Qin Mingxuan's report was sent to Hangzhou in April 328 of the Great Song Dynasty, and after reading the report given by Qin Mingxuan, Xiong Shang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, picked up the report of Sanhan again. Both reports are not too short and contain a lot of local information. There aren't many recent developments.

In the report, it was said that "we have not taken a penny from the shogunate, nor have we eaten a grain of rice from the shogunate." Raising pearls is an inheritance entrusted to me by the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, and I really can't hand it over", the face of the shogunate envoy turned green. Leave a sentence of 'you are so self-conscious', and leave angrily.

In Samhan, Prince Wangzi enclosed a large piece of land and forced the peasants to cultivate it with his own soldiers. The cadres of the Great Song Dynasty in Sanhan were greatly dissatisfied with this, but they also had to admit that such a violent method was probably the most suitable method for Sanhan.

Let the secretary file the papers, and Xiong Sheng will continue to do other things. He was going to give a briefing at the morning meeting the next day. Compared with the construction of the Red Sea passage and the Mongol invasion of Tianzhu, what happened between the Wa Kingdom and Samhan was nothing at all.

Early the next morning, Xiong Sheng made a briefing. The plague in Egypt was over, and Boyan sent someone to tell the Great Song that he had agreed to dig a canal between the Red Sea and the Mediterranean.

Hearing this news, the important ministers of the Great Song Dynasty were all interested. The Ministry of Industry Shangshu took the lead in asking: "I heard that Europa has a population of 100 million?" ”

"Probably. However, Europa is relatively poor, and the property is far less abundant than Tianzhu. The Mongols went south to attack Tianzhu, and fought with the local states in the north of Tianzhu, but they could not capture it quickly. ”

"Is Tianzhu very good at fighting?"

"It doesn't seem to collapse at the slightest touch." Xiong Shang recounted the information gathered by the Ministry of Rites.

"Then if we crusade against the southern end of Tianzhu, won't we encounter an enemy that is difficult to deal with." said the director of the Maritime Safety Administration. It can be seen that the Maritime Safety Bureau only had to personally organize an expeditionary force to seize the southern state of Tianzhu.

Xiong Shang didn't cause a topic in that direction, but instead talked about the situation between Sanhan and Wakoku. As he expected, no one cared about it. Zhao Jiaren also did not say a word.

As soon as the matter of the Ministry of Rites was finished, the official of the Yushitai immediately spoke, "Official, Jiangning Governor Wenzhang ordered a fine of more than 13,000 mu of land for 91 households in Jiangning, with a fine of six per mu. There was an uproar in the place. ”

Hearing this accusation from the Imperial Historical Tower, the important ministers who participated in the morning meeting were surprised. Zhao Jiaren smiled slightly: "There is such a thing? ”

"Official! At present, one acre of paddy field can only produce three stones of grain. One stone of grain runs twice, and the output of one mu of grain was actually punished by Wen Zhang's order. It's appalling. ”

"Wen Zhang dares to punish him like this, there must be some reason." Zhao Jiaren asked.

"This ...... The reason for this is unknown. The official of the Imperial Historical Observatory skillfully avoided the problem and turned to attack Wen Zhang, "Food is a major national matter, and it is simply unreasonable for the people to be expropriated and expropriated under Wen Zhang's rule." More than 13,000 acres of land can produce at least 40,000 stone of grain. It's not a small amount. ”

Hearing the attack of Yushitai, Ding Fei sighed: "Ninety-one households have more than 13,000 acres of land, or at least more than 13,000 acres of land. It is still a fertile land with three stones of grain per mu, and it seems that these people are not ordinary. ”

Wen Tianxiang, the secretary of the ministry, originally looked grim, but when he heard this, a smile appeared on his face. Ding Fei's words were ruthless enough, and he completely quoted the words of Yu Shitai, and emphasized some important information to Zhao Jiaren. Just laughing and laughing, Wen Tianxiang was not really relaxed in his heart. Before settling the land acquisition by charging ten times the tax, the third brother Wen Zhang told Wen Tianxiang in advance. This time the matter was even bigger, and Wen Zhang didn't even say it in the letter. Just as Ding Fei saw the key, the ninety-one families had at least more than 13,000 acres of land, and Wenzhang completely offended the ninety-one rich people. The third brother of his own family is really bold and arrogant.

Being ridiculed by Ding Fei like this, the official of the Yushitai said angrily: "Official, what if these people are first-class households, they have the most land in their hands, if these people are uneasy, the world will be in chaos." ”

"Hmm." Zhao Jiaren nodded slightly, "What you said makes some sense." ”

Hearing this, many people's expressions changed a little, if Zhao Jiaren no longer supports Wen Zhang, it means that Wen Tianxiang is no longer favored. Is this possible? Then everyone listened to Zhao Jiaren continue: "Hangzhou is so close to Jiangning, we might as well go to Jiangning to have a look." Won't it be clear what happened to you? ”

Xiong Shang didn't particularly support one side or another, he blinked, completely unclear what was going on.

Over the next two days, there was more and more discussion about it. So much so that the waiters of the Ministry of Rites came to ask Xiong Shang, "Shangshu, I heard that the official family wants to move the capital to Jiangning?" ”

"This ......" Xiong Sheng suddenly remembered that it seemed that Zhao Jiaren had indeed said such a thing, but what a big thing it was to move the capital, how could it be said that the capital would be moved. After a short period of confusion, Xiong Sheng asked the waiter, "How can anyone want to talk about moving the capital?" ”

"Jiangning is the capital of Gaozong, and some people say that if the official family does not want to move the capital, how can they treat the local heroes like this."

"This ......" Xiong Shangshu was speechless again. The reason for striking Haoqiang sounds a little inexplicable, but when you think about it, it is so reasonable. In the end, Xiong Shangshu only said one sentence, "Don't talk nonsense." ”

Zhao Guanjia entrusted the military to organize the trip, and the basic training of the soldiers was not to drag the mud and water, and there was no additional news in the three days, and the selected ministers suddenly received orders three days later. Neither the Ministry of Rites nor the Ministry of Officials were on the list, and most of the other departments had people named and asked to bring their change of clothes within three hours and board the ship immediately.

Zhao Jiaren sat on the steamboat and was in a very good mood. It was easy to feel happy when sailing on the river, especially when he knew that the keel of this new ship was a steel keel and an iron-boned wooden hull.

Watch the officials walk up and down the boat, look here and there, and at the same time show joy from the heart. Because of curiosity or for fun, a kind of important minister asked the official to explain why he was so happy.

The main function of the keel of the ship is load-bearing, and it is the most important load-bearing structure of the ship, especially the small ship, which bears the longitudinal bending moment of the hull and ensures the structural strength of the ship. In the Song Dynasty, the deck of the pointed bottom sea ship was flat, the ship's side was sharpened like a blade, the cross section of the ship was V-shaped, and the keel through the head and tail was set under the pointed bottom to support the hull, making the ship stronger, and at the same time, the draft was deep, and the ability to resist wind and waves was very strong.

Zhao Jiaren only talked about the characteristics of the ships of the Great Song Dynasty, but did not mention that European ships only began to use this keel structure in the early nineteenth century, hundreds of years later than China. Zhao Jiaren was able to send a fleet of ships to travel around the world in 127X, and it is important to have a clear destination and longitude and latitude measurement technology. The fact that the Great Song ships were much superior to the European ships of the Age of Discovery was another decisive factor.

There are not many large pieces of wood suitable for use as keels, and it is even more inconvenient to transport. Steel is not a problem, straight steel can be combined into an ultra-strong keel. The ribs are transverse members within the hull. It withstands transverse water pressure, maintaining the geometry of the hull. The iron ribs are joined together with the steel keel to form the main body of the ship. Compared with wooden keels and boat ribs, it is light in weight and has high strength. It's also very easy to process.

"You may not have built a boat, and the wood needs to be processed. It can be as little as one and a half years, or as many as two or three years or even four or five years. The larger the wood, the longer the processing time. The higher the chance of the wood exploding. At present, the wood used on this ship is small plank-type wood. Produced in large quantities, the processing time is up to one year. A big ship with tens of thousands of materials is only built for a year or two......"

Listening to Zhao Jiaren's knowledge of shipbuilding, many of the important ministers didn't know why. There are also people who only know a scratch of the surface. The Ministry of Engineering and the Ministry of Machinery understood. The important ministers who understand or don't understand technology have figured it out, officials generally know more than officials, Zhao Guan's family is completely different from other officials, and it is probably not easy for officials to pit him professionally.

The ship drove fast and arrived at its destination Jiangning in more than two days. Zhao Jiaren sighed: "Back then, I rowed from Jiangkou to Ezhou every day, and it took half a month. ”

The important ministers knew that the great martial arts of the Zhao official family began in Ezhou more than 20 years ago, but the officials of the Great Song Dynasty did not have the enslavement of the Manchus, and only those officials who really admired Zhao Jiaren came up to praise them. Without a few words of praise, the army on the dock released several people, who were Wenzhang, the prefect of Jiangning, and several important officials of Jiangning.

"Let's go, get off the boat." Zhao Jiaren waved his hand and took the lead to get off the boat.

When Wen Zhang saw Zhao Jiaren, he immediately saluted. Zhao Jiaren waited for the salute and stepped forward to shake hands with Wenzhang. At the same time, he smiled and said, "With so many people here, how are you preparing here?" ”

"Official, it's ready." Because of the excitement, Wen Zhang's face was a little red.

The two men had just said a few words, and the other officials had already disembarked. Some of the people have seen Wen Zhang, and some have not. Those who have never seen it think that the Wen family is relatively tall, Wen Tianxiang's height goes straight to 190, and Wen Zhang also has 185. Compared with Wen Tianxiang's magnificent appearance, beautiful as jade, beautiful eyebrows and long eyes, Gu Pan Yeran, Wen Zhang has thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a Chinese face. The skin of the Chinese character face is easy to appear firm and smooth, so the 39-year-old Wen Zhang looks like he is in his early 30s, which is extraordinarily young.

Wen Zhang generously invited everyone to set off, and a carriage had already stopped outside the dock. Three people in a car, everyone went straight to the yamen of the Jiangning prefect. The Great Song Dynasty was a system of liuguan, so officials did not go to build yamen. The house of the yamen was damaged, so he carried it. In this way, people can feel that they are as clear as water, and in addition, they can also avoid the so-called curse of 'if you build the yamen, you will have to serve in the local area for a long time'.

The scale of the current Great Song Dynasty government has increased rapidly, and the prefect's yamen on Wenzhang's side is quite a huge office building. People are coming in and out of the office building, and it looks very lively.

After staying that day, the next morning everyone arrived at a huge venue. Everyone was given seats, and it wasn't long before someone was brought in, dressed as ordinary people. The people didn't know what so many people around them were doing, so they looked at them timidly, and then stepped forward to give Wen Zhang a salute.

Wen Zhang asked: "I called you here today to let you describe why Jiangning Caoyuan's foreign family abandoned it. ”

Although the people did not know who was here, they also knew that something was special. He plucked up the courage and said: "Back to the prefect's mansion, Cao Yuanwai's family abandoned the land in order to seize the tenants. ”

Zhao Jiaren already knew what the reason was, so he listened quietly. Many of the other important ministers were rich people, and they knew what was going on after a little listening. The Great Song Dynasty could not help but annex, and a small number of wealthy families owned most of the land. In order to maximize profits, it often happens that wealthy people seize tenants. The purpose of each seizure is also very simple, that is, to increase the rent of the tenants.

The tenant farmer of the Cao landlord's family could not bear the rising rent, so he had to go to the city to work.

"Where are those lands now?" Zhao Jiaren asked.

The people were stunned, but they didn't expect the people listening next to them to speak openly in front of the prefect. I didn't know whether to answer or not, so I heard the prefect Wenzhang say: "Ask you, and you will answer." ”

"Yes." The people responded, then turned to Zhao Jiaren and said, "Those lands are still barren. That's good land. ”

"Hmm." Zhao Jiaren nodded and didn't say anything more.

Other officials, however, asked about some information. No matter how much you ask, the answer you get is not outrageous. This is a very common incident, and naturally there is nothing beyond the seizure of tenants.

And after he had brought him out, he came in a new people. They all tell the same thing, the landlords are usurping, and the purpose of the grabbing is to raise the rent.

There were a dozen people who came in, all of them. Zhao Jiaren was already a little annoyed by what he heard, and the others were not upset and were very tired. That's about 90 people. If you listen to them one by one, there are more than 80 pieces.

Wen Zhang took the opportunity to say: "If you still want to listen to it, you can stay here, those who are tired, I have documents here to show you." If you feel that there is something wrong with the paperwork, you can call someone to ask about it. ”

Of course, Zhao Jiaren hopes that Wen Zhang's preparation can be flawless, but if Wen Zhang's preparation is flawed, he can't help it. And Zhao Jiaren was not particularly enthusiastic about the case work, so he took the lead and got up and went to the next room. Some followed, but most of the officials who had not seen this chose to stay.

The next day just passed. On the third day, Wen Zhang invited everyone to set off. Those who could ride horses rode horses, and there were people who helped lead them. If you can't ride a horse, you can ride a donkey. There are also those who really can't afford to ride animals.

Jiangning is a very good place, and the land is flat. It was already April, and a large part of the fields had already begun to be planted. To the surprise of the important ministers, thirty percent or more of the land was not cultivated. Looking at the natural appearance of that piece, no one even cares about it.

"Some of this land has already been bought by the government and new irrigation areas have been planned. But there is still a lot of abandoned land. Wen Zhang told the big people gathered in the high place about the situation he saw.