Ping An asked again, can you run back and forth every two months, and send goods to Yunnan six times a year?

Yang Lishan Road, not every month, Han Wang purchases these things to spend money, and Han Wang is not a rich man, so their three five hundred material ships usually have to do business.

Mainly to Japan, North Korea, and Jiangnan and other places to run, look at the wind season, this side of the run Japan is too far, only the wind to go to Japan and North Korea, otherwise more to run Jiangnan and Fuguang.

What to run and sell, Yang Lishan didn't explain to Ping'an, after all, he didn't understand.

Yang Lishan only said that he made a trip to Japan last year, and the rest of the time was in Daming, and then collected the goods and prepared to be shipped to Yunnan.

Ping'an heard this and his heart moved again, the king of Han already knew that he was going to be fiefdom Yunnan? Last year, the king of Han was not sealed.

On the same day, Ping An'an's family boarded one of the 500-material boats, and there were five or six craftsmen on the boat at the same time.

Yang Lishan said that these were blacksmiths and firearms craftsmen, and they would be sent to Yunnan with Ping'an, and they had been invited by them in Fuguang and Guangzhou.

Three large boats and five small boats set off from Changsha Village and headed west along the official water post road.

The road was unimpeded, because of the southwest wind, it took three days to reach Nanning Province, Guangxi.

Nanning Mansion is an important stronghold of the Ming Dynasty in Guangxi, and the Nanning Wei here also participated in the Jingyan War, and many soldiers of the Nanning Guard returned to Nanning after the war.

Nanning Wei took command of Jin Rong and took refuge with Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Han, after the martyrdom.

On this day, the fleet stopped directly at the Jianwu post on the edge of Nanning Wei, and Ping An looked at the shore a little nervously, and the military camp of Lianjin could be clearly seen on the shore, and a large number of Nanning guards and horses were on the left and right.

On the other side of Jianwuyi is the Eight Feet Zhai Division, which is still checking the passing merchant ships.

"General Ping down?" Yan Chen, who was beside him, suddenly asked.

Yan Chen was a confidant of the King of Han, who accompanied him all the way, and took great care of and respected peace.

Ping An said in surprise: "Get off the boat here?" ”

"I'm going to meet Yang Si'er, the commander of Nanning Wei, and send some gifts by the way."

Peace Road, do you know?

"Brother Yan Qiang, who used to be the deputy Qianhu here, was defeated with Nanning Wei in Jingjing and surrendered to the King of Han."

It turned out that Yan Chen was Yan Qiang's younger brother, and Yan Chen followed his brother Yan Qiang in the Zhending Battle in the Jingjing Martyrdom to surrender Zhu Gaoxu.

After the war, many soldiers and horses of Nanning Wei returned here, and every time Yan Chen passed by, he came to visit Yang Si'er.

Yang Si'er was a thousand households back then, and he was friendly with Yan Qiang's brothers, and it was a lifelong friendship.

When Yan Qiang Zhending was defeated, he covered Yang Si'er to flee back to Zhending City first.

Ping An was moved again, only to feel that Zhu Gaoxu seemed to be omnipotent, and the entire Ming Dynasty was the person he arranged everywhere.

Sure enough, before Yan Chen got off the boat, several generals of Nanning Wei on the shore waved and shouted, looking familiar.

"I'm not going, I'll wait for you on the ship." Ping'an's level is far more than that of the commander, and he is not familiar with Yang Si'er, and he is running away, of course he is unwilling to go down.

Yan Chen probably asked casually, and seeing that he didn't want to go, he took his two relatives and soldiers to get off the boat with some gifts.

After waiting for less than two quarters of an hour, Yan Chen came back.

After coming back, Yan Chen said to Ping'an that many brothers in the Southern Military Guard were scolding the emperor.

It turned out that Wu Jie, the former commander of Nanning Wei, had been idle at home after the Jingjing, and he was not appointed, Wu Jie was probably also disheartened, wanted to retire early, and applied to the imperial court to let his son Wu Jing beg for an heir, but Zhu Di was not allowed.

Many of Nanningwei's brothers are Wu Jie's subordinates, and Wu Jie also takes great care of everyone in Nanningwei, so the brothers are not angry with Wu Jie.

In the original history, it was not until the eighteenth year of Hongzhi that the descendants of the descendants were recorded.

Wu Jie's descendants are hereditary thousands of households, several levels lower than the commander.

Ping'an didn't move when he heard it, he was just thinking that the road Zhu Gaoxu chose was full of his own people, Li Yuan in Guangdong, and Nanning Wei in Guangxi, which was definitely carefully planned.

In the past, he looked down on Zhu Gaochu on the battlefield, but now that he thinks about it, he feels that this Zhu Gaochu is even more terrifying than Zhu Di.

Then their boat continued westward, and soon came to the Pingma Station in Tiandong County.

This is the last point of the official water post road in the west of Guangxi.

After that, it was all mountains and dangerous roads, and you could only rely on horses and manpower.

This side is still under the management of Tusi Cen Ying, and no one in the Ming army is here.

Before the boat reached the shore, Ping An saw that many horses, mules, and native men and women had gathered on the shore.

It was the first time he had seen so many natives, thousands of them.

The horses here are relatively short and have very short feet, which are also good for walking on mountain roads and used for camel goods.

Yan Chen got off the boat safely, and a black native came over on the opposite side, followed by a Han man, who should be an interpreter.

Yan Chen said: "This time we brought 1,500 catties of sugar and 1,500 catties of salt to Lord Cen, so that this year's salt and sugar and this time's expenses are settled, in addition, my master heard that Lord Cen accepted a concubine again, and sent ten pieces of cloth, ten pieces of silk, and one thousand taels of silver." ”

The native should be able to understand the part, and when he heard half of it, his face was already happy, and the Han translated it again, and the native was overjoyed, and grinned: "Thank you for my brother, master." "He can actually speak the official language of the Ming Dynasty, but it sounds weird, and you have to listen carefully to understand it.

Yan Chen said: "The next time we come, it should be around April next year, and if there is an advance or change, we will send someone to inform us." ”

"Okay."

The two sides could not speak well, so they did not talk much, and the natives finally waved their hands, and immediately the natives around them moved, and began to board the boats, help them unload their goods, and then load them onto the backs of horses and donkeys.

Ping'an also saw that there were many female natives carrying a big Lou frame on their backs, and they threw some light cloth directly into it, and they could walk on their backs.

After being busy on the shore for nearly an hour, after all the supplies were unloaded, they lined up in an orderly manner and began to walk in the direction of Yunnan.

Hundreds of miles along the way, many places are rugged mountain roads, and it is inconvenient for the army to pass, but under the feet of the natives, they can carry heavy loads on their backs, and they can also walk on the ground.

Yan Chen walked to the front with Ping'an, followed the guide, and each was assigned a short-legged horse of the native.

Ping'an found that there were people around Yan Chen who were drawing while walking, and immediately knew that they were writing down the route and the terrain of the mountains and rivers.

At this time, he was about to surrender to the Han King's five bodies.

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January of the second year of Yongle.

Zhu Gaoxu came to Quang Nam Mansion.

He came quietly, so he didn't alarm the local prefect and local officials.

Hong Zheng and Sun Cheng greeted him, and then took Zhu Gaoxu and his party to twenty miles to the south bank of Baoyue Pass.

This side is the largest plain on the south side of the Xiyang River, there are several low mountains in the middle, originally the local Tusi would raise horses in this plain, after Zhu Gaoxu's people arrived, they first occupied it, and then divided an area for tuntian, and prepared to plant sugarcane in the southwest.

After Zhu Gaoxu arrived, he could already see that there were many more buildings on the riverside site, and the sugar factory had been almost built.

Shen Ji's apprentice, Wang Li, was in charge of planting sugarcane here.

He has married a wife and had children, and he looks extremely mature, no longer the poor boy who was slaughtered by the Yan army.

Wang Li took them to see the sugar factory first, and then explained their sugarcane fields to Zhu Gaoxu.

Sheng Yong, who followed Zhu Gaoxu, asked strangely: "Didn't you see any sugarcane at first glance?" ”

Wang Li said: "Now there are three kinds of sugarcane in Daming, one is planted in February, and two are planted in April, and we use the ones planted in April, so now we are preparing the land, making ditches, and preparing for it." ”

Wang Li said that the one they planted is called 'bamboo cane' also known as 'Ogi cane', because the skin is short and difficult to eat, but it is also called sugar cane because of the sugar extraction.

This is also the sugar cane that is used exclusively for sugar extraction in other places.

Sheng Yong heard of his origin, and asked: "It's all Mengxi pen talk above?" ”

"Yes." After Wang Li finished speaking, he hurriedly added: "My teacher and I have checked on the spot, and this is how Cantonese people grow, and there are many masters we invite from Guangdong here." ”

Zhu Gaoxu said with a smile: "This is called the combination of theoretical knowledge and practical operation. ”

Sheng Yong and Wang Li didn't know if they understood, but they both laughed.

At this time, a breeze blew, and there was a foul smell in the air, and Zhu Gaoxu found that they had come to the sugar cane field.

It turned out that the tenants were serving cakes.

This is the technology handed down in the Song Dynasty, Zhu Gaoxu didn't understand, Wang Li said, it's quite troublesome, because there is no starter now, and the technology used in Mengxi's pen is also used, as if it needs to be steamed, in the weather here in Yunnan, it takes three months to ferment successfully, and the winter time is longer.

Although Sheng Yong didn't understand agriculture, he saw that the rice fields in the distance were growing well, and he couldn't help but say: "The king attaches great importance to agriculture, and there will definitely be no shortage of military food in the future." ”

There are two and three crops of rice here in Yunnan, but this will generally be one and two crops.

One season is concentrated in the provinces near Yunnan Province, and Guangnan Province can have two seasons.

Their early rice is sown in December and late rice in July.

Now it's the early rice that has just been sown.

Zhu Gaoxu circled more than 300,000 mu of fields here, most of which were planted with rice, and even if he produced one stone per mu, there were hundreds of thousands of stones a year.

As a traverser, he certainly knows the importance of food.

In the later period of Jingjing, the Yan army was also short of food, which made King Yan let go of tens of thousands of captured southern troops one after another, because he couldn't afford to raise them, and he couldn't kill so many people.

If King Yan had enough food in the later period, he would have more soldiers and horses.

Zhu Gaoxu knew that the imperial court did not control Beiping strictly and suppressed it enough, so Zhu Di did not begin to run out of food until the later period.

If Zhu Di confronts Zhu Gaoxu, he will definitely suppress it comprehensively, and give priority to cutting off Zhu Gaoxu's grain, salt and sugar.

This is also the reason why Zhu Gaoxu is hoarding now.

Yunnan is located in a remote area, and most of the salt and sugar are supplied by the Central Plains, and once Zhu Di cuts off the passage, he will have to rely on himself.

"Food and salt, this is an indispensable thing in the army." Zhu Gaoxu said in a deep voice: "We must hoard more." ”

"Gather grain and slow down the king." Sheng Yong said with a smile.

Zhu Gaoxu asked Wang Li at this time: "Can we make white sugar?" ”

Wang Li was stunned and shook his head.

(End of chapter)