At this time, the economic center of the Ming Dynasty was in Nanzhili and Zhejiang's River, which supported the taxation of the imperial court and relied heavily on this place.

But "Su Lake is ripe for the world" is in the past, and now in the area of Su and Lake, there are many kinds of mulberry trees, picking mulberry and raising silkworms, which is far more beneficial than planting rice. Therefore, the Ming Dynasty has entered the era of "Huguang is familiar with the world", and Huguang and Jiangxi have become the granary of the world. If the famine affects these two places, or the rogues invade these two places, although this place is not as symbolic as Nanzhili and Feng'yang Mansion, but the destruction surname may be greater than these two places!

Thinking of this, Fang Kongzhi only felt creepy.

"If so...... If the imperial court attaches importance to this place and selects talents to supervise these two places, it should be fine, right? ”

"Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng are both virtuous, and the two of them work together, Liukou is not a disaster in the Central Plains, and even came to Nanzhili!" Yu Guozhen sighed: "With my uncle's ability, don't you know that you can't pin your hopes on a hypothesis? If something happens in these two places, then I have 190,000,000 people, what is food for food, and what is clothing? ”

Yu Guozhen's figure is the data of Chongzhen's three years, in fact, because the hidden households are very heavy at this time, and they have not yet been apportioned into the mu, the actual population should be far more than this number. This number is also the limit of what the land of Daming can bear before the food crops in South America are popular!

Thinking of the 190,000,000 people, Fang Kongzhi could no longer blame Yu Guozhen for opening up to the south.

"Then Annan, can feed my Ming Dynasty's many people?" He was not stupid enough to ask why he couldn't quell the rogue as soon as possible, but directly asked the key question.

"Annan was originally the political secretary of the Ming Dynasty, and I am the hometown of the Ming Dynasty, and now the king of Annam, Li Shi, is just stealing the land of my Ming Dynasty when my Ming Dynasty is shrinking, so what I have obtained is also abandoned for the Ming Dynasty!" Yu Guozhen first emphasized this point, and then said: "My uncle was an official in Fujian, and I know that the precipitation in Fujian is abundant, which is conducive to the growth of grain. The land of Annam, in terms of precipitation and illumination, is better than Fujian. Moreover, the alluvial plains of the Annamdo rivers are just right for growing rice. In addition, the younger nephew is trying to grow new overseas grain in Annam, and if two crops of rice are mixed with one season of miscellaneous grains, three crops can be obtained in one year......

"You just say, how much food you can get in a year." Fang Kongzhi asked.

"The little nephew's base is just a place in Hoi An, placed in our Ming Dynasty, about a place in the middle of the house, the specific area, the little nephew is sending someone to measure, and I don't know yet. However, when the little nephew returned, there were already 180,000 mu of grain fields, all of which were medium or above paddy fields. Only based on two crops a year and four stones in one season, one can get 1,440,000 stone of grain a year......"

"Four stones per mu? How fertile is that field? ”

"The little nephew has another way to increase production. Moreover, if you plant sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn and other crops, the yield per mu will increase...... Ahh When Yu Guozhen mentioned farming, there was always a strange excitement, and he smiled self-deprecatingly: "Now the little nephew says that he wants to open another 50,000 mu of land every month, and what he lacks is nothing more than labor." Moreover, to the south of Hoi An, there is still a place, the area is ten times that of Hoi An, Lanjin in my Ming Dynasty enters the sea here, it is also a vast land, the beauty of water and soil, not inferior to Su Lake. It originally belonged to the Champa country, but now the Champa country was invaded by the Annam Nguyen clan and almost destroyed the country, so it has become a borderless land. If there is enough manpower to develop this place, this place alone will be enough for half of my Ming rations! ”

Yu Guozhen's words were somewhat exaggerated, but it didn't matter, the important thing was that Fang Kongzhen's eyes suddenly lit up after hearing it.

"There are many miasma in the south, can you really solve it?"

"Miasma is just a small insect in the water, and people drink raw water and are poisoned by it. The little nephew strictly ordered that the water should not be drunk unless it has been boiled, so although there are also sick people, it is only slightly more than in our Nanzhili. In addition, pay attention to repellent mosquitoes and flies, prepare more medicines, and maintain the habit of bathing frequently, which is not easy to get sick. ”

"To tell you this, the old man wants to go over there to take a look......" In Fang Kongzhi's words, there was a vague sense of approval.

He is not a pedantic person, in his opinion, if he can save the people of the Ming Dynasty, the wild land, if he occupies it, he will occupy it, even if there is a master, if it is to save the lives of the people of China, he can't say that he has to fight for it!

"The war ahead is tight, and you didn't come to Jinling this time to talk to the old man." Fang Kongzhi said again: "Say, what do you want the old man to help." ”

"I want to ask my uncle to borrow some family members and nephews." Yu Guozhen said with a smile.

Fang Kong was stunned.

Almost at the same time that Yu Guozhen stepped into the Fang family, Emperor Chongzhen in the imperial study in Bei'jing, the Forbidden City, laughed.

He is only twenty-six years old, only one year older than Sun Lin, but just looking at his appearance, he looks like a person in his forties and fifties. He has always attached great importance to his appearance, and it is rare that when he laughs so happily, the little eunuch who is waiting for him is so happy to hear him, and he is a little surprised, and many people look at the celebrant Bingbi and Cao Huachun, the commander of Dongchang, who are laughing with him, and secretly admire it in their hearts.

Only the factory can do this, so that His Majesty's holy face can be opened, and this kind of skill must be learned by a good student.

"Cao Huachun, you said that this Yu Guozhen is not my lucky general?"

After laughing for a while, Chongzhen put down the fold, looked back at Cao Huachun and asked.

Cao Huachun secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, since the ancestral tomb in Zhongdu was burned last year and Wen Tiren stepped down, the Son of Heaven has not been so happy for a long time.

Wen Tiren was ousted, in fact, it was not in line with Chongzhen's intentions, and it was forced to do so at that time, so although Wen Tiren was resigned, he was not ordered to return to his hometown, but stayed in Beijing to live idlely. Occasionally, Chongzhen would send someone to his mansion to consult him on national affairs. This made Cao Huachun quite frightened, and got Wen Tiren out of power, but he offended the other party to death, if Wen Tiren had a chance to recover, then he Cao Huachun would die and have no place to be buried!

What's more, after this incident, Chongzhen was much colder to him, and no matter how he tried his best, the relationship between master and servant would not be restored to before.

"Your Majesty's Holy Son of Heaven came to the world, and there are stars in the sky to assist, in the eyes of the slave, this Yu Guozhen is not only Your Majesty's lucky general, but also Your Majesty...... Your Majesty's ......"

He ate and talked for a long time, this time he pretended to be stupid, and sure enough, Chongzhen was amused again: "Okay, okay, you old thing, don't learn to carry book bags if you don't learn anything." ”

"However, I am surprised, didn't he go to Qinzhou in April last year to plant Hepu beads for me? I remember the ...... of the Nanjing Zhenfu Division at that time Your godson is called Fan Xian, and he also said that he wanted the sinners of Anlu to go to Qin' Prefecture to help raise pearls, why did he run back to Nanzhili at this time? ”

Chongzhen's question was already in Cao Huachun's preparation, and he said respectfully: "The slave maid heard that this Yu Guozhen is a filial son, when his parents died because of Lu Xing, he was only eleven or twelve years old, so he returned to his hometown alone for a hundred miles, and then lived in a house for three years without leaving his hometown. Now it's the New Year, and he wants to go back to his hometown to worship his ancestors for the New Year, but he just caught up with this. Speaking of which, it was the same last year, he was able to sacrifice thieves in Anlu, and he also returned to his hometown to worship his ancestors. ”

"Sure enough, if you want to be loyal, you must be filial piety." Hearing this, Chongzhen nodded again and again with emotion, and then remembered something again: "Although Yu Guozhen is my lucky general, but so far, he still has no official position, right?" Previously, he gave all the official positions he had earned to his cousin...... Blame for it, those who eat the glory in the court should be ashamed of it! ”

"Your Majesty is very true." Cao Huachun didn't dare to talk nonsense about this question.

In his mind, he felt that Yu Guozhen was a person on his side, and he was honored with 15,000 taels of silver every year, although it is said that the Yu family had completely withdrawn from the Hezhu industry and turned to make Haizhu, but this year's 15,000 taels were still delivered to him a year ago. Because of this, he is not good at saying things for Yu Guozhen.

"But I can't reward him openly, the wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it, if I give a reward, those villains who are jealous of the virtuous and can form a party for personal gain will inevitably attack me in front of me. They can't help me, but it's more than enough to embarrass Yu Guozhen......"

Cao Huachun didn't dare to say anything more, just Weiwei.

Chongzhen closed his eyes and thought for a while, and at this moment, there was a sound of broken footsteps outside, and the palace maid called out in a little panic: "Your Highness, Your Highness, Your Majesty is over there, Your Highness, don't disturb ......"

"Cluck, cluck!"

The laughter like a silver bell came into her ears, and then, a little girl like pink and jade ran in, she smiled and opened her arms to Chongzhen: "I just know that my father is here, and I want to come over, I haven't seen my father for a long time, I want to see my father!" ”

Chongzhen picked her up, and when he saw several palace maids looking outside the study but didn't dare to come in, he waved his hand to them: "You go out first!" ”

The palace maids retreated, and Chongzhen hugged his six-year-old daughter and walked around the study for half a circle: "Do you want to see your father?" ”

"I haven't seen my father for a while!"

During this time, because of the fact that Liukou entered Nanzhili again, Chongzhen did not accompany his daughter for some time. Zhu Yujiao is only six years old now, it is the time of Jiaohan, she is raised by Queen Zhou, no one in the palace dares to despise her because of her young age, even Emperor Chongzhen himself, who is also very spoiled by this daughter.

"It was the little concubine who reminded me that although I can't give Yu Guozhen an official reward, I can't chill the hero's heart. In this way, Cao Huachun, you can arrange for Yu Guozhen to enter Beijing, and I want to see him. ”

Cao Huachun's heart jumped suddenly, this was completely different from what he had thought before. He has been waiting for Chongzhen for a long time, and naturally knows that his master is not a good man and a woman, to put it bluntly, he is a little mean. But he didn't expect that he would look at Yu Guozhen so differently!

"The slave will definitely take care of this...... Please rest assured! Although he was worried in his heart, he did not hesitate, and replied with this in his mouth.

"Thinking that Lu Xiangsheng's twist and turn is coming, these people still think that they can deceive me, and they actually share all the credit of Yu Guozhen privately...... Hmph, that Zu Kuan, born as a slave, doesn't know how to count! Chongzhen muttered again, and when these words reached Cao Huachun's ears, he naturally knew it.

No matter how great Zu Kuan's credit is this time, don't think about any promotion.

(To be continued)