"Does the virtuous nephew have a way?" Xu Yaozong looked at Shen Yue with sharp eyes, and his title changed.

In front of Shen Yue, Xu Yaozong did not hide the Taoism in the officialdom, when Shen Defu went to sea, on the one hand, it was also to let him have enough money to go up and down.

never thought that Shen Defu's ship had an accident at sea.

Without money, there is no way to raise soldiers; There are no soldiers, and the position of thousands of households is unstable.

The commanders above, the commanders, the commanders, and other bigwigs all need to be dealt with by subordinate officials.

There is not necessarily a benefit to dotting, and if there is no dot, there will definitely be no good results.

The imperial court was short of money and food, and the guard system almost collapsed, but it still existed, and from the time of Ming Taizu, the guards were destined to be military in their descendants; There are constant anti-thieves in various places, and it costs countless money and food to recruit soldiers.

Guanhaiwei Town is full of 5,600 soldiers, excluding empty salaries, the actual number is less than 2,000, all of them are old, weak, sick and disabled, and there is nothing to do along the coast.

Over the years, the Longshan Institute has existed in name only.

The Longshan Institute with a full number of 1,120 people, as well as 380 military households, the rest are recruits, and before the imperial court transferred 1,000 soldiers from Guanhaiwei, Longshan produced 250 people, that is, these 250 people, making Xu Yaozong a thousand households.

Now there are less than 200 troops in Longshan, and once there is a war, the consequences will be unimaginable.

In Guanhaiwei, the commander Sun Buren said that it was clear that Longshan must guarantee a minimum of 500 soldiers, otherwise he would be replaced by someone to be this thousand households, and in terms of money and food, Guanhaiwei was in arrears for a year, so Xu Yaozong naturally had to find a way first.

For 500 soldiers, the food and salary will be tens of thousands of taels of snowflakes and silver a year, not to mention the cost of equipment and drills.

Recruiting soldiers is not guards, and without food and salary, they will not only be weak in battle, but will also flee.

"My lord, nowadays, the whole country is full of thieves, the northern border is unstable, the imperial court is short of money and food, Jiangnan is peaceful, all kinds of apportionment and salary increase make the people more down, only the maritime merchants, a ship of goods, as long as they can come back, can almost be exchanged for a boat of snowflake silver." Shen Yue said.

So far, the Ming Dynasty has rotted to the bones.

Officials at all levels are desperately trying to make money, and even if they don't make money themselves, their superiors will force them to make money and be filial.

When Xu Yaozong heard this, disappointment appeared on his face.

originally thought that Shen Yue would be able to propose some other constructive plan.

Everyone knows that going to sea can make a lot of money, and there are not many real sea merchants.

Every year, countless people go to sea for silver, and not many come back with a whole boatload of silver.

"Are you going to sea? Do you know about the risks at sea? Xu Yaozong asked Shen Yue.

"The greater the risk, the higher the return. Back then, Taizu risked his head to kill his head and won the world's ......" As soon as Shen Yue's calm words came out, the entire hall was shocked.

Especially Xu Yaozong, his face changed even more, his eyes widened, staring at Shen Yue deadly.

Once these words get out, not to mention that Shen Yue's head can't be kept, even his head of a thousand households is not enough to cut off.

"My lord, I'm not saying this to rebel!" Shen Yue completely underestimated the impact of such a rebellion on people.

The land of Shenzhou is full of rebellious people, and in the end, few of them have become a big climate.

What's more, it's not that they can't get by.

"The greater the risk at sea, the greater the return! Even if it is a moth to the fire, there are still countless people who do not hesitate. What's more, when I went to sea this time, unlike my father, with all the preparations, the risk at sea can be reduced to the extreme, and at the same time, there are 400 warships escorting thousands of households, which is safer. Shen Yue began to say his plan.

"How can you reduce risks at sea? A big wave can cause a ship to be destroyed and people to die. "Xu Yaozong is nothing." Thieves are the greatest danger. ”

"What if our ship is covered with iron armor and the weight of the ship itself increases?" Shen Yue asked.

Xu Yaozong was stunned.

Shen Da was stunned.

Even Xu Jiao's mother and daughter behind the screen were stunned.

"There are hundreds of craftsmen in Longshan, the cannon foundry is now abandoned, and there is plenty of iron ore in Cixi, so we can cover the outside of the battleship and the sea ship with a layer of iron armor, although it will reduce the speed of the ship, but it can make the ship stronger! It is difficult for the cannon to penetrate the battleship covered with iron...... "Shen Yue put his plan together.

Shen Da's eyes were also shining.

No wonder Shen Yue didn't mind accepting the dilapidated two-thousand-material sea ship given by the Zhang family.

Rebuild a new ship, on the contrary, troublesome.

"Is it possible?" Xu Yaozong didn't know how to build ships, Rao is Qianhu owned four 400-material warships, and he didn't have a few times to go to sea in normal times.

Insufficient personnel, insufficient training!

"My lord, all the carpenters who build ships in Qianhu, and there are also blacksmiths who cast cannons, whether it is feasible, my lord can call the craftsmen to inquire......" Shen Yue knew that no matter what he said, it would not work.

Whether it's feasible or not has to be done by a professional.

Xu Yaozong was resolute, at this time, where could he care about being angry with Shen Yue, and immediately ordered someone to call the head of the dock (Ming Dynasty foreman, also known as the head of the craftsman) and the head of the cannon foundry.

The master of the thousand households has an order, and the craftsmen who belong to the preparation of the thousand households naturally dare not slack off.

Soon, three cabin craftsmen and four blacksmiths arrived at the flower hall of the thousand households.

Qian Yiduo looked at the few people who came in, the youngest was also in his forties, a cabin craftsman had a beard and white hair, and he walked tremblingly.

These people are of different ages, but they have one thing in common - they have a full face and tattered clothes!

This shows what is the state of living standards of these people.

"See the Thousand Households!" The seven people who came in knelt on one knee at the same time and saluted Xu Yaozong.

"No courtesy." Xu Yaozong didn't seem to have a good impression of these people.

Shen Yue observed these craftsmen on the side, wondering whether these people met his minimum requirements.

"This is the hundred households I newly appointed to be in charge of the craftsman household, Shen Yue, you will all be under his jurisdiction in the future......" Xu Yaozong's words made several warcraftsmen who had just gotten up bow to Shen Yue again.

Shen Yue was stunned.

Seems off the script?

How did you become a hundred?

And there is still no sign, Xu Yaozong was extremely dissatisfied with himself before, and now he has made himself a hundred!

Hundred households, officials of the sixth grade!

The county order of Daming Shangxian is only from the six-grade official! Dinghai County belongs to the middle county, and the county order is only a seven-grade official, and he has to salute when he sees himself.

Seeing that Shen Yue was about to ask, Xu Yaozong directly waved his hand and asked him to come down and talk.

"Humble and meet Lord Baihu!" The voices of the craftsmen brought Shen Yue back to his senses.

"Excuse me, please get up!" Although it was very refreshing to listen to those words, a trembling white-haired and white-bearded old man knelt down and saluted himself, and the guilt made Shen Yue unable to hold it.

"The imperial treasury is empty, Guanhaiwei is in arrears for a year, causing inconvenience to your lives, Xu deeply regrets, the new Shen Yue of the hundred households will help you solve these problems......" Before Shen Yue could speak, Xu Yaozong said to everyone.

As soon as these words came out, all the heads of the heads were full of joy, but Shen Yue was completely stunned.

Xu Yaozong has a big problem for himself!