Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 1007 Discovery
"Is this how you deal with it?"

The emperor was sitting on a chair, with his legs directly on the table, rubbing a kitten in his hand, it was chubby and very cute.

In front of him, the six princes stood, their legs trembling uncontrollably.

The prestige accumulated over the years can be described as extremely heavy.

"Yes." King Liao resisted the urge to tremble. Now that he is the oldest and ranks highest, he should take the lead, and it can only be decided by him:

"Guo Village and Zhao Village have feuded for a hundred years, and the patrol battalion alone has been dispatched several times, which is of no avail."

"The current plan is to migrate."

The emperor's eyes were all on the kitten, and he listened to Liao Wang's words, but he didn't respond for a while.

At this time, he was also thinking in his heart, such a family of feuds, unless one party perishes, it will not be resolved at all.

For ordinary people, resolving conflicts naturally requires the least cost, and it is best to have the best of both worlds.

But for the imperial court, a simple and easy-to-operate method is the best. As for whether it will damage the interests of the two villages, it is naturally out of consideration.

But King Liao's relocation strategy was straightforward.

Really a good idea.

In other words, King Liao already possessed the thinking of a statesman.

However, the thinking is not deep enough.

"Just relocating Guojia Village is not enough."

Zhu Yixi smiled lightly, looking at King Liao with admiration: "Move Zhaojia Village, too."

"Since it's a blood feud, the farther away the better."

"Zhaocun, let's go to Jilin!"

"Everything is not worrying about being few but being uneven. Compared with Guojiacun, after learning about this, he will be relieved and will no longer hate the court."

The future of thousands of families was decided between the two lips of the emperor.

This is the power of power.

Even, if he is unhappy, he can move the entire Jinghai County to the northeast, or Liao Kingdom.

As he said that, Zhu Yixi began to deal with the aftermath: "I will order [-] mu of land for each household in Jilin and Zhao villages, ten silver dollars."

"The same goes for going to Guojia Village in Yue Country."

"Let's save the remaining land of the two villages and build a Huangzhuang, which will be used as the annual offering of the Liao Palace!"

"Yes!" Liu Afu raised his eyes to look at King Liao, and answered crisply.

King Liao was overjoyed, this is a holy grace.

After so many years of being a son, the father finally saw his own shining point.

His face was trembling with excitement.

After a few people left, Zhu Yixi shook his head.

In a sense, they are just young people in their twenties. Even after ten years of education, they still can't change their immaturity.

The deep-seated reason is none other than stress.

Daming's prince is the least stressed.

The crown prince is a certainty, and he can't compete again and again, so he can only live a rich life.

"You don't need a genius, even if you have an upper-middle posture, you will be late."

Zhu Yixi murmured, making up her mind.

He wants to say that this group of princes, like the princes, are placed in places to sharpen, and the effect of the eight departments to observe politics has reached its peak.

Only theory and practice can gain true knowledge.

Having said that, when the emperor went out in a fish suit and was accompanied by the princes, the princes were instantly dumbfounded.

Fortunately, the emperor also knew that it was not easy, so he booked it at the height of the restaurant, overlooking the entire Tianjin city.

Economic prosperity promotes the development of productive forces.

In the past in Tianjin, four-storey restaurants were already outstanding, but now they are as high as seven storeys.

Even if the top floor is less than ten square meters, it is still a kind of progress.

Although I don't understand the origin of this tall building, it must have something to do with steel production.

The wooden structure is equipped with steel, which is a kind of progress.

"There are fewer locomotives in Tianjin."

The emperor waited and watched for a long time.

Tianjin has not been rebuilt like Beijing, so the spacious streets are occupied by street vendors like many ancient cities, but the bustle is not less than that of Beijing.

After a long time, he opened his mouth to speak.

"Father, almost all the weaving farms in Tianjin have moved to the outer city. Most of the inner city is occupied by shops and residents, but it is orderly."

The bearded Zhu Yi explained softly at the side:

"There are many people in the weaving field and they can only be in the outer city."

"Yeah." Zhu Yixi snorted softly, and said casually, "How many people are there in Tianjin?"

Of course Zhu Yi understood that this did not refer to Tianjin Mansion, but Tianjin City.

"About 30."

Zhu Yi thought for a while, then said casually: "Due to the large number of weaving fields, there are mixed fish and dragons here, and tens of thousands of people come and go every day."

"The second city in the north." Zhu Yixi sighed softly, "It's not bad."

His eyes turned to the distant port.

In today's era, to feed a city of more than [-] people, the materials needed are incalculable.

The city of Beijing does not occupy the sea and has no rivers, and relies on nothing more than political status.

Tianjin, on the other hand, relies on ports.

The food in Liaodong, the cloth in the south of the Yangtze River, and the needs of Beijing are almost all passed by Tianjin, which is enough for its development.

The gradual popularization of sea transportation has led to the prosperity of the entire coastal area of ​​Daming, making it easier to shape a big city, a giant city.

Suzhou and Songjiang are like this.

Zhu Yixi cast a glance at Liao Wang, seeing that he was cautious and not proud, and couldn't help but ask, "Fourth, why do you think Tianjin is so prosperous?"

"Father, Tianjin relies on canals, ships, and Beijing."

The king of Liao thought for a while, and immediately cleared the way.

"Yes."

Zhu Yixi smiled: "The food for millions of people in Beijing has to go through Tianjin, and just pulling out a hair is enough to make the people of Tianjin feel comfortable."

"However, this is just an appearance."

King Liao was puzzled.

The same goes for the other princes.

These three reasons were just figured out by a few people who spent a whole day thinking about them yesterday, and they all thought they were perfect.

"It's all about business."

Zhu Yixi said earnestly: "You have to understand that the growth of the population is unlimited, but the land is limited. After a certain period of time, coupled with land annexation, the poor will definitely have no place to stand."

"In the early years of Shaowu, the total population of the country was about 20 million, but now it is [-] million, which has doubled. In [-] years, it may be [-] million."

"Today's food and clothing will be famine in 20 years' time, and people will starve for thousands of miles."

"No land, no food, plus natural and man-made disasters, what is that?"

"The thief—" King Liao took a deep breath.

A group of princes also turned pale.

"If you don't have a knife or gun, you can cut wood as a soldier; if you don't have armor, you can use paper as your armor."

Zhu Yixi said word by word, as if he was talking about a common thing: "In the 40 years of Wanli in the past, there were only 20 people who belonged to Yushu, but in the early years of Shaowu, there were only 8000 people."

"There is no one in ten! How tragic."

"Father, how can we solve this matter?" King Yue immediately felt the same way when he became a feudal lord.

Although Ezodi is vast, its population will inevitably increase as time goes by, and the country of Yue will be in danger by then.

"Explore and promote business."

The emperor did not hesitate to instill his ideas in his sons:

"Either expand, relocate the land and people, so as to alleviate the population problem."

"Another one is to promote business."

"One acre of land can only support one person, but one acre of weaving field can house tens of hundreds of weavers, allowing them to buy food and clothes and support a family."

"Where did the food come from?"

Fu Wang broke the casserole and asked the end.

"Naturally there are places that produce a lot of grain, such as Qin, India, etc."

Zhu Yixi said earnestly: "Of course, the cost of collecting taxes for merchants is the simplest. If you get stuck in the pass and find a shop, you can get a lot of taxes."

"But going to the countryside to collect taxes, I don't know how much it will cost people."

"As a monarch, you must have money and food in your hands, so that your waist will be strong."

"At the same time, we must have an army."

"Both hands must be grasped, both hands must be hard."

On this day, the princes were indoctrinated by the emperor, and the thoughts in their minds were constantly rippling, and they were deeply enlightened.

After staying in Tianjin Mansion for a few days, the emperor returned to Beijing in a blink of an eye.

Soon, the Ding brand system was tried out in Beijing.

That is, every male who has reached the age of 12 must make a badge in the government, which describes his name, birth date, appearance, place of origin, and parents.

It's like a small account post.

It must be replaced every five years.

Good guy, even if only men are designated, the demand of 10 people is enough to make Shuntian Mansion busy.

It can be said with certainty that after the completion of Beijing City, Shuntian Prefecture, Tianjin Prefecture and other places will definitely implement it.

At that time, it will be a matter of course, and the road guide will be abolished.

It is estimated that without two or three years of effort, Shuntian Mansion would not be popularized at all.

As for the deployment of the entire Ming Dynasty, it will take at least ten years.

Believe in the speed of the bureaucracy, things that are not beneficial have always been so slow.

……

At this time, Arctic City is in the busiest street of the year.

Changing from Nurgan to the North Pole, there is no dissatisfaction in the whole city, and they follow the governor Zhu Dong to build the city in full swing.

Whether it is built or opened up wasteland, a lot of labor is required.

And the nearby Haixi Jurchen, under the lure of Qian Liang, began to join in the construction of the city.

There are more than a thousand people running every day.

Some Jurchens work for one day, some for ten days, some for a month, and some even for a long time.

Zhu Cunqu didn't care about this, and still distributed grain at the rate of one catty per day, no matter if it was a day or two.

But in private, he is paying attention to those who are strong or strong.

These people are all his bribe targets.

Given the lack of people in the Heilongjiang General's Mansion, the Jurchens are naturally an indispensable labor force.

On the surface, building a city and opening up wasteland is just a trivial matter, but in the eyes of the prince who has joined the army and stayed in the capital camp for several months, the more trivial and trivial things, the more profound significance.

For example, this group of Jurchens who were rations had to succumb to his power and were forced to be divided into groups of ten to establish a fragile relationship of affiliation.

And once obedience becomes a habit, it is inevitable that he will be paid under his command in the future.

At the same time, if the Haixi Jurchens find that their one-month labor force is enough to feed their wives and children, they will inevitably have a tendency.

Fishing and hunting are not as stable as farming.

Even among rebellious people, deep down they yearn for peace.

After a few months, thousands of stone grains were dispersed, and Zhu Cunqu established a good reputation within a radius of five hundred miles of the Arctic City.

At the same time, because of contacts, friendship has been established with more than a dozen Haixi Jurchen tribes.

Trade, of course, begins.

Zhu Cunqu is different from those bureaucrats. What he pursues is not wealth, but stability and power.

So in Arctic City, he established a low-price pocket model and set the lowest price.

That is to say, merchants must abide by the minimum price when exchanging mink fur, deerskin and other goods, and the transaction must not be lower than this.

In this way, although the price increase was not much, and the interests of the merchants were sacrificed, it made him, the governor of the town, completely restrain the hearts of the people.

"City Master, now that so many Jurchens are here, it seems that the construction of Arctic City will be completed before winter."

Zhou Zude ran over panting, and there were Jurchens working everywhere along the way, his face was full of novelty.

"what happened?"

Zhu Cunqu glanced at him and said casually.

This businessman who once wanted to deceive him has now become his personal subordinate, specializing in the trade between Arctic City and Heilongjiang City, earning a lot of money.

In just a few months, the profit exceeded 5000 yuan, which is so high.

This made the prince's wallet quite rich.

"The city lord, a ship came back yesterday and brought a new news."

Zhou Zude said softly.

"Oh? What news made you rich?"

Zhu Cunqu said disapprovingly.

"The ship was blown to the north by a strong wind, and lost its way along the way. It ended up encountering a string of small islands, and after that it was a piece of land."

"Land?" Zhu Cunqu frowned.

Suddenly, the old map of Kun Yu Wan Guo that the emperor gave him appeared in his mind, which was drawn by those Western Yi missionaries, and it was called Matteo Ricci.

It was dedicated to Emperor Wanli, and has been cherished by the emperor all the time. It has been directly turned into a screen and can be viewed everywhere.

Important events such as the establishment of Chongqing and the sub-provinces of Huguang were planned in front of this screen.

So much so that for a while, the cabinet was afraid when it saw the screen.

They were afraid that the emperor would point to a place on the screen and say that he wanted to expand the territory.

The land there should refer to the so-called North America!

"Yes, a large piece of land. Although many of them are permafrost, the group of people found a lot of alluvial gold at the mouth of a river."

"There's even a big dog's head gold"

Zhou Zude said in a low voice: "This is really more than the legendary gold mine in Beiji City. I also saw the dog's head gold, which is as big as a baby's head."

"There must be a big gold mine on it, and it's open-air, and it's worth a lot."

"Gold mine—" Zhu Cunqu was thinking.

Was North America discovered that quickly?
And there are gold mines.

Could it be that the Kun Yu Wan Guo Tu is real?

Didn't Xiyi lie?

Thinking of such a vast land above, Zhu Cunqu shuddered.

It turns out that Daming is really in a corner.

"We must strictly keep the secret." Zhu Cunqu said in a low voice:
"If Heilongjiang finds out about this, the consequences will be disastrous."

"As for the gold mine, I will mine it after I have a plan. I'm afraid it's not something you and I can eat..."

Back in the city, Zhu Cunqu couldn't wait to spread out the pen and paper, and began to report the discovery of North America to the emperor.

I'm afraid this will make the emperor excited!

(End of this chapter)