When the Chongzheng Palace's call was underway, Wu Haogu was drinking tea with Zhang Shuye in the military engine room not too far from the Chongzheng Palace, while chatting about the sorting and restructuring of the Coastal City's Shipping System and Construction Division.

To tell the truth, this coastal city has long since become a savage monster, which is completely different from the other twenty or so pacification envoys under the jurisdiction of the Great Song Dynasty. This is not a pacification envoy or a transshipment envoy at all, nor is it a combination of the two, let alone an organization similar to the feudal towns in the late Tang Dynasty, but the prototype of a colonial empire!

The name of the Coastal City Shipping Department is completely wrong, and it should be changed to the Great Song Dynasty Navy and Colonial Affairs Department (Province).

This yamen is engaged in the business of navies and colonies, and it has done quite successfully - there are no competitors!

On the other side of the Srivijaya Strait, half of the world to the east of the continent to the American continent is the coastal city of the Great Song Dynasty, and the ship system is the only one, properly monopolizing the colonial empire. If you don't succeed, don't play!

The operation and foundation of this coastal city shipping control division is also the same as that of the capitalist colonial empire that emerged in the Age of Discovery-relying on the navy as the foundation, first occupying the maritime nodes and controlling the sea transportation lines, so as to grab wealth and support the development of the navy and colonization.

Under this model, the colonial empire operated as if it were a well-run company, with strong core competencies (navy), priority in the most lucrative markets (maritime nodes and arteries), a steady and abundant cash flow (through trade and roadblock fees), and a non-blind expansion of investment (without blindly initiating mass migration).

In addition, with strong sea control, the Coastal City Maritime Control Division can also fully delegate authority to the "colonial governors" below, so that they can have full authority to carry out colonial expansion. It will also be supplemented by the missionary activities of the Great Doctor Corps in order to control the minds of the colonies.

And the Coastal City Shipping Department does need to make a series of adjustments to suit its role, that is, the de facto Great Song Navy and Colonial Affairs Department!

For this reason, Wu Haogu prepared to separate the defense of the Jiehe River and the defense of the Jiehe Shang City from the Coastal City Shipping Department after serving as the Hebei Xuanfu Envoy. There was no need for the Ministry of Naval and Colonial Affairs to have jurisdiction over the local army - the defense of the Jiehe River and the defense of the Jiehe Shang City should be under the direct jurisdiction of the Hebei Xuanfu Division.

In this way, the Hebei Xuanfu Division can also have a little backbone of the force, and the force that Wu Hao Gu has been cultivating in the Jiehe River for many years can also be justifiably integrated into the army of the Great Song Dynasty. The huge coastal city shipping system and construction department general army engine room can also be turned into the Hebei Xuanfu Division general army machine room.

At the same time, with the right positioning, the new Coastal City Ship Division could justify building a navy, appointing colonial governors, conducting colonial diplomacy, and reaping the benefits of colonial activities.

It's a lot to kill!

When Wu Hao Gu was chatting with Uncle Zhang at night, a little yellow door came to the military engine room.

"Two military planes, the Son of Heaven has a summons in the Chongzheng Palace, please go quickly."

Wu Haogu and Zhang Shuye received the message, and they were a little uncertain in their hearts. I don't know if Zhao Ji will let Wu Haowen take charge of the Coastal City Shipping and Procurement Division? This is a brother in battle! Although there are many examples of brothers, fathers and sons in the same palace as ministers in this dynasty, the coastal city ship system and the Hebei Xuanfu Division do not seem to be ordinary yamen.

In the Chongzheng Palace, the Zaizhi of the two prefectures and some important ministers, as well as the Zhongshu Sheren and Hanlin Scholars who were to be recruited, have not yet left, and the court discussion is still ongoing.

Zhao Ji doesn't seem to be in a high mood, and I don't know if it's because of the death of his old friend Mi Fu?

After Wu Haogu and Uncle Zhang saluted at night, Zhao Ji said in a loud voice: "Wu Qing, let's talk about the usefulness of the Coastal City Shipping System and Construction Division in the Northern Expedition in the coming day." ”

Wu Hao Guxin said: Zhao Ji's vision is still too close, he only sees the Northern Expedition, and he doesn't see that the coastal city is a colonial empire itself!

Thinking of this, Wu Hao Gu said: "The navy under the Coastal City Shipping System and Construction Division can transport grain and straw for the Northern Expeditionary Army, and can also transport the army to Liaodong to land, disturb the enemy's rear, and contain the Khitan troops in the north. ”

"Your Majesty, transporting grain and straw and transporting troops by ship are all the business of Cao Chen." Knowing the Privy Council, Zheng Juzhongdao.

Zhao Ji looked at Wu Haogu, and Wu Haogu said: "It's just a name, and it's okay to change the coastal city shipping department to a sea shipping envoy, anyway, that's the thing...... One is shipping by sea, the other is by sea, the other is the operation of overseas commercial cities, and finally, of course, it has jurisdiction over the navy. ”

"Navy?" Su Zhe asked, "Is this a box soldier or a forbidden army?" ”

Wu Haogu replied: "Neither a box soldier nor a forbidden army, it should be regarded as a new army." ”

"Then it should be governed by the pacification envoy, how can it be governed by the shipping envoy?" Su Zhe stroked his beard and said, "And what's going on with the overseas business city?" How can there be so much annual income of 1 million? ”

"Yes, how can there be so much income on an overseas desert island?"

"How can the Srivijaya Kingdom be willing to give us such a good island?"

"Did the soldiers and horses of the Coastal City Ship Control Division go to war with the Srivijaya Kingdom?"

The deacons present followed Su Zhe and threw out a series of questions.

These people originally thought that the overseas desert islands were all poor places that couldn't be fished out of copper plates, at least they wouldn't be better than the little land that had been lost to Western Xia before.

But no one thought that a random Sriwijaya Strait could be scraped 100 in a year...... This is still handed over to the official family, and I don't know how many people below have privately divided!

"1 million?" Wu Haogu smiled and immediately led the topic, "I won't ship so many copper coins back." ”

What the?

Fake?

Fooling people?

The courtiers and officials present were all frowning at the same time.

Wu Haogu then said to Zhao Ji: "Your Majesty, although copper coins are good, they are not necessary for the country. It was not very useful for the Northern Expedition in the coming days. Therefore, the minister wanted the Nanyang Inspection Envoy to raise rice and grain in Champong, Java, and Chenla to transport back to China. Millions of gold and silver should have been shipped back from Champa, Java, and Chenla for more than 2 million stones! ”

What? 2,000,000 stone rice!?

The people live on food!

Two million stone of rice is worth more than 1 million copper coins...... No, 2 million stone rice is much more expensive than 1 million copper coins. Even in Haizhou, a commercial port close to the grain-producing area, the value of 2 million stone rice will not be less than 2 million copper coins!

"Wu Chongdao, do you count what you said?" Right Prime Minister Zhang Shangying's mind turned quickly, and he had already calculated clearly, "Doesn't this mean that you shipped back 2 million stone rice from overseas for no reason?" With so many meters, how many liters can you feed the small people? ”

Confucian officials, such vulgar and unbearable, talk about eating all day long, as if the thing in the world is the biggest thing in the world.

If we can get 2 million stone rice from overseas for no reason, we can feed at least hundreds of thousands of people...... It seems that there is nothing more important than this!

How is it for no reason? Wu Hao Gu said in his heart: It doesn't matter if he Su Zhe doesn't know, you Zhang Shangying is Ji Yi's backstage, don't you know how many bad things this guy has done in the Three Buddhas? Not only did he defeat the Pujia Sailor and snatch "Singapore" from the Srivijaya Kingdom, but he also sent troops to capture the Kadhaha Kingdom stuck in the Clark Strait, and also ransacked it viciously, scaring the surrounding large and small states to death.

I really don't know if Ji Yi believes in the God of Light or the God of Darkness?

"Zhang Xianggong," Wu Haogu certainly couldn't talk to Zhang Shangying, "2 million stone rice is actually nothing...... It's just that the number of sea ships is limited, otherwise tens of millions of stones can be transported back. ”

"Tens of millions of stones!?" Zhao Ji was happy, "Wu Qing, you are bragging, how much do you get tens of millions of stones?" Where did the coastal city ship manufacturing company get so much money? Even if the price of grain in Zhancheng, Java, Zhenla and other places is cheap, there are no three or four million people who can't buy 10 million stone rice grain, right? ”

What the? Buy? What to buy?

Zhao Ji didn't think that the Coastal City Shipping and Purchasing Division was going to buy grain from Champa, Java, and Zhenla, right?

Is there any mistake that the evil imperialist colonial bandits demanded food and money from the oppressed people of Asia, Africa and Latin America? The colonial robbers are embarrassed to give it, and the people of Asia, Africa and Latin America are also embarrassed to take it!

The 1,000,000 is the freight paid to the shipowner! Rice is free of money, and it is voluntarily donated by the people of Champang, Java, and Zhenla out of respect and love for the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty.

Wu Haogu peeked at Zhao Ji, looking like a benevolent and righteous king...... Not at all like a thief of all evil, it is better not to tell him the truth.

"Your Majesty," Wu Haogu said with a smile, "It's the minister's negligence, the money still has to be given, and it will cost at least five million taels to transport back ten million stone grain, oh, and silk silk and porcelain." After all, the ships had to be built one by one, the sailors had to be trained one by one, and the rice and grain had to be reclaimed so that they could be sown...... It would have been better if the imperial court had given some iron farming tools to the kingdoms of Champa, Java and Chenla. In those countries, where the land is fertile, the rain is abundant, the climate is warm, the rice can be cooked several times a year, and the population is so small that it is impossible to eat it at all. If you don't have more, you can still do it with 20 million stones a year. ”

It's 20 million stone again!

Really?

The monarchs and ministers in the Chongzheng Palace were stunned.

Although the Great Song Dynasty was not very short of food, it was still very cost-effective to exchange silk porcelain for 20 million stone of grain. Because 20 million stone grain requires at least tens of millions of acres of land to ensure that it can be grown. In order to obtain silk silk worth 20 million stone grain, only a maximum of 2 million mu of mulberry fields are needed - according to the price comparison of silk and rice in the Song Dynasty, the income from raising silkworms and weaving silk in about 1.7 mu of mulberry fields is equivalent to the income of 11 mu of fertile land.

If the Great Song Dynasty could obtain 20 million stone of grain from Nanyang every year, then it would be able to produce an additional 10 million mu of mulberry fields, and the lives of the peasants would be greatly improved...... Oh, in fact, not all farmers can benefit, but the farmers on the coast can benefit, and the farmers in the inland will suffer because of the fall in the price of silk!