Hongwu Survival Guide

Chapter 118
Recently, I have developed the habit of getting up early and going out to see the sky, and it is still the same today. If it is a cloudy day, I will not be in a good mood.

If it is cloudy on land, the wind and waves at sea will inevitably be greater, which will affect sea fishing.

This is the tenth day of May.

After breakfast, the first thing to do is a meeting to convene the heads of various subsidiaries of Mingzhou Ocean Development Group, of course, the kind who are in Dinghai, to discuss various matters related to the entire marine fishing industry chain.

One of the more special issues is the establishment of another 'Mingzhou Construction Engineering Company', which is still affiliated with the Mingzhou Ocean Development Group.

Zhu Yuan intends to organize a team responsible for infrastructure construction such as ports and lighthouses.

However, in the short term, the company's main work direction is to build a house at the foot of Chen Mountain in the southwest of Dinghai County.

Zhu Yuan has made a public commitment.

All naval soldiers involved in food transportation, as well as related civilian husbands, and soldiers who are willing to join the three guards directly under the Navy Governor's Mansion in the near future, as long as they are willing to settle in Mingzhou, they can get two points of housing land. Not only that, the Yinghai Division will also be responsible for The house is built.

In the future, if the family members of these people are in other places, even in other provinces, the Yinghai Division will be responsible for bringing them to Mingzhou.

All inclusive.

Of course, with different identities, the houses given will also be different.

Those who join the army will have a brick and tile house with three standard rooms, with an east kitchen and a west bathroom.Ordinary folks involved in shipping have mud houses.

Officers count.

Speaking of which, Zhu Yuan originally wanted to start the resettlement plan after the summer flood, but the plan still couldn’t keep up with the changes. Shandong sent an additional [-] refugees, most of whom were laborers. After these people completed the construction of their resettlement houses, Zhu Yuan planned to Let them go on and just take care of crafting.

Zhu Yuan had someone do the calculations.

The key to making this arrangement is that Yinghai Division can afford it.

These 2 people will only consume 2 shi of grain per month according to the daily ration standard of 1.2 liters set by Zhu Yuan.

Currently, Yinghai Division supplies half and half of rice grain and fish catch, no matter what, it is not much.

With the ever-increasing fishing scale of the Ying Hai Division, just the fish catch is enough to feed all the naval governors' mansions around Dinghai and the soldiers and civilians under the Ying Hai Division. A group of 15000 people, plus the 21000 people who came from Shandong before, now totals more than 10.

Based on the calculation of 10 people, the monthly ration consumption is only 6 shi.

In this summer flood season, even if it started from the southward trial fishing in April before, based on the minimum catch of 30 tons of fish in two months, it is more than enough to eat only fish.

Moreover, even if the fishing season is over, Ying Haisi's sea fishing will not stop.

After all, the end of the fishing season does not mean that the fish will disappear.

In the entire Zhoushan Islands area, all kinds of fish, shrimp, snails, and even other seaweed and sea vegetables, as long as they are edible, will be included in the fishing and collection ranks of Yinghai Division.Therefore, even in the off-season when there is no fishing season, Zhu Yuan believes that it is easy to catch more than 10 tons of seafood per month.

As for the resulting consumption, such as Zhu Yuan's understanding of the "durability" of boat nets before.In the past, fishermen did not go to sea in the off-season, mainly due to the lack of organizational guidance, the risk was not directly proportional to the income, and the gain outweighed the loss.

Now it is different.

As long as the planning is done in advance and the organization is effective, the output will definitely far exceed the input given the abundance of the Zhoushan Islands.

Therefore, only the resources provided by Haizhuo to Yinghai Division are enough for Zhu Yuan to do a lot of things.

Including specially organizing a group of people to build houses.

Besides the resettlement plan, in addition to the monthly ration of 1.2 shi, the building materials can basically be obtained locally. Even firing bricks and tiles is just a matter of building a batch of fire kilns and consuming firewood.As for firewood, only the shrubs and forests on Chenshan and the surrounding hills are enough to provide, and what is consumed is still only rations.

It has to be said that tens of thousands of laborers do not need wages, and can continue to work as long as they take care of their meals.As a former capitalist, Zhu Yuan wanted to cry when he saw it.

However, you can't give too much at the moment.

It's not that Zhu Yuan is unwilling to give, Zhu Yuan knows very well that the most effective way to stimulate productivity is two words, give enough!However, if there is too much here, what about other places?
In this world, we never suffer from inequality.

Just like the three guards directly under the Navy's Governor's Mansion, if the salary is much higher than that of other guards in Ming Dynasty, the combat effectiveness will definitely be very strong. The problem is that it will be difficult for Lao Zhu to face other armies.Therefore, what Zhu Yuan can give more for the time being is to settle down, and to solve the problem of children's education.

After the meeting here, Baihu Wenzao, who was responsible for the daily communication between Zhu Yuan and Lao Zhu, came to say goodbye again.

When Wen Zao returned to Jinling this time, in addition to taking Zhu Yuan's letter log and other materials as usual, he also brought 7000 catties of dried fish maw.

The seven thousand catties of dried fish maw is the result of the previous trip south to Xiangshan and sea.

On average, about 500 catties of fresh fish can be dried to produce one catty.

In this era of lack of industrial glue, isinglass, a natural glue with super strong adhesion, can even be said to be a strategic material.Because the manufacture of crossbows, swim bladder glue is essential.

As mentioned in the last letter, Zhu Yuan knew that swim bladders were very important, but he didn't feel any urgency. He planned to collect more, at least ten thousand catties, before sending them to Jinling together.As a result, Lao Zhu wrote back and specifically mentioned that the writing on the letter seemed to be in a hurry, so he asked him to send it all over quickly.

He also told Wen Zao to be responsible for the escort, and no mistakes were allowed.

After chatting with Wen Zao, Zhu Yuan learned that the swim bladder material before the Ming Dynasty mainly came from Huguang, Jiangxi. There are two major lakes in Poyang and Dongting, where most of the rivers and lakes in the Ming Dynasty are responsible for collecting fish taxes. However, the annual supply is dry. The total amount of swim bladder is only [-] to [-] catties, which is not enough at all.

I have the final say in private.

Based on the minimum catch of 30 tons of fish this season, that is 3000 million catties, and an average of 500 catties of fresh fish yields one catty of dried swim bladder, and Zhu Yuan can give 6 catties.

There will only be more in the future.

Of course, there will never be too many to use up.

Because not only making bows and crossbows, other things such as making furniture, building houses, and even shipbuilding that are close at hand, all need adhesives.

Especially shipbuilding.

Compared with the rough adhesive such as lime and hemp mixture, the adhesive effect of isinglass is much better. However, even a medium sea-going ship of 500 material level, the adhesive required in the construction process is calculated in hundreds of catties However, it would be too extravagant to use all isinglass, so it will only be used in a small amount in key parts, and gray hemp will be the main one for the rest.

Sending off Wen Zao, Zhu Yuan came to his office, Mingzhou Shipti Ju Chang Bao, Fu Shou, Shen Mao and other sea merchants were already waiting.

The topic is to discuss the stocking situation for going to sea in June and July.

And, taxes.

Going to sea in June and July is mainly to take advantage of the south wind to go to Japan and Korea, and then return in winter while taking advantage of the north wind.

In addition to the licensed private maritime trade companies, officials will also participate in the stocking this time. The Ying Hai Division plans to prepare the goods in the name of two state-owned companies, Jinling Ocean Trading Company and Mingzhou Ocean Trading Company.In fact, there was already a precedent for official participation in maritime trade in the Yuan Dynasty, and it was also to share the dividends of maritime trade.

However, in addition to making money, the official trade team sent by Zhu Yuan this time will also be responsible for collecting intelligence.

It is time for the island countries in the southeast to make some plans in advance.

Let alone taxes.

The import tax has been set before, except for some exempted goods such as sulfur, which are exempt from tax, and the others are [-]%.

Export tax, after this discussion, can be considered finalized.

The plan is not to levy according to the goods but by ship, 1000 sea-going ships, export tax of 1000 taels of silver, 2000 sea-going ships, export tax of 2000 taels of silver, and so on, simple and clear.

Referring to the relevant data of the three Shen family merchant ships that Zhu Yuan happened to collide with before, such as 1000 sea-going ships, generally the value of the goods taken out of the sea is about 6000 taels of silver, and the tax is 1000 taels, which is basically close to the tax rate of [-]%.

During the discussion, the sea merchants felt that it was a bit high and hoped to lower it.

Zhu Yuan directly refused.

However, there is a compromise. If the seagoing ship fails to come back, after the declaration in the future, the Yinghai Division will refund this part of the tax, which can be regarded as a kind of compensation.

No more can be given.

Zhu Yuan believes that maritime merchants will not lose money. After all, as long as a sea-going ship can go back and forth smoothly, it can easily earn nearly 10 times the income. How can it be possible to lose money?

Regarding tariffs, Zhu Yuan's attitude has always been clear.

You have to accept what you deserve!
After all, there are too many interests involved. If the government does not cut off as much as possible, it will only make some county officials or current management cheaper in the future, and let many maritime merchants continue to accumulate too much wealth.The country cannot benefit from it.

This is not a benign state.

Furthermore, the state-owned maritime trade company will also follow the rules, no matter how much tax is imported or exported, it needs to pay.

This is a long-term foreshadowing.

After all, the current state-owned maritime trade company must be [-]% state-owned, but in the future, dozens or even hundreds of years later, it may be a little bit uncertain.However, taxes must belong to the state.

After talking about maritime trade, when the regular newspaper staff left, Zhu Yuan began to deal with various documents accumulated daily.

And so until noon.

After lunch, I went out of the city again to the shipyard beside the Yongjiang River in the west of the city, where the first batch of returning grain ships were still being overhauled.

Zhu Yuan got off the sedan chair, and boarded a big boat with two thousand materials together with Yao Feng who came up to meet him.

Several master craftsmen in the shipyard gave a unified judgment that this big ship, which was more than five years old, could no longer afford another long voyage.

The big ship originally belonged to Fang Guozhen's forces. It was 21 feet long, 8 feet wide, and had seven masts and nine sails. It was also considered a huge boat in this era. It was captured by the Southern Expeditionary Army before. It went south to participate in the Fujian War, was brought back by Wu Zhen, and went back and forth During the trip to Shandong, although the hull of the ship was basically intact, many of the wood on the bottom of the ship were rotten, and there were still many leaks.

In addition, among the seven masts, three of them also had cracks of varying degrees.

During the sailing process, the breaking of the mast is the most dangerous thing. When the towering mast is toppled, because of the strong inertia, it is likely to directly bring the whole ship over.Therefore, the three masts with cracks had to be sawed off directly, just in case.Because it is an old ship, there is no need to replace it with a new mast. Therefore, the original seven-masted and nine-sailed ship will only have four masts left.

Zhu Yuan personally looked around the big ship and agreed with the judgment of a thousand master craftsmen.

This ship is officially out.

Of course, it is not abandoned.

It has been planned for a long time that all ships that are confirmed to be unable to support long-distance voyages and have certain repair value will be converted into fishing boats and only operate within a range of one or two hundred miles offshore.

It is a pity that they are all large ships with more than 500 materials and are directly abandoned.

If you deal with the serious problems, keep repairing them, and operate carefully, you can use them for at least another three to five years.

This is Zhu Yuan's arrangement for all grain transport ships.

A new boat is launched and used for three to five years on a long-distance voyage to transport grain. If the state is no longer good, it will be converted into a fishing boat and can be used for another three to five years.

After leaving the 2000 material ship, Zhu Yuan turned to other ships.

Many of them are completely worthless for restoration. However, as long as they can still float, they can be used for the moment. They are transferred to the south bank of the Yongjiang River and continue to be used as temporary residences for the group of refugees who came from Shandong.

Everyone also discussed a plan on the spot.

On the south bank near the river, some 'V'-shaped shallow grooves similar to docks were dug, and some abandoned ships were stuck in directly, so that there was no need to worry about problems such as water leakage and sinking. The huge hull was equivalent to a ready-made 'building'. There are "doors" on both sides of the ship's side. For example, a 16-foot-long sea-going ship does not count as the bottom tank immersed in the V-groove. In addition, there are several cabins above and below the deck, because there is no need to consider other things. Crowded, with the size of these big ships, it is no problem to temporarily live in thirty or fifty families.

Zhu Yuan also thinks this is a good way.

It has entered the rainy season, and the rainy weather in recent days has become much more than before. In the following June and July, the strong wind and heavy rain will only become more frequent. On the Dinghai side, the population transferred from various places has been increasing, and the houses are not enough.

In this case, as long as there is a place to shelter from the wind and rain, there is no way to pick and choose.

Zhu Yuan just reminded Yao Feng and others to pay attention to strengthening the fixation of these large ships ashore to ensure that they can resist the typhoon.

Then there is fire prevention.

This requires the residents to be self-aware, daily cooking and cooking can only be done outside, and be careful about lighting at night.However, this kind of 'houseboat' is really easy to escape if it catches fire, so you don't need to worry too much, it's just that once it burns down, the group of people will have no place to stay.

Not long after arriving at the baking workshop on the South Bank, the sky began to rain in the gloomy half-day.

Zhu Yuan had no choice but to hope that the wind and rain on the sea would not be too heavy, or there would be no wind and rain at all.

After all, the distance is more than a hundred miles.

It is raining, and there is a growing trend, and it is inevitable that most of the open-air baking workshops will be affected. At this time, the benefits of the kiln will be reflected.

While Zhu Yuan had to return to the city ahead of time, he also made up his mind that all the more than 1 new laborers from the south should be dispatched first to build the kiln.

Not long after returning to Yinghaishi’s mansion, news came from outside the city that the Guangzhou fleet that arrived in Zhoushan yesterday had docked.Zhu Yuan wanted to go out of the city again, but was stopped by people around him, so he gave up.

So when it was dark, Hua Gao brought a group of people over in the rain.

In addition to Chen Su, the Deputy Commander of Yixing Guard who commanded the fleet, and several other officers, there were also some leaders of maritime merchants in the south. After chatting a few words, Zhu Yuan understood that these people came for the remaining three maritime trade licenses.

Guangzhou has been merged into the jurisdiction of Ming Dynasty, so it must follow the rules in the future.

Moreover, Zhu Yuan also realized that these people should be related to Liao Yongzhong and other generals in the south.

White gloves, black gloves and the like.

Zhu Yuan has no problem with this, as long as 20 taels of silver is paid for each license, tax will be paid according to the regulations in the future, and at least the superficial shareholding structure must be clear.

Moreover, speaking of Liao Yongzhong, Zhu Yuan felt that it was better to remind Huagao to keep contact with him when he had time.

Liao Yongzhong has a bad debt, which will explode sooner or later.

The founding general who was loyal to Lao Zhu and made enough credit in his own right was supposed to be made a duke, but he was not only a marquis, but also died early because of that bad debt. As for what's on the surface' Those who are good at peeping into my mind'ah' and "use dragon and phoenix" are all excuses.

Zhu Yuan didn't want Hua Gao to be implicated.

Although a certain person prevented him from going out to sea the day before yesterday, and forcibly carried him off the boat in public, it was very embarrassing, but Zhu Yuan knew it was good, and understood that Hua Gao was also thinking about his safety.

After chatting for a few words, several maritime merchants were dismissed, and the focus was on military matters.

After talking freely, Zhu Yuan found out that Chen Ju was still Huagao's old subordinate.

Huagao used to be stationed in Yixing, located in the west of Taihu Lake and north of Changxing.

In those years when the East and West were at war, Geng Bingwen was surrounded by Zhang Shicheng's [-] troops in Changxing, and he and several other generals were sent to rescue with Chang Yuchun.

Later, when Chen Youliang was marching westward, Huagao left Yixing, which was not considered an important town because of the barrier of Taihu Lake.

Huagao's title of Pingzhang from Yipin Huguang Province was mainly obtained by relying on Chen Youliang's military exploits in the Western Expedition. He was originally Zuo Cheng from Zhenger [-] Huguang Province. After Zhang Shicheng was put down, he was promoted to Pingzhang from Yipin Huguang Province.

Chen Su stayed in Yixing for a long time.

In the Southern Expedition and Northern Expedition that started last year, the army of the Northern Expedition was mainly the core guards around Lao Zhu.The southern expedition troops, and the eastern front are mainly local troops on the front line of Taihu Lake such as Jiangyin, Yixing, and Changxing.

Liao Yongzhong singled out Chen Su to be in charge of escorting these ships, obviously he also wanted to show his favor to Hua Gao.

This time, Chen Su brought 2100 soldiers from Yixing Guard and 1700 troops from the available He Zhen Tribe, for a total of more than 3800 men. They will be directly merged into the Dinghai Guard that has been forming recently.

As for Zhu Yuan's camp Haiwei, he can still only choose civilian husbands who are light and strong.

Fortunately, because Zhu Yuan offered the condition that he could give priority to settlement and donated housing, there are also enthusiastic people who have voluntarily signed up to join the army recently.

It is estimated that before the end of May, the formation of the three guards directly under the Navy's Governor's Mansion will be completed. While guarding Mingzhou and ensuring the smooth flow of the sea food road, it can also complete Lao Zhu's account and send [-] elite soldiers to the north to participate in the battle of the capital.

(End of this chapter)