With the name of the supreme chief executive of the Liangzhejiang Road, Lotte is the commander of the light pole who can no longer be the light pole, and has to deal with countless large and small official affairs every day, not to mention the great governance and waste to be rebuilt after the chaos, the most important thing in front of Lotte is the lack of food.

In the early winter of last year, Fang La rose up, gathering millions of people to cause trouble, swept through 52 counties in six prefectures, and after attacking the city and plundering the land, not only killed officials and killed the rich, but also ordinary people also suffered, directly or indirectly causing nearly 2 million innocent people to die, and even caused a large number of people to be displaced in order to escape the soldiers, so that a large number of fields were barren, and the summer harvest of the three years of Xuanhe was almost wiped out.

As the old saying goes: Suhu is ripe, and the world is full. But that was into the Ming Dynasty.

Jiangsu and Zhejiang are not only an important source of wealth in the Great Song Dynasty, but also an important grain producing area, the Song Dynasty Chinese people have just completed the complete rule of Hunan, so that the Hunan natives completely surrendered, and did not enter the development stage, still in a wilderness, so Hunan has not become an important grain production area, so the grain of the two Zhejiang is heavier for the Great Song Dynasty, but at the moment the two Zhejiang are completely dilapidated, and the granary of the Great Song Dynasty has become a place in urgent need of relief.

In fact, after the Qin and Han dynasties, many remote areas were nominally under the rule of the central dynasties, and the effective rule of the actual central dynasty could not reach those remote areas, and those remote places were still the world of local minorities, and people just recognized your year name, saying that they did not bird you and did not bird you, and this situation was not effectively solved until the Republic of China.

In order to make the two Zhejiang, which had just calmed down, no longer fall into the flames of war, the first thing Lotte did when he returned to Hangzhou was to ask for a tax reduction or exemption for the two Zhejiang; The second thing is to collect grain and grass from Jiangning, Runzhou, Changzhou, and Suzhou to the two Zhejiang.

In the real generation, the harvest of one acre of land in one season is only 200 catties, and the ordinary ones are only more than 100 catties, and even the grain production areas in the past are short of grain, so you can imagine what kind of scene the southeast will be, which directly leads to soaring grain prices.

In the Song Dynasty along the Sui and Tang dynasties, the order of the main grain varieties was: rice, millet and wheat, but the rice-wheat double-cropping system had not yet been formed before the Tang Dynasty, and the double-cropping system was gradually formed after entering the Song Dynasty, and the double-cropping rice was promoted.

However, with the current productivity and technology of the Great Song Dynasty, the annual harvest of two crops of rice and wheat in a year is still less than 400 catties, which is less than half of the yield of one mu and one season in later generations.

In order to ensure that the people no longer starved, high-yield crops were needed to increase the grain output of the Great Song Dynasty, but in addition to rice, millet, and wheat, there were no other crops in the Great Song Dynasty that were more productive and easier to grow.

When he was troubled, Lotte suddenly remembered potatoes, corn, sweet potatoes, peanuts, according to the memory of the previous life, these things were introduced to China in the late Ming Dynasty, it is because of the introduction of these high-yield crops, the Chinese talent from nearly 100 million in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, increased to 400 million people, it is because of the huge population base, so that the later generations of China did not suffer a hundred years of shame when they were wiped out.

The population of China has grown from 100 million to 400 million, and high-yield crops such as sweet potatoes and corn have made great contributions. Without these high-yielding crops, there would be nothing to brag about.

After coming to the Great Song Dynasty, Lotte has never eaten these things, thinking of these can't help but evoke Lotte's thoughts, the crisp and sour shredded sour potatoes, the sweetness of boiled corn, the sweet glutinous sweet potatoes, and the crispy fried peanuts, which is really nostalgic!

Thinking about how to solve the food problem, Lotte couldn't help but lose his mind......

"Go and invite the two people outside the king and the white staff to set up the government department!"

A spirit made Lotte sober up, and immediately commanded Shakuchi.

At this time, Lotte was leaning on the door panel of the study and dozing, and was startled by Lotte, looked at the sky outside, and said cautiously: "Master Hou, it's been the middle of the night, is it tomorrow!" ”

"You don't say that Ben Hou forgot!" Lotte laughed at himself, "Early tomorrow morning, you go and ask Wang Yuanwai and Bai Yuanwai to come over earlier, saying that Ben Hou has something important to discuss with him." ”

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"Master Hou, you called the two of us here early this morning, I don't know why?"

Early the next morning, Lotte's two fathers-in-law, Wang Yuanwai and Bai Yuanwai, hurried to the Liangzhejiang Road Manufacturing Division.

For the two people in and out of the two Zhejiang Road Division, a group of errands and soldiers have long been accustomed to it, who let these two are the two richest two masters in Hangzhou Mansion, who let the entire Hangzhou City be robbed by Fang La, not only emptied the Yamen's treasury, but also burned the Yamen to ashes, the entire Hangzhou Mansion and half of the two Zhejiang Road regardless of the two masters to borrow money, who can borrow it.

It's just that everyone doesn't know that Le Tiancai is the biggest boss of these two masters and the largest shareholder of the two-person business group.

When the two came, Lotte was calling for breakfast, and hurriedly greeted: "If the two fathers-in-law haven't had breakfast, let's eat together!" ”

The breakfast of meat steamed buns and gruel with small vegetables, although it is a little ordinary, is suitable for light entry, and the two of Wang Yuanwai and Bai Yuanwai are not polite, and they take the dishes and chopsticks handed by the next person and eat them.

Lotte opened his mouth: "Summoning the two fathers-in-law today, the son-in-law has something to discuss!" ”

"Lord Hou rebuilds Hangzhou, and the two of us will do our best to help!" Under the layout of Lotte, the two families infiltrated a lot, and the benefits were obvious, so the two of them obeyed the orders of Lotte.

"It's not about rebuilding Hangzhou!" Lotte shook his head, his face solemn: "The son-in-law wants to collect five sailing ships that can go to the sea, bring more rations, take advantage of the south wind this summer to sail north along the coast of Goryeo to the north, all the way to the east, to explore the unknown place, according to the ancient book cloud, there are more abundant gold and silver deposits in Dongying on the mainland, and the local Dongying people are more ignorant and backward, so this time I want Mr. to explore the way and open up the route!" ”

Looking at Lotte and glancing at the white staff next to him, Wang Zuo said: "Master Hou, I think the gold and silver minerals in Dongying have not been fully mined, and this move is a bit too ......."

Bai Yuanwai also said: "Yes, according to Li Dutou, the newly discovered gold and silver ore in Dongying has not yet been mined, is Hou Ye's move a little too abrupt!" ”

Under the gaze of the two, Lotte still used breakfast by himself, and then wiped his mouth: "Dongying's gold and silver deposits are not inexhaustible, you and I will be a hundred years later, after the minerals are exhausted, what will happen to the children and grandchildren of future generations, have the two fathers-in-law ever thought about it?" ”

Life is less than a hundred, and often has eternal worries.

In addition to thinking about themselves, people also have to think about future generations, and Lotte's words made the two have to be moved.

As he spoke, Shakuchi walked over and presented a map to Rakuten.

Lotte took the map, unfolded it, and said: "This is a map copied by Ben Hou from ancient books, and I don't know which generation of great sages left it behind, and the map of today has been drawn, Ben Hou has taken the sea chart of the Great Song Dynasty and crossed it, and the places drawn on this map are equivalent to my Great Song Dynasty sea map, but there are many places that I have never been to in the Great Song Dynasty." ”

Looking at Lotte's unfolded map, Bai Yuanwai looked at it for a long time, and his eyes were quite surprised: "This map is very clear in my Great Song Dynasty, Goryeo, Dongying, Jiaozhi, Luzon and other places, and the Persian food to the west, but this east and west are places that our merchants have never visited!" ”

Wang Zuo was also extremely surprised, and his expression was even more incredulous, and he stretched out his hand to both sides of the map: "Where is this extreme western land and the extreme eastern land, we have been in business for many years, and we have had many contacts with Dongying and Great Cannibals, but I have never heard of such a place." ”

Let Shakuchi take the map, Lotte put his finger on the map of the extreme east of the Americas, said: "According to ancient books, in my Great Song Dynasty extreme east is the United States, divided into North America and north and south, there are natives who have not been civilized by the rites of the saints, but in its location there are a large number of gold, silver and copper mines, if the Great Song Dynasty to this place can be opened, it is not mining only silk, porcelain trade, the harvest is also very amazing, if you occupy the veins is a million profits." ”

Then Lotte pointed to Europe in the extreme west, and said: "This extreme west place, called Europe, also known as Europa, is hindered by countries such as Dashi, and I love the silk, porcelain, and tea of the Great Song Dynasty, but most of them are passed through the hands of Persian merchants and make profits." ”

Xi Zai's voice fell, and Wang Yuanwai said: "Dealing with the Persians, I have heard the Persians say that I also wanted to open up this channel at that time, but it was too far away from the Great Song Dynasty, and the voyage took too long, and the sailors of the ship were homesick, so they had to give up, and it was enough to sell my Great Song Dynasty silk, tea, and porcelain to Persia, and I could bring back Persian spices and jewelry, so why bother." ”

The white man listened well, pointed his finger to the lower left of Eurasia, and asked, "What is this place?" ”

Listening to the white man's question, Lotte Lotte smiled and said: "This place is called Africa, and my father-in-law has ever seen the black slaves who were sold in the sea trade with ink-dyed bodies and curly hair, which is where they came from!" ”

"What did Master Hou say, but Kunlun Nu?" Bai Yuanwai asked, and then shook his head and said: "Everyone who navigates knows that there is a Kunlun layer in the southwest sea, connecting the islands,...... There are many savages on the island, their bodies are like black paint, their fists are raised, they are tempted to eat and capture, and they are sold as slaves for tens of millions, so is it possible that Kunlun slaves are also produced here? ”

Listening to Bai Yuanwai's words, Lotte's thoughts suddenly diverged, and he suddenly realized that not only the old capitalist countries in Western Europe had sold black slaves in the period of primitive accumulation, but also did such a thing in the Sui and Tang dynasties of China, and the navigation in the Song Dynasty was more developed, plundering and selling the indigenous blacks along the coast of Southeast Asia, and many wealthy Chinese nobles even bought and kept them as slaves at home.

It's just that after the Ming Dynasty, the sea ban began, and the national strength of Huaxia weakened after the closure of the country, and the traditional Chinese etiquette kidnapped the imperial court at that time with moral bondage.

In fact, in addition to Vietnam, Thailand and other countries in later generations were controlled by the original indigenous peoples, other countries such as the Filipino maid countries and the Malay countries were all immigrant countries, and the original indigenous people only accounted for about 10%, and these aborigines were the former Kunlun slaves.

To put it more exaggeratedly, Filipino maids, Malays and other countries that were non-native immigrants in later generations really have no history to speak of.

Putting back his divergent thinking, Lotte said: "Kunlun slave is actually just a general term for the people of the dark-skinned people of my Chinese people, not only produced in the South China Sea countries, but also in the southwest of Africa, where more people love black races, my father-in-law can take a closer look, all the Kunlun slaves in the South China Sea countries are different from the Kunlun slaves sold by the Persians, and the Kunlun slaves sold by the Persians come from this!" ”

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