"Could it be that Your Majesty is going to directly use a ship to transport the grain from Jiangnan to Shandong by sea?" Sun Chengzong asked in surprise. Now in Liaodong, the price of grain is already sky-high, and being able to pay for silver with grain is more popular than paying with silver.

"No, now that the empire is short of food everywhere, and now the people in many places can't even eat, I don't plan to use the food inside the empire this time, but I am going to mobilize food from abroad." Zhu Youxiao said with a smile.

"How to mobilize?" Sun Chengzong asked again in surprise.

"I decided to trade with Francois and other countries, and I would ask Francoji to transport grain to Shandong, and after paying grain in Shandong, they would obtain a transaction certificate issued by the empire, and they would go to Jiangnan to obtain the tea, porcelain, silk and other goods they needed with the transaction voucher." Zhu Youxiao roughly said his thoughts.

"Your Majesty, it's just that the ambition of the Francois and the wolf must be guarded against." Sun Chengzong said.

"The hustle and bustle of the world is all for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit, as long as there are enough interests, I believe that there will be many people who are willing to do this. It's just that the matter of receiving grain from Shandong must be personally taken care of by our division. Lu Peng said with a smile. He believed that as long as there were enough benefits, not to mention the Westerners, even the pirates would find a way to find this way.

It's just that after the implementation of this policy, it is conceivable that the surrounding countries will be unlucky, but Zhu Youxiao can't manage so much. It is not only the Ming Dynasty that is affected by the disaster, but the whole world, and in the next few decades, the situation of the world will become more and more serious, due to famine and disasters, etc., resulting in forty-nine large-scale rebellions and revolutions in the world in the mid-seventeenth century, and one-third of the world's population died in the decade from 1640 to 1650.

Tragedies such as cannibalism and cannibalism are certainly not only happening in China during this period, but are being staged all over the world. The problem of eating can force an ordinary person into a beast.

Now is not the time to be a saint, and the times don't even need saints, let alone virgin, can't even solve the problem of food and clothing. Even if all the people in the surrounding countries of Daming are starving to death, Zhu Youxiao must also protect Daming. He must take advantage of the more serious disaster to minimize the impact of the food problem, and only when there is food can there be everything.

"Your Majesty, the minister has no objections." Sun Chengzong nodded and said.

After Sun Chengzong finished speaking, he thought that there was one more thing he hadn't said, so he hurriedly continued: "Your Majesty, the minister knows that the treasury is empty, but I hope that Your Majesty will focus on the overall situation and must not easily copy the minister's house. "Zhu Youxiao raided several people's homes within a month, which was very contrary to the values of Wenchen in the late Ming Dynasty.

"I understand what my master means, but nine out of ten officials in my Ming Dynasty are greedy, and the empty treasury is caused by these corrupt officials." Zhu Youxiao said fiercely.

"Hey!" Sun Chengzong sighed and said, "I understand what Your Majesty means, but Your Majesty always needs someone to help Your Majesty govern the Ming Dynasty. ”

"I understand that I just can't control my emotions sometimes, and as long as they don't fall into my hands again, I can never blame the past." Zhu Youxiao said helplessly.

"Governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh, doing nothing and doing nothing......" Sun Chengzong then told Zhu Youxiao a lot of truths.

In front of Sun Chengzong, Zhu Youxiao still didn't dare to make a mistake, Sun Chengzong can be said to be both civil and military, and he was also full of loyalty and martyrdom in the later anti-Qing Dynasty, and he was a person that Zhu Youxiao really admired.

It wasn't until Sun Chengzong finished speaking that Zhu Youxiao asked Man Gui: "Man Gui, I heard that you are a Mongolian." ”

"The minister is originally from Yi County, Yanzhou Prefecture, Shandong, and lives in the vanguard of Xuanfu with his ancestral position." Man Gui replied immediately. The meaning of this sentence is that Mangui does not recognize himself as a Mongol at all.

Zhu Youxiao smiled and said: "I think that as long as both the Mongols and the Han people are truly obedient to my Ming Empire, they should be the people of the empire, and as long as they sincerely serve my empire, they are a family, so it doesn't matter to me whether you are a Mongol or a Han, but I have long heard my master mention that you are loyal and courageous, not ordinary, not good-looking, and able to share weal and woe with soldiers." ”

"Your Majesty is very praising you." Man Gui said bluntly.

"I recruited you to Beijing this time because I have a heavy responsibility to entrust to you." Zhu Youxiao said solemnly.

"But according to His Majesty's orders, the minister will never give up." Man Gui said.

"I decided to set up a cavalry of 5,000 men, and these 5,000 cavalry I decided to recruit from the Mongols and the Han people of Liaodong, and those who were willing to serve in the army were to be paid three taels of silver per month, and the cost of horses was additional, and the wounded or dead were given a pension." Zhu Youxiao said.

"Five thousand cavalry?! I wonder how long Your Majesty will give your ministers to recruit these 5,000 cavalry? Man Gui asked.

"Time is tight, I can only give you half a year. I know that you have recently defeated the Mongol tribes such as Gongtu, Zaihua, and Zaisai, and these tribes are only superficially subjugated, but if you can recruit a group of young people from them, you can greatly weaken them, and I will allocate 100,000 taels of silver from Nenu to you, and anyone who is willing to join the army will pay half a year's military salary in a lump sum. Zhu Youxiao thought about it and said.

"Time is indeed tight, but the minister is willing to try." Man Gui hesitated for a moment and said.

"Manchu ......" Sun Chengzong was about to remind Man Gui not to boast about Haikou in front of the emperor, otherwise it would be a crime of bullying the king. But before he could say anything, he was interrupted by Zhu Youxiao.

"Yes, I allow you to give it a try, if you can recruit 5,000 cavalry within half a year, I will not only make you the position of Admiral, but I will also guarantee you the title within ten years." Zhu Youxiao said with a smile.

Zhu Youxiao did too much in his previous life to paint cakes, and this method is also a very effective means at present.

"The minister swears to fulfill His Majesty's entrustment." Man Gui said excitedly, and there was a smell of death for a confidant in his words. Feng Hou such a thing, he only dared to think about it in his dreams at most. Because of his background, Man Gui has been in the army for many years and has made countless military achievements, but he didn't mix up an official and a half-post until he was thirty years old. And now that the emperor has promised to keep him a marquis, even if it is ten years, this is enough to make him excited.

……

A good man is not a soldier, and a good iron does not hit nails.

Li Yongzhen and Xiong Tingbi's recruitment of new recruits in Shandong did not go well, and Zhu Youxiao's requirements were too high, and he must be willing to join the army, resulting in Li Yongzhen recruiting less than 5,000 recruits so far.

"Admiral Xiong, you can help the miscellaneous family find a way, a month's time will be soon, and when the emperor blames him, you and I will not be able to escape." Li Yongzhen is now anxious.