From Wuyangfu to the wind and the river, with the warship of Dachu, it takes more than two months, and the speed of the civilian ship is slower, when they return, they are fully loaded, and they are against the wind and current, and three months may not be enough, and it will take at least half a year to come and go.

If it was just gold and silver goods, Chu Ren could give up painfully, but what Da Chu needed most now was rice grain, and what Da Chu City lacked the most was also rice grain, and if he wanted to transport the rice and grain hoarded in Da Chu City to Da Chu, this fleet, plus the few hundred and ten ships in Da Chu City, would never be able to be transported.

Two trips a year, at most 30% of the rice grain in the Great Chu City can be transported, and in the next year, even if no one cultivates it, with the natural environment of the Luomon Islands, the rice grown is half or even 60% of the past.

Therefore, it can never be transported, and the speed of transportation is slower than the speed of rice growth.

The Solomon Islands are a good place, but of course there are many disadvantages, this is a series of islands, in Chu Ren's view, like a broken continent, ships are needed to get around, the area that can be cultivated on each island varies greatly, and there are few large tracts of arable land. Some of them are still in the hands of local natives.

Great Chu is short of food, in a short period of time, with Chu Ren's ability, it cannot be changed, if it can be replenished by the Romans Islands, it can greatly alleviate the problem of food shortage.

To sum up, there are just two words: lack of ships.

"Lord Wei, what does the Ministry of Industry say about the shipbuilding plan?" asked Chu Ren.

Wei Yan got up and replied: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Industry has received the order, but at present, the dynasty has no money, and if you want to build a ship, I am afraid it will not be easy." In addition, last year's big river dance, has not yet been solved, more than 3,000 miles of river in urgent need of repair, need government support, rebuild more than 100,000 households, autumn tax has been exhausted, these two months of Lulu, or by the lottery some time ago, only exempt from forced distribution, these days, the emperor of the great line, the lottery suspended ......"

Wei Yan didn't continue, the meaning was already very clear, Da Chu is now poor and can't open the pot, and he can't even pay the minister's salary, and there are more places to wait for the money, and if he wants to build a ship, he is powerless.

"Lord Se, I don't know how those overseas treasures were handled?" Chu Ren turned his head to look at Se Qinghe, Chu Ren had been on the throne for a short time, and he still used the original four auxiliary ministers, and he couldn't do it if he wanted to, even if he wanted to change people, he didn't know who to replace. What's more, even if he wanted to change it, he wouldn't be able to change it at all without going through Wei Wenchang and Martial King Excellence.

Da Chu's situation was even more troublesome than he had expected. Food, money, Chu Ren is prepared, food is limited by capacity, can only do his best. In fact, he did not lack money, and the amount of gold, silver, copper, and iron produced in the Solmon Islands was very small, but there were countless overseas treasures.

A top-grade pearl the size of a thumb, a three-foot-tall blood-colored coral, and a two-foot-square tortoiseshell......

Take out any of them, they are all priceless, overseas products, any of them are in Dachu, they are all treasures.

Don't think that there will be no shortage of money this way, in fact, there is still a shortage of money, and it is very lacking. Chu Ren had already guessed that when these things were released, the money that could be exchanged for them was limited, but he didn't expect that the officials of Da Chu would be even more shameless than he imagined.

Da Chu up and down, there must be wronged people who kill them all, kill one by one, and most of them slip through the net.

Se Qinghe got up and said with a sad face: "Your Majesty, the year of Dachu in the past few years has not been good, overseas treasures, extremely precious, but not many people can afford to pay the price, and the treasures sold now are less than one in a hundred, and most of them are still in the inner mansion." ”

Things are good things, but they can't be sold at a high price, and no one even buys them at all, and the price of the goods that are easy to sell is outrageously low.

Chu Ren knew in his heart that this was the collusion of officials and businessmen in Da Chu, and it was done intentionally. It's not a dismount, but in fact, those people are afraid that they are salivating over the treasures he brought back, so they are waiting to cheat them out of his hands.

Make an illusion that the year is not good and no one buys, followed by ultra-low price acquisitions, and then at extremely high prices, into the normal market, making hundreds or thousands of times more profits.

Knowing is known, but there is no power in his hands, and it is not easy to solve it, Chu Ren naturally has already prepared a backhand, how can he let them be at their mercy.

"In this case, all overseas curiosities are temporarily sealed. Chu Ren said calmly.

"Yes. Se Qinghe also had a calm face, he couldn't see anything wrong, he could be an auxiliary minister, no matter whether he had a ghost in his heart or not, it was impossible to see the problem from his expression.

"General Du, what do you think of the army expansion plan, what do you think of the Military Aircraft Pavilion?" Chu Ren turned his head to look at Du Jian, this is a great Chu old minister, with profound qualifications, even Wei Wenchang is only a junior in front of him.

"Your Majesty is wise, it is time to expand the army, but Your Majesty wants to expand the army by one million, the personnel is not a problem, and it is easy to transfer officers, but the military expenses are difficult, the household department is afraid that it will not be able to come up with the money, and the Ministry of Industry is going to complain about the hardships again, the fine iron is insufficient, the manpower is insufficient, and the equipment is difficult to build, hehe......" Du Jian sneered twice, he is tired here, and he has hidden it from others, how can he hide it from him?

General Du Lao can see it, don't care which line His Majesty's ancestors are, people are really working hard for Da Chu, and then look at the three princes left by the emperor, what kind of play is it?

Fortunately, His Majesty succeeded to the throne, if any of the three ascended the throne, Du Jian didn't say a word, and immediately said goodbye to the old man and returned to his hometown, even if there was no matter of the Aoren, Da Chu would fall into their hands and end sooner or later.

The problem is that in addition to the military represented by General Du Lao, the other three groups, the group behind them are more concerned about their own interests and thieves, and the crisis of the Austrians is not imminent.

Chu Ren smiled: "So, it's still a matter of money?"

"Yes, at present, it seems that there is only money and food. General Du said affirmatively. Money is not only gold, silver, copper, these precious metals, if needed, those noble families, in a short time, can make these metals worthless, only food, no one can change, no matter how strong your power is, people always have to eat.

"The four of you have worked hard, it's getting late, let's stop here today. Chu Ren said softly.

The four auxiliary ministers stood up and saluted and retired, each with a concern for his heart, and walked out of the Yangxin Pavilion.

"Biography. Waiting for the four auxiliary ministers to leave, Chu Ren said, the inner attendant answered, went out to get someone, and after a while, brought in one person.

"Meet Your Majesty. "The man who came in, tall and fresh, although he had been groomed, still made people feel that he was covered with dust.

"General, please. Chu Ren stretched out his hand to help, and the person who came stood up and stood with his hands down.

"General Yang, is it smooth to enter Beijing this time?" Chu Ren asked, the person who came was Yang Feng, the right general of the Southwest Desert Legion, who was ordered to enter Beijing secretly.

"Everything went well, the minister led 10,000 Dingxi Army, 500,000 taels of gold, 3 million taels of silver, and 30 million taels of copper, which were not damaged, and had been transported to Xiaguan Wharf, unloaded last night, and transported to the territory of Wu'an Mansion overnight, and was taken over by the Yulin Army. Yang Feng bowed and replied.

"The general has worked hard, and this time it is difficult for General Zhu. Over the years, the court has not given the Western Army how much military spending it has, but let the Dingxi Army feed back to the court......" Speaking of this, Chu Ren smiled bitterly, he, the emperor, is difficult.

"Your Majesty doesn't need to do this, this is thanks to Master Lei, if he hadn't left a mineral map when he left, the Dingxi Army would not have been able to take out these gold and silver. Fortunately, there were 100,000 military slaves last year, plus Lei Shi's mining method, these are only the first batch, and three months later, there will be a second batch to arrive. Yang Feng raised his head and said proudly.

Southwest Military Town, no matter how much money there is, it is useless, not to mention that they can mine and mint coins, but they don't have this ability, with the metallurgical ability of Dachu, the Dingxi Army is in short supply of arrowheads, and coins are so fine that they can't be made at all.

Not to mention the southwest, the Great Chu Luocheng Mint, the annual coin production is also very limited, gold and silver coins are good to say, after all, the face value is large, copper coins are the most headache, the mother money is not easy to make, a mother coin can be reproduced The number of copper coins is limited, and the Mint Bureau can only make a profit when minting copper coins, and the profits are low.

For every 1,000 dollars, there is only one profit left.

Paper money is such a thing, there is no such thing as Da Chu, even the quality of the official paper for writing, it is very easy to be damaged, and it is not a joke to make money with official paper, I dare not think about it.

No matter how low the profit of the copper coin is, it must be minted. The level of the Mint, in the eyes of Renault, is not as good as the handiwork of middle school students, but looking at the world of Dachu, it is already the top technology, and the copper coins stolen by private individuals are miserable, and you can see the difference between them and official coins without starting.

No matter what, the common people need money, and if they don't have money, they can't trade, and they can't always carry a bag of rice and grain when they buy things.

Not to mention gold coins, silver coins are also large amounts of money in the people, which are rarely used by ordinary people, and copper coins are the mainstream and cannot be separated.

"General Yang, this is a secret order, you should return to the southwest as soon as possible, the 10,000 people you brought, just leave 5,000, is there a trustworthy general in the army?" Chu Ren asked.

Through Wei Wenchang, Chu Ren received the line of the Dingxi Army, Zhu Chongba was originally the backbone of the royalist faction, and was hinted by Wei Wenchang, although he had not completely fallen to the new emperor, the meaning was already obvious.

"Your Majesty, this time the minister brought two lieutenant generals, both of whom are old men from the Dingxi Army, waiting outside the door, and Your Majesty can be summoned at any time. Yang Feng said.

"Then leave it to them, General Yang thinks that there is a suitable candidate in the Yulin Army?" Chu Ren asked thoughtlessly, but Yang Feng understood.

"Your Majesty, originally General Luo Yi was very suitable, but ......" Yang Feng said hesitantly, before coming to Beijing, he was called by General Zhu to have a secret talk, so he naturally knew the joints.

Luo Yi is young and strong, calm, well-led, has good martial arts, and is from a famous family......

The problem is that he was born in a famous family, his father is Luo Hai, the left general of the Yulin Army, if he hands over this team of 5,000 people to Luo Yi, I am afraid it will be inappropriate.

Sure enough, Chu Ren shook his head slightly, this is not a matter of trust or distrust, as an emperor, you can't be rash, checks and balances are the key.

"I think it's better to invite Grandmaster Junting. Yang Feng said.

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