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

After seeing Fang Xing’s energy, Xu Qing wanted to go back and expand the scale immediately and let canned food enter thousands of households.

"Brother Dehua, this thing is of great use in the army, but we have to look at Grandpa Emperor's thoughts."

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

Fang Xing said confidently: "There are often frauds in the military purchasing, and if it is opened, the best meat in the military is jerky. How can it be compared with canned food?"

"Not only those in the army, those who often go out, don't have to worry about eating meat if they carry some cans."

Zhu Zhanji savored the taste and agreed: "The key is that what others made does not have this taste!"

Fang Xing thought of instant noodles insidiously. Can instant noodles have the nutrition that you carefully make?

Of course not, instant noodles are just a strong taste, so they are widely popular.

Zhu Di's problem was not big, especially after Zhu Zhanji asked someone to calculate the cost of canning, he even felt that Fang Xing had damaged his private property and was fat.

"Dehua is indeed dedicated to the country."

Xia Yuanji came to find Fang Xing. As a wallet, he certainly knew about this.

Fang Xing said with a righteous look on his face: "Mr. Xia, there is a shortage of money everywhere in the Ming Dynasty. As a honorary relative who is with the country, Fang has to do something for this!"

Xia Yuanji had calculated Fang Xing's offer before coming. He smiled when he heard this, "If the honorary relatives are like you, just...ah!"

Fang Xing observed his expression and looked at Xia Yuanji's expression, and then he guessed: "Is Lord Xia a difficult task for those... country's screenings?"

Xia Yuanji was stunned and hurriedly denied: "There is nothing, nothing."

The so-called Pingfan of the Kingdom refers to those vassal kings.

The old Zhu family is very capable of giving birth except for the royal family. As the first person in the Ming Dynasty to manage finances, Xia Yuanji has certainly seen the disadvantages of the future.

If those vassal kings continued to be born like this, Xia Yuanji would be sure that the Ming Dynasty's finances would be dragged down sooner or later.

But who dares to ask this question?

Xia Yuanji dared not, and Fang Xing didn't dare to do it at this moment.

Who dared to propose to cut off the territory and salary of the vassal kings? Even Zhu Di could not withstand the pressure from all sides.

At this moment, Xia Yuanji and Fang Xing thought of the order to give in.

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

A trace of surprise flashed in Xia Yuanji's eyes, and he found his comrade's pleasure.

He said slowly: "The former Han Dynasty took the power to quell the rebellion of the seven countries, and the order to promote grace was just a means to ease."

Fang Xing nodded in agreement: "My Ming Dynasty was only taking back the troops of the vassal kings at this time and strictly ordered that they should not leave the fiefdom. As long as the vassal kings have no intention of rebelling, they would let him tide on the fiefdom. Lord Xia, my descendants are endless!"

Thinking of the countless descendants of the Zhu family who needed to be supported by the Ming Dynasty's finances in the future, Xia Yuanji's back chilled and he could only smile bitterly: "When I kicked my feet, I can't control anything."

"Dehua, you have a marriage with the grandson. You should prepare for it early. I will wait for your good news."

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

Cunning old guy!

Fang Xing also smiled helplessly. The current scale of the vassal kings was not enough to cause a heavy blow to the Ming Dynasty's finances, so he mentioned this at this time, looking for death.

"Don't worry, let's take care of your own family first."

Fang Xing called Xu Qing and discussed whether he could produce canned food on a large scale, and then headed north from Taizhou Prefecture.

Xu Qing obviously investigated the route and said confidently: "Brother, the water transportation volume is large and the consumption is small. As long as the government can agree, it is a small matter."

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

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

But it is really difficult to get into the Ming Dynasty's merchant ships.

Fang Xing thought about it and went to find Zhu Zhanji.

When Zhu Zhanji heard about the sea transportation, he said in embarrassment: "Brother Dehua, the canal is about to be fully connected, and someone is already taking the abolished sea transportation and land transportation, and changing to the canal transportation."

The north of the Ming Dynasty hoarded a large number of troops and would move the capital in the future, so many materials could not be self-sufficient, so they needed to be transported from the south.

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

Land transporters consume a lot of money for eating horses, while sea transport is a lot of risk. Once there is wind and waves, it would be good to have half of the entire fleet left.

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

The drawings of burning the treasure ship were not scary. What was scary was that they actually burned the navigation materials and Annan map albums, and this move was unanimously praised by the civil servant system at that time.

Of course, later some people said that Liu Daxia did not burn this information, but just hid all the information when the emperor wanted to ask for this information and discuss whether he could recreate the grand occasion of Zheng He's voyage to the West.

“Sea transportation has a natural advantage.”

Fang Xing had to show his teaching posture again and said, "Walking on the canal, regardless of the size of the ship, let's talk about how many people I want to support in the Ming Dynasty."

The canal has to be cleared every year. These costs and manpower are planned by local governments along the coast. After calculation, the cost is much more than that of shipping.

In addition, the canal also has a tax collection function, set up checkpoints in various places, and charges taxes and fees for passing ships.

"Although sea transportation is risky, we cannot give up completely."

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

"In the season of trade winds, we can walk on the canal, but in the season of fewer winds and waves, why do we have to go through the canal transportation with great difficulty?"

Zhu Zhanji said embarrassedly: "Brother Dehua, Grandpa Huang is planning to set up four large warehouses in Huai'an and other places, and then the military officers will be transferred directly."

"It's all transported by military officers?"

Fang Xing felt that this was unreliable, and it would be impossible unless it was to expand the scale of Caoshang.

Zhu Zhanji recently also listened to the matter about the canal transportation, so he said confidently: "If the people transport it, they can exempt the taxes and grains of that year."

"What if I don't give it?"

"Then pay taxes as usual."

Fang Xing sighed in his heart, this is a multiple-choice question for farmers to choose from!

Once farmers participate in the grain transport, all the crops in that year will be abandoned, so they are exempt from taxes.

But even if it is tax-free, what are those farmers eating?

"Is it really impossible to recover from shipping?"

Fang Xing asked with the last hope, he hoped that Daming 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 acted, no one could shake his will.

Seeing Zhu Zhanji's embarrassed look, Fang Xing resisted the urge to pound the table and said with a pale face: "The canal is very important as a north-south passage, but it is so important that it abolishes the shipping line. I think this is a short-sighted decision!"

When Zhu Di left, the sea ban became increasingly strong during the Ming Dynasty and the Longqing period. From the short era of Zhu Gaochi to the policy after Zhu Zhanji ascended the throne, it was the beginning of all this.
Chapter completed!