Recently, I have developed the habit of getting up early and going out to see the sky for the first time, and today is still the same, a cloudy day, and the mood is not very good.

It is cloudy on land, and the wind and waves at sea will inevitably be greater, which will affect sea fishing.

It's the tenth day of May.

After breakfast, the first thing to do was a meeting, convening the heads of various subsidiaries of Mingzhou Marine Development Group, of course, people in Dinghai, to discuss various matters related to the entire marine fishing industry chain.

One of the more special issues is whether to establish another 'Mingzhou Construction Engineering Company' or be affiliated with Mingzhou Marine Development Group.

Zhu Yuan plans to organize a team responsible for the construction of infrastructure such as ports and lighthouses.

However, in the short term, the company's main direction of work is to build a house at the foot of Chen Mountain, southwest of Dinghai County.

Zhu Yuan has made a public commitment.

All the naval non-commissioned officers who participated in the transportation of food, as well as the relevant people, as well as the soldiers who were willing to join the three guards directly under the Navy Governor's Mansion in the near future, as long as they were willing to settle in Mingzhou, they could get two points of residential land, not only that, but the Yinghai Division would also be responsible for building the house.

In the future, if these people's family files are in other places, even if they are in other provinces, Yinghai Division will be responsible for picking up Mingzhou.

In short, it's all inclusive.

Of course, depending on the status, the house given will also be different.

Those who join the army will be brick houses, with three standard rooms, with east kitchen and west bathroom. The ordinary people who participate in the sea are mud houses.

Officers are counted separately.

Speaking of which, Zhu Yuan originally wanted to start the resettlement plan after the summer flood, but the plan still couldn't catch up with the changes, and Shandong sent an additional 20,000 displaced people, most of whom were laborers, and after these people completed the construction of their resettlement houses, Zhu Yuan planned to let them continue and only be responsible for industrial affairs.

Zhu Yuan made people do calculations.

The key to making this arrangement is that the Yinghai Division can afford it.

These 20,000 people, according to the daily ration standard of 2 liters set by Zhu Yuan, will only consume 12,000 stone of grain per month.

At present, Yinghai Division is supplied with half of rice grain and fish, and in any case, it is not much.

With the continuous growth of the scale of sea fishing in the Yinghai Division, just the catch is enough to feed all the naval governors around Dinghai and the soldiers and soldiers under the Yinghai Division, and this is also counting the 15,000 people who came from Guangzhou and arrived on Zhoushan Island yesterday, plus the 21,000 people who came from Shandong before, the total has now exceeded 100,000.

According to the calculation of 100,000 people, the monthly consumption of food rations is only 60,000 stones.

This summer flood, even if it starts from the previous trial fishing in April, according to the minimum catch of 300,000 quintals of fish in two months, it is more than enough to eat fish.

Moreover, even if the fishing season is over, the sea fishing of the Ying Hai Division will not stop.

After all, the end of the fishing season does not mean that the fish are gone.

In the entire Zhoushan archipelago area, all kinds of fish, shrimp, snails, and even other seaweed and sea vegetables, as long as they can be eaten, will be included in the fishing and collection ranks of the Yinghai Division. Therefore, even in the season when there is no fishing flood, Zhu Yuan believes that it is easy to catch more than 100,000 quintals of seafood per month.

As for the consumption that comes from this, such as the 'durability' of the ship's nets that Zhu Yuan understood before. In the past, fishermen did not go to sea in the season, mainly because of the lack of organizational guidance, and the risks were not proportional to the income, and the gains outweighed the losses.

It's different.

As long as the planning is done well in advance and the organization is effective, with the abundance of the Zhoushan Islands area, the output will definitely far exceed the input.

Therefore, just the resources provided by Haiyu for the Ying Hai Division are enough for Zhu Yuan to do a lot of things.

Including the special organization of a group of people to build a house.

In addition, in addition to the monthly ration of 12,000 stones, the building materials for houses can basically be taken on the spot, even if the bricks and tiles are fired, it is just a matter of building a batch of kilns and consuming firewood. As for firewood, just Chen Mountain, including the shrubs and forests on the surrounding hills, is enough to provide, and what is consumed is still only rations.

I have to say that tens of thousands of laborers do not need wages, and they can continue to work as long as they take care of their meals. As a former capitalist, Zhu Yuan wanted to cry when he saw it.

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However, you can't give too much at the moment.

It's not that Zhu Yuan is unwilling to give, Zhu Yuan knows very well that the most effective way to stimulate productivity is two words, give enough! But, if you give too much here, what about other places?

In this world, there has never been a lack of wealth and unevenness.

Just like the three guards directly under the Navy Governor's Office, if the treatment is much higher than that of the other guards of the Ming Dynasty, the combat effectiveness will definitely be very strong, the problem is that it will be difficult for Lao Zhu to face the other armies. Therefore, what Zhu Yuan can give more for the time being is to settle down and solve the education problem of his younger brother.

After the meeting here, the Gongwei Si Baihu Wenzao, who was responsible for the daily transmission between Zhu Yuan and Lao Zhu, came to resign again.

Wen Zao returned to Jinling this time, in addition to bringing Zhu Yuan's letters and logs and some other materials as usual, there were also 7,000 catties of dried fish bladders.

The 7,000 catties of dried fish maw is the result of going south to the mountains and seas to catch fish before.

On average, about 500 catties of fresh fish can be dried for one catty.

In this era of lack of industrial glue, fish maw glue, a natural glue with super adhesive strength, can even be said to be a strategic material. Because in the manufacture of bows and crossbows, fish bladder glue is indispensable.

As mentioned in the last letter, Zhu Yuan knew that the swim bladder was very important, but he didn't feel urgent, and planned to collect more, at least after 10,000 catties, and then send it to Jinling together. As a result, Lao Zhu replied to the letter and deliberately mentioned that the pen on the letter seemed to be in a hurry, so he asked him to hurry up and send it all.

also explained that Wen Zao was responsible for the escort, and there was no room for error.

Zhu Yuan chatted with Wen Zao a little, and only then did he know that the fish maw materials before the Ming Dynasty mainly came from Huguang, Jiangxi, where there were two major lakes of Poyang Dongting, which concentrated most of the river moorings responsible for collecting fishing taxes in the Ming Dynasty, however, the total amount of dried fish bladder supplied every year was only one or two thousand catties, which was not enough at all.

Privately, I calculated it again.

According to the calculation of the minimum catch of 300,000 quintals of fish in this season, that is, 30 million catties, an average of 500 catties of fresh fish out of a catty of dried fish bladder, Zhu Yuan can give 60,000 catties.

There will only be more in the future.

Of course, there will never be enough to use it up.

Because not only the manufacture of bows and crossbows, but also other things such as furniture, houses, and even shipbuilding, which is close to the end of the day, require adhesives.

Especially shipbuilding.

Compared with the lime hemp mixture, which can be called a rough adhesive, the adhesive effect of fish maw glue is much better, but even if it is a medium-sized sea ship of 500 material level, the adhesive required in the construction process is also calculated in 100 catties, and all the fish maw glue is too luxurious, so it will only be used in a small amount in key parts, and the others are mainly gray hemp.

Sending Wen Zao away, Zhu Yuan came to his office, and some maritime merchants such as Fu Shou and Shen Mao were already waiting.

The topic is to discuss the stocking situation of going to sea in June and July.

and, taxes.

When they go to sea in June and July, they mainly take advantage of the south wind to go to Japan and Goryeo, and then return in winter with the north wind.

In addition to the private maritime trading companies that hold licenses, the official will also participate, and the Yinghai Division plans to prepare the goods in the name of two state-owned companies, Jinling Marine Trading Company and Mingzhou Marine Trading Company. In fact, there was a precedent for official participation in maritime trade in the Yuan Dynasty, and it was also to share the dividends of maritime trade.

However, in addition to making money, the official trade team sent by Zhu Yuan this time will also be tasked with collecting intelligence.

The island countries in the southeast have also come to make some layouts in advance.

Let's talk about taxes.

The import duty has been set before, except for some exempt goods such as sulfur, which are exempt from duty.

The export tax, after this discussion, is also finalized.

The plan is not to levy according to the goods but on the ship, 1000 materials for sea vessels, the export tax is 1000 taels of silver, 2000 materials for sea ships, the export tax is 2000 taels of silver, and so on, simple and clear.

Referring to the relevant data that Zhu Yuan happened to bump into the three Shen family merchant ships before, such as 1,000 material sea ships, the value of goods generally going to sea with goods is about five or six thousand taels of silver, and the tax is 1,000 taels, which is basically close to the tax rate of 20%.

During the discussion, the maritime merchants felt that it was a bit high and hoped to drop it.

Zhu Yuan directly refused.

However, it is also a compromise, if the sea ship that goes to sea fails to come back, after the declaration in the future, the Ying Hai Division will return this part of the tax, which is considered a kind of compensation.

No amount can be given.

Zhu Yuan believes that the maritime merchants will not lose money, after all, if a sea vessel can go back and forth smoothly, it can easily be close to 10 times the profit, how can it lose money?

Regarding tariffs, Zhu Yuan's attitude has always been very clear.

You have to take it!

After all, the interests involved are too great, and if the official does not cut off the part as much as possible, it will only cheapen some county officials or current managers in the future, and let many maritime merchants continue to accumulate too much wealth. The state has not been able to benefit from it.

This is not a benign state.

In addition, the state-owned maritime trading company will also follow the rules, regardless of import and export, how much tax should be paid.

It's a long-term foreshadowing.

After all, the current state-owned maritime trading company must be 100% state-owned, and in the future, dozens or hundreds of years later, there will be some doubts. But, taxes, for sure, are state.

talked about the matter of sea trade, and when Chang Bao and the others left, Zhu Yuan began to deal with the various documents accumulated on a daily basis.

And so on until noon.

After lunch, we went out of the city and went to the shipyard on the bank of the Yongjiang River in the west of the city, where the first batch of returning grain ships were still being repaired.

Zhu Yuan got off the sedan chair and boarded a big ship with 2,000 materials with Yao Feng, who greeted him.

Several masters of the shipyard gave a unified judgment that the ship, which was more than five years old, could not afford to sail again.

The big ship originally belonged to Fang Guozhen's forces, 21 zhang long, 8 zhang wide, seven masts and nine sails, this era is also considered a giant boat level, before being captured by the Southern Expeditionary Army, first went south to participate in the battle of Fujian, was brought back by Wu Zhen, and went back to Shandong, although the hull is basically intact, but a lot of wood at the bottom of the ship has been rotten, and there are many leaks.

In addition, three of the seven masts also showed cracks of varying degrees.

Mast breakage is the most dangerous thing during the boat, and during the overturning of the towering mast, due to strong inertia, it is likely to directly overturn the whole ship. Therefore, all three masts that appear to be cracked must be sawn off directly, just in case. Because it was an old ship, there was no need to replace it with a new one, so the original seven-masted and nine-sail ship had only four masts left.

Zhu Yuan personally saw all over the big ship, and also agreed with the judgment of a master craftsman.

This ship can be considered officially eliminated.

Of course, it's not abandoned.

It has long been planned that all ships that are confirmed to be unable to support long-distance voyages and have a certain repair value will be converted into fishing boats, and only operate within one or two hundred miles of the coast.

They are all large ships with more than 500 materials, and it is a pity that they are directly abandoned.

If you deal with the serious problems, keep tinkering, and operate carefully, you can use them for at least another three or five years.

This was Zhu Yuan's arrangement for all grain ships.

When a new ship is launched, it will be shipped far away for three or five years, and if the state is not good, it will be converted into a fishing boat, and it can be used for another three or five years, which can be regarded as completely squeezing out the value and making the best use of it.

Leaving the 2,000-material ship, Zhu Yuan turned to other ships.

Many of them have no restoration value at all, but as long as they can still float, they are also used at the moment, and they are transferred to the south bank of the Yongjiang River and continue to be used as a temporary residence for the group of displaced people who came from Shandong before.

Everyone also discussed a plan on the spot.

The south bank is close to the river bank to dig some dock-like 'V' shaped shallow grooves, directly card some abandoned ships into it, so that there is no need to worry about water leakage and sinking, the huge hull is equal to a ready-made 'building', and then open the 'door' on both sides of the ship, such as the 16 zhang long thousand material sea ship, not counting the bilge immersed in the V tank, in addition to the several layers of cabins above and below the deck, because there is no need to think about others, apart, squeezed, with the size of these big ships, it is no problem to temporarily live in thirty or fifty households.

Zhu Yuan also thinks this is a good way.

It has entered the rainy season, and the rainy weather in recent days is much more than before, and in June and July, strong winds and rains will only become more frequent.

In this case, as long as there is a place to shelter from the wind and rain, it is impossible to choose.

Zhu Yuan just reminded Yao Feng and others to pay attention to strengthening the fixation of these large ships ashore to ensure that they can resist typhoons.

Then there's fire prevention.

This requires the residents to be self-conscious, and the daily cooking can only be carried out outside, and the lights are also carefully lit at night. However, such a 'houseboat' is really on fire, and it is actually convenient to escape, so there is no need to worry too much, it's just that once it burns down, that group of people will have no place to stay.

Not long after arriving at the bakery on the south bank, it began to rain from the gloomy sky.

Zhu Yuan had no choice but to hope that the wind and rain at sea would not be too big, or not at all.

After all, the distance is more than 100 miles.

When it rains and there is a growing trend, it is inevitable that most of the open-air baking workshops will be affected, and at this time, the benefits of the baking kiln will be reflected.

While Zhu Yuan had to return to the city in advance, he also made up his mind that more than 10,000 new laborers from the south would all be sent to build a drying kiln first.

Not long after returning to the Yinghai Envoy's residence, news came from outside the city that the Guangzhou fleet that had arrived in Zhoushan yesterday had docked. Zhu Yuan wanted to go out of the city again, but was stopped by the people around him, so he gave up.

So when the sky was dark, Hua Gao came over with a group of people in the rain.

In addition to Chen Su, the deputy commander of Yixingwei, who commanded the fleet, and several other officers, there were also some maritime leaders in the south, and after just a few words, Zhu Yuan understood that these people were here for the remaining three maritime trade licenses.

Guangzhou has been incorporated into the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty, and it will definitely follow the rules in the future.

Moreover, Zhu Yuan also realized that these people should be related to Liao Yongzhong and other generals in the south.

White gloves, black gloves and so on.

Zhu Yuan has no opinion on this, as long as each license is 200,000 taels of silver, and the tax will be paid according to the rules and regulations in the future, and at least the equity structure on the surface should be clear, as for the twisting behind the scenes, you can do whatever you want.

Moreover, speaking of Liao Yongzhong, Zhu Yuan felt that he should take the time to remind Huagao and reduce contact.

Liao Yongzhong has a bad debt, and sooner or later it will explode.

This founding general, who was loyal to Lao Zhu and had a lot of credit for himself, was once supposed to be a duke, but not only did he fall into a marquis, but he was also given to die early, all because of that bad debt.

Zhu Yuan didn't want Hua Gao to be implicated.

Although someone prevented him from going to sea the day before yesterday and forcibly carried him off the boat in public, which made people very shameless, Zhu Yuan knew that it was a good thing and understood that Hua Gao was also thinking about his safety.

After chatting for a few words, he sent away a few maritime merchants, and the focus was still on military affairs.

After talking freely, Zhu Yuan learned that Chen Yu was still Hua Gao's old subordinate.

Huagao used to be stationed in Yixing, located in the west of Taihu Lake and north of Changxing.

In those years, Geng Bingwen was surrounded by Zhang Shicheng's 100,000 troops in Changxing, and he and several other generals were also sent to follow Chang Yuchun to the rescue.

Later, Chen Youliang went west, and Huagao left Yixing, which was not an important town because of the Taihu Lake barrier.

Hua Gao's title from the Pingzhang of Yipinhu Guangxing Province is mainly obtained by virtue of Chen Youliang's military exploits in the Western Expedition, the earliest is Zuo Cheng of Zhengerpinhu Guangxing Province, and after the pacification of Zhang Shicheng, he was promoted from Pingzhang of Yipinhu Guangxing Province.

Chen Yu stayed in Yixing for a long time.

In the Southern and Northern Expeditions that began last year, the Northern Expedition was mainly the core of Lao Zhu's guards. The southern expeditionary troops, while the eastern front, were mainly local troops on the Taihu Lake line such as Jiangyin, Yixing, and Changxing.

Liao Yongzhong singled out Chen Su to be responsible for escorting these ships, obviously with the intention of showing goodwill to Hua Gao.

Chen Yu brought 2,100 Yixingwei and 1,700 available He Zhenbu soldiers this time, totaling more than 3,800, which will be directly merged into Dinghaiwei, which has been formed recently.

As for Zhu Yuan's battalion Haiwei, he can only choose the people who are light and strong.

Fortunately, because Zhu Yuan has given priority to settle down and donate houses, those who have recently taken the initiative to sign up for the army are also enthusiastic.

It is expected that before the end of May, the three guards directly under the Navy Governor's Office will be able to be formed, and while guarding Mingzhou and ensuring the smooth passage of grain on the sea, it can also complete Lao Zhu's explanation, and draw 15,000 elite troops to the north to participate in the battle of Dadu.