The sun never sets in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 349 For Food
Unexpectedly, this Master Huang of Daming made a fuss about the festival, and he found an excuse to cheat. He said that he especially likes the rice of Guangnan Kingdom, and asked the Lord of Guangnan to let his people increase the planting area. He must provide at least 50 stones to the trading fleet of Daming every year.

Hu Mingshan, the Minister of Guangnan who was in charge of negotiations, had been exhausted by Mr. Huang's unreasonable torture. He still didn't dare to offend this master and was always careful with him, but there were still problems that he couldn't solve.

He cried and said with a sad face: "Master Huang, the poor people of Guangnan country will not be able to pay 50 shi of rice to the Great Ming Dynasty anyway, and it is even more impossible to do so every year."

It turned out that Hu Mingshan got it wrong, thinking that Daming asked Guangnan Kingdom to pay so much rice for nothing.

Huang Shengdao: "I will send a ship to Feifu Port to buy 50 shi of rice every year, and send it to Feifu Port Wharf according to the trade price of this time. If you can’t get it, there is nothing you can do. The Ming army had to go ashore to find a seller in the interior.”

Hu Mingshan heaved a sigh of relief, Daming didn't take it for nothing but bought it, the price Master Huang offered was not low!This business can be done, and he is interested, because the Hu family is a big landlord. The family has more than [-] mu of paddy fields, and the land rent can harvest [-] shi of rice every year.

"Your Excellency Huang can help you contact me by paying money to buy rice, but you must not send troops ashore. The grassroots of Guangnan Kingdom refuse to accept Wang Hua. It would be wrong if any disputes arise."

"That's very good. I will accept Mr. Hu's words. The sailing time at sea is uncertain. As long as Mr. Hu can ensure that the Ming merchant ship gets 50 shi of rice before July."

"Here, if your lord's fleet doesn't arrive after the deadline, and so much rice falls on your hands, how can the lower officials bear it?"

"I can give you a [-]% deposit first, and if it is overdue, it will not have nothing to do with you."

Hu Mingshan was overjoyed, and hurriedly agreed, but he didn't know if this Mr. Huang was honest, and he felt a little uneasy.

Huang Sheng arranged for Bian Zhiming to draft a contract, generously gave Hu Mingshan a deposit of 9 taels of silver, and told him not to go fishing in the marsh, and use the deposit to expand the planting area and water conservancy facilities.

When Hu Mingshan saw that this adult was both an angel and a devil, he couldn't understand it all at once, but when he saw boxes of snowflake silver, this kid swallowed, and felt a lot more at ease.

It is a trivial matter to make a lot of profits with their Hu family and the Ruan family, who is the lord of the country, taking the lead in this big business. The key is to allow many ordinary people to produce with peace of mind, and they no longer have to worry about the rice price not being sold at a good price.

Hu Mingshan is not worried about not getting enough of the quantity Mr. Huang wants. The water and soil here are fertile, and he can't wait to put chopsticks to sprout. As long as the people are more diligent, they will start planning this year, and it will be no problem to meet the delivery volume next year.

With a deposit of 9 taels of silver in his hand, he immediately repaired the water conservancy facilities and increased the sowing area. It is easy to do three crops a year here, and it is completely possible to harvest more rice.

Huang Sheng had no choice but to do it. Due to the extreme weather of the Little Ice River in the north, there was a serious shortage of food, and his farming had just begun, so he had to open up new food supply channels no matter what.

No matter how troublesome it is, any severe weather will not cause a global disaster. The colder the earth makes the climate in these tropical areas more livable, and the food production here will not be affected at all.

Hu Mingshan happily carried away 9 taels of silver with many servants, and got Master Huang's promise that the Ming army would go back immediately if they didn't go ashore.

He got a long-term cooperation contract with a period of ten years. Every year, he must prepare at least 50 shi of rice and send it to Feifu Port Wharf. The price is four and five cents per shi. silver.

Hu Mingshan didn't dare to be negligent, and immediately went back to report to the lord, asking the Ruan family to arrange a grain production plan together.

The United Fleet is going back, but it has captured more than 4000 captives, which is too much. Daming has such a large population, why bring so many Dai Viet people back?kill them all?It's not right, doing so will hurt peace, and killing prisoners for no reason is ominous!

Ruan Dan led a dozen Han people who were born in Annan to interrogate the captives, and selected [-] Jing people with Han blood to stay as handymen, and asked them all to speak Chinese, and from now on they must say that they are Han. people.

Huang Sheng was going to hand over the remaining 500 people from the north of Dayue to Hu Mingshan to take them back as serfs. Having these strong laborers to farm would help Hu Mingshan complete the contract.

Le Zizi took the silver and went back to Hu Mingshan, who was about to go to work quickly, and was summoned by Mr. Huang Sheng again. This kid thought that there was a change of mind, and felt terrified.Who knows there are good things waiting for him.

Hu Mingshan got more than 500 unpaid strong laborers and 9 taels of start-up capital. He didn't know how many rice fields he could reclaim.

He was so excited that he kowtowed and thanked, and patted his chest to promise: "Master Huang, if you treat the lower official like this, the lower official will repay you with a heartless heart. If the delivery of rice is less than 50 shi next year, you can directly chop off the lower official's head."

Huang Sheng said: "Lord Hu, don't limit yourself to 50 shi. Didn't I say that? The more the better."

"Of course, I can do more and won't hide it. Please rest assured."

Hu Mingshan had so many more strong laborers, his confidence was very different, and he hurried back to bring his servants to take over the prisoners.

Of course he would report back to the lord to ask these people to be kept as serfs in the Hu family and give half of them to the Ruan family.

The ruler of the country already knew that the Hu family had signed a rice sales agreement with Daming, and knew that it was profitable.

Hu Mingshan made a great contribution this time, and Ruan Fuyuan certainly would not treat him badly. He expressed his satisfaction that Hu Mingshan would be a man and even recruited the Ruan family to make this big deal. .

This time, Hu Mingshan negotiated a big deal, which not only contributed to the country but also benefited himself and deserved to be rewarded. Ever since, Mr. Hu of Guangnan Kingdom was promoted to three ranks and became a famous and powerful minister beside the king.

In the discussion cabin of the 'Liaodong', He Xiang, Ruan Dan, and Bian Zhiming were counting the gains, and reported the supplies and property captured by Zheng Bing's navy, and finally reported to Mr. Huang Sheng that more than [-] enemy heads were beheaded or killed.

It became a natural habit for the Ming army to cut off the enemy's head in battle. Even the corpses in the sea were painstakingly picked up, stripped, and the heads were cut off before being thrown down to feed the fish.

Why do you strip the enemy naked every time?Because the soldiers of the Huang family were born in hardships, some of the clothes that were stripped off could be used to help the poor who had no food and clothing. Ragged clothes and rags were the raw materials for industrious women to process cloth soles.

Huang Sheng didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Guangnan Guo paid the balance on the day he learned that the Ming army had won a complete victory. What did he want the heads of the Northern army for?

Forget it, all the cuts have been cut, and we can't be in vain. All of them will be counted as the gains from attacking Zheng Yiguan's pirates, and Ye Chengjing will return to Zhejiang to run his family's family.

Anyway, the soldiers of the Dayue National Navy are all young and middle-aged, and they can be seen at a glance that they go to sea all year round. The pirates pretending to be Zheng Yiguan don't need to pretend at all. The official pirates were beaten to death, and the number of beheads was probably seven or eight thousand.

He Xiang has been on the expedition for a long time, and she has turned a blind eye to the bloody fact of beheading. She likes to count the seized property. She knows that this time she helped the Southern Army of Dayue Kingdom fight the Northern Army, and the Huang family got 10,000+ taels of gold.

This is not over yet, the warships, equipment, and supplies seized exceeded the price of 100 million taels of silver. The beauty was a little excited, and chatted non-stop in the master's arms at night, and finally stopped talking after holding something. mean.

The beauty is very excited today, playing coquettishly with the master, saying that the master is biased, why does sister Zhao Rui have the master's flesh and blood, and she still has no reaction?

The master didn't know the reason, so he simply didn't explain everything and looked at the action. He could only work hard, and the beauty finally realized how powerful she was, and soon she was exhausted and fell asleep in the master's arms.

(End of this chapter)