Chapter 1,757 Measures

"Wonderful! This is a wonderful argument!" Liu Fengshi stood up excitedly. After thinking about it, he put the bowls and chopsticks on the steps and saluted Su You: "To deny oneself is to return to courtesy, and to deny oneself is to love others. The fundamental reason is,

Let’s start from the word ‘benevolence’.”

"Mingrun's various deeds reflect this theory. They are really the body, and they should be practiced diligently. The ancient virtuous gentleman is nothing more than this."

"If you hear the Tao in the morning, you can die in the evening. If you shine brightly today, you are truly my teacher."

In terms of age, Liu Fengshi was six years older than Su You, but he had already crossed the threshold of fifty. Su You respected his knowledge and always called him a father-in-law.

Su You's Wu Qin Xi is a child's skill that has been practiced for decades. Because of proper maintenance, it looks much younger than its actual age.

When the two were together, it was natural for everyone to regard Liu Fengshi as their teacher and Su You as their student.

Now that Liu Fengshi was convinced by Su You's few words, everyone else was surprised except Pu Shan who thought that I, the Great Yesi Weishe, should be like this.

The main reason is that Su You's daily behavior completely lacks the demeanor that a big boss should have, which makes people forget his reputation as a great master of Neo-Confucianism.

Su You had no choice but to put down his bowl and return the favor to Liu Fengshi: "You're welcome, Mr. Liu. Let's learn from each other. Eat the soup cake quickly. It won't taste good when it's cold..."

After a delicious meal of braised soybeans and haggis, Su You, under the leadership of Liu Yun, inspected many of the improvements made to the castle. He also recorded the highlights in notes and prepared to take them down the mountain to do some research.

He sent the "Hebei Defense in Depth System Facilities Overview" to Zhao Xu, and at the same time, the generals also informed Zhao Xu of their calls for the founding of the "Military Daily".

When we returned to Damingfu, the statistical data on the autumn harvest from the four military prefectures in Hebei Province had also been submitted. Except for the exemption of autumn grains along Damingfu Road and Zhanghe River, and the factory exemption from sitting taxes, other data were still very gratifying.

This year is the first year of the tax-sharing system, and there are actually quite a lot of things to do.

Speaking of the implementation of the tax-sharing system, Hebei Province is currently suffering a huge loss.

However, the agricultural tax in Hebei is now also very high, with four stones per acre, which has quadrupled compared to before Suyou came to Damingfu.

Moreover, major projects have basically been completed by Jiangsu Province, and Hebei has now become a place where national tax contributions are made rather than burdened.

On average, a state has free disposal rights of 300,000 yuan a year, which makes local officials extremely beautiful.

Wang Hui also sent over recent reports from the imperial residence.

Xinhai, Daxi Mingtang.

Renzi, Dali Temple reported that the prison was empty, and ordered the various groups to reward the prisoners with money.

Renyin moved the emperor of Shenzong to the Xiancheng Hall of Jinling Palace. He moved the emperor of Queen Xuanren to the Huiyin Hall of Jinling Palace.

Guiyou, Huazhou pontoon bridge was on fire. He called for 80,000 yuan of internal funds and ordered the iron pontoon bridge to be built.

Zhao Xu gained a large amount of wealth and became more generous with his purchases.

Zhao Xiaoyi's fleet brought the Sitong Exploration Department with them this time. Under the temptation of the glass beads, the natives took the Exploration Department with them and discovered huge gold and gem mines on the edge of a high desert to the west of Jinweng City.

These two places were called "Haodeng" and "Yigaobi" by the natives. Zhao Xiaoyi built two military towns here, one named "Bao Weng" and the other "Jade Weng".

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However, Zhao Xiaoyi's good luck seemed to have come to an end. While the sergeant was left to mine gold and gemstones, the boy continued southward with three Kuizhou-type ships and one Hangzhou-type ship. As a result, he encountered a storm soon after sailing.

In the huge waves, two Kuizhou-type ships were wrecked one after another. The remaining two ships cut off their sail ropes and relied on steam engine power to escape.

When they arrived at a calm bay, Zhao Xiaoyi ordered the sergeants to repair the ship and took out the theodolite to measure. Only then did he realize that he had bypassed the promontory and was at the same latitude as the southern port of Golden Urn City.

However, here the sea is to the west and the land is to the east!

There is an excellent bay here, rich in seafood, clear freshwater rivers, and continuous forests.

There are also two kinds of native people here, one makes a living by collecting shells on the beach, and the other makes a living by hunting in the forest.

The natives were very surprised when they saw Zhao Xiaoyi's big boat and clothes. They had never seen anyone with another skin color.

The ability of Zhao Xiaoyi's team to kill both elephants and rhinoceroses with magic guns made the natives think that they were gods coming out of the sea.

The black earth people here are smaller than the black earth people in Golden Urn City, but they have the same preference for colored glass beads, and the two sides get along fairly well.

Zhao Xiaoyi spent a month here to repair the two boats, and collected many specimens of animals and plants with the help of the natives.

In order to pray for the return voyage, Zhao Xiaoyi cut down pine trees and built a sea temple. He named the dangerous promontory he passed through as Evil Wave Cape and the place as Puyou City.

In order to save his character, he also spared the seals that were densely basking in the sun on the rocks in the bay.

The exploration team scanned around and found no precious mineral deposits here. After the wind direction changed, Zhao Xiaoyi took the two surviving ships and carefully returned to Golden Urn City.

The gold of Bao Weng City and the gems of Jade Weng City finally comforted Zhao Xiaoyi's injured soul, leaving five hundred sergeants to continue construction, bringing with them the surviving flagships, a steam-powered Kuizhou type, and three ordinary sailing Kuizhou ships that stayed behind in Golden Weng City.

Model, loaded with gold and gems, set out on his way home.

Now the overseas routes from Ma Lindi to Lion Country and Lion Country to Macheng have been explored long ago. Taking the overseas route is very fast. Taking advantage of the favorable wind, Zhao Xiaoyi finally arrived in Shanghai before October.

Although this attack resulted in the loss of two Kuizhou-type ships and more than 120 crew members, it still gained momentum.

In order to prevent shipwreck losses, Zhao Xiaoyi distributed the gold equally to each ship, and each ship stored fifty pieces of gold!

One material weighs 600 kilograms.

150,000 catties, 2.4 million taels, worth 24 million taels!

The value of gold is ten times that of silver. What Pu Shima gained in the Golden Urn City before was just a small fight on the periphery.

In addition to gems, diamonds, ivory, rhinoceros horns, and tortoise shells... Zhao Xiaoyi brought back wealth worth 40 million yuan this time.

Today, when the Emperor Song Dynasty earned 360 million yuan, this is still a huge and touching wealth!

The most important thing is that my cousin collected the entire treasury income for my cousin Shaosheng’s first year, 400 million!

Xin Si, Zhao Xu issued an edict to ennoble Zhao Kai as the King of Chu, and to ennoble Zhao Xiaoyi as the Duke of Xing, and to provide a pension of twenty taels of gold to each of the soldiers who died this time.

In Bingchen, the Lord of Liao consecrated Muye Mountain and gave money to two skins on the left and right.

The Tatar tribes invaded the border again, and Yelu Annu, the grand master of Dunmu Palace on the southwest road, and his son died in the battle.

He ordered the artillerymen and crossbowmen in Xijing to teach the Han army on the northwest route, because the Tatars were not defeated.

The Emperor's uncle of the Liao Dynasty reported a great victory on the southern route, promised to defeat Magusu, and begged for military rewards.

Looking at the inconsistent military reports of the Liao Kingdom, Su You couldn't help but laugh. Everyone could see that the Liao Kingdom was in a tight situation and had already begun to recruit troops from among the farmers.

However, the word "cannon man" stimulated Su You: "Do the Liao people also have cannons?"

Wang Hui pulled out a military report: "This is the military report sent by Li Kui. It says that Shi Gong has built a trebuchet and a bronze cannon that can spray iron sand up to seventy steps, and can also

It can fire solid iron bullets up to two hundred paces and is very powerful."

"Do the Liao people still have a lot of copper? Do they dare to use it like this if they have copper? Zhao Zhongqian has no information?"

"Yes, Zhao Jiyi said that the Liao people built ten of them in total and fired them with gunpowder fuses. Now Shi Gong is studying how to convert iron into copper, but casting iron is much more difficult than casting copper, so he has not succeeded yet."

"By the way, Wang Jing, the Prime Minister of the South Court of Liao Kingdom, wants to buy the iron mast of our dynasty."

"Hahahaha..." Su You couldn't help but laugh: "This plan turned out to be cheap. What a dream!"

Wang Hui said: "Now September has arrived, and the autumn harvest is coming. After January, the Liao people will have enough food and iron, I'm afraid..."

Su You shook his head: "With the decline, how can it be so easy to reverse..."

In October, the Liao Dynasty posthumously named the late Prince Zhaohuai Yelu Jun as the Great Filial Sage Emperor, with the temple name Shunzong, and Xiao Guanyin, the mother of Prince Zhaohuai, as Queen Zhenshun.

Taking his father and grandmother's rehabilitation as an opportunity, the Liao Kingdom launched a vigorous liquidation campaign.

The ministers who had been framed by Yelu Yixin in the past were rehabilitated one after another, and the remaining members of Yelu Yixin were roundly arrested and executed.

This incident won Yelu Yanxi great prestige and popular support. It cleverly diverted the attention of the domestic people from internal and external troubles, and all of them praised Yelu Yanxi as a wise king.

Yelu Dabeinu of Linya in the north, who made suggestions for Yelu Yanxi, was promoted to the commander of the imperial dragon squad in front of the palace.

Yelu Dabeinu was known for his gentle behavior and good etiquette. The first thing he did after thanking him was to recommend Xiao Tuohui.

Therefore, Xiao Tuohui, who was already a commoner, was re-enlisted by Yelu Yanxi on the grounds that he had impeached Yelu Yixin. At first, his official position was very low, as the money and food envoy of Zhongjing, but he was quickly promoted.

In the Jiazi period, Goryeo sent Ren Yi and Bai Kechen to the Song Dynasty, saying that Xianzong's book-making zen was located in Puyi Gong Wang Yong. Wang Yong humbly gave way to him, and on the eighth day of October, he was located in the Chongguang Hall of Kaijing.
Chapter completed!