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Chapter 460 The dispute between water transportation and sea transportation

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    Xu Qing wanted to go back the next day, but Fang Xing asked him to wait.

    After seeing Fang Xing¡¯s energy, Xu Qing wished he could go back and expand the scale right away so that canned food could enter thousands of households.

    "Brother Dehua, this thing is of great use in the army, but we still have to see what Grandpa Huang has in mind."

    Zhu Zhanji ate canned food for a day and finally made an evaluation of this convenient food.

    Fang Xing said firmly: "Purchasing fraud in the army is common, and if the army is deployed, the best meat in the army is only dried meat. How can it be compared with canned meat!"

    ¡°Not only in the military, but also those who often go out, if they carry some cans with them, they don¡¯t need to worry about meat.¡±

    Zhu Zhanji thought about the taste and agreed: "The key is that the ones made by others don't have this taste!"

    Fang Xing thought of instant noodles insidiously. Could instant noodles have the nutrition of being carefully made at home?

    Of course not, instant noodles just have a strong taste, which is why they are so popular.

    The problem with Zhu Di was not big, especially after Zhu Zhanji asked someone to calculate the cost of the cans, he even felt that Fang Xing was doing harm to his private life.

    "Dehua is really devoted to the country."

    Xia Yuanji came to see Fang Xing. As the moneybag, of course he knew about this.

    Fang Xing said with an upright face: "Master Xia, there is a shortage of money everywhere in the Ming Dynasty. As an honorary relative who died with the country, Fang must contribute to this!"

    Xia Yuanji had calculated Fang Xing¡¯s quotation before he came. Hearing this, he stroked his beard and said with a smile, "If all my relatives were like you, justah!"

    Fang Xing observed the words and expressions, and when he saw Xia Yuanji's expression of embarrassment, he guessed: "Is Mr. Xia making trouble for those the country's screen vassals?"

    Xia Yuanji was stunned and hurriedly denied: "It's nothing, it's nothing."

    The so-called Guozhiping vassal clan refers to those vassal kings.

    Except for the royal family, Lao Zhu¡¯s family is quite productive. Xia Yuanji, as the first person in Ming Dynasty¡¯s financial management, has certainly seen the shortcomings in the future.

    If those vassal kings continue to live like this, Xia Yuanji is sure that the Ming Dynasty's finances will be dragged down sooner or later.

    But who dares to raise this question?

    Xia Yuanji didn't dare, and Fang Xingxing didn't dare either now.

    Who dares to propose cutting off the territory and salary of the feudal lord? It is estimated that even Zhu Di cannot withstand the pressure from all sides.

    At this moment, both Xia Yuanji and Fang Xing thought of the grace order.

    Fang Xing saw that there was no one outside the door, and said in a deep voice: "Master Xia, what is the basis for the success of the former Han Dynasty's grace order?"

    A hint of surprise flashed in Xia Yuanji's eyes, as well as the pleasure of finding a comrade.

    He said slowly: "The former Han Dynasty used the power to quell the chaos of the Seven Kingdoms, and the extension of the favor order is just a means of easing it."

    Fang Xing nodded in agreement and said: "My Ming Dynasty is only withdrawing the troops of each vassal king and strictly instructing them not to leave the fiefdom. As long as the vassal king has no intention of turning back, he will be allowed to wreak havoc in the fiefdom. Mr. Xia, your descendants are endless!  "

    Thinking of the countless descendants of the Zhu family who will need to be supported by the Ming Dynasty's finances, Xia Yuanji's spine went cold and he could only smile bitterly: "When I kick my feet, I won't be able to control anything."

    "Dehua, you have made a deal with Taisun. You should prepare for it early. I am waiting for good news from you."

    Xia Yuanji didn't dare to talk about this topic anymore and ran away quickly.

    Cunning old fellow!

    Fang Xing also smiled helplessly. The current scale of the vassal kingdom was not enough to cause serious damage to the Ming Dynasty's finances, so raising this issue at this time was asking for death.

    "No matter what, take care of your own family first."

    Fang Xing called Xu Qing to discuss whether he could produce cans on a large scale, and then headed north from Taizhou Prefecture.

    Xu Qing had obviously investigated the route and said confidently: "Uncle, the water transport capacity is large and the consumption is small. As long as the government can agree, it will be a piece of cake."

    Because Taizhou Prefecture can only take the sea route first, and then turn to the canal to go north, which can almost run through the entire north and south of the Ming Dynasty.

    This model is good. Unloading goods all the way can save a lot of distribution costs.

    But it is really difficult for Ming Dynasty¡¯s merchant ships to go to sea.

    Fang Xing thought for a while and then went to find Zhu Zhanji.

    When Zhu Zhanji heard about sea transport, he said in embarrassment: "Brother Dehua, the canal is about to be fully connected. Some people are already talking about abolishing sea transport and land transport and switching to water transport."

    The north of the Ming Dynasty accumulated a large number of troops in order toThe capital also needs to be moved, so many materials cannot be self-sufficient, so they need to be transported from the south.

    At present, there are two methods of blood transfusion transportation: land transportation and sea transportation.

    Land transport costs a lot of money, while sea transport is risky. Once there is a storm, half of the entire fleet is considered good.

    After Zhu Di's death, the Ming Dynasty's maritime ban policy became more and more strict, and in the end, the blueprints of the treasure ship were simply burned.

    Burning the blueprints of the treasure ship is not terrible, but what is terrible is that the navigation information and the Annan atlas were also burned, and this move was unanimously praised by the civil service system at the time.

    Of course, some people later said that Liu Daxia did not burn these materials, but hid them when the emperor wanted to obtain these materials and explore whether Zheng He's voyages to the West could be recreated again.

    ¡°Sea transportation has natural advantages.¡±

    Fang Xing had no choice but to put on a teaching posture again and said: "Let's go through the canal, regardless of the size of the ships. Let's talk about how many people we need to support to maintain the smooth flow of the canal."

    The canal must be dredged every year. These expenses and manpower are planned by the governments along the coast. Calculated, the cost is much higher than that of sea transportation.

    And the canal also has the function of collecting taxes. Cards are set up in various places to collect taxes and fees from passing ships.

    ¡°Although shipping is risky, we cannot give up completely.¡±

    The project of digging and dredging the canal was too expensive. If water transportation was abandoned, Fang Xing felt that he would be drowned in the saliva of those with vested interests, so he had to make roundabout suggestions.

    "In the trade wind season, we can use the canal, but in the season with less wind and waves, why do we have to go through all the trouble of canal transportation?"

    Zhu Zhanji said sarcastically: "Brother Dehua, Grandpa Huang is planning to set up four large warehouses in Huai'an and other places. When the time comes, the army will directly transfer the goods."

    "They are all transported by soldiers?"

    Fang Xing felt that this was unreliable. Unless it was to expand the scale of Caoding, it would be impossible.

    Zhu Zhanji has also listened to matters related to water transportation recently, so he said confidently: "If the people transport it, they can be exempted from taxes and grains that year."

    "What if I don't give it away?"

    "You will pay taxes as usual."

    Fang Xing sighed in his heart, this is a multiple-choice question where the farmers have to choose between two options!

    Once farmers participate in transporting grain, their crops for that year will be wasted, so they are tax-free.

    But even if it is tax-free, what will those farmers eat?

    "Is it true that shipping cannot be restored?"

    Fang Xing asked with his last hope. He hoped that the Ming Dynasty would not stay away from the ocean, even if there were risks, but didn¡¯t Zheng He¡¯s fleet float overseas all year round?

    Zhu Zhanji knew that Fang Xing had always valued the interests of the ocean, but once Zhu Di decided on his actions, no one could shake his will.

    Seeing Zhu Zhanji¡¯s troubled expression, Fang Xing resisted the urge to pound the table and said with a livid face: ¡°The canal is very important as a north-south passage, but it is so important that it abolishes shipping. I think this is a short-sighted decision!¡±

    After Zhu Di left, from the Ming Dynasty to the Longqing period, the sea ban became more and more intense.  From the short-lived Zhu Gaochi era to the policies after Zhu Zhanji ascended the throne, it was the beginning of all this.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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