Shaanxi is mountainous and has the richest limestone in the country, which is the raw material for the manufacture of lime and cement.

Zhu Youzhen considered that Yansui was the most troubled area of banditry, and the damage to production was particularly serious, so he decided to build two cement factories in Yansui and resettle local men.

At the same time, Zhu Youzhen also mobilized local craftsmen to survey two vertical and one horizontal cement routes under the guidance of the soldiers of the Fenwu Battalion. He wants to build Shaanxi into a modern province and create a provincial model for the Ming Dynasty.

These two vertical and horizontal cement roads can connect most of Shaanxi.

The first longitudinal line, starting from Yansui, goes south through Yan'an and Tongzhou, and goes directly to Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi, referred to as Yanxi Road; The second longitudinal line, starting from Ningxia Town (now Yinchuan), passing through Lingzhou (now Wuzhong), Guyuan, Pingliang, and finally arriving at Fengxiang Mansion (now Baoji), referred to as Ningfeng Road; The horizontal line is much shorter, starting from Tongguan, passing through Xi'an to the west, and reaching Fengxiang Mansion directly, referred to as Tongfeng Road.

These three cement avenues, as far as possible, use straight lines, reduce distances, and connect the state capital first.

Tongfeng Road was to strengthen the connection between Shaanxi and Beijing, so as to facilitate the mobilization of troops and materials; Yanxi Road and Ningfeng Road are to strengthen the internal ties of Shaanxi and facilitate the flow of people and materials within the province. It can be said that Tongfeng Road is the military lifeline of Shaanxi, and Yanxi Road and Ningfeng Road are the lifelines of Shaanxi's people's livelihood.

Originally, Zhu Youzhen also planned to extend the longitudinal road to Hanzhong to the south, but the Qinling Mountains were separated in the middle, and the project was too large, so Zhu Youzhen had to give up for the time being.

Sun Chuanting, the new political envoy of Shaanxi, finally arrived in Xi'an.

As early as when Zhu Youzhen recovered Weinan and Tongzhou, the Ministry of Officials appointed Sun Chuanting. In the history of later generations, Sun Chuanting once served as the governor of Shaanxi and the governor of Shaanxi military and political affairs. However, he was upright, he was a good hand in governance, but he was not very good at military affairs, and was finally killed by the peasant army, and the situation in Shanxi finally became out of control after his death.

"Your Highness, congratulations, in less than three months, 200,000 bandits in Shaanxi will be pacified." Sun Chuanting fell to the ground, not only because Zhu Youzhen was the king of letters, but also because Zhu Youzhen was ordered to be in danger and swallowed mountains and rivers angrily.

"Lord Sun, get up quickly," Zhu Youzhen helped him out, "Lord Sun, although the bandits in Shaanxi have been flattened, Shaanxi is too barren now, and it is up to Lord Sun to govern Shaanxi." "Sun Chuanting is not that material militarily, so with his ability to govern, Sun Chuanting in history is still a good hand in governance.

"Your Highness, I heard that you won't be returning to Beijing for the time being, it seems that we will roast together on the fire in Shaanxi." Sun Chuanting still understands the situation in Shaanxi, more than 200,000 bandits have swept through most of Shaanxi, and now Shaanxi, in addition to the loess, I am afraid that there is only the Yellow River left.

Zhu Youzhen communicated with Sun Chuanting about his ideas for governing Shaanxi at the court meeting, as well as his current plans.

"Your Royal Highness, transporting grain reserves to Shaanxi can solve the people's food problem this year, but Shaanxi will now fully resume production, and it will not be completed in a short time and a half. Sun Chuanting was not attracted by the bright future depicted by Zhu Youzhen, he was more worried about the problems of reality.

Sun Chuanting's worries are not unreasonable, Shaanxi has been in a severe drought for three consecutive years, and there is almost no harvest at all, even if it is planted again, there may not be a harvest next year, and who knows whether there will be a big drought next year.

What Sun Chuanting did not know was that this was the time when the earth entered the Xiaoice period, the climate became colder, and the precipitation moved southward, resulting in a continuous drought in the north. Without rain, coupled with the cold, the crops certainly did not yield.

But Zhu Youzhen, who came from later generations, knew a thing or two.

The cold and drought led to a significant reduction in agricultural production in the northern part of the Ming Dynasty, which was a reminder for the Ming Dynasty, which had a large population and relied heavily on agriculture.

Fortunately, Zhu Youzhen came from later generations.

Fortunately, the Americans cultivated modern crops.

Fortunately, these modern crops have been introduced to the Ming Dynasty.

These crops cultivated by the Native Americans were introduced to the Ming Dynasty from the Nanyang with the ships of the Spanish colonists. Although it has not been introduced to the north now, the southeastern coastal provinces of Guangdong, Fujian, Zhejiang, and Nanzhili in the Ming Dynasty have begun to be planted sporadically, and it is not difficult to get seeds.

"This, Master Sun doesn't have to worry, I have already sent someone to get some seeds for overseas crops, even if it is dry and cold, it will not affect the growth of these crops."

"Not afraid of drought? Not afraid of the cold? What are these crops called? What about the yield? ”

"Guess the yield? Guess higher. ”

"One stone?" Since it is not afraid of drought and cold, it is highly adaptable, and adaptable seeds are generally not as productive as seeds suitable for unique environments. Shaanxi's farmland is not as good as Jiangnan, and it would be good if the grain yield per mu could be two stones, so it guessed that the yield of new crops was one stone, and this was still Zhu Youzhen asked him to guess Gaoli.

"One stone? Master Sun, are you supposed to raise chickens? Guess higher. Zhu Youzhen rolled his eyes, looking very disdainful.

"Can it reach two stones? It's about the same as the original grain? This is Sun Chuanting's biggest headache, and he can't care about Zhu Youzhen's contempt, he only stared at Zhu Youzhen with a pair of Danfeng eyes, looking at Zhu Youzhen blankly, as if the yield of the new crop is Zhu Youzhen's words.

"Two stones? Haha, no wonder Master Sun can only be a political envoy at his age, a little bolder, a little bigger. Zhu Youzhen's right hand kept waving upward, as if he was directing a Huguang hairy monkey that was performing.

"Can it reach three stones? Ah, no, four stones? Sun Chuanting's brain really seems to be hiding a hairy monkey, he feels messy, I don't know if Zhu Youzhen is putting satellites.

"Master Sun." Zhu Youzhen's voice raised by more than an octave, and then suddenly decreased by sixteen degrees, "Guess higher!" ”

"Can it reach five stones? No, ten stones? Sun Chuanting felt as if he had become his brother Sun Wukong, but he didn't have his brother's spells, for fear that if he was not careful, the clouds would fall and he would fall into seven or eight little brothers.

"That's right." Zhu Youzhen stretched out his thumb, shook it a few times, and praised it fiercely, "But this is the guaranteed output, if the people master the technology and manage it well, it can reach twenty stones, or even thirty stones." ”

"......" This time it was Sun Chuanting's turn to roll his eyes, "Your Highness, is this true?" ”

"Of course it's true." Zhu Youzhen was quite disdainful, "If I lie to you, the people will have no food next year, and you and I are willing to conquer Shaanxi again?" ”

"Your Highness, you are the savior of the minister!" Sun Chuanting prostrate on the ground, snot and tears fully watered the loess. Food is the biggest hidden danger when he comes to Shaanxi, and Zhu Youzhen solved his dead knot lightly, if Zhu Youzhen was not too young, he would be willing to call his parents and grandmother.

"Master Sun, hurry up." Zhu Youzhen originally just wanted to adjust the atmosphere, but he didn't expect to make Sun Chuanting fall to the ground. But that's fine, who thinks they have too many fans? Qin Yongnian and Li Yuan in Shandong, Zu Dashou, Sun Chuanting, Gao Yingxiang in Shaanxi, and Li Chunye in Beijing.

However, Zhu Youzhen did not fool Sun Chuanting.

These modern crops are sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn, which are very familiar to later generations.

In particular, sweet potatoes are almost the same as rice and wheat, and they are mainly starch-based, which can be used as the staple food of the people, and the yield can reach two or three thousand catties. According to the measurement of the Ming Dynasty, 58 kilograms per stone, the yield per mu really reaches 20 or even 30 stones.

Anyone who has ever grown these crops knows that these crops are not very rain-intensive. When planting, the land should be piled up with mounds of soil, called "ridges", and there must be ravines next to them, so that the excess rainwater can flow away in time.

In the normal years of the Ming Dynasty, people were proud of eating refined grains, but Zhu Youzhen came from the later generations of a well-off, and people have been looking for coarse grains such as wild vegetables, maran, red taro, yam, black sesame, and black corn. Zhu Youzhen had visited the coarse grain production base in the suburbs, so he had a certain understanding of the production conditions of these crops, so he boasted about Haikou in front of Sun Chuanting.

"Lord Sun, since you have arrived in Xi'an, the civil affairs of Shaanxi will be handed over to you. You are the parent official of the people of Shaanxi! "Unloading the courage of civil affairs, Zhu Youzhen can concentrate on starting his great plan of rejuvenating the country through industry.

"Your Highness, you are the prince, and you are staying in Shaanxi, let's help the people of Shaanxi get through the difficulties together." Since Zhu Youzhen has special skills, Sun Chuanting doesn't mind dragging Zhu Youzhen on him, in case the new crops he said don't meet the requirements, he can pull him back.

"Well said." The development of industry in Shaanxi is also inseparable from Sun Chuanting's help and cooperation, and now Zhu Youzhen and Sun Chuanting have formed de facto allies.

In addition to officials at all levels, there were also wealthy businessmen from Beijing and Jiangnan, who all responded to the call of the imperial court and came to Shaanxi with silver tickets to develop. This is the first batch, and there will be businessmen entering Shaanxi in the future.

Soon, the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War also arrived in Xi'an, agreeing to Zhu Youzhen's suggestion, Zu Dashou was the governor of the three sides, and Gao Yingxiang was the prefect of Yansui.

Sun Chuanting was in charge of civil affairs and agriculture, Zu Dashou was in charge of the military, and Zhu Youzhen was actually in charge of industry and commerce.

In order to open factories and tap Shaanxi's industrial potential, Zhu Youzhen sent a number of "mining experts" composed of personal soldiers to inspect and explore the mining industry in Shaanxi. The "experts" braved the severe cold, crossed the mountains and mountains, and shuttled through the mountains of Shaanxi with maps.

The hard work of preparation is always equated with reward, and the expedition team keeps sending good news.

To the west of Shenmu County, Yansui Province and Shuangquan Fort, near the Great Wall, a huge coal mine was discovered; Gold deposits were discovered in Qishan County, southeast of Fengxiang Province; Copper deposits were discovered in Yixian County, southeast of Fengxiang Province; Even when Zhu Youzhen sent people to visit Wang Shurui Wang Zhu Changhao in Hanzhong, the soldiers sent did not know the road and mistakenly broke into Nanzheng County, but found iron ore in Nanzheng County.

A series of good news made Sun Chuanting, who had just entered Shaanxi, so happy that he couldn't sleep restlessly, and often kicked the serving scholar to wake up in the middle of the night.

In fact, after hundreds of years of changes, Shaanxi has lost the majesty of the Han and Tang dynasties, and the Guanzhong Plain is no longer a happy land for farming people. Especially in the past three years, Shaanxi has suffered extremely serious droughts, and the people have completely cut off their cooking, and they are cursing this habitat that has nurtured the Han people for thousands of years.

Why did Shaanxi get good news as soon as I arrived in Shaanxi? Could it be that he is really the blessed star of this land?

Sun Chuanting kept asking himself, as if he hadn't done anything special.

Suddenly, Sun Chuanting found that these good news, whether it was new crops or various minerals, were all related to Zhu Youzhen, and these good news came from Zhu Youzhen's side. Could it be that Zhu Youzhen is a flying immortal outside the sky? Or is Zhu Youzhen creating a huge conspiracy?