Chapter 459: A staggering number

Zhu Gao Suo listened to the words of the dejin and subconsciously frowned.

To be honest, it was Zhang Anshi who took advantage of him on weekdays, and it was not easy to have a chance to take advantage of Zhang Anshi, but instead of not letting him take advantage of it, this Lord Xie had to greatly impose favors.

However, Zhu Gao Suo is not stupid, he is just a prince, other people rack their brains, he simply do not need to use their brains can be easily done.

Because of this, he, like Han King Zhu Gaoxu, usually moved his brain less, and slowly this brain was not their strong point.

But this bit of truth, Zhu Gao Suo still knows.

Especially came to Java, without the shelter of Zhu Di, all the things to take his own ideas, at this time he has also sharpened the appearance.

After a brief moment of contemplation, he said, “Duke Xie’s high opinion is that this is how it should be done. Are these the only initiatives?”

“The general political direction is this, but the details should be handled well.” Xie Jin thought for a moment, continued patiently: “The human world is like this, if there is one thing that is not done properly, but the previous work is abandoned. Our plantation in the surplus grain, the first are carried to the harbor to stockpile, in addition, the best grain to be made into fine rice, so that the same amount of load, there will be more people to eat. Let’s get this done first, on the one hand, lest the debris in the grain wastes the transportation capacity, on the other hand, after transporting it to the Taiping Province, we can let them enter the warehouse at any time, instead of having to spend another day to beat the grain, these grains are emergency grains, and with less delay, it will be of great use.”

“In addition to this, before this rice is put into storage, it is best to seal it and find a way to de-wet it, so that when it is loaded onto the ship, it will be free from seawater dampness along the way, so requisition some tarpaulins first.”

“Tarpaulin?” Zhu Gao Suo was startled, his face in disbelief.

It is important to know that this tarpaulin is a good material for moisture protection, something that is certainly not rare in Taipingfu, but in Java, it is invaluable.

After all, Java is already humid, so gunpowder storage, the demand for tarpaulin is great, and these tarpaulins in the beginning can be purchased from Taipingfu.

But once the tarpaulin has been taken to protect the grain from moisture, what about the gunpowder? Wouldn’t we have to order it again in the future? This is another expense.

Zhu Gao Suo felt a meaty pain just thinking about this.

How can Xie Jin not know what Zhu Gao Suo’s mind, then smiled and said: “Your Highness, a good man should be a good man to the end, and never do a half-assed job, if not, instead of earning some small profits in front of us. Once the tarpaulin for military needs is requisitioned, it does have an impact on us, especially in the military. But think about it, Your Highness, gunpowder can’t be used for the time being, let’s hold out for a few months, and when the ordered tarpaulin comes, there will be no problem. Now the people of the soil heard of your highness, will be scared, your highness these months, they will not dare to make a move, even if they make a move, my Zhao army elite food, even if the amount of gunpowder is reduced, it is enough to subdue them.”

“But your highness has to think of what the Daming disaster victims think, think of what His Highness the King of Wuhu County thinks, what they think of, what they can not think of, your highness has thought of, this …… will be different.”

Said, xie jin face heavy up, very cautious, said: “your highness think twice.”

Zhu Gao Suo tangled, Xie Jin’s words are still very convinced. So after a few moments of contemplation, finally nodded and said, “According to the understanding of the public that is, what else?”

Xie Jin then said: “have to repair the book, but do not send out now, wait for His Highness the King of Wuhu County’s grain ship arrived, His Highness taught them to bring back. This letter, make sure that the words earnest, naturally do not have to be too respectful, after all, his highness is a nobleman, is the Prince, the letter, do not have to mention the people, only on the old love with His Highness the King of Wuhu County can be.”

“This …… you do it, Xie Gong write a copy, then this king can just transcribe it according to the cat.”

For this, Zhu Gao Suo is still very self-aware, thesis pen, since Xie Jin is more capable.

So Xie Jin said, “I will try my best to do so.”

Zhu Gao Suire, however, still said with a few lingering concerns, “Will Xie Gong …… not have any grain ships to come?”

“There will be.”

Zhu Gao Suire said, “But …… even if there are many disasters, but after all, Taipingfu has hoarded a lot of money and grain on weekdays, and the imperial court also has a lot of treasury grain, so it should be able to support the past.”

Xie Jin smiled and gave King Zhao Zhu Gao Suu a look of certainty: “Your Highness does not know, the so-called catastrophe, very often, may not be the world’s food, really not enough to fill the world’s stomach. The world’s affairs, traditionally, is that some people are hungry and thirsty, then the more hungry and thirsty, on the contrary, food is more scarce. So …… not unexpected words, I thought, this food gap, on the contrary, may become an important contest in the Daming temple, now than is, who has more food on hand.”

Zhu Gao Suire sucked in a mouthful of cool air: “You say this, this king is rather more confused, hey …… is this Daming such a place of right and wrong?”

Xie Jin said, “His Highness is in Java, because here in Java, the enemy is clear, the enemy is the enemy, I am I, we defend against the foreign invasion, if we are in the same room, then the 100,000 Han people, will be dead without a burial place, if someone is really greedy, the big thing is, rely on the seizure from the natives.”

Said here, xie jin paused, only then said: “but the Ming is different, you more, he will be less, the so-called benevolent government, the so-called rule by doing nothing is? Is the court less meddling in the countryside, from someone to take care of these things, and take care of these things, they have long been in the countryside tree roots, naturally do not want the court and the government to interfere.”

“And what about the so-called New Deal? The name of the New Deal is also very nice, but when you think about it, in fact, is not it to take away the land and population of the original tree deep-rooted people, and to meddle in their affairs? Here, everyone has their reasoning, everyone has a grand excuse, because of this, so this is you die and I live to fight, immortal.”

Zhu Gao Suo sighed, “Are there no good people at all?”

Xie Jin said: “good or bad is not important, the important thing is your highness on which side. If your highness is a scholar-gentry, in the Ming dynasty has ten thousand hectares of good land, slaves, by reading the four books and five sutras, and get the title, naturally will stand on the side of the reason. But if His Highness runs a business, mastering the trading of sea ships, or …… working in a workshop, he may feel that the New Deal is justified.”

Zhu Gao Suo immediately said, “Then this king and Zhang Anshi are in the same gang.”

Xie Jin said: “good, the crux of the problem is here, because His Highness and Wuhu County King interests related, so it is necessary to think of all ways to offer food, I can lack of one or two years of food savings in Zhao, but His Highness Wuhu County King must win, because this is the interest related, I Zhao …… after all, with the With Hugh, this and other stakes think through. Other things …… are also the minutiae, not enough to discuss. District some grain, district some tarpaulin, this is not very important.”

Zhu Gao Suire heard here, suddenly with a complex gaze fixedly looked at Xie Jin, and then sighed: “Xie Gong if it was this kind of mind, perhaps …… also not to the initial and that Zhang Anshi fight to the death.”

Zhu Gao Suo’s face revealed a few emotional expressions.

Xie Jin is still calm, without changing color, said: “If I am still the Wen Yuan Ge University, as usual, or to fight. In the minister of that point, against the current, not to advance is to retreat, has been in a high position, can not be subjugated to a young man, look up to the nose of others? At the beginning of the minister with the fight, as today when the minister in Java with the good, this is precisely because the minister can think of the advantages and disadvantages, at any time, are not emotionally involved, your highness, a great man to act, it should be so.”

These words can be said, can insight Jin and Zhu Gaoshuu between the relationship has been enough trust.

Two people would have been in the Ming, when it is also considered to be a spring, one is ordered to guard Beiping, that is, his father will be their own base camp to himself, but also the control of the border towns, in the identity of the emperor, to his father to guard a large part of the family, in Zhu Gao Suo seems to think, his father is completely trusting of himself, not to mention that he holds the power of the army, perhaps there is a possibility of competition for the crown.

And the other is the Wen Yuan Pavilion university scholar, also deeply trusted, can be said to be young and ambitious, the future prospects, can be imagined.

But where did it occur to me that both men were given a whack and ended up here in Java as good as new.

But here, as far as the eye can see, there are unexplored dense forests and countless natives, so I really want to cry.

It also compels the two to keep their lips on each other.

Not to mention the temperament of the two, in fact, are quite compatible, xie jin deep thinking, and with the peculiar bullying of the readers. And the king of Zhao Zhu GaoSuu noble family, since the eye is also high, but also has a deep heart.

The two are also considered to be the king of eight met green beans, actually quite a sense of confidant.

Thus Xie Jin can say some words from the bottom of his heart, in fact, it can not be helped, a top smart people, to such a place, around the people are not big old man, even if there is some culture, the cultural level of this cultural level is not even enough to the level of the lifter, and even the words can not be said, a bellyful of talent, but can only be held in the stomach.

Only this Zhu Gao Suo, who has really seen the world and has received a good court education, can barely understand it.

Just Zhu Gao Suo, but also very dependent on Jie Jin rely on, in addition to speculation, in fact, or he found that many of the words of Jie Jin, here is really useful, really have any great talent, in addition to Jie Jin, I’m afraid that no one would like to come to this Java, you go on your knees to begging, and people will never come.

As for those who were tricked to the gentry, the ability to have some, although the gap between Xie Jin is not small, but on the other hand, both Zhu Gao Su and Xie Jin, they are on the defensive.

People are not fools, to trick your family to Java Karma waist, fools know that the other side must be on your hate to the teeth, just take you can not do anything about it, you still dare to have to produce trust in him?

After a long breath, Zhu Gao Suoi said: “This king understands, in short, everything according to the solution of the public said to do is. This …… matter as a top priority to grasp, how much grain in Zhao, as long as the grain ship is enough, as long as Zhang Anshi guy wants to take, we Zhao up and down, tighten the belt, but also to support the end.”

So Xie Jin was pleased to say, “With these words from Your Highness, then I will go to set up and make arrangements.”

Everything is as Jinyin expected.

Sure enough, after another half a month, a large number of ships actually docked.

They brought large quantities of firearms and silk, cotton, and tea, and as soon as they disembarked, they immediately began to purchase grain.

And these merchants are surprised that the Zhao side, but also early preparations, a warehouse of grain, has long been ready, and has long been tightly wrapped, all the foot, seems to have enlisted to, directly began to carry on the ship.

Everything is in order.

Within three days, the ship returned directly.

If it was in the past, even the fastest, from the requisition to the transportation to the port from all over the world, to the loading and sealing of the cabin, plus the ship supply and repair, without a month, it is never possible.

Java has little of anything but grain.

And Luzon, Annam, etc., are actually pretty much the same.

The Han King is magnificent, and it is true that there is too much grain in Annan, which he, Zhang Anshi, is in dire need of, so he naturally agreed to it with his mouth full.

The King of Ning is shrewd, not only letting the ships arriving in Luzon to load grain, even in the vicinity of this Luzon, open a bounty, please the Western ships to the Taiping Province to send grain.

These local merchant ships, most of the ships are not large, can not withstand too much wind and waves, sea voyage, almost like fighting for their lives, but under the heavy reward, there will be a brave man, there are really quite a lot of people scrambling to be the first.

Even many pirates in the depths of the ocean, also look at the wind and move, after all, these two years, kill the head of the business is not very good to do, transporting grain seems to be lucrative, but also to be recognized by the feudal kings, can be pardoned for the previous crimes, at the same time, even into the port.

At first they are still full of wariness, afraid that this is the official army have fraud, but who knows, the other side does not ask their identity, only teach them to take something to do against, and then they will teach people to carry food to board the ship, only to teach them to a long sigh of relief.

Food in the Western Ocean and other places, in fact, is not worth money, on the one hand, the entire population of the Western Ocean is far less dense than the Daming, on the other hand, it is really too fertile land here, even the lazy man, do not need to be plowed carefully, this arable land can be two ripe a year, sprinkle the seeds can be born to food places, and may even be food production is not low.

For a while, hundreds and thousands of ships, along various routes, competed to converge on the Songjiang port.

On Zhang Anshi’s side, in the area of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, there are also many grain ships passing through the river and arriving slowly.

Of course, these grains are still a drop in the bucket, he now does not miss any opportunity to engage in food, what channels to try, from the sea, to the river, and then check the grain depot of the prefectures and counties of Zhili, can be said to be exhaustive.

In the blink of an eye, it is the end of the year.

These past few months, the entire Taiping Mansion, as it were, had become a huge barn.

Grain hoarding and other things, the most test of the officials, from the storage to moisture, to ensure that the food is not a lot of loss, and even to the audit accounting, each one, are crucial.

These things are done with great fanfare, but in reality, not much care is taken.

On the one hand …… shipping would not have been too much interested in understanding, in addition to Jiangsu and Zhejiang collected some grain, let people know, this is only some people think, Zhang Anshi this is to relief Zhili’s victims used.

Soon afterward, Yang Pu and Zhu Jin, the left ministers of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs, came to see them.

Zhang Anshi was in a good mood and looked at them with a smile.

These two, both of them had lost a lot of weight, especially Zhu Jin, who originally had a big belly and now felt a full circle of weight.

Zhang Anshi said: ”I have been thinking about you all the time, and my heart is wondering how your errand is going. How come there is no news so far? Who expects, this just read, you will arrive. Visible ah …… heart sincere cause, gold stone for open, read not forget will echo.”

Both laughed.

Zhang Anshi then said, “Have all the granaries everywhere been checked? There are also new grain ships entering the customs …… how many can there be daily now.”

“Your Highness.” Yang Pu said, “this side of the next official has checked, before in order to cope with so much food, Taipingfu this side, built several large grain silos, and will be the original quite a few warehouses, changed into a granary, and now carefully verified down, now the Taipingfu hoard grain …… seventeen million stones! ……”

Zhang Anshi: “……”

Yang Pu said, “Your Highness ……”

“How come there are so many?” Zhang Anshi was a bit surprised.

Yang Pu himself is confused, this is not your own let everyone engage in food? Now we are not all desperately engaged in, this up and down, Jiangsu and Zhejiang to buy food, overseas food shipments, plus the Taiping Province in previous years of the stock of food, this is all your own words ah.

What, are you all confused now?

You know, for the past few months, people have done nothing but build up their food.

Even a number of ships that could not sail far away ventured out to sea and ran along the coastline, mad-dog-like desperately towards Annam.

Now His Highness asks why so many?

In fact, I really can’t blame Zhang Anshi for looking like he was in a state of shock, seventeen million stones is indeed a very scary amount.

For the whole of Daming, the annual revenue from grain, is twenty million stones.

This is the income from all the grain taxes of all the prefectures in the whole world!

Of course, this number …… really to the hands of the court can be used, in fact, not much.

On the one hand, the money and grain of the guards of the world fixed annually, and the salaries of the officials of the world, also a lot of them were converted by grain.

Then there are various kinds of salary rice, as well as the horse grain of the Ministry of War, the work grain of the Ministry of Industry, the sacrificial grain of the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Revenue, not to mention the Ministry of the Household.

These fixed expenses out, the real court available food, not more than three million stones, if you add the various losses, can really play a role of one and a half million stones, has been considered good.

And Zhang Anshi …… now hoarded grain, even the court available food ten times more, and no accident, as long as Zhang Anshi does not shout stop, it may also continue to be a steady stream of food shipments.

“My dear sister ……” Zhang Anshi murmured in surprise: “This Western …… Ocean is really fucking good place ah, compared with them, what Jiangnan Land of Fish and Rice, what Heavenly Capital, all have to be inferior.”

“Your Highness ……” Zhu Jin but bitterly smiled and said: “Food is more than enough, but now many of the food, can not be collected, a lot of food, can not enter the warehouse, what to do now, this food is still not collected? ”

Zhang Anshi turned a cold smile and said, “Who said no more collection? Keep collecting for me, collect as much as you can, and keep building warehouses if you don’t have enough places to put them. I only want to get grain now, forget about the rest!”