Feng Siqin said that he would build and promote the farm in the name of the company, which was approved by the apocalypse. This peasant is unorganized and lazy, and it is laborious and time-consuming to go door-to-door to negotiate, not to mention that the results are not necessarily good. The latest free chapters of the book can be found here. In addition, most of the people living together now are families, and the words of the people in Lijia sometimes do not work as well as the words of the patriarch, so it is much better for them to decide what to do as a whole through comparison. In addition, doing things in the name of the company will consider the cost and benefit, so as to avoid an official who is excited and only cares about winning a good reputation and ignoring the economic benefits, which will only make people move for a while and cannot be implemented for a long time.

It was not until late June that Xu Guangqi said that he had a general idea ♀, and that the Apocalypse asked Tan Jing to register two companies in the newly established industrial and commercial bureau of the Ministry of Households, one was the Datie Co., Ltd., which took over the original Lu Shang Bureau and Qianzhuang shares, and the other was a small company owned by the emperor, which was dedicated to operating new farms and cultivating new varieties of grain crops. In the future, the production will be branded with the brand of "Shanglin Yuan".

Seeing that the big iron company was going to have a meeting in a few days, Tianqi decided to go to the Bo Academy first, so as to have a comparison to see where to focus on in the future.

Seeing the weather on this day, the Apocalypse brought people to the Bo College ♀ The Bo College only occupied a small half of the Guozijian at the beginning, and since the high support of the Apocalypse, the Bo College has become wider and wider, plus there are often foreigners with high noses and blue eyes in the Bo Academy, as well as the strange objects and all kinds of unheard of knowledge they brought, the people who changed the courtyard of the Guozijian have become more and more and smaller, and finally there are only two small courtyards left ♀, which is nothing. A while ago, Tan Jing brought news that as long as there was a project, the emperor could invest 30,000 taels per month, and the original people of Guozijian all came to the Bo Academy.

Xu Guangqi heard that the apocalypse was coming, and hurriedly brought people out to greet him, seeing Xu Guangqi's haggard appearance, the apocalypse knew that he must be very tired this time, so he asked him to lead their achievements and let him pay attention to rest. Seeing that there were a few foreigners next to him bowing to him, Tianqi wanted to say two sentences in foreign language, but after thinking about it for a long time, he only remembered a few words of "good Ah You" and "Gu Debai", and finally had to give up and smile and nod to them.

In the conference hall of the Bo Academy, Tianqi asked everyone to sit and talk, looked at the people present, and actually saw Sun Yuanhua, who had not been seen for a long time, and immediately asked: "I haven't seen Lord Sun for a long time, I heard from the Military Affairs Institute a while ago that Lord Sun is studying the cannon with Ni Yuanlu and Lord Ni, is there any progress?" ”

Sun Yuanhua said: "Back to the emperor, the ministers are now experimenting with different cannon materials, the proportion of gunpowder weight, and the length and size of the cannon body, etc., which has received the support and help of several foreign friends≤. ”

Tianqi nodded and said: "Everything has a process from scratch and then from coarse to refined, lay a solid foundation with only advantages and no disadvantages ♀, and some foreigners' words should be recorded, especially when it comes to some tools that their countries have but the Ming does not have, we must figure out the principle and make it, and play it at any time if you have any questions." ”

Seeing that Sun Yuanhua agreed to the apocalypse, he turned to Xu Guangqi and said, "I heard that the Bo Academy has a rough idea of the planning of a new type of farm, and I just happened to have time to take a look today, so Master Xu will talk about it." ”

Xu Guangqi nodded, turned around and asked the person to remove the cloth in the middle of the table, revealing a map§ Guangqi pointed to the map and said: "Your Majesty, please see, this is a topographic map drawn by the ministers after careful deliberation for a while, and it is planned in accordance with the requirements of the emperor to consider the farmers' houses, grain drying, land irrigation, livestock raising, etc. ”

Apocalypse looked at the map on the table, which was marked with the words houses, acres, ditches, roads, ponds, etc., and asked, "Did you draw this map out of thin air or did you draw this map based on a certain field?" ”

Xu Guangqi said: "For the sake of safety, the ministers have visited experienced old farmers and listened to the opinions of surrounding farmers, and believe that the main plan should be based on water according to the local situation. Using the canal as the main trunk to level the field, it is convenient to take water and store water to avoid water shortage, and farmers will not have to worry about hunger if there is no shortage of water. With a fixed number of acres of land, you can build a house nearby, and with a house and land, you can gradually live a prosperous and peaceful life, and then you can marry a wife and have children. If the people are rich, the country will be strong, and the people will be rich and passed down from generation to generation. ”

Tianqi nodded and asked: "I heard that farmers and even villages often fight for water, and in addition to being killed and injured, they also cause neighbors to discord and enmity in the township, has Lord Xu considered these things?" ”

Xu Guangqi said: "What the emperor said is extremely true, when the ministers sent people to visit the farmers nearby, they heard that there was a fight between dozens of people in Shunyi County last month because of the fight for water, and several people were killed and more than a dozen people were injured. When the ministers and others made their plans, they specifically considered ♀ this aspect because the farmers wanted to occupy more water, and this part was unevenly divided, and even if it was evenly divided, it would be said to be unequal, so it was not easy to divide it fairly. ”

Tianqi smiled and asked, "Then Lord Xu has a way to divide equally?" ”

Xu Guangqi shook his head and said: "This water is a strange thing, usually everyone can watch it flow away when there is no shortage of water, and in the rainy season, I am afraid that it will flood the houses and land, but I am afraid that there will be too much." However, when the water is needed, it is afraid that it is too little, even if the water brought from his village is enough, it is not enough, and the water distribution is uneven at that time, so the minister thinks that the water should not be divided temporarily but should be divided first. ”

Hearing Xu Guangqi say that it should be divided first, Tianqi thought for a while and said, "I remember that Lord Xu said in the previous report that there are many benefits of pond water storage, and Lord Xu said that the water should be divided in advance, does it mean that each village should build enough ponds?" When the time comes, as long as there is water in the pond, everyone's heart will not panic? ”

Xu Guangqi nodded and said: "Shengming is no more than the emperor, but it is not enough to build a pond, the canal should also be publicly owned, and no village should be allowed to divert water from the canal privately, so that the competition for water will become a water allocation." In the long run, there will not be so many conflicts between neighbors and between villages, and it will ensure that it is not easy to be affected by floods. ”

Tianqi thought for a while and said, "What does public ownership of the canal have to do with flood control?" Could it be that the dragon king knew that the canal was under the jurisdiction of the government, so he would be afraid not to mess around? ”

Xu Guangqi smiled bitterly and said: "The emperor misunderstood, don't say that the dragon king of the general government will not be afraid, even if the land of the palace or even the land of the imperial village should be washed by the water, it will be washed by the water." The reason why the minister said that public ownership of the canal can reduce flooding is because he heard from a parishioner, Deng Yuhan, who said that he had seen with his own eyes that many peasant households dug soil and dug embankments to divert water from the bottom of the river to irrigate their fields when water was scarce, and after the water was used up, they only hurriedly filled in to form hidden dangers, and the local government could not manage it. ”

Tianqi listened to Xu Guangqi's words and asked in surprise: "Who is Deng Yuhan?" What a delicate name, is it a beautiful woman? ”

Before Xu Guangqi could answer, he saw a foreign bearded man about fifty years old next to him stand up and said bluntly: "Your Majesty the Emperor, down there is Deng Yuhan, not a beauty, just an old man." ”

Apocalypse glanced at him and nodded, "Fortunately, please take a seat." ”

After Deng Yuhan bowed and sat down, Tianqi asked, "What year did Mr. Deng come to my Daming?" What are you working on now? ”

Deng Yuhan said: "I am a native of Constance, graduated from the University of Padua, I came to Daming in 1619, that is, in the 47th year of Wanli, and now I accept the invitation of my old friend Xu Guangqi to study the calendar at the Bo Academy. ”

Tianqi nodded and said, "It turns out that Lord Xu is charismatic and unites foreigners to do things in the Bo Academy, and I won't treat you badly if you do a good job." But if you say you're a graduate of a prestigious university, what would you do? ”

Deng Yuhan said: "Lord Xu's charm is one aspect, mainly because he said that His Majesty the Emperor allowed us to preach, so many of us came here to make the subjects of the Ming Dynasty feel the love of the Lord." I have studied astronomy, medicine, mechanics, philosophy, mathematics, etc., and I have a little knowledge of German, English, French, Hebrew, etc., and I have brought a telescope to see the starry sky, which I can dedicate to His Majesty the Emperor if he likes it. ”

After listening to Deng Yuhan's words, Tianqi couldn't help but sigh in his heart, this person is too violent, he knows so much knowledge and knows so many languages, but it's a pity that he is a god. So he asked him, "Master Xu said that I allowed you to preach, did you say that you must put your lord under me when you preach?" In your country, the pope may be greater than the king, but in the Ming Dynasty, no god is allowed to break away from the control of the imperial power. ”

Deng Yuhan shrugged his shoulders and said, "His Majesty the Emperor said this because you have not yet felt the presence of the Lord, who is omniscient and omnipresent, and He can bring good news to the people of the Ming Dynasty. Of course, if His Majesty the Emperor feels that the presence of the Lord is a threat to the imperial power, we can put His Majesty the Emperor side by side with the Lord when we preach, and tell the faithful to be infinitely loyal to His Majesty the Emperor when listening to the teachings of the Lord. ”

Tianqi thought for a while and said: "Originally, I was going to seal your lord a prince or something so that he could accept my control, since you want him to be as big as me, I won't be sealed, for the sake of my year name is only six years and his year name is more than 1,600 years, I reluctantly agree that he is as big as me." However, your missionary activities must be followed by Jinyiwei, not because I can't believe you now, but because I am afraid that someone will use your missionary activities to rebel and cause chaos. Say, you lord, first, how to prevent water shortages and floods. ”