Chapter 459
The battle against Quanzhou was basically approved by the ministers, but the matter of the imperial commander in person was temporarily put on hold. However, everyone had a clue in their hearts, but in order to stabilize the hearts of the people, Zhao Bing ordered the secret and made preparations in secret. He first transferred the left army and front army of the guards in front of the hall to Qiongzhou in the name of strengthening the coastal defense of Qiongzhou, and moved the imperial guards in front of the hall to Yazhou for rest and training. The Baisha Navy received a batch of new ships and added volunteers, and already owned more than 500 warships, of which large warships occupied most, and the number of soldiers reached 20,000.
At the same time, Zhao Bing issued an order in the name of the Military Affairs Office to organize the central army, front army, rear army and Baisha Navy, the guards in front of the hall into the Eastern Expedition Army, with Zhang Shijie as the general manager of the marching and Ying Jieyan as the camp deployment. Zhao Mengjin and Liu Zhu were the chief generals of the infantry and naval army, and Wen Tianxiang was the governor of the food and grass. Now the army is stepping up its combat preparations, and the whole courtyard is stepping up the construction of siege equipment, mobilizes food and grass, and sends spies to Quanzhou to spy on military affairs. Of course, he will not be idle, and there are many things that need to be arranged...
"Long live your Majesty, long live your life, long live your life!" Zheng Huchen responded to the imperial edict and entered the palace. After seeing the little emperor, he took two steps to worship.
"Sit down and have tea!" Zhao Bing said vaguely with snacks in one hand and jerky meat in the other hand, chewing things in his mouth. He didn't know if it was because he was in a good mood recently or because Yuan Miao was trained to be harsh. Anyway, his appetite increased greatly, and he felt hungry again after eating for a while.
"Your Majesty has a good appetite!" Zheng Huchen sat down and said with a restrained smile. He always felt that this child who seemed harmless was putting him invisible pressure. He felt nervous every time he met, but after a long time he disappeared, he was panicked and thought about it. This conflicting mentality made him very distressed.
"Hungry! Do you think I'm losing weight?" Zhao Bing raised his arms and sat upright to show it to him.
"Your Majesty is not thin, but he is a little taller!" Zheng Huchen looked up and down carefully, shook his head and said.
"Haha, they all said that I would lose weight and the whole world. I might have made myself fat, so I was not thin at all!" Zhao Bing said with a smile after hearing this. He also felt strange. When he was in Yashan, he was trying hard to think about ways to break the enemy and tried to balance various relationships, but there was no sign of losing weight. It seemed that his ability to withstand pressure was really strong.
"Your Majesty is the world. Of course, you will also make the world richer if you are fat!" Zheng Huchen said with a smile.
"Haha, I love to hear what you said!" Zhao Bing laughed, "Now that I have become the emperor, I have revoked my wanted notice to you, and I am also planning to praise your behavior of eliminating evil for the country. I will tell you what official you want, and I will do it together!"
"Thank you Your Majesty for your kindness. Your Majesty can live to this day and rely on your Majesty's protection. Now you have to rectify your name. You really have no choice but to ask for an official position. You just want to stay by Your Majesty's side and do your best!" Zheng Huchen stood up and politely said. He was also secretly glad that he had taken the right treasure at the beginning. Not only did he climb up the high branch, but he was also highly valued. In the future, as long as he hugs the emperor's thighs tightly, he would not want to change it. Even if he gave it to the prime minister, he would rather manage the dark empire for Your Majesty.
"Since you don't want to enter the court, that's fine. We have a big deal to do!" Zhao Bing put down his snacks and took a sip of tea and said.
"Your Majesty refers to Quanzhou?" Zheng Huchen asked.
"Although Quanzhou has a lot of oil and water, this battle is mainly to solve the financial difficulties of the prefectures. We cannot make money from it." Zhao Bing waved his hand and said, "But if we do this business well, the profit we make is no less than robbing Pu Shougeng!"
"Your Majesty, please tell me, I will do my best to complete it!" Zheng Huchen thought for a while. He did not figure out what the big deal that His Majesty was referring to. He could be said to be the most informed person from the throne, from the peddlers and pawns to the whole court, and even Jiangnan, but he still couldn't imagine that there was anything he had to buy ** and rob Pu Shougeng and make money.
"Okay, you must have known that the court is preparing to build a salt farm!" Zhao Bing said, patting the snacks stuck to his hand.
"I know!" Zheng Huchen nodded and said. This matter can be said to be the most important thing at present. Countless people are busy with this. How could he not know, but he could not think of what it has to do with his affairs bureau.
"Now the southeast coast is ready to move, the coast is blocked, and both civilian ships and merchant ships traveling to and from Qiongzhou are prohibited from passing. The things are produced and sold to and from exchange for money, so I want to use the channels organized by our affairs bureau to sell salt!" Zhao Bing looked at Zheng Huchen and said.
"Your Majesty means selling private salt?" Zheng Huchen said in surprise. He knew that selling private salt could be called a big deal. If anyone can grasp the salt at the source, the money will be rolling in like a flowing water.
"For the Tartars, it is private salt, but what we sell is official salt!" Zhao Bing said with a smile.
"Yes, yes, we are selling official salt, and we also want to sell it to the people of the Song Dynasty." Zheng Huchen was stunned for a moment and quickly changed his words. He knew that selling private salt was a serious crime. He cooked three kilograms of salt privately in forbidden land, and was sentenced to death if he sold more than 100 kilograms in other places. But now the emperor wants to sell private salt, wouldn't it be illegal to know that it is illegal? And it is reported that it is not good for the emperor's reputation!
"Right, this must not be ambiguous, even if it is not recognized, otherwise you will lose your head and I will follow you to eat the melons. As long as we sell salt at the official price, we can't control how much it costs to sell after leaving the Qiongzhou territory." Zhao Bing said with a smile when he saw Zheng Huchen's cleverness.
"I remember. But our affairs bureau sells salt, so the people in the court may say so much?" Zheng Huchen completely understood what His Majesty meant. This salt cannot be sold in Qiongzhou. If it is to be sold in other places, it is actually selling private salt. This made him a little worried.
"Hmph, they blame me?! They may have time to thank me in the future!" Zhao Bing said coldly, "As long as we build a 10,000-acre salt farm, we will produce 30 million kilograms of salt a year. Each person has only six kilograms of salt every year, which is enough for 5 million people to eat. Just by consumption in Qiongzhou, everyone doesn't have to eat!"
"Well, my subordinates understand." Zheng Huchen nodded vigorously, "As long as we sell salt to the southeast, the Tatars will not receive a single salt tax, further destroying the Tatars' economy and drying up their finances!"
Chapter completed!