"These guys!"

Zhu Youxiao really didn't expect that throwing these guys to Liaodong would produce such an incredible effect. The Ming Dynasty had been pushing the Jurchens to plant soybeans.

However, Huang Taiji is not stupid, how could he honestly let you control his food lifeline?

Therefore, Huang Taiji still suppressed this group of Jurchen nobles and resolutely refused to allow them to plant soybeans. This sign was not allowed to appear.

Originally, Huang Taiji was relatively successful in what he did. Even if these Jurchens wanted to sell to the Ming Dynasty, both parties didn't trust them very much, so the idea of ​​planting soybeans was suppressed.

However, since Wei Gongchao and this group of smart people came to visit, this link was immediately solved.

You can't believe this group of Ming businessmen coming to buy soybeans, but I can. If I make money, I'll share it with you.

You're afraid that you won't be able to buy food, which will cause Huang Taiji's dissatisfaction. It doesn't matter, I'll buy it, and I can keep the price down.

The scale doesn’t need to be too big at the beginning. Let’s start on a small scale. When the scale gets bigger and bigger in the future, everyone can make money just by doing it.

Forming cliques for personal gain, smuggling, and tax evasion were all clearly played by Wei Gongchao and his group.

Moreover, you really can't say that people like Wei Gongchao are trash. He actually did a lot of things for Huang Taiji. On the one hand, he appeased the local Han people, and on the other hand, he designed many rules and regulations for Huang Taiji.

etiquette.

Etiquette was clearly played by Wei Gongchao.

Huang Taiji was pleasantly surprised to find that after this group of Han people arrived, the Jurchens were not as scattered as before, and the people around him began to look at him with respect.

This made Huang Taiji extremely pleasantly surprised, and the idea of ​​changing Houjin to Qing Dynasty and Jurchen tribe to Manchu tribe became stronger and stronger.

Huang Taiji originally believed in Han culture and had profound attainments, and Wei Gongchao was not bad at it. He could always speak to Huang Taiji's innermost thoughts, and the two of them could always sit and talk late into the night.

In particular, because of the exchange of interests, Wei Gongchao actually had a pretty good relationship with this group of Manchu nobles.

In Huang Taiji's eyes, Wei Gongchao was his good minister.

Among the Jurchens, honor and nobility are important, and Wei Gongchao was his own God of Wealth.

Even Wei Gongchao had a good relationship with Fan Wencheng. Even though he had just arrived, and even though he had been put in high regard by Huang Taiji, he still maintained his respect for Fan Wencheng and behaved like a humble gentleman.

Of course, in private, Wei Gongchao still gave Fan Wencheng a lot of benefits. Some ginseng and animal skins were also sold directly to the Ming Dynasty through Wei Gongchao.

In Wei Gongchao's own eyes, he was the number one minister of Dajin. If that was the case, what happened if he was greedy for hundreds of millions of dollars?

Zhu Youxiao read the memorial again and again. After a long time, he slowly said: "Master, is this Wei Gongchao really not the spy you arranged to be here with the Jurchens?"

"emperor!"

Zhang Haogu said helplessly: "I swear to God, absolutely not. Look, didn't this Wei Gongchao bring all his family members to Liaodong? How could any spy do this?"

Zhu Youxiao narrowed his eyes and said: "This Wei Gongchao is really my loyal friend of the Ming Dynasty!"

"I think that if I want to purchase these soybeans, I need to pay a higher price in the early stage, and the grain provided in the early stage should also be sufficient!"

Zhang Haogu smiled and said: "In this way, in three to five years at most, if we reduce the food supply to this level, the Jurchens will collapse without a fight!"

Zhu Youxiao nodded slightly: "Master, this is the real killing without blood!"

Zhang Haogu just smiled: "Your Majesty, if you want to thank me, you must thank Wei Gongchao. This person is my great Ming Zhongliang!"

Zhu Youxiao laughed, and Zhang Haogu said again: "Your Majesty, this food is the most important thing, you still need to be careful!"

Zhu Youxiao nodded: "These past few years have been a disaster caused by geniuses and man-made disasters!"

"Your Majesty, the water conservancy projects in the capital and Shandong have been under construction for almost two years. Now, several reservoirs have also been built. As long as the water can be adjusted and water reserved, the food supply in the capital and Shandong this year will be nothing.

The big problem is that my plan is Huguang and Henan!"

“Huguang and Henan!”

Zhu Youxiao thought for a moment, then slowly said: "Master, do you want to implement the New Deal in Henan, Hubei and Hunan?"

"My lord, that's exactly what you mean!"

Zhang Haogu slowly said: "Your Majesty, now the feasibility of the New Deal is already available in Henan, Hubei, and Hunan. In addition, this year's political service examination has been passed. Your plan is to let the new recruits

The political officers will temporarily serve in Shandong and the capital. In addition, a group of political officers will be selected from the capital and Shandong to go to Henan. The minister’s plan is that Henan will quickly promote the new policy, while Hubei and Hunan can be put aside first!"

"If you are familiar with Huguang, you will be satisfied all over the world"

I’m talking about Hunan and Hubei. Huguang Province has a bumper harvest, and the country’s food supply is guaranteed.

Although Hunan's grain production developed greatly during the Song and Yuan Dynasties, the national grain production and marketing center was still in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. There is a popular proverb among the people that "Su Changshu is enough for the world."

During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the rural areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang switched to cotton cultivation and became the center of the national cotton textile industry. Jiangsu and Zhejiang were no longer self-sufficient in food and had to import it from the Huguang area. The proverb "Su Changshu, the world is sufficient" evolved into "Huguang is ripe, the world is sufficient".

As the saying goes, the grain output in Hunan has increased greatly.

In fact, not to mention the Ming Dynasty, even hundreds of years later, eight of the top ten provinces in terms of grain production in China are northern provinces.

Even the main grain-producing areas of Anhui and Jiangsu are in the north of the Yangtze River instead of the south of the Yangtze River. On the one hand, the degree of urbanization in the south of the Yangtze River is higher, but don't forget that the land in Suhu is very small, with an area only a few tenths of the North China Plain. They

Even if it is ripened eight times a year, the total output cannot surpass that of the smallest province in the North China Plain.

The crux of the problem now is the food issue.

Shandong and the capital can guarantee grain income. However, with the expansion of trade, especially when the south begins to purchase grain from the north on a large scale, the output of Shandong and the capital is not enough. At this time, grain production must continue to be expanded.

In addition, even here in Shaanxi, there is another natural disaster visible to the naked eye this year, and food still needs to be mobilized from the capital and Shandong.

It is imperative to implement the New Deal in Henan.

The two lakes can be released first. The vassal kings of the two lakes still have a certain degree of power.

However, now there is only one Zhou king left in Henan, and several other kings have been dealt with. In addition, in the past two years, there has been a group of experienced political officials who can just implement the new policy.

"Your Majesty, the people of Henan are eager for the New Deal. If the Henan New Deal is successful, the New Deal can be promoted in Hunan and Hubei!" Zhang Haogu said slowly.
Chapter completed!