The royal palace, the outer room of the study.

A shipping chart is placed on Yang Chengying's table.

Pointing to the route on the map, Wu Kongxiu said: "The minister's tea is transported from Fujian and Zhejiang, and it is divided into two routes, sea and land.

Take the Grand Canal north by land and arrive at Tianjin Wei.

From Tianjin Wei was divided into two shares, one was transported to Lushunkou by river and sold to Jinzhou and other places.

The other way continued to Jingshi, crossed the Shanhaiguan, and arrived in western Liaoning.

The sea route is directly loaded from Fujian and Zhejiang, and the sea route arrives at Lushun Port, and then sells from Lushun Port to the north.

However, now it is mainly by sea. ”

Yang Chengying looked at the line drawn by Wu Kongxiu on the drawing, looked up and said, "This is the route you took before, why don't you take it now?" ”

Not only Wu Kongxiu, but also many porcelain merchants, silk merchants, and merchants in the south of the Yangtze River transported things from the south of the Yangtze River to Liaodong in this way.

Because Yang Cheng should be in Qiansuo Town, western Liaoning, there is not only a reclamation department, but also a customs department.

There is also a city port in Lushunkou.

If the merchants did not go to these two places to pay taxes, it would be difficult for them to move an inch in Liaodong.

"There are two reasons for this, the first is that the government of the imperial court is becoming more and more corrupt."

Wu Kongxiu explained: "The king doesn't know that in the thirtieth year of Wanli, Caoyun could send 1.38 million stone of grain to Beijing every year, but in the eighth year of Chongzhen, it was only 1 million stone. ”

"How can you cut so much?" Yang Chengying was a little surprised.

He has seen the archives of the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Chengzu dredged the Huitong River, and since then, the grain transported to Beijing has been maintained at about three million per year.

Relatively poor, there were more than 2.7 million stones in the Longqing period.

How could it be so much worse all at once.

"The silting up of the river, the government officials, officials and soldiers along the way, embezzlement, and the prosperity of shipping have all caused the Grand Canal to be worse than before.

Emperor Chongzhen is a good emperor and sent people to control siltation. But nine out of ten were greedy.

There is one who is not greedy - Liu Rongsi, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, but he was imprisoned in the name of 'greed'. ”

Wu Kongxiu smiled bitterly and finished talking about the Grand Canal.

He went on to mention the advantages and disadvantages of maritime transport compared to canals.

In general, Wu Kongxiu prefers to be transported by sea.

Although the risk is a bit large, it saves a lot of people from the world.

After paying the customs duties, they were directly transported to the steam train and sent to Shenyang, Chaoyang and other places along the railway for sale.

It will be more convenient when the railway to western Liaoning is opened.

"The king, the minister has an inappropriate suggestion, is it okay for the king to listen to it?"

Wu Kongxiu said cautiously.

"Absolutely."

Yang Chengying said with a smile: "If it weren't for this, you wouldn't have seen me." ”

Listening to the voices of the private sector at all times helps to make better decisions.

Whether he is right or not, the sky will not fall because of a few words.

"The king trains the navy, more than 100 capital warships, and the momentum is magnificent."

Wu Kongxiu said: "Relying on the king's tiger might, the sea is much calmer. Even the Western red-haired fan is much more honest......"

"Stop! If you have something to say, say flattering words to those who love to listen. ”

Yang Chengying hurriedly raised his hand to stop: "I'm very busy, I don't have time to listen to your nonsense." ”

"That's a long story short."

Wu Kongxiu realized that he had slapped the horse's hooves, and hurriedly changed his words: "The minister thinks that in addition to fighting pirates and red hairs, the navy should also make money. ”

"What do you mean?" Yang Chengying stared at him.

"The minister is not saying that the navy is allowed to do business, but that the Naval Academy can train some maritime talents, and whoever needs it will be trained."

Wu Kongxiu suggested: "The tuition fee for training should be paid by the people who need it. ”

Yang Chengying heard that this is not similar to a company in the 21st century, spending money on internal personnel training.

It's kind of interesting.

"How did you come up with this suggestion?" Yang Chengying asked, "I remember that there are many people who go to the sea in Fujian and Zhejiang, and the imperial court can't stop them." ”

"As the saying goes, if you are not afraid of not knowing the goods, you are afraid of comparing goods."

Wu Kongxiu said: "There are no sailors and soldiers who have retired from the Sailor Academy and the army, and the ministers still don't feel it. After having it, I suddenly realized that it had to be them.

However, under the rule of the king, it took seven years for each sailor to retire, and after retiring, most of them stayed in the ocean trade chamber of commerce, which was difficult to find. ”

When the Great Zhou Law was drafted, it was originally intended to be five years for both the army and navy, but a large number of discharged soldiers would cause social problems if they were not properly placed.

In the end, both armies served for seven years, and after retiring, they were arranged to work in the local area according to their own conditions.

However, Yang Chengying is facing another serious problem.

Ordinary students are assigned from the university hall and can hold official positions.

It's okay to quit the army.

But there are only so many jobs, how to better place them?

This, the Navy is much better.

There is a well-developed maritime transport, which requires a large number of talents to operate ships to and from many places along the coast.

Yang Chengying originally felt that the employment problem had been properly solved, but he did not expect to face the serious problem of lack of civilian navigation talents.

If the people's shipping is not developed, even if he tries hard, he will sing a one-man show.

After all, the land "reclaimed" with cannons must be cultivated.

"It's easy to do, I opened an ocean academy to train ocean-going talents."

Yang Chengying said: "Let the businessmen who need to go overseas send people over, and teach the Baohui." ”

"That's great." Wu Kongxiu hurriedly asked, "Where is the school?" ”

"Well...... this"

Yang Chengying thought about it seriously for a while, and suddenly a flash of inspiration occurred in his mind.

He looked at Wu Kongxiu and said word by word: "I have a good place to go, and its place is called Relanza City. ”

Wu Kongxiu was stunned for a moment, and said in his heart, isn't that the city of Western red hair?

Don't!

"Your Majesty, you want to take down the city of Geranza?"

Wu Kongxiu was dumbfounded.

They all heard that Yang Chengying was going to sea, but they only thought that he was going out to do business and deal with the problems of the navy.

Yang Chengying nodded and said, "It's this idea." When I laid down the city of Geranza, I set aside a piece of land in the area to build the Ocean Academy.

Let the local children and the children in Fujian and Zhejiang come to study, and use them for you as sailors in the ocean in the future.

It is also possible to run a crash course, that is, to train marine talents in a short period of time. ”

"That's a good dare, in the future, the pirates will have no place to stand, and they will be almost eliminated."

Wu Kongxiu clapped his hands and applauded.

"That's why I did it."

Yang Chengying nodded with a smile.

In fact, the Dutch first entered East Asia in the same way as piracy.

It was not until he gained a foothold that the raids on Portugal were reduced.

As for such a level of secrecy, why should he tell Wu Kongxiu a businessman, Yang Chengying has his own calculations.

The expulsion of the Dutch from Chicken Coop Island was a major event that affected the whole body.

Let the rumors out first, see the reactions of all parties, and then make a decision.