The time came in 1652, and the second year of July.

The war between Mingwei basically came to an end, the remnants of the Ming army retreated to Guangdong, Fujian, Gannan, Wei Jun occupied the South, Zhejiang, Huguang, and the northwestern region of Jiang.

Gao Yihuan immediately ordered, changed the south to Anhui, Jiangsu two provinces, Hunan, Hubei two provinces, but Beijing and Nanjing did not change the name, still called Beijing.

After Zhu Cixing crossed Lingnan and retreated into Guangzhou, Wei Jun had to digest the area occupied, and was not ready to continue the attack, so the army stopped and did not pursue, and the world was only about the outside and the two places were still fighting.

For these two battlefields, Gao Yihuan is not worried, with the Wei army occupying Jiangnan and Huguang, the population, resources, taxes have increased significantly, the national strength has soared, the foreign nobles have less food, the southwest Sun is expected to transport materials inconvenient, Wei Jun does not use any strategy, light consumption also consumes energy to them.

In July, Jiangnan was hot, the hot sun roasted the earth white, Jinsheng Huan retreated from Hengzhou Province to Changsha, Zhao Daxian also retreated from Xianxiaguan to Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, and all the Wei Juns retreated to varying degrees, taking a stand in the heat of summer.

At this time, Gao Yihuan did not rest, but in the face of the hot sun, inspected all over Jiangnan, and ran the workshops of Suzhou, Songjiang and other places.

Jiangnan Genre landowners and merchants, originally had a war on Wei Guo, after all, high Yi Huan came from the stream, the thief will come from, they always worried that the Wei Congress will start on them, will suppress Jiangnan squire and the merchant.

However, Gao Yihuan personally inspected the workshops around the world, and sent orders, carried out government procurement, and helped the major workshops in Jiangnan to return to work, so that he gradually changed his view of the Dawei regime, and even made some merchants feel ecstatic.

The successive dynasties are basically heavy agricultural and light merchants, Jiangnan's big merchants, even if the family is rich, they also need to attach to the Jiangnan Shi ethnic group, the status is relatively low, and the emperor Dawei actually personally inspected the workshops of the major merchants, so that some people are keen to be aware of the opportunity.

Songjiang Province, is the most developed area of Jiangnan silk weaving industry, Gao Yihuan left Changshu, in Suzhou for more than a month, then led a group of people, came to Songjiang County.

Gangnam land, the economy is developed, the population to the city, and the city built earlier, can not accommodate so many people, so outside the county, along the official road formed a long street, market, workshop.

Gao Yihuan and a group of people came to ride, and they saw the streets outside the city, the flags were flying, the people were moving, and in the distant silk workshop, a smoke column was raised.

“ShhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhThe merchant who accompanied the inspection, pointed to the distance, "Your Majesty is the advanced city to rest, or now to go to the workshop to see!"

Although Gao Yihuan has seen many workshops, he is still interested in the budding of Jiangnan's capital and these primitive handicraft workshops.

“Go to the workshop and see!”Gao Yi happily pulled the horse, the legs clamped down the horse's belly, crocheted on the charcoal horse, and the "stupid" rushed out.

Li Laiheng immediately led thousands of cavalry, galloped out, more than Gao Yihuan a group of people, the first step to the workshop.

Songjiang County had long known the news of Gao Yihuan's visit, and the county order and a large number of gentry and merchants had been greeted outside the city as early as, and heard that Gao Yihuan went directly to the workshop and hurried to the workshop.

When Gao Yihuan arrived at the workshop, thousands of Wei sergeants were killed, and the basalt guards had placed the workshop around the martial law.

"Sai Min Xia Yunxi, see your majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"A 30-year-old middle-aged businessman Jia, bowed to the ground, a slightly fat body, a little trembling with excitement.

Gao Yihuan jumped down from the horse and threw the whip to the guard, showing the kindness of his father's smile: "No need to be polite, I don't come, I hope it does not affect the production of the workshop!"

“Your Majesty’s arrival is the blessing of the little people, and the little people cannot ask for it, and it does not affect at all.”Xia Yunxi was busy kowtowed.

Gao Yi waved his hand to let him rise, see his temperament is not like a businessman, can not help but casually ask: "Songjiang Huating people Xia Yunyi, Xia finished, you can know."

Xia Yunxi, a spirit, timidly echoes: "Sire, Xia Yunyi is a small national brother, but the small people do not approve of their actions."

Gao Yiyi smiled slightly and said, “You don’t have to be nervous, they follow Nanming and have nothing to do with you.”Take me to your workshop.”

At present, Xia Yunxi visited the workshop with Gao Yixi, but turned around and spent nearly an hour.

The workshop covers an area of more than 800 acres, with many workshops such as silk, textiles, dyeing cloth, etc. In each workshop, there are hundreds of machines running at the same time, making Gao Yihuan a little trance.

Along the way, Xia Yunxi explained the various processes to Gao Yixi, and the high-mindedness listened to the clouds, but he kept on and down, but he did not understand that only he knew.

"How do you operate this workshop, how many new looms can you add in a year?"Gao Yihuan looked at it and could not help but be filled with confidence in Jiangnan handicraft industry.

At this time, the Western handicraft industry has not yet developed, and the products circulating in the world, mainly Chinese goods, can be done if they seize the opportunity.

Xia Yunxi said, "Your Majesty, this workshop has not added a loom for more than ten years."

"You hire so many workers, you should make a lot of money every year, why not expand the scale!" 」Gao Yihuan slightly frowned, after the accumulation of capital, should not expand?

Xia Yunxi said, “The little man does make some money every year, but all of this money is used to buy land or to lend money.”

Gao Yi’s eyebrows frowned into the Sichuan letter, “Is renting and lending more profitable than the workshop?”

“Your Majesty, this is not true, but it is more secure.In the past, the loom was added every year, but later it was found that the loom was more, and the goods could not be sold, so it was not added.”

Gao Yihuan mused for a while, Jiangnan Shang Jia did not choose to continue to expand, it should be not enough market, and Shang Jia's social status is low, can not control the regime, no strength to create the market, open the market, so the development to a certain level, it is not far ahead.

If the merchants enter the political stage and can influence the policy of the imperial court, they will have the confidence to continue to expand.

Gao Yixiang was silent, this is an official suddenly walked in, a whisper to Chen Mingxia, Chen Mingxia listened, the face of a hint of joy, and then went to Gao Yixiang, the indignation said: "Your Majesty, Qian Mubin was detained by Zheng's family."

Gao Yi said, “Why should Zheng Zhilong deduct money and be humble?”

Chen Mingxia's face is a little unnatural, and eventually he still dares not to hide, "It is Zheng Zhilong's son Zheng Sen!"

Gao Yi said, “What is the attitude of Zheng Zhilong?”

Chen Mingxia said: "He was willing to surrender, but Zheng Sen took a group of people, from Fuzhou, to Quanzhou, obviously want to fight against Dawei."

Saying Chen Mingxia's face with a calm face and a fist, "Sire, the courtier thinks that the Zheng family wants to bet on two sides, so that you can't stay on two sides with three knives!"

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