Yang Feng's carefully selected more than three hundred adopted daughters knelt in front of him very sensibly.
And changed clothes.
They all wore the so-called Daxia Chinese student uniforms designed by Yang Feng, which were actually small skirts, tops, white socks, and small boots. After all, they were not from the Ming Dynasty, although they did wear Ming Dynasty clothes designed by him every day.
, but for ceremonial occasions, you need to wear something with Daxia characteristics...
Just like he needs to wear his military uniform on ceremonial occasions.
Now it is an interview, so of course it needs to be more formal.
Then three hundred little girls knelt down in front of the Daqing Hall, each one obediently lowering their heads.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, it's them, the fifth one from the left in the first row, the one who hurt me with a zhangba bamboo spear."
Tongzhi Yingtianfu, who had revealed his appearance, pointed at the little goblin and said.
The latter raised his head blankly.
Then……
"Wow!"
she cried.
Zhu Yuanzhang covered his forehead.
At this moment, His Majesty the Emperor is obviously a little manic.
"Bring her here!"
he shouted.
Then the old eunuch went over, but the little goblin was so frightened that she fell to the ground crying, so he simply picked her up, and had to coax her all the way to stop crying before he hugged Zhu Yuanzhang.
Putting it down in front of him, the little goblin stood there crying, looking at Zhu Yuanzhang at a loss.
"give her!"
Zhu Yuanzhang said to the guard next to him.
The latter immediately handed the two-foot long spear in his hand to the little goblin.
The latter still took it blankly, but as soon as the guard let go, she was too weak and her hands were too small to hold it. As a result, the spear fell down. She wanted to grab it, but it fell down with it. Then.
She climbed up awkwardly, grabbed the spear with both hands and lifted it up like a snatch. She just lifted it up and stood there with satisfaction. She turned around and the spear almost hit Tongzhi again.
.
"She hurt you with a bamboo spear, and she gave you a zhangba bamboo spear?"
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Tongzhi and spoke word by word.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, she is not alone. There is a partner with her. The one in front is carrying it on his shoulders, and she is aiming from behind."
Tongzhi shouted with no regrets.
"roll!"
Zhu Yuanzhang shouted angrily.
Tongzhi had no choice but to retreat silently with grievances.
Then Zhu Yuanzhang looked at several other officials in Yingtian Mansion...
"The iron coupons were given by me, and there is no reason to change them. After all, what you have reported is just trivial matters. Let alone these girls who have iron coupons. Even if they don't have iron coupons, they should not be punished according to the Ming Law. You can all do them.
Grandpa's people are all well-read in poetry and books, but now they are arguing with a group of girls. It would be embarrassing to tell anyone about it. Do you want me to do something to deal with it, and then spread it to the whole world through the newspaper?
A dignified official from Yingtian Mansion got into a fight with a group of eight-year-old girls?
If you don't think it's embarrassing, I still think it's embarrassing.
Let this matter go!
As for what you said about these girls strutting around the capital and corrupting the public morals, I would like to ask, what kind of public conduct are they corrupting?
Dressed inappropriately?
When I was their age, it was common to see folk girls wearing clothes that did not cover their bodies. Even when they were running outside, if it was not for the cold winter, they would not wear any clothes at all to avoid damaging the cloth. Now they just wear some new clothes.
Has it become a corrupt trend?
As an official of the imperial court, you don't care about serious matters and just watch a group of girls dressing?
They have not corrupted the morals, but they are full of filth in your eyes!
All will be fined one month's salary."
Zhu Yuanzhang shouted.
The officials quickly expressed their acknowledgment of guilt, and then retired one by one in disgrace.
Zhu Yuanzhang watched them leave, and then looked at Yang Feng angrily...
"The same goes for you guys. They are also Yingtianfu's yamen after all. How can you save their face by knocking on the door? I'll help you today, and don't make trouble here again next time. As for the people arrested by Yingtianfu, I'm here too.
They let it go. After all, your factories are in a critical moment now. Don't just use this iron coupon to cause trouble outside in the future. I have never seen anyone carrying the iron coupon with them every day."
he said.
Of course he knows the truth.
but……
He just has to help Yang Feng!
He didn't help Yang Feng, and he didn't punish Ying Tianfu. How could the conflict continue to intensify?
The only way to make those civil servants more indignant and continue to fight Yang Feng fiercely is to make them more indifferent. Then His Majesty the Emperor can watch the fun. He also wants to see how far those civil servants have grown.
What's more, Yang Feng's factory has temporarily suspended production on the pretext that workers were arrested. Those arrested were all from the cement factory, and two of them were technical backbones. His Majesty the Emperor has just started using cement, and he is waiting now.
This thing, so I quickly let go of these workers.
"Your Majesty, you have wronged me. My iron certificate has always been with your daughter."
Yang Feng said.
He has long passed the point of throwing iron coupons at people.
On the contrary, as the population on Mount Wutai increased and more and more things happened, there was a need for something to hold things together, and iron coupons were undoubtedly the most suitable, but of course those foster girls holding iron coupons were no match.
The little princess is holding it. How can the adopted daughters understand the purpose of this thing?
So when he was not in the capital, he threw the iron certificate to the little princess. Anyway, the latter lived down the mountain, just like the guard in the embassy area.
"Humph, I learned from you. She is becoming more and more ungrateful. I have to find a decent female official to control her."
Zhu Yuanzhang said.
Of course, he just said it casually.
After all, the little princess's main job recently is to help him make money.
He just took out a loan of 100,000 yuan from the bank so that he doesn't have to print it. He has already felt the advantages of this method. While controlling the total currency circulation, he can also have banknotes that can be used at any time.
.Although this bank is not theoretically profitable now, it is not a problem for him at all, because as long as the credibility of the bank is maintained, that is, the withdrawers can withdraw what they want, then it can be maintained. And doing this is very important to him.
To put it simply, it is best for a bank to maintain itself. If it cannot maintain itself, it will just print some and give them to the bank when needed.
The key is that he can spend money as he wants just like he used to print money directly.
But it is not like directly printing banknotes in the past, which caused more and more private banknotes to rapidly begin to depreciate. In the past, it has been releasing water, but now it is circulating water. The total amount of circulation remains stable, and the natural currency value also remains stable. At most,
If there is not enough water, add some more.
But the money is stable.
The currency value of the new version of the banknote is stable so far.
Especially after forcing North Korea and Ryukyu to settle with treasure banknotes, the copper, gold and silver in his hands are now increasing, and the purchasing power of treasure banknotes is stable.
So now his daughter surprises him a little.
"Yes, we must be strictly controlled. I think it's best to find someone stricter!"
Yang Feng cheated on his teammates.
Zhu Yuanzhang did not talk nonsense to him, but looked at the dung pill he brought.
"open to take a look!"
he said.
The old eunuch hurriedly stepped forward and frowned.
The smell of this stuff is quite strong...
That is all kinds of dung, all kinds of meal, and even sulfur. In short, they are mixed in a mess, fermented for a long time, dried and crushed, and the highly concentrated fertilizer finally produced. According to Xu Guangqi, a bucket is worth ten stones.
Manure. This should not be an exaggeration. After all, both bird droppings and bean cake were the core fertilizers in the rice fields of Jiangsu and Zhejiang in the early Republic of China, especially bean cake. Even the large-scale promotion of chemical fertilizers by foreign merchants did not overwhelm bean cake.
Until the 1930s, bean cakes could still compete with chemical fertilizers.
In fact, soybean meal itself is a compound fertilizer.
The content of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium in these things is very high, and guano is even higher than soybean meal, but the cost is high, and they are all located on isolated islands in the sea. Mining and transportation are extremely difficult in this era. Unlike soybeans, which can be grown everywhere and can also be used as food.
Especially oil extraction, and soybean oil is needed for canning processing.
As for the dung pill, it is a combination of the two. It is based on soybean meal and uses bird droppings to increase the nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium content.
Then reduce costs.
In addition, it also has insecticidal function.
So things like fishtail powder are also added in.
Standard compound fertilizer.
Before the nitrogen fertilizer industry existed, this was the best solution Yang Feng could think of. In the final analysis, agriculture relied on fertilizers. Since synthetic ammonia was pure science fiction in this era, we could only produce this kind of compound fertilizer through local methods.
“This tastes like good stuff!”
Zhu Yuanzhang grabbed a handful and smelled it with satisfaction.
Yang Feng had already hidden away.
The smell of this stuff is already deadly.
However, you still have to deal with the packaging bags, so it is best to use earthen jars or wooden barrels, otherwise a lot of ammonia will escape.
"So the key is still soybeans."
Zhu Yuanzhang said.
The guano can be solved. The fleet he sent before has just returned the first batch of guano, but this time it is just for exploration. They dug 100,000 kilograms on the small island in the north of Xiaoliuqiu, and then shipped it back.
, Zhu Yuanzhang’s plan is to set up an experimental field using manure pills as fertilizer in a certain city in the capital next year, and also conduct experiments on Yang Feng’s rotten powder and the like.
If it is successful, we will promote it in every hospital.
As for the people taking matters into their own hands, he would certainly not prohibit them from doing so, but he would promote it by giving rewards to the health centers.
He is absolutely devoted to military households.
Various rewards continue to be given every year, including treasures, cash, and cloth. Back then, they thought there was too much pepper, and one person was rewarded several kilograms. Moreover, military households were basically thrown into places with poor conditions, such as Yunnan and Guizhou.
If you want them to be loyal, you need to be rewarded.
"Yes, the key is bean cakes and bird droppings. It's easy to deal with. It's just digging. There are actually very few in Xiaoliuqiu. Even if you dig, you won't be able to dig for long. There are more in the South China Sea. They are found on several islands, but it can't be done.
There are a lot of them. The one that really has the most and is relatively close to us is an isolated island in the ocean east of Luzon. The entire island is there. If we use the amount of Ming Dynasty, it is estimated that it will be enough for a hundred years. The other thing I will give you
That’s the America on the map. There is also this level of guano on the southern coast there, which will last for hundreds of years, but whether it’s Luzon or the Americas, it’s a voyage of tens of thousands of miles.”
Yang Feng said.
Of course, bird droppings are the most difficult.
The cost of this trip of 100,000 kilograms of guano was that a Ming army warship sank at sea. Although most of them were rescued, some still died. Adding in other accidents such as illness at sea, a total of more than a thousand people died.
More than fifty.
In this era, as long as you go out to sea, your life will be sacrificed.
This is only a round trip of three thousand miles.
If it is a round trip of tens of thousands of miles, just look at the Gothenburg. In that era when sea voyages were relatively mature, a round trip still killed one third of the people.
"That's a matter for future generations. If I get this thing, it's a success.
I have asked the He family to go to the South China Sea.
They are familiar with the South China Sea and will find it and bring it to me."
Zhu Yuanzhang said.
He was talking about He Zhen...
Of course, He Zhen had died long ago. At this time, He Zhen's son He Rong, hereditary Dongguan Bo, was originally involved in the Lan Yu case and was killed. Several brothers were killed. He Zhen's younger brother He Di simply rebelled.
But he was also killed, but this time the Lan Jade case did not happen, and his family escaped.
The He family is a powerful force in Guangdong. In fact, even if there is no Lan Yu case, they will be killed.
But now they work.
Then there is no need to die.
After all, if Zhu Yuanzhang wants to attack Annan, the navy is necessary. This kind of thing must rely on Guangdong powerhouses like the He family. What's more, not only to deal with Annan, but also to march into Nanyang in the future, families like them are indispensable.
The useless ones can be killed, but the useful ones should be kept as much as possible to continue to squeeze out the value.
The He family was unable to rebel.
Originally, in history, He Di was forced to rebel, but in the end he didn't even use a large army. The local Ming army in Guangzhou quickly solved the problem.
In short, with the major changes in Zhu Yuanzhang's strategy, many things have changed.
"As for the bean cakes, it depends on your machinery. If your land reclamation can be successful, there will be wasteland everywhere in the north, not to mention Liaodong, even the prefectures under Peiping can do the same. The less populated areas in the north can be used to reclaim wasteland and set up farms.
A large number of beans are grown. The south uses bean cakes as fertilizer to grow rice, and the north can even grow wheat in winter. There is fertile land everywhere in the world, and there is abundance everywhere.
If everyone has enough food and clothing, our country, Ming Dynasty, will be stable forever."
Zhu Yuanzhang said very confidently.
Yang Feng just smiled slightly, it was better not to ruin the scenery at this time.
As long as he likes it.
Enough food and clothing...
It is not difficult to have enough food and clothing, but there are always some people who want to eat meat! Everyone eats rice and wears cotton clothes. Of course, if you want to have enough food and clothing, you can, but if someone wants to wear silk and satin and eat delicacies from the mountains and seas, then someone has to eat bran vegetables and wear clothes.
Ragged clothes covered in patches!
The ideal is good, but history has proved that reality will never be what it is ideally.
Can his phoenix, dragon and grandsons just ask for adequate food and clothing?
Will those princes and counts only ask for adequate food and clothing?
Will those officials be content with the status quo?
Not to mention the officials, even the petty officials would not be content with the status quo, and the local squires would not be content with the status quo either. Zhu Yuanzhang just used his coercion as a strongman to suppress the unfairness of the Ming Dynasty in a relatively
To a lesser extent. But the essence has not changed, so under this pressure, all the forces are waiting, waiting for the day without him. The harder he presses now, the crazier these people will be after he dies...