The civil and military officials of the Qing Dynasty, as long as you are of sufficient grade, have received a decree from the regent of the imperial father, which probably means that all the situation of the southern barbarian Li Shouhan that you know will be written to me! Don't stick to the form, just have the content!

As for those who are not of sufficient grade, they also heard the spirit of their superiors from their superiors, and they couldn't help but make up their minds, who let the regent's will have such words, but there are usable places, I should not hesitate to reward them!

As a result, a large number of people who didn't have it, who had seen it with their own eyes, heard what friends and classmates said, and all kinds of information from the next door to the toilet at the head of the village, rushed to Beijing City and the cabinet like a sandstorm.

The deacons of the cabinet hurriedly collected and sorted out this information, and they couldn't help but clean it up again and again, and cursed in their hearts that Feng someone who was proudly sipping tea in the warm pavilion at this time. "If it weren't for you, the treacherous rabbit master, why would we be busy like this?!"

Yes, it was caused by Feng Quan's words.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty ordered someone to bring a map of the emperor's public opinion, and Rong Chen explained it to Your Majesty."

In the Palace of Cultivating the Heart, the eunuchs cleared the decorations and spread out the huge and incomparable imperial list on the ground, so that Dolgon had an intuitive understanding.

The minister learned from the strength of Li Shouhan's imperial court in the eleventh year of Chongzhen of the former Ming Dynasty that at that time, this person had already controlled the entire territory of Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, and Yunnan, and expanded his power to the interior. As for the Three Declarations and Six Consolations, the Old Land and the Old Port Propaganda Envoy had already been taken down by him long before this. ”

On the one hand, he said that his hands were not idle, and he sprinkled the map with golden millet, which was filled with color.

"This side of the box is Nanzhong, the so-called three Xuanliu comfort, Siam, Annan and other places in the former Ming Yongle and Xuande periods. Now it has become the territory of the Li family. Your Majesty, the fertile land here is hot, humid and warm, and it is the most suitable for growing rice. Since Li Shouhan was born to lead the army, he has grasped the four things very tightly: military affairs, agriculture, workshops, and commerce. Every time the soldiers and horses conquered the next area, he immediately promoted his set of farmland and water conservancy regulations in Laochao Hejing here, and within a few years, the land of thorns became the place where the rice was fragrant. If there is farmland, there will be immigrants, and if there are immigrants, they will have to eat and clothe. Farming requires farming tools, and these needs are the source of his workshops. There were many workshops, and the things produced could not be consumed by themselves, so the caravans of Nanzhong traveled all over the world. ”

Mr. Feng said this very rightly. When this king was in Liaodong, he was amazed by the variety of commodities in Nanzhong and the low prices, but it was a pity that Li Shouhan refused to sell grain and my Qing Dynasty. Otherwise, the battle of Jinzhou and Guangning of the first emperor would not have been so difficult. Dorgon didn't speak, and listened to his brother Dordor and nodded slightly in agreement. In fact, in the eyes of their brothers, Huang Taiji's battle was more difficult back then! If it weren't for Li Peilin who indirectly sent a large amount of food to Huang Taiji, I am afraid that even if Huang Taiji defeated Guangning, his own vitality would be greatly damaged.

"Since Prince Yu has talked about food, let's talk about the food in Nanzhong. Of course, it was also Li Shouhan's move at the beginning of the military affairs of Liangguang to deter officials, win people's hearts, and show off his strength. In the same year, the minister cultivated and read the heirloom, and he was quite familiar with the affairs of agriculture and mulberry. When he arrived in the hinterland of Nanzhong, he was not impressed by the prosperity and richness of the place, but he paid close attention to the rice cultivation in various places. According to his letter to his ministers, rice was cultivated in Nanzhong and the seedling raising method was adopted. The seedling field does not sow seeds into the field as before, but first knead the pond mud into a thin paste, pour it into the seedling tray that has long been lined up in the field, then sprinkle the rice seeds, carefully sweep with a broom to ensure that each seed is buried in the thin mud, and then insert bamboo strips and cover a curtain made of straw. The bamboo strips are inserted into the field at both ends and are arched in shape for heat preservation. The curtain does not come into direct contact with the tray and creates an arched space for the seedlings to grow. This is a bit like the warm hole made by vegetable farmers and flower farmers in Fengtai. ”

"Shhh

The people present took a breath of cold air as if they had a collective toothache. From Dolgon to Chenbanda, they have all eaten the vegetables cultivated by the farmers of Fengtai with warm caves, such as cucumbers in the three or nine days, flowers in the wax moon, whether they are vegetables or flowers, all of them are of great value. It can't be helped, maintaining the temperature is a costly process. But if rice seedlings are cultivated in this way, then the money spent is not half a star.

"Everyone in China says that Liang Guogong is rich, but he doesn't want to be so rich. This is even more extravagant than Shi Chong's cooking with candles, even if you have to pay attention to agriculture, it won't be like this, right?! Hong Chengchou muttered to himself.

"The manpower and material resources invested are huge," Feng Quan actually doesn't know how much manpower and material resources need to be invested in rice seedling raising, but at this time, we must follow everyone's train of thought to say that this is the practice of officialdom.

"But the income is even more staggering. In the same year, the minister asked the accompanying Nanzhong officials that this method could increase production a little. Officials in Nanzhong said that under the rule of the lord, the annual output of about 10 stones of paddy can be around 10 stone of paddy in a year, including various fertilizers, improved seeds, pesticides, tools, farmland water conservancy, agricultural technology, and many other factors. Your Majesty, this is the average, and high-yielding fields are not included. After adopting the rice seedling raising technology, each mu of field can be increased by one and a half, that is, at least one stone! This is not counting the vegetable oil produced by the rotation and intercropping of rice fields during this period. ”

One stone of rice?! It doesn't sound like a large amount, but everyone present is well aware of the amount of arable land in Nanjung. According to the information from the Jin merchants, in Nanzhong, there are grain fields that stretch for thousands of miles, and villages, towns, counties, and prefectures are scattered among the grain fields. "I'm afraid there are hundreds of millions of acres of grain fields?"

"If these fields can increase the yield of one stone per acre, then there are at least tens of millions of stones. Needless to say, all of these tens of millions of stone grain were transported to the Central Plains, even if 20% arrived, Liang Guogong's military grain was eaten lying down, and he couldn't finish it! "Over the years, every time there was a big war with the main force of the Ming army, the upper echelons of the Qing army would worry about the supply of military food, so Dolgon was extremely sensitive to the food problem.

"Your Majesty, you are familiar with the affairs of the Three Kingdoms of Wei and Jin, you must know that Prime Minister Zhuge won a hundred battles back then, but why did he never open the road to the north in the face of Sima Yi?"

"It's not easy! Heavenly Dead Han Room! "Duoduo fired another shot.

Dolgon glanced at him and didn't say anything, just motioned for Feng Quan to continue.

"Your Majesty, in the Kyushu of the world, Cao Wei has occupied six states, and the rest is divided between Sun and Liu. The Hanzhong and Bashu occupied by the Shu Han Dynasty, the food population is far less than that of Cao Wei, and there are Jiange and Shu Dao natural dangers, and it is difficult to transport grain, so Sima Yi is not able to stick to it, and every time he uses food soldiers, he also consumes the soldiers and horses of Shu Han and retreats from the army. This.... ”

This scene suddenly exposed the hidden worry in Dolgon's heart! He suddenly seemed to clear the clouds, "No wonder I can't be happy every time I hear the good news from the front!" Here's why! ”

No wonder Fang Cai Feng Quan said that the current situation is the same as when Zhuge Liang left Qishan, Li Shouhan can completely use food and materials to consume, and he has to carry out strategic contraction.

"Mr. Feng, Liang Guogong naturally has no shortage of food and other things, but there are many kinds of materials needed for the soldiers and horses battle array, how can it be covered up with grain and grass?" Hong Chengchou made the problem specific to military materials, especially combat materials.

"Yes, yes, yes! What gunpowder, armor, steel, etc... As the words had been spoken, Duoduo suddenly realized that he had said the wrong thing, the large amount of steel production, the quality of the steel, and the low price of the southern central iron and steel had already made the iron smelting yards in the north suffer enough. It was himself, and he also took great pains to search for armor and equipment for his subordinates.

Feng Quan didn't say much, and set his eyes on Chen Banda, "Lord Chen, my Eight Banners armor and armament of the Qing Dynasty are mostly from you, I want to ask, what is the process of making gunpowder in the Qing Dynasty, and how much does it cost?" ”

"This?" It is a matter of military secrets, and Chen Ban naturally will not say it casually. He hesitated for a moment, and was wording how to answer Feng Quan's question, but Feng Quan had already asked himself and answered.

"Gunpowder is expensive, and that's a well-known thing. The so-called one nitrate, two sulfur and three charcoal, nitrate, no matter what kind of gunpowder, must occupy the majority. According to the nitrate extraction method in the volumes of the former Ming Dynasty's "Artifact Spectrum", "Wubei Zhi" and "Tiangong Kaiwu", many places dig up the nitrate soil in the field for purification, and it is necessary to add a large amount of gray water, gelatin, egg white, radish and other substances to adsorb and remove the impurities inside. Master Chen, I don't know if I do the same in Daqing? ”

"Exactly."

But Nanzhong took a different path. It is said that there are nitrate fields that are specially used to produce nitrate, and the nitrate produced is very pure. But it is a militaristic weapon, and outsiders are not allowed to see it. In addition, according to the minister's heard, there are quite a few islands overseas, which are born with saltpeter, sulfur and other substances, which are very pure. Liang Guogong has these two ways, and the cost of saltpeter is extremely low. As for sulfur, the Japanese state of Japan always used the sulfur from the mountains as ballast and used it for trade with Nanchu. One stone of sulfur, one stone of white rice. The Japanese people flocked to this matter. In his opinion, there are many things in the mountains, and you only need to move a hoe to exchange for good white rice, how can you not be happy? ”

"And then there's charcoal. Most of the gunpowder made in the mainland was made with willow charcoal. This is true of both the Ministry of War and the bureaus and factories of the Inner Court. Now it is the time of the use of troops, and the consumption of gunpowder is huge, and the price of willow charcoal is constantly raised. ”

"Old Master Feng, you don't need to talk about our Qing Dynasty, just talk about how Liang Guogong handled it." Dodor was getting impatient. He just wanted to know why the gunpowder on the other side could be fired at will without money, the mystery in this, Feng Quan had already said two-thirds of the way, and this last point made him itch and suffer.

"Lord Wang, we use willow charcoal, and people use corn straw. That's where the gap lies! Feng Quan naturally didn't dare to sell Guanzi at this time, and immediately went straight to the point.

"Corn straw?"

Hong Chengchou frowned, "When Chen was in his hometown, he also saw farmers planting this thing to supplement it on the hillside wasteland, but he didn't want it to be of such use. ”

"Lord Hong, you don't know that in addition to rice, this corn is also very popular in Nanzhong, and it is often planted by people in the mountains. Liang Guogong ordered people to buy straw at a given price, and use it to process it into charcoal and prepare it into gunpowder. When this corn season comes down, it is all over the mountains, and the cost of this straw is not comparable to that of willows? Therefore, saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal are all from low sources, and naturally the southern army can squander them at will. ”

"Damn! Donkey balls! Back then, we sold us a barrel of gunpowder for two silver dollars, and we still thought it was very cheap, but now it seems that these Nanban don't know how much money they made in it! ”

As for the output of pig iron, steel, and weapons and armor in Nanzhong, naturally Feng Quan doesn't need to say it. The people present, such as the Dolgon brothers, Hong Chengchou, Fan Wencheng, Ning Wan, Chen Banda, and others, either grew up in the army and went in and out of the battle array, or experienced military affairs for a long time, or were themselves engaged in steel smelting and weapon manufacturing, and were quite familiar with Nanzhong's achievements in this field.

"If I had half of Liang Guogong's steel and grain in my hands, the world would have been my Qing Dynasty long ago!"

Dorgon roared inwardly.

"But if coal kilns are mined in the Qing Dynasty to excavate iron ore, will it disturb the people? Is there a hidden danger that treacherous people gather to do bad things? "I'm not willing to mine and smelt on a large scale. In the book, he is the spokesperson of the Red and Blue Flower Party in the high-level of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, and advocates that if you can buy it, then find a way to buy it, and if you buy it, you can use it immediately. In order to raise the cost of purchasing materials, it is natural to sell everything that can be sold quickly, as long as the battle is won, there will naturally be goods.

After Ning finished my words, he also received Duoduo's approval, "That's it! If we allow the mining to be opened, at that time, the Han people in various places can gather thousands of people in one place, and then organize them in the art of war, not to mention how much manpower and material resources we have to invest before we open up minerals and smelt steel, with these people and money and food, this king might as well go and pacify the thieves in the south. Why open a mine and set up a field to smelt steel? Once someone takes the opportunity to advocate chaos, we will lose more than we gain. ”

Duoduo's words also represent the attitude of a large number of high-level Qing military leaders, opening mines and blast furnaces to smelt iron and steel, all of which require a lot of labor and a lot of input. If someone really wants to take advantage of this opportunity to do something in the hinterland of the Qing army, it is really difficult for them to deal with it.

You must know that the old Zhu family's rivers and mountains came from the river control project with one eye of the stone man. If these fanatics were to rebel, how many troops would the Qing army have to invest and how much food would they have to consume to pacify it? If they and Liang Guoqi should echo each other, then our Eight Banners will be in big trouble!

"Slaves and others seconded! The matter of opening a mine and setting up a factory should still be considered in the long run, at least until the war has calmed down a little before starting it. ”

Facing the opinions of several confidants in front of him, Dolgon focused his attention on the two people who did not speak, one Feng Quan, and he was also ready to continue to analyze the situation of the two families in the north and south. And the other is Dolgon's trusted henchman, Chen Banda. Needless to say, Dolgon already knew in his heart that this guy must be advocating more mines and more workshops.

"Mr. Feng, you might as well tell us what you think. Fifteenth brother, all the ministers, take a break for the time being, and listen to Mr. Feng. In a moment, Feng Quan's status in Dolgon's mind has reached the point where it is comparable to Hong Chengchou, Fan Wencheng and others.

Dorgon motioned to the guards who were waiting beside him to pass on the word, and brought the ladies and gentlemen boiling hot tea, so that everyone could rest for a while. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Feng Quan also walked in small steps in front of the guards who were about to go out to deliver the message, and said with a smile.

"My lord, please ask you for something."

The guards on duty are all henchmen who have been by Dolgon's side for many years, and they are the most transparent and spiritual, but they know that this Mr. Feng in front of him is a red man in the eyes of his master from now on, and such a character will of course be good to serve.

"Mr. Feng, if you talk like this, you are torturing the fodder of the minions. What do you just command, but what snacks do you want to use, or what else do you want to send? The minions will definitely take care of it for you. ”

"In front of the regent, how dare we make a mistake, how dare we be arrogant? In this case, go outside and look for my retinue, and bring in the book of the lower officials' furs, which contains some things for the regent. ”

Since it was for the master to see, the guards did not dare to slack off. trotted all the way and took Feng Quan's leather book and handed it to him.

"Your Majesty, please see." Feng Quan picked up a few printed pieces of colorful paper with both hands and raised them above his head.

"What is this? Could it be that Mr. Feng spied on Liang Guogong from what confidential matters? Dolgon made a joke that caused a chuckle in the hall.

"In front of Your Majesty, I dare not speak falsely. Although it is not a confidential military information, it can also be used as a glimpse to get the whole picture. Feng Quan is serious.

Feng Quan's words aroused the curiosity of everyone present. After Dolgon finished reading the pages, he raised his head with a puzzled expression, "Mr. Feng, what do you mean by showing me this?" As he spoke, he raised his hand and handed the pieces of paper to Dord, who had forgotten that he was illiterate. However, Fan Wencheng, Hong Chengchou and others glimpsed from the sidelines, it seems that coal mines and iron mines have been discovered in a certain place in Yuanzhou Mansion, Jiangxi, and they have obtained a license for the record in the general's line. At present, preparations are being made, and the general has approved that this mine, like the upcoming iron yard will refer to the coal and iron complex such as the Ha Tinh mine in Ha Tinh, to recruit commercial shares in Shanghai, each with 100 silver dollars per share, and is currently preparing to recruit 10,000 shares in the market.

"This is a letter sent by Chen's friend to Chen in the Shanghai Business Zone half a year ago." Feng Quan's tone was calm, as if he hadn't bought the stock at all. At first, the name on the prospectus was Yuanzhou Mining Administration Company, but later it was said that Liang Guogong heard about it and changed it to Anyuan Mining Administration Company. It didn't matter if he changed his name, the stock price of the Anyuan Mining Administration on the exchange immediately rose by 10%. ”