Faced with the emperor's question, Qian Fat Man thought for a moment and replied: "The grass people think that today's merchants do not pay money and grain, and it is useless for the imperial court. First of all, the imperial merchants should be able to create money and food for the imperial court, and then when the imperial court is short of money, they should also be generous. The last one is to do business with conscience and not harm the people. ”

"Yes, what kind of business do you have?" Zhu Youxiao was still quite satisfied with Qian Fatzi's answer, if he had such a mind and consciousness, he could indeed be absorbed into the team of imperial merchants.

"The grass people are in the business of transporting goods, and their families also have a few sea boats that travel to and from the north and south coasts to and from the north and south to transport goods." Qian Wanyuan replied.

Zhu Youxiao suddenly became interested, he was planning to find a way to extract more grain from the south to the north at this time, and the fat man Qian actually had a sea boat in his hand.

"How many materials do you have for your sea boat?" Zhu Youxiao asked Qian Fatzi, in fact, Daming was already completely open to the sea ban at this time.

Not only Fujian's maritime trade is relatively active, but there is also maritime trade in the north, but the marine trade in foreign exports is still mainly concentrated in Fujian and Guangdong. Most of the north's foreign trade is with North Korea. As for trade with Japan, it is easy to encounter the Dutch and Fujian pirates, which is relatively risky, and the current Japan is only willing to trade with the Dutch and Zheng Zhilong and other Chinese pirates.

The central provinces provide export goods in such maritime trade. In the Jiangnan region, because the land is planted with a large number of cash crops for industrial production, the grain has become self-sufficient, and grain has to be transported from Huguang.

"Two ships of 3,000 materials and six ships of 2,000 materials." Qian Fat replied.

"How much silver does a three-thousand-material ship cost?" Zhu Youxiao asked about the cost of ships again, and it was obvious that he was more interested in maritime transportation.

"A large sea ship of three thousand materials costs twelve thousand taels of silver. But the big ships also carry more things. A large sea ship of 3,000 materials can transport goods of 6,000 or 7,000 stone at a time. Qian Fatzi replied, but Zhu Youxiao's eyes lit up, a ship of 3,000 materials, that is, about 1,000 tons, can transport more than 600 tons of goods each time.

"If ordinary grain is transported from the south to the north, this sea ship may recover the cost of manufacturing?" Zhu Youxiao continued to inquire about the situation with Qian Fatzi.

"Emperor Qiqi, if you just transport ordinary grain, you can earn back the cost of the ship after two or three years, but if you want to encounter shipwrecks and pirates, you will die. As long as the ship is large enough and runs along the coast, there will generally be no shipwreck, but there are many pirates in the waters around Fujian and Guangdong. Qian Fat replied.

"Since you know shipping, how about I join forces with you to do shipping business?" Zhu Youxiao asked Qian Fatzi, and Qian Fatzi nodded hurriedly and said, "Grass people thank the emperor." ”

Saying that, the fat man said again: "Your Majesty, the grass people are still doing the Cao Yun business. ”

"Cao Yun is not in a hurry." Zhu Youxiao smiled, the main intention of this fat man is to monopolize the Caoyun business with him, but this thing is a bit involved, and Zhu Youxiao has to think carefully. So he said to the fat man: "You should step back first!" I'll have someone talk to you about shipping later. ”

"Your Majesty." Qian Fat Man was a little disappointed, coastal trade was actually not very profitable, but he suddenly thought of a possibility, what if the emperor wanted to crack down on pirates and other maritime merchants?

If he could monopolize maritime trade, he couldn't imagine how much silver he could earn. It's just that this idea is a little too crazy, but even if it's just doing coastal trade, it has already made him a successful imperial merchant, this is an admission ticket, and it is enough to make the fat man happy.

When the fat man retreated, Zhu Youxiao immediately brought Yang Guorui over to discuss how to deal with the conspiracy of Tongzhou merchants and Jin merchants to run on the Daming Royal Bank.

"Your Majesty, we can tighten the monetary base first and prepare for a run. The other one, wait until the rumors are together, and immediately arrest the person who walks the rumor. At the same time, we can also spread the manpower to promote it in the market. Yang Guorui said to Zhu Youxiaojian, "In this way, basically there is no big problem, these Tongzhou merchants and Jin merchants cannot succeed if we are prepared." ”

"Okay, that's it. But the run also sends the impression to everyone that the Royal Bank will never fail. "As long as this impression is generated, it is impossible for the Royal Bank to be run again." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Yang Guorui received the order, and then said to Zhu Youxiao: "Weichen will prepare first." ”

"Go ahead!" Zhu Youxiao nodded, and then he also stood up and went back to the Palace of Raising the Heart, recently he was consulting the test papers of the Royal Academy of Science and Technology, and after the screening of the paper correction personnel, there were only more than 400 test papers in front of Zhu Youxiao's case.

After Zhu Youxiao read it all, he overenrolled 50 people, and the number of students enrolled in the first class was finally set at 350, and the Royal Institute of Science and Technology will officially open a month later.

The Royal College of Science and Technology is still a month away. It is still necessary to pay close attention to the revision and compilation of self-study textbooks.

Self-study?

That's right, it's self-taught.

As the emperor, Zhu Youxiao can't go to teach them every day! Usually, it is almost the same to go to class a few times every three or five times, and the rest of the time is naturally for these students to learn and communicate with each other, so as to become talents.

Anyway, there must be someone who can master these mathematical, physical and chemical knowledge through guò self-study textbooks, and then pass them on to others, so that Zhu Youxiao will be much easier.

Zhu Youxiao returned to the Heart Cultivation Palace, and Li Chaoqing walked in with a note.

"Your Majesty, this is a piece sent by Xu Keqiu, the governor of Sichuan, and the governor of Yongning, Si Hao Chongming, led more than 20,000 people to ride in Chongqing, and he has been stranded in Chongqing for nearly two months, and he is still unwilling to leave for Liaodong." Li Chaoqing presented the chapter to Zhu Youxiao, and Zhu Youxiao took the chapter and took a closer look, and his brows couldn't help frowning.

Extravagant?

I don't think I've seen this name anywhere! It's just that Zhu Youxiao, who knows little about the history of the late Ming Dynasty, doesn't remember this extravagant deed. It's just that Zhu Youxiao can be sure that he should have seen this name in various sources of history in the late Ming Dynasty before he crossed over.

"Extravagant Chongming is a toast?" Zhu You asked Li Chaoqing.

"Back to His Majesty, Yu Chongming is indeed a Tusi, and the Tusi soldiers under his command are brave and good at fighting, so this time the military department ordered him to lead the soldiers and horses to the border of Liaodong." Li Chaoqing replied.

"Nanban, Nanban invasion?" Zhu Youxiao suddenly thought of playing a card in the Three Kingdoms in the future, which immediately reminded him of a lot of things, and he was suddenly excited, and immediately shouted: "Quick, hurry up and announce Sun Chuanting's audience." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Yang Guang hurriedly ran out.

Zhu Youxiao calmed down, thought about it carefully, and was already generally sure that this extravagant Chongming definitely wanted to rebel. The guy who can leave an impression on him in the history of the late Ming Dynasty is definitely not a cat or a dog, he must have done something earth-shattering.

This extravagant Chongming may have seen the defeat of the Ming Dynasty in Liaodong, and sent a large number of soldiers and horses from Sichuan to the border of Liaodong, so as to have evil intentions, and wanted to learn from Liu Bei to sit on the precipitous land of Sichuan, so as to divide the world.

Soon Sun Chuanting hurriedly entered the Heart Cultivation Palace, and Zhu Youxiao hurriedly said to Sun Chuanting: "Sun Aiqing, take a look at this letter." ”

"Luxury Chongming has been stranded in Chongqing for two months, in contrast, Qin Liangyu has already brought the first batch of Tusi soldiers to Liaodong, and now he has returned to Sichuan to recruit the second batch of Tusi soldiers. This extravagant attitude is indeed extremely ambiguous, and I don't know what I'm thinking. Sun Chuanting analyzed after reading the recital.

"Now I can only plan for the worst, if Hao Chongming rebels in Chongqing, it may be quickly extinguished?" Zhu You asked Sun Chuanting.

"Chongqing only has 2,000 soldiers and horses, and the Tusi soldiers are ten times larger, once Yu Chongming rebels, even if Xu Keqiu is the reincarnation of the military god, it will be useless, and Chongqing will inevitably fall." Sun Chuanting's expression was solemn, and he continued: "And this Sichuan Tusi soldier has many previous convictions, and it has happened since the founding of the Ming Dynasty alone. ”

The Ming Dynasty's policy towards ethnic minorities is basically to give you an official title and ensure the status of the Tusi leader, as long as you submit to it.

As long as they are obedient, they will all be the people of the Celestial Empire.

Such a concept has been similar in China throughout the ages. If an ethnic minority does not obey the discipline, then impose punitive measures on them, such as moving all the ethnic minorities who do not obey the discipline to a distance of many miles, so that they can completely break out of the semi-isolated state, so that they can quickly be integrated into the Han culture, and after a few generations, they will basically become Han people.

The more he talked, the more he felt that the possibility of this rebellion by Chongming was huge, and Zhu Youxiao was also solemn, although it was definitely impossible for Sichuan to fall. Once these barbaric Tusi soldiers rebel in Chongqing, the people of Chongqing will definitely be ravaged, and I don't know how many people will die.

"Sun Aiqing, you can come out with an emergency plan!" Zhu You said to Sun Chuanting. PS: Today's state is terrible, there are still only two watches, and there is still a chapter before twelve o'clock.