Chapter 157, The Origin of Species (7)

"What kind of fertilizer is it that deserves so much attention from Damu?" Gu Jiang asked. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

When Zheng Sen heard this, he replied, "This fertilizer is called struvite stone. On the far sea, there are many deserted islands that are deserted, and these islands are not only uninhabited, because there is no fresh water, no other stones, no dirt, not even big trees. But there are thousands of seabirds. These seabirds feed on marine fish every day, and after eating the fish, they drop droppings and are all on the island. This has been the case for tens of millions of years, year after year. The bird droppings piled up, and they were more than ten zhang thick, and when the sun and the wind blew, these bird droppings turned into rocks. This is struvite. This stone is mined, dragged back and crushed, and then buried in the ground, as a base fertilizer, the last fertilizer can be managed for several years, and it can also greatly improve the soil fertility, after use, those thin fields have become fertile fields. Last year, sailors found a large amount of struvite on an uninhabited island in Dongsha and dug some back. I had a few tenants try it out in their fields, and it was really very good, and the harvest was two more layers than usual! Mr. Ning Ren, you naturally understand how important it is to increase production by two layers. So this year, we started to promote it all over the island. If you use it for two or three years, there is no problem, and you can promote this thing in Daming. In this way, there will be a lot more crops that can grow in my Ming fields, and with these grains, it will be much more convenient for my Ming Dynasty to relieve the victims of the disaster or train the troops to resist the Jianxuan. ”

"Is there so much of this stuff? Can I use it everywhere? Gu Jiang hurriedly asked.

"There's not so much we've found today." Zheng Sen said honestly, "But from Dongsha to the south, there are islands scattered on the sea, and I am afraid there are thousands of them. Most of these islands are deserted, and these deserted islands may have this thing, and since last year, I have sent some sailors to look for it, and I have gotten rid of the Tessians to help find it, and I have found several islands with a lot of struvite. I'm sure I'll find more in the future. Judging by the rate at which struvite is being found today, the number of such things is not a problem, and the real problem is probably that there are not so many ships to bring them over. ”

"This is indeed a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people. I can't imagine that there are such useful things on these desert islands. During the Chenghua period, some people wanted to emulate the matter of the Three Treasure Eunuchs going to the West, Liu Zhongxuan thought that this matter was purely a waste of money and labor, so he hid the Three Treasure Eunuchs who went to the West that year. Blocked the matter. If the fleet of the Three Treasure Eunuchs was still there, this capacity would not be a big problem. At that time, Liu Zhongxuangong thought that shipbuilding and going to sea was just a waste of people's power, but he didn't know that overseas was really a treasure that was beneficial to the country and the people. Fang Yizhi sighed.

"This is a bit like the story of Zhuangzi's 'medicine that does not take the turtle'. It's just that Liu Zhong can't be blamed for this matter. In fact, if it weren't for Damu mentioning this, where would we know that there are such treasures overseas. In fact, the Three Treasures Eunuch may not have seen this thing when he went to the West, but he did not find its wonderful use. It's still Da Mu's heart for all the people to find such a thing. Gu Jiang also sighed.

"The boy didn't dare to praise it, the use of this struvite stone was not actually discovered by the boy, but heard from the Taisi naturalist." Zheng Sen hurriedly arrived modestly.

"When I hear something that benefits the country and the people, I keep it in my heart, but it's also rare." Fang Yizhi said, "It's just Damu, you see that we are still eating this meal, but you are talking about guano with us, but you are really ......."

Zheng Sen listened and hurriedly apologized. Gu Jiang said: "It's okay, as long as it benefits the country and the people, what's wrong with talking about bird droppings." ”

As he spoke, Gu Jiang stuffed another piece of whale meat into his mouth. After a while, Gu Jiang finished his dinner and looked at Fang Yizhi, but he had already finished eating. The servant came in and took away the dishes, then wiped down a few cases, served tea, and withdrew.

The servant withdrew, and closed the door, and the formal discussion of the question could begin.

"Oki, I read what you sent us the other day. This flower, bird, insect fish, um, or to use the big wood you say, animals and plants, so that it is a little tighter. Flora and fauna, changes in the natural world, to use the explanation of you and Mr. Bell, it really makes sense. Gu Jiang carefully considered the words and said slowly, "It's just that the way of heaven is humane, there is no clear boundary, and the truth that can be used in nature may not be able to be used in humanitarianism." The two items of 'competition for survival' and 'natural selection' that you have summed up are easy to think of competition for survival and natural selection, which are also common phenomena in human society. It is believed that it plays an important role in the evolution and development of human beings. So they take some unkind and unrighteous things for granted. For example, when you were discussing the difference between the marine iguanas on that island called the green iguana and the green iguana in general, there would be a famine on that island every once in a while, either because there were too many green iguanas, or because something else. And the solution of the Heavenly Dao is to starve a large number to death, and only a limited number are left. I look at history, every once in a while, there will be dynastic mutations, the Mandate of Heaven will change, wars will be frequent, so the people will die nineteen, and then there will be a great rule. Therefore, those who are unkind will say, 'The living and the dead are nineteen, and this way of heaven is also to remove its weakness because of it.'" Although starvation is everywhere, starving to death is the way of natural selection, the survival of the fittest. Isn't that dangerous! ”

Zheng Sen listened, and said, "This is the reason why the kid sent this theory to the two gentlemen first. We have a saying in Fujian that a monk with a crooked mouth recites the scriptures and recites the scriptures crookedly. In fact, the proponents of this theory themselves do not understand the essence of the 'theory of evolution'. In fact, the way of Confucius and Mencius, benevolence, righteousness and morality is a sharp weapon for survival and competition. Only those who practice benevolence and righteousness can be chosen by heaven. ”

As soon as these words came out, Gu Jiang and Fang Yizhi's eyes suddenly widened.

"How can you prove it?" Gu Jiang asked.

"It can be clarified in reason, and it can be proved by historical facts and facts." Zheng Sen replied.

"How to make sense?" Gu Jiang asked again.

"Those who can cooperate will be able to win the rabble, what is it, cooperation is the force of harmony, and every competition can be a crowd of widows, therefore, the way to be able to combine the strength of all will be conducive to survival and competition. Benevolence and righteousness are the way to unite the people, so benevolence and righteousness are the road to survival and competition. In the words of history, 'There are hundreds of millions of ministers, but hundreds of millions of hearts; Zhou Youchen has three thousand, the only heart, only his hundreds of millions of hearts, so his talent is consumed in internal fighting, and he can't be the minister of Zhou Qian's one heart. Why do the ministers of the Emperor have hundreds of millions of hearts, because they can't talk about benevolence, so they will inevitably beware of each other and kill each other. then the power of the intellect is useless. If benevolence and righteousness can be a person in a township, there is no one in a country who can be in a country, and if a person in a country can be in a country, there is no one in the world who can be in the world. As the saying goes, 'people's hearts move together', and people can not kill each other, but can work together, what is the benevolence and righteousness? In ancient times, there were few people and many beasts. Those beasts, with sharp claws and teeth, are powerful and swift, and they are not comparable to the people. However, under natural selection, who is the winner? ”

"If you say that you are together, you are like-minded, so you can be together, and you can also be together." Fang Yizhi said.

However, it is also a means to strengthen competitiveness, and the use of the crowd to deal with the rabble is naturally invincible. However, if it is profitable, it will be combined, and it will be dispersed. Therefore, those who are purely in Israel often rise and flourish, and their demise is also sudden. The Huns of Maudun, the Mongols of Temujin, and the Jianzhi of today are all like this. Zheng Sen immediately replied.

"What Oki said has a point." Gu Jiang sighed and said, "Jian Yan is just a bandit who is in harmony with Eli. However, it is vertical and horizontal provinces, and there is no way to resist. I don't know what the Ming court is. Alas! ”

When Fang Yizhi heard this, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

However, Zheng Sen didn't want to point the spearhead of the attack at the imperial court so early. Scolding the court for being incompetent, everyone will. But if you want to ask, if you are incompetent to ask, there are few who can answer, and the most ordinary people can say is that "there are traitors in the court" or something. But ask this traitor how he is a traitor, what bad things he has done, and how he can change it. Most of the final answers will become extraordinarily hollow and become complete lip service.

So Zheng Sen said: "In fact, taking Dayuan Island as an example, it can also show that benevolence, righteousness and morality are the right way to survive and compete." Do you two gentlemen know that before my Zheng family immigrated to develop this island, there were already a lot of life on this island. These raw customs are barbaric and cruel, and even more than what is built. However, before we went to the island, there was almost no land on this island, and the people who gave birth to it only lived by hunting and picking wild fruits, these two ways were limited, and the people who gave birth to the fan naturally did not have many people, and the people who gave birth to the fan died of animal diseases, I don't know how many. Although the land is not particularly fertile, the water and heat conditions are good, and the rice can be harvested three times a year. Why don't the students know how to farm? ”

When Zheng Sen said this, Gu Jiang and Fang Yizhi were interested, so they said: "Da Mu doesn't want to sell Guanzi, just go straight down." ”

Zheng Sen smiled when he heard this, and said, "The wisdom of life here is like those who use the principle of natural selection to oppose benevolence, righteousness and morality. The students here felt that if there were no other tribes in the mountains, only their own village, then the mountains full of beasts and wild fruits would not be able to eat all the food. So, they took a very 'smart' approach and killed people from other villages, men, women, and children, at every opportunity. The same is true for other villages. They call this 'out of the grass'. It is even stipulated that if a man has not come out of grass and has not returned with the heads of people from other tribes, he is not an adult and is not qualified to ask for a wife. The chiefs of the tribes had heads hanging from the beams of their houses. And then...... Then, the two gentlemen thought about it, why do these students don't even know how hard they can farm, and they don't know how hard their lives are? ”

"This, this, this...... Is there such a 'smart' person in this world? All day long, you secretly kill here, I secretly kill back, all day long, my mind is used to how to kill others secretly, how not to be overshadowed by others, where can I still have the strength to plant any fields! Gu Jiang said, "There is such a stupid person in the world. ”

Zheng Sen listened and smiled slightly; "The rest of the story, do you want to know about the two brothers?"

"Damu is getting worse and worse now, and it's not good to learn anyone, but to learn Liu Mazi's storytelling tricks. It's really worth fighting! Don't hurry up! Fang Yizhi scolded with a smile.

When Zheng Sen heard this, he smiled proudly, and then said: "Later, when the Dutch came to this island, they didn't know that these people had such thoughts and customs. Of course, I won't keep my eyes open for twelve hours a day.,As a result, I met the grass and was killed.。 The Dutch were immediately furious, lit more than 500 horses, killed all the way, killed Shengfan when they saw it, and burned down the village when they saw Shengfan. burned more than a dozen villages in one go, killed four or five thousand people, and finally recovered the few heads that were lost...... Guess what, not counting the few who were killed by Shengfan, how many people died after the Dutch killed so many Shengfan? ”

"How many died?" Gu Jiang hurriedly asked.

Zheng Sen just smiled, but didn't speak.

"The Dutch killed five or six thousand people, and the ancients said that if they killed three thousand, they would lose eight hundred. Even if the Dutchmen are good at fighting, but the strong dragon can't suppress the head snake, why do they have to die one or two hundred, right? ”

"Hehe," Zheng Sen sneered, "Where are there so many, if you fight a life, you will have to die of one or two hundred or two hundred, the Dutch really went to buy a piece of tofu and killed it." In the whole sweep, the Dutch were killed and wounded, and together there were no more than ten people! ”

"What!" Gu Jiang stood up in surprise and almost knocked over the table in front of him.

"How so? Could it be that the Dutch are all iron-clad? Fang Yizhi also asked in surprise.

Zheng Sen explained: "This is actually not surprising at all. The two gentlemen think about it, these thoughts are used to produce grass and defend the other party's grass, they can't farm, they can't mine and smelt copper and iron, and the weapons they use are only sharp wooden sticks, stone axes, wooden bows, and arrows are only made of animal bones or stones. The armor worn by the Dutch soldiers is better than the armor of my Daming, it is really difficult to hurt with knives and axes, not to mention those raw wooden sticks and stone axes, even if the Dutch stand and cut them, they may not be able to cut them! Moreover, the Dutch used muskets, steel knives, and were well trained and proficient in combat. Where are those who can fight against? Besides, although the Dutch only dispatched a few hundred people, there were not so many strong men in any village. For so many years, these students have come out of each other's grass, and there are not many middle-aged men in anyone's village. Moreover, their hatred for each other is as deep as the sea, and they will not join forces to resist if they are broken. You can't even ventilate each other. So the Dutch actually fought more and less every battle. The Dutch are already well-trained and well-equipped, and if they can still kill and wound so many people, two gentlemen, do you think this Dutchman should buy a piece of tofu and die on it? ”

After listening to Zheng Sen's explanation, Gu Jiang thought about it again and said: "In this way, it is not surprising to think that the Dutch can play such a result. To say that these beings blindly follow the way of birds and beasts, harm each other, and cannot form a joint force, this is the result. Those who want to learn from the beasts when they see the 'theory of evolution' are really as stupid as those who are born. ”

"It's not uncommon for people in this world to be as stupid as those who are born, or even more stupid." Fang Yizhi suddenly said, "I heard that every time Jianshen enters the Koukou, as long as any army dares to resist desperately, this Jianshen must destroy them. At this time, the rest of my Ming army often watched from the sidelines. I just think that I don't die and I don't suffer. Outcome...... It is said that Lord Lu's Tianxiong Army is like this...... At that time, the tens of thousands of Guan Ning troops brought by the eunuch Gao Qiqian were watching from the wall not far away. ”

"None of this. Ovum. There is no good person in the sub-things! Gu Jiang couldn't help but scold.

"Between the generations, they can't help each other, that's because they are all feuds, and there is no grudge between the officials and soldiers of my Ming Dynasty, but it's like this, it's really not as good as the life!" Fang Yizhi said bitterly.

"Two gentlemen, there is one more question, have you thought about it?" Zheng Sen suddenly spoke again.

"What's the problem?" Fang Yizhi and Gu Jiang asked in unison.

"Why did the Zhou Dynasty use the feudal system (the meaning of dividing the feudal state, not the feudalism of the so-called feudal system in our history books later), which was extremely successful, and has been able to have a country for more than 800 years, and since the Zhou Dynasty, all the implementation of feudalism has been very unsuccessful, and it has always led to chaos?" Zheng Sen asked.

"Don't sell it, just say it." Fang Yizhi said.

"The master said: 'In view of the second generation of Zhou, I am depressed, and I follow Zhou.'" It can be seen that the division of the Zhou Dynasty must be very reasonable, so that it can be so praised by the master. But later generations of feudalism often do not achieve good results, why is this? ”

"Probably the decline of the German system." Gu Jiang said uncertainly.

"When the kid was helping his uncle take care of the family business, he suddenly got some inspiration, but he felt that he could answer this question." Zheng Sen said, "Two gentlemen, after King Wu conquered, how big is the land of China?" Is there a Yidi in these lands? ”

"The world after King Wu Dingding is much smaller than now." Gu Jiang replied, "It's just Henan and Shaanxi today." And there were a lot of Yi people at that time. There are a lot of Yi people in just a hundred miles out of Beijing, and even until the Spring and Autumn Period, the Central Plains region is still mixed with Huayi. The Yi people even endangered the Zhou Dynasty many times. ”

"Two gentlemen, you look at Dayuan Island, in the past, on Dayuan Island, there was only Yi Di Shengfan, such a big island, it can't support many people, but now we are doing the Chinese way on this island, and there are a lot more people on this island who can feed all of a sudden. Many students also knew that they were wrong, so they learned my Chinese language, clothing, and farming lifestyle, and gave themselves a Chinese name. These former students have also multiplied rapidly, and the population has increased a lot more than before, and life is getting better and better. ”

"Damu is in Dayuan Island with Xia Yi, and it is a great achievement." Gu Jiang exclaimed.

"The kid doesn't dare to be, he just learns from the sages. The kid thought that the division of the Zhou Dynasty was actually to divide the princes into the land of the four yi, so that they could educate the four yi and turn the razor into summer. In this way, the land is expanding day by day, and the production is increasing, the people can naturally live and work in peace and contentment, and the Zhou Dynasty will be able to have a destiny of 800 years. The division of later generations is not like this, but the prince and heroes are sealed in the land of China, and naturally there is no effect of turning razing into summer. Naturally, this effect is much less than enough, so there is no dynasty that can have an eight-hundred-year mandate. ”