This mutual trade with the Mongols was extremely important to Zhu Youzhen, and it was actually extremely important to the Tianhu Army, although Zhu Youzhen had made certain preparations for it early.

But the lack of horses has always been a difficult thing for the Ming Dynasty, before because of lack of money, and then because of the reform of various places, the things for the mutual market have gradually slowed down.

This time, however, it was different.

Zhu Youzhen is using his own way to raise the future trade to a new height, and the mutual market will no longer be seasonal, but long-term trade under the constraints of specific conditions and under the supervision of relevant departments.

The lack of horses in Daming will not improve in the short term, and although Zhu Youzhen now has money in his pocket, he has also thought of using the steam engine to innovate the poor transportation conditions of Daming.

For example, the establishment of an efficient railway network of steam locomotives.

But thinking about the fact that today's Daming is often overstretched on top of iron, Zhu Youzhen has to keep this matter in his heart and just think about it.

Whether it was a large amount of official trade between Mongolia and the Ming Dynasty, or a private and scattered trade, the Mongolians' acceptance of Ming goods was still beyond everyone's expectations.

The plan for the first exchange of horses was planned for the first time, but in the end, the Mongols spent all the money they had at their disposal in just ten days because of the large number of goods.

However, Zhu Youzhen did not close the mutual market, as originally prepared.

At the beginning, there may be a fixed period of time, and in the future, this kind of inter-market trade will be fully made a daily routine.

As for the imminent war between the Ming and the Houjin, Mongolia's attitude was surprisingly ambiguous, and the large Mongolian tribes at the official level did not refuse to sell horses to the Ming at such a time.

But on the other hand, he secretly conveyed to Houjin the news that Daming was constantly buying horses.

However, at present, Zhu Youzhen can't take care of these things, a large number of artillery pieces are off the assembly line every day, and a large number of materials have to be deployed every day, so that Zhu Youzhen has also fallen into extremely complicated work for a while.

But fortunately, Wei Zhongxian rushed back to Beijing in time and shared great pressure for Zhu Youzhen.

This old minister and internal official, from the moment he returned to Beijing, was like a rejuvenation, and he was on the front line day and night, as the current ruler of Dongchang and the pro-emperor party.

Wei Zhongxian's authority above the imperial court is not insignificant.

However, at this time, in the Jingshi, in Wei Zhongxian's house, he looked at the godsons in front of him who had been brought into the family.

Wei Zhongxian's mind was quietly flowing.

"Our family. . . I'm afraid..."Wei Zhongxian had just opened his mouth to speak, and the godsons who were kneeling below raised their heads one after another to look at their nominal father in front of them.

was sent out of the house by his family early, but as orphans, they embarked on a different path because of Wei Zhongxian, for them, Wei Zhongxian is their sky, as long as this day does not fall.

Their prosperity and prosperity and the future seem to be close at hand, and it is just as natural that they are all close at hand.

However, Wei Zhongxian has a deep anxiety in his heart, and the earliest source of this anxiety comes from the fact that he was waved by Zhu Youzhen's big hand to set off for the Fujian Inspector tax scandal.

After coming all the way from Fujian, it brought a great shock to Wei Zhongxian's heart.

Whether it is a relatively wealthy place like Fujian or a traditional agricultural province like Shandong, Wei Zhongxian has seen all the way, and on the way back to Beijing, he often stops and stops.

In the fields on the side of the road, early spring has arrived, and the horn of spring ploughing has begun to sound in every place in the Ming Dynasty.

"Uncle.. All of us are from the Ministry of Agriculture. It was the official who sent us down to tell you how this sweet potato will be planted this year."

The old peasant rolled up his sleeves on the side, wiped the sweat from his sideburns, and looked at the court officials in front of him a little helplessly.

It's just that these officials seem to subvert the cognition of the old peasants, they don't care whether the clothes on their bodies are shiny, and they don't care whether the old peasants treat them kindly.

Instead, between his demeanor and footwork, he constantly measured the land with his feet, and constantly used his eyes to see whether the planting method of each family and household violated the planting guidance documents issued by the imperial court.

"This, this, this... Gentlemen.. I'm my age, and I've never seen this posture, we will plant whatever the court tells us to plant, although I can't understand the leaflets you sent before, but I've listened carefully to what you said, and there shouldn't be any mistakes..."

Hearing what the old farmer said, the young official led by him smiled heartily: "Uncle, don't call us master, we are just staff members of the Technology Extension Department of the Ministry of Agriculture, and we are here to serve every one of our farmers." ”

"Oops! How can this be made, how can this be made, I am a peasant, how dare I make the court pay so much attention..."

"Don't get in the way, don't get in the way, let's help you see if the canal is unblocked, and then tell you about the possible weather this year, and if there is any movement at that time, you can also deal with it in time.."

This scene made Wei Zhongxian, who was originally galloping north in a carriage on the official road... Get off the bus and stop.. I've been watching it for a long, long time..

He knew where these officials of the Ministry of Agriculture came from, and they were all young students who had passed one or two passes in the Ming Dynasty's new imperial examination, and they had undergone unified professional training.

All of them were taken under Xu Guangqi's command, although their exposure to the new school was far less than that of those who had already passed the new imperial examination and officially entered the graduate school.

However, it can be regarded as a preliminary integration of new learning into the work, and the first step of theory influencing practice ahead of those students in graduate schools.

Cutting off the memories, Wei Zhongxian looked at the people in front of him and sighed.

"When the battle of Liaodong subsides, our family will submit its resignation to the emperor, if the emperor graces our family to return to their hometown... Then we don't care about the rest of the matter.."

Wei Zhongxian's godsons, who were kneeling below, gradually became a little puzzled, and one of them spoke.

"Daddy.. At present, Dongchang and the pro-emperor party have become the two most important hubs of the Ming Dynasty, the former supervising officials and the latter controlling officials. Why do you choose to submit your resignation at such a time? ”

Wei Zhongxian's old face showed a rare different smile, "Because... Today's Da Ming... Perhaps soon there will no longer be a need for the East Factory to supervise the hundred officials.."

Although everyone was puzzled, they didn't dare to ask more.

Only Wei Zhongxian knew that if Zhu Youzhen could spare his life... It's enough to call it ..

The Emperor's grace is immense!