"There are eleven ships missing," Zhang Zhaohua asked, "a total of 230,000 stones?"

The official on the Cao Yun replied: "The ships sent from Suzhou cannot be transported by Cao now, the sea is far away, and it will sink when it encounters a storm, which is already the least lost." ”

Huitong River is the main road of the Yuan Dynasty, from Jining, Shandong to Linqing, Shandong a total of more than 400 miles, but the shore is narrow and the water is narrow, and it can not be loaded. From the Hongwu period, to transport grain and grass to Liaodong and Beiping, it was all by sea. The grain for this disaster relief was sent to Zhigu by sea, and 11 ships were sunk.

"It seems that the northern canal of the canal must be dredged," Zhang Zhaohua muttered: "In this way, I will send a few officials to the Huitong River to explore the river, and then you will report to me the hydrological situation of the Huitong River in previous years. ”

"Niangniang," the official said, "if you want to dredge the Huitong River, you must dredge the Yellow River later." ”

Zhang Zhaohua raised his eyebrows and said, "What do you say?"

"Since the Hongwu period, the Yellow River has been broken by Yuanwu, and the Yuanjialu River has been silted up," he said. Now it is necessary to dredge the Yellow River, make it flow south into the Huai River, and merge with the Huitong River, which will not only calm down the floods in Henan, but also make the Yellow River have one more discharge outlet and cause fewer troubles. ”

Zhang Zhaohua nodded, now that the waterway of the Yellow River is unstable, it is the time to seize the Huai into the sea, Zhang Zhaohua has no good way for the time being, because there is no violent flood for the time being, and her hand cannot reach beyond Beiping, so she can only press this matter in her heart first and wait for the coming day.

What she can do now is to ask for dredging to ensure the smooth passage of the river.

Moreover, she knew that the place of Zhigu had a relatively long section of the Haihe River, which could become an important place for the concentration and transshipment of grain, and the port of Tianjin must be opened as a necessary condition for maritime passage.

She immediately summoned the Zhigu County Order, and there was actually another person with her, this person was Liu Mingqian.

Liu Mingqian is now a gentleman of Zhigu, because he got a place for a national prison student, but he didn't go, Zhang Zhaohua remembered him as a down-and-out person who lost all his net worth, and now he is not down, but the depression in his heart is revealed from his eyes.

Zhang Zhaohua asked him: "After 28 years of Hongwu, I have never seen you again, I once told you to come to me, but you did not come." ”

"Life is like a reverse journey, I am also a pedestrian," Liu Mingqian said: "I don't dare to bother my mother these years, I have worked hard for a little industry outside the north and south, and when Jing is difficult, I have not hit Zhigu, which is the emperor's kindness." ”

Zhang Zhaohua nodded, and didn't know what to say, Dong'an was her heart knot, and she didn't want to open it over and over again.

"You're here for—"

"I heard that Niangniang plans to build a city and a port in Zhigu?" asked Liu Mingqian.

"This is all a planned thing," Zhang Zhaohua said: "To build a city, you must first build a guard station, build a port, and also report to the emperor, and only then can you open the port with permission." ”

"The emperor will definitely agree," Liu Mingqian said: "When the emperor was in trouble, he sent troops from Beiping and crossed the river from Zhigu to the south.

Zhang Zhaohua said with a smile: "You say so, in the city of Beijing, red cloth must be pasted up and down, and it is all the places where the Son of Heaven passes!"

Zhang Zhaohua's thoughts were actually the same as his, the emperor would definitely agree to build a guard in Zhigu, that is, in order to strengthen the protection of Caoyun and the salt works, and build a city in Haijin Town to prevent foreign invasion, which is the meaning of the topic. However, when it comes to the opening of the port, it may not be, because if the river is dredged, the transportation of grain is more than ten times more stable than that of sea transportation.

Zhang Zhaohua still wants to promote the harbor, for the Zhang family to plan, Zhang Sheng has just recently built seventy or eighty huge ships, compared to Shi Jinqing's giant ship built, because the North Canal is narrow, the river is shallow, so this kind of sea ship can only travel to the sea, in Zhenjiang Gaozi Port for a trial, north to Beijing, said that Zhigu to build a port is the best place.

Zhang Zhaohua's concert was quickly sent to Nanjing, and Emperor Yongle took a closer look at it and smiled: "Gao Chi's concert is quite prescient, knowing that this place in Zhigu is an important place for grain transfer, and he asked for the establishment of a health center. ”

He took out another letter from more than ten days ago, "Please repair the ceremony, give relief to the victims, cast farm tools, and make sure that the high-blazing piles are all in place!"

As he spoke, he thought of Gao Xu again, and couldn't help frowning: "Gao Xu hasn't played for a few days?"

Ma He said: "The last time King Gaoyang played was a month and seven days ago. ”

"What is he busy with?" Emperor Yongle didn't seem to be very happy: "Isn't it running horses every day in Kaiping Racecourse, not doing business!"

Ma He said: "King Gaoyang is not unserious, isn't Wei Niangniang pregnant now, often go back to see, and it is also King Gaoyang's father's heart." ”

"How many days have you been in Kaiping in total, running to Beiping every day!" Emperor Yongle was still unhappy: "All over the world, he is about to become a father, and how many soldiers are there who guard the border for the country, and the children have grown up to be seven or eight years old, and they have not gone home to see them! The hero is short of breath, and the love of children is long! At the beginning, for the sake of Wei's, I wanted to die or live, and I had to marry her and be a wife!"

The more Emperor Yongle thought about it, the more angry he became: "What good do you say about Wei's family, you want to have a family background without a family background, you want a color without color, you want to be talented and virtuous, a clumsy woman in the countryside, you don't know the general situation, where is it worth him to exchange military merits! Now that she is pregnant with a child, she has taken him to Beijing over and over again, and I have forgotten all the things I have told him!"

"The emperor is angry," Ma He persuaded: "King Gaoyang is the first time to be a father, do you still remember what the first time the prince became a father? ”

Speaking of his grandson, Emperor Yongle said: "If it were a boy, like Wei's temperament, wouldn't I be angry with him!"

"Your Majesty's own grandson, you must have followed Your Majesty," Ma He said with a smile: "The emperor's eldest grandson looks like him, doesn't the emperor like it?"

At the mention of Brother Chun, Emperor Yongle couldn't help but smile: "It's still my eldest man, everything is perfect." ”

Brother Chun'er is now raised in the Qianqing Palace, and the emperor and queen love him like eyeballs, and they want the stars in the sky to climb the ladder to pick them. Although he is naughty, but smart and clever, very likable, before because Xu Zengshou was stabbed to death by Emperor Jianwen in front of the steps, Queen Xu has been depressed, but Brother Chun can make her happy, what kind of painting did she draw yesterday, and the queen was happy to eat an extra bowl of rice.