"What's good?"

Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Struvite." Jiang Xinghuo deliberately emphasized, "On the sea route from Daming to Luzon, some islands were piled up with a lot of stones formed by guano. ”

Zhu Gaoxu pouted dissatisfiedly: "Mr. Jiang doesn't want to entertain me." ”

"Didn't amuse you."

"Struvite is usually produced on the islands south of the 'Wanli Stone Pond' (the Tang, Song and Yuan dynasties of the South China Sea), mainly because of the large amount of feces produced by seabirds and undigested fish bones, which are formed after a very long period of accumulation, and are extremely rich in phosphorus."

Jiang Xinghuo said with a smile: "This struvite stone is a natural fertilizer, and because the seabirds have stayed here to rest for I don't know how many thousands or thousands of years during the flight, they have been piled up directly on these islands, and they only need to be filled and pulled away by a large fleet of ships, and pulled back to the grain producing areas in the south, and they can be used directly after a little grinding, and the total amount can be used for a hundred years, almost for nothing, it depends on whether you are willing to reach out and pick it up." ”

As a natural and highly pure phosphate fertilizer, struvite is the best crop yield fertilizer before the industrial revolution, and Western countries such as Britain and France have dug guano from Nauru and other places to go back to farming, which is enough to see the effect of struvite.

In fact, since the beginning of the "My Qing Dynasty" period, the small days of modern times have openly or semi-openly stolen struvite on a large scale and transported it back to China, digging back and forth for hundreds of years, directly digging struvite from many islands three feet into the ground and leaving nothing left.

In Jiang Xinghuo's sixth life, as the owner of the factory, because his business field involves machinery and chemical industry, many things in related fields are related to minerals, and he has seen two papers and reports in the Journal of the Geological Society of China, namely "Guano of Xisha Islands" and "The Accumulation of Guano of Xisha Island, Guangdong".

Therefore, this memory is particularly strong.

Of course, Jiang Xinghuo didn't expect that he would use this knowledge in his future travel journey, so he knew that there was struvite at that time, but he didn't know which islands they were.

So when the two asked him about his specific location, he could only say that it did exist in that area, but he couldn't be sure where it was.

After all, this thing wasn't as famous as Iwami Silver Mountain and Sado Gold Mountain, and Jiang Xinghuo didn't even think to look at the map to determine where these strudic islands were.

In this regard, the two expressed a slight regret.

The secret room next door.

When Zhu Gaochi and Xia Yuanji heard this, their eyes suddenly flashed brightly.

In their opinion, as long as this place is in the territory of the Ming Dynasty's Wanli Stone Pond, they don't worry about finding it at all, it's just a matter of time.

And if the effect of strudite is really like this, then Da Ming doesn't have to spend effort to refine the fertilizer elixir according to Jiang Xinghuo's original method of burning the coke oven, but can easily obtain natural fertilizer.

"Xia Gong." Zhu Gaochi pondered for a moment and asked, "Do you think you can dispatch a sailor to move these guano islands back to Daming directly?" ”

Xia Yuanji shook his head and smiled: "Not to mention moving an island, even if it is a small mountain, if it is really like what Jiang Shi said, it is the seabird droppings that have accumulated for thousands of years and can be used by Daming for nearly a hundred years, then it is definitely unlikely that he will move back to Daming directly." ”

Zhu Gaochi himself laughed, he was too greedy.

After all, as the de facto head of government affairs of the Ming Empire, almost no one hoped that the Ming Dynasty's grain production and income would increase more than Zhu Gaochi.

"If you want to dig, then you have to organize large-scale excavation and transportation by the imperial court." Xia Yuanji said.

Zhu Gaochi nodded. After all, struvite does not belong to the local products of the Ming Dynasty, and if you want to transport it back to the Ming Dynasty, you must have dozens or hundreds of large ships at least one trip...... Otherwise, I am afraid that the maintenance of the ships, the expenses of the sailors, and the consumption of supplies will not be earned.

But Zhu Gaochi couldn't help but ask: "Mr. Jiang didn't give a specific location, what if coastal fishermen are widely mobilized to find it?" Although there was a ban on the sea, from the end of the Hongwu Dynasty, the fishermen who went to the sea to fish were already uncontrollable. ”

"This can be tried, but the minister thinks it's better to let the sailor do it, after all, this should be something controlled by the state." Xia Yuanji thought for a while and said, "Chen thinks that since the migratory flight of seabirds is regular, the distribution of struvite should also be very regular, probably there will be a lot of individual islands, and there must be many islands without struvite The things to do are not complicated, you just need to find a suitable target island and send a fleet to transport struvite to the location designated by the imperial court, so that the Ming Dynasty or the Jiangnan region of the Ming Dynasty can get enough struvite stone, right?" ”

Of course, Xia Yuanji, who is the God of Wealth of the Ming Dynasty, also thought of another important point.

Xia Yuanji pondered for a moment and said: "Although strounce stone is used as a chemical fertilizer, the cost of mining can be described as worthless, and it is actually similar to the nature of sea salt, but after all, it was transported from overseas by the Daming Water Master......"

Zhu Gaochi nodded suddenly, and instantly understood what Xia Yuanji meant.

Just as from the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the imperial court implemented a monopoly on salt, iron, wine and grain in the world, and salt was elevated to the status of a "strategic resource".

So is it really difficult to make salt?

There is no difficulty at all, and under large-scale manufacturing, the cost is extremely low and the output is extremely large.

As a natural fertilizer, struvite can increase the yield and income of farmland, and the same is the way.

At the beginning, even if it could be obtained free of charge, the imperial court would never be able to directly distribute it to the people of the world for free.

Zhu Gaochi thought about these things clearly, and asked Xia Yuanji: "How to control and sell this struvite stone, what does Xia Gong think?" ”

Xia Yuanji immediately said: "The minister suggested that the price should not be too high, but it should also not be extremely low. Otherwise, if the price of struvite is extremely low, and this method is popularized on a large scale, the landlord may not feel very grateful, but feel that it is easy to come. ”

Zhu Gaochi pondered in his heart, this Xia Shangshu is an old and cunning bureaucrat, although it makes sense, but I am afraid he also has his own plans.

After all, in addition to this consideration, only if the imperial court monopolizes the sale of struvite stones, Xia Yuanji's household will have a rolling source of wealth!

With money in his hand, the God of Wealth has a hard waist, so that it can be heavier in the temple of the Ming Dynasty.

However, Zhu Gaochi doesn't need to debunk the other party's careful thoughts, since struvite is such a profitable thing, everyone has benefits, why not do it?

At least what the Ming court lacks at present is money, Zhu Di's ideas, whether it is moving the capital to Beiping, repairing the Yongle ceremony, or conquering Mongolia, which one does not need money?

And struvite, an unexpected source of wealth, is an opportunity.

Zhu Gaochi said in a deep voice: "Xia Gong, if the demonstration of the fertilizer elixir in front of the hundred officials this time is foolproof, then the fertilizer elixir will definitely have a huge impact in the Ming Dynasty, and then the imperial court can launch the soil fertilizer method in one of the pieces of paper written by Mr. Jiang, as well as strounce stone fertilizer with better results." ”

"In this way, farmers can make their own soil fertilizer, although the effect is a little worse, but it is far stronger than the previous lack of chemical fertilizer, and landlords or wealthy farmers want to better increase grain production and income, they have to buy struvite fertilizer from the imperial court!"

"If this is carried out, it will not only ensure that farmers can farm more efficiently, but also expand the financial resources of the imperial court through the sale of struvite fertilizer!"

"The most important thing is that this financial resource has almost no cost, and it only needs to send troops to garrison, and the whole process is transported by the sailors, which is a complete monopoly!"

Zhu Gaochi's series of explanations, hearing Xia Yuanji's direct call to the hero, saw the same thing, and the two thought of going together.

Xia Yuanji was originally a headache from Zhu Di's unrestrained spending of money, but now he seemed to see a lot of money flying into his pocket, not only showing a heartfelt smile.

Zhu Gaochi also laughed.

"When today's lecture is over, I will send someone to inform Ma He."

Well, after preparing to go to the West, go to Japan to dig gold and silver mountains, and colonize Luzon and Tianzhu, Jiang Xinghuo inadvertently found a big job for Ma Sanbao.

It's really the leader who moves his mouth, and the subordinates who break their legs.

Jiang Xinghuo flicked the dust off his shirt and got up and said.

"The formal content of this lesson actually ends here."

"How to fight the Xiaoice River that will last for hundreds of years in the future is what I call the internal and external prescriptions."

"Internally, it is necessary to improve soil fertility through artificial or natural fertilizers such as soil fertilizers and struvite stones, although these fertilizers are not completely comparable to 'chemical fertilizers' in the real sense, but the advantage is that they will not have so many side effects on the soil, and even if they do, they are easy to cure."

"At the same time, there is also crop rotation and intercropping, which should also be promoted. I have written down on that piece of paper all the scientific and rational agricultural planting methods according to the suitable characteristics of different regions. It only takes a little bit of testing to be able to roll it out on a large scale, and that's all my experience. ”

"Externally, according to the three conditions of 'within the reach of the Ming Dynasty', 'suitable for farming' and 'the target area is easy to conquer', the two regions of Luzon and Tianzhu have been screened out, which are enough to feed the population that exceeds the carrying capacity of the Ming land, and can even feed the Ming Dynasty with high-yield crops."

In this way, Daming should be able to usher in a period of recuperation and recuperation, and accumulate a certain ability to resist large-scale natural disasters. After waiting for several generations, the population of the Ming Dynasty was completely restored to its peak state, and at the same time affected the entire area from Tianzhu in the west to Japan in the east, which was the day of the birth of the new Ming Empire. ”

Jiang Xinghuo paused when he said this.

Because he knows that the British Empire in history relied on the strategy of controlling India and feeding its own territory, and slowly became an empire in the true sense of the word.

The history of past lives is destined to be unchangeable.

His past seven crossings should also be powerless to resist the corrective force of history for various reasons.

Although Jiang Xinghuo didn't know about Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi and others, he eavesdropped on his lectures in the secret room separated by a wall every time.

But Jiang Xinghuo vaguely felt that what he told the two noble second generations in the edict prison this time, if it was really a few years later, when one of them gained power, it would really change the fate of the country in a sense.

After all, if there are still some difficulties in the system, the two of them can't influence the emperor and the court to formulate policies, but real things such as Iwami Silver Mountain, Wanli Shitang strob stone, as well as the fertilizer they refined, must be able to have an impact on this era.

If he couldn't make any changes, Jiang Xinghuo would feel a little sorry from the bottom of his heart.

- What a time it is!

Yongle Dynasty, this is the Han and Tang dynasties, the most enterprising era of Chinese civilization, whether it is the five expeditions to Mobei with abundant martial virtues, or the seven Western Oceans that shine in the annals of history, all show that the Ming Empire has re-established its hegemony in the world.

And the Ming Dynasty of this era, whether in terms of population, economy, military strength or technology and other indicators, can be called the world's first!

Yet, yet.

This short-lived world number one will soon be overtaken by the later Western powers with the opening of the Western Age of Discovery, and from then on, Chinese civilization will fall into continuous decline and humiliation.

Throughout the modern history of the West, it is nothing more than a three-step path to rise.

The first step was the opening of new shipping routes, the great geographical discoveries, and global colonization.

The second step was the Renaissance, the Religious Revolution, and the Enlightenment.

The third step is the bourgeois revolution and the industrial revolution.

It's a string of things with a very deep inner logic.

It was the opening of new shipping routes that promoted the primitive accumulation of assets, which led to the emergence of the bourgeoisie, and as the bourgeoisie grew, it demanded an ideological revolution to make the status of the merchants higher, and with it came the Renaissance, which put forward humanism and demanded to be free from the shackles of religion.

Then the bourgeoisie carried out a religious revolution and established a new sect in favor of the bourgeoisie, after which the bourgeoisie continued to grow and demanded a political revolution, which required its own political theory, and the Enlightenment was born, putting forward theories such as the separation of powers, and then the bourgeois revolution broke out and established the bourgeois regime.

The bourgeoisie swept away all obstacles and provided conditions for the further development of the economy, and the industrial revolution began, and the completion of the industrial revolution marked the final establishment of the asset system.

The opening of new shipping routes and overseas colonization is the most crucial first step!

If the Ming Dynasty can take this first step and cultivate a bourgeois class that can compete with the gentry through overseas trade, everything that happens in the future may happen.

After all, without the existence of the bourgeoisie, without the industrial revolution and factories, the red dawn would not have come.

This is the inevitable law of history and the prerequisite for the progress of the times, and it is not subject to the will of man.

Whether from the state or from other perspectives, if the Ming Dynasty can really give birth to the bourgeoisie, the future will be much better than being dragged on the track of the traditional agricultural country by the gentry class, which is destined to be conservative and decadent.

As for the second step of the ideological revolution, Jiang Xinghuo has nothing to worry about.

Not to mention that he will end up in person, he plans to use his own theory to have a good battle with science.

Well, win that he sanctified on the spot.

If he loses, he will only be destroyed by the body and name of the defenders, and then he will continue to travel through the next life.

In fact, even if there is no time and space for him, judging from the ideas of those such as Li Zhen, Huang Zongxi, Gu Yanwu, Wang Fuzhi and others in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, as long as the bourgeoisie sprouts, the corresponding demand for ideological change is almost logically born.

The economic base determines the superstructure, and that's it.

So, the key lies in this first step!

Overseas Colonization!

And in addition to Zheng He's voyage to the West, how can he promote the colonization process of the Ming Dynasty?

Jiang Xinghuo suddenly remembered an interesting brain hole he saw in his previous life - if Zhu Di had sealed his second and third sons overseas, would the Ming Dynasty really start the era of global colonization?

To be honest, if this is really done, it is really possible, because the traditional sense of dividing the state and establishing the country can not only become the best reason for overseas colonization, but also become the direct driving force for the Ming Dynasty to rule Tianzhu, Luzon and other places.

The territory that the princes have conquered is their own vassal state, can they do their best to promote the colonization process of the Ming Dynasty?

These thoughts are long to say, but in fact, they are just Jiang Xinghuo's efforts to mutter for a few breaths.

Jiang Xinghuo suddenly asked, "Gao Yu, do you know Zhu Gaoxu?" ”

In an instant, Zhu Gaoxu and Li Jinglong's eyes showed horror.

Could it be that Mr. Jiang has already recognized their identities?

"I, like, maybe, know, right?" Zhu Gaoxu stammered and replied.

"It's good to know." Jiang Xinghuo nodded, "If you have a good relationship with him, if you fail to compete for the prince in the future, you can actually persuade him, with his status in the emperor's heart, he can't fight for the crown prince, then leading the army to carry a three-foot sword to run rampant in the stone pond, like Wang Xuance destroyed countless countries, and it is not an impossible way to establish a vassal state overseas. It's better than if you can't compete for savings, the rest of your life will be wasted, and you will waste your bravery. ”

Zhu Gaoxu was stunned.

Obviously, he heard something deep from Jiang Xinghuo's words.

His heart was beating violently, and the word flashed through his mind - overseas statehood!

This thought suddenly appeared, which startled Zhu Gaoxu, but he couldn't get rid of it, he quickly shook his head and expelled this crazy idea.

Zhu Gaoxu thought to himself: "Bah, bah, if I want to be the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, why should I go overseas to be the emperor?" Why do you say that I can't fight for the reserve? ”

Jiang Xinghuo didn't know the other party's inner reaction, so he just continued.

"Overseas colonization is the first step for the Ming Dynasty to begin to move towards the right track of history, and this first step is destined to be extremely difficult.

"This matter is either done by the old vassal kings, or by the new vassal kings, in short, it can't get rid of the relationship between the vassal kings, otherwise Daming will not have any motivation to support it at all."

"After all, the vassal king's overseas establishment of a state, on the one hand, reduces the internal contradictions of the Ming Dynasty and the suspicion of the emperor, on the other hand, it helps to expand the influence of the Ming Dynasty, and there is no need to worry about causing any major damage to the Ming Dynasty, which can be said to be more beneficial than disadvantageous."

After hearing these words, Zhu Gaoxu somewhat agreed.

If you want to do this thing of overseas colonization, it is indeed the best way for the vassal king to establish a country overseas.

Otherwise, it is impossible for the Ming court to agree to the overseas colonization of the people, and if it is not led by someone from the Zhu family, it is impossible for the court to rest assured.

The vassal king went overseas to establish a state, and the Ming court could throw off the burden and expand the territory of the Ming Dynasty, which was the best of both worlds.

"As I said before, the reason why the military ministers and nobles of the Ming Dynasty in the future will be completely defeated by the civil gentry is because the Ming Dynasty cannot repeat the founding of the country and the martyrdom, but it must repeat the imperial examination once every three years."

Jiang Xinghuo squinted his eyes slightly and said.

"At that time, I actually didn't have the next sentence to say."

The two looked at him.

"The true direction of the Ming Dynasty's martial arts is not on the land, but on the sea."

(End of chapter)