The third hurricane in Mingzhou in the first year of Hongwu came on the 13th day of the seventh month of the leap month, and until the 20th, although the gale had stopped, the rain continued.

Prepared in advance, Zhu Yuan, who lived on Zhoushan Island, was fine, but the rain was a little lighter, Hua Gao still hurried over, confirmed that the little ancestor was safe and sound, and had another lunch before leaving in a hurry.

Another convoy of grain carriers is waiting to depart, and this is already the sixth batch this year.

The fifth batch started last month.

This time, it was 200,000 stone of grain and 100,000 quintals of fish.

Zhu Yuan's original plan was to send six batches of grain this year, totaling 1.2 million stones, even if the task was successfully completed. Now it seems that as long as the sixth batch is successfully delivered, it will not only be successful, but also exceeded, after all, from the third batch onwards, there will be an extra 100,000 quintals of fish each time.

And, then, until September, maybe another batch or two will be sent.

After all, although the task has been overfulfilled, the problem of food shortage in the north has not been solved, and the army is full, but the people are still hungry.

It's not just about giving money.

After the war, but in the previous years of various natural disasters, the production in the northern region has been seriously damaged, in this case, if you want to resume production, the first thing is rations, more simply, people, you have to eat enough, before you can go to work.

Moreover, the imperial court has the ability to support the people, and it can also stabilize the northern region as quickly as possible.

Even further, after destroying the Yuan Court, he continued to expand northward, not to mention the extreme north, but to the northeast, Zhu Yuan believes that Lao Zhu will definitely not forget this matter.

In short, everything needs resources.

And food is the biggest resource in this era.

Therefore, even if Zhu Yuan raised the sea grain to 3 million stone at the peak of the Yuan Dynasty, or even, doubled it in the future to 6 million stone, it would not be enough.

After sending Hua Gao away, Zhu Yuan returned to the inner courtyard for a nap.

When he woke up, he asked the time, and he said it was three o'clock in the afternoon, and the girls around him became more and more accustomed to his way of timekeeping.

Came to a two-story study building near the lake in the outer courtyard, sat next to the book by the window on the second floor, and first opened the package that had just been sent from the north, which was brought by Wenzao who came with Hua Gao in the morning.

Lao Zhu's letter talked about white sugar gunpowder.

complained that Zhu Yuan gave the formula too late, so that he didn't have time to arrange, and told him that if there were any other good ideas, they would be sent over as soon as possible.

Zhu Yuan remembered mentioning this incident in "Chemistry".

I really didn't pay much attention to it.

Zhu Yuan felt that the premise of such a thing as firearms was to first increase the production of gunpowder to the level of one million catties per year, and then he could consider it a little later.

What about now?

Zhu Yuan also asked specifically, and said that last year, the annual output of gunpowder in Xiwu was 270,000 catties.

In this era, there are already a lot.

It was a big battle at Poyang Lake that made Lao Zhu discover the power of firearms, and he has always encouraged development. However, in Zhu Yuan's view, it is still far from enough. If there is not enough gunpowder, it is difficult to assemble enough firearms, and at present, the corresponding weapons will hardly play a too critical role in the war in the era of cold weapons.

At the end of the day, it's a systemic problem.

At least a rudimentary industrial production system is required.

Then, in addition to some other trivial matters, Lao Zhu also mentioned that there was an impeachment for Zhu Yuan to deal with by himself.

Impeach?

Handle it yourself?

Zhu Yuan quickly found the piece of music.

The first reaction was, Ancestor, you have fallen, how can you send the impeachment chapter to the impeached person, this will be hundreds of years later...... Well, it's still traditional. However, Lao Zhu's trust still moved Zhu Yuan a little.

After reading the recital, Zhu Yuan also understood the other party's purpose.

In fact, as early as before, the Yinghai Division issued an announcement that it would no longer cover for the private sea fishing next year, and some people began to raise objections directly or indirectly to Zhu Yuan, such as Xue Shu of Dinghai Zhixian County, who felt that since the Yinghai Division had enough money, it should continue to support the people.

Zhu Yuan believed that Xue Shu was definitely not selfish, but Zhu Yuan was not so sure about the others.

Moreover, Zhu Yuan's reputation, which was gradually improving, has also changed again because of the announcement that it is no longer a bottom-up.

There is no way, someone carries the direction of the wind.

It's like this impeachment note in your hand.

Is this inspector named Li really speaking for the people?

Zhu Yuan thinks that it is more likely that he is speaking for the big coastal households who have taken a fancy to the income from sea fishing.

After coming to the southeast for such a long time, Zhu Yuan has much more understanding of many things than the people below imagine, not to mention the various insights of two lifetimes.

Therefore, it is easy for Zhu Yuan to see through the joints.

If Yinghai Division continues to support the bottom line and maintains the high price of 1 tael of silver and a load of fish, then the biggest beneficiary will no longer be the people, but all kinds of large households along the coast.

Because these people have enough capital to build big ships, and in the good sea fishing environment created by the government, they get a lot of profits.

It's like the Yuan Court shipping back then.

In the years when the Yuan court gave the highest volume of tripods, the big households only needed to build a sea boat, and they only needed to run smoothly to return, and then, no matter how many trips they ran, they were all earned.

As for the results......

Because the freight was too high, the Yuan court was soon unable to pay, resulting in the relapse of shipping after not prospering for too many years.

Naturally, large households will lose this financial resource.

In comparison, the people who participate in shipping are just making a hard-earned money, or hard-earned money at the level of hard work.

At that time, there was no such perfect security as the current Yinghai Division.

In the same way, even if it is said that this year's sea fishing, many of the private boats come from large households, and the boatmen and fishermen lease large boats, although they have made a lot of money because of the high price given by the Yinghai Division, but the owner is the one who takes the lion's head, and only needs to make a boat and directly cut off half of the profits.

So, here's the problem.

Why don't the people at the bottom build their own ships and eat the profits themselves?

Because I don't have any money.

Zhu Yuan issued the notice at the beginning, and at the same time expressed his idea in a letter, which was very frank at the time, in order to integrate the fishermen in the coastal states and counties more quickly.

At the moment, Zhu Yuan felt that he had to explain more.

What outsiders don't know is that Zhu Yuan has even considered a complete ban on private sea fishing recently.

Or was it inspired by the mud snail incident.

After the government continued to create sufficiently favorable conditions for sea fishing, Zhu Yuan felt that a complete laissez-faire might also lead to a certain result for future generations, and in just a few decades, because of overfishing, there would be no fish to catch.

In contrast, official fishing is easier to adjust through fish conditions, and while maintaining fishing intensity, it is also necessary to avoid fishing at all costs.

However, after deliberation, Zhu Yuan still decided not to ban it.

It's just a matter of making strict limits.

Very, very strict kind.

Otherwise, there is no way to reverse human nature.

Thinking so, Zhu Yuan took a pen and paper and began to write a letter to Lao Zhu on the spot, explaining his thoughts in more detail.

This incident is actually the same as Zhu Yuan's previous suggestion that Lao Zhu ban private mining, both for the future, and for the descendants of a hundred or even a thousand years later.

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After writing the letter, reading some other documents sent by Lao Zhu, and adding some content to the letter just now, Zhu Yuan began to deal with various relevant documents of the Battalion and the Maritime Division and even the Navy Governor's Office.

The summer tax collection has long since ended.

Some time ago, Yinghai Division began to receive hemp from all over the world.

As originally expected, the specific total was about 4.5 million catties, and Lao Zhu's attitude was that all of them would be sent to Mingzhou and then distributed by Zhu Yuan.

In the past period of time, more than one million catties have been shipped one after another.

More is on the way.

Zhu's first plan was to expand a weaving workshop in Mingzhou to mass-produce linen.

In the Yinghai industry chain, not only the sails, cloth bags and the like need linen, but even the tooling that the Yinghai Division is constantly promoting, the same is true, there are not so many cotton cloths to make clothes, or more cheap linen cloth.

In addition, linen cloth can also be converted into oilcloth.

Especially in the timber reserve bases of Yinghai Division in various places, waterproof coverage is a very key issue.

In this era, it was not practical to build large-scale warehouses in large quantities, and large quantities of timber reserves could only be stacked in the open air. In the future, the entire southeast, and even the entire Daming coastline will spread out a large number of reserve bases, and the demand for tarpaulins will also be sky-high.

Resources are always insufficient.

If it weren't for the fact that all the inputs of the Yinghai Division could be output, and it was quite a rich output, Zhu Yuan was so tossed in Mingzhou, not to mention the courtiers, even Lao Zhu would not agree.

After considering and commenting on a document about hemp materials, Zhu Yuan just picked up another copy and opened it, when he heard He Xuan's voice: "My lord, it's time to rest." ”

Keep your head up.

The rain is still falling outside the window, and the sky and earth are dark, but it is still bright.

It was about five o'clock in the afternoon.

One hour in the morning, one hour in the afternoon, or two hours a day, Zhu Yuan did not distinguish with He Xuan, who was strictly ordered by the Governor of the Navy and even the emperor and empress, to stand up, stretching his body while looking down at the lake outside the window.

He Xuan walked in, helped Zhu Yuan pack up all kinds of paperwork and pen, and said, "My lord, Yao Mian of the Yao family is here again, and he has been waiting in the gatehouse, do you want to see him?" ”

Where Zhu Yuan is now, it is another business of the Yao family, a big family in Zhoushan.

I also learned about this.

This Changguo island, in fact, is still very Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, until the fall of the Southern Song Dynasty, in order to escape the military disaster, the people on the land moved to Changguo one after another, distributed on the major islands, many of which were large households, and said that this Yao family, during the Northern Song Dynasty, had a three-grade palace bachelor.

After the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Yao family moved to Zhoushan, and for hundreds of years, they have been passing on poems and books.

Until the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the Yao family has been inherited in Changguo for 16 generations, although many descendants have gone ashore to seek a future, the Yao family on Zhoushan Island is still more than 3,000.

Some time ago, Zhu Yuan was very lively here.

After all, the Lord Yinghai is sick, and he must come to visit.

In addition to not accepting gifts, Zhu Yuan did not refuse to visit, but he actually didn't show up much, basically He Xuan and Freehand were in charge.

It's already good at the moment, and there's nothing to do, so I nodded in agreement when I thought about it.

Yao Mian is over seventy years old, but as the patriarch of the clan, he is pampered and pampered, and he seems to be in good spirits.

The old man was not reluctant, but he still sat down after a long bow.

It's not like there's anything to do, it's just to mix up a familiar face.

Ask Zhu Yuan if he lives here well, what he needs, etc.

Zhu Yuan knew that at the beginning, the Yao family wanted to send a few female concubines to Zhu Yuan.

The Yao family is not the only one.

Probably thought that he had discovered the weakness of the little adult of Yinghai, and the money was not needed, but the beauty seemed to be ...... Some feasibility.

Therefore, these days, whether it is a local official or a wealthy person in the southeast, they all try to send women over to Zhu Yuan.

Of course, confiscation.

Zhu Yuan wants women, formal channels, of course, are the 'regular channels' of this era, you can have as much as you want, and there is no need to accept gifts from others. After all, once you accept it, it's not just about money, it's equivalent to an extra line.

In the future, if there is suddenly some brother-in-law who is a sea envoy doing anything outside, it will ruin his reputation.

Besides, once you accept it, if you want to do something in the future, you can't escape after all.

Zhu Yuan would not send such a handle out.

Not only that, Zhu Yuan also reflected for a while.

own weakness......

Well, how did this kind of thing become known unconsciously?

You must know that some people sent them are all beautiful women who voted for Zhu Yuan.

This is too much.

In fact, the Lord Yinghai also likes the yellow flower girl.

chatted with Yao Mian for a while, but Zhu Yuan didn't entertain too much, serving tea to the guests.

Yao Mian should still have something to say, but he didn't say it in the end.

Zhu Yuan knew that it should be a matter of the imperial examination.

Recently, someone also asked Zhu Yuan here.

According to Lao Zhu's edict, officials from all over the country can recommend students to rush to Jinling to participate in this autumn's imperial examination, and the threshold is still very low.

This has made many people think.

Instinctively, I feel that the higher the status of this referrer, the more effective it must be.

Just like in the Tang and Song dynasties.

Of course, Zhu Yuan knew that this time, it would definitely be different.

Not only that, anyone who came to Zhu Yuan to ask for a recommendation, Zhu Yuan also refused.

It's not that Zhu Yuan is unkind, but on the contrary, for the good of these people.

Because...... Obviously, if nothing else, the battle of Dadu in the north is over, Lao Zhu will return to Jinling, and Zhu Yuan will also return to Jinling. Moreover, this imperial examination, Lao Zhu has already said in his letter that he will let him preside over it.

Since you have to serve as an examiner, you always have to avoid suspicion.

Even if the admission rules are different this time, in the future, if someone finds out that the student recommended by Master Yinghai has been selected, it is inevitable to say a few more words.

Zhu Yuan actually doesn't care too much about these, but if he can pay attention, he always pays attention to it. There's no need to take the initiative to get into trouble.