Fortunately, Shi Lang was there. He used cloth to modify these ships into sailboats.
Taking advantage of the northeast wind, the sails pushed the boat upstream, saving everyone a lot of effort when rowing!
Several days later, their fleet arrived at Jiangning Prefecture!
It was also known as Nanjing in later generations!
Seeing Jiangning Prefecture, Li Haoran could not help but recall that Shi Lang's son had once been the Jiangning Prefecture Magistrate.
Shi Shilun was an honest and upright official. He enforced the law impartially, was not afraid of the powerful, and was diligent in civil affairs. He had the reputation of "Shi Qingtian" among the people and was called "the first honest official in Jiangnan" by Emperor Kangxi.
But they didn't know that Shi Lang's family had many fertile fields on the island and had been collecting taxes for hundreds of years!
However, Shi Lang's son was indeed very capable, especially when it came to managing the water transport!
But that guy was only 10 years old now, and he was on the boat with her!
Jiangning Prefecture was as rich as Yangzhou, so Li Haoran wanted to make a profit here before leaving.
He saw the flag of the Assistant Minister, Oboi, flying high in the air, and the tall, mighty man with an arrogant face.
The magistrate of Jiangning Prefecture, Jiangning Weaving, and the officials led by General Jiangning were all trembling in fear!
They completely believed that the person in front of them was the most powerful official of the Mianqing Kingdom, Oboi!
Ao Bai was a man who loved to kill people. He would kill people whenever he wanted. He had already killed two of the four assistant ministers that Emperor Shunzhi had left behind for Emperor Kangxi.
As for the other two, one was him, and the other was Elbulon, who was attached to him!
Therefore, when the local officials below saw Oboi, they trembled as if they had seen King Yama!
Ao Bai's voice was a bit hoarse as he looked at Jiang Ning Weaving with contempt."What's your surname?"
That Jiangning Weaving man said with a trembling voice,""My surname is Chen…"
Both the Ming and Qing dynasties had the tradition of setting up a weaving bureau in Nanjing to provide silk fabrics for the palace. At first, it was managed by eunuchs.
Later, during the Shunzhi and Kangxi periods, the Internal Affairs Bureau gradually sent people to manage it, so there was the position of "Jiangning Weaving Doctor".
The daily work of Jiangning Weaving was to supervise the production and purchase of various silk fabrics for the palace. The person in charge was the official position of Jiangning Weaving Doctor, with an official rank of five.
Although he was only a fifth-grade official, because most of Jiangning's weaving was held by the Eight Banners 'internal affairs minister who was trusted by the emperor, he was called the "Jiangning Weaving Department".
His status was second only to the governor of the two rivers. He was also trusted by the emperor and could directly provide the court with all kinds of intelligence in the Jiangnan area, so his power was prominent.
Ao Bai seemed a little disappointed."So your surname isn't Cao!"
The three magnates of Jiangning Prefecture were all trembling in fear in front of Ao Bai. They no longer looked like magnates.
The three of them looked at each other, not quite understanding what Ao Bai meant. Could it be that he wanted to plant a person surnamed Cao to be the weaving manager of Jiangning?
Of course, this Ao Bai was Li Haoran in disguise!
The reason why Li Haoran had that question was because he remembered that the Jiangning Weaving during the Kangxi era seemed to be Cao Xueqin's grandfather, Cao Yin!
However, that dog Kangxi had been in power for too long. In the early years of Kangxi, Cao Xueqin's grandfather had yet to make a name for himself!
In history, Cao Yin entered the palace at the age of 16 as the guard of the Kangxi Emperor. In the 29th year of Kangxi, he was appointed to Suzhou Weaving, and three years later, he was transferred to Jiangning Weaving. After Kangxi, he visited the south six times, four of which he stayed at Cao Yin's house.
There were four people in Cao Yin's family who had held the position of weaving in Jiangning. Cao Yin had also received money from the Imperial Household Department as a retainer.
However, the Cao family was inevitably involved in the struggle for the crown prince in the late Kangxi period. The Cao family had repeatedly recommended the eighth prince Yinxi to be the crown prince, angering the fourth prince Yongzheng at that time. Therefore, after Yongzheng came to power, he immediately cleaned up the Cao family. The once prosperous Cao family completely collapsed, just like the Jia family in the Dream of the Red Chamber.
Li Haoran, disguised as Ao Bai, looked down at the three of them and said coldly,"
"Now, let me tell you. My purpose in going south this time is not only to capture the traitor Chen Jinnan, the chief of the Heaven and Earth Society.
The other goal was to raise money and food to prepare for the crusade against the Western Peace Prince, Wu Sangui!
Perhaps you don't know, but just a few days ago, the people of Pingxi King Wu Sangui secretly came to Yangzhou and launched a rebellion there. They were destroyed by my heavy troops!
I have made up my mind to persuade the emperor to withdraw the three vassals.
That Pingxi King Wu Sangui was not willing to sit still and wait for death. He would definitely raise an army to rebel.
Therefore, we have to raise enough money and food to crusade against Wu Sangui!
Your Jiangning Prefecture will immediately raise two million taels of silver!”
The three people from Jiangning Prefecture looked at each other. How come they had never heard of such a thing before!
General Jiangning relied on his Manchu identity and mustered up his courage to question,""Milord, why haven't we heard of it before? Where is the imperial edict?”
Li Haoran slapped General Jiangning and sent him flying!
He angrily rebuked," I am an assistant minister, and my words are like an imperial edict. Moreover, the matter of dealing with Wu Sangui is a top secret. Do I have to tell you publicly? Isn't that letting Ping Xiwang, that old turtle, know our military situation in advance?!"
Let me tell you, since I even dare to kill the other assistant ministers, I can easily kill you three little things as if I were stepping on a bunch of ants!
Now, think of a way to gather two million taels of silver for this old man!
Otherwise, tomorrow will be your death anniversary!”
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