It is said that there is no party outside the party, imperial thinking. There is no faction within the party, and there are all kinds of strange things. As the "imperialist party" that is now in power in the Ming Dynasty, of course its interior is not monolithic: if it were really monolithic, then Zhu Youdong would not be able to sleep at all.

When there are internal factions, there will naturally be fights. For example, the appointment of Ni Yuanlu, Ma Shiying and others is a secret conspiracy between the first assistant and the second assistant: Yuan Cifu, who is arrogant and arrogant, believes that his students can develop in the society that has been developed for many years.

Huai'an, Changsha and other places with complicated relations have achieved good results. Wen Shoufu, who has a long-term vision, believes that his students are better able to draw grand patterns on a piece of white paper...

Zhu Youdong knew all these things, and he had no intention of stopping it: this was orderly competition and it should exist. As long as it did not turn into a party struggle based on opposition.

Moreover, proper competition is indeed conducive to solving the hidden dangers that exist in the Ming Dynasty.

Confucius said: Food and sex are the same. Living things survive in the world. The first need is to eat to ensure their own survival. The second need is to reproduce, to pass on their DNA and let themselves survive in another way. This is the case for all living things.

The natural attributes of human beings are even more so.

Therefore, solving the problem of food is the first problem that Zhu Youdong and his colleagues face in their respective countries.

During the Ming Dynasty, the cultivated land area was close to 1 billion acres. Even if calculated based on the average minimum yield of two dan per mu, the annual harvest was at least 120 billion kilograms. Then, Xinjiang, Mongolia, and Northeast China were successively established as provinces through the implementation of land allocation per mu.

, after the Ming Dynasty's book population skyrocketed to 180 million, each person on average could receive about 666 kilograms of grain per year - enough to eat anyway.

But, a theory is just a theory.

The Little Glacier is coming. Now the area of ​​cultivated land affected by disasters all year round in the north of the Ming Dynasty has exceeded 200 million acres. There is also a lot of land in the south that is sometimes affected by floods. In addition, there are frequent locust plagues, diseases and insect pests in China. Agriculture in the Ming Dynasty,

The current real average output value per mu, even if the output of high-yielding crops is included, is estimated to be difficult to reach 2 dan/mu.

Then with the rise of industry in recent years, on the one hand, a large amount of land has been abandoned. On the other hand, the increase in factories and the increase in demand for raw materials have led to the conversion of grain fields to cash crops. As a result, grain fields have continued to decrease, and the agricultural labor force has also continued to decrease.

Of course, technological progress, social development, and the reduction of labor force in the primary industry are the general trend, and Zhu Youdong is not prepared to limit it. However, the reason why those countries with large agricultural products in later generations can produce so much food with very little labor force is because of three major reasons.

A sharp weapon.

Mechanization, improved seeds, chemical fertilizers.

But now, the Ming Dynasty only has one high-quality species - this is still a weakened version.

The remaining two are mechanization. Zhu Youdong thinks that if this game lasts for a long time, it may still be seen in his lifetime. And the large-scale use of chemical fertilizers? Haha, in the words of a 21st century agricultural student

, only countries that can build nuclear submarines have the ability to produce fertilizers on a large scale.

Although there are many types of modern agricultural fertilizers, the most basic raw material is one: synthetic ammonia. This kind of thing is generated from hydrogen and nitrogen under high temperature and high pressure. To create such a high temperature and high pressure environment, its reactor

The compressive strength must be extremely strong, basically as high as the compressive strength of the nuclear submarine shell - this is the category of materials science and has nothing to do with the medicine that Zhu Youdong is good at.

Therefore, although the research and development of gunpowder in the Ming Dynasty is making great progress, and ammonia is also widely used, this production capacity is not enough to meet the needs of the army, let alone used to make fertilizers.

Any species in this world must abide by the law of conservation of energy. Whether it is hybrid rice or high-quality wheat seeds, it only increases the upper limit of crop yield. But to reach this upper limit, crops must absorb enough nutrients and

Energy. For these things, sunshine, rain and soil alone are far from enough. To really achieve a yield of thousands of kilograms per acre of rice and wheat, it is absolutely impossible without chemical fertilizers.

However, Ming Dynasty cannot produce fertilizers on a large scale now.

But, no matter what, we still have to work hard to increase the country's total grain output: in the future, if Ming Dynasty wants to dominate the world, it will have to form a modern army of at least five million, and it will also suffer from bloody wars.

There has been a massive reduction in the number of personnel and the need to continue to recruit troops from the country. While further reducing the rural labor force, the country's food consumption will increase exponentially. In the next few decades, the Little Glacier climate will become more and more severe. Without prior planning, how will we cope with it in the future?

Got a food shortage situation?

Collective farms use industrial production methods to conduct agricultural production. Even if mechanization and chemical fertilizers are not available now, as long as they are managed properly, their output will always be much higher than that of small farmers who slowly cultivate the two or three acres of land by themselves.

This was the first big move Zhu Youdong made after touring the world and gaining an in-depth understanding of the situation at the grassroots level in the Ming Dynasty.

In order to ensure the success of this plan, Zhu Youdong urgently summoned Xu Guangqi, Song Yingxing and others during his patrol, and worked together. After repeated consultations and discussions, the basic management methods of the Ming Dynasty collective farms were finalized, as well as some teaching materials for grain planting and pest control.

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Maybe some people have said: Isn’t the agricultural labor force in Ming Dynasty constantly decreasing, and new wasteland is being opened up? Where does the labor force come from?

Zhu Youdong has naturally thought of this problem. However, in his opinion, even without mechanization, under the collective farm production method, the land that a farmer can take care of will be far more than that of ordinary small farmers. Not to mention, for convenience

Management, he is planning to recruit some farmers from Korea and Japan to work on the farm.

In short, in May 1628, the matter of starting a collective farm was proposed by Sun Chengzong, the Minister of Civil Affairs, approved by the State Council, drafted by the cabinet, and approved by the Supervisor of Ceremonies. With the approval of Ni Yuanlu, Huang Daozhou, Ma Shiying, and Gao Hongtu,

When you take office, you have entered the implementation stage.

It was also at this time that Zhu Youdong and his party had already patrolled Jianzhou in Baoyuan Mansion, the Chief Secretary of Sichuan.

"Father, is this the most important pass in Bashu, Jiange Pavilion?"

"Yes, this is Jiange. What do you think of this place?"

"Sure enough, the terrain is dangerous. It's really true that one man can guard the barrier and ten thousand people can't get past it."

"Hahaha, Yi'er, Yan'er, tell me, how many times has this sword pavilion been breached in history?"

Zhu Ciyan, who was only seven years old, jumped up and clapped his hands: "Brother, don't say it yet, let me count. Well, Qin destroyed Shu once, Wei destroyed Shu and Han once, Later Tang destroyed former Shu, and Northern Song Dynasty destroyed later Shu.

Once each, my Ming Dynasty destroyed Xia once. It’s five times in total, father, is it true or not?”

"Haha, what Yan'er said is okay." For a seven-year-old child, you really can't ask for too much, you can only give priority to encouragement. But for ten-year-old Zhu Ciyan.

"Father, my son carefully thought about the history of the five times the Bashu separatist regime was eliminated by my brother, and suddenly discovered that Jiange seems to have never been attacked from the front."

"Hahaha, Yi'er is right!" Nodding happily, Zhu Youdong raised his finger and pointed at the attic where the sword door was closed and said: "Qin destroyed Shu because the King of Shu was greedy for wealth and opened a way for Qin.

Incoming. Wei defeated Shu Han by Deng Ai's sneak attacks along the Yinping Trail. Later Tang destroyed Former Shu, but none of the former Shu's soldiers had the will to fight. As soon as the Tang army arrived, they surrendered. Song defeated Later Shu by invading from eastern Sichuan.

As for the Ming Dynasty’s attempt to destroy Xia, haha, Ying Guogong (Fu Youde) also repeated Deng Ai’s old tricks and came in from Yinping.”

"My father's teachings, I understand. No matter how strong the place is, if there are no defenders with firm will and command, it will be full of flaws."

"Yes, children, you must remember that in this world, the most precious thing is always people, and the most important thing is always people."

"Father, speaking of people, Mr. Li of the boy has gone to the plateau. Who is the new teacher of the boy?"

"Huh? Hahaha, say Cao Cao, Cao Cao will be here."

"My minister Chen Zizhuang pays homage to the emperor and his two highnesses."

"No gifts, no gifts, oh, Jisheng, you have worked hard in Ottoman these years. And you came back so far, and I didn't even let you go home to rest. I called you directly to Sichuan. You are really tired."

"I don't dare. Why don't I come quickly when the emperor sees the invitation? Moreover, I have been in the Ottomans for many years, and I have a lot of local knowledge that I need to report to the emperor."

"Hahaha, it should be so. So, Jisheng, what I want you to do is replace Ma Shiying, who went to Jilin to serve as the chief envoy, as the new General Secretary Taichang. Also, Ciyi."

"Father."

"Jisheng, this is my eldest son. How about you becoming his teacher from now on?"

"I respectfully obey the emperor's will."

"Okay, let's arrange it like this. You have come a long way today. It's hard work. Go down and have a good rest. We will hold a formal apprenticeship ceremony another day."

"Your Majesty, when I come back this time, in addition to bringing back all the Ming Dynasty envoys, I also brought back one more person. This person is a Frenchman named Richelieu."
Chapter completed!