Villager of Daming

Chapter 773: Little New Year’s Day is warm and planned

"Going home! It's Chinese New Year!" On the New Year's Day, the children who live and study in the library cheered and went home carrying gifts.

Children who live nearby line up to walk, and those who live far away hire vehicles to deliver them to their homes or villages.

Zhu Yuanzhang was also generous and gave holidays starting from the New Year's Day and lasting until the fifth day of the first lunar month. Everything goes well this year, so I'm happy.

The last reckoning yesterday showed that the imperial treasury received more than 590 million guan this year and spent more than 210 million guan, leaving more than [-] million guan.

We have spent a lot of money this year but have not spent any money. When people who came to work came back, many bought things, such as iron pots, kitchen knives, sickles and other iron tools.

They will also buy pottery after returning home to make their home as rich as possible.

The final purchase, plus the taxes provided by the sale in Xiaqiu Village, brought the total revenue to the treasury to more than 800 million yuan.

According to Zhu Wentian's idea, there should not be a balance of 210 million yuan. A balance of money means that people earn less.

Unlike the money in the palace, the income of more than 1000 million guan was spent on more than 300 million guan, leaving more than 660 million guan.

Most of this money comes from overseas trade, gold, silver, copper, grain, medicinal materials, spices sent by the Yi people...

As for greenhouse vegetables, they used to cost several hundred yuan per catty, but now they cost [-] yuan per catty.

People are waiting to buy them in two days, but they are afraid that they will go bad if they buy them now. They will use them to cook hot pot during the New Year. They just bite the bullet and buy meat and fresh vegetables to have a good New Year.

Yingtian Prefecture has dumplings made with wheat flour because they can buy flour. Taiping Prefecture and Ningguo Prefecture also have dumplings.

Others who don’t have convenient transportation and don’t want to spend money on flour use the indica and glutinous rice at home to make various foods.

"It'll be fine next year! The army doesn't need to spend so much money." Zhu Yuanzhang ate dumplings in Xiaqiu Village at noon.

The weather has warmed up, the ice rink has melted, nine days have passed since the beginning of spring, six days are left before rain, and the nights are not that cold.

The greenhouse vegetables in Xiaqiu Village are going out of business, and they were sent to Yingtianfu for sale for the last time on the [-]th.

Then the vegetable greenhouses began to raise seedlings to gain time for planting after spring, and no longer earned money from greenhouse vegetables.

On the other hand, they continued to grow vegetables in the palace's greenhouses and sell them for money, and sent them by boat to the north, including drunken crabs.

Zhu Yuanzhang was happy. The remaining money was an amount that the imperial court could not collect in a year.

If it weren't for fighting wars and building new weapons, feeding the army well, and building steam engines and ships, there would be more money left.

The head of the village was happy: "As the Yi people continue to send good things back, I believe more and more people will join the trade team, and the scale of trade will be even greater next year."

Zhu Wentian remained silent and slowly tasted the delicious dumplings one bite at a time.

He knew that due to the promotion of overseas trade, European countries would change the history of great navigation and send more ships to the Ming Dynasty for trade in advance.

Nowadays, most of the Arabs, that is, the big cannibals, are responsible for the intermediary transactions, and some people from European countries have joined such teams.

There were no canals in the Mediterranean, so they walked overland and then took a boat.

Either we have to go all the way overland, from a bunch of Stans, or from Afghanistan. The British want to come over without taking a boat...

Big food is best at doing business, but is also willing to fight.

And Ming Dynasty must go out. This isolation from the country will not work. All good resources will be taken by others.

The key is that those races are too aggressive, and history has proven this.Zhu Yuanzhang took a sip of the green watermelon soup and smiled: "As soon as the weather gets warm next year, our fleet will go out first. The wooden ships will cruise along the coast of Ming Dynasty, and the large steam engines will go out for trade.

Your question book is good. We have already set the development policy for next year, focusing on stabilizing internal affairs, strengthening national education and maritime trade.

I don't care about the military for now, as long as Bei Yuan doesn't come over, and I can go to Yunnan to collect the land. "

Zhu Yuanzhang expressed his position on the thick question book compiled by the li chief, and the officials in the court unanimously approved it.

Next year, King Liang of Yunnan will use force to intimidate Bei Yuan, and Yunnan has cut off contact with the Bei Yuan Emperor.

Ming Dynasty has sent people over to deliver some gifts and help with hunting or something.

Adopt the same strategy as when you go to Guangdong next year and use guns to intimidate local tribes.

Then the people read together and did not delay farming. By the way, they were taught how to use soil, fertilizer and pesticides for farming.

For foreign trade, four steam engines with a capacity of [-] dan and one steamer with a capacity of [-] dan were sent out first.

Continue to make three thousand stone. The three thousand stone is suitable for sails. If it is larger, the sail is not suitable.

If a steam engine ship does not have sails, it will worry about the lack of fuel and fresh water. Use the sails when there is wind, and use the steam engine to power when the wind is bad.

There are no other things to do. As for repairing bridges and repairing roads, it is a normal arrangement of the court. It is a small problem and must be done every year.

Empress Ma said next to her: "The main thing is that we have money. The most worrying thing is that the state treasury has no money to use, and the people are affected by the disaster, so they can only reduce or reduce rents.

For example, in Sichuan, the disaster-stricken areas not only had their land taxes reduced for two years, but also had to divert grain from other nearby places to feed the people.

The steam engine slowly transported the food, replenishing the food and bringing local specialties back from there. "

Queen Ma said it most clearly. If you have food in your hands, don't panic. The food obtained from trade is more useful than gold and silver.

"The queen is right." The head of the village agreed: "There will be no major unpreventable disasters next year. Everyone will be able to farm the land safely. When the harvest comes, you can use the money to collect grain."

"Yes, the excess grain is collected with money, and then people spend money to buy things, and the money needs to be circulated.

We save the food and use it wherever needed, but we cannot afford to slack off.

Several more seed planting bases need to be established. The climate in different places is different, and seeds elsewhere may not be suitable. "

Zhu Yuanzhang did not know that the past few years were the most difficult time for him. He was at war and encountered disasters everywhere. Drought, locust plague, flood, harvest failure, drought, small earthquakes and hail were all trivial matters.

At this moment in history, the people of Beiping, Shaanxi, Shandong, Henan, and Hebei were dying or fleeing. The key was that Beiyuan had not been defeated, and people had to be sent to defend it. At the same time, Zhongdu was repairing, and the people were having trouble living.

Now the production in Shandong has increased. Soybeans and sorghum have been planted where wheat is grown once a year. The harvest has been completed, and the people deliberately sent people to deliver them.

One kilogram from each family will let His Majesty know that his family is no longer short of food and he will not have to worry about it next year.

"What your Majesty said is absolutely true." The head of the village continued to echo: "The most lacking utensils at home are the common people. If there is one more kind of pot, the common people will have more choices for cooking. As long as the price is cheaper, the common people will be willing to buy it, thus saving the money in the common people's hands. Take it back.”

"In this kind of business, the state treasury makes money, they collect taxes, and the people... open more pottery kilns next year, at least to have pottery plates, bowls, and plates."

Zhu Yuanzhang instantly thought of who was taking advantage, and corrected his thoughts.

(End of this chapter)