"Brother Wang is too worried, planting hemp and mulberry and raising silkworms are all using land, but there has been a saying that it has encroached on cultivated land!" Bai Yuanwai shook his head and smiled, and said in detail: "The warmth of cotton cloth is much higher than that of linen, many dignitaries and nobles are clothed with cotton cloth, only because the current cotton planting area is too small, so that the price is high and expensive, as long as the planting area is promoted, the folk will replace hemp with cotton must be the general trend." ”

Hearing this, Wang Zuo also shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Brother Bai, how can Wang not know that the promotion of cotton planting in the country has a hundred benefits, but Wang's consideration is also for the sake of Hou Ye, so as not to be criticized for what Hou Ye does, after all, there are too many people who look at Hou Ye unpleasantly, and I can't help Hou Ye anything, so I can only persuade Hou Ye to be cautious in everything." ”

"My father-in-law is too worried, and the officials are the ones who let the people eat and clothe, so how can they take care of one thing and lose the other." Lotte waved his hand and said to Wang Zuo, and then smiled again: "The two fathers-in-law can rest assured, the Son of Heaven will not summon Le to return to Biandu within a year and a half." ”

Shang Mao De Emperor, Lotte broke off his career, and he felt a little guilty about Lotte Zhao Jixin. The two Zhejiang were in turmoil, and at the time of crisis, Lotte was ordered to lead the army to quell the chaos, not only won many battles but also captured La, and sent troops to escort Fang La to Biandu, but he made great contributions. Although Zhao Ji seized Lotte's military power at the request of the hundred officials, and the extermination of the remnants of Manichaeism was handled by Tong Guan with full authority, he did not take away the official position of Lotte's envoy.

Even if the opposition is loud, the son of heaven Zhao Ji is also withstanding the pressure, in Zhao Ji's view, according to the ancestral system to seize Lotte's military power, has already crossed the river and demolished the bridge, if he takes away the official position of Lotte's two Zhejiang envoys, it hurts Lotte's heart, I am afraid that Lotte will never serve the country again in the future.

In Zhao Ji's heart, in fact, there is another small abacus, Zhao Ji is not satisfied with destroying Xia, and wants to take the homeland of the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun to complete the will that Emperor Taizong did not complete, so he must not let Lotte suffer too many grievances. Besides, it is really difficult to say that the urine of these officials in the DPRK is not cured, but it is better to put Lotte there, if it is really not well governed, it will be recalled to Biandu, and Lotte will not have any objections in his heart.

Listening to Lotte to stay in Hangzhou for at least a year and a half, and after analyzing the reasons in detail, Bai Yuanwai and Wang Yuanwai were relieved, obviously these times are enough for Lotte to make plans. But also hurry up and complete all the layouts in the limited time.

In order to discuss the matter, Lotte left the two of them to have lunch at the Zhifu Division, and during the banquet, Bai Yuanwai expressed his worries: "Lord Hou, I'm still worried about our silver mining in Dongying, according to Lord Hou's original plan, Shimane, Imagawa, Izu, Bungo, Hida, Kai and other places are going to be mined one after another. Mining not only needs mining workers, but also needs enough food as a guarantee, and some grain can be transported from the Great Song Dynasty by sea to solve the urgent need, but the cost is too high in the long run is very uneconomical.

In addition to the security issue, when we were in the island, our silver mining team had frequent conflicts with the indigenous people of the island, and in the future, the silver mines expanded to other places, and this conflict would be accompanied by a large number of them, so the premise of a large number of them in Dongying is based on the guarantee of a large amount of food and security. ”

"Brother Bai is right, many miners who are mining silver in Dongying are anxious to come back, but due to the Fangla Rebellion, they can't recruit people, and they are uprooted from their hometowns, so it's difficult to recruit people." Wang Yuanwai also said.

To become a leader in the business world and create a great business, Bai is by no means an ordinary person, and he can see the bottleneck in front of Dongying Silver Mining at a glance. Besides, at this time, Dongying was still in the wilderness, far from the prosperity and wealth of the Song Dynasty, and there were very few people who were willing to leave their hometowns.

Later generations often said that man is the first factor of productive forces, and it is the most decisive force. No matter how much silver Dongying has, it is useless to have no hands to pick it. Dongying mining silver, food and manpower are indispensable.

For the matter of Dongying, Lotte also heard Tong Lan, Zhang Biao and others say, at the beginning of those silver miners when they first arrived in Dongying, everything felt fresh, and as long as it was time for the holiday, there were Dongying women who sent the door to sleep without money, but after a long time, they would also feel that life was boring, and the first batch of silver miners were tired of being in Shimane for half a year, although they were well paid, they didn't want to stay in Dongying for a long time.

After thinking for a while, Le Tiancai said: "But at this time, the only way to move a large number of my Great Song people to live in Dongying is to solve the problem of food and the shortage of miners. ”

"Hou Ye said easily, how many people are willing to leave their hometowns and go to the wilderness?" Listening to Lotte's understatement, the two shook their heads in unison.

"What's so hard about that!" Lotte chuckled.

When Lotte said this, Bai and Wang were immediately shocked.

Seeing the stunned eyes of Zai Bai and Wang, Lotte said indifferently: "The two fathers-in-law just need to post notices in various counties in Liangzhejiang to recruit sailors and seagoing laborers, and I will solve the rest of the matter, or I will not worry about this matter for a long time." ”

Although I don't know how Lotte solves the problem of lack of workers, Wang Zuo has to mention another thing that people don't pay attention to: "If Lu Shisang and his 20,000 rebellious troops under his command are not well managed, sooner or later it will be a big trouble, and Hou Ye must guard against it!" ”

"Disassemble and disassemble 20,000 people, mix them with our original manpower, and try to win the hearts of the people!" Lotte can't say anything good about this.

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Soon there was a piece of news that first spread in the official government, and then spread among the people on Liangzhejiang Road, the news said that the remnants of Fang La were about to be wiped out, and Jianghuai Jingzhe Xuanfu made Tong Guan intend to order to track down the people who responded to the righteous army, so as to cut the grass and eradicate the roots.

The spread of this unconfirmed news made the Liangzhejiang Road that had just calmed down jump again, although it was not to the point of rebellion, so that many people were panicked, and they were thinking about being in a foreign land.

Soon, these panicked people saw the notice to recruit sailors to go to sea, and immediately felt that they had grasped a life-saving straw, and it was not a good way to go to sea to hide for two or three years, not only to escape, but also to earn a good salary, how to sum up is a very good thing.

In just half a month, tens of thousands of people have signed up.

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"Master Hou has always done everything, not only the mining manpower has been recruited, but the cultivation manpower has also been recruited, Dongying has no worries about silver mining, the two of us really admire it!"

Liangzhejiang Road is the government department, Wang Yuanwai and Bai Yuanwai said admiringly.

Obviously, the rumors that have spread on Liangzhejiang Road these days were deliberately released by Lotte, and they were all together to go to Dongying.

"Master Hou, Mr. Paul asks to see you!"

Between Lotte and Wang Yuanwai and Bai Yuanwai, Menzi came to report.

"Please!" Lotte nodded.

A short time later, Paul was brought in.

After saluting each other, the interpreter said to Lotte: "Master Hou, our shipowner, Mr. Paul, is here to bid farewell to Master Hou!" ”

Nodding, Lotte smiled and said: "Then you will tell Mr. Paul, Le wishes him smooth sailing, this time to the west, don't forget the agreement between us!" ”

The interpreter translated Lotte's words to Paul, and after Paul said a lot of nonsense, the interpreter replied: "My shipowner said that he will not forget the agreement with Hou Ye, Hou Ye wants him to bring 20 people, my shipowner will take good care of them all the way, and will never let them have the slightest danger, Lu will teach them Greek language and characters, as long as these 20 people are not too stupid, they can communicate with the locals when they arrive in Greece."

After arriving in Greece, our host will not only send people to protect them, but also help them collect the works of Greek philosophers and scientists, and everything will be satisfactory to the Hou Ye. ”

"Then there is Mr. Lawpaul!" Lotte laughed.

Obviously, Paul is also very familiar with Bai Yuanwai and Wang Yuanwai, and after dealing with Lotte, he greeted the two.

Taking advantage of the politeness between Wang Yuanwai and Paul, Lotte and Bai Yuanwai asked, "When did my father-in-law meet this Mr. Paul?" ”

Bai Yuanwai said: "This Paul used to have business dealings with Pu Yuanwai in Guangzhou, and the spices in the hands of Pu Yuanwai in Guangzhou were taken from Paul's hands, and everyone was engaged in sea trade, and they naturally became familiar with each other after a long time!" ”

"Who is the Pu Yuanwai in Guangzhou?" Lotte is mixed in officialdom, so naturally I don't know this person.

Bai Yuanwai introduced to Lotte: "This Pu Yuanwai business is very good, but it is not our Song people, it looks like a person from the big food, it is said that before the founding of this dynasty, he lived in Jiaozhi, and then moved to my dynasty to live in Guangzhou, and has been operating Western Regions spices for a living for generations, and the spices of the Guangzhou generation are all from his family, and the family wealth can be described as huge!" ”

"The Great Cannibal?" Lotte raised his eyebrows, and then asked, "This Pu Yuan is a disciple of the Heavenly Sect?" ”

"Master Hou also knows about the Heavenly Fang Sect?" Listening to Lotte talk about the Heavenly Sect, Bai Yuanwai was very surprised.

"In the land west of Western Xia, there are not a few people in the Uighur Kingdom, Eastern Kara and other countries who believe in the Heavenly Sect, and I don't know about this Heavenly Sect!" Lotte smiled and said: "The people who live in my Great Song Dynasty are often called Fan Ke Hui Hui by my Song people, yes or no?" ”

"People often say: Xiucai knows the affairs of the world without going out, it seems that the Hou Ye knows the past and the present, and learns things through the world, as if the things of the world have not been hidden from the Hou Ye!" Hearing Lotte say this, Bai Yuanwai patted his ass, "This Pu Yuanwai is Fan Ke Hui Hui, and he believes in Tianfang Religion." ”

Lotte did not speak, and suddenly remembered a person in the later generations, who was a famous big food merchant in the late Song Dynasty and early Yuan Dynasty, and his ancestor was also a very famous wealthy merchant in Guangzhou, the head of the rich and wealthy in Guangzhou, but after the family fell, he moved from Guangzhou to Quanzhou, and the family road rose again, becoming the representative of "Fan Ke Hui Hui", the prime minister of Quanzhou City for decades.

It's just that this person's character is really not very good, not only has the character of the wall grass, but also at the turn of the Song and Yuan dynasties, he was notorious for committing heinous crimes, and then rebelled against the Yuan court, which was shameful for the rulers of the Song and Yuan dynasties, and caused a catastrophe of extermination.

Later generations of Chinese people all gritted their teeth every time they mentioned this person, it was Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang who mentioned this person, and he hated it and ordered his children and grandchildren to be assigned to the army.

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