The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

Chapter 344 Zhang San Visits

Hoarding goods is to buy urgently needed supplies and drive up prices.

In the capital city, those merchants hoarded a large amount of firewood in twos and threes.

And when the Qunying Chamber of Commerce made a move and contacted the government, they immediately set up a card at the city gate.

As long as the hawkers who enter the city to sell firewood have completed the purchase directly at the gate of the city, there is no chance for those unscrupulous merchants.

In the capital city, the Qunying Chamber of Commerce will not make acquisitions to give those merchants a chance to pluck their wool.

"This is going to kill us. There is no way out for us to act like this and collusion between government and businessmen."

"Stop complaining, hurry up and sell. Now the price of firewood per load has been falling. This group of British chambers of commerce is really hurting others and benefiting themselves. They trade at a loss and make a profit."

"If the firewood in the city doesn't come down, the Qunying Chamber of Commerce will not stop the purchase. This time, it's a big loss. I was in vain waiting for a high price to buy it. Now it's all in my hands. According to the current price, I need to sell it quickly."

"Hmph, I told you a long time ago, don't do such things here in the capital, the Ming Dynasty is so vast, it's worth fighting here. The only way for us to survive is to go out and stay away from the capital."

"It makes sense. I also think so. The Qunying Chamber of Commerce has too much energy in the capital. After the previous incident, we have no power to compete."

In the business district, there was howling.

Once the acquisition of firewood started, it became a craze.

Even if the income is small, the family has hundreds of loads that have not been sold.

The operation of the Qunying Chamber of Commerce was tantamount to directly cutting off their retreat. They didn't even hold on for a day. Starting the next day, the market in the capital began to sell firewood on a large scale.

Due to too many shipments in a short period of time, the lowest price has reached ten cents a load, which is unimaginable.

Not to mention this winter, even in summer when the price is the lowest, it still costs 25 cents a load, which is considered to be a direct collapse at present.

"Winter is coming, and the weather will only get colder and colder every year in the future. We need to prepare for the severe winter earlier and make plans."

In Kunning Palace, Zhu Ying stood at the entrance of the main hall, wearing a waistcoat, looking at the cold wind whistling outside and said.

In such a cold weather, it may snow in a few days.

Accompanied by Ye Yueqing, he hesitated for a while and asked: "In this weather, does Your Highness consider transporting the black wheat from the Western Regions?"

At present, the entire Qunying Chamber of Commerce has been completely handed over to Ye Yueqing to control.

In fact, it's not right to say that, since Zhu Ying founded Qunying Chamber of Commerce not long ago, she has always been the shopkeeper.

Now Ye Yueqing is very clear about the family background of the Qunying Chamber of Commerce.

Hearing this, Zhu Ying frowned slightly.

Black wheat is a big killer in Zhu Ying's hands. This kind of grain that has weak winter properties and can grow in cold winters is a supreme treasure for the current and future Little Ice Age.

Together with black wheat, there is also northeast black soil.

The black soil in the Northeast is the most fertile land in the whole world, and it is very suitable for the cultivation of wheat. In addition to this severe winter season, it is a match made in heaven with black wheat.

The reason why Zhu Ying has not used black wheat until now is that he has already told the old man about the black soil in the Northeast.

In this, there is also its own research.

The branch of Northeast Black Soil is mainly located in the Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces of later generations, which is the current Liaodong and Nuergandusi of the Ming Dynasty.

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Naha, a general of the Yuan Dynasty, came out and hoarded 20 troops in Jinshan, occupying Nuergandusi and other areas.

After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, it occupied Liaodong. In the eighth year of Hongwu, Naha invaded Liaodong, and his troops went straight to Jinzhou, where he was defeated by Ma Yun and Ye Wang, the capital guards of Liaodong.Afterwards, he repeatedly invaded and committed crimes, all of which were defeated by the Ming army.

In the 20th year of Hongwu, Feng Sheng led an army of 20 to force Jinshan, known as the Battle of Jinshan in history.Then he sent the former general of the Yuan Dynasty, Naiwu, to Naha's source to appease him. When Naha came out, seeing that the general situation could no longer be changed, he descended to the Ming Dynasty.

After surrendering, Zhu Yuanzhang proclaimed Nahachu the Marquis of Haixi, and gave him the Iron Coupon Pill Book.

In the 21st year of Hongwu, Naha went out from Fu Youde to conquer Yunnan, died in a boat in Wuchang on the way, and was buried in Nanjing. Zichahan was transferred to the Marquis of Shenyang. So far, Liaodong and Nuer Gandusi have been completely controlled by Daming.

However, in Liaodong, there are many aboriginals on the side of Nuergandusi, including Han, Mongolian, Jurchen, and mixed ethnic groups, so it is difficult to directly control them.

Set up the Jumi Guards, with the principle of "controlling the barbarians with the barbarians", by appointing the heads of various ministries as the chiefs of the guards, and regularly paying tribute to the Ming Dynasty and trading each other, to achieve control of the Northeast region.

In this case, if the black wheat is transported there, it will be planted on a large area of ​​black soil.

Zhu Ying did not have the slightest doubt that those Mongols, the Jurchens, would break away from Ming Dynasty's rule without hesitation, establish themselves as kings, and occupy the black soil.

After thinking again and again, Zhu Ying said: "Order the Western Regions to save some of the grain seeds of black wheat, and transport the rest to the capital."

"Let's put this matter on hold for the time being. The situation in Nuer Gandu is complicated, so we can only figure it out slowly."

Ye Yueqing nodded slightly.

Zhu Ying was calculating in her heart.

If you want to completely control Nuer Gandusi, you need at least 30 troops, and it is a standing army.

Without an army of 30, it would be difficult to keep food in the black soil.

At least hundreds of thousands of people have to be relocated there to reclaim the black soil.

It is also necessary to prepare tens of thousands of cattle.

In Liaodong, Nuergandusi is mostly plains, and a large number of war horses are also indispensable.

Thinking of this, Zhu Ying felt a little headache.

But leaving the black soil unused made Zhu Ying even more uncomfortable.

That is a land of 200 million miles. In later generations, it will also account for one-fifth of the country's grain production. The Great Northern Wilderness has since become the Northern Dacang.

Today, there are more than [-] million records in Ming Dynasty. Although there are some deviations in planting, the output of sweet potatoes, potatoes, wheat, and corn is huge.

As long as there is enough cultivation, it can almost solve the food problem of [-]% to [-]% of the Ming Dynasty's mouth.

Among other things, the population in the north will usher in a surge, and there is no need to rely too much on the south.

In the early Ming Dynasty, Daming solved the problem of food, the population soared, and Zhu Ying's strategy of enforcing feudal vassals overseas.

How powerful the Ming Dynasty will be in the future is simply incalculable.

It is only a matter of time before the glory of the Han and Tang Dynasties is surpassed.

Thinking of this, Zhu Ying strode forward. He wanted to have a good conversation with the old man, how to completely control Liaodong and Nuergandusi area.

In the past, barbarians were used to control barbarians because of insufficient manpower, and the location was barren and barren. In Zhu Yuanzhang's heart, as long as there was no trouble there, it would be fine.

But now, it will be completely different.

At noon, in front of Zhengyang Gate.

Zhu Di waited in the cold wind with dozens of personal guard Tiqi and his eldest son Zhu Gaochi who was out of breath.

As time passed, and it seemed that it was almost the end of the day, a line of carriages finally appeared in the distance.

"Mother is here."

Zhu Gaochi couldn't help but speak.

"I'm not blind as a father, so I can see clearly."

Zhu Di said casually.

Zhu Gaochi was used to the tone of his father's king naturally.

Soon, the carriage came close, and the guards in front saw Yan Wang Zhu Di, and began to control the carriage to slow down, and then stopped a foot away from Zhu Di.

"Meet His Royal Highness King Yan."

The guards rolled over and knelt down on one knee.

Two more riders came over, dismounted gracefully, and said, "I have seen my father."

These are Zhu Di's other two sons-in-law, Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui.

After Zhu Di nodded slightly, he ignored him and turned his eyes to the carriage.

As the curtain opened, a dignified woman appeared from the carriage, Zhu Di's eyes lit up, and he stepped forward quickly and said, "Yihua."

To the west of the Qinhuai River, this is the wealthy area of ​​Daming.

"Are you sure it's the Lu family?"

Zhang San asked in a deep voice.

"Boss, it's probably not wrong. The yamen has secretly reported that Lu Hongzhi, the head of the Lu family, often brings his eldest granddaughter Lu Shuang to various workshops."

"From the outside, it seems that I bought rouge, gouache, silk and satin for my granddaughter Lu Shuang. However, according to the records, I bought too much. The amount I bought is enough for dozens of girls."

"I don't have doubts about this alone, but Lu Shuang, a brother who has seen it before, doesn't have heavy makeup, which is a bit unreasonable."

"In the field investigation, Lu Hongzhi always said to buy for his granddaughter, every two or three days, about an hour each time. And when the beggar gang was arrested yesterday, Lu Hongzhi and his granddaughter Lu Shuang were also in the field."

The brother next to Zhang San spoke in detail.

These brothers are all dressed in brocade clothes, and they are the trusted bodyguards who first followed Zhu Ying to the capital.

Now Zhang San has been promoted to a thousand households, and the rest are a few hundred households, and the others are doing well.

The current Jinyiwei is divided into three parts.

In terms of status, Jiang Yu is the highest, and in terms of real power, Song Zhong is the greatest.

If you want to talk about status, it is Zhang San who has been Zhu Ying's personal guard before.

And having gone through the test of the Imperial Prison, even Zhu Yuanzhang favored Zhang San very much.

It's just that Zhu Ying is currently living in the palace, which is a little different from before, so Zhang San is much more free.

There is no need to worry about Jinyiwei's affairs, on weekdays it is just wandering back and forth between the teahouse and Jinyiwei.

After being idle for so long, he finally waited for the boss's order to thoroughly investigate the top management of the beggar gang.

The brothers headed by Zhang San were immediately full of energy, even the biting cold wind did not hinder them in any way.

It's hard to have something to do, and it must be done beautifully.

"Without real evidence, it would be too abrupt to come directly to the door like this. Besides, the Lu family is also a scholarly family."

Zhang San frowned and said.

After all, he hasn't been in Jinyiwei for a long time, and he doesn't have such a domineering mentality yet.

And because he has followed His Highness the Grandson for a long time, in many aspects, he is a little particular.

Of course, if His Royal Highness Taisun himself was involved, then it would be another matter.

"Boss, they all do this. What evidence do they want? When they are arrested and interrogated in the imperial prison, all evidence will come."

"That's right, Boss, we are still directly under His Royal Highness, even if we are more arrogant, who dares to control us, just break down the door and arrest everyone first."

"This old man Lu is so sneaky and suspicious. It is definitely not groundless. He must be a high-level beggar gang."

Zhang San heard the brothers shouting loudly, and shouted: "Quiet me!"

Hearing the boss's loud shout, everyone fell silent.

"How will His Highness tell us not to let a bad person go, and not to wrong a good person. Look at you, how can you ruin a person's family just by guessing?"

"No matter which family it is, after they are all arrested and imprisoned, even if they are innocent, they will have to be forced to do so. His Royal Highness Taisun asked me to wait for Jinyiwei, just to do Meng Lang like this, in vain of the king's law!"

Zhang San said sharply.

Everyone looked at each other.

Looking back, since entering Jinyiwei, it seems that everyone has really started to drift away. They no longer have the respect and caution they used to have. When they walk on the road on weekdays, they can't wait to have their nostrils turned upside down.

The good ones did not learn, and the bad ones learned thoroughly.

Some people have already begun to accept the filial piety of the people below.

During the silence, a burly and tall man stood up and said in a low voice: "Boss is right, we brothers are all dazzled by the bright colors of the capital, even I will follow to the Yihong Courtyard, When I have free time, I just hug the little lady."

"His Royal Highness gave us a house, and we ate and drank in the teahouse. We acted like a slut every day. Boss, I don't want to live like this. I listen to you and follow you."

As soon as these words came out, most of the ten people were ashamed.

It can be said that they eat, drink and have fun every day, visit brothels, go to brothels, and listen to books.

Wearing this skin, I didn't give any money.

The former dragon slaying warrior seems to have become a dragon.

Zhang San didn't think much about it, looked at the burly man and said, "Well, you bastard, I said that you have gained a lot of weight these days, so you have lived a good life."

"Okay, don't leave any ink marks, follow me to visit Lu's house first."

Many brothers did not expect the boss to let go like this, and they felt so guilty that they secretly vowed to start a new life, and there was a touch of emotion in their eyes.

Lu's mansion, the door is closed.

Bang bang bang!
"Open the door quickly!"

Er Niu stepped forward and hammered the door to bang bang, then shouted loudly.

Soon the sound of footsteps came, the door opened, and a young servant appeared, just about to complain, when he saw more than ten people in front of him wearing clothes, he immediately covered his mouth.

"Send a message, Zhang San, a thousand households of Jinyiwei, was ordered to come and investigate."

Zhang San said in a deep voice.

The servant dared not be negligent, and hurriedly opened the door of the house: "Masters, please hurry up, the little one will inform the master immediately."

He didn't dare to ask Jin Yiwei to wait at the door, if there was nothing to do, it will become a problem.

After entering the door, servants and maidservants saw the appearance of more than a dozen Jin Yiwei, and suddenly there was a panic.

In the backyard, Lu Hongzhi summoned the younger generation of the clan and was giving lectures.

"Recently, the capital is precarious and the situation is turbulent. All the descendants of the Lu family must be cautious, take a step back when encountering problems, and don't make grudges with others for nothing."

"If anyone violates it, he will be expelled from the Lu family if he brings disaster to the clan!"

The voice fell, and a voice came from far outside the door: "Master!! Master!!"

Lu Hongzhi frowned even further, and a bad premonition emanated from his heart.

I saw a servant running over panting, and quickly said: "Master, there are more than ten, more than ten Jinyiwei!!!"
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ps: On the last day of the month, the monthly pass expires and becomes invalid, brothers, smash it!

(End of this chapter)