The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 531 The Foundation of Ming Dynasty

"I didn't expect you to have so many things to do in Nanjing." Zhu Linmi looked at Mu Zhiqing with interest and said, "Canned food, arithmetic... By the way, Qian Xiang has been busy moving the capital, and I just heard you say that the canning factory has been built. , but don’t know the details yet.”

Mu Zhiqing touched the corner of her mouth with a handkerchief, and said with a smile: "This cannery has helped the people of Zhoushan a lot. In the past, the island was too poor, and everyone watched fish and shrimp swarming in the sea. Just touched a few fish in the shallows.

"Nowadays, the cannery has bought a large amount of fishing gear with money and rented it to the local people. They only need to share some of the fish they catch to pay the rent. The people are all rushing to go to sea first. When I left Zhoushan, the cannery had already prepared 320 fishing boats. There are many nets and more than [-] nets. The people on the island can support themselves only by fishing.

"The cannery produces more than 4000 bottles of canned food every day, and the fish needed is almost free. And the common people will sell more fish to the cannery, at least two to three thousand catties per day. But now they can only sell About [-] bottles of canned food were produced, so a lot of fish meat was shipped to Ningbo to be sold at a low price."

"Buying boats and renting them online for the common people," Zhu Linmi praised, "not only solved the livelihood of the people on the island, but also enabled the cannery to have a stable source of fish. Only we, Zhiqing, can come up with such an ingenious idea."

Mu Zhiqing was a little embarrassed by his praise, and hurriedly said: "It's just that most of the 3 taels that His Highness gave me were turned into fishing boats and nets, but nothing was saved."

"It's a long-term investment, and it's worth it." Zhu Linmi said again, "It's just that I can only sell four thousand bottles a day, which is still a little low."

"This is still using the 'porcelain vase' recycling method His Highness said, otherwise it may be difficult to sell hundreds of bottles." Mu Zhiqing said, "Actually, regardless of the price of porcelain vases, eating canned food is cheaper than buying nearby fish directly. The common people are not familiar with this product. So I recently took people to distribute some canned food in restaurants and restaurants in the city without charging money, hoping that they would buy it in large quantities if they thought it was good.”

In this bottle of canned food, more than [-]% of the cost is on the porcelain bottle.Therefore, Zhu Linmei thought of the method of recycling beer bottles in later generations, selling cans to recycle cans, and a bottle of fish meat costs less than ten cents.Even so, due to the extremely low cost of fish in Zhoushan, there is still a slight profit after excluding the freight.

Zhu Linming immediately said: "How can we let Zhiqing do the physical work of expanding sales? I forgot earlier, but later I asked Hong Si to ask the missionaries to advertise the canned food to ensure that the sales will double. "

"That's great," Mu Zhiqing said happily, "I'm also planning to sell the canned food to Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan and other places in the future, where fish meat is not as common as it is in Jiangsu and Zhejiang."

"Yes, fish meat is extremely nutritious, and it is of great benefit to the health of the people of Ming Dynasty. I have to report this matter to the Ministry of Household Affairs, and ask them to send some people to help you." Zhu Linmi asked again, "You just said that you are still there." Where are you teaching arithmetic?"

Mu Zhiqing nodded and said with a smile: "Earlier, Zhiqing heard that His Highness planned the industrialization of Daming, such a great change in a hundred years, and I also wanted to help His Highness do my best.

"The foundation of this industrialization lies in the people and in Gezhi's learning. Just when the Gezhi Academy in Nanjing started classes, Zhiqing had the audacity to take a part-time mathematics course there, specializing in solving various equations."

Mu Zhiqing once studied western learning with Song Yingxing, so it is a trivial matter to teach in Gezhi Academy.Zhu Linming lamented, it's just that this kind of female teacher is rare in Ming Dynasty, and probably only a Naxi woman like her can set this precedent.

Mu Zhiqing said again: "Then I thought, His Highness is trying his best to set up the Gezhi Academy, so Na Zhiqing will pave the way for His Highness, run elementary school, teach children to read and write, and have been exposed to Gezhi School since childhood, and the classics and history. Study together. In this way, they will have deeper achievements in their future study.

"By the way, I also marked the Three-Character Classic with the pinyin given by His Highness, and made copybooks for children to learn to read. I tried it in Zhoushan, and most of the children were able to spell the Three-Character Classic by themselves after a month. This copybook I First printed a thousand volumes and sent them to the people of Nanjing."

"Okay!" Zhu Linmei pointed her thumbs up, "Actually, I wanted to do this a long time ago, but I have been suffering from lack of energy. I didn't expect it to be done by you! Do you still have this copybook? Let me see it quickly." Look."

Xuecha winked at the side, and quickly fetched a copy of "Pinyin Literacy" and handed it to Zhu Linming.The latter flipped through the copybook and nodded, "Exactly! Although this booklet is small, it is a powerful tool that can affect the foundation of the EMI of the Ming Dynasty!"

Only by knowing characters can one read, and one can understand reason when reading, and understanding reason is an important condition for enlightening people's wisdom.With this pinyin literacy book, even if you can’t afford to hire a teacher, the children can read and recognize on their own after simple training. This will definitely reduce the illiteracy rate of Ming Dynasty. A good tradition of reading for children, all they need is a chance.

And the surge in literate and hyphenated population can prompt Ming Dynasty to open up the wisdom of the people before Western countries, and then further promote the development of industrialization, thus entering a virtuous circle and making Ming Dynasty invincible among the nations of the world!
He turned his head again and said: "Zhiqing, if you have free time, you can also learn the most simple and easy-to-understand Gezhi, no, you only need the common sense of life, compile it into a book, mark it in pinyin, and use it together with the Three Character Classic as the foundation of elementary school." Use. After it is compiled, it will be handed over to the Ministry of Rites, and they will be printed in large quantities and widely distributed to young children of Ming Dynasty."

Seeing His Highness's eyes twinkling, Mu Zhiqing seemed to have infinite expectations, and immediately said seriously: "Zhiqing will definitely do her best to help His Highness' great cause!"

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Tianxing Mansion.

Ciqing Palace.

"Emissary Song, have you made a clear diagnosis?" The Empress Dowager Zeng frowned slightly, with a puzzled look on her face, "A few days ago, didn't you say that the emperor had a stroke due to extreme shock, and the wind and evil stagnated, causing qi and blood to become disordered and go up? It disturbs the brain orifices, so should you lie still and not move? Why do you say..."

The envoy of the Song Court secretly wiped off his cold sweat, and said to himself, Mr. Li, Mr. Li, you are really embarrassing me, and you can open your mouth for black and white.

He hurriedly said: "Back to the Empress Dowager, I have always used leeches, red sage root, and red flowers as medicine for the Holy Majesty, but the effect is extremely remarkable. Now the pulse of the Holy Majesty has gradually solidified, and the wind evil has begun to dissipate. Yang Yuan is used to help dispel Yin evil.

"That's why I believe that the Holy Majesty has been basking in the sun more recently to receive the essence of the universe, which is more conducive to the recovery of the dragon's body."

After he finished speaking, several imperial physicians beside him also nodded in agreement.

The Empress Dowager Zeng glanced at Zhu Linyuan's pale face again, and sighed softly, "Then follow what the envoy of the Song Dynasty said. Come, arrange the imperial garden, and I will take the saint up to get some fresh air later."

(End of this chapter)