Qianlong is very worried now. In front of him was a pile of folds handed over by the magistrate, and Henan, Anhui, and Shandong provinces were all short of food. Even the price of food in Beijing has risen sharply.

Nanjing was captured by the Fu Han army, and Zhenjiang fell into the hands of Chen Ming earlier than Nanjing. Tens of thousands of boatmen along the canals in northern Jiangsu and Shandong were on the verge of unemployment, and more importantly, the cut off of Cao Yun made the Beijing-Tianjin region lose four million stone of grain, which made the entire Beijing-Tianjin region fall into panic.

Since the beginning of March, grain prices in Beijing have changed slightly every five days and a major change in 10 days. It's been soaring.

In previous years, from March 1 to October 1 of the lunar calendar every year, this is the transportation time of the Grand Canal. A steady stream of grain, Jiangnan products and some other items arrived at Beijing along the Grand Canal. Along the way, it exudes glory and continues to moisten the canal coastline of northern Jiangsu and Luxi.

In this era, the ships could carry local products, or grain, or other things, and for hundreds of years and such rules made the banks of the Grand Canal develop into the most dense urban agglomeration in China during the Ming and Qing dynasties.

But this year is different. The Fu Han army pointed at Nanjing, and the eyes of the governor of Liangjiang and General Jiang Ning were looking at the Fu Han army. As a result, after the Fu Han army arrived in Nanjing, they attacked Jingkou non-stop, where they captured hundreds of thousands of stone grain and hundreds of boats that could not escape.

Moreover, because of the severance of the Jingkou, the entire canal artery was blocked. After that day, not a single grain of grain was transported from Jiangnan to Shandong and Beijing and Tianjin.

With the arrival of April, Henan, which was seriously affected by the war, was first short of food, and then Anhui was in northern Anhui. The magistrates in Anhui have repeatedly squeezed and looted, and now there is a shortage of grain in northern Anhui. There is also Shandong, in previous years, the grain and rice materials carried by Cao Yun can reach about 20% of the specified freight, and those grains and Jiangnan native products, Cao Chuan will not all be brought to Beitongzhou, and they will be 'consumed' along the Grand Canal, so they have created a temporary prosperity in Huai'an, Linze and other places.

Now that Caoyun is cut off, the business opportunities of Huai'an and Linze are gone and will never be returned.

Shandong Province is still far from the Henan battlefield, and its agriculture and farming have not been greatly affected by the Fu Han army, but the densely populated urban areas along the canal are really short of food. In addition, since the autumn and winter of last year, a large number of Henan people have fled the famine in droves, which is a million-dollar unit, which itself has added to the burden of grain in Shandong, and now there is a shortage of grain in many places one after another.

What can Qianlong do? It is impossible for him to use the grain reserves in Beijing and Tianjin to help Henan, northern Anhui and Shandong. In that case, the price of rice in Beijing will rise to five taels tomorrow. Henan, northern Anhui, and Shandong can all be chaotic, but Beijing alone cannot be chaotic, and Beijing and Tianjin cannot be chaotic.

"Your Majesty, Fu Heng asks to see you."

"Let him in."

Qianlong took a bite of ginseng soup and said to Wu Shulai.

"The slave Fu Heng has seen the emperor." As soon as he came in, Fu Heng knelt on the ground in a proper manner. In the past 30 years, he has been able to consolidate his position in Qianlong's heart, and this temperament of not being arrogant, arrogant or impatient is the most important. As Qianlong's brother-in-law, his sister is Qianlong's queen mother. Fu Heng is almost fifty years old, and his eldest son Fu Ling'an died in Yunnan last year. He did not die in battle, but he died of disease.

Fu Heng in history also died of illness there because he went to Yunnan to supervise the army. A small Myanmar has destroyed half of the Fucha clan, the first wealthy family in the early and middle Qianlong Dynasty. But as Qianlong accepted the Burmese boycott and peace, Fu Heng, who is still in good health, may have lived past the age of fifty. Moreover, his second son, Fu Longan, was only twenty-three years old, and had just been promoted to the secretary of the Ministry of Industry and the military aircraft department. Obviously, this is Qianlong's compensation for the Fucha clan, compensating for the death of Fucha Mingrui. used the promotion and reward of Fulongan to show that his love for the Fucha clan is still there.

"Your Majesty, Cui Yingjie, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, is in a hurry."

Raising his head, Fu Heng's face was flushed many times. Cui Yingjie's urgent music can be called the sweet rain of relieving suffering.

After Nanjing was besieged, Jingkou was occupied, and Caoyun was cut off, it was not only in Beijing that paid attention to this matter, but also to the governors and governors all over the country. These people were well aware of the importance of the four million stone grains to the Beijing-Tianjin and Manchu courts, and that as soon as the grain was cut off, the lifeblood of the Qing Dynasty would be strangled by traitors.

Cui Yingjie and Zhejiang Governor Xiong Xuepeng not only looked at the sea transport, but also really lowered their bodies to understand the sea transport, as well as the main ship of the sea sand ship.

Although the number of such wooden sailing boats with a maximum load capacity of 5,000 stone on the southeast coast is small, it has been around for a long time, and its performance and safety are trustworthy. Cui Yingjie reported that he was going to set off in Ningbo with 40 wooden sailing ships for trial operation in advance, and if feasible, Fujian and Zhejiang would use sea transport instead of river transportation to supply Beijing and Tianjin.

If the grain is shipped to peacetime, it will definitely cause an uproar in the upper and lower dynasties. This will lead to the collapse of the traditional system of river transportation and grain transportation by the government and the official transportation, and will also lead to the decline of the river transportation and shipping industry, and the decline of the towns along the Grand Canal. Whoever dares to make such a suggestion will be cursed by thousands of people and hated by gritted teeth.

But now it is the war years, Nanjing has fallen, and Jingkou has been changed back to Zhenjiang by the Han Army. In this case, being able to transport grain to Beijing and Tianjin is the first talent. The change from river transportation to sea transportation is a capable official praised by thousands of mouths.

Qianlong picked up the fold and read it in detail, the sadness on his face dissipated a lot, Cui Yingjie and Xiong Xuepeng are commendable. The compromises mentioned the shipping of the Yuan Dynasty, indeed, the Mengyuan and Yuan Dynasty can take the spring and summer shipping by sea, how can I not be in the Qing Dynasty?

Chen Ming, the clown who jumped off the beam, thought that he was stuck in the Jingkou and choked the Grand Canal, and I was at a loss. That's delusion!

"Decree that all officials in Beijing will inspect their own ancient books, and those who have books and documents related to the transportation of grain from Mengyuan and Cao can submit them to me for reading."

Qianlong restored the grace and grandeur of the Son of Heaven, and he wanted to publicize this matter extravagantly. Whether the seaborne grain can really work and don't talk about it, just if this matter is spread among the people, it can solve the urgent task of the imperial court and calm the people's hearts.

"Spread my will, Cui Yingjie and Xiong Xuepeng have the heart to serve the country, their loyalty is commendable, and they are dazzled."

It was as if a big stone pressed on his chest had been moved, and Emperor Qianlong was fluttering at this time. Sea freight, yes, canals can't be counted on, but there is still sea freight. As long as the money and grain from the south of the Yangtze River and Guangxi continue to be transported to the capital, why can't the thieves in western Henan be on duty?

The thieves and soldiers have sharp armor and guns, and the court also makes them! And it's already being made.

The cotton armor of the Qing Dynasty has been tested by war, and the guns of the Qing Dynasty are not as good as a group of anti-thieves? Among those missionaries in Beijing, there was no second John Tang and a second Nan Huairen. As long as the imperial court needs it, among the thousands of scholars in the Qing Dynasty, can't they find a second Dai Zi?

The Qing Dynasty is rich in the world, and the Qing Dynasty is rich in the four seas. As long as the sea route is opened, the urgency of the shortage of food in Beijing and Tianjin will be solved, and the country and dynasty will be stable, it will not be easy to select a strong army capable of fighting from among the hundreds of thousands of national athletes?

Qianlong took a long breath at the sky, since the price of grain in Beijing and Tianjin was high, he was affected by the shortage of grain sent by the locality, and this depressed breath in his chest finally spit out.

Originally, the gray face of the past few days was also instantly covered with a healthy red light, Qianlong laughed, Lu Shan, Chen Hui, Chen Ming, and the clown who jumped the beam.

Beijing City, Sihai Shengping Teahouse.

Yu Zecheng didn't sit behind the counter, he was a big boss, not a shopkeeper. A few months have passed, and Yu Zecheng has already built a restaurant and a hotel in the east of the city. In the Henan Hall in Beijing, Yu Zecheng came and went and was familiar with many Henan businessmen in Beijing. also relied on the introduction of these people to get in touch with two officials from Henan Province. It's just that these two officials are both petty officials of the fifth or sixth grade.

A very honest guy carried a burden into the backyard, and after a while, he came to Yu Zecheng, that is, Gao Jingcheng's room, "Boss, the price of grain in the capital has risen again." A bucket of rice costs three dollars and three cents of silver, and it looks like it's going to be doubled......" The guy's honest face overflowed with a smile. The Fu Han army cut off the transportation, and the grain and rice in Beijing rose in response. Now a bucket of rice costs three cents of silver, that is, one stone of rice costs three taels of silver. The doubling of food prices is still far away, but the premium is more than half.

"The Metropolitan Governor took the city of Nanjing and cut off the Grand Canal. This Manchu Tartar really couldn't sit still. Gao Jingcheng knew in his heart that in the past few days, whether it was a teahouse or a restaurant. There are many more Eight Banners disciples who are shouting and scolding than in the past, and they hate a lot more.

"Boss, that's the Metropolitan Governor is really next to them. As soon as this grain is cut off, it is difficult to say how much of the banner people's hardcore crops there are. Of course, they jumped up like rabbits with their tails stepped on. ”

It's been a few months since my guy came to Beijing. He can be regarded as having seen through these 'nations', and all his abilities are on his mouth. In the words of the Grand Du, it is that the mouth cannons are very powerful, and when they are really used, they are all numb claws.

Before the Fu Han Army approached Jiangnan, this group of people gave people a kind of drama anger when they talked about the Fu Han Army, and the insults to the Fu Han Army and Chen Hui and Chen Ming's father and son in front of the public were more of an eye-catching performance. Anyway, they should receive no less money per month, and they don't need to sell their lives, so they are naturally happy to show their anger and bravery in front of everyone. It's like 'brush that', if you brush it today, I'll be better than you tomorrow.

Even when the news of Jingzhou came, the bannermen in Beijing quickly recovered after a few days of real anger. And faintly sprayed the 'incompetence' above.

In the Battle of Nanjing, the Qing army fought an absolute nest. But fortunately, Gao Jin and Rong Bao were incompetent and incompetent, but they ran out of Nanjing City with tens of thousands of bannermen, although they then suffered a big defeat. That team was scattered in Jurong, but I didn't hear how many bannermen were captured by the Fu Han army. In addition, before the occupation of Jingkou and the cut off of Cao Yun, the price of grain in Beijing soared......

The children of the Eight Banners, whose vital interests were really touched by the actions of the Restoration Han Army, were all busy expressing their hatred for the Restoration Han Army, and it seemed that not many people paid attention to the fate of the Eight Banners and their families stationed in Nanjing. (To be continued.) )