Tianlang and others talked about these again, and when they talked about some more in-depth topics, Du Yinxi stroked his beard and said: "Nongsang is the food and clothing of the people, and the people are the foundation of the Ming Dynasty." In the past, Tang Taizong said, "Water can carry a boat, and it can also overturn a boat." 'The Tao has risen and fallen for thousands of years, but the descendants mourn it but do not learn from it, and the descendants mourn the descendants again. Long live the benevolent government to educate the people, the good military to Kuang to restore the universe, the sea is clear, and the day of the unification of the Quartet is not far away. ”

Tianlang nodded, "Well, what Du Qing said is very true, the founder of the country lies in the will of the people, and the builder of the army lies in the soldiers' lives." The foundation of the education of the honest and upright. Those who cultivate themselves and work together are also used by the people. Those who govern the country and level the world are also responsible for me and the Qing family. At this time, the dividing line between the forces of our Ming Dynasty and the enemy moved north from the west of Guangyi to the border of Huguang to the Yangtze River and the Hanshui Valley, and our Ming army has gradually begun to turn into the offensive after several bloody battles. The enemy, on the other hand, was outnumbered by two defeats. Judging by its intentions, it is also to divide the river with our Ming Dynasty, consolidate some of the fruits of victory, and wait for us to have internal fighting as in the past, and then take the opportunity to cover up and kill. ”

This winter, there is no longer the iron hooves of the Qing army in the land south of the Yangtze River, and people are busy like worker ants, building their own homes. When the houses in the small family were built, the young people left their family affairs and gathered in the ranks of the village warriors to train and rehearse the formation.

Qin Yiming asked his school training guards to disperse to various places, taught Ding Zhuang how to drill, and divided these Ding Zhuang into grades in various military assessments, so that Xiang Yong could be assigned to the school training camps of various arms before the end of winter.

The quality and quantity of the artillery built by the Ministry of Industry are getting higher and higher, and the number is also increasing, and they are equipped on a large scale in all units, and I believe that if there is another battle like Yuezhou, Li Jin and others will never look at the artillery of the Qing army again.

The equipment of the armor is also generally used by the main force of the entire imperial camp, and it is believed that within two or three years, all units of the Ming army will wear heavy armor.

The army has grown again, but there are always many places to spend money, and it is almost the end of the year, and the household department still can't take out much silver to Tianlang's harem, but Tianlang is okay, the harem now has silver, but it is only out of support for the disaster victims in addition to food relief and construction, and the rest of the silver will be used for military salaries.

Tianlang didn't dare to move, but just when he was anxious about how to get through this year without these silvers, Hou Xing came back.

The caravan of Houxing did not go far away, and the time was not too long, but it brought back a profit of seven thousand taels of silver to Tianlang.

Although it is still tighter, the annual money for the queen mother, concubines, palace maids and eunuchs can finally be obtained.

"Okay, for this trip of yours, the harem can finally get a full amount of years. I am worried, the construction of the Ministry of Industry is very expensive, and the money to buy land for the people of Jiangnan accounts for 40% of the national treasury revenue every year. It's hard for me to ask Yan Qiheng for money, but fortunately, after another three years, the money for the redemption of the land will be paid, and I may live a prosperous life at that time. ”

Seeing that Hou Xuan got the silver back, Tianlang happily thought about something with him, longing and expectation, but Hou Xuan was frowning.

"Long live the Lord's account is not right, the money to redeem the land will only cost more and more, we can't eat the grain."

"How so?" Tianlang asked suspiciously.

"Long live the master, is the master who makes the Ming Dynasty a corner of peace? Xiao Chen expected that in less than two years, you will start a plan to recover all parts of Jiangbei, and then there will be a large amount of land to be distributed for the people? I don't know how much money I'll have to come up with. So, don't expect Yan Qiheng, let's take care of it, do our own business, don't expect Yan Qiheng's iron rooster to pluck the feathers in the palace. ”

Tianlang smiled: "I can't see it, in terms of economy, you will be more calculating than Yan Qiheng." I'm not as good as that, and I'm counting on you to make the Imperial Merchant bigger next year, by the way, where are you going this time? ”

"Chen's caravan only arrived in Guangzhou, and this year, since the porcelain has not yet been able to leave the factory, it has only brought some tea. Most of the traders were overseas merchants, half of the tea was sold, and in order to come back at the end of the year, the minister sold the remaining half cheaper to a local Western fleet. He also signed a so-called contract with them, and he will continue to supply them with spring tea next year, and the minister also got a deposit of 4,000 taels of silver, because he needs this money to sell tea, so he can't give it to Banzai Ye. ”

"Yes, you kid actually started futures!" Tianlang's expression was very exaggerated, but he didn't know why: "What kind of goods did Lord Banzai say, is that thing easy to make?" ”

"You sign a contract with a Western merchant ship, and then go to the local people to agree to buy it, and what you sell is not just a paper contract? This is futures, which can reduce inventory and avoid risks. ”

Tianlang didn't expect that Hou Xing, as a chief soldier, couldn't fight, but he was a genius in business, and he was complacent about being unintentionally inserted into the willow in his heart.

"What the Lord said is that Xiao Chen can find more foreign merchants to sign contracts in the future, and it is best to sell the worthless properties of the Ming Dynasty at a high price."

Hou sex is considered to be a bypass, but Tianlang said: "The high price of worthless products is only a temporary benefit, once the merchants know the price, and other Chinese merchants follow suit, your waste into treasure will no longer work."

Guangzhou is a treasure land, and away from the military threat of the Qing court, you can open a foreign trade firm there, open a few more, each of which is specially operated, and use the royal profits to drive other merchants to follow suit. Since then, I have carried out the deep processing of some worthless items you mentioned in various places, and slowly opened up overseas sales channels.

When the sailors of Daming can go overseas in the future, they will help you sell these goods, and if they refuse to sell, they will beat them, hehe. ”

"Long live Lord, it's just that the trade routes to Nanyang are controlled by the Zheng family, Zheng Chenggong is now obedient to Long live, and Zhu Yihai, the king of Lu on his side, has also abdicated and is no longer in charge of the country, shouldn't we talk to him about the opening of the sea trade route by the Ming Dynasty, and we can't pay back the courtiers for the tolls, right?"

Hou Xing is talking about Zheng Chenggong's Zheng family's pirate fleet, which is the leading maritime power in Asia at the moment, whether it is black-skinned, white-skinned or yellow-skinned, as long as the merchant ship comes all the way from the Strait of Malacca to the northeast and reaches the western Pacific, you must give the Zheng family's pirate fleet silver, otherwise not only will the trade of your fleet be yellow, but even your life will be gone.

(End of chapter)