In the seventh year of the Qingli period of the Song Dynasty, the people flourished.
Not only is the economy, military and education prosperous, but the culture is also quite prosperous.
Since the imperial court allowed private individuals to publish newspapers, newspapers in Liangzhe Road have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain.
Although news was supervised by the imperial court, newspapers were diverse in nature, with various tabloids, miscellaneous newspapers, and news newspapers emerging one after another, bringing rich entertainment culture to the people of the Song Dynasty.
At this moment, Liu Yong, the deputy envoy of the Liangzhe Road Transportation Department, was sitting in a sedan chair and heading towards the dock.
Liu Yong was transferred from the post of Xinzhou magistrate in February last year, and worked with another deputy transport envoy, Ren Maocheng, to serve as deputy to Du Qi, the transport envoy of Liangzhe Road.
In the past, the official system of the Song Dynasty had four departments along the way, namely the Pacifier of the Marshal's Department, the Transport Commissioner of the Grain Transport Department, the Grain and Oil Department's Regular Commissioner, and the Criminal Justice Commissioner.
These four positions correspond to military and civil affairs, the collection and transportation of money and grain, warehouses and the monopoly of money, grain, tea and salt, as well as criminal justice and litigation matters.
However, since the power of the General Manager and Pacifier was too great and he was in charge of the military and civil affairs along the way, there was an unwritten rule that only the border routes would have a General Manager and Pacifier.
There are usually only three offices in each part of the inland area, and the government affairs are usually managed by the transport envoys.
After the official system was reformed in the Song Dynasty, this unwritten rule was implemented, and the civil affairs power of various routes was officially handed over to the transport envoy for management. Therefore, the transport envoy can now be said to be the highest official in the route.
In order to further refine power, a transport envoy is often equipped with several deputy transport envoys, each with their own responsibilities, to assist the transport envoy in completing daily work.
For example, Ren Maocheng was the deputy envoy in charge of public security and planning, while Liu Yong was in charge of transportation, ports, civil affairs and other matters.
In March this year, landlords caused trouble on Liangzhe Road.
The court sent the Minister of Finance Xia Song to take charge of the matter in person, and with the assistance of the Transport Commissioner Du Qi, the Minister of Revenue, the Minister of Justice and others, the matter was settled.
Although Liu Yong was not an official who was mainly involved in the pacification, he traveled all over Liangzhe afterwards and personally investigated the rural areas in various places to understand the basic information and situation of the people. He wrote a report and sent it to the Political System Council, which was praised by Zhao Jun.
Therefore, at this time, his position in the Liangzhe Road government was already the third highest government official, after Du Qi and Ren Maocheng.
It is already October, the beginning of winter, but the temperature in Jiangsu and Zhejiang is not too cold. Hangzhou is bustling with people and cars, and outside the city, high-rise buildings are rising like Bianliang.
Last year, Du Qi, together with another deputy envoy in charge of trade and economy, personally went to Wu'an Iron and Steel Plant and invited a deputy director of Wu'an Iron and Steel Plant to come to Liangzhe Road.
This man brought a group of employees and established the Liangzhe Road Steel Plant in the Huzhou area. He then established state-owned cement plants and brick factories one after another.
Therefore, the city of Hangzhou today has also kept up with the pace of modernization, with large-scale construction and factory building everywhere. Various cement plants, brick factories and other small factories have sprung up, and other textile factories and processing plants are also being built.
In addition, the landlords in Liangzhe Road were either dead or disabled. The remaining landlords had no choice but to judge the situation and sell their land to invest in factories, so that Hangzhou's industrial development was even comparable to that of Bianliang.
The most famous of these is the shipyard in Qianqing. The imperial court directly marked out a natural shelter and designated the entire surrounding area as a military restricted area to build warships for the Song Dynasty.
In the past few years, the main ships built were for seagoing to cope with the growing overseas trade.
However, as the imperial court attached more and more importance to the navy, it gradually transformed and began to build warships. For example, the Fujian Ship, Feihu Ship, Haigu Ship and other warships of the Zhejiang Ninghai Navy were manufactured by Qianqing Shipyard, making this place the largest shipbuilding base in Liangzhe Road.
It is very close to Hangzhou, less than 30 kilometers away.
In the morning, Liu Yong rode in a carriage through the bustling streets, arrived at the pier, boarded a boat, and drifted down the waterway. By noon, he had arrived at Qianqingyi.
Although it is called a post station, it is as big as a small town. There are many wood processing factories in the town, which mainly provide wood raw materials for shipyards.
When Liu Yong got off the boat, Zhang Zongyi, the governor of Yuezhou, and a group of officials were already waiting for him.
The boat slowly stopped at Matou. Liu Yong opened the curtain and walked out of the cabin. Many officials had already come to greet him. They bowed and said, "This humble official greets the deputy director."
"Everyone is polite."
Liu Yong returned the greeting and said, "I am here on behalf of the imperial court to observe the handover ceremony. The ironclad ship carries the hopes of the emperor and the chancellor. You may come with me."
"I've heard for a long time that ironclad ships are already under construction, but unfortunately, we only heard about them before and didn't know whether they were true or not. Now we can finally feast our eyes on them."
"Yes, although this shipyard is in our Yuezhou, it is not under our jurisdiction. The people in the shipyard are very powerful. It is extremely difficult to get information from them."
"The last time I went to Bianliang for the inspection and selection, I took a train. Now, the ironclad ship is known as the sea train, and it can travel a thousand miles a day. I am really looking forward to it."
Many Yuezhou officials laughed and the atmosphere became relaxed.
The shipyard is currently under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Transport.
Because when the ministerial division was first carried out, the Ministry of Industry was not established.
After all, industry is something that has only developed in recent years. Now is the period of wild growth in each field, and there is no unified plan yet.
However, it won't be long before Zhao Jun is already preparing for the construction of the Ministry of Industry, so matters such as shipbuilding and railway construction will be temporarily handled by the Ministry of Transport.
Qianqing Shipyard is located in Liangzhe Road, and Liu Yong is the official in charge of transportation, managing the road and waterway construction of the entire road. Therefore, the shipyard is currently under his charge.
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