Chapter Eighty-Six: The World Travels

As soon as Zhu Qizhen saw Xian Jing, he felt that this person had an unusual temperament.

Xian Jing's body is slightly shorter than that of the northerners, and his skin is slightly darker, but his facial features are well-proportioned, and he can be called dignified. It also has a shrewd and capable temperament.

Needless to say, how Xian Jing bowed.

Zhu Qizhen asked Xian Jing to sit down, but did not mention the matter of Foshan Iron Works.

Zhu Qizhen asked, "You came by sea boat all the way, how was the situation along the way?" ”

Xian Jing said: "Thanks to Your Majesty Hongfu, there is no danger along the way. ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "What's the surprise? ”

Xian Jing had no choice but to tell the situation on the road.

When Zhu Qizhen heard that pirates were rampant, he frowned slightly.

After all, marine policy has always been an important place for Zhu Qizhen. He never imagined that the sea would be chaotic to this point.

Of course, Zhu Qizhen is not unaware that the Daming Sea is not quiet. Even if there is no decision to open the sea, it is estimated that the southern part of the Ming Dynasty will have to make pirates a few times.

There was a tacit understanding between the pirate and the sailor, and he knew it.

Although there are a large number of ships in the north and south sailors, they are completely unable to control the sea from the Whale Sea, that is, Sado Island in the Sea of Japan, to the East China Sea, the Bohai Sea, the South Sea, and the old port. Hundreds of ships are sprinkled on this stretch of sea, and they are not as dense as pepper noodles.

So only the main shipping routes can be controlled, but also the coastal areas.

It's just that you can see the coastline where you can see such a thing, and it is obvious that when the people below reported it to him, the reality of the situation was discounted.

However, Zhu Qizhen also knew that this was also a normal situation.

Zhu Qizhen said: "In this way, when you go south, you are not ready to take the sea route." ”

Xian Jing said: "Back to Your Majesty, you still have to take the sea route." ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "You were in a hurry when you came, and you weren't in a hurry when you went back, why did you have to take the sea route?" Don't you know that the sea is not safe? ”

Xian Jing said: "Your Majesty doesn't know, although pirates are ferocious, but river pirates are more cruel than pirates, pirates most of the time, just ask for money, but river pirates don't leave a living. ”

"In addition, the sea is wide, I really want to escape, there is a place to escape, but on the river, there is no way to escape. As long as you take a big boat and have more firearms, there will generally be no problems. ”

Zhu Qizhen heard this and sighed in his heart.

River pirates are more ferocious than pirates, and it is also conceivable.

Without him, as mentioned earlier, the people of the seaside are pirates of the whole village and the whole clan. Such situations are not uncommon in river pirates.

There is a lot of room for maneuver at sea, and the boat runs a little farther, as long as the rabbit does not eat the grass next to the nest, it is difficult

was discovered. So there is no need to kill, but river pirates are different.

They must be people from the neighborhood. Once someone sees the figure, it is difficult to escape.

As for the black-clothed mask or something, it's actually not too effective, and the best way is to kill people and kill people, leaving no one alive.

Zhu Qizhen said: "In this way, it is very difficult to do business, right? ”

Xian Jing was treated so kindly by Zhu Qizhen, and he was very excited. After all, in ancient times, emperors naturally had their sacredness. Not everyone has ever seen the emperor.

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Not to mention, being treated like a spring breeze by the emperor.

Naturally, I was bloody, and for a while I forgot what I should say and what I shouldn't say. In fact, the same is true of modern people, if an ordinary person really has the opportunity to be asked something amiably by the leader of the country. Wouldn't it be intentional to show one or two?

Xian Jing said: "Your Majesty doesn't know something. Although there are many river bandits and bandits along the way, as long as the brigade walks together and protects each other, there will be no problems. After all, it is also a peaceful world now, Lang Lang Qiankun, there are always a few people who should really fight with swords and fires. ”

"Even if there are these people, they don't dare to move the team, it's just some bad tricks."

"That's not what really hurts about business."

"If you really want to talk about it, it's hard to do business."

"If the weather is unusual, it can be cloudy or sunny. When encountering various things on the road, can man-made disasters be prevented from natural disasters? I've heard of landslides and broken roads on the way, and a large number of merchants are blocked on the road, and many goods can't be wanted. There is also a restaurant in Nanjing, which is very famous, but a few years ago, the house was flooded by flooding. The old wine in the cellar was all soaked in water, and the industry of several generations could only close its doors and never be seen again. ”

"There are unpredictable circumstances in the sky, and people have good and bad luck."

Zhu Qizhen heard him say that he waved his hand and asked Huaien to renew the tea for Xian Jing.

Zhu Qizhen listened to this pitifully, but there was no fluctuation in his heart. It's not that Zhu Qizhen is hard-hearted, but that Zhu Qizhen knows that he has no way to intervene in these things.

God's mind, who can change it?

How can Zhu Qizhen intervene in this kind of force majeure?

The only thing is to improve the level of infrastructure construction in the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Qizhen has been doing it for a long time, whether it is to build water conservancy or build a gallop road.

However, Zhu Qizhen is also preparing to include the renovation of official roads in Zhu Qizhen's plan.

Xian Jing immediately got up and thanked Huai En for the tea, took a sip slightly, and said, "If there is another official." If you want to do business, you have to lead the way. Everywhere you pass, you have to make a point, otherwise you won't get the road guide. ”

"That's it, it's nothing to do it ordinarily, I'm afraid that there are some insatiable people, I heard my father say, in Jiujiang Pass, the rice officials in charge of the pass, after paying taxes and all kinds of dots, are not allowed to ship

left, and as a result, more than 1,000 large and small ships gathered in the harbor. ”

"The ships gathered together, and one was about to collide with each other accidentally, so all the merchants had to raise 10,000 taels of silver before they could be regarded as raising their noble hands."

"It is said that this rice official has been in office for a lifetime, and he will have 100,000 snowflakes of silver."

Zhu Qizhen's face did not move, the fingers on his knees bent suddenly, tapped lightly twice, and then slowly put it down.

In Zhu Qizhen's heart, he has already experienced and practiced, but at this moment, his heart is still shocked. A hint of anger burned slightly.

One hundred thousand taels of silver, how?

Not much.

At least Zhu Qizhen doesn't care too much about this number.

If someone tells him a certain Shangshu, no, even if it is not a Shangshu, it is just a governor, even if the prefect is so greedy, Zhu Qizhen will not be shocked.

But what kind of official position is the Jiujiang official in charge?

Zhu Qizhen didn't pay attention, but he was sure that the highest would not be higher than the seventh grade, and the lowest estimate would be the ninth grade. Nothing more than a person in charge of collecting taxes.

Jiujiang Pass is one of the more than a dozen banknote passes on the Yangtze River Canal in the Ming Dynasty.

A mere official like this can sweep 100,000 taels in one term, and these dozen banknotes will never be much better than Jiujiang Pass. At the beginning, in order to control the river, Yu Qian rectified the canal banknotes, and suddenly it was worth a million.

Now it seems that Yu Qian's hand is still light.

Immediately, Zhu Qizhen thought deeply.

Is he thinking about the corruption of officialdom, is it really what he has always thought?

From the Sanyang era to the present, Zhu Qizhen's rectification of officialdom has hardly stopped. Zhu Qizhen felt that the Ming Center was generally relatively incorruptible.

Of course, it is impossible to keep officialdom spotless.

But now in this situation, the lowest level of officialdom, the place where the emperor is far away, I am afraid that it is much bolder than their boss.

Zhu Qizhen restrained his thoughts and continued to listen to Xian Jing.

Xian Jing said: "There is also the tooth line. ”

"In fact, the tooth store itself is good, after the goods from all over the country arrive, they can't sell it themselves, they have to sell it to the tooth store, after all, most of the merchants don't have the heart to find their customers, they must sell the goods as soon as possible, and quickly return to the capital."

"It's just that the dental industry needs the government to distribute licenses, and all the dental shops in various places are owned by powerful people. In terms of price, they are also allowed to slaughter, after all, the merchants can't afford to delay. ”

"If you just suffer a little loss, it's fine. After all, the strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, so I am afraid that these tooth shops will use means to send people into the government by various means, and when the time comes, they will not know how to die. The goods will be eaten. As soon as many people go out, they never come back, and they don't know whether they live or die. ”

"It is said that merchants are profitable, but they don't know that they are fighting for their lives. It's not cost-effective at all. ”