recognize this relative or not, and his face suddenly became gloomy. He picked up the letter and Mao Jue turned around and wanted to leave.

However, when he walked down the stairs, he hesitated again. The old guy was not good to him, but Mao Wenlong was taken care of by him a lot back. It can be said that he had been raising a child for several years. After leaving like this, Mao Wenlong was not good at looking good when he returned. He was depressed for a few seconds. He turned around helplessly, used an old face as his butt, and hugged the servant with his fists again.

"Since my uncle doesn't want to see the younger generation, I won't force you. However, my father ordered me to offer gifts from you thousands of miles away. I hope you can get along again! Come!"

Several boxes were placed at the door. Once they opened it, the best sable coat and wild ginseng. Dongzhu immediately made even the servant's eyes wide open. These things are probably worth less than ten thousand taels! But they really wanted to stand a archway when they were bitches. The two of them wanted to accept them, but they couldn't hold their faces down. Seeing their entangled appearance, they sneered, and Mao Jue directly arched his fists, and said nothing more. He led the Mao Spear and turned around and left.

After coming in from the street, he was turned away and went out in shame again. Seeing that Mao Jue's face was not good, the plain clothes and hairy spear did not dare to say anything. He walked out two miles, but who knew that Mao Jue's face suddenly turned cloudy and sunny again, and he suddenly laughed out loud.

"Young Master, you, aren't you so angry?"

He was really shocked and hurriedly got to his side. The simple-yi's little face was full of worries, and he grabbed his sleeve and comforted him.

"Young Master, why don't you put on a slim clothes twice to calm down!"

"Angry? Why am I angry? Being kicked out is a good thing! Miss Chen, I don't want to marry your young master! Isn't it just a waste of time to get rid of this old Shen bridge? Let's go, I'll be the host, Nanchu's small restaurant!"

After all, it was a woman named Mao Jue who went to marry a young lady, and Su Yi felt sour. When she heard this, her little face also showed a smile, but then Mao Jue's words almost made her little face congested and she fainted on the street.

"But my girl is eager to protect her master. I have to accept this love between you and the young master. I will find an inn to settle down in a while and give me five hundred slaps in my plain clothes!"

As he suppressed his laughter, Mao Li and his other faces were all distorted strangely, and the plain clothes blushed as if blood was oozing, and he was walking with his barbarian boots sadly.

"Young Master!"

"Okay, no kidding, go for dinner!"

After laughing for a while, Mao Jue waved his hand when the girl refused to let go, but when he was about to leave, he was following the team. A fat man wearing brocade clothes and embroidered with several ingots and copper coins on his body suddenly rushed up from behind.

"I dare to ask, is the Lord Mao from Liaodong? "

Is there anyone who knows about himself? There is no one who steals personal information and sells insurance these days. Mao Jue hugs his fists in surprise and says with a fist back.
Chapter completed!