"Yifan, Brother Li Yan, do you two really plan to let Tyumen, who is thousands of miles away, rely on the replenishment of money and grain from the Central Plains? How can it be! ”

Zhu Jie said with a smile.

"Your Majesty, then, what are you going to do?"

"Immigration!"

Zhu Jie replied firmly, "It is necessary to combine the garrison with the immigrants to establish a solid ruling system in the Tyumen area!" As for the supply of grain and grass, it is simple, first, the implementation of tuntian, although it is cold, but after all, there is still summer, and the territory is vast, we can immigrate to open up the wasteland, the land not only belongs to the individual, but also the imperial court per mu of field, give the local Han people a subsidy of one or two silver, in order to encourage them to tuntian; Second, in exchange for grain and grass for oil, one ton of oil in exchange for two tons of grain, and the grain and grass were pinned on the merchants, and the imperial court was open to the purchase of oil, and how many were purchased! ”

Grain for oil!

This is the answer given by Zhu Jie, through the operation of the market, to supply the garrison of Akita, even so, the pressure is ultimately on the imperial court.

"Your Majesty, what are we doing with this oil?"

Li Yan asked.

"What to do with it, I really don't know now, before using it, first hoard it all, Li Yan, pass the decree, order the Ministry of Industry, mobilize migrant workers, in the Taihang Mountains in Baoding Prefecture, dig a few caves, specially used to store oil, remember, within a radius of ten miles from the cave, fireworks are strictly prohibited, farmers are strictly prohibited from hunting, trees are cut down along the ridge, and the number outside the mountain is isolated from the number inside the mountain to prevent the outbreak of mountain fires, well, for the time being, eight caves will be dug out, enough for us to store 10,000 tons of oil, The weight of oil is close to that of water, 10,000 tons, and it does not occupy too much space, and the Ministry of Labor has built iron barrels to store oil, and the seal must be good! ”

Zhu Jie replied.

Xu Yifan smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, you don't even know what to do with it, just store oil on a large scale?" This thing is easy to catch fire, and once it catches fire, we don't know how many silver taels we will lose......"

"It's also ......"

Zhu Jie pondered for a moment, and replied: "It's very simple, selling oil, this thing can be used for cooking, it can also be used for heating, and I can make a few kerosene lamps, it is easy to popularize, only a small porcelain jar, and then a cotton wool as a wick, light it, and use it for lighting, which is much more convenient than a candle, by the way, that's it, start small first......

Li Yan said: "Your Majesty, how to use this, we can think about it slowly, but there is one point, who do you plan to send to Tyumen to take charge?" ”

Xu Yifan looked at Zhu Jie when he landed, who to send? This Tyumen is a treasure of feng shui, and once the Rakshasa Kingdom gets the news, it is very likely to launch another invasion ......"

"Yifan, what do you think?"

Xu Yifan muttered: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that he will send Dong Xi to go, or send Zhao Xin to go, and at the same time order the second town of the Tianwei Army to leave some elite troops stationed in Tyumen as the backbone of the Tyumen garrison!" ”

"Hmm!"

Zhu Jie nodded and replied, "Dong Xi, Zhao Xin, both of them are fierce generals in the army, then Dong Xi goes, pass the decree, summon Dong Xi to return to the army quickly, appoint Dong Xi as the governor of Tyumen Province, and take charge of all military and political affairs of Qiu Ming, transfer the left and right wings of the second town, and follow Dong Xi to Tyumen Province!" ”

Xu Yifan shook his head and replied: "Your Majesty, now the Ming Empire is no longer the original Ming Empire, whether it is the South Seas, or Mobei, the Western Regions are vast, and the territory of our Ming Empire has directly increased nearly twice, the original Ming military system has been difficult to adapt to the current defense, and it is imperative to adjust, the minister thinks that within half a year, Song Jiaxing and Qin Mufeng will be triumphant, just within half a year, adjust the military system and adapt to the defense situation of the Ming Empire!" ”

Zhu Jie said with a smile: "I also have this intention, but how to schedule, but it is a huge project, not overnight, these days, you have to bother a lot, come up with a charter, and, now that the Ming Dynasty is stable, the four seas are peaceful, and it is time for me to pay for my merits, and your cabinet will also discuss it......"

"Reward?"

Xu Yifan smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, what are you doing with that?" Once you want to pay for your merits, it is to pull hatred, not to mention anything else, the generals in the army are all unruly, and if you are not careful, you will cause chaos......"

Xu Yifan doesn't know anything else, but he knows this Xu Yifan best, whether it is the Tianwei Army or the Tianxiong Army, they have always regarded military merit as their life, and now they are going to be rewarded, who doesn't want to be named a marquis? Who doesn't consider themselves meritorious? When the time comes, how can you distinguish one, two, and three?

Zhu Jie said indifferently: "Yifan, you can't let the brothers who follow me stay like this, right?" Many soldiers fought dozens of bloody battles, hundreds of small battles, and countless wounds on their bodies, isn't it just the shadow of the wife, and the descendants will be glorious for a hundred generations? If I don't pay for my work, it will chill the hearts of all the soldiers, and a few of you naturally don't care, but what about the soldiers below? ”

Xu Yifan was silent, the emperor said well, the morale of the soldiers of the Ming Empire has been encouraged to the peak, and if there is no system of remuneration, the morale will go downhill......

"Take your time, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Rites and the Cabinet will discuss first, and also, send a letter to Bai Gu and consult Bai Gu's opinion, if it weren't for the initial decision of Nanyang, Tiannan needs to have important ministers in charge, I would have recalled Bai Gu to the capital a long time ago, after all, he is already a sixty-year-old man......"

Zhu Jie sighed.

"Your Ministers obey!"

Xu Yifan and the others were about to retire, when suddenly Zhu Jie waved his hand and said: "Also, pass the decree, tomorrow I will bring all three barrels of crude oil to Shuntian Academy, I want to visit Shuntian Academy to recruit talents, solve the mystery of this crude oil, and pass the decree to all students in the capital, all interested scholars and students can go to Shuntian Academy to have a look!" I don't believe it, I've already brought back the oil, can't I solve the problem? ”

Xu Yifan and Li Yan Gaojie glanced at each other, and shook their heads helplessly, the emperor is too superstitious about those research madmen in the academy, but when it comes to science and technology and people's livelihood, the first thing must be to consult the people of the academy, so what do you want these courtiers to do?

However, such a thing can't sweep away the emperor's interest, so let's do it, isn't it just a trip to Suncheon Academy? It's also a good time to see if there are any people in the colleges in the capital who can solve the problem of oil use, otherwise they will be sitting on Baoshan without knowing it.

(End of chapter)