Father can be an enemy to the country

The coastal area of ​​Huai'an Prefecture has been a famous salt field since ancient times. Since large and small salt fields are located in the north and south of the estuary of the old channel of the Huai River, it is named Lianghuai Salt Field.

Among them, the one to the north of the Huaihe River is called the Huaibei Salt Field, and the one to the south of the Huaihe River is called the Huainan Salt Field. Originally, the Huainan salt field was more prosperous, but after the Yellow River took over the Huaihe River, it brought a large amount of sediment and fresh water, forcing the coastline to expand eastward, making the Huainan salt area far from the sea, which brought great difficulties to the salt industry.

Therefore, since the Yuan Dynasty, the Huaibei Salt Field has surpassed the Huainan Salt Field and has become the main salt-producing area in the Huaihe River. Because the Yancao River is in Haizhou, the center of the Huaibei Saltworks is also in Haizhou.

The Salt Transfer Department of both Huaidu and Huaidu has a transfer warehouse in Haizhou. Every year, nearly one million tons of Huai salt is collected from various salt fields to the transfer warehouse. Huaiyan Transfer Warehouse has a total of two wharves, one sea wharf and one river wharf. The former is on the seaside and is responsible for sea transportation; the latter is on the Yancao River and is responsible for water transportation.

This time the military rations were transferred using the sea pier of the Huaiyan Transfer Warehouse. Because the river dock is several miles inside the estuary, it has already been frozen solid, making it impossible for boats to enter. Therefore, military ration ships can unload their cargo at the sea dock four miles away from the river.

To this end, officials and salt workers from the Lianghuai Salt Fields sprinkled water on the road for two days and built a four-mile-long ice road.

In this way, after the ice truck disembarks from the Yancao River, it can drive directly to the dock. In this way, the wooden orange crane on the ship can be used to lift the bags of grain directly onto the ice truck.

These are all packed when shipped. Every ten bags of grain are wrapped in a net bag to make it easier to lift them onto the ship. Therefore, each bag is exactly one thousand kilograms, and an ice truck can drive away after loading two bags.

Therefore, unloading is much faster than loading. It only takes more than two days to unload all 300 grain ships...and most of the time is wasted in queuing to enter the port and waiting to unload.

When Zhu Zhen led the last convoy to the dock on the night of the 15th, the fourth convoy in front had just left with its full load. The last sixty grain ships also slowly docked at the dock. Everything fits together seamlessly.

This is why Zhu Zhen divided the team into five teams and set off two days apart. In this way, the time coordination is just right, and the efficiency is much higher than crowding onto the pier.

"Brother Six is ​​really awesome!" Old Eleven was so impressed when he saw this scene. "It is said that in ancient times, Marquis Liu and Wuhou were strategists and well-organized. I don't think they can compare to Sixth Brother."

He had observed the entire "New Year's Grain Transport Operation". The entire operation spanned three provinces and eight prefectures, including Beiping and Shandong Zhili. There were hundreds of thousands of participants. How many links needed to be connected, how many aspects needed to be coordinated, and how many personnel needed to be deployed. ? It's scary just thinking about it.

But what is even more terrifying is that Sixth Brother actually connected all the links so smoothly, all aspects were coordinated and worked together, and all personnel were deployed in an orderly manner. This ability is terrifying even to a rookie like him.

"Haha, nothing else but my hands are familiar." Zhu Zhen then smiled and said: "To fight against Japan and conquer Yunnan, all I did was the quartermaster's errands. I was in a hurry at the beginning, but I became familiar with it as I worked."

"This is not just about being proficient." Eleven shook his head and said: "People say that the yamen is very strict, but Sixth Brother can make so many departments work like an arm. What kind of prestige is this?"

"Haha, it's a coincidence." Zhu Zhen said with a smile: "The people who cooperate with me this time are either old subordinates or new friends, no outsiders. This effect can only be achieved if everyone supports me, don't you think so, senior brother?"

His last sentence was to Han Yike who came to see him.

Han Yike is already over 40 years old. He has been working hard all year round, which has left his temples a little gray, and his originally fair skin has turned into a bronze color. But wearing that first-class official robe, he still looked too young.

He first bowed to the three highnesses in a polite manner, and then said to Lao Liu with a wry smile: "On the first day of the Lunar New Year, I had just left the morning court and was going to pay my teacher a New Year's greeting. Halfway through, I was called by the prince, and he gave me some arrangements. Such a big job.”

As he spoke, he pointed to his eyes and said, "Look at the dark circles under my eyes. From the first day of junior high school to today, I haven't slept for a total of twelve hours."

"I can't tell, you have a dark face." Zhu Zhen laughed and joked about Han Yike.

Knowing that the two of them had something to say, Eleven took Twelve to watch the crane unload the goods.

Han Yike then smiled and said: "Your Majesty is so cautious now. I didn't know anything before the Crown Prince said it."

"I don't even eat camel meat anymore. I have to be careless now." Zhu Zhen smiled bitterly and touched his chin and said, "We are now the great Zongzheng. We set an example for the royal family. We have to take the lead in enforcing the rules."

"Your Majesty is still the Prime Minister of the Maritime Administration and the serious leader of the Maritime Administration. Is it okay to say hello to the subordinate in advance so that I can be mentally prepared?" Han Yike said.

"Having said that, if my elder brother sees that you are mentally prepared, what will he think?" Zhu Zhen said lightly.

Han Yike was stunned. The prince would never say such a thing before.

Zhu Zhen stopped when he clicked, and then asked in a deep voice: "The recent major case will not involve you, right?"

"I was about to tell the prince about this." Han Yike immediately stopped worrying about things he shouldn't worry about. He said in a low voice: "I heard that Wu Yong and Mao Xiang have turned the Ministry of Household Procuratorate upside down, and the two yamen are still paralyzed. It is said that they tortured officials below the minister and got many confessions. The next step will be to arrest people from other yamen. Our Hai Zheng yamen will definitely not be able to escape."

"Of course, you are responsible for transporting food." Zhu Zhen nodded: "You won't be involved too, right?"

"Absolutely not!" Han Yike denied it first, and then said with a guilty conscience: "At least I definitely didn't."

"Why do I sound so scared when you say this?" Zhu Zhen said speechlessly: "It seems that the Shipping Department's butt is not clean either."

There are five cleaning departments under the Premier Shipping Yamen, among which the General Affairs Department is responsible for general affairs and the Shipbuilding Department is responsible for shipbuilding. The Municipal Shipping Department is responsible for maritime trade.

There is also a Kyushu Division, which is responsible for Japanese affairs. To put it bluntly, they are in charge of Japan’s gold and silver mountains.

The next one is the Shipping Department, which is responsible for grain shipping.

The other four officials of the Qing Dynasty are not involved in the grain supply, so there is basically no danger this time. But the Shipping Department, which is responsible for grain transportation, is deeply involved in it. Even Han Yike can't guarantee that they will be fine.

"The lower official has ordered all departments to conduct self-investigations. Especially for the Maritime Department, which has a major impact, Yang Shiqi was directly sent to lead people to conduct a thorough investigation." Han Yike reported to Zhu Zhen: "In the past half month, we have really found out that There were many problems, ranging from taking money to get money, to tampering with the accounts, exaggerating the loss of grain for reasons such as floating, and then reselling it to accomplices at sea... It is shocking! "