As an emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang was still familiar with the place. It was this familiarity that reminded him of a Shanghai county.
In fact, this era of Shanghai County is very young. It was a county that was separated only in the Yuan Dynasty. It is less than a hundred years old. In Zhu Yuanzhang's view, it is even more incredible. Although he said that Guangzhou is a barbarian land, after all,
Guangzhou has historical origins. During the Tang Dynasty, it was also a metropolis. It is not impossible that it can radiate to Guangdong and Guangxi and develop and grow in the future.
But Shanghai confused Zhu Yuanzhang.
Even if a small county develops, shouldn't it be Songjiang Prefecture?
He Xi immediately opened the map of Shanghai with the mouse. Keeping it open, he could directly see the streets of Shanghai clearly.
Zhu Yuanzhang fell silent.
This was a city that he could not imagine. Not to mention the high-rise buildings and countless roads, the area covered was beyond his imagination. Because in his opinion, from Songjiang Prefecture to Suzhou Prefecture, and even around
The entire Taihu Lake is connected into one piece.
Become a huge urban network.
It took a long time for Zhu Yuanzhang to say: "So much land has been used to build houses. What will we eat then?"
This question is definitely not asked out of thin air.
Because in the early Ming Dynasty, the Taihu Plain was an important grain-producing area. A large part of the grain that Nanjing needed came from the Taihu Plain. After all, in this era, the development of other places was inadequate.
It was not until the middle and late Ming Dynasty that Huguang became famous all over the world.
In fact, this can also be seen from the taxation. Why did Zhu Yuanzhang have to collect so many taxes from Jiangnan and set up so many official fields in Jiangnan. Although this has a small intention of retaliation, it only regards Zhu Yuanzhang as a
Narrow-minded, just because the people in Jiangnan once followed Zhang Shicheng, they cannot tolerate him, and they underestimate Zhu Yuanzhang. If nothing else, Chen Youliang's foundation is in Wuchang, why didn't Zhu Yuanzhang use taxes to attack Wuchang?
The reason is very simple. There is food in Jiangnan, but not in other places.
Therefore, from Zhu Yuanzhang's perspective, a large number of buildings occupied the grain-producing land in the south of the Yangtze River.
He Xi did not explain to Zhu Yuanzhang the changes in grain production areas over the past hundreds of years. He would not tell Zhu Yuanzhang that the largest grain production areas in later generations were one in the Northeast and the other in Henan, which is still sparsely populated and wild beasts are rampant.
He Xi said: "Please allow me to introduce a person to Your Majesty. That is Mr. Yuan Longping. Mr. Yuan."
Then He Xi pulled out a photo from the album.
To be honest, He Xi doesn't like taking photos very much. There are not too many photos in his album. Most of them are photos of beautiful women. There are very few photos of celebrities. The photo of Mr. Yuan was when he learned that Mr. Yuan passed away.
, I don’t know what my mentality is, so I saved a photo of the veteran.
He Xi said: "Not long after the founding of the new dynasty, there was a shortage of food in the country and everyone did not eat much. In order to obtain higher yields, the country carried out a series of scientific research at that time. Among them, Mr. Yuan's hybrid rice project was one of them
Mr. Yuan spent decades to successfully develop it. The yield of rice per mu can reach more than 1,000 kilograms. Even before Mr. Yuan died, he was still researching seawater rice, so that all coastal beaches in the world could be planted with rice."
Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned and looked at the photos on the screen.
Just can't believe it.
In fact, the first thing he couldn't believe was the clear image inside. When looking at the map, Zhu Yuanzhang was already extremely surprised. He couldn't imagine that the map in front of him was drawn. But the map is a map after all, and there are some
Abstract. And Zhu Yuanzhang also knew that there would be things in later generations that could go to heaven. After all, He Xi had told Zhu Yuanzhang about it before.
But in front of him, Mr. Yuan's photo was so clear that Zhu Yuanzhang was incredulous.
The second thing that I can't believe is that this old man, Mr. Yuan, can actually achieve such a great initiative. In Zhu Yuanzhang's view, he is simply a living Shennong. It should be noted that in the south today, the annual output of most rice is three stones and four stones.
Between stones. Converted to the weights and measures of later generations, it is about two to three hundred kilograms.
This has doubled several times.
What was Zhu Yuanzhang's most profound memory in his life? It was hunger when he was young. It was a feeling that he could never forget in his life. Not only was it uncomfortable to be hungry, but also because hunger took away many of his relatives.
How can this be forgotten?
But now that he has seen Mr. Yuan's scientific achievements, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes are glowing red. The heartbeat in his chest has become a repeated voice: "I want it. I want it."
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Do you know how to make Mr. Yuan's hybrid rice?"
He Xi said: "Mr. Yuan is an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the New Dynasty. I am just a student who has just graduated. The gap between me and Mr. Yuan is like the gap between a child who has just graduated from elementary school and a scholar of the Song Dynasty.
, no, even bigger.”
"Your Majesty is really trying to force someone into a difficult position."
"However, I know that some new crops can produce thousands of pounds per mu."
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Where?"
He Xi said: "Your Majesty, wait a moment." Then He Xi opened the satellite map again and adjusted it to North America. However, because he had not seen much of the situation here before, it became blank when it was zoomed out. He could only see
Get a rough outline. But even this is enough.
He Xi said: "Here, now it is ruled by a primitive tribe. They are blessed with corn, sweet potatoes, potatoes and other crops. Your Majesty, in the Qing Dynasty, the so-called prosperous age of Kangxi and Qianlong, some people called it the prosperous age of sweet potatoes, was because they vigorously promoted sweet potatoes.
.At the end of the Qing Dynasty, there was enough talent for more than 400 million people."
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "This is true."
He Xi said: "Really. I don't dare to deceive Your Majesty. In fact, the more important thing is that this is an unclaimed land. The so-called primitive tribes are called Indians by the Westerners. It is said that there are two versions. One is that the Westerners will
This place is regarded as India and called Indian. There is also a saying that these indigenous people often say, Yin Di'an."
"Yin Di?" Zhu Yuanzhang was not an ignorant person. When he heard this word, he immediately made some associations.
He Xi said: "Yes. Some scholars have inferred that these people are the descendants of the remnants of the Yin and Shang Dynasties who made the eastward journey. Legend has it that King Zhou of the Shang Dynasty was actually a very brave king. It was just that he had been at war with Dongyi for many years. Although he finally defeated the Dongyi
The barbarians, but their vitality was greatly weakened, so the Zhou Dynasty in the West rose, defeated Muye, and then fell. When King Zhou of Shang was defeated, the Shang Dynasty still left tens of thousands of troops in the east. Then Duke Zhou marched eastward and wiped out the remaining forces of Yin and Shang.
Sweeped away. But these tens of thousands of troops have disappeared."
"That's why some scholars speculated on the eastward journey."
"However, the important thing is not who they are. The important thing is that their technology is very backward now. They seem to be still in the Yin and Shang Dynasties. They even have very few iron tools. It is not worth mentioning that the Westerners conquered the country with just a few hundred people.
the Inca dynasty."
Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said: "I understand. They are now Yin merchants. I will make one of my sons King of Yin and cross the river to rule them."
He Xi said: "I'm afraid it's not enough." He Xi opened the map to the largest size. From now on, it will be a world map. On it, Australia, North America, South America, and some places in Oceania were circled. He said: "Your Majesty, these places
They are sparsely populated places but rich in products. The Great Plains of North America are sufficient for farming, and the products they produce are unparalleled in the world. Even in later generations, the United States was the largest exporter of agricultural products in the world. And these places may have gold, silver, copper and iron mines, or
It has the advantage of pasturing cattle and sheep.”
"However, these are not the most important."
"Actually, for Ming Dynasty, these are not the most important. After all, Ming Dynasty will live very well even if it does not have these places. But with these places, various problems will arise. However, if God does not give it, he will suffer from it.
"
"Your Majesty, the Westerners I have always talked about are just here."
He Xidian was in Europe and said: "All Western countries combined are not as numerous as the Ming Dynasty. Today, the Westerners combined are not as numerous as the Ming Dynasty people. But in later generations, Westerners have invaded this area." He Xi pointed out that in North America,
South America, Australia, etc. were drawn together, and he said: "In later generations, our country's population is 1.3 billion, which is already the peak, but the combined population of the West is estimated to be no less than this number. Or even more. It can be said that the power of the Celestial Kingdom is in the hands of the Qing Dynasty
Even after falling, a hundred years later, it has not been completely lifted up."
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "I understand that if you don't take the gift from heaven, you will be blamed for it. The policy of opening up the sea and sealing the vassal has been decided."
He Xi heard this and said: "Your Majesty is wise."
He Xi was secretly happy in her heart. No matter what, as long as Zhu Yuanzhang is willing to send people to seize the territory, the Chinese will seize the advantage in the future. Even if it declines again, how far will it decline? And He Xi knows one thing better.
.
When the Ming Dynasty had a huge overseas market and various industries were in short supply, labor costs increased. Then the industrial revolution would come slowly even without any promotion.
Counting birds with one stone.
Play Zhu Yuanzhang in the palm of his hand.
How could He Xi be unhappy?
However, he did not dare to underestimate Zhu Yuanzhang at all. He knew very well that the reason why he was able to scheme against Zhu Yuanzhang today was not because Zhu Yuanzhang was not as smart as him. It was because the two sides had different knowledge levels, and in this regard, He Xi was under suppression.
Zhu Yuanzhang pointed to the laptop and said, "Can you explain to me what this is?"
At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang was more curious about the laptop than he was worried about the future of the Ming Dynasty. After all, the future of the Ming Dynasty was very far away, and this laptop was right in front of him.
Since He Xi wanted to severely intimidate Zhu Yuanzhang today and use the future imperial examination to knock him out, he naturally said without hesitation: "This is an important tool for future production and life, the computer." This chapter has been completed!