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Quanzhou Prefecture, Jinjiang County.
As the seat of Quanzhou Prefecture, Jinjiang County can be said to be the best in the southeast.
There is a spring mountain in the northeast of the county, named Qingyuan.
There is Baogai Mountain in the southeast.
There is Lingyuan Mountain in the south.
There is a salt field on the southeast coast.
There is Penghu Island in the sea.
There is the Jinjiang River in the south, which flows from Nan'an County, passes under Shita Mountain in the west of the city, and then reaches the southeast of Dai Island and enters the sea.
There is Luoyang River in the northeast and flows into the sea in the south.
There is also Yongning Guard in the southeast and Fuquan Qianhu Station in the south, both of which were built in February of the 21st year of Hongwu.
There are Xiangzhi and Wuxun in the southeast, Shenhu and Weitou Si Inspection Division in the south.
In the southwest there is Anping City built in the middle period of Jiajing period.
In the southeast is Shihu City built in the middle of Wanli period.
But now when Jinjiang County is mentioned, what local people immediately think of is the extremely luxurious Zheng Mansion.
After being recruited by Xiong Wencan to serve as a coastal defense guerrilla in the first year of Chongzhen, Zheng Zhilong left Taiwan and took up residence in the Fujian Sea.
Also leaving with him were 30,000 tribesmen and more than 1,000 ships.
In the third year of Chongzhen, Zheng Zhilong built a luxurious mansion in Anping Town, Jinjiang County.
Zheng Zhilong spent three years building this mansion.
He was so rich that he did not hesitate in gold and silver.
The entire mansion reaches Xigang in the west, Xi'antou in the north, Anping Bridge in the south, and direct access to the Wugang Port.
It covers an area of 100 Thirty-eight acres.
The main structure of the mansion is a Xieshan style with five bays and thirteen bays, with three-way doors, two fire lanes and five entrances to the courtyard.
Wings, pavilions and pavilions on both sides face each other and form a barrier around it.
There is "Dunren Pavilion" in the east, "Taiyun Tower" in the west, the "Catholic Hall" in the front hall, and the "Xiaosi Hall" in the middle hall, which are grand in scale.
There is a "Zhiyuan Garden" behind the big house, which is protected by a wall and surrounded by hills, pavilions, monasteries, ponds, small bridges, winding paths, beautiful trees, and exotic flowers and plants.
In the eyes of local people, this mansion is comparable to a royal palace.
Two months ago, the emperor promoted Zheng Zhilong to the rank of General Soldier of Fujian, and not long ago he was granted the title of Nan'anbo.
Therefore, this residence is not only Zheng Zhilong's private residence, but also serves as the residence of the General Soldier of Fujian.
This Uncle Nan'an, the Commander-in-Chief, likes to handle official business in his own residence, so naturally no one dares to say anything.
In fact, the entire Anping Town has become Zheng Zhilong's self-respecting military stronghold and a sea trade port under strict control.
Zheng Zhilong managed Anping Town in a watertight and monolithic manner.
Regardless of whether it is a pirate, a merchant ship or the Dutch, if they want to pass through the Golden Gate Route, they must obediently hand over the money to buy the passage.
At this moment, Zheng Zhilong was pacing slowly in the Xiefang Pavilion of Zhiyuan Garden with his hands behind his back.
He is dressed in a dark blue straight jacket, wearing a lazy scarf on his head, and wearing cloud-crossing boots.
He does not look like a frontier official, but more like a scholar.
Although he is over forty years old, he has taken good care of himself.
His cheeks are smooth and white, and his skin is so tight that no wrinkles can be seen.
Traveling around the sea all year round has not left any traces of time on him.
This overlord of the Fujian Sea, who is both an official and a bandit, both good and evil, is really unpredictable.
Just when Zheng Zhilong was pacing in the pavilion with deep thoughts, a person hurriedly walked up the garden path.
"Brother, you are looking for me" This man was wearing a bunt, exposing all his tendons.
Judging from his dark skin and strong figure, he is the opposite of Zheng Zhilong's softness.
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"Fourth brother, you are here, come in and sit down."
The fourth brother Zheng Zhilong refers to is his biological brother Zheng Hongkui.
Zheng Hongkui, formerly known as Zheng Zhifeng, is the fourth eldest brother and one of the famous Eighteen Zhizhi.
Later, during the martial arts examination, he changed his name to Hongkui, with the courtesy name Shengyi.
Although Zheng Hongkui is only thirty-one years old this year, he is already Zheng Zhilong's right-hand man and has won Zheng Zhilong's trust.
This time Zheng Zhilong called him to Zhiyuan Garden to discuss matters in order to reply to the imperial court.
A month ago, Zheng Zhilong's eldest son Zheng Sen and Zheng Chenggong wrote a letter home and sent it to Fujian.
This family letter was more than just a greeting.
Zheng Sen tactfully stated that the emperor hoped to jointly establish a Huangming Trading Chamber of Commerce with the Zheng family.
The Huangming Trading Chamber of Commerce was directly under the imperial court, and the Zheng family was responsible for its specific operations.
Ships anchored under the name of the Huangming Trading Chamber of Commerce can use the name of the imperial official ship to conduct business on the sea, and no longer need to pay sea tax to the imperial court.
The profits from sea business were equally divided between the imperial court and the Zheng family.
Zheng Sen also pointed out that the Zheng family can sell membership rights to others.
If other maritime merchants want to join the Huangming Trading Chamber of Commerce, they can directly pay a sum of money to the Zheng family.
As for how much the money is, the court will not ask.
Of course, the court can also sell membership rights and ultimately receive dividends based on the amount of shares purchased.
This undoubtedly gave the Zheng family great power, and Zheng Zhilong even obtained the privilege of monopolizing trade in the Fujian Sea.
However, Zheng Zhilong did not agree immediately.
After all, he is now the absolute powerful person in Fujian, and it is up to him to collect more or less customs tax.
Of course, part of the collected sea tax must be handed over to the court, but how much he paid also depends on his mood.
When his mood improved, he gave the court more money.
When he was in a bad mood, he gave the court less money.
If the Huangming Trading Chamber of Commerce is established, at least in theory, half of the profits will be given to the court.
This is something only a fool would do.
Fortunately, the emperor asked Zheng Sen to reveal this hidden meaning to Zheng Zhilong in the name of a family letter, so that even if Zheng Zhilong did not respond immediately, the emperor would not be too embarrassed.
But yesterday, the eldest son Zheng Sen sent another letter home, and Zheng Zhilong was really tempted after reading it.
"Brother, what kind of promises did the court make?
What did my good nephew say in the letter?"
Zheng Hongkui is obviously in a good mood.
Recently, the court has given his eldest brother an official position and a title, which can be said to be a great deal of favor.
At this time, Zheng Sen sent someone to send a letter home, which is definitely a good thing.
Zheng Zhilong handed an opened letter to Zheng Hongkui and said with a faint smile: "Read it yourself."
Zheng Hongkui took the letter and unfolded it to read it.
At first he looked calm, but after reading half of it, he exclaimed in surprise.
"The imperial court wants to change water transportation to sea transportation."
No wonder Zheng Hongkui was so surprised.
Since the construction of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, it has been an important link connecting the north and the south.
After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, its reliance on the Grand Canal reached an unprecedented level.
Regardless of whether it is silk, grain or salt from Jiangnan, they all need to be transported to Beijing by the Grand Canal.
But during the Wanli period, the canal was often blocked, and the court had to spend a lot of manpower and material resources to clear it.
In addition, the efficiency of water transportation was becoming increasingly low, so the imperial court began to think of replacing water transportation with sea transportation.
But this is just a thought, and I have never been able to put it into practice.
The reason is that the Thousand-Mile Grand Canal supports hundreds of thousands of water transport workers.
If water transport is abolished and replaced by sea transport, it will certainly improve efficiency and streamline expenditures, but hundreds of thousands of water transport workers will be left without food, which is likely to cause big troubles.
But bringing up old things today has a different meaning.
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The country of Jiashen was in chaos, and almost all of the northern land fell into the hands of the Donglu and Chuangni.
Even though the Holy Emperor wisely ordered the army to take over Shandong not long ago, we have to admit that the water transportation between the north and the south was still blocked and paralyzed
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