Daming One Piece

Chapter 106 General, do you want cannons? (Second update, please recommend, please collect)
"You?"

Mao Wenlong was puzzled.

"That's what Mr. Shi is talking about? What is your place? Fujian? If I remember correctly, Fujian is less land than Beizhili. How will they settle when they arrive at your place?"

As a native of Zhejiang, Mao Wenlong certainly knows the situation in Fujian.

"The place I'm talking about is not Fujian, but Taiwan, which is across the sea from Fujian. To be honest, the general, I am a maritime merchant to facilitate trade, so I have been active on Taiwan Island all year round, and there are hundreds of people in Beigang. The surnames are all hungry people in Fujian, Fujian has a small area and a lot of people, but Taiwan is fertile and wild."

Haishang is both a merchant and a thief, of course Mao Wenlong is very clear about this, but he doesn't care about Shi Yiwen's identity at all, he cares more about the truth of what he said.

"You mean, your place can accommodate these Liao people?"

"Not to mention 10,000+ Liao people, even if there are millions of people, they can be resettled. Except for a few Fanyi, Taiwan is full of uninhabited wilderness, and it is different from the bitter cold in Liaodong. It is like spring all the year round. If you grow rice , you can cook three times a year..."

Cook three times a year!
Thousands of miles in the wild!

Is there such a place in the world?
Mao Wenlong looked at Shi Yiwen suspiciously, if it wasn't for the fact that this person donated [-] stones of rice all at once, he definitely wouldn't have believed this person.

Why did he donate the rice?
It's to save people!
Why do you say these words, or to save people.

This man is... a kind-hearted man.

But, is what he said true?Can there really accommodate so many people?

Seeing that Mao Wenlong was silent for a long time, Shi Yiwen said.

"General, the so-called garrisoners in the past dynasties, most of them came to garrison land after years of wars and wars. Now the world itself is densely populated, and the people have a lot of labor. There are more people and less land. Of course, there is no land to garrison. Yes. These Liaodong customs have no land to garrison, even if they are to garrison, the result can be imagined. The mainland has no land to garrison now, but Taiwan is different. There are thousands of miles of fertile land, and there is land everywhere. Besides, When they get there, the general will be able to free up his hands to deal with Jiannu, right?"

Detaining Liao people and not allowing them to flee to the mainland was the crime Yuan Chonghuan and others listed for Mao Wenlong. How did he treat Liao people?Either you become my son (to make the rich people take Mao's surname as descendants of their descendants), or to take advantage of your leader to get military merit (there are people who flee, and they are killed, and they are claimed to be captured, and they are falsely rewarded), or Go dig ginseng for me (the dragon detains the refugees and prevents anyone from crossing the sea, and gives them a bowl of rice a day, and orders them to dig ginseng in Yidi), or starve to death (let him starve to death on the island, where the bones of the island are like mountains).

But what is the truth of history?

It was after Yuan Keli's dismissal that the civil servants in the imperial court often used Mao Wenlong's false registration as an excuse to deduct military pay. I don't know how many Liao people died of starvation.As for the detainment of refugees, Mao Wenlong's memorials requesting that the refugees be sent to Shandong for resettlement every year were selectively lost by those people.

Anyway, in a word-the Liao people let you, Mao Wenlong, kill you.

The question now is, what decision will Mao Wenlong make now?
After a long silence, Mao Wenlong looked up at Shi Yiwen and said in a deep voice.

"Does Taiwan really have land to house them? Let them have food and clothing, and have land to farm?"

"Please rest assured, General. Now Beigang only lacks people who are farming, and the most important thing is land. Well, I will tell you the truth, General. I am here this time to open up this business route. I will come again in a month at most. Phi Island, when the time comes, it will not be a boat, but I am short of craftsmen and sailors who can build boats. If I want to bring food and bring more refugees back next time, I have to have a boat built and operated by hand, so... ..."

Before Shi Yiwen finished speaking, Mao Wenlong said.

"So, you want me to pick craftsmen and sailors who can build ships for you?"

Contrary to the imagination of outsiders, Liaodong’s maritime trade was also extremely prosperous in the Ming Dynasty. Before Jianzhou Jurchen occupied Liaodong, thousands of ships sailed in Bohai Bay and the Yellow Sea every year, transporting Liaodong’s grain, wood, fur, ginseng, and medicinal materials. Wait for the goods to be shipped to the inland, and then ship the inland goods to Liaodong.Relying on abundant timber resources, Liaodong is still the most important shipbuilding base in the north, even no worse than Fujian and other places, but everything was destroyed by Jiannu.

"Yes."

Shi Yiwen nodded and said.

"With enough manpower, more ships can be built."

"Since you are a maritime merchant and have been operating in Taiwan for many years, do you only have those two ships?"

Mao Wenlong questioned.

"To be honest, General, although there are ships in Beigang, Beigang is not named Shi, and there are other shipowners. As for the ships, although I still have them, those ships cannot go northward against the wind. The two ships in the port can go northward against the wind. , This is also the reason why I can come here, if I change to another ship."

Shaking his head, Shi Yiwen said.

"They can't come at all. If everything goes well, next time I come, I should bring a new boat, but if I can have a few hundred more people, I can have four boats next time, four boats, It can bring about [-] to [-] shi of grain!"

[-] to [-] shi of grain!

But it is enough to feed 7 to [-] people for three months!

If you save some food, it is estimated to be enough for four or five months!

I'm afraid Mao Wenlong is not surprised, Shi Yiwen said again.

"In three months, I will probably have five to six new ships. At that time, at least [-] shi of grain can be transported to Liaodong every month. At that time, I think the general will no longer have to worry about military supplies. Already!"

Not only do you not need to worry, [-] shi of grain, that's... too much, you can't finish it!Liaodong can't finish it, so it can be sold elsewhere!

In fact, according to Shi Yiwen's plan, Mao Wenlong's side is just the beginning, and he can sell it to other places in the future, such as Shandong, Tianjin, and even Jiangnan. There is also a shortage of food these years, even if it is Jiannu's side. It's not that you can't sell it. It's better to sell grain to Jiannu yourself than Shanxi merchants who sell grain and sell the country by the way!
"You can actually raise so much food?"

Mao Wenlong was surprised.

"For the time being, we can only buy food from outside. If there are 10,000+ Liao people living in Taiwan, there will be no need to buy food from outside in the future."

What Shi Yiwen said was all the truth, but the only thing he didn't reveal was that he bought his food from Annan, and sometimes it's better to keep some.

"Indeed, if there are 10,000+ people farming, there is really no need to buy food outside..."

Looking at Shi Yiwen, Mao Wenlong nodded and said.

"This matter is indeed a good thing that benefits the country and the people. Mr. Shi intends to save people, so how can Mao block it? Tomorrow, I will let someone choose the manpower you want."

Become!

While excited, Shi Yiwen asked.

"General, I have one more question. Do you want cannons here? The ones made by Hongyi are very powerful."

(End of this chapter)