After listening to Wan Qianyong's words, Zhao Xing glanced up at the direction of the dock and replied, "It's okay, our coinage will definitely be exceeded this year, but it needs to be delayed a little." We explained to Zhang Xianggong, and said that it would take five or six months for the money to go by land, and it would be too troublesome to hand over many times on the way, so we planned to transport it directly to Yangzhou by sea and land......

You might as well send a few boatloads of exotic toys, such as tropical fruits, etc., so as to tell Zhang Xianggong that we are conducting a waterway test---- right, that's all! He gave Zhang Xianggong and said that we promised to transport the money to Yangzhou at the end of June. ”

Shuai Fan clapped his hands: "The fruit is good." As long as the fruit is still not rotten when it arrives in the capital, it shows that we have the ability to transport the money to Yangzhou in the shortest possible time. It's just that the money is too much, and we also need to arrange an escort. ”

Wan Qiyong raised his feet and was about to kick: "Now that you know, you don't want to recruit troops quickly, you have to recruit full troops before June anyway." ”

Shuai Fan is in charge of the military case of the Economic Strategy Division, and issues the soldiers with the official status of "general", and he can do it himself, without going through Zhao Xing. Hearing this, he hurriedly raised his feet: "It's okay, it's okay, I'll go, give each of the eleven people a general's official body, as well as those soldiers, give them a good set of clothes, give them a five-day vacation, let them go around the streets, go back to their hometowns to show off, and ensure that they can recruit full soldiers in five days......

Remember, my lords, the muskets and spearmen we built this time are muskets and spearmen. When the time comes, not a single musket will be missing. ”

After Shuai Fan left, Wan Qiyong looked at Zhao Xing and smiled, and said meaningfully: "My lord." Guangxi and Guangdong can be the place of finger shooting. Once these generals who have entered our military camp have official status, they will all be officials waiting to be selected when they return to the township, and they will not be able to issue a county order in the future. Even if it is not good, it can also be mixed with the owner of the village---- when the time comes, this Guangxi place, the adults are also a hundred promises. ”

Zhao Xing put his hands behind his back and looked serious: "Yayan, there are some things that can be done, but you can't say it." I told you a long time ago that I came to Quang Nam to be a warlord, so there are some things you just need to keep in mind. There is no need to say it. ”

Wan Qianyong nodded lightly, and immediately changed the topic: "My lord, if you want to purchase a few boatloads of fruits, it will require a large amount, this thing is not resistant to storage, you need to make an appointment with the villagers in advance, what fruits do you want to purchase." ”

Zhao Xing pondered and said, "There are lychees in Guangnan, and it's time to go to the market." In addition, my Mrs. Chen wants to go to Vietnam, and I plan to send her to Vietnam. By the way, I purchased a batch of foreign fruits, such as bananas, pineapples, mangoes, durians, mangosteens, dragon fruits, rambutan, pineapples...... Wait, I've got something in mind, don't bother me yet, let me think about it. ”

"Fruit tree", Wan Qiyong reminded softly: "My lord only remembered the ground when he mentioned the fruit tree of the foreign domain." It must be related to the fruit trees of the outer domain. ”

Zhao Xing slowly spit out two words: "Sour corner--- I think of sour horn." This thing is known as the silver of the tree, and the fruit is sweet and sour, and it is very delicious...... It can also be juiced from the fruit and used as a condiment for cooking seafood. ”

The sour horn is a high economic value, and in the 21st century, this fruit is still a high-end luxury. So the economic value of growing this fruit now must be very considerable. Zhao Xing just thought of fruit. I suddenly thought of this fruit, which has a high economic value. I can't help but have some thoughts......

Wan Qiyong smiled faintly: "Just the sweet and sour fruit is nothing." The hawthorn fruit is also very sweet and sour, so adults say that the sour horn is the silver in the tree, a bit too much? ”

"You don't know, this sour horn tree is a hardwood, and it's full of treasures. In the first year of planting, you can pick leaves and branches, and the leaves are the same as mulberry leaves, and silkworms can be raised. Moreover, the silkworm eats the sour horn leaves, and the silk spit out is white and tough, and it is said that it has the effect of treating skin diseases, and this kind of leaf can also be used as a dish, stir-fried to be sweet and sour, and it is extremely good for rice.

If you think that the leaves of a tree can be used as vegetables, then planting such a tree is not like planting a vegetable garden, and you will get money every day. Farmers plant mulberry, mulberry leaves are more cheap, and they can't sell it for money, but they plant sour horns, and the mulberry leaves that silkworms can't eat are eaten, and they are sold as vegetable leaves, and the price is ......

Also, the sour horn tree is a hardwood, and its branches can be used to make bows, and it is a good raw material for bows. Because this kind of tree is red, and the wood is extremely hard, there are also some unscrupulous merchants who use it to pass it off as mahogany and sandalwood---- which itself has a fragrance, and after dyeing and spice treatment, it can be completely passed off as mahogany, so the bow it makes is also equivalent to the sandalwood bow and Tong bow.

The sour horn branches can be used to make bows, and the bark peeled from the bow is also useful, and the bark is said to be full of tannin acid, which is several times higher than the amount found in tea. Therefore, it can not only be used as a medicine to cure diarrhea, but also to tann leather to make the leather very soft. In addition, its seeds are rich in starch, and to some extent it contains more ground starch than some cereals, and it can be used as food to satisfy hunger in times of famine......"

What Zhao Xing wants to say here is that sour horn seeds contain more starch than corn, and in the modern food processing industry, sour horn starch is used to pass off corn starch, so that 30% of the cost can be saved. However, he considered that corn was still used as a cob of grain in the hands of the Indians at this time, so he had to be vague.

"The sour horn tree bears fruit in three years, but it will be beneficial if it is planted in the first three years, and feeding such a tree is like planting a tree that produces silver at home, and the silver will automatically rise from the ground every year. When it bears fruit, the money will be even more. The nuts can be squeezed to fry vegetables, and the rest of the oil is high starch, which is excellent for feeding pigs and horses, and can also be used as rations during the famine, which is a kind of tree for the wilderness.

Even the sour horn husk is dried, it can be used as an additive for coffee drinks---- coffee is a favorite drink of big food merchants, and their favorite is the coffee shipped out of Mocha Port, which is called Mocha coffee. This drink is roughly equivalent to our tea.

If you don't plan to dry the husk, that's fine, the husk is oily and contains a lot of tannins, which makes it a great carbon black after burning. Westerners used it to make ink. I think it's also good for making ink.

This sour horn powder can also be drunk as an herbal tea, and it is said that it has the same cooling and detoxifying effect as sour plum soup. The juice from the pulp of the ripe sour horn fruit can also be added to the pulp. Varnish the paper...... How, is there enough of so many benefits?

Also, when the sour horn tree is old after eight to ten years, and the dense fruit period has passed, then we will cut it down, and we will use the main trunk as a plank for shipbuilding, and we will not need to use the thick and short branches of the ground for the rest. It can be sold as mahogany to the rich man to make furniture. The former is especially important, because seafaring ships need hardwood, Westerners use oak, we don't have a similar hardwood, and the sour horn tree happens to be a fast-growing, woody, hard-ground wood.

If in the era of cold weapons, land wars fought for the number of apple trees, then in the age of sail fought for the number of hardwoods. So we have to plant as many sour horn trees as we can before spring planting...... This time I sent Mrs. Chen to Vietnam, and I plan to go in person. You arrange it. I'm going to cut down all the old mulberry trees, which are far inferior to sour horn trees, and we're going to take two years to completely eliminate the mulberry trees and replace them with sour horn trees. ”

Wan Qiyong squinted his eyes and thought for a while, then replied, "Sour horn, I've never heard of this kind of thing." My lord, the silver in the tree is a sour horn, so what is the gold in the tree? Applewood? …… I really hope that adults will bring this fruit, and I will taste it too. ”

Zhao Xing was choked. It is accepted that "gold in the tree is" rubber tree, and "white gold in the tree" is eucalyptus...... But where to find rubber now?

He dodged and replied: "This fruit is also known as Luo Wan fruit and tamarind, and it is said that in the era of our Xia Dynasty, there were poems in Egypt praising this fruit. In the middle of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. There are thousands of psalms in Greece that praise this fruit...... This time, I went to Vietnam to buy sour horn saplings, which can also be used by the industry. The fruits, branches, leaves, and husks that can't be eaten can be exchanged for money, and we will spend five years replacing all the mulberry forests on Guangnan East Road with sour horn forests. ”

Wan Qianyong arched his hand: "In this case, please do it quickly." It's already February, and in a few days, Qian Gang must be shipped, and Wen Xun has already come to urge him a few times. We don't have to bet on money, we have to give away the fruit. ”

Zhao Xing patted his thigh: "Wait for me to pack up and leave early tomorrow morning." ”

In March, the imperial court made Cai Jing a scholar of Hanlin. At the same time, Empress Dowager Liang led the Western Xia soldiers to invade Yan and then trapped Jinming Fort.

At this point, history stubbornly returned to its original trajectory.

In mid-March, Zhao Xing returned with several large ships, and Wan Qianyong hurriedly loaded him with 1.5 million copper coins ballast, and Zhao Xing personally escorted the ships to Yangzhou. The sea boat walked very fast, and in a few days it had entered the mouth of the Yangtze River and began to move upstream, Cheng Shuang turned around worriedly on the side, and finally found an excuse, so he stepped forward to persuade Zhao Xing: "Seventh uncle, you better go back to the cabin." You are an official of the imperial court, and it is okay to travel across the county once in a while, but if you bring a fleet to Yangzhou, I am afraid that the imperial history will know......"

Zhao Xing smiled and waved his hand: "It's okay, now that there is Zhang Xianggong in the imperial court, who dares to say a word of dissent." And as long as we make Zhang Xianggong happy, everyone in the Manda Song Dynasty dares to let out a fart? Besides, I have to come to Yangzhou in person. In the future, we will open regular flights to Guangzhou, and Yangzhou must be cooperated by the local government. ”

Cheng Shuang listened, didn't dare to persuade again, and was about to walk away, Zhao Xing beckoned, and told again: "Get off the boat in Yangzhou, you go to Hangzhou quickly, let the orchid guest branch get ready immediately, and I will take her away when I return." ”

Cheng Shuang smiled secretly and replied: "Uncle Seven, if you want to take Hu Ji away, it's best to take Mrs. Liao with you, I heard that the two of them are restless at home in Hangzhou, and the guest wife is gone, Uncle Cheng is afraid that he won't be able to suppress Mrs. Liao." ”

Zhao Xing nodded, as if asking for advice, and as if talking to himself: "I intend to let Ah Zhu go back to preside over the housework, but I plan to take my eldest son Bao'er with me to teach, I don't know how this kind of disposal will be." ”

Cheng Shuang replied in a self-talking tone as he walked: "That's good, Bao'er is going to inherit the foundation of Seventh Uncle Guangzhou anyway, and Niangniang will return to Hangzhou to maintain the status of my Cheng clan, so good." ”

Zhao Xing sighed: "There are not many sons, if there are many sons, one in Guangzhou, one in Hangzhou, and one in Yangzhou, how good." ”

The son Zhao Xing said does not include Chen Yiyi's youngest son, Zhao Min, this guy was born Chen Yiyi was dominant, and Zhao Xing was not allowed to interfere with his education at all. This time, Chen Yiyi went to Vietnam and took his son directly to Guangyuan County. Prepare for your child to inherit his fiefdom. And Vietnam has always supported this kind of "degree" of land. The Vietnamese lord readily recognized Zhao Mindi's inheritance and rewarded him with a lot of official positions...... Now, that kid may never be able to be an official in the Great Song Dynasty Imperial Examination.

March 9. The arrival of seasonal fruits in Zhaoxing is a testament to the ease of shipping and the sheer volume of transportation. It took Zhao Xing only ten days to transport the fruits from Guangzhou to the imperial palace, including the delay in transporting them from Yangzhou to the capital. These fruits are hundreds of tons, and although each fruit is partially rotten, more than 70 percent is still fresh. The palace took the opportunity to reward the ministers with this batch of fruits, and by the way, Zhao Xing handed over the request to approve it.

Since then. Guangdong did not take the land route, and all of them arrived in Yangzhou by sea.

Zhang also appreciated Zhao Xing's behavior, he cracked down on dissidents on the one hand, and at the same time he was also wooing people from the same party, Zhao Xing's batch of rare fruits many of them were unheard of and unseen, Zhang rewarded the ministers in the name of the emperor, and took the opportunity to win a large number of people's hearts.

This batch of fruit was very large, and the fresh fruit could not be stored, and the courtiers who could not eat it sent some of the fruit to the market for sale. I also earned a sum of pocket money. The added effect of this was that the merchants of Bianliang knew that they could also make money by selling fruit by sea, so many of them were tempted to do so. Subsequently, they learned that there was a direct ship from Yangzhou to Guangzhou, and then the interaction between the north and the south became more and more frequent.

this day. After the chapter finished the fruit, he discussed Zhao Xingdi at home with his henchmen. Along with the transfer of the money Gang, there were also secret folds from the Guangnan East Road Walker and the visiting envoy. After everyone watched these recitals, Zhang knocked on the table and asked, "What do you think?" ”

There were a total of seven letters handed over by Zhao Xing. The first letter was a request to postpone the shipment of the money gang, and after laying out a bunch of specific difficulties, he stated that by April the amount of money minted in Quang Nam would return to normal, and by the end of the year there would be an excess. Zhao Xing promised in the fold that the delay in the shipment of the money gang is the only one time, and it will be shipped normally next year. And it will be faster by sea. It also saves the imperial court a lot of transportation costs.

Zeng Bu flipped through the secret folds from Guangnan, and said casually: "You can promise Zhao Liren." You see. These several secret folds from Guangnan are confident that Zhao Liren can complete the task of charging Qian Gang as scheduled, such as Wen Xun's secret fold: he thinks that after replacing the new machine, the output can be increased by three percent---- Wen Xun is closest to Zhao Liren, and he said that it can be increased by at least seventy percent. This is credible.

Since Zhao Liren guaranteed that the money would arrive in Beijing as scheduled, and that the shipment would be delayed, the imperial court could promise him. ”

Lin Xi peeled off a banana with his hand and took two bites, and said dissatisfied: "These southern fruits look fresh, but they are not delicious and a little jerky." Everyone, isn't it? ”

Zhang Yuan snickered beside him and interjected: "Lord Lin, because he was worried that these fruits would rot on the road, he picked some eight-ripe land. So it's a bit jerky...... Ah, there was also a private letter from the person, telling the names of these fruits and how to eat them, and I will copy a copy of them for the adults when I go back. ”

Zhang Yuan called Zhao Xing affectionate here, as Zhang Di's son, he called him so to tell others: Zhao Xing is my father's person, don't attack at will.

These ministers present are all called traitors in history, each of them is a human spirit, Zhang Yuan's words were immediately understood by them, Lin Xi threw the banana peel, immediately changed his tone, clapped his hands and said: "Okay, my old wife saw these new things, and she couldn't name them, so she went straight to the palace to inquire, but I heard that the palace was also called randomly." Wen Gu should have taken out the private message of the departed person early. ”

Zhang was expressionless, and casually took Zhao Xing's second recital, this recital is to ask to use the money of the Exemption Law and the Qingmiao Law to renovate the official road in Guangnan, and open up wasteland for farming to attract displaced people, he shook this recital, and said: "This matter has already been promised by the imperial court, I don't know how to leave the person to go to the recital again, probably because there are two more words in this recital." Building roads, trivial matters, we will not discuss. ”

Zhang threw this piece aside, picked up the third one, and continued: "This letter is intended to renovate the military camp of the Guangnan school building, as well as the water army camp---- this letter is nothing, with Zhao Li's means of making money, these are all small money, so I promised it......

Zhao Liren said that the water army transported the money Gang, neither worried about interception nor loss, and it was fast. He asked after the reform of the coinage law. Still deducted according to the original fire consumption, Guangnan East Road took the money deducted to build a new water division in order to escort the money ......"

Zhang smacked his lips. said: "This Zhao Liren, he didn't say that I don't know, the original new machine fire consumption should be reduced, but he didn't say it in his recital, I don't know how much the fire consumption is reduced, however, the remaining money can build a water army." I'm afraid that this province has a lot of fire consumption. ”

Zeng Bu said with a smile: "Then squeeze him out a little bit---- look at Zhao Liren's letters, build schools, build military camps, and build roads to pioneer the wilderness, spending money everywhere, he still has the spare strength to build a water army, this means of making money is really impressive." Now that the court is short of money everywhere, it can't let that kid be idle. ”

Cai Jing chuckled and interjected: "I'll do the math." The money was transported by land, and three to four commanders were used at a time. This Guangnan came out of the place to charge Qian Gang first to transport to the Qianzhou Lifting Division, and then to the Yangzhou Lifting Division to the Jinglu Lifting Division, before and after, the light passing through the manpower is afraid of 100,000. Even if each person pays 100 yuan, this is a huge amount of money. Zhao Liren shipped directly from Guangzhou. Just the escort money saved for the imperial court, I am afraid that it can also maintain a naval army---- not to mention that this naval army can also transport grain after it is completed!!

If this naval army is completed, the imperial court can directly transport grain and grass from the south with a naval army, and at a critical moment, send a fast ship to send a message to Guangzhou. Wait for them to transport the grain to Jingshi. The slowest is a month. From this point of view, this water army. We can't help but build it. ”

Cai Jing said, chuckled and added: "Liren is good at running a navy, I saw his methods when I was in Yangzhou, and I heard that he is more capable in Mizhou." Others run a naval army, I am afraid that the imperial court will keep throwing money and subsidies into it, and it will not become a bottomless pit, but there are means to leave people, and the water army does not need to be maintained by the imperial court, only a name is needed. So, why not give it to him? ”

When Zeng Bu heard this, he turned to Cai Bian and asked, "What does Lord Cai mean?" ”

Among the three ruling ministers, Zeng Bu was moderate, Zhang was mean, and Cai Bian was vicious. Cai Bian is a person who insists on retribution, and the whole person he has come up with is full of tricks and tricks, which makes people shudder. Zeng Bu asked him what he meant, because of the obvious Shu Party symbol on Zhao Xing's head, and he wanted to hear Cai Bian's opinion.

"This water army...... According to Cai Yuanchang, I'm afraid we can't help but build it. According to the report of the Ministry of Staff, Zhao Liren brought ten huge ships and 2,000 armed men with him when he went to work. Later, these things were taken to Jiaozhi by his family's Mrs. Chen. Zhao Xing's private army alone is even more than the forbidden army of Guangnan's east and west roads combined, and now he is willing to let the imperial court have a military force that is enough to resist, which is a good thing.

Since the sailor was established, there are so many benefits ---- can be tolerated. The imperial court can allocate funds in advance, but the cost of maintenance in the future should be discussed. Let Zhao Liren go to the table again, explain in detail the maintenance plan of the water master, and then the court will make a decision. ”

General Xu suddenly laughed, and in the surprised eyes of everyone, he raised a report in his hand and said: "This report says that Zhao Liren is recruiting Liangjiazi to join the army, because Liangjiazi is afraid of tattooing words on his face, Zhao Liren simply gave each of them a false title of general, and he called this army a general." Unexpectedly, because of the strange uniform of this army, the Cantonese people called it a demon suit

"What?" Cai Bian exclaimed in surprise: "This guy actually cut first and then played, and he had already established the army, so he thought about reporting to the imperial court." ”

General Xu patted the report and said meaningfully: "General---- the imperial court has no restrictions on generals, he rewarded thousands of generals in one go, and the law of the imperial court, no more, no less, just can't control his behavior." ”

Cai Bian was furious: "This guy is just a fly that drills through cracks, no, we need to plug this loophole." ”

Zhang coughed lightly and interrupted Cai Bian's words, Zeng Bu softened and said: "There is no need to block, first, this is the law of the ancestors, and it is necessary to be cautious when it comes to changes in the military system; Second, Zhao Liren has the means to raise a general composed of good families, I believe that apart from him, no one can recruit so many good families? Needless to say, let the general do the soldier's work...... General, serving the demon army, this name is very interesting. ”

As soon as Zeng Bu said this, everyone imagined a strangely dressed army. Among them, some people have been to Guangzhou, such as Cai Bian, who was once demoted, and in his eyes imagined an army wearing big pants and vests. And Zaifu, who has never been to Guangzhou, is imaginative, as weird as he is......

Everyone thought about it, and the corners of their mouths couldn't help but smile.

Cai Jing said softly: "The southern soldiers are unbearable! ”

Cai Bian nodded, casually threw Zhao Xing's letter aside, and picked up the next one.

Cai Jing is talking about a "ancestral law" of the Great Song Dynasty Forbidden Army, because the southerners are short in stature, so Zhao Kuangyin stipulated when he founded the country: the forbidden army is not allowed to choose southern soldiers. This provision is still prevalent in most units today. Cai Jing dispelled everyone's doubts with just this sentence, and now they only had the impression of the strange costume of the army in their minds, and the rulers present were in the mood to see the jokes, ready to see what Zhao Xing could bring the demon army into.

"Please set up two counties in Hong Kong and Macao, and set up the Guangnan Promotion Division in Hong Kong......" Cai Bian read this recital and replied: "Adding county governance for the imperial court is to increase taxes for the imperial court. ”

Then, Cai Bian picked up the last letter and flipped through it, and everyone was silent, waiting for his speech. After reading it, Cai Bian snorted in his nose and asked, "How is Su Laopo doing in Huizhou?" ”

Zhao Xing's letter was to request that the four persecuted Su Shi students, Qin Guan, Huang Tingjian, Zhang Lei, and Chao Buzhi (currently serving as Bozhou general judges), be transferred to Guangnan for local supervision or official appointment.

The persecution of others was the primary business of the ruling ministers of the New Party, and in a sense, Zhao Xing's request to send the three men to Guangzhou, a place further south, was a deepening persecution of them. But can the new party trust Zhao Xing in the persecution of the old party? If Zhao Xing is doing tricks in it, this kind of resettlement cannot be said to be "persecution", and it may become a journey for the enjoyment of the four people, so Cai Bian must first ask Su Shi how he is doing in Guangdong. To see if Zhao Xing can abide by the laws of the imperial court, at least, Zhao Xing should sit back and watch Su Shi suffer......