Knowing that the Daming Royal Silver Account had already deposited hundreds of millions of taels of silver, Zhu Cihong was overjoyed.

Because this not only means that the Ministry of Internal Affairs is no longer short of money, but also means that the gentry and businessmen in Jiangnan have formed a close alliance of interests with the Ming Dynasty.

However, the crown princess frowned.

"Aifei, you don't seem to be very happy?" Zhu Cihong asked.

The crown princess Kang Xi hummed lightly and said, "The concubine is worried about this silver." ”

"Are you still worried about the silver?" Zhu Cihong said angrily, "What's there to worry about?" ”

"How can you not worry?" Kang Xi said, "More than 100 million taels of silver, just profit every day, we have to pay hundreds of thousands of taels, that is, every day when we open our eyes, our family has already spent hundreds of thousands of taels before we have done anything." ”

"Oh, yes." Zhu Cihong was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and he suddenly reacted, this more than 100 million taels of silver only existed in the royal silver number, not really returned to the royal silver number.

And this silver is stored in the royal silver trumpet, and it has to be paid for profit.

In this way, it seems to be another money-losing deal?

But Zhu Cihong quickly reacted again and said: "No, you're not right, how can the silver number lose money?" If the silver number loses money, how can the previous money bank make a profit? ”

The crown princess said: "The money bank relies on borrowing to make a profit. ”

"Then let's borrow too." Zhu Cihong clapped his hands and said, "Let's borrow it too." ”

"It's not that easy." The crown princess shook her head and said, "Now there are many people who want to come to the royal silver number to deposit silver, but there are almost no borrowers, and so far they have only lent less than one million taels in total." ”

[Note: At the end of the Ming Dynasty, it was in the deflationary stage, the economic vitality was very poor, the good investment channels were seriously insufficient, the risk of merchants increased sharply, and the gentry and merchants were more willing to hide the silver than to take the silver to start a business, so the economy became worse, there were fewer opportunities, and entered a vicious circle of spiral decline, and then there was a seemingly contradictory economic phenomenon, on the one hand, the Ming Dynasty obviously had a large amount of silver, on the other hand, the market was deflationary because of the lack of silver]

"How so?" Zhu Cihong said in disbelief, "The borrowers are not as much as the ones who have deposited silver?" ”

"Before today, the concubine didn't believe it was true." The crown princess said, "But now it's really like this, seven of the ten people who entered the silver account came to deposit silver, and three borrowed silver, and two of them had no collateral at all, and only one person was qualified to borrow silver, which is sad." ”

Zhu Cihong thought for a while and said, "Father must have a solution, wait until I ask my father before I write to you." ”

"Your Highness, let the concubine follow you to Xuzhou." Kang Xi said, "Don't worry, the concubine will not haunt you, when you arrive in Xuzhou, you will live in the military camp with your father and the king of Ding, and the concubine will live in the Xuzhou branch." ”

This time I went north to inspect the Xuzhou branch.

Although the person in charge of taking care of the Xuzhou branch is an old shopkeeper who has followed Kang for millions of years, and there is absolutely no problem in terms of ability or loyalty, but Kang Xi, as the chief shopkeeper of the silver number, cannot not go once.

Thinking of this, Zhu Cihong nodded: "It's okay, then let's go together." ”

After two months of separation, Zhu Cihong really missed his father and Zhu Cijiong. …

……

"Hello Hello!"

Zhu Cijiong sneezed twice in a row.

Chongzhen immediately asked nervously, "Jiong'er, you won't catch a cold, right?" ”

In these years, if you get a common cold, you may go to the ghost door to close it, and now it is the early winter season, the weather is cold and warm, and it is the most easy time to get a cold.

"Father, I'm fine." Zhu Cijiong touched his nose.

"It must be the royal brother who is talking about us and missing us."

While talking, Chongzhen's father and son and their entourage came to a grange.

From a distance, I saw Gao Qiqian and a few little eunuchs rushing up to meet him.

"Long live the Lord, Daming Zhongxing is hopeful! Our Ming Dynasty is expected to be prosperous, wow! ”

Gao Qi dived to the front and knelt down on the field stalk with a pop, and howled and cried while kowtowing.

Seeing Gao Qiqian excited like this, Chongzhen knew that corn, sweet potatoes and potatoes must have been harvested, and most of them were unprecedentedly bumper harvests.

"Hurry up." Chongzhen stretched out his feet and kicked lightly to dive.

At the same time, the heart said that Gao Qiqian's eunuch is really a blessing.

He did several things, including farming this time.

In the past few months, more than 10,000 acres of "Yutian" were managed by Gao Qiqian and eunuchs.

Gao Qi got up and said with a flattering face: "Long live Lord, the slave and maid are really convinced, these three crops that you let Nan'an Hou sacrifice have all obtained a bumper harvest that has never been seen since ancient times!" ”

"The more than 10,000 acres of bud valley have collected more than 30,000 stones, and the yield per mu is 3 stones!"

"More than 100 acres of potatoes have been harvested more than 400 stones, the yield per mu is 4 stones, the most unbelievable is the sweet potatoes, more than 1,000 acres of sweet potatoes have actually harvested more than 6,000 stones, and the yield per mu is 5 stones!"

"So much?" The accompanying Qinwang scholars were all too excited.

For the same cultivated land, the yield of wheat cultivated by the displaced people is less than 2 stones.

Chongzhen has no waves in his heart, and there is obviously a lot of room for improvement in this output.

It is estimated that this is related to the fact that the cultivated land in Xuzhou has been abandoned for too long, and the yield will increase when the land becomes mature.

You must know that the yield per mu of sweet potatoes can easily reach seven or eight thousand catties, even if there is no chemical fertilizer now, but there is no pressure to reach two thousand catties per mu, that is to say, the yield per mu can reach more than 12 stones.

Unfortunately, the most productive sweet potatoes cannot be used as a staple food, but can only be used as a supplementary food.

But even if it can only be used as supplementary food, it can greatly alleviate the food crisis in Daming.

Sweet potatoes can not only be eaten directly, but also ground and processed into vermicelli, which are light in weight and durable to store.

However, the most anticipated is corn, although the yield is not as high as sweet potatoes, but it can be used as a staple food.

Now because it is wasteland recultivation, and there is no selection and breeding, so the corn yield is not high, but once the land is cultivated, let Fang Yizhi find a few experienced old farmers to do seed selection, and the corn yield will soon be able to rise, and there is no pressure on the yield of four to five stones per mu, and seven or eight stones is also possible.

At that moment, Chongzhen beckoned Fang Yizhi to step forward.

Fang Yizhi immediately trotted forward: "What does the Holy Lord command?" ”

"Fang Mizhi, in your physics knowledge, there are peony, seeding, wolfberry, and tamba mushroom all talk about how to cultivate, but why is there no introduction to planting wheat, planting mushrooms, planting rice, and even planting sweet potatoes and buds?" Chongzhen said, "But do you think wheat, mushrooms, and rice are not as important as peony herbs, or is there any other reason?" ”…

"This ......" Fang Yizhi was stunned in place.

Yes, why didn't physics Xiaozhi write about planting wheat and rice?

Since ancient times, there has been no agriculture and instability, and the cultivation output of crops is the foundation of the country. This is simply a great shame.

Chongzhen pointed to the corn, potatoes and sweet potatoes that had just been harvested, and said: "I heard Nan'anhou say that the yield of buds, potatoes and sweet potatoes is far more than this, and the reason why the yield will be lower after transplanting to Xuzhou is because the land is abandoned, and the other must be because the seeds have not been selected. ”

"So I'll give you a mission."

"You find a batch of old crops, select a few more scholars, and set up a group to increase the yield of buds, potatoes and sweet potatoes for Daming, the higher the better."

"Since ancient times, the people have lived by food."

"The army is vulnerable if it does not have adequate rations!"

"So, Fang Mizhi, you have done this thing well, the merit is in the community, and the benefit is in the future!"

Hearing this, Fang Yizhi couldn't hold back any longer, and immediately took a long look and said: "Minister, lead the order!" ”

Chongzhen continued: "By the way, I didn't let you personally take charge of this matter, but asked you to find a few scholars and experienced old croppers to be in charge. ”

Fang Yizhi is certainly not in charge of specific agricultural affairs.

After all, there are not many scholars with a certain degree of scientific literacy like Fang Yizhi in this era, so his job is mainly to take the lead in setting up various disciplines.

At present, the first discipline to be established is agriculture.

After this battle, if the defense line is held and the Ming Dynasty has not yet died, Chongzhen plans to set up another engineering department and begin to systematically develop firearms such as flintlock pistols and even rifled guns.

Of course, only God knows how far it will be developed and how long it will take to get it out.

If he is lucky enough to really fool a few scientists from Europe, then he will set up physics, chemistry, mathematics and even astronomy, so as to truly introduce natural science into the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, many things are easy to say, but it is impossible to start with a thousand things.

Fang Yizhi suddenly said: "Your Excellency, the minister remembers that the former scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion University, Xuan Hugong, once had a sweet potato sparse, and it seems that what he said in the sparse was this sweet potato. ”

"That's right, Xu Guangqi once had a sweet potato sparse." Chongzhen said, "It's a pity that he has been dead for many years. ”

Fang Yizhi continued: "Although Xuan Hu Gong is gone, the complete book of agricultural administration compiled by him is still there, and as far as the minister knows, the complete book of agricultural administration compiled by him is actually compiled by his students. ”

"Xu Guangqi's student?" Chongzhen's heart moved when he heard this, "It's in the Shizi camp?" ”

"Yes, yes." Fang Yizhi said knowingly, "Chen Zilong, a student of Xuanhu Gong, is in the Shizi camp at this time. ”

Speaking of this, Fang Yizhi turned around and shouted into the distance: "Among the people? Brother among people? Hurry up and call the middle brother! ”

Not long after, Chen Zilong came over with a sweet potato vine, and when he saw Chongzhen, he went to the ground: "Shengshang, please promote the large-scale planting of sweet potatoes in Xuzhou and even Nanzhi, this thing is drought-resistant, barren and wind-resistant, not easy to be pested, in the year of the catastrophe, where the wheat and rice grains are not harvested, this thing can still harvest a few stones per mu, and it is a rare treasure of famine!" ”

Chongzhen smiled and asked, "You compiled the complete book of agricultural administration?" ”

"Yes." Chen Zilong said, "The complete book of agricultural administration has a total of 12 items and 60 volumes, with more than 500,000 words, all of which are proofread and compiled by the ministers one by one. ”