Xue Panzhi's gossip red mansion

"Is there any new news from Xie Mu?" Shao Qin asked the adjutant.Since Xue Pan gave the emperor a note, indicating that the new grains planted in the outer north are very suitable for planting in this area and have high yields, it is not that no one in the court hopes that the northeast can also try to plant in the next spring. Plant it.However, the officials of the three northeastern provinces all have reservations. Don’t say that the emperor didn’t make a decree, even if he really made a decree, there are policies and countermeasures for things like growing grain. The three provinces are connected as one. I won't just compromise like this.

In the final analysis, the relationship between the three northeastern provinces and the King of Dongping in Shandong is really close. Their business and trade are linked together, forming a circle of interests that can bypass the capital, so that the central government has much less check and balance power.Not every king with a different surname will have the heart of disobedience, but very few kings with a different surname will be willing to be controlled by the court, and finally they have nothing.If the king of Xining County relied on his force, but was killed in the process of uniting with foreign enemies, the king of Dongping chose to unite forces from other places to fight against the power of the capital.The cooperation with the Northeast comes from the unique advantages of geography. They are separated by the Bohai Sea, which just happens to be able to bypass the traffic blockade of the capital on land.On the contrary, this terrain also made Xue Pan and the others in the outer north strangled by the traffic pass.

"My lord, I'm afraid of those people. We control the freight road from the capital to the outer north. Do we still need to be afraid of them! It's been nearly a year, and since last month, I haven't been listening to them." He heard Xie Mu whining and complaining. Thinking about it, he finally understood that he used to disturb the adults every now and then, but now he knows that it will not work to confront him like this. According to the officer, they have reached the point where they can't hold on. We are exhausted, and we are not the ones who lost, they must be regretting, and I am afraid they will come to apologize in a few days." The adjutant said with certainty.

As for what Shao Qin did, it happened to be within the allowable range of the imperial court, and the higher authorities couldn't control it so broadly, not to mention that there was King Dongping behind him.Shao Qin just ordered that all goods passing through the outer north, no matter whether it is government or private business, must be inspected for a longer period of time.

The people working below know the elegant meaning after hearing the string songs, and they are very good at adapting to the wind. The review period for the materials in Outer North is ten days longer than that in other places. This greatly interferes with the business operations in Outer North and makes them The loss suffered is not a little bit.

For this matter, Xie Mu has been here many times, and each time he would chat with Shao Qin.The more this is the case, the less merciful Shao Qin is, and he even negotiated with the King of Dongping to keep Shandong from trading with people from the outer north.Who made Xie Mu put a black face in front of him, and what he said was either a needle in the cotton or a direct mockery.So what if he just blocked the way, anyway, if you want to transport anything out of the outer north, you have to go through the northeast.

Looking at the scenery outside the window, Shao Qin saw that it was the cicada singing season of the year again, and he had been facing off against Xie Mu for a long time, but during this period, Xue Pan, who was actually in charge of the people's livelihood, never once Came out, not even a single complaint.It has been almost two years since Xue Pan took office in Waibei, but Shao Qin has never even met him. This result makes Shao Qin vaguely relieved.

In Shao Qin's eyes, Xue Pan has a kind of evil spirit. He heard this name from Dongping Wang, and Dongping Wang even said, don't just remember that Xue's family has been an imperial merchant for more than ten years, but they However, in his ancestors, there were officials who controlled a department, and there were Shanhai Pavilions all over Daqing. Even the defeat of the Xining County King was related to this person.Unlike the prosperity of the Xie family and Xie Shi's backing support, the Xue family's success cannot be achieved by the divine grace of an emperor. If things come to the day when Xue Pan comes to the Northeast to meet and discuss things, it is better not to be too tough good.

Shao Qin guessed that Xie Mu would not show up, Xue Pan should come to see him soon, right?At that time, what kind of attitude should be used so as not to be too tough?

But Shao Qin waited and waited, and after summer, it was autumn harvest time again, but Xue Pan didn't come, as if the fact that they were stuck with the business in Outer North never happened.Not only that, there was no movement even in the court in the capital, they were not sued by anyone, and no one who was not open-eyed jumped out and asked the northeast to try to grow seedlings again.

If something goes wrong, it's a demon. Everyone knows the relationship between the Xie family and the emperor, so why didn't Xie Mu file a complaint?Even if it is a stumbling block for the Northeast, it is good.But no, nothing, as if there had never been any conflict between them.This kind of calm made Shao Qin feel restless.I don't know why his eyelids started to twitch unconsciously in the past two days, and his heart was also inexplicably unresolved.

If Xie Mu knew that Shao Qin was fidgeting now, he would be very relieved, but he didn't even have time to care about this, because a big event was about to start.

For more than half a year, after using Xie Mu's black face and nonsense to restrain Shao Qin's sight, Xue Pan and Xia Gui are working together on a major event, which is the construction of seagoing ships.

From the day Xue Pan took Yan Shi into the research workshop, he was preparing for sailing the ocean.What is the most important thing about sailing?

"The dangers at sea are unknown, so we have to prepare for two things. Sophisticated equipment is naturally essential, and experienced crew." Xia Gui and Xue Pan are both in the suburbs of Temple Street City. It is the mouth of the sea on the east side of the Amur River. The sea in front of us does not yet have a name for it, but it is a very important position in terms of military strategy.According to the nomenclature of later generations, this is the junction of the Tatar Strait and the Sea of ​​Okhotsk, where there is Sakhalin Island, which was later ceded to Tsarist Russia, which is also called Sakhalin Island in Russia. It is above Hokkaido, Japan , is a very mysterious place geographically, as if you can capture it by crossing the sea.

Now in Temple Street City, it is difficult for this Daqing native to tell exactly where it is. It took Xue Pan more than half a year to bring the technicians from Jiangnan and Fujian, as well as the previous research results.Not only to build sea-going ships, but also to build the first sea-going port for large-tonnage sea-going ships in the Daqing Dynasty.There are many aspects involved in this, and just like the idea of ​​choosing to come to Outer North at the beginning, it is rich in minerals and has a long coastline. It can be built quietly and with peace of mind.

Things that cannot be done with money in this world are either because there is too little money, or it is too critical.But there are too few such things, and people who stick to principles are even rarer.Faced with the temptation of gold and silver, even the red hairs were able to exchange logbooks and sell an old ship to Xue Pan, and they made deals off the coast of Fujian.

In this age when the navy was still under construction, without disturbing the coastal areas, Xue Pan let people drive the ship to the outer north.The craftsmen in Daqing are very smart, and the level of external development can be seen from this ship.When these skilled craftsmen have sufficient supplies as a backup, they will be able to make large ships that surpass the standards of this era.At the same time, if there are Mobei people who have been fighting against the waves, the long-distance voyage of sea ships is already within reach.

"It's a pity that such a large ship cannot be produced in large quantities. The current smelting technology is still not in place. If we can enter the era of steaming as soon as possible, then the development of steam machine tools will also have hope, and the steelmaking and ironmaking technology in the future will be able to It developed by leaps and bounds." Xia Gui looked at the big ship that was about to sail, but what he thought about was the warships that came later, this time there would be no Sino-Japanese War, and even if there was, they would lead their troops to destroy that place.Therefore, she desperately hopes that everything can be faster, faster.

Xue Pan shook his head. For the two ships in front of him, he had already spent an untold amount of money on them. Not all of the Xue family’s money belonged to him. What I have done is to stop here, and the next thing is to provoke the nerves of more people. "The money in my pocket didn't come from the strong wind. You know how much manpower we put into these two ships. The money we put into the mines alone is enough to last three years for the Outer North Province. For the future, we still need to think long-term. We chose to test the voyage along the outer north coast, just to keep those well-informed people in Jiangnan from knowing. But when we succeed, it is impossible to work alone, and we still have to tie Some people can go further when they come to our chariot."

"It's done! Xiaoguizi, come quickly! The nautical clock is made!" At this moment, I heard Xun Min's excited voice. With a sunny smile, seeing Xia Gui, he got off the horse immediately, grabbed Xia Gui's hand and shook it, "Yan Shi made the nautical clock you need most!"

Seeing him ignoring him directly, Xue Pan didn't even feel helpless, he was really used to it.Xie Yan sneaked out of the capital during the autumn harvest season, in the name of seeing how the sorghum he planted in the spring was doing.God is sorry to see, the ones he planted have long been rickety and dead.Later, when Xun Min learned that Xue Pan's biggest conspiracy was in Miaojie City in the outer north, when he wanted to build a big ship that Daqing had never had before, and when he built a port to go to sea, he decisively chose to let Xun scold him for doing it without permission. Leaving Beijing, I have to follow to see.

Xie Yan didn't know what the nautical clock was, but the big ship had already been built, and he heard that it was waiting for this guiding light in the sea, so he paid special attention to it.Xue Pan was very happy in his heart, this thing was finally done.When Yan Shi saw Xue Pan's arrival, a proud smile appeared on his old face. He finally succeeded. With this nautical clock, they took the first small step to control the hegemony of the sea.

When a group of people gathered around this small and exquisite clock, they couldn't see that this was the key point to dominate the sea.Just when Xue Pan was asked to explain why, an urgent letter was sent to the door, saying, "Report——The Supreme Emperor has passed away!"