Daming: I, the emperor who trains the carpenter

Chapter 563 In Five Years, Food Production Increased Fivefold!
The ancients were not stupid either.

From beginning to end, food is an extremely critical issue.

Without food, what kind of industrialization are you doing?

Once a large group of people are removed from agricultural production, what about the problem of food?
It’s not that you don’t develop industry, but that your food is simply not enough to support you to develop industry. Among other things, these 20 laborers will go to work, and these 20 people will definitely not participate in agricultural production. On the contrary, they must Continuing to consume food.

It's like an ancient army marching out, people eat horses, and the food consumed is definitely not a small amount.

War can really bring down a country.

To a certain extent, the Chinese know the most about intensive farming. The yield per mu has reached 140 to 150 catties since the Han Dynasty. Although, from the perspective of the present and even Ming Dynasty, this yield per mu is nothing .

However, this inconspicuous output has not caught up with other regions for 1000 years. In the case of the United Kingdom, their yield per mu reached 97 catties until the [-]th and [-]th centuries. According to the arrival, we Our ancestors should have lived comfortably on this land.

However, the actual situation is different.

The first problem is population pressure. Before the Northern Song Dynasty, the per capita arable land area could still be maintained at ten acres. After the Northern Song Dynasty, the per capita arable land area dropped to less than three acres. By the [-]th century, it was less than three acres. Eighteen acres of cultivated land.

The second is the issue of disasters.

Take Henan as an example, from 1620 AD to 1949, 330 years, the number of droughts was 450-440 years, and the number of floods was [-]-[-] years. There were nine disasters in ten years.

The third problem is the huge bureaucratic system, the gentry class, they occupy too much land, and in order to maintain the price of grain, many people would rather let the land go barren than grow grain.

Therefore, Zhang Haogu's new policy starts with the equal distribution of land, Zhu Youxiao's land, and then further expands the scope. Only when the food is stabilized can Zhang Haogu consider other things, just like now, To support a huge industrialized system, it is simply impossible without the support of food.

With food, artisans can be allowed to build water conservancy.

Just like Zuo Guangdou built the capital water conservancy before, this is not a problem that the court can solve by spending hundreds of billions to build water conservancy. What you need to ensure is that the money can buy food. What you need is to let the food stable at a certain price.

If there is not enough food, large-scale projects cannot be carried out. If large-scale projects cannot be carried out, water can not be diverted to irrigate canals. If water can not be diverted to irrigate canals, grain production cannot be increased, and grain production cannot be increased...

Well, this is an unsolvable cycle.

If you dare to suffer the people, Da Yuan will tell you what will happen to the people if you suffer.

Fortunately, the construction of water conservancy is only a means to increase food production.

At this moment, Lu Xiangsheng also took out a copy of the data and said: "Old Huang Ge, please look!"

"This is the grain output in the capital area. The grain that can be produced by one mu of land in the second year of Tianqi, all grain types, and different types of cultivated fields are used for an average statistics. The yield per mu is 360 three catties. The entire capital area, a total of There are 9051.26 million mu of cultivated land, including 145.65 million mu of paddy field, 5807.60 million mu of irrigated land and 3098.01 million mu of dry land."

Huang Liji was stunned for a while, and couldn't help but said: "Can you produce so much food?"

"No!" Lu Xiangsheng directly interrupted Huang Liji's inquiry, and said directly: "This more than 90 hectares of land was gradually ascertained by the imperial court later. In fact, it was ascertained in the capital area in the second year of Tianqi. The grain output is only about 40 hectares, of which there are about 50 hectares of land, which are hidden by the government!"

Having said that, Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help but glance at Zhu Youxiao.

At the beginning, it was the dog emperor who took the lead in hiding the land. If Zhang Haogu hadn't held Zhu Youxiao's head and forced him to divide the land evenly, Daming would not know what it would be like now.

Huang Liji took a deep breath and couldn't help asking: "Then..."

Lu Xiangsheng said: "In the second year of the apocalypse, the total grain that the capital area can provide is about 1.45 million catties!"

Huang Liji couldn't help but widen his eyes: "Then it's at least 2.8 million catties now?"

"No!" Lu Xiangsheng shook his head, and said slowly: "The current situation is still different. It is 7.4 million catties of grain. Now, the output of this mu of land has greatly increased, and it has already increased to 826 catties!! !"

"what?"

Huang Liji couldn't help being stunned, and said with a look of disbelief: "So much food? This, is this a five-fold increase in production?"

Lu Xiangsheng said slowly, "Exactly!"

Glancing at Huang Liji, Lu Xiangsheng said slowly: "There are mainly three aspects. First, at the beginning of the New Deal, Yuanfu merged all the land of the common people into the farm, and let some idle jobs and abandoned land come out. Cultivate, so that the hidden land is dug out, and the hidden population is also dug out!"

Huang Liji was stunned, and then he heard Lu Xiangsheng continue: "Second, it is the large-scale planting of crops such as sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn. Nowadays, the production of these crops in the north is extremely high, and the planting area is also very extensive. !!"

Wei Guangwei on the side couldn't help but said: "Then, these craftsmen shouldn't be rewarded. If we want to reward, we should also reward these common people. Farmers, after all, they are the ones who plow the fields!"

Lu Xiangsheng glanced at Wei Guangwei, and then slowly said: "The third is fertilization. In addition to human and animal manure, green manure, impregnated waste, and river mud dust, there are all kinds of by-products of agricultural processing such as distiller's grains. High-quality fertilizers made from , sugar dregs, bean dregs, oil dregs, etc. are also widely used.”

"besides!"

Lu Xiangsheng glanced at Wei Guangwei, and then slowly said: "It is the use of new chemical fertilizers, which were researched by a craftsman named Wang Lichen. The chemical fertilizers produced can increase the production of grain on a large scale. Today, our wheat The yield per mu can be close to more than 400 catties!"

This Wang Lichen is one of Xu Guangqi's assistants. Of course, Zhang Haogu gave the formula of the soil-made fertilizer, and Wang Lichen made further improvements. In addition, under the auspices of Zhang Haogu, the Research a factory that can mass-produce fertilizers!

This is a high-efficiency "dung pill" made of inorganic and organic fertilizers, and its efficacy is also extremely amazing. Song Yingxing, Xu Guangqi, and Wang Lichen are all studying it. Although neither Song Yingxing nor this Wang Lichen has official status, However, Zhu Youxiao still sent them all to the Hanlin Academy.

As far as fertilization technology is concerned, modern agriculture naturally uses chemical fertilizers. Although Zhang Haogu cannot instantly increase the current wheat yield per mu to the standard of later generations, at least it is not a big problem to reach half of that of later generations.

Lu Xiangsheng looked at Huang Liji and Wei Guangwei, and then slowly said: "In addition, the five major reservoirs in the capital have basically been successfully built this year. In the future, there will be no problem with water storage and release. All major farms are building canals to irrigate the capital area in the future. It's not a problem, after a year, the yield of one mu of land can reach [-], or even [-]!"

"Nine hundred, or even one thousand?" Both Huang Liji and Wei Guangwei couldn't help swallowing.

That is more than 8 million catties of grain?Even nine hundred million, one billion?

Both Huang Liji and Wei Guangwei were shocked by this number.

However, as far as the present is concerned, the grain output of Ming Dynasty has exploded, mainly sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn. Before, the yield of wheat per mu was 360 jin, but now it has reached 460 jin, an increase of more than 100 jin. However, it is these high-yield crops that really raise the average yield per mu.

The first is that the farms have opened up a large amount of land, and the second is the large-scale outbreak of these high-yield grains.

In addition, there is another most important reason. The people agree with the Daming banknotes, and they are willing to sell their grain to the imperial court. Although they say they want to buy more grain, the price will be a little higher, but the reputation of the currency is still there. .

The large-scale outbreak of food, with the food as the confidence, Zhang Haogu naturally dared to engage in industrialization with great fanfare.

However, Zhang Haogu also knew that his time was still very tight.

The current population of Daming is roughly around 7000 million. Once the production of these grains increases, the population will expand rapidly. It is not a problem to directly reach 1.5 million, and it may even be more.

Because of the concept of more sons, more blessings, as long as there is an extra piece of idle land on the land of China, then an extra mouth will immediately be born to swallow this idle land.

This is the population trap. Malthus published the book "On Population". He proposed that the growth of food supply can never keep up with the growth of population, and only disasters can stop the growth.

but.After Malthus put forward this concept, 200 years have passed, and the total population of the earth has increased to 60 billion, but the catastrophe predicted by Malthus has not broken out. The development of science and technology has increased the available resources in a certain historical period, that is, the carrying capacity of the environment. increase to take on a larger population.

The population trap is absolute, but controllable.The possibility that technological progress will greatly increase food production and production in general and that family planning will moderately restrain population expansion.

But forget about family planning.

Now, here is the low birthrate society of Ming Dynasty, not the later generations.

The more prosperous the population, the better.

Besides, as a traveler, Zhang Haogu feels that the more the population of Daming at this stage, the better. How to occupy other lands, Australia, America, these rich lands, it is not a problem to accommodate billions of people .

Let the technology explode violently again.

As for a certain day in the future, the earth really cannot bear such a large population, and then slowly find ways to reduce the large-scale population growth.

He had to enable Daming to have the ability to sail long distances before the population increased, and he had to start rapidly and large-scale expansion of Daming's overseas lands batch by batch.

The existence of the population trap is the root cause of stagnant per capita income in developing countries.

If developing countries want to solve the situation of stagnant per capita income, they must do everything possible to jump out of the trap.To this end, there must be large-scale investment, so that the total income will reach a higher level, and the growth rate of per capita income level will greatly exceed the growth rate of population.

Overseas colonization, technology improvement.

This is Zhang Haogu's plan for the next few decades, even one or two hundred years after his death.

Hundreds of years later, looking around the world, there are billions of people of the yellow race and billions of people of Ming Dynasty. This scene is very beautiful to think about.

"This Wang Lichen is a hero!" Zhu Youxiao smiled, glanced at Huang Liji and said, "Huang Qing's family, do you think this Wang Lichen should be rewarded heavily?"

Huang Liji was stunned, then lowered his head, and said slowly: "The emperor is wise, if this Wang Lichen can really increase the grain production, he should be rewarded heavily, but, just let him enter the Imperial Academy!"

Zhu Youxiao didn't seem to have heard Huang Liji's words, so he just said lightly: "In addition, I have been thinking a lot during this time. When building a reservoir, there is a man named Chen Yiru who travels across mountains and rivers, surveys the terrain, and summarizes He came up with more than 60 good strategies for water control, not only benefiting the present, but also benefiting future generations, I ask you, should this Chen Yiru be rewarded heavily?"

Wei Guangwei on the side couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, I think that the rewards should still be rewarded, but why must they be sent to the Imperial Academy?"

Huang Liji nodded: "Exactly, if the emperor wants to reward you heavily, I think it's better to set up a new department!"

"Zhen, why don't you set up a new department?" Zhu Youxiao glanced at Huang Liji, and then slowly said: "As the highest official of the Imperial Academy, the Hanlin Bachelor is in charge of Wenhan, and I will come to consult , This sutra feast day talks, one is "study the scriptures with taste", explore the subtle words and great meanings in the scriptures; the other is "use the past to prove the present", that is, use history as a mirror, and learn from the experience and lessons of previous dynasties."

"But!" Zhu Youxiao said slowly: "The subtle words and great meaning of this scripture are just like that. Take history as a mirror, and find solutions from history books when you encounter problems. I ask you, this Yongding River Dry, how does the Hanlin Academy explain? The Hanlin have put forward a lot of opinions!"

Zhu Youxiao said: "Let me cultivate benevolence and virtue widely. In this way, heaven and man will respond, and naturally it will rain heavily. What is this, please God!"

Speaking of this, Zhu Youxiao said lightly: "I asked them how to increase food production. They didn't know. They only knew how to cultivate benevolence. I asked them how to deal with drought. They didn't know. They only knew how to cultivate more. Rende, what I want, when I encounter problems, they can solve the problem for me, instead of boasting, saying what to say to me every day, and what to say to me with copper as a mirror!"

"How can this group of people not be Hanlin? How can they not be Hanlin bachelors?"

Zhu Youxiao said lightly: "I asked about increasing grain production. Wang Lichen and Song Yingxing told me that we need to plant densely, build water conservancy, divert water into canals, increase agricultural fertilizers, produce and design new agricultural fertilizers, and breed seeds. Qing family, Wei Qing family, do you understand these things?"

Both of them were stunned. This completely involved their blind spots. They still knew about dense planting and water conservancy, and they also knew about agricultural fertilizers, but they didn't know much about breeding.

Zhu Youxiao continued: "In addition, how to build the reservoir? How to build the model? What kind of steel is needed? Also, how to install the explosives, how to maximize the power of the gunpowder, eh?"

Huang Liji was at a loss for words, but Wei Guangwei on the other side couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, you should consult someone special about this!"

"Okay!" Zhu Youxiao spread his hands, and said lightly: "I, go to a special person for consultation, who to consult? Are you looking for this group of Hanlin? Do they understand?"

Wei Guangwei shut his mouth obediently, he also went to the Imperial Academy.It’s okay for this group of Hanlin to talk about the Four Books and Five Classics, and it’s not a big problem to quote scriptures, but if you ask them specific questions, they really can’t answer them.

When it comes to water conservancy, at most it is the ××N policy summarized by the predecessor.

Can't answer.

Zhu Youxiao said lightly: "I don't understand, you can ask these new Han Lin scholars, ask Wang Lichen and Song Yingxing about agriculture, ask Chen Yiru about water conservancy, and about the power of this bomb, I can ask Bell Nuo, in my opinion, not only can this group of people be able to do a good job in the Imperial Academy, but they are also much better than those who only know how to study hard?"

Neither Wei Guangwei nor Huang Liji had anything to say.

Zhu Youxiao said lightly: "I want to let them enter the Hanlin for one purpose, that is, from now on, the court will be pragmatic and not unrealistic. Don't tell me about the relationship between heaven and man, and don't tell me about Guangxiu. Benevolence, I only know one thing, the people want to eat well, the people want money to spend, and the people want to be rich!"

"Zhen, what I want to solve is practical problems one by one, not just talking about it!" Zhu Youxiao glanced at the two of them, and said slowly, "Do you guys understand what I mean?"

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After leaving the Hall of Qinzheng, both Wei Guangwei and Huang Liji looked at each other. For some reason, both of them felt that they were behind the times.

Facing Zhu Youxiao's questioning, the two of them had no ability to refute.

Sighing, Wei Guangwei said slowly, "Secondary five, now that the emperor has made up his mind, I'm afraid the next step is to attack the Imperial Academy!"

"Last year, the emperor stopped the imperial examination!" Wei Guangwei took a deep breath: "It has been changed to the civil service examination, the three-year imperial examination is gone, and now it is a special title, I am afraid it has already been saved for replacement. Lost the mind of the Imperial Academy!"

Huang Liji pondered for a while, and then slowly said: "I'm afraid the Imperial Academy is going to fry the pot!"

Speaking of which, both of them felt headaches.

Zhang Haogu is a hardcore New Deal Datong party. Huang Liji and Wei Guangwei have become the leaders of the old party even though they are unwilling. This old party includes the Donglin Party, the Chu Party, the Zhejiang Party, and the Qi Party.

These two people are not capable enough, so they are naturally suppressed and beaten by Zhang Haogu, a group of old parties below are forcing the New Deal, and the dog emperor above is pressing them to appease the old party. These two are also a doormat in the middle.

(End of this chapter)