Villager of Daming

Chapter 644: Resources should be carved with banknotes

"Your Majesty, are you talking about the Nanzhu of Hepu? In the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were many pearls in Hepu, and the people made a living. Later, officials were greedy and mined them wantonly, causing the Nanzhu to leave. Later Meng often guarded it, and banned mining for one year. After the pearls returned, Hepu could be found. Beads returned.

The past is vividly remembered, but the future has been forgotten.In the following dynasties, many southern pearls moved away. In the former Yuan Dynasty, Bo'er only Jin and Tuohuantiemuer stopped. Your Majesty wants to start the mining of southern pearls? "

Zeng Lu told an allusion, and finally asked Zhu Yuanzhang, do you want to follow the example of previous dynasties in mining Nanzhu, letting the people drown, and letting Nanzhu escape again?
The chief then continued: "Yushi Zeng is right. Unfortunately, Meng Chang was impeached too many times and had to resign and go home. That's why Wang Bo Teng's preface to the Prince's Pavilion has the sentence 'Meng Chang is noble and has spare time to serve the country'.

However, when the shells ran away, it was actually man-made destruction of the local shell living environment that prevented the formation of a cluster effect.

Now it is possible to harvest them. They have the technology to grind the shells into the shape of Buddha statues and put them into the shells, and then Buddha statue pearls grow.

We want to be round, not Buddha. We should cultivate shellfish first, then pearls. We can provide diving equipment, especially water mirrors, which are most important.

Then there is the lighting. The water is too deep and you can't see what's going on below. You need to use small light bulbs, make transformers, and connect wires, which require underwater insulation.

If you give them a breathing tube, it will be easier to search for pearls. At the same time, let them farm. Don't just dive every day, they won't survive long. "

As soon as the director finished speaking, Zeng Lu was stunned, and then he clasped his fists: "Thank you very much, Director Zhu. I would like to learn from you!"

He sincerely thanked him, and he was trying to persuade Zhu Yuanzhang not to follow the example of the previous dynasty in picking southern pearls.The meaning of "li long" is how we can make more pearls while ensuring the safety of pearl divers.

One is to stop using resources, and the other is how to make better use of resources.

"Okay, okay! You are all our good ministers. That's what Hepu Zhu meant. Okay, great, hahahaha~~~" Zhu Yuanzhang laughed heartily.

The ministers had different expressions, or in other words, different thoughts. Some expressed appreciation, some expressed envy, and the rest expressed envy, jealousy, and hatred.

For example, some people are thinking, you are such a high-ranking person, why do you choose Shangxiaqiu Village? Isn’t our prime minister worthy of your closeness?No, is it not worth your while to meet and socialize?We can't believe we can't find you.

The talk of a few people does not affect the people of Xiaqiu Village from touching river clams. They specialize in picking out the big ones and digging them, and they also want the empty shells. The shells can be ground into round cores and planted among other live clams.

"Prince, we also have Nanzhu. Compared with Dongzhu, which one do you think is better?" Zhu Yuanzhang picked up an empty river clam and asked the eldest son.

"Father, you are so kind! The light of Nanzhu only covers an inch of land, but the brilliance of people can illuminate the Ming Dynasty.

When I visited the north, I looked at gold and silver worth 30 guan with my second brother, and my heart was not disturbed at all.

Just because we two brothers know that gold and silver are priceless, the second brother always wants to deceive people in our village. "

Zhu Biao replied, "What about Dongzhu and Nanzhu? Is there a village with the same surname as ours?"
"I didn't, it's not me, don't talk nonsense, I didn't want to lie, I just wanted to be honest."

Zhu Fang firmly denied it. He lied about anything?As for me!

The ministers were both happy and distressed. The prince was indeed better off, but where had the 30 gold and silver gone?It didn’t go into the treasury, right?

If you two don’t feel upset, let’s start!How much will Daming’s fiscal revenue be in a year?

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Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival and lunch is delayed. If anyone is hungry, you can have snacks.

Children like popcorn sticks, but they have to brush their teeth after eating. Normal whole grains are fine to eat, but puffed ones are not good and will stick to the teeth.

It wasn't until the end of the day that everyone started to have lunch. The next dinner was at midnight, and we had it while watching the moon.

Eat easily digestible food, machine-made noodles, do not make noodles, and put ash in the noodles.

There is no need to make stir-fried dishes when eating noodles, they are all side dishes.After eating, the children went to bed. Zhu Yuanzhang stopped working. What kind of work should he do during the big holiday?Especially when the rice harvest is about to begin in the south, local officials simply want to build roads and take advantage of the low water flow in rivers in winter to dredge, build bridges, and strengthen river embankments.

If the people's labor period is over and they still want to work, they must be given food. When writing the question book, some food must be left.

Among them, it is very operable. There are few officials in Ming Dynasty, and there is even less manpower in auditing, not to mention going to the local area to investigate the actual situation.

In the past, there was a shortage of food, and the soldiers raised by the imperial court had to eat a lot every day. They also had to pay military salaries, and the local government had to send food.

There is no shortage of food now, especially this year. Many places have followed Shandong’s example and planted soybeans on wheat stubble after harvesting wheat.

The harvested soybeans are partially pressed for oil, and the bean cakes can also be eaten. Steamed with dried vegetables, they taste delicious, but the oil yield is low, and there is still oil in the bean cakes.

The other part of the soybeans is used to make tofu, which ordinary people cannot make, so they have to trade it with those who sell tofu.

Soybean oil is oil and water, and soy products are protein, which can reduce staple food consumption.

Just three taels of bean cake like this can be given to a person a day, and he will never starve to death.

In this way, the people accumulated food, and some of it was sold and exchanged for things, and the food circulating in the market increased.

As long as the court is not short of money, it will not be short of food.

Zhu Yuanzhang would consider the actual situation and then agree with the local government to withhold part of the autumn grain.

Even though he knew that officials were tampering with it, he still agreed to use part of the grain for infrastructure construction first.

After my team has been trained and put there, I will check the accounts. I will spit out all the officials who were found out, including their capital and profits.

"This is how beads are made. It's faster." Zhu Yuanzhang was not working and took Queen Ma around, directly to the place where river mussel cores were grown.

Children in Xiaqiu Village are rolling beads, which are very small and easy to plant in river mussel meat.

A steam engine uses a belt to drive a row of equipment, each of which is used to turn beads. After a few rustlings, a small bead is formed.

If you carve slowly, it will be troublesome!It takes a long time to carve a round bead.

"What an ingenious idea! Use a carving knife and make the beads as small as this. How many can you make in a day?" Queen Ma also found it interesting.

"The work of the craftsmen has become easier, especially carving stone tablets. I heard that our great grandson's gift was carved using equipment based on the principle of a tug-o-car, and the speed is so fast!
oops!Use it to carve wooden boards!Woodblock printing and copper plates can also be ground out, right?Copper plates last longer than wood plates.

If the carving is wrong, melt some copper liquid and pour it on it. When it cools down, change it to the correct one. I think it will be fine to print banknotes. "

Zhu Yuanzhang's mind wandered and he patted Li Chang's shoulder as he spoke.

The director took a deep breath, and Hanhan prepared himself in advance. He thought he would not be asked this question, but...

"Your Majesty, we know that someone wants to print treasure banknotes now, and they have also provided several layouts, but there is no hurry. Your Majesty, please come with us."

The director said and took a group of people to another room. It was said to be a room, but it was actually a hall with a large area.

"Your Majesty, regarding the treasure banknotes, our village has designed two modes, one is multi-page printing of color patterns, and the other is a single-page wax coating and multiple printing mode."

The director pointed to two places and introduced them, both of which were done slowly by Hanhan himself. The pattern making was the most difficult, as he had to ensure that the patterns were the same.

　No more today, go to bed first!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)