My Brother-in-law is the Prince - Chapter 460

Zhang Anshi’s words can be described as decisive.

Zhu Jin, who was still a little distressed, was speechless.

Zhang Anshi immediately said: “Waiting over there, wait and see his news.”

After finishing speaking, he cast his eyes on Chen Li who came in from behind, smiled and said: “Have all the provinces affected by man-made disasters sent people?”

Chen Lidao: “According to your Highness’s instructions, people have been sent up and down here.”

Zhang Anshi was very assured of Chen Li’s ability to handle affairs, so he just nodded and said: “Keep watching, watch to death.”

Chen Li said neatly: “Obey.”

“And…” Zhang Anshi said slowly again: “There are some things that happened in the provinces of Henan, which can be disclosed to Dongchang.”

Chen Li was taken aback for a moment, and seemed a little confused for a while, so he said, “Your Highness means…”

Zhang Anshidao: “There are some things outside of Zhili that we talk about, which is always inconvenient, but if Dongchang comes to expose it, it will be different. This is good for Dongchang, and it is also a one-off for Eunuch Ha. He will not refuse the opportunity to show his face.”

Chen Li had no choice but to nod.

Seeing him like this, Zhang Anshi guessed some of his thoughts, and said with a smile: “Don’t always think about this small contribution, and keep your eyes on the long-term. Right now, this disaster relief matter is really related to human life. There is no need for any embarrassment.”

Chen Li responded: “What Your Highness said is true, humbly take it down.”

Zhang Anshi sighed, but did not continue to say anything, turned his head, and said to a clerk who was standing aside waiting for orders: “In my name, write back to the kings, thank you, and be more modest.”

That Shu Zuo hurriedly nodded.

“Next, let’s look at the navy…” Zhang Anshi murmured the last words as if talking to himself, and then sighed.

At the port of Songjiang, there is an island called Chongming. This Chongming Island is the gateway to the Yangtze River. When Emperor Gao of the Ming Dynasty was in power, he once bestowed the word Donghai Yingzhou.

On this large island, a large number of people moved there in the early years. After that, the Navy set up a water village here.

At this time, small boats began to enter the harbor one by one.

The boat moored on the pier, a few naked men jumped off, and then they began to carry the next basket of sea fish.

There are so many small boats like this here today.

If it was as early as a few years ago, when the Ming Dynasty did not really open the sea, fishermen would not be allowed to go to the sea, because at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, fishermen were like private salt dealers. Therefore, Daming strictly prohibited fishing in the sea.

But now… these strong and strong men have brought countless sea fish ashore. A few years ago, although the trend gradually became more and more popular, there were also some sporadic people who started fishing in the sea.

But people already have a stereotyped image of fishermen who go into the sea as thieves, and ordinary good people, unless they really have no livelihood, will never make a living by this, so there are still a small number of fishermen who go into the sea.

But just half a year ago, in the water villages all over the navy, someone suddenly put up a sign to buy sea fish.

The silver given is real gold and silver, and there will never be any shortfall.

As much fish as you want.

Not only that, but also encouraged the people to go to sea.

There are even some people who teach people to go fishing.

There are even some navy specially set up some small piers for fishermen to go to sea.

Most people are cautious.

Especially in this era, farming can make a living. Therefore, for many people, as long as they don’t go hungry for a day, they will definitely not make other attempts easily.

It’s just… the water villages everywhere, but they are quite prestigious among the people.

In the past, he was a good man and not a soldier.

But these captains of the navy are different. They all have excellent food in the water village, and they all look strong. They wear armor made of high-quality materials. It is said that many of them, He was born in a famous official school.

In the eyes of ordinary people, those who come out of official schools are scholars.

Such people are naturally the most glamorous identities in the eyes of the common people.

Now these people have spoken, and even personally took people into the sea to teach fishing, and even offered to provide part of the fishing gear, and promised to get good money after catching sea fish.

If the lure is enough, there will naturally be fish willing to come forward.

So, finally someone is willing to try.

The first batch of people who went out to sea, according to the method, came back with a lot of sea fish.

At this time, there is no so-called overfishing, and after the sea ban, the fish in the surrounding waters have almost no natural enemies of fishermen, so there is no doubt that the catch is not small.

Immediately afterwards, as soon as they landed, someone began to weigh their fish and shrimp, and gave them money directly according to the price.

These new fishermen, with their eyes wide open in astonishment, were almost trembling as they held the heavy silver dollar, but they were speechless for a long time.

Farming on weekdays, not to mention being a tenant, even those ordinary self-cultivating farmers, who have ten or eight acres of land at home, are actually miserable. Throughout the year, barely having a little food to feed their families is considered a good life. As for money…they may have seen copper coins.

But silver, except for the occasional bit of silver that is made into silver ornaments as family heirlooms, there is almost no silver transaction with people.

But now, this trip to sea, after seven or eight days, when the four or five taels of silver fell into their hands, it gave them an indescribable excitement.

There is light in their eyes, and hope is shining in the light.

“Thank you, thank you.”

Excited thanks, this is not selling fish, it seems like begging.

Soon, the news spread, and immediately after, many people began to flock to the sea.

They took a special fishing boat designed by the water village, took the designed new fishing gear, and went to the ocean one by one, exchanging their experience in fishing sea fish with each other.

As for the kid from that family, he went to sea a few times and then married a new wife when he returned home. Or, whoever catches a lot of sea fish is given a plaque of “fishing expert” by the water village, which is even more interesting to talk about.

Many fishing grounds are almost all marked by the navy and then posted on the list.

All marine fish are purchased by the navy, and there is no need to worry about it.

You must know that this is Jiangnan, which is densely populated but land is scarce, so…even if a large number of laborers go to sea, it will not delay the farming season.

On the other hand, here in Chongming, there are a large number of fish drying farms.

There are too many sea fish. After the purchase, a group of people are hired immediately to start digging out the guts of the sea fish, and then directly dry them in the sun.

Because this sea fish already has salt water, as long as it is dried in the sun, it will not spoil.

After the sea fish is dried, it will be specially stored.

On Chongming Island, dozens of fish warehouses have been built for special storage.

Right now.

Lu Qian is in the duty room of his commander.

After formulating a new training plan, the scribes were called.

“How many sea fish have you collected in the past few days?”

“These days, it has increased a lot, and now, it is around two thousand stones every day.”

Two thousand stones is not much, at least compared to food.

But it’s not too small. Converted to two catties, this is a full two to thirty thousand catties per day.

Besides, this is fish, real meat.

Lu Qian nodded, looking very satisfied: “Continue to buy, and, I heard that a fisherman died the day before yesterday?”

“Yes, it happened to hit the rocks. Some people fell into the water, and the rest were too late to rescue.”

Lu Qian said: “Let someone bring some money to support his family. It’s not easy to make a living in the sea.”

“General Lu, we usually buy their fish, it’s already…”

Lu Qian interrupted him and said: “One yard is equal to one yard. Your Highness said that many times, things are not about money. Things that can be solved with money are the easiest. If a young man dies at home, the pension can How much money does it cost? But when people are most sad, how can it be compared to a few dollars to give some comfort? You are smart in small things, but confused in big things.”

The scribe hurriedly said: “Yes, the student understands, and the student will focus on this matter tomorrow.”

Lu Qian nodded: “For our water village, military training is the most important thing, but… to open up the ocean, how to teach the people of the world to benefit from the sea is also the most important thing. In this vast ocean, wealth is inexhaustible and inexhaustible Therefore, the navy is not only a military force, but it also needs to be a vanguard for the people to make a living. If not, what is the use of the imperial court supporting me?”

After a pause, he seemed to have thought of something, and then said: “Besides, there is another important thing, you have to calculate the dried fish in our warehouse, how many stones there are in total, and after a few days, you will have to put Report the number.”

“This…student probably knows it well.”

“how many?”

“In the past six months, the total amount of dried fish purchased has been around 400,000 shi.”

Lu Qian was taken aback for a moment, and said, “It’s settled so soon?”

The scribe smiled wryly and said: “It’s easy to calculate. The price of buying in Shuizhai is constant. You only need to calculate how much money you spent on buying, and you can calculate the amount of storage.”

Lu Qian couldn’t help laughing, and said with satisfaction: “So that’s how it is. You really deserve to be a genius who came out of Qixia School of Mathematics. Hmm… Write me a report. Your Highness means that no matter what the cost, the more the better, let’s We will continue to buy here, and strive to buy another million stones in the future, as for the current number, we will also report it.”

Seeing that Lu Qian was in a good mood, the clerk hesitated for a moment, and couldn’t help asking the question in his heart, saying: “General, you said… If His Highness wants to eat sea fish, it is not difficult to supply it, but why do you want to accept it?” so much…”

Lu Qian restrained his smile, his face was a bit solemn, and said: “You and I know about this? We just followed the order. But… I think carefully, it may be related to His Highness’s collection of food.”

The scribe was shocked and said: “His Royal Highness collects food to help the people, but sea fish… Excuse me for being stupid, I have never heard of the principle of using meat to help the people in all dynasties.”

The scribe felt even more puzzled.

Even fish is meat in the eyes of people, which is a rare and good thing. For the victims, not to mention fish, it is food. Even if they are given bark, they can eat it all.

This has completely exceeded the cognition of the scribes.

Lu Qian smiled bitterly and said, “So, you and I can guess what your Highness is thinking? I was in the model camp, and then I was recommended to go to a government school to study, and then I was a military officer for more than two years, and now I am here Water village, but only know one thing, anything, just follow His Highness’s instructions.”

It’s just that, after being reminded by the clerk, Lu Qian couldn’t get rid of the matter of taking sea fish for disaster relief.

No way, no real way to do it.

This is a fat fish!

And in the official school, he heard that eating sea fish has many benefits, and some fish can even be used as medicine.

Such benefits are not inferior to ordinary mutton.

This is only eaten by princes and nobles.

Lu Qian couldn’t figure it out for a moment, glanced at the clerk beside him, finally put his mind away, and said: “Go, do your own thing well.”

“yes.”

………

Not long after, a report was delivered to Zhang Anshi’s desk steadily.

Zhang Anshi was overjoyed when he saw it, and immediately said to the people around him: “Lu Qian is a good person, I didn’t misunderstand him, he is a person capable of great things.”

“Come…” Zhang Anshi continued: “Give him a letter back…”

The secretary spread out his pen and ink in a hurry, and waited with his pen in hand.

Zhang Anshi pondered for a while, then paced slowly, and then said: “My brother Lu Qian…”

Shu Zuo looked up at Zhang Anshi in astonishment, as if he thought he heard it wrong.

It can be seen that Zhang Anshi is still immersed in the mood of thinking, and dare not ask more questions, but continues to write a book.

Zhang Anshi said: “I have read the report, and I am very relieved that the water village can achieve such a good result. Fishing in the sea is not only a new business, but also closely related to my big plan. My brother must not be complacent. My brother is in Qixia, and I hear you quietly. Brother Jiayin, the number of millions of stones is enough, and my brother deserves great credit.”

As Zhang Anshi spoke, he babbled a few more words.

After the secretary finished writing, he was a little embarrassed: “Your Highness, is it too much?”

“Where did it go too far?”

“General Lu respects Your Highness as a teacher, but Your Highness…”

Zhang Anshi shook his head and said: “You don’t understand now. Now I just want fish, as many as I have. Who can give me these fish? To me, Daming, they are the parents of rebirth. Don’t say anything about such a person who has made great contributions. It’s nothing to call him brother, even if I call him brother.”

The secretary was taken aback, and he didn’t dare to say any more, he was afraid that Zhang Anshi would really go crazy, and he wanted to revise the letter himself, and really call this Lu Qian his brother.

Zhang Anshi felt at ease at this moment.

With food in hand, don’t panic.

At this time, he sat down like a general, and said: “We can’t wait any longer. If we wait any longer, I don’t know how many people will suffer. We should clean up these thieves.”

He was talking to himself, as if in a daze.

…

Zhu Di looked at the report.

The disaster situation in several provinces is getting worse.

However… Although the situation is very bad, judging from the reports from various places, it seems that it is not so bad.

The impact of the disaster is still great, and the money and food allocated by the imperial court have also been quite a lot.

Zhu Di thinks that such an influence should be able to gradually calm down in the spring of the coming year.

After reading the memorial, Zhu Di sighed.

“The livelihood of the people is dying. Fortunately, the court and internal funds still have money and food. If not, the people will die, and I will have no face to face the world.”

His emotion seems to have strengthened his determination to make money.

Yang Rong and the others had no choice but to nod after hearing this.

Yi Shiha stood aside, turned his face away, showing hesitation.

He heard something from Dongchang…

It’s just… These things are hidden in his stomach, but they make him hesitate.

There is no problem with the reliability of the news, because he has asked the Dongchang fan to verify it.

But the problem is that Yi Shiha quickly sensed that… this might be a bureau, or a trap.

Otherwise, how could these useless scoundrels below intercept so much detailed information.

And it just so happened… such an important matter, my own account has been found out, but Jin Yiwei seems to be deaf and blind.

The more I think about it…Yi Shiha feels a little uneasy.

So he was weighing in his heart, whether these things should be reported, or, what method should be used to report them.

If these things are reported to His Majesty, how will His Majesty react, and how should he respond.

He knows His Majesty’s fiery temper too well.

But it was his strange movement of turning his face sideways.

was captured by Zhu Di.

The master and slave for so many years, Yi Shiha’s expression never escaped Zhu Di’s eyes.

Zhu Di said: “It’s also lost.”

Yi Shiha listened, and hurriedly said: “The servant is here.”

Zhu Di said: “What’s on your mind?”

“This… this…” It would be fine if His Majesty didn’t ask, but once asked, if he didn’t answer truthfully, he would be deceiving the emperor.

Yi Shiha hurriedly knelt down, and then said in a stuttering voice, “Slave… I will die forever.”

“How can you be so good, you will die.” Zhu Di’s face sank: “What’s the matter, tell me as soon as possible, if you deceive the king, you will die.”

“The servant has heard some rumors.” Yi Shiha said.

Zhu Di’s face became colder and colder, and he stared at Yi Shiha.

Yi Shiha said: “The imperial court’s money and food in Guanzhong and other places in Henan…it seems…it seems…it didn’t help the people.”

Zhu Di looked down at the memorabilia. Although the memorabilia described the seriousness of the disaster, it seemed that he was still working hard to relieve the disaster.

The news that came out of Yi Shiha’s mouth obviously exceeded everyone’s imagination.

Yang Rong and the others shuddered in their hearts, not daring to look up at Zhu Di, but all of them remained calm.

The palace was suddenly deathly quiet.

Zhu Di said: “How can you see it?”

“According to… I heard… in Kaifeng, the food price has increased nineteen times. Your Majesty, if there is really relief, the victims can barely fill their stomachs, or… or barely maintain a little livelihood. How can the food price increase? The only possibility is that…there is no food distributed at all, and this relief is almost better than nothing…”

Zhu Di’s face suddenly became a little miserable.

Then, he said, “Is that all?”

“There… and some…” Yi Shiha said: “Also, the various prefectures in Henan are full of refugees, and many refugees flock to the county and prefectural cities. They were all closed, and corpses littered the fields outside the city, and the slaves thought…since…since…so many refugees cannot enter the city, how are they going to help them?”

“My servant also heard that the land price in Henan has plummeted three times. The price of land in Guanzhong has changed from seventeen taels to twenty taels. The land price has plummeted to this point, but the grain price has soared… and… and…”