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Chapter 349 The key to success or failure

Xu Guangqi was happy and excited after hearing what the craftsmen said. The leather raft is very suitable for transporting people in the upper reaches of the Yellow River. There are too many dangerous shoals in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, so it is not easy to sail. If you insist on sailing, you can only rely on a large number of manpower to pull the boat up. If you use a leather raft to transport people, you will use a horse-drawn cart when you reach the downstream, and the mules and horses will transport the leather raft to the upper reaches. In this way, things will be much simpler. It’s not that Xu Guangqi has no one in his hand, the key is that he has no food. , The whole province of Shaanxi is short of food, and it is not easy to transfer food from other places, and the consumption is too high. The only way out is to transport all the victims out.

"So, is it feasible to make leather rafts to transport disaster victims on a large scale?" Xu Guangqi smiled and stroked his beard, chatting happily with those craftsmen.

"It's absolutely possible, but I don't know how many sheepskin rafts you will make? Immigrants are not a small number!" A craftsman asked.

"Each county has at least 10,000 animals, and there are more than [-] prefectures and counties in Shaanxi. There are probably [-]+ animal skins..." Xu Guangqi explained with a smile.

Craftsmen, look at me, I look at you, everyone is so surprised, 10,000+ animals need to be slaughtered, skinned, and tires made, how many craftsmen are needed?

The knowledgeable man said: "My lord, this is indeed possible, but it is difficult to find so many craftsmen. Our Xi'an Prefecture does not use the most sheepskin rafts. To be honest, if your lord wants to make 10,000+ animals There is absolutely no way to get them out of Xi'an Mansion alone, it will miss the matter of the adults, and the important matter of immigration, we have no ability..." The craftsman also knew that the Living Bodhisattva, Master Xu, was going to use a leather raft to transport the victims, The time to transport the victims must be as short as possible. Let them kill 10,000+ animals. It won’t work in less than half a year, so I immediately declined.

"Hehe, you guys don't need to worry. What I mean is to recruit craftsmen who can make sheepskin rafts in Shaanxi. There are only about [-] leather tires in each prefecture and county..." Xu Guangqi explained.

Hearing this, all the craftsmen breathed a sigh of relief, and the knowledgeable craftsman said: "If you want to say that you can make and use leather rafts, in fact, the most places are in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, past Laodong Shengwei and above. , to Ningxia Town, or even Lanzhou, Gansu Town, where it is very common to make leather rafts, use leather rafts, or use leather rafts to carry people and goods. There are a large number of people who live on leather rafts. If you want to make a batch of leather rafts as soon as possible, you can ask someone to go to the upper reaches of the Yellow River, to Ningxia Town. There, by the Yellow River, there are often whole villages and whole villages who rely on this for their livelihood. On the one hand, adults can buy a lot of ready-made leather tires, and there is no need to make them separately. On the other hand, it only takes two or three days to go down the river to the old Dongshengwei in my dynasty, which is very convenient. There are also a lot of livestock. It is close to the desert grassland. The most important thing on the grassland is livestock. The tribe has no thousands, tens of thousands of livestock? As long as the adults can afford the price, or are willing to exchange things that the tribes on the grassland urgently need, it will be easy. It's easy to get a lot of livestock and leather tires..." The knowledgeable craftsman talked about the leather raft in detail.

Xu Guangqi clapped his hands and praised as if he had found a treasure: "Good idea, good idea! My old man, it seems that you are quite familiar with this matter!"

"Returning to my lord, I learned this skill there when I was young, and I also worked there for many years, so I became familiar with it. Later, when I got older, I went to Xi'an Prefecture to make a living. The things around him are fairly familiar." The craftsman explained.

"Okay, okay, okay! This old man, I don't know if I can do you a favor?" Xu Guangqi made a decisive decision and planned to go to Ningxia and Gansu to find someone to buy leather rafts. He was going to let this craftsman who is familiar with the situation there bring a By road, you can quickly get a lot of leather rafts, and then go down the river, and you can go to Yansui and Fugu County in a few days, where you can pick up and drop off immigrants and leave Shaanxi.

"My lord, just say, if there is anything you can do to help your lord, the grassroots will never shirk it. Your lord is a living Bodhisattva, and it's a blessing for the grassroots to do things with a living Bodhisattva..." The craftsman immediately agreed, The yamen asked him to do things, he was afraid or out of fear, but Si Nongsi was different, Si Nongsi was a yamen to save people, he was willing to go.

"Okay, what I mean is that I will immediately send people to Ningxia and Gansu towns to buy leather rafts and recruit a group of people who will make and make leather rafts. I don't know if the old man will be willing to lead the way. ?” Xu Guangqi asked.

"Returning to my lord, it's no problem. This grassroots is the most familiar. I don't know how many people of this kind live on leather rafts on the banks of the Yellow River. As long as your lord says a word, the grassroots will allow them to drive their leather rafts to rescue people immediately." , as the saying goes, to save a life, to build a seven-level pagoda, the adults are saving millions of disaster victims, and the grassroots are willing to follow the adults to save people..." This person with a bit of knowledge is also a kind-hearted person. I heard that Xu Guangqi is going to rescue the victims Yes, immediately agreed to help.

"Okay, the old man will go home and pack up first, say goodbye to the family, wait for the official to make some arrangements, and immediately set off for Ningxia and Gansu towns to try to buy a leather raft as soon as possible and find the people who made the leather rafts. Seeing that the matter was urgent, Xu Guangqi immediately made a decision without any hesitation.

"Okay! Caomin is going to bid farewell to his family and follow the adults..." The old man was full of pride, and a dazzling brilliance burst out on his old face.

"My lord, we are also willing to follow your lord. My lord, please accept us..." Seeing that someone had climbed onto Xu Guangqi, a living Bodhisattva, the group of craftsmen, not to be outdone, also petitioned one after another and wanted to go.

"Hehe, everyone, don't be impatient. You will stay in Xi'an for the time being. Xi'an needs you to make leather rafts. If you go to Ningxia, what you want is a fast word. There are too many people, which will delay the trip..."

All the craftsmen gave up.

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"Jade rope, jade rope?..." Xu Guangqi sent the craftsmen away, and immediately consulted with Zhou Yanru, but unfortunately, Zhou Yanru disappeared without a trace.

"Master Xu, I'm here, here." Zhou Yanru immediately came out from behind. Just now when Xu Guangqi received the group of craftsmen, he was smoked to death. He took the opportunity and slipped away quietly, but he was afraid of missing something. Hearing it, so I hid in the back of the living room and eavesdropped again, in order not to be smoked by those people, and came out immediately when I heard Xu Guangqi calling.

"Yusheng, did you hear what you said just now?" Xu Guangqi was a little dissatisfied. This Zhou Yanru still has many problems. One of them is that he doesn't know the suffering of the people, has nothing to do with the people, doesn't understand the life of the people, and doesn't like to see the people. , this shortcoming will definitely greatly restrict Zhou Yanru's development in the future. In the future, even if Zhou Yanru climbs up to the cabinet, if this defect is not corrected, it may not be a good cabinet.Xu Guangqi was secretly worried. Looking at Zhou Yanru, he was in his thirties and became a deputy imperial envoy for immigration at a young age. It would be a matter of course for him to join the cabinet in the future. The ministers who are willing to contact the common people are afraid that this is not the blessing of the court, or that it is not the blessing of His Majesty.

"Hehe, Master Xu, I heard the jade rope's words just now. Master Xu, it's a good thing to go to Ningxia and Gansu towns to buy leather rafts! I heard that there are still a large number of leather rafts over there. The people who were born, can let them carry the victims of Gansu and Ningxia towns down the river, and can save many victims, which is far easier than traveling by land. If their rafts reach Fugu County, this Fugu will be prosperous County, Jia County and other disaster victims along the Yellow River will not be a problem! I calculated, at most five or six days, you can go to Ningxia Town quickly, and then buy leather rafts and recruit those who live on leather rafts , along the Yellow River, at a speed of [-] miles per day, a total of ten days, the raft can reach Fugu County, which can greatly save time... By the way, I heard from the old craftsman that Lao Dong Above Shengwei, there are a large number of nomadic tribes. Perhaps, we can find them to buy a large number of cattle and sheep, let the craftsmen make leather rafts, and make the meat into jerky. In this way, perhaps, it is easier than transferring grain from the south of the Yangtze River , anyway, it’s just an emergency, and it’s good to wait until October, when the disaster victims have almost all moved out of Shaanxi, I’m not afraid that Shaanxi will run out of food, Master Xu, what do you think?” Zhou Yanru is not a stupid person either. , although there are some problems, but he is also a transparent person. From various news, he quickly organized many useful methods.

Xu Guangqi sighed, this Zhou Yanru!Still need more tempering, cleverness, talent is there, and he is a young champion, he will inevitably be a little "coddled", so he needs more tempering!In the future, he will be the emperor's good helper when he joins the cabinet.Xu Guangqi buried his head in thought, and said: "Yusheng is right. This matter is indeed a good idea. Since there are a large number of sheepskin rafts in Ningxia and Gansu towns, sheepskin rafts can even be used to transport tens of thousands of kilograms of goods. , Then, there must be a group of people living on this raft, so we will go out of the old Dongshengwei, go up to the towns of Ningxia and Gansu, search for these rafts everywhere, let them carry the victims on the rafts, and go down the river Next, by the way, it can solve the problem of the victims in Ningxia and Gansu towns, and then drive the raft to Fugu to transfer the victims. Buying a large number of cattle and sheep, regardless of whether the cattle or sheep are good or bad, as long as they can be used as leather rafts, as long as there is meat, the skins will be made into leather rafts, and the meat will be made into jerky, and then floated down the Yellow River. It is convenient to transport grain from the south, Yusheng said well, although eating meat is a bit extravagant, but as long as we stick to it until October, the victims in Shaanxi may be almost transshipped...Luxury is a luxury..." Xu Guangqi said.

"...In this case, then, this matter, the old man feels that there is still a need for someone to supervise this matter. This matter is of great importance. There will be a lot of money in the recruitment of rafters, the purchase of rafts, and the purchase of cattle and sheep. If there is not one person The old man is not at ease with trustworthy people. Besides, these things are far away from Ningxia and Gansu towns, which are too far away from Xi'an. For the sake of convenience, a person who can make decisions on the spot is needed. Good!" Xu Guangqi felt that this Zhou Yanru really needed a lot of tempering, and he needed to get rid of those flaws in him, so that he could enter the cabinet in the future and be able to assist the emperor well.

Zhou Yanru was stunned, Xu Guangqi wanted to send him to Ningxia to collect fur rafts, buy and sell cattle and sheep... This is really shooting himself in the foot, running from Xi'an to Ningxia in five or six days..., Zhou Yanru I feel that my ass probably needs to be worn out.Thinking about going to that remote place in Ningxia to buy cattle and sheep from the Mongolian tribe in this hot day, Zhou Yanru felt that he could smell the smell of cattle and sheep.

"...Here, Master Xu...this..." Zhou Yanru began to feel bitter, and wanted to turn down the job, but he really had no excuses. He came up with this idea himself, and the money he handled was indeed quite a lot. With 10,000+ taels of silver, it’s not wrong to find someone who has the decision-making power and is reliable to handle this matter. After all, the towns of Ningxia and Gansu are too far away.

"Yusheng, this matter is of great importance. If someone else goes, I don't feel at ease. Only if Yusheng goes, I can rest assured..." Xu Guangqi wanted Zhou Yanru to practice more and get rid of his "arrogance" .

"...But, Master Xu, this matter, in fact, can also be sent to immigration officers. Now there are many talents among the immigration officers, and one or several people can be appointed to handle this matter. The immigration officer You can rely on your cleanliness." Zhou Yanru began to make excuses for himself and shirk.

"Well, Yusheng is right. Immigration officers... Well, we really have to send someone to notify the immigration officers in various places that we are going to start buying cattle and sheep. For states and counties with rivers, each county will temporarily With a limit of [-] leather tires, we will make a large-scale production of leather rafts. We must strive to transport the victims out of Shaanxi before the end of October, so that we can survive! If we can complete the important task of immigration, it will be a great achievement... Yusheng The more I think about it, the more I feel that this matter should be handled as soon as possible. From Xi'an Mansion to Ningxia, it takes [-] miles, and there is an urgent [-] miles. It only takes three days to send the news to Ningxia Town, so that Ningxia Town In addition, if the old man asks Mr. Bi for an order, the government of Ningxia Town will also help. The jade rope does not need to travel five hundred miles a day, and it will take five or six days to reach Ningxia Town. When I arrived in Ningxia Town, I believe that the immigration officer and local government in Ningxia Town have almost prepared for the jade rope. As long as Yusheng makes a decision, they can immediately manufacture rafts on a large scale, buy cattle and sheep, and return Please Yusheng puts the country as the most important thing, the country of Ming Dynasty, and the people of Ming Dynasty, and this must be done well..." Xu Guangqi is not a pedantic person, seeing such a good person who "hardened" Zhou Yanru Opportunity, how can I miss it, immediately ask Zhou Yanru to go to Ningxia Town on business...

Zhou Yanru wanted to cry. Seeing Xu Guangqi's intentions, he had to go. It was [-] miles, and it would take five or six days. Wouldn't it be two or three hundred miles a day?Zhou Yanru thought about his own butt, afraid that it was about to bloom. Thinking about this hot day..., he said sadly: "Master Xu, I will arrive in Ningxia Town in five or six days. Is it too urgent?" Zhou Yanru began to beg for mercy If Xu Guangqi must go by himself, then he really must go. How did he come to be the deputy imperial envoy? He knew in his heart that Xu Guangqi was too old to be too tired. People run errands for Xu Guangqi, so Xu Guangqi, the official imperial envoy, has the absolute right to direct the deputy imperial envoy who runs errands for him. Otherwise, if Xu Guangqi says a few words in front of the emperor, the deputy imperial envoy may have to be replaced.

"Oh, Yusheng, this old man is also for your own good. You are young, so you need to practice more. When you go to Ningxia Town, you should pay more attention to the sufferings of the people, learn more about the trends of the people, and deal with the common people more. In the future Only when you enter the cabinet to assist His Majesty can you make suggestions for His Majesty, otherwise, with His Majesty’s sageness, you may not be able to see His Majesty even if you enter the cabinet.” Xu Guangqi told Zhou Yanru the truth, anyway, Zhou Yanru Confucianism has indeed put in a lot of effort over the past period of time. Although he still doesn't like it, he feels that Zhou Yanru is a talent that can be created. Judging from his future growth height, joining the cabinet is almost a foregone conclusion. It is necessary to remind him.

Zhou Yanru was very ashamed, what Xu Guangqi was talking about was his fault, he himself knew about it, but it was a fault he had developed over the years, there was nothing he could do about it, when he saw those lowly people, Zhou Yanru couldn't help turning his eyes to When Xu Guangqi said that he would join the cabinet in the future and the emperor looked down on these words, Zhou Yanru lowered his head in shame, ashamed to see others, the emperor was dismissed It's not unreasonable for people to be crowned with the word "Holy". The things they do are all big things that are beyond ordinary people's imagination.Ordinary people, ordinary things, the emperor really doesn't look down on them. Thinking of dealing with the "sage" emperor in the future, if I still have such a temper, I'm afraid it's the same as what Xu Guangqi said, the emperor doesn't look down on it, because the emperor is not good fool...

"Hey..., Yusheng, you should arrange this matter first, and immediately send someone to notify the immigration officials in various places, and ask them to immediately make a leather raft. For the money, Si Nongsi will pay part of it in advance, and let them do the rest themselves. Think more about it, after the old man asks His Majesty for the money, they won’t lose a penny, let them start making the raft immediately, without delay, if there is something ineffective, don’t blame the old man for being ruthless..." Xu Guangqi also said To put it bluntly, at this critical moment, I naturally don't want anyone to lose the chain.At the critical moment of life and death, he didn't care about other things, and now he, Si Nongsi, and those rebels tug-of-war against the victims, and he couldn't afford to lose.

Zhou Yanru was still bowing his head in shame, thinking about how to avoid this hurdle, but when he heard Xu Guangqi's harsh words, he was startled, thinking he was talking about himself, and immediately agreed.

"...Jade rope! Once you finish this matter, set off immediately. First, bring one hundred thousand silver coins over there to collect leather rafts. Whether it is someone who can build, make, or release the rafts, let them all Go to Fugu County, and then buy a large number of livestock outside the side wall. You should think about this matter yourself. I believe that with the shrewdness of Yusheng, there should be no delay. Now, don’t blame me for being ruthless, Yusheng knows how urgent the situation in Shaanxi is, so I won’t repeat it...” Xu Guangqi decided to build a large-scale raft and strive to finish it by the end of October. Move the victims out of Shaanxi as much as possible.Only in this way can he win the tug-of-war between Sinon and the rebels. Once it is delayed until November and the Yellow River freezes, the ability to transport the victims will be greatly reduced. At that time, he will not be able to compete with those who want to rebel Yes, life and death, success or failure, in one fell swoop.

Seeing Xu Guangqi's decisive words, Zhou Yanru felt resentment in his heart, knowing that there was nothing he could do to quibble. Others were official imperial envoys, and he himself was just a deputy imperial envoy running errands for the official imperial envoy, so he had to listen to others.

"...Hey, Yusheng, the road to Ningxia town is not very safe, not to mention buying and selling cattle and sheep with the Mongolians outside the side wall. In this way, you take three hundred imperial guards there, so the road will be safer ..." Xu Guangqi didn't want to drive Zhou Yanru to death, but just wanted to hone Zhou Yanru, so that this guy who would definitely join the cabinet in the future would have more experience and be less "squeamish".

Zhou Yanru was moved once again, three hundred imperial guards, according to this scale, his deputy imperial envoy is actually not bad, the usual imperial envoys, there is no imperial guard at all, even if there are some guards, the number is limited , It is like today's emperor, who gave Xu Guangqi a thousand imperial guards at one time, which made people jealous. With three hundred imperial guards by his side, Zhou Yanru felt that Xu Guangqi treated him well.

"Thank you, Master Xu, Yusheng will go to work now." Zhou Yanru was ashamed, ashamed, angry, secretly hated, relieved, and grateful. Anyway, seven or eight emotions were wrapped together , complicated.

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