Girl, there's something wrong with you

Yu Yuangui and his party went down the Yangtze River, picked up the two eldest princesses of Nankang and Luling at Jiankang City Pier, and sailed towards Jingkou.

"Jingkou Town in the past was just a place where refugees gathered. There were shacks all over the place, sewage flowed across the ground, the refugees were in rags, and the livestock were bankrupt on the streets." Facing his two nieces, Yu Yuangui seemed to be in a good mood, and pointed to the country and said, "Xi Gong mentioned it. We have tried to rectify Jingkou several times, but have been delayed again and again due to financial pressure, probably because the manpower and financial resources required to start from scratch are all astronomical and unaffordable."

"Cheng Jinyang's ability to develop this wasteland is enough to prove that he has the ability to control the land. Nankang, if you marry him, I will live up to the last wish of the former emperor."

Speaking of this, Yu Yuangui looked sad. The late emperor had always regretted not being able to see Nankang get married during his lifetime, but now he could finally make up for it.

The two sisters in Luling, Nankang also looked sad. Thinking that their father was no longer alive, they felt uncontrollable sadness.

Not wanting to talk more about this topic, Luling smiled and said:

"Stop talking, my sister is about to get married, and I don't know where my husband is yet! If my father is worried, he should worry about me first."

"If you already have a crush on Luling, just tell your uncle." Yu Yuangui felt better and said with a smile.

"I told you that your uncle would agree?" Lu Ling deliberately pretended not to believe it.

"Luling, don't you know the reason why eldest daughters are difficult to marry but younger daughters are easier to marry?" Yu Yuangui asked her.

Nowadays, according to the rules of the Jin Empire, the royal family must marry politically with aristocratic families, and not all daughters' marriages need to be carefully selected.

The eldest daughter often needs to marry well, and the consort's family must be strong enough, and he will later help consolidate the imperial power as a relative.

In this way, the political pressure on other princesses will be much less, and the scope of choosing a son-in-law will be wider.

The subtext of Yu Yuangui's words is that he wants to promote the Cheng family of Shendu as a relative, just like Wang Maohong promoted Xie Anshi, which is essentially the inheritance of the old political forces and the new political forces.

The eldest princess of Nankang understood what her uncle meant and said with a smile:

"If my uncle hadn't asked for permission in the past to approve the Cheng family's independent recruitment of troops in the capital city, where would the Jingkou Town and Beifu troops come from now?"

These words made Yu Yuangui feel a little ashamed, because he had no such intention at first, and it was the eldest princess of Nankang who persuaded him.

Considering that he wanted to curb the strength of the Wang family in Taiyuan in the military, Yu Yuangui agreed to delegate power to the Cheng family in the divine capital - at that time, how did he know that Cheng Jinyang could actually become a first-class giant divine weapon? !

"Anyway, you still have the vision in Nankang." He waved his hand helplessly and said, "In the past, Jinyang was just a poor boy from a poor family, and even the Cheng family in the capital city couldn't get a foothold. You actually thought of investing in him in advance. , Uncle, I really can’t compare to you in this aspect.”

"What kind of investment?" Princess Nankang said angrily, "Uncle, he is the son of a teacher. What's wrong with me taking care of him? There is no political consideration in this!"

Yu Yuangui quickly admitted his mistake with a smile, while Lu Ling listened and thought to himself:

No, I remember that my sister didn't really like Cheng Jinyang at first, because she thought he was too soft-tempered.

After his parents and childhood sweetheart died and he suffered from severe depression, my sister started to care about him and asked Dr. Wu Quemei to check on him regularly. She was gradually moved by his strength...

She even complained to herself once, saying that if you survive a catastrophe, you will be blessed later, and that Jinyang's younger brother has completely grown up.

Now I say "it's because of the teacher's son." When the teacher was alive, no one saw how much you favored him.

Of course, if she exposed it here, she would definitely be beaten up by the angry old sister, so Lu Ling turned to look outside the side of the ship and secretly observed her sister's reflection on the glass.

It's strange, the more she looks at her, the more beautiful she becomes. Although the position of her facial features has not changed, she feels completely different from before.

Could it be that phase comes from the heart? Because of the happiness of getting married, the whole person is radiant?

The ship finally arrived at Jingkou, and Yu Yuangui and his party boarded the port.

………………

This is where?

Is this Jingkou Town, or a big city like Lin'an Jiankang?

Looking around, you can see a group of high-rise buildings with more than 30 floors, standing like screens along the Yangtze River. For a moment, people have the illusion of dreaming back to Lujiazui, Songjiang.

Cheng Jinyang had already been waiting at the pier to greet him, and asked everyone to get into the vehicles parked on the roadside.

Yu Yuangui took the two highnesses into the car and couldn't help but look outside the car window again.

Where did so many tall buildings come from!

However, when I saw a large number of professional white-collar workers coming in and out at the main entrance of the building, it didn't seem like a ghost building.

There are really people working in these high-rise buildings...

Noticing the incredible gazes of everyone in the back row, Cheng Jinyang introduced:

"The office buildings along the river are basically the property of the Zheng family in Xingyang."

"When I came here last time, there were not so many high-rise buildings." Sister Princess said in amazement.

"Well, their civil engineering technology has many unique features." Cheng Jinyang said with a smile, "I've seen their construction, and it's really just like building blocks."

Yu Yuangui fell silent, secretly shocked by the explosive productivity of the Zheng family in Xingyang.

In the past, when Jiankang City was rebuilt after the Wang Chuzhong Rebellion, this family had never been so concerned about it, but now they are doing their best to please their son-in-law.

"Then let's assume that the Zheng family is cheating on you." Princess Luling frowned and asked, "I think the occupancy rate is not low. Where did you get these companies?"

"Oh, it was basically brought here by the Cui and Wang families." Cheng Jinyang replied, "We have preferential tax rates, financial support, and cheap northern refugees, so some industries in surrounding cities are moving to Jingkou... Of course, the main reason is that the bosses trust the goodwill of the Cui and Wang family."

Yu Yuangui was speechless.

Cui's funds, Wang's connections, and the steady flow of northern refugees, the combined effect of these three is simply incredible.

To put it exaggeratedly, it means that we have the foundation to build another imperial capital.

"What's the permanent population in Jingkou now?" he asked abruptly.

"There are about 1.4 million people registered." Cheng Jinyang replied.

Everyone:………………

1.4 million is not a large number for a city.

It is an ordinary city within the empire, with a population of about two to three million.

However, considering that Jingkou Town was only a gathering place for about a hundred thousand northern refugees almost a year and a half ago, it is very outrageous to think about it, and it almost feels like a dream and unreality.

Not to mention that this is only the permanent population. If you include the unregistered homeless people who are wandering around, I am afraid that the scale of development of Jingkou Town has far exceeded Yu Yuangui's original expectations.