Chapter 69: Roots

He Xi left Cao Guogong's Mansion and still couldn't go home.

Need to enter the palace.

After He Xi entered the palace, he did not see Zhu Yuanzhang immediately. It was only after changing clothes and washing in the dormitory of the Qianqing Palace that I met Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes are still bright, and in front of him, there are still piles of music that he can't finish. Zhu Yuanzhang himself is actually a person who can't be idle. Even with a secretary and supervisor, he shared a lot of government affairs for him. In his daily working hours, he is still a Grand Slam. From opening your eyes in the morning to the dead of night.

It's not much more than before.

When Zhu Yuanzhang saw He Xi coming, he didn't raise his head. said, "Sit." "Still looking at the song.

After He Xi sat down, Zhu Yuanzhang asked, "How is Wenzhong's situation?" ”

He Xi said: "Erchen is ashamed, I really don't know. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed in his heart, he had expected this result. But he was inevitably disappointed in his heart, and he said: "You have been running outside for more than half a year this year, and there is one thing you probably don't know. Anqing has. It's been months. It will probably be produced next spring. ”

He Xi felt as if an electric current rushed from his heels to his head. Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't hear what he said clearly.

He Xi calculated the time, it was before he went from Jiangnan to Liaodong. There are mixed tastes in my heart. It seems that there are countless ideas, and these countless ideas converge together, as if there are no ideas left. The brain went blank.

There was only one thought, and he secretly said, "I'm going to be a father." I'm going to be a dad. ”

After a while, He Xi came back to his senses and said, "Why didn't you send me a letter?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "When I was just pregnant, the fetus was unstable, so I can't talk nonsense. Later it was almost. Your whereabouts have been varied. The tantras have stopped for a while, and it's hard to find you. This time I summoned you back to keep you at home. Wait until the child is born. ”

He Xi said; "Thank you, Father."

He Xi said thank you, but there was some difficulty in his heart.

Accompanying his wife and children, He Xi is naturally willing. But he knows that the rhythm of doing things in the Ming Dynasty, no, it should be said that the rhythm of doing things in the entire agricultural era cannot be compared with the industrial age. A lot of things are going on a yearly basis.

He Xi's delay is half a year, and the whole thing will be pushed back for more than half a year, or even a year.

This made him a little unwilling.

After all, this rhythm makes He Xi, who is accustomed to the high efficiency of the industrial age, very uncomfortable.

Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to see He Xi's thoughts, and said: "Don't worry, no one can do things in the world without you." Isn't this disciple of yours doing a good job? Immediately, Zhu Yuanzhang handed a note to He Xi.

He Xi took it with both hands, but it was a letter from Dong Shengwei. The above is for Huang Zicheng. It shows that Huang Zicheng opened ravines and cultivated acres of land during the two years of the Hetao. According to local conditions, horse farming was proposed. Hundreds of acres of land were opened. Last year there was a bumper harvest. Although because of horse farming and soil fertility, only one stone of grain can be produced per mu. But he still collected tens of thousands of stones. When Dong Shengwei consumes half, and this year it will be more acres of land, which is expected to be within three years. Dong Shengwei is self-sufficient.

He Xi actually received letters from the disciples of Guozijian from time to time, especially the group of disciples he had led. Naturally, I know Huang Zicheng's progress. The difficulties faced by Huang Zicheng are relatively simple. After all, as a farming nation, the Han people have focused their skills on farming.

As long as it is certain that the Hetao area can be cultivated, then the rest will not be difficult.

As for horse farming, this is also a very mature technology, the only problem is that horse farming is shallower than cattle farming, and the yield per mu is relatively low. However, the Hetao is vast and sparsely populated, and there is enough wasteland on both sides of Fengzhou Beach, so it is not possible to pursue the yield per mu and promote intensive cultivation instead of the south of the Yangtze River.

Carrying out a mature set of plans, this is difficult for Huang Zicheng. Of course, this is also the reason why He Xituo greeted the commander of Dong Shengwei.

He Xi didn't want Dong Shengwei to take more care of the commander, and do less to let him understand that Huang Zicheng had a backstage. Don't take it lightly.

But what made He Xi more worried was Lian Zining.

Lian Zining still did not make any progress in Daning, and he had already been appointed as the steward of a horse farm, although he still had the official title of secretary Lang. But it is already in the Taifu Temple system. Without him, many times, just having a backstage is not enough.

Lian Zining is for the method of Qingchu. For two years, I kept experimenting, but they all failed.

It's just beginning. Daning also sent people to support. But then there were many failures. There is no one on Daning's side who is willing to take care of Zining. If it weren't for Lian Zining's backstage, he wouldn't have known where to throw it away.

Why put him in charge of a horse farm. Let Lian Zining think of all his experiments by himself and don't trouble others.

As long as Lian Zining can raise a good horse, they don't care about the rest.

He Xi could imagine what it was like to train Zining in high spirits, carrying forage in the cold wind outside the plug, and feeding the horses from stable to stable. It's distressing to think about. It's just that in Lian Zining's letter to He Xi, these things were not mentioned at all, but one experiment report after another. All of them are failures, all kinds of reasons, and some of them can't be found.

He Xi once thought about training Zining to come back. It's still okay to arrange him for a petty officer. But Lian Zining flatly refused.

Now one is up to the heavens, and the soaring is imminent, and one is sinking into the subordinates, like ordinary officials. How can you not let He Xi sigh?

He Xi said: "Although Huang Zicheng said that he was my disciple, in fact, I didn't teach much. It is more of a talent cultivated by His Majesty's Guozijian. This is the virtue of His Majesty. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "You have been out these days, you are really well-informed." I've seen all kinds of sycophants. Let's talk about it, what does Ye Wang mean? What do you mean? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang handed another letter to He Xi, and He Xi took it with both hands, it was Ye Wang who proposed that Jinyiwei take over the Jurchen trade.

He Xi didn't expect that Ye Wang really made up his mind.

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "If it weren't for me to suppress this letter. Now the commander of Liaodong is not Ye Wang. Ye Wang is a rough man. What kind of writing do you play, and write your name clearly in the song. Let's get it straight, what do you mean? ”

"What do you want to do with Ye Wang? Let him vote like this. ”

He Xi adjusted some of his mentality and said; "Your Majesty, in fact, Your Majesty doesn't say it, I'm going to say it too. Liaodong is very different from what I imagined. In our time, the Northeast was the largest commercial grain base, almost catching up with the Central Plains. But the current situation is that Jiangnan is the place that produces the most grain. ”

"I see." Zhu Yuanzhang said: "I know everything you say. But what does this have to do with Ye Wang. ”

"Erchen has two plans for Liaodong, one is a long-term plan and the other is a short-term plan. The former is to fill up Liaoze as paddy fields. Tens of thousands of hectares of land are enough for the granary of the north. Huang Zicheng's merit lies in the fact that the Hetao can grow grain, and the Hetao has tens of thousands of stones of grain, which can save at least hundreds of thousands of stones of grain from the imperial court. And if Liaodong has grain millions of stones. Then the big tomorrow soldiers, the northern expedition to Mongolia, and the garrison outside the fortress, the plan is not a problem. ”

"The short-term plan is to increase ocean freight. Erchen has already made a plan. ”

Immediately, He Xi put his plan in both hands.

Zhu Yuanzhang took it and read it carefully.

He Xi held his breath and condensed. Wait cautiously.

For long-term scenarios. He Xi didn't elaborate, because He Xi was definitely too long-term. Nowadays, it is almost impossible for the Ming Dynasty to complete. As for the increase in sea transportation, private forces will be brought in to join the grain transportation. But it was what he wanted to pass.

At this moment, he was cautiously waiting for Zhu Yuanzhang's verdict.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the plan of exchanging wood for rice. In the process of careful consideration. Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a while before saying, "If you make so much money, why don't you let the imperial court run it." Do you seem to like to share these benefits with others? ”

Although Zhu Yuanzhang has read a lot of modern books, he still can't turn around in many ways. He read He Xi's report. It was determined that He Xi's whole program was profitable. He subconsciously felt that it was not much better to let the government run it. By the time the fleets returned, most of them were empty.