Hongwu Survival Guide

Chapter 136 Weakness
The third hurricane in Mingzhou in the first year of Hongwu came on the [-]th day of the seventh month, and until the [-]th, although the strong wind had stopped, the rain continued.

Prepared in advance, Zhu Yuan who lived on Zhoushan Island was fine, but the rain was a bit lighter, so Huagao hurried over to make sure that his little ancestor was safe, and had another lunch before leaving in a hurry.

Another batch of grain transport fleet is waiting to depart, this is already the sixth batch this year.

The fifth batch left last month.

This time, it was still 20 shi of grain plus 10 tan of fish.

Zhu Yuan's original plan was to send out six batches of grain this year, totaling 120 million shi, even if the task was successfully completed.Now it seems that as long as the sixth batch is successfully delivered later, it will not only be satisfactory, but also exceed the quota. After all, starting from the third batch, each time there will be an extra 10 tan of fish.

And, then, until September, maybe one or two more batches will be sent out.

While continuously sending out food, the Yinghai Division has also begun to make plans for next year. After all, although the task has been overfulfilled, the problem of food shortage in the north has not been solved. The army is full, but the people are still hungry.

This matter is not as simple as relief.

After going through the war, but in the past many years of various natural disasters, the production in the northern region has been severely damaged. In this case, if you want to resume production, the first thing you need to do is rations. To be simpler, people need to Only when you are full can you go to work.

Furthermore, the imperial court has the ability to support the people, and it can also stabilize the northern region as quickly as possible.

Even going one step further, after destroying the Yuan court, they continued to expand northward, not to mention the extreme north, but to the northeast. Zhu Yuan believed that Lao Zhu would never forget this matter.

In short, everything needs resources.

And food is the biggest resource in this era.

Therefore, even if Zhu Yuan increased the grain transport by sea to 300 million shi at the peak of the Yuan Dynasty, or even doubled it to 600 million shi in the future, it would not be enough.

After sending Hua Gao off, Zhu Yuan returned to the inner courtyard to take a nap.

When he woke up and asked the time, Xieyi said it was three o'clock in the afternoon, and the ladies around him became more and more used to his way of timing.

Came to a two-story library near the lake in the outer courtyard, sat next to the desk on the second floor by the window, and first unwrapped the package just delivered from the north, which was brought by Wen Zao who came with Huagao in the morning.

Lao Zhu's letter talked about sugar gunpowder.

He complained that Zhu Yuan gave the formula too late, leaving him no time to arrange it, and told him that if there are any other good ways, they should be sent as soon as possible.

Zhu Yuan just remembered that this matter was mentioned in "Chemistry".

I really don't care too much.

Zhu Yuan felt that for things like firearms, the premise is that the production of gunpowder should be raised to the level of one million catties per year before he can think about it a little bit backwards.

How is it now?
Zhu Yuan also asked specifically, saying that last year, Xiwu's annual gunpowder output was 27 catties.

This age has been a lot.

It was the great battle at Poyang Lake that year that allowed Lao Zhu to discover the power of firearms, so he has been encouraging development.However, in Zhu Yuan's view, it is still far from enough.Without enough gunpowder and enough firearms, it is difficult for corresponding weapons to play a critical role in the war in the era of cold weapons.

Ultimately, this is a systemic problem.

At least one of the most elementary industrial production systems is required.

Then, besides some other trivial matters, Lao Zhu also mentioned that there was an impeachment, and let Zhu Yuan handle it by himself.

Impeach?

Handle it yourself?

Zhu Yuan quickly found the memorial.

The first reaction is, ancestor, you have fallen, how can you send the impeachment memorial to the impeached person, if this is hundreds of years later... well, it is still a tradition.However, Zhu Yuan was a little moved by Lao Zhu's trust.

After reading the memorial, Zhu Yuan also understood the other party's purpose.

In fact, as early as before the Yinghai Division announced that it would no longer cover the bottom line for private sea catchers next year, some people began to raise objections to Zhu Yuan directly or indirectly. For example, Xue Shu, the magistrate of Dinghai County, felt that since the Yinghai Division had enough Money should continue to be the bottom line for the people.

Zhu Yuan believes that Xue Shu definitely has no selfish intentions, but Zhu Yuan is not so sure about the others.

Moreover, Zhu Yuan's reputation, which was gradually improving, also changed again because of the announcement that he would no longer cover everything.

There is no way, someone leads the wind.

Just like this impeachment memorial in hand.

Is this inspector named Li Chu really speaking for the people?

Zhu Yuan thinks that it is more likely that he is speaking for a large coastal household who is interested in the income of Haidiao.

Having been in the southeast for such a long time, Zhu Yuan knows much more about many things than the people below imagined, not to mention the various insights of two lifetimes.

Therefore, it is easy for Zhu Yuan to see through the joints.

If the Yinghai Division continues to cover the bottom line and maintain the high price of one tael for a load of fish, then the biggest beneficiaries will no longer be the private sector, but various large households along the coast.

Because these people have enough capital to build large ships, and under the good sea fishing environment created by the government, they can get a lot of income.

Just like Yuan Ting Shipping back then.

In the years when Yuan Ting gave the tripod with the highest shipping volume, a large family built a sea-going ship, and it only needed to run smoothly once to pay back, and then, no matter how many times it ran, it was profitable.

As for the result...

Because the shipping fee was too high, Yuan Ting quickly became unable to pay, which caused the shipping to decline again after not booming for too many years.

The big households will naturally lose this source of income.

In comparison, the civilian husbands who participate in shipping are just earning hard money, which is hard money at the level of hard work.

At that time, there was no such perfect security guarantee as the current Ying Hai Division.

In the same way, even if we talk about this year's sea fishing, many of the private boats come from large households, and the boatmen and fishermen rent large households' boats. Although they have made a fortune because of the high price given by the company, the owner is the owner. The one with the big head only needs to ship a boat, and cut off half of the proceeds directly.

Well, the problem is coming.

Why don't the people at the bottom build their own ships and eat the profits themselves?
Because there is no money.

When Zhu Yuan issued the announcement, he also stated his thoughts in a letter. At the time, he was very frank, it was to more quickly integrate fishermen in coastal states and counties.

At the moment, Zhu Yuan felt that he needed to explain more.

What outsiders don't know is that recently, Zhu Yuan even considered completely banning private sea fishing.

It was also inspired by the mud snail incident.

After the government continued to create sufficiently superior sea fishing conditions, Zhu Yuan felt that complete laissez-faire may also lead to a certain result in later generations. In just a few decades, there will be no fish to catch due to overfishing.

In comparison, the official fishing is easier to adjust through the fish situation, while maintaining the fishing intensity, it is also necessary to avoid fishing out of the marsh.

However, after careful consideration, Zhu Yuan still decided not to ban it.

Just make a hard limit.

Very very strict.

Otherwise, human nature cannot be reversed.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuan brought a pen and paper, and began to write a letter to Lao Zhu on the spot, explaining his thoughts in more detail.

This matter is actually the same as Zhu Yuan’s previous suggestion that Lao Zhu ban private mining. It is for the future, and for the children and grandchildren in a hundred or even a thousand years.

After writing the letter, reading some other documents sent by Lao Zhu, and adding some content to the letter just now, Zhu Yuan began to deal with various related documents from the Yinghai Division and even the Navy Commander's Mansion.

The summer tax collection has long since ended.

Some time ago, Yinghai Division began to receive hemp materials from various places.

As originally expected, the specific total is about 450 million catties. Lao Zhu's attitude is that all of them will be sent to Mingzhou, and Zhu Yuan will distribute them.

Over the past period of time, more than 100 million catties have been shipped in successively.

More are on the way.

Zhu Yuan's first plan was to expand a weaving workshop in Mingzhou to produce linen in large quantities.

In the Yinghai industry chain, not only sails and cloth bags need linen, but also the tooling that Yinghai is constantly promoting. There is not so much cotton cloth to make clothes at present, and the cheaper linen is still the mainstay.

Furthermore, sackcloth can also be converted into oilcloth.

Especially for the timber storage bases of Yinghai Division in various places, waterproof coverage is a key issue.

In this era, it is unrealistic to build large-scale warehouses like those of later generations in large quantities. Large quantities of wood reserves can only be stacked in the open air.The current reserve quantity is actually not too much, and it can be handled for the time being. In the future, a large number of reserve bases will be spread throughout the southeast, and even the entire coastline of Daming, and the demand for tarpaulins will also be huge.

There are always not enough resources.

If it wasn't for all the investment of Yinghai Division to get output, and the output is quite generous, Zhu Yuan's tossing around in Mingzhou, not to mention the court officials, even Lao Zhu would not agree.

After deliberating and directing a document on hemp material, Zhu Yuan picked up another document and opened it when he heard He Xuan's voice: "My lord, when the time comes, it's time to rest."

Looked up.

The rain is still falling outside the window, the world is dim, but it is still bright.

About five o'clock in the afternoon.

One hour in the morning, one hour in the afternoon, or two hours of work every day, Zhu Yuan did not argue with He Xuan, who was under strict orders from the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy and even the Emperor and Empress, and stood up, stretching his body while looking down at the window of the lake.

He Xuan walked in and helped Zhu Yuan pack all kinds of documents, papers and pens, while saying: "My lord, Yao Mian from the Yao family is here again. He has been waiting in the gatehouse, do you want to see him?"

Zhu Yuan's current location is the villa of the Yao family, a big family in Zhoushan.

Also know about it.

The Chang Kingdom Islands are actually very crouching tiger, hidden dragon.

At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, until the fall of the Southern Song Dynasty, in order to escape the war disaster, people on land moved to Changguo one after another, and they were distributed on various islands. Many of them were big families. In the Northern Song Dynasty, the Yao family once had a third-rank The palace bachelor.

After the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Yao family moved to Zhoushan. For hundreds of years, the poems and books have been handed down to the family.

Until the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the Yao family had passed down sixteen generations in Changguo. Although many descendants went ashore to seek a future, there are still more than [-] Yao family members on Zhoushan Island.

Some time ago, Zhu Yuan's place was very lively.

After all, Master Yinghai is sick, so he must come to visit him.

Apart from not accepting gifts, Zhu Yuan did not refuse to visit, but in fact, he didn't show up very much, and it was basically He Xuan and Xie Yi who were in charge.

The moment is already great, and there is nothing else, so I nodded and agreed after thinking about it.

Yao Mian is over 70 years old, but as the patriarch of the clan, he is pampered and looks very energetic. When he sees Zhu Yuan, he is about to get up and salute immediately. Zhu Yuan has asked He Xuan to help him.

The old man didn't force it, but he still sat down with a long bow.

There's nothing wrong with it, I just came here to make a familiar face.

Ask Zhu Yuan how he is living here and what he needs.

Zhu Yuan knew that at the beginning, the Yao family wanted to send some female concubines to Zhu Yuan.

The Yao family is not alone.

Probably because he thought he had discovered the weakness of the little adult Yinghai Envoy, and he didn't need the money, but the beauty, it seems...somewhat feasible.

Therefore, these days, no matter the local officials or the rich and powerful in the southeast, they all try to send women to Zhu Yuan.

Of course confiscated.

Zhu Yuan wants a woman, the regular channel, of course, is the 'regular channel' of this era, you can have as many as you want, there is no need to accept gifts from others.After all, once you accept it, it's not just money, it's tantamount to an extra line.

In the future, if the brother-in-law of the camp sea envoy suddenly behaves mischievously outside, it will ruin his reputation.

What's more, once it is accepted, if you want to do something in the future, you will not be able to escape the shortage of people.

Zhu Yuan would not send out such a handle.

Not only that, Zhu Yuan also reflected for a while.

My weakness...

Well, how did this kind of thing become known without knowing it?

One must know that some of the people who sent them were beautiful women whom Zhu Yuan favored.

This is too much.

In fact, Master Yinghai also likes the yellow flower girl.

After chatting with Yao Mian for a while, Zhu Yuan didn't entertain too much, and served tea to see off the guests.

Yao Mian should have something to say, but he didn't say anything after all.

Zhu Yuan knew that it should be about the imperial examination.

Recently, someone also asked Zhu Yuan.

According to Lao Zhu's decree, officials from all over the country can recommend students to Jinling to take part in the imperial examination this autumn, and the threshold is still very low.

This moved many people's minds.

Instinctively feel that the higher the identity of the recommender, the more effective it must be.

Just like the Tang and Song Dynasties.

Of course Zhu Yuan knew that this time, it must be different.

Not only that, Zhu Yuan also refused all those who came to Zhu Yuan for recommendation.

This is not because Zhu Yuan is unkind, but on the contrary, for the good of these people.

Because... Obviously, if nothing unexpected happens, the battle of Dadu in the north is over, Lao Zhu will return to Jinling, and Zhu Yuan will also return to Jinling.Moreover, for this imperial examination, Lao Zhu had already said in a letter that he would be the chairperson.

Since you want to be an examiner, you always have to avoid suspicion.

Even though the admission rules are different this time, in the future, if someone finds out that the student recommended by Mr. Ying Haisi has won, they will inevitably say a few more words.

In fact, Zhu Yuan didn't care too much about these things, but if he could pay attention, he should always pay attention.There is no need to take the initiative to cause trouble.

(End of this chapter)