Xie Hong bowed to the ground at the right time, putting on an humble posture, Wang Shouren no longer continued to probe, he raised his eyebrows, and asked calmly: "Lord Xie, do you already have a countermeasure in your heart?" ”

After the two met, Xie Hong didn't talk much to prevent him from saying too much, but Wang Shouren didn't know what the purpose was, he was also concise and to the point, and the jump surname was still very strong, Xie Hong thought about it for a while, and then he reacted, and the other party asked about the countermeasures to this food crisis. [Full text reading]

"Well...... this"

Of course, Xie Hong has a countermeasure, but it is not easy to say this, especially when the topic that the two just talked about is how to benefit the people, his tricks are indeed a bit out of the table, and he can't even guarantee that once his countermeasures are spoken, the other party will not directly turn his face and drive people away.

Wang Shouren has not been paying attention to Xie Hong for a day or two, although he does not have a clear and complete image of his surname, but he is very familiar with his style.

"The Golden State Atlas Wang has been handed over to you, can Lord Xie watch it? What do you think? Of course, Wang Shouren will not have much respect for Xie Hong's strange tricks, but he is not the kind of pedantic scholar who follows the rules in everything, and he will not have much resistance, he does not dwell on the previous topic, but raises another question.

"I have been observing all the time in my later life, as for the ...... opinions" Xie Hong hesitated slightly, it was obvious that with Wang Shouren's surname, he would not ask questions because he wanted to be recognized or praised, and the focus should be on the latter sentence.

"What does Mr. Wang mean...... Could it be the wastelands? After adapting to the other party's style of acting, Xie Hong's brain also became flexible, and he asked tentatively.

Before coming to Liaodong, Xie Hong had some doubts in his heart, as far as he knew, Liaodong Town had always lacked grain, but in later generations, this place in the Northeast has never been short of grain, the Liaozhong Plain is flat, the land is fertile, and it has always been known as a granary, how can there be a shortage of grain in such a place?

Of course, the level of science and technology in later generations was relatively high, and it was normal for agriculture to be more developed than in this era, not to mention that Liaodong was vast and sparsely populated, and it was likely that it would not be able to cultivate.

What made him strange was that from the map given to him by Wang Shouren, even Jinzhouwei, which was the most densely populated in Liaodong and had the most suitable land for farming, had a lot of wasteland.

Of course, Wang Shouren would not deliberately lie to himself, and according to the monkey, the other party also spent a lot of energy on field investigations, even if there are some discrepancies in the details, it should not be bad in general, so things are strange.

Xie Hong knows very little about agriculture, but the truth in the world is the same, in the case of a fixed yield per mu, the more fields, the more harvest. In other parts of eastern Liaoning, there is a risk of lack of manpower, resulting in the inability to cultivate all the fields, but in southern Liaoning, especially in Jinzhou, there is no such concern.

The official statistics are relatively vague, and the population data of Jinzhouwei is even in the Yongle period, about 40,000 or 50,000 people, which is indeed a bit insufficient compared to the vast area here.

However, if it is according to Wang Shouren's statistics, then including military households, criminal households and a small number of civilian households, there is a population of more than 100,000 people in Jinzhouwei alone! Although there is a lot of wasteland, how can it not be cultivated with so many manpower?

But things are so weird, the local people are very poor, most of them have no permanent property, most of them have no food, the military households are a little better, and the criminal households like the Lu brothers are the worst.

This is not the kind of afterlife, there are those who have no worries about food and clothing, or are born to be adventurous, or in order to become famous and rich, they specialize in all kinds of adventurous acts, such as crossing the Atlantic Ocean in a sailboat, riding a bicycle around the world, etc.

If it weren't for the embarrassment of life to a certain extent, who would risk dying and crossing the sea with a flat boat? No matter how good the water surname is, it can only be floating clouds in the ocean, and the power of nature is not something that human beings can compete with casually.

The Lu brothers did this obviously to survive. They can catch fish, and the seafood is delicious, but that's when there's plenty of food.

If there is no food, even if you can eat all kinds of fish every day, grilled, boiled, raw, and eat in all kinds of ways, you will not be able to survive, and food is the foundation. If you can survive just by eating fish, then ocean navigation is much easier, and there are not many fish in the sea, right? It's not difficult to catch it, and you can sail as you like with fresh water.

Therefore, it is precisely because there is no food that the Lu family brothers will have such a move, although through this incident, Xie Hong got a suitable navigator, but at the same time, it also brought him corresponding confusion.

Obviously there is wasteland, there is manpower, and there is still demand, why is no one organizing large-scale land reclamation? Wang Shouren's map Xie Hong had read many times, and of course he remembered these details clearly, but after he began to recruit sailors and learned about the life of the locals, his confusion deepened.

However, Xie Hong has always believed in the art industry, he does not understand agriculture, and his subordinates do not understand, with the development of the opening of the port, he did not have time to think about it, and quickly put this question aside, until this time, hearing Wang Shouren in advance, he suddenly recalled, and vaguely guessed the purpose of the other party to provoke the topic.

"Master Xie is really quick-thinking." Wang Shouren bowed slightly, although his expression did not change, there seemed to be a look of relief in his eyes, "Lord Xie, are you interested in hearing the reason?" ”

"Dare to love Mr. Wang to solve the doubts of the late life." Xie Hong gave up his hand again.

He found out that although Wang Shouren also belongs to the outliers among scholars, he has received a traditional education after all, and he still has some habits of readers, which is a little similar to Kong Ming in the novel. Since the other party is like Kong Ming, he also eats this set, and Xie Hong has also learned Uncle Liu Huang a lot, which is called one thing descending one thing,-for-tat.

"Lord Xie was born in Xuanfu, and he must have an understanding of the Ming military system...... "Wang Shouren is not a fame and reputation, he originally had the intention to guide Xie Hong, seeing that he was quick to react, and willing to be modest, and had no domineering attitude, of course he would be pleased, and he would not hesitate at the moment, and put out what he wanted in his heart.

Xie Hong has known about this system for a long time, Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang's talent is roughly true, but he is slightly lost in literature, well, to put it bluntly, he is uneducated, therefore, he often does bad things with good intentions, and this military household system is one of the most important ones.

As early as the Three Kingdoms period, the tuntian system has been very perfect, Wu is located in the rich land south of the Yangtze River, but there are few moves, but Wei and Shu often use, simply put, it is to let the army go to farming in their leisure time, and then gather to fight in wartime.

After Zhu Yuanzhang founded the country, he felt that it was too much to raise soldiers, so he adopted this beautiful-sounding method of raising troops from the wisdom of the ancients, modified and supplemented it, and comprehensively promoted it in all parts of the world.

Xie Hong has always advocated specialization, of course, he scoffed at this system, and let the farmer take up arms to fight, that belongs to the militia, in the same era of the Wa country, there is a more professional name, called Ashigaru, probably taken is to run fast, there is no burden on the body.

This kind of soldier is somewhat useful in fighting with the wind, anyway, he runs fast and has enough courage to pursue the enemy or something; But if the battle is unfavorable, they will run in the opposite direction very quickly.

Therefore, relying on such an army, although it claims to have more than one million troops, the military strength of the Ming Dynasty is still insufficient, and the Mongolian army soon turned from the offensive at the time of the founding of the country to the defensive, and then to the later inability to defend; For the Japanese invaders, they were also beaten to the ground, and they were even attacked under the city of Nanjing and could not be defended.

The military system in the Sui and Tang dynasties was very good, the soldiers were all professional, and the imperial court granted them land and their families cultivated it. The family has a permanent property, and the government soldiers certainly have the idea of protecting the family and defending the country, and their morale is also high; Specialization leads to strong combat effectiveness, and it is the same for military use, so it has the strength of the Tang Dynasty.

As for why Zhu Yuanzhang did not adopt the government military system, Xie Hong felt that the reason was also very simple, of course, the scholars and doctors were unwilling. The fields have been given to the warriors, so don't the scholars get less?

Anyway, it's not once or twice that everyone fooled the emperor who was born as a peasant, of course, he won't mention any government military system, even if the emperor knows about it, it doesn't matter, just tell him that the government military system is the main culprit that led to the rebellion in the late Tang Dynasty, and he still dares to adopt it?

Of course, the fact that the military system affects combat effectiveness has little to do with the topic Wang Shouren said, and he expounded on the disadvantages of the tuntian system from another angle, that is, the issue of ownership.

"The production of the military tun is owned by their respective generals, and the total army is the most, and so on, until the hundred households and small banners have their own hereditary land, while ordinary military households have no piece of soil and tiles, which is no different from ordinary tenant farmers, and even the identity is not as good as it, and it is impossible to get out of the nationality and follow the good, which is really a big drawback! Under such a malpractice, which military household will be willing to contribute to the development of wasteland? ”

Wang Shouren's face was grim, and his tone was deep, obviously these words were not only from the bottom of his heart, but also had been thinking about it for a long time.

"That's true." Xie Hong nodded, this is a bit similar to the big pot of rice in later generations, military households do farm work, do more and harvest less, although they can get more fields, but the harvest has nothing to do with them, but they have to pay the hard work of clearing the wasteland, how can they have a positive surname?

And the generals have the best to open up the wasteland, but Liaodong is originally vast and sparsely populated, and there is a shortage of manpower, and the military households do not have active surnames; In addition, the time conducive to production in Liaodong is short, if you abandon spring ploughing to open up wasteland, it is very likely that both ends will not land, therefore, those wasteland can only be thrown away.

"Master Xie, what does Wang mean, do you understand?" After introducing these situations, Wang Shouren raised his eyes to look at Xie Hong and asked again.

"Mr. Wang, do you mean to let me organize the reclamation of the wasteland and then resolve the food crisis?" Xie Hong thought in his heart, this method is not bad, Liaodong is fertile for thousands of miles, if it can be developed on a large scale, it will only take a year or two, and it should be able to gain something, and then resolve the crisis brought by the Jiangnan Shiren.

However, the solution is good, but the practical problem remains.

First, the results are slow, he is now seizing the day, and he really can't afford to wait a year or two; In addition, even if he can ask Zhengde to implement the land grant system in Liaodong, the problem of manpower shortage still cannot be solved, and immigration from the Guannai can be considered, but is it possible for the scholars to watch it?

"Mr. Wang's method is good, but it's just ......," Xie Hong recounted these concerns.

Wang Shouren shook his head and asked, "Master Xie, what are you best at?" ”

"The Way of Things." Xie Hong replied without thinking, he is a craftsman, when his status is low, he needs to keep it a secret, and when he has power, he will tell everyone calmly, of course, he will not squeak at this time.

"Then if you have the heart to benefit the people, and you have the skill to win the work, why have you never seen it used in farming? You have the ambition to restore the contention of a hundred schools, and Wang Mou's view of your behavior, but also has the image of Mo Zhai's descendants, isn't the Mo family with equality and love as their ambition, and have the desire to appease all sentient beings? ”

There seems to be a bit of a misunderstanding here, huh? Xie Hong was a little turned by Wang Shouren's series of questions, he is a craftsman, but he really has nothing to do with Mo Zhai, and he loves equality and gods, it seems to be the slogan of the Red Cross in later generations, right? That's it, anyway, this misunderstanding doesn't have much impact, but the problem is...... "When you are in the capital, you may have all kinds of worries and it is difficult to show your ambitions, but when you come to Jinzhou, you are still the same, you recruit sailors, recruit craftsmen, and the treatment is extremely rich." But have you ever thought that even if everything goes well, your ships can travel to and from the East China Sea without being restricted by the monsoon, but all this is still rootless, the fields are not producing, and even if you have ten thousand taels of gold, what can you do? ”

Without waiting for Xie Hong to speak, Wang Shouren's tone turned cold, and he questioned again, although he didn't finish his words, Xie Hong also heard the implication, that is, the desperate plan of cutting off food, since the enemy has used it twice in a row, it can be used repeatedly.

"This time, you may have a chance to get through the difficulties, but next time, what about next time? Even if the weather in Nanyang is warm, there are many seasons a year, and the output is very large, but in three to five years, will you be able to reach Nanyang, and will you be able to smoothly transport grain back to Middle-earth? Is there enough food to be brought back? ”

Wang Shouren sneered and sneered: "In such a situation, you still refuse to turn to farming, take care of the fundamentals, hehe, Wang is indeed unknown, what is the truth of your way of unity of knowledge and action?" ”

I rub, who said that the saint has a big heart? Xie Hong scolded in his stomach, Wang Shouren ridiculed him twice, all for the unity of knowledge and action, it was obvious that he was unbalanced in his heart!

But my brother is also very innocent, didn't I just say that? What's more, you have said so much, it is nothing more than to ask me why I don't care whether the peasants live or die...... No farming, no stability, no work, no wealth, as a traverser, can I not know this? But...... Xie Hong stretched out his hands and said with an innocent face: "The student won't." ”

(To be continued)