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Chapter 939 Peach Blossom Flood

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    In the end, even the Wuhu Medicinal Materials Industry Guild was directly restructured into Wuhu Medicinal Materials Company and merged into Jiangnan Medical Group

    Mr. Zhao¡¯s trip to Wuhu was full of achievements and he caught everything in one go.

    Even he himself was quite surprised by the enthusiasm of Wuhu industrial and commercial people to join the Jiangnan Group.

    ¡°Actually, the scar has healed and he has forgotten the pain. It has only been a year or two, and he no longer remembers why he had to beg for nothing to hug the eldest princess¡¯ thigh.

    Without the protection of his godmother, how dare he start the coal lotus root business?  Dare to buy hundreds or even thousands of coal mines in Xishan?  Dare to issue shares of Xishan Company and make money like crazy?  I have been killed a hundred times by those powerful people who eat people without spitting out their bones!

    In a society like the Ming Dynasty, where businessmen generally had a low status and the legal system was extremely imperfect, having a large amount of wealth but not enough power to protect themselves would only bring disaster.

    Therefore, businessmen¡¯s desire for a sense of security has reached an abnormal level.  So they want to kneel down and lick the officials, so they want to stick together, so they generously help students, and order their children to study hard.  Everything is to obtain capital for self-protection.

    Now, Zhao Hao has established such an unprecedented community of interests. Although the top layer is still composed of powerful families, it is still essentially a group of businessmen, which is naturally friendly and attractive to businessmen.

    ¡° Moreover, Jiangnan Group has proved that it is strong enough to provide all members with the sense of security they need most by defeating Xu.

    In comparison, development prospects are secondary.  What's more, the prospect of joining Jiangnan Group is already very bright.

    This is why businessmen¡¯s enthusiasm for Jiangnan Group far exceeds Zhao Hao¡¯s enthusiasm for them.  They eagerly hope to become part of this group and be protected by the group.  Of course, the earlier you join, the better position you can get. This simple truth is something that all businessmen will not be confused about.

    Therefore, it is understandable that before Mr. Zhao left Wuhu, both Ruan Bi and Wang Yu had held guild meetings and determined the overall policy of collective restructuring and integration into Jiangnan Group.

    Since you want to join, of course you have to be happy and active.  He was looked down upon by Mr. Zhao for being coy and hesitant, but instead gained more than he lost.

    Mr. Zhao was greeted by a crowd of people when he came, and saw him off by thousands of people when he left. The Hui merchants took a boat and sent him twenty miles into the Yangtze River, and then parted reluctantly and shed tears.

    How could Mr. Zhao not love Wuhu like this?  After this trip, the city's status in his heart quietly rose to a higher level.

    ??~~

    ??The Science No. followed the wind and the current, riding the wind and waves, speeding on the Yangtze River, and entered Dangtu County in less than half an hour.

    Looking at Tianmen Mountain, which looks like two tigers dominating the river, Mr. Zhao couldn't help but think of the time two years ago when he and Fatty Tang came to the countryside to collect silk.

    At that time, my own capital was defrauded by asking Mr. Zhao to perform in Deheng as his true character.  When he was collecting silk, Fatty Tang used all means to lower the price and collected a total of 10,000 kilograms of silk for 5,000 taels of silver!

    A pound of raw silk costs only five qian.

    And just one or two months later, the price of raw silk soared to two taels per catty.  Zhao Hao heard that that summer, country people with Dangtu accents often went to Tang Ji's South Store to cause trouble, demanding more money from him and almost beating Fatty Tang.

    Fortunately, the price of silk fell back by one tael later, and no one bothered Tang Youde anymore.

    Although those people in Dangtu didn¡¯t know that Zhao Hao was the instigator, they didn¡¯t go to Wei Ji Xian to cause trouble.  However, Mr. Zhao still had a guilty conscience and felt that he had no face to face his father-in-law.  Then he ordered to leave Dangtu quickly from the west bank of Jiangxinzhou.

    As a result, Dangtu County Magistrate Huang Jinse, who was waiting for Mr. Zhao on the east bank, was in vain.  Fortunately, the magistrate of Huang County with a very domineering name was also a Jinshi in the second year of Longqing. He was sent to Taiping Mansion together with Shuaiji. Everyone was on their own and didn't think too much about it.

    The Science No. went straight down the river and arrived at Jinling City before dusk. A misty spring rain began to fall from the sky, shrouding Jinling City in the distance in mist.

    Seeing that the weather is bad, Zhao Hao plans to go to the city tonight, stay overnight in a mountainside villa, and then go to Longjiang Shipyard for inspection tomorrow morning.

    But after getting off the boat at Jiangdongmen Pier, Xu Bangrui, who came to greet him, told him a big news - the Peach Blossom Flood broke out in the Yellow and Huaihe Rivers at the same time, destroying a large section of the river embankment in the lower reaches of the Huanghuai River.

    Due to the water flowing out of the river, the water level in the entire Pei County, Xuzhou, Suqian and Huai'an areas has dropped, causing more than 600 miles of rivers to be silted up. More than 2,000 watercrafts from the Water Transport Yamen are blocked in Xiapi and cannot move forward!

    Zhao Hao is not surprised by this, because nearly four hundred years ago, the Yellow River diverted the Huaihe River and entered the sea, seriously disrupting the original Huaihe River system. The ecological environment of the entire Jianghuai region was also fatally damaged, and countlessFlooding lakes sometimes dry up and sometimes overflow, bringing endless suffering to the people in the Jianghuai River.

    The great flood in the third year of Longqing was just the beginning. From then on, the Yellow River would flood year after year until the man named Pan stood up and fought to the death

    Zhao Hao has been waiting for this news for a long time, but when he really waited for it, he was not happy at all.  Although the hazards of the Peach Blossom Flood are not as serious as those of the Summer Flood, at least the people have enough time to escape.  But he knows very well that in the next few years, a large area of ??the Yellow River Flood Area will appear in the lower reaches of the Huanghuai River that is uninhabitable and uncultivable, bringing heavy suffering to the millions of people living there.

    But Hai Rui, the governor of Yingtian, could not control the area north of the Yangtze River, and private disaster relief was deeply tabooed by the court. Therefore, Zhao Hao could not directly lend a helping hand and had to find a way to avoid suspicion.

    And the most important thing is to take advantage of the opportunities brought by the blockage of water transportation to clear the sea transportation barrier!

    Zhao Hao has been working hard to prepare for this moment.

    "We won't go into the city, go directly to the Longjiang Factory." Mr. Zhao ordered decisively.

    "So anxious?" Xu Bangrui has also participated in the group meeting, so he naturally knows that the top priority of the First Five-Year Plan is to secure grain and sea transportation and take the opportunity to open up sea trade!

    But he never expected that the opportunity would come in the blink of an eye. It felt very sudden.

    "The whole group, the whole Jiangnan, is looking forward to opening the sea." Zhao Hao said with an unprecedented firmness: "The sooner we strive, the sooner we can realize it, and the sooner we can rejuvenate Jiangnan!"

    ¡°Young Master is really worried about the people of Jiangnan.¡± Xu Bangrui couldn¡¯t help but sighed: ¡°Fortunately, God will help me this time, so it shouldn¡¯t be a big problem.¡±

    "This matter is not that easy." On the bumpy carriage, with the sound of rain getting heavier and heavier, Zhao Hao said slowly: "Now that the water transportation has been cut off, all the princes in the court must be panicking, worried that the capital will be trapped.  . But after all, the grain stored in Taicang can still be used for two years. They will soon start their own calculations again, and they will have a hard nut to chew on."

    As he spoke, he smiled and said: "So it's better to finish the business in Jiangnan as soon as possible and go to Beijing as soon as possible to lobby."

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