readx;

Liu Chengfeng actually knew that his next answer would affect Zhu Youzhang's decision-making, and a careless, hard-working treasure building was very likely to be destroyed. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

He took a deep breath, and suddenly thought that he was afraid that at this time it was no longer as simple as the butterfly effect, whether to continue to stick to the old ways or create a new pattern, in fact, sometimes it was just a snap of his fingers, and now, it seems that he has reached this turning point.

Sooner or later, the appearance of the treasure building will have to face this problem, and before that, Liu Chengfeng has already prepared.

He said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, Fang Cai Weichen said that the grain of the Ming Dynasty is not completely insufficient, the key is uneven, nearly sixty percent of the land in the world is owned by the squires, and the people who own land will not exceed fifty percent, most of them rent other people's land, and some of them want to rent land but can't, these people have no land, they have no livelihood, and naturally become homeless." ”

Liu Chengfeng looked at Zhu Youzhu with sincere eyes, paused, and continued: "There is only so much land in the world, although the imperial court has encouraged the cultivation of wasteland in recent years, but has Your Majesty ever thought that since the time of Taizu to the present, the population of the world has increased by more than ten times? The population is increasing, but the land has never grown, and in the long run, there will only be more and more displaced people, and the displaced people have no support, and getting together can cause great problems. ”

Zhu Youzhu nodded, since ancient times, the problem of displaced people is brought about by land annexation, this point, he also knows very well, in fact, any dynasty will face a problem, on the one hand, the ruling basis of imperial power comes from the nobility and gentry, on the other hand, these nobles and gentry continue to annex land for the decline of the dynasty laid the groundwork, to combat them, to curb land annexation will make the entire ruling class centrifuge from morality, shake the imperial power. But if you don't crack down, the problem will become more and more prominent, even to the point where you can't go back.

It's like a giant suffering from chronic disease, knowing that the disease will kill him sooner or later, but the only way to solve it is to swallow arsenic, and these two problems are actually unsolvable.

Liu Chengfeng said: "The sentence that Weichen said before that Zhumen wine and meat smell, in fact, is the solution, there is grain in the barn of large households, and the reason why their grain is hoarded is for different purposes, some are just used to make wine, and some are just simple hoarding, many squires do not sell grain, in fact, the truth is simple, it is nothing more than that there are few buyers, the homeless people need food, but there is no money to buy it, and the people who have money to sell grain do not need much, and the squires can't sell their grain, so they would rather let them rot in the barn." And His Majesty can also see that the appearance of the treasure tower can accommodate most of the displaced people, at least so that the displaced people have something to do, they can get wages, the displaced people have money, and they have become workers, and the workers need food, and they also have enough money to buy rations, so the matter of freezing bones on the stinky road of Zhumen wine and meat can be avoided as much as possible. ”

In fact, this is a problem of internal circulation, food from a kind of unwanted goods, and the use of domestic demand means to let it circulate, for a second distribution, although this distribution method is still unreasonable, but at least can solve the current problem.

Zhu Youzhu was an extremely smart person, so he couldn't help but nod and said: "There is a reason, but many cultivated fields have been changed to mulberry fields, and it is not a way to go on like this in the long run." ”

Liu Chengfeng said: "On the one hand, the imperial court needs to curb this momentum, and can issue a decree, stipulating that the squires who own land can only take out at most 20% of the land to plant mulberry, and the rest of the land must be used as arable land, and the government will supervise it." On the other hand, we can also encourage imports to let the fleet of maritime trade bring grain to our Daming. ”

"Imported ......"

Liu Chengfeng was speechless, so he had to explain: "The fleet transports the goods out for export, and the goods from various countries are called imports, and our silk and porcelain of the Ming Dynasty can be sold at a high price in Fanbang, but in Fanbang, the price of grain is not high, and Lianzhou can issue a regulation that if all ships calling at the port are carrying back luxury goods such as rhino skin and agate, they need to pay heavy taxes, and the grain transported back is exempt from taxation, so as to encourage merchants to import the world's grain into my Ming Dynasty as much as possible." ”

In fact, the strategy proposed by Liu Chengfeng now is effective in this era, because in this era, there are actually quite a lot of places where there is no shortage of food, after all, many places are still in the state of witch healing, conquest for many years, the population is scarce, but the land is fertile, and the merchants can buy grain from the nobles of various countries at a low price and then transport it back to the Ming Dynasty, compared with later generations, it is really much easier.

Of course, Liu Chengfeng also knew that if Daming adopted this national policy, there would be a large number of businessmen who would go to Fanbang to buy land, hire people to plant, and then transport it back to Daming.

Zhu Youzhu naturally understood this truth, his face couldn't help but improve, and said: "If it is really effective, I can also sit back and relax, I can let Lianzhou try it first, and see how much grain can be transported back in a year." ”

Liu Chengfeng continued: "In fact, there is another way, Weichen heard that there is a food called sweet potato outside the ocean, its mu production capacity reaches about three or four stones, if it is cultivated quietly, it is not impossible to reach six stones or seven stones, this kind of food tastes sweet, can be eaten raw or cooked, and it is easier to cultivate than rice and wheat, if you can take potato seeds, it can ensure that I will never lack the harm of food shortage." ”

Liu Chengfeng's words made Zhu Youzhu dumbfounded, he, the emperor, is not an idiot, in the Ming Dynasty, it is not bad to be able to harvest one stone of grain per acre of land, if two stones can be harvested, then the local government must be in a book to present auspiciousness, and Liu Chengfeng said that this kind of grain can be harvested without careful cultivation of three or four stones, which is equivalent to saying that it is enough to double the grain production, which has to make Zhu Youzhang feel shocked.

In fact, in history, sweet potatoes were indeed introduced into China at the end of the Ming Dynasty, but they were not vigorously promoted at that time, and at that time the Ming Dynasty had reached the point of internal and external troubles, so it missed the best opportunity, but in the Qing Dynasty, it gradually began to be popularized on a large scale, so that at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the population was only 100 million and there was a general shortage of grain, and the Manchu people ran around staking their land, and the population increased by 300 million or 400 million, but there was no long-lasting problem of displaced people in the Ming Dynasty, which is inseparable from the large-scale cultivation of sweet potatoes.

Sweet potatoes are not like rice fields, they need fertile land, and they can be planted in many areas that could not be planted, and the yield is several times that of rice fields, so that in later generations, people are still accustomed to using good fields to grow rice, and using bad fields to plant sweet potatoes, but this thing does not have to be taken care of at all, but the yield per mu is extremely high, in Liu Chengfeng's memory, the price of sweet potatoes has always been as good as cabbage, so that many farmers in later generations would rather take it to feed pigs.

But for Liu Chengfeng, a doctor, the nutritional surname of sweet potatoes is higher than that of rice, and it can satisfy hunger, if you can get sweet potato seeds for promotion, then everything Wang Ao's words in the book will become empty words.

Liu Chengfeng said: "Your Majesty why don't you send a reward, then say that you want this kind of sweet potato seeds, willing to buy 100,000 gold, and then Weichen will roughly say the origin of sweet potatoes, only say that it is in the extreme west of the ocean, there will be brave men under the heavy reward, sooner or later someone will find to offer the court, buying grain from Fanbang is just a method of indicators, but it can give the court enough time, only to find this sweet potato can cure the root cause, at least to ensure that the Ming Dynasty will not lack food within a hundred years." ”

As for a hundred years later, Liu Chengfeng doesn't care, he is not a big Luo Jinxian, will he use a large number of chemical fertilizers in a hundred years, or other feasible methods, and he has a fart relationship.

Zhu Youzhu couldn't help but be moved, but he was a little suspicious, but since Liu Chengfeng said that he had such a nose and eyes, he naturally wanted to give it a try, and Zhu Youzhu said: "In this case, I will not only reward 100,000 gold, but if I can really find such a god seed, the person who offers it can be made a marquis, and the holy decree of the reward will be sent to Lianzhou." ”

Zhu Youzhu sighed, and then said: "As for what Wang Ao said, I will not pay attention to it for the time being, and your mind should not be on this for the time being, I still say that, it is imperative to exterminate the Ming Sect, and it must not be delayed, since I have entrusted you to do it, you must be attentive, and there must be no negligence." ”

Hearing that Zhu Youzhu planned to put aside this controversy, Liu Chengfeng seemed to have taken a reassuring pill, he estimated that Zhu Youzhu was also looking at the results at this time, on the one hand, it was the problem of buying grain from Fanbang, and on the other hand, it was the sweet potato seeds, if these two things could be realized, the palace would definitely have to maintain the national policy in front of him, and no one should want to change his course, after all, Jubaolou involved too many interests in the palace, once deposed, Zhu Youjiao, the emperor, would not be happy.

But thinking of going to investigate the chaotic party, Liu Chengfeng felt a headache again, he was not afraid of investigation, but he had no clue, and he didn't know how to start.

But of course, this matter has to be accepted, Liu Chengfeng had to pat his chest and promise, "Your Majesty, rest assured, Weichen will not disappoint Your Majesty." ”

Out of the palace, he breathed a long sigh of relief, the entourage outside had been waiting for a long time, Liu Chengfeng boarded the carriage and said, "Go to the beauty shop, presumably the ladies should also come out." ”

One of the guards said: "My lord, over there in the Servant Mansion, Mr. Li called someone to deliver a message, saying that the captain has found something, please go and see it as soon as possible." ”

Found......

Liu Chengfeng suddenly cheered up and said, "Then immediately turn around and go to the Servant Mansion, and also, send a car to pick up your ladies, now the Jingshi is not very peaceful, bring more guards, just in case." ”

(To be continued)