The ship finally docked in Tongzhou.
I have to admit that great changes have taken place in the past few decades since Feng Ziying was in power.
Even his uncle had to admit that Feng Ziying was born to be an emperor. He was able to direct and control the entire government. Basically, the cabinet could only do things according to the path he designed, and everything was done beautifully.
The dredging of the canal has always been a big problem, and water transportation has also been a problem that has troubled the court for decades.
It stands to reason that with the increasing prosperity of maritime transportation, grain transportation gradually turned to shipping. Hundreds of thousands of Caoding and their families who relied on water transportation lost their livelihoods. How could they not cause trouble?
However, the water transportation reform promoted by Feng Ziying made the Caoding people peaceful and even happily resigned from their citizenship and went to make a living on their own.
At that time, even the imperial court was said to be on tenterhooks, deeply afraid of causing trouble.
However, with the support of Feng Ziying, the last governor of water transportation, Ma Shiying, drastically reformed water transportation.
Hundreds of thousands of Caoding and their families suddenly became ordinary people in the local area, but the Caoding ships were all handed over to the Caoding in the form of discounts, deductions, and interest-free loans.
The imperial court convened merchants from Shanxi, Shaanxi and Jiangnan, and in addition to the imperial court's own military needs, also proposed a five-year support period and a three-year decoupling period for Caoding.
Such a matter that would have caused a huge upheaval in other dynasties was handled in such a cunning manner.
Wang Xifeng once heard Feng Ziying say when she was drunk. Without him, the economic development of the north and the south has made the demand for the transportation of coal from the north to the south, the transportation of railways from the north to the south, the transportation of grain from the south to the north, and the transportation of goods from the south to the north. The demand for transportation capacity is huge, otherwise it would be so. , how dare he carry out this reform?
This is not because of his great ability, but because the Imperial Social and Economic Development Research Center has done a good job in research.
Along the way, the original canal boats that still have traces of water transport have been gradually eliminated, but the caoding people have begun to invest in changing ships themselves and continue to be engaged in this industry. Their lives are better than when they were caoding. The changes during this period can also be seen in the level of food and clothing.
The scale of Tongzhou Wharf has almost tripled compared to 20 years ago. Thousands of sails are competing with each other and the mast walls are like a forest. The entire Tongzhou Wharf is packed to the brim.
Wang Xifeng originally hoped to build his own dedicated cement terminal at Tongzhou Port, but failed to do so.
Shanshan and Shaanxi businessmen resolutely rejected this request, which was to prevent Fengming Group’s cement from continuing to penetrate into the Beijing-China market. Wang Xifeng had no choice but to give up.
Seeing her mother standing on the pier, she seemed to have some feelings. Sister Qiao said carefully: "Mom, get on the train. If you are too slow, you can also take the horse-drawn train, and you can have a private compartment."
"No need, I don't want to make it too ostentatious." Wang Xifeng shook his head, "The road from Tongzhou to the city is all paved with cement. Now that the springs and rubber wheels of the carriage are used, it is quite good. By the way, the Xue family is also said to have Have you invested in introducing rubber trees to Nanyang?"
Sister Qiao hesitated for a moment, "I heard from the palace that the emperor said that the promotion of rubber still needs some time, and the technology is not yet mature, so although the family has invested in stocks, there are not many."
"Did he say it again?" Wang Xifeng got on the carriage and motioned for her daughter to sit next to her. "There must be a process from immaturity to maturity. He has said this specifically. I am sure this thing will be used in many ways in the future. I think your family You should be bolder and invest more. If the money is not enough, I will ask Zhifeng to lend some to your family. I heard that the imperial court also has policies to support reclamation in Nanyang..."
As the mother and daughter talked, the carriage headed straight for the capital city. Wang Xifeng has a mansion in the capital city. Even if he doesn't come to live there often, he still has servants to take care of it. Like Hongyu, she sometimes stays here when she returns to the capital.
Lin Hongyu also gave birth to a daughter, named Lin Zhiru, and also recruited a son-in-law. This lineage can be considered to be spreading.
Wang Xifeng came to live in the mansion in Nanxunfang, and Sister Qiao naturally accompanied her. Since her mother might want to enter the palace, she naturally had to follow.
Although her mother kept saying that she didn't care about the relationships between people in the palace, Sister Qiao knew that this relationship could not be broken.
What's more, no matter how you look at it, it's your mother who stole someone else's man, so why is it that your mother is acting so righteously and confidently, and is she still dissatisfied with this?
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“Feng Lazi came to Beijing again?”
Li Wan also takes good care of herself, but no matter how well she takes care of herself, she can't hide her aging appearance, but she doesn't care about this anymore.
The future of her two sons is her biggest concern.
Jialan didn't need her to worry too much, and her career was fairly stable, but it was this little son that she always kept in mind.
It's a pity that the younger son doesn't like an official career and only likes to study things.
Li Wan even thought with some resentment, wondering if his biological father had instilled something in him that made Zhi Tongcai cut off his official career and take this path.
Li Zhitong frowned, "It's fine for a mother to call aunt like this in front of her son. Don't do it in front of outsiders. You also know aunt's temper..."
Li Wan chuckled and shook the palace silk fan in his hand, "Hey, am I still afraid of her? Well, there are only you and me, mother and son, so what are you worried about? I won't worry about it outside."
“My brother attaches great importance to the glass matter. I guess this is one of the reasons why my aunt came to Beijing. In addition, there are many uncertain factors here. I guess my aunt may find some more collaborators to share the risk when she comes to Beijing...”
The elder brother in Li Zhitong's words refers to Wang Zhifeng. Even Li Wan can't figure out why his son, who has a weak relationship with his half-father Jia Lan, is so close to Wang Xifeng's son, who has nothing to do with him.
"Sister Feng is very good at calculating. She takes the lion's share of the profits and shares the risks with others. Why else would she come to the capital city again?" Li Wan smiled, "I'm afraid she will go to the palace again to inquire about the news. As soon as these news came out, people who were well-informed understood it. She was listening to the heavens again and got accurate information. She can play this trick of pretending to be powerful than anyone else."
Li Zhitong didn't know that his mother, Suli, had a good relationship with Wang Xifeng, but as soon as they turned against each other, they would have to say these meaningless and sour words. Is it true that even the best of friends are like this?
Or maybe my mother and aunt will still be worried about those things that happened decades ago?
Seemingly feeling some of his son's resentment, Li Wan took back his words and said thoughtfully: "Okay, I understand. Then Zhi Feng can be considered an honest person. At least he is not bad to you. However, if he really wants to do it, You have put so much effort into this glass or steam engine business, and the Li family also wants to take a share."
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