Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 877, Playing with Desires

"Look at this ginseng, or a century-old ginseng. I have people dig up these ginseng and a lot of soil, and then transport them here in a large tank."

"I've eaten a lot of ginseng, but have you seen ginseng seeds?"

Zhu Houzhao pointed to the plants in several large water tanks and said with a smile.

When Liu Jin heard this, he quickly looked over, and saw that there were several ginseng plants in these large tanks, and there were small bright red fruits on the ginseng, which were so bright and eye-catching.

"This is ginseng."

It was also the first time Liu Jin saw such a ginseng, and he looked at it curiously.

"Haha, my idea is not bad."

"It's not just ginseng, many of them are directly dug up by people, but some of them are a pity that they will die and wither as soon as they leave the place of origin, so there is no way, so I have people build some glass lattices specially. Putting these things in will also allow people to see what it is."

Zhu Houzhaojian and Liu Jin were very curious, and immediately said with a happy smile.

"Yes, let's go, take me to see."

When Liu Jin heard it, his eyes couldn't help but light up. This Zhu Houzhao's innovation ability is good, and the same is true of many zoos and botanical gardens in later generations.

"Here~"

"Many of them cannot be transplanted. There is really no way."

"Like the snow lotus in the Tianshan Mountains, some tropical plants from the South Seas, and some plants from the distant Golden Continent, Africa, Australia and other regions, there is really no way, I have sent some samples Come here, at least you can take a look."

Zhu Houzhao took Liu Jin to a special area. Here, there are frames made of glass, and various plant samples are placed in the frames.

"This is Tianshan snow lotus."

"This is golden nanmu~"

"And this is the huanghuali from Qiongzhou~"

"South Sea Redwood~"

"Camellia~"

"..."

Zhu Houzhao pointed to the plant specimens one by one and introduced them to Liu Jin like a few treasures. What Zhu Houzhao collected were all rare flowers and trees from Daming at home and abroad, and some of them were even brought over with whole trees.

"Your Highness, do you know all of these?"

Liu Jin listened, and then took a closer look. There were no labels on the side, and Zhu Houzhao basically knew them all.

"Seven or eight, anyway, I will remember it after reading it once."

Zhu Houzhao said indifferently.

"Your Highness, since this zoo is for people to visit, it is natural to let everyone know how precious the animals and plants collected here are."

"But not everyone is as well-informed as His Highness, and can basically know everyone."

"So I think, a sign should be written next to these precious flowers and trees, and the name, function, origin, etc. of the flowers and trees should be clearly written on the sign, so that people can understand these things."

"The same is true for those animals. Write them clearly so that people can know."

Liu Jin looked at the exotic flowers and plants in the garden, and felt that something was missing, so he thought for a while and said.

"Yeah, why didn't I think of that."

"After listening to what you said, I realized that I had forgotten such an important thing. If I don't introduce it, few people will be able to recognize it. By then, they will think that this precious flower and tree is very ordinary. s things."

When Zhu Houzhao heard it, he couldn't help but patted himself on the head and said.

Bringing Liu Jin here is simply too much. Liu Jin can always think of things that he can't think of. In this zoo, he feels that he has already struggled with his brains. He has thought a lot, a lot, but he has forgotten the most important thing. up.

"Liu Jin, hurry up and get someone to prepare. Going there can't delay the opening of the park."

Then, Zhu Houzhao gave instructions to Liu Jin beside him.

"Yes, I will send someone to do it immediately, and I will definitely not delay the opening of the zoo."

Liu Jin nodded quickly, and then signaled to Xiao Huangmen, the follower beside her, who immediately understood and went to work quickly.

At this moment, someone came over in a hurry and said, "Your Highness, the rare and exotic beasts have been transported to the capital, and they will soon arrive at the zoo."

"Great, let's go, hurry up and see my rare birds and animals."

When Zhu Houzhao heard it, he jumped up excitedly, and he was not in the mood to continue introducing his zoo to Liu Jin, so he hurried outside.

Seeing this scene, Liu Jin couldn't help shaking his head.

Follow Zhu Houzhao to the gate of the zoo. It didn't take long for four-wheeled carriages to arrive at the gate of the zoo, carrying various animals.

"African lions, hippos, zebras, elephants, crocodiles..."

"Tigers, rhinos, snow leopards, leopards, bison, black deer of Tianzhu..."

"Australian kangaroos, koalas, emus, platypus..."

Looking at the animals on the four-wheeled carriages, Liu Jin's eyes couldn't help opening slightly.

In this era, how much manpower and material resources did Zhu Houzhao spend on this to be able to transport all kinds of animals from all over the world to the capital? The key is that these animals are still alive. In the process, how many people died?
I'm afraid no one will know. You must know that even in later generations, it is not easy to collect so many animals. I didn't expect Zhu Houzhao to collect all these animals.

"How much money did you spend?"

Liu Jin touched his head.

……

In the study room of the Qianqing Palace, Emperor Hongzhi was discussing state affairs with important ministers.

"Your Majesty, the immigrants from the Western Regions and the Hezhong region have settled down, and they are currently actively reclaiming the land, trying to plant the first batch of grain in the Western Regions and the Hezhong region this year. As long as there is a bumper harvest this year, the Western Regions and the Hezhong region will The Hezhong area no longer needs us to transport food from the two capitals and the thirteen provinces."

Li Dongyang reported the immigration work in the Western Regions to Emperor Hongzhi.

In the era of inconvenient transportation, the consumption of transporting grain was very huge, that is, now that there are four-wheeled carriages, the transport capacity has been greatly enhanced. Otherwise, just for the grain of these millions of immigrants, the Ming court would have a terrible headache.

"Well, the immigrants migrated to the Western Regions and the Hezhong area. The food is very important. They must be able to eat enough. Self-sufficiency is also very important."

"The steam cultivator mentioned in the newspaper is quite good. The Ministry of Households will order a batch, and then transport it to the Western Regions and the Hezhong area to help the immigrants there cultivate the land."

Emperor Hongzhi nodded in satisfaction, then remembered the matter of the steam cultivator mentioned in the Ming Morning Post, so he told the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, Zhong Zhong.

"Yes!"

He Zhong quickly nodded and wrote it down.

At this time, Xiao Huangmen came to Shang's study in a hurry, and whispered in Xiao Jing's ear.

"I see!"

Xiao Jing nodded, signaling Xiao Huangmen to step back first.

Seeing that Emperor Hongzhi's small meeting was over, Xiao Jing also came to Emperor Hongzhi to report: "Your Majesty, just now there is news that His Royal Highness has specially built a zoo, collecting exotic animals and flowers from all over the world. The different weeds are gathered together."

"Just now, thousands of horse-drawn carriages transported hundreds of animals from Tianjin Port to the capital."

"zoo?"

"Exotic beasts?"

When Emperor Hongzhi, Liu Jian, Zhang Mao, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian and others heard this, they couldn't help being slightly surprised.

"It is equivalent to the Royal Garden and the Royal Beast Garden. It specializes in collecting exotic flowers, plants, and rare animals. It is said that His Royal Highness spent millions of taels of silver on this side of the capital. acre of zoo."

Xiao Jing thought about it and explained.

"It's just nonsense~"

"Playthings lose their ambitions!"

"Spending millions of taels of silver and thousands of acres of land to build a zoo."

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he couldn't help but said angrily.

I have been the emperor for more than ten years, and I have been reluctant to build gardens and the like. This Qianqing Palace was built with funds from Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao.

This Zhu Houzhao is good. He actually spent millions of taels of silver and thousands of meters of land to build some kind of zoo.

When Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Zhang Mao and others heard this, they couldn't help but look at each other. This Zhu Houzhao is indeed a bit outrageous. To spend so much money to get this is indeed a bit of a plaything.

Although His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is very rich now, and there is so much money that he can't run out, but it's not enough to waste the money by saying this.

What's more, to collect these exotic flowers and plants, rare birds and animals, etc., it must cost a lot of manpower and material resources. Isn't this a waste of money?

Where does this look like a prince?

Now he is only a prince, he has not yet become an emperor, and he has spent millions of taels of silver to create this zoo. If he becomes emperor in the future, God knows what other moths he can create.

"zoo?"

"I really want to see what his zoo is like."

Emperor Hongzhi said angrily.

(End of this chapter)