"By the way, do you think it's a little small here?" Zhu Houxi touched his chin, feeling that he should start preparing, it's not a thing to stay here all the time, the main thing is that it's always a little bad to not see the sun.

"It's still small, if it's small, I'll just keep digging, I feel quite open." Yang Shen didn't know what His Majesty was thinking, such a big place was not open, it was already very big.

"What I mean is to build a city outside, and some of the construction crafts can be moved outside, make it bigger, and take all these people's families, what do you think?" After all, Yang Shen is the principal here, if he doesn't agree, then Zhu Houxi will naturally not force it.

This is also a big deal, and the workload is quite large, but Zhu Houxi feels that it is urgent, after all, because of confidentiality, some people have not been home for a long time, and family leave is always limited, so it is easy to make chaos, so it is also excellent to build a big city and let some relatively unimportant people enter.

"Why do you suddenly say this, it's not very good here, and it's pretty safe." Yang Shen was a little puzzled, but he didn't directly refuse or so, he was just a little curious.

"That's what you say, but don't you think that people who stay here for a long time will have something happen sooner or later, and with the continuous improvement of the process, the demand continues to increase, and there are more and more people here, and sooner or later there will be problems, and not all of them will be moved out, some manufacturing will be out, and the development of some products will still be placed here, isn't it safer, and it is more convenient to put it outside, build a big city, and take their wives and children in, isn't it good?"

Zhu Houxi looked at Yang Shen, with seriousness in his eyes, now there are more and more people here, it is not good after all, clean up the irrelevant personnel, make this place more pure, compared to some mature processes, in fact, what is being studied is more important.

This also ensures safety, which is the result of Zhu Houxi's careful consideration, choosing a good place to build an industrial city, and it can also be used as a preliminary experimental base, which is quite touching to think about.

"It doesn't seem like a problem to say this, but if you go outside to build a city, will the goal be too big, and with such a large-scale personnel transfer, it's hard not to attract the attention of others." Yang Shen didn't object, but he also raised his own concerns, safety and confidentiality can be guaranteed here, but it's hard to say if you get out, and how big this city is and where to build it is also a very worthy consideration.

"That's what I said, but how can it be that no one finds out at all, we have moved out a lot of good things this time, and it can be regarded as an appearance in front of the public, they are naturally curious about where this thing came from, what these things look like, and there will be a steady stream of spies behind, and when the time comes, it will annoy you to death, and getting some out can be regarded as a diversion of attention, this is the main place, after all, invention and creation are the driving force of the times, do you understand?"

It's just a matter of time or time, it's impossible to stay under this place forever, it's good to have a place of concentration, set up a military restricted area, and send more troops.

"If Your Majesty thinks clearly, then Wechen will naturally not say anything, Wechen does not object, after all, with the continuous development of technology, the demand for various departments is getting higher and higher, and there are more and more people who need it, in principle, I agree, but where is this city built, how big is it to build, does Your Majesty have any ideas?"

This is also a place worth pondering, after all, he has some treasures here, if he falls directly into the public's sight, but put them in danger, if the safety problem is not solved, he would rather these people stay under it for the rest of their lives, at least it is relatively safe here.

"Isn't this a consultation with you, I mean to find a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and then it is big, very, very big, because it is necessary to take into account the expansion of industry in the future, it is better to plan a little bigger at the beginning than a headache later, and then it is best to have nearby mineral resources, there can be abundant raw materials."

"The Legend of the Fairy Tree"

For these goals, there is no suitable place near Beijing, and Zhu Houxi has no plans to build a big city near Kyoto here, isn't this a self-explosion?

"I don't think Your Majesty plans to discuss with Wechen, but plans to hand over this matter to Wechen, right?" Yang Shen rolled his eyes, it has always been a good thing for this big shopkeeper to find him, how can he worry about this kind of thing, at most, he is given a general direction for him to do it himself.

How to say it, it's not okay, Your Majesty has given you enough autonomy, you can do whatever you want, Your Majesty basically doesn't care, give you a stage to show your strengths, but say okay, usually I don't care about anything, it's just to give you a task, and sometimes it's quite helpless.

"Haha, don't you believe you, you go to Yan Song to discuss, the scale of the city is according to Beijing, the place can be, there is no need to follow my ideas, the transportation is also convenient, after the completion of this city, it will drive the development of the entire Ming Dynasty, Aiqing, there is a long way to go."

The transportation is convenient, in fact, Zhu Houxi thinks that Anhui is good, the water transportation is very good, or it can be placed in the south, although there are fewer people, but the water network is dense, as long as the traffic is good enough, there is no thing that cannot be transported out and materials that cannot be entered.

But although he had an idea, he didn't say anything, after all, he didn't know much about geography, and there were a lot of things involved here, so it was natural for a professional to think about these things with a general framework, and he just had to see the final result.

Yang Shen rolled his eyes but didn't say anything, after all, he was used to His Majesty's operations, and when he really did it himself, it made him uncomfortable.

"By the way, there's one more thing for you here." In addition to the construction of the city, there is also the matter of hybrid rice, we have to start preparing, I don't know how long it will take to get this thing out, scientific research looks at the face, let's get it early.

"What's the matter, Your Majesty, do you think I'm idle, it's anthracite and a big relocation, what's there now, or you can crack me into three petals, anyway, I can't do it now, you just look at it." Yang Shen was completely speechless, this hasn't stopped for two days, what's the matter, do you think he's very idle, even if he doesn't have these things, he's going to be busy to death, okay.

"Look at you, you haven't asked anything yet, isn't it a bit bad to refuse like this, you first ask what is beforehand."

"Don't ask, either you will crack me, or you will talk about it in a few days, Weichen really doesn't have time here." Yang Shen pursed his lips, if I ask me, do I still have a chance to refuse, really, it's sad to think about it, Your Majesty really doesn't treat him as a person, it's not even as good as a livestock, and the livestock still have a few days to rest.

"What, although this matter is very important, but you really don't need to worry too much, even you know that there will definitely be a relatively big development in the future, but there is a premise for all development, that is, people, we need a large population to support our development, what do you think of my statement?"

Zhu Houxi looked at Yang Shen, this is a very serious problem, the development of industry needs a large number of workers, this amount is very large, and agriculture can not be backward, the people take food as the sky, once all the peasants flow into the factory, agricultural production will be later, and the farmland will be wasted.

In this era of intensive cultivation, the grain is not enough to eat, the farmers need to eat bran to survive, once this model is broken, then there is no food, the output of grain can not go up, and then lose intensive cultivation, when the time comes, Zhu Houyu will encourage production, if there is a catastrophe again, Zhu Houyu does not know how many people will die, so before the grain production comes up, Zhu Houyu does not dare to encourage childbirth, it is really impossible to feed.

Even if the people have money in their hands, but the total amount of grain is there, the people's demand is great, and the price of grain will rise.

"The reason is indeed such a reason, now Weichen recruits so many people, and teaches some craftsmen or something, they all say that the farmland at home is deserted, although the salary of Weichen is very high, it is enough for them to eat and drink and have a surplus, but once the scale is released, a large number of people become craftsmen, and the food crisis will be highlighted."

Yang Shen still agrees with His Majesty's words, he presides over this matter himself, and he still sees a lot, and the number of workers recruited now is not much, and it can still be balanced, but once a large number of farmers are transferred, the farmland will inevitably be abandoned.

Although the wages of migrant workers may be a little higher, the total amount of food will be reduced, and the price of food will inevitably rise.

Food is the necessities of life, people can have no money, but can not live without a bite to eat, if the amount of food is sharply reduced, money will also depreciate rapidly, then money is scrap copper and rotten iron, money can not buy food.

Therefore, no matter what era, it makes sense to emphasize agriculture and suppress business, and business does earn more money.

So when His Majesty wanted to do this, in fact, he was not very willing, a little too much to improve the status of industry and commerce, but things are indeed good things, these are very helpful to the development of the Ming Dynasty, with these, the Ming Dynasty is invincible, otherwise not to mention anything else, the 300,000 troops of the Tatars are enough to eat a pot, and the city of Beijing will definitely not be able to hold it.

Of course, this must have the idea of oppressing the peasants, but if someone enjoys it, then naturally someone will suffer, and if there is no peasant to carry the bottom, how can the people above enjoy life.

I forgot that once it expands on a large scale, it will definitely affect the development of agriculture, and now Your Majesty says this, is there a solution?

"That's right, the food problem must be solved, but there is only so much land, and according to the current grain production, and some war factors and other reasons, we can only feed so many people, so should we find a way from rice seeds?"

"You mean hybrid rice?" Yang Shen looked at His Majesty with some doubts, did he start so early?

"Huh?" Zhu Houxi was stunned for a moment, why did he have a sense of disobedience, it felt a little wrong.

"Isn't it, you mentioned it in the book you gave me, but to be honest, Weichen doesn't understand, why does this increase the yield, and is it really possible to yield thousands of catties of rice per mu?" He has read all the books given by His Majesty.,There are all kinds of strange things on it.,Among them is this kind of hybrid rice.,But I don't know if it's Your Majesty's contempt or what.,Anyway, he doesn't understand it very well.。

"Nature is possible, let's put it this way, in nature, some varieties of rice are able to resist strong winds, but other aspects are not, some are more drought tolerant, some have higher yields, some can resist pests, our ancestors are to select the rice that is suitable for us to plant, and the purpose of hybridization is to let these excellent genes all fused together, in this way, the cultivated rice has all the excellent traits, both drought tolerance and resistance to insect pests and winds, the key yield is also good, I don't know if you can understand what I'm saying. ”

Actually, Zhu Houxi is not very clear, he only remembers the pea hybridization experiment, the principle should be similar, he doesn't understand it very well, but at least there is a research direction, which is much stronger than creating something out of nothing.

"To be honest, Weichen doesn't understand very well, but what His Majesty said Weichen understands a little bit, this is the same as a mule?" I don't know anything else, but he still understands the hybrid mule, although it runs fast, but it has better endurance, and it is a very good hybrid breed.

"Yes, yes, yes, but mules can not give birth, and plants bloom and bear fruit the same as animal fertility, which has to be cultivated slowly, cultivate very good varieties, large-scale planting, and naturally solve the food crisis, although sweet potatoes and potatoes can also be eaten, but the Chinese people are still used to eating rice."

To be honest, Zhu Houcong doesn't know how to explain this thing, the main thing is that he is not very proficient in this thing, haha it's still okay, but it's a little difficult to let him talk about being ugly.

"So what does Your Majesty want to do?" Although I didn't understand it, I asked His Majesty what he wanted to do, anyway, he didn't understand this thing, don't expect him to be responsible for it.

"Of course, let you find a person in charge, you have a lot of people in Jinyiwei, you see if there are any people who are interested, find a few more, this thing should be sooner rather than later, it will take a few months to plant seeds and wait to know if there are results, and the north is not good, go to the south, you can plant several waves a year, of course, let's talk about the location or something, find the person in charge first, and then talk about the next thing."

Zhu Houxi's purpose is that if you want to do something, you have to find the right person in charge first, and then talk about the next thing, after all, Yang Shen is not responsible for this matter, and it is useless to say it.