Chapter 61: The Fur Trade

He Xi covered the scroll and pondered.

We can only completely abandon those long-term plans and think about the immediate problems.

What is the problem at hand? That is to expand the scale of sea freight. It can be said that the more grain is hoarded in Liaodong, the faster the attack on Nahachu will be launched. But the strength of the official is limited. Maintain the current scale of shipping. It's not easy.

Let the imperial court order to increase the number of seaborne ships, this is one way.

But anyone can do it. He Xi can't.

This will affect He Xi's impression in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart. Because the officials of the Ming Dynasty will do the same when they encounter this problem. If this is the case for He Xi, then how can it show the advanced nature of He Xi's education after 600 years?

Maybe Zhu Yuanzhang wouldn't think so.

But He Xi had to think about it on his own.

He Xi is very clear why he is valued by Zhu Yuanzhang, not others. Probably because he has the knowledge of 600 years later, he has seen things from different angles and solved problems from different angles. This is his label and character in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart.

He Xi had better maintain this character. And not the other way around.

He Xi put these materials aside, and said secretly in his heart: "Maybe I can only have a good talk with Ye Wang." ”

After all, Ye Wang has been in Liaodong for more than ten years, and his understanding of Liaodong must be deeper than his own investigation.

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"Liaodong locals?" Ye Wang listened to He Xi ask this. After thinking more than a dozen times in his heart, he subconsciously felt that He Xi was asking for a bribe. Although he had some contempt in his heart, he didn't dare to show a trace on the surface, he was silent for a while, and said: "Liaodong is located in the middle of nowhere, it is a bitter cold place, and there are no local products, but fur, Dongzhu, Haidongqing, and some precious medicinal materials. However, Liaodong is bitterly cold, and it is not easy for military households to farm, and there are few moves to enter the mountains, and only the local aborigines have these things. In particular, the Jurchen and other departments have a lot of output, but the Han people do not have much. ”

The reason for this is determined by the degree of civilization.

Han people, whether they are Han people who migrated from Guannai. Or used to be a Jurchen Bohai person, etc., and now among the Ming military households, they are also considered Han Chinese. After all, his way of life has changed dramatically.

Since Zhu Yuanzhang went to Jinling, Ling Kangmao began to preside over the tun farming. In the system of the Daming Guard, a complete cultivation system has long been contained. No matter who you are, under this system, you can work honestly.

That is, whether these people were herding or doing something else. In the health system, it is necessary to work hard for farming honestly.

Since you work hard in the land. What fur, what Dongzhu, what Haidongqing, and what precious medicinal herbs, can these things grow out of the ground? Can it be found in densely populated areas of the plains? No, all that grows out of the soil is grain.

In these years, there was no artificial cultivation of medicinal materials.

Even if there was a sprout of medicinal herbs, it was in the south, not here.

The Jurchens, on the other hand, have been scattered inside and outside the Changbai Mountains, and the various tribes, their degree of civilization, is more similar to the problem of gathering. There is farming. But it's not much better than slash-and-burn farming. It is more dependent on hunting and other means to maintain production.

As a result, Hai Dongqing is a good helper for their hunting and a by-product of hunting. Dongzhu should be picked from the sea and the river. Fur is a by-product of hunting.

Of course, if there is nothing in the military households of the guard below. But it's a fake.

After all, I just said it. In such a large place as Liaodong, there are only more than 300,000 people. Then there is a Dalian city, and there are more than so many people. It can be seen how sparsely populated the land is, yes, there are still some people hiding in the deep mountains and old forests, not daring to come forward, and there are many other tribes or something. There are also no statistics.

But even if there are hundreds of thousands, so what? It's still vast and sparsely populated.

This is a good place for jackals, tigers and leopards, in Liaodong in this era, children did not pay attention, were taken away by tigers, and were taken away by eagles. Being stolen by a wolf is really not an urban legend, but a real fact.

Therefore, it is only natural for the villagers to fight the beasts. Of course, there are no Jurchen tribes who hunt every day, but if there is a tiger around the village, it must be transferred from the village, or the strong men from several neighboring villages, to form a tiger fighting team, not necessarily to kill the tiger, but to beat it painfully. Let it know it's scared. Stay away from here.

Fur or something, there are also some military households and ordinary people below. But more than half of it was used by myself. After all, the bitter cold land of the Northeast is not in vain. In the absence of various heating methods, you will know how warm it is with a piece of carnivore's fur. Don't believe me, tuck your cat into your clothes. Take a walk outside in the winter and you'll find out.

Ye Wang still loves the soldiers below.

Because Ye Wang really came from the troubled times step by step. He himself evaluates himself, and he doesn't say how much water he has. But he is at least very good at leading troops and can fight. And all the generals who can fight are more protective of the soldiers. I dare not say that I love soldiers like children. But they will not take the goods of the soldiers indiscriminately. After all, if he really did that, how many soldiers would die for him on the battlefield?

Ye Wang's flattery to the upper is the situation has come step by step to today, he wants to climb up, there is no other way. However, it is the veteran's instinct to love the soldiers.

He deliberately covered them up. Don't know.

It's just that Ye Wang used the heart of a villain to spend the belly of a gentleman. He Xi never thought of taking advantage of it. The problem is not even considered from this point of view.

He Xi pondered for a moment and said, "In this way, these things you said are all produced in the north and can be used for business travel?" ”

Ye Wang said: "My lord, Your Majesty has long ordered that no trade with Mongolia is allowed. On the contrary, some merchants of the Jurchen tribe haunted Shenyang, and the lower officials just turned a blind eye. First, it is to divide Mongolia and Jurchen, and second, these businessmen also have a backstage. ”

He Xi understood. Even the separation between the Jurchens and the Mongols is probably an excuse. It's true that there's a backstage.

Today's Liaodong is almost a military area, and ordinary people do business in Liaodong, and there are too many things they have encountered. First of all, it is necessary to deal with the Tartars, which are very likely to appear suddenly, and secondly, it is necessary to deal with the officers and soldiers everywhere. Finally, it is necessary to establish a relationship with the Jurchens.

It is strange that there is no backstage to do all this.

The return of the army is an unchanging thing for eternity.

Zhu Yuanzhang's dislike for some people is by no means groundless.

Ye Wang said in a low voice: "Is the master of the horse interested?" ”

Only then did He Xi understand what Ye Wang meant, and he said, "Lord Ye, you know who Your Majesty is today. There's no room for sand in your eyes, and I know you're having a hard time doing some things. But it's hard to do and it's hard to do now, and in the future, who will carry this pot, you have to think clearly. ”

Ye Wang said: "The last general understands. It's just that the end will be difficult. ”

Of course it was difficult for Ye Wang. He doesn't have a backstage, and no one will give him a head when he encounters things, such as this one, if Ye Wang has a backstage, maybe he only needs to do things for the backstage, maybe the backstage understands him, and it won't make him embarrassed. But he doesn't have a backstage, which means that those bigwigs on the stage, one counts as one, and each one of them doesn't dare to offend.

Whoever asks him to do something, he won't dare not do it, otherwise people can kill you. And if he does something, there may be a little benefit, once something happens, he will be the one to blame. After all, it's not their own people. Isn't it normal to throw it away when you're done with it?

There are people in the DPRK who are good officials, this sentence can also be understood in reverse, what will happen if there is no one in the DPRK? It's hard, it's hard.

He Xi said: "You report to the imperial court, such confidential matters should be handled by Jinyiwei, and by the way, Jinyiwei should arrange more manpower to the north." Such a thing is customary and unheard of in the local area. ”

Ye Wang was stunned for a moment and said, "The horse is ------ like this"

He Xi said: "I know what you mean, but who is the biggest in the world, Your Majesty, we are all Your Majesty's courtiers." This must be firm. ”

In fact, what He Xi said was correct nonsense.

Yes, all the world's courtiers are His Majesty's courtiers, but His Majesty is high in the Nine Heavens, for example, through the ministers around him to understand the following. Who can get His Majesty without going through these ministers?