Zhang Anshi’s words can be described as decisive.
Zhu Jin, who was still a little distressed at first, was immediately speechless.
Zhang Anshi immediately said: "On the Navy side, wait and see for news about him."
After saying that, he turned his attention to Chen Li who came in from behind, smiled and said: "Have all the provinces that have been affected by the human disaster sent manpower?"
Chen Li said: "According to your instructions, Your Highness, we have sent people up and down."
Zhang Anshi had always been very confident about Chen Li's ability to do things, so he just nodded and said: "Keep watching, and you will watch me to death."
Chen Li said neatly: "Follow your orders."
"And..." Zhang Anshi said slowly and authentically: "There are some things that happened in the provinces of Henan that can be revealed to Dongchang."
Chen Li was stunned and seemed a little confused for a moment, then said: "Your Highness means..."
Zhang Anshi said: "There are always some inconveniences for us to speak out about things outside Zhili, but it will be different if Dongchang comes to expose them. This is good for Dongchang, and it is also a good time for Mr. Yishiha."
He will not refuse the opportunity to show his face."
Chen Li could only nod.
Seeing him like this, Zhang Anshi guessed some of his thoughts and said with a smile: "Don't always think about this small contribution, keep your eyes on the long term. Right now, this disaster relief matter is really related to human life.
There is no need to have any trouble."
Chen Li responded: "Your Highness is right, I have written it down."
Zhang Anshi sighed, but did not say anything more. He turned his head and said to a clerk standing by waiting for orders: "In my name, I am writing back to the kings. I must express my thanks and my attitude must be more modest."
The scholar nodded hurriedly.
"Next, let's take a look at the navy..." Zhang Anshi muttered the last words as if to himself, and then sighed.
There is an island at the Songjiang Port called Chongming. This Chongming Island is the gateway to the Yangtze River. When Emperor Gao, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, was in power, he gave it the four-character name "Yingzhou" in the East China Sea.
A large number of people moved to this large island in the early years. After that, the navy set up a water village here.
At this time, small boats began to enter the harbor one after another.
A few naked men jumped out of the small boat moored at the pier, and then they began to carry baskets of sea fish.
There are so many small boats like this here now.
A few years ago, when the Ming Dynasty had not really opened up the sea, fishermen were not allowed to go into the sea. This is because in the late Yuan Dynasty, fishermen were like private salt traders. Once they left the land, they went to the sea to steal, and then they became good citizens ashore.
, Therefore, Ming Dynasty strictly prohibited fishing in the sea.
But now... these strong men are carrying countless sea fish ashore. A few years ago, although the trend began to become more popular, some sporadic people began to go to the sea to fish.
However, people already have a stereotyped impression of fishermen who go to the sea as thieves. Ordinary good people will never make a living from this unless they really have no livelihood. Therefore, there are still only a few people who go to the sea to fish.
But just half a year ago, at various water villages in the Navy, someone suddenly put up a sign to buy marine fish.
The money given is real gold and silver, and there will never be any shortage.
There are as many fish as you want.
Not only that, but also encouraged people to go to the sea.
There are even people who specialize in teaching people how to go fishing.
The Navy even set up some small piers specifically for fishermen to go to sea.
Most people are cautious.
Especially in this era, farming can make a living. Therefore, for many people, as long as they do not go hungry for a day, they will definitely not easily try other things.
It's just that... the water villages everywhere are quite prestigious among the people.
Once upon a time, good men did not serve as soldiers.
But these navy lieutenants are different. Each of them has excellent food in the water village, and each of them looks strong. They are wearing clothes and armor made of fine materials. It is said that many of them,
He actually came from a famous official school.
In the eyes of ordinary people, those who come from official schools are scholars.
This kind of people naturally have the most glorious status in the eyes of the common people.
But now these people have spoken out, and even personally took people to the sea to teach fishing, and were even willing to provide some fishing gear. They also promised to get a good amount of money after catching sea fish.
If the lure is attractive enough, fish will naturally be willing to come forward.
So, finally someone was willing to try it.
The first batch of people who went to sea followed the method and came back with loads of fish.
At this time, there is no so-called overfishing, and after the sea is closed, the fish in the surrounding seas have almost no natural enemies like fishermen, so there is no doubt that the catch is not small.
Immediately after they landed, someone began to weigh their fish and shrimps, and directly gave them money according to the price.
These new fishermen, with their eyes wide open in astonishment, almost tremblingly holding the heavy silver coins, were speechless for a long time.
On weekdays, farmers, not to mention tenants, even those ordinary homesteaders with ten to eight acres of land at home, actually live a miserable life. At the end of the year, just having a little food to support the family is considered a good life.
As for the money... they may have seen copper coins.
But for silver, except for the occasional bit of silver that is made into silver jewelry as family heirlooms, there is almost no silver transaction with others.
But now, after seven or eight days of this trip to sea, when these four or five taels of silver fell into their hands, they felt an indescribable excitement.
There was light in their eyes, and hope flashed in the light.
"Thank you, thank you very much."
The excited thanks came one after another. They were not selling fish, they were just like begging.
Soon, the news spread, and soon after, many people began to flock to the sea.
They took a special fishing boat designed by Shuizhai and took the designed new fishing gear. They went to the ocean one by one and exchanged their experiences of fishing for sea fish with each other.
As for a boy from a certain family who went to sea a few times, he actually married a new wife when he returned home. Or maybe a family caught a lot of sea fish, so he was awarded a plaque of "fishing expert" by the water village, etc.,
It’s even more exciting.
For many fishing grounds, the navy has almost always marked out the location and then had people advertise it.
The navy purchased all the marine fish without any worries.
You know, this is the south of the Yangtze River. The population in the south of the Yangtze River is dense, but the land is scarce. Therefore... even if a large number of laborers go to sea, the farming time will not be delayed.
On the other hand, here in Chongming, there are a large number of fish drying grounds.
There were too many marine fish. After purchasing them, they immediately hired a group of people to remove the internal organs of the marine fish and then directly dried them in the sun.
Since this sea fish already has salt water, it will not spoil as long as it is dried in the sun.
After the sea fish is dried, it is specially stored.
On Chongming Island, dozens of fish warehouses were built specifically for storage.
At this moment.
Lu Qian was in the duty room of his commander.
After formulating a new training plan, scribes were called.
"How many sea fish have been harvested in the past few days?"
"These days, it has increased a lot. Now, it is around two thousand stones every day."
Two thousand dan is not much, at least compared to food.
But it’s not too little. Converted into jin, this is enough to reach 20,000 to 30,000 jin per day.
Besides, this is fish, real meat.
Lu Qian nodded, looking very satisfied: "Continue to buy, and I heard that a fisherman died the day before yesterday?"
"Yes, we happened to hit a rock. Someone fell into the water and the others were too late to rescue."
Lu Qian said: "Let someone bring some money to support his family. It's not easy to make a living in the sea."
"General Lu, the fish we usually buy from them are..."
Lu Qian interrupted him and said: "One code is the same. Your Highness said that many times, things are not about money. Things that can be solved with money are the easiest. When a young man dies in a family, the pension can be
How much money does it cost? But how can it be compared to just a few dollars to give people some comfort when they are most sad? You are smart in small things but confused in big things."
The clerk hurriedly said: "Yes, the student understands. The student will focus on this matter tomorrow."
Lu Qian nodded: "For our water village, troop training is the most important thing, but... to open up the vast ocean, how to teach all the people in the world to benefit from the sea is also an important matter. This vast ocean has inexhaustible wealth, so use it
Not enough. Therefore, the navy is not only a military horse, but it also needs to be a vanguard to provide livelihood for the people. Otherwise, what is the use of the imperial court in raising me?"
After a pause, he seemed to have thought of something, and then said: "Besides this, there is another important matter. You have to calculate the dried fish in our warehouse. How many stones are there in total? How many days will it take?
Report the number."
"This...students probably know this well."
"how many?"
"In the past six months, we have purchased about 400,000 dan of dried fish."
Lu Qian was stunned and said, "You're going to get it out so soon?"
The clerk smiled bitterly and said: "This is easy to calculate. The purchase price of Shuizhai is constant. As long as you calculate how much silver is spent on purchase, you can calculate the amount put into the treasury."
Lu Qian couldn't help laughing and said with satisfaction: "So, he is indeed a talented person from Qixia Arithmetic School. Hmm... please prepare a report for me. Your Highness means that no matter what the cost, the more the better.
We will continue to purchase here and strive to purchase another million stones in the future. As for the current amount, we will also report it."
Seeing that Lu Qian was in a good mood, the clerk hesitated for a moment and couldn't help but ask the question in his heart: "General, you said... If His Highness wants to eat sea fish, it is not difficult to provide him with it, but why?
Collecting so much..."
Lu Qian suppressed his smile, his face became a little more solemn, and said, "You and I don't know this? We just follow the orders. But... after I think about it carefully, it may have something to do with Your Highness collecting grain."
The scribe was shocked and said: "Your Highness collects grain to help the people, but fish from the sea... Forgive me for being stupid, in all dynasties, I have never heard of using meat to help the people."
The scribe felt even more puzzled.
Even fish is considered meat in human eyes, which is a rare and good thing. But for the victims, it is not just fish but food. Even if they are given tree bark, they can eat it up.
This was completely beyond the scribe's knowledge.
Lu Qian smiled bitterly and said: "So, how can you and I predict His Highness's thoughts? I was in the model camp, and then recommended to go to the official school to study, and then served as a military attaché for more than two years, and now I am here.
Shuizhai, but I only know one thing, just follow His Highness in everything."
However, Lu Qian couldn't get rid of the matter of using sea fish for disaster relief after being reminded by the scribe.
No, you wouldn't really do it.
This is plump fish!
And in the official school, he heard that eating sea fish has many benefits, and some fish can even be used as medicine.
These benefits are beyond ordinary mutton.
This is something only the princes and nobles can eat.
Lu Qian couldn't figure it out for a moment. He glanced at the clerk beside him, finally put his mind away, and said, "Go ahead and do your own thing well."
"yes."
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Not long after, a report was safely delivered to Zhang Anshi's desk.
Zhang Anshi was overjoyed when he saw this, and immediately said to the people around him: "Lu Qian is a good person. I was not wrong about him. He is a person who can do great things."
"Come..." Zhang Anshi continued: "Send him a letter..."
Shu Zuo hurriedly spread out his pen and ink, picked up his pen and waited.
Zhang Anshi pondered for a moment, walked slowly, and then said: "My brother Lu Qian..."
Shu Zuo looked up at Zhang Anshi in astonishment, as if he thought he had heard wrongly.
It can be seen that Zhang Anshi was still immersed in thinking and did not dare to ask more questions, but he continued to write.
Zhang Anshi said: "I have read the report. I am very pleased that the water village can achieve such a good result. Fish fishing is not only a new industry, but also closely related to my big plan. My brother must not be proud and complacent. Brother is in Qixia, please listen to me.
My good news is that if the number of millions of stones is enough, I will make the most of my contribution."
Zhang Anshi said and rambled on a few more words.
Shu Zuo finished writing and felt a little embarrassed: "Your Highness, is this going too far?"
"Where did it go too far?"
"General Lu respects Your Highness as a division commander, but Your Highness..."
Zhang Anshi shook his head and said: "You don't understand. Now I just want fish, as much as I can. Who can give me these fish? To me, the Ming Dynasty, they are the parents of rebirth. People who take great credit for such great things, don't say
Even if you call him brother, it doesn't mean anything if I call him brother."
Shu Zuo was startled and did not dare to say anything more. He was afraid that Zhang Anshi would really go crazy and would revise the letter himself and call Lu Qian his brother.
Zhang Anshi felt completely at ease at this time.
There is food in hand and no panic in mind.
At this time, he sat down like a general and said: "We can't wait any longer. If we wait any longer, I don't know how many people will suffer. It's time to clean out these civilian thieves."
He was talking to himself, as if he was in a daze.
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Zhu Di looked at the report.
Disasters in several provinces are becoming increasingly severe.
However... although the situation is very bad, judging from the reports from various places, it seems that it is not that bad.
The impact of the disaster was still great, and the court allocated a lot of money and food.
Zhu Di felt that this kind of influence should slowly subside by the beginning of next spring.
After reading the memorial, Zhu Di sighed.
"The people's livelihood is in ruins. Fortunately, the imperial court and internal funds still have money and food. Otherwise, these people will die and I will not be able to face the world."
His emotion seemed to strengthen his determination to make money.
Yang Rong and others had no choice but to nod after hearing this.
Yi Shiha stood aside and turned away, showing hesitation.
He heard something from Dongchang...
It's just... these things were hidden in his stomach, but they made him hesitate.
There is no question about the reliability of the news, because he has asked Dongchang's officials to verify it.
But the problem is that Yi Shiha quickly realized that... this might be a game, or in other words, a trap.
Otherwise, how could it be so easy for these useless people to intercept so much detailed information?
And it happened that... even though he had found out about such a major matter, Jin Yiwei seemed to be deaf and blind.
The more he thought about it...Yi Shiha felt a little uneasy.
So he was weighing in his mind whether he should report these things, or in what way he should report them.
If these things were brought before His Majesty, how would His Majesty react and how should he respond?
He knew His Majesty's fiery temper very well.
But when he turned his face to the side, he made a strange movement.
But was captured by Zhu Di.
After being the master and slave for so many years, no expression on Shiha's face escaped Zhu Di's eyes.
Zhu Di said: "It's also a loss."
After hearing this, Yishiha hurriedly said: "My servant is here."
Zhu Di said: "What are you hiding in your heart?"
"This...this..." It would be fine if Your Majesty didn't ask, but once asked, if you don't answer truthfully, you would be cheating.
Yishiha hurriedly knelt down, and then stumblingly said: "Slave... this slave will die."
"Why are you so good? You're going to die." Zhu Di's face darkened: "If you have anything to do, tell me as soon as possible. If you deceive the emperor and ignore your superiors, you're going to die."
"This slave has heard some rumors." Yi Shiha said.
Zhu Di's face became colder and colder, and he stared at Yi Hua.
Yi Shiha said: "The imperial court's money and food in Guanzhong, Henan...seem...seem...not to help the people."
Zhu Di lowered his head and glanced at the memorial. Although the memorial described the seriousness of the disaster, it seemed that he was still working hard to provide disaster relief.
And the news that came out of Yishiha's mouth was obviously beyond everyone's imagination.
Yang Rong and others felt their hearts pounding and did not dare to look up at Zhu Di, but they all remained calm.
There was a sudden deathly silence in the palace.
Zhu Di said: "How can we see it?"
"According to... I heard... in Kaifeng, the price of food has increased nineteen times. Your Majesty, if there is really relief, the victims can barely fill their stomachs, or... or can barely maintain a little livelihood, food
The only possibility for why prices have risen so fiercely is that... there is no food to be distributed at all, and this relief is almost better than nothing..."
Zhu Di's face suddenly turned a little miserable.
Then, he asked: "Is that all?"
"There are... there are some..." Yishiha said: "And there are refugees everywhere in Henan's prefectures. Many refugees swarmed to counties and prefectures. But the news that Dongchang heard about was that people everywhere
All the doors were closed, and corpses were everywhere outside the city. The servants thought...since...since...so many refugees couldn't enter the city, how could they help them?"
"My slave also heard that the land price in Henan has plummeted three times. The price of land in Guanzhong has dropped from seventeen taels to twenty taels. The land price has plummeted, but the price of food has soared... and... and...