Daming: At the beginning, the big snow dragon rides to create a martial arts court

Since this guy asked Zhu Qiyu for help, he must know the reason why the internal treasury has so much surplus.

In front of the inner carrier warehouse, Jin Lian met Zhu Qiyu.

At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there was only the internal treasury, which was the national treasury.There are ten warehouses in the inner warehouse, and the inner carrier warehouse is one of them. It stores satin horses, gold and silver, precious jade, tooth horns, and feathers, and the gold flower silver is the largest.

There is one eunuch with palm seal, ten eunuchs who are close servants and qianshu, and there are also staff in charge, writing, and supervisor.

The door creaked and pushed open, several eunuchs lit the candles in the inner vault, and Lin Xiu led the way ahead.

More than 20 taels of gold and more than 300 million taels of silver were piled together, exuding metallic light. Although the piles were not too high, seeing so much money still made Zhu Qiyu suffocate.

Although he became the emperor and still had cheats, it was the first time Zhu Qiyu saw so much gold and silver in his two lifetimes combined.

In addition, there are many shelves in the inner warehouse, all of which are rare treasures such as ivory, as well as jade jewelry.

Calculated in this way, counting these ivory, jade, and jewelry in the inner treasury, it is far more than 400 million taels of silver plus 20 taels of gold.

enough to double.

Chapter 50 Improved staple food seeds and their detailed instructions

"Your Majesty doesn't understand why the Yongle Dynasty has so much surplus? It's actually very simple. Zheng He's navy went to Nanyang mainly for trade."

"Porcelain, tea... are all hard currencies. I brought back pepper, agarwood and sumac, and bought them at a high price. Naturally, I made a lot of money."

"Pepper in Nanyang is 100 tael of silver for 1 catties, while in Daming, the price of pepper is 100 taels of silver for 20 catties. The price difference is 20 times that of the place of origin, and the profit margins of other things are also huge."

"And the trade is almost monopolized by the royal family, and all the profits go into the internal treasury. It is not surprising that there are so many surpluses in the internal treasury after seven large-scale dumping of high-priced profits."

Zhu Qiyu asked strangely: "The profit is so high, why did you stop trading with Southeast Asian countries?"

Jin Lian pondered for a while: "Your Majesty, please forgive me for not being guilty."

"I forgive you for your innocence."

"Because some people don't want to see such a large profit being monopolized by the royal family, they also want to participate, and even replace the royal family."

Zhu Qiyu narrowed his eyes slightly: "Huh? Tell me carefully."

"In the early days of our dynasty, some hostile forces were not completely wiped out and fled to the sea. When the sea ban was not implemented, they often harassed the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty, and sometimes went ashore to plunder, which caused great losses to Ming Dynasty."

"It was only then that the Taizu implemented the sea ban. During the Chengzu period, the private sector could not carry out the sea ban trade. The sea trade was completely monopolized by the imperial court, and most of the profits went into the internal treasury."

"However, with such a large profit, many people can only watch. How can they resist their greed, so many officials wrote a letter about the disadvantages of Nanyang trade, such as the influx of a large amount of pepper, which doubled the price of pepper. Such a ridiculous reason."

"In the first year of Zhengtong, 13 years ago, the South Seas trade was completely terminated."

Zhu Qiyu smiled: "Brother Huang ordered it to stop?"

Only then did he know why Jin Lian said that he was not guilty first. It turned out that he was speaking badly about Zhu Qizhen, and he actually believed some people's nonsense. He was so stupid that he terminated the Nanyang trade.

He just wants to say, go ahead and say more, it doesn't matter.

Jin Lian paused, and continued: "If the trade is completely stopped, the prices of pepper and other Nanyang specialty commodities should be in short supply, and the price should rise. But as far as I know, the price has not risen, nor has the supply exceeded demand."

A cold light flashed in Zhu Qiyu's eyes, Jin Lian just glanced at it, then trembled, and quickly lowered his head, he only heard the emperor say indifferently: "So, there is still a steady stream of goods pouring into Daming, that is to say, this trade routes are occupied by people."

Jin Lian was silent for a while: "Your Majesty is wise, the sea ban is still in place, but for some places along the coast, the sea ban is useless, and the smuggling trade is prevalent. In the court, someone is their umbrella."

The smuggling trade is a huge profit, and there is no need to pay a little tax. Whatever you earn, you put it all in your own pocket, but the court's finances are stretched.

"You said, can the sea ban be terminated?"

Even in the world of martial arts, everyone has to eat, and the country is so poor, Zhu Qiyu naturally finds a way to open the sea ban. As long as the tax can be collected normally, it can bring a huge income to the country's finances.

The same is true for Daming in history. The country was poor, but the people, especially the southeast generation, those big businessmen were worth millions or tens of millions, and they were as rich as a country. No matter how prosperous it is, the imperial court will not benefit much.

On the contrary, these big businessmen got involved in politics when they had money, and supported their own agents. This is how the famous Donglin Party was born.

Of course, the notorious Donglin Party in the late Ming Dynasty has not yet been born in Daming, but there are already signs of that.

"I don't know."

Jin Lian obviously didn't dare to say any more.

Zhu Qiyu didn't continue the conversation on this topic, but in his heart, this matter must be resolved, and we can't always let my internal treasury fill the country's holes.

"Check it out, and when the soldiers return to Beijing, take 28 taels from my internal treasury."

"Your Majesty Shengming."

Jin Lian knelt down overjoyed.

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"Sign in."

【Ding!The sign-in is successful, congratulations to the host for obtaining the 'improved staple food seeds and their detailed instructions']

Zhu Qiyu carefully looked at the 'improved staple food seeds and their detailed instructions', and suddenly he was refreshed. As long as these staple food seeds can be popularized, [-]% of the hunger in the Ming Dynasty can be eliminated.

The staple food of Daming is wheat and rice, the yield per mu varies, and the yield per mu also varies from place to place. Some places with fertile land can reach four to five hundred catties per mu, while places with poor land can produce one or two hundred catties per mu. On average, the grain output of Daming It is about less than three hundred catties per mu.

Why can the three generations of Kang Mazi's grandchildren be called the prosperous age of Kang and Qian?

It is because in the three generations of Kang Mazi's ancestors and grandchildren in China, the problem of people's hunger for thousands of years has been solved a lot.

Because of potatoes, corn was introduced into China in that era.

For thousands of years in China, until Yuan Shen was born, there was no qualitative change in the yield of grain per mu. During the Warring States Period, there was only one stone per mu, and in the prosperous age of Kangmazi, there were less than three stones. Therefore, it has always been a problem for people to eat enough. .

Regardless of whether the potatoes are good or not, at least they can fill your stomach.

The yield of potatoes is huge, and they don’t need much careful care. The yield per mu can be anywhere from three to four thousand catties, which is ten times more than grain. Although eating potatoes is not strong, it can fill you up.

Therefore, in the prosperous times of Kangmazi, few people starved to death, but all of them ate potatoes with yellowish skin and thin skin.

The staple food seeds he signed in this time include wheat, barley, rice, potatoes, and corn, which also includes detailed instructions. In fact, it is a detailed agricultural book far beyond this era.

In this era, even if improved seeds are planted, there is no corresponding matching agricultural technology, and the output will not have the maximum output that improved seeds should achieve.

Potatoes, for example, do not require meticulous care, but that does not mean that they do not require farming techniques.

After Kang Mazi's grandson was shameless, there was a famine in a country where potatoes were the staple food in the world, killing a quarter of the population. The cause of the famine was that potatoes rotted due to a disease called late blight No harvest.

Although the prosperity of Kang Mazi relies heavily on potatoes, to be honest, potatoes are not yet a staple food, but the country that has been fighting for independence from the empire on which the sun never sets uses potatoes as a staple food.

Chapter 51 Mysterious Manor

Potatoes have many benefits as a staple food, with large yields and rich nutrition, but they have a fatal flaw.

That is, during the planting process, the potatoes must be detoxified frequently.Otherwise, the viruses and toxins in the potato blocks will accumulate more and more, which will eventually lead to serious degradation of potatoes, various diseases, and a sharp drop in yield.

The great famine in this country at that time was because the virus strains accumulated to a certain extent and broke out.

Because of the influence of the residual strain of potato late blight virus, the yield of potatoes was greatly reduced, and a great famine occurred.

So don't think that you can have peace of mind with potato seeds. If there is no corresponding agricultural technology for detoxification, the yield will drop significantly.

Of course, Zhu Qiyu didn't want his Daming Empire to become a potato empire, it was just an extra choice for the people of Ming Dynasty.

The improved rice seeds signed in even exceeded the yield of Yuanshen's hybrid rice, which could reach [-] kilograms per mu.

What kind of concept is this? In the most suitable place, hybrid rice can reach a maximum yield of [-] kilograms per mu, usually around [-] kilograms.

In Ming Dynasty or in other countries, the average grain yield per mu is around 150 kg.

Ten times the difference!

At this time, Jin Lian had not yet walked out of the palace gate, and was called back by Zhu Qiyu.

Who made him the Minister of the Household Department?

…………

This is a huge manor, covering an area of ​​one hundred acres, with hundreds of rooms, eight in and eight out, reception room, living room, room, square, attic, garden, it is dazzling.

Moreover, each building implies some kind of formation. If ordinary people enter it, it is like entering a maze, and it is difficult to get out.

A ghostly figure flashed past.

"Who is the owner of this manor? Every room sits on top of the formation?"

The thin figure hesitated for a moment, terrified, and wanted to retreat, but when he thought of betting with someone, he was a little embarrassed for a while.

As a king of thieves, he thinks that there is nothing he can’t steal in the world. Two days ago, he met a colleague who was only inferior to him in stealing skills. When it came to this manor, he realized that the owner It was not an ordinary family, so they immediately withdrew.

He laughed at the man, saying that he was a coward, and made a bet that he could steal a valuable thing from the manor.

But now seeing the layout of the manor with his own eyes, he realized that his colleagues are not timid.

"MD, if we just leave here, how can I, Sikong Zhaixing, mess around in the arena?"

Sikong Zhaixing gritted his teeth and continued walking inside.

Walking all the way in, I didn't see any guards, and there were only a few servants.

Even ordinary rich families need some guards, but there is not a single guard in this manor.

There is only one possibility, the owner of the manor does not need guards.

"Calculate the ball, just steal any valuables and leave."

The more there was no one there, the more frustrated Sikong Zhaixing felt.

"Huh? I finally saw a room with lights on."

Out of curiosity, Sikong Zhaixing quickly approached the house.

"You believe him? Is it too coincidental?"

"It's a bit of a coincidence, but so what? Everyone in the world thinks that he is righteous and upright, but this is really the case? Everyone thought that the bloody case back then was done by Gu Santong, but I occasionally got some clues. Maybe that murder was done by Zhu Wushi."

"Not to mention the fact that he himself admitted to recruiting the commander-in-chief of the Nine Frontiers, and privately cultivated 36 Tiangangs and 72 Dishas, ​​which is enough to prove that he is ambitious and cannot be the emperor's man."

After a conversation that didn't know the beginning and the end, Sikong Zhaixing's face changed slightly, and he was even more regretful. Originally, he just came to make a bet, but now he was involved in an extremely terrifying maelstrom, and his breathing became slightly short of breath.

"Who!"

A cold drink sounded, and an extremely strong sword energy shot out like lightning, piercing through the wall in an instant, and the astonishing sword intent made Sikong Zhaixing's hair stand on end.

"I'm Lu Xiaofeng's friend!"

Death completely enveloped Sikong Zhaixing, between life and death, he hastily yelled.

The sword energy suddenly moved horizontally, piercing his shoulder with a puff.

huh~~

A figure suddenly appeared, grabbed his shoulders, changed his vision, and returned to the room.

"Sikong Zhaixing?"

Ye Gucheng was a man with a white face and a slight beard, wearing a snow-white robe, his eyes looked like two cold stars to Sikong Zhaixing.

His face was very white, neither pale nor pale, but a lustrous and lustrous color like white jade.

His eyes were not pitch black, but they were terribly bright, like two cold stars.On his jet-black hair, he wore a crown of sandalwood beads, and his clothes were as white as snow.

Sikong Zhaixing endured the pain: "Ye Gucheng, I'm Lu Xiaofeng's friend, don't kill me."

"I know, otherwise you have entered the underworld at this moment, why did you appear here?" Ye Gucheng said lightly.

Lu Xiaofeng has friends all over the world, Ximen Chuuxue, Ye Gucheng, Sikong Zaixing are all his good friends, but Ximen Chuuxue has the best relationship, he can be called best friend.

Everyone around exudes a strong killing intent, and what they are plotting cannot be spread out. If it weren't for Ye Gucheng, Sikong Zhaixing would have died long ago.

Sikong Zhaixing trembled, and everyone around him seemed to him to be big bosses. Although he was known as the king of stealing kings and had superb lightness skills, his strength was only rank nine.

No wonder you don't need guards, if you don't have extreme skills, you are afraid that you will be discovered the first time you approach.

He stated his reason for coming as quickly as possible, emphasizing that he didn't mean it, it was just an accident.

"Killed, never let go."

Nan Wang said lightly.

Ye Gucheng shook his head: "I don't want to kill him."

He spoke, and Nan Wang had to give face.