"My lord, how do you fit such a big boat into the river?" Zhang Xian asked.

The Dabao ship is 180 meters long and 70 meters wide, as tall as a building, with a wide bottom and a tip, which can accommodate thousands of people.

Even the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is only 30 meters wide, not to mention the canal in Liangxiang.

The big treasure boat is too big to fit into the river of Liangxiang.

Yan Chengjin said: "Report to Your Majesty, let the imperial court send a force to carry the treasure ship to Tianjin Port." ”

The homeless people in Liangxiang can also be carried, but the food, drink and Lazar along the way cost two pieces of silver.

Ma Fang, the household clerk of Liangxiang, stepped forward with a sad face: "The little one has settled the accounts with President Xie.

In order to supervise the construction of this treasure ship, the treasury of Liangxiang was empty.

I have to ask the court for 200,000 taels of silver......"

All the silver for supervising the construction of the great treasure ship was taken from the treasury of the good township.

The treasury consists of two parts of silver, one is from the Liangxiang Yamen, which is counted as belonging to the imperial court, and the other is from the Liangxiang Chamber of Commerce, which is only stored in the Yamen.

The court's share, the good country also has to come back, that is the tax money collected.

If you don't come back, what will Liangxiang take to pay the taxes?

Not to mention the Liangxiang Chamber of Commerce, it is the silver of the Chamber of Commerce, which does not belong to the imperial court.

Xie Yu came to talk about this: "My lord, Jiangnan spent nearly 80,000 taels of silver to buy mulberry land and tea fields.

In addition, a lot of raw silk was bought, and the Chamber of Commerce could not even afford to pay the shipyard wages. ”

It cost a lot of silver to buy raw silk, and the silk was shipped to the northwest.

If you want to wait for the money to come back, I'm afraid it will take half a year.

Today, 10,000 looms in Liangxiang are waiting to buy raw silk.

Yan Chengjin was quite surprised, and even his voice changed: "It took 200,000 taels of silver to build a big treasure ship?!" ”

Song Jing was ashamed and said: "The adults said that they should be made according to the sketches you drew, and the students did not dare to disobey." ”

Ask Your Majesty for the money to build the treasure ship, 200,000 taels!

Your Majesty has always been slamming the door, I don't know if I will approve it.

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Dongnuan Pavilion,

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Wang Yan's recital of Guanglu Temple.

He was quite pleased: "Wang Yanqing checked the number of feed stones for all kinds of livestock and birds in Xihuamen, please beg to save, but I understand my intentions." ”

Wang Yannai was the person recommended by Liu Jian, and Liu Jian suddenly felt a light on his face: "This person is upright." ”

Xihuamen had a barn for all kinds of tribute-paying animals, such as the Tibetan tribute-paying lions, which were once locked here.

However, Emperor Hongji was not interested, and it did not hurt to starve to death.

It was only because of etiquette that Da Ming accepted these livestock, "Quasi-Wang Yan's sparse performance, pass on my will, do not take the people's food and feed birds and beasts." ”

Your Majesty is really a wise man who is sympathetic to the people!

Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and the others nodded slightly, and said in the same way: "The minister obeys the order!" ”

Emperor Hongzhi was about to read the next letter, but before he could open it, a figure hurriedly walked in.

Mu Bin walked in and said, "Your Majesty, Yan Chengjin just sent someone to report that the big treasure ship has been built and needs to be transported to Tianjin Port by the imperial court." ”

Why did the imperial court set up the Qingjiang Shipyard in the upper reaches of the canal, at the mouth of the sea?

It is to let the built ship go directly to the sea to save the cost of transportation.

However, if Liangxiang wants to become the Yiwu of the Ming Dynasty, there must be a port.

Yan Chengjin set up the shipyard in the good township.

Emperor Hongzhi was in a good mood and asked with a smile: "After the big treasure ship is built, it will be able to go down to the country of Mangara and bring back the gold and silver mountains."

I remember that the treasure ship of the Three Treasure Eunuchs was forty zhang long and eighteen zhang wide, so how much labor did it take? ”

Mu Bin looked up at Emperor Hongzhi: "Your Majesty, I want five thousand people." ”

Five thousand?

Emperor Hongji's eyes widened, and his palms unconsciously pulled into fists.

Why does the imperial court use cao to transport grain?

It is because land transportation consumes too much silver, and the grain is transported from Jiangnan to the capital, and maybe half of it is left.

To feed 5,000 people, from the capital to Tianjin, God knows how much grain to eat?

Han Wen opened his mouth slightly, unable to speak.

Liu Jian said angrily: "How can a mere big treasure ship ask for 5,000 people? ”

If you want to Liu Gong,

The treasure ships built by Yan Chengjin are all made of the best nanmu, which is much heavier than willow and other woods.

And......

Mu Bin looked at Emperor Hongzhi and lowered his head again: "And Yan Chengjin ordered the man-made big treasure ship, which is bigger than the big treasure ship." ”

The big treasure ship in Liangxiang should be called the big treasure ship......

His face was full of shock when he saw the giant ship standing between heaven and earth.

Emperor Hongji was stunned.

Yes, this son has always been cautious, he has to eat from his own mansion when he eats, and the new house must be hidden in the old house, and there is a patch sewn on the outside of the sedan chair.

How can such a person obediently build a big treasure ship according to the drawings?

Emperor Hongzhi held the handle of the imperial seat: "I am destined to be transported to the force, Yan Qing's family is also for the court, you Qing family, don't blame him." ”

Li Dongyang sighed, Han Wen couldn't wait to shoot this kid on the wall.

Mu Bin was worried in his heart: "Your Majesty, Yan Chengjin asked the imperial court for the silver to supervise the construction of the big treasure ship. ”

Emperor Hongzhi's face just recovered, and he nodded: "This is as it should be, it is the thing of the imperial court, how much silver?" ”

"Two, two hundred thousand taels!" Mu Bin lowered his head, almost against his chest.

The hall was dead silent.

The weather is not hot, and the East Warm Pavilion is very large, even a little cool.

But there were beads of sweat on Emperor Hongzhi's forehead, dripping onto the golden dragon claws on the dragon robe.

Han Wen spun around, almost fell in front of the emperor, and angrily reprimanded: "Although the minister doesn't know the size of the big treasure ship,

Even if it's a big treasure ship, it will only cost 30,000 taels at most!

Where did you get 200,000 taels? ”

Mu Binyu reported: "Fifty artillery pieces were installed on the ship, of which thirty were bronze cannons! ”

Copper is coinage!

Emperor Hongzhi sat on the throne in a daze, worthy of Yan Chengjin.

Liu Jian didn't know what to say.

The faces of the cabinet and the ministers of the six ministries were different, and Zeng Jian, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Majesty doesn't know anything.

The Great Treasure Ship travels through the sea all the year round, and the sea is wet, if it is cast with iron.

Soon it will get damp, to the point where the guns will blow up and even blow up the hull of the ship, leading to the sinking of the ship.

If this ship goes to sea, it will definitely become an artifact on the sea of the Ming Dynasty. ”

In comparison, copper can also rust, but it is much slower than iron.

Even if it rusts, it is easy to clean.

When Ma Wensheng was the secretary of the military department, he had some understanding of artillery: "What Lord Zeng said is very true, if you are at sea, you need copper cannons.

It's better than the big treasure ship being robbed by the pirates. ”

After listening to what Zeng Jian and Ma Wensheng said, Li Dongyang and others felt a little relieved.

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Mu Ran's Han Wen and smiled: "The household branch is silver!" ”

Han Wen didn't squeak, and after a while, he knelt on the ground, "Your Majesty doesn't know, Hubu... No more silver taels! ”

Qin Hong was anxious: "I haven't asked you for military salaries yet, why is the treasury empty again?!" ”

Emperor Hongzhi also wanted to know that trading iron tools with neighboring countries and Hainan Frontier, the treasury should be more and more abundant!

Li Dongyang and the others' eyes fell on Han Wen, waiting for him to explain.

Han Wen felt a lot of pressure: "Your Majesty and the princes don't know,

It costs two taels of silver to support the military camps of the two capitals, two taels of silver to build the Great Wall in the northwest, two taels of silver to open up the wasteland in Hainan, and two taels of silver for the fleet to go south to Mangara.

There is also a new decree that His Majesty just promulgated a few days ago, and the officials have been reduced to one percent.

And also...... Disaster relief silver ...... begging from all over the country"

The official salary was originally sixty percent, or even seventy percent.

That is to say, an official originally issued ten stone rice, and after folding seventy percent, he sent three stone rice, plus seven pieces of cloth.

Now, the folded color is reduced to one percent, nine stone meters, plus a piece of cloth.

The officials' salaries have not changed, but the money they have issued has increased.

Emperor Hongzhi sighed and said: "The folded grain and silver should have been issued to the officials, summoning Yan Chengjin into the palace, I told him." ”

Han Wen was ecstatic in his heart, and arched his hand: "Your Majesty Shengming! ”