"If you want to achieve your majesty's desire for foreign colonial expansion, you must focus on the land, as long as the people are willing to go to sea.

The imperial court not only promised that every Ming citizen would receive no less than 100 acres of land overseas, but would also receive support and help from the means of production. ”

Xu Guangqi's words undoubtedly directly hit a key problem of the people's reluctance to leave the Ming Dynasty, that is, the land they now own is enough for them to survive.

But on top of meeting the conditions necessary for survival.

Are they still willing to leave their homeland and go overseas for a better life? At this point, Xu Guangqi felt that the people were willing, and even Zhu Youzhen nodded again and again after hearing it...

"Overseas, the land is vast...

Only Annam can become the granary of the future of the Ming Dynasty, not to mention that there is still a large area of land in Nanyang, of course I can promise that as long as the people are willing to go to sea, the initial investment can be provided by the Ming Royal Bank to provide a certain loan, and the imperial court to provide a certain subsidy! ”

... Subsequently, many ministers present gave advice.

More details of this action were discussed, and in the future, Daming's eyes will be overseas, which is an eternal general direction that no one can stop.

....

What kind of environment is it in the present-day South Seas, that is, Southeast Asia in the future?

Zhu Youzhen has seen it more thoroughly than anyone else.

The so-called little kings are fighting happily every day.

It seems that the war is continuous, but in fact it is just a chaotic attack under the deliberate manipulation of the Dutch.

Of course, Daming has the strength to settle the problems that arise in the South Seas.

But before that, Zhu Youzhen understood better that the current Ming Dynasty was more likely to continue to attack the outside world.

It will take some time to carefully manage the existing Liaodong, Mongolia, Annam, and Wa Kingdoms, as well as Kyushu Island, which has just been assigned to the Ming Dynasty.

Among them, Zhu Youzhen is particularly concerned about Annan.

Every initiative Huo Weihua took in Annan was the result of Zhu Youzhen's instructions.

That piece of rich land can accommodate a large number of Ming people, and it is not a problem to easily feed tens of millions of people, and as long as reasonable agricultural technology can be used, fertile land can be cultivated.

The Ming Dynasty will have a large granary that can produce at least millions of additional tons of rice every year.

This is Daming's opportunity.

This is the place that Zhu Youjian has already regarded as a bag.

It is the simplest and most crude way to solve the food problem in the future.

A rice can be harvested three times a year in Nanyang, but now it has been abandoned by those natives, which is undoubtedly the existence of tyrannical things, and Zhu Youzhen can't accept it at all.

....

Chongzhen for three years.

The drought in history came, and Zhu Youzhen had already predicted this round of drought with the future meteorological data he had extracted before.

Fortunately, this time the time came relatively late, and Daming had basically harvested grain except for a few areas in the north, but the cracked land in the fields still made Xu Guangqi's brows furrowed tightly.

"At the end of the year, there is such a drought, although there is probably no shortage of food in the DPRK and China this time, and all localities can find ways to obtain water by digging wells, but I am afraid that next year's spring plowing will have a big problem..."

Shaking his head slightly, Xu Guangqi sighed all the way in a wheat field in Zhili.

If you rely on water from heaven again this winter, I'm afraid it won't help... In winter, if the fields are not irrigated to nourish the land, the drought will not improve when it is time to cultivate the land next year.

The harvest in the fields will be affected.

Xu Guangqi suddenly saw a farmer sitting in the field not far away, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Uncle, why don't you go home..." Instead, sit here stunned? ”

Seeing that Xu Guangqi was not dressed in an official robe, he was just dressed as a rich man.

The farmer raised his head and said, "I'm worried about next year. Next year, there will be a great drought here! Alas.. When the time comes, I don't know where we should go. ”

"Uncle. . . Can you tell that there will be a big drought next year? ”

"I... After planting crops all my life, how can I not see that water is getting more and more scarce every year, and I think the harvest in the field will be pitifully tight next year! ”

Hear what the farmer said.

Xu Guangqi's expression became even more ugly, and he hurriedly said: "If you are given a crop that can be harvested three times a year, without paying land rent, and only needs to pay agricultural taxes every year according to the imperial decree, are you willing to farm?" ”

When the farmer heard this, he said.

thought that someone was talking stupid in front of him, but he laughed and said, "I don't want to!" ”

"Ahh Why is that? If there is a great drought here next year, as you said, why don't you want to ask for the good land that I have told you about? ”

"That place is not mine, but this field. . . But it must be mine! ”

Xu Guangqi didn't understand, this was the farmer who thought he was just joking him.

Then he nodded and spoke again: "What if it's true?" Moreover, one person can have 100 acres of fertile land, and you can have as many fields as there are people in your family. Would you like that? ”

"It's really fake! Then I won't become a big landlord? ”

"Really.. Would you like to? ”

"Of course! Where there is such a good thing, I am willing to go to the ends of the earth! The farmer responded.

Xu Guangqi didn't talk again, but turned around and left. Before leaving, the farmer thought that he was just a passing idiot, but after the idiot he thought was a few steps out.

But he heard him cry out, "Old peasant! You remember how you promised Xu today, next spring, I will come back to you! ”

...

Xu Guangqi, the secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, likes to go down to the fields around Beijing, whether it is spring plowing or autumn harvest, even in normal times.

I have been thinking about the strategy of emigrating overseas for so long.

Xu Guangqi didn't expect that just a few words with a farmer in Zhili Mansion would have such a big gain.

After returning to the capital.

Xu Guangqi wrote the matter into a memorabilia overnight and submitted it to the palace.

...

The night is gradually approaching, but Zhu Youzhen is still in the Dongnuan Pavilion to review the recitals from all over the Ming Dynasty, most of which are the big and small things that happened in various parts of the Ming Dynasty.

It's funny.

When Zhu Youzhen just crossed over, he could be said to have gray hair when he saw these twists and turns coming from everywhere.

Among them, there are many greetings, good news, auspicious rain, good harvest, and even a local peasant woman who is virtuous and virtuous, deeply admired by the local people, and all kinds of miscellaneous things are readily available.

So Zhu Youzhen ordered: "Less ink, get down to business." ”

Later, there were signs of relief, and in addition to special needs such as the Ministry of Rites, Zhu Youzhen did something that completely banned the eight shares in the folds and changed to vernacular.