Originally, the British government planned to make the same arrangements for the girl surnamed Li. ([] ) But that was based on the fact that the marriage candidate had already been determined. Now that there is competition on Qiong Haijun's side, the young men can't rely on it so much.

Already.

Guo Yi and Lin Hanlong both had clear goals, and they were going for Sister Lin from the Ming Dynasty. In order to show their sincerity, it was inevitable to go to Beijing in person. Not to mention that there were more than just the two of them, and several people were originally

Those who just "booked" other girls also plan to try their luck - anyway, Pang Yu and Zhao Lide, the two girls they were interested in, have abstained, and everyone else is on the same starting line. And as long as one of them goes, the other ones will compete.

If you don't, you have to go, otherwise wouldn't it be equivalent to automatically giving up?

All nine applicants plan to go to Beijing, plus Hu Wen, Su Muxue, Wang Jiaojiao and other members of the Women's Federation who are in charge of this matter - this kind of thing is impossible without women's intervention; and Xu Guangqi accepted

Li Qihan, who was invited by Xu Guangqi, planned to go to the capital to meet with this respected old man and discuss academic issues. In fact, he didn't want to go. After all, he was not the astronomy expert Xu Guangqi imagined, but just a meteorologist.

.And in the past few years since arriving in the Ming Dynasty, professional knowledge has almost been lost. When it comes to scientific literacy, Xu Hui and Feng Yufei are the academic leaders of Qiong Haijun. God knows why Chen Tao recommended him.

It was only because Wang Jiaojiao insisted on following Hu Wen and the others to Beijing that Li Qihan had no choice but to go along - it is said that men often have two attitudes before and after marriage, but he, Xiao Li, is not such a person! Or rather, Wang Jiaojiao's

The method is so superb that even after getting married, he can still be fascinated by him. That old man Xu Guangqi can leave him alone. Wherever his beloved wife wants to go, she must accompany her!

As a result, the number of people going to Beijing this time will reach thirteen or four, accounting for one-tenth of the total number of people. It can be said that since the Qiong Navy reached a peace agreement with the Ming Dynasty, it is the largest group of unarmed people who are about to enter the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty.

We have personnel - although we will bring some necessary security personnel, they are definitely not enough compared to the national strength.

Can their safety be guaranteed? Even Hu Wen was not sure about this. Originally, she dared to go there because she was just a prostitute. The same was true for Wang Jiaojiao and others - since the Ming Dynasty did not cause trouble for Chen Tao and the others,

Thinking about it, I wouldn’t have trouble with a few short-haired women. Even though Hu Wen used to be one of the management committee members, she has stepped down after all.

However, now, there is a current male management committee member in the team, plus several other important people who are indispensable to this group. This scale is enough to make the Ming Dynasty have bad thoughts - maybe Ming Dynasty

The people of the imperial court don't know this yet, or they really don't have the intention or ability to attack Qiong Haijun. But don't you just be afraid of everything? Putting your own safety on others has never been what these modern people are willing to do.

choose.

The committee even held a meeting specifically for this purpose to discuss whether to agree to the trip. However, the final conclusion was not unexpected - agreed. After all, the legs are on others, and they are not afraid of them. It is impossible for a large group to force them down.

They don't ask for wives for other people. Anyway, everyone is responsible for their own decisions. Just don't complain if you encounter any trouble.

Of course, as the strong backing of all the time-travelers, the committee must make arrangements for everyone's safety. Safety is the primary issue. This time it was a friendly exchange, and it is obviously not appropriate to bring a large number of troops there. But it is better to send a team

It is possible to have powerful maritime forces cruising near Tianjin. In this way, even if there is any change in the Ming Dynasty, as long as the exchange group can persist for a period of time, troops here can be sent directly from Tianjin to land to respond. At least it can be regarded as a retreat.

.Even if it cannot be used, it can at least give people a lot of peace of mind.

The committee only needs to make a decision, and they don't need to worry about specific matters. How many people to send, what size of the fleet, who will lead it, and what name the fleet will use to go north to Tianjin... All these plans must be completed by the staff group.

Everyone else in the exchange group was also very busy, and everyone was busy preparing their own set of things. Especially those who wanted to compete for the British grand-niece, they even invited their friends to discuss together and make detailed plans to pursue the girl.

in order to win the upcoming battle.

People are busy. At least it is for their own sake. Although Pang Yu and Zhao Lide wisely turned down the good marriage that fell from the sky, they were still devastated by being caught and had to continue to hang out with this "exchange group".

So much so that the two of them complained more than once - If I had known that I couldn't push it away, I might as well have just agreed to join! Anyway, they still have to worry about this troublesome matter.

But they soon stopped complaining because new and bigger problems fell on them.

Generally speaking, everyone in Qiong Haijun has been living quite comfortably during this period, and the production and construction of various departments are gradually getting on the right track. Julie's successful pregnancy has given everyone greater expectations for the future of their collective.

It is under the encouragement of this expectation that so many comrades signed up to participate in the "exchange group" of the Women's Federation, intending to start a family and start a career in this era.

However, for their neighbor the Ming Dynasty, this period was not so wonderful. The Shandong Rebellion had just subsided, and Liaodong began to stir up troubles again. Historically, Kong Youde's attack on the rest of Dongjiang Town was completely destroyed in the Dengzhou area of ​​the Ming Dynasty.

The events that occurred against the background of the complete destruction of the Ming Dynasty's strategic reserve forces in Shandong were nothing compared to the destruction on the mainland. Moreover, Kong Youde defeated his opponent in a short period of time, so it did not cause too much concern.

Watch out.

But in this time and space, due to the intervention of Qiong Haijun, the Dengzhou Rebellion did much less damage to the Ming Dynasty's national power than in real history. Kong Youde's attack on Lushunkou was also quite delayed due to lack of strength, which made Lushun

Guard Huang Long still had time and energy to shout for help everywhere, and the momentum was huge for a while, which naturally attracted a lot of attention in the court.

Of course, if Lushun is in chaos again, it will be separated from the mainland of Ming Dynasty by a sea after all, so it will not cause any pain. It will only be discussed in the court. But the one thing that makes the princes in power even more troublesome is their "wise" emperor.

The big trouble caused by Emperor Chongzhen himself...

As mentioned in the previous article: Emperor Chongzhen has been busy making money since last year. It has been six years since he took the throne. When he first came to power, he had some old foundations left by his brother Tianqi, a carpenter, and he copied Wei Zhongxian's party.

With a large number of seizures, the national finances can barely manage, but after his "efforts to govern" in recent years, as well as several large-scale wars in Liaodong, Shaanxi, Hainan, Shandong, etc., the national treasury is almost empty.

The young emperor was still a little ambitious at this time and wanted to change this situation. When he found from the account books that the court still had a large amount of salt tax that had not been collected, it was natural for him to check the old accounts and collect the tax arrears.

It’s just that he obviously doesn’t know that what is on the books is always very different from the actual situation, especially the government’s financial projects. After repeated urging, except for taking off a large number of official hats, including the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, he has not been able to get it.

How much silver.

However, many officials in the court were forced to complain endlessly by his torment. After all, Chongzhen held the power of life and death. Although this power could not help him squeeze out money, it could make those officials miserable. These Ming Dynasty officials

The officials of the imperial court were driven to panic, and other skills were not good enough. There was one skill that they must have practiced to the full level, and that was finding excuses to shirk responsibility - and regarding salt administration and finance and taxation, they could really find a good target to take the blame.

…

That's right, it's the Joan Navy in the south!

——I don’t know since when, a saying gradually appeared in the court, saying that the salt tax cannot be raised and there is too much debt because illegal salt is rampant and official salt cannot be sold. When it comes to selling illegal salt,

The most popular and fiercest seller in the world is undoubtedly the Southern Shorthair - the key is that with the technology mastered by Qiong Haijun, salt is too easy to produce, as long as you get close to the seaside, get a piece of land, and then

By setting up a few facilities according to the standard process, the white salt brine can be continuously produced. If the grade is high, it can be filtered and crystallized a little, and a large amount of high-quality salt can be produced. Hainan Island was the first to mass-produce sea salt, and later Taiwan

It has also started to be built, including the newly developed Weihaiweidu, which built its own salt farm. It is not just Qiong Haijun's family who is doing it. The Zheng family hired Qiong Haijun's engineers and also built two or three on their Zheng family's territory.

If the scale hadn't been properly controlled here, the Zheng family's gang could have covered the entire coastline of Taiwan Island with salt fields. Even Xiong Wencan, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, had a relationship with this company and secretly built one in Guangzhou...

A large amount of salt is produced every day, and the salt is immediately shipped onto the ship and put into the mainland market in the most efficient and simple way - the entire sales channel and operation are fully responsible for the Qionghai Trading Company.

Julie's business policy for salt in mainland China is two words: dumping.

After several years of operation, "Qiongzhou Three Whites" is now famous all over the world. It only has two kinds of white rice and sugar. In the past, even middle-class people may not be able to eat this fine white salt often, but in this short period of time,

In just a few years, Qionghai Salt has been priced at a bargain price. Nowadays, wherever Qionghai Salt goes, not to mention official salt, even private salt dealers are almost extinct. The salt merchants who can survive are all

Selling Qionghai salt directly or indirectly.

If the Ming Dynasty was a strong government, they could certainly rely on state power to prevent this behavior. Unfortunately, the Ming Empire today does not have such confidence, at least not in front of Qiong Haijun. Moreover, trading companies do not eat alone, half of the entire salt trade chain

The above benefits were still distributed to the government and related people in the area where the market was located, so officials and chambers of commerce in various places actually welcomed Qionghai salt. However, the income generated by this "private salt" could not be included in the Ming Dynasty treasury. The emperor

I just can’t get it. (To be continued...)

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