Several fast crab boats on the surface of the Yellow River, which is several miles wide, are paddled by oarsmen, and sail down the river all the way to the east. This fast-touching boat fluttering the official flag of the word "Ming" has cannons on the side, and it looks very eye-catching on the Yellow River full of sampans.

This is the Yellow River!

Yes and no, this is the Huai River!

Zhu Mingzhong, who was on the boat, looked at the river that was several miles wide, and secretly thought to himself, since the Yellow River seized the Huai, the Yellow River, which should have been in the Bohai Sea, flowed into the Yellow Sea, and the lower reaches of the Huai River became the Yellow River, and the sediment brought by the Yellow River eventually blocked the road to the sea of the Huai River, making the Huai River a harmful river on both sides of the Huai River because it had no exit.

In the future, when the world is calm, we must find a way to reorganize the Huai He, otherwise, how can the banks of the Huai River once again become fertile land without waterlogging and drought?

When the time comes, on both sides of the Huai River, it will surely become another granary of China again. In this era, it should be easier to control the Huai River than it was more than 200 years later, at least for now, the sediment of the Yellow River has not raised the water level in the middle reaches of the Huai River. If Huang He is allowed to restore his old course, and then add a rectification to the river, perhaps the estuary of the Huai River can be restored.

It should be too late...... But let's wait until the future!

Now the reason why you can leave Qinghe with such a swagger. One of the most fundamental reasons is that two days ago, the news from the north made Zhu Mingzhong finally breathe a sigh of relief, and Dasu, who was named General of Annan, finally changed to go south by land, which means that it will take him longer to reach Qinghe.

And this is exactly the purpose of Zhu Mingzhong's attack on Guangyuncang, in order to tell Dasu that he has a naval army in his hands, and if he chooses to go south by water, then it is very likely to be attacked by the naval army, and the loyal and righteous army can appear anywhere anytime and anywhere. Give him the fatal blow. For Dasu, who is not good at water combat, he naturally made a choice that was most beneficial to him.

Changing the water route march to the land route march, she didn't do it tightly, not only the soldiers were more tired during the march, but it would also take longer, and for Zhu Mingzhong, this was exactly what he needed, he needed to buy time for training recruits.

This was also exchanged for 100,000 stone of grain from Guangyun Warehouse, and the purpose of attacking Guangyun Warehouse was not to burn grain, but to allow Dasu to choose to march by land.

"Pacify the envoy, after Maluo Township, Yangzhai Township, we go ashore from there, it only takes one day to reach the salt field, if it is from Yangzhou through the salt river, at least one more day to walk."

Following Zhu Mingzhong's side, Wu Pinya pointed ahead and said that this waterway was the waterway he recommended.

"In the past, only some smuggled salt sellers would go this way, and they would transport salt from the salt works and then transport it to Henan, Shandong and other places."

"I didn't expect you to know about the Yellow River!"

Looking at the willow trees on the embankment on both banks, if you say what is the deepest impression of the riverbank in this era, I am afraid that there must be a large number of willows planted on both sides of the riverbank, and they are all giant willows that people hug thickly, and what makes Zhu Mingzhong curious is that these hundreds of years of giant willows have gone later?

Is it all used to make gunpowder? Zhu Mingzhong secretly thought to himself, the reason why this idea came up was because now the loyal army needs a lot of willow wood to make gunpowder, and the willow trees on the river embankment are undoubtedly the best source of raw materials, of course, it is not directly felling, but taking some branches from those hundred-year-old willow trees.

"When Xia Guan was in Caoyun Yamen, he always needed to know something."

Regarding Wu Pinya's humility, Zhu Mingzhong just smiled and nodded, retracted his gaze from the river bank, pointed to the Yellow River and asked.

"Since the Yellow River leads to the sea, is there a waterway to the sea here?"

This is the reason why Zhu Mingzhong chose to take this road, he wanted to see the waterway of the Yellow River on the spot, in his opinion, this waterway is his hope to go to the sea, and even the reason why he chose to set up a government in Qinghe County, which is at the frontier, will set up the government in the Yamen, the governor of Caoyun, instead of Yangzhou, is also because of this reason - close to the Yellow River, ships can directly enter the sea through the Yellow River.

After all, the sea route is not just a way out, but more importantly, it means wealth, such as trade with Japan. The reason why Zhu Mingzhong did not choose Yangzhou and chose the Yangtze River was because the Yangtze River was under the control of Zheng Chenggong, and as a maritime group, they may not be willing for him to meddle in overseas trade, especially the one-day trade with Japan.

"Back to the pacification envoy, before Yingzong, half of the boats were from the Qing River, and the boats were from the Yellow River to the sea, into the Yellow Sea into the Bohai Sea, the Yellow River was probably not less than a thousand, but it is a pity that now, it has long been seen that the prosperity of the year, in fact, compared with the canal transportation has been repeatedly affected by river changes and blockages, the ocean shipping is undoubtedly more convenient, and the cost is lower......"

The shading ship is the general name of the sea ship in the Ming Dynasty, which is a concept corresponding to the "shallow boat" of the ship traveling in the canal, and there is the title of the shading ship in the Hongwu period. The so-called "ocean-shading ship" is actually born because of the "ocean-shading shipping", and the "ocean-shading shipping" is compared with the "sea" of Caoyun. And Wu Pinya's words made Zhu Mingzhong ask in some surprise.

"Oh? In that case, why abolish the ocean-shading shipping? ”

"Back to the pacification envoy, this ocean shipping is not better than Cao Yun, although the ocean shipping is cheap, but the sea is sometimes high and the waves are urgent, the sea water will inevitably always bring erosion to the grain, this Yang Flag Army every year when it is shipped, it is necessary to exchange grain and rice, the sea erosion of the grain or cannibalization of the grain, all need to be paid by the Yang Flag Army, so that the Yang Flag Army because of the grain transportation for compensation and general poverty led to a large number of flights, and the Yang Flag Army, every time after transporting the grain, its ships are sent to Linqing, the army returns to defend,"

"Separation of man and ship? Ship in port? People back to the guard? ”

Looking at Wu Pinya, Zhu Mingzhong asked in surprise, what the hell is this time? Is there such a use of water armies?

"Isn't that it?"

Although he is not an official, as a close confidant of Kangdeshi, Wu Pinya naturally needs to know everything related to Caoyun, and even most of the time, he is not as a slave of Kangdeshi, but as his staff to provide him with some advice.

"Hire someone to guard, the original is not the thing, naturally do not cherish much, every damage not to say, and some people even dismantle and sell the mast canopy plate without authorization, so for a long time, this sea-covering sea was forced to stop, although later Sizong, Liaodong war, some people suggested the resumption of the ocean-shading sea, in order to transport the grain directly to Liaodong, so as to reduce costs, reduce the twists and turns of transshipment, but for various reasons, has not been restored ......"

In a word, it's still a problem of the system!

The man and the ship are separated, the soldiers return to the guard, and the people are hired to watch the ship? Is there anything more ridiculous than that? Shaking his head secretly, Zhu Mingzhong, who had already received the answer, looked at the surging river, and there was only one thought left in his heart, since this place can be the starting point of ocean shipping, it can also be the starting point of marine trade!

Thinking of the shipyard along the Qinghe River, which covers an area of dozens of miles, Zhu Mingzhong secretly thought to himself, after returning from the salt field, it was almost time to start preparing to expand maritime trade.

"If the military gate intends to restore the ocean sea, you might as well send someone to inquire, six of the fifteen guards under the jurisdiction of the general office of the ocean are located in the south, that is, Huai'an, Dahe, Yangzhou, Gaoyou, Changhuai, Sizhou six guards, these six guards should have descendants, although they do not cover the ocean for many years, but the six guards because of the long sea, and won the credibility of the sea, the maritime merchants in the north of the Yangtze River, most of them were sailors with the six guards......

"Maritime?"

Zhu Mingzhong almost shouted these two words, in the past, in his opinion, maritime merchants should be the noun of Jiangnan, should be the patent of Guangdong, Fujian and Zhejiang, then he thought that there would be maritime merchants in Jiangbei.

In many later sources, it is never mentioned that in the north of the Yangtze River, there will be maritime merchants, and in many materials maritime merchants seem to be the patents of the south.

"Junmen, this Jiangbei is very close to North Korea and the Japanese country, the gold sand, Korean ginseng, and Korean paper produced in North Korea are all things that my court and the people like to use, and the Japanese sword, Japanese copper and other things are also needed by our dynasty, this Fujian and Zhejiang have maritime merchants, Jiangbei naturally also has maritime merchants, who in the world does not pursue profits? Although it is not as well-known as Fujian and Zhejiang, in those days, there were hundreds of Japanese ships traveling to and from Korea on the Yellow River every year......

After a slight pause, a trace of pain flashed on Wu Pinya's face, as if he had thought of something again.

"When the Qing army entered the customs, Yangzhou slaughtered dozens of miles, and the prosperity of Jiangbei was almost destroyed, and then it was afraid that the maritime merchants would help the southeast rebel army, not only destroying their sea ships, but also using the pretext of maritime merchants to confiscate their homes, and this Jiangbei maritime merchants have become a ...... of the past."

It's Manchu again!

It may be that the ocean-shading shipping has stopped because of institutional problems, but the non-governmental shipping has not stopped because of this, and it can even be said that the non-governmental maritime trade has prospered because of this.

If there was no Manchu Qing Dynasty entering the customs, maybe this Qinghe River would not only be an important place for transportation, but also an important place for overseas trade! This northern Jiangsu in particular will become synonymous with famine and backwardness.

Scolding hatefully in his heart, Zhu Mingzhong saw the Yellow River, and then continued.

"Now that we have a foothold in Qinghe, we must find a way to make Qinghe prosperous faster. Open up maritime trade and reuse this sea route, otherwise how much silver can be dug out of the land in the north of the Yangtze River? ”

In any case, maritime trade must be restored, after all, it is another important source of revenue in addition to the salt tax, and war, in the final analysis, is a competition for financial resources. Therefore, it is necessary to develop financial resources at any cost.

Zhu Mingzhong, who was thinking about how to develop financial resources, said again.

"This trade is going to be restored, but for now, we still have to keep an eye on the current tax sources, such as this salt tax! How long will it take us to get to the salt works? ”