Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 530 Returning to Beijing to Debrief
It is really inconvenient to go from Quanzhou to the capital by land. You must take the sea route. Fortunately, after a century of precipitation, the coastal route has been very developed. Go north from Quanzhou, enter the river from the mouth of the Yangtze River, and then go north from Yangzhou, or enter the Qiantang River from Hangzhou, and then go north. Going north along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, the time was almost the same. After half a month, Fan Ning arrived in the capital.

When we arrived in the capital, we naturally went back to our own home first. The house was almost cleaned up. Several rooms were piled up with big bags and small bags. Even a few hedgehogs and squirrels were put into cages. The whole family was waiting for news from Fan Ning before moving out. go south.

When Fanning said that the whole family could go south with him this time, the whole family cheered.

Xiao Biesheng is newly married. At night, after the couple had some love, Zhu Pei fell into her husband's arms and said, "You are really right. Daddy had an ambiguous attitude towards Zhang Yaozuo before. Now he has been liquidated and demoted to be the magistrate of Chengdu. I'm leaving in two days."

Fan Ning suddenly sat up and asked, "Apart from your father, who else has been liquidated?"

"There was a lot of liquidation. I heard from my mother that more than 30 people were demoted and arrested. The people in the court were panicked during this time. My father is not bad. At least he is the magistrate of Dacheng. It is for your sake that Mr. Han has a lot of money." People were demoted to county magistrates and magistrates, Zhang Sheng, Wei Xiang, and Liang Shaoyou, Zhang Yaozuo's confidantes, were all arrested for corruption."

"Your father is going to Chengdu, what will your elder brother do?"

Zhu Pei was silent for a while and said: "This is what I want to discuss with you. I want to take my eldest brother to Quanzhou."

"I have no problem. The mansion in Quanzhou is big enough to live in. Is your mother willing?"

"If you agree, mother will go to Quanzhou with me first, and she will live there for a while before going to Chengdu."

Fanning nodded, "Go and see them tomorrow afternoon!"

Seeing that her husband was thoughtful, Zhu Pei was really grateful and snuggled into his arms.

Early the next morning, Fan Ning came to the Zhizheng Hall. The three giants Han Qi, Fu Bi, and Wen Yanbo received him. Since the Overseas Economic Strategy Office directly belongs to the emperor, Fan Ning, as an overseas economic strategy envoy, does not need to report to the Zhizheng Hall. But many of his overseas ventures still need the support of Zhizhengtang.

Han Qi stroked his beard and said with a smile: "It's very easy to get the support of Zhizhengtang. We are all very realistic now. We only look at the white money, and we can talk about everything else."

Fu Bi made a small calculation in his heart and said: "That's not right! Although you can get back 1000 taels of silver, we have to take out a lot of goods. If the two are subtracted, there is actually only a profit of 600 million taels. Also, the war horse belongs to the Qun Mu Si, so it cannot be converted into your share, and if you subtract 300 million taels of silver, you actually only get back 300 million taels of net profit every year, who are you fooling?"

Everyone laughed, Wen Yanbo pointed at Fu Bi and smiled at Fan Ning: "Do you know why his surname is Fu? He is smarter than anyone else, that's why he became rich. Old Han and I, one poor and one poor Meager, can't compare with him!"

Fan Ning blushed and said to Fu Bi: "Mr. Fu, you have to speak with your conscience! Kunzhou transports 300 million taels of silver and 30 taels of gold sand every year, and Japan's Northeast Province sends out 200 million taels of silver every year. 800 million taels of silver. The carp silver mine in Ryukyu Prefecture reopened. There is no problem with 50 taels of silver this year. These are all net profits. Then we will establish official trade with Japan, and we can exploit them at least three to four million taels of net profit every year. 400 taels A million taels of silver will come, and I will go to Nanyang to open mines, and there will be no problem with 1000 to 3000 million taels of silver in a few years."

Fu Bi nodded and said: "We all know that you have some skills. The Song Dynasty has changed a lot these years. At least silver coins have become more and more common. This is all due to the money you brought from overseas. In fact, what we are worried about is that, A lot of money comes in, but there is not so much food, cloth, tea, and oil, will it cause the price to rise, and the life of the poor people will be more difficult, have you ever thought about this problem?"

Of course, Fan Ning had considered this issue, and he said calmly: "First of all, we will not export food, but only import it from overseas. Kunzhou imports about 100 million shi of wheat from Da Song every year. After the Ryukyu Mansion is developed, it will import it every year. The rice in the capital is at least 500 million shi, and these grains are directly supplied to the capital, which will effectively suppress the grain price in the capital.

As for tea, the tea cakes in Jianzhou alone can meet the needs of the people in the Song Dynasty every year, as well as the tea cakes in Fuzhou, Quanzhou, Lianghu, Jiangnan, and Bashu.

In fact, there is a serious surplus of tea cakes in the Song Dynasty, and the only thing that will cause pressure is cloth, which can completely expand the cultivation of hemp. As for cloth, there will be large-scale weaving workshops. Quanzhou will soon have a workshop with [-] looms Yes, Fuzhou will also have it, and the price of cloth will be even lower. "

Fan Ning's words made the three of them silent. After a long while, Wen Yanbo said: "Fan Shijun is right, food is the most important thing for the people. As long as we control the grain, other by-products can increase production, such as cloth. People are self-sufficient, and they can’t sell money even if they grow hemp, but once there are large-scale textile workshops, the demand for hemp will be very strong, and the people can increase planting and increase income, and the same is true for silkworm breeding. The inability to increase production is not due to lack of ability, but lack of demand. Once overseas markets are opened up and silk is exported to the West through the Maritime Silk Road, the enthusiasm of farmers to raise silkworms and silkworms will be unprecedentedly high. As long as it is profitable, the Jiangnan region will definitely A large number of textile workshops have emerged, which has opened up a new way for the resettlement of disaster victims."

Fan Ning smiled again: "Let me tell the three Xiangguos one more thing. I accidentally discovered that the Ryukyu Mansion is full of cotton trees that stretch as far as the eye can see. I estimate that one million catties of cotton can be harvested every year. One cotton in the market Two hundred dollars, one million jin of cotton enters the Song Dynasty every year. How valuable is this? Of course, the price of cotton will be very cheap. Lives would be vastly improved."

The three of them looked at each other, and Fu Bi suddenly said angrily, "Why didn't you find out all these years ago?"

"In the past, it was because the Ryukyu Prefecture was plagued by banditry. The army had wiped out the ferocious enemies in the past two months, so the power of the Song Dynasty began to go south. This is also the basis for my proposal to immigrate [-] households to Ryukyu. Picking cotton also requires a lot of manpower. .”

Fan Ning has no choice. Although he has the right to establish a new county, the immigration is in the hands of Zhizhengtang. He must ask Zhizhengtang to speed up the pace of immigration.

Han Qi smiled and said: "That's the right thing to do. If you want Zhizhengtang to do things for you, you will know it for profit, and you won't be moved by emotion. As long as it is profitable, who will not support it?"

Fan Ning said depressedly: "I found that Han Xianggong is becoming more and more philistine, and he just keeps talking about money!"

Everyone laughed, and Han Qi said with a smile: "The silver sent by Kunzhou in the past few years has given the court a taste of the sweetness, and you, a master gold digger, will come out, how can we not look forward to it?"

The Zhizheng Hall finally approved the trade agreement signed by Fan Ning and Japan, and agreed to the decision of the Overseas Economic and Strategic Envoy to add Liuzhong County and Liunan County to the Ryukyu Prefecture.

Fan Ning then met with the Empress Dowagers of the Two Palaces and reported to them the actions of the army in the Ryukyu Prefecture. Although the Empress Dowager Cao felt that it would be cruel to exterminate the Pingyuan people, Gao Taotao supported Fan Ning's decision.

The Qilin Hall in the Inner Palace was originally Zhao Zhen's inner study, but now it is the place where the two empress dowagers meet the ministers. The room is separated by a gauze curtain, the two empress dowagers sit in the inner room, and Fan Ning sits outside.

The Empress Dowager Cao has always been relatively silent, but Gao Taotao was a little excited today. She said loudly: "Aijia remembers correctly, the Ryukyu Mansion was opened before Kunzhou, but what is Kunzhou like now, what is Ryukyu Mansion like, in the final analysis It’s just that our army is too weak, if we had taken action ten years ago, the Ryukyu Mansion would have been a completely different scene.”

Fan Ning could feel Gao Taotao's fiery gaze. He was worried that the Empress Dowager Cao would be dissatisfied with him, and added: "These natives are not from the Ryukyu Prefecture, they are from Luzon, and they have been oppressing and killing the local natives for hundreds of years. The population of Dongfan was reduced by more than half, and the people of Gaoshan hid in the deep mountains and did not dare to come out. When we wiped out these natives, the people of Dongfan also participated in the battle, and now the people of Dongfan have surrendered to Song Dynasty.”

"Forget it, Aijia doesn't want to know about this kind of army. Aijia is sleepy. You can report other things to Empress Dowager Gao. Aijia is going to rest."

After finishing speaking, the Empress Dowager Cao got up and left, the eunuch shouted, "The Empress Dowager gets up!"

More than a dozen eunuchs and court ladies followed Empress Dowager Cao and left through the back door, leaving only six court ladies in the room.

Fanning's heart was pounding, and when he looked up, he saw that the curtain had been lifted, and a pair of charming eyes were staring at him fiercely.

At this time, Gao Taotao said slowly: "The Ai family wants to see the map!"

She got up and walked to the next room, which was the map room, which was full of various maps. When she reached the door, she gave Fan Ning a deep look again, and went into the room.

Cai'e, the head of the maid, stepped forward and whispered in Fan Ning's ear, "Here are all our own people."

Fan Ning was a little helpless, this is the inner palace!

He had no choice but to get up and said, "I show the Queen Mother a map of Ryukyu Mansion."

He also followed into the map, and as soon as he entered the map room, a pair of soft jade arms wrapped around his neck.

(End of this chapter)