But this matter is not something that can be achieved in the short term, after all, the first thing to solve is that someone must at least plant it on a large scale next year..

Otherwise, it's useless to say that the sky is broken.

So, Zhu Youzhen summoned Xu Guangqi after thinking about it, but at this time, Xu Guangqi was happily like a child of more than 100 pounds on the dock in Tianjin.

"Someone! Blockade this piece of docks, this merchant ship! Daming bought !! ”

Xu Guangqi stood at the dock and said in high spirits.

A red-haired merchant on the side was explaining to the Ming officials on the side as much as possible that he was going to continue to go to the South Seas.

These goods were found by Daming.

It's all bought by someone who paid for it...

But what he said was not a word at all.

I only heard Xu Guangqi continue: "Summoning the Dongchang factory guard of Tianjin Wei to come over, everything here!" The Ministry of Agriculture must take all of it away, and the officials want a grain of sand! ”

The cause of the incident also started from a casual chat between the port guards of the Tianjin Wei of the Ming Dynasty and the officials of the Ministry of Agriculture stationed here.

That's pretty much it.

The garrison of Tianjin Wei Port in Daming said that from time to time, many merchant ships would carry a large number of seeds and other goods to Daming for replenishment, and then continue to sail to the South Seas.

One of the seeds is quite beautiful, and when you look at it from a distance, it looks like a golden bead.

This attracted the attention of the official from the Ministry of Agriculture.

After all, for him, the easiest thing to attract attention is everything related to agriculture, let alone seeds?

So as the conversation deepened.

There was the opening scene, the officials of the Ministry of Agriculture..... The more I listen, the more I look like corn, and the more I listen, the more I look like corn.

Needless to say, the plot after that.

In this way, this boatload of corn was completely served by the officials of the Ministry of Agriculture led by Xu Guangqi.

As soon as I returned to Beijing.

Xu Guangqi, who knew that Zhu Youzhen was looking for him, couldn't care about his excitement, grabbed a handful of corn seeds and followed the eunuch into the palace.

"I heard that you went to Tianjin Wei yesterday? How? Is there something going on? ”

As soon as he saw Xu Guangqi, Zhu Youzhen spoke.

But it's just a casual question.

After all, Xu Guangqi, who is the secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, is also a common thing to run around in Daming from time to time.

After all, agriculture ... It is more convincing to really go to the field to understand the situation.

And when Xu Guangqi heard what Zhu Youzhen said, it was difficult to hide the excitement in his expression.

From the cuff, he took out a handful of corn seeds that he grabbed before leaving Tianjin Wei.

said excitedly to Zhu Youzhen.

"Your Majesty... The minister went to Tianjin Wei this time because an official of the Ministry of Agriculture found a large amount of corn seeds on a merchant ship docked in Tianjin Wei.

As soon as the words fell, even Zhu Youzhen was shocked and said, "What? Corn seeds? Quick, take a look at me! ”

Xu Guangqi immediately approached and put the corn seed in his hand on Zhu Youzhen's dragon case.

When I looked at it, it was corn.

Zhu Youzhen was very excited, after all, the importance of corn could not be more straightforward, as a crop that can be grown in arid areas.

His importance is even greater than that of the sweet potato, which is now being widely promoted and cultivated in the Ming Dynasty, after all, the sweet potato can be full despite its large yield... But eating it every day is easy for people's stomachs to protest after all.

However, corn does not have to worry about such problems at all.

Grinding ripe corn into corn flour makes it possible to make a wide variety of foods with no side effects.

Even the corn stalks are crushed and used to breed cattle and sheep, which can be described as an artifact.

Zhu Youzhen couldn't wait to say, "How many seeds have been found?" Did you ask where these seeds came from? ”

"Back to the emperor, a total of more than 2,000 catties of seeds were found, and another crop recorded in the Daming Academy of Sciences was also found, called potatoes. As for the source, I heard from the owner of the merchant ship that it was shipped from India. ”

Zhu Youzhen laughed loudly when he heard this, and said, "Okay, good!" What India, is America! These Europeans still haven't figured out what kind of treasure they've discovered. ”

Xu Guangqi was a little puzzled, looked at Zhu Youzhen and said, "Your Majesty... Where is this America? ”

Hearing the doubts in Xu Guangqi's words.

Zhu Youzhen turned around and pulled out a world map from the side.

After unfolding it on the dragon case, he said to Xu Guangqi.

"Xu Aiqing.. You see, this is a map of the world, which records the exact location of different places in the overseas world today, and this is where the Americas are... And Da Ming is here. ”

Xu Guangqi, who saw the world map, was shocked and said: "Is the place where the emperor sent Zheng Zhilong to look for rubber trees in the Americas?" ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded.

"I asked Zheng Zhilong to go to South America, and this corn is estimated to come from North America, I want to say that this America is a good place, the land is vast, the environment is pleasant, and a large number of plains are on the American continent, which is extremely suitable for growing food."

However, in the previous words, if Xu Guangqi was just curious and asked, then the last sentence is extremely suitable for growing food.

It can be said that the strings were plucked heavily in Xu Guangqi's heart.

"Your Majesty... So why can't the Ming Dynasty send ships to the Americas to grow grain? Then all the grain was harvested and transported back to Daming. ”

Xu Guangqi's thoughts directly ignored who was under the control of the Americas now, after all, in his consciousness.

If someone occupies such a place, it will not be in the way.

Transported a large number of troops.

It's good if he cries his nose when he is beaten!

In fact, Xu Guangqi's words also said what Zhu Youzhen wanted to say the most.

I saw Zhu Youzhen speak again.

"I also have this intention, after the Ming Shandong Naval Division is formed, I will send ships to transport a large number of immigrants to reclaim the Americas."

"But before that, I have another thing I want to discuss with Xu Aiqing..." After that, Zhu Youzhen pointed his finger in the direction of the south of the Ming Dynasty.

Said: "This place is called Luzon, one of the vassals of the Ming Dynasty, but it has been a tribute to the Ming Dynasty for several dynasties, and it exists in name only, and now it seems to be in chaos." ”

Xu Guangqi nodded.

Zhu Youzhen continued: "I heard that the first steam-powered ironclad ship of the Daming Shandong Naval Division was about to be delivered, and I thought I could go to Luzon to explore it, and this place is also one of the treasures of feng shui. ”

"The farmland that has been cleared up for rice cultivation can be harvested three times a year without the impact of drought."

Xu Guangqi immediately spoke: "Your Majesty! Without further ado, the minister felt that he could immediately send someone to prepare, and the country of Luzon would be destroyed! ”