The eldest grandson Mo Li, Zeng Baohua, Cao Duo and Cen Meng were brought in together. They met Zhao Si and Ye Shi, and they all sat down one by one.
We are all old people living in the dormitory, and we all know each other well. We have had many meetings together, and there is not so much politeness.
After glancing at everyone, Zhao Si directly continued the topic.
"Appropriately, the main port of the Nanhai Chamber of Commerce will be moved to Panyu Port. I know that the conditions there are not as good as Quanzhou Port. But the Nanhai Chamber of Commerce must obey the overall situation of the imperial court." Zhao Si thought for a while, pointed at Zeng Baohua and said: "
Maoming, you are now working as an errand at the Ministry of Industry, and you can tell Shizhi about the layout of the imperial court."
In Zhao Si's vision, the Ministry of Industry, a previously inconspicuous bureaucracy, was to become a department responsible for making money. Goods, industries, agriculture, animal husbandry, industry and commerce were all under its control. So as soon as he came to the throne, he brought over Zeng Baohua, the capable minister and his brother-in-law.
He didn't have enough qualifications to be directly appointed as a minister. But with his status as uncle and old man in Qiandi, no one in the Ministry of Works dared to neglect him, even if he was a small doctor.
"It's a government official." Zeng Baohua bent down in his seat and began to speak.
"Appropriately, according to the wishes of the officials, the imperial court is preparing to carry out large-scale development of Jinghu North and South Road and Jiangnan West Road. With the reclamation regiment adapted from the Forbidden Army Xiang Army as the main force, the Jinghu North Road, Jinghu North Road, Jinghu North Road and Jinghu West Road will be developed one by one along the river and lake.
The northern area of Hunan Road and Jiangnan West Road is supported by the Yangtze River and has convenient transportation. In the southern area, we need to find another access road."
"During this period, the official family has interviewed officials who have served and resettled in the prefectures and counties south of Jinghu South Road and Jiangnan West Road to understand the local situation and listened to their suggestions. The initial plan is to open up Jinghu South Road and Jiangnan West Road.
The transportation between the southern part of the West Road and Lingnan is initially planned to be divided into two routes: land and water."
"The first step of the waterway plan is to rebuild and expand the Ling Canal built in the pre-Qin Dynasty to expand its transportation capacity; the second step is to open up the Chenshui River in Chenzhou and the Wuxi water in Yizhang and Lechang, so as to connect the Leishui River to the Shixing River
; Open up the Zhangshui River of the Nan'an Army and the Shixing River of the Nanxiong Army. This allows the Jinghu South Road to go south along the Xiang River, the Lei River, and the Chenshui River, and the Jiangnan West Road can go south along the Gan River and Zhangshui River, and then divert to the Shixing River and go straight to Panyu
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While Zeng Baohua was talking, he kept drinking tea to keep his tomato hydrated.
"Of course, these two places have dangerous mountains and ridges, and it may be difficult to dig rivers and canals, so the backup plan is to build a straight road. Taking the waterway first, and transferring a section of the road through a straight road can also improve a lot of efficiency."
"Therefore, Panyu will be the economic center of the southern region. The Nanhai Chamber of Commerce will place its main port in Panyu, which is also an important measure to coordinate with the imperial court's economic layout. I hope you can understand."
As soon as Zeng Baohua finished his words, Ye Shi quickly replied: "Guan family, Zeng Guan people, I understand, I will definitely comply with it."
"Okay," Zhao Si said, "Quanzhou Port will not be abandoned. It will be the most important transit port in the South China Sea and East China Sea regions, and will also be the connecting port for the South China Sea Chamber of Commerce and the East China Sea Chamber of Commerce."
"You guys understand."
Zhao Si turned to Su Xingfang and said, "Shou Zhi, please tell me about the situation of the East China Sea Chamber of Commerce."
"According to the decree."
Ye Shi was thin and short, with a relatively delicate appearance. Su Xingfang looked tall and thick, very bold, especially his beard, which could be called a beautiful beard.
"Officials, ladies and gentlemen, our East China Sea Chamber of Commerce uses Mingzhou as its main port, Dengzhou and Jiangyin as its secondary ports, and has opened routes to Jian'an Port at the mouth of the Liao and Liao Rivers in the north, the Kaijing Port of Goryeo, Xijing Port, and Hakata Port in the East Japan.
.In addition to the Northern Liao, Goryeo and Eastern Japanese chambers of commerce, they also started trade with the Xi people, Khitan tribes and the Mature Women Zhenhesu Guan tribe in Liaodong."
"This year's fleet has already taken advantage of the southerly wind and sailed northward. It plans to bypass the Kingdom of Koryo and prepare to land at the mouth of the Tumen River in Suibin Prefecture on the Tonkin Road in Beiliao, and choose a location to build a port and walled city as a
The trading point establishes trade relations with the Jurchen tribe of the East China Sea, Changbai Mountain, Yalu, and Pulumaoduo."
Zhao Si interjected, "Shou Zhi, starting trade with Northern Liao in the east of Liao, and starting trade with the Jurchen in the northeast, are of strategic significance. Trade is secondary, spying on intelligence, and soliciting bribes are more important. So you must first prevent
If someone is spying on you and instigating rebellion, then you should use your heart to instigate rebellion and win over the other party."
"These professional matters are left to the Military Intelligence Investigation Bureau. Mengzi, although you have been newly established, you have manpower who have come from the Imperial City Department and other departments, and they have enough background. You should seize the time to train the right manpower and cooperate with the East China Sea Chamber of Commerce to start work.
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"According to the order!" Cen Meng and Su Xingfang replied in unison.
"Shuzhi, the new home port of the East China Sea Chamber of Commerce, I have chosen to be the Shanghai port of Xiuzhou. This is an important part of the imperial court's southeast development layout. I want to make it clear to you and the East China Sea Chamber of Commerce so that you can implement it willingly.
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"I would like to listen to the official instructions."
"Shanghai is a good place, with an extremely advantageous geographical location, with access to the river and the sea! It has an excellent port, close to the Yangtze River. From the north, you can go north through the canal, and from the west, you can go straight upstream to Jinghu Bashu. From the south, you can enter Taihu Lake through Songjiang, and connect with the southeast water network
Together. What a great place. Another advantage is that its surroundings, including Taizhou and Tongzhou across the river, are suitable for growing cotton."
"Don't you know Mian Mian? I don't know, Maoming, you are the one who took charge of this matter. Please tell everyone."
"I obey." Zeng Baohua wiped the sweat from his forehead.
It's May now, and the weather is getting hotter, which is not good news for a fat guy like him.
"There are two kinds of cotton. One is southern cotton, which came from the South China Sea. It is mostly planted in Qiongya and Minhai, and is now also found in Zhejiang and Zhejiang. Western cotton was brought from the Western Regions in Longyou and Shaanxi during the pre-Tang Dynasty.
They all have seeds. When the official family was still in Qiandi, they set up a cotton research institute in Gewuyuan to collect cotton seeds from various places, hire experienced farmers from various places who were good at growing cotton, and carefully cultivate improved varieties."
"However, good cotton seeds will not be available for a while. We will first use the good cotton seeds that can be selected at present to plant them in a large area in Shanghai, and then build spinning mills and cotton cloth factories on the spot."
Zhao Si added at this time, "Cotton cloth, cotton, are made into cotton clothes with high cold resistance. In the future, our army of the Song Dynasty will go on expeditions to bitterly cold places. With cotton clothes as a guarantee, we will no longer have to worry about anything."
Having said this, Zhao Si stretched out his left hand and made it into a fist. With his right hand, he straightened the index and middle fingers of his left hand one by one, and said meaningfully: "Grain, cotton cloth, one to fill the stomach, the other to clothe the body, the common people are thousands of
We cannot do without them. As long as these two materials are sufficient, I can try to establish a preliminary fiscal, taxation and financial system."
"With the fiscal and taxation financial system, the Song Dynasty did not need to use the method of using sanghong sheep to knock out the bones and suck out the marrow when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did it. When other people fought foreign wars, they became richer and stronger the more they fought, but we, China, became poorer and poorer the more we fought. The method is wrong and needs to be corrected.
come over."
Everyone couldn't understand Zhao Si's words, but they kept silent. They knew that the officials would explain it. Even if they didn't explain it for the time being, they would implement it first and then talk about it, and they would eventually understand.
This is a good habit they developed when they were in the dormitory. This chapter has been completed!