I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 288 The Shocking Loss of Water Transportation

The little eunuch panicked suddenly, his face turned pale, he knelt down on the ground with a thud, and kowtowed repeatedly, begging for mercy,

"The Empress, please forgive me, the Empress, please forgive me..."

Seeing the frost on the Queen's face, and the angry expressions on the faces of all the ministers behind her, they knew that it was useless to beg the Queen, so they turned their heads and pulled Li Tian's trousers to beg for mercy.

"Your Majesty, you must decide for the slaves, slaves..."

Li Tian was almost taken aback by this appearance.

"What's the situation, what's going on with the empress and Yang Shiqi, have they teamed up to force the palace!"

Li Tian happened to see it at this time, and Wang Fu, who was dodging beside him, immediately knew what was going on.

He called Wang Fu over with a bad expression.

"Wang Fu, it's you with a big mouth, tell the queen and the others about me!"

With a bitter expression on his face, Wang Fu knelt on the ground and wanted to say something. He looked left and right, but he couldn't say anything.

The queen took a step forward, bowed to Li Tian and saluted,

"Your Majesty, you don't have to embarrass the Chief Executive, it was the concubine who asked him to say it."

Li Tian was very surprised when he heard the empress say so, with such a stern expression, and asked with great interest,
"Oh? Then what did Wang Fudu and Ling'er say to you!"

The queen looked solemn, and said with a somewhat sad expression,
"Boss Wang said, Your Majesty, ever since you got that treasure ship, you couldn't put it down, and my concubine thought that you were new for a while, and you would pass it after a while.

But I didn't expect that, Your Majesty, you would actually ignore everything for three days in a row, and your concubines had no choice but to invite you, your lords..."

Hearing this, Li Tian finally understood the reason why such a large group of them came.

With a wry smile in my heart,

"It turns out that they regard themselves as foolish kings who are obsessed with model boats."

I wanted to explain it to them, but when it came to my mouth, I didn't know what to say.

Are you telling them that the purpose of building the ship is to drive the prince out of Daming?

Or tell them that he wants to send people to America to find high-yielding grain seeds?

Or tell them that I want to see Europe at this time and enjoy the exotic customs?
Regardless of which one, rashly speaking out will cause an uproar, strong opposition may be light, and it is possible to kill several admonishing officials on the spot.

He waved his hand and said to everyone,
"It's all gone, I'm fine, and this kind of thing will never happen again."

But after he said this, no one really left. They all cast their eyes on the queen, as if they wanted to see her opinion.

The queen's face was still full of frost, as if as long as Li Tian didn't punish those little eunuchs, the matter would not be over.

"Your Majesty, these servants have bewitched Your Majesty, and not killing them is not enough to deter Chao Gang."

The reason why she was so determined to kill these little eunuchs was not because she really wanted their lives.

She just wanted to let Li Tian know clearly what she should do and what she couldn't do through these few people.

At this time, the Ming Dynasty had only been established for a few decades, and it was only passed down to Li Tian's fourth generation.

Although it hasn't happened yet, Jiajing and Wanli have not been in court for 20 years, and the short-lived ghost Tianqi is addicted to carpentry and cannot extricate himself, such bastard things with blood and three levels.

However, since ancient times, it has not been uncommon for eunuchs and eunuchs to lure the emperor to ignore the government with strange skills and obscene things.

Although this is the first time, but one can have two, so we have to guard against it.

The queen was able to risk completely offending Li Tian, ​​but also insisted on killing these eunuchs, which shows how much she cares about Li Tian.

I don't want him, because a mere gadget loses the virtues that an emperor should have.

Li Tian knew what he was doing.

Once the ship matter is completed, it will be a major event that will benefit thousands of years. It is not a major event at all if it takes two days to court.

But the empress and the ministers didn't understand. They just saw that the emperor was reluctant to leave for three days because of something, and he described himself as so haggard and sluggish.

The matter has developed to this point, if Li Tian doesn't come up with some convincing reasons, I'm afraid it really won't be able to resolve this matter calmly.

Simply, Li Tian called everyone into the room directly.

Facing the one on the table, the paddle wheel has been installed, and the interior has been emptied, except for a treasure ship model as a driving steam engine.

Li Tian had been deliberating for a long time before he said to Xia Yuanji, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs,
"Weiji, tell me and the ministers how long it would take for the imperial court's water transportation from Jiangsu and Zhejiang to the capital."

All the ministers were a little confused by Li Tian's words.

"Now let's talk about you not going to court for three days. Why did you get involved in water transportation?"

But since Li Tian asked a question, as a courtier, he had to answer it.

Xia Yuanji thought for a while and replied,

"Your Majesty, the capital is more than 600 miles away from Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

Water transportation generally travels between Jiangsu and Zhejiang through canals. If the monsoon is suitable and there are no heavy rains and strong winds on the road, it may take one and a half months to arrive. "

"If it is transported by sea, although the grain loaded in one ship will be much more, the sea surface is more susceptible to the influence of the monsoon. It will take more than a month if it is fast, and it may take two to three months if it is slow!"

When Xia Yuanji said this, Li Tian directly interrupted him by raising his hand.

Speaking to the crowd,

"You have all heard that even if the wind is smooth, it will still take a month and a half. This is the most convenient and fast way of transportation.

But have you ever thought about how much food people need to consume to eat horse chews in this one and a half months! "

"I have calculated that one stone of grain is transported from the affluent Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions to Jiubian, which does not count as an accidental loss, and it is already very good to have three achievements left in the end.

Such a large loss was wasted on the long journey. "

"These are the incomes of ordinary people who have worked hard for a whole year. Who will be responsible for the consequences of such waste and loss? It is your household department or the soldiers on the nine sides.

No, the final bitter fruit will still fall on the poor people who compete with the sky for food. "

At this time Xia Yuanji said in a low voice,

"Your Majesty, the loss of water transportation has been like this since ancient times, and it's not just my Ming Dynasty, it's been like this in all dynasties."

The other ministers also said,

"Old Shangshu Xia is right, loss on the road is unavoidable!"

Li Tian suddenly snorted coldly,
"Wrong, big mistake, since the food was damaged on the way, it should be improved in the way of delivery!"

After that, he pointed to the magically modified Treasure Ship Road on the table,
"After several days of groping, I finally figured out how to shorten the water transportation, and this thing is the result of my hard thinking."

(End of this chapter)