The warmer the day, the peach blossoms outside the capital are in full swing.

The weather is warm, and the early dynasty doesn't have to work so hard, and the charcoal fire is withdrawn from the courtyard as soon as possible, and a few eunuchs are listlessly holding the dust, standing on both sides, and the civil and military officials have arrived, quietly thinking, don't think that they talk more about political affairs, and still talk about gossip, and the gossip component far exceeds the political component.

Ouyang Xiu suddenly stared at Zheng Lang and said, "Xingzhi, the king bears the name of the world, and all the people are looking forward to it, why did he come to the court and not say a word?" ”

Cai Xiang also asked before, and after being reprimanded by Zheng Lang, he was silent. Soon Zheng Lang introduced the method of cutting troops and the method of cang, but after that, in addition to making trouble for himself, he almost didn't say a word. Ouyang Xiu is in a hurry, the three leaders of the Gentleman's Party, Han Qi and Fan Zhongyan are faintly fighting, Zheng Lang is standing by and watching, this is worth it.

"Uncle Yong, you ask Brother Xiwen, how tired I am, I haven't done my job well, what do you say when you come?" Zheng Lang spread his hands.

Fan Zhongyan nodded.

In March, there were constant troubles, the drought in Jianghuai, and the southern army plotted chaos, but the finances were imperceptibly improving, and the treasury began to have a meager surplus. If you don't be the prime minister of Dongfu, if you don't know, if you become the prime minister, you will know how difficult it is.

If this continues to develop, the country's finances will be able to recover after the autumn. Zheng Lang contributed a lot to this.

As for not saying a word, he understands that the Tao is different, and Zheng Lang thinks differently from them, so he is silent. But Fan Zhongyan is a moral gentleman, so naturally he will not tell the reason and let Ouyang Xiu stare at Zheng Lang.

In fact, Ouyang Xiu was also stunned by Zheng Lang, a Shuiluo City made both sides lose, and he couldn't help but ask, hoping that Zheng Lang would stand up and take responsibility.

There was something in the early dynasty, and it had nothing to do with Zheng Lang, either the New Deal or Shuiluocheng, and his ears were swollen. Return to Zhongshu Province. Flipping through the folds, he suddenly saw a message, took it out, and said to Zhang Dexiang, Fan Zhongyan and Jia Changchao: "Zhang Xianggong." Brother Xiwen, Brother Ziming, come and take a look. ”

Jia Changchao made his eyes watery with the word brother, I can be your father, how did I become your brother, helpless, Fan Zhongyan is six or seven years older than him. is still a brother, he can only be a brother. The three of them came over, and it wasn't too much of a deal.

It's really not a big deal.

Following Zheng Lang's advice, the imperial court began to set up some supply points overseas, which played a role, which was equivalent to providing more than 20 small ports along the way, and in the past three or four years, at least 20 ships escaped because of these small ports. In general, the ship technology of the Song Dynasty is developing by leaps and bounds, but there are still many shortcomings. This is the origin of Zheng Lang's exchange of time for space. The more ships go to sea, the faster technological progress will be. Now is not enough for the ship to reach the other side of the ocean safely.

And with these small ports, vegetables and fruits are grown, chickens and pigs are raised, logistics are provided, and unnecessary space for ships is reduced. For the establishment of these supply points, there were many battles and some soldiers died. But the country was short of money, so no one said anything. Fortunately, the indigenous people in the original place are backward and not strong. There was no need to go deep into the jungle and make them surrender, so after paying some sacrifices, the supply point was gradually established.

After its establishment, there were pros and cons, and many people did not adapt to the local climate. Although they brought a large amount of medicinal herbs, some people still died of illness one after another. However, there are also benefits, these supply points do not need to pay any taxes, and they are a necessity for seafarers, and the prices are high, and seafarers have no choice but to bow their heads and wait for slaughter, and even make trouble in the capital for this. A chicken can only be sold for seventy or eighty yuan in the capital, but it can be sold for three or four hundred yuan in these places. The court made peace with the mud.

But at the beginning of the establishment of these supply points, they were carefully selected, first of all, they had to be located on the waterway, with good harbors, deep draft, sheltered from the wind, and secondly, the terrain, which had to be plain, free of large indigenous populations, and had an abundant source of fresh water nearby. …,

And so what happened now.

It is clear that the imperial court did not count on the supply points to make profits, and it was not easy to stay away from their homeland, and besides, where it was very hot, not only did they not expect them to make profits, on the contrary, the money including the construction of the guiding lighthouse was all from the imperial court, and even provided farm tools, daily necessities, and brought a few farming cattle from thousands of miles away, so that they could avoid all worries.

Of course, there is no annual salary, and the profit depends on their own hands, so they plough on a large scale, these places must be easier to cultivate, the weather is hot, especially the grain, actually do three seasons a year, originally self-sufficient, by the way to raise some livestock, but the more and more shelf, some people let the seafarers bring koji, wine and sell. Some are even clever and trade with the local natives, and so on. On the contrary, as long as you are diligent and smart, you have made a lot of money in the past three or four years.

But when there is a lot of food, there is a surplus. Some seafarers heard that there was a shortage of grain in the Central Plains and that the price of grain had risen, so they saw that their ships were empty, bargained, and returned to Hangzhou with a batch. Entering Hangzhou Bay, some people pointed out that the imperial court had set up a new port in Mizhou, and the price of rice in the north had risen to more than 100 yuan per bucket. So he set sail and took advantage of the southeast wind to come to Michigan. Mizhou officials were a little dumbfounded, the Mizhou City Boshi Division had just been drafted, and it also made a tax list for each cargo. But how is this rice taxed? If you collect more, people will make a light profit, and if you will protest, you will collect less, and it does not comply with the rules. I felt embarrassed, so I actually reported thousands of stones of rice to the third division. The third division handed over this report to Zhongshu Province, but Wang Yaochen didn't understand, so he had to ask Zheng Lang.

The three of them are incomprehensible, what is the use of thousands of stone grains, is it worth your liking like this?

"The population of the country is getting bigger and bigger, and there is a shortage of food, you see," Zheng Lang took out the nautical chart, and said, "How big is it overseas?" If there is more arable land overseas, if there is a disaster year, there will be another source of food. ”

"It's just incidental, if it's all loaded with grain, most of it is not worth it, and those merchants won't agree."

"The main ships are small, the quality is poor, there are more ships for navigation, the ships will get bigger and bigger, the harvest year is not worth it, a bucket of rice in a famine year is more than 100 wen, or even three or four hundred wen, then it is worth it." Zheng Lang didn't care what they thought, and after this performance, he personally approved it, and the grain he carried was completely exempted from taxes, and he was a businessman.

There will be many catastrophes and disasters in the future, but if you want to increase food production, it will not be a one-time effort, and maybe overseas may provide another way out.

On duty, a few guests came to the house, Han Qi came back from Shaanxi, and the court made peace with the mud. Both sides did not blame, released Liu Hu and Dong Shilian, and since the construction of Shuiluo City was about to be completed, let Liu Hu continue to preside over the construction.

Didn't say Yoon-so. But Yin Zhu and Han Qi undoubtedly lost, Han Qi handled the affairs of Shaanxi well and returned to the capital in a simple manner. The first one looked for Zheng Lang, and as for the edict, telling the ruling minister not to receive guests, Han Qi would not pay attention to it at all.

But brought a few people and saw the two children adopted by Zheng Lang. Surprised, he rushed over and shouted, "Big Shuang, Little Shuang." ”

Zheng Wei and Zheng Yan also pounced, obviously able to recognize.

Zheng Lang looked at Han Qi suspiciously, Han Qi smiled and said, "Xingzhi, I heard that your family was looking for people with the portraits of these two children, I paid attention to it, and finally found their relatives of their aunt's family in Pucheng." ”

To put it simply. The child's father is not surnamed Zheng, but surnamed Cai, a poor family in the mountainous area. His father went into the mountains to hunt in the harsh winter, fell down the hill and became crippled, and his family relied on his mother to work, and usually his relatives helped a little, living a half-fed life. Last year's severe drought, under Han Qi's arrangement, a large number of victims were arranged and entered Henan in an orderly manner. This is also a helpless thing, the cost of transporting grain to Guanzhong is too high, on the contrary, it is eaten in Henan. Whether it's cash-for-work or relief, the cost will be greatly reduced. …,

The child's family is about to work in Yong'an, not far from Zhengzhou, otherwise they would not have run to Zheng's house. But the number of victims is so large that it is impossible to keep all the relatives together. At the time of arrangement, the Cai family and their aunt's family and other relatives broke up and could not find each other. His uncle's family and aunt's family were too busy to take care of themselves, and they didn't pay attention to it anyway, they counted on the court to give them a way to live. In the spring of this year, the drought eased, and they went home one after another to prepare for spring plowing and production, but the four members of the Cai family did not come back. It happened that Han Qi was also sending someone to look for it, and when he heard about it, he brought the portrait over and asked.

I recognized it at a glance, the two children almost grew up eating hundreds of meals, these relatives gave the most relief, and I didn't know that one. Several people hugged the child and cried like something, and the eldest mother beat Zheng Lang a few times with a crutch.

Han Qi said: "Auntie, don't be angry, I am also at fault, I can't blame Xingzhi alone." ”

Speechless in my heart, is it easy? Last year, millions of people in the disaster area were killed, and if it weren't for me, if it weren't for your son, I don't know how many people would have starved to death and froze to death.

Several relatives of the Cai family also persuaded the eldest mother.

But the eldest lady is so good, at least these people have sighed in their hearts, it turns out that the prime minister's family education is so strict. "So strict"!

The eldest lady asked again: "...... this child?"

Si'er and Huan'er looked at these people nervously.

The uncle said: "Old lady, thanks to Xianggong's adoption, this is the blessing of the Cai family's cultivation, so it will trouble Zheng Xianggong." ”

Although he is a village man, he is not stupid, the child is taken back, who raises it, his own children are raised half dead, and if he is placed in the Zheng family, what future will he have. The following words are not very good, the eldest sister is smart, how can she remember to run to the Zheng family with two children. All of a sudden, the chick turned into a golden phoenix, and this life was worth it!

Si'er Huan'er and a few mothers all breathed a sigh of relief, I really want to, I really want to return it to others, I have raised it for several months, I have feelings, how can I give it up.

Zheng Lang said, "You sit, please use tea." ”

A few people sat with a small half of their buttocks, honestly afraid, Han Qi didn't talk about the common people, he was approachable, he followed Han Qi all the way into the capital, and after receiving some edification, he began to see Han Qi, and several people couldn't even speak well.

After gossiping for a while, the eldest lady invited them to dinner, and dared, this meal would be hot, so the eldest lady took out some money from home and asked them to return. It can be regarded as letting the child figure out his life experience, but the problem is not here, but why Han Qi personally brought people back, not Zheng Langmenke.

Several relatives of the Cai family did not dare to eat at the Zheng family, but Han Qi didn't care and sat with a big grin.

The eldest lady said: "Thank you Han Xianggong." ”

"Auntie, why bother?" Then he looked at Zheng Lang and said: "Xingzhi, the imperial court is bustling for the small Shuiluo City, but Xingzhi, tell me, how important is Shuiluocheng?" ”

Cui Xian glanced at Zheng Lang, shook her head secretly, and sure enough, she came. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )