Daming heir

Chapter 467 Your Highness, Conquer the Grassland Quickly

Today's Yingtian Chaotang has a few places that are obviously different from other places.There are so few yamen, which are different from other department yamen.

Such as the tax office in front of the Wuying Hall, such as the various workshops managed by Zhang Ergong.

As for Shanglin Yuanjian, this was originally the most common yamen among all the ministries of Yingtian, but now it has become very different.

According to the calculations of the Ministry of Households and the Taxation Office, in just a few years, the grains brought back from Jiaozhi Road by Shanglin Yuanjian have been planted in all the roads of the Central Plains.And the sweet potatoes grown on the sandy land beside Lake Piwa have now spread to Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Huguang, Henan, and Shandong besides Zhili.

Shanglin Yuanjian, an inconspicuous yamen at the beginning, can be said to rely on his own strength to increase the yield of the most arable land in the entire Central Plains.

The land is the core of the Central Plains dynasty.

Food is the bottom line of the people all over the world.

Enabling the common people to eat enough, just relying on this feat, the supervisor of Shanglin Court will have a long-lasting merit.

So much so that when the imperial court began to implement the New Deal this year, the structure of the court changed, and the emperor established Wenyuan Pavilion to handle the world's military and political affairs, and selected important officials to enter Wenyuan Pavilion.

Everyone was sure that Yuan Sutai, the young teacher of Daming and supervisor of Shanglinyuan, definitely had a place in Wenyuan Pavilion.

Unfortunately, this important minister with great merit did not enter Wenyuan Pavilion.

No one would think that this was the emperor's suppression of Yuan Shaoshi.

The imperial court will definitely not suppress people like Yuan Sutai.

Afterwards, some people began to spread that this was Master Yuan Shao, who was loyal to the country and only devoted himself to feeding the stomach of the entire Ming Dynasty.

As a result, the images of Yuan Sutai and Shanglin Yuanjian were once again elevated in everyone's hearts.

There is nothing wrong with raising chickens, ducks and geese for people who have done great merit to the country.

Even if these chickens, ducks and geese are raised in the court yamen, it is not a problem.

Even the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, who has nothing to do on weekdays, was chased by a big white goose, pecked on the top by a rooster, and ridiculed by a fat duck when he passed by the Shanglinyuan supervisory office. I really hope that these chickens, ducks and geese can grow fatter.

Even though Yingtian City is full of flowers and brocades, the supervisor of Shanglin Garden always has a peaceful time, and everyone lives in peace.

A lame half-grown child dressed in gray linen clothes, holding a dustpan and a broom, walked out of the Shanglinyuan prison yamen with a helpless expression on his face.

The child's mouth opened and closed from time to time, indicating that he was constantly cursing silently.

And the target is the chickens, ducks and geese that escaped outside the yamen.

The child with the dustpan came out of the yamen, stood outside and looked around, frowning even more tightly, then turned his head to look inside the yamen: "If you slow down, it will take more time."

Following the child's cry, several other children of the same age, also wearing gray linen clothes, came out of the yamen.

Some of these children were holding dustpans and brooms, and some were carrying long bamboo poles.

It's just that every child has problems, big or small.

The child with the bamboo pole in his hand began to rush to the distance, trying to get around the chickens, ducks and geese that escaped from the Yamen, so as to drive them back to the cages in the Yamen.

The children didn't seem to be aware of the identities of Zhu Yunxie and others.

The lame child who came out first with the dustpan in his mouth cursed silently, lowered his head, cleaned the feces on the ground, and came to Zhu Yunxi's side.

"Who are these children?"

Zhu Yunxi looked puzzled, and looked sideways at Tian Mai beside him, curious about the identities of these children who came out of the Shanglinyuan prison office.

Tian Mai bowed slightly and nodded, and said in a low voice: "They are all children in the nursing home. The young master went to the nursing home by chance, and when he saw these children, he thought about it. A long-term plan for the future.”

Zhu Yunxi's face became more curious: "Young master, what is your plan? He wants Shanglin Court to accept these children?"

"Young master thinks, let these children take over slowly when Shanglin Yuanjian finds out a feasible breeding method, and then each share some. When the children are older, let them go out and find a place to raise poultry by themselves. , so it can be regarded as having a life to rely on."

Tian Mai was a little hesitant when he said that, since Shanglinyuan supervised the Nursing Home, it seemed that there were some power disputes.

After thinking for a while, Tian Mai said again: "These children from the Nursing Home come to Shanglinyuan Supervisor to help out, and the yamen also counts some wages every day, not too much, it should be considered that they have hired some people."

The financial budget of the imperial court has budgets and settlements every year. Tian Mai can't hide this. The cabinet can check it out at any time if they want to check it.

Zhu Yunxi showed a smile on his face: "Teaching people how to fish is not as good as giving them fish. The young teacher cares about the country, and he is not comparable to the idle generation."

"Excuse me, my lord, move it."

Just when Zhu Yunxi was lamenting Yuan Sutai's loyalty to the country, the lame child sweeping the poultry manure on the ground had already arrived in front of Zhu Yunxi, frowning at the emperor's grandson who had not revealed his identity, and reminded him with some dissatisfaction.

Zhu Yunxi was stunned for a moment, but still followed the other party's wishes and moved to the cleaned place closer to the yamen.

But he still asked curiously: "But you are not happy working here in Shanglin Yuan?"

The lame child frowned and turned his head to look at Zhu Yunxi, and said in a muffled voice, "Who can be happy when the floor is full of excrement? I'll just wait for these chickens, ducks and geese to grow fat and slaughter them to vent their anger!"

"Then you don't have to do it."

Zhu Yunxi's eyes turned, and he tested with great interest.

The lame child immediately looked at Zhu Yunxi with crazy eyes, thinking that this was probably another nobleman who didn't know the grain, so he said angrily: "If you don't do this, where will you get food? Yuan Lao said, as long as we raise If we produce more chickens, ducks and geese, we will not only have enough to eat, but also grow stronger, and then no one will be able to bully us."

Tian Mai was a little helpless, somewhat dumbfounded about this lame child who didn't know the identity of his grandson.

If the child knows the identity of the great-grandson, he doesn't know if he can say these words.

Zhu Yunxi hummed, nodded and said: "The truth is this, then you have to follow your old Yuan, learn from it, and then raise the most chickens, ducks and geese in the Ming Dynasty, and feed everyone's belly!"

The lame child snorted twice: "That's natural! We have agreed that when the time comes, the Qinhuai River will be full of swimming geese and ducks, and the Zhongshan Mountain will be full of free-range chickens."

This time, even Zhu Yunxi could not help crying or laughing.

He really didn't dare to think about it, the Qinhuai River was full of big fat ducks and geese, and the Zhongshan Mountain was full of chickens, what a lively scene it would be.

The crippled boy made complaints about it, and pointed the broom into the yamen: "Master Yuan is here to visit Mr. Yuan, he is at the front lake, you can find him when you go."

Zhu Yunxi bowed his hands very politely: "Thank you."

The lame child's eyes flickered.

Finally nodded: "You're welcome."

……

"Moo moo..."

"BAA Baa baa……"

"bang bang bang bang..."

"Quiet the old man, and call again, don't blame the old man for being rude!"

On the bank of the front lake at the foot of Zhongshan, outside a large newly-built enclosure, on a large open space surrounded by fences, Yuan Sutai, who had some unknown objects stuck to his official robe, was blushing all the time, looking angrily at several cows who were confronting each other. The sheep gave a final warning.

Several people working in the Shanglin Garden Supervisor were rushing over from a distance with wooden fences, and a few others stopped between the cattle and sheep that were about to start working, trying to separate the two groups again.

It wasn't until the wooden fence was moved over to separate the cattle and sheep that the scene calmed down.

Yuan Sutai frowned, quite puzzled: "It is clear that they can be mixed together in free-range breeding, why would there be conflicts in captivity?"

Holding a booklet full of records in his hand, an official of Shanglin Yuanjian took a pen to record a few more paragraphs, and then said: "Maybe it is caused by the different ethnic groups?"

"Remember." Yuan Sutai said in a deep voice: "Cows and sheep and other large livestock should not be mixed together to avoid ethnic conflicts. For large-scale centralized breeding, pens and venues should be separated."

The official took a pen to record, and whispered: "It has been written down."

Yuan Sutai nodded, but there was some helplessness on his face: "If mixed breeding is not possible, it will inevitably increase the cost of building pens and sites. Small farmers and small households may not be able to afford it."

The officials who followed Yuan Sutai said softly: "It is impossible for small farmers and small households to raise too many cattle and sheep, at most a few cows, or a dozen sheep. Naturally, the construction of pens will not cost much."

Yuan Sutai nodded, but felt that no matter whether he had the ability to raise cattle and sheep on a large scale, the less cost was the money and food saved after all, so he could do more other things.

Just can't figure it out.

Yuan Sutai had no choice but to change the subject and said, "Did the Tai Hospital give an explanation?"

Hearing that the young master supervisor was mentioning the Imperial Hospital, everyone at the scene stared blankly.

Recently, especially when the weather in Yingtian City was the hottest a while ago, the supervisor of Shanglin Court has been tossing for a while.

The herd of cattle and sheep kept in captivity on this side of Qianhu would die every day.

In the end, it was Yuan Sutai who went to the Tai Hospital in person, and dragged the water for the hospital who had been hiding all day and didn't know what to do, to the Shanglin Court Supervisor for three years, and after a long period of tossing, the death was finally stopped.

"The opinion of the Tai Hospital is also that cattle and sheep should not be mixed. It is suggested that as long as the number of breeding is slightly larger, they should be raised in separate groups." An official who was connected to the Tai Hospital explained.

Yuan Sutai frowned and said, "What's the reason?"

"The water gardener said that it is because of polyculture, it is easier to breed... breed bacteria."

Yuan Sutai's eyes showed doubts: "Germs? What is this?"

This is a new term, and even the officials of the Shanglin Court who were in contact with the imperial hospital at the scene had only a half-knowledge of it and did not know the true meaning.

Outside the fence, it became a little silent.

"Bacteria, something invisible to the naked eye but actually present that can cause disease."

With a chuckle, Zhu Yunxi walked over from the ridge of the field and looked at the group of Shanglin Yuan supervisor officials who had turned from agronomists to zoologists.

Yuan Sutai frowned, and immediately turned around and bent over.

"My ministers are visiting His Royal Highness, the Emperor Taisun. When His Royal Highness comes, the ministers and others are far away from welcoming them, and some of them are disrespectful."

Zhu Yunxi waved his hand, and came to the crowd with laughter: "Young Master led the Shanglin Court Supervisor to attend state affairs, so you don't need to pay attention to such modest etiquette. Hearing the Young Master talking about germs, I don't know what the Shanglin Court Supervisor is dealing with today."

Yuan Sutai smiled, it may be the misfortune of some people in the country to have such a crown prince, but it is definitely the luck of the vast majority of people.

He sighed quite a bit: "I have been exploring the large-scale breeding of cattle and sheep recently, but I don't know what the germs are, and I have to release my Highness to find out. I am ashamed."

"This is the way of medicine. It's understandable that the young master didn't know it." Zhu Yunxi said casually, walked to the fence of the paddock, and looked at the separated cattle and sheep in the paddock: "Bacteria belong to bacteria. They are all things that are invisible to our naked eyes but exist, just like that penicillin, which can only appear in front of our eyes after being cultivated."

Hearing such a detailed explanation, Yuan Sutai immediately became interested, just now that the cattle and sheep need to be raised in groups, and the emperor's grandson knows this, naturally he is unwilling to let go of asking for advice.

Yuan Sutai opened his mouth and asked: "I have been bothering with the Taiyuan Hospital, and the suggestion given by the water hospital envoy is that if the Shanglin Yuanjian wants to raise a large number of livestock such as cattle and sheep, it must be separated. Is it because of the existence of this germ that it is necessary to do so?" ?”

Following Yuan Sutai's questioning, all the officials of the Shanglin Garden Supervisor present were eager for knowledge, and they were even more amazed in their hearts. The emperor's grandson is in a high position, and he is a noble person, but he knows all about these things.

Zhu Yunxi nodded and said, "Livestock cannot be kept as delicate and clean as human beings. The death of germs is relatively light, and if one is not handled properly, it may even cause a plague."

"exactly!"

When Zhu Yunxi just finished saying that it would cause a plague, the official of the Shanglin Court who was in contact with the Imperial Hospital nodded again and again, and his eyes widened: "The Imperial Hospital also said the same thing, and the water hospital envoy emphasized that I should wait Before cattle and sheep are raised on a larger scale, they must be kept separately, and the stables must be cleaned in time to deal with dead cattle and sheep."

Yuan Sutai frowned: "Now the number of cattle and sheep in Shanglinyuan is only a few hundred. If we continue to raise them, pens and paddocks will take up more land. If we want to prevent the plague caused by germs, we need more careful breeding."

Zhu Yunxie frowned, looking at this Yuan Sutai who was trying to feed all the Ming people, he hummed and said: "All the rules must be laid down, all the steps must be clarified, starting from the cows and sheep, we must divide them into batches and separate them. Step by step to raise."

Large-scale livestock breeding, pushed forward at this time, has never appeared in the Central Plains.

Farming is a career passed down from generation to generation in the Central Plains.

But if you want to feed everyone, and make the future Ming people not belong to other people physically, protein needs to be guaranteed.

Yuan Sutai pondered for a long time.

He raised his head suddenly, his gaze flickered, looking at Zhu Yunxi who was thinking about whether Daming would have a protein war.

Yuan Sutai said softly: "It has to be outside the customs. The pastures in Monan and Mobei are most suitable for large-scale breeding of cattle and sheep..."

This young teacher with the highest official position in the entire Ming Dynasty now has eyes full of bewilderment and anticipation, twinkling eyes, full of countless unspoken advice.

Zhu Yunxi was stunned for a moment, then laughed immediately.

He didn't expect that Yuan Sutai, an old man who devoted himself to feeding Daming, would also start motivating himself to conquer the grasslands outside the pass.

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