Chapter 661

Jiajing came down from the warship, and the soldiers of the navy lined up below to wait for Jiajing.

Jiajing was very happy and reviewed the soldiers, then spoke, and the soldiers shouted long live.

Jiajing followed Zhang Hao and the others to the cafeteria this time. Chen Zhengqing introduced to Jiajing what the navy soldiers eat and how much food is for a day. Because they need to get on the boat, they stayed for half a month or even a few months. Therefore, the food was very good, and Zhang Hao also explained this reason to Jiajing.

Jiajing nodded and agreed.

After dinner here, Jiajing was about to go to the rest place. Zhang Hao accompanied him to the place where he lived. Zhang Hao originally needed to deal with the boat workshop, but was stopped by Jiajing.

"Your Majesty, is there something wrong?" Zhang Hao stood there and asked in confusion.

"I have to inspect other places tomorrow, so don't go. I know that you haven't been here for a while. I guess there are many things. Your father can just accompany me. Besides, you don't know the local affairs. You can sit here at night. I'll call a few ministers to come here later, chat together, and talk about the navy!" Jiajing looked at Zhang Hao and said with a smile.

"That's not possible. Your Majesty has left the palace. I have to follow you. Nothing is as important as Your Majesty's safety!" Zhang Hao immediately shook his head and said.

I am Jiajing's personal guard. If Jiajing leaves the palace and is not around, it will be a dereliction of duty. If something happens, then I will be in trouble.

"What can I do? There are so many Jinyiwei here, and your father's army is here, what are you afraid of?" Jiajing immediately said to Zhang Hao pretending to be dissatisfied.

"That's not OK. Assassination is not about bringing many people here, or about fearing that we will be negligent. At that time, one person will be able to pose a threat to Your Majesty!" Zhang Hao said firmly disagree.

When Jiajing heard this, he had to give up. He was still very satisfied with Zhang Hao's attitude.

However, when Zhang Hao heard that Jiajing wanted to talk to the ministers, he had to stop going to the workshop. After Jiajing returned, he would come over to deal with it himself.

After a while, Zhang Rong, Yan Song, Zhou Yan, and Zhang Jing all arrived at Jiajing.

"Thank you for your hard work today? Let you follow me for a day!" Jiajing sat there with a smile and made tea, while Zhang Hao sat next to Jiajing.

"Your Majesty, there is no hard work. However, there is a navy in this boat workshop today, but it makes us excited. I really didn't expect that Mr. Lu An still has such ability!" Yan Song sat there and said with great emotion.

"Yes, Mr. Lu An, how do you understand these?" Zhou Yan also asked Zhang Hao.

"Go to explore and keep finding the reasons from failure. Moreover, Your Majesty gave me so much money this time, I dare to try and make mistakes. If it is wrong, adjust immediately, hehe!" Zhang Hao immediately said with a smile.

"You boy, it's okay. I'll take on such a mistake. I'm very satisfied with the navy this time, but the navy needs to be expanded!" Jiajing sat there, pointing at Zhang Hao with a smile, and said, feeling very proud. He doesn't like such a noble child.

"The Navy needs to be expanded. In the future, our Tang Dynasty needs to establish three major navy troops, one here to protect the capital, and the other needs to protect the southeast of Fujian and the end, and always needs to be in Qiongzhou to attack, attack Southeast Asia and other areas.

Many places have land without a master. When our army has passed, those places are our Ming Dynasty. At that time, our Ming Dynasty territory will be big.

And I heard from those foreigners that on the other end of our continent, some countries have sent warships to grab things everywhere. Their warships are more advanced than before and are more powerful. Now that our new warships have come out, their warships are not our opponents. Moreover, I estimate that our navy will definitely fight with the other navy in the next few decades, and then we will lay the foundation for who is the real overlord!" Zhang Hao sat there and said to Jiajing and the others.

"Well, there is such a thing, why don't I know?" Jiajing said to Zhang Hao with some confusion when he heard it.

"Really, I heard from foreigners that we need to send people to the other side of the mainland to find out their situation, otherwise we will suffer a loss!" Zhang Hao sat there, speaking in a very affirmative tone.

After hearing this, Jiajing looked at the other ministers. Those ministers looked at me and I looked at you. No one had ever heard of such a thing, nor had they ever thought of such a thing.

Zhang Rong looked at Zhang Hao with a serious expression and asked, "Is this true?"

"Of course it's true. I don't know how many countries there are outside the ocean. If we don't develop the navy force, will they not develop? If we don't develop, we will be beaten at that time!" Zhang Hao sat there and said.

When Jiajing heard this, he nodded and said, "Zhang Hao said yes, if we don't develop, they will develop, so the navy should pay attention to it. In addition, the country also needs to develop. The people were too poor before, and I have been exempted from taxes in the past two years, and I don't know how the people have lived!"

"It's better, but I'm still poor, I need to take it slowly!" Zhang Hao took the words and said.

"Well, I'm still very poor!" Zhang Rong nodded and said.

When Jiajing heard this, he sat there, thought for a while, and then asked Zhang Hao: "Do you have a way to improve the living standards of the people?"

"Yes, it's simple and difficult to say it's difficult!" Zhang Hao immediately spoke.

"Oh, come on, tell me!" When Jiajing heard this, he immediately looked at Zhang Hao, and the other ministers also looked at Zhang Hao.

"Your Majesty, do you know how much money can our soap workshop worker make in a year?" Zhang Hao immediately asked with a smile as he looked at Jiajing.

"I really don't know this!" Jiajing shook his head and said when he heard this.

"The workers in our workshop can earn almost 20 taels of silver a year! But ordinary families who farmed will probably find it difficult to earn 5 taels of silver a year. I said it is a family, and our workshop is one person!" Zhang Hao then introduced to Jiajing.

"There is such a big difference?" Jiajing frowned when he heard this.

"Of course, it's actually very simple. Encourage the workshop owners to set up workshops, so that the people can have work to do and work to do, and the people can make money. When they have money to make money, they will buy things and buy things, which will promote the workshop owners to produce goods, and our court taxes have also increased.

However, this is very difficult. Officials do not want this to happen. They hope that they are the first priority. The merchants have the lowest status so that they are satisfied. However, their families have shops and restaurants, and they all do business with merchants, but they just don’t let those merchants make money. So, Your Majesty, it’s the difficulty here!" Zhang Hao sat there, looking at Jiajing in embarrassment and said.

"Your Majesty, this is indeed!" Yan Song sat there and spoke immediately.

"Well, if you want to encourage businessmen to do business, the officials in the court will probably oppose it!" Zhou Yan also spoke.

"Actually, your majesty, the workshop owners actually produce it. For example, our previous soap workshop, we have discussed this before. Are they considered merchants? If we follow our officials' statements, they cannot be considered merchants, but farmers. They also need to invest things in them, produce new things and sell them, not from the south to the north.

They still did a lot of work, such as our steel workshops. Those workshops require a lot of money, manpower and material resources. Who dares to say that it is not important? But why do officials look down on the people if they want to get a new product? "Zhang Hao sat there and continued to ask them.

After hearing this, Jiajing sat there thinking, and the other ministers were the same.

"If there are not enough workshop owners and relying on the people to farm in the land, it will not be able to improve the living standards of the people, and it will definitely be in chaos!" Zhang Hao continued.

"Hao'er! Don't talk nonsense!" Zhang Rong reminded Zhang Hao, but he didn't want Zhang Hao to talk nonsense.

"Your Majesty, what I said is true. You can even think of it yourself. Now our Ming people are ten thousand, and now there is only so much land. After some New Years, if my Ming people exceed 20 million, Your Majesty, do you think our land is enough to support the people?

Especially some land is concentrated in the hands of some landlords and officials. By then, the people will not be able to support themselves and they will be in chaos again. What we are doing now is just delaying the outbreak!" Zhang Hao continued to say to Jiajing.

"Zhang Hao is right. If the people can't support themselves, they will be in chaos!" Jiajing nodded and said.

"I think this is still a bit alarmist. Where is the growth of the people so fast?" Zhang Jing sat there and spoke.

"Of course, as long as there is no war for 20 years, the people will increase a lot!" Zhang Hao looked at Zhang Jing and said.

"That's right, Mr. Zhang, in recent years, a large number of children have been born around the capital. As long as there is no war and enough food, the people will have children, and the population will grow very quickly!" Yan Song immediately said to Zhang Jing.

"So, we must let the people have work to do and make money to avoid such a thing?" Jiajing asked at Zhang Hao.
Chapter completed!