Chapter 773: Plans for the warmer weather in the Little New Year
"Go home and celebrate the New Year." On the day of the Little New Year, the children who lived and studied in the library cheered and returned home bringing gifts.
Children who live nearby line up to walk, and those who live far away hire vehicles to deliver them to their homes or villages.
Zhu Yuanzhang was also generous. He started taking holidays from the New Year's Day to the fifth day of the first lunar month. Everything goes well this year, so I'm happy.
The last reckoning yesterday showed that the imperial treasury received more than 8 million guan this year and spent more than 5.9 million guan, leaving more than 2.1 million guan.
We have spent a lot of money this year and have not spent any money. When people who came to work came back, many bought things, such as iron pots, kitchen knives, sickles and other iron tools.
They will also buy pottery when they return home to make their home as rich as possible.
The final purchase, plus the tax on sales in Xiaqiu Village, brought the total revenue to the treasury to more than 8 million yuan.
According to Zhu Wentian's idea, there should not be a balance of 2.1 million yuan. A surplus of money means that the people earn less.
Unlike the money in the palace, with an income of more than 10 million guan, more than 3 million guan was spent, leaving more than 6.6 million guan.
Most of this money comes from overseas trade. The gold, silver, copper, grain, medicinal materials, and spices sent by the Yi people
There are also greenhouse vegetables, which used to cost several hundred yuan per catty. Now twenty cents a pound.
The people are waiting to buy it in two days, but they are afraid that it will spoil if they buy it now. They will use it to make hot pot during the New Year. They bite the bullet and buy meat and fresh vegetables to have a good New Year.
Yingtian Prefecture has dumplings made of wheat flour because they can buy flour. Taiping Prefecture and Ningguo Prefecture also have dumplings.
Others who don’t have convenient transportation and don’t want to spend money on flour use the indica and glutinous rice at home to make various foods.
"It will be better next year and the army will not have to spend so much money." Zhu Yuanzhang ate dumplings in Xiaqiu Village at noon.
The weather has warmed up, the ice rink has melted, nine days have passed since the beginning of spring, six days are left before rain, and the nights are not so cold.
The greenhouse vegetables in Xiaqiu Village are going out of business, and they were sent back to Yingtianfu for sale on the 30th for the last time.
Then the vegetable greenhouses began to raise seedlings, so as to gain time for planting after spring, and no longer earned money from greenhouse vegetables.
On the other hand, the greenhouses in the palace continued to grow vegetables and sell them for money, and sent them to the north by boat, including drunken crabs.
Zhu Yuanzhang was happy. The remaining money was an amount that the imperial court could not collect in a year.
If it weren’t for fighting wars and building new weapons, the army would have good food, and building steam engines and ships of all sizes, there would be more money left.
The village chief was happy, "As the Yi people continue to send good things back, I believe more and more people will participate in the trade, and the scale of trade will be even greater next year."< /p>
Zhu Wentian remained silent and slowly tasted the delicious dumplings one bite at a time.
He knowsDue to the promotion of overseas trade, European countries will change the history of great navigation and send more ships to the Ming Dynasty for trade in advance.
Nowadays, most of the Arabs, that is, the big eaters, are responsible for the intermediary transactions, and some people from European countries have joined such teams.
There were no canals in the Mediterranean, so they walked overland for a while and then took a boat.
Either you have to go overland, from a bunch of Stans, or come from Afghanistan. The British want to come over without taking a boat
Dashi is the best at doing business, and at the same time is willing to fight.
And Ming Dynasty must go out. This isolation will not work. All good resources will be taken by others.
The key is that those races are too aggressive, and history has proven this.
Zhu Yuanzhang took a sip of the green watermelon soup and smiled: "As soon as it gets warm next year, our fleet will go out first. The wooden ships will cruise along the coast of Daming, and the large steam engines will go out for trade.
Your question book is good. We have already set the development policy for next year, focusing on stabilizing internal affairs, strengthening national education and maritime trade.
Ignore the military for now, as long as Beiyuan does not attack. But, by the way, I went to Yunnan to collect the land."
Zhu Yuanzhang expressed his position on the thick book of questions compiled by the Li Chief, and the officials in the court unanimously approved it.
Next year, King Liang of Yunnan will use force to intimidate Bei Yuan. Yunnan has cut off contact with the Bei Yuan Emperor.
Da Ming has sent people over to give some gifts and help with hunting or something.
Adopt the same strategy as when we go to Guangdong next year, using guns to intimidate local tribes.
Then the people read together and did not delay farming. By the way, they were taught how to use soil, fertilizer and pesticides for farming.
For foreign trade, four steam engines with a capacity of 1,000 dan and one with a capacity of 3,000 dan were sent out first.
Continue to make three thousand stone ones. Three thousand stone ones are suitable for sails. If they are larger, sails are not suitable.
If a steam engine ship does not have sails, it is worried about the lack of fuel and fresh water. Use the sails when there is wind, and use the steam engine when the wind is bad.
Other things are gone. As for repairing bridges and repairing roads, it is a normal arrangement of the court. It is a small problem and must be done every year.
Empress Ma said next to her, "The main reason is that I have money. The most worrying thing is that the treasury has no money to use, and the people are affected by the disaster, so they can only reduce or reduce rents.
For example, in Sichuan , the affected areas not only had their land taxes reduced for two years, but also had to divert grain from other nearby places to feed the people.
Steam engines slowly transported the grain to make up for it. , and bring local specialties back from there."
Empress Ma said it most clearly, don't panic if you have food in your hands, the food obtained from trade is more useful than gold and silver.
"The queen is right." The village chief agreed, "There will be no major unpreventable disasters next year. Everyone will be able to farm safely, and when the harvest comes, they can use the money to collect grain."
"Yes, extra foodCollect money, and then people spend money to buy things, and the money must be circulated.
We save the food and use it when needed. We can’t slack off.
It is necessary to establish several more seed planting bases. The climate in different places is different, and seeds elsewhere may not be suitable. ”
Zhu Yuanzhang did not know that these past few years were the most difficult time for him. He was fighting wars and encountering disasters everywhere, including drought, locust plague, flood, harvest failure, drought, small earthquakes and hail. It's a trivial matter.
At this moment in history, the people of Beiping, Shaanxi, Shandong, Henan, and Hebei are dying and fleeing. The key is that Beiyuan has not been attacked, and people have to be sent to defend it. At the same time, Zhongdu It is being repaired again, and the people are struggling to make a living.
Now that Shandong has increased production, soybeans and sorghum have been planted in areas where wheat is grown once a year. The harvest has been completed, and the people have deliberately sent people to deliver it.
One pound per family will let His Majesty know that his family will not be short of food, and he will not have to worry about it next year.
"What Your Majesty said is absolutely true. "The head of the village continued to agree, "The most lacking utensils in the common people's homes. If there is one more kind of pot, the common people will have more choices for cooking. As long as the price is cheaper, the common people will be willing to buy it, thus getting back the money in the hands of the common people. "
"In this kind of business, the state treasury makes money. They collect taxes. People will open more pottery kilns next year, and at least pottery plates, bowls, and plates will be available. ”
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