"Father, the United States is too powerful! And the crown prince, as the prince of the country, has a precious status, so he can't easily take this big risk! At this time, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, stepped forward and said, "Therefore, the son of the emperor implores his father to retract the order, let the prince sit in the capital division, and the son of the prince will lead the Ming Navy to the United States on an expedition instead of the prince." ”

"The fourth brother is right, the expedition to the United States is too dangerous, and the prince should not be allowed to take risks." When the rest of the princes heard this, they also gave advice to Lao Zhu.

"The hearts of several younger brothers, the eldest brother understands them." Prince Zhu Biao said, "I have made up my mind, and I must personally conquer the United States." The United States is the biggest enemy of the Ming Dynasty, if I, the prince, dare not go to the crusade in person, how will I serve the public in the future? ”

Zhu Di, Zhu Zhang, and Zhu Chun heard this, so they did not continue to persuade.

"It's settled!" Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Biao'er, you immediately go to the Jinling Ship Division to choose a suitable battleship, and all the generals of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies are also at your disposal." ”

"In short, we give you what you want."

"Whoever you want to be your pioneer, we will send whoever you want!"

"Father!" Zhu Biao said, "The rest of the conditions Erchen doesn't care, Erchen only needs one person to accompany him." ”

"Who?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"Teacher Qin!" Zhu Biaodao.

"Go tell him about it yourself." Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"Yes!"

"In addition, from now on, Biao'er will be restored to the position of the crown prince, and at the same time, the queen's reputation will be restored!" Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Use Daming Daily to announce to the world, so that everyone in the world knows that they have been wronged during this period." ”

"In order to eliminate the Chinese nobles, our sister and Biao'er endured humiliation and burden, which is worthy of the respect of the people."

"Yes!"

"In addition, Di'er Zhu Chun and Zhu Zhang, you also acted well!"

……

A few days later.

Zhu Yuanzhang came to Lujia Village and saw Qin Yu taking several princes and students, working in the fields with their trousers. Several princes and the rest of the female students were covered in mud one by one, but they still did it tirelessly.

"Mr. Qin, you actually took the students to farm in person?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"Village Chief Huang, come down too." Qin Yu said.

"Good!" Without saying a word, Lao Zhu went down to the field and followed the crowd to clean up the barnyard grass in the rice field.

"Mr. Qin, this rice ......" Soon, Zhu Yuanzhang discovered the difference of the rice here, the rice in this rice field, each with rice ears on it, is several times more than the ordinary one.

Not only is there a large number, but also the grains are full.

"This is my newly bred hybrid rice." Qin Yu said.

"It's so productive!" Zhu Yuanzhang held an ear of rice in his hand and looked at the sun, his hands trembling. In an agrarian society, what high-yielding rice seeds mean is self-evident.

This will be another artifact to consolidate the country's foundation!

"Are those feudal nobles extinct?" Qin Yu asked.

"The big families entrenched in the court are almost wiped out." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "But there are still many local nobles, and it is difficult to destroy them easily." ”

"They have always been a hidden danger to the Ming Dynasty!"

"We're a little worried, one day we're gone, and the kings of the Ming Dynasty won't be able to bring them down and let them make a comeback. Scourge the Ming Dynasty, plague the country and the people. ”

"You can rest assured of this." Qin Yu said, "They will only disappear slowly, and there will be no chance of any comeback." ”

"If their ideological foundation and agricultural economic foundation are gone, there will be no soil for survival."

"Well, what Mr. said makes sense!" Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"In fact, the total collapse of the aristocracy's agrarian economy was largely due to the advent of potatoes." Qin Yu said, "Now with hybrid rice, the farming economy will completely withdraw from the stage of history." ”

"Human beings have always struggled to survive, that is, to fill their stomachs."

"The harder it is for society to fill its stomach, the more oppression it has."

"The easier it is for society to fill its belly, the more civilization there is, and the smaller the stage for oppressors."

"And potatoes and hybrid rice are the artifacts that fill the stomach. To put it simply, if potatoes and hybrid rice were put into the Qin Dynasty...... Those feudal aristocrats did not live that long. ”

"The reason why the West took the lead in entering modern civilization (during the Song Dynasty, there were universities in the West, Washington and Qianlong were the same era, and Qianlong was still in prison when Washington established the common celebration. ）…… It is because the industrial revolution led to the development of agriculture, and the development of agriculture reached a golden age, and then the grain production increased significantly, and it was easy for the people to eat enough. ”

"Potatoes and sweet potatoes are native to the West."

"It seems that high-yield crops are really a civilization artifact!" Zhu Biaodao next to him.

"Who's to say it isn't?" Qin Yu said, "There is an old saying that the people take food as the sky. When everyone is full, they have the energy to pursue something more advanced. ”

"If you don't have enough to eat, people will first seek to survive."

"When we are full, we must pursue freedom and equality, which is an irreversible historical trend. Unless some people go against the grain and go against the wheel of history, so that people will be underfed and clothed again. ”

After some time, the hybrid rice finally had a good harvest.

Qin Yu brought the first batch of high-yielding rice seeds to the Ming Dynasty.

If Emperor Zhu obtained the treasure, he could send people to distribute it to the grain-producing areas in the south of the Yangtze River for planting. Establish experimental plots and seed companies, and after two or three quarters, the seeds produced will be enough for the whole country.

"Village Chief Huang, after hybrid rice is popularized, it should be sold overseas and let them go to the seeds." Qin Yu said.

"Planting for people overseas?" Zhu Yuanzhang frowned when he heard this, "How can such an artifact be easily given to others?" ”

"The pattern can't be so small!" Qin Yu said, "Because the economic foundation of the Ming Dynasty is now based on the commercial economy. If people from overseas countries can't even eat, where will they get the spare money to do business with Daming? One country in Daming is rich, and the rest of the countries are poor, which will inevitably affect the overall economy of Daming. ”

"If all overseas countries do not have the ability to do business with the Ming Dynasty, then the Ming economy will easily collapse. No one buys silk, the silk industry is going to collapse, no one buys porcelain, the porcelain industry is going to collapse. ”

"The faster the industry grows, the harder it is to digest internally."

"When you help them, you're actually helping yourself."

"This is true not only economically, but also civilly. Therefore, the Ming Dynasty not only wanted to help them develop their economy, but also helped them enter civilization and eliminate exploitation. ”

"Just imagine, the civilization of the Ming Dynasty was advanced, but the surrounding countries were still engaged in slavery. The basic concepts and values are different, how can both parties have fun together? ”

"Since we have to do business with overseas countries, then the whole world is one. One loss and one loss, one glory. This idea is called the Global Village Idea,"

"Makes sense!" Lao Zhu said, "So we have to be the Ming Dynasty to catch the world." ”

(End of chapter)