Daming Greedy Wolf Star

Chapter 219 Follow-up of the Potato Project

There is really nothing to stay in Wa country, Zhu Zhanhe only stayed on Sado Island for half a month, he visited the Mu family army, and left after arranging a follow-up shift plan.

These people have stayed in the Wa country for too long, and they always have to let them go home to have a look, at least let them visit their relatives or something?
The current Wa country basically does not need these blood-baptized Mu family troops anymore. After that, it will mainly focus on defense, as long as it is to guard Sado Island and not lose it. Anyone can do such things as guarding the miners.

Besides, the northern part of the Wa country is now ten rooms and nine empty, and the main population is concentrated in the south, which is a headache for Zhang Fu.

The Sado Gold Mine is hard to lose.

After going to Shijian Yinshan and saying hello to Zhang Fu, Zhu Zhanhe went directly to the south by boat and returned to Yunnan.

In this era, water transport is still the fastest mode of transportation and transportation. The imperial court had imposed a sea ban last year when the new tax system was implemented, but the splash was not big.

One reason is that the new tax system and the fact that officials and gentry pay food as a whole are really shocking. In contrast, although the sea ban is also against the ancestral precepts, it is not 01:30 that is less influential.

Secondly, the sea ban is mainly for business.

Previously, the sea was banned in Ming Dynasty, but although it was banned on the surface, in fact, the sea has never been banned, because the merchants have not stopped using the sea ban, but because they have umbrellas, this matter has not been exposed come out.

At that time, officials from Zhejiang, headed by Huang Huai, covered the sky in the coastal areas and allowed merchants to use sea transportation, and the final "taxes" flowed into the pockets of these officials.

But now, headed by Huang Huai, almost all the officials who sheltered the southeast sea merchants were imprisoned and beheaded and ransacked their homes. The merchants who lost their protective umbrellas would naturally shrink back.

Although the imperial court ordered the opening of the sea ban, it is true that those officials were beheaded. Merchants have always been one of the groups with the lowest social status in the feudal era, and almost every dynasty will target them.

Now, who knows if Daming is trying to lure snakes out of their holes, and finally catch them all?
Therefore, although the sea ban is opened, it is actually more deserted than when it was not opened.

However, this has nothing to do with Zhu Zhanhe.

First of all, Yunnan is not under the jurisdiction of the imperial court now, and secondly, the ports on the Yunnan side are mainly Jiaozhou Prefecture, that is, Shenglong City, which was originally located on the Taojiang River.

This is the place that Zhu Zhanhe took down after he wiped out Chen Jikuo, and the Yunnan court has no control over it, let alone here.

When March was approaching, Zhu Zhanhe took Zhu Sanfeng back to Yunnan and took the sea route. Naturally, the first place to arrive was Shenglong City, just in time to meet the caravan that was loading and preparing to set off.

This caravan is the caravan of Li Chengliang and others. Except for them, no one in Yunnan dares to blatantly use the caravan at the port of Shenglong City.

"What is this stuff?" Zhu Zhanhe pointed to the laborers who were loading the ship, looked at Li Chengliang and asked.

"His Royal Highness..." Li Chengliang ran over in a panic.

"It was His Royal Highness King Wu who ordered us to ship the potatoes. He told us to send them to Hulumos. Someone will take over when we get there."

"Where is Song Shiyi?" Zhu Zhanhe frowned upon hearing this.

Li Chengliang hurriedly replied: "Go back to His Royal Highness, His Royal Highness King Wu told him to follow the previous path and not go with us."

Zhu Zhanhe nodded upon hearing this.

There was no Song Shiyi in the caravan that set off this time, he still took the Shushen Poison Road, and then entered the Sultan of Delhi, which was related to Zhu Zhanhe's previous arrangement.

If you have a good memory, you may still remember that when Zhu Zhanhe asked Li Chengliang and the others to deliver the potatoes, he left Song Shiyi alone and gave him the potatoes alone.

Earlier at the New Year’s Eve dinner, Ulug Beg mysteriously told Zhu Zhanhe that there were silverfish in Yunnan, and he was referring to Song Shiyi.

This time it was to send potatoes to the Timurid Empire, in exchange for the one thousand Timurid Empire people and the first deposit for the future white slave transaction, and the Timurid Empire does not know the specific situation of the potatoes for the time being, just based on feeling It is thought that the businessman saw this big cake and took the risk.

Therefore, this point still needs to be paid attention to, so that the Timur Empire cannot be aware of it.

Maybe even if they knew something was wrong, they wouldn't let them give up the potatoes, but this kind of thing is more difficult to say, it's better to make the enemy unprepared as much as possible.

"Do you know when Song Shiyi is leaving?" Thinking of this, Zhu Zhanhe looked at Li Chengliang again.

"Returning to His Royal Highness, when Song Shi traveled by land, his speed was far slower than by water, so he set off shortly after His Royal Highness King Wu returned to Yunnan."

Li Chengliang felt a little uneasy, and explained carefully.

"His Royal Highness, you may not know that this time, His Royal Highness King Wu just asked Song Shiyi to carry out the simplest trade as before, and no potatoes were involved, so he can set off directly without preparation."

"He felt that the speed of traveling by land was too slow, and he was afraid of delaying your business with His Highness King Wu, so he set off at the fastest speed after receiving His Highness Wu's order."

"I'm waiting because I have to wait for His Highness King Wu to prepare the potatoes, and because of the ocean currents, I set off at this time."

"How much money do you bring, is it enough?" Zhu Zhanhe asked directly, ignoring Li Chengliang's explanations.

"Ah..." Li Chengliang was stunned for a moment, Zhu Zhanhe's words sounded a bit concerned at first, which made him unable to react.

"According to past experience, it is enough. I don't know if your Royal Highness... have any arrangements?"

"I want you to help harvest grain, mainly rice and wheat, and try to harvest as much as possible. Is there a problem?"

Zhu Zhanhe looked at the laborers who were loading the ship, and then at Li Chengliang.

"This matter is very important. You should know what the appearance of potatoes as a grain means. Therefore, rice and wheat will be in high demand in the future. Even if they are used for wine making, they are also indispensable."

"So, I need you to collect as much food as possible."

"This is no problem!" Li Chengliang breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately patted his chest to assure.

"His Royal Highness, you have a golden body and a noble body. You may not know that we merchants will bring more money every time we go out, just because we are afraid of any accidents."

"To tell you the truth, the price of grain in Delhi Sultan, especially rice, is very cheap. We bought some grain before when we delivered potatoes to you, His Royal Highness, and then sold them back to Daming."

"We have experience in this matter, and since the Delhi Sultan got potatoes, the price of food has dropped significantly, so there should be no problem."

"It may be difficult to fill these ships, but half of them are probably fine."

"That's good." Zhu Zhanhe nodded slightly, obviously quite satisfied.

"Charge as much as possible, and I won't let you do it for free or even pay for it. When the food is shipped back, I will buy it at the price of the Delhi Sultan. In addition, I will give you [-]% more, which is regarded as hard money."

Seeing that Li Chengliang was about to speak, Zhu Zhanhe waved his hand, interrupting his intention to speak.

"There is no need to refute, merchants are making money, so you don't have to stop taking money because you are afraid."

"Although my reputation, Zhu Zhanhe, is not very good, I will not treat those who work for me badly."

"You may not earn much right now, but the water will flow forever. As long as you abide by the rules, the Wu Palace will continue to use you in the future. This money will never end."

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your appreciation!" Li Chengliang immediately bowed excitedly.

In fact, businessmen are really not short of money. The reason why they have money and keep making money is mainly because they can't do much.

Although there was no slavery system in Ming Dynasty, there was a distinction between good nationality and low nationality.

In the mainland of Ming Dynasty, women from brothels and so on are all lowly, and the group of women from the Japanese country that were sent to Daming before were also lowly.

In addition to these, businessmen are also cheap.

Low status is not only a difference of status, but also a matter of generations, because in Daming, as long as you are lowly, your children will always be lowly unless they climb high.

However, if you have a humble nationality, you cannot take part in the imperial examination and obtain fame.

Therefore, as a lowly businessman, besides making money, he can only make money.

Li Chengliang is naturally very excited that there is hope to climb the high branch of Zhu Zhanhe.

To put it in a wishful thinking, climbing the high branch of Zhu Zhanhe means that they have the opportunity to reach the top, and unlike other businessmen who want to secretly contact those officials, Li Chengliang and others can be aboveboard.

In this case, if any daughter or niece of the family is attracted by Zhu Zhanhe or Zhu Zhanhe's younger brother, their family may break away from the humble status.

Even if they don't engage in such wishful thinking and just talk about reality, they can still reach heights that the businessmen of the Ming Dynasty could not reach through the line of Zhu Zhanhe.

"Okay, there's no need to say words of loyalty, doing things well is better than anything else." Zhu Zhanhe waved his hand, turned around and prepared to leave.

"If you don't have any money, go to Prince Wu's Mansion, and I will ask someone to approve the money for you, but you must do a good job in collecting food, and you must not slack off."

"Yes!"

Seeing the back of Zhu Zhanhe leaving, Li Chengliang was full of excitement.

……

After getting into the carriage, Zhu Sanfeng sat at the door of the carriage naturally, began to drive Zhu Zhanhe, and at the same time spoke softly.

"His Royal Highness, your...real purpose shouldn't be food, right?"

Zhu Zhanhe smiled slightly.

Zhu Sanfeng is very smart, this is what makes her different from others, and she is also a person who is on a par with Qian Yong and Jian Xiao.

Although she didn't know what Zhu Zhanhe was planning, she could feel that Zhu Zhanhe's goal was not rice or wheat, at least not just food.

Indeed, Zhu Zhanhe really didn't choose rice and wheat for wine making, at least not like what he and Li Chengliang said, choosing rice and wheat for wine making.

The previous potato plan was to let Central Asia and Europe fall into false prosperity first, and finally wait for the outbreak of Phytophthora infestation, which would instantly weaken Timur, Ottoman and even the Holy Roman Empire, and give Ming a chance to enter.

However, as the saying goes, eggs cannot be put in one basket, so Zhu Zhanhe also plans to find several other baskets.

The first is to acquire the enemy's native crops.

Just like Zhu Zhanhe's excuse, even if Daming spreads sweet potatoes in the future, Zhu Zhanhe has also formulated a tax plan, that is, the method of not collecting sweet potatoes and other grains through taxation to ensure the amount of rice and wheat planted.

Timur is the same.

Even if it is for the enjoyment of the royal family and nobles, they will definitely grow some crops like wheat. After all, the common people like potatoes, but the royal family and nobles do not necessarily like them.

Therefore, Zhu Zhanhe planned to use the excuse of wine making to buy as much as possible the ancient but stable and harmless grains of rice and wheat in the hands of the enemy.

In this way, when the potato phytophthora breaks out, it will take a long, long time even if they want to recover.

In this case, time really is life.

"Three Phoenixes." Zhu Zhanhe closed his eyes, leaned on the carriage, and spoke softly.

"What are you going to do with the 1000 people in the Timurid Empire?"

When Zhu Sanfeng heard the words, the whip in his hand stopped in mid-air.

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Siam, Sukhothai.

In fact, it can no longer be called Sukhothai of Siam, it should be called Sukhothai of Ming Dynasty, and the imperial edict of Ming Dynasty will be issued soon, and Siam will be changed to Xiangzhou Prefecture soon.

The dynasty of Siam, after the royal family was destroyed, will soon disappear in the long river of history.

"His Royal Highness, all kinds of spices and wood from Manga have arrived, what do you think we should do with them?"

Mu Sheng looked at Zhu Zhanqi in front of him and reported what happened today.

In fact, if Zhu Zhanhe was allowed to ride on Mu Sheng's head, Mu Sheng would have no objection at all, since his ability is there after all.

Skills are not as good as people, you have to suffer what you deserve.

But Mu Sheng was not convinced that Zhu Zhanqi was in charge of leading Siam.

But there is no way, this is Zhu Zhanqi's order before leaving Siam, and Mu Sheng also knows why, it is nothing more than to let Zhu Zhanqi exercise and let him know that nothing can be solved by lip service.

"Record it according to the original rules, and then send it to Yingtian." Zhu Zhanqi didn't raise his head, his eyes were always on the booklet in his hand.

"How's the timber?"

Ever since Zhu Zhanhe left, Zhu Zhanqi really hasn't relaxed for a moment, but what he did is actually nothing particularly important.

Kun Tashi had already led the troops away according to Jane Xiao's instructions, Siam was just cleaning up the mess, there were only two main things.

The first is to guard against full stabs.

Just like in history, the king of Manga came to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty in person this year, and it is not yet time for Zheng He's fleet to set sail to send the envoys of various countries back home, so the king of Manga is still in the sky.

This time is the best time, because a headless fly may strictly implement the previous order, but it can't do a good job of flexibility.

The second is to restore Sukhothai.

Before, Zhu Zhanhe only cared about destroying things, and repairing such things had nothing to do with him, but this time it was different.

The Malay Peninsula is too narrow and long to be stationed for a long time. The next best option is Sukhothai. First, the distance is reasonable, and second, there is a foundation for Siam to stay here.

Repairing is always faster and less expensive than building a new one.

In addition, there is another important factor in the restoration of Sukhothai, that is, Zhu Zhanhe plans to let his father and his family move here.

After moving here, he will be able to rule the newly conquered place better, and also be able to guard against others.

In history, the rule of Renxuan has indeed made a lot of contributions, but you have to admit that Zhu Zhanji is a ruthless character.

If you can turn your second uncle into a crockpot chicken, you can say that he is killing and resolutely cutting off future troubles, or you can say that he is impulsive while resentful, as the eldest son of Zhu Gaoxu, Zhu Zhanhe can't help but be on guard. Son.

Even, Zhu Gaoxu in history was indeed too much.

　It's the last day of the month, let's cast our votes! ! !It will expire if you keep it in your hand! ! !

In addition, let me tell you that tomorrow's surgery is minimally invasive. This matter was mentioned once in the group before, and some people know it.

At that time, I can only type with one hand, and the speed will definitely be affected. It is estimated that [-] will not be a problem, and [-] should be fine. I will try my best if I use [-].

The doctor said the recovery period is about a week.

　
(End of this chapter)