Tianqi knew that it was feasible to engage in grain hybridization to increase yield, as for how to do it, he didn't know or pretend to understand, but he knew that it was the best choice to let Xu Guangqi's doctoral academy do it now, and this was his only advantage compared with other ministers. The gap between this is like playing chess, I don't know what the ending is, then how to go next will feel very at a loss, but if you already know whether to win or spend more time to study and explore, then it is a matter of time before you get the answer.

Tianqi thought for a while and said to Xu Guangqi: "Last year, I sent people to Guanglu Temple to say that there were not so many things to eat in the palace, and asked them to send less things and more silver to me to send into the palace. Now they can get a share of the benefits in several of my imperial stores, according to the comprehensive theory of the Holy Academy, they should withdraw the original benefits now, one loss and one gain is very good, and they can't get double or double loss∞ which means that Lord Xu of Shanglin Yuan can occupy some of it, which can be regarded as part of my venture capital. ”

Xu Guangqi thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, the minister means that if you don't do it, you won't do it, if you want to do it, you will work together to study ♀ food crops for a long time, and the gains and losses of just doing the same will outweigh the losses, so it is better to do more Anyway, the time will be busy, otherwise the ministers will be the same, and they will regret that they will not be busy until they die." ”

Tianqi smiled: "I can't see that Lord Xu is still in a hurry, I don't know what projects Lord Xu wants to do?" I am now a funder and have the right to decide whether your project can be implemented or not, for example, if you want to make a winged flying horse, we will not talk about it. ”

Xu Guangqi said: "The minister is not so unreliable, the minister wants to increase the yield of sweet potatoes and corn, the second is to improve the drought tolerance of potatoes, and the third is to increase the yield of wheat and rice. ”

Tian Qiqiang held back the excitement in his heart, and slowly said to Xu Guangqi: "My gourmet shops, restaurants, ready-to-wear stores, jewelry stores, and hospitals and other imperial stores, in addition to labor, other people's shares, infrastructure maintenance reserves, etc., can earn more than 1,000 taels a day, and I will give you 1,000 taels a day to invest about 1,000 taels for three years. In addition, I also gave you the land of Shanglin Yuan Huangzhuang at your disposal, I don't know if it is enough? ”

Xu Guangqi said: "So much silver is enough, but the minister used the emperor's silver and land, so what did the emperor use?" ”

Tianqi said: "Guanglu Temple has a list of things to be sent to the palace every year, you take the list to plan, don't reduce the things on this list, because the ingredients on it are not only to be eaten in the palace but also to be used in the imperial store." You first count the size of Shanglin Yuan and divide it into categories, and all the land other than meeting the needs of the palace will be used by the Bo Academy for experimentation. As for the return on my investment, you don't have to think about it, all your results are not allowed to be made public, you have to give them to me first, and when the time comes, you will be rewarded by selling it for a good price. Also, now that Shanglin Yuan is under the control of Bo Academy, you will check again to find out who is still reaping benefits in it, there is really such an insatiable person, you report it, I heard that the internal guards have not buried people for a long time, I don't want them to waste the burying technique. ”

Hearing Tianqi's words, a few officials suddenly looked a little uncomfortable, and others also stared at these people, Xu Guangqi also felt something strange in the air, but he didn't care and just faintly agreed.

Seeing that Xu Guangqi was only very satisfied but not very excited, Tianqi was afraid that he and the people in the Bo Academy would not be interested, so he added fire and said: "Although Lord Xu said not to share, I am not willing to lose you∞ I don't promise easily, but now I want to give you a promise, if you Lord Xu increases the yield of corn and sweet potatoes by half, I will make you a marquis; If you can triple the yield of sweet potatoes and corn, and develop drought-tolerant potatoes and spread them, I will make you a duke; If you can more than triple the yield of sweet potatoes and corn, I will make you a duke of the first rank and a lifetime Earl of Count, and I will not kneel at any time. ”

As soon as they heard the apocalypse throw such a huge bounty, many people were stunned, and at first they heard Zuo Guangdou say that the promotion of sweet potatoes and corn could save one million taels of silver, and everyone vaguely understood the truth that knowledge is wealth; Later, I heard that the hybridization of grain crops could make all the people of the Ming Dynasty not worry about food and clothing, and everyone gradually understood that knowledge is power; Now that Tianqi promised Xu Guangqi that if everything is successful, he will be crowned a first-class duke and take out a lifelong earl, and everyone has found that knowledge can also improve their status. Some people began to regret why they didn't learn to grow crops more, Xu Guangqi opened his mouth and didn't speak, obviously he couldn't bear this huge happiness and was about to faint.

But this is not over, I just listened to the apocalypse continue: "If you, Lord Xu, can increase the yield of wheat and rice by more than two times if you do the previous things, I will let you have a hereditary title of first-class duke." "This has completely subverted everyone's values, can this be crowned a duke without military merits? What else is hereditary? Aren't you just playing with mud? Can you lift it so high? Some people are thinking that the emperor did not say that he would give Xu Guangqi the king, and he has not gone completely crazy.

Who knew that the apocalypse came next: "I wanted to say that you would be crowned king, but it has been unlucky to be crowned king with a different surname throughout the ages, and I think it will end here." However, you can make it clear to a few of your high-nosed foreigners that if they can really help the Bo Academy to complete the things I have explained, I will allow them to preach in the Ming Dynasty, but when they preach, they must first state that their position cannot be higher than mine, and they must not interfere in the internal affairs of the Ming Dynasty by resurrecting the soul, otherwise they will be eliminated immediately. ”

When Xu Guangqi reluctantly agreed, Tianqi saw that everyone was silent and did not speak, so he asked Liu Zongzhou of the Holy Academy, "Lord Liu thinks my promise is too high or not enough?" ”

Liu Zongzhou said: "The people regard food as the sky, and the minister feels that if Lord Xu can do this, the emperor's reward is appropriate." ”

Apocalypse frowned and said, "Then why don't you make a happy appearance?" The one who talks about the photo book has to be a cheer. ”

As soon as everyone heard it, they immediately began to congratulate Xu Guangqi and praised Tianqi for knowing people and being good at their duties, putting the needs of the people in the first place, and it is a rare Ming Jun throughout the ages, benevolent and virtuous, holy and great, chasing Yao Shun, saying that Tianqi was in a comfortable mood and refreshed. After a while, I saw all kinds of fine wine and delicacies come in, and when the ministers took turns to toast, Tianqi told everyone to ask more about the Bo College and the Holy College when doing things in the future, and the Holy College and the Bo College should also pay attention to the accumulation of various experiences and knowledge, so that everyone can consult and learn from them at any time.

At one of the tables, Xu Guangqi was surrounded by several officials from Guanglu Temple and Shanglin Yuan in the name of meeting his new boss and making new friends, all kinds of persuasions, all kinds of flattery, and all kinds of different but smiling faces, of course, it was inseparable from low-profile flattery and vague explanations§ Although Guangqi was dedicated to research, he was not a sophisticated Erlenzi, and he vaguely said that he only wanted to do what the emperor explained when everyone was talking about it. As for the things in the past of Shanglin Yuan, as long as they can get by on the big picture, those small branches left over from history are not worth everyone's attention, and everyone is immediately happy when they hear it.

As the saying goes, good wine strengthens people's courage, and when they are a little dizzy when they are drunk, a squire who has opened several businesses in his family asks Tianqi if he can set up a business school to improve the social status of businessmen with a doctoral college, a holy college, and a medical school. Apocalypse glanced at him and said yes, but not now, all the businessmen in the world can consciously and voluntarily set their profits within 20%, instead of asking the court to spend time and effort to supervise, which shows that the businessmen are really putting themselves and the country and the people on a bench, at this time, you can consider setting up a business school to call on people who are interested in business to learn, and then improve the status of businessmen.

This shows that in the current Apocalypse's heart, businessmen and traitors are still synonyms, and they can only be used to reinvent them, but they cannot be reused, so that people around them feel that the tradition of hating businessmen since Zhu Yuanzhang began to be passed on to Emperor Daming.