"Haha, Brother Jiang, you blamed the good guy wrongly."

Yang Zhongne brought Jiang Chenying and Kuixu into Fengtian Prefecture together, and asked someone to send tea. After hearing Jiang Chenying tell some of the situations he saw on the road and expressed some suspicion, he couldn't help but smile.

"What? Lord Yang, is there anything else that's wrong here?" Before Jiang Chenying could ask, Kuixue first asked Yang Zhongne.

"Haha, in fact, these rules are helpless. Lord Kuixu and Brother Jiang must not be very clear about the current situation of our Fengtian. Two words, 'Trouble'." Yang Zhongne shook his head and smiled.

"What a 'trouble'?" Jiang Chenying asked.

"In the past two years, Fengtian has gradually increased its population and business travel has gradually increased. Although Fengtian is known as "Shengjing", it is far less than many big cities in the pass. How can it accommodate so many cars and horses?" Yang Zhongne said.

"Mr. Yang, although there are many cars and horses outside Fengtian City, as I see below, it should not be that powerful, right?" Kuixue asked.

"Haha, Lord Kuixu did not come and go to Fengtian often. You probably don't know yet? On festival days, there are more than one thousand carriages outside the four gates of Fengtian City! This is even more important than the time to pay the grain. At that time, the people used carriages and horses to transport rice and grain to the granary outside the city, and then went to the city to shop. There were almost two or three thousand carriages parked outside the city. If there were no restrictions, the current streets in Fengtian would probably not be able to be cleaned up if they squeezed for a few months!" Yang Zhongne said with a smile.

"...How come there are so many carriages?" Jiang Chenying and Kuixue were both shocked by Yang Zhongne's words and couldn't help asking again. In the concept of both of them, even Beijing City probably does not have such a terrifying "traffic flow".

"There is no way to do this. Although Fengtian has gradually increased its population in the past two years, it is still vast and sparsely populated. Our government has not enough staff and cannot collect them one by one, so we have to let the people pay the rice and grain by themselves. However, the people have planted a lot of land for land and no carriages, so how can they be transported? Therefore, in recent years, Fengtian has become more and more carriages and horses, and Lord Fei has really no choice but to set those rules......" Yang Zhongne said again.

"Fengtian is indeed rich!" Kuixu couldn't help but become a little jealous. No wonder Kangxi was so kind to Ferdinand. He was an official in a place like Fengtian, which had a small land and few people but had abundant money. His political achievements were almost the same as his own fall from the world. Wouldn't it be possible to use a little effort? However, he immediately gave up this idea because he remembered how Ferdinand transformed those people in the Beijing Banner here. He didn't have the courage to do that.

"Haha, I haven't asked whether Lord Kui and Brother Jiang are here to Fengtian..." Yang Zhongne asked again.

"Oh. Lord Kuixue and I went to Korea under the order of the emperor and conferred the crown prince of Korea." Jiang Chenying replied.

"Korea? So that's it!" Yang Zhongne nodded. Since North Korea was scared to death by Old Man Fei and found out of various "rebellion", the king and his ministers have been in a panic. Finally, the King and King Lee Yoon seized the opportunity to launch a coup, deposed Zhang Xipin, who had held most of the regime, and submitted a letter to Kangxi to blame the woman for all the matters. At the same time, he also named his other concubine, a son under the age of Shu, who was born to Concubine Shu, and made him the crown prince of Korea, and requested Kangxi to approve it. This kind of thing must first go through the Lifan Court. Old Man Fei naturally learned about it, and Old Man Fei used a familiar person, so he naturally knew about it.

"Mr. Yang, I wonder where Mr. Fei is? We also have to borrow some troops from him to be a ceremonial guard! In addition, we also need some official documents from the Lifanyuan." Seeing that everything was almost done, Kuixue talked about the purpose of this.

"This... Although Lord Fei is in his mansion, there are guests who need to be received! So, the two lords may have to wait a moment," said Yang Zhongne.

"Guest? What kind of guest?" Who would have the person who could have the Minister of Lifanyuan personally greeted him in Fengtian? Kuixue couldn't help but think about it.

"It's a group of Westerners. It seems that they have just arrived from Macau in the south. It's still Lord Fei who went to Liaodong to take them over!" Yang Zhongne also sighed a little. Several Westerners actually asked the Grand Secretary to come forward to greet him in person, and this airs were too big.

"Western people?"

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Yang Zhongne was right, Old Man Fei was indeed receiving Westerners.

Originally, after the Heilongjiang Customs was opened, he thought about recruiting a group of people in the West, but the effect was very small. So, when Bai Jin left, Old Man Fei entrusted the priest to help hire a group of professional talents in Europe, including physics, chemistry, mathematics, and medicine. In order to allow Bai Jin to pull some firearm experts and various workers for him, he also gave him a lot of money before leaving.

Now, all his skills have not been in vain. After so long, when he almost thought there was no hope, someone actually brought a letter from Macau. The letter was written by Bai Jin and was in French. Old Man Fei couldn't understand it. However, although he was very unhappy that this guy who knew Chinese came to do this, it did not cause any big obstacle. The old British man Brom has been staying at Hai Chuanwei, proficient in English, French and Spanish. Over the years, his Chinese has been well-founded and he has just been used as a translator.

The content in the letter is very simple, which means that Bai Jin has always remembered Old Man Fei’s entrustment and has now completed the task. When the letter reached Old Man Fei’s hand, the person Bai Jin found for him should have arrived in China, and he just sent someone to pick him up.

As a result, after reading the letter, Old Man Fei jumped three feet high and immediately sent someone to pick him up.

After receiving the person, Old Man Fei became even happier.

These people have more than 300 people! They are still with their families, and it seems that they don’t plan to go back to Europe.

...

“Europe is still fighting?”

It was said to be a reception, but of course it was impossible for so many people to be brought together. So, Old Man Fei first sent someone to settle the more than 300 young and old people, and asked them to send a few representatives to return to their mansion to talk.

"Yes, Your Excellency. Europe is still full of war and there is no sign of stopping!" An old man with a big beard replied after hearing Brom's translation.

"Yes, His Majesty Louis XIV will not give in easily." A younger foreigner continued.

"Absent? Is the situation in France unfavorable?" asked Old Man Fei. He still knew something about this war caused by the succession of Spain's throne. However, in his impression, France should be very strong now and join forces with Russia. Even if it cannot gain the upper hand, it should at least be evenly matched.

"Yes. Originally, France was fighting against other European countries with Russia, the Netherlands and Spain. However, the Russians first made peace with Turkey, and then withdrew from the war. Then the Dutch stopped. Before we came, some of the Spanish nobles jointly decided to boycott His Majesty Louis XIV. Therefore, France is almost fighting against the whole of Europe alone!" said the bearded old man.

"Strong man!" Old Man Fei felt that he admired Louis XIV a little. After fighting for more than one, he had been fighting for so many years. It was really a must! With this momentum alone, this Louis XIV might not be much worse than Napoleon.

"Your Excellency, we left Europe to avoid the war. Father Bai Jin said that you can provide us with what we need! So..." Another middle-aged man with brown hair said anxiously.

"That's certainly. But you should also know that 'there is no free lunch in the world', I can provide you with the basic needs of life for a while, and if you want to get more, you need to work for me!" said Old Man Fei.

"This is right. Father Bai Jin had mentioned it to us before coming. However, we still want to know what you need us to do for you." The bearded old man asked again.

"What are the professions among you?" Old Man Fei asked again.

"My name is Cabell, and I am a doctor!" The bearded old man pointed to himself first, then to the brown-haired man with a somewhat anxious expression, and said, "Mr. Turner is a teacher, and he teaches chemistry and mathematics! We have a total of 315 people. In addition to the corresponding elderly and children, there are also people from other professions. I think I can provide you with a list later."

"...It's good! I will assign your job according to your profession at that time." Old Man Fei was a little worried when he saw this Kabel's expression, and he felt that Bai Jin was not recruiting people exactly according to his own wishes. However, these foreigners have just arrived and it is not the time to ask in detail, so he had to keep his questions in mind for the time being.

"It's really troublesome. I don't know if there are any production lines in the West now, or if I buy one, it's better than now." Old Man Fei thought secretly again. Many of his technical jobs, especially the craftsmen in the artillery factory, have many skilled craftsmen, but they often know the reason but don't know the reason. Everything depends entirely on experience, which is very unfavorable for future development. However, he has no choice now. He wanted to recruit some teachers, but judging from the current appearance, that guy Bai Jin is likely to regard China as a refugee shelter. What does Ferdinand think of him? A member of the Red Cross? What are you kidding? He is planning a conspiracy to deal with two "potential enemy countries", which will kill many people!

...

Old Man Fei had his own worries, and the group of Westerners led by Old Man Caber is almost the same. Therefore, the conversation ended before it took place. Old Man Fei soon received the news sent by Yang Zhongne.

...

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Anqing!

The news that the canal transport was changed to sea transport was spread very quickly, and all provincial governments, who had been paying attention to the trends of the capital, learned about this situation in the fastest time.

However, Ma De had no time to think about what impact this news would have on Anhui, because Wei Dongting was here again.

...

"I don't know why Lord Wei is here?"

While asking the first loyal minister of Kangxi to sit down, Ma De looked at Wei Dongting. Compared to the last time we met, Wei Dongting has obviously grown a lot during this period. Although he is still strong, he no longer has the same spirit as before.

"I'm sorry, Lord Ma asked. Wei actually has two main things to come here." Wei Dongting said with a smile.

"Please say!" Made made a "please" gesture.

"Mr. Wei is here, the first thing he does is to thank you Lord Ma!" Wei Dongting said with a fist at Ma De.

"Thank me? Lord Wei, you are just laughing at me. If you hadn't borrowed me three million taels of silver, I might not be able to hold on. You helped me a lot, and I haven't thanked you yet. Why did you thank me first? I can't afford it." Ma De waved his hands repeatedly and said.

"Mr. Ma, don't be polite. You deserve this 'thank you', and you deserve it very much!" Wei Dongting smiled first, then sighed, "If it weren't for Lord Ma, you reminded Wei, I'm afraid that by then, the old brothers Wei, Mu, Cao, and Wu would be difficult to be human."

"Mr. Wei, I said that at that time, why did you keep Lord Mu Zixu and the others in your business?" Ma De asked.

"Master Ma, you just asked it knowingly." Wei Dongting smiled and pointed at Ma De, shook his head and said, "Master Ma, you must not know? I heard your reminder before, and I went back to check the accounts, but guess what happened?"

"how?……"

"I, Wei Dongting, actually owed the imperial court more than 1.7 million taels of silver! And Mu Zixu, he owed more than 300,000 taels, the Cao family also had more than 500,000 taels, and Wu Dan, he had owed more than 100,000 taels in the past few years he was in Guangdong. The old brothers were all in debt!" Wei Dongting said with a wry smile.

"Then... are you all back now?" Ma De looked at Wei Dongting's expression and felt aroused in his heart. He couldn't help asking.

"It's still a little short. However, you should be able to pay it back all this year!" Wei Dongting breathed a long sigh.

"No debt, I am light. Ma De congratulated Lord Wei in advance!" Ma De bowed to Wei Dongting and said.

"Thank you!" Wei Dongting also punched.

...

"Mr. Wei, the second thing you did!" Ma De paused and asked again.

"Mr. Wei's second thing is to be ordered by the emperor. I want to send you a few oral words to Lord Ma!" Wei Dongting said seriously after his face.

"I listen to the Hadith!" Unexpectedly, Wei Dongting suddenly made such a move, Ma De cursed inwardly, but he had to leave his seat, shook his sleeves and was about to kneel down. However, just as he was about to kneel down, Wei Dongting stopped him with a quick step.

"Mr. Ma, don't be in a hurry. The emperor has his order. You don't have to kneel down and listen to this oral order. Just let me convey it!"

"Ah?... Then please Lord Wei, please declare the emperor!" Ma De was stunned for a moment, then bowed to Wei Dongting.

"Yeah!" Wei Dongting nodded a little, took out a piece of paper from his arms, looked at it, and said to Ma De: "The emperor said that Ma De finally did not lose the face of the court when fighting with the salt merchants this time. Although the court had criticism, no major incident occurred and he deserved to be rewarded. However, there are too many things in the court now, and the cabbage transportation has just been abolished, so all officials will inevitably have people who are dissatisfied. If you mention this matter now, it will easily make you jealous of all officials. Therefore, the emperor will not mention the reward for the time being. Please don't take it to your heart, and there will be compensation in the future."

"I dare not. I will do my best to serve the emperor. I will do my duty and dare not seek credit!" Ma De quickly replied.

"The emperor also said that officials from Anhui Tongzhou Province can work together to participate in one move this time, and his holy heart is comforting. Therefore, the emperor decided to select a group of officials from Anhui." Wei Dongting continued.

“Select officials?”

"Yes. The emperor asked me to tell you that soon there will be an imperial edict. Shi Shilun, the Censor of Anhui, will be transferred to the prefect of Shuntian and the Minister of Justice; Liu Yingxia, the Anhui Food Bureau, will be transferred to the governor of Guizhou; Zhang Kai, the governor of Anqing, will be promoted to the imperial envoy of Jiangnan, and Li Lin, the governor of Fengyang, will be promoted to the ambassador of Jiangsu. Please prepare early and elect the person who can be taken over, and the emperor will follow suit as appropriate." Wei Dongting said expressionlessly.

“…”

"Mr. Ma, I have another thing I forgot to tell you. The emperor has issued an order to promote Yu Heng, the new salt transport envoy of Lianghuai, to Jiangxi!" Seeing Ma De's stunned expression, Wei Dongting paused and told him another news.

"Jiangxi?"

"That's right. It's Jiangxi!"

"Jiangxi Governor Yu Heng, Jiangsu Tongzheng Li Lin, Jiangnan Dao Emperor Zhang Kai, Anhui Governor Lu Longqi!" Ma De slowly chewed on the names and official positions, and suddenly raised his head and looked at Wei Dongting.
Chapter completed!