Zhu Biao: "Don't be lucky for now."
When Wang Yang heard this, he quickly raised his hands and said, "Your Highness is benevolent, and I obey your decree."
Do you think we want to do these jobs that are not Shandong’s in the first place? It's not all for the sake of keeping the soldiers of King Yan of Peiping, King of Qin of Xi'an, and your two brothers fed, that they suffered so much for the people of Shandong.
Now you say there is no need to unblock it, which is what I want.
Zhu Biao returned to the Guanya Bureau Station and asked Zhang Yu: "Master Zhang, how did His Highness King Xiang resolve this matter in Jiangsu and Zhejiang?"
Zhang Yu cupped his hands and said, "I don't know. I only protect the safety of His Highness. His Highness will handle the rest by himself without informing the ministers."
How come he doesn't know? !
The image of Zhu Bai calling the wealthy businessmen together to sit on small benches and drink tea for a meeting left a deep impression on him.
Because Zhu Bai used the right to use the canal as a reward to encourage wealthy businessmen to organize manpower and material resources to dredge the river section.
However, Zhu Bai had never been to the north of Jining, and the government did not dare to make the decision without permission, so they had to use the old method.
In fact, local officials have much darker methods than this in order to collect taxes.
Some are left over from various dynasties and generations, and some are "innovated" by ourselves.
Zhu Bai knew the tricks of these people very well.
But Zhu Biao had never been down for a "deep experience" before, so he was so surprised.
In his mind, he thought that after the fall of the Yuan Dynasty, the methods of enslaving the people in his memory would automatically disappear together.
Although Zhang Yu was called by Lao Zhu to protect Zhu Biao and used Zhu Bai's connections, it did not mean that he would tell Zhu Biao everything he knew.
Besides, there are some methods that will offend people if told to Zhu Biao.
Thankless effort.
When the time comes, when those people come to him, Zhu Biao may not be as unconditional in protecting him as Zhu Bai.
Alas, thinking about it, Zhu Bai is better.
That kid is really kind and righteous.
Zhu Biao pursed his lips and said nothing.
He wasn't sure whether Zhang Yu really didn't know, or if he just didn't tell him.
Zhu Biao said after a long time: "Call Ya Chang here."
The tooth grower from Jining's third-level dental bureau came quickly. After saluting, he stood silently waiting for Zhu Biao to speak.
Zhu Biao asked kindly: "Can we let the Guanya Bureau fleet transport military rations from Jining to Peiping?"
Ya Chang said: "Yes. There are convoys from Jining to and from Peking and Xi'an every day."
Zhu Biao felt relieved: "That's great. Let's start lucking out tomorrow."
Ya Chang asked: "I wonder how much food your Highness will transport."
Zhu Biao thought for a while: "There are 200,000 troops stationed in Peiping. If one person eats one stone of food for fifty days, he must eat at least 400,000 stone in one winter. The Peiping farm can handle 100,000 stone by itself, and 100,000 stone can be transported by sea. This At least another 200,000 stones must be transported at one time. It will be completed within a month."
Chief Ya took out his abacus and made a crackling sound: "If so much grain has to be transported so quickly, we have to hire special people. The Guan Ya Bureau's fleet is not enough. Jining is 1,100 miles from Peking. Niu A carriage full of grain can travel up to three hundred miles a day. An empty carriage can travel four hundred miles a day. That means it takes at least seven days to go back and forth. One cart can travel up to ten shi. That means 20,000 carriages are needed. Two people per cart, One horse is calculated as 60,000 people. According to His Highness, fifty people need one stone of food per day, which means one thousand two hundred stone per day, which is 8,400 stone in seven days."
Zhu Biao nodded: "This is reasonable."
"Whether you hire someone else or your own coachman in the tooth shop, the wages per person per day are calculated at a minimum of seventy cents, which is about five hundred cents for seven days. The rent of the horse is also calculated based on this, and a total of thirty thousand taels of silver is required." Ya Chang said. Putting away the abacus, he asked Zhu Biao, "Would you like to pay in cash or by banknote?"
Zhu Biao took a breath: Thirty thousand taels of silver! !
This is just to Peiping, if we have to go to various health centers under Xi'an...
No wonder the government offices in Jining and the chief envoys in Shandong want to serve the people.
Zhu Biao pursed his lips and sat there for a while before asking again: "How did we solve this problem before?"
Ya Chang said: "Before, King Xiang himself provided the supplement."
Zhu Bo subsidized the money he earned in the Guanya Bureau, or exempted him from turning in the profits from the Grain Transportation Bureau.
Everyone is happy to work and trust Zhu Bai.
But now it’s Zhu Biao, haha...
I heard that Zhu Biao was exempted from taxes on this and that. He spent a lot of money, but the money he made was gone, and he probably didn’t have much money in his hands.
Zhu Biao suddenly remembered that when Zhu Bai moved out of the palace, his luggage only had three boxes, and he couldn't help but feel a pain in his heart.
Zhu Biao and Lao Zhu always felt that it was no wonder that Zhu Bai made so much money and complained that he was poor. It turned out that he really used it to fill the holes.
Zhang Yu and the others listened with lowered eyes, feeling amused in their hearts: Do you think it is so easy to manage? Only those of us who are with Zhu Bai every day know how painful it is.
Zhu Bai is extremely smart and good at using people, so in the eyes of others, he gets things done easily.
Zhu Biao waved his hand feebly: "I know, you can go down. There is no need for the Guanya Bureau to transport food for the time being."
Ya Chang saluted without being humble or arrogant: "Okay, Your Highness, if you need anything, call me anytime."
Zhu Biao thought hard: Therefore, water transportation is faster and saves money.
But now the water transportation is blocked, and a lot of manpower is needed to clear it.
The key point is that he had just scolded the chief envoy of Shandong and the prefect of Jining and asked them to do it again. He really couldn't stand it, and he couldn't bear to enslave the farmers.
If the food has to wait in Jining for one day, a lot more food will be consumed.
So this matter needs to be resolved as soon as possible.
what should I do……
When Zhu Di and Zhu Xi saw that the food was not arriving, they asked people to hurry up and send a letter to Lao Zhu for help.
Summer grain cannot be delivered to Peiping and Xi'an, and more than a dozen health centers will go hungry this winter.
Lao Zhu heard that when Zhu Biao arrived in Jining, food was blocked in Jining, so he hurriedly asked someone to ask Zhu Biao what was going on.
Zhu Biao actually wrote to ask Liu Bowen what to do.
Liu Bowen wrote back and said that it would definitely not work to enslave the people. The guards along the way were asked to dredge the rivers. Originally, transporting military supplies was left to the guards.
Zhu Biao thought it made sense and called the commander of the Shandong capital: "Sir, can you send some people out to dredge the river?"
Zhang Yu listened and sighed secretly: Alas... if this method was to work, the Shandong Chief Envoy would have used it long ago, why wait until now?
The capital commander cursed in his heart: Damn it, in addition to fighting, you have to take care of shipping, and now you even want to call me for water transportation.
It's okay if the water transport company asks me to come, but you can take care of my military rations and military pay.
If you just feel sorry for the farmers, are the soldiers not human beings? No need to eat?
The commander of the capital also began to count on his fingers: "I made an estimate. The total length of the Liangji Canal is about two hundred miles. One mile will require fifty people to work for a whole day to clear it. Two hundred miles is ten thousand people. We need military pay. …”
Zhu Biao: "Stop. This palace knows."
Now when Lao Zhu wrote to ask what happened, Zhu Biao couldn't hide it and could only honestly tell what happened.
