Under the spring breeze in April, the sea boats are crammed into the port area of Zhufang Port, and on the surface of the Yangtze River, which is more than 80 miles wide from the south of the Yangtze River to the north of the Yangtze River, there are also all kinds of boats that cannot be seen at a glance. Outside Zhu Fangyi and Guanglingyi, there was another military tent connected to it, and the boys from the counties and towns of the Chu State, the nobles of various clans, and the palace maids of the royal court officials and temples arrived here one after another last month, waiting for the final order to board the boat.

The situation was not encouraging, although forty ships were built within six months of the construction of the government, bringing the total number of ships to two hundred and twenty-seven (minus the eight converted into gunboats); More than 3,300 fishing boats were built, bringing the total number of fishing boats to more than 20,000, and the total tonnage of boats under the control of Dasima Mansion increased to 400,000 tons.

Even if it sails downwind, it will take more than ten days for the boat to reach Xinying. In these ten days, people need to eat, drink, move, and sleep, and the tonnage of adults must be 1.5 tons, and the tonnage of children must be at least 1 ton. This is the result of the modification of the boat after the sea trial, otherwise most people would have to sleep on the deck.

It is easy to get sick under the sun, rain, wind and waves, and once you get sick, you will be crowded with other people, and the result is that everyone in the boat will be infected. There have been such examples in sea trials, one person coughed with wind, and most of the people in the boat coughed with wind. In the adjusted evacuation plan, a special hospital boat of the same type is set up for every 50 boats, and a certain number of hospital beds are provided for patients to recuperate at each stage of the voyage.

However, the key is the per capita tonnage, and it is not the soldiers who migrate, and even if they are the soldiers, the number of people killed is more than the number of people who died in battle. With more tonnage per capita, people can get enough space and better rest, and the prevalence and infection rate will be greatly reduced. However, this limits the number of people transported. 400,000 tons minus 100,000 tons of machinery and materials, then minus 70,000 tons of grain and straw, and then minus the remaining 30,000 tons of the building and Chu army, there are only 200,000 tons.

If 1.5 tons of adults and 1 ton of children, the number of 90,000 children transported would remain the same, and the number of nobles, officials, artisans, and their families would be reduced by a quarter, and about 30,000 people would be stranded ashore waiting for the next round of migration. It was June for the ship to return to the sea, and June was the hurricane season, and the three-section voyage from Zhufang Bay to the inland sea of Abbot Island was at least 10 days each way, and more than 20 days round trip. In the past 20 days, there will be storms, and the boat will be destroyed and people will die.

When Xiong Jing arrived at Zhufanggang, Lu Yangjun, Shen Yinshang, Song Yu, Kong Qian, Zhao Huang, Qu Sui, Gong Yindao, E Zhuo and others were still debating the issue of per capita tonnage. In other words, it is not the question of per capita tonnage that has not been determined, but the tonnage of nobles, officials, and classics.

Lu Yangjun and Shen Yinyi believed that it should be transported according to the per capita tonnage of 1.5 tons per adult, which Zhao Huang and Qu Sui did not oppose, but 10,000 nobles, officials, their families, and servants, 1.5 tons per capita was too narrow, and at least 2 tons were needed. Including the 0.5 tons, these extra tonnages out of thin air have to be squeezed out of other people, such as craftsmen.

What Song Yu and Kong Qian care about is not people, but books. Chu Palace, Lantai Palace, as well as Xianyang captured treasures, classics, slips, and armor pieces loaded with eighteen sea boats. For some reason, the Jixia School found two people and asked them to transport the Jixia classics to Xinying. There are many doctors and scholars of the world-famous Jixia Society, and there are only more classics than Lantai, not less than Lantai Palace, and it is initially estimated that at least ten sea boats are needed, with a deadweight tonnage of 4,000 tons. The two asked Lu Yangjun to take out ten sea boats to Jimo Bay in Qi to transport those classics.

Previously, Xiong Jing had been in Chen Yinghe and Kaifeng because of military affairs, and as soon as he arrived in Zhu Fang, these people came up to admonish, saying: "The noble officials do not come to Xinying, and the country will not be a country, Da Ao doesn't know if it?" ”

"The weight of the classics of the Jixia Society is heavier than Mount Tai, please send a sea boat to transport it." Song Yu still doesn't call Xiong Jing Da Ao, only Xiong Jing as the king. On the contrary, Kong Qian was able to let go, and knew the truth that 'Yidi has a king, but it is not as good as Huaxia'-

The Chu people claimed that the king was on an equal footing with the Zhou Tianzi, and if the Chu state was a feudal state within the Zhou system, such as the Jin state, the Qi state, the Zheng state, and the Lu state, it would definitely be an arrogance. The state of Chu is a barbarian in the eyes of the Zhou people, and the barbarians are not qualified to trespass, so in the eyes of Confucius, it doesn't matter if the Chu people are called kings or emperors, this is the barbarian's own business, after all, 'barbarians must not be courteous to China'.

"Gunboat ......" Qi Xuan was with Xiong Jing, and she was about to say that the palace temple people, palace maids, and servants could be arranged to be on the gunboat, but Xiong Jing stopped her. What's the difficulty? Xiong Jing didn't ask others, only Lu Yangjun, who had full authority to deal with the evacuation affairs.

"Yu Daao, adults need one and a half tons per person, and the original tonnage is insufficient." Lu Yangjun, who has been pestered by Zhao Huang, Qu Sui and others, is also very difficult, and many things are being adjusted after the sea trial, but unfortunately one month is not enough time to adjust everything.

"The original tonnage is insufficient, so the personnel will be stranded and the required tonnage will be vacated." Xiong Jing Road.

"But ......" Lu Yangjun looked at Zhao Huang and Qu Sui and the others. The nobles do not want to stay on the shore also. ”

"Da Ao Mingjian, if the nobles don't come, how can Xinying be a country?" Qu Sui said. "Decrease the tonnage of craftsmen to transport nobles."

"Da Ao, there are 100,000 craftsmen, but all of them bring their parents and wives, there are 80,000 or 90,000 people, which is a lot." Zhao Huang has always felt that there are too many craftsmen, especially too many craftsmen's families. There are six or seven craftsmen in a household, and there is only one craftsman. In other words, there are only more than 10,000 craftsmen out of 100,000 people, and the remaining 80,000 or 90,000 people are all family members.

"Oh?" Xiong Jing has never known the specific number of craftsmen, only 100,000 craftsmen, and was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and turned his head to look at Gong Yin Dao.

"Da Ao Mingjian, parents and wives are also craftsmen!" Gong Yin Dao argued. "If there are no craftsmen, how can Xinying build a city, how to build tools, and how to cultivate? These 100,000 people were selected from among the craftsmen of various provinces. ”

"There are only more than 10,000 craftsmen, and more than 80,000 parents, wives and servants." Zhao Huang sneered. "There are 10,000 nobles, officials, witches, temple people, and palace maids. Among them, the royal court was 1,500 people, and the rest were 8,500 people. Divided into the Zhu clans, only five thousand remained. In addition to these 5,000 servants, how many nobles can be moved? Dare to ask Da Ao, when will my Chu country be a craftsman and a nobleman be cheap? ”

Zhao Ao's words are wrong. Craftsmen and temple people are all servants of the royal court, and the boat is also the boat of the royal court. Xiong Jing stood beside her, and Mi Xuan was more confident, but before her husband could speak, Mi Xuan retorted back. And each clan is building a boat, and the geometry of the boat is not known to the Great Sima Mansion. ”

"How did the boat of the Chu State become the boat of the royal court?" Zhao Huang, who was refuted by Mi Xuan, turned red, and Qu Sui questioned.

"The 180,000-ton boat and the more than 10,000-ton river boat are the boats of the Chu State, and the more than 90,000-ton sea boats, 20,000 tons of fishing boats, and more than 20,000 tons of war boats and transport boats are mostly owned by the royal court." Mi Xuan said again. "Wang Ting did not ask for a boat, nearly 150,000 tons of boats are enough to transport craftsmen, temple people, and children."

On closer examination, the royal court is more than enough to be self-sufficient, and this is what Mi Xuan said. Gong Yin Dao also meant this in his heart. Qu Sui didn't say anything, Lu Yangjun laughed a few times, and said: "Most of the craftsmen are engineers from various prefectures, and there will be fewer people next time." ”

"There are 40,000 boat-builders in the mansion alone, and nearly 100,000 in the rest of the provinces; Counting his family members, there are 500,000 or 600,000 yuan. Does Lu Yangjun want to move these 500,000 or 600,000 people to Xinying? Zhao Huang didn't take Mi Xuan as the object of debate, but only looked at Lu Yangjun.

"If there are no craftsmen, how can my Chu people gain a foothold in Xinying, and how will they regain Chu land in the future?" Gong Yin Dao said loudly. It is impossible for all of the five or six hundred thousand craftsmen to migrate to Xinying, but according to his true thoughts, at least half of them must be moved.

"If there are no nobles, how can Xinying be a country?" Qu Sui turned to Xiong Jing, "Please make a decision." ”

"The nobles of each clan can build their own boats." Xiong Jing Road. "Why not?"

"It's been five years since the war, and the nobles have no gold or silver, how can they build boats?" Zhao Huang sighed. "And the price of the boat is ......"

"Fishing boats should have been built, not sea boats." Xiong Jing interrupted him and said: "A fishing boat is only ten gold, if the beams and pillars can be dismantled at home, the labor cost is not more than hardware, and the cost is very small, why build a sea boat?" ”

"The fishing boat is the boat of the common people, how can the nobles take the fishing boat?" Zhao Huang seemed to have been greatly insulted, and his face turned red again.

"Who said that a fishing boat is a boat for the common people? Is the sea boat the boat of nobles? Xiong Jing was extremely puzzled. Back then, the ancestors of my Chu people were on the blue road, and they only rode in a firewood cart; Confucius said, 'The road is not good, take the raft to float on the sea', what is the raft rowed, what is the value of this? ”

Zhao Xiao's face was originally flushed, but Xiong Jingyi's blood was surging, and his face suddenly turned black, but his head was lowered. For those who are accustomed to weekly etiquette, everything, clothing, food, housing and transportation all show rank, as if without rank, there is no dignity of nobility. Xiong Jing scoffed at this idea, the reason why the nobles were noble was because the nobles were brave and good at fighting, not because of the rank of Zhou etiquette.

"What else?" Xiong Jing directly skipped the question of aristocratic tonnage and craftsman tonnage, and directly asked other things.

"There are many classics of the Jixia Society, and they should also be transported to Xinying." Kong Qian said. "It takes ten boats."

"Taifu should know that the sea boat is insufficient, and the classics can only be postponed until the next year." The tonnage has increased dramatically, and Xiong Jing originally thought that 400,000 people could be relocated in September and October, but now it seems impossible. Even if another 50,000 tons of boats are built and 450,000 tons are transported, it is impossible to have 400,000 people.

"Jixia Academy has hundreds of Zhuzi classics, how can it postpone the next year?!" Song Yu finally spoke, in an extremely anxious tone.

"Ten sea boats need to be shipped to Jimo Bay, where is Qi, Chu Qi is an enemy country, and after the sea boat goes, the Qi people will stay, what can I do?" Xiong Jing voiced another concern of his own. "If the princes have disciples and disciples, ask their disciples to transport the classics into the state of Chu and hide them on the spot. or lobby businessmen and nobles, who can be transported into Xinying. ”

"Since the king knows that Chu Qi is an enemy country, how can they transport the classics into my Chu country?!" Song Yu lamented. "The king once said that although I am not a Zhou person, I am a Xia person. Fu has barbarians, to belong to the summer', this is what my Chu country does. The classics of my Xia people, how can I let the violent Qin burn it! ”

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