Chapter 753: Don't be complacent, don't stop

For half a month, the carriages and horses in Guangzhou City and the coolies on the wharf were really busy, and even the sturdy farmers in Sixiang who were temporarily idle and had nothing to do also came to the wharf of Huangpu Town, hoping to find a temporary job, and at the same time to look at the huge fleet that had never been seen before. As a result, the number of people coming and going in Huangpu Town has increased by three times compared with before, plus the people watching the excitement, the streets and alleys are one after another, if it were not for the five hundred households sent by the Dusi Yamen on the wharf to lead a team of people to maintain, this order would suddenly be chaotic and impossible to clean up.

Since you can't go to the pier to see the style of the treasure ship, the three or four most famous two-story restaurants in the town have become fragrant and sweet in the eyes of everyone. Those scholars and eunuchs looked down on the word and talked about the reopening of the Western treasure ship by the imperial court, but the children were curious after all, and they all made an appointment to see the excitement, and as for the rich merchants and landlords, there were more female relatives who came out in groups, so the private seats and boxes on the other side of the sea were all booked out every day. Brightly dressed men and women looked at the sea and sky outside from the wooden window, and some even made up their minds that they would definitely go to the sea in the future.

Although Qiu Zhen is a person who loves to join in the fun, but now that she is pregnant, she is not curious and can't ask others to take her to see the excitement, so someone in the inner house has gone to see it, and she begged someone to explain to herself in detail what she saw. At this time, Jing Guan slipped out of excitement in front of her, and when he saw Qiu Zhen looking at him with a smile, he had no choice but to recall yesterday's situation.

"Those ships are very big, I used to think that six-masted galleons were already very scary, but these ships have so many masts and sails that I can't see clearly, and my father said that the largest ship has nine masts and can hang twelve sails, and that ship is as tall as four stories!"

Jingguan made an exaggerated gesture, looked east and west, and saw that his mother was talking to Lingxi on the side, and he didn't notice him, so he simply climbed onto the Xiangfei couch under the shade of the tree, and quietly leaned into Qiuji's ear and said, "Auntie, don't tell your mother, Father-in-law Zhang treats me well, let Brother Cao take me and Uncle Sixth on the boat to go for a walk, that boat is really big." If it weren't for Brother Cao's refusal, I would have wanted to go down and see how people rocked the oars. It's a pity that my father wants to take a boat to Qiongzhou Mansion, but he refuses to take me. ”

Qiu Zhen also knew that Zhang Yue was leaving for Qiongzhou Mansion today, and there were some important official affairs, so when he saw Jingguan sticking out his tongue, he couldn't help but scratch his nose gently: "That's going to work, how can I take you with me?" As long as you are obedient, where can you go to play in the future? You've even been on the boat, and your second aunt and I can't go to the dock if we want to! ”

"Didn't the second aunt follow her father to Qiongzhou Mansion?"

"Jing Guan!"

As soon as she heard Jingguan's words, Qiu Zhen was already stunned, and when the voice came into her ears, she found that Du Juan didn't know when she was already standing on the couch, and hurriedly smiled and said: "Young grandma, he just said that he leaked his mouth, and there are no outsiders here." When the young master is out of the house, it is also appropriate to have someone to serve with him, besides, I ......"

"Amber is still secret, so the family only knows that she accompanied her wife to Guangxiao Temple to do things!" Du Juan saw that Jing Guan quietly hid beside Qiu Zhen, and immediately became angry and funny, "Don't hide, the manly husband dares to act boldly, come out and say, where did you hear this?" ”

Jing Guan hesitated to stand up, and when he saw his mother's gentle but sharp eyes staring at him, he suddenly became a little at a loss, and explained: "Mother, don't be angry, I happened to hear you talking to your father that day, and then because the sixth uncle called outside, I went, and I only heard half of the words, and I forgot about it for a while......

"In this world, sometimes you can forget to say it for a while, and sometimes you can't!" Du Juan glared at his tiger-headed son, and reprimanded him with rare words, "It naturally doesn't matter if the family listens to it, but what about the outsiders?" You've been running outside with your dad a lot these days, and if you leak out, what will others think about it? You are not small anymore, you don't just rely on sweetness to attract pain, but also have to remind yourself all the time to get carried away! Go, go to the study and be quiet! ”

Seeing Jingguan crying and mourning, he immediately bowed in a proper manner and went away, but the autumn scar, which was originally a little shy, showed a thoughtful expression. She hesitated for a while, and suddenly asked in a low voice: "Young grandmother, if you discipline Jingguan like this, aren't you afraid that he will be unhappy with his promise?" When the young master was a child, his wife almost never got angry at him. Mother and son are connected, and children at this age are the most delicate, is it too difficult for him to meditate on his own? ”

At this time, the sun has risen overhead, and the sporadic sunlight falls through the gaps in the leaves overhead, coupled with the warm breeze, which makes people feel even more lazy. Hearing Qiu Zhen's question, Du Juan couldn't help but smile slightly: "Mrs. is Mrs., you don't know the old lady's strictness back then, if even Mrs. reprimands him with a calm face all day long, he may be discouraged." Jingguan was loved as soon as he landed, you and Amber depended on him for everything, the old lady liked it, and the old lady also doted on him when she was there, even his father, and he almost never put on his father's shelf and spoke harshly. If I pet him again, he will become more and more unseemly. He is sincere, and he will be fine in the blink of an eye. ”

"It's because I think it's bad, it's really different now than it was then, the young master was not like Jingguan who was held in the palm of everyone's hands." Qiu Scar nodded convincingly, and then whispered, "Young grandmother, don't worry, I won't say a word about amber." I have been with her for many years, and I used to sleep on a kang, and others didn't know her, but I always heard her cry in her sleep...... Compared with her, I haven't suffered many storms in my life, and I am much luckier than her. ”

This day was the day when Zheng He's treasure ship set sail for the ocean, looking at the shadow of the thousand sailing ships gradually moving away, Zhang Yue also took his entourage to board the ship one after another. was so troubled by Gu Xingzu, the Li people of Qiongzhou Mansion, who were originally safe and stable, gradually became a little suspicious and unstable, and the Qiongzhou prefect was afraid that it would be difficult to make up for the problem, so he reported it as a major event. In addition, Hainan Island is the best place to promote the three crops except for Guangzhou and other places, so he thought about it and decided to take Liu Da with him personally, and at the same time fulfilled Amber's wish.

At this moment, since all the merchant ships had gone with the treasure ships, the docks, which had been flooded for these days, were now empty, and they were the only ones. After instructing Xiang Shaoyuan, the political envoy of Youbu who came to see him off, Zhang Yue turned around and got on the board. The gusts of wind blew the blue-black bulge high on his body, but it couldn't shake his pace in the slightest.

The boat that Zhang Yue and others took this time was a six-masted three-story ship, which could hang up to nine sails, and it was from the official shipyard of the imperial court in Nanjing. Zheng He specially brought it when he went south, and said with a smile that this was the emperor's order, and his favor, Zhang Yue also accepted it with a smile. And when he heard the message of the Queen Mother brought by Zheng He and Wang Jinghong, he was even more relieved.

Because there is Zhang Qian in the city, and Xiang Shaoyuan is in charge, so he only brought dozens of people on this trip, and the huge ship is extremely relaxed, Xu Tao, who is a member of the left politics, occupies a room in the head of the second floor, Yu Qian, the governor of Guangdong, occupies a room at the end, and the rest of the officials are either two or three people, and Zhang Yue and a retinue occupy the entire three floors.

The large cabin in the middle of the third floor is elegantly furnished, and you can smell the fragrance of wood from inside. It's just that the sea is not as good as the inland river, but the bumps are inevitable, the boat goes out of the Pearl River estuary into the sea, the wind and waves gradually get bigger, where can the amber dressed in men's clothes withstand this kind of turbulence, and suddenly retched. Zhang Yue was busy and asked Liu Da to come. Liu Da, who was used to sitting on a sea boat before, took a look at it, so he asked someone to take ginger slices to hold in his mouth, Zhang Yue comforted her again, let her sit in the recliner fixed on the floor behind the screen, and personally covered her with a blanket, and then turned out with Liu Da.

"When I first went to sea, I wasn't used to this kind of bumpy waves. This is especially true when the shore is not visible. The most powerful time, the wind and waves almost overturned our boat, and now although it is against the coastline, it is not as good as a canal or a boat on the Yangtze River. The adults are in good health, and Xu Dashen and Yu Shiyu, who had just bowed their heads, were also very uncomfortable, and they just asked me how I could get better. ”

"Seasickness and motion sickness have always been different from person to person, maybe I'm just the kind of person who doesn't get dizzy at all, and besides, it's good to get used to it." Zhang Yue smiled, "I've heard that people who are used to drifting at sea will feel dizzy when they go to land." ”

"Therefore, those officers and soldiers in the fleet this time would rather go down than nest in Nanjing."

After gossiping for a while, Zhang Yue asked about Liu Da's experimental field, and when he learned that the growth was good, he said thoughtfully: "Three crops a year, although it can make the farmers rich and full, but the cost and manpower have to be calculated. Therefore, the two extra crops of rice seeds in the first year were provided by the government, and when the time came, seeing that they had collected more grain, some people naturally followed suit, but it was a long process. In addition, the income of rice and wheat in two crops a year will increase by two or three percent, and the income will increase by five or six percent, and as for the three cropping, it is very likely to be more than doubled. The grain is cheap and hurts the peasants, and this is also something that has to be considered. ”

Liu Da was only interested in farming tools, and he didn't think so much about the others, since Zhang Yue said it, he couldn't help but count the number of increased production, and his face suddenly became solemn.

Seeing his expression, Zhang Yue waved his hand again and said with a smile: "But you don't have to worry too much, the grain is cheap and hurts the peasants, and it has to be implemented by the whole country." Within three years, it is remarkable that ten prefectures and counties in Guangzhou can implement this system, while other places vary according to geography and time. Now that the four seas are peaceful, the imperial court should no longer fight in the south and north as before, and there will be a big increase in population, coupled with incalculable natural disasters, there may only be enough food to eat at that time. Besides, I am afraid that it will not be possible to rely entirely on self-sufficiency in Jiaoluan, and there is also a place to digest the increased production in Guangdong. All in all, you have a long way to go! ”

"I'm a nobody, who cares if I leave a name or not, but I didn't expect this old bone to have the opportunity to be used like this! Adults have the grace of knowing me and the will to help the people, why should I regret this ability? ”

The two looked at each other and smiled, thinking of the future, they couldn't help but have a face full of longing. The history books are all recorded by literati, so the prosperous times mentioned are almost without exception not the time when the territory of martial arts is the most extensive, but the period when the four seas are peaceful and there is no war, and the warehouse is full and there is no hunger. If the rule of Renxuan, which has been praised by countless people, can be pushed up again, Zhang Yue is naturally happy to see it.

Qiongzhou Prefecture governs Qiongshan County, because of the lonely South China Sea, the Qiongzhou prefect has always been one of the major shortcomings of Guangdong Province, so there was such a big case before, and the gods fought, and the poor Qiongzhou prefect Lu Haishan was also worried. He originally moved to the left when he came here, and if he did anything again, I am afraid that the best outcome would be to be degraded. No matter how bad the Qiongzhou Mansion is, it is still a peaceful place, but Jiaolu is full of miasma and rebellious, and if you are not careful, you will die, so when I heard that Li Ren seemed to be really ready to move, he almost immediately played the political secretary.

However, he didn't expect that Zhang Yue, the political envoy of Zuo Bu, would come in person!

picked up the boat at the wharf of Qiongshan County, Lu Haishan invited Zhang Yue to the prefect's yamen, and immediately bowed his head in fear and pleaded guilty: "It's all the incompetence and negligence of the lower officials, and I don't want to alarm the lord of the domain." It's really the first thing that can't cover the news, and it's spread too widely, so the autumn grain that should have been levied at the end of the year has not moved for a long time, and the lower officials don't dare to send people to urge it......"

"That's it!" Zhang Yue saw that Cao Jixiang, who Zhang Qian had sent to him, was standing there with a disgruntled face, and several times he wanted to open his mouth to defend himself, so he waved his hand and interrupted the chattering Qiongzhou prefect, "You will choose for me today a Li Tong who is closer to Qiongshan County and is unruly, and I will take someone over." The messenger should have arrived, and you must have known about the second and third crops, and you have a number in mind. ”

Do things as soon as you come?

It's not that Lu Haishan hasn't seen Shangguan before, and he has seen it resolutely, but it's the first time he has seen someone who has just arrived at the ground and doesn't even have time to take a breath. He was about to give a few words of advice, but Yu Qian on the side interjected: "What Lord Zhang said is that without further ado, first, the Li people should indeed be appeased, second, the autumn grain is the top priority, and third, Lord Zhang personally came for the sake of the three crops of rice, and asked the Lu Governor's Mansion to do it as soon as possible, let's go over immediately today, so as not to invite people over and arouse people's suspicions." ”

Xu Tao, who participated in politics on the left, was seasick all the way more than anyone else, vomiting in the dark, and at this time he had no strength in his body, and he couldn't even say anything when he had the heart to oppose it, and he couldn't help but secretly complain in his heart. At this moment, he suddenly heard a word from the side that made him happy.

"Also, Xu Dashen is seasick too much, you go and ask a doctor to take a look at him. I'm afraid that his body won't be able to move for a while, so he won't have to go, and will stay in your mansion to recuperate. ”