Li Hengcheng stood straight, his right hand was hammered into his chest, and his mouth roared: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, if the minister dies, he will not humiliate the country!" ”

Zhu Cijiong nodded, and he looked at Jiao San.

"Jiao San, you followed me all the way from Jingshi to Wandi, and I asked you, is there a mistake in the inner countryside of Rubu and the line of Xichuan?"

Jiao San said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, there is nothing wrong with our territory, it's just that our department recruited troops with sweet potatoes, which caused the poor people in Yunyang to go down the mountain one after another, and now it is only half a month, and more than 3,000 strong men have been recruited, if we wait for the further development of the situation, there are more and more people in the land who learn this news, and more people will inevitably go down the mountain, I am afraid that there will be problems with food." ”

Although the sweet potatoes they planted this year, calculated according to the compensation they gave to the soldiers, they could arm tens of thousands of troops at the very least.

However, one of the most serious problems facing us is the general lack of food for people in mountainous areas.

Even, after Yunyang heard that Daming was recruiting troops in the inner countryside, almost the entire village and the entire village of the people dragged their families to the inner countryside, Xichuan and other places.

These people can't help but help!

Men join the army, pin their heads to the waistband of their trousers to serve the country, and if they let their wives and children starve to death, then ...... Even if you weld people's heads to death with electric welding, tell them that this is a matter of course - people are also going to rebel!

In the world of the family and the country, any universality that makes people give up a certain aspect of the regime is a hooligan!

Because of this, the grain that was originally calculated to be enough for a year has been insufficient!

Zhu Cijiong frowned, at this time, even if the recruitment was suspended, it would not be possible.

Because there has always been a shortage of land in Yunyang, it is even to the point where the elderly need to starve to death to continue the next generation.

The people know that the soldiers here give food first, and they are not going to come in a surge!

Huguang has suffered a catastrophe this year, with a major flood in the south and a great drought in the north.

Moreover, this news was spread by the people themselves, and even if they didn't recruit soldiers, the influx of poor people from the inner countryside and Xichuan would not stop.

At this time, it was the time when the newly-born Ming Dynasty gathered people's hearts, and let the people who took refuge in them starve everywhere, which was a failure!

……

"Uncle, what do you think about this?" Zhu Cijiong turned to Zhang Siyuan.

Zhang Siyuan frowned: "Your Majesty, most of the land in Nanyang is barren, and the minister thinks that he can drain the people and come to farm, so that the pressure of eating will be distributed to the entire Nanyang Basin." ”

He paused, as if he had made up his mind, and his face suddenly became hideous:

"Nanyang is not bad for grain, at least, there is no food within a year!

If we can buy grain from many landlords, we will plant sweet potatoes in the spring of next year, and with the enthusiasm of the people of the Han family, we will not be able to eat all the grain in Nanyang until the year after tomorrow! ”

The generation of Nanyang Basin is a rare granary in the world!

This place is called the "granary of Zhongzhou"!

……

Zhu Cijiong took a deep breath, and Zhang Siyuan's words made him smell a bloody wind.

Once the crisis of food shortage appears, it goes without saying that it is necessary to know which landlords will have what countermeasures.

When the time comes, food prices will inevitably rise to astronomical figures!

Even if the cotton cloth workshop under their command was very profitable, it could not fill such a big hole.

Zhang Siyuan's response, he has already guessed it.

When he saw from his own hands that he would be in the Shangzhu country in the future and reshape the prestige of his ancestors, Zhang Siyuan's heart had risen from a big landlord to a dry city of the country that was bent on going straight to the future.

"Uncle, the people are beneficial." Zhu Cijiong shook his head: "If we go too far, it will only push them to the opposite side of us, which is not good for us." ”

"They dare!" Zhang Siyuan was furious.

The methods of the family are comparable to those unpopular soil buns!

If these small landlords like weak chickens dare to settle for grain and refuse to cooperate, he will let them know the power of the great family that can be inherited for thousands of years!

"Your Majesty just rest assured, Your Majesty will let my army have no worries!"

Zhu Cijiong shook his head slightly: "I know my uncle's methods, and I believe that my uncle can do it, but God has the virtue of a good life......

Seeing that Zhang Siyuan was about to refute, Zhu Cijiong said: "Uncle listen to me first!" ”

He carried a map of Guiyang: "Nanyang is a great plain, and the territory is suitable for growing cotton, tobacco, peppers and other cash crops.

The Bai River and the Tang River flow into the Han River in Xiangyang, and the Han River goes directly to Liangzhejiang and enters the sea in Songjiang Prefecture.

Most of the goods transported by the Southwest Tea Horse Road have to pass through Nanyang, so the profits of this business line are also the majority. ”

Zhu Cijiong laughed: "I intend to make my uncle a Ministry of Commerce and Trade, and only those who have capital in their hands are allowed to join."

In this way, the more capital we have, the more power we have over the pricing of the market!

In this way, it is naturally very profitable.

At the same time, the Ministry of Commerce and Trade should strictly stipulate that those who join this ministry must comply with the relevant regulations in order to benefit from it! ”

Zhu Cijiong said: "The hustle and bustle of the world is for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit, uncle, you said that if we let go of the cotton spinning factory and allow outsiders to join the shares, they can participate in the management under the rules and regulations, and enjoy dividends...... Who wouldn't want to join them?

So what do we need, but are there still difficulties? ”

Zhang Siyuan's face changed greatly!

He blurted out: "If this is the case, all the great clans in the world are driven by His Majesty!" ”

Zhu Cijiong smiled: "The wealth of this world, it can't be earned!" ”

"But you don't know, the Westerners set off from the Auman Bar in empty ships, and after passing through the two Americas, they plundered the local natives, seized a boatload of gold and silver, they circled the South Seas, and sent people to trade with the people with silver, and this boatload of silver was exchanged for tea, silk, and porcelain, and when they arrived at the Auman Bar, the price had increased dozens of times!"

The earth is round, which is not an uncommon thing for the Ming people.

Even, the Ming Dynasty had a world map called "Da Ming Kun Yu Wan Guo Quantu", and the geographical location of the countries in the world was clear!

Even in the controversy between the Chinese and Western calendars at this time, the idea that the earth is round was repeatedly mentioned.

Zhang Siyuan said: "Could it be that the price of silver in my country is falling because of this?" ”

Not to mention the exchange ratio of gold and silver, just talking about copper coins, from one or two silver in the middle of the Ming Dynasty to 1200-1400 copper coins, now one or two silver can only be exchanged for more than 900 copper coins!

The price of silver fell by almost 30%!

Zhu Cijiong nodded, this is the truth, of course, the inflation of currency caused by the large import of silver is also the driving force.