My Ming Dynasty, I have the final say

Chapter 135 Yang Sichang almost vomited while sitting on the boat
Standing on the bow of the water transport ship, Yang Sichang looked at the mouth of the Liaohe River.

Sun Chengzong was already waiting there and personally led people to build a simple dock.

This batch of grain and grass is so important to Liaodong now.

In the future, this place will belong to Yingkou City.

"This work really isn't done by humans."

Reaching out and wiping his nose that was red from the cold, Yang Sichang couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

However, although he sighed in his heart, Yang Sichang did not dare to slack off at all.

He is a very motivated person, or a person who is very addicted to officialdom.

Historically, it was because he was worried that Sun Chuanting, who captured Gao Yingxiang, the king of Chuang, in Heishui Valley, would take his place as Minister of War, that they clashed with Sun Chuanting.

After all, in the entire Ming Dynasty at that time, he and Sun Chuanting were the only people who seemed capable of annihilating them.

He mobilized troops from the four northern provinces to suppress the bandits, and then almost let Gao Yingxiang escape.

Sun Chuanting, on the other hand, took 6 taels of silver to Shaanxi. Within a year, he organized a Qin army with reasonable combat effectiveness, and finally captured Chuang King Gao Yingxiang alive.

For a person who is very addicted to officialdom, this is a threat.

And now, since the emperor had arranged a job for the officials in Lianghuai and Nanzhili just because he was passing by, he personally gave him an important task.

Of course, he must now do his best to complete the task so that he can gain more attention from the emperor and climb to a higher official position.

With a creak, the canal boat lowered the gangplank, and Yang Sichang was the first to get off the boat.

Going to sea in this winter is really painful.

Moreover, for this first transportation, it can be said that he mobilized all available ships in Tianjin and Denglai areas.

This is a large fleet composed of Fu boats, gun boats, and shuttle boats.

Looking at the whole world, it is also ranked in the top five.

We all know Fuchuan and gunboat, and the "white bottom boat" is also called "white bottom boat" because the bottom of the boat is coated with white ash or white paint to prevent barnacles and other sea insects from corroding it.

The navigation industry of the Ming Dynasty was very developed, but the technological focus was on the lucky ships that focused on stability and load capacity.

There is no way, whether they are European merchants or Tianfang merchants, they all need to do business all over the world to survive, and they need to travel thousands of miles to the Central Plains to transport luxury goods back.

However, the Central Principle does not have such long-distance needs. It is mainly needed for water transportation, so the requirements for load and stability are higher than the speed.

After all, being late is acceptable, but capsizing is really unacceptable.

The ship Yang Sichang took carried [-] shi, which was approximately equivalent to [-] tons in later generations.

This thing is now the largest blessing ship in the Ming Dynasty. It is a legacy left after the Wanli Korean War.

To be honest, Yang Sichang was a little timid when he boarded this boat.

After all, this ship is older than his son, and only eight years younger than him.

Oh, by the way, Yang Sichang is 32 years old this year.

"Governor Sun."

"Envoy Yang."

After getting off the boat, Yang Sichang and Sun Chengzong bowed to each other.

Although the rule about not being allowed to kneel down at will has been broken for a long time, even an official dares to make civilians kneel down.

However, officials still have respect for each other. Unless they are masters and apprentices, they rarely kneel down and worship.

"Master Sun, this time we are transporting 12 shi of grain and [-] sets of kitchen knives, iron pots, and farm tools. This is the shipping order."

With that said, Yang Sichang took a deep breath and said to Sun Chengzong.

"Please also ask the governor to check."

He drank the sea breeze on the boat for two weeks, and now Yang Sichang just wants to have a down-to-earth sleep.But due to his duty, he could only leave after being inspected by the chief officer at the escort place.

"it is good."

Located in Liaoyou, because of the existence of Jiulong Post Road, Sun Chengzong knew very well what was happening in the capital and knew that Bi Ziyan had set off another round of anti-corruption storm.

Taking the consignment note from Yang Sichang, Sun Chengzong said to Yang Sichang.

"Please also ask the transfer envoy to wait for a moment."

As Sun Chengzong spoke, he waved to the people around him. He brought the master who was responsible for managing money and food, then took the people on board the ship and began to inspect the supplies.

"Hot water and beds are ready. Later, Commander Yang can take a good rest."

Seeing the tired look on Yang Sichang's face, Sun Chengzong turned around and said.

"Thank you sir."

Hearing this, Yang Sichang quickly handed over his hands and thanked him, not daring to make excuses at all.

Not only was this person higher in official rank than him, he was also the emperor's mentor when he was in hiding.

"Is this food and grass this year's new food?"

Asking a passing farmer to put down the grain bag on his back, Sun Chengzong used a wrist-breaking knife to open the grain bag, grabbed a handful of coarse rice, smelled it and asked.

"Don't worry, sir, it's all this year's new grain, and it's guaranteed not to be adulterated with sand or anything like that. After the grain was shipped out of Tianjin Wei's warehouse, it was directly loaded onto the ship without passing through the hands of others."

Everyone is a thousand-year-old fox, and they all know the tricks played by the people below.

Why mix sand and soil into the grain to increase the weight of the grain bag?

Why replace new food with old food and corrupted food?

This is a trick that has been played for generations.

As he spoke, Yang Sichang couldn't help but yawn.

"The current Tianjin magistrate, Mr. Yuan Keli, packed up all the original Tianjin guards, warehouse managers and others and sent them to the capital because of corruption."

"When I was picking up tools in the capital, I went to the Caishikou to see all of them. His Majesty had their heads cut off because of corruption. For the shortfall in the grain depot, they would first plunder the stolen goods from their own family, and if the family was not enough, they would plunder the entire family. , if the whole clan is not enough, just copy the three clans.”

"Now that the emperor is vigorously fighting against corruption, no one who is short-sighted would dare to reach out."

"Shovel heads, hoes, iron pots, kitchen knives, hatchets, etc. are all produced by His Majesty's newly established Shijing Factory."

As he said this, two people happened to be passing by carrying bundled shovel heads. Yang Sichang reached out to stop them, pulled out a brand new shovel head and showed it to Sun Chengzong.

"Your Majesty has ordered the governor to farm in Liaodong. Although the emperor has approved the silver, he will no longer transport silver to Liaodong. He only allows the transportation of supplies."

"I didn't know what Mr. Sun needed, so I ordered these tools from Shijing Factory based on my own experience."

"I have brought the order price list of Shijing Factory to the governor. If there is still need, Governor Sun can make a list and I will buy it for Governor Sun."

"Have a heart."

Hearing this, Sun Chengzong nodded with satisfaction, very satisfied with Yang Sichang's ability to do things independently.

He also knew that he would transport a batch of supplies to himself first in case of emergencies.

"I will give you a list later, and you will buy it on my behalf after you return to Beijing."

"Your Excellency is welcome."

Smiling cheerfully, Yang Sichang raised his head and looked into the distance.

There, there is his future.

"Now that the country is in dire straits, we, the rest of the world, will have to work hard for the Ming Dynasty."

(End of this chapter)