Seeing the Jiyunshe fleet arriving at Jinhai, Tang Haoxin breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that it would not be difficult to achieve the goal of storing 400,000 shi of grain in Jinhai before mid-April, but he could not relax yet.
Before mid-to-late April, the transfer of nearly 400,000 tons of grain from Shandong can temporarily alleviate the grain shortage in the Gyeonggi Province, but it is only a temporary relief. Including the relief needs in Yannan, 200,000 to 300,000 tons of grain will be transported to the Gyeonggi Province almost every month from now on.
Only the grain of Shi can basically meet the needs of the military and civilians of Gyeonggi.
Blocking the breach in the North Embankment of the Yellow River and repairing the Pingyuan Caolu Road cannot be accomplished in a day. The most optimistic estimate is that it will take half a year, which means that in the next six months, it will be necessary to pass the Tianjin Sea to Gyeonggi and other regions.
The Yannan area transports 1.5 million to 2 million shi of grain.
In addition to the Jiyunshe fleet, which has the capability of long-distance sea voyages and can quickly transport grain directly from the Jianghuai area to the Tianjin Sea, most of the merchant ships transporting grain for Tianjin at this time can only travel offshore due to limitations in ship type and structural strength.
Navigation. Most merchant ships are only suitable for taking the medium-distance sea route from Denglai, Shandong to Tianjin Sea, and cannot transport grain from the farther Jianghuai area to Tianjin Sea.
Jinan Prefecture and Pingyuan Prefecture are the plain terrain of the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River. They are the main grain-producing areas in Shandong. The fixed amount of water accounts for almost half of the entire Shandong. Jinan and Pingyuan Prefectures were completely devastated and destroyed this time. Not only were they unable to pay tribute to
The capital transports grain, and also mobilizes large amounts of grain from other areas to provide refugee relief. The eastern and southern regions of Shandong are mostly mountainous, and grain output is limited. The three or four hundred thousand dan of grain this time is already the limit.
Lin Fu solved the transportation bottleneck problem from Denglai, Shandong to Jinhai. Tang Haoxin's biggest headache now is whether the amount of grain transported from other regions to Denglai, Shandong can reach 20 or 30 dan per month. If this bottleneck is reached,
No matter how abundant the transportation capacity is from Denglai, Shandong, to Jinhai, it cannot completely explain the food shortage crisis in Gyeonggi.
Tang Hao
I think Liu Yefei will not ignore the food shortage crisis in the capital. If Dongshan really loses his chain, no matter how much Zhang Xie trusts Liu Yefei, it will be difficult for Liu Yefei to keep his official position.
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The fleet docked at the port. Ge Cunxin and others went to the pier and handed the list of supplies to Lin Fu.
The Jiyunshe fleet includes three giant ships of 5,000 stone and ten giant ships of 1,000 stone, with a total transport capacity of up to 25,000 stone. In order to ensure the maneuverability of sea navigation, it is also the first trial voyage in the Blackwater Ocean waters, traveling in shallow cabins.
In addition to some medicinal materials, iron products and other scarce supplies, it mainly carries 15,000 shi of grain. The most scarce thing in Jinhai is grain.
In addition to the boatmen, sailors and escort soldiers, Lin Xuhong also brought more than a dozen people from the Lin clan and Shanglinli children who came to Tianjin with the ship this time. Naturally, this is also Lin Xuhong, who is also the censor of the right capital and an acquaintance of Hejian.
He also supervises the military preparations of Hejian Prefecture and heads the Water Transport Department of Tianjin and Haidu. He supports the local military administration of Hejian Prefecture and the Water Transport Department of Tianjin and Haidu. Besides, the local power of Hejian Prefecture has been destroyed to pieces. It is Lin.
This is the best opportunity for the clan to extend its influence to Hejian Mansion.
Seeing Lin Fu and the eldest son standing at the port, Lin Xuhong, who was disembarking from the boat, came over and saluted: "eldest son, Master Seventeenth..." When they withdrew from Shanglinli in May last year, Lin Xuhong did not feel that his status was inferior to Lin's.
After less than a year passed, I felt that it was inappropriate to continue calling Lin Fu "Old Seventeen".
Lin Fu was slightly startled, wondering when he would become the "Seventeenth Master" in Lin Xuhong's mouth. He felt that this title was awkward, but he didn't say anything. He introduced Tang Haoxin beside him and said: "Tang Gong Tang Shaobao"
, Brother Xuhong, come and salute Tang Shaobao..."
"I would like to send my regards to Mr. Tang," Lin Xuhong saluted Tang Haoxin and said, "Master Gu guessed that Mr. Tang was in Jinhai, and asked me to send you a letter to Mr. Tang..." He quickly asked Gu Wuchen, the attendant, to
Find out the private message and send it to Tang Haoxin.
Tang Haoxin smiled slightly, took the letter, and was not in a hurry to open it. He asked some kindly about the details of the voyage to the Black Water Ocean. The more he asked, the more his frown became tighter. He now wanted to directly transport grain on a large scale from Chongzhou to the sea.
Coming to Jinhai is simply unrealistic.
Winter and spring are the most inconvenient times for inland water transportation, but it is the most convenient time for large sea-going fleets. From the Blackwater Ocean route to the north, and then take advantage of the northwest monsoon to go south, one can make the journey back and forth in a month.
But after April, the monsoon will change, from the northwest monsoon to the southeast monsoon, and sea storms will become more frequent and violent. Even large and sturdy ships will generally only rely on the southeast monsoon after April.
Take the sea route and sail north. The speed going north is not slow, but the speed of the fleet heading south is very slow. It takes at least two months for Jiyunshe's fleet to make a round trip.
In summer and autumn, due to frequent sea storms, small and medium-sized sea-going ships or sea-going ships with structural strength requirements usually choose to hide in safe harbors and will not easily go to sea, let alone long-distance shipping.
Considering these factors, in the next six months, the huge merchant shipowners organized by Lin Fu in Tianjin Sea can still only transport grain and grass within the Bohai Bay, where the wind and waves are relatively small. Even if Jiyunshe's fleet is allowed
To directly transport grain to Chongzhou, the maximum grain transport volume in the second half of the year under ideal conditions is 60,000 to 80,000 kong, which is simply unable to meet the grain demand of 1.5 million to 2 million kong in the Gyeonggi and Yannan regions.
The most urgent problem at the moment is the shortage of grain in Shandong. Grain from other counties must be transported by land through inland rivers and transported to the Denglai area of Shandong.
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Lin Fu also thought very clearly about this issue. The bottleneck was how to transport grain from other counties to the Denglai area in Shandong. However, no matter how strong he and Jiangdong Zuoying were, there was a limit. This was a matter for the imperial court and the Ministry of Household Affairs to mobilize everything.
Energy to solve things.
The ship docked at the port, the pallets were set up, and the people moved it very quickly. The thousand-stone ship was loaded with 60 to 70% full, with 600 to 700 bags of grain, and two to three hundred people were organized to carry it into the warehouse. A ship could be emptied in just one stick of incense.
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Lin Fu did not have free time to stay on the dock to monitor the transportation. He, Tang Haoxin, and Lin Xuwen each returned to the Yamen or temporarily stationed in the camp to handle official duties. He needed Ge Cunxin to report more detailed information about Jiangdong County to him in person.
As soon as Lin Fu returned to the camp, Liu Zhi walked in with his tail on.
Lin Fu saw Liu Zhi's sneaky look and knew that he had something to say and had not invited Liu Zhi into the secret room to discuss the matter. He stood up and asked with a smile: "Liu Guanjun, what do you want me to ask you?"
Jiangdong Zuojun was officially organized into a rural camp. Liu Zhi's so-called title of deputy envoy to observe the military affairs of Jiangdong Zuojun was made vacant and was no longer directly related to Jiangdong Zuoying. However, Liu Zhi was also very capable and was trusted by Hao Zongcheng.
He was given the title of deputy envoy to watch the Jinhai army and became the deputy envoy to supervise the entire Jinhai garrison and guest troops. Even though Li Zhuo successfully persuaded the emperor and agreed to the strategic contraction, internal defense, and three-way layout, Li Zhuo succeeded in persuading the emperor.
In view of the strategic concept, Lin Fu estimated that Liu Zhi would officially serve as the military supervisor or military commander of the Tianjin Navy and perform the duties of military supervision.
Lin Fu still didn't want to offend these eunuchs, and wanted to have a good relationship with them as much as possible, and his attitude towards Liu Zhi was always kind.
Liu Zhi smiled, hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Normally, the grain shipped by Jiyunshe's fleet does not need to be stored in the Chujin sea warehouse. At this time, the Ministry of Revenue only cares about the grain shipped out from Denglai..."
Whenever Liu Zhi sticks his butt out, Lin Fu will know what he wants to do.
Lin Fu's supply of grain and grass to Jinhaicang and the military garrison along the coast was all planned by the Ministry of Household Affairs, priced at 1,500 yuan per stone of corn; this price was already three or four times the price of corn in Jiangning.
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There is a grain shortage in Gyeonggi, and food has been strictly controlled. In addition to officials being given full salaries, ordinary people are selling grain in rations and at fair prices. However, the supply is very small. If you want the whole family to eat enough and not go hungry, you must buy grain from other channels.
Even if the officials in the DPRK and the Central Government could receive their salaries in full, they still felt that they were short of food. After all, there were so many servants in the house, and they had to support so many people, so their salaries were not enough, so they needed to buy food from the grain market.
In the Gyeonggi region, except for a small proportion of affordable grain supplies, market grain prices have soared by far more than three or four times the price of rice in Jiangning.
Liu Zhi's meaning is very obvious. The grain transported by Jiyunshe's fleet does not pass through Jinhaicang and is smuggled directly to the Gyeonggi area for sale. The profit will definitely be far greater than that of selling to Jinhaicang.
Of course, Lin Fu knew that Liu Zhi would not give him advice to make a fortune out of good intentions. He nodded slightly and said with a smile, "Is there anything else Liu Guanjun wants to hide in front of me?"
"..." Liu Zhi smiled and said, "The Jibei Army is frequently dispatched and is not subject to local control. It transports hundreds or even thousands of grains to the capital every day, so it will be able to do so without being noticed..."
"The ship docked. Tang Shaobao also saw it at the dock. It's hard for me to do it." Lin Fu thought for a moment and said, "That's good. This time I'll pay two more for one thousand five hundred yuan per stone."
Thousands of stones of grain are given to the Jibei Army, what good things are going to happen here, let’s discuss it next time?”
"Sure!" Liu Zhi didn't expect Lin Fu to be so forthcoming. He was originally able to ask for more food to share the profits with the Jiangdong Left Army. Since Lin Fu didn't share the profits, it was quite interesting to be able to allocate two thousand more shi of food this time. He
After thinking about it, with the price of grain in Gyeonggi Province at this time, it would be easy to keep these two thousand grains in hand for a few days and then resell them for an extra seven or eight thousand taels of silver.
Lin Fu also knew that the price of grain in the capital was soaring, but he was responsible for assisting Lin Xuwen in supervising the Haicao canal for the Ministry of Household Affairs. In addition to supplying the fixed quota for the troops stationed in coastal military forts, the grain could only be sold to Jinhaicang, which was then organized by Lin Xuwen
Inland water and land transportation were delivered to Gyeonggi Ocang, which was under the Ministry of Household Affairs. As for how the Ministry of Household Affairs dealt with it and how it used the grain to collude with grain merchants to extract money from ordinary people, it had nothing to do with the Jinhai and Jiangdong Left Army.
Unexpectedly, Hao Zongcheng wanted to reach out to get this money. Hao Zongcheng still controlled the Jibei Army. It was very convenient for Hao Zongcheng to transport food to Gyeonggi. This was similar in nature to using the army to smuggle. Lin Fu also thought, why should all the money be given to households?
Are the household grain merchants who have connections with the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Household Affairs able to win over them?