Hongwu Survival Guide

Chapter 51 Another Problem Solved
Zhu Yuanzhang and Ben Zhang have already met each other, but when they met another famous historical figure, Zhu Yuan just thought it was interesting, but there was nothing to be excited about.Ask a few more questions, know that Shen Xiu, nicknamed "Shen Wansan", has passed away, and the current head of the Shen family is Shen Xiu's eldest son, Shen Rong, who is also 62 years old at the moment.

This overturned the record in "History of the Ming Dynasty" that Shen Wansan was exiled to Yunnan because he wanted to reward the army for violating Lao Zhu's taboo after donating to build the city wall.

Impossible to think about.

The city wall of Ming Dynasty in Nanjing was mainly built in the early period of Hongwu, and when Yunnan was pacified, Zhu Yuan did not remember clearly, but it was definitely ten years after Hongwu.

In the early stage of Hongwu, Yunnan was not in the territory of Ming Dynasty, so how to distribute it?

Even if the story happened after the recovery of Yunnan, then the conflict came again. The "History of the Ming Dynasty" records that it is related to Queen Ma. Queen Ma only lived for 15 years after Hongwu. Two said.

This is off topic.

Then turn to the topic.

It is impossible for Shen Tong to know the "send 500 years of Guozuo" that has spread in the government and the public in recent months. When he saw a young man who was no more than 15 years old, he asked him in detail when he set off, how many people he brought, and where he was going on the road. How long has he been there, how to identify the direction, what difficulties he has encountered, and all the details after arriving in Japan, he responded cautiously, but felt a little unreal in his heart.

Because Shen Tong has an eldest son who is about the same age. He is 14 years old this year. He invited a teacher to teach enlightenment when the child was eight years old. He had lost all hope.

In front of this...

Shen Tong only felt that he was not talking to a young man at all, as for those questions, he felt that even if the eldest son was hanged up and beaten, that incompetent bastard would not be able to speak out.

After asking about two or three cups of tea in a row, Zhu Yuan finally stopped.

After taking a sip of water, he continued to talk to Shen Tongtong: "The last thing, you make a list, how many goods you brought when you went, the purchase price, the transaction price of various goods in Japan, and what you bought when you came back. How much money is on board, write it down to me in detail."

Shen Tong cupped his hands and said: "My lord, there is an account book on board, and I can send it to my lord to have a look at immediately."

Zhu Yuan smiled and said: "Account book, I also know some accounting skills, and I must be better than you. The account book is also delivered, you should write it as I said, not just write..." He said and read Eyes on the three people behind Shen Tong: "You guys should also write together. If there are any illiterate ones, I will send scribes to help you. Remember, if you conceal anything, you will bear the consequences."

After finishing speaking, he waved his hand: "Go."

Zhu Yuan's voice has always been flat, with some weakness from long-term illness, but the words 'at your own risk' made Shen Tong's several fleet leaders tremble in their hearts.

coming.

After all, they all know the routine.

Since there is no immediate grab, then what may be needed is an excuse.

Shen Tong didn't even plan to take the ship, let alone the goods, and naturally he didn't think about hiding it. The first priority at the moment is to save the lives of the fleet. After all, it is not clear about the official attitude of the West Wu towards the southeast.He knelt down and kowtowed respectfully with the three people behind him, and then left under the escort of officers and soldiers.

After getting out of the cabin door, Shen Tong couldn't help but smile wryly.

this time……

Even if people can keep it, they will definitely show their bottom line.After all, just how rich the benefits of maritime trade are, everything that has been done will definitely be regarded as a top secret and kept silent to the outside world.

After Shen Tong and the others left, Zhu Yuan said to Liu Lian next to him, "Go and organize our conversation just now into a document. Classical Chinese is not allowed, just write in vernacular."

Liu Lian clapped his hands in agreement and left the meeting room.

Zhu Yuan then fell into deep thought.

Hua Gao didn't interrupt immediately, and sat patiently with him for a long time before finally opening his mouth carefully: "Hanlin, do you have an idea?"

Zhu Yuan came back to his senses and reached out to take the teacup, Hua Gao quickly got up and snatched it: "It's cool, I'll change the heat for you."

Zhu Yuan: "..."

After Huagao poured out the herbal tea and graciously replaced it with the still warm tea in the pot, Zhu Yuan thanked him, picked it up and took a sip before saying, "Another problem has been solved, maybe several problems can be solved at once."

Hua Gao returned to his seat, leaned over slightly, with a look of cooperative expectation, and dragged the text: "Would you like to hear more about it?"

Zhu Yuan sorted out his thoughts again, and said: "We have no shortage of food, boats, and people when transporting grain by sea. What we lack most is that we don't know how to go. Even if we make a globe and a star-drawing instrument, after all Talking about war on paper, but actually going into the sea, there are too many things to deal with, and there are thousands of threads. Now, a group of people who are best at traveling by sea happened to bump into us."

Huagao also had an epiphany, and slapped his thigh: "Sea merchants!"

Zhu Yuan nodded: "Sea merchants."

According to Zhu Yuan's estimation, the sea route of up to two to three thousand miles for this food transportation is already very difficult.And those sea merchants, not to mention the whole world, at least in Asia, have traveled all over the tens of thousands of miles.Therefore, it can be said that not only the best guides in the world at present, but also the overall best sea navigation team must be in the hands of these profit-seeking maritime merchants.

Officials can't compare.

Huagao is a smart person, and he quickly understood all the joints. He rubbed his hands and said, "When we landed, let's pass down an order immediately to let those sea merchants ship and send people. Don't do it."

Typical official thinking.

Zhu Yuan shook his head slightly, and said: "Twisted melons are not sweet. If they fool around and send someone to make up for it, how will we be held accountable afterward? We have made a big mistake, and we can't do this."

Hua Gao was not at all upset by Zhu Yuan's veto, and poked his head: "It's my thoughts, Han Lin, you plan things, I, Lao Hua, are just running errands, and I can always listen to orders."

Zhu Yuan ignored Hua Gao's flattery and fell into thinking again.

Before asking for the jurisdiction of the Shibo Department from Lao Zhu, to put it bluntly, Zhu Yuan did it for money.Zhu Yuan did not hide this point from Lao Zhu, and even mentioned the customs revenue of the Qing Dynasty that might reach the level of tens of millions of taels of silver in his memory.

In this era, because the ocean route to the west has not been opened, the income from the city ship will not be so much, but it is enough to open up the ocean in the early stage.

Since he wants to open up the ocean, what Zhu Yuan expects is a state where "the wool comes from the sheep", instead of pulling wool from the "cows" and subsidizing the raising of "sheep".

Cows are not rich either.

Because transporting food is the top priority, Zhu Yuan hadn't considered this matter carefully before.

Now, Zhu Yuan feels that the two things can be combined.

Well planned, kill two birds with one stone.

Thinking about it this way, coupled with the previous conversation with Shen Tong, which exhausted his energy, he was tired and sleepy again, and his upper and lower eyelids began to fight.

broken body.

Hua Gao's voice came: "Hanlin, shall I carry you down to sleep?"

Raising his hand, he pushed away the approaching old face.

Am I being embarrassed?
After a while, Qingniang's soft voice sounded: "Little official, can I carry you down?"

Ok.

I don't want to lose face.

Lie on Qing Niang's back, feeling the nice woman's fragrance, and muttered: "Cover the cover, so that no one can see it."

(End of this chapter)