Daming: Apocalypse of Longevity

Chapter 63 Everything is ready
He can get more than half of the [-] stone grains and rice from his village. He only needs to borrow some more from his colleagues, and he can make up the whole. He immediately ordered people to check the warehouse and figure out how much stone grains and rice are still short, so that he can go with him. Borrow there.

The two Jinyi guards had already returned to Lianzhou Prefecture on Zhang Shili's ship. The ten Jinyi guards who stayed on the ship were ordered to unload the silver on the ship and transport it to Wujiazhuang. Now the warehouse in Wujiazhuang has been temporarily requisitioned by Zhang Guoji. It was guarded by ten Jin Yiwei in turn.

Zhengjiazhuang's actions were also very fast. They immediately arranged for carts and horses to start transporting grain and rice to Wujiazhuang, but after all, it was 160 million shi of grain and rice. Even hundreds of carriages would have to pull for more than ten days. Only then can they all be shipped.

After Zhang Shili's boat carried two Jinyiwei to Lianzhou Mansion, Zhu Tianqi finally received news from Zhang Guoji's side. Tianqi specially issued an imperial edict to the governor of water transportation, ordering them to fully cooperate with Zhang Guoji on grain transportation matters and listen to Zhang Guoji's orders.

But Zhu Tianqi was overly worried. After all, when Jin Yiwei went to see the Governor of Water Transport, he brought the gold medal of the Imperial Order given by him. Although this was the first time he saw this gold medal, the Governor of Water Transport, after all, it was brought by Jin Yiwei and there could be no falsehood. , how dare the Governor of Water Transport disobey orders?
Dang even arranged manpower and mobilized dozens of large flat-bottomed sand ships according to Zhang Shili's request, with Zhang Shili as a guide, to transport grain to Annan.

Knowing that Zhang Guoji had already bought millions of shi of grain and rice in Annan, and that the grain transport ship from the water transport had already set off for Annan, Zhu Tianqi finally breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the grain problem should be resolved.

During this period of time, he has been busy negotiating with Xu Guangqi about the new tax law of Ming Dynasty. Now that the new tax law has been finalized, Zhu Tianqi plans to wait until the new year arrives to officially implement the new tax law!
In order to ensure the smooth implementation of the new tax law, he also began to prepare for the establishment of a tax department according to his previous plan, selected suitable officials, and ordered all provinces, prefectures and counties across the country to arrange a government office in advance to serve as the head of the upcoming tax department. workplace.

As for the officials who were appointed to the Taxation Department, Zhu Tianqi ordered Xu Guangqi to convene officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Personnel to jointly select and negotiate. The officials who were responsible for taxation work in the past were mainly used. After all, they were all experienced people. Now every Taxation Department will dispatch Jin Yiwei supervises, but is not afraid of them engaging in malpractice for personal gain, taking bribes and perverting the law.

As for the Jinyiwei sent to the local area, Zhu Youjian was directly asked to make arrangements. Now all provinces, states and counties across the country have to set up tax departments. Thousands of Jinyiwei came. Fortunately, now that Jinyiwei has merged with the East Factory, there is no shortage of manpower, but it is troublesome to arrange so many people.

After a lot of intensive preparations, the implementation of the new tax law of the Ming Dynasty was finally "everything is ready and only the east wind is needed". At this time, the civil servants, who were staunch opponents of the tax reform, were still kept in the dark.

As for matters related to the opening up of salt and iron privatization and the maritime ban, we can only postpone it until the new tax law is successfully implemented. It is better not to be distracted for the time being.

In addition to the implementation of the new tax law, there is another very important thing, which is to arrange in advance the spring grain sowing matters of the Shaanxi Chief Envoy. Now even the people in northern Shaanxi do not know that starting from next spring, the entire northern Shaanxi region will A seven-year drought began.

As a time traveler and prophet, Zhu Tianqi could not sit idly by and take precautions. He had to start preparing for a rainy day in advance. The imperial court actively intervened in the management of the agriculture of the Shaanxi Chief Envoy. According to the previous suggestions made by Xu Guangqi, he vigorously reclaimed wasteland and reformed it. Plant crops such as millet that are cold and drought tolerant and more likely to survive.

It is also necessary to build granaries, porridge sheds and other disaster relief facilities in the prefectures and counties under the Chief Envoy of Shaanxi Province in advance to ensure that at the beginning of the famine caused by drought, the victims of the prefectures and counties can be stabilized and the people's livelihood and local Ping Jing.As things were resolved one by one, Zhu Tianqi's mood became better day by day. On the day of the Little New Year, Wang Yuanbao presented Sun Yuanhua's memorial, in which Sun Yuanhua described in detail his experience in Hao The story of how Jing'ao purchased Hongyi cannons and recruited Thai and Western craftsmen.

At the same time, Sun Yuanhua also brought good news to Zhu Tianqi. He had purchased a hundred Hongyi cannons, and also recruited more than a hundred craftsmen from the West. He had now returned to the capital on a Franji man's sailboat. Langjiren's ship departed from Haojing'ao and planned to dock at Dagu Port, Tianjin.

The Franji people attached great importance to this transaction. Even though they only paid a deposit, they were willing to deliver the goods to their door for free and arrange a ship to escort him and the Thai and Western craftsmen back to Beijing for free.

After hearing the news, Zhu Tianqi couldn't help but clapped his hands, laughed heartily, and even couldn't help handing the memorial to Wang Yuanbao to read. Unfortunately, Wang Yuanbao didn't know a few words, so he could only hold the memorial with an embarrassed look on his face. Zhu Tianqi giggled.

Sun Yuanhua's trip to Haojingao was indeed much smoother than Zhang Guoji's trip to Annan, because he believed in God, and Haojingao is currently the only large diocese in East Asia, with a wide jurisdiction covering the Ming Dynasty, Japan, Japan, Annan and the islands along the coast of Southeast Asia, so it was very convenient for Sun Yuanhua to do business in Haojing'ao through the help of the church.

With the introduction of the church, Sun Yuanhua directly ordered the required [-] red barbarian cannons from the Bugalao Cannon Foundry, and successfully recruited hundreds of Thai and Western craftsmen.

The Bugalao Cannon Foundry was opened by the Franji people in Haojing'ao in the 36th year of Jiajing. It is known as "the best cannon foundry in the world". It was originally built to meet the self-defense requirements of the Franji people in Haojing'ao. In order to meet the needs, he later also sold cannons to the Ming Dynasty and Southeast Asian countries, also produced gunpowder, cannonballs, and even helped cast bronze bells for churches.

Over time, the Bugalao Artillery Foundry gradually became the most famous artillery casting base and the largest artillery seller established by the Thais in Asia and Southeast Asia.

The reason why the church in Haojing'ao was so enthusiastic about providing help to Sun Yuanhua was not only because Sun Yuanhua was a church member. The reason why the Bujialao Cannon Foundry only accepted a deposit and was willing to send a ship to your door for free was not only because of this. Pay attention to the business.

In the final analysis, the Franji people wanted to use this to please the Ming Dynasty, hoping to gain more rights and interests in Haojing'ao, and at the same time increase the influence of the church, and obtain the permission of the Ming Dynasty court to enter the Ming Dynasty to preach. Even Sun Yuanhua recruited Most of the more than 100 Thai and Western craftsmen are missionaries.

Sun Yuanhua may not be ignorant of the purpose of Franji and the church, but as the Lamb of the Lord, he naturally hopes that the church will be recognized by the court and can contribute to the church’s missionary work. Therefore, he pretends to understand Confused.

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