Zhu Biao: "Don't be lucky for the time being." ”

When Wang Yang heard this, he hurriedly gave up his hand: "Your Highness is benevolent, and the ministers obey the order." ”

Do you think that we want to do these jobs that are not Shandong's in the first place? It's not all about letting the Yan King of Beiping, the Qin King of Xi'an, and the soldiers of your two younger brothers have enough to eat, that we have suffered the people of Shandong.

Now you say you don't need to dredge, I can't ask for it.

Zhu Biao returned to the post station of the Guanya Bureau and asked Zhang Yu: "Lord Zhang, how did His Royal Highness the King of Xiang solve this matter in Jiangsu and Zhejiang before?" ”

Zhang Yu arched his hand: "The minister doesn't know." The minister only protects the safety of His Highness, and the rest is handled by His Highness himself, and he has never informed Weichen. ”

Actually, how did he not know?!

Zhu Bai called the rich businessmen to sit on a small bench to drink tea and have a meeting, and he was too impressed.

Because Zhu Bai used the right to use the canal as a reward, he encouraged the wealthy merchants to organize manpower and material resources to dredge the river section.

But after the north of Jining, Zhu Bai has never come, and the government does not dare to make decisions without authorization, so it can only use the old method.

In fact, in order to collect taxes, the magistrates have much darker means than this.

Some are left over from various dynasties, and some are "innovative" by themselves.

Zhu Bai knows these people's routines well.

But Zhu Biao has never come down to "experience in depth", so he is so surprised.

In his mind, he still thought that after the fall of the Yuan Dynasty, the means of enslaving the people in his memory would automatically disappear together.

Although Zhang Yu was called by Lao Zhu to protect Zhu Biao, and by the way, he used Zhu Bai's connections, but it did not mean that he would tell Zhu Biao everything he knew.

Besides, there are some ways to offend people if I tell Zhu Biao.

Thankless.

When the time comes, those people will come to him, and Zhu Biao may not be as unconditional as Zhu Bai.

Alas, it's better to think about Zhu Bai.

That kid is really benevolent and righteous.

Zhu Biao pursed his lips and remained silent.

He wasn't sure if Zhang Yu really didn't know, or if he simply didn't tell him.

Zhu Biao said after a long time: "Call the tooth chief." ”

The tooth chief of the Jining Third-level Official Dental Bureau came quickly, and after saluting, he stood silently waiting for Zhu Biao to speak.

Zhu Biao asked kindly: "Can you let the Guanya Bureau convoy transport military rations from Jining to Beiping?" ”

The tooth chief said, "Yes." Jining has daily convoys between Beiping and Xi'an. ”

Zhu Biao's heart was relieved: "This is very good." Let's start shipping tomorrow. ”

The tooth chief asked, "I don't know how much grain Your Highness will transport." ”

Zhu Biao thought for a while: "The 200,000 people in the Beiping garrison will eat at least 400,000 stones in a winter according to the calculation that one stone of grain will be eaten for 50 days. Beiping Tuntian was able to solve 100,000 stones by himself, and 100,000 stones were shipped by sea. This time, at least another 200,000 stones will be transported. Shipped within one month. ”

The tooth chief took out the abacus and made a "crackling" sound: "If so much grain is about to be transported so soon, then we can only invite special people, and the convoy of the Guanya Bureau is not enough." Jining to Beiping 1,100 miles. Oxen and horse-drawn carts were loaded with grain, and they could travel up to 300 miles a day. The empty car is 400 miles a day. That is, it takes at least seven days to go round trip. A maximum of ten stone per car. That is, 20,000 horse-drawn wagons are needed. A cart, two people, and a horse, is counted as 60,000 people. According to His Highness, fifty people will ask for one stone of grain a day, one thousand two hundred stone a day, and eight thousand four hundred stone of grain for seven days. ”

Zhu Biao nodded: "This is reasonable." ”

"Regardless of whether you hire someone else or your own coachman in the tooth shop, the daily wage per person is calculated according to the minimum of seventy wen, which is about five hundred wen for seven days, and the rent of the horse is also calculated according to this, which requires a total of thirty thousand taels of silver." The tooth chief put the abacus away and asked Zhu Biao, "Do you pay cash or silver tickets?" ”

Zhu Biao gasped: 30,000 taels of silver!!

This is only to Beiping, if you have to go to Xi'an, under the jurisdiction of various health centers......

It is no wonder that the government of Jining and the political envoys of Shandong are important to the people.

Zhu Biao pursed his lips and sat for a while before he asked again: "How to solve it before." ”

The tooth chief said: "Before, it was the King of Xiang himself who came to make up for it. ”

Zhu Bai subsidized the money he earned in the official tooth bureau, or exempted the grain transportation official tooth bureau from handing over the profits.

Everyone is willing to work, and they all trust Zhu Bai.

But now it's Zhu Biao, hehe......

I heard that Zhu Biao is exempt from this tax and that tax, and he spends a lot of money, and he has no money when he makes money, and he probably doesn't have any money in his hand.

Zhu Biao suddenly remembered that when Zhu Bai moved out of the palace, there were only three boxes of luggage, and he couldn't help but feel a pain in his heart.

Zhu Biao and Lao Zhu always felt that Zhu Bai was no wonder that he made so much money, and he was crying poor and too fake, it turned out that he really used it to fill these holes.

Zhang Yu and the others lowered their eyes and listened, and they were all amused: Do you think it's so easy to manage? Only those of us who are with Zhu Bai every day know how painful it is.

Zhu Baina is extremely smart and good at employing people, so in the eyes of others, it is easy to get things done.

Zhu Biao waved his hand weakly: "I know, you go down." For the time being, there is no need for the official tooth bureau to transport grain. ”

The tooth chief was neither humble nor arrogant: "Okay, Your Highness can call the villain at any time if you need anything." ”

Zhu Biao pondered: So, it is still fast and economical.

But now that the transportation is blocked, it will take a lot of manpower to dredge.

The key point is that he has just scolded the political envoy of Shandong and the prefect of Jining, and asked them to do it again, his face is really unbearable, and he can't bear to enslave the farmers.

If you wait for more food in Jining for a day, you will have to consume a lot more.

So this matter needs to be resolved as soon as possible.

What should I do......

Zhu Di and Zhu Fan saw that the food was delayed, so they asked someone to send a letter to Lao Zhu for help.

Summer grain cannot be delivered to Beiping and Xi'an, and more than a dozen health centers will be hungry this winter.

Lao Zhu heard that Zhu Biao had arrived in Jining, and the grain was blocked in Jining, so he hurriedly asked someone to ask Zhu Biao what was going on.

Zhu Biao had actually written to ask Liu Bowen what to do.

Liu Bowen replied that it would definitely not work to serve the people. Asked the guards along the way to dredge the river, and the transportation of military rations was originally handed over to the guards.

Zhu Biao felt that it made sense and called the commander of Shandong: "Can you bring out some people to dredge the river?" ”

Zhang Yu listened to it and sighed secretly: Alas...... If this method is to work, the political envoy of Shandong has already used it, and it has to wait until now?

The commander scolded in his heart:, in addition to fighting, I also have to manage shipping, and now even Caoyun has to call me.

It's okay for Cao Yun to call me, but you can solve my military rations and salaries.

If you feel sorry for the peasants, the soldiers are not people? Don't need to eat?

The commander also began to count with his fingers: "The minister has estimated that the total length of the Liangji Canal is about two hundred miles, and it will take fifty people to work all day to dredge one mile. Two hundred miles is 10,000 people. Need for military pay ......"

Zhu Biao: "Stop." The main hall knows. ”

At this time, when Lao Zhu wrote a letter to ask what was going on, Zhu Biao couldn't hide it, so he could only tell the story honestly.