Chapter 19 The Temple of the Tide God
Thanks to the rewards of Dugjg and the senior novice brothers... What should I say about this book? It is not that it is definitely not a historical fiction, and it is not even considered a Romance. The classification is in the fairy tale, and it is a fantasy and cultivation... So those who pursue the details can retreat.
But I still have to say that the route from the Northern Song Dynasty to Japan was only seven days from Mingzhou, Shandong...
What does this mean? Qingbancheng's eyes were twitching, and of course he would not whimsically think that Master Wen would hand over the entire Maritime Division to him unless Master Wen's head was burned out.
However, Wen Fei's words still left him with infinite imagination and temptation, which seemed to imply a lot of things.
Wen Fei smiled and said, "I said to the official that I only earn hundreds of thousands of guan a year by guarding the treasure pot of the Maritime Warehouse, which is simply not a son of humanity. I think this Hangzhou Maritime Warehouse Warehouse has not earned 300 million yuan a year, so I feel embarrassed to meet people!"
The Qingbancheng family is a local wealthy businessman and has been in the market for hundreds of years. Naturally, they know how much money a Maritime Trade Department can make. For example, the Maritime Trade Department established by the imperial officials only has hundreds of thousands of chunks of money a year, which makes Qingbancheng look down on it very much.
But before he was not in his position and did not plan his own affairs. Now when he heard Wen Fei's vague words, he touched on this, Qing Bancheng said carefully: "This villain dares not say anything, but I think there is still a way to earn millions of chunks a year when the Hangzhou Maritime Warehouse Company earns more than one million yuan!"
Wen Fei laughed: "Heroes have similar views! I think that if Yu Yuanwai helps to manage the Maritime Warehouse, then it will definitely be able to add more taxes to the court. This is what I think. I still have a member of the officials from the ninth rank under the Maritime Warehouse, but because the official came here to do it!"
Qingbancheng was both happy and sad when he heard it, so he naturally became an official at once. You should know that before the Yuan Dynasty, officials could be promoted, and there was no possibility of becoming an official in the future.
I was sad, but I was thinking that if I had agreed just now and had not let Master Wen see that reluctant look, then I think his current official position should not be smaller than Li Zhongjun. At least he is also a seventh-rank official position, right?
Wen Fei didn't care about many things. The superiors controlled their power, but only used rewards and punishments as a means. Since this Qingbancheng wanted to be arrogant, Master Wen naturally had a way to slowly train him.
It was like Wu Zetian's horse taming. It was nothing more than reward and punishment. If the fierce horse could not even subdue the reward and punishment, there was only a dagger. And the official hat was the best way to reward and punishment.
"You are the Tianshi Master, the Chaos Temple has been repaired." Wen Fei was just as he was full of confidence here. A companion with sweat trotted all the way and said respectfully to Wen Fei.
"Oh, I'm going to have a look!" Wen Fei smiled slightly and said to everyone beside him: "Everyone, I have something to do. Let's say goodbye first."
The people who were just obeyed by Wen Fei's methods immediately breathed a sigh of relief. I just felt that everyone seemed to be relieved. Even Na Qingbancheng was still thinking that I heard people say that being with the king is like being with the tiger, but I felt a little exaggerated. Today, I am with Shangfu, don't I just feel like being with the tiger?
The companion was right next to Cai Jing, and he had always been very excited. He made a panting expression and smiled flatteringly: "Our mansion is already handsome with all the officials. He is waiting for Shang's father's journey by the West Lake!"
Wen Fei smiled and said, "Since that's the case, then go!" He said that.
The Chaos Temple is being built on Phoenix Mountain. The place where Master Wen Dashi was watching the tide that day was not far from West Lake. A group of officials were waiting for Master Wen's great journey by the West Lake.
He even had a little more respect than usual, and there was no way. Master Wen Da Tian was staying in Hangzhou City for so long and had never touched these officials.
These officials in Hangzhou almost forgot about Master Wen’s power. Now Master Wen’s casual words were handed over. A fifth-grade lift from the entire Hangzhou Maritime Bureau and two sixth-grade deputy lifts were all rolled up and rolled up.
By this time, Master Wen showed a little bit of hideousness, reminding them that Master Wen was not a vegetarian sheep, but a tiger eating meat...
Wen Fei could guess the ideas of those officials, but he didn't care about what they thought. For the current level of Master Wen's great heaven, the ideas of these people are irrelevant.
Since the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Jiangnan's status has become increasingly important, and economic development has begun to surpass the north. Especially in the middle and late Northern Song Dynasty, the country's taxes and wealth were all dependent on Jiangnan.
Especially after the middle of the Northern Song Dynasty, after the introduction of Chameng rice, new seeds began to be improved. The rice seeds that were ripe a year and ripe a year made the grain output in the Jiangnan region soar, completely widening the distance from the north. In addition, the development of the Great Song Dynasty's sea trade became farther and farther away from the north, and even left the north far behind.
Countless goods from the southeast are continuously transported to Tokyo City through the canal, supporting the greatest city in the world today. They are also diverted from Tokyo City, supporting the war in the northwest and Hebei's defense line against the Liao Kingdom.
It can be said that since the founding of the Northern Song Dynasty, the area with the heavyest taxes was the southeast. The ice was three feet long, which was not a day long. Fang La's rebellion this time was not without cause and effect.
Especially when Zhu Xie, a father and son, relied on Zhao Ji's power, used public and private official ships to transport a large number of stones, flowers and trees into Beijing, and occupied important canal capacity, the harm to the Song Empire was definitely quite great.
It's like a person's blood vessels are mixed with too many impurities.
Wen Fei is now in power, so he naturally needs to carry out reforms. He ignores the rest and starts to liquidate the responsibilities of Zhu Xie’s father and son.
All the wealth and many shops, except for some well-known industries that were seized by the Zhu family, and the influence was extremely bad, they were also given to the original owner.
The others were accepted by Master Wen Da's great master without hesitation, and part of them was used as Taoist industry. The other part was given to Zhao Ji, and the other part was given to accomplices like Cai Jing and Tong Guan. This is called sharing the benefits equally.
And only those fields and bulky and worthless things were distributed to the local people. This was enough to allow Wen Fei to gain the reputation of the Wan Family of Buddhas.
Wen Fei was still thinking about whether he would introduce high-yield crops such as potatoes and sweet potatoes. However, after staying in the Song Dynasty for a long time, he found a problem. That is, our Song Dynasty is not short of food...
Wen Fei couldn't figure this out at first, but later he realized that the Northern Song Dynasty occupied the most elite areas in later generations. And those Northwest Hebei, these relatively barren burdens were all thrown to the Western Xia and Liao...
Naturally, the Northern Song Dynasty took lightly. There were few people and no drags on their backs. Naturally, there was a lot of food on average. Today's yield is much more abundant, and there is no need for the existence of high-yield crops from later generations.
For example, during the Southern Song Dynasty, most people did not support the Northern Expedition and recovered lost territories. The reason was that they were afraid that the lost territories would be regained, which would drag down the economy of Jiangnan...
Unlike in the Ming Dynasty, I, the northwest, Hebei, even Mongolia, and Northeast, which were included in the territory... there were too many people who were dragging me down.
Speaking of the Song Dynasty, it seems to be the Little Ice Age...
Of course, this is just looking at the problem from an economic perspective. It is not too biased from other aspects. Therefore, the Ming Dynasty had a lifespan of almost three hundred years, and the two Song dynasties combined, so there was so much time.
Master Wen Da was already walking by the West Lake, with weeping willows swaying, and the lake was as flat as a mirror. He walked along this section of West Lake to the Phoenix Mountain.
Behind him is a large number of people, all of whom have outstanding status. Stomping your feet on the ground in Hangzhou can shock the entire Hangzhou.
However, at this time, I saw Master Wen Datian walking leisurely on the bank of West Lake. These people held their breath and were afraid that their breathing would be louder, disturbing Master Wen Datian's thoughts.
In just a short time, a temple was built on Phoenix Mountain where the tide-watching place in the past was built. Although it was not too big, it was quite exquisite. It can be seen that it took a lot of effort.
Wen Fei walked in and saw that the paint in the inconspicuous corners of the temple was not dry yet, but the details were not sloppy. The entire building showed the exquisiteness of Jiangnan architecture.
Wen Fei stepped into the hall and saw a woman in white enshrined in the hall with a gentle and kind face. He couldn't help but feel surprised: "Why is the Tide God a woman?"
He actually didn't want to ask this question, but doubted whether the craftsmen were wrong. This is not the Bodhisattva Temple. Why is the shape of this Chaos Temple so similar to a Bodhisattva dressed in a ladies?
But what is interesting is that this statue of god has been consecrated and has already been spiritual. It even has a faint divine power. It seems that it has long recognized this statue.
A group of officials looked at each other, and they had never thought of this question before. They seemed to subconsciously realize that the Tide God should be a woman. Now that Wen Fei asked, they all became surprised.
At this time, a craftsman in his forties walked out in the corner, trembling all over. Perhaps this craftsman who created the statue of the gods.
He thought he had done something wrong, so he walked to Wen Fei in a cold sweat, knelt down with a thud, and kowtowed repeatedly: "Tianshi, please spare me, please spare me. The villain didn't know what to do, but he was obsessed with it and created such a statue of god... It seemed that he felt that this tide god should be like this!"
It was so scared that the person was so scared that his forehead was broken on the floor tiles, and a trace of blood was flowing down. Wen Fei immediately comforted him and said, "No need, I just asked casually. I think it was this trendy god who asked you to shape it like this!"
With a wave of his hand, a little water vapor condensed and turned into mist. When he turned on the craftsman, the craftsman suddenly felt a coolness all over his body, and the wound on his forehead felt a slight itch. He was very familiar with this feeling. After every injury, the wound was about to heal, and this was the feeling when he was growing. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!