Chapter 201
In addition to being frightened, Li Hualong no longer had any time and opportunity to react to the cabinet's decision. The cabinet was sent to Banshu in a hurry, which meant that he had to take up his post within three days. But who should he hand over to Banzhou when he leaves? In a hurry, only Zhang Fei can be trusted. So he hurriedly explained to Zhang Fei that no matter who takes over Banzhou, he must maintain stability, Banzhou must not be chaotic again, and the hearts of the Miao people are now towards the government, which is a good thing, but it is also very easy to be used by people with ulterior motives!
On the way to Zhejiang, he quietly sent a secret letter to Zhu Yidao, asking what he should do when he went to Zhejiang? Lao Zhu was busy training Bi Feiyi Air Force for a while, and he didn't have time to think about anything else, so he had just finished everyone's test flight training, and immediately sent someone to the palace to report the good news. The emperor was still holding a financial meeting with the cabinet celebrant at that time, and he couldn't help but smile when he heard the news! Only then did he speak to appease the forces of all parties, and the ministers didn't know why the emperor was so happy, so they congratulated him first.
Everyone didn't ask, and the emperor didn't say it, in fact, he was happy because Lao Zhu's Bi Feiyi Air Force was formed. There are a total of 30 Bi Fei wings, each of which can carry two to three people, or one person, with two barrels of 30 catties of explosives. When carrying three people, the speed is okay, the height is reduced, but the stability is greatly increased, it can be used as the original version of the transport aircraft, suitable for night sneak attacks or raids on the enemy camp, disturbing the enemy's morale; When carrying two barrels of 30 catties of explosives for a person, it becomes the original version of the bomber, the speed is reduced, the height is okay, and it is suitable for bombing the enemy's command center at night - of course, the two barrels of gunpowder are lit with incense, and the five incense sticks that are three feet long must be brought before going to the sky, and the lead cannot be lit with a tunnel stone when it is in the air, and the incense will work at this time, as long as it is not extinguished, the five can last for at least three hours!
After a lot of tests, Lao Zhu found that the power of these thirty Bi Feiyi carrying two barrels of explosives was comparable to that of artillery! It can bombard places that cannot be covered by artillery, such as the opponent's grain and grass camps, or large siege weapons. However, Bi Feiyi's shortcomings remained: the defense against the bow and crossbow was still too poor, so it could only be used at night. But even so, the craftsmen were still excited and burst into tears, when had my enemies seen this kind of equipment? Since ancient times, fighting has been the heaviest morale, and as soon as such an artifact comes out, it will be a major blow to the enemy's morale first! Even if the other party discovers a weakness, who can remain calm in front of the black pressure on a god-like Bi Feiyi?
After reading Li Hualong's secret letter, Zhu Yidao felt a little incredible. How could the emperor come up with such a bad idea? It is theoretically feasible to change rice to mulberry in Zhejiang, but once it is put into reality, I am afraid that the rotten monks in Zhejiang officialdom will read the scriptures crookedly! First of all, half of the farmland was allocated for mulberry fields, and the harvest of farmland in Zhejiang itself was greatly affected; It's not that it can't be allocated by other provinces, but the price of grain in Zhejiang Province will definitely be raised by merchants, and before the arrival of grain transfer from other provinces, it is completely conceivable that the price of grain in Zhejiang Province will be more expensive than oil! A large number of people cannot afford to buy food, and if the people's minds change, they will inevitably be in great trouble.
The second is the government. At this time, the government will not only not restrict the merchants from raising prices without authorization and disrupting the market order, but will indulge in the merchants and get a piece of the pie, which means that the transfer of grain from other provinces has been artificially prevented. Grain prices in Zhejiang Province have soared, and silk has become worthless, so merchants will buy silk in the hands of the people at a very low price, and then sell the grain in their hands at a high price. In the end, it is not only the people who are harmed, but also the foundation of the Ming Dynasty!
But Lao Zhu is just a thousand households now, desperate to give the emperor a lesson? It's obviously impossible! Wanli finally came up with an idea, if anyone rashly denies it, it is the old birthday star hanged - looking for death! But Li Hualong spoke earnestly and begged Zhu to save his life again, how could Lao Zhu refuse? This so-called national policy has a bad way, and it is not only Li Hualong who is dead!
After thinking about it again, Zhu Yidao hurriedly came up with an idea for Li Hualong: Don't worry about anything else now, the first thing to do when you arrive in Zhejiang is to stabilize the people's hearts and see if you can do the work of the Zhejiang government, as long as the farmers are willing to change to planting mulberry fields, the government will subsidize them, and in the future, the sale of mulberry seedlings will be borne by the government to ensure that the interests of the mulberry farmers are not infringed. Otherwise, as long as this policy is announced, Zhejiang farmers are afraid that they will rebel immediately!
Li Hualong looked at this idea and was speechless for a while. Zhu Qianhu's worries are not unreasonable, let himself go to Zhejiang to wade in this troubled water, and I don't know which bastard's idea! But if he doesn't go, he can't do it, he only feels a knife hanging from the back of his neck now, and he doesn't know when he will cut it down. Striving for the Zhejiang government to give subsidies to Sannong is easy to say, but how difficult it is to do! They are also responsible for the acquisition of mulberry leaves, doesn't Zhu Qianhu know that the acquisition of mulberry leaves has always been an errand of Hangzhou Jiangnan Weaving Bureau? How could the government offend the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau directly under the inner court for the sake of Sang Nong?
Anyway, let's take it one step at a time!
"Master, you can eat! Those things in the court, naturally those officials and old men are watching, why are you so ......" Shen Li took the food that had been warmed again in his hand, and begged bitterly.
"I can't eat it! Let everyone stand down! I want to be alone! Shen Yi waved his hand angrily and knocked the food in her hand to the ground. I always felt that there was something wrong with this change of rice to mulberry in the main hall at that time, but I couldn't remember what was wrong, and when I saw the fans beating a woman selling vegetables on the side of the road, I figured out the joint! If it can't be done, not only will it not be possible to change rice to mulberry, but the people of Zhejiang will probably suffer! In vain, he also recommended Li Hualong to do this job, which is simply a trick for others! He regretted it, but now that the edict has been issued, it is useless to say anything, he did not put forward his opinion at the time, and now he completely denies the emperor's proposal, he is dead, Li Hualong is also dead, and Zhang Wei can't run! Zhao Zhigao and Chen Yubi's poisonous thoughts! What he has to do now is to hurry up and go to Zhang Wei for an interview.
Li Hualong, it's up to you in the future! If anything goes wrong, we're all done!
Comrade Lao Li lingered for two months before he ran from the westernmost part of Daming to the easternmost part of Daming, looking at the different scenery of the Jiangnan water town, listening to the soft words of Wu Nong of the Jiangnan woman, he couldn't help but admire in his heart! It is worthy of being the tax center of my Ming Dynasty! This is in stark contrast to Banshu, where the people are fierce and abnormal. The top priority is to go to Zhejiang to report to the political envoy department, the national policy of changing rice to mulberry has been issued here for a month, if there is no instructions and guidance from the superiors, maybe how these emperors of Zhejiang will toss!
Zhejiang Cheng announced the political envoy of the Yamen.
"Master Li, my lord is now in Xin'anjiang, Hangzhou to deal with urgent government affairs, if you are really in a hurry, you might as well go directly to Hangzhou to find him." The housekeeper in front of the door said politely to Li Hualong.
"Went to Xin'anjiang? I wonder if you can tell the official what happened there, and it is up to Lord Zheng to deal with it personally? Li Hualong was a little puzzled, according to the usual practice, unless it was a rebellion or an invasion by foreign enemies, under normal circumstances, the second-rank officials of a province would not go down easily.
"Alas...... It's not the imperial court's change of rice to mulberry, this Diao Min of Zhejiang, he just doesn't want to change! Not only did he not want to change, but he also openly gathered people to fight against the government! It's been a lot of trouble for a few days...... "The housekeeper shook his head helplessly, and it could be seen that Zheng Qian had been worried a lot these days, and it was estimated that the matter was not small, and I am afraid that even the army would be used.
"Thank you!" didn't have time to say more, Li Hualong asked his followers to wait here, and he hit his horse and ran to Hangzhou Xin'an River.
Every year in April, when the peach blossom flood passes, the Xin'an River reaches the time when the water is at its most abundant, and generously irrigates the rice fields and seedlings in the farmland on both sides from the various weirs it flows through, and nourishes countless people on both sides of the river. This year, however, all the weirs on both sides of the river have been blocked, and the river is flowing down in a tumultuous manner, as if wailing for the dry and cracked farmland on both sides, where the green seedlings have withered and yellowed the tips of their leaves.
On the embankment that blocked the river and the large farmland, there were all sergeants with swords and guns, as well as many servants, among whom there were a few officials in formal clothes with serious faces, and ordinary people who could not see the end at a glance, actually knelt on the side of the embankment in unison, and their desperate faces revealed nameless grief and indignation!
On the other side of the farmland, a group of cavalry was neatly lined up, facing the boundless farmland, making a charge, all staring at the few officials on the embankment.
"Step on the seedlings!" The roar came from the official with a solemn face who was standing in the middle and wearing the four-rank official mansion.
The cavalry finally rushed forward with overwhelming momentum, but it was not a battlefield under the horses' hooves, but a farmland where even the tips of the leaves had withered and yellowed. With the sound of horses' hooves, the people kneeling on the embankment finally cried!
The cries are getting louder and louder, the sound of horses' hooves is getting louder and louder, and thousands of troops and horses are churning in this farmland!
"Daddy!" With a woman's frightened cry, an old man suddenly stood up and rushed into the farmland, lying on the ground tightly as if he were protecting his own child, leaning his face on the withered yellow green seedlings, refusing to get up.
I saw that the horses were getting closer and closer to the old man!
"Fight—" a strong man cried out in grief, and threw himself into the farmland with the same recklessness, "it's all a death anyway!" Let's fight! This shout was like a military order, and suddenly countless people rushed around the old man, and everyone held hands and grew into a column, facing the thousands of troops and horses that were about to rush over with their own upright chests!