Villager of Daming

Chapter 819 Questions about the Ming Dynasty Maritime Treasure

"Your Majesty, shall we take a group photo of the meal?" the chief asked.

"What's there to eat... Okay! Take the photo today and let's see who else is there after the Ming Dynasty develops this year."

Zhu Yuanzhang was about to refuse, but suddenly changed his mind and took the photo.

The ministers: "..."

Everyone feels that they are not in a good mood. If they are not in the new photos next year, where will they be?
It’s okay to go to the local government to take charge, but I’m afraid that I’ll have nothing to do and be driven home.

Everyone understands that His Majesty likes to send ministers from various ministries downwards, usually wherever there is instability.

For example, Sichuan, the Xia Kingdom, which was conquered before, needed someone to take charge the most, so the Sichuan Zhongshu Province was set up there, and Liu Weiqian, the Minister of Punishment, was appointed to participate in politics.

Last summer, he was busy taking the people there to escape the flood, and planted mustard stems. He would wait for the harvest in a few days this year, and then sell the money to plant other crops.

When important officials go to a place, they are definitely not being demoted. They are worried about the instability there. If this continues, they will come back if they have the opportunity.

For those who were driven away and returned to their hometowns, everything was over and they could enjoy pastoral life at home.

'Crack!Click...' "Tell me, eggplant~~zi~~"

The director operates an "advanced" camera to take pictures, and then selects the best two and develops them into photos, one for each person.

A picture without a smile, a picture with everyone smiling. The picture without a smile can be used in history books to look solemn and solemn.

He smiled to see if he could retain his position. One day, one of them made His Majesty angry. His Majesty saw the photos taken of everyone laughing. What if he relents!

Of course, you may also be even more angry. You took pictures and smiled at us, but in the end, you made trouble for us. The smile hides the knife, but the sweet talk hides the sword. Come on, don’t go home to farm, just bury it as fertilizer!
Don’t be busy washing the photos after taking them. Tomorrow our family members will come over and wash them together after taking the photos.

Everyone continued to eat and drink leisurely. Under the lively singing and dancing, officials from various ministries chatted about work matters from time to time. It was difficult to meet and communicate directly before, but now they have the opportunity.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't have much to say with his ministers, unless the ministers had special ideas and wrote a question book and sent it to Zhu Yuanzhang after reading it and asking him alone.

And when he had an idea, he said it directly to the court meeting, and everyone worked together to find a solution, and basically everything was passed.

So he chatted with the head of the village: "Yichang, we have sent people to transport things to Lianghu and Guangzhou, but there is no news back."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, if there is enough time, people in the past will plow the fields first, raise seedlings at the same time, and then put water to soak the fields.

When the seedlings are ready, someone can do it on the transplanter, which is faster than people doing it.

Then some fertilizer is shipped to see if top dressing is needed, simple pesticides are added, and harvest takes about 120 days.

Immediately plow and plant again, so that when the harvest comes in October, there will be no more planting.

But I know how to plow and use fertilizer when turning in the stubble. It will be easier to plow next year and the stubble will rot away. "

The head of the farm comforted Zhu Yuanzhang. The days had been calculated. Hunan, Hubei and Guangzhou both had two crops a year. The three crops in Guangzhou could not be operated until sufficient fertilizer was available.

Lianghu can transplant the rice seedlings in early April, and then harvest them depending on the situation around mid-July. Plant and harvest again.

There is little need for manpower, and all work is done mechanically. Craftsmen are sent over to operate, and local people are hired to help with repairs and repairs if they break down.

Historically, there were few people in the two lakes, and a lot of land was uncultivated and could not be planted. People migrated, and because they could grow two crops of rice a year, more land was paid there. The people stopped working and went to live elsewhere.

The people are more willing to plant crops three times in two years, which is not so tiring. Just do the math and know that in March the seedlings will be raised here, and then they will plow the land, till the land is good, and transplant the rice seedlings.After the harvest is over, you can't take a breath before plowing again. The seedlings are raised before harvesting, and then transplanted after plowing. This is something that most people cannot bear, especially when the land is plowed by humans.

People need livestock, many big animals, and fertilizers, the more the better.

Not to mention Guangzhou, which theoretically has three rice crops a year, but the people cannot bear the high-intensity work.

Zhu Yuanzhang pursed his lips and thought for a moment: "Now that we have such good technology, we would still be worried. If not..."

At this moment, he was afraid that the masters of Xiaqiu Village had given him too much, and he had thrown out various techniques, but he still felt that they were not enough.

Under normal circumstances, like other dynasties, if there are no masters, how can we get through life?
"Your Majesty, shipbuilding requires more manpower and a large amount of cowhide. Sheepskin is easy to rot and pigskin has large pores and gaps. Cowhide is most suitable for sealing materials.

We must go to sea quickly to find better things, and exchange for the cowhide from outside. We can trade by ourselves and make more money. "

The director didn't think about other things. He was more focused on how to develop quickly. Cowhide was used as a sealing material better than other leathers.

"Send, send man-made ships, build the fleet early, and the people of the Ming Dynasty will eat meat early. If it doesn't work, let's use the boat to fish in the sea, which is also meat!"

Zhu Yuanzhang decided to continue to increase investment. He had learned that regardless of the fat meat that people like to eat, lean meat is better than fat meat and will gain weight if you eat too much.

Fatty meat grows faster, but lean meat is actually a good supplement for those who work!Especially when made with vegetable oil and some sugar, such as Guobao Pork.

The Guobao Pork is full of lean meat. It uses tenderloin, which is wrapped in batter and fried three times. Finally, it is topped with a sauce of sugar and vinegar. It is really delicious.

Sea fish is equally delicious when steamed or braised. Even dried sea fish can be soaked and steamed to satisfy your cravings.

For example, the demand for fat meat among ministers and people in the palace is gradually decreasing. In the past, it was delicious to cook the fat meat directly and dip it in salt, but now it is not possible. It is disgusting.

It has to be made into Sichuan white pork, twice-cooked pork, stewed vegetables, braised pork with pickled vegetables, steamed pork with rice flour, steamed pork with rice noodles...

Anyway, you can’t make it so that people don’t get tired of eating it, so it would be good to stuff it with stuffing or sausage.

Zhu Yuanzhang thought about catching more fish. There were countless fish in the sea. Steam-powered boats were fast and carried many things. He would go out in the middle of the night with lights to lure fish and come back in the morning, or go out in the early morning before dawn and come back in the afternoon or evening.

When the nearby ministers heard this, they knew that the center of gravity of the imperial court had begun to shift, tilting towards the sea. There was no need to waste people and money, and all the people employed were craftsmen.

Ordinary people do whatever they should do on a daily basis, and then there are the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty Navy. They have to learn a lot, especially navigation knowledge.

In the past, I used to go to sea to look at compasses and stars. The charts were very crude, but it was no problem to go to the surrounding places. It wasn't until the Ming Dynasty that I started trading with the barbarians.

Things have changed now. There is more knowledge to master and new equipment to be used skillfully.

……

After lunch, it was four o'clock in the afternoon. The ministers, who had drunk well, took a small train to Xihua Gate. Their followers, servants, etc. were resting and eating there, waiting for them.

A large amount of food was packed into their food boxes, the attendants took the baskets, and everyone went home.

Zhu Yuanzhang stayed and took a walk with the people in the village.

"Our treasure banknotes have been sent out, how have you been in the past two days?" Zhu Yuanzhang never asked, fearing that the result would be bad, so he endured it.

"Your Majesty, don't worry. With the guarantee of the village, the people are willing to exchange." The village chief assured that the treasure banknotes that were only taken out on the [-]th of the first lunar month are being gradually used.

(End of this chapter)