After the capital defeated the bandits, the land reform of the Ming Dynasty had begun and commercial taxation was also underway.

The maritime ban has been opened and maritime trade has begun to be taxed. Zhu Youjian knew that this aspect is not very perfect, and there are still problems and loopholes.

It seems that we must speed up the formulation of a complete tax system. With the strong rise of the Ming Navy, the Ming Dynasty's maritime trade will soon enter its heyday. This is a big cake.

Zhu Youjian retracted his mind and looked at Xia Wanchun with an admirable look and asked:

"Xia Wanchun, I have appointed you as the commander of Zhejiang. Why do you still have to take the scientific expedition? Tell me what you think, don't you want to be an official?"

"Report to the emperor, I don't want to be an official. Since I have to be a good official, I must do it well and cannot be in a heavy position. I am only fourteen years old this year, I am too young and have very lack of experience. I want to train for two years first, so it is best to start with the county magistrate."

"oh……"

Xia Wanchun's idea surprised Zhu Youjian. Even the two princesses and Chen Yuanyuan looked at Xia Wanchun like fools. There are still people like this in the world who actually think they are a big official!"

Zhu Youjian did not think Xia Wanchun was stupid, but instead thought that this child would be a pillar of the Ming Dynasty. At first, he thought he was sixteen years old, but now he thought that he had calculated the wrong thing.

Xia Wanchun died in battle at the age of sixteen, but not at this time. According to historical records, Xia Wanchun should have died in battle two years later.

Now the history of the Ming Dynasty is undermined, and there is no such thing as an attack on Jiangnan in the east. Of course, Xia Wanchun will not die. He will only be a trump card in Zhu Youjian's hands.

Zhu Youjian patted Xia Wanchun on the shoulder and laughed:

"Good boy, I will satisfy your wish and give you an imperial edict. I will send him two master guards to him. I will leave the capital tomorrow and go to Jiangnan to secretly investigate the smuggling of the Jiangnan Consortium.

You are still a child, and no one should pay attention to you. When you don’t remember, don’t take out the imperial edict at will, and try to understand their details as clearly as possible.

If you encounter danger and go to Li Dakai and complete the task successfully, I will set up a new department to specialize in managing maritime trade. If you do it well, it is not difficult to be a first-class official position, how about it?"

Xia Wanchun hurriedly knelt down and thanked him:

"My memory, Xia Wanchun received the order to thank him!"

Zhu Youjian was very pleased when he saw Xia Wanchun agreeing without hesitation:

"I hope you don't let my expectations down, and you must not let your wealth down, you cannot be lustful, you cannot be weak, you cannot be weak, you cannot be powerful, and you cannot bend your might and will stick to your bottom line!"

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, Xia Wanchun will never let your expectations down."

"Okay, White Tiger."

Hearing the emperor called him, Baihu immediately entered the private room:

"I'm here!"

Zhu Youjian looked up and said to Baihu:

"Choose two Jinyiwei, and let them continue to protect Xia Wanchun from today, and everything must be followed by Xia Wanchun's command."

"Abide by the order"

Baihu agreed and turned around and went out, and soon brought two Jinyiwei households. This was the first time that the two Jinyiwei households had contacted the emperor so closely, and he was very nervous.

"See Your Majesty!"

Zhu Youjian saw that the two were burly and righteous, and he was very satisfied. In fact, these two people were also summoned, and there was no need to doubt their loyalty.

"No gifts, from today on, you will be Xia Wanchun's bodyguards. If there is any accident, I will never let you go."

"Abide by the order, Your Majesty, don't worry, we swear to protect Lord Xia to the death."

Zhu Youjian nodded, then took out a flintlock rifle, took out another fifty bullets and handed them to Xia Wanchun.

"This is for you to defend yourself. Those people will be anxious and must pay attention to safety!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Xia Wanchun hurriedly knelt down and took the flintlock rifle and bullet. He saw that the princess had used this thing, which was absolutely good. Xia Wanchun was so happy that she couldn't stop talking about it and forgot to think about how this thing came out.

When he returned to the Ganqing Palace, Zhu Youjian found that the two ministers of the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Revenue were waiting for him. When he saw the emperor coming back, the two of them immediately stepped forward to salute:

"Minister Meng Zhaoxiang, Ni Yuanlu meets His Majesty."

Zhu Youjian didn't stop and walked towards the imperial study while talking:

"Don't give me a gift and discuss matters in the imperial study!"

"Abide by the order"

The two immediately followed the emperor to the imperial study room, and a little eunuch immediately brought them a stool. The two of them did not dare to sit and went straight to the topic.

Meng Zhaoxiang bowed his hand and made a memorial:

"Your Majesty, I have investigated it clearly. At present, the Ming Dynasty has not found anthracite. Do you think about heating? Do you still have to mobilize charcoal from the south?"

Zhu Youjian couldn't help but frown, don't think it's a trivial matter. Many people will freeze to death during the winter of the ice age, and this problem must be solved.

He knew that China's anthracite reserves reached more than 400 billion tons, accounting for 100% of the total coal reserves. In that underdeveloped dynasty, it could not be used up for thousands of years.

Thinking back to the locations of several modern anthracite bases, I said:

"The Ming Dynasty anthracite is mainly distributed in two provinces, Shanxi and Guizhou, and Henan and Sichuan. The resource reserves are the highest among these four provinces.

There is also anthracite stock in the western mountains of the capital. Shanxi, which is closer to the capital, has a large anthracite stock. I will give them a specific location drawing and process.

The Ministry of Works immediately looked for excavation of anthracite according to the location marked on the drawings, and must ensure that the people in the northern region keep warm. This year, I will never allow anyone to freeze to death."

As Zhu Youjian said, he took out two drawings from his sleeve, one of which was the location of anthracite and the other one was the treatment method of anthracite.

Seeing the emperor trying to make tricks, Meng Zhaoxiang and Ni Yuanlu were stunned when they saw him taking out two drawings, but they didn't dare to ask, but they respected the emperor more in their hearts.

After Zhu Youjian handed the two drawings to Meng Zhaoxiang, Meng Zhaoxiang looked at the emperor and did not retreat immediately. Instead, he looked at Ni Yuanlu and said:

"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Works needs silver to deal with these matters. You see, Weichen called all Lord Ni from the Ministry of Revenue. Can he allocate some silver?"

Zhu Youjian laughed as soon as he heard this:

"No wonder you two come to find me together. I originally wanted money. Lord Ni allocated 50,000 taels of silver to the Ministry of Works and try to cooperate with the Ministry of Works."

"Abide by the order"

"Thank you, my husband, I will leave."

After the two left, Zhu Youjian thought about it and exchanged for a production drawing of a coal rig in the system mall, which was to prepare for the production of honeycomb coal.

Once the anthracite is dug out, honeycomb coal will be made immediately, which will not only keep warm, but also cook and boil water. If you have sweet potatoes at home, you can also roast sweet potatoes.

Two days later, Zhu Youjian received a memorial from the Ministry of Works that the anthracite from the western mountain of the capital had been found and had passed the experiment.

After receiving this news, Zhu Youjian was very pleased and immediately sent the production drawings of the coal-beating machine to the Ministry of Works, so that the blacksmith of the Ministry of Works could produce as many coal-beating machines as possible.

There are many happy events every year, and today there are many.

As soon as the coal-beating machine was sent away, two fast horses entered the capital, and soon people came to the Ganqing Palace. They were the messengers sent by Qi Jiguang and Qinglong.

"The emperor, the commander of the Jinyiwei sent a messenger, who escorted the entire Kong family to arrive in the capital in the afternoon."
Chapter completed!