The official ship slowly sailed into the dock outside Zhangjiawan in Tongzhou.

The residual temperature of the setting sun makes it difficult to feel much warmth when standing on the bow of the boat, but the fierce north wind splits the face, which makes people feel refreshed.

Daguang Building stands majestically, which is the customs department where the goods entering Beijing are inspected, and the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household have branches here.

Ships from the south to the north stay here, making Zhangjiawan a first-class wharf outside the city.

Horse-drawn carriages and porters on the wharf rubbed shoulders with each other, shouting incessantly, sometimes threatening, sometimes pleading, for the road,......

There are also the hawkers who shout and sell seasonal goods, who are shrewd in their search for buyers, and from time to time boast of the contents of their baskets in an ostentatious manner, in order to attract customers, and occasionally succeed, they are dazzled and smiling, and the broken silver and copper coins rattle, outlining a picture of the world.

Looking around at the business travelers looking for partners, they are either confident, or anxious, or timid and timid, and they are even more wonderful in the face of the inn hostel Xiao Er's courteous attitude in the face of the inn and rest.

The officials who stand with their hands in their hands wander around, as if looking for their prey, while the officials with knives and forks on their shoulders have burning eyes, like cats looking at mice,......

or smiling or smiling or smiling and estimating, calling friends and companions, and from time to time pridefully patting his chest and halberd fingers, it seems to be a generous statement, and everyone else echoes and laughs,......

A beautiful picture of incomparable harmony and prosperity is displayed in front of everyone.

The gourd head behind the dam is a wharf specially used to transfer grain, and ordinary passenger and cargo ships are not allowed to enter, but official ships with special tasks are naturally not a problem.

This line has now become one of the most prosperous areas outside the city, where most of the guests from the south to the north are resting, and bulk goods such as grain, cloth, salt, timber, medicinal materials, and porcelain also choose to circulate here.

Many businessmen gather here, making inns and all kinds of daily miscellaneous shops increasingly prosperous, and all kinds of rest homes are also choosing here as a place of communication, so there is today's prosperity.

"The former Ming Dynasty has made great contributions to the development of Tongzhou, if it weren't for this, I would have to spend a lot of effort here." Cui Jingrong looked at the prosperous scene of the Cao River outside here, and couldn't help sighing, "The dredging of the Tonghui River before Yuan Xi years ago laid the foundation for a hundred years of Cao Yun outside Chaoyangmen, don't underestimate this fifty miles of land, the annual savings can exceed 100,000 taels, only 100,000 taels of dredging costs, it turns out that this section of the grain alone will cost 150,000 taels of silver,......

Cui Jingrong is an old household department, and he knows the trouble of transporting this grain into Beijing and other goods here.

The dredging and excavation of this section outside the Chaoyang Gate during the Yuan Xi period completely solved the problem, although the size of the ships in this line is much smaller, and the cargo capacity is more than 150 stones, but the scale of 20,000 catties is enough for the general passenger and cargo ships to pass.

Like Feng Ziying, the official ship used by a dozen or so people in their group is a medium-sized ship with a carrying capacity of only about 10,000 catties, because it is necessary to pay attention to comfort, so many of the objects and facilities in the cabins are indispensable, and in fact, the number of people that can be accommodated can only be 30 people.

If it is replaced by other ships of the same type, the passenger capacity is at least 50 or more, and it can even reach 70 or 80 people.

Several separate cabins were undoubtedly prepared for several officials, including Feng Ziying, and in addition, the more qualified officials could also be assigned a narrower single cabin, and several of Long Banwei's cabins were also arranged for single rooms.

"This alone can save so much, which shows how much the cost of this transportation is, Lord Cui, hasn't the household department considered it from this perspective?" Feng Ziying smiled and asked.

"Ziying, you have asked this question well, at least no less than ten people have told me about this, but Caoyun is very important, although there is drifting every year, but it is within the acceptable range of the imperial court, but if you change to sea, not to mention anything else, if you encounter a storm or a miscarriage, it will be gone all of a sudden, then what will the imperial court do, what should Jingshi do?" Cui Jingrong asked rhetorically.

Several people stood on the bow of the boat and looked at the scenery on the docks on both sides of the river, and a feeling of pointing out the country came to their hearts.

"Not only that, but in addition to storms at sea, the rampant prevalence of pirates is also a major unpredictable concern." Wu Liangsi shook his head, "The Northern Yuan Dynasty once opened the shipping channel, but it all depends on Fang Guozhen's face and act, even Zhu Yuanzhang has no way to take Fang Guozhen, as long as the Japanese have an advantage at sea, shipping will never be feasible,......"

In fact, if one or two boats encounter disasters or are looted by the Japanese bandits, it will not affect the demand for food in Jingshi City, but people's hearts are the most unpredictable, perhaps such a news may cause uneasiness in the millions of people in Jingshi City, and even rush to buy, and the herd mentality is even more difficult to suppress.

Once this trend blows, I'm afraid it won't be calmed down casually, and Feng Ziying can understand how big the threat to the imperial court is, let alone others.

In a word, the lifeblood of the imperial court cannot be faked to human hands, at least, on the canal, no matter what other risks, are under the control of the imperial court, and once it goes to the sea, it is really uncontrollable.

Of course, there are other reasons, such as the interests of thousands of people, and even the officials along the route are involved in it, which is not enough for outsiders.

However, the cost and disadvantages of water transportation are in front of everyone, and it can only be said that there is a way to make up for and alleviate them, but if it is said that it is completely changed to sea transportation, I am afraid that no one dares to make this risky attempt.

The pros and cons of shipping are actually obvious, and the princes of the imperial court also know it in their hearts.

It is impossible for a court that lacks sea power to change this model in a short period of time, and Feng Ziying does not expect to say that it will be abolished all at once, but the impact of the canal on the governance of the Yellow River, and the annual expenditure of the imperial court in maintaining the water level of the canal, is indeed staggering and needs to be seriously considered.

"In fact, the risk of offshore transportation is not as big as imagined, but this dynasty follows the system of the Ming Dynasty, and the sea ban has been prohibiting for a long time, so that coastal shipping has been stagnant, including the shipbuilding industry is also far behind Xiyi, if this problem can be solved, the imperial court will pay attention to it, rectify the establishment of a naval fleet, and eliminate the coastal pirates, this sea transport is not unfeasible to replace Cao Yun."

Feng Ziying saw that these people were all pricking up their ears to listen to their own opinions, and she also knew that she had now become a well-known figure, especially some new ideas and ideas came out from here, and she wanted to figure out a thing or two from them.

But now he is not a Gujishi, but a Hanlin Academy, so he also needs to be more cautious in his words, so as not to be caught.

"Of course, the short-distance transportation on the canal line is still indispensable, and the lower official is just talking about Cao Yun, well, this type of bulk cargo transportation from Jiangnan to Beijing can be replaced by sea transportation, but this is all a later story, and no one can say how much will change in the future."

Cui Jingrong nodded, he was worried that this Feng Xiu would be a high-minded, arrogant, pampered and arrogant character, but now it seems that this guy is more stable and experienced than those old officials, but the occasional appearance of the majestic edge also makes people understand that it is not accidental that this son can make such a big move in the court in just one or two years.

Cui Jingrong naturally knows who is behind Feng Ziying, Qi Yongtai, Qiao Yingjia and even Chai Ke, the first two are his mentors, and Chai Ke is from appreciation to the present.

As long as Chai Ke is still serving as the governor of the three sides for a day, then there will be a need for a limelight figure like Feng Ziying, who has been in the limelight for five years in Yonglong, to cheer for him.

As a northerner, Cui Jingrong and Qi Yongtai and Qiao Yingjia are naturally in the same breath, before leaving, Qiao Yingjia and Qi Yongtai greeted him separately, hoping to take care of Feng Ziying during this southward trip, Cui Jingrong is naturally duty-bound.

Qi Qiao and the two can now be regarded as the backbone of the Beidi scholars in the imperial court, especially Qi Yongtai is the leader of the Beidi scholars, Cui Jingrong also feels that these two people want to cultivate Feng Ziying's son as the successor of the Beidi scholars in the future, and their attention is even more than that of the undergraduate champion to practice state affairs, which makes Cui Jingrong still a little unrecognized. ’

Not to mention anything else, practicing state affairs is the champion, plus he is from a scholarly gentry family, and his background is more than that of Feng Ziying, and he is also a native of Henan Township of Cui Jingrong.

And the most critical point is that Feng Ziying obviously lacks a background in poetry and scriptures, which is difficult for many Beidi scholars, including Cui Jingrong, to accept or not quite recognize.

In the eyes of many Beidi scholars, including Cui Jingrong, cultivation must be cultivated, but it should also be divided into a priority.

Born as the champion of practicing state affairs, he was awarded the Hanlin Academy to revise earlier than Feng Ziying, and he was highly praised in the Hanlin Academy for more than a year, and his colleagues also respected him very much, and Huang Ruliang was even more praised for practicing state affairs.

Although the current practice of state affairs is not as famous as Feng Ziying, who proposed the strategy of opening the sea to quell the rebellion and raising debts, in the eyes of many people, many people's reputation for many people's achievements is based on "chance" and "luck", and some strategies still have a sense of grandstanding.

Even including this strategy of opening the sea to borrow money, as long as it does not succeed for a day and the imperial court fails to get great benefits from it, then the doubts will never dissipate.

In other words, even if you succeed and gain huge benefits, there will still be many people who want to question and oppose it, and there will never be a shortage of opponents and critics in doing anything, or even opposition for the sake of opposition.

"Ziying, you don't have to be too stubborn, as long as it is beneficial to national affairs, many ideas and opinions can actually be discussed and debated." Cui Jingrong smiled and nodded, "Let's rest here today, we can untie the cable and go south early tomorrow morning, so everyone can have a rest." ”