Prince of Chaos

Chapter 378

The matter in Jizhen has come to an end.

Oh no, it should be called Ji County now.

However, as far as the present is concerned, Ji County has only done half of the work, because Ji County has been withdrawn from the town and changed to a county, and the original guard system is outdated here.

The new conscription system is still in the making, and Zhu Changluo did not implement it immediately, so strictly speaking, the affairs of Ji County can only be half completed.

However, even so, this does not affect the overall situation of the establishment of Dashun Tianfu.

After Xiao Ruxun and Fang Shoushi hand over the affairs of Ji County, his governor Xingyuan will also move out of Ji County according to the established plan.

And his next stop is Tianjin Wei, which Zhu Changluo designated for him!
Although Tianjin Wei is a coastal guard, it does not rely on ocean shipping for its life.

It still relies on the support of the Grand Canal that runs from north to south.

In this regard, Zhu Changluo also expressed his helplessness.

Of course, he also wanted to use sea transportation instead of canals.

However, there are too many problems involved, and the biggest problem is the canal and river workers!And with Zhu Changluo's current rank, there is no way to fully control it.

Because, according to the data Zhu Changluo got, the number of people who rely on the canal for their livelihood is roughly 60!

And behind these 60 canal workers are 60 families.

If Zhu Changluo can't create a job that can absorb 60 people at once, this ancient and cumbersome canal can only continue to operate in its primitive and backward form.

Once Zhu Changluo slapped his head and decided to use sea transportation to transport grain from the north to the south, not to mention the resistance of the vested interests who relied on this canal to make their fortunes, the 60 people who had nowhere to place water canal workers would be enough for him to drink a pot.

After all, Daming was able to win the world because of the great river.

Although, that river is not a canal.

However, the prophecy that "the stone man has one eye, stirs the Yellow River and the world revolts" is still ringing in my ears!
Although this prophecy is outdated, it is not outdated at all when it is applied to those canal workers who lost their livelihoods due to shipping.

It's even just right!

Therefore, facing this canal, Zhu Changluo can only sigh now, and he still has to take his time.

However, this does not prevent Zhu Changluo from using Tianjin Wei to develop the navy, that is, the navy!
According to Xing Jie's front-line battle report, the Japanese pirates are still stronger than ever at sea, and they are still continuously transporting supplies and soldiers from the main island of the Japanese country to the Korean peninsula.

Although Xing Jie is now implementing Zhu Changluo's protracted war plan, facing more and more Japanese pirates gathering, Xing Jie is unavoidably uneasy. After all, there are too many people.

And he has only a mere tens of thousands of horses in his hands, and now he can defend Pyongyang, which is already the greatest effort.

According to Xing Jie, if the Japanese pirates' sea power is not attacked and weakened, sooner or later the army gathered by the Japanese pirates will form an overwhelming advantage. Go bankrupt.

Although, Zhu Changluo knew that what Xing Jie said was unfounded, because Zhu Changluo knew that Toyotomi Hideyoshi, a monkey, would not live long, and he would probably die next year or the year after.

However, in order to build a strong navy as soon as possible, Zhu Changluo still agreed to Xing Jie's request.

He wants to open a port in Tianjin Wei to train the army, and then use the reason of going to sea to intercept Japanese pirate ships from entering the DPRK to create an invincible navy!
And Xiao Ruxun is the specific person in charge he has found now.

Although Xiao Ruxun has never fought water battles, few generals in Ming Dynasty have fought water battles.

Faced with such an embarrassing situation, Zhu Changluo had no choice but to ask an inland general to temporarily help him set up the Zhili Navy.

Thinking of this, Zhu Changluo couldn't help but sigh, it's really difficult to do things in Daming.

"How many ships are there in Tianjin Wei now?"

After Xiao Ruxun arrived in Tianjin Wei, he immediately summoned Niu Delu, the person in charge of Tianjin Wei, to ask.

Niu Delu is a native of Tianjin and has lived in Tianjin Wei for generations. His ancestors were still hereditary commanders, so in his generation, his starting point is still commanding.

This matter of commanding is a fourth-rank official in Ming Dynasty, which is a height that many people can't reach in a few lifetimes.

However, his role as a conductor is much more promising than his father.He is now mixed up with the commander, a military officer from the third rank.

Speaking of it, it can be regarded as Guangzong Yaozu.

Therefore, he is the one who has the final say in Tianjin Weili.

However, now that Xiao Ruxun came, he, the commander, began to say nothing, he could only nod and bow, and stood beside Xiao Ruxun with a smiling face.

Speaking of this, I have to mention Zhu Yuanzhang's hereditary military officer system.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang founded the country, the most living courtiers with different surnames in the Ming Dynasty were conferred the titles of Duke, Marquis, and Bo.

Daming does not have the viscount and baron like the previous dynasty.

However, this does not hinder Zhu Yuanzhang's inventions!
Therefore, under the deep processing of Zhu Yuanzhang, a system of hereditary military officers emerged in Ming Dynasty.

In the Ming Dynasty, there were many military officers who could be hereditary, ranging from the commander of the third rank to the test hundred households of the sixth rank, and the ninth rank!

This means that under the earl, Daming still has the ninth rank of nobility.

Although these ninth-class titles do not sound as good as Gonghou Bo, but these positions cannot be held up because they are hereditary.

Therefore, this system is actually a kind of title in a sense.

Otherwise, there would be no emperor who would give some ministers such as Yin Yizi a thousand households or a hundred households.

It can be seen from this that although hereditary military officers are not popular, they cannot stand as the iron rice bowl recognized by the imperial court.

Even the civil servants who respect civility and despise military affairs, they did not resist the emperor rewarding their sons as thousands of households and hundreds of households.

Therefore, for this kind of hereditary military officer, the civil servants are actually very straightforward.

When Niu Delu heard the Governor's question, he immediately put on a shy smile, and said in a voice that sounded like a cross talk: "Return to Governor, we now have 630 ships in Tianjin Wei. Among them, there are [-] large ships of [-] materials. "

Xiao Ruxun didn't know what kind of boats and materials, so he asked directly: "How many boats are there that can swim in the sea?"

Niu Delu didn't expect the new chief to ask the sea boat.This question really stumped Niu Delu.

Niu Delu really didn't know how many seagoing ships there were, because he didn't know how many of those seagoing ships in Tianjin Weili could go to sea.

However, since it was the upper official who asked the question, Niu Delu, as a lower official, would always be bad if he didn't answer.

So, Niu Delu said: "There are about ten."

When Xiao Ruxun heard that there were only a dozen boats, what a joke.

Xiao Ruxun immediately questioned: "Why do you order the boats like this? Where are the boats going?"

Niu Delu panicked and replied: "My lord, Tianjin Wei doesn't use sea boats now, they only use canals. I don't even have sea boats on hand."

Xiao Ruxun asked, "Then who owns a ship?"

Niu Delu immediately replied: "Businessman, the businessman has them, they have seagoing ships, and they also have big ships with [-] materials!"

"merchant?"

Xiao Ruxun touched his chin, feeling as if he understood what to do with his errand.

　Chapter 5 arrives! ! ! !

　　Ho ho ho! ! ! !

　　
　
(End of this chapter)