Chapter 10: Crossing the Sea

He Xi smiled slightly and said, "No thanks." There is one more thing that bothers you, you can take me to the countryside to see. How is it? ”

Shopkeeper Zhang said: "Please rest assured, the little old man will definitely arrange it." It's just that this spring ploughing. Everyone is busy. I guess I'm going to snub the adults. ”

"It doesn't matter." He Xi said: "I just want to see the real situation. ”

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For several days, He Xi took people to the countryside.

In-depth understanding of what is going on in the countryside.

In general, the stormy changes before the Hongwu years ago also affected here. At the same time that a large number of wealthy families migrated, a large amount of land also fell into the hands of the common people. The landlords of more than 200 acres of land in Daming were on Zhu Yuanzhang's roster at the same time. During the Hongwu period, a large amount of land was reclaimed, and most of the people had their own land.

True.

Life is still very hard. But there is its own land. Most of the people were able to survive.

This is also why, it is clear that the Ming Dynasty is in ruins, and everything is lacking, and in the end of the Ming Dynasty, all the people of the Ming Dynasty are nostalgic for the Hongwu Dynasty. It is said that in the Hongwu Dynasty, the folk customs were simple. In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang has been doing the word equalization all his life, the land should be equal, and the taxes should be equal.

That's what it does.

However, such a situation also brought a big problem to He Xi.

Because the land was relatively evenly distributed, most of the people were tied to the land.

He Xi mobilized the manpower and material resources of the imperial court before. It's not so obvious. Now he is in the countryside during the busy farming period. He didn't see a loom ringing.

Princess Anqing has walked a few times to go to the countryside. It's crooked. simply stayed in Zhujing Town.

The people who have really been with He Xi are Yao Guangxiao and Yang Yu.

Yao Guangxiao saw that He Xi's face was getting more and more ugly, and said, "My lord, what do you have in mind, can I solve my doubts for adults?" ”

He Xi said: "Mr. Yao, I have a lot to do when I go out this time. But the first thing is to make money. ”

Yao Guangxiao said: "Make money? ”

He Xi said: "Exactly. Money is needed to do anything at the imperial court. I wanted to start in the cotton industry, but now it seems that it is difficult to start. ”

Yao Guangxiao said: "Lord He, how are you going to start?" ”

He Xi said; "These looms, you've seen them, can actually be improved, with mechanical power, with more shuttles. Its benefits are several times. Or even dozens of times. But now in the south of the Yangtze River, the people are men and women weaving, once I use a new type of loom, I'm afraid the people will be in trouble? ”

Yao Guangxiao said: "My lord, maybe I got a mistake, no matter what the adults do, as long as they don't touch the people's fields, the people will not be in trouble." The land is the lifeblood of the people. And not the others. ”

He Xi sighed and said; "When you say that, I feel even more uneasy."

"My lord, it doesn't have to be this way." Yang Yu suddenly spoke: "Male ploughing and female weaving, in the eyes of ordinary people, may be Mr. Wuliu's pastoral home. But only those who have experienced it know how hard it is. The people will choose the path that is better for them. ”

"This is also an adult, the theory of developing productive forces, what is the wisdom? Conform to human nature and natural reason. ”

He Xi looked at Yang Yu and only felt that this was a nice thing to say. Also in charge. But a lot of things aren't like that. There are a few acres of thin fields, men and women weaving, and ordinary laborers under the large industrial production land, who is better, He Xi really doesn't know.

However, there is one thing He Xi knows.

In many things, ordinary people don't actually have a choice.

Similarly, He Xi seems to have a choice. But there is not much choice.

Not to mention, if Zhu Yuanzhang wants Daming to be stronger, he must take this road. Even if he doesn't do it. Hundreds of years from now, someone will force them to do so. Hard work or not, worry or not, it's all useless.

He Xi doesn't talk about this topic anymore. He Xi said; "Yang Yu, I'll give you one thing."

Yang Yu said; "Your Excellency, please speak."

He Xi said: "You have seen all these looms. ”

Yang Yu said: "I have seen it. ”

He Xi said: "Send all kinds of looms to the College of Engineering and Science with samples. Let them improve for me. For example, with a few more shuttles, I need a more efficient textile machine. Machinery that can be propelled by water and wind power. ”

In He Xi's view, these looms are perfect in terms of machinery and practicality.

But this kind of perfection is in the context of male ploughing and female weaving. If a woman is idle weaving. That's the perfect fit. As for adding a shuttle, increasing the width of the loom and so on. It can cause problems for the weaving of the family workshop.

Even such looms, in some remote villages in later generations, there is no difference in shape.

This fully illustrates this point, under the use environment of male ploughing and female weaving, today's looms do not need to be modified at all. There is no way to modify it. In He Xi's opinion, the only thing that can be modified is probably some wearing parts on the loom, which are changed from wood to iron.

It's not that it can't be changed before. It's just a matter of cost.

Even the loom used at home has evolved into a loom for large workshops or factories. Similar to the improvement of Jenny's spinning machine, it is actually not difficult. Even in the Yuan Dynasty, there were similar revisions in Wang Zhennong's book.

So, it's never been a technical issue. It's a matter of demand.

Because of this, He Xi didn't feel that there was any difficulty in this. So let the Faculty of Engineering and Science design it separately. It can also be regarded as refining their abilities.

Anyway, the principle of basic mechanics and machinery was also sorted out by He Xi. Moreover, many of the engineering and science colleges are craftsmen, and their hands-on ability is much stronger than He Xi. He didn't have to worry about that.

Yang Yu immediately agreed.

He Xi will not stop in Songjiang.

After all, although Songjiang has some advantages in the cotton industry, the advantages are not obvious. Even He Xi felt that it was necessary to place the future cotton spinning center near Nanjing, which was not impossible. As one of Zhu Yuanzhang's major achievements, it is to promote cotton.

Cotton was spread throughout the country. Raw materials. It's almost everywhere, it's just a matter of good or bad variety.

It's just that He Xi did so in Songjiang, which made Princess Anqing a little dissatisfied. Originally, Princess Anqing thought she was going to enjoy the mountains and rivers. But as it turned out, it wasn't fun at all. So, she took the lead herself. Went to her soup and uncle.

Princess Anqing and He Xi parted ways.

There are pros and cons.

The disadvantage is that most of the security forces around He Xi are gone. The good thing is that He Xi's behavior is more free.

He Xi simply boarded the ship from Zhelin and headed to Ningbo by sea.

This way, it was not an official ship that was used, but a civilian ship.

Rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, rely on the sea to eat the sea.

Zhu Yuanzhang already has a so-called ban on the sea. However, the ban on the sea prohibits trade with foreigners, but also to prevent pirates from infesting. There are no restrictions for ordinary people to go to sea.

Of course, there are no limits, and there are no limits.

At the very least, ordinary people don't have the trouble of going to sea by boat at all.

However, even though there are a lot fewer people around He Xi, there are still dozens of people. Directly chartered a large ship with three masts. It's just that the treatment in this cabin is much worse than that on the Tangheza ship. On the ship of Yuhe, He Xi has a separate room. Ordinary entourage only lives in the Chase Shop. And on this ship, even He Xi does not have a simple cabin. can only be squeezed together with Yao Guangxiao. Not to mention, there was an uncomfortable smell on the whole ship.

It seems to smell fishy. As for the various places in the cabin, there were such and such stains, which made He Xi very uncomfortable.

And it seems to be a storm at sea, much more powerful than the waves in the Yangtze River, He Xi took a boat from Songjiang to Ningbo. It's not that far, actually. But He Xi can withstand the bumps in the Yangtze River, but the bumps in the sea are a little unbearable.

It made He Xi very uncomfortable.

Fortunately, from Songjiang to Ningbo, there is no transition to Hangzhou Bay. It didn't take a day. It was to Ningbo Wharf.

He Xi breathed a sigh of relief. It's just that even so, when I got off the boat and stepped on the Ningbo dock, my feet were soft. I feel that the earth is like a wave, surging wave by wave, and I can't stand still.