Chapter 47: Siam

Yang Zhen did not live up to He Xi's trust.

The reason why the grain ship is a little later than before is not because of anything else. Because after the drought in Shandong, the imperial court controlled the grain. It is no longer possible to procure food from within the country. Even if Yang Zhen is in the background, it is still okay to get a little bit. But He Xi wants so much.

It's simply not possible.

Yang Zhen can only start the backup plan. It is to go to Annam, Siam, and other places to buy rice.

Although in later generations, the most important rice producing area in the world here, and in this era, the most important grain producing area in the world must be the Ming Dynasty. And not somewhere else. Of course, even though they didn't produce food in the Hereafter, it doesn't mean they didn't produce food here.

It's just that there is an order of magnitude difference.

Large-scale grain exports. will cause food problems within them.

But it doesn't matter.

Because most of the nobles don't care about the lives of the people below. They need Daming's goods. But over the past few years, they have used all kinds of hard currency to buy the goods of the Ming Dynasty. In a situation of overtaking, all the countries in the South Seas more or less found that they had no money to sell the goods of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, this situation is not obvious anymore, although there are some goods that can be bought for Daming. But in general, Daming purchased very little in Nanyang. And rice is less.

This time, such a large list made the nobles of Southeast Asian countries extremely happy. It's just that after all, it's a new channel, and there will be a lot of all kinds of messy things. It's also normal to delay some time.

However, Yang Zhen has already tried his best to speed up.

After months of running. Yang Zhen finally saw Port Arthur from afar.

It also made Yang Zhen breathe a sigh of relief. Secretly said: "It's finally here." ”

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He Xi took the chess game and robbed himself in the courtyard.

Put your hope in others. This is a pattern that He Xi doesn't like very much. He likes to take everything into his own hands and give himself the initiative. However, this is the way it is in the world, and there are many things that you simply can't do on your own. Or that you can't doppelgänger.

I can only wait for news.

This torment. It is becoming more and more difficult for He Xi to work. Today's bath. He Xi was in the gazebo in the courtyard, playing music. In fact, He Xi never cared about whether he was resting or not. After all, He Xi has too much to do. For people like him, there are no holidays at all.

At this point, He Xi seems to have been infected by Zhu Yuanzhang.

Now, He Xi felt that he was upset.

There are many things that cannot be decided, or it is very easy to make wrong judgments at this time. He Xicai let go of everything. Come here to play the score. It seems to be a score, but in fact, the mind is not on it.

Playing music is to review the chess that has been played by Go masters. It's hard to say it's difficult, it's easy to say it's simple.

You have to figure out why each step is the way it is. Connect the subtleties of both offense and defense. If you can really understand it thoroughly. The chess power will definitely increase. Say simply. It is just to put the black and white pieces on the chessboard in a certain order.

He Xi did the latter.

At this moment, where does he have the mind to figure out the subtleties between black and white. He seemed to be holding a chess piece and pondering, but in his heart he wondered if something would go wrong with the fleet. Is there something wrong with Yang Zhen?

What if the message leaks?

and so on.

At this time, the most test of concentration is the most.

"Uncle." Zhu Xiongying trotted over all the way and said in a low voice: "Uncle, I heard a small news outside, there is not much grain left in Shenyang Wei's granary. The application for supplementation has not come down for several days. Some people wonder if there is no food in Liaodong. ”

When He Xi heard this, his heart tightened, and he suddenly felt that his heartbeat had accelerated a lot, he snorted, put a chess piece on the chessboard, and said, "Got it." ”

Zhu Xiongying said: "Uncle, aren't you in a hurry? ”

He Xi said: "Professional things are handed over to professional people." Didn't you notice that Mr. Yao has been very busy these days? It's his business. ”

As I said before, this big secret cannot be hidden. Although Yao Guangxiao checked and filled in the gaps, there were still rumors circulating. However, on the whole, no one has said that there is no food in the whole of Liaodong. First, He Xi has been generously distributing grain in recent years, and secondly, these people have all participated in the transfer of grain in the Northern Expedition.

The mountains and seas of food are too shocking.

A mindset is also formed. That is, there is no shortage of food in Liaodong.

Of course, the reason for this mindset is that there is also a large area of land reclamation, the rapid growth rate of grain production, and the accumulation of a lot of materials in Liaodong, such as salt, such as cloth, such as coal and iron, and so on. With so many supplies here, how can there be no food?

There is also Yao Guangxiao's public opinion guidance here.

Zhu Xiongying was extremely anxious and said, "Uncle, counting the fleet from the south, it should have arrived." If this happens, this thing must be exposed. When the time comes, the situation will not be easy. ”

He Xi is not in a hurry in his heart, but he has settled down in the past few days, and he is also in the midst of suffering, and he has made up his mind. I pinched a chess piece and pressed it. It seemed that he was playing a score, but He Xi didn't pay attention, he had already played two whites in a row.

He Xi said: "To do big things, you must be calm, like you, like what." Come here, you can play the score. ”

He Xi handed the chess game in his hand to Zhu Xiongying, Zhu Xiongying reluctantly took it, and said: "This is already on fire, are you still like this?" ”

He Xi said: "For the way of the general, you should first cure the heart." Mount Tai collapsed in front and the color remained unchanged, and the elk was on the left and did not look instantly, and then it could control the interests and harms, and it could treat the enemy. You have to collect your mind and settle down, so that you can talk about doing great things. ”

"Yes." Although Zhu Xiongying didn't have any thoughts, he picked up a chess piece casually.

Before he could get to his feet, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps outside.

"Your Excellency." Yao Guangxiao strode over, holding a letter in his hand. said: "Just got the news. The first grain arrived, and now it has arrived in Port Arthur, all Siamese rice. There were more than 20 ships in total, a total of 150,000 stones. And, according to Yang Zhen, this is the first batch, and there are many more to come. ”

He Xi stood up happily and snatched the letter. After a few quick glances, I understood.

Yang Zhen knew that He Xi was in a hurry, so he took the first step. The grain ships of the other families were behind. And this time procurement, everyone is also showing their own powers, not only in Annam, Siam procurement. There are also those who run to Java to purchase.

In short, the vast majority of it is Nanyang rice.

He Xi didn't care where the rice was. As long as there is a steady stream of rice coming to Liaodong. This most important hurdle is over. He Xi said: "Set off immediately, I will go to Yingkou now, and send an order for all grain ships to come to Yingkou." ”

The reason why He Xi has been in Shenyang is also to appease people's hearts. On the one hand, the aftermath of the Fushun Rebellion is still there. On the other hand, Shenyang is the core of Liaodong. If everything was normal, He Xi would have stayed in Shenyang for a little longer.

The arrival of these fleets is not just about the arrival of food. It also means that it is time to squeeze a large number of goods in Liaodong to ship.

After all, during this period of time, although He Xi has been worrying about food, except for the hidden worries of food, everything else is operating normally. Fifteen million taels of production is sufficient.

These things have to be brought forward every day.

Coupled with such a long time, He Xi was tormented deep in his heart. I can't hold it anymore at the moment.

Zhu Xiongying didn't say hello when he saw He Xi, and left. He was not very interested in business in nature, he didn't decide whether to go or not for a while, opened the chess game, looked at the chessboard carefully, suddenly smiled, and secretly said in his heart: "Pretending to be a thief." ”

He found out that the game was a mistake at all. Several blacks and whites are mistaken.

This is a low-level mistake that even a child makes. It can be seen how absent-minded He Xi was at that time. For a moment, Zhu Xiongying felt extremely funny. Unconsciously, he also had a trace of admiration for He Xi in his heart.

After all, the prince has not occupied too long in Zhu Xiongying's life for so many years. The role of a father is absent here in Zhu Xiongying.