"Sick? Why is the expression not quite right? ”

"I was affected by the wind last night, and I guess I contracted some wind chill, so it won't get in the way......"

In the study, when Lu Wenzhao sat down, Zhu Youzhen immediately saw his somewhat ugly face.

At the same time as he opened his mouth kindly, Lu Wenzhao opened his mouth and gave a somewhat awkward response.

"Wind chill is not a trivial matter, don't you want to be like me, lying in bed for half a month to recuperate?"

Zhu Youzhen teased himself with a smile, and also reminded Lu Wenzhao, and at the end he didn't forget to explain with a smile:

"After talking about things later, you go to the Tai Hospital to have a look."

"Yes......" Lu Wenzhao was in a complicated mood, and Zhu Youzhen only thought he was sick and uncomfortable.

"I didn't have anything else to do when I called you, I just wanted to ask you about Annan, Sanxuan Liuwei, and Liaodong Jurchen."

Zhu Youzhen crossed his thumbs on the table, and the whole person was very relaxed.

Lu Wenzhao is the second backbone of the Qi Wang Party he has contacted in addition to Wang Chengen, and he has been with him for nearly six years, and he is very relaxed about Lu Wenzhao.

Some of the comforts that can't be revealed to Man Gui, Sun Yingyuan, and even Cao Huachun can be found here in Lu Wenzhao.

Faced with Zhu Youzhen's attitude, Lu Wenzhao wanted to speak again and again, but in the end he let go of what he thought in his heart, and said by the way after abandoning distracting thoughts:

"The matter of Annan, Beizhen Fusi has been investigating for a long time, and the amount of cultivated land will not be less than 10 million, and the population will not be less than 5 million......"

"For them, we can strike a thunderous blow, launch an attack from the sea and the north, instantly disintegrate the Wu clan and the Mo clan, and then defeat the Zheng lord in the north, and finally take down the Ruan lord, and then recover the Champa family."

"Their strength is not worth mentioning, and the artillery is mostly Furlong machine guns purchased from Haojing."

Lu Wenzhao defined the character of many forces in Annan in a few words, and Zhu Youzhen didn't think much about it.

He has never regarded Annan as a difficult role to deal with, in the final analysis, because except for the Song Dynasty, other Han dynasties basically crushed Annan when they fought against Annan.

Zhu Zhanji could not maintain Annan's rule, not because Annan was too powerful, but because there was a problem with the policy.

How to put an end to rebellion? That is to solve all those who want to rebel.

Solve the profits, and then divide the land to the oppressed, and then move the population to sinicize the Annamite people.

As long as the right person is chosen, Annan's matter will not be difficult to solve.

Zhu Zhanji doesn't have too many famous generals to transfer to the town, but Zhu Youzhen can.

Sun Chuanting, Hong Chengchou, Lu Xiangsheng, Yang Wenyue, Wu Aheng, Qin Ma and ......

In addition to these, there are many others for his use.

These are all generals who have been tempered from the southwest mountain war of the Lu'an Rebellion, and if they are sent to Annam, whoever fights guerrilla with them will be hanged by the old birthday star.

What's more, Hong Chengchou has clearly understood what Zhu Youzhen meant, and thinks that when the time comes when generals need to be dispatched, the situation in Annan will be stable and people panic......

Thinking so, Zhu Youzhen rubbed his fingertips, and he couldn't help it.

Similarly, Lu Wenzhao also continued when he saw this:

"As for the three declarations and six comforts, Shen Lian and them have only been here for a few months, plus the local war is chaotic, and there are many national toasts, so it is a little difficult to collect them for a while."

"It's that the training of Zhenjiang Nuzhen is almost over, and now Li Ruolian is ready to send them to cross the sea from Jingcheng to Beishan, and then find an opportunity to blend in with Jianyu."

"Good ......" Hearing Lu Wenzhao's words, Zhu Youzhen was a little happy.

Since the first year of the Apocalypse, Nurhachi has rejected other foreign Han people through his appearance and language, which has made Jinyiwei's work a little difficult.

After the defeat in the Battle of Fuliao, Nurhachi even killed Liao merchants and Korean merchants, with a posture of preferring death to let people get involved.

As a result, Li Ruolian's follow-up brocade guards in Liaodong have all become defensive and have lost a little initiative.

It's just that now, the training of the Kuandian migration Zhenjiang Nuzhen has been successful, which means that they can finally get some information.

However, it is not easy to rush into the construction captives, it is easy to be exposed, but it is not as good as ......

"Wait......" Zhu Youzhen stopped, and Lu Wenzhao couldn't help but look up at him.

In this regard, Zhu Youxiao analyzed it, got up and took a few breaths left and right, and then stopped and said:

"Don't let them join the Jianyu directly, tell them that after Nurgan lands, gather some Beishan Jurchen tribes, build cities, and cultivate farmland."

"Let the Jinyi Guards deliver armor, weapons, and food to them from Mirror City, and then let them send people to Jianyu to negotiate peace or form an alliance with Nurhachi, and become their servants."

"You can pay a small amount of food to Nurhachi, you just need to guarantee the information."

Zhu Youzhen thought about it, he was unwilling to use the cultivated Jurchens to move into Houjin, in case he was discovered, it would be a great loss at that time.

Didn't Huang Taiji incite Bo Huang to betray himself and backstab Daming?

All right!

He now asked the Jurchens, who had a heart toward the Ming Dynasty, to go further north than Jianlu, unite with the other Beishan Jurchens, and pretend to make peace with Nurhachi.

When the time comes for Daming to attack Houjin, this force can also play a backstab......

"Your Highness, fund them like this, in case the tiger is in trouble......" Lu Wenzhao was a little vigilant, but Zhu Youzhen said:

"What about raising tigers? Whether the tiger dares to do anything is not based on his own strength, but on my Daming. ”

"If I am strong and strong, he will only be obedient and prostrate."

"What's more, the matter of Houjin will be resolved within these three years......

After that, Zhu Youzhen took a sip of the teacup, moistened his throat, and then said:

"The situation in Beishan is different from that of Jianzhou, there is no external force to join, even if people are sent and a force is established, it cannot be maintained normally, so what impact will they have on my Daming."

"I can take this opportunity to let them hold my Ming seal and secretly win over other Beishan departments."

The Beishan Jurchens have a wide range, from the Trans-Khingan Mountains to Eastern Siberia and the coast of Kamchatka.

For example, in the mountains of the Outer Khingan Mountains and the northern shore of the Sea of Okhotsk, there is a tribe that takes a deer sleigh to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty, which is called the deer department by the Ming Dynasty, in addition to them, there are also envoys and dogs who drive huskies to pull sleds in Eastern Siberia and Central Siberia.

Most of them were scattered in tribes of about 100 people, and did not form an alliance group like Jianzhou and Haixi Jurchen.

If Zhu Youzhen is not mistaken, the current expedition of the Tsarist Russian Romanov Dynasty is still relying on the river to explore to the east, and it should be active in the Yenisei River valley at present.

Not surprisingly, it will take them another seven years to reach the city of Yakutsk.

Although in this era, Eastern Siberia, Central Siberia, and even Western Siberia are of little use, but the territory is always useful.

As long as the Western Regions are taken, millions of acres of cultivated land will be reclaimed in the Ili River Valley, Urumqi, and Turpan in the later generations, and a stable rear will be created.

At that time, the Ming army could completely use the water of the Ob River in the north of Altai to march north, directly to the east of the Ural Mountains.

Transporting supplies by water is not the same as transporting supplies by land, not to mention the fact that the Tuva region in the northern Altai Mountains can be cultivated and grazing.

Tens of millions of acres of pastoral land and millions of acres of cultivated land that can be cultivated are not small amounts.

As long as the Ming army can take the source of the Ob River, it is a matter of time before the Ural Mountains are taken.

As for the so-called powerful Tsarist Russia, the population was less than 10 million, and the professional conscription army was less than 50,000.

A group of people are still using old-fashioned large arquebuses and light artillery, and it is hell that they can beat the Ming army.

The strength of the army lies in logistics, and the Tang army was able to cross the Pamir Plateau to fight in Central Asia because of the millions of people in the Western Regions who supplied them.

The only problem Zhu Youzhen faces now is the problem of migration after conquering the Western Regions.

The arable land area of the entire Western Regions is predictably scarce, and it will become a problem for him to move the people's food rations when the time comes.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youzhen stroked his forehead and couldn't help sighing:

"Has Bi Maokang, Sun Yuanhua, and Song Yingxing arrived?"

"Back to Your Highness......" Lu Wenzhao responded:

"Sun Yuanhua traveled to Taiyuan, Song Yingxing and several people were also found, and they are currently on the way north, and they should arrive in Xuzhou."

"In addition, the Xu Xiake you are looking for has also been found......"

"As for Bi Shilang, I'm afraid he has already arrived at the Armaments Research Institute in Yanshan."

"Have you arrived?" Zhu Youzhen squinted his eyes when he heard this, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth:

"Then he should now see the drawings and doctrines I left behind......"

Thinking about it, Zhu Youzhen couldn't wait to go to the Armaments Institute to have a look, but he also knew that he still had a few things to do, so he looked at Lu Wenzhao and said:

"Since Xu Xiake has found it, then ask his opinion, if you can, let him wait in Songjiang Mansion, this time I will go to the West, and I need someone to record the process and results."

"After he returns to the Ming Dynasty, log in to the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Industry, and serve as a director, I will have a lot of scenery and humanities waiting for him to record in the south, north and south."

Xu Xiake, a geographer, traveler and writer in the eyes of later generations, is 38 years old this year.

Zhu Youzhen did not look for him on a whim, but needed to use his fame in the Jiangnan area to bring his overseas experience into the Ming Dynasty, so that the scholars and people of the Ming Dynasty would know what changes the world was now.

In his opinion, Xu Xiake, such a restless person, may not be able to refuse such a good errand as going to the West.

As for his return to China, Zhu Youzhen will not abandon him, but will continue to expand his fame.

When the time comes, the product of the vernacular of newspapers will appear, and Xu Xiake's articles will be banned from the market and specially registered in newspapers.

Not only that, some of Xu Xiake's geographical knowledge may hang a group of civil officials in the Ministry of Labor.

This group of guys who can't even understand Daming hydrology also needs to be educated.

I don't even understand hydrology, how to clean up the Yellow River in the future?

"By the way......" As soon as he thought of the Yellow River, Zhu Youzhen said:

"Didn't my brother transfer Wang Shunding, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and transfer him to control the Yellow River? How's it being governed? ”

Seeing Zhu Youzhen asking about this matter, Lu Wenzhao also responded:

Wang Shunding still uses Pan Shaobao (Pan Jitao)'s "water and sand" method, and the effect is quite good. ”

In accordance with Pan Shaobao's method of "building embankments to restrain water and attacking sand with water", he cleared the downstream section of the river that had accumulated sediment and sediment, moved from Suqian to the Yuntiguan section of the river, and mobilized more than 80,000 people to clean up the river. ”

"Well......" Hearing Lu Wenzhao's words, Zhu Youzhen bowed slightly.

After all, Pan Jitao is a rare water control wizard in a thousand years, but it is a pity that he has been dead for thirty-two years, if he can live until now, Daming may not be anxious because of the control of the Yellow River.

However, in the final analysis, the control of the Yellow River is mainly due to the lack of money and food.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youzhen said to the brocade guard at the door: "Call Cheng En, and bring the accounts of the money and grain after the autumn by the way!" ”

"Yes!" The brocade guard at the door responded, and then went to look for Wang Chengen.

As for Zhu Youzhen, he looked at Lu Wenzhao and continued:

"Pan Shaobao's method of curing pornography is really good, even if it is placed hundreds of years later, it will definitely be a good policy."

"However, with the strength of Wang Shunding and the local government, it is still a little difficult to stabilize the Yellow River."

"I want you to order Jinyiwei to investigate, from Luoyang to Yuntiguan Haikou, how many sections of the Yellow River embankment cut corners, and by the way, you can also find out a group of corrupt officials."

"Your Highness, rest assured, I will do it later." Lu Wenzhao responded, and seemed to have forgotten what happened when he was with Man Gui just now.

"You go down first." Zhu Youzhen waved his hand, and Lu Wenzhao also withdrew from the study after making a gesture.

However, when he exited the small courtyard of the study, he still turned his head to look at Zhu Youzhen's study, and then he didn't know what to think, and left with a frown.

Only two quarters of an hour after he left, Wang Chengen came with more than a dozen scribes from the palace and hundreds of thick account books.

Zhu Youzhen motioned for them all to sit down, and they also hurriedly put the account book away, took out the abacus, put the new account book on the table, and set up the pen and ink.

When they were all busy, Zhu Youzhen said:

"How much money and food have you counted this year? Is there 40 million? ”

Zhu Youzhen said a number very boldly, but Wang Chengen said with a smile:

"The specific amount of money and grain consumed by the fire has not yet been calculated, but the total has been calculated, and after paying more than 13 million stone fields, it is about 45 million stone."

"If it weren't for the disasters in Shaanxi and Shandong, it might have been about 52 million stones."

"In addition, the imperial store, officialdom, and textile factories made a total profit of more than 7,064,000 taels in nine months."

Wang Chengen's words made Zhu Youzhen nod slightly, expressing great satisfaction.

He calculated by the way, if according to Wang Chengen's words, the income of the household department this year will not be less than 35 million stones.

Coupled with other miscellaneous items, the household department should still be able to earn more than 3 million taels of silver, and the internal treasury can be about 4 million.

That is to say, in the fifth year of the Apocalypse, when the two provinces suffered a catastrophe, the Ming Dynasty still entered 14 million taels of silver and about 80 million stones.

This year's tax is almost equivalent to the tax paid in the three years of the Ming Dynasty, and such a tax increase not only did not increase the burden on the people, but made the people's lives more nourishing.

The court has money, the people have food, and the current situation seems to be very good.

However, Zhu Youzhen began to have a headache when he thought of various expenses.

"For the relocation of Shaanxi, Hexi, Liaodong, Jiugang, Ryukyu and other places, how many food stamps and meat stamps have been issued this year?"

Due to the introduction of the food stamp system, the accounts of the Imperial Horse Warden were much easier.

Food stamps are used to exchange for grain, and meat stamps are used according to the difference between the north and the south.

There is officialdom in the north, and fishing in the south, so there is no problem in supplementing a small amount of meat to the displaced people.

"A total of more than 1,439,000 stone food stamps and 23,240,000 catties of meat stamps were issued......"

Wang Chengen shook slightly, this gesture almost didn't make Zhu Youzhen come up in one breath.

Fortunately, he heard clearly that the unit of the meat ticket was catties, and if it was a stone, he would not be able to take it out even if he was killed.

"The old port has the most meat tickets, but Shen Bu's political envoy has prepared many fishing boats, and seven salt farms have also been opened in the Ryukyus and the old port, so the problem of meat will not be very big."

You can still fish for a living along the coast, and Wang Chengen's comfort made Zhu Youzhen breathe a sigh of relief.

"The officialdom in the north has spread all over the provinces, but the supply of meat is ......"

Wang Chengen glanced at Zhu Youzhen as he spoke, and then said:

"Your Highness and the army continue to eat like this, I'm afraid the officialdom will not be able to make ends meet."

"What's wrong?" Zhu Youzhen didn't care about officialdom for a long time, so when he saw Wang Chengen crying poor, he didn't react for a while.

In this regard, Wang Chengen just sighed and said: "Although His Royal Highness has lowered the standard of the outer arch guard camp, the nearly 600,000 troops in the five prefectures have to eat 300,000 catties of meat every day. ”

"The officialdom in various places has been holding on to the supply for two and a half years, and the number of poultry and livestock in the field is actually not as good as the number at the beginning."

"If you continue to eat like this, I'm afraid that in four months, officialdom will be ...... everywhere"

Wang Chengen didn't say the rest of the words, but Zhu Youzhen understood what the other party meant.

300,000 catties of meat, this is still the number of the outer guard battalion, plus Shangzhihe Navy is nearly 500,000 catties of meat per day.

Calculated in a year, nearly 200 million catties of meat, if these meat are replaced with the amount of meat after slaughter of live pigs, one million pigs will be eaten every year.

Of course, this naturally cannot be counted in this way, because most of the coastal Gongwei battalions and navies are supplementary fish and shrimp, and the main ones that really eat poultry and livestock are the Western Military Governor's Mansion and the Northern Military Governor's Office.

Even if it is upright, it is actually gradually reducing the supply of poultry and livestock.

The Ming army created by Zhu Youzhen was an army built on sufficient logistics, and it was obviously not feasible to reduce supply at will, but if we bought from the people, we had to consider whether such a huge demand would rush into the people, and whether it would cause prices to soar.

Zhu Youzhen simply calculated an account, according to the cultivated land area and total grain output of the Ming Dynasty, and then what he actually got was more than 7 billion catties of natural feed that could be processed such as rice husks and wheat husks every year.

If the more than 7 billion catties of natural feed are used to extrapolate, the output of cattle, sheep, pigs and poultry meat in the entire Ming Dynasty will not be higher than 2 billion catties, which is equivalent to 1.2 million tons of meat.

In this way, that is to say, the existence of 870,000 troops occupies one percent of the meat in the Ming market.

If the Ming army does not lower its standards and has no way to be self-sufficient, the price of meat in the market will rise by at least 10 percent......

"I have to find a way to solve the ......" After using the reverse deduction method to calculate the amount of meat in Daming, Zhu Youzhen began to have a headache.

But at this time, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and something came to mind.

"By the way, I almost forgot about it!" Zhu Youzhen, who suddenly remembered something, immediately asked Wang Chengen:

"How's the arrangement of sweet potatoes and potatoes being cultivated? Is it the habit of the people to plant? ”

"Back to Your Highness...... Wang Chengen, the chief manager of officialdom and the chief manager of planting, did not think about it, and responded directly:

"At present, sweet potatoes and potatoes, according to what you said, are planted in two capitals and 16 provinces, of which more than 23 million mu of sweet potatoes are planted and more than 14 million mu of potatoes are planted."

"But ......" Wang Chengen said with some embarrassment: "Although there are sales in the imperial store, the people eat them as vegetables." ”

"......" Hearing this, Zhu Youzhen was speechless.

Sweet potatoes and potatoes with a yield of eight stones and two stones per mu, with a total output of more than 200 million stones, are still unable to meet the struggle in the food and clothing line......

"Wait......" Zhu Youzhen reacted, and the current people of the Ming Dynasty have alleviated part of the land annexation problem through his means, but they are no longer hungry people struggling on the food and clothing line.

For example, in Fujian, two-fifths of the population of the province has migrated out, not to mention Beizhili, Shaanxi, Henan, Guangdong, Nanzhili and other places.

In the most serious places of land annexation, he alleviated the contradictions by means of relocation, sending troops to the tuntian, etc., although the common people did not say five acres of land per capita, but there were three acres per capita.

In this case, why should the people use sweet potatoes and potatoes as staple food?

The problem of resources is solved, unless there is a famine, otherwise those with brain problems will eat these things as staple food.

At present, in the entire Ming Dynasty, only the victims of northern Shaanxi and Shandong are eating these two things.

Thinking about it like this, Zhu Youzhen was a little speechless, and then shook his head and thought:

"Today you will ignore it, and when there is a famine, you will ......"

Thinking so, Zhu Youzhen said to Wang Chengen: "Since the people don't eat it, the sweet potato vines and sweet potatoes should be used as feed for officialdom first." ”

"But remember, these two crops must maintain a planting area of 80 million acres, only more, not less."

"Yes......" Hearing Zhu Youzhen's words, Wang Chengen also laughed:

"If sweet potato vines and sweet potatoes are used as feed, I am afraid that the number of livestock and poultry in the officialdom can be increased."

Wang Chengen wanted to do this for a long time, but his Royal Highness had been concerned about expanding the scale of cultivation, and he was not allowed to do so.

Now, according to this year's output, it is estimated that the planting area will be expanded to 80 million mu this year, and the sweet potato vines and sweet potatoes will still have a few million stones left to feed the livestock of the officialdom in various places, and there is no need to worry about the food problem of the officialdom's livestock.

Thinking of this, the smile on Wang Chengen's face couldn't be hidden, and Zhu Youzhen also shook his head and sighed:

"Take care of your *......"

"The slave and maid receive the order...... Wang Chengen happily responded, and Zhu Youzhen thought about it

If the grain feed is combined with sweet potatoes and sweet potato vines with a cultivated area of more than 40 million mu in Daming, the feed output should reach more than 30 billion catties.

Population and animal husbandry are often limited by grain and feed, and tripling feed production may allow the Ming to reach the standard of the early days of the country.

Under such a standard, the population of Daming may also slowly increase.

However, this improvement will only last until before the outbreak of the drought, that is, two years later......

Thinking of the drought, Zhu Youzhen frowned, and then spoke:

"The money and grain were first distributed to the Northern Army Governor's Mansion and Shangzhi's reward silver, and the rest of the money and grain were transferred by Bi Ziyan to 400,000 taels of silver from the household department, and 2 million stones of grain were given to Xu Guangqi and Wang Shunding."

"Let them solve the problem of the blockage of the Yellow River from the top down, and then renovate the Yellow River."

"In the end, after the military salary and the hundred officials are paid, how much is left?"

Zhu Youzhen looked at Wang Chengen, and Wang Chengen also looked at all the scribes behind him when he heard the voice.

The scribes immediately knocked on the plates, and after a full three quarters of an hour they spoke:

"Your Highness, palm print, if you want to pay military salaries and salaries, you have to let all localities close their positions and sell 20 million stones."

"In the end, after the military salary is paid, there are still 724,109 taels left in the imperial horse supervisor, the household department, and the internal treasury, and more than 14,970,000 stone grain."

The scribe's words made Zhu Youzhen frown slightly, the salary of the 870,000 troops of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies was 14 million taels, and it stands to reason that the silver is just enough.

But at present, 20 million stones of grain are being sold, and it is obvious that the silver after the sale of grain is used to distribute the money of officials......

"It's time to settle the redundancy matter...... Zhu Youzhen squinted his eyes, remembering the account book he got from the third lady.

Not only that, but he also remembered the list of merchants and ministers in the ledger.

"Take them aside, I'm afraid the silver is enough for two years...... Zhu Youzhen's eyes flickered, and then turned to Wang Chengen and said:

"First transfer the surplus grain from last year to Baima Pass, that grain is enough to deal with the tiger and rabbit dun."

After that, Zhu Youzhen turned his head to look outside the courtyard and muttered to himself:

"When I clean up the tiger rabbit pier, I'll come back and clean up your ......"

In order for someone to stick to me again, paste the data.

The gap between the grain yield and meat output per mu in Daming and the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China is not very large, after all, we have not yet begun to develop fertilizer and feed, and we have not introduced Yorkshire pigs.

In 50 years, the country has 1.62 billion mu, a population of 552 million people, and a per capita cultivated land area of 2.9 mu.

The amount of cultivated land in the book is 84,000 mu, the population is temporarily counted as 150 million, and the per capita cultivated land is 5.6 mu.

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In 50 years, the annual meat output of poultry, pigs, cattle and sheep in China is less than 3 million tons, with an average of 10.8 catties per capita.

The total cultivated area is half of our Ming Dynasty, and it is not surprising that the annual meat output is 1.2 million tons, or 16 catties of meat per capita, in the case of the same grain output and animal husbandry (this can explain why meat was cheaper in the county annals of the Ming Dynasty).

As for 50 years later, there will be no comparison, and the yield per mu and the type of livestock will be different.

(End of chapter)