Zhu Yuanzhang has already seen it, and when he met another historical celebrity, Zhu Yuan just thought it was interesting, but there was nothing to be excited about. After asking a few more questions, I knew that Shen Xiu, nicknamed 'Shen Wansan', had passed away, and the current head of the Shen family was Shen Xiu's eldest son, Shen Rong, who was also sixty-two years old.

This overturned the record in the "History of the Ming Dynasty" that Shen Wansan wanted to offend Lao Zhu and was assigned to Yunnan because he wanted to sacrifice the army after donating the city wall.

It's impossible to think about.

The Ming city wall of Nanjing was mainly built in the early Hongwu period, and the time of pacifying Yunnan, Zhu Yuan does not remember very clearly, but it can be sure that Hongwu ten years later.

Yunnan was not in the territory of the Ming Dynasty in the early Hongwu period, how to distribute it?

Even if the story takes place after the recovery of Yunnan, then the conflict comes again, and the "History of the Ming Dynasty" records that it is related to Queen Ma, Queen Ma only lived to the fifteenth year of Hongwu, and after the pacification of Yunnan, this incident occurred again, and it is also two theories that Ma is still not there.

This is off-topic.

Then we get back to business.

It was impossible for Shen Tong to know the 'Sending Five Hundred Years of Guozuo' that had spread throughout the government and the opposition in recent months, and when he saw a young man at most fifteen years old asking him in detail when he set off, how many people he had brought with him, how long he had walked on the road, how to discern the direction, what difficulties he had encountered, and even the details of his arrival in Japan, he replied cautiously, but he felt a little unreal in his heart.

Because Shen Tong has an eldest son who is about the same age, he is fourteen years old this year, and he asked his husband to teach him enlightenment when the child was eight years old.

This ...... in front of you

Shen Tong only felt that he was not talking to a young man at all, and as far as those questions were concerned, he felt that if he hung his eldest son up and beat him, the unsuccessful bastard would not be able to say it.

After asking about the work of two or three teas in a row, Zhu Yuan finally stopped.

After taking a sip of water, he continued to Shen Dao: "Finally, you make a list and come out, how many goods you brought with you when you went, what the purchase price was, the transaction price of various goods when you were in Japan, what you purchased when you came back, and how many goods were on the ship at the moment, write them out for me in detail." ”

Shen Tong arched his hand and said: "My lord, there is an account book on the ship, which can be sent to the adults immediately." ”

Zhu Yuan said with a smile: "Account book, I also know some skills in making accounts, and I must do better than you." The account book was also sent, you still write according to what I said, not only you write......" said and glanced at the three people behind Shen Tong: "A few of you also write together, if there are illiterate people, I will send a scribe to help you." Remember, if you have anything to hide, you do it at your own risk. ”

After speaking, he waved his hand: "Go ahead." ”

Zhu Yuan's voice has always been flat and bland, with some long-term illness and weakness, but the words 'bear the consequences' made Shen Tong's several fleet leaders feel a pang in their hearts.

Here it comes.

After all, they all know the routine.

Since there is no immediate grabbing, then, what you may want is to play on the topic.

Shen Tong didn't even plan to ask for a ship, let alone a carry, so naturally he didn't think about hiding it, the first priority at the moment was to save the lives of the fleet, after all, it was not clear what the official attitude of Xiwu was towards the southeast. He respectfully knelt down and kowtowed with the three people behind him, and then left under the escort of the officers and soldiers.

Out of the hatch, Shen Tong still couldn't help but smile bitterly.

This......

Even if people can keep it, they will definitely have to expose their big bottoms. After all, how thick the benefits of sea trade are, everything that has been done will inevitably be regarded as a key secret and kept silent to the outside world.

Waiting for Shen Tong and the others to leave, Zhu Yuan said to Liu Lian beside him: "Go and sort out the conversation we just had into a document, don't use classical Chinese, just write it in the vernacular." ”

Liu Lian said yes and left the chamber.

Zhu Yuan then fell into thought.

Hua Gao didn't bother immediately, and sat patiently with him for a while before finally speaking carefully: "Hanlin, do you have an idea?" ”

Zhu Yuan came back to his senses and reached out to serve the teacup, Hua Gao hurriedly got up and grabbed it: "Cool, I'll help you change the heat." ”

Zhu Yuan: "......"

Waiting for Hua Gao to pour out the herbal tea and diligently replace it with the still warm tea in the pot, Zhu Yuan thanked him, took a sip, and then said: "Another problem has been solved, and maybe several problems can be solved at once." ”

Hua Gao returned to his position, leaned over slightly, looked very cooperative in anticipation, and dragged the text: "Would you like to hear it?" ”

Zhu Yuan sorted out his thoughts again and said: "Transporting grain by sea, we have no shortage of food, no shortage of ships, no shortage of people, and the most lacking thing is that I don't know how to go, even if I make a globe and a star puller, after all, it is just a paper talk, and I really go to the sea, and there are too many things to deal with, and there are thousands of things." Now, the group of people who are the best at taking the sea route happen to bump into us. ”

Hua Gao also had an epiphany, and slapped his thigh: "Maritime! ”

Zhu Yuan nodded: "Maritime merchant." ”

According to Zhu Yuan's estimates, the sea route of two or three thousand miles at most this time has been difficult. And those maritime merchants, not to mention the whole world, at least Asia, tens of thousands of miles, have traveled all over the world. Therefore, it can be said that not only the best guides in the world at the moment, but also the best maritime navigation team as a whole must be in the hands of these maritime merchants who are striving for great profits.

The official can't compare.

Hua Gao is a smart person, and he quickly understood the various joints, rubbed his hands and said: "Dock, let's immediately give an order to let those maritime merchants go out on ships and people, if they don't obey their orders, they won't do this maritime business in the future." ”

Typical official thinking.

Zhu Yuan shook his head slightly, and said: "The twisted melon is not sweet, in case they are fooled, they will send someone to make up the number, no matter how to hold them accountable afterwards, we will also make a mistake, we can't do this." ”

Hua Gao didn't feel displeased with Zhu Yuan's veto, and poked his head: "It's because I want to go wrong, Hanlin, you plan things, I Lao Hua is an errand runner, and I can listen to orders at any time." ”

Zhu Yuan ignored Hua Gao's flattery and fell into thought again.

Before I asked Lao Zhu to come to the jurisdiction of the city, to put it bluntly, Zhu Yuan was just for money. Zhu Yuan did not hide this in front of Lao Zhu, and also mentioned that the tariff income of the Qing Dynasty in his memory may reach the level of 10 million taels of silver.

In this era, because the ocean route to the west has not yet been opened, the income of the market will not be so much, but it is enough to open up the ocean in the early stage.

Since he wants to open up the ocean, Zhu Yuan hopes for a state of 'wool from sheep', rather than picking wool from 'cattle' and subsidizing 'sheep'.

Cattle are not rich either.

Because grain transportation is the highest priority, Zhu Yuan has not carefully considered this matter before.

Now, Zhu Yuan feels that the two things can be combined.

Plan it and kill two birds with one stone.

Thinking about it like this, coupled with the previous conversation with Shen Tong, it consumed energy, so I was tired and sleepy again, and my upper and lower eyelids began to fight.

Broken body.

Hua Gao's voice came: "Hanlin, shall I carry you down to sleep?" ”

Raise your hand and push away the approaching old face.

Don't I want to lose face?

After a while, the young lady's soft voice sounded: "Little official, slave carrying you down?" ”

Well.

I don't want to lose face.

Lying on the back of the young lady, feeling the good smell of the woman, and muttering: "Cover it, don't let people see it." ”