After five years of teaching support, Daming became an empire on which the sun never sets.

Chapter 364 Changing Rice to Mulberry
The best resource, the best teacher, indeed the emperor enjoyed it first.

No wonder the emperor tightly controlled Lujiacun, where my husband lived in seclusion. If he didn't control it so tightly, I'm afraid that the ministers and rich children who came to learn from him would step out of the high mountains of Lujiacun.

There is no road in this world, if there are many people walking, it will become a road.

"Mr. Qin is indeed a pedantic heaven and man!"

"Our heirs, if they can learn some of his knowledge, are enough to become the pillars of the country."

"This is not an exaggeration at all. The policies that Mr. Qin gave the emperor to govern the country made Daming rich within three months. In just ten days, the elites in the treasury of Daming piled up like a mountain."

"There are also strategies for governing the country, such as distributing the land into the mu, and dividing the land by the local tyrants. Anyone who learns one of them can become a famous minister through the ages."

"His military understanding is also at the level of a god. Military generals can become famous generals through the ages after a little bit of learning. Don't you see that Gaoli Hou Hua Yunlong used his strategy for half a month to wipe out Gaoli."

"There is also Mu Ying, who also used his strategy to completely eliminate the banditry in the Southwest."

"There are also steel and iron smelting in blast furnaces, and Daming's magical guns are also made by him."

"Mr. Qin's knowledge, military ability, and ability to govern the country...have far surpassed Zhuge Liang. Can Zhuge Liang's wooden cows and horses compare with magic guns? He is simply an all-round mentor."

"His height has surpassed the level of mortals and reached the level of immortals."

"It's a pity that our children didn't have the opportunity to go to Mr. Qin to learn from them. It's a pity."

"Mr. Qin is the dean of Jixia Academy. If he comes out of the mountain one day and enters the magnificent Jixia Academy..." Suddenly, a minister's eyes lit up, "In this way, our children will be almost touched him?"

"As long as our family's children can join the college of Jixia Academy... As the dean, Mr. Qin is likely to give lectures to the disciples."

"Makes sense!"

……

"Quiet!"

"Quiet!"

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand, signaling to the ministers not to discuss any more.

"The steam turbine textile machine is a science and technology, and it is not a ghost." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "We can use it casually, and it does not violate any taboos, let alone violate the law of heaven. Please stop discussing it."

"Not bad!"

"Emperor Shengming!"

The ministers said in succession.

They all agree that this is a normal event, not some ghost or ghost. Zhu Yuanzhang's metaphor of wind just now has convinced them.

Moreover, there was a pedantic scholar who said that it is against the law of heaven to replace manpower with strange skills and ingenuity, and he has been beheaded.

"Now I have steam turbine looms in Ming Dynasty. If mass-produced, they will be used in the textile workshops in the south of the Yangtze River. The silk weaved every year must be more than a hundred times that of before." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Such a big change, the list Do you have any suggestions?"

"There is more silk in Ming Dynasty, which is undoubtedly a good thing." Liu Bowen said.

He accepted the steam turbine textile machine faster than other ministers. He had bought foreign goods on Yingtianfu Street before, so he accepted new things quickly when he saw more things.

"It is indeed a good thing." Li Shanchang said, "The censor who opposed it before said that the speed of the steam turbine textile machine will make many people lose their jobs, and it is not a big problem."

"That's right. They are unemployed, so they can naturally do other things." Wang Guangyang said.

"We're not here to listen to what you say is good or bad, but to ask you to make suggestions." Zhu Yuanzhang said with a concentrated expression.

"My Majesty." At this time, Yang Xian stood out of the crowd and said, "The production speed of steam turbine looms is too fast, and the silkworm cocoons in the Jiangnan area will definitely not be enough. The silkworm cocoons of the previous year are estimated to be consumed in half a month." Light."

"Therefore, I suggest that in the three provinces in the south of the Yangtze River, we should fully implement the transformation of rice into mulberry."

"Only by fully planting mulberry trees in three provinces can it be possible to meet the production of steam turbine spinning machines."

"This is what you should say." Zhu Yuanzhang said.

Change rice to mulberry?

After hearing this, all the civil and military ministers fell silent.

This is a major event, which is related to the stability and prosperity of the Jiangnan region.

Such a major move is not a child's play, it must not be issued lightly, and must be carefully discussed by the court.Because this measure will immediately affect tens of millions of Li people in the Jiangnan area.

"Your Majesty, it takes three years to harvest mulberry trees. They are used to raise silkworms to produce cocoons, and sold to textile workshops in exchange for income." Liu Bowen said, "And what will the common people eat during these three years?"

"The Jiangnan area was originally a major grain-producing province in Ming Dynasty. If it was changed to planting mulberry trees, the food in Daming may not be enough." Wang Guangyang said, "Although silk can be sold overseas and sells well, but gold After all, silver cannot be eaten as food."

"Isn't our overseas trade very developed, we can buy grain from overseas." Song Lian said.

"I'm afraid not." At this time, Shen Wansan, Minister of the Ministry of Commerce, stood up and said, "There are only a few overseas regions that are rich in grain, and the annual output is limited. If we keep buying, they will definitely increase the price."

"Moreover, the three major grain-producing provinces all plant mulberry trees, and there must be a huge shortage of grain."

"And it seems a pity to change the fertile land into mulberry trees." Li Shan said long.

"If good land is not replanted with mulberry trees, the output of mulberry trees planted in other inferior fields will not be able to satisfy so many sericulture farmers." Yang Xian said.

"Don't quarrel." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "We have already decided to plant mulberry trees on a large scale in the southwest, and let the people there raise silkworms. At that time, all the silkworm cocoons they produce will be supplied to the Jiangnan area. "

"There are many hills and mountains in the southwestern region, and there is no great plain, so the food production is not high. Planting mulberry trees on the mountains or on the ridges of the fields is also the use of waste land. Paddy fields can still grow rice, and the impact on food production there will not be too great. "

"There is no need to change the large grain-producing province in the south of the Yangtze River. After all, food is the foundation of the country. Changing rice into mulberry in the south of the Yangtze River is a bit of a suspicion of shaking the foundation. We can't delay major events for the sake of temporary textile production."

"The emperor is wise!" said the ministers.

"Supplying silkworm cocoons to Jiangnan from the far southwest is a bit time-consuming and labor-intensive." Li Shanchang said, "The mountain roads there are difficult to navigate, and the official roads are broken. It will take at least a month to get to Jiangnan."

"It's better than shaking the grain fundamentally," Liu Bowen said.

"In this way, it is necessary to build official roads on a large scale to facilitate the transportation of silkworm cocoons." Yang Xiandao lamented, "The birth of a new machine has induced many related problems, and even changed the whole country."

"Not bad!"

When the crowd heard the words, they all agreed.

"It would be great if there is a fast way of transportation. We currently use horse-drawn carriages for transportation." Liu Bowen had a whim.

(End of this chapter)