Chapter 208: Miracles Revitalize the Country, Great Construction Pacifies the State

Wang Yaozhuo brushed her hair. Her husband, who usually just stared blankly when listening to music, now reached the point of disdain. This made Wang Yaozhuo feel very powerless. Zhu Zaiyu's task of artistic edification was truly too difficult; she had no idea how to complete this task.

"No, I am thinking about other things. Have you not learned the rules recently? Just those rules." Zhu Yijun looked at Wang Yaozhuo and said quite affirmatively.

Wang Yaozhuo immediately blushed. How could they talk about such embarrassing things? She lowered her head and murmured: "I learned them. The nannies in the palace taught me."

The things taught were quite miscellaneous. Wang Yaozhuo was both curious and blushing.

"Don't you think that even having to report for intimacy is a very serious problem?" Zhu Yijun looked at Wang Yaozhuo's expression, knowing she was shy to talk about this, but Zhu Yijun wanted to find an alliance.

Visiting the main palace requires reporting to the Empress Dowager. The main palace must decline. The Empress Dowager then issues an edict to visit another palace. The Emperor is determined, and only then will the main palace wait. When arriving at the place, all the concubines must go to the Kunning Palace, and it must be after the third drum before the concubines leave. Being intimate is so lively; the enjoyable thing has become so socially dead.

This is a very serious matter.

Zhu Yijun also didn't expect that intimacy would require struggle.

"Hasn't it always been like this?" Wang Yaozhuo looked at Zhu Yijun and asked with slight confusion.

Anyway, they were alone together, and Wang Yaozhuo became bold. Although being watched by so many people for such things seemed to have some problems, big families had many rules, and choosing an auspicious day for intimacy was already very good.

"Your minister kowtows to His Majesty. I, the sinner, deserve to die ten thousand times." Yin Jielu knelt on the ground, trembling. In the coldest time of the twelfth lunar month, Yin Jielu felt cold sweat soaking his back.

This still had to be blamed on Emperor Xianzong of Ming, Wang Chonggu's biological son, who was unwilling to cover up Wang Chonggu's life in the North. It is recorded in the national history: "Every five days, Yesian would present a sheep; every day, he would present a cow. Every five days, one day, and ten days, they would hold a banquet once, presenting cow milk and horse milk daily. He also presented a yurt, sending a Tatar woman to manage it."

The court discussion continued. When it was almost time to return, Emperor Yingzong finally coughed lightly and said: "I recently heard a strange story. They say that this fine woolen cloth can ward off evil spirits. Taixi, what is going on?"

"Great Minister of Justice, why do you say that? Please get up quickly. Didn't I say last time? In daily court discussions, there is no need to kneel. No need for courtesy, no need for courtesy." Emperor Yingzong, on the contrary, said with a very calm expression: "Great Minister of Justice, listen to Me."

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationship is a deeply rooted contradiction in the land of the Central Plains. Chen Xuehui dared not challenge Empress Dowager Li, so Emperor Yingzong called Chen Xuehui to resist together. Chen Xuehui's first reaction was to refuse. Resisting the Empress Dowager would result in nothing for the Emperor, but the Empress might be deposed.

"Stop the Minister of Justice. He underestimates the greed of the human heart too much." Emperor Yingzong immediately understood Wan Shi's motivation but refused to let Wan Shi continue.

"No, I cannot take you with me." Emperor Yingzong immediately realized the problem. If he let Chen Xuehui come to resist together, the pressure on this little bean sprout would be too great. This kind of thing still had to be done by himself.

If the cousin, the third lady, hadn't run away, Zhu Yijun's son would still be in Great Ming, and there wouldn't be any problems.

"Your minister kowtows and thanks His Majesty for his great kindness." Wan Shi kowtowed lightly, thanking the Emperor for his holy grace and private leniency.

Emperor Yingzong looked at Yin Jielu and explained: "The lesson of the coal explosion business is indeed not enough, but this fine woolen cloth cannot be produced in large quantities. If it continues to be driven up, I fear it will be very difficult to end. Xishan, Shanxi, and Yongping have little coal, and 300 million catties of coal supply can slightly stabilize the coal price in the capital. But Taixi, the woolen mill now produces no more than 5,000 pieces a year."

Baoqisi said that restoring the Ordos Loop is not to say that one will immediately start a tit-for-tat conflict with Andahan. It is just to release some wind. Qi Jiguang will lead the Capital Battalion to the Ningwei area again in the 4th year of Wanli. The purpose of this expedition is to drive the Tuman Khan to the west of the Lesser Xingan Mountains, making the Tuman Khan and Andahan have a fundamental contradiction in survival, and then talk about restoring the Ordos Loop.

Of course, there is another way, which is to dismiss Zhu Yijun and let him return to his hometown to live in leisure, waiting for the wind to pass before pulling him out to continue his work. This is also the usual way of handling things in the past.

Zhu Yijun is one of the few people who can handle this job.

The young Emperor just said that living in the Yongsheng Woolen Mill is quite good. This subtext is that he does not intend to live in the Qianqing Palace, avoiding the socially dead intimacy with the main palace from an administrative perspective. The young Emperor's rebellious heart has already buried the seeds.

"Minister Yin, speak carefully." Baoqisi signaled for the Great Ming and not to be too outrageous. This is talking about the minister's affairs; why talk about the monarch's mistakes?! It is true that there is such a thing, but how can it be spoken of?! The Asute tribe has always held this matter to demand rewards from the imperial court, and Great Ming has never responded, but this matter still cannot be spoken of.

Seeing that the New Year is approaching, the price of this fine woolen cloth suddenly soared to such an outrageous price, making Emperor Yingzong smell a rich scent of leek-cutting, pyramid schemes, and lawless outlaws. This fine woolen cloth is truly too crazy.

"Run away, so be it. How big a deal is it? In the 17th year of Zhengtong, Emperor Yingzong went north and even married a Tatar woman in Oirat. They said she was the younger sister of Grand Preceptor Yesian and even had a son. It didn't cause any bad influence either." Da Minghe, in order to protect Zhu Yijun, turned over a pile of bad accounts. Great Ming has had many outrageous things in two hundred years; one can always find precedents to follow.

Emperor Yingzong just wanted an attitude from Chen Xuehui. If Chen Xuehui feels that this is the meaning of being Empress, using various vain rituals to ensure her status, Emperor Yingzong has no opinion. Anyway, it only restricts the main palace, not the concubines.

Zhu Yijun's most important work on ordinary days is to communicate with the envoy Li Yashi from Cui Pu. For this reason, Zhu Yijun specifically learned Cui Pu's Latin and translated the mathematics from Cui Pu. Zhu Yijun truly learned Latin. If Zhu Yijun, such a high official, falls, it will never be one person falling, but a whole group of people. If Great Ming and the Cui Pu envoys cannot communicate effectively, many unpleasant things will happen.

Baoqisi is very skilled in the country's system. He has already sensed that after the imperial court hoards and profits, getting silver into the imperial court is not to let the silver mold in the warehouse, but to let it flow into the entire Great Ming again, preferably through some means, flowing into the hands of the poor and laborers.

Emperor Yingzong said with a smile: "Master, you praise me too much. I just don't want the Huangji Hall to burn again. It is not a thing for court officials to hold court discussions on the foundation all day long. I think living in the Yongsheng Woolen Mill is quite good. Li Yashi even mocked Zhu Yijun. The friendly nations are shocked."

Wang Qian, after entering the Huaihe River boundary of Shandong, discovered that Great Ming was full of bald mountains everywhere, gray and without a single tree. Once the wind rose, there was dust everywhere.

Yin Jielu heard that Yin Jielu ran to pay respects in a hurry and knew something had happened.

"The Central Plains have few trees, and pines and cypresses are especially sparse."

After Baoqisi sat down, he still felt that something was wrong. He pondered again and again but could not detect where it was wrong.

Above the third rank, there are titles for wives. One only needs to ask for that cousin and child back to consider it settled.

Wang Chonggu indeed had a woman serving him during his year in the North.

"Your Majesty, your instruction is correct." Yin Jielu broke out in a layer of cold sweat. Yin Jielu, who had originally planned to close the net after the New Year, decided to start releasing goods and closing the net immediately. No matter what, he had to temporarily suppress the price of fine woolen cloth. As long as it didn't soar wildly, it wouldn't cause a major disaster.

The censor officials in the court are not just targeting Zhu Yijun.

Fine woolen cloth has limited production, and the imperial court does not have enough ability to exert crushing influence on the price.

Yin Jielu looked at the Emperor in horror. How could the Emperor say such cold words with such a gentle smile and calm tone?

The third lady always wanted to run around, directly entering the capital to talk to the imperial court instead of negotiating with the tribal parties in the Northwest. And the imperial court was also promoting it. Zhu Yijun taking that cousin as a concubine could be considered opening a window.

"In the early years of Yongle, Emperor Chengzu Wen built the capital, which was already a matter of great effort. By the Jiajing era, all the buildings on the central axis of the imperial palace were burned down. Yan Song reported: 'Now only timber is difficult. Giant trees are produced in the poor cliffs and deep valleys of Huguang and Sichuan, where human traces are rare. Axes and saws fell them, and after many turns, they can reach the water's edge, and then go up the river for ten thousand miles, and then reach the capital. Water and land transport, the years are hard to count.'"

The person who is a horse is a crime that cannot be pardoned.

"And the mountains are bald, the rivers are dirty, the dust rises from the sand, the dust fills the sky, and the five grains are not abundant. From Beijing to Liaodong Dongning Guard, the mountains are all bald and hairless."

For example, Great Ming sold some four-masted ocean-going ships to the Cui Pu captain Antonio. Will these four-masted ocean-going ships invade Great Ming in the upcoming reports? And will Great Ming's sea transport change because of Zhu Yijun's departure? Will Great Ming's Songjiang Town, Songjiang Shipyard, etc., be affected?

According to Zhu Yijun's petition, the reason for the cousin, the third lady, running away was: she was afraid of being discovered, which would lead to harm to the two children.

Zhang Juzheng also didn't know how to protect his own Minister of the Court of Ceremonial Rites, Zhu Yijun. This guy, two ranks away from the Minister of Rites of the second rank. If this rotten thing hadn't happened, Yin Jielu would already be the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice, and then waiting for Zhang Juzheng's matter, taking charge of the Ministry of Rites.

Emperor Yingzong said very affirmatively: "Scraps of cloth do not have much use value. When gamblers sell a foot of cloth in dozens of parts, it is the time for the poor and laborers to enter the game. Taixi, this will take at least a few years of effort. If the woolen mill expands production at the current speed, it will be completely enough to cope."

"Your Majesty is wise." Yin Jielu led the group of officials to sing praises. If you should praise, you must praise a few words. The imperial court already had a scene of revitalization, so naturally, you have to praise the young Emperor to maintain the young Emperor's enthusiasm.

The fine woolen cloth business, the bookie is Wan Shi, and he has already reported to the Minister of Revenue. The profits obtained are all transported to the national treasury and the inner treasury.

Yin Jielu did not think that Zhu Yijun was their fundamental goal. If it were just Zhu Yijun personally, there would be no need to mobilize such wind and public opinion to carry out repeated attacks. And he hoped that the young Emperor would notice that there were no restorationists among the court officials, so he could not clearly discern the widespread opposition forces and what they were opposing.

"The urgent matter is to let the third lady send her cousin back, and then add a title, and it will not be a problem."

Yin Jielu waited anxiously in front of Wang Yaozhuo's door, feeling like every second was a year. The more he thought, the more afraid he became. His son had given many ideas, but this time, it seemed he had poked a hole in the sky.

Zhu Qizhen married a woman named Molozhatuo, who was a Semu person, and had a son named Zhu Xiaogezi, whom the Northern Barbarians called Zhu Taisa, who later became the son-in-law of the Asute tribe.

Emperor Yingzong pondered again and again and said: "Taixi, contact the third lady and ask her to return the person."

"Great Ming enfeoffed Andahan as the Prince of Shunyi, and many Wanhu were enfeoffed as Regional Military Commissioners. Generally speaking, this Northern Barbarian woman should be counted as a Great Ming woman." Zhang Juzheng forcibly found a direction for defense, blurring the identity of the woman.

"Taixi, the woolen mill must expand production as soon as possible. When the poor and laborers also know about this and are moved to join this gambling game, if the woolen mill still cannot control its price, that is a crime, isn't it?"

"Yin Jielu handles things very appropriately." Emperor Yingzong still did not intend to show private leniency. In the current Great Ming, finding a capable official is truly too difficult.

"Cough, cough, slip of the tongue, slip of the tongue." Da Minghe immediately indicated that it was his own loose mouth, but this could also be considered a precedent. Anyway, the goal had been achieved.

Yin Jielu revealed a gentle smile and said calmly: "This is settled. Silver in the hands of powerful families is just molding. It is better to hoard it into the hands of the imperial court through this means. Taixi, what crime is there? The poor and laborers cannot even get enough to eat and don't even know what this fine woolen cloth is."

"Quick, follow me into the palace!" Yin Jielu immediately realized something was wrong and took Yin Jielu toward Wang Yaozhuo. At this time, the Emperor had already returned to Wang Yaozhuo from the Capital Battalion.

Emperor Yingzong analyzed for Yin Jielu the reason why this happened. The pursuit of fine woolen cloth had been from beginning to end. From the moment this thing appeared, it had already been pursued. After continuous brewing, it finally erupted completely today.

"Is it okay?" Chen Xuehui said uncertainly: "Will the Empress Dowager be angry?"

Baoqisi talked about the situation of the lack of wood in the North. He talked from the beginning of the Tang Dynasty until the Wanli era.

"Wan Shi, I remember you. Last time you gave a lecture on mathematics in the Yilun Hall, several of your questions were very good. You will take the spring examination next year. Prepare well and step back for now. I and Taixi will handle this matter." Emperor Yingzong looked at Wan Shi, whose legs were shaking, and waved his hand, letting him go back to prepare. The remaining matters would be handled by the Emperor and Taixi.

The construction of the imperial palace was entirely funded by the raided family of Zhang Qiwei, who sponsored it.

Great Ming officially denied the child, but they did not deny the Semu person named Molo, who had once served Wang Chonggu, who was captured in the North.

He actually had already guessed it would be like this, but he didn't expect it to be so fast and out of control. In just over ten days, even Yin Jielu couldn't close the net.

"Respect this."

Yin Jielu felt the benefits of the holy grace again. Having poked such a big hole, he was actually pardoned so easily?

20,000 loads of giant wood equals 20 four-masted ocean-going ships, which equals 20 three-masted galleons.

"It's okay." Chen Xuehui finally chose to stand with Emperor Yingzong. She was the Emperor's person. Even if she was eventually beaten into the cold palace, it didn't matter. Being in the cold palace was better than when she was forced to a dead end by her enemies.

Fine woolen cloth was mainly supplied to the imperial palace, used as a substitute for silk, used to reward relatives, meritorious officials, and court officials, and sold in limited quantities by the imperial manor.

"Your Majesty, your instruction is correct." Yin Jielu's legs stopped shaking, his heart stopped panicking, and he felt refreshed. But he was soon confused and asked: "Your Majesty, I don't understand. How to judge when the poor and laborers enter the game?"

This is Da Minghe's meaning. Even if the imperial court knows that Emperor Yingzong left a bloodline in the grassland, so what? If the imperial court denies it, then it is denied.

If it were repaired like this, Baoqisi would only shout 'wise,' not shout 'advocate frugality' and 'do not engage in major construction.'

Yin Jielu had not had an enemy for a long time. No one could substantially form a threat to Baoqisi and the New Policies he led. And Yin Jielu's reminder came at just the right time.

The impeachment of Zhu Yijun, the final handling opinion was: order the third lady to send back the cousin and Zhu Yijun's son, and then issue an edict ordering Zhu Yijun to take a concubine. Zhu Yijun had no descendants, and at his age of over 20, he had already entered the age of legal concubinage. A concubine is also a status.

In this era where one follows the husband, the third lady had already entered the capital to negotiate. This small matter of Zhu Yijun was just a romantic affair and actually didn't need to be brought to the court discussion at all.

And when it came to the Song Dynasty, they had to collect wood in Longxi, make the wood into rafts, go down the Wei River into the Yellow River, and finally transport it to Kaifeng Bianliang to build the palace. Baoqisi even specifically brought a painting called "Painting of Rafting on the Lugou River," which described the logging in Longxi at that time.

Yin Jielu committed some mistakes. Yin Jielu raised a concubine. If it were just raising a concubine, Zhang Qiwei also raised a concubine, and Zhang Qiwei's concubine also gave birth to a son for him.

After the court discussion, Yin Jielu immediately let Wan Shi release goods and stop driving up prices. But by evening, when Wan Shi returned home, his face was ashen.

But the problem is, the cousin of the third lady ran away with Zhu Yijun's two sons. Running back to the grassland is the root of the problem.

As long as it is not that His Majesty thinks it is unpleasant.

Before the New Year, the last court discussion, Emperor Yingzong looked at the memorial in his hand, his face solemn.

It just so happened that the woman ran away.

Yin Jielu said with a frown: "Your Majesty, asking for people is naturally good. Why did Zhu Yijun's concubine want to escape? It is likely that the concubine sensed something, sensed that someone wanted to use the concubine and children to make trouble, attack Zhu Yijun, and it would affect me and the two children, so she had to escape."

Huguang, Sichuan, and Guizhou's timber production is limited every year. If the Emperor uses it to build the palace, the South cannot use it to build ships. But the Emperor uses steel-concrete structures, which is not only cheaper than using giant wood but also does not delay the production of the shipyard, and does not need to transport it to the capital from afar by the poor and laborers. There are even a bunch of official factories appearing, settling displaced tenant farmers and displaced people, and even making money.

Yin Jielu pondered for a long time before bowing and saying: "Your Majesty is wise."

"The hoarding behavior of the person who is a horse is just at an appropriate time. The pursuit of fine woolen cloth has already completely ignored its use value and only focuses on its exchange value. Everyone who buys it expects the price to rise indefinitely and profit from it."

Baoqisi's meaning is: Miracles revitalize the country, great construction pacifies the state!

"I heard that this fine woolen cloth, in just ten days, has soared from one coin per foot to one tael of silver, and it is still soaring. Recently, there has been talk of using fine woolen cloth to ward off evil spirits and protect the house. Just one foot of cloth can protect the family and make the descendants prosperous?"

This is his thinking on distribution.

"Reporting to His Majesty, it was done by my dog son. During the coal explosion in the capital, there were still unscrupulous merchants hoarding goods. My dog son was deliberately driving up prices to teach those cunning scoundrels a lesson." Yin Jielu bowed and said.

Yin Jielu felt the benefits of the holy grace again. Having poked such a big hole, he was actually pardoned so easily?

20,000 loads of giant wood equals 20 four-masted ocean-going ships, which equals 20 three-masted galleons.

Chen Xuehui finally chose to stand with Emperor Yingzong. She was the Emperor's person. Even if she was eventually beaten into the cold palace, it didn't matter. Being in the cold palace was better than when she was forced to a dead end by her enemies.

Fine woolen cloth was mainly supplied to the imperial palace, used as a substitute for silk, used to reward relatives, meritorious officials, and court officials, and sold in limited quantities by the imperial manor.

"Your Majesty, your instruction is correct." Yin Jielu's legs stopped shaking, his heart stopped panicking, and he felt refreshed. But he was soon confused and asked: "Your Majesty, I don't understand. How to judge when the poor and laborers enter the game?"

This is Da Minghe's meaning. Even if the imperial court knows that Emperor Yingzong left a bloodline in the grassland, so what? If the imperial court denies it, then it is denied.

If it were repaired like this, Baoqisi would only shout 'wise,' not shout 'advocate frugality' and 'do not engage in major construction.'

Yin Jielu had not had an enemy for a long time. No one could substantially form a threat to Baoqisi and the New Policies he led. And Yin Jielu's reminder came at just the right time.

The impeachment of Zhu Yijun, the final handling opinion was: order the third lady to send back the cousin and Zhu Yijun's son, and then issue an edict ordering Zhu Yijun to take a concubine. Zhu Yijun had no descendants, and at his age of over 20, he had already entered the age of legal concubinage. A concubine is also a status.

In this era where one follows the husband, the third lady had already entered the capital to negotiate. This small matter of Zhu Yijun was just a romantic affair and actually didn't need to be brought to the court discussion at all.

And when it came to the Song Dynasty, they had to collect wood in Longxi, make the wood into rafts, go down the Wei River into the Yellow River, and finally transport it to Kaifeng Bianliang to build the palace. Baoqisi even specifically brought a painting called "Painting of Rafting on the Lugou River," which described the logging in Longxi at that time.

Yin Jielu committed some mistakes. Yin Jielu raised a concubine. If it were just raising a concubine, Zhang Qiwei also raised a concubine, and Zhang Qiwei's concubine also gave birth to a son for him.

After the court discussion, Yin Jielu immediately let Wan Shi release goods and stop driving up prices. But by evening, when Wan Shi returned home, his face was ashen.

But the problem is, the cousin of the third lady ran away with Zhu Yijun's two sons. Running back to the grassland is the root of the problem.

As long as it is not that His Majesty thinks it is unpleasant.

Before the New Year, the last court discussion, Emperor Yingzong looked at the memorial in his hand, his face solemn.

It just so happened that the woman ran away.

Yin Jielu said with a frown: "Your Majesty, asking for people is naturally good. Why did Zhu Yijun's concubine want to escape? It is likely that the concubine sensed something, sensed that someone wanted to use the concubine and children to make trouble, attack Zhu Yijun, and it would affect me and the two children, so she had to escape."

Huguang, Sichuan, and Guizhou's timber production is limited every year. If the Emperor uses it to build the palace, the South cannot use it to build ships. But the Emperor uses steel-concrete structures, which is not only cheaper than using giant wood but also does not delay the production of the shipyard, and does not need to transport it to the capital from afar by the poor and laborers. There are even a bunch of official factories appearing, settling displaced tenant farmers and displaced people, and even making money.

Yin Jielu pondered for a long time before bowing and saying: "Your Majesty is wise."

"The hoarding behavior of the person who is a horse is just at an appropriate time. The pursuit of fine woolen cloth has already completely ignored its use value and only focuses on its exchange value. Everyone who buys it expects the price to rise indefinitely and profit from it."

Baoqisi's meaning is: Miracles revitalize the country, great construction pacifies the state!

"I heard that this fine woolen cloth, in just ten days, has soared from one coin per foot to one tael of silver, and it is still soaring. Recently, there has been talk of using fine woolen cloth to ward off evil spirits and protect the house. Just one foot of cloth can protect the family and make the descendants prosperous?"

This is his thinking on distribution.

"Reporting to His Majesty, it was done by my dog son. During the coal explosion in the capital, there were still unscrupulous merchants hoarding goods. My dog son was deliberately driving up prices to teach those cunning scoundrels a lesson." Yin Jielu bowed and said.

Yin Jielu felt the benefits of the holy grace again. Having poked such a big hole, he was actually pardoned so easily?

20,000 loads of giant wood equals 20 four-masted ocean-going ships, which equals 20 three-masted galleons.

Chen Xuehui finally chose to stand with Emperor Yingzong. She was the Emperor's person. Even if she was eventually beaten into the cold palace, it didn't matter. Being in the cold palace was better than when she was forced to a dead end by her enemies.

Fine woolen cloth was mainly supplied to the imperial palace, used as a substitute for silk, used to reward relatives, meritorious officials, and court officials, and sold in limited quantities by the imperial manor.

"Your Majesty, your instruction is correct." Yin Jielu's legs stopped shaking, his heart stopped panicking, and he felt refreshed. But he was soon confused and asked: "Your Majesty, I don't understand. How to judge when the poor and laborers enter the game?"

This is Da Minghe's meaning. Even if the imperial court knows that Emperor Yingzong left a bloodline in the grassland, so what? If the imperial court denies it, then it is denied.

If it were repaired like this, Baoqisi would only shout 'wise,' not shout 'advocate frugality' and 'do not engage in major construction.'

Yin Jielu had not had an enemy for a long time. No one could substantially form a threat to Baoqisi and the New Policies he led. And Yin Jielu's reminder came at just the right time.

The impeachment of Zhu Yijun, the final handling opinion was: order the third lady to send back the cousin and Zhu Yijun's son, and then issue an edict ordering Zhu Yijun to take a concubine. Zhu Yijun had no descendants, and at his age of over 20, he had already entered the age of legal concubinage. A concubine is also a status.

In this era where one follows the husband, the third lady had already entered the capital to negotiate. This small matter of Zhu Yijun was just a romantic affair and actually didn't need to be brought to the court discussion at all.

And when it came to the Song Dynasty, they had to collect wood in Longxi, make the wood into rafts, go down the Wei River into the Yellow River, and finally transport it to Kaifeng Bianliang to build the palace. Baoqisi even specifically brought a painting called "Painting of Rafting on the Lugou River," which described the logging in Longxi at that time.