The capital of the Ming Dynasty is very large, with a huge population of millions living in the world, and in this era, it is definitely one of the largest cities in the world.

However, although the Jingshi was large, the news was very small when it was transmitted, and on the same day, everything that happened here in the Mochizuki Tower spread throughout the entire Jingshi in a very short period of time at an extremely terrifying speed.

All of a sudden, from the princes and nobles to the ordinary people, everyone was discussing the Golden Continent, Australia, Europe, Africa, etc. that Liu Jin talked about, as if a door to the world had been opened at once, and everyone felt the alluring atmosphere from outside the Ming Dynasty.

In the mansion of Liu Jian, a cabinet scholar, Xie Qian and Li Dongyang, two elders, were also invited to Liu Jian's mansion, and the three of them gathered around the stove and chatted non-stop around what Liu Jin said while drinking tea.

"I have already asked people to find out this Liu Jin, he is a native of Changli County, Yongping Prefecture, Beizhili, and he is a showman, and this time he came to Beijing to participate in the autumn and winter poetry meeting."

"He lost his father at a young age, and was raised by his mother with hard work, studied hard, was precocious in his youth, and was young, and at the age of seventeen, he had already been admitted to the reputation of Xiucai, which was quite good in the north."

Li Dongyang took a sip of tea and slowly said the content of his investigation, and when he said that he was admitted to Xiucai at the age of seventeen, he also looked at Liu Jian.

Li Dongyang and Xie Qian are both southerners, and they are also the test masters among the test masters, Xie Qian is a native of Zhejiang, the hometown of the test masters, the champion of Chenghua for 11 years, Li Dongyang is not bad, he is the first in the second class in Tianshun in six years, you must know that there are only three people in the first class, which means that he is the fourth in the test, and he is a proper test master.

Among the three, only Liu Jian was a northerner, and he was barely ranked second in the imperial examination that year, so when he talked about this, he also added.

This seventeen-year-old Xiucai is not bad in the north, but it is commonplace in the south, not to mention the seventeen-year-old Xiucai, even the seventeen-year-old Jinshi is also a lot, some demons, even thirteen-year-old can be lifted, and Zhang Juzheng, who came out in a few decades, is a demon who was lifted at the age of thirteen.

"It's okay."

Liu Jian smiled and nodded, then thought about it and said, "Do you think that the Golden Continent he said really exists?" ”

"If there are really three kinds of crops in this Golden Continent that can yield dozens of stones per mu, even if we Daming is doing our best, we will also introduce these three kinds of crops back, and from now on, we Daming will no longer have to worry about famine."

Emperor Hongzhi is still very good at employing people, and the three ministers of the cabinet are all considered virtuous, and as soon as the matter of Wangyue Tower came out today, Liu Jian was thinking about the three high-yield crops of the Golden Continent.

This is for the king to share worries, for the well-being of the people of Li, this Liu Jian is really practicing the highest pursuit of a scholar, just hearing the news, he is thinking about this matter.

"Whether it exists or not, we don't know now, this Liu Jin also said, it was said by a master named Xu Xiake that he met, the credibility in this is not too high, maybe this is purely fabricated out of thin air and it is difficult to say."

Li Dongyang thought for a while and shook his head and said: "How can there be crops with a yield of dozens of acres per mu in this world, even if we are the most fertile Shangtian in the south of the Yangtze River, the yield per mu will not exceed 5 stones, and I can't even think of this grain crop with a yield of dozens of stones per mu." ”

"Of course, if there is really such a food crop, then we will really never have a famine from now on, according to this Liu Jin, this sweet potato, corn is very drought-resistant, potatoes are very cold-resistant, if there is really this thing, we can cultivate more fields, grain production will be higher, and there will be no more famine."

"I think his words are still somewhat credible, the Golden Continent, Australia, Europe, Africa and other places are too far away from us to verify, but this South China Sea is still very close to our Ming Dynasty."

"When Zheng He went to the West, he also passed through Nanyang, and brought back a lot of information about the Nanyang region, and many Nanyang vassal countries have come to pay tribute to our Ming Dynasty."

"I deliberately checked the relevant records, and this Nanyang area is indeed the same as Liu Jin said, the four seasons are like summer, the rice can be harvested three times a year, and the land is extremely fertile."

Xie Qian has a different opinion, he is from Zhejiang, and his family is a big family in Jiangnan, so he naturally knows more about things other than Daming.

"Having said that, I still think it's ridiculous, he says that we live on a big ball, which is really unacceptable, and the sky has been round since ancient times."

"In addition, how can there be a place in the world that is full of gold, and uses gold to build cities."

Li Dongyang shook his head as he spoke, he was skeptical of Liu Jin's words.

"In my opinion, no matter how credible Liu Jin's words are, and whether this Golden Continent is full of gold or not, we have to suggest that Your Majesty organize people to go to this Golden Continent to have a look and take a walk."

"If there really is a Golden Continent, if there are really three high-yielding crops, then no amount of investment is worth it."

Liu Jian looked at the two of them, thought for a while and said: "Our people in the Ming Dynasty are really too bitter, when today's people are diligent and love the people, everyone's life can still go on, but if it is like the first emperor... In the final analysis, it is still a matter of eating, and as long as this problem is solved, other problems are not a problem. ”

"Liu Gong is right, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, we should fight for it."

Li Dongyang nodded, and then said: "I'm afraid that this person is talking nonsense, and when the time comes, our imperial court will organize a large-scale group of people to go to the Golden Continent, and in the end, there will be no return." ”

"You also know that the finances of the imperial court have always been very tight, barely maintaining its operation, once there is a natural or man-made disaster or something, it will be stretched thin immediately, and then spend money to organize people to go to the Golden Continent, I'm afraid..."

Although Li Dongyang is wise, he is also more afraid of trouble and does not like to toss.

"I think it's better to discuss this matter with Your Majesty tomorrow, if you can get Your Majesty to take out the money from your inner money to do this, it will naturally be the best."

"This high-yield food crop is too important to my Ming Dynasty, the world outside the Ming Dynasty is very large, maybe there are really a lot of high-yield food crops, you must know that this wheat is not the original thing of our Ming Dynasty, it was also introduced to our Middle Earth from the Western Regions, and the north used to grow chestnut rice."

Xie Qian still supports Liu Jian's opinion, this Golden Continent must be visited, but whether this money should be from the treasury or the emperor's private treasury needs to be discussed with Emperor Hongzhi.