Qin Mingxuan's report was delivered to Hangzhou in April 328. After reading the report given by Qin Mingxuan, Xiong Shang, the Minister of Rites, picked up the report of Sanhan again. Both reports were not short and contained a lot of local information. There were not many latest trends.

The report said that when we heard that "we have never taken a penny from the shogunate, and we have never eaten a grain of rice from the shogunate. Raising pearls was a property entrusted to me by the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, and we really can't pay it over." The shogunate envoy's face turned green. He left angrily.

In Sanhan, Prince Wang Zi encircled a large piece of land and used his personal soldiers to force farmers to farm on it. The Song Dynasty cadres in Sanhan were very dissatisfied with this, but they had to admit that such violent means were probably the most suitable method for Sanhan.

Ask the secretary to archive the documents and Xiong Shang continues to do other things. He is planning to give a briefing at the morning meeting the next day. Compared with the construction of the Red Sea passage and the Mongolian invasion of India, what happened in Japan and Sanhan is nothing at all.

The next morning, Xiong Shang gave a briefing. The plague in Egypt was over. Boyan sent someone to tell the Song Dynasty that he agreed to dig a canal between the Red Sea and the Mediterranean.

After hearing this news, all the important officials of the Song Dynasty became interested. The Minister of Works of the Ministry of Works was the first to ask: "I heard that Europa has a population of 100 million?"

"Probably. However, Europa is relatively poor, and its products are far less than those of India. Mongolia went south to attack India, and fought with local countries in the north of India, but it was unable to capture it quickly."

"Is Tianzhu very good at fighting?"

"It seems that there is no point in breaking down." Xiong Shang talked about the information collected by the Ministry of Rites.

"When we attack the southern tip of the country of Tianzhu, we will encounter difficult enemies?" said the Director of the Maritime Bureau. It can be seen that the Maritime Bureau is only short of organizing an expeditionary force to seize the southern tip of Tianzhu.

Xiong Shang did not raise the topic in that direction, but instead talked about the situation between Sanhan and Japan. As he expected, no one cared about this matter. Zhao Jiaren did not mention it.

As soon as the Ministry of Rites was finished, the censor of the Censorate immediately spoke, "The official family, the prefect of Jiangning Wenzhang ordered a fine of more than 13,000 acres of land for 91 households in Jiangning, and a fine of six cents per acre. The local uproar was in the local area."

After hearing the accusation from the Censorate, the important officials who attended the morning meeting were surprised. Zhao Jiaren smiled and said, "Is there such a thing?"

"Official family! Now a mu of paddy fields only produces three stones of grain. One stone of grain is two stagnant, and the output of a mu of grain is actually completely punished by Wen Zhang. It is really shocking."

"Wen Zhang dares to punish him like this, there must be some reason." Zhao Jiaren asked.

"This... I don't know the reason." The censor of the Censor cleverly avoided the problem and instead attacked Wen Zhang. "Food is a major national event. Under Wen Zhang's rule, the people were entrusted and levyed. It was simply outrageous. More than 13,000 acres of land can produce at least 40,000 stones of grain. It's not a small amount."

After hearing the attack from the Censorate, Ding Fei sighed: "There are more than 13,000 acres of land in ninety-one families, or at least more than 13,000 acres of land. It is still a fertile land that produces three stones of grain per mu. It seems that these people are not ordinary."

Wen Tianxiang, the Minister of Personnel, had a grim expression, but after hearing this, he showed a smile on his face. Ding Fei's words were so vicious that he completely quoted the words of the Censorate and emphasized some important information to Zhao Jiaren. Just laughing, Wen Tianxiang was not really relaxed. Before solving the land acquisition by collecting ten times of tax, his third brother Wen Zhang told Wen Tianxiang in advance. This time the matter was even bigger, and Wen Zhang actually said it in the letter. Just as Ding Fei saw the key, 91 families had at least 13,000 acres of land, Wen Zhang completely offended 91 rich people. His third brother was really brave and generous.

After being ridiculed by Ding Fei, the censor of the Censorate said angrily: "Officials, so what if these people are first-class households? They have the most land in their hands. If these people are uneasy, the world will inevitably be in chaos."

"Yes." Zhao Jiaren nodded slightly, "What you said makes sense."

After hearing this, many people's expressions changed a little. If Zhao Jiaren no longer supports Wen Zhang, it means that Wen Tianxiang will no longer be favored. Is this possible? Then everyone heard Zhao Jiaren continue to say: "We might as well go to Jiangning to see what happened. Isn't it clear if you look at it?"

Xiong Shang didn't particularly support either side. He blinked, completely unable to figure out what was happening now.

In the next two days, there were more and more discussions about this matter. So much so that the Minister of Rites came to ask Xiong Shang, "Shangshu, I heard that the officials want to move the capital to Jiangning?"

"This..." Xiong Shang suddenly remembered that Zhao Jiaren did say this, but moving the capital is such a big deal. How could it be that it is to move the capital? After a brief moment of confusion, Xiong Shang asked the minister, "How could anyone want to say that moving the capital?"

"Jiangning was originally the capital of Emperor Gaozong. Some people say that if the government did not want to move the capital, how could it treat local tyrants like this?"

"This..." Shangshu Xiong was speechless again. The reason for attacking the powerful was a bit inexplicable, but after careful consideration, it was so reasonable. In the end, Shangshu Xiong only said one sentence, "Don't talk nonsense."

The Zhao Guanjia entrusted the military to organize the trip. The basic training of soldiers is to not drag them down. There was no additional news within three days. Three days later, the selected officials suddenly received an order. Neither the Minister of Rites nor the Minister of Personnel were on the travel list. Most of the other departments were named and asked them to bring their travel changes within three hours and board the ship immediately.

Zhao Jiaren was in a good mood while sitting on the steamboat. He could easily feel happy when he sailed on the river, especially when he knew that the keel of this new ship was steel keel and iron hull.

Watch the official walk around the boat, look here and there, and show joy from the heart. A kind of important officials asked the official to tell why they are so happy because they are curious or in order to make up for fun.

The main function of the ship's keel is to bear the load, which is the most important load-bearing structure of the ship, especially small ships. It bears the longitudinal bending moment of the hull and ensures the strength of the ship's structural strength. The deck of the pointed sea ship in the Song Dynasty was flat, the side of the ship was cut like a blade, and the cross-section of the ship was V-shaped. A keel was arranged under the pointed bottom ship to support the hull and make the ship stronger. At the same time, the draft was deep and the ability to resist wind and waves was very strong.

Zhao Jiaren only talked about the characteristics of the ships of the Song Dynasty, but did not talk about the fact that European ships began to adopt this keel structure in the early 19th century, hundreds of years later than China. Zhao Jiaren was able to send a fleet to travel around the world in 127x. It is certainly an important reason to have a clear destination and a latitude and longitude measurement technology. The greater the advantages of the ships of the Song Dynasty than the European ships in the Age of Discovery is another decisive factor.

There are not many large wood suitable for use as keels, and transportation is even more inconvenient. There is no problem with steel. Straight steel can be combined into super-solid keels. The ribs are the transverse components in the hull. It withstands transverse water pressure and maintains the geometric shape of the hull. Joining the iron ship ribs with the steel keels makes the main body of the ship. Compared with the wooden keels and the hull, it is light in weight and high in strength. It is also very convenient to process.

"You may have never built a ship, and the wood needs to be processed specifically. It can be as high as one and a half years, and at most two and three years or even four or five years. The larger the wood, the longer the processing time. The higher the chance of the wood bursting. The wood used on this ship is now small wood for plates. It is made in large quantities and the processing time is at most one year. A large ship with tens of thousands of materials is only built for one or two years..."

Listening to Zhao Jiaren's knowledge of shipbuilding, many of the important officials did not know why. Some people only knew the basics. The Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Machinery understood it. All the important officials who understood or did not understand technology understood it. Officials generally knew more than officials. The Zhao official family was completely different from other officials. It is probably not easy for officials to cheat him in professional terms.

The boat was flying very fast and arrived at its destination Jiangning in more than two days. Zhao Jiaren sighed: "I rowed from Jiangkou to Ezhou every day and took half a month."

The important officials knew that the Zhao official family's great martial arts began in Ezhou more than 20 years ago, but the officials of the Song Dynasty were not enslaved by the Qing Dynasty. Only those officials who truly admired Zhao Jiaren came up to praise him. Without a few words of praise, the army on the dock released several people, which were Wen Zhang, the prefect of Jiangning and several important officials in Jiangning.

"Let's go, get off the boat." Zhao Jiaren waved his hand and took the lead in getting off the boat.

Wen Zhang immediately bowed when he saw Zhao Jiaren. After Zhao Jiaren finished the ceremony, he stepped forward to shake hands with Wen Zhang. At the same time, he smiled and said, "So many people have come, how are you preparing here?"

"The official family is ready." Wen Zhang's face turned red because of excitement.

The two of them had just said a few words, and other officials had already disembarked. Some of them had seen Wen Zhang, and some had never seen him. Those who had never seen him thought that the Wen family was taller. Wen Tianxiang was 190 and Wen Zhang was 185. Compared with Wen Tianxiang's appearance, beautiful as jade, beautiful eyebrows and long eyes, Gu Pan Yeran, Wen Zhang had thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a national face. His national face was prone to appear firm and smooth, so the 39-year-old Wen Zhang looked in his early 30s and was particularly younger.

Wen Zhang asked everyone to set off with a generous request. There were already a row of carriages outside the dock. Three people and one cart, and everyone headed straight to the prefect of Jiangning. The Song Dynasty was a system of officials, so officials did not go to build yamen. The houses in the yamen were damaged and carried. This made people feel that they were as clear as water and as bright as mirrors, and it also avoided the so-called curse of "if you build yamen, you have to serve in the local area for a long time."

The scale of the government government in the Song Dynasty is increasing rapidly now, and the prefectural office in Wen Zhang is quite a huge office building. People come in and out of the office building, and it looks very lively.

The next morning, everyone arrived at a huge venue. Everyone was arranged to sit in. Not long after, someone was brought in. They saw that they were ordinary people. The people didn't know what so many people around them did. They looked at them timidly, and then stepped forward to salute Wen Zhang.

Wen Zhang asked, "I'm asking you to come today, so I'll tell you why Cao Yuan's family in Jiangning was abandoned."

Although the people didn't know who was here, they knew that things were a bit special. He mustered up the courage and said, "Reporting to the prefect, Cao's family abandoned the wasteland in order to seize the tenant."

Zhao Jiaren had known the reason for a long time, so he listened quietly. Many of the other important officials were rich people, and he knew what was happening after a little listen. The Song Dynasty couldn't help but merge, and a small number of wealthy households owned most of the land. In order to make the most profit, the wealthy households often seized tenants. The purpose of each stealing tenants was very simple, which was to increase the tenants' rent.

The person who was called up was a tenant farmer from Cao's landlord's family. He could not bear the ever-increasing land rent and could only go to the city to work.

"What about those places now?" Zhao Jiaren asked.

The people were stunned. Unexpectedly, the person who was listening to the side actually spoke publicly in front of the prefect. I didn’t know whether to answer or not, so I heard the prefect Wen Zhang say, “Ask you, just answer.”

"Yes." The people responded, then turned to Zhao Jiaren and said, "Those lands are still deserted. That's all good land."

"Yes." Zhao Jiaren nodded and said nothing.

However, other officials asked about some situations. No matter how they asked, the answers they received were not outrageous. This was a very common incident of seizing tenants, and naturally there was no matter beyond seizing tenants.

After this person was taken out, a new people came in. They told the same thing. The landlords seized the tenant, and the purpose of the tenant was to increase the rent.

More than a dozen people came in. Zhao Jiaren was already a little annoyed when he heard it, and the others were not upset and were very tired. This was a matter of more than ninety people. If he continued to listen to it one by one, there were more than eighty items.

Wen Zhang took the opportunity to say, "If you want to listen again, you can stay here. If you are tired, I have a document here to show you. If you think there is any problem with the document, you can ask someone to ask."

Of course, Zhao Jiaren hoped that Wen Zhang could prepare perfectly, but if Wen Zhang had defects in preparation, he could not do anything. Moreover, Zhao Jiaren was not particularly enthusiastic about document work, so he took the lead in getting up and going to the next room. Some people followed him, but most of the officials who had never seen these chose to stay.

The next day passed like this. On the third day, Wen Zhang asked everyone to set off. Those who could ride horses rode horses, and some people helped them lead horses. Those who were not good at riding horses rode a donkey. Some of them were really unable to ride animals and took a car.

Jiangning is a pretty good place and the land is flat. It was already April, and a large part of the fields had begun to be planted. What surprised the important officials was that 30% or even more of the land was not cultivated. Looking at the natural appearance, no one even took care of it.
Chapter completed!