Chapter 936: Foresight and Detailed Plans

After speaking, he pointed to the fields of rice and said: "This is just the beginning. Don't forget that the climate is unpredictable. In five years, there will usually be one bounty, two flats, and two lows."

"Without long-term worries, there will be immediate worries; without plans, there will be big troubles. With three years of household accumulation, you have just acquired the lowest risk-resistance ability. Five years of household accumulation, plus sufficient official warehouses, can completely withstand ordinary risks.

Disaster year."

"Also, within a few years, I believe His Majesty will have something to do in the north. By then, it will consume a lot of money and food, and it will be difficult to take care of both the north and the south."

"Even though Nanhai County is thousands of miles away, stability is crucial."

"At least one county's food must be used to meet the needs of the four counties, so that the three counties can fully develop industry and commerce and bring profits to the court."

"We need to feed Ning Haijun, supply shipping merchants, and ensure smooth trade routes, so that we can maintain this good situation and prevent it from happening again."

"Cunzhong, Mr. Jia, the burden on your shoulders is still very heavy..."

Shen Kuo was very confident: "Don't be afraid. Even if the imperial immigrants don't arrive for a while, we have already mastered the breeding technology of cattle, mules and horses. This year, there will be 20,000 more livestock on the Meizhou Road. Give me another three years, and I will

We can make every household have cattle!"

Su You smiled and said: "I have given you everything I can give you. There are more elephants in Meizhou now than in Jiaozhi, but the transportation here is all by water. I guess you won't need it soon. When will you pay me back?"

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Shen Kuo looked at him and changed the subject: "There are more places for elephants. They must be used to clear roads and pull wood in the jungle... I heard that your Zhitian Ranch has more than a thousand cattle this year?"

Su You twitched the corner of his mouth. Starting from Liangzhe Road, he had become accustomed to defaulting on his debts in Shen Village.

After seeing the rice fields, a few people came down to the city. Inside the government office, officials at all levels lined up on the steps outside the main hall to wait.

Most of the officials in Meizhou are elected officials who have been waiting for a long time, or even convicted criminals. This time Nanhai County was promoted to Luzhi, this group of people was a blessing in disguise, and they were promoted to the first level for no reason.

Now when they see Su You, they are all overjoyed.

This is a bad trend. Cai Que and Cai Zhizheng refused to join the imperial court in Shaanxi. They believed that everyone was a civil servant and His Majesty's wage earner. They only had different divisions of labor and no distinction between high and low.

As a result, it was left to sit on the bench and was not reactivated until Su You, who didn't care about it, arrived.

However, it is not appropriate to pour cold water on everyone when they are happy. After all, Neo-Confucianism still pays attention to human relationships, so just guide them slowly.

The Yamen finally looked a little better, with white walls and blue tiles, and drums and flags.

It can be seen that Shen Kuo is still a fan of officials. After being promoted to a road-level cadre, he can't wait for a day for the pomp and circumstance.

His Majesty's large patio is paved with a uniform tiled floor.

Su You could tell the key at a glance. These were square bricks cast with cement. Then, while they were still wet, they used wooden molds to stamp out the patterns, and then applied pure cement slurry on the mortar to make the surface smooth and smooth.

It is estimated that Shen Kuo also had someone coarsely grind it with straw.

Now that it is laid out like this, it looks more impressive than the Jiaozhou Fourth Road Transfer Department Office.

If he were a stingy official, Shen Kuo would be punished again.

Fortunately, Su You, as long as you have political achievements and love to show off, it is your private matter and a personal hobby.

Although I don't agree or encourage it, as long as you don't exceed the rules and don't embezzle or embezzle, then you can be happy and I have no control over it.

In addition to the officials, there are also several Chenla representatives here.

Fan Shizhe is an old friend. In addition, there are also several officials who handle business affairs for King Chenla.

Su You smiled and saluted him: "I have met the Imperial Master. By the way, this time I asked my friends from the Erlin Department to make a small gift for the Master. It is not a sign of respect, but I hope you will accept it."

This is a rosary made from a red agate that was just discovered in Erlin.

In fact, it is the southern red of later generations, one of the most precious ones, with a color like persimmon and somewhat similar to coral, but the texture is finer than South China Sea coral. It is very popular among people in today's religious circles.

Although Chenla can buy many gemstones from surrounding countries, this one is really hard to find.

Fan Shizhe couldn't help but be overjoyed. He bowed and said, "I didn't expect Master Shaobao to pay attention to this young monk. I'm really shocked."

Su You said: "I will gain more from going to pay tribute to Your Majesty this time, right?"

Fan Shizhe smiled very sincerely: "Thanks to Shaobao's words, I compiled the map of Zhenla and the household registration. Your Majesty believes that Zhenla is also a vassal, and the rewards are different from those of other envoys."

Now the Song Dynasty has a clearer grasp of the situation of the countries in the South China Sea. It has a clear understanding of the strength and weakness of each country and the size of its territory.

Some distinctions were made between the larger countries of Srivijaya, Balni, Bagan, and Chenla, and the other small countries such as Mayi, Luzon, Jambei, and Jambo.

At the very least, when it comes to canonization, the king and the prince will no longer mess up.

This is a typical case of cultural invasion. The Song Dynasty was clearly stealing the national power information of the countries in the South China Sea. Neighboring countries also actively provided facilities, allowing science and engineering teams to enter the country to conduct surveying and mapping, conduct investigations, and also open national household registration files.

Of course, it’s okay if you don’t provide it, Song Dynasty doesn’t force you.

But without knowing your family background, the Song Dynasty would not allow you to join the "South China Sea Agreement". This would be unfair to other countries. Do you think this is true?

The number of countries that have participated in the "South China Sea Agreement" has also expanded to more than 30. The merchant ships of these countries have been issued licenses by the Ninghai Navy Shipping Department, which must also be marked in a conspicuous position on the ship's side. They are allowed to fly the national flag of the Song Dynasty, and their treatment is also different.

Different from other ordinary merchants.

However, their ships are too slow. They are usually large wholesale ships owned by wealthy merchants. More scattered merchants like Pu Shan would rather take the Kuizhou type of Song Dynasty, which is spacious, comfortable and safe. The most important thing is,

The food is good.

There is even a first-class foreign dandy who doesn’t do any business, just travels and consumes. He takes the Song Dynasty boat to the villa he bought in Halong Bay for a ridiculous period of time, and takes his favorite concubine to indulge in the duty-free shop of Ninh Hai Hai Ship Department.

Buying luxury goods can actually become a fashion.

Li Shunju specially built a Hangzhou-type boat to do this. It was extremely luxurious and luxurious, and the big casino was making money every day. He imitated the custom of "traveling" in Sichuan and named it "Sea Shenzhou".

The destination of this ship is Yunzhou, which cannot go to the mainland of the Song Dynasty. Even so, the bumpkins on the Maritime Silk Road have already cried for heaven.

Su You didn't have to make this little money, but it didn't stop him from suggesting this idea to Li Shun.

Zhao Xu was so fooled that he was stimulated by the discovery of the new Songzhou. As soon as he got excited, he customized three Hangzhou-type ships from the Hangzhou Shipyard.

Zhao Zongyou went to New Songzhou and felt that this ship was not very suitable for scientific research.

The scientific research ship does not need to be too big, and the Kuizhou type, which can carry 200 tons, is enough.

The best combination is one master, two Kuizhou-type ships, and five Meishan-type ships with a load capacity of 100 tons.

When exploring, there will always be losses. It is wise not to put all your eggs in one basket.

Therefore, Zhao Xu made another big move and spent 20,000 yuan to build a scientific research fleet in Yezhou. Among the three Hangzhou-type ships, one was given to the Municipal Shipping Department and two were transferred to the Ning Navy.

Now, together with the two ships customized by Ning Haijun, the Wuyue fleet is complete.

The new scientific research ship has enlarged the sail body to achieve higher speed. The reason why the price is so high is because it uses high-quality wood from the Indochina Peninsula.

Now this fleet is also under repair in Meizhou. Zhao Zongyou used this fleet to complete the challenge of the westerly belt in the southern hemisphere, and finally achieved the mapping of the entire coastline in the third year after the discovery of New Songzhou.

Although they cautiously sailed close to the coastline, the strong westerly winds still caused losses to the fleet. One Meishan type hit the rocks and sank. Only 27 of the 40 scientific expedition members on board were rescued, and 13 lost their lives.

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However, during this expedition, we gained a better understanding of the wind and ocean currents in the southern hemisphere. In addition, the expedition fleet brought back gold, a specialty of the Xuanhu River.

The sergeants of Xuanhu City unearthed more than 8,000 taels of gold there in one year, while the Kuntian Army on Mingzu Island smelted 500 tons of mirror iron.

The fleet is replacing sails and rigging in Meizhou. Shen Kuo is a master of cartography and is recently working with Zhao Zongyou to calculate the specific area of ​​​​New Songzhou.

Suyou has also joined in. The specific area is still being calculated, but the large number has already come out, 7.5 million square kilometers is enough!

This land surrounded by the sea is actually larger than the Song Dynasty!

The indigenous people above are still in the third generation period, and their number is very small. In other words, it can become the back garden of the Song Dynasty!

The mainland has not yet been surveyed, but three good things have been discovered in three places: the manganese mine on the western peninsula of Mingzu Island, the gold mine in Xuanhu City, and the towering eucalyptus forest outside Jintan, which can extract countless amounts of camphor!

The geography and climate around Xuanhu City were very suitable for the people of the Song Dynasty. The water quality was excellent and the soil was fertile. The wheat fields planted by the soldiers had a yield of three hundred kilograms per mu, the forage was rich, and the cattle, sheep, and horses were extremely fat.

The sergeants on this shift each brought back five taels of gold, exchanged them for fifty gold coins at Sitong Bank, and were having a great time in Meizhou.

As a soldier, this is the reward of a great victory.

Many sergeants of the Gu family decided to use the money to change jobs on the spot in New Songzhou. Therefore, after Zhao Zongyou returned to Beijing this time, he had to take the families of the sergeants to Xuanhu City for resettlement.

But that will be half a year later.

It is the custom in Champa and Chenla that the king goes to the fields and cuts the first bunch of rice, and then everyone can use the sickle.

This is a traditional ceremony. The elders come to invite Xiao Su to see the flowers bloom first.
Chapter completed!