"Big brother......!" Li Hao looked at Li Xiao inexplicably, not knowing what kind of wind the eldest brother was smoking.

"Hehe, Cai Ting, this old guy is bullying you and haven't been to Yungui." Li Xiao sneered.

"Yungui has indeed never been there, there are no three sunny days in that place, and there is no three feet flat on the ground. It is also a Hanyi miscellaneous, which is indeed difficult to manage.

When I was exploring the railway, I didn't go there because it was too difficult to construct. Li Hao nodded, but he still didn't understand why the eldest brother had this expression.

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"Although Yungui has the disadvantages you mentioned, those barbarians have lived there for thousands of years. After the Emperor defeated Chiyou, they retreated there.

If that place is so unbearable, can it support them for thousands of years?

Joke!

I'll tell you, Cai Ting, that old puppet is lying to you.

Although the conditions in Yungui are not good, there is no problem for the barbarians to live.

Especially in recent years, after trying to grow corn, potatoes and sweet potatoes in that place, they have no problem having a full stomach.

Far from the starvation of the wilderness as he said.

This old thing says this, but in fact, he wants you to build railways and roads to Yunnan and Guizhou.

There are many mountains in Yunnan-Guizhou, and there are many natural minerals. If you send people to explore for minerals, you will definitely be able to explore a lot.

Tin, lead, copper, iron, gold, etc., there are many deposits in Yunnan and Guizhou.

It's just that there is no capacity to mine now.

Even if you have the ability to mine it, you can't transport it out. ”

After listening to Li Xiao's words, Li Hao suddenly realized.

Yungui is not like Chengdu, Chengdu is surrounded by mountains, but after passing through the mountains is the vast plain.

And in Yungui's place, there are mountains everywhere. Although it is an exaggeration to say that there are no three feet flat, it is true that there are many mountains.

In some places, the villages are deep in the mountains, and it often takes several days or even more than ten days to get to the county seat or populated places.

Many of the people there have never been outside the village in their lives.

There are many mines in Yunnan, Guizhou, but the geomorphological conditions are too complicated. The Ming Dynasty did not build roads there, and there were no plans to build roads for ten years.

Not to mention the general places, even Kunming and Guiyang, there is no such thing as a highway.

As for the railway, it was a masterpiece.

Not only did they have to drill holes in the mountains, but they also had to build many bridges. According to those people in the Exploration Department of the Ministry of Industry, there are many places that can be called cliffs.

If you want to build a railway there, with the existing conditions of Daming, it is still a little tight.

Even Kunming and Guiyang are not connected by road or rail, let alone anywhere else.

Now, the most convenient way to contact Yungui and the outside world is airship.

The topography doesn't affect this thing much, and it can fly as long as the weather allows.

"If there are so many minerals, we might as well build a road out. Also make the people there rich! "Li Hao has been a bit addicted to engineering over the years.

When he was in charge of Jinling, he built two highway and railway bridges across the Yangtze River.

Before leaving, one was approved.

Now the bridge across the Yangtze River has something to do with him.

"Huh! The ore that Yungui has, and there are also overseas.

Australia, India, and Ottomans. There are such minerals, and we don't have to work hard to dig out from Yunnan and Guizhou.

Besides, good things are meant to be left to future generations, and our generation has used them, so how can it be done.

Resources, use a little less. If you use more, others will use less.

Those minerals in Yungui, whether they can be moved or not, are kept in the future in case our Ming Dynasty is down, and future generations will also have it.

However, the place of Yungui and the Han Yi are mixed, if they are isolated for a long time, it will make those barbarians have the idea of separation.

This one still has to be guarded against!

Well, build them a road. You can use the car!

It is enough to cover Guiyang and Kunming, as well as some important cities.

There is no need to be like ours, where every village is connected to a road. ”

"Whoa! I'll do this when I go back. Li Hao nodded, it was indeed like what the eldest brother said. The long-term separation will indeed make those barbarians have the mind of separation.

But fortunately, in that place, in the village where everyone has lived for generations. I don't want to move!

And with their strength, they will not have the ability to attack the Central Plains.

In fact, no southern barbarian military force has conquered the Central Plains since ancient times.

It was always the northern nomads who posed a threat to the Central Plains Dynasty.

"Oh, yes!

Liaoyang wants to set up an agricultural college, and you have to take care of the funds. You will approve as much as they report.

Just follow the precedent of the Jinzhou Research Institute! Li Xiao seemed to suddenly remember, and said to Li Hao.

"Big brother, I've seen that excerpt. It's not that I don't give an approval, they want 8,000 acres of land with one mouth, and they are all good land on the side of the Taizi River.

How can I give this approval! Do you know how much money the court has to lose in taxes if he says it?

The prefect of Liaoyang will go crazy! When Li Hao heard this, he was angry.

"Mr. Yuan is an authoritative master of agricultural affairs!

He wants to do a great thing that will benefit the present and the future.

If this thing is done, I will no longer have to worry about hunger in Huaxia.

The world is big, and the stomach is the biggest. If we can feed the whole world, then no one will oppose us.

As long as ordinary people participate in a rebellion, it can only be called a rebellion. This matter, in every way, is very worthwhile.

Therefore, we can't save this money.

No matter how much grain Liaoyang Mansion lost, it was made up by the imperial court. Li Xiao bowed and said.

"Big brother, now there are potatoes and sweet potatoes. There is also high-yield corn, although we Daming can't guarantee all food and clothing. But at least, in the vast majority of places there will be no starvation.

Even I can guarantee that no one will go hungry in most places. Do we need to do such a huge pilot project again? ”

"Huh!

Potatoes, sweet potatoes and corn are things that fill your stomach, but they are not delicious.

Not only do we have to eat well, but we also have to eat well.

If you want the people to eat well and be full, you must first have rice and noodles. The rest of the corn and miscellaneous grains can be eaten if people are willing to eat, and if they are not willing to eat, they can be squeezed and made into feed.

This is a good life for people, you have seen who eats potatoes and sweet potatoes all year round.

If you eat corn for a long time, you will feel tired of panicking.

Isn't there already a saying that corn is a coarse grain. Rice and white flour are fine grains, and the taste is very different. ”

As soon as Li Xiao said this, Li Hao had nothing to say. There was no way, the eldest brother had no choice but to do what he said.

However, 8,000 acres of land is only used for the study of rice, and wheat and corn will be studied in the future...... God knows how much land will be taken in the end.

Li Xiao will not dislike the issue of 8,000 acres of land, these are small things for him.

However, seeing Li Hao's ugly face, he could only continue to explain to Li Hao.

"In fact, the high-yielding rice tested is still secondary. Our main purpose is to breed high-yielding rice and wheat seeds, but this has a secondary purpose. ”

"Secondary purpose?" Li Hao asked puzzled.

"After this seed is cultivated, in addition to high yields...... there is another characteristic. That is, this seed cannot be used as a seed. Li Xiao said mysteriously.

"You can't be a seed...... Seed? Li Hao felt that this was not only awkward, but also did not understand it.

What is it called, a seed that can't be a seed?

In other words, the grain that grows from this seed can only be eaten, and cannot be planted in the ground as seed food. Even if you plant, no food will grow. ”

Li Xiao smiled mysteriously.

"How can there be such a thing?" Li Hao's eyes widened, and the eldest brother said that he had never heard of it.

"That's what is going to be studied, as long as it's studied. We will give this seed to the world for free! ”

"We have worked so hard to cultivate, and you give it away for free?" Li Hao felt that the eldest brother was crazy.

"That's right, it's a gratuitous gift.

Not only will we give away them for free, but we will also buy their surplus food. ”

"Big brother, are you okay?" Li Hao looked at Li Xiao with a strange expression.

"Ten years, twenty years, thirty years after we do this, do you think there are still seeds in the world that can grow food?

Even if there is, it is in our hands.

As long as we don't give them seeds, they won't be able to grow food. At that time, who would dare to offend our Daming.

Fourth, this is a hundred times more useful than guns. A real soldier who surrenders without a fight!

There was once a wise old man who said that whoever controls the grain controls the human race.

We......! Li Xiao pointed to his nose.