The north gate of Yingdu is a dark-faced concubine with ten winged warships sailing, under the three-headed phoenix flag, the warships are full of honorable warriors or elite armor soldiers; The flying pole at the south gate also kept waving, summoning Xiong Jing to urgently return to Ying's flying signal to the south, a thousand miles a day.

Soon after the beginning of spring, along the Yinglu Canal opened last year, Xiong Jing took a winged war boat out of Yingdu to the Yangtze River. Jiujiang is shaped as its name, the Yangtze River is divided into nine rivers in the north of Peng Lize, standing on the south bank and looking at it, but seeing the river water mighty eastward, as far as the eye can see.

The south of the Jiujiang River is the Ganshui that flows into the Yangtze River from south to north, and the two sides of the Ganshui are the plains that are being reclaimed. There are not only clans but also honorable people who have cultivated here. During the season, farmers are leveling the newly cultivated land and planting rice or corn.

In this era, the yield of rice was far inferior to that of millet, and even inferior to wheat. Its yield was only two-thirds of that of wheat, and it was not until the Wei and Jin dynasties after the Han Dynasty that the yield of rice was equal to that of wheat, and it was not until the Sui and Tang dynasties that the yield of rice exceeded that of wheat (1.5 times), and it was not until the Song Dynasty that the yield of rice was twice that of wheat.

This is the comparison of the yield between rice and wheat, of course Yin Sunyu doesn't know what is going on, he can only tell the truth now that Xiongjing's rice yield is very low. This is true for rice and wheat, and there is also a gap between wheat and millet yields. Under normal circumstances, the yield of wheat is only two-thirds of the yield of millet - Xiong Jing originally wanted to grind flour to bake bread, but at first the water mill was not enough, but now he heard that the yield of wheat is only two-thirds of that of millet, so he stopped thinking about it. No matter how delicious the bread is, what can you do if you can't eat enough?

The winter before last robbed the Qin State, last year Taiyi God blessed, the world was in a great drought, the Qin State only rained in June, and in some places it rained in August, so the price of corn soared. The 12 million stone millets he received from 30 cents a stone rose to 80 cents. After selling 6 million stone millet, he probably made 6 million stone corn, plus the 3.2 million stone he received when he divided the spoils of war, he had a total of more than 9 million stone corn.

It's a pity that more than 9 million stones seems like a lot, and Yingdu has a population of nearly 400,000, and it will eat more than 7 million stone millet in a year. Under the Ao system, all counties and towns were stockpiling grain, making profits, buying horses, building boats, and training troops on a large scale. forced Yingdu to have to get a piece of land in the Poyang Lake Plain to open up the wasteland, and if he didn't open up the wasteland, he would have to eat other people's corn, not to mention the money, and his face was still ugly.

As if the leaders of later generations were inspecting the flowers, after a little wait-and-see on the side of Jiujiang, Xiong Jing went south down the river to Jinling. Jinling is just a small town, and when King Wei was here, it was the junction of Chu and Yue, so he built a city to defend it. Jinling may have been an important town in later generations and the largest support for the Jianghuai defense line, but it was not a good ocean-going port, and it was suitable for Zhu Fang (now Dantu).

Zhu Fang is one hundred and eighty miles downstream of Jinling, and its opposite bank is Guangling, where the ditch enters the river; One hundred and fifty miles down the coast is Yupu (now Ligang Town, Jiangyin). Yupu is the entrance of the Jiangnan Canal, this canal is opened by Wu Wangfucha, from Wucheng to the north, through the east of Zhenze and into the river; To the south of Wucheng, there is a hundred feet of desecration excavated by Goujian, and Zhejiang (Qiantang River) is therefore connected with the Yangtze River.

Goods from the south could be transported to the Huaishui basin or the north through the Jiangnan Canal, but this waterway was not prosperous because of the diversion of the Xuxi Canal (Wucheng-Jiuzi (Wuhu)). The Hangou waterway is now also facing the diversion of the Yinglu Canal, and the trade between the south and the Central Plains is now mainly turned to Yinglu, and only Surabaya, Yishui, and the trade between Qilu and Jiangdong will pass through Hangou.

Xiong Jing is now in Zhu Fang. The city, which was bound to grow in the future, was now very small, no more than two miles in length, and there was no inner city, only an inner court. There are only 100 households inside and outside the city. Zhu Fang is Wu Di and has been given to Yushi. Xiong Jing, the chief of honor here, recognized that it was a strong man who went to Dingli to fish for lamb legs during the banquet that year, and he had no surname and no name, so he was named Zhu after the title, called Zhu Zhu.

"The ministers have come to see the king." Zhu Zhu took the remaining fourteen honorary soldiers of Zhu Fang up to the war boat to salute. There are many less than 25 households in Yushifeng, but they are sealed or not, and Yushi would rather be sealed than receive 200 stone of Gulu every year.

"No courtesy." Looking at the Yushi in front of him, Xiong Jing seemed to see something in their outfits. "It seems that Zhu Fang is indeed desolate."

Fifteen honorary soldiers, except for Zhu Zhu, the chief of honor, who was sealed in the city, the rest of the faces were all colorful, one was still holding a duck, and the two of them had brand new boots. The south wind was blowing on the deck, and the two pairs of feet under the clothes were not wearing footsuits, and the ankles were copper-colored, and they seemed to be often stomping on weekdays.

"The king, the minister doesn't feel that Zhu Fang is desolate." An honorary man said, "There are fish in the big rivers and ponds, and the people are not hungry." The ministers have sent people to the country of Qi to ask for the art of fish farming. If it does, the people should not worry about food and clothing. ”

"Yes. The king, the ministers are already making people raise birds, and this is the birds that are raised by ministers. Yushi, who was holding the duck, said.

"Great goodness." Xiong Jing nodded in agreement. Yushi was sealed in Lu, bringing not only ritual books, but also advanced production technology. This is where they pass on their children and grandchildren, and it is impossible not to take care of them. "However, before acting, it is necessary to determine the direction, otherwise it will be the opposite direction. It is not surprising that Zhu Fang's profits are no longer agricultural but business. ”

"In business?" The people were confused, and Zhu said: "The king, the ministers and others don't know how to do business. ”

"There's always a land lease, right?" Xiong Jing asked with a smile. "Twenty acres of land rent for one gold, is it okay?"

"One gold?!" The scholars were dumbfounded, twenty acres of land produce less than 100 stones a year, how can it be sold for a sky-high price of one gold.

"Yes." Xiong Jing restrained his smile, "If you are willing, you can sign an alliance with the shipping company from today, and the shipping company will pay for the construction of a port here, and you can get twenty hardware a year for five hundred acres, can you?" ”

"The minister......" The honorable man who hugged the duck wanted to say yes, looked back at the others, and endured it again.

"The king treats his ministers well, and the ministers dare not accept it if they have no merit." Zhu took the lead in saluting, he thought that Xiong Jing was a gift.

"This is not a favor, this is business." Xiong Jing smiled bitterly. The value of Zhu Fang is far less than that of Twenty Hardware, but because of the future war, the positioning here is only a temporary port, and Hangzhou is the ultimate port, so it cannot be built on a large scale. "Early tomorrow morning, the Shao Si Ming and Mrs. Xiang will set off for the sea......

"The king must not!" Everyone was even more shocked when they heard it, and Zhu said: "There are hurricanes on the sea every year, and although the sea boat is big, it is not resistant to wind and waves. ”

"Please don't go to the king." All the honorables shouted in unison. They are not Wu people, and they have a natural fear of the ocean.

"There were no hurricanes in March." Xiong Jing had to make an explanation. "And the reason why the sea boat is a sea boat is that it is not afraid of wind and waves. If you don't believe it, you can take a look. ”

The Shao Siming and the Xiang Lady had anchored in Zhu Fang a few days ago, and before that, the two sea boats went to Huiji along the north wind, and returned from Huiji County in the south wind season, and went to Zhu Fang to rendezvous with Xiongjing in the south.

The content of the textbooks for the first batch of aviation school cadets has been completed, and the remaining period is a long internship period, and the second batch of aviation school cadets have entered the school in September last year. Of course, it is not enough for the first batch of students of the aviation school to operate two sea boats, they are too young, they do not have the decision of adults, and they do not have enough experience, so the Yue people in the boat division were transferred to the sea boats.

The Haizhou passed through Zhu Fang last year and went south to meet the treasurers, and they also knew that Zhu Zhu had already boarded the boat to visit, but he didn't understand anything, and he admired the boaters who could enter the sea. It's different if the king wants to go to sea, the king's status is noble, this is not the coastal rowing like the king of Qi, as soon as there is wind and waves, you can dock, this is going to sea and entering the depths of the sea.

"If the king really wants to go to sea, the minister will protect him." Zhu Zhulang said. Following him, the other honorable people shouted the same.

"But there's no bed on the boat." Xiong Jing understood their loyalty, but the more than 100-ton Shao Si Ming Class was full of provisions, and there were not too many places to spare. "Pick two, one for one." Xiong Jing finally said.

"The king, Zhuangzi once said: The great gully of the east is suitable for the garden wind on the coast of the East China Sea. Yuan Feng said: 'The son will be ridiculed? He said, "It will be a big gully." He said, "Xi Weiyan? He said: "The husband is also a thing, and he is dissatisfied with it, and he is inexhaustible; I will swim. Right Shi read out the dialogue between Zhuangzi and Yuan Feng, and Zhen Mang thought of swimming in the East China Sea and meeting Yuan Feng on the road.

After that, the right history said: "I don't know hundreds of millions of miles in the east of the Bohai Sea, there are big ravines, but there is only a bottomless valley, and there is no bottom under it, and the name is called the ruins." The water of the eight strings and nine fields, the flow of heaven and Han, all pay attention to it, and there is no increase or decrease. Does the king really want to go to the big gully? When will I get home? ”

"Big gully?" It wasn't the first time Xiong Jing had heard this word, he could probably guess what the big gully meant, and replied with a smile: "Zhuangzi and the others are just hearsay, and the big gully is not what they say." ”

"Please tell the king." Speaking of the world, Xiong Jing asks for help from the left and right two histories, but when it comes to overseas, the left and right two have to ask Xiong Jing for advice. In their eyes, the gully is a subsidence, and the water of the whole world flows into this boundless subsidence, and they cannot fill it up.

"The big gully should be the black tide." Xiong Jing voiced his guess. "This tide comes from the south, passes through the northeast of the Bohai Sea, is three or four hundred miles wide, and the flow rate may be several knots. When an ordinary boat encounters a Kuroshio, it cannot cross it, so it can only go down the river or turn its head back.

The black tide is black, and it is even more obvious at the boundary with ordinary sea water. The ancients didn't understand, and when they saw that the water was black, they thought it was a big gully. ”

"Really?" I haven't seen the two histories on the left and right, and I haven't seen the black tide either, so I don't know whether to believe in the ancients or Xiongjing.

"If you go to sea tomorrow, you will be able to reach the gully in a few days, and you will know when you see it." Xiong Jing laughed, no longer explaining this. The Kuroshio Current is an important shipping route in East Asian waters, and he doesn't want too many people to know about it, except for the wizards of the aviation school.