Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 988 Planning
The boundaries of Dengzhou are actually not very peaceful.

Because of the vast territory and sparse population, the government's control over the local area is quite weak.After the original rule of Ziqing Town collapsed, the livestock in the pasture scattered.During this short period of power gap, an unknown number of people looted the treasury, plundered cattle, sheep and horses, coupled with the rout of soldiers scattered all over the place, thus forming a group of horse bandits that was extremely harmful.

During Shao Shude's stay in Dengzhou, there were still some unscrupulous people who dared to come and steal property.As a result, it was naturally miserable, and after being severely taught by the sergeant of Yin Anzhi, it stopped completely.

"Dengzhou is always like this. It's not a solution." Shao Shude looked at the governor standing in front of him, and said, "I have high hopes for Dengzhou, and many plans in the future will start from this. What are you doing? If it doesn't work, change it." people."

The governor of Dengzhou is Xue Yiju, a party member recruited by Xiao Yu in his early years.In more than ten years, from a small official to the governor of Dengzhou, his official career has not been smooth, but it is really not bad.

What can you do when you go up?Jiedushi?Vice envoy of Jiedu?It's too difficult.

Besides, the governor is really not bad.

After the hardships, the imperial court thought of many tricks in order to suppress the feudal towns, including increasing the power of the state, and using the division of time to make it powerful.And lead by example, do this first in the area under your own control, and the governor, military and government will catch it, and the power will be great.For example, the official title of Xue Yiju's official position is "Envoy and Governor of Dengzhou Military and Dengzhou Inspector", the local bully king of the four counties.

Because Dengzhou is located in the sea, there are no foreign enemies, so there are only more than [-] soldiers in the state, including [-] infantry and more than [-] cavalry.With so many people, it is really difficult to clean up the banditry.Fortunately, the Longwu Army's Liu Po ​​department had just arrived in Qingzhou, and after they had finished resting, they could kill the thieves in Denglai, Ziqing by the way.

"Your Highness..." Xue Yiju muttered, not knowing what to say.

"Forget it. After a while, I will send the Longwu Army to enter Denglai. You should cooperate well and eliminate the banditry." Shao Shude said, "Before that, you can also try to appease them."

Xue Yiju was a little puzzled.

King Xia has always looked down on grass bandits and bandits, thinking that they are free and undisciplined and have too much habit, which will bring down the morale of the army. Why do they have to appease them?

"I am useful to these scumbags." Shao Shude said: "On the other hand, a group of people will migrate here after a while. Dengzhou is barren, you need to clean up the land."

"Yes." Xue Yiju didn't dare to ask more questions, so he answered immediately.

Immigration is divided into two groups.

The first wave came from Hezhong Prefecture.Although the Li Diancheng rebellion has subsided, the liquidation is still going on.

After this person raised the army, he claimed to be staying behind, and his subordinates also sealed up a bunch of governors, town envoys, military envoys, etc. Naturally, these bandit chiefs had to be dealt with.In addition, there were also some rout soldiers who were thieves in the countryside. They repeatedly refused to listen to their consolation. After being wiped out, they were forced to move to Dengzhou together with their families—not a severe punishment, but for the people at that time, Moving thousands of miles away is still a big event where the sky is about to fall.

These people, if calculated carefully, there are about three or four thousand households, less than twenty thousand.

The second group is the Fan Han civilians captured by Yang Yue in Yunzhou. There are now more than [-] people, and they are also sent to Dengzhou.

The four counties of Dengzhou currently have only one-tenth of the population of the Ming Dynasty.With such a broken foundation, it takes a lot of effort to do anything.

Shao Shude remembered that Zhu Yuanzhang was also an immigrant maniac, and even immigrated from Guangdong to Sizhou. The Jiaodong area was densely populated in the Ming Dynasty, and there was a factor of a large number of immigrants from all over the country in the early Ming Dynasty.

Anyway, Shao Shude is already well-known in the "immigrant circle", and he doesn't care about sending tens of thousands of people to fill the wasteland in Jiaodong.

"Immigrants need to prepare food. I know you are short of food. There is food from Jishui to be exported to Qingzhou, and you can conscript the people to transfer it. If you have the courage to ship it by sea, you can do it, but I'm afraid you don't have enough ships." Shao Shude said: " The craftsmen who build ships in Dengzhou, and then count and compile the book to see if there are any omissions, I will also be of great use."

"Of course." Xue Yiju replied.

He didn't have the courage to transport grain from Qingzhou to Dengzhou by sea. Although the distance is very short and it is not difficult to walk along the coastline, he is afraid.Moreover, the lack of ships is also a fact. In the past, Ziqing Town mostly waited for others to come to do business, but it didn't have a few ships. This was a flaw.

"Shipbuilding, don't take it seriously." Shao Shude said: "In fact, there are many benefits. Even Bohai has more ships than Ziqing, are you ashamed?"

Xue Yiju was ashamed.

Ever since the Pinglu army went south from Fuhai in Liaodong, they have always been dominated by cavalry. Who has nothing to do to build ships.People from Silla, Bohai, Japan, Huainan, and Zhedong will come to do business by themselves, so you don’t have to bother to do things—occasionally there are even big cannibals. The big food merchant ship went to Guangzhou, but was blown to Laoshan by the wind.

"Get to work quickly." Shao Shude waved his hand and said.

Xue Yiju's legs seemed to be loaded with springs, and he immediately stepped back. He was going to conscript the people to build warehouses and store grain, and then clear the land, measure the acres, and plan the pastures.

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Cui Xuan soon came to Dengzhou.

He was sent by Jinman, the True Sage Queen of Silla, and his official title is "Datang Merchant Envoy", which makes people have a strong desire to complain.

Life is not easy for him now.

There is a saying in Zhongyuan that "one emperor and one courtier", and of course Silla also has it.Queen Zhensheng passed away two years ago, and the new king is her nephew Jin Yao.Cui Xuan has no relationship with this new king, and has been away from the country for many years, even if he has relationship, it is neglected, which is really a headache.

Datang's merchandise envoy is a very lucrative dispatch, and I don't know how many people are staring at him.After the new king succeeds to the throne, he will naturally focus on stabilizing the interior, but it has been two years, will he be cleaned up to make room for his close ministers?It's really hard to tell.

Outside the Xinluoyuan, there are many soldiers and heavy guards.

Cui Xuan was surprised when he saw it, thinking that the shop was sealed up, but there were still a lot of goods inside!After careful questioning, it turns out that there is a big person coming, that is, Shao Shude, Xia Wang of the Tang Dynasty who just defeated brothers Wang Shifan and took control of Ziqing Town.

Cui Xuan straightened his robes, and under the guidance of the envoy, he entered the Xinluoyuan, which he was so familiar with—this courtyard was not the other courtyard, but actually a business house, and officials from Ziqing Town often came here to work. , mainly to collect money.

"This nave is quite impressive, and Haimao is still rich." As soon as Cui Xuan entered the door, he heard a loud voice.

Yang Hongyin, the deputy commander of Yinanzhi, signaled, Cui Xuan immediately understood, stepped forward and said: "Cui Xuan, the seller of the Tang Dynasty in Silla, will meet His Royal Highness King Xia."

Shao Shude suddenly turned around, stared at Cui Xuan up and down for a long time, and asked with a smile: "What is the relationship between your envoy and the Boling Cui family?"

Cui Xuan was a little embarrassed, how could this be a relationship?I don't know how to answer for a while.

Fortunately, Shao Shude didn't delve too deep into this issue, and went directly to the topic, only to hear him say: "In the five states of Deng, Lai, Qing, Mi, and Hai, there are many people in Silla. Has your envoy calculated how many people there are?" people?"

"There are always more than [-] people." Cui Xuan replied.

Shao Shude nodded, and then asked again: "Are there traffic pirates?"

As soon as Cui Xuan heard it, it was like five thunderbolts, was he going to accuse him of a big family?So he immediately replied: "Xia Wang Mingjian, the people of Silla have always been law-abiding, and there are absolutely no bandits."

Shao Shude was noncommittal after hearing this.

Sweat dripped from Cui Xuan's forehead.No matter how calm you claim to be on weekdays, it is impossible not to panic in front of a big man who can dispose of you at will and kill you.

The warriors of the Tang Dynasty are not very particular.If they're eyeing your goods, they'd better be lucky.Cui Xuan has been to Bianzhou the farthest, and he still has some understanding of the situation in the Central Plains.

"I believe you." Shao Shude smiled.

Cui Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, Xuan thought of something again, and immediately said: "I heard that His Highness is building a palace for the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and I am willing to donate five thousand coins to strengthen the court."

"I don't want money." Shao Shude said.

Cui Xuan choked.What do you want if you don’t want money?Terrible?Want a woman?

Shao Shude didn't want to play charades with him anymore, so he only heard him say: "I heard that there are many Silla shipwrights in Chishanpu and Pimapu. I want to build a shipyard. There are already a few craftsmen, but it is quite insufficient. Your envoy may help me. Think of a way?"

That's it?Cui Xuan became more and more relaxed.Now that there is war in Silla and rebels everywhere, business is not as easy as it used to be.There were fewer ships coming from Silla, and the income of the shipbuilders was also reduced. Many people did not want to return to their homeland, fearing that they would encounter war disasters, and their lives were difficult.If someone is willing to hire them, it's not a bad thing.

Thinking of this verse, Cui Xuan immediately replied: "Your Highness has an order, how dare you shirk it? If there are too many, I dare not say, three or five hundred craftsmen can still be found."

The smile on Shao Shude's face became brighter, and he said: "After the ship is built, there must be sailors. Those Xinluo people in Chishanpu and Pimapu have heard that there are many people who are good at sailing, so you might as well pay attention to it for me."

"This matter is easy to hear." Cui Xuan laughed.

"You can't make your envoy suffer." Shao Shude said: "From now on, all foreign goods resold by Chishanpu will be handled by your envoy, and no one else will be able to handle them. The period will be ten years. If I am satisfied, I will extend it for another ten years." , 20 years is not out of the question."

This probably means to let Cui Xuan be the exclusive general agent of foreign products, whether it is products from Silla, Japan or other countries, they cannot be sold at will.At least at the Chishanpu Wharf, Cui Xuan has the monopoly right—of course, the tax that should be paid is still unavoidable.

Cui Xuan was overjoyed when he heard this.

Although he didn't know if King Xia's promise could last for ten years, maybe his power would collapse in a few years?But it is enough, ten years has already made a lot of money, King Xia is really generous.

"Your Highness is generous and benevolent, I really don't know what to say about foreign envoys." Cui Xuan brewed his emotions, squeezed out a few tears from the state of ecstasy, and sobbed: "The envoy will live up to His Highness's expectations, and search for it with all my heart." Shipwright, recruit sailors."

"You can recruit more sailors." Shao Shude reminded: "It doesn't matter if you have [-] or [-], I can afford it."

Three to five thousand?so much?What is this for?Cui Xuan didn't have time to think about it, and immediately replied: "I would like to follow His Highness's order."

Shao Shude nodded.

Of course, the scale of 5000 people cannot be all sailors.This is related to one of the things he planned. Although it may not be useful in the near future, people have short-term worries without foresight. His plans are never based on three to five years.

Horse politics, agricultural reform, school running, and the boost to the rural economy, which one is not considered from a long-term perspective?

If Cui Xuanzhen can recruit five thousand sailors, he intends to send people from the Yunzhou Academy to give them a good training, which will be useful in the future.

Cui Xuan, this person, still needs to be carefully investigated to see if he is capable enough to shoulder a heavier burden.

There are tens of thousands of overseas Chinese living in Silla. If you don't suffer them hard, it would be a waste of your reputation as "Shao Papi".

(End of this chapter)