Traveled through Daming, but was punished by the old Zhu Shizu

According to records, when Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang established the Han Dynasty, there were no four white horses in the whole world.

In fact, it's not that the emperor didn't pay attention to raising horses, but that the Central Plains couldn't raise good horses at all.

In order for a horse to grow well, it needs specific water plants, temperature,

In the territory of China's past dynasties, the natural horse farms are only a few places in Gansu, Shaanxi and Northwest China.

There were good horses in the Han Dynasty. After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty expelled the Xiongnu to the north, he snatched back the natural horse farm.

Only in this way can a good horse be bred.

If you want to raise a thousand-mile horse in an agricultural area, it is tantamount to a dream, and it is as difficult as reaching the sky!

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Liu Xiu, hoping that Liu Xiu could make a point or two from it. Liu Xiu paused and said,

"Does your majesty know the horse protection method of Duke Jing of the Southern Song Dynasty?"

Zhu Yuanzhang had a thoughtful look in his eyes. He didn't know a single word, but after he became the emperor, he still made up some history of the previous dynasty.

One is that Song Lian and other great Confucianists are good, and the other is that Lao Zhu was born smart, and now Lao Zhu has ink in his chest.

"But the horse protection law in Wang Anshi's reform? Let the people of each household raise their own horses. If they raise them well, they will be rewarded, and if they die, they will be punished."

"Hehe, your majesty's explanation is really concise and to the point. What I want to talk about is the horse protection method. How does your majesty think Jing Gong's horse protection method is different from your majesty's horse administration?"

Liu Xiu's question made the people around him tremble for a while,

Good guy!

My master is taking the exam for Master Hong Wu? !

However, Master Hong Wu still acts as if he regards him as his teacher!

Everyone was a little more excited. What should they be afraid of if they could work under the hands of their master? !

The Lu family relies on the Crown Princess, and our Liu family directly relies on Master Hong Wu!

It's even more arrogant than the Lu family!

Zhu Yuanzhang raised his brows and said directly, "Of course there is a big difference! In the Southern Song Dynasty, the folks were allowed to raise the land, and the common people farmed the land. Isn't it nonsense to let them raise horses?! This is a government organization, which is naturally more organized than the horse protection law. There are many!"

Liu Xiu smiled, "But Your Majesty hasn't bred good horses either. Judging from the results, it seems to be no different from the method of keeping horses."

"This!" Lao Zhu frowned, wanting to refute, but couldn't say one, two, three,

Zhu Yuanzhang said unconvinced, "Then tell us!"

Liu Xiu nodded and said, "Let me tell you, the biggest difference between our horse policy and Jing Gong's horse protection method is that the horse protection method will definitely not raise good horses, but we still have a chance to raise good horses."

Zhu Yuanzhang asked, "We don't understand what you said. According to you, isn't the law of protecting horses similar to our horse administration? How come we have another chance."

"The policy is not the key, the key is whether there are conditions." Liu Xiu said.

"condition?"

Liu Xiu nodded and said, "Shi Jingtang cut off the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun. The sixteen prefectures of Yanyun are good pastures for raising horses. However, the loss of these sixteen prefectures left the Song Dynasty without a natural geographical barrier, and the Liao people could drive them directly. Go south, so the Song Dynasty had to establish Kaifeng as its capital."

Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a moment. Although Liu Xiu was completely different from those great scholars, he was far more convincing than those great scholars.

"That's it."

"In the Southern Song Dynasty, the capital was built further south. This land of Wu is densely covered with water networks, and there is not even a huge grassland, let alone good forage. Therefore, Jing Gong used the method of protecting horses. It is also a helpless move. It was the predicament Duke Jing had to face at that time."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, and the way he looked at Liu Xiu changed.

"We didn't expect that you are so talented even in teaching! What you say is much more interesting than those great scholars! According to them, you are not good at morality, but after listening to you, it is really reasonable!"

"The sixteen prefectures of Yanyun are lost, and the pastures laid down by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty are gone. Without pastures, how can there be good horses?"

"Then we understand! We took back the Yanyun Sixteen States, can we raise horses here?!"

Liu Xiu nodded and said yes, "Yes, there is no need to raise horses in other places, only in King Qin's territory. There are no good horses in other places, so what kind of horse administration does His Majesty set up there, it will just waste manpower and material resources!"

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes lit up, he rubbed his hands and said, "We have to talk to the second child! But this place alone is not enough for your supply of post horses!"

Liu Xiu said, "There are only a few good pastures. If you want to raise more good horses, you have to grab them."

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes flashed, and he instantly understood what Liu Xiu meant.

Hit North Yuan!

Grab the grass field!

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Liu Xiu, Liu Xiu smiled and didn't say anything, but changed the subject,

"I still have some gadgets that I haven't explained. Do you want to see it, Your Majesty?"

Zhu Yuanzhang stared bull-eyed, "Of course we want to see it!"

Liu Xiu looked at Shen Wansan and asked, "Is there any craftsman who makes salt here?"

Shen Wansan led a person out and said, "This person is the artisan of the Liu family who is in charge of making salt in Wu."

Wang Dali was muscular, but shy like a little girl in front of Liu Xiu, shyly said,

"master."

"Well, I have one more thing for you to do."

"My lord, please order!"

"Sugar making."

"Sugar making?!" Everyone exclaimed.

Then Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and said, "You can't make sugar with the same method as you make salt. Let's say that the salt drying method is to dry seawater, but sugar is made, so you can't use the sugar drying method."

Shen Wansan rubbed his hands and eyes with golden light, if the master can refine the sugar even more, it must be a huge profit!

Speaking of sugar, people in ancient China didn't eat much of it, but foreigners love it!

Let’s say that India is extremely obsessed with granulated sugar. During the Tang Dynasty, it once offered the finest granulated sugar, so that Li Shimin couldn’t even imitate it for a while.

But the Huaxia region does not focus on quality, but on quantity.

Everyone knows that tea, silk, and porcelain are the major players in the overseas trade of the Central Plains.

But few people know that sugar is also a big head!

Even the profit is much bigger than the other three!

However, the sugar anywhere in the world is now granulated sugar, not the modern white sugar,

Granulated sugar has large particles, many impurities, and is not easy to dissolve.

And if Liu Xiu can make white sugar come out in advance, this technology will make the whole world crazy about it!

Chapter 255

But the problem is,

Liu Xiu cannot use the method of making salt to make sugar.

Although they look similar, there is a world of difference!

Salt needs to be refined and sugar needs to be refined.

Mrs. Li's eyes moved, and she wanted to speak, but when she thought of Master Hong Wu sitting here, she could only shut up.

Liu Xiu noticed Mrs. Li's change, and asked, "If you have anything to say, just say it."

Zhu Yuanzhang looked back at Mrs. Li, and said with a smile, "We are here, don't be too cautious, just say what you have to say! The three cobblers are as good as Zhuge Liang, how can our group of people compare to Liu Xiu?"

"Yes, Your Majesty." Mrs. Li bowed slightly, neither humble nor overbearing, but Zhu Yuanzhang secretly exclaimed that it was good, where is Liu Xiu stunned by these talents?

"The concubine heard that there is a way to make the sugar less impurities, and that is the boiling method."

Shen Wansan nodded, "I've heard of this too. It seems that there was such a method in the Song Dynasty, but very few people used it because the difficulty is too high."

"Not only do you need to keep an eye on the pot at all times, but you also have to constantly adjust the temperature of the fire, and cook for several hours. If you don't pay attention, the pot will be useless."

Liu Xiu said, "Not only that, but the boiled sugar is also yellow, which is really unattractive."

Lao Zhu was as curious as a cat scratching, and said anxiously, "If you have an idea, tell me quickly!"

"Yes," Liu Xiu said, without being too condescending, "Actually, the previous method is the same as the method of refining sugar from sugarcane, and the key point is the latter."

"Put the squeezed sugarcane juice into a vat and boil it until it becomes a thicker paste. After a period of cooling, the massecuite will turn into black sugar."

"Then put a funnel on the tank, plug the funnel with straw, then put the brown sugar into the funnel, let it stand for a while and remove the straw from the funnel,"

"Pour yellow mud water on the black granulated sugar in the funnel, the pigment in the black granulated sugar will sink from the funnel into the tank, and the top layer of granulated sugar will become as white as snow."

Liu Xiu paused, "Do you know what yellow muddy water is?"

Wang Dali's head was pounding like garlic, "I know, master!"

Liu Xiu asked with a smile, "Then do you remember?"

Wang Dali repeated it again.

"Hey, you're a big guy with a pretty good brain." Old Zhu couldn't help but marvel.

"Hey," Wang Dali scratched his head shyly, and said directly, "What is this! If we want to make a deal, we must remember that there are many more steps than this!"

"Be careful what you say!" Shen Wansan was shocked and reminded, this Wang Dali is too straightforward and stupid!

Lao Zhu couldn't help laughing. Instead of being angry, he seemed to like Wang Dali very much.

"That's what you said. It's because we think too little. If you're stupid, you can't do the work of a craftsman. You can be smart if you have a smart head!"

"Go ahead and do it." Liu Xiu waved her hand to signal Wang Dali to hurry up and do it.

Wang Dali hesitated and said, "Master, can I ask, can this really produce sugar?"

Before Liu Xiu opened his mouth, Zhu Yuanzhang laughed and scolded, "You motherfucker, can't you just do it? It's easy to succeed, but it's not easy to fail. Why ask so much?"

"That's right." Wang Dali slapped his head, his naive look amused Old Zhu a lot.

Lao Zhu suddenly found that he was much more comfortable staying with these ordinary people than in the court!

"Where are the artisans who make wine?"

Shen Wansan said embarrassingly, "Master, the craftsmen who make wine are all government officials, and they are not rumored, so I didn't find them."

"You want to make wine?" Lao Zhu looked at Liu Xiu, "Oh, yes, you made the anti-virus medical wine before, and those military doctors agreed!"