Chapter 101: The end of the disaster

Zhang Zongde is essentially a mathematician.

His research on the gear problem is actually an abstraction of gears and an evolution of them into mathematical problems.

I don't know anything about the process.

This is also determined by Zhang Zongde's background. No matter how many ups and downs he has experienced, in essence, he is still a scholar, and he is a scholar.

Because of this, Zhang Zongde and people like Ge Tiangong, who were born as craftsmen, are completely different in their thinking, and he really treats scientific research with the spirit and attitude of learning. And Zhang Zongde is really interested in this matter.

And most craftsmen, for their craft, where do they have any love or not, just begging for a living, if they can be an official and have a better life, this craft will not be picked up for a lifetime, it doesn't matter.

As for the steam engine project, if it weren't for He Xi's strong initiative, these craftsmen would not have any strong demand in many cases. Unless you can make money. And within the system created by He Xi, there are no patents, or

And Zhang Zongde is a scholarly person, so he doesn't have so much utilitarianism for learning.

But He Xi feels that now he has too many craftsmen in his hands, but he lacks a leader in mathematical, physical and chemical thinking. Zhang Zongde replaces Ge Tiangong, as long as he can bring out a capable scientific team or engineer team.

When books are used, so are people, and talents, especially high-end talents, have always been scarce.

Even He Xi had time to think that Zhang Zongde's talent might be able to achieve greater achievements by studying mathematics and theory. But he thought about it, when science was just beginning, there was actually no clear demarcation, and it was normal for every scientist to have many titles on his body.

Newton also managed the printing house, which was nothing.

Anyway, although there are not many theories in He Xi's head, they are enough for the Ming scientific community to study for two hundred years. Therefore, what he needs most is an engineer, a genius-level engineer, an engineer who can implement He Xi's ideas.

In his opinion, Zhang Zongde has this talent.

At least more powerful than Ge Tiangong. Ge Tiangong is not grinding foreign workers, but sometimes, if it doesn't work, it doesn't work. Thinking has long been rigid.

Zhang Zongde said: "The students have thanked the adults for their reconstruction, since the Liaosong Canal saw each other, the students have always kept the teachings of the adults in mind, and today they can serve the adults, even if they die, they will definitely do this for the adults." ”

He Xi listened to Zhang Zongde's words, and after looking at Zhang Zongde fixedly, he said, "It turned out to be you." ”

He Xi has seen too many people, and the little child a few years ago has long forgotten it. Now that I think about it, I can't help but feel a lot of emotion.

There is a feeling that things are wrong, and at the same time, there is a sense of closeness.

Originally, He Xi was ready to send Zhang Zongde away.

He Xi couldn't help asking, "How have you been doing in the past few years?" ”

Zhang Zongde babbled about his two years to He Xi. Especially in the days of Yingkou University Hall.

Let He Xi also miss the campus time a little.

It's just that He Xi has a lot of things, and he just let his subordinates give him a famous thorn. In the future, when I came to see him, I would not have to wait for days. If there is something outside in the future, you can also borrow He Xi's power.

In general, Zhang Zongde is also a person in He Xi's inner circle.

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After Zhang Zongde left, He Xi got up and moved his body and rubbed his temples.

I have to admit that I haven't thought about math for many years, and now there is this sudden incident, which makes He Xi a little unbearable, fortunately, the knowledge points in college may have been forgotten, but the knowledge in high school is still very strong.

At least I didn't lose my thoughts, so I didn't even understand it.

Just when He Xi changed some ideas, Yang Shiqi came over.

He Xi sat down again, and Yang Shiqi began to report on the situation during this period of time.

Yang Shiqi said: "There are now 20 ships working together in the Tianjin River, and the displacement has increased greatly. The local report in Henan Province showed that the commander of Henan Province took several nearby guards to fight for more than a month, and finally closed it. In Hejian, Baoding and other places, the water in some places has also receded. As long as God opens his eyes and clears for a month, this time the flood will pass. ”

He Xi sighed and said, "I hope so." ”

In the summer and autumn season, it was originally a rainy time, but now there is not even an accurate weather forecast.

It doesn't rain for a month, it's just a good wish.

The most difficult days of the floods are over, but there is still a long way to go.

It's no easier to fight the flood itself.

Yang Shiqi said: "In the past few months, more than 200,000 Dingkou have been brought from Hejian, and there are more than 200,000 others in total, and there are now more than 400,000 people in the entire city of Beijing. This also raises a lot of questions. ”

He Xi said: "Let's talk about what the problem is." ”

Yang Shiqi said: "First of all, Dingkou, the total population of Hejian Mansion is only more than 400,000, this time I migrated, and half of the people in Hejian Mansion will be Ding in the future." The whole Hejian Mansion is not leaving my place. They didn't know how to explain to the court. Other places also have this problem to a greater or lesser extent. ”

He Xi pondered for a moment and said, "After all, it's Tian Fu's problem?" Tell them to let them clear the acres of land again and verify the land endowment. If the above blames, I will take care of everything. What kind of problem is this? ”

Yang Shiqi said: "My lord, this matter should not be neglected. When these people migrated over, it can be said that the number of people in each prefecture and county will be greatly reduced, and the land for cultivation will also be greatly reduced. Didn't you say that there is an overall shortage of food in the north, and now that the people are migrating and mistaking the farming time, many people in the court have opinions. ”

In a word, industry is competing with agriculture for population.

Today, the whole of Beijing has a population of only three or four million. The new Beijing City, which was created out of nothing, naturally had to suck blood from the local area on a large scale if it wanted to reach the scale He Xi wanted.

It's natural.

The conversion of the agricultural population into the industrial population is a disguised struggle with the landlords for the power of the tenants.

To be honest, it's okay in the north.

Because the north is at least now vast and sparsely populated, plus Zhu Yuanzhang encouraged the development of wasteland. There are simply not so many tenants. Most people have their own land. Therefore, the northern landlord class was helpless and had no way to deal with this behavior of absorbing the population of Beijing.

But this has a direct impact on Hebei's grain production.

It will further exacerbate the food shortage in the north.

After all, so many more non-agricultural personnel need to eat food.

He Xi heard that even Yang Shiqi had some complaints about this matter.

No, Yang Shiqi didn't know that it was necessary for He Xi to do this. It is a question of the ratio of workers and peasants, grain is the foundation of the country, and at all times, the importance of grain must be above money. And the northern part of the Ming Dynasty was not a grain producing area in the first place. Although the grain output in Hebei is not high, the effect is very great.

After all, Hebei grain is close to the front line, and the transportation cost is low.

And if He Xi does this, he will have to transport more grain from the south. Previously, two or three million stones were transported by sea in a year, and there was a surplus. But according to He Xi's approach, it is estimated that more is needed, even if the cultivated land in Liaodong is well developed.

It is just to make up for the loss of cultivated land in Hebei.

This trade-off is problematic in Yang Shiqi's view. It's just that he's saying it euphemistically.

He Xi was silent for a moment and said: "When will King Yan return to Fengguo, you send someone to say hello, sell more cattle from him, and sell them in Beijing, I remember that there are many new farm tools that can't be sold before." I guess I'll be able to sell it this time. ”

Yang Shiqi understood what He Xi meant.

Increase the use of cattle and new types of farming tools, thereby increasing grain production in the north. It's just that in Yang Shiqi's opinion, this method is quite problematic.

Yang Shiqi said: "My lord, I'm afraid that this far water will not quench the thirst of the near. ”

He Xi said: "Lord Yang, what do you think our agriculture will look like in the future?" ”

This sentence made Yang Shiqi not know where to start? Because in his opinion, it has been farming like this for thousands of years, is there any difference?