Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 724 Jeju launches transit trade, [-] workers and peasants go to Sado
  On the fifth day of May, at Seongsan Port on Jeju Island, the Daming Navy was about to set sail.

Lu Yu and Chen Mingde, the governor of Shandong Province, took a final inventory: more than [-] craftsmen and their families had boarded the ship, and mining tools and daily necessities were also available.

The Japanese navy had previously attacked Jeju Island, but after the failure, they all fled to Niudao. Now they have been captured by the Baoding Zhongwei soldiers brought back by the navy.

More than [-] people were captured alive, almost all of them. The Ming army valued these prisoners very much, as they were good labor for mining.

In addition, Hakata Port still has a backlog of nearly [-] prisoners, and the navy will first take [-] people to Sado Island.

Seeing that there were no problems in all aspects, Lu Yu took Chen Mingde and told him: "The Holy One moved two garrison troops from Xuanfu and Huailai to guard Sado Island.

You are to transport them and their families, and the navy is to leave five thousand soldiers to garrison temporarily.

Then you have to come back and transport another [-] Shandong refugees to Sado Island. "

Chen Mingde was a little confused after hearing this: "There are still [-] Shandong refugees? Can one island accommodate so many people?"

Lu Yu gestured: "Sado Island is more than a hundred miles long from north to south. It has long mountain ranges in the north and south, sandwiching a plain that is more than twenty miles long and ten miles wide.

Although it may look like an island, it is full of fertile farmland.

Even miners and farmers can accommodate hundreds of thousands of people without any problem.

At that time, you will place the two garrisons transferred from Xuanfu to the sea at both ends of the plain, and the second batch of Shandong refugees will be placed in the middle of the plain.

This time we are accompanied by officials from the Ministry of War, Ministry of Industry, and Ministry of Household Affairs, as well as the Sado County Magistrate and his staff. Just transport them properly and let these officials worry about the rest. "

Chen Mingde nodded, then there is no problem.

After loading personnel and supplies, the Ming Dynasty Navy fleet set off in a mighty manner.

After more than a year of training, the Daming Navy has accumulated rich experience in ocean navigation.

After the destruction of the Japanese navy, Ming's ocean transportation has become very safe. The naval fleet sailed along the northern coast of Japan, stopping at many islands and ports for supplies along the way.

Once there is a storm, you can take shelter in the port in time, which greatly increases your safety.

It had only been a day since Chen Mingde left with the main force of the navy. Before Lu Yu could take a breath, Huang Song's Guangdong Navy returned from Seoul and docked at Chengshan Port for supplies.

Huang Song was very happy that he could finally take the Guangdong Navy back to the south. The north was still a bit too cold.

The Ministry of Revenue purchased a large amount of wild ginseng and other goods from Goryeo and North Korea, and had yellow pine transported to Annan and handed over to the governor Bai Gui for sale. After the food is sold, the grain is purchased and shipped to Japan to sell at a high price.

In addition, the Ministry of Revenue purchased [-] kilograms of grain from North Korea and placed yellow pine on Jeju Island, waiting for other Navy ships to transport it to Japan for resale.

Lu Yu stared blankly at the port as the Guangdong navy unloaded grain from the ship, with a look of helplessness on his face: Shen Yi, Xiao Fan, and Geng Jiuchou from the Ministry of Revenue were too philistine, and they were all Jinshi on the second list after all. He was born in a wealthy family, and instead of collecting taxes in a down-to-earth manner, he actually started a government-run trade.

After cursing for a long time, Lu Yu shook his head helplessly and expressed his understanding to Shen Yi, Xiao Tan and Geng Jiuchou.

After all, they can't be entirely blamed. Anguo Gong sold the Chisong family one hundred thousand shi of grain before, but he just flipped it and made a hundred thousand taels of silver with tears in his eyes.

Beijing probably hasn't received this news yet. Once the Ministry of Revenue knows that the business is so easy, it will definitely intensify its efforts and become even more fanatical.

The two Beijing Household Departments worked together to collect various taxes and calculate carefully. After a whole year of hard work, the total cash received was only about four million taels.

This was despite the fact that the emperor was selfless and transferred more than one million taels of gold and silver every year to the Ministry of Revenue for free.

But the household business is different. Just by selling grain, porcelain, and tea to Japan this year, the income of [-] million taels will not be enough. Lu Yu got into the mood, and after thinking about it, he began to nod and praise: "It turned out that this is how the Holy Lord calculated the six departments. A few years ago, the three major weaving bureaus in Jiangnan were also assigned to the Ministry of Industry by the Holy Lord.

Now that the Ministry of Industry is also happy, it can focus on selling silk overseas.

The Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household Affairs competed to make money. In just one year, they became addicted to making money.

The ministers who strongly opposed the opening of sea bans and ocean trade during the Yongle, Hongxi, Xuande, and Yuanshou dynasties will completely change their stance. When the time comes, they will cry and beg the Holy One to send troops to attack Majapahit, so as to take back the old port and restore Control of the Western Routes. "

Lu Yu looked westward, and from more than two thousand miles away, he could picture the faces of the misers from the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Household happily counting money.

After the Guangdong Navy had unloaded the grain, made the handover, and loaded the supplies, Huang Song came to say goodbye to Lu Yu.

Huangsong must first go from Jeju Island to Ningbo, then load a batch of goods from the Ministry of Housing and Industry, and then go south along the offshore sea to Annan.

Now the value of Jeju Island as a transit port has initially emerged.

Among the entire Oriental trade routes, the two sections from Ningbo to Jeju Island and from the ports in Shandong to Jeju Island are the two most dangerous.

These two sections require sailing about a thousand miles on the ocean.

The ship arrives at Jeju Island to replenish supplies, and then sails along the offshore sea to ports such as Busan and Hakata.

……

Sakai Port, the Ming army camp.

Poor Xu Heng and Jin Xing have been hiding here and there for several days.

Unable to return to the Chinese army's tent, Xu Heng and Jin Xing grabbed the commander's tent and hid in it to drink tea and chat.

Jin Xing sighed while drinking tea: "This job given by the emperor is really difficult. A group of Japanese guardian daimyo are crying and begging us to sell food every day. It feels weird."

Xu Heng echoed: "Who says it's not the case? I have been fighting for decades, and this is the first time I have seen this situation. The enemy did not fight, but instead came to our military camp to buy food. What is this?

Especially on the Kanto side, the Kamakura shogunate, the Muromachi shogunate, and the coalition forces led by the Kanto governor were fighting fiercely.

Now it's better, no one is fighting, and they are all retreating to the city and fortress to reduce food consumption.

Some daimyo still have grain in hand, but with this year's severe drought, the fields will definitely not be able to harvest much grain.

The food we have is limited, so they have to fight for it in advance.

He arrived too late and couldn't grab it. He saved the food and ate it all by himself. He would be starving in the second half of this year. "

Jin Xing replied: "We were forced to hide in Tibet by the enemy in this way. It will be a big joke when it is written in the history books in the future."

"It's like boiling an eagle, just wait for them. Wait until the main force of our navy comes back, and then we can sell food.

We occupy central Japan and are responsible for selling grain; we mine northern and southern Japan. After the two shogunates surrender, their wealth will be confiscated, and then the Buddha will be destroyed.

This war fortune has grown tremendously. Japan has more oil and water than North Korea. North Korea only sells goods such as wild ginseng, and there are no plains, so farming is not easy. "

(End of this chapter)