Daming: Refining zombies at the beginning, Lao Zhu was shocked

Chapter 145 145: In the first year of Jiwu, the population of Ming Dynasty reached million?

In Zhu Yuanzhang's impression, when Lao Jiu was in power, industry seemed to have been quite developed!

For example, cannons, flintlocks and even thermal weapons such as rifles can be built in batches!

There are also actions such as large-scale steel-making!

Is this the so-called steel torrent?

[It’s the Industrial Revolution! 】

[The ultimate result of the steel torrent is to release manpower and replace humans with machines or computers to perform various physical tasks! 】

[This is a manifestation of the progress of human civilization. Emperor Chengwu carried out two industrial revolution reforms during his reign, but the reforms were not thorough. In other words, it was limited by the national system and needed a long period of development and evolution! 】

[Emperor Jiwu Zhu Zhiqin was the only emperor after Emperor Chengwu who could rival Emperor Chengwu. The third industrial revolution started by Emperor Jiwu also allowed Ming Dynasty to truly enter an era of rapid technological development! 】

[This is also the reason why Beida Ming and West Daming will eventually be merged again by Dong Daming! 】

[In terms of this achievement, Zhu Zhiqin ranks second, and he deserves it! 】

Guoyun Xiangrui continued to explain.

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he was immediately speechless!

Originally he was unconvinced. He was also the founding emperor after all. Without him, the Ming Dynasty would not exist!

But when the Ming Dynasty was about to decline, Zhu Zhiqin once again revived the Ming Dynasty and moved it to a new height, even integrating the Ming Dynasty into three parts of the world. This achievement was enough to surpass him, Zhu Yuanzhang!

Such achievements convinced him, and there was nothing to argue with!

But as the founding emperor, he could only be ranked third, so he still felt uncomfortable after all!

"Dad, did you ask?"

Zhu Biao, who was on the side, looked at the old man's uncertain expression and couldn't hold it in any longer, so he tentatively asked.

Only then did Zhu Yuanzhang come to his senses and narrated Zhu Zhiqin's identity and his main achievements to Zhu Biao!

After listening to Zhu Yuanzhang's story, Zhu Biao was even more shocked!

If it weren't for the fact that he knew that the old man had such auspicious national destiny, and that there was no need to deceive himself, he would never believe that such a thing existed!

The moon hanging in the sky can actually be climbed?

The Ming Dynasty, which was divided into three parts of the world, was finally unified by Zhu Zhiqin!

This was enough to shock Zhu Biao!

And Zhu Biao is not like Zhu Yuanzhang. He does not have the auspiciousness of the country, nor has he seen the dream scenes in the simulator. It is still very difficult to understand these things!

After all, where the knowledge is, he is even worse than Zhu Yuanzhang!

Zhu Yuanzhang explained it for a long time before Zhu Biao finally understood it, or he just had a vague concept!

"If you want to put it that way, this Zhu Zhiqin is probably the first person after Lao Jiu!"

"I just don't know who is more powerful compared to Lao Jiu?"

After Zhu Biao digested everything Zhu Yuanzhang said, he suddenly started to compare with some interest!

It’s a good story that someone is better than someone who has always been good at it, right?

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, his heart was moved!

He really hadn't thought about this!

However, to be ranked second in the emperor rankings and achieve such results, there is no doubt about Zhu Zhiqin's personal ability!

"Let's ask Xiangrui!"

Zhu Yuanzhang also became interested and asked about the national fortune and auspiciousness again.

[This question requires 20 points of national luck! 】

Not surprisingly, we have to spend money again!

Zhu Yuanzhang is naturally familiar with direct payment!

[The host is right to ask. Emperor Jiwu Zhu Zhiqin can be said to be the first person after Emperor Chengwu Zhu Li, and the same is true in terms of Taoism! 】

[Because he is the emperor who has inherited four of the Eight Wonderful Skills: Shenji Bailian, Julingshuangjiang, Tongtianlu and Fenghou Qimen! 】

[Zhu Zhiqin also cultivated a large team of Taoist priests with profound Taoist practices. Zhu Zhiqin's rebellion was not only due to the military duel that successfully suppressed the imperial court at that time, but also the duel at the Taoist level, which was also crushed! 】

[Zhu Zhiqin is also the only emperor after Chengwu Emperor Zhu Li who can surrender the Jijun Tomb and suppress and control the entire Jijun Tomb! 】

Guoyun Xiangrui slowly explained.

After Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he even took a deep breath!

Good guy, this guy is so scary!

fierce!

This is too fierce!

The number one person under Lao Jiu is really not just talk!

Originally, he had overestimated Zhu Zhiqin's personal strength as much as possible, but unexpectedly he underestimated Zhu Zhiqin in the end!

"Zhu Xiaqiu's son may not be very up to date, but his descendants are very up to date!"

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but sigh again!

Because he had seen in Zhu Xiaqiu's simulator that Zhu Xiaqiu only had one son and three daughters in his life!

As a result, the only son failed to live up to expectations. He didn’t want to be an emperor, he didn’t want to make progress, he just wanted to be a free prince!

But he didn't expect that among the descendants of Zhu Xiaqiu's unenterprising son, another fierce man would finally step forward!

Considering Zhu Zhiqin's achievements and his reputation as the number one person among the ninth oldest, there is indeed nothing wrong with being ranked second!

Fortunately, after this boy became the emperor, he did not dare to put his face on the Long Yuan coin in front of his ancestor, Lao Jiu!

After all, Zhu Zhiqin also came from Taoism, and his ancestor, Emperor Chengwu Zhu Yue, was also the founder of Taoism!

No matter how courageous he is, he would never dare to be one step ahead of his ancestors and masters in this regard!

After Zhu Yuanzhang digested this information, he turned around and told Zhu Biao in detail!

Zhu Biao clicked his tongue repeatedly when he heard this!

It seems that Laojiu is still Laojiu!

If you want to put it this way, this Zhu Zhiqin still can't surpass his ancestor Lao Jiu!

But the fact that he can become the first person under Lao Jiu is enough to make him proud!

"Dad, we remember you said before that King Qi's lineage is in Japan, right?"

While Zhu Biao was shocked, he also thought of things about King Qi's lineage!

The last time he told Zhu Xiaheng's simulator, he heard the old man say that Japan had also been defeated by the Ming Dynasty during the Chengwu period!

"Yes, King Qi's lineage is indeed in Japan!"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded. He still remembered that after the Japanese province was conquered by Laojiu, the original Yamato tribe was directly massacred into ethnic minorities. Later, it was Zhu Xiaqiu, the prince who oversaw the country, who moved 800,000 Han people to Japan!

Later, Zhu Xiaqiu's son only wanted to be a free prince, so he was also made a prince and went to Japan!

"Japan is such a small place with a small population. This Zhu Zhiqin can actually successfully rebel. It's really amazing!"

Zhu Biao couldn't help but sigh.

"Yes, thanks to his Taoism and the inheritance of the Eight Miracles!"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded with deep understanding.

He remembered that Japan today is said to have about eight to nine million people. That palm-sized island country is overcrowded with such a large population!

But compared with the tens of millions of people in the Ming Dynasty, it was obviously much worse!

"By the way, Xiangrui, in Zhu Zhiqin's generation, to what extent has Japan's population recovered?"

Zhu Yuanzhang casually asked the question about national fortune and auspiciousness.

[When Zhu Zhiqin was still King Qi, the population of Japan was already over 20 million! 】

The auspicious national luck directly stated a number!

"what?"

"More than twenty million?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was really shocked!

Although Zhu Yuanzhang did not take a fancy to Japan, which now has a population of eight to nine million, after all, Japan is only such a big place, and with such a large population, in Zhu Yuanzhang's opinion, it is already overcrowded!

But he never expected that there could be more than 20 million people in such a palm-sized place?

Can so many people live in such a small place in Japan?

And what about things like population?

The most important thing is to have enough food!

The cultivated land area in Japan is even more limited. How can we feed a population of more than 20 million?

Could it be that the food was all transported through the Ming Dynasty?

"Then after Zhu Zhiqin ascended the throne, what was the population of the Ming Dynasty?" Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but ask.

A mere province of Japan has a population of more than 20 million, so how many people should the entire Ming Dynasty have?

According to current statistics from the Ministry of Household Affairs, the total population during the Hongwu Period of the Ming Dynasty was only about 60 million. The population of more than 20 million is equivalent to one-third of the population of the Ming Dynasty today!

And it was still on that palm-sized island, Zhu Yuanzhang simply couldn't imagine it!

To put it this way, the population of the Ming Dynasty during that period must have been more than 60 million!

[This question requires 30 points of national luck! 】

The auspicious national luck is still the same old routine.

Zhu Yuanzhang still paid directly.

[During the period of Emperor Jiwu, the total population of the Ming Dynasty reached more than 800 million! 】

National Fortune Xiangrui finally reported a number.

"Eight hundred million?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned when he heard this.

What kind of unit is this?

Never heard of it at all!

[More than ten million are billions, that is, ten million, ten million or ten million are billions! 】

Guoyun Xiangrui slowly explained.

After Zhu Yuanzhang heard this concept, his eyes widened!

Eight hundred million!

Sixty million!

In other words, when Zhu Zhiqin was in power, the population of Ming Dynasty increased more than ten times compared with the Ming Dynasty today!

[If the population before the Ming Dynasty was unified, the population of the Eastern Ming Dynasty would only be 6 million! 】

[Western Daming is 3.8 million!

[Beida Ming is 1.6 million! 】

[After the Eastern Ming Dynasty entered the real period of iron and steel, it unified the three Ming Dynasties, but it only took back part of the country! 】

[Many territories of the Northern and Western Ming Dynasties were eventually split. Because of different religious beliefs, Zhu Zhiqin also gave up part of the population and land! 】

[After final integration, the population of the Ming Dynasty after unification was 8 million! 】

Guoyun Xiangrui slowly explained.

Zhu Yuanzhang was even more shocked.

Turning around, Zhu Yuanzhang told Zhu Biao about the incident and told him that the population of the Ming Dynasty was measured in hundreds of millions!

Not only was I, the father, shocked, but Zhu Biao, the son, was also shocked!

After all, for now, he can only share this shock with Zhu Biao!

"Billion, what unit is this?"

Zhu Biao looked confused!

Zhu Yuanzhang explained the concept of billions to Zhu Biao in detail.

After Zhu Biao heard this, he was stunned!

800 million people? !

Good guy!

You must know that the current population of Ming Dynasty is only over 60 million!

"Eighty million people need to eat. How much food is needed to support such a terrible population?"

It took Zhu Biao a long time to realize. After all, with the current situation in the Ming Dynasty, even if there were only more than 60 million people, people would still starve to death!

In the final analysis, there is not enough food to eat!

With a population of 60 million, today, that is still a superpower!

If the population size increases more than ten times...

Zhu Biao couldn't help but calculate the amount of food consumed by 800 million people every year. The final conclusion made Zhu Biao take a breath!

Horror!

"Dad, how will future generations deal with so much food?"

Zhu Biao couldn't help but asked curiously.

If we could find this method of mass production of food, the people of Ming Dynasty would not be starving to death!

"Haha, are you shocked?"

"We were shocked at first!"

"But then we figured it out!"

"Mainly because of two aspects!"

“On one hand, it’s because of the emergence of many high-yielding crops!”

"It's like those potatoes, sweet potatoes and corns that Lao Jiu invented, as well as high-yielding rice that can be harvested several times a year!"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Biao's shocked look, but burst into laughter.

"It's true that the high-yield grains produced by Lao Jiu have indeed increased the grain output several times. Now, except for some remote places, such as Jiangnan and other places, Ming Dynasty no longer worries about insufficient food!"

Zhu Biao nodded in agreement.

"Yes, this is only one aspect!"

"But if that's all, it's not enough!"

"Do you know what the Iron Torrent is?"

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled mysteriously.

"Steel Torrent?"

Zhu Biao was stunned again.

Zhu Yuanzhang repeated to Zhu Biao the concept that National Fortune Xiangrui had explained to him before. Not to mention, seeing Zhu Biao's face full of shock and stunned for a while really gave him a sense of accomplishment!

"At that time, in the Ming Dynasty, farmers no longer needed to use their hands to wield hoes when farming. All cultivation was mechanized. Especially the army controlled by the royal family, all used machinery to plow the fields!"

"A few hundred acres of land, that is, a few people, can be easily managed with a machine!"

Zhu Yuanzhang said with a proud look on his face.

When Zhu Biao heard this, he was even more amazed!

"At that time, the common people lived a comfortable life!"

"Everyday at the dinner table, whether it's flying in the sky, running on the ground, or swimming in the water, as long as you can imagine it, there is something to eat!"

"And the people at that time didn't have to worry about whether they had enough to eat. Our Ming Dynasty today is still incomparable with future generations!"

"Common people in future generations will learn to enjoy life. Sixty years old is not considered a long life, and they can still retire and enjoy a life of retirement!"

Zhu Yuanzhang added.

(End of this chapter)