Chapter 64: The shocked Zhu Yuanzhang

As the emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang is still familiar with the local area. It was this familiarity that reminded him of the existence of a Shanghai county.

In fact, this era of Shanghai County is very young, and it is a county that was only divided into the Yuan Dynasty, and it has not been a hundred years now. In Zhu Yuanzhang's opinion, it is even more incredible, although he said that Guangzhou is a barbarian land. But after all, Guangzhou has historical origins. In the Tang Dynasty, it was also a metropolis. And it can radiate to the two wide, and it is not impossible to develop and grow in the future.

But Shanghai let Zhu Yuanzhang be blindsided.

It's just a small county, even if it develops, shouldn't it be Songjiang Prefecture?

He Xi immediately opened the map of Shanghai with the mouse, and kept opening it, so that he could directly see the streets of Shanghai.

Zhu Yuanzhang was silent.

This is a city that he can't imagine, not to mention the high-rise buildings and countless roads, but the area covered is unimaginable. Because in his opinion, from Songjiang Mansion to Suzhou Mansion, and even around the entire Taihu Lake, they are all connected.

Become a huge network of cities.

It took a long time for Zhu Yuanzhang to say: "So much land has been built into houses. What will you eat then? ”

This question is definitely not asked out of thin air.

Because in the early Ming Dynasty, the Taihu Plain was a pivotal grain producing area. A large part of the grain needed by Nanjing came from the Taihu Plain. After all, in this day and age, development elsewhere is not proper.

It was not until the middle and late Ming Dynasty that it became a familiar lake.

In fact, this can also be seen in the taxation. Why did Zhu Yuanzhang have to collect so many taxes from Jiangnan, and set up so many official fields in Jiangnan. Of course, this has careful thoughts about revenge, but just regard Zhu Yuanzhang as narrow-minded, just because the people of Jiangnan have followed Zhang Shicheng, they can't tolerate it, they look down on Zhu Yuanzhang too much, not to mention anything else, Chen Youliang's foundation is in Wuchang, why didn't Zhu Yuanzhang use taxes to fight Wuchang?

The reason is simple, there is grain in Jiangnan. And nowhere else.

Therefore, from Zhu Yuanzhang's point of view, a large number of buildings have occupied the grain-producing land in the south of the Yangtze River.

He Xi did not explain to Zhu Yuanzhang the changes in the grain production area over the past hundred years. Not to mention telling Zhu Yuanzhang that the largest grain producing area in later generations is the northeast region, and the other is Henan, which is still sparsely populated and full of wild beasts.

He Xi said: "Please allow me to explain a person to Your Majesty." It's Yuan-Longping. Mr. Yuan. ”

Then He Xi dragged a photo from the album.

To be honest, He Xi is not a person who likes to take pictures very much. There aren't too many photos in his album. Mostly pictures of beautiful women. There are very few photos of celebrities, and the photo of Yuan Lao is also that when he learned that Yuan Lao died, he didn't know what kind of mentality he had, so he saved a photo of the elder.

He Xi said: "Soon after the founding of the new dynasty, there was a shortage of food in the country, and everyone did not eat much, so in order to obtain higher yields, the country carried out a series of scientific research at that time. Among them, Yuan Lao's hybrid rice project is one of them. It took Yuan Lao decades to develop it successfully. Let the yield of rice per mu be more than 1,000 catties. Even before Yuan Lao died, he was still researching seawater rice, so that all the coastal flats in the world could be planted with rice. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned and looked at the photos on the screen.

I can't believe it.

In fact, the first thing he couldn't believe was the clear image in it. When looking at the map, Zhu Yuanzhang was already very surprised. He couldn't imagine that the map in front of him was drawn. But a map is a map after all, and there is some abstraction. And Zhu Yuanzhang also knows that there are things that can go to heaven in the future. After all, He Xi had already told Zhu Yuanzhang before.

In front of him, Yuan Lao's photo is so clear, it has made Zhu Yuanzhang incredible.

The second one couldn't believe it was this old man. This old Mr. Yuan can actually have such a big initiative. In Zhu Yuanzhang's view, he is simply a living Shennong. It is important to know that in the south today, most of the rice yield is between three stones and four stones a year. Converted into weights and measures in later generations, it is about two or three hundred catties.

That's multiplied several times.

What is the deepest memory of Zhu Yuanzhang in this life? It's the hunger of youth. It was a feeling he could never forget for the rest of his life, not only because of the unbearable taste of starvation, but also because hunger had taken away many of his relatives.

Can you forget this?

But now I have seen such scientific achievements as Yuan Lao. Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes glowed red. The heartbeat in his chest also turned into a repeating voice: "I want." I want to. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "This old Mr. Yuan's hybrid rice, do you know how to make it?" ”

He Xi said: "Mr. Yuan is an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the New Dynasty. I am just a student who has just graduated, and the gap between me and Yuan Lao is like the gap between a child who has just graduated from Mengxue and a scholar of Song, no, even bigger. ”

"Your Majesty is really difficult for a strong man."

"However, I know that some new crops can also yield thousands of pounds per mu."

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Where is it? ”

He Xi said, "Your Majesty, wait a minute. He Xi then opened the satellite map again and transferred it to North America. However, because he hadn't seen much of the situation here before, it became a blank as soon as it shrunk. Only a rough outline can be seen. But even that is enough.

He Xi said: "It is here, and now it is ruled by a primitive tribe, and they are blessed with corn, sweet potatoes, potatoes and other crops. Your Majesty, the so-called prosperous era of Kangqian in the Qing Dynasty, some people called it the prosperous era of sweet potatoes, that is, they vigorously promoted sweet potatoes. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, there were enough more than 400 million people. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "This is true. ”

He Xi said: "Really. I don't dare to deceive Your Majesty, in fact, more importantly, this is a borderless land. The so-called primitive tribes are called Indians by Westerners. It is said that there are two theories. One is that the Westerners regard this place as India and call it Indian. There is also a saying that these natives often say, Yin Di'an. ”

"Yindi?" Zhu Yuanzhang is not a person who does not learn and does not know how to learn, and when he heard this word, he immediately had some associations.

He Xi said: "Not bad. Some scholars have deduced that these people were the descendants of the remnants of the Yin Shang Dynasty. Legend has it that the king of Shang was actually a very brave king. It's just that he fought with Dongyi all the year round, although he finally defeated Dongyi, but his vitality was greatly damaged, so that the Western Zhou Dynasty rose, defeated Muye, and then fell, when the Shang King was defeated, the Shang Dynasty was still left in the east tens of thousands of troops. Then the Duke of Zhou went on an expedition to the east, sweeping away the remnants of Yin Shang. But these tens of thousands of troops are nowhere to be seen. ”

"That's why some scholars have speculated about the eastward crossing."

"But it's not who they are. The important thing is that they are very backward in technology now, and they seem to be still stuck in the Yin Shang period. Even iron tools are scarce. It is not worth mentioning that the Westerners conquered the Inca dynasty with a mere few hundred people. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said, "I know." They are now Yin merchants. I should make one of my sons the king of Yin, and cross the river to rule him. ”

He Xi said: "I'm afraid it's not enough. He Xi put the map to the maximum. From now on, it will be a map of the world. Circled above, Australia, North America, South America. and some places in Oceania. He said: "Your Majesty, these places are sparsely populated, but rich in products. The Great Plains of North America are fertile enough to produce unparalleled in the world. Even in later generations, the United States was the world's largest exporter of agricultural products. And these places may have gold, silver, copper, and iron mines, or pasture cattle and sheep profits. ”

"None of that matters, though."

"In fact, for Daming, these are not the most important. After all, even if Daming doesn't have these places, he will live well, and with these places, there will be all kinds of problems. However, God did not agree, but suffered from it. ”

"Your Majesty, I've always said that the Westerners are only a little here."

He Xidian was in Europe and said: "All the countries of the Westerners combined, they are not as good as the Ming Dynasty. Nowadays, there are not as many Westerners as there are Ming people. However, later generations of Westerners touched this area. He Xi crossed out North America, South America, Australia, etc., and said: "In later generations, China's population is 1.3 billion, which is already the peak, but the combined population of the West is estimated to be no less than this number. And even more. It can be said that the prestige of the Celestial Empire, after falling into the hands of the Qing Dynasty, has not been fully lifted up a hundred years later. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "I understand, if I don't take it, I will be blamed for it." The strategy of opening the sea and sealing the domain. That's it. ”

He Xi listened and said, "Your Majesty Shengming." ”

He Xi secretly rejoiced in his heart, no matter what, as long as Zhu Yuanzhang was willing to send people to seize the territory, the Chinese would have an advantage in the future. Even if it declines, where can it decline? And He Xi knows one thing better.

When Daming has a huge overseas market. When various industries are in short supply. Labor costs increase. Then the industrial revolution, even if it is not pushed by He Xi, she will come belatedly.

This stone counts the birds.

Playing with Zhu Yuanzhang in the palm of his hand.

How could He Xi not be happy.

However, he didn't dare to underestimate Zhu Yuanzhang at all. He knows very well that he can calculate Zhu Yuanzhang today, not that Zhu Yuanzhang is not as wise as him. It's that the knowledge of the two sides is different, and in this, He Xi is in suppression.

Zhu Yuanzhang pointed to the laptop and said, "Can you explain to me, what is this?" ”

At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang's curiosity about laptops has far exceeded his worries about the future of Daming. After all, the future of Daming is a very distant thing, and this laptop is just around the corner.

Since He Xi wants to deter Zhu Yuanzhang today, he will use the future imperial examination to smash Zhu Yuanzhang unconscious. Naturally, he said without hesitation: "This is an important tool for production and life in the future, the computer." ”