Chapter 289: Heavenly Reckoning (Part 5)

"Pap, papa, papa," Liu Ji's applauded applause sounded particularly harsh in the silent room,

Shi Nai'an blushed, looking at Zhu Chongjiu's eyes full of apologies, Lu Kun and others, etc., glared at Liu Ji angrily, even if he didn't look down on the small temple of Huaiyang, the surname Liu shouldn't have done so much, how could he force his own lord to admit the truth of "unkindness" in front of a number of subordinates, this is also in Yangzhou, change the territory of a few people's people, how can you Liu Ji have a chance to walk out of the door alive,,

And that Liu Ji Liu Bowen, but there was no sense of moderation, after bowing his head and drinking a few sips of water, he said in a hearty voice, "Don't blame the boss, Liu didn't mean to offend, but along the way, I saw that the people in Huaiyang and the three places had enough food and clothing, while the people in other places were getting poorer and poorer, and the righteous army harmed the people, even more than the Mengyuan government, so some words were like a fish in the throat, not vomiting or unhappy,"

"Let's live, junior brother, the surrounding rebels treat the people harshly, what do you have to do with the general manager of my family," At this time, even Shi Nai'an couldn't bear it anymore, stood up, and interrupted loudly,

"The chief manager said before that the water in this pot can be endless," Liu Ji sighed lightly and continued to add, "But Liu only saw that in order to buy a cannon from the chief manager, the group of heroes hated to scrape the ground three feet long, and the chief manager here, a copper cannon, priced at a thousand times, and a piece of iron armor, priced at one hundred and sixth, and all around, on the field, the farmers cultivated intensively, and the yield per mu was only three stones, even if the wind and rain were smooth every year, the output along the way, there could be geometry,"

This goes back to his previous argument that Yangzhou's rapid recovery is based on Zhu Chongjiu's reliance on force and commercial means to plunder other surrounding red turban control areas, and that it can create a miracle in a short period of time, but it is absolutely impossible to replicate, let alone spread to the whole country.

For a while, I couldn't find anything to refute, and I couldn't deny that the prosperity of Yangzhou at the moment has formed an extremely sharp contrast with the poverty in the surrounding places, and this canal is not far away, like a magnet, will attract the wealth of the whole world in a steady stream, so that the rich are richer, and the poor are poorer.

Robben didn't want to let his master fight alone, thought about it, and interjected very confidently, "That's because the heroes are not good at what they do, if it is replaced by my Huaiyang Grand Governor's Mansion to govern, it may not be the same consequence, at least at the moment, in the territory of my Huaiyang Grand Governor's Mansion, the lives of the common people are getting better day by day, and in the future, with the expansion of my lord's territory, the surrounding people will naturally be able to live the same life as Yangzhou,"

"Of course it's good to be like this, but I don't know how sure Luo Zhifu is," Liu Ji immediately turned his gaze to Robben and asked,

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step," Robben was slightly stunned by the question, and then gritted his teeth in response,

This was a bit too arbitrary, Liu Ji immediately shook his head, and said with a sneer, "Does the prefect really think that your lord can turn stones into gold?"

"The ability to turn stones into gold may not be nothing, and the world is far from what Mr. can imagine," Robben also sneered loudly, stood up, and looked at Liu Ji from top to bottom,

After fighting with the other party for so long, he finally understood that his uncle Liu Ji did not come to open any academy at all, inheriting the master's mastery, but specially used the reason for opening the academy to come to the Grand Governor's Mansion to block, and his excuse for adding blockage was not very clever, but he stubbornly believed that the prosperity of Huaiyang and the three places had plundered the wealth of other places, and he turned a blind eye to the rapid changes in the land under his feet.

If Robben hadn't personally followed Huang Laowei, Jiao Yu and others to build workshops in Jiangwan, if Robben was still like a traditional civilian official, sitting in the yamen, just intriguing with his colleagues and throwing all his official duties to Xu officials, he would really be like Shi Nai'an, who was defended by Liu Bowen, and witnessed how the previously worthless quartz sand became a "gorgeous and precious" glassware, and saw with his own eyes that the stainless steel plate armor and the hundred refining treasure knives were like rotten vegetable leaves, and the whole vehicle was pushed out of the workshop. The words that Liu Ji said immediately became extremely childish in his eyes,

Stone cannot be turned into gold, but people can turn stones into things more valuable than gold by guò in various ways, and sand cannot be turned into grain, but with workshops and cannons, it is possible to exchange a boatload of sand for ten boatloads of grain from other countries, and this is a fact that he has seen with his own eyes, and it is better than any words of eloquence.

This is a completely new world, which is by no means understood by nerds who work behind closed doors, this is an incomparably broad field, and even the writings of any ancient sages have not touched its skin, and Robben is very proud to now that he has stood at the gate of the new world, and his own uncle, who claims to be erudite and talented, is still dozens of miles away, and he has not even found the way into the courtyard.

Therefore, at this moment, the arrogance on Robben's face was clearly visible, and Liu Ji, who was sitting opposite him, immediately noticed this arrogance, arched his hand, and said very stiffly, "Liu is lonely, I would like to hear it in detail,"

"Forget it," Yangzhou prefect Robben suddenly lost interest in the debate, sighed, and slowly sat back in his seat, "Uncle Shi rarely comes to Yangzhou, let's eat first, it is estimated that the kitchen should have been almost prepared,"

There are some things that involve the safety of the Huaiyang system, since Liu Ji does not intend to stay, he can't casually disclose it to the other party, some things, but they can not be explained in a few words, as the so-called summer insect can not be said to be icy, you let an insect that will die immediately in the autumn, to understand the world of "thousands of miles of ice, thousands of miles of snow drifting", the final result is either to exhaust yourself to death, or to kill yourself alive, there is no third possibility,

"Trick up the mystery," Liu Ji was very hurt by Robben's downward gaze, frowned, and sneered in a low voice, "The red scarf, it's okay to incite fools and fools to rebel, but it's definitely not the way to govern the country,"

"Senior brother is wrong," After all, the relationship between Shi Nai'an and Liu Ji is closer, and he can't bear to watch him miss a great opportunity to make a contribution, he thought about it, slowed down his tone and said, "Qingyuan is not a trick, but there are some things, he knows, you and I don't know,"

"Senior brother is in a high position, and he actually has secrets that he doesn't know," Liu Ji frowned, and asked with a little puzzlement,

He was not deliberately provoking, but based on his past experience, he decided that an official like Shi Nai'an, who held the power of learning and politics in a place, had already entered the core of the Great Governor's Mansion, how could it be, there were still some secret things, so that he would not have a chance to see it.

"Brother Fool has been in Yangzhou for a short time, and he has been busy preparing for scientific expeditions recently, so there are many places that I have time to see," Shi Nai'an smiled and admitted very calmly, "But"

After a little consideration, he decided to wake up the other party with something that did not involve any secrets, "Can the junior brother tell Brother Sù Fool how the white rice eaten in the Jixian Pavilion these days tastes?"

"Hard and rough, the taste is like chewing wax, except for curing hunger, there is nothing to be desired," Liu Ji didn't know Shi Nai'an's purpose, thought about it, and responded very unhappily,

"This is the rice produced in Champong, two to three crops a year, of course the taste will not be too good," Shi Nai'an smiled and took the initiative to explain,

"Occupy the city," Liu Bowen's body stiffened suddenly, as if struck by lightning, (Note 1)

For him, who is well-informed and strong, Champa is not a new geographical concept, but Yangzhou people eat Champa rice, but it is far beyond the scope of his cognition, thinking of the previous Zhu Chongjiu's kettle analogy, this Champa rice, is not in response to a steady stream of living water, and around Champong, there are Annam (now Vietnam), Chenla (now Cambodia), Siam

In an instant, Liu Ji felt that a hole had been split in his head, and countless fresh re1a things were desperately poured into it, but Shi Nai'an was afraid that his headache was not bad enough, and continued to say demagoguingly, "But the rice that occupies the city is sold for less than 30 wen in the local area, and the white porcelain tea cup in your hand, junior brother, costs 300 wen in the local area, and the headwind goes to Zhancheng from Haimen Port, the headwind is only more than a month, if it is smooth sailing, fifteen days is enough, if you want to exchange rice, why do you need artillery, a boat of porcelain past, Twenty boatloads of rice can be exchanged for back,"

Porcelain, cement, glass, and all kinds of expensive tricks and tricks, loaded on cargo ships, along the sea to the south, and then, rice, gold and silver, as well as treasures of various countries, are constantly transported by sea ships to Yangzhou Road Haimen Port, and with a distance of thirty steps away, you can bombard the other side indiscriminately The ability to sink it, which pirate, dare to fight the idea of the Yangzhou fleet, in the long run, who in the world can still compete with Zhu Chongjiu, I am afraid that as soon as he meets the face, he will be stoned to death by the Huai'an Revolutionary Army's money, Where is the opportunity to compete on the battlefield,

Although it is a leopard in the tube, Liu Ji and Liu Bowen shuddered, in terms of money and food, it is difficult for Zhu Chongjiu at all, in terms of morality, his previous accusations are also very reluctant, and in terms of force, Zhu Chongjiu will only throw others farther and farther, and it is absolutely impossible to be caught up by others, Zhu Chongba works hard in Chuzhou, and then abides by the way of sages, I am afraid that in the end, it will also be an ending of peace and happiness, and it cannot be better.

If you don't compare, the more you compare, the more Liu Ji feels that the future of Chuzhou is bleak, and the rule of three generations, the hierarchy is normal, and it is like the iron law of Jinke, which is sacred and irreversible in his mind, so that in his mind, heaven and man are at war, his eyes are straight, his body is stiff, and the tea in his hands is trembling, trembling, and all splashed on the front placket.

Note 1: At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the ministers did not have the concept of maritime trade at all, in the early days of the founding of the country, in order to prevent piracy, the maritime ban policy began, even if Zheng He went to the West, the main purpose was to promote the national prestige, and he could not get back enough benefits.

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