"You're not saying, how important is rubber? Our Ming industry relies on rubber, and you can draw it clearly, but anyone who is literate can make rubber according to your picture. ”

Zhu Gaoxian said in his heart how useful natural rubber can be, but looking at his father's distressed appearance at this time, Zhu Gaoxian still swallowed what he wanted to say, and admitted his mistake vigorously, "Dad, my son is still too tender, if it weren't for my father's help, my son would have made a big mistake!" ”

Alas, it is too backward to say that the times are too backward, and in later generations, in the era when satellites are flying all over the sky, what kind of secret is the topography of mountains and rivers!

Also, raw rubber has a fart use, and without post-processing, rubber cannot play its due role.

Thinking of the open mill, internal mixer, and vulcanizing machine used in later generations, Zhu Gaoxian felt that the road of industrial development was really long!

Any sub-component involves a complete supply and production chain, which is really complicated.

Zhu Di listened to his son's mouth saying the most sincere confession of his mistakes, and there was no shame on his face, he had to reflect on himself, was he too spoiled by this stinky boy?

However, let him lose his temper with his son, and he was reluctant.

"That's it, Dad's meaning, Qiongzhou should let Hu Hu go, you also said that the resource of rubber is very important, let others go, Dad is really not at ease."

Who is Hu Hu? Historically, Zhu Yunwen did not know where to go after Zhu Di broke the palace, the former emperor was lost, but it was not a trivial matter, although Zhu Di announced the death of Emperor Jianwen, but in private, he did not relax the search for Emperor Jianwen.

This search has been looking for a full twenty years.

If Zhu Di trusts anyone the most, it is naturally Hu Hui, otherwise, how could he give such an important thing to Hu Hu to do?

At this time, Hu Hu was only twenty-six years old, he was a jinshi in the second year of Jianwen, and was awarded the Ministry of War. Originally, Hu Hui planned to compete for the position in the household department, but with Zhu Di's trust, he didn't have to compete for the position.

Zhu Di ordered someone to call Hu Hu and handed Hu Hu the album that Zhu Gaoxian had planned to give Huang Zicheng before, "I have a very important matter for you to do!" ”

Zhu Gaoxian looked at Hu Hui sympathetically, some people's lives are really destined by God, in history, Hu Hu helped Zhu Di find Zhu Yunwen, his mother died, he asked to go back to the funeral, and Zhu Di did not agree.

His footsteps were eager to measure every inch of land in the Ming Dynasty, and now, Zhu Di didn't have to look for the traces of Emperor Jianwen, Hu Hu was favored by Zhu Di again, and asked him to go to Qiongzhou Mansion at the end of the world.

The Emperor's trust!

It's really not something that ordinary mortals can bear.

Zhu Di explained the task, "If there is no such tree called rubber in Qiongzhou Mansion, then in Yunnan, you go back to Mu Cheng and ...... from the rubber tree."

Speaking of this, Zhu Di didn't know how to spread the rubber tree, he was speechless for a while, and looked at Zhu Gaoxian.

Zhu Gaoxian had no choice but to take his father's words, "Rubber trees are spread and planted through seeds, the seeds are cultivated first, and then transplanted, generally the best germination in Qiongzhou Mansion in February and March, it is more suitable to plant in sandy land, this kind of tree, grow for five or six years before opening rubber tapping latex." “

"I have written down some specific cultivation methods on this piece of paper, and I still want you to summarize the lessons and lessons according to the actual situation, work hard, and cultivate more rubber trees."

Hu Hu didn't expect that it would be such a difficult task handed over to him, and before he could speak, Zhu Di had already ordered, "I will ask the officials to promote you to the prefect of Qiongzhou Prefecture, and they will command Hua Maoshang to build a city in Qiongzhou to defend against the Japanese, since a large number of rubber trees will be planted there in the future, I will send another good general to lead the army to Qiongzhou." “

The prefect is the fourth grade, and right now, Hu Hu is in the middle of the matter, but from the seventh grade, he was shocked, "Your Majesty, the minister is the liver and brain of the Ming Dynasty, it is also his duty, the minister has not done anything, he does not dare to take credit, if in the future, the minister really planted the rubber tree, and the minister will ask the emperor for grace!" ”

Zhu Di thought about it and felt that this was not impossible, but Zhu Gaoxian said on the side, "More or less you have to be promoted to an official, what is it for?" Dad, my son feels that he still has to give a grace, but it is really not good to let Hu Hu be a prefect in one breath at the moment, and he went to Qiongzhou, he is not familiar with life, so he has to rely on the current prefect, and when he is familiar, he will transfer the current prefect back and let Hu Hu be the prefect. “

There are many ethnic minorities in Qiongzhou Prefecture, and it is the end of the world, Hongwu set up the Hainan Guard Station in the second year, and sent the commander of Guangxi at that time, Sun An, to send troops to Zhenyu, and placed the Hainan Division, more than 1,000 town soldiers, which were controlled by the Guangxi Metropolitan Division.

Hongwu three years, Hainan Wei changed to Guangdong, to the north of the rout of the Yuan army to enrich the guard, Hainan set up two east and west, there are more than 1,000 troops, Hongwu five years, changed the division to Hainan Wei, six years of Tuntian.

There were nearly 16,000 Hainan Guards, but the guards fled one after another.

After all, although Hainan at this time had a good name, the name was "Qiong", but it was not the Hainan Island of later generations, with great scenery, but a poor and remote place.

Zhu Gaoxian's modern thinking still dominates, and he smiled, "Don't worry, there is no reason for you to stay in Qiongzhou Mansion for the rest of your life, and when there is an improvement in the future, I will transfer you back......"

"The four princes are serious!" Hu Hui hurriedly said, "It is the blessing of the minister to be able to do his best for the emperor and for me, and it is also the duty of the minister!" ”

Zhu Gaoxian wanted to say something, but Zhu Di raised his hand to stop him, his son is good at everything, but he lacks some decisiveness, "Then according to the meaning of the fourth prince, you can temporarily let Tongzhi know, and I will let Chen Heng lead the troops with you." ”

After Chen Heng received the order, he led 1,000 cavalry, with three tractors, three cannons, ten submachine guns, 200 guns, and two tractor ammunition to Qiongzhou.

This time the task came very suddenly, at the court meeting, after Zhu Di gave the order, all the courtiers were a little confused, the remote area of Qiongzhou Mansion, as for being equipped with so many firearms, go to suppress?

Zhu Di didn't care what the courtiers thought, he said to Chen Heng and Hu Hu, "Importance, I have already told you, the grain of Qiongzhou Mansion is supplied by Guangxi and Guangdong provinces, no matter what, we must do a good job in the tasks I have assigned." ”

"Your Ministers obey!"

Zhu Gaoxian stood up and said, "Lao Hu, if you go this time, if you don't find rubber, go to Yunnan, get rubber seeds from there, and plant them in the place I drew on the drawings I gave you. ”