"If you cut the beans by hand, there will be fewer beans that will become two."

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly asked about soybeans again, and he felt that soybeans were defective when they were harvested, so they could not be planted, which was a good seed.

"The position of manual collection has been left, and when the time comes, there are several possibilities for the two breaks, one is pests and diseases. Also, it ripens earlier than other beans, which is particularly good, and it is best to find other beans from that plant. ”

The chief said that the machine harvest is similar to the manual harvest, and the hand-harvested beans also have to be beaten with a flail, but they cannot be pressed with a squirrel, and they will be broken as soon as they are crushed.

He is going to harvest one acre manually, one acre mechanically, and use normal means to beat out the beans for manual harvesting, and finally compare the proportion of broken beans.

If the machine is high, you need to find a way to adjust, otherwise the number of seeds will decrease.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slightly: "The seeds sent outside, under the condition of normal planting, the yield is indeed higher than the original, and the people are very happy, they set aside some seeds for their own grain, and exchange them with the government." ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang was happy, increased production, and the people would not starve if they received more grain, and if they did not starve, they would not rebel.

He would like to see the smiles on the faces of the people than to hear that the people are starving to death and have no grass roots or tree bark.

"After a few years of planting, the estimated yield will drop again, and a seed will degrade after a long time in one place, and it needs to be replaced with another place.

The seeds in Xiaqiu Village are changed every two years, and in fact, a seed base should be set up in all large areas.

The seeds of one place may not be adapted to the climate and soil of other places. ”

The lieutenant knew about changing seeds, and the people in other places used the seeds, and said that in addition to the part of the grain he left behind, the grain produced in the first year must be exchanged for others one by one.

From the second year onwards, it is not one-to-one, but can be more.

But how do the people know about scientific planting? Anyway, it is to exert effort, and even manually remove insects when planting, and carry water to water the ground when it is dry.

Let's say it's not industrious! People are dying of exhaustion, and they say that they have a good job! Grain production can't go up, just in a hurry.

Zhu Yuanzhang took a sip of mutton soup: "It's cold, thanks to the lack of soup." ”

When someone next to him went to scoop the soup, he looked at the craftsman who was resting and eating: "Open up the land first, and don't fight in the future!" ”

"Your Majesty, if there is contact with the outside world, there will be trade, and if there is trade, there will be interests, then contradictions will arise, if we don't fight others, others will also fight us.

Only when they are so strong that they dare not fight can they enjoy peace, at least our people in the Ming Dynasty have a better life.

After all, this world is unfair, the weak eat the strong, we are weak, and the people will beat us and rob us of our things. ”

Now that he is learning more and more, he is beginning to think about the bigger picture.

"Plundering by force is razing people, there is no education, we use technology to plunder. What's that called? Yes, a trade surplus.

The Yi people brought us oil, and we made kerosene and gasoline and sold them back, and they took the gasoline to fight.

Kerosene is suitable for lighting, diesel fuel for ourselves, for welding things, paraffin wax and petrolatum, for our people.

Yes, asphalt made into linoleum paper is also sold to the Yi people, telling them how to use ......"

Zhu Yuanzhang put seasonings in the newly added soup while talking about his thoughts on the future.

He took advantage of the trade between the city and the Yi people, so he decided to carry out the sea ban to the end, and the people did not exchange things with the Yi people, but exchanged them themselves.

The good things of the Ming Dynasty must be arranged by themselves, and the people do not understand, and they will suffer a loss if they exchange with the Yi people.

Like in the west, where tea is exchanged for horses, how can it be so cheap? Thanks to the timely reminder of the masters of Xiaqiu Village.

……

After the meal, a thousand soldiers were brought in to weave crab baskets, five per person, and someone taught.

The day after tomorrow, August 15, a very grand festival, everyone has to eat moon cakes, grapes, and crabs.

Grapes have been planted in Xiaqiu Village, and there are other fruit trees, some of which take two years to bear fruit, and some of which can be picked this year.

The people of Shijiu Lake and other lakes prepared crab baskets early in the morning, and they caught crabs for Xiaqiu Village, pickled them and sold them in winter.

The people themselves don't like to eat crabs, there is little meat, and they have to be dipped in vinegar, soy sauce or something, and crabs have no oil and water, and they are easy to get sick if they don't eat well.

But this year, Huang Lichang said that everyone will steam crabs to eat during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and if you have money, isn't it Sanhe oil! Plus a little shredded ginger.

A group of officials who came with them were depressed, their families couldn't follow, and they spent the Mid-Autumn Festival with His Majesty outside, and His Majesty's family came.

The only thing that makes them feel better is that someone will send a lot of holiday things to their home, which can be regarded as compensating them.

"When we were young, we caught crabs and roasted them over the fire, and when they were cooked, there was no salt, let alone vinegar and soy sauce."

Zhu Yuanzhang watched others make crab baskets and told the chief about his childhood.

"At that time, natural disasters and man-made disasters continued, the year His Majesty was born, the Yuan Dynasty was fighting back and forth, and then various places were frequently affected."

Li Chang heard Hanhan talk about a series of things that began when Zhu Yuanzhang was born, in fact, he also experienced it when he was a child, but he was two years younger than Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Natural disasters and man-made disasters also have landlords! We can only herd cattle for the landlord's family, and there is no shortage of rich people when there is chaos.

When you went to pass by Luoshui with Lin, didn't the rich people take out the money and partner with the loom machines that came out!

Ah! Hurry up and build the machine, let's also build a few factories by the Qinhuai River, in the upstream, the water power is good, and it doesn't cost money. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said, remembering the water-powered spinning and weaving over there, some cloth has been sold to Nanjing, and cotton and cotton thread are harvested from Nanjing.

Obviously, the efficiency there is too high, there is a lack of raw materials, and a processing process can make a profit from it.

When the lieutenant heard that he wanted to use the Qinhuai River, he hurriedly advised: "Your Majesty, using a steam engine, hydraulic power is not good, the Qinhuai River is the key to shipping, once a large waterwheel and factory are built on the bank, it will inevitably delay transportation."

In particular, in the future, we will build embankments along the river, and there is a conflict with waterwheels, so we plan to build embankments with cement and barbed wire.

When the time comes, leave the steps, it is convenient to go to the river, it is convenient to go up and down, and then build more houses by the river, a little farther away from the river, a hundred zhang. ”

"Migrant workers' houses?" Zhu Yuanzhang didn't care if it was water power or a steam engine, he was curious about what he wanted to do to build a house.

"There are a lot of people in Nanjing, they will continue to have children, and then they can't live, let's take this matter into account first, build a house for them to buy."

Li Chang mentioned the plan, and Han Han said that he couldn't wait for the situation to appear in front of him, and then think of a way, and he had to take precautions.

"And Your Majesty's place in Nanjing, most of them are bungalows, and the space is wasted, so we should build several floors, and there are water and water.

Buildings were built on the Qinhuai River first, and sewage treatment plants were built in other places.

In this way, people can see how convenient it is, and when it is built, some places will be part after another for the people to go upstairs to live first.

Let's use their space to build buildings and build infrastructure, and then they will move back and give them a little more space. ”

The governor continued, this is a real estate problem.

(End of chapter)