Wen Zao returned to Dinghai, docked at the wharf in the east of the city, hurried into the city, and hurried out of the city, and found Zhu Yuan on the school field of the camp Haiwei station outside the east city

The time is May 15th.

It was cloudy again, but fortunately it didn't rain.

Along the edge of the school yard to the Dianjiangtai due north, Zhu Yuan sat on a wide Taishi chair covered with tiger skin in the middle of the Dianjiangtai, with a large round umbrella on his head, leaning on the armrest, holding a book in his hand, and was concentrating

Offstage.

On the school field, which covers an area of dozens of acres, thousands of soldiers are distributed everywhere, shouting and drinking, or practicing arrays, or practicing bows and arrows, or practicing weapons, and they are in full swing.

Sensing that someone was approaching, Zhu Yuan looked up, saw that it was Wen Zao, and said with a smile: "Are you back?" ”

Wen Zao also smiled, and after clasping his fists and saluting, he thought about it and said, "Adults are weak, so it's better not to blow the wind?" ”

Zhu Yuan raised his face and shook his head: "It's not windy today." ”

A few days ago, his subordinates reported that the battalion Haiwei recruited non-commissioned officers to be full, and as the commander of the battalion Haiwei, Zhu Yuan came over to inspect it.

Satisfied, not satisfied.

What is satisfactory is that most of them are young and strong between the ages of twenty and thirty, and what is not satisfied is that although the spirit of these recruits is much stronger than when Zhu Yuan first met the Shandong refugees, it is still far from the elite soldiers brought from Jinling around him.

Zhu Yuan also knew that most of the veterans who had experience in battle formations were sucked away by Zhenhaiwei and Dinghaiwei, and on his side, it was originally Lao Zhu's arrangement, and he ordered Yinghaiwei to choose the light and strong from among the people, which was actually a kind of favoritism, and he didn't plan to let them go to the battlefield, and it was expected that it would be mainly a guardian role.

It's like Lao Zhu definitely didn't want to let Zhu Yuan go to the battlefield.

However, Zhu Yuan himself did not plan to make a living.

As a result, a month-long large-scale military training was announced.

For this reason, Zhang Yi, the commander of the battalion Haiwei who was responsible for the protection of the sea, was also transferred back and replaced with the men and horses of Zhenhaiwei.

The main thing is the two thousand soldiers led by Zhang Yi, most of them are also recruits, of course, they are not too new, otherwise they will not be able to get out of the task too quickly, the main thing is that many of those people are from the old department of the Fang family that Fang Li summoned from all over the country before, and their identity is a people's husband, which meets Lao Zhu's requirements, but in fact, they also have experience in battle formations.

In any case, except for the 3,000 people who had gone to sea with Chang Xuan before, the other 7,000 soldiers all gathered for training.

Zhu Yuan also 'leads by example'.

In the past few days, I have come to 'sparring' for at least half an hour every day, of course, the so-called sparring is actually sitting on the school platform, or sitting by the river and watching when practicing boat drills.

Zhu Yuan didn't plan to follow the practice, this body couldn't bear it, and watching from the side, it could be regarded as a command to make the adults share weal and woe with everyone.

As for what the people below think, Zhu Yuan doesn't care.

Just don't be lazy in front of yourself.

In fact, what Zhu Yuan didn't know was that not to mention the entire camp of Haiwei, even the entire Dinghai, as the rumors of Zhu Yuan's 'sending five hundred years of national ancestry' spread more and more widely, coupled with the earth-shaking changes in Dinghai in the past few months, perhaps there will be some ridicule such as 'sedan room envoy' in private, but more and more awe.

That kind of awe for the worldly masters.

After all, the name may be able to bluff people, and the reality is real, and everyone can see it.

For Zhu Yuan's current 'sparring', those who know some literature and ink among his subordinates have already attached a famous Song song, Su Dongpo's "Nian Nujiao".

Lupine scarf, talking and laughing, the canopy is gone.

Zhu Yuan may not have Zhou Yu's exploits against Cao Cao's 800,000 army, but in just a few months, he solved the trouble off the coast of Mingzhou, which is also doubtful.

Also, especially the appearance of Zhu Yuan holding the book and leaning on the tiger skin chair of Dianjiangtai, he is full of outstanding people in the world.

What does that call say?

Confucian generals!

That's probably it.

Point on the stage.

Zhu Yuan exchanged a few words with Wen Zao, saw him look left and right, smiled, and motioned to the guards guarding his side: "You all go and rest for a while." ”

The guards knew Wen Zao's identity and understood that the two adults had something important to discuss, but they didn't rest, but they all retreated to the stage, still guarding a few staircase entrances.

Wen Zao waited for the guards to retreat, then took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Zhu Yuan, while saying: "The lord has decreed that the lord will immediately hand over all the affairs of Mingzhou and return to Jinling, and the lord also said that he plans to leave for Bianliang next month, and plans to stay in the north for three months." ”

Hearing this, Zhu Yuan had already opened Lao Zhu's handwriting.

In addition to mentioning Zhu Yuan's return to Jinling again and some more detailed arrangements, the letter also mentioned another thing that Zhu Yuan was particularly concerned about.

Lao Zhu has already ordered that this year's provincial summer tax, the people can use hemp instead of rice to pay, and each catty of hemp according to Zhu Yuan's suggestion, the price is 50 Wen.

Of course, there are restrictions, and the substitution ratio is up to 10%.

Obviously, Lao Zhu listened to Zhu Yuan's lobbying in the previous letters, including real calculations.

Just one, before the experimental sea fishing in the south to Xiangshan, a 200-kilogram large pair of nets, in just ten days, more than 400 quintals of fish, and according to estimates, after continuous repair until completely abandoned, the entire use cycle, the corresponding net can harvest 800 to 1000 quintals of fresh fish.

According to Yinghaisi's pricing of hemp and catch, this is equivalent to the cost of 10 guan, and the harvest value of fish is 800 to 1000 guan, and the return rate is 80 to 100 times.

Let's talk about the cultivation of hemp.

According to the most common ramie yield of 50 catties per mu, 4 acres of land with a net, harvest 800 to 100 quintals of fish, and in comparison, these four acres of fields, even if it is the most high-quality fertilizer field in the south of the Yangtze River, the annual output of grain can not exceed 20 stones.

Of course, this calculation is actually unreasonable.

Because of sea fishing, in addition to nets, there are also boats, manpower and other inputs.

However, Lao Zhu's decision is to solve the biggest shortcoming needed to expand sea fishing that has been plaguing Zhu Yuan.

Replacing Daming Yicheng's taxes for hemp is obviously a simple and wise choice for Lao Zhu after confirming that the ocean is really a fertile field.

Moreover, the price of 50 wen a pound is also very attractive.

According to the yield of 50 catties per mu of ramie, it is equivalent to 2,500 Wen income per mu, which is equivalent to 2.5 stone of grain.

In fact, the average grain yield per mu of Daming Jiangyu is far from reaching the level of 2.5 stones.

In comparison, the yield per mu of ramie has great potential for improvement, because the yield of 50 catties per mu estimated by Zhu Yuan before is the general yield per mu when the people are accustomed to selecting barren land for planting and not paying much attention to management.

Later, not necessarily.

As long as the people are concerned, it is not a problem for the yield of ramie to reach 100 catties per mu, which is equivalent to the grain output of 5 stones per acre.

What's more, there is no official restriction on ramie.

If Zhu Yuan also knew about jute before, the yield per mu of land can reach two or three hundred catties.

Zhu Yuan read the letter, and his mind was also thinking quickly.

This year's Daming tax, I didn't know about it before, but compared with last year, with the expansion of Daming's territory, just in terms of food, more than 15 million stones, it should be no problem.

According to the calculation of 15 million stones, an achievement is 1.5 million stones, a discount of 1.5 million taels, exchanged for hemp material, 50 wen a catty, a total of ...... Well, 30 million catties!

Lao Zhu is crazy?

Zhu Yuan clearly remembered that Daming levied 670,000 catties of hemp last year, as well as 130,000 horses of linen, according to the weight of 5 catties of a horse, the total of the two is 1.32 million catties, which has increased more than 20 times.

Wrong!

Zhu Yuan looked at the letter again and reacted.

It is a summer tax payment.

Zhu Yuan has always been very concerned about various tax issues, so he knows that the autumn tax is the largest part of the grain tax in this era, and the summer tax is only about one to two percent of the total grain tax.

Compromise, take one into five calculations, 15% of 15 million stones, is 2.25 million stones, and then calculate one-tenth of the proportion of delivery, converted, is 4.5 million catties of hemp material, compared with 1.32 million catties last year, this is reasonable.

Surprise yourself.

Besides, 4.5 million catties sounds like a big number, but in fact, it's not much.

As mentioned in the previous letter to Lao Zhu, if Zhu Yuan wants to increase the total output of Daming Sea Fishing to two or three million quintals next year, just one net, the amount of hemp needed is more than 500,000 catties.

In addition, the scale of grain transportation by sea will also be expanded, and a ship, whether it is built or maintained, as well as sails, cables, etc., is often hundreds of catties of demand.

There are many other aspects, from the oil cloth that needs to be covered in the wind and rain of the reserve wood, to the hemp rope that binds the fish, in short, 4.5 million catties, and it will be consumed in a blink of an eye.

In fact, if you change another unit as usual, the hemp material will be counted as 100 catties a load in the future, 4.5 million catties, and it will only be 45,000 quintals.

After reading the letter, he sighed that while the hemp problem was solved in this way, Zhu Yuan returned to a more important matter.

Lao Zhu let himself go back to Jinling.

Of course, Zhu Yuan understood Lao Zhu's intentions, and since Lao Zhu ordered the reorganization of the three naval guards and asked for the transfer of elite troops to prepare for the Northern Expedition, he knew that Lao Zhu planned to do a big one.

Since he wants to do big things, with Lao Zhu's personality of being a pro-person, there is a high probability that he will go to the front line in person.

Lao Zhu is going to Bianliang, and he is no longer a patrol like in the original time and space, and the stay time will be very long, so he needs to ensure the stability of the rear.

He is one of the candidates selected by Lao Zhu to sit in the rear.

First of all, this trust moved Zhu Yuan.

The problem is that although the two things here, shipping and sea fishing, have been successfully rolled out, they are like two seedlings that have just sprouted, the roots are not deep enough to withstand the wind and rain.

Therefore, it is still not possible to go for a short time.

Not only that, if Lao Zhu went to Bianliang to personally command the Northern Expedition, Zhu Yuan felt that he was not suitable to return to Jinling.

Lao Zhu hopes that he will sit in the rear for stability, but, not to mention anything else, think about this period of time, when Lao Zhu left Jinling, Li Shanchang and Liu Bowen, who were not at the right end, made a lot of trouble, so that in August of that year, Liu Ji resigned directly in a fit of anger.

Liu Ji has already got out in advance, and if he goes back, with his degree of attention, as well as the unwitting discord with Zuo Xiang, he is likely to replace Liu Ji's role and have another trouble with Li Shanchang.

In comparison, staying in Minnesota is a better choice.

Point on the stage.

Wen Zao stood beside him, patiently waiting for Zhu Yuan to finish reading the letter, and watched him fold a few pages of His Majesty the Emperor's letter and reload it into the envelope, then hugged his fists and said, "When do you plan to leave, and your subordinates can participate in the escort?" ”

Zhu Yuan shook his head: "I don't plan to go back." ”

Wenzao: "......"

Zhu Yuan glanced at Wen Zao, who didn't know how to respond for a while, smiled, and said, "You go to rest first, I will write a letter to Zushang later, explain this matter in detail, and you will send it back to Jinling tomorrow." When my ancestors read the letter, they will understand my thoughts. ”

Wen Zao thought about it, but still persuaded: "My lord, the north ...... I can guess some of the subordinates, the Lord summoned the Lord back to Beijing, and there must be a heavy responsibility. ”

Since he can come out of the Gongwei Division, he does not lack brains and knowledge at all, so it can also be seen that His Majesty the Emperor probably wants to recruit in person.

summoned Zhu Yuan back, obviously hoping that he could sit in the rear with the ministers.

If anyone else can be so trusted by His Majesty the Emperor, then they must be grateful, and in front of him, this little adult ...... This reaction ...... Wenzao can't understand.

Moreover, this is a protest!

Of course, Wen Zao understands that in reality, resisting the will of His Majesty the Emperor will not be as easy to kill as in some dramas, but it will definitely make the Lord displeased.

A wise courtier should not do such a thing.

When Zhu Yuan heard this, he still shook his head and said, "The matter is a little complicated, I can't tell you." In short, you go to rest first, and bring my letter back tomorrow, if the ancestor reads the letter, he must let me go back to Jinling, and I will go back. ”

Zhu Yuan said this, and Wen Zao could only agree.

After Wen Zao saluted again, he said goodbye and left, Zhu Yuan reopened the volume in his hand and copied the "Daoyi Zhi" with pictures in a horizontal version after the women around him corrected it, but his thoughts flew to other places.

The letter to Lao Zhu is probably divided into two parts.

The first is to explain why it is not suitable for him to return to Jinling when he goes to Bianliang.

The second is to give his own suggestions for the upcoming battle of Dadu.

Lao Zhu let himself go back to Jinling, probably worried about Li Shanchang.

It's not that I'm worried about Li Shanchang's rebellion or anything, based on Zhu Yuan's feelings of reading history in his previous life, Lao Li is a little small-minded and doesn't tolerate anyone, but he doesn't have the courage to rebel.

Zhu Yuan believes that Lao Zhu also understands this.

Moreover, Li Shanchang has no conditions for rebellion.

Without military power, rebellion is death.

Besides, the current court is far from being completely controlled by the Huaixi family more than ten years later, even if Liu Ji resigns, there are also Yang Xian, Fu Xuan, Tao An, Zhang Yi and other cadres, Yang Xian and Tao An are the first batch of Jiqing ministers who took refuge after Lao Zhu crossed the river, Fu Zhen is from Jiangxi, Chen Youliang is the old department, and Zhang Yi is one of the four gentlemen in Zhedong, these are not Huaixi families, and they are in important positions, which is enough to contain Li Shanchang.

Lao Zhu is worried that when he leaves, Li Shanchang will mess around.

Just like Li Shanchang and Liu Bowen had a quarrel during this time.

The problem is that if Zhu Yuan really goes back, there is a high probability that he will replace Lao Liu's position, which is really inextricable.

However, Lao Li may mess around, which is also a problem.

After thinking about it for a while, Zhu Yuan suddenly thought of a bad move, which was very simple, to give Lao Li a target.

This goal must not be yourself.

Since it is a bad move, of course, it is necessary to harm others and benefit oneself.

To whom?

The answer is obvious!

Lao Liu, I'm sorry!

Well......

This matter must not be known to Liu Lian.

Having made up his mind, Zhu Yuan began to ponder the second thing, the proposal for the Northern Expedition.

In fact, since Lao Zhu ordered the reorganization of the navy's three guards and planned to transfer troops, Zhu Yuan began to ponder this matter and already had a lot of ideas.

After thinking about it like this, he unconsciously finished reading a book, and Zhu Yuan ended today's 'sparring'.

Originally, I planned to go to the other side of the Yongjiang River to take a look at the weapons workshop set up in the military camp on the south bank, and urge by the way, after all, on my side, the battalion and Haiwei are full, but the weapons are not in place, and the iron spear in each hand is not complete, which is not good.

After lunch, we will go to the shipyard in the afternoon.

Today another batch of new ships was launched, 8 at a time. In addition, I plan to check the reserve of timber that is constantly being transported from the upper reaches of the Yongjiang River, mainly whether we are taking measures to deal with this rainy season.

Because of Lao Zhu's letter, Zhu Yuan temporarily changed his plan.

The explanation and suggestion must be a long letter, and it needs to be carefully considered, and this time it is not suitable to ask the woman around you to help write it, so you can only write it yourself.

It may not be possible to finish the whole afternoon, and you may have to stay up late for a while.

So he went back to the city.

Freehand didn't expect Zhu Yuan to come back at noon, and while sending the young ladies and them to prepare lunch, they waited to wash their faces and change clothes.

Waiting for Zhu Yuan to change into a robe, sit down in the Westinghouse study, write his opinion that his little official has the intention of writing, and help lay out the paper and hand the pen, and said another thing: "Little official, the slave said a few days ago that he picked some more girls in the yard, and they were all sent today, do you want to take a look?" ”

Zhu Yuan was thinking about how to put pen to paper, and nodded casually: "Okay." ”

Freehand look to the other side and leave blank.

Blank pretended not to pay attention to the freehand hints, and continued to be next to his petty officials, bending down to hold the paperweight and flattening the paper on the table diligently.

Freehand had no choice but to go out by himself.

After a while, there was a slight sound of footsteps, and Zhu Yuan, who still hadn't figured out how to put down the pen, looked over, and there was a large group standing next to him, with a unified cyan skirt, a unified double bun, and a unified beauty embryo.

and, unified ...... Small!

None of them are taller than themselves.

Seeing that his own petty officials came back to their senses, they gestured, and a group of little girls knelt down together to salute and shout.

Zhu Yuan asked them to get up, and suddenly realized why he suddenly said that he wanted to add some girls before freehand, and looked at a certain girl standing in front with a smile: "They are all lighter than me, right?" ”

Nod freely.

After that day, Freehand was going to pick up some Nizi from the front yard to come over, but, the identity of the girls over there, is not suitable for being a girl, so just look for it from the outside, the conditions are also very simple, to be neat, their own petty officials like good-looking.

And, the most important thing is to be small, and it must be lighter than your own petty officials.

There is no reason to talk about this matter, I just feel that a group of women of all sizes in this courtyard are heavier than their own petty officials, how can it work?!

Zhu Yuan swept over a group of little girls again, and said with a smile: "Is there more?" ”

Freehand shook his head: "It's only 12." ”

Just......

This rotten feudal society!

Zhu Yuan criticized in his heart, and said with a smile: "We can't live in the yard here, right?" ”

Freehand said: "The slave has cleaned up the ear rooms on both sides, and he can sleep." Besides, there should be two vigils in the room on weekdays. ”

The passage room outside Zhu Yuan's bedroom was originally a freehand for a few of them to take turns to keep vigil, but, I don't know when it started, anyway, several girls don't want to sleep outside anymore, and there is no room for girls in the room on weekdays.

Too lazy to dwell on this detail, Zhu Yuan said: "I remember that the East House is used for fire, and besides, is it squeezed some?" ”

Before Zhu Yuan came, this house was temporarily changed to Dilong, and the place where the fire was burned was in the ear room on the east side of the main house. Compared with the main house, the ear room is not big, and the dragon that burned the ground before could only allow two servants to take turns to keep vigil. This next group, even if it is changed to a shop, is a little crowded.

Freehand blinked, a little confused for a while.

She didn't think it was a problem.

It's just a little girl, just have a place to sleep, where can you say whether you can squeeze or not?

Before Freehand could speak, the blank space on the other side had already spoken: "The slave is also crowded, just make room for another room." ”

Zhu Yuan and Freehand looked at her together.

Blank said: "Little official, send Nuan Niang out, and the south house will be able to vacate another room." ”

Freehand: "......"

Zhu Yuan took Liubai in front of him, held her small waist, and asked with a smile: "Why did Nuan Niang provoke you?" ”

Liubai carefully bent his knees in front of his own petty official, not weak at all, and said confidently: "I didn't mess with the slave, I messed with the petty official, the family had a cold face all day long, as if the petty official owed her money, and the slave felt that it was not good to leave her in the inner house, so she still sent her out clean." ”

Zhu Yuan smiled: "But I like cold-faced beauties, what should I do?" ”

Blank mouth: "It's not a beauty, it's a mother-in-law, a petty official said it himself, it's thirty-six!" ”

Zhu Yuan: "......"

I remember that Nuan Niang said that she was 32 years old at the time, and Zhu Yuan made a joke about Qingniang's concealment of her age, but she was caught by this girl.

Freehand really wants to pull a certain Nizi over and beat him.,What nonsense is it.。

Raising his hand and giving Nizi in front of him a slap of five cents, Zhu Yuan said: "Nuan Niang is a mother-in-law, you are a servant woman," and then motioned to a group of people next to him: "They are the real maids." ”

After a blank slap, his face suddenly turned red, and he greasy pasted it, and called softly: "Daddy......"

After Cheng Shanshan made a start, although someone said no, he knew that his petty officials liked to be called like this.

Zhu Yuan: "......"

Again.

Freehand really couldn't stand it, so he came over and picked up Nizi: "I'm talking to the officials about business, you go and see how lunch is prepared?" ”

Zhu Yuan couldn't stand it either, and cooperated with Freehand to push the goblin away.

Drove away the blank, freehand didn't know how to speak for a while.

That......

Nuan Niang, should you send it out, or don't you send it out?

In fact, Freehand also hopes that her petty officials will send Nuan Niang out, and she can't get used to that cold face.

Zhu Yuan took the initiative to speak this time: "Let Nuan Niang prepare, accompany me tonight, and let the mountains and rivers come together." ”

Freehand blinked, but still nodded: "Hmm." ”

Zhu Yuan looked at the group next to him again: "They, a group of little girls, sleep in the room, and change the back if they want to keep vigil." ”

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Freehand shook his head this time.

Zhu Yuan was puzzled: "What?" ”

He gestured to the side: "They all know the roots, they have an innocent background, and they have been trained by their mothers." In the back, there is also the front yard, and the slave is not at ease. ”

It turned out to be this.

Zhu Yuan also reacted, in the final analysis, those before and after are all the sins rewarded by Lao Zhu, and most of them may accept their fate, but the distance can be trusted, and it is indeed far away.

Think about it too.

In ancient times, it was easy to be a slave, but there was rarely a revenge and murder of the master, in addition to the rules of thousands of years that made most people accept their fate, there is another point, the master family cannot really be defenseless.

Thinking like this, Zhu Yuan no longer objected to the freehand arrangement.

This Nizi is careful, much more than he thinks, so he doesn't worry about distractions.

So he nodded: "You look at the arrangement," he said, looking to the side, and pointing to the one closest to him: "What's your name?" ”

The girl who was accused was blessed, her eyes were bright, and her accent was clear: "The slave has no name, and the freehand sister said, wait for the adults to give it." ”

It's a good idea to find out what you like.

Like the name.

Zhu Yuan smiled and thought about it for a moment: "12, well, twelve constellations...... No, it's too ahead of its time, you don't understand. So he looked at the bookshelf, ran his finger far away, found a copy, and motioned, "That, take it." ”

The girl closest to the bookshelf behind her turned around, looked at the little master again with smart eyes, followed his guidance, accurately pulled out a collection of Song words, and sent it over.

Zhu Yuan opened it, and he didn't need to find specific words and sentences, and he quickly had inspiration.

There are so many beautiful brand names.

So he looked up and signaled, "Come one by one." ”

The girl who had just delivered the book and hadn't left came closer.

Zhu Yuan leaned back in his chair and said with a smile: "You are, Bodhisattva, remember." ”

Xiao Nizi hurriedly blessed obediently: "Thank you for your name." ”

"I'm going to learn so quickly," Zhu Yuan looked at the girl's smart eyes pretending to be innocent, raised his hand and scraped the tip of her nose, rushed to the side, waited for the next one to take the initiative to walk in, continued to flip through the book, and quickly said: "You are, butterfly love flower." ”

It's a blessing again.

Subsequently.

Picking mulberries, such as dreams, magnolias, Qingpingle, Dianjiang lips, Yulouchun, poppy beauty, Tianxianzi, Man Tingfang, Xijiangyue.

After satisfying the 12 names, Zhu Yuan explained to the side again: "Find some jade plates and engrave the names on the waist, so that I can better recognize people." ”

Freehand nodded and shook his head: "Wooden signs, how can they hang jade?" ”

"The wooden brand is not good, it feels weird," Zhu Yuan shook his head and remembered: "By the way, there were a lot of colored crystals in the last time, but it was useless, so people cut them and made them into brands." ”

Freehand did not object this time and agreed to come down.