: Departure by sea

Tao Langxian already understood Liu Peng's meaning. According to the provisions of the Ming Dynasty Huidian, Dengzhou would collect about 230,000 shi of grain in a year, including 70,000 shi of summer grain and 160,000 shi of autumn grain. Due to the economic closure and backwardness, the majority of the autumn grain was preserved, and only 30,000 shi of rice and wheat were to be transported to Jingcang and Biancang.

Because the transportation in Dengzhou is really inconvenient, almost 60,000 shi of rice and wheat are 60,000% of the color is broken, which means you only need to pay silver and not pay grain. However, the remaining 10,000 shi is a huge problem, and you must pay the true color.

The true nature is to transport rice and beans to the warehouse. Although the court understood the difficulties of Dengzhou and only needed to send the grain to Linqing and Dezhou to go home, Dengzhou was originally a distant military state with extremely difficult transportation. "Blocked the mountains, the birds, the sheep's intestines, the car could not accommodate the tracks, and the people could not bridle", "there was no road to the road to Dezhou", and transporting one stone of grain to Dezhou, Linqing often cost six or seven stones of grain.

Fortunately, although the transportation in Dengzhou is inconvenient, the grain price is naturally very low. Otherwise, the natural rice beans that can be curbed by the entire Dengzhou. For the Prime Minister Tao, this news is almost half less than the remaining 100,000 stone rice beans in Fengcang, which made him feel that he could not do anything. Therefore, Tao Lang immediately asked: "Liu Cang Envoy, the deficit in the mansion is so low, so what do you have any suggestions?"

Liu Peng naturally came prepared. In order to deal with today's scene, he had been preparing for a long time: "Master, although the deficit of the Feng Cang and the rice beans are in front of him, the solution was thought out by people. As long as we dare to make efforts to serve the public, we can naturally give both public and private benefits, and use grain to produce grain. Not only can we fill in the deficit in the warehouse, but we can also get thousands of stones and tens of thousands of stones of rice beans into bags."

It is actually a waste of money. Since Master Tao has "excellent reputation, excellent money and excellent achievements", Liu Peng's suggestion is very consistent with his wishes. He immediately asked: "What is the way to produce grain from grain? Liu Cang's envoy is better to say it!"

Liu Peng immediately stopped being polite to Tao Lang. He said: "Our Dengzhou is a hard place, so it is always in the middle and April of every year, and the prices of grain are high. At this time, it is naturally profitable to produce grain from grain."

Just like in the 1960s and 1970s, many farmers had to eat and sell grain again, although most urban residents and many farmers in Dengzhou worked hard all year round, they had no grain storage at home in March and April, and they had to go to the market to exchange for grain for silver. The grain prices naturally rose rapidly. The grain prices would not stabilize until the new wheat was listed in May.

This situation occurs all over the country, but it is particularly serious in Dengzhou. Every year when the weather is out of reach, many small citizens and farmers have to borrow usury that will never be paid, which will eventually lead to bankruptcy. Liu Peng said: "By selling grain when the grain prices are just right in March and April, and then waiting for the new wheat in May to come up before buying it, it will not only stabilize the grain price, but also earn hundreds or thousands of stones of rice beans for the Mansion Warehouse."

This is naturally a bit risky to operate, but Master Tao is a very ambitious person. Instead, he felt that the number of rice beans for thousands of stones was too small: "There is no other way to imagine? Tengnomi beans is good, but they are distributed and reclaimed one by one. This business is really inconspicuous!"

The business is really not small. Although it is short and fast, it has at least 20% of the profit. However, the Prime Minister Tao’s goal is very big and he looks down on the profits of hundreds or thousands of stones of rice beans. Liu Peng immediately followed the Taoist’s intention and said: “There is a way, that is, the risk is a bit high. I don’t know if the Prime Minister dares to take a try!”

Master Tao is not afraid of the risks: "The key is how much profit can you get, how much stone grain can be used to feed. If you don't worry about the risks, come and listen!"

Liu Peng immediately said: "We still have 10,000 stones of rice beans to transport these 10,000 stones of rice beans to Dezhou and Linqingzhou, at least 60,000 to 70,000 stones of rice beans should be drawn out from the warehouse."

The transportation of 10,000 stones of rice beans, but the real cost is 60,000 to 70,000 stones. However, considering the extremely inconvenient transportation, "there are blocking the mountain ridges, the birds' roads, the car cannot accommodate the tracks, and the people cannot square the bridles." Tao Zhifu felt that this number was not too much: "Yes, this is equivalent to half of the Efengcang!"

Liu Peng immediately replied: "In this case, if these ten thousand stones of rice beans can be purchased and transported to Dezhou, ten thousand stones of rice beans will only be 55,000 stones of rice beans in Linqing."

Fifty thousand stones of rice beans are equivalent to a cost of 10,000 or 20,000 stones less, but Master Tao felt that the number was still too large: "Thirty thousand stones, if Liucang can do it, I can do this business with you together!"

The Tao Master slashed another 25,000 stones with one knife. Moreover, he had to force the Linqing business to send Midou to Dezhou, and he still had to force a hand in the business, taking away a large amount of profit. As the saying goes, "Public and private benefits are both favorable", Liu Peng refused: "Thirty thousand stones are not enough, and he can't even make money back, at least 50,000 stones!"

"Fifty thousand stones are only fifty thousand stones." Tao Gong finally agreed: "But this matter is related to my future. You have to send this 10,000 stone rice grain to Dezhou. Go to Linqing, and you can't get any leaks."

Speaking of the number of 50,000 stones, Liu Peng still has to take considerable risks, but Liu Peng only asked Master Tao to agree: "What should I do with the summer and autumn grains this year?"

"If the shipping of this ten thousand stones is done well, then this year's summer and autumn grains will be handed over to you!" Tao Gong immediately agreed: "It's just from Dengzhou to Linqing, Deqing, what should you do if you only have a freight of 40,000 stones? Will you lose money? Well, there should be some money for spending rice and foot strength?"

Although the rice beans from Dengzhou do not need to be paid 30% of the rice consumed when they were delivered to Dezhou and Linqing, they had to pay at least one liter of rice consumed. Moreover, the supervisors of Jingcang and Biancang still had to ask them for money for money, and ten thousand stones were not a small amount. Therefore, Tao Gongfu was worried that Liu Peng would not make any profit in this business or even lose his capital.

Liu Peng immediately said: "Of course you have to go by water, not by sea, you only need to charge 40,000 s of freight, which will cost you all your money!"

Tao Langxian was born in Xiushui County, Jiaxing, which has a strong commercial atmosphere. Moreover, the most feared by the wealthy families in Jiangnan was the battle of white grain. It would consume at least ten or even twenty stones on the way to Tongzhou. No matter what kind of wealthy families, as long as they took over the battle of white grain, their families would be destroyed. After arriving in Dengzhou, they found that although there was no white grain battle in Dengzhou, there were still 60,000 shi of rice beans for transportation every year. Although most of the 60,000 shi of rice beans were broken, the true nature of the fortune was 20,000 30,000 shi.

The true nature of 20,000 to 30,000 stones is not an astonishing number, but the consumption along the way makes Tao Gong realize that he is simply tied up his hands and feet in Dengzhou Prefecture. There is no extra rice and beans on his hands, and he has no knowledge of his knowledge. But he is also a person with "excellent reputation, excellent money and excellent achievements", and he is determined to make a great career in Dengzhou.

Therefore, the suggestions given by Liu Peng still have great risks, but they have an incomparable temptation to Tao Gong. The autumn grain transported this time alone can save about 10,000 or 20,000 shi of rice beans. In a small place in Dengzhou, 10,000 or 20,000 shi of rice beans can already do a lot of big things, and this is just the beginning. In the future, every season of summer and autumn grain can save at least 10,000 or 20,000 shi. His term in Dengzhou Prefecture will be at least two years. With this money and grain, he can push his political achievements to the limit.

And he himself has great benefits, so he asked, "Then if you walk on the sea route, how are you going?"

Liu Peng was prepared for it: "Get off the Dengzhou transportation, then go to Yangjiaogou or Lijin to exchange rivers and boats along the river, and to Zhangqiu, Licheng abandoned water and land on the land. This place is already from Dezhou and Linqing is not far from Linqing!"

Tao Lang had already understood Liu Peng's wishful thinking. He first prepared to go west along the coastline, and then used the two inland rivers, Daqing River and Xiaoqing River for transportation.

Onshore transportation in Dengzhou is in an extremely difficult situation, "no road to access", but it is much more convenient if you walk on the sea route. A boat can eat hundreds of stones at a time. Then when you reach the mouth of the Daqing River and Xiaoqing River, you must be replaced with an inland ship, but a boat can also carry 180 stones, which is very high in efficiency than a wheelbarrow and carriage.

In another 1967, the Xiaoqing River's annual transportation volume reached more than 300,000 tons. Even the old society that used wooden ships to transport completely had a very amazing transportation volume. This river did not finally stop sailing until 1997. However, after 2010, the provincial, municipal and county governments believed that the Xiaoqing River should resume shipping, so they have been working on resuming the Xiaoqing River. After the remediation of the early Wanli year, the Xiaoqing River in this time and space can directly reach Zhangqiu County near Jinan, which can be said to be a golden channel.

The Daqing River no longer exists in another time and space, or it should be said that the Daqing River channel has been taken away by the diversion of the Yellow River, and the lower reaches of the Yellow River in another time and space are the old path of the Daqing River.

In this time, the shipping of the Daqing River is more convenient than that of the Xiaoqing River. After changing to a river boat, you can go directly from the Lijin entrance to the sea and reach Licheng near Jinan. If the river water surges, you can even go straight to Zhangqiu Town on the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal. Compared with the Xiaoqing River, this is a truly golden waterway. It is not only more convenient but also has a stronger ability to pass. The only defect is that it is farther from Lijin than the Yangjiaogou at the sea entrance of the Xiaoqing River. However, this distance is not worth mentioning for sea transportation.
Chapter completed!