Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 155, someone raised the price of food

Here in the Tianjin Cement Workshop, Liu Jin told Sun Xin facing a construction drawing: "This cement workshop is of great importance. It must be processed and added first. Only when the cement is burned out, there are many things behind us." Only then can it be carried out more quickly and smoothly.”

"The first blast furnace for firing cement must be built within ten days, and within half a month we will be firing the first batch of cement."

"Yes, this subordinate will definitely live up to the young master's entrustment."

Sun Xin nodded very solemnly and said.

Now he has been promoted again, and was promoted by Liu Jin to be the general manager of Tianjin Cement Workshop, responsible for organizing related matters of Tianjin Cement Workshop.

"Well, do it well, and if you don't understand anything, just ask me."

Liu Jin nodded in satisfaction, then patted Sun Xin on the shoulder and said.

This Sun Xin, a refugee last year, was originally called Sun Ergou. In just a few months, his whole person has undergone tremendous changes.

He is very good at learning, and is very willing to work hard, very careful in doing things, and can think of many aspects, so Liu Jin also appreciates him very much, constantly promotes him, and now let him take care of himself.

"Yes, son."

Sun Xin was very excited. Now that he was able to stand alone, this was Liu Jin's trust in him. He secretly vowed to make this Tianjin cement workshop beautiful.

"Old Liu, old Liu~"

Just when Liu Jin was about to rush to the Maritime Academy, Zhu Houzhao brought Liu Jin to find him.

"I have seen His Royal Highness~"

Liu Jin and Sun Xin quickly said respectfully.

"Forget it, let it go."

Zhu Houzhao waved his hand to indicate that there is no need to be too polite, and then said to Liu Jin: "Old Liu, when are we going to sea to hunt whales?"

"I've been in Tianjin for several days now, and I'm impatient to wait."

Zhu Houzhao is really not a quiet person. He talked with Liu Jin on the way to Tianjin. After he knew that there is a giant sea fish in the ocean——the whale, he clamored every day to go out to sea to hunt whales. Among them, there is a fish in the North Ming, whose name is Kun. Kun is so big that it does not know how many thousands of miles away. It is a magical animal that turns into a roc bird when it soars up to [-] miles.

"His Royal Highness, look at where I have time to go to sea to hunt whales. Now I have no skills, and I am busy running around all day long. I have no time at all."

As soon as Liu Jin heard it, he smiled helplessly and said, this is the truth, Liu Jin is very busy now, very busy.

Because the stall is too big all at once, there is also the Maritime Academy, the cement workshop, the shipbuilding workshop, etc. There are so many things that need to be busy, so that Liu Jin has never been busy since he arrived in Tianjin. Sleep late.

Furthermore, even if Liu Jin had nine heads, he would not dare to take Zhu Houzhao to go hunting at sea. If something happened to him, Liu Jin would definitely be wiped out.

Just look at Liu Jin next to Zhu Houzhao. The whole person is in a hurry, but there is nothing to do with Zhu Houzhao, only to keep giving Liu Jin eyes.

"Then when will the academy of the Maritime Academy go to sea for training?"

"They have all come to Tianjin, should they also go to maritime training?"

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he was immediately unhappy, and asked after thinking about it.

"The students of the Maritime Academy did not go to maritime training so quickly. Now there is nothing here in Tianjin, and they still have to build their own academy."

"In addition, the shipbuilding workshop has not yet been built, and there is no way to overhaul or modify the ship, so it will not go to sea for the time being."

Liu Jin thought for a while and said, now he can only use procrastination to decide.

"Can't we go to sea now?"

"Even if it's just wandering around, I've never taken a boat out to sea."

Zhu Houzhao curled his lips, and his whole body suddenly became listless.

On the way here, I heard Liu Jin talk about too many things in the ocean, and I am very yearning for the ocean. He even said that he would go to the ocean to be a pirate and experience the feeling of robbery.

"No, it's very dangerous to go to sea. You need to train step by step. Only after you pass the rigorous training can you become a qualified sailor and go to sea."

"Your Highness, you can't even swim, and you don't know the basics of sea knowledge. Naturally, you can't go into the sea. After all, you are the prince and the body of a thousand gold. Everything about you is related to the future of our Daming. I dare not take risks."

Seeing Zhu Houzhao like this, he is determined not to give up until the Yellow River, there is no way, Liu Jin can only say so after thinking about it.

"Yes, yes, Lao Liu, you are right."

"The students of this Maritime Academy have all studied and trained, and have the qualifications to become sailors. It is really too risky for me to go to sea without studying and training."

Hearing Liu Jin's words, Zhu Houzhao was not only not angry, but thought for a while and said seriously: "I have decided, I will enter the Maritime Academy to study from today, and I must become a qualified sailor."

"..."

Liu Jin and Liu Jin looked at each other, and they both saw helplessness in each other's eyes. This Zhu Houzhao was really unexpected, and no one could guess what his next step would be.

"That's right. In history, Emperor Zhengde died soon after falling into the water. Maybe he can study here at the Maritime Academy and get familiar with the nature of water. Maybe this kind of thing will not happen in the future."

Liu Jin knew that he had no way to change Zhu Houzhao's thoughts, so he could only comfort himself in this way.

"Teacher, it's not good, it's not good, something big happened."

At this moment, someone came over in a hurry, and said anxiously before he had time to catch his breath.

The person who came was Tong Yuan, one of Liu Jin's cheap apprentices. Because he is very good at mathematics, Liu Jin also asked him to help with logistics management and security.

"What happened?"

"In such a panic, didn't you see His Royal Highness is here?"

Liu Jin said in an old-fashioned way, feeling a bit like a teacher.

"I have seen His Royal Highness."

When Tong Yuan heard this, he quickly saluted Zhu Houzhao.

"Excuse me, what happened?"

Zhu Houzhao also hurriedly asked.

"Reporting to His Royal Highness, teacher, I went to buy food today and realized that the food in Tianjin has started to skyrocket. Originally, the food had already risen to 15 yuan a catty due to the famine, and now it has suddenly increased to 30 yuan a catty." Moreover, the sale of these grains in Tianjin City has begun to be restricted, and they are unwilling to sell grains to us on a large scale, as if they are still waiting for the famine to spread in order to continue to raise grain prices."

Tong Yuan said anxiously: "Now we have recruited several construction sites and started construction at the same time. We have recruited thousands of people and need tens of thousands of catties of grain every day. What should we do now?"

　If there was a famine in ancient times, it seems normal for grain merchants to jointly raise prices~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)