I became the son of Renzong

Chapter 187 The Bad Situation (Fifth)
When Rongzhou's new wharf slowly took shape, it was time for Zhao Xi to return to court.

Although there was no edict from the imperial court, Tao Niang's family letter made him feel a little embarrassed.

Besides, some things in Rongzhou have been completed, and the rest needs to be resolved in the court.

"Bachelor, when Xi returns to the court this time, he intends to take up the duties of military weapons supervisor, water transportation, mining market, iron supervisor, and coinage. I also hope that the scholar will give you some advice."

This is the department that is more relevant to Zhao Xi's next work focus.

Easy to do, hard to coordinate.Especially in the current situation of Guochao, Zhao Xi doesn't want to spend all day trying to figure out people, he wants to do things.

Earlier in the palace, even if he was in charge of politics later, Zhao Xi always had the idea of ​​waiting for the future.

But this time the Nongzei Rebellion made him realize that there was no longer any delay.

If Guochao's shortcoming is illness, then it is a disease in the stomach and intestines now. Zhao Xi is very worried that by the time he inherits the throne, Guochao will already be ill in the bone marrow.

Maybe now he can't change the country in an all-round way. It is Zhao Xi's strategy to find an appropriate entry point and try to leverage the court to take the initiative to change.

"Your Highness, with the achievements in solving the current situation of the lack of copper in the country and the use of firearms in the guard camp, military weapons supervision and coinage are due."

"Even if it is a dispute, water transportation can also be won. The only thing is the iron supervisor, which is the job of the third division envoy. I am afraid that the Eastern Mansion..."

Zhang Fangping didn't know why Zhao Xi wanted to take care of those troublesome water transportation and trade fairs, both of which were thankless jobs.

"Bachelor, Xi has no intention of meddling with the duties of the third envoy's yamen. Xi's contract is for iron ore production, and it does not change the court structure."

To put it bluntly, it is the finance of future generations, and what Zhao Xi wants to manage is not income, he wants to improve the mining industry and upgrade the steelmaking process.

As for the military supervision, coinage, water transportation, and market... These are for later generations, which are equivalent to the Federal Reserve, the Ministry of Military Industry, foreign trade and transportation.

They should all be important departments, but in today's state, they can't be compared with the Six Departments and Nine Ministers, and they are not even as good as the livestock department of the Group Herds Department.

Zhao Xi was a little bit emotional, but if he really wanted to make a drastic move on this or that, it really wouldn't work.

Therefore, he chose to start with these tasks that the court did not value very much.

If so, Zhang Fangping feels that the problem is not serious.

Although he didn't understand His Highness's intentions, Zhang Fangping didn't mind making such a move for His Highness's request.

He even contacted some people who were close to him and shouted for His Royal Highness.

When Zhao Xi returned to the court, he did not cross the pass by land.Since he intends to engage in water transportation, he took the water route, so he could take this opportunity to have a look at Guochao's shipping industry.

Zhao Xi really wanted to hide his whereabouts, so that he could see the real water transportation, and it would be even better if he could still interact with those low-level laborers.

It's a pity that with his status, the formation of the two thousand guard battalions is also known to be impossible.

This time, Master Wang's Southern Expedition, based on Zhao Xi's efforts in Dali and Chengdu Road, has been compiled into an opera by the caring people in Watai, and spread all over the country. Almost all the military states in the country know about this great victory... ...how many years have not been there.

So, don't expect to hide your whereabouts, and even have to change the attire of the Imperial Guard...

Rongzhou is the confluence of Jinsha River and Minshui River, which is also equivalent to the beginning of the Yangtze River.

The Yangtze River, on the other hand, has never changed its course on Chengdu Road for thousands of years. It will only sway wantonly on Jingchu Road on the endless two lakes plain.

Zhao Xi once had the experience of going down the river. When the boat passed Chongqing, all the scenery became familiar.

The so-called Three Gorges is not much different from later generations, but today's boatmen and boatmen can also deal with these dangers.

In some waters, even Zhao Xi was tense, but those boatmen passed through so deftly after offering sacrifices to the river god.

"Copper ore weighs down the ship, I'm afraid the score ship will pass through here..."

There were water transport yamen in the imperial court, but there was no shipping along the Yangtze River.In addition to the embankment divisions in various places, the Jianghuai transshipment envoys are permanent.

Once the Dongchuan Copper Mine is produced on a large scale, it is necessary to consider setting up a yamen to manage the transportation of this section of the Yangtze River... Alas, Zhao Xi really doesn't know if he can pass through the current situation of the Guochao.

If it doesn't work, he has to do a good job of taking the Xijiang route.

There is still a distance from the land surrounded by cowhide in Dongchuan to Xijiang, and there will be many Wuman villages along the way.It's a little helpless, Zhao Xi really doesn't want to provoke those barbarians, especially now.

As for the future... When the land is reformed and returned to the people, and when Dali, the so-called vassal state, is no longer there, it will be another matter.

Now... it's troublesome.

Without any familiar landmarks, when the boat enters Jingchu Road, Zhao Xi is somewhat familiar with the place where the Han River flows into the Yangtze River.

He knew that Xiangyang was not far to the northwest, and there was originally water transportation from Xiangyang to Bianliang, but the transportation volume was not large and it cost a lot.In recent years, the dynasty has gradually been abandoned.

Putting a capital city and the provision of nearly a million people on a canal, or a seasonal canal... Dad can sleep soundly, probably because he is numb.

Everything is making do, from the princes of the court, to the people of Bianliang, to the capital of the country, it seems that they are all in a state of making do.

Leaving aside the Yimapingchuan River on the Hebei Road, the Daliao cavalry could avoid the city and go straight outside Bianliang. In terms of survival, once the Bianhe River was in an accident, millions of people would have to eat the soil.

The Yangtze River water computing is well developed, and Zhao Xi didn't really see the shipping industry of Guochao until the ships arrived in the Jianghuai River.

This should be called a battle of hundreds of ships, right?Chuzhou boats, Huai boats, Wu boats, Yue boats, Songjiang boats, Zhejiang boats, Lake boats, Huizhou boats, Wenzhou boats, Mingzhou boats, Ruxia boats, Shu boats, etc., the boatmen introduced them to Zhao Xi. At this time, Xi realized that she still didn't know enough about this era and Guochao.

When they arrived in Xuzhou, after the fleet transferred to the Bianhe River, it could almost be described as crowded.

Originally, their troop transport fleet of 2000 people was already huge, and entering this narrow and busy Bianhe River...you can imagine what it will be like.

To Zhao Xi, if he wanted to do something to Guochao, there was really no need to do anything, all he needed was a team with the ability and number of guards.

You don't even need to do too much, you just need to fight guerrillas for three to five months during the busiest season of water transportation.

The Bianhe River is opened in March every year, letting in the abundant water of the Yellow River, and at the same time bringing in the unique sediment of the Yellow River.

Therefore, every dry season, Guochao had to spend a lot of material and financial resources to dredge the Bianhe River.Repeatedly, over the years.

The entire Bianliang City is truly hanging by a thread.

Zhao Xi couldn't figure it out, those elites in the court really weren't worried?
This is the country's water transportation. Zhao Xi didn't go into details too much, and he has been full of lawsuits along the way.

Not to mention other things, just talk about the transportation problem of Dongchuan Copper Mine after the Bianhe River was shut down during the dry season... This is a problem that must be solved before the copper mine is mined.

(End of this chapter)