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"Mr. Wang, it seems that there is no such article in the letter of the prince. If you make your own decisions, it is likely to cause the wrath of the world! After the head of the Luzon Island left, Xu Shan immediately frowned and asked Wang Shishan. This condition is not something that can be agreed to casually, and there are too many things involved.

"Hehehe!" Wang Shishan was not in a hurry at all, he was very thirsty after talking for so long, picked up the tea bowl again and took a sip, and then said slowly: "Oh, my brother Xu, you sit down first, and I will explain to you slowly!" ”

"Let me ask you first, if we use conventional methods, can we quickly purchase enough grain?" Wang Shishan's eyes widened, his head turned slightly upward, and he asked Xu Shan.

"It is indeed difficult to do this within the time limit set by the prince. But as long as we raise the purchase price, it can still be done! Or let the Hai family, the Li family, and the Pan family help with the acquisition, it shouldn't be much worse! Xu Shan shook his head slightly and said.

"This is the method you came up with earlier, I also thought of this, but I immediately vetoed it. This only works for the first few days, and if other people find out that we are buying food on a large scale, they will be suspicious, and they will raise the price, and then they will not sell it. Hoarding, they must want to see the situation first. And if we tell them the real situation directly, you can also see the reaction of the Ma family and others just now, selling must be selling, but the quantity is far from meeting our needs. ”

"Yes, these people are all merchants of the True Sect, and they are too shrewd. Knowing we're in a hurry. It's going to be a procrastination with us. Price increases are trivial, and we can't stand it anymore, so we will put forward all kinds of other requirements! Xu Shan's face was slightly angry, the attitude of the Ma family and the others just now really stimulated him!" However, I still don't agree with your suggestion! The prince will definitely not agree, and again, I heard that the orders of the thirteen shipyards in Fujian are all scheduled for three years. Where can you find a boat to sell to them? ”

"Let me ask again, why did these Luzon Chinese react so gaffe-like just now?" Wang Shishan did not answer, but asked again in turn.

"Needless to say, how much of a sea trade is profitable, if they have ships, they themselves can go to trade in various places, instead of just selling goods to us and Western caravans!"

"That's right, the Spaniards seem to be nice to the Chinese on the surface, but they secretly obstruct the Chinese from building ships. In fact, even if the Spaniards did not obstruct it, he could not build any big ships here. There are tens of thousands of people here, and shipbuilders are extremely scarce. Hehe, they are powerless! They ran estates in Luzon, and most of the output of the land could only be sold to us and the Western caravans, and only a small amount was shipped to Canton by their own ships. Look at the huge island of Luzon, there are no more than 30 ships owned by the Chinese, and all of them are under 1,000 materials! Wang Shishan pursed his lips and said disdainfully.

"That's a good one, I still remember the shocked look in the eyes of those people when we first arrived in Manila. Those Westerners still think that it is a caravan from a Western country, and the Chinese merchants here are even more unbearable, one by one they are dumbfounded, and they haven't come back to their senses for a long time! It's no wonder that we in China haven't built such a big sea ship for a long, long time! Thinking about the treasure ship fleet back then, how majestic it was, it's a pity, hey, it's a pity! Xu Shan shook his head involuntarily as he spoke.

That's why I came up with this approach. We promise what they desire, and this is called the right medicine. In this way, our problems are no longer a problem, as you can see just now, how positive they are! Hahaha! Wang Shishan laughed out loud after speaking.

Xu Shan didn't laugh along, but continued to frown and said, "However, we don't have a ship to sell to them, and besides, the prince won't sell a ship to them!" When the time comes, how will you explain to them? ”

"Brother Xu, you are confused, drill into the tip of the horns! Hand over? To whom? Explain what? It takes time to build a ship, let's put things off, and by the middle of next year, it's no longer up to them! Wang Shishan looked at Xu Shan helplessly, this Xu Shan is younger than himself, but his head is not so flexible, he has more than enough to keep and not enough to enter! No wonder the prince arranged for him to guard the merchant hall here, and he was indeed able to maintain the stability here.

"Oh, yes, yes, yes! How did I forget this stubble, damn it! The manager is the manager, high, really high! Xu Shan reacted immediately, and praised this plan again and again. I couldn't help but admire in my heart, I used to think that this manager only reached a high position by virtue of nepotism, but I didn't expect my own ability to be so strong, I was ashamed of myself, this is the uncle of the prince!

"Okay, this matter must be done quickly, let our people unload the cargo on the ship first. I estimate that in a week at most, the fleet will be able to lift anchor! After this matter is done, I will ask the prince for credit to you! Wang Shishan finished with a smile, waved his hand and ordered.

"Okay, look at it!" Xu Shan hurriedly responded, went out and began to gather people to get busy.

There is really a lot of interest, there will be a lot of passion, after the Chinese merchant owners returned, they quickly began to load their own grain trucks and transport them to the wharf. Before noon, the dock began to be lively. On one side, the ten Kunpeng merchant ships that had already loaded the goods began to unload and send them back to the warehouse; On the other side, twenty empty ships began to fill it with grain, all of which was rice, and there was no other miscellaneous grain.

Luzon is a tropical climate region, hot all year round, good sunshine conditions, abundant rain, most of the Central Plains can reach three crops a year, so the grain production is very high, which is one of the main reasons why Geng Jingzhong wants to occupy this place. Luzon is only a little smaller than Fujian Province, but there are only about 500,000 Nanyang natives here, and the population is only one-fifth of that of Fujian Province. Such a vast land is simply a treasure given to him by God, and he will not take it. What a waste!

500,000 stone of grain. It doesn't take much effort for each merchant to get it together. Sure enough, in just one week, all thirty merchant ships were loaded with grain and set sail back. Thirty large merchant ships loaded with 500,000 stone of grain caused the waterline of the sea ships to drop several meters, and they slowly lost themselves towards Fujian. Although it was also full of goods when it came, it was not like now, with bags of grain stacked in the cabin, and the crosses were stuffed solidly. When it came, many goods could not be as close together as they are now.

When the fleet was about to arrive in Fujian, the fleet was immediately diverted, with ten of them heading to Yuegang to unload, while the others continued north, sending grain directly to Mawei. The Kunpeng fleet departed from Monkey Island and returned at this moment, a total of 40 days, which was the fastest round trip in two years. If only it were in the past. There will definitely be another twenty days or so of delay before the ship can be fully loaded and then return.

From Wang Shishan, he received an order from Geng Jingzhong. By the time they began to return home, it had been eight days ahead of schedule, but on the eve of their arrival in Fujian, the disaster relief situation in Fujian had become precarious. In most areas, there is a shortage of food under extreme consumption, and if this progress continues, in about three days, there will be no food to sell in the grain stores!

The road administration company is constantly repairing roads, and with the cooperation of Princess Fang and the government, the water conservancy is also stepping up construction. As a result, with all the people in the affected areas starting construction, the progress of various projects is faster, but the consumption of food is even more than before. This is a lot of work, the workers eat more, and the speed of food consumption is far faster than before, which Geng Jingzhong did not expect!

"Shizi, all the prefectures and counties below have returned, and the food is no longer enough! Among them, Tong'an and Nan'an counties have run out of food, and some grain is barely maintained by urgently dropping some grain from Zhangzhou Prefecture. It will take seven or eight days for Mr. Wang's fleet to return, and if something happens again, it may not take ten days and half a month, so let's hurry up and find a way! Li Guangdi reported to Geng Jingzhong worriedly. It has only been half a month since the typhoon passed, and the grain in Fujian has almost been consumed.

In the past, the grain route sent from Zhejiang to Fujian has long been broken, and not a single grain and rice trading house has arrived for half a month. It seems that the disaster situation in Zhejiang is also very serious. On the Jiangxi side, some grain has been transported in recent days. However, only a batch of grain merchants from Zhenzhou and Fuzhou, which are close to Fujian, have arrived, and although it cannot be said to be a drop in the bucket, the quantity is indeed far from enough. As long as a grain merchant came, Geng Jingzhong would order a high-price purchase and then immediately send it to the hard-hit area.

This is all thanks to the fact that the main roads between the provinces and counties have been repaired before, otherwise it would be an extremely troublesome matter to transfer grain. Jianning, Yanping, Shaowu, Xinghua, and Tingzhou prefectures were relatively lightly affected, and they all tried their best to send a part of the grain to the three prefectures in the hardest-hit areas. In the past half a month, the main roads between various prefectures and counties have been running with carts pulling grain, day and night.

"Well, the workers who build roads and rivers will not be able to eat their food, and their wages will be paid. But this problem is a shortage of food, so the porridge factories outside the twelve counties first changed the porridge three times a day to twice a day, so that they can last a few more days. "Geng Jingzhong has been annoyed by these things a lot in the past few days, and he has to face these problems every day as soon as he opens his eyes." By the way, you don't necessarily have to eat porridge or something, fruit can also be used, and it can last for a few days. ”

"Okay, son, but, some time ago, the offshore fleet just left, and a lot of fruit here has been transported away, so I'm afraid it won't be able to withstand anything!" Li Guangdi said worriedly.

"Meat, eat meat!" Geng Jingzhong suddenly thought of a joke that he had seen in the history books, during the reign of Emperor Jin Hui of the Jin Dynasty, there was a famine one year, and the people had no food to eat, only digging grass roots and eating Guanyin soil, and many people starved to death. The news was quickly reported to the palace, and Emperor Jin Hui was puzzled after listening to the minister's report while sitting on a high throne. The "kind" Emperor Hui of Jin really wanted to do something for his people, and after thinking about it, he finally realized a "solution": "The people have no corn to satisfy their hunger, why don't they eat minced meat?" ”

Li Guangdi was confused when he heard it, the prince of the world is so worried these days, his head is twitching. If there is not enough food to eat, where is the meat? "Shizi, are you alright, there is meat there! I don't have anything to eat! ”

"Fish, fish! Damn, let's rely on the treasure house of the sea, and we are begging for food all over the street with rice bowls. Geng Jingzhong said excitedly. I'm really dizzy these days, why didn't I think of this way! Disaster relief, disaster relief, all thinking about how to raise food. I just didn't expect to find another way.

"That's right! Aren't we getting into the horns! Yeah. I organized all the fishermen to go to the sea to fish. If you don't have rice, it's better to eat fish! Li Guangdi also suddenly brightened, his mood suddenly relaxed, and he felt that a fog in front of him suddenly turned into a golden avenue.

"It's not enough for the fishermen, the offshore fleet and the Kunpeng fleet are not there, just send out all our navy, and those small fireboats. All the soldiers went fishing for me. If you don't have enough fishing nets, let the victims help weave them, and those women don't have much to do every day anyway! Geng Jingzhong said wherever he thought of it, but it was a pity that there were more than 100 warships, and they were wronged to become fishing boats! I don't know how the officers and men of the Navy will react when they receive the order.

"I think it's okay, son. There must be thousands of fishing boats in various places along the coast of Fujian, although they are all small boats, but there is no problem in catching one or two hundred catties of fish a day on average. Many of our navy are fishermen, and fishing is their old profession. It should be no problem too! ”

"Okay, let's do it!" Geng Jingzhong's eyes kept shining with excitement. In this way, there is no need to worry too much about food shortages. Although this fish meat cannot replace grain, eating it with fish and meat mixed with grain and rice can save a considerable amount of grain, and it is almost enough to support Wang Shishan to rush back!

All of the marines, with the exception of a few military strongholds, were sent to the eight prefectures of Fujian, but the navy remained untouched, and they should sleep and sleep in training and training, as if the disaster had nothing to do with them. Even though there were family members in the affected areas, Geng Jingzhong did not let the navy soldiers go home and sealed off the specific conditions of the disaster in various places. In the army, it was only said that the typhoon had caused disasters in various places, but the royal government had already begun to vigorously provide disaster relief.

With the example of three years ago, the soldiers are very confident that Shizi can do this, after all, so many victims of the disaster have been properly resettled by Shizi three years ago. Although many soldiers were still slightly worried, they were only slightly worried. But today, I suddenly received an order from Geng Jingzhong himself. This is not an order to reorganize the armament for war, but to let them go to work as fishermen and go out to sea to fish! The soldiers were in an uproar.

Some of them have nimble brains, and they immediately think that the disaster situation in various places is not light, and they must not have enough food, otherwise they will not be sent out to the sea to fish! But despite all the conjectures in their hearts, the warriors didn't say much. However, there are regulations in the army that it is strictly forbidden to spread rumors that disturb the morale of the army, otherwise the consequences will be very strict. Moreover, Geng Jingzhong has always emphasized in the army that it is the duty of soldiers to obey orders, so after receiving the order, the navy quickly began to prepare.

There aren't many fishing nets in Fuzhou City, after all, not everyone needs to use them. In many cases, fishermen go out to sea to catch fish with their own nets. Li Guangdi immediately sent people to recruit people who could weave fishing nets among the victims, whether they were elderly or women, as long as they could weave fishing nets, all of them were gathered together. Large quantities of linen were brought in, and with their skillful hands, they were soon woven into fishing nets. These nets are larger than those used by fishermen in the past, and the mesh is larger, which is also Geng Jingzhong's special request.

In the past, fishermen fished, and the fishing boats were too small, and they were only in the near sea, not far from the shore, and the land could be seen from the fishing boats. And Geng Jingzhong was going to let his battleship go a little farther and specialize in catching big fish. Among the soldiers, there are many people who can distinguish where there are fish and where there are no fish, and a battleship casts its nets in all directions, and the harvest at the end of the day is definitely a lot.

There are enough materials and manpower, and the scene of tens of thousands of people weaving fishing nets together is not something that can be seen casually, and thousands of fishing nets are woven in only half a day. The fighters received the nets and did not delay, and at noon that day they set sail and began to fish at sea.

But this is really a coincidence, Mawei's battleship has just come to the sea, and it meets the twenty merchant ships of the Kunpeng fleet returning to Fuzhou. On one side is the Navy Tiger Flag, and on the other side is the Kunpeng Wings Banner of the trading company, which is quite easy to identify, staggered with each other, but waving the flag is a good greeting.

After Geng Jingzhong came up with a way to fish in the morning, he was in a much happier mood, so he took a few guards to take a walk in Houyu Port and inspect the situation by the way. Changle County, Fuzhou is also the hardest hit area, when the typhoon passed, even the Houyu Port side also suffered a lot of losses, the factories here are not as good as the houses, the houses are all brick structures, the roofs are not hay, so the houses here are basically not destroyed. Nearly 60,000 workers have gathered in Houyu Port itself, and the daily consumption is also very huge.

However, it is precisely because there are so many workers here that there is a lot of grain stored in the port and the industrial area behind it, which is enough for the workers to use for half a month. A small half of these workers are local people in Changle, and the other affected people also know that there is food here, so they have gathered here in Houyu Port, which is several times more than going to Changle County.

Many of the factories here have been temporarily used as shelters. It's not that these merchants are generous, but the raw materials outside are temporarily suspended, and the workers have nothing to do, so when Geng Jingzhong proposed to temporarily use the factory as a shelter, they agreed so happily, after all, it's hello, I'm good, everyone's good, why don't you do it!

After Geng Jingzhong inspected the situation of the victims, he came to the dock. Looking at this pier, he often thinks of some things in the afterlife. After all, this is the most advanced place of this era. The sea was still so blue in the distance, and the sun shone on his back, casting his shadow onto the water. Wait, what's that? The warriors have returned from fishing? No, they've only been out to sea for less than an hour!

"Binoculars!" Geng Jingzhong turned around and said to Yang Jian, the leader of his guards.

Yang Jian quickly took off the telescope hanging on his body and handed it to Geng Jingzhong, Geng Jingzhong raised his eyes and saw that a familiar flag came into his eyes, the blue-bottomed Kunpeng winged flag, it was the Kunpeng fleet, and Wang Shishan was back!

"Quick, get ready to respond, the Kunpeng caravan is back from transporting grain!" This is really a big surprise, it was originally sent out to fish but only able to relieve part of the pressure, now, the fleet has come back from transporting food, and the pressure can be completely eliminated! (To be continued......)

PS: Old time, 5,400 words, 600 less, I remember all the debts I owe, and when I am free, I must make up for my brothers!