Win the Ding 1617

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On the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, amidst the stove firecrackers all over the city, the courtyard of the General’s Mansion also had a festive and peaceful atmosphere. Maids and servants kept coming in and out. Sets of sterling silver tableware were placed on the dining table, embroidered with gold thread. The finished chairs are covered with quilts on rosewood and rosewood chairs. The chefs in the kitchen, the red desks, the white desks, the ones who cut vegetables and meat, and those who are in charge of washing dishes and doing oily work, are all busy. Taking care of the work in his hands, preparing for the evening banquet.

In the back garden, on a piece of water, several waterfowls were enjoying the sunshine in the winter afternoon. In the water not far from them, there were bursts of laughter from a pavilion.

"Brother Zong, that's the deal. When the first month comes out, I will ask Uncle Fu, as the man's matchmaker, to come to your house to pay the lottery."

In the pavilion, four brothers, Shou Han, Fu Bo, Li Peilin, and Li Peiting, sat around together, discussing the marriage of Shou Han and Xiuxiu.

In the blink of an eye, the brothers and sisters of the Li family have been with Shouhan for several years. Leaving aside the changes in others, Xiuxiu has gradually grown from a childish little girl to a big girl with a breathtaking appearance.According to the idea of ​​the Li family brothers, they want to marry their youngest sister to Li Shouhan, so as to make their connection with Shouhan closer.

"If the six ceremonies of accepting the color, asking the name, Naji, Nazheng, asking for a date, and welcoming each other are written down one by one, it will take a long time! My lord has to involve energy, and Pei Lin is worried that it will affect the great event of the lord's Northern Expedition. "Although I am happy in my heart, as a subordinate, I still have to remind you that you can't abolish the public for personal reasons.

"Hey! Could it be that Shou Han can't marry a wife because of official business? It's okay! Let the results of the Northern Expedition and the happy event of welcoming the bride be a double blessing!" As Li Xiuxiu's nominal father and the elder of the general's mansion, Uncle Fu was very helpful. say.

"Well, if all these procedures and etiquette are completed, it may take less than half a year. By then, it is estimated that the matter in the north will be settled."

"Should we discuss the issue of matchmaking between men and women now?" Li Peiting deliberately asked a very mentally handicapped question, trying to show his existence.

The other three people in the pavilion didn't answer his topic, but Li Shouhan waved his hand to signal. At the other end of the long bridge connecting the pavilion to the land, brothers Mo Jin and Mo Yu immediately turned around and supervised the guards to disperse in all directions and be vigilant.

Seeing this, Li Peilin knew that it was time to talk about business, so he took the leather book on the chair beside him, and took out a thick stack of documents from it.Li Peiting had no choice but to fiddle with the charcoal fire in the brazier with fire chopsticks, and occasionally fiddled with a few sweet potatoes beside the brazier.

"Today is the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month. According to the rules of buying and selling merchants, it is time to start taking inventory and checkout. We might as well use this half day today to count our belongings, so as to know how much we can do."

When he said this, Shou Han was also quite emotional. From the 45th year of Wanli to the fourth year of Tianqi, he went through the three years of Wanli, Taichang, and Tianqi. In seven years, during these seven years, Li Shouhan went from a A precarious young man with a weak crown has grown into a local overlord with tens of thousands of soldiers, thousands of miles away, and a household registration of millions. He can compete with many great men of this era. How can this not make people sigh?

"My lord, my lord." Li Peilin looked at Shou Han as if he seemed to be in a daze, so he called softly, "Is it because you have been too tired recently?"

Li Peilin's words were not flattery. From the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, Shou Han used the time of winter slack to recruit peasants to build roads and mine crazily. <Before farming, complete the main road from Ha Tinh to Hue, and complete the road construction of some important villages. The road from Hue to Jiulong River, and to Binh Ba Port also needs to complete many links such as survey, line determination, and border crossing. , if conditions permit, it is also possible to complete the foundation and hardening of the pavement. "This is Shou Han's speech in front of many Tunbao Baochang.

But in this case, many security chiefs couldn't help frowning secretly.

It is nearly 300 miles from Ha Tinh to Hue, and there is Lingjiang River in the middle. Although the main road section is in the south of the Yangtze River, it is still more than [-] miles long. It is necessary to complete the ashes-burning road that can drive three carriages side by side, from Ha Tinh to Kowloon Jiang, the land route is almost three thousand miles, if all roads are built as ashes, the cost is not cheap.Moreover, a post station should be set up every [-] miles, and a road connecting the main road should be built in Tunpu village near the north-south main road.

this fee?Thinking about it makes people dizzy.

"I calculated it. The standard wages for main roads should be more than 100 taels of silver per mile. This part of the cost is unified by the general's mansion. As for the wages and meals for the branch roads, according to the principle of four or six distributions, the mansion will Sixty percent of the wages are paid, and the rest, such as artificial rations, are raised by each insurance. In addition to the more than 1 people in the Fengshun joint account of Ruan Da's shopkeeper, the labor is dozens of people recruited from Jiangnan. Master Wanmin, you must complete this road this winter!"

As a result, hundreds of thousands of people living in the south of the Yangtze River lived in Long An, Xining, Xiaohe, Jiading, Binh Duong, Houyi, Dong Nai, An Giang, Dong Thap, Vinh Long, Ben Tre, Can Tho, Cuzhen, An Giang, Kien Giang, Tra Vinh, etc. Many other reclamation areas built by Ha Tinh immigrants began to start large-scale earthworks.However, it seems that such an act of wasting people and money also has an advantage, that is, the remnants of the former Ruan family's defeated generals and those careerists with evil intentions who are wandering around are unable to find young and middle-aged soldiers.Relying on the old, weak, sick and disabled in various places can only brush up combat experience and accumulate military exploits for the armed task forces scattered all over the place.

"Oh, it's okay! Thinking of our biggest achievement this year, it was the pacification of the Ruan family, the powerful enemy in the south, and opened up the passage to the south, so that our strategic development space is unprecedentedly huge, instead of being confined to a corner of Hejing." Shou Han suddenly woke up and realized that he had lost his mind!

Indeed, looking around on the map now, from Hejing to the south, a broad avenue, like a tree trunk, extends to the south, continuously shooting out branches to the surroundings, connecting countless villages in Tunbao.

"The present road, oh, according to my lord, it is a highway. The construction of a post station can be completed almost every seven days, which is not satisfactory." Although it is such a humble tone, the look of pride is on Li Peilin's face brimming with.

The general contracting of the construction of this road to Ruan Fuying's Fengshun joint company is the result of Shou Han's arbitrary decision to overcome all opinions, and a large-scale recruitment of civilians in the Jiangnan New District, giving them rations and money, and letting them harden the roadbed, etc. Foundation construction.

"The construction in the past six months has almost eaten up the two-year grain storage of more than 40 Tunpu villages near the south of the Yangtze River. It costs tens of thousands of taels of silver every month, and we have to pay 10,000+ catties of fine salt to the peasants as workers. The total price will cost three to four million taels of silver, which is almost equivalent to the cost of Hongji Port and Pingba Port!" Fu Bo, who was in charge of the house, twitched his beard.

"It can't be counted like this, Uncle Fu, if we don't build this road, the road going south will be difficult, and the remnants of the Ruan family will definitely gather the people to fight against us. Compared with the consumption of this generation, the money spent on military food may be several times more than these. However, I built this road, and hundreds of thousands of southern people, whether they are Jing, Miao, Tai, or Wa, It's Jingpo people who have come out of the villages and forests to earn wages and rations. Moreover, they used our fine salt and cloth, which invisibly opened up a market for us."

"Having said that, but in the four years of Tianqi, there are two big expenses. One is to conquer Nanruan's army and military equipment, and the other is to build this north-south road."

"That's right! My family's ancestors experienced two of the three major campaigns of Shenzong. Which battle did not destroy the treasury?" Li Peiting handed the baked sweet potatoes to Shou Han, taking advantage of the situation, "But we With the Ruan family destroyed, it seems that the street business in Ha Tinh Mansion has flourished a lot?"

With both hands upside down, the roasted sweet potatoes were browned and sweet, and Shou Han, who kept breathing hot, ate a few mouthfuls of sweet potatoes before answering Li Peiting's puzzlement head-on.

"Second brother, you can't see the forest for the trees now. The three major campaigns of the Wanli emperor are still the property left by Mr. Jiangling. They are all based on land tax. However, all kinds of nobles, officials, students Officials, eunuchs, Huangzhuang, and clans all do not pay grain or pay taxes. However, if you look at Hejing and Nanzhong, is there anyone below you who dares not to pay grain or pay taxes? To be honest, I pay more taxes than anyone else!" When Shou Han talked about his administration, his eyebrows couldn't help but glow.

The Li family brothers are silent. The government and gentry pay taxes together. It is because Hejing and even the whole Nanzhong area are not afraid of war, and even like this kind of large-scale consumption of money and food. There is no other reason. From various workshops to farmers, they will get a lot orders and purchases, and the money they get goes back to part of the treasury in the form of taxes. "This is life and death."

"This year," Pei Lin talked eloquently with a few documents taken out of the book in his hand, even though he didn't need to look at those papers at all, the numbers on them were already in his mind, but He was still used to holding these pieces of paper in his hand. "According to the port and customs reports, the bulk of our imported goods are mainly raw silk, silk, cotton, wheat, and tea. Among them, raw silk and cotton are mainly supplied to various workshops, and wheat is exchanged for a stone of rice. Looking at the price of a stone of wheat, we have suffered a lot, but it has supplemented our demand for flour. Sixty to seventy percent of the two parts of silk and tea are used for entrepot trade and sold to Jose and the Spaniards , and the Shimadzus and the English."

"The bulk of the export is rice. For the export of rice in Guangxi, it is maintained at around 20 shi per month. After the new year, it is planned to expand to Guangdong and increase the export volume to at least 40 shi per month. Huguang, Jiangnan, The soldiers and civilians in Fujian all eat our rice."

"Second brother, do you know why you were transferred back from Songjiang? We have had good harvests in the past few years, and the Jiulongjiang reclamation area has also begun to produce a large amount of rice. If we don't sell it, the rice will be cheap and hurt farmers." Shou Han Handing over a cup of hot tea with a smile, he told Li Peiting about his importance.

Peiting's heart became hot, and he was about to speak, when Peilin continued to talk, "Besides rice, there are many products of our Nanzhong, fine salt, white sugar, dyed cloth, and steel products, these four items are all It is the pillar of my Nanzhong's source of wealth, and it is also a major taxpayer for my lord." He teased Li Shouhan, who deliberately made a crying face, and then motioned him to continue talking. "Jing salt has been sold to the Central Plains through the two gangs of Yancao and Yangzhou Fangjia, especially the Yangtze River and the canal. White sugar, the sales target and scope are more complicated than Jing salt. East to Fusang, the island After the Jin family withdrew from Ryukyu, the lord gave him the exclusive right to trade the white granulated sugar with hibiscus. In the past few months, his Shimadzu family had transported almost four to five thousand bags of sugar, as well as thousands of iron pots and countless needles. , thousands of cotton cloths, thousands of stones of rice, and thousands of women. In the north, white sugar, like fine salt, has become an important commodity in the southeast wealth area. Our two white goods earn us a lot of money. Here comes a shipload of silver."

"There are also those red-haired barbarians! Almost every day they are waiting there with gold and silver in the store. Sugar, raw silk, cotton cloth, tea, everything they don't want! Now they are also interested in steel." Fu Bo Putting down the sweet potatoes that he had eaten a few bites, he drank a sip of tea happily. With a good financial income, he is naturally much better as a housekeeper.

"No! A few days ago, that English businessman, Charlie, negotiated with Huang Qiying, wanting to have exclusive possession of our porcelain, that is, the exclusive right to the Lily porcelain named after the lord, and the Europa of the holy porcelain. The price offered is very attractive, Huang Qiying is a little tempted, However, the shares of the two of them are not enough to make such a decision, and I plan to report this matter to the lord and other shareholders when they are having New Year's tea in the next year, and it will be up to everyone to decide."

"Let Huang Qiying tell that Englishman that he can't eat a fat man in one bite. He will settle the matter of the British Isles first, and then tell me about Europa!" Shou Han decisively denied the British Charlie's exclusive ambition.

After crossing the river, the first thing Shou Han did was to order Ye Qi to control the main production area of ​​kaolin, and at the same time order Huang Qiying to speed up the construction of the kiln.Lay the foundation for his next cornucopia, and now this cornucopia is about to become another gold-absorbing weapon of Shou Han. How can he allow an Englishman to exclusively obtain the exclusive right to the entire Western world?

"Let me work for you? There is no way!" He cursed in his heart.

"Second brother, I know that you have a good relationship with the Spaniards in Jose. Later, you can talk to those in Jose, and say that I plan to sell this porcelain to Spain, Turks, France, etc. Ask them what they think Is your wallet full?"

Shou Han's words caused Pei Ting to break out in cold sweat, "Could it be that he knew that I planned to sell the goods to Jose and his group without paying taxes that day? Or, it was Jose and his group. The red-haired red-haired guy tipped off the news in order to please the lord?"

"My lord, why is this? Then Charlie came to the door himself and wanted to buy our goods, and the price he gave in the past was also very high. A gold coin for a box of tableware! Why should we bother?"

"Second brother, the sly rabbit is still in three caves, let alone me waiting? When talking with them, let me talk about Charlie's profit by the way. I believe that Jose and the group will definitely serve you as their god!"

Li Peilin glanced at his younger brother with an unconcealable smug look on his face, shook his head involuntarily, and sighed secretly.

"My lord, the number of acres of fields we have counted in the north and south, as of October 420th, is 63 to 340 acres of paddy fields, and [-] acres of dry fields and mountainous lands. Among them About one-third of the flooded and dry mountainous land is newly seized from Ruanjia, Xialiao and other places. According to our evaluation standards, most of them belong to the land that can increase production. Because these lands, paddy fields, can only be harvested for one stone and five buckets per season , if it can meet the standards of the Jiangbei Old Area, then these paddy fields alone can feed us and the population of Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Jiangxi, etc. In addition, Ye Qi wrote to say that after the beginning of spring, they will find a way to transport a batch of tea saplings Come and try planting, if we can really grow tea on our land, we can reduce imports from the mainland and export a large amount of our tea."

"Send the clippers to tell Ye Qi that it's not only tea saplings, but also soybeans. I need a lot of soybean seeds, tell him, at least get me enough bean seeds to plant [-] mu!" Shou Han roared excitedly. "Those dry fields and mountainous areas, you can consider planting corn, sweet potatoes, potatoes, wheat, soybeans, peanuts, tea, and the tobacco brought by the Spaniards!"

"Also, in addition to Hejing Ngee'an and other places, Miandao and Luzon also want to grow special sugarcane. At least it will reach about 50 mu next year, otherwise, several mills will not be able to eat enough! They don’t have enough to eat, and we lose a lot of money! White sugar is white silver! In addition to Ryukyu, our sources of sugar cane include local production and Luzon. Only with a stable source of raw materials can we ensure stable and high production!"

The three people in the pavilion glanced at each other, with complex expressions on their faces, including helplessness, contempt for Shou Han's lack of greed, relief for having such a lord and relatives, and many other expressions.

"Then, how much is suitable for planting?" These few things, except corn and wheat, seem to be inedible. Uncle Fu, who is in charge of money, food and population, and guards the elders of the Han Dynasty, naturally wants to ask clearly.

"Soybean, plant at least 100 million mu for me, corn, according to 200 million mu, tea, also the standard of a million mu, peanuts, plant in dry fields in coastal areas such as Qinghua, Ngee'an, and Hejing , the standard is at least one million acres! There is also tobacco..."

The three of them looked at each other, exchanged glances, got up from their seats and knelt down, "Master, don't do this!"

"My lord, be careful!"

"Exactly! This way of doing things, I'm afraid something will happen, brother-in-law!"

Shou Han was excited about his future plan to grow powerful cash crops. Seeing the three people in front of him knelt down in front of him, trying to persuade him, he suddenly poured a basin of cold water on him, "Damn it! I still have to eat every bite!" Shou Han laughed at himself in his heart.

"Uncle Fu, elder brother Zong, second elder brother, why do you have to do this?" Shou Han helped the three of them up one by one, "The ones who are under the new year, don't be so tired and want me to give you money?"

"My lord, the matter of farming and mulberry is nothing compared to using soldiers. Once there is a mistake, countless people will have no food and clothing!"

"Yes! My lord, although the corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes are high-yield and can be used to make wine as fodder, but soybeans, peanuts, etc., seem to be useless except for making tofu and extracting oil. The tea and tobacco, Although the value is high, it is something that the hungry cannot eat or the cold cannot wear. In the southern and central regions of our country, there have been many wars, and the people need to be warm first, and then seek a well-off life."

"That's right! We don't have so many people to grow these things?!"

Shou Han's face couldn't help turning red, but fortunately the sky had gradually darkened, the light in the pavilion was not so clear, and the three of them couldn't see clearly.

"I didn't say that so many plants will be planted next year?" He justified himself, "This is the overall plan for the future. Just like the target I set for the Hu family, by the seventh year of the apocalypse, give me [-] horses Horses, [-] horses per year."

The guard no longer mentioned that such an agricultural planting plan should be completed immediately, and the three felt relieved, and continued to sit down, drink tea and eat roasted sweet potatoes.However, Huatou started from the Xialiao area mentioned by Shou Han just now.

"The key area for immigration next year, in addition to the Jiulong River and other places, is the Base area in Xialiao (the Base Plain in Laos). This is a good place with thousands of miles of land and a flat river. It is most suitable for growing rice. Second brother, From next year, a large amount of rice in Jiulongjiang will be harvested like a sea, and the Bodhisattva blesses me, I plan to let them change it to three seasons a year in the future, instead of doing seven crops in two years, too much food is not a good thing."

"It doesn't matter, I'll work harder if I harvest more food, and just continue to sell it in the mainland." Li Peiting chewed a piece of sweet potato, and the sweet taste like honey filled his mouth.

"The land in other places, especially Xialiao and Jiangnan New District, must find ways to increase production."

"This? But why?" Uncle Fu and Li Peiting were a little puzzled, but Li Peilin twirled his beard and nodded frequently.

"Brother Zong, Fu Bo is a little tired these days, can you tell him the key points?"

"I don't dare to speculate on this, but, based on the principle of 'fifth of the politics, third of the economy, and two of the military' set by the lord, I think it is the same as Huimin Pharmacy sending Mr. Lang Zhong to various places for inspection. The place was initially determined, and the people were in a state of panic, so the lord sent people to Zhaitou in the village to make rounds and deliver medicines to calm people's hearts."

"Then send people to guide these people to complete the upgrade of their own fields, harvest more grain, eat more meaty things, and have surplus grain to buy some good things, so that the products we produce can be sold. These places are considered The real thing belongs to the lord, this is what the lord said, it is easy to rule chaos, but difficult to rule peace."

Peilin was in the pavilion shaking his head and explaining the advantages and disadvantages of this method of guarding the Han Dynasty. In the distance, Xiuzhu, a maid beside Yanmeier, hurried to the water pavilion, talking to Brother Mojin by the bridge.

"Let her come over." Shou Han waved his hand to signal Mo Jin to bring Xiu Zhu over to answer.

"My lord, I will come down to ask my lord for instructions from my wife. The banquet is ready and the guests are already waiting in the boat hall. My wife asked me to ask my lord when the banquet will start."

"Go back and tell your wife that I'll be fine here soon, and the dinner will be ready in a while."

A blush suddenly appeared on Xiuzhu's fair skin, "There is one more thing, my wife won't let me tell the master, but below Mama Cai, the slaves feel that we should not hide it from the master. My wife has been vomiting for the past few days and is sour. So, the letter has not come for two months, and the servants are worried that the wife is happy."

"Meier has a baby?!" Shou Han jumped up and ran quickly to the shore, Uncle Fu also laughed, "Xiu Zhu! You are a good reporter! Go back and tell 2, just say I am an old man Be the master for my wife once, and this month, the entire family will receive double and double the monthly money!"

"Slaves, thank you Uncle Fu! Thank you Master Changshi! Thank you Master Li!" Xiu Zhu's face was filled with joy.

The two brothers of the Li family exchanged glances, everything was kept silent.

In the sky, fireworks and firecrackers exploded non-stop, and the air was filled with the smell of gunpowder, wine, meat and incense. The activity of offering sacrifices to stoves reached its climax, and banquets began everywhere in Ha Tinh Mansion.

Li Peiting, who had enjoyed a sumptuous banquet, got into the carriage reeking of wine, and a personal attendant waited on him, reclining comfortably on the big beautiful pillow.

"Hey, is there something wrong with being so flattering?" Taking advantage of the wine, Li Peiting joked with the people below.

"Hey! Where did the second master say that? It's just to flatter you when you have something to do? If you don't have anything to do, it's your duty to serve the second master."

"Good boy, you can talk. No, you still have something to do?" Although Pei Ting drank a lot of wine, his mind was still clear.

"It's like this. The young one has a friend who wants to do business with the second master. It's a big business. If the second master can agree to this business, the young one can make some money by running errands."

"You are also worthless. Talking about business is a good thing! Tell me, what kind of friend are you planning to do?"

"It's a small fellow from Fujian. He has been doing business at sea for a long time. He heard that our Nanzhong's weapons are sharp. He plans to buy [-] artillery pieces and [-] large Buddha Lang machines!"

Hearing this, the alcohol in Pei Ting's body at that time dissipated from the [-] pores!

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