Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 431
"Choose everything for me, don't just pick expensive ones, choose elegant ones, Your Highness doesn't like vulgar ones!"

On the first day of October, as Huanglong predicted, after Mirza led the soldiers of the Mughal Empire to retreat across the board, the Ming army regained the lost ground without bloodshed, and the front line advanced back to the situation in the twelfth lunar month of the ninth year of the apocalypse.

At the same time, Lu Xiangsheng wiped out the southern rebels and beheaded more than [-] people.

Seeing that the rebellion was put down, more than [-] vassal kings located in Ceylon began to become vassals.

Most of them are in the southern part of the feudal clan, while the feudal lords in the northern part are currently heading towards the Little Western Ocean in the waters of the Old Port.

However, Huang Long didn't care about these things. At the moment, he was sitting on the throne of the Tanjore Palace, commanding thirty soldiers to choose gifts from the hundreds of boxes of gold and silver treasures in the palace.

He only found out about King Qi's upcoming wedding this morning.

Although he knew that he would not be able to make it in time for the wedding, he still moved out of his private treasury.

Although several countries have been destroyed in the past three years in Xiaoxiyang, Huanglong does not have many treasures in his own private treasury.

"Uncle, it's all counted."

Qi Yuanbi and Lu Xiangsheng will stay behind to guard Xiaoxiyang, while Qi Yuanfu will return to Daming with Huang Long and the others.

"As for the line of defense, there is no need to worry. Inspector Lu leads 3 people in the south, and there are brothers in the north. In addition, there are [-] troops including sea and land guard battalions, and the navy. They should be fine in a short time."

Although Zhu Youxiao didn't know that the severe drought would continue, he was very clear about Daming's troubles about food in the north every year.

"Thank you Captain Ron!"

"Returning to Your Highness, the total is 2607 million taels. In addition, there are more than ten gift lists including Huang Long and Shen Tingyang who have not been delivered."

Those sums of gold, silver and treasures made Wei Zhongxian standing in the corner breathe heavily, and when Wang Chengen finished reading, Zhu Youjian's words broke his defense even more.

Of course, this premise is that the industrialization process of Ming Dynasty cannot be interrupted, so the emperor of Ming Dynasty has become the biggest variable in industrialization.

"It is estimated that ten years from now, there will be tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of acres of arable land in Nuergan and the three prefectures of Taining."

"In addition, the money in this gift list is enough to relocate several 10 people."

If he was in the capital, he would naturally be able to protect his brother, but now that he is about to go to war, Zhu Youxiao's safety will become a problem.

Half a year later, the second batch of [-] soldiers from South Asia will be able to withdraw to Daming.

When Zhu Youxiao was thinking, Zhu Youjian gave Wang Chengen instructions, and Wang Chengen also bowed in response, and then Zhu Youjian continued to ask:

Qi Yuanfu's answer was orderly, but the number of people who withdrew made the people in the hall stop what they were doing.

The reason why he is sure is because there are examples to learn from.

Huanglong has money, but what he can get is limited.

Huang Long said while handing back the gift list.

Although the transfer silver system was established by Zhu Youjia, it depends on Zhu Youxiao whether to accept it or not.

"Using these machines, hundreds of acres can be roughly cultivated in a year. According to the production speed of the six factories, only 3 to [-] people are needed to operate, and hundreds of thousands of acres of arable land can be reclaimed outside the customs every year, and so on."

"In addition, he sent a fleet to North America and discovered a warm current heading here."

"Using the current big ship of [-] materials, it will take about six months for Yang Wenyue to set off from Songjiang Mansion."

"Before the winter in Taining, 82 shims have been shipped in, and there are currently 730 million shims in Liaodong."

Qin Bangping from the Governor's Mansion of the Western Army and Qi Jin from the Governor's Mansion of the Southern Army failed to take office. Although they were disappointed, they still prepared a rich gift list when they learned that Zhu Youjian was married.

"There is nothing to seal, nothing to reward, and all officials to kill" this kind of thing cannot happen to the two brothers.

Taking Europe's food self-sufficiency rate as an example, just by relying on the trade war, Daming could crush the opponent to death with the size of the suzerain-vassal system.

What Hong Chengchou thinks is very close to what Zhu Youjian wants to do. He must go out to fight, and let the words "great achievements and masters" stay on him alone, otherwise others will be in danger.

Zhu Youjian nodded slightly: "The local area is bitterly cold, and the cost of reclamation is not high, but the time is too short, and only half of a year can be cultivated."

"If this is the case, then he can now organize labor to reclaim North America. It only takes about four years to reclaim more than [-] mu of arable land."

The south transports tens of millions of stones and grains to the north every year, and they are sold out by the common people before they even reach the border.

As the first phase of the feudal war was over, Huang Long, according to Zhu Youjian's account, did not severely injure the Mughals, but let the Mughals act as pressure to balance the feudal clans until Ming entered South Asia.

"Should I lower my brother's salary..."

Even though Zhu Youxiao said that he would not doubt others, he would always think about it in his heart.

Huang Long's words made Qi Yuanfu slightly nodded, expressing his agreement.

Huang Long knew that he could not be promoted, so he probably got a title this time.

The four had their own expressions, and Zhu Youxiao looked at his younger brother with a complicated expression:
"I'm afraid it's more than 300 million taels if all of this is given away. If my brother's big wedding is held a few more times, I'm afraid half of the treasury will come out..."

The greater Zhu Youjian's achievements, the safer the generals.

This is the best arrangement for the generals, Zhu Youxiao, Zhu Youjian himself, and even Daming and Qiguo.

When the atmosphere was solidifying, Wang Chengen broke the deadlock and continued:

It's just that it's hard to say much about the current situation, so he can only nod his head, and then said:
"This time uncle returns to Beijing, so should I go back too?"

Ideas are seeds that will eventually take root.

Wang Chengen told the preparations of the Yumajian on the front line one by one, so that everyone could see how much Zhu Youjian had prepared for this battle.

"..." Zhu Youxiao's words made the hall quiet, but Zhu Youjian lifted his teacup and took a sip unhurriedly:
"really……"

"Let me add another 1 taels of gold!"

In addition to them, there are Li Zicheng, Liu Zongmin and other outstanding frontline generals in this battle.

Huang Fei was helpless, although his heart ached, he had no choice but to follow what Huang Long said.

Huang Long was asking, and Qi Yuanfu also replied:
"The Nanlu retreated to the Wendiya Mountains and the northern part of the Narmada River. Although there was no news from Lahore, the Great Khan of the Nanlu should be very angry."

Huang Fei thought to himself, and then continued to check the list of gifts from his uncle to King Qi.

"Just these few days, don't make any mistakes, how is the front line of defense?"

"Xu Xiake, Shu Wang, Zhou Wang and other strong vassals only arrived in Palembang Mansion three days ago, and it will take two months to arrive at the vassal site."

In mid-October, with the arrival of winter, the entire northern land began to cool down.

Let the vassals and the Mughals check and balance each other. After four or five years, the imperial court will send troops from the mouth of the Ganges River. Hebei will belong to the imperial court and Henan will belong to the vassals.

Right now, he is giving 30 taels to King Qi’s wedding and 60 taels to the army, so he only has four 10,000+ taels.

"According to Yang Wenyue, it only takes about [-] days to go to North America by taking the warm current, and you can reach the second supply station in North America from north to south that Your Highness mentioned."

Regardless of whether it was the Navy or the Gongwei Battalion, whoever came first, in retrospect, everyone felt a sore nose.

"The Qi family will give you two hundred pearls, 3000 taels of gold, 3 taels of silver, and a box of various jewels..."

Although he has never met King Qi and doesn't know what charm that person has, he has read a lot of history books.

"According to the captain's arrangement, the brothers will withdraw three battalions every ten days, and withdraw within three months."

However, with the development of this warm current, combined with steam boats and tractors, it should be possible to move the people from southern Zhili to northern America in about 30 days.

"Hurry up and work!" Huang Long roared with a smile, and then asked Qi Yuanfu:

"The Yumajian also discussed with the herdsmen in the three prefectures of Taining, and seconded 20 draft horses and rough horses."

"Captain, the fleet returning to Beijing is expected to depart on the tenth day of October."

Zhu Youjian's meaning is very clear, and Zhu Youxiao also understands, so he looks embarrassed:
"Li Tingjian, how about leaving this matter to Xiong Tingbi?"

This is still the situation without steam tractors. According to Daming's current situation, at least 50 years can grow from less than 30 million mu of arable land to at least [-] billion mu.

Zhu Youjian's words were a bit shocking, and with his calm expression, Wei Zhongxian, who didn't know what a tractor was, was skeptical.

"Your Highness, Yang Wenyue has sent a letter. In the letter, he said that he has ordered a battalion to station troops in Kuwu (Sakhalin Island) and sent tens of thousands of laborers to reclaim the area."

"The brother who died this time, His Highness has already issued compensation silver and compensation fields."

In his opinion, he should lead the navy to station in Ryukyu Prefecture, and Huanglong should enter Beijing.

Zhu Youjian is aware of his brother's trust in him, so it is the best choice for him to become this person.

"It's still a long time, my brother is not in a hurry."

"The [-] battalions they brought this time belong to the imperial court, and the soldiers and horses of the various domains have also assembled. Once the soldiers and horses of the various domains arrive, the second batch of soldiers and horses can also take a year off."

He heard that Qi and Jin were accepted as marquises, and knew that his qualifications were not enough, but he still felt that his merits were enough to be named a marquis, or even a duke!

If Huanglong had the act of stealing, I'm afraid the amount would have to be multiplied several times...

"His Royal Highness has treated me as much as a mountain, and this gift list is just right."

Although he participated in the small western expeditionary force in South Asia this time, he came too late, and after several battles, he only took more than 9 taels of silver.

"The grain in Yingzhou is still being transported. It is estimated that before spring, the grain in Liaodong and Taining can be kept at about 800 million shi."

In addition to them, Man Gui from the Northern Army, Sun Yingyuan from the Eastern Army, Hong Chengchou, Yang Wenyue, Wu Aheng, Yan Siqi and others all prepared richer gift lists.

Zhu Youjian opened his mouth to set rules for himself, and Wang Chengen responded after hearing the words:
"In that case, it would cost seven taels of silver to relocate one person."

"Just follow Yang Wenyue's idea, start reclamation directly from the second supply point, and name the place where you log in as "Jinshan". Let Yang Wenyue take care of it."

There was a smile on Huang Long's face, but Huang Fei hesitated to speak, feeling that his uncle's thinking was too simple.

"A total of 26 battalions and 8000 people were withdrawn to the Central Plains."

"Counting the horses and horses of Shangzhi and the Eastern Army's Governor's Mansion, 42 horses and horses have been prepared for this battle."

Zhu Youjian has already thought about it. As long as the construction of Qi State is on the right track, he will start with Huanglong and transfer all the generals to Qi State to retire one by one.

Thinking about it this way, if only relying on salary, it would take Zhu Youjian more than 80 years to move 300 million people to Qi.

This phenomenon was difficult to see in the early Ming Dynasty, because the population in the north was less than one-third of that in the south.

Firstly, he didn't expect Huanglong to take out so much gold and silver, and secondly, he didn't expect Huanglong to have so much gold and silver.

On the contrary, it was Zhu Youxiao, who believed in his younger brother's words very much, and made inferences:
"My brother said less. If the factory continues to expand, I am afraid that in ten years' time, Guochao will have to increase tens of thousands of acres of arable land."

Zhu Youjian is not afraid of rebelling himself, he is afraid of others rebelling for him, and even more afraid that his brother will be defenseless.

Everyone looked at Huanglong. You must know that there were not a few brothers who died in the battle of Fanfan. There were more than 3 people before and after.

"If a horse dies, the horse inspector will make compensation according to six taels per horse, and if the horse is injured, it will be compensated according to the severity of the injury."

"A pair of Zhangxu red corals, 1 two-inch pearls, 20 gemstones of various colors, and [-] gold objects, [-] taels of gold, and the total gift list is nearly [-] taels of silver."

Qi Yuanfu was silent for a while, but the other soldiers in the hall shouted their thanks.

In history, the old Americans relied on a series of agricultural machinery such as seeders, lawn mowers, threshers, and steel plows to develop the cultivated land in the United States from one billion acres in the early 60th century to 25 billion in the 2000s. Mu, more than [-] million mu is newly added every year.

"The cost of relocating a person is two taels of silver per person, not counting the relocation silver..."

"The relocation money needs to be paid." Before Zhu Youxiao finished speaking, Zhu Youjian spoke first:
"Since the rules are set, they need to be followed."

He knew that his younger brother was reminding himself that he had accomplished so much that there was nothing left to seal.

After Zhu Youjian listened to the report, he specifically told Zhu Youxiao his plan.

Thinking of this, Qi Yuanfu bowed to Huang Long: "Then I will retire."

"High profile?" Huang Long snorted lightly:

If he wanted to protect the generals, he also had to protect his brother.

Zhu Youjian picked up the teacup and took a sip, Zhu Youxiao's heart sank when he heard it, and Wang Chengen carefully looked at Yang Wenyue's handwriting, and then said:

If the populations of both Northern Zhili and Shanxi are stable at about 600 million, and the food for the army is supplied from overseas, then the north will not need too much grain.

His move is very simple, just to make Zhu Youxiao vigilant, because the current situation is very bad for him.

At that time, there will still be an army of 12 in South Asia, enough to resist and even counterattack the Mughals.

"That's not..."

There are many things in history where the cunning rabbit dies and the dog cooks.

In this way, the migration cost will increase a lot, but the time will be greatly shortened.

Others won't let the emperor know the total number when they get the gift list, but Zhu Youjian is blatant.

"To move people to Nuergan, we still have to rely on trains."

"According to Yang Wenyue's estimate, how long will it take to relocate people from Nanzhili to Qi? How much will it cost?"

"I am originally a member of His Highness. If it hadn't been for His Highness' promotion, I might still be struggling in command."

Although everyone's preparations were not as rich as Huang Long's, and they couldn't arrive in the capital to congratulate them in person, the gift lists they sent showed their hearts.

While they were arranging, Qi Yuanfu, who was wearing ordinary clothes, walked into the hall.

Hearing that there are still nine days to go, Huang Long still asked:

He thought that his younger brother would stay in Daming longer, so according to his younger brother's salary, it would take ten years to relocate 30 to [-] people.

"Northern Zhili and Shanxi have a large population, so it's better to relocate more after the war."

You must know that in the first battle against Annan, the capture of the southern and western military governor's mansions was only more than six million taels, half of which was handed over to the court, 10,000% was retained for 10,000+ soldiers, and the remaining [-]% was [-]+ The two are the high-level distribution of the Dudu Mansion according to the official position.

Zhu Youjian's words made Zhu Youxiao shut up, because the time point really controlled him.

"I'm going to distribute the steam tractors to the local people according to the village."

Therefore, although he was reluctant on the face, he still wanted to return to Beijing early in his heart.

"The Naval Governor's Mansion distributed 30 taels of silver and 3 taels of gold to the survivors of the brothers who died in battle."

In just a few seconds, Zhu Youjian asked, Wang Chengen answered, Wei Zhongxian broke the defense, and Zhu Youxiao was shocked.

"The migration of silver to North America is based on the same standard as the migration to Levia, five taels per person."

He glanced at the gold, silver and jewels, then walked down the steps and bowed to Huang Long:

"Uncle, if you distribute gold and silver like this, you will only have four 10,000+ taels left."

Most of the people in the court gave a rich list of gifts, which is enough to show the power of the Qi Palace.

Seeing this, Qi Yuanfu retreated, and Huang Fei watched him leave completely, and then said to Huang Long:

Huang Fei walked up the steps with the written gift list and handed it to Huang Long.

In this situation, Zhu Youjian went to Fangshan to escape the winter, and met Zhu Youxiao here.

He didn't explain anything, but Zhu Youxiao knew it well.

But looking at this posture, unless Hong Chengchou attacked Toungoo Burma and "immigrated to the border" in large numbers, King Qi probably would not order the imperial court to organize a counterattack.

"After all, it's enough to eat for five months."

Huang Long spoke with a slightly depressed mood:
"This time the army can't leave them behind when they go home, and bring their ashes with them."

"Zhengdan Spring Festival can't catch up, but Shangsi shouldn't be a problem."

"How is the preparation of the food and fodder at the front line?"

He originally thought that Huanglong would get five 10,000+ taels before and after, but now it seems that it may be more than a million, otherwise he would not be able to throw six 10,000+ taels of silver in one go.

"Not 300 million people" is not a fan, this is what Zhu Youjian promised Zhu Youxiao.

This time he entered Xiaoxiyang, and he took 130 million taels of gold and silver.

Although it has been less than a year since the second batch of soldiers arrived in South Asia, it will take at least half a year for the soldiers and horses of the feudal lords to arrive in South Asia.

"If there is no accident, Mi Erxuan (Mirza) will be replaced, but he is already the number one general among the southern captives. Those who will be replaced later will not perform better than him."

"Will it be too much?" Zhu Youxiao couldn't bear it a little, but Zhu Youjian shook his head:

"The Qin family sent pearls..."

"It's about the same." Zhu Youjian smiled and continued to take a sip of tea.

His uncle and nephew are counting the list of gifts, so the others are naturally not bad.

"There are 800 million bundles of hay and 120 million shi of beans."

He shook the gift list in his hand: "Compared to His Highness's kindness to me, this gift list is not high-profile at all."

"Okay...that's right..." Huang Fei hesitated and said, "Will it be too high-profile?"

"It's up to me..." Zhu Youjian shook his head in response.

"Naturally, His Highness hasn't seen you yet. It will be good for you to show your face when you go back and take over the post of governor."

"In this battle, it is estimated that more than [-] million cultivated land will be seized after the war, and the land of Nu'ergan will be completely taken down."

"Afraid? There will be wars in the future!" Huang Long was very open-minded, but Huang Fei felt that it was not that simple.

For example, Qi Yuanfu was already the third person in the southern army's governor's mansion, but he only received more than 3 taels of silver.

The two brothers are sitting in a warm pavilion and playing chess at the moment, while Wang Chengen next to him is reading the contents of the gift list.

Huang Long took it and glanced at it, very satisfied:

Zhu Youjian's reply letter has already said that the meritorious generals returned to the capital and were awarded in front of the palace.

Speaking of moving silver, Wang Chengen looked at the emperor secretly.

"Hmm..." Huang Long responded, and after finishing the order, his attention was on his own gold and silver.

"There are so many things, there are almost two million taels of silver, right?"

Although he knew that the expeditionary army had seized a lot, and that the seizure system formulated by Zhu Youjian had enabled many top generals to become rich in one battle, he did not expect Huanglong to get so much.

Zhu Youxiao thought about it secretly in his heart.

The fleet under Yang Wenyue's command discovered the North Pacific warm current, which Zhu Youjian did not expect.

Huanglong took out a pension worth 60 taels out of his own pocket, which moved the people in the hall very much, and Qi Yuanfu was also shocked.

Right now, he is like a daughter-in-law, with parents-in-law to be filial at the top, and heirs to comfort at the bottom, both of which cannot be separated from him, once he leaves, things will change.

In addition to the Ceylon government in the south, the two control the feudal vassals in the south and the north, and echo each other. In this way, South Asia can be settled.

"Yang Wenyue asked if he would give up going to Kamchatka and the other two supply points, and go directly to North America via the warm current."

"With my salary, it is enough to relocate 3 to [-] people every year."

Four 10,000+ Liang is also a huge fortune, but for a person of Huanglong's status, after three years, it is only 10,000+ per year, which is not too much.

"Although the short-term defense line is not hindered, the defense cannot be slack."

Of course, if it is this kind of migration, I am afraid that one ship of people and food, plus one ship of coal, and two ships of water can be configured to realize the migration across the North Pacific Ocean.

"I can only be careful..."

If you count the suzerainty system in South Asia, Levia, and North and South America, the area of ​​cultivated land can reach nearly [-] billion.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian glanced at Zhu Youxiao, and thought of his eldest nephew Zhu Ciran in his heart.

Keeping the two generations safe, even if the Ming Dynasty stopped industrialization in the end, its size would be enough for the Han people to feed on for hundreds of years.

"My brother's big wedding is scheduled for October [-]th. You and I will rest here for a few more days, and then go back to Beijing to prepare for the big wedding."

Zhu Youxiao mentioned Zhu Youjian's marriage, and he also put the tea cup in his hand on the table with a calm expression:
"In this matter, it is up to my brother to decide..."

(End of this chapter)