Starting from the beginning of February, when April came, Huang Yuan finally returned to the camp of the Xinjiangkou Naval Division in Yingtianfu with a fleet of 200 large and medium-sized treasure ships.

This is also Zhu Di, the first fleet directly managed by Zhu Zhanji, and only here can so many giant boats be stopped.

These two hundred large and medium-sized treasure ships are also half of the number of large treasure ships in the Ming Dynasty today, the large ones can carry four or five thousand tons of cargo, and the small ones can also carry more than two thousand tons of cargo.

However, due to the light weight of the rice without hulling, and the pressure of the cabin, almost no treasure ship dared to be fully loaded.

This transport force, which is now the largest in the world, can even empty a small country.

Each boat will take turns to dock at the Jiajiang Industrial Zone, where the rice will be transported to the shore by means of a conveyor belt driven by the water, and then loaded with rice that has already been licked.

The rice that Huang Yuan purchased in the Nanyang countries is all new rice this year, and these new rice can continue to be preserved, while most of the rice transported to the ship is old rice from last year.

As for the earlier old rice, it was not available at this time, because the current land reclamation efforts were not enough, and the grain could only basically meet the needs of the people and the army, and it was impossible to have too much left.

Huang Yuan and Huang Fu, father and son, sat on the first boat to dock, looking at the Jiajiang Industrial Zone that was getting closer and closer, and couldn't help but feel excited.

Huang Yuan's excitement was because he had finally successfully completed this task, and with this credit, as long as he did a good job in logistics management on this expedition, it would be enough for him to be promoted to another level.

As for the logistics supply to complete this army's expedition, Huang Yuan did not have any worries. Because just a few days ago, when they passed through Ningbo Mansion, they had already received the emperor's holy decree.

Huang Fu was transferred from the secretary of the Ministry of Industry to the secretary of the Ministry of War, and he was responsible for the governor's military salary.

During the Southern Expedition to Annam, Huang Fu once sat in Guangdong, responsible for the military salaries and baggage of the Governor's Southern Expeditionary Army. At that time, the three-way army, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, Huang Fu could manage it in an orderly manner, not to mention that now there is only a supply of food and salary for more than 100,000 people.

With the support of the emperor and the grandson, and his father personally in charge, Huang Yuan was not worried that the logistics would drag the army back.

And Huang Fu looked at Ying Tianfu, who was gradually becoming clearer, and his eyes couldn't help but be a little moist.

He had been wandering outside for twelve years since he had been expelled from the city in the third year of Yongle.

In the past 12 years, he has not wanted to return to this bustling city for a moment. It's not because of the greed for prosperity here, it's just because it's the place where power is most concentrated in the world.

From the beginning of his career, the goal of any civil official is to become a supreme minister.

Huang Fu became a Shangshu twelve years ago, but because of the traitor Chen Ying, he was driven out of the capital before he was about to reach the top.

Now, he's finally back. The traitor Chen Ying was already executed in the ninth year of Yongle.

At this time and at that time, the world is unpredictable!

Looking at the endless factories and densely packed waterwheels on the shore, you can't see the edge at a glance. Not far from the shore, several thick large chimneys emitting black smoke are even more shocking.

In addition to emotion, even the well-informed Huang Fu felt a strong shock.

Although he had already listened to his son introduce the development of Jiajiang Industrial Zone, what he heard with his ears and what he saw with his own eyes lacked that strong visual impact.

At the dawn of the industrial age, the spectacle of industrial products and equipment would have stunned any agrarian society.

"It's so spectacular, that these were really built in a year?"

"It's been a year and a half, and the scale here is still expanding, and after the children left Beijing, there are a lot of waterwheels."

Six-year-old Bao Ya, protected by a guard, ran quickly across the deck. "Daddy, daddy, is this the capital? It's huge! ”

Ten days on the return trip, because of his flattery, six-year-old Baoya is no longer stranger at the beginning, and has become familiar with him, and has been pestering him every day for the past few days, listening to him tell stories.

Huang Yuan was about to go on an expedition again, and he was afraid that his son would be separated from him, so when he got along, he didn't show his father's majesty.

Seeing his son running over, he leaned over and hugged him, and said with a smile: "Yes, this is the capital, I don't know how much more prosperous than Shenglong City, what you want to eat, what you want to play, there are all here." ”

Although Huang Fu didn't approve of his son's affection for his grandson, he always thought that he had robbed him of his position. The current social atmosphere is to pay attention to holding grandchildren rather than children, and fathers must pay attention to majesty.

However, he took pity on his grandson for not seeing his father for more than a year, and Huang Yuan was about to go on another expedition, and he couldn't say anything to blame.

Liu Wan, the inner eunuch who came to greet him, also walked over surrounded by several little eunuchs at this time, saluted and smiled: "Our family has seen Shangshu and the envoy, this giant treasure ship is really amazing, if you want to see it all, I am afraid that it will not work without a day's effort." Fortunately, His Royal Highness let people clear the beach of the Jiajiang River, otherwise this kind of giant boat would not have been able to stop at all. ”

Huang Fu just smiled and nodded, as a scholar, he was old and old, so he was naturally more reserved for an internal supervisor like Liu Wan.

Huang Yuan immediately put down the treasure buds and said in return: "Liu Fengyu should also go out with His Highness this time, and I will ask someone to take you to see this kind of giant boat at that time." ”

Baoya leaned on her father's lap, looked at Liu Wan with a delicate face with wide eyes, and followed her father's example and bowed in a proper manner.

He just thought it was funny, and he didn't say anything about the façade, but this appearance still made Liu Wan laugh.

He touched his body, took out the pure gold mold money, and stuffed it into Baoya's hand. "When we first met, I didn't prepare a gift, this gold coin was a pure gold coin that was die-cast when I tried to make a money fan. His Highness said that this kind of gold coin is a unique one, only 5,000 pieces, and it may be worth a lot of money in the future. Your Highness rewarded me, and I will give it to the little boy today. ”

The father and son of the Huang family, the father is a scholar, and the son is also a naval garrison, and is highly valued by His Royal Highness.

Liu Wan had just approached Zhu Zhanji's side at this time, and knew that his importance was far inferior to them, so he naturally would not take Qiao, but intended to curry favor and win over the relationship.

It's just a gold coin, and everyone doesn't pay attention to it.

Huang Yuan touched his son's head and said with a smile: "Thank you Lord Neijian yet!" ”

Baoya is only six years old, and when she bows down in the back house on weekdays, she kneels down, so at this time, she also knelt on the ground, kowtowed, and said in a milky voice: "Huang Ting thanked the inner supervisor." ”

Liu Wan didn't dare to accept the full salute, turned sideways to accept the bow, and then helped him up and said with a smile: "What a sensible child, Huang Shangshu, Huang Shoubei This is a good blessing!" ”

And on the side, Chen Xuan, who watched Liu Wan only work for half a day, and fought with the Huang family's father and son, was also reflecting in his heart.

Isn't he too self-conscious on his mission this time? He has been with Huang Yuan's father and son for two months, and he doesn't seem to be so close!

The ship had slowed down and was slowly preparing to land, and hundreds of sailors lowered a thick straw curtain from the deck. Above the waterline, more than 100 wooden piles also protrude from the reserved wooden holes, which need to be in contact with the pier first to buffer.

In this era, the docking of ships is basically such a hard force.

Huang Yuan touched his son's head again, and said softly: "Go to my mother's place, and when I'm done, I'll take you back to your home in the capital." ”

The boat line docked, and the gongs and drums shook the sky when they landed on the shore. This ceremony was not to welcome Huang Yuan, and he did not have such a big face, mainly to welcome Huang Fu, who had been away from Beijing for twelve years.

In order to show respect, the current military department Zuo Shangshu Fang Bin personally went to the official Chungmichang Wharf to greet Huang Fu.

He didn't know that Zhu Zhanji had already obtained a lot of evidence of his corruption, and he was waiting for Huang Fu to arrive in Beijing, and when this war was over, he would start to deal with him.

Zhu Zhanji has never been afraid of greed, as long as he doesn't break the rules, he is willing to do things. Nowadays, the officials are not high, even if they are second- and third-grade ministers, if they have no land at home, they will live a tight life.

Therefore, as long as the number of gifts is not more than a certain amount, it is a common thing. The problem of corruption has not been solved in later generations, and officials in this era are even more for fame and fortune.

Before he ascended to the throne, he did not want to go against the tide of the whole society. In order to fight corruption, it is not simply to improve the remuneration of officials, or to solve the problem by strict laws, but also to change the atmosphere of the whole society.

This is a long-term and arduous task, and it will also be something that Zhu Zhanji needs to work throughout his life.

But this guest is not just a sin of receiving gifts and collecting money. In order to accumulate money, he even occupied Daliang fertile land in his hometown of Hangzhou, embezzled military rations and sold them in the season, and even accepted more than a dozen concubines, who celebrated their birthdays in three days and their birthdays in January.

In order to give him gifts, the subordinates of the military department had to do everything possible to collect money, so that the morale of the military department was declining.

And he was also openly prostituted at home, often calling those glamorous concubines to sing and dance at home, and his life was extremely extravagant.

Zhu Zhanji has no tolerance for such a tumor, and if he hadn't been able to meddle in the civil service system now, he would have dealt with this person a long time ago.

Even if this Fang Bin was respectful to him, he also made a lot of convenience for him.

After the welcome ceremony, Huang Fu and Fang Bin took a car together and went to the Huang family's old residence in Taipingmen.

Although Huang Fu was degraded and left the capital, he never gave up the idea of returning to Beijing, and the house in the capital has always been kept.

A few years ago, Huang Yuan studied hard in the capital and was admitted to the Jinshi, but he lived in the old house.

However, he couldn't go home at this time, so he had to go to the palace to report to Zhu Zhanji first. Huang Fu didn't need to see Zhu Zhanji, he returned home first and waited for Zhu Di to summon him.

In the Donghuamen Consultation Department, Zhu Zhanji summoned the envoy, but instead ate Huang Yuan, who was a little fatter. As soon as they met, they couldn't help but smile and said: "Qianjiu's trip is hard, I thought you would lose a few pounds, but I didn't want you to be fat." ”

Huang Yuan was also a little embarrassed, and said: "On the way back, my mother and Humble Jing cooked to my taste every day, serving chicken soup every day, and Yuan was greedy for appetite, which made His Highness laugh. ”

Huang Yuan's trip first went to Cochin, and then to Champa and Khmer and Siam.

With the help of Huang Fu, a local snake who had been in Jiaozhi for ten years, he easily purchased 2 million stone of rice in these four places, which is more than 1.4 million stone even if converted into rice.

This is mainly because the price of rice in Nanyang is lower, which is a large amount of harvest and relatively hurried, so it will cost 100,000 yuan in silver, otherwise, the price will be lower.

Zhu Zhanji did not pay attention to the experience of buying grain this time, because these had already been passed back before Huang Yuan came back.

Zhu Zhanji attaches great importance to establishing food supply channels with Nanyang countries to prepare for the future.

If this channel is established, plus Jiaozhi will not give up, even if it encounters the Xiaoice River period in the future, Daming will not worry about running out of food.

And in this era, as long as the government controls it effectively, there is never any need to worry about the depreciation of the value of the grain after it is too much.

Because there are all kinds of dim sum and liquor, the two major categories of food consumption, the scale of development in this era is not large, and I am not afraid of too much food, but I am afraid that there is not enough food.

The story of overcharging three or five buckets of grain and hurting farmers is more man-made.

Moreover, Zhu Zhanji still has the idea of personally suppressing food prices, forcing the people of the Ming Dynasty to move outward, whether it is Lake Baikal in the north, or Australia, America, or Africa, at this time, there are only some tribes, not many countries!

Such a world of flowers is waiting for the Ming Dynasty to occupy it. If you are still only in love with your own one-third of an acre of land, it is really for a tree and give up a forest.

But the common people in the East are too able to endure hardships, as long as they can survive, they are not willing to leave their hometowns to work hard, let alone rebel.

Zhu Zhanji wants to go to Europe in person, and he also has a purpose in mind, which is to change the current social atmosphere.

Even His Royal Highness Taisun went to the small barbarian country in the west, and the outside world is not so terrible.

As long as people are willing to change and want to live better. This is just like the reform and opening up in later generations, in just 40 years, a poor ancient country has become a modern country.

Although the current Ming Dynasty is the largest and most prosperous country in the world, in fact, prosperity is only relative.

In disaster years, there are still countless tragic cases of selling children and daughters.

Go out and occupy more land and more resources, so that the Ming Dynasty will never be defeated by the enemy.

Even if the management system collapses in the end due to their own reasons, it is still the Han people who occupy the world, and the meat is still in the pot.

just guarded this bit of food in the bowl, but in the end, the meat in the pot was robbed by a group of small countries.

Coming to this era, Zhu Zhanji's biggest goal is to make up for this regret.

Let the Han people occupy the whole world, let the whole world be proud of speaking Chinese, and let the Han people become the mainstream force in the world.

Establishing a smooth food supply channel is only the first step, as long as there is food, Zhu Zhanji is not afraid that there will be no money to give, and Iwami Yinshan will soon belong to the Ming Dynasty, where there will be countless amounts of silver.

Even without silver, the Ming could produce enough goods to meet the needs of those countries as a way to alleviate the growing land annexation at home.

Making growing food unprofitable does not affect stability. Then let people turn their attention to other industries and turn to foreign countries, which is the real development direction of Daming.