On the outskirts of the capital, a four-wheeled carriage was slowly walking toward a farmland. Liu Jin was drowsy in the carriage, but Zhu Houzhao beside him was full of energy and energy.
"It's such a hard winter, it's hard to spend a weekend, and this thing doesn't even allow you to get a good night's sleep."
Liu Jin was a little speechless. He originally planned to sleep in during the weekend, but who knew that Zhu Houzhao actually remembered about the vegetables in the greenhouse and even took him to see the vegetables in the greenhouse early in the morning.
There is no way, who made him the prince, he can only rise from the gentle village.
"It's really time to choose a princess for him. This energetic person can kill a tiger. I want to see if you will pull me up in the morning after you have a taste of it."
Looking at the excited Zhu Houzhao, Liu Jin also felt that it was time to choose the princess for him. His energy was too strong and abundant.
If I continue to toss like this, my old bones can't bear it.
"Old Liu, why do you think we can grow vegetables in this greenhouse in winter? Will they not freeze to death?"
"Also, are you trying to fool me? What is there to study about electromagnetism? I have been studying it over and over again, but I have never gained anything. It would be more interesting to study mechanical manufacturing."
Zhu Houzhao didn't care whether Liu Jin wanted to sleep or not. He kept pestering Liu Jin with questions.
“Wait a minute and you’ll know why vegetables can be grown in greenhouses~”
"There is also electromagnetism, which has a very bright future. Maybe your research method is wrong. I will go to your place to have a look later."
Liu Jin didn't want to open his eyes.
In this winter, when sleeping with my two lovely wives in my arms, I always have to do some things that everyone likes to do. I wanted to sleep well, but you woke me up, which made me very unhappy.
While the two were chatting, the four-wheeled carriage they rode arrived at the greenhouse vegetable base built by Tianjin Agricultural Commercial Bank.
"Your Highness, Mr. Liu~ is here!"
Outside the car, Liu Jin reminded in a low voice.
When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he quickly got out of the four-wheeled carriage. As for Liu Jin, he seemed to be taking his time. He didn't forget to glance at Liu Jin when he got off the carriage.
Liu Jin is also sad. Historically, after Zhu Houzhao became emperor, he was very good at it.
If we follow the trajectory of history, now is the time when he is most proud and powerful. However, now, Emperor Hongzhi is in good health, and Zhu Houzhao does not know that it will be the year of the monkey and the month of the horse when he becomes emperor.
So much so that the famous Eunuch Liu in history is still the little Huangmen next to Zhu Houzhao. He follows Zhu Houzhao and waits on him carefully, but there is no trace of Eunuch Liu's majesty.
"Hi~ It's so cold!"
After getting out of the car, a gust of cold wind blew, making the cold person shiver. Liu Jin couldn't help but wrap up his mink coat tightly.
"This is the vegetable greenhouse?"
Zhu Houzhao looked at the huge greenhouses on both sides of the concrete road in front of him, and he was full of curiosity.
Liu Jin also looked over. This vegetable greenhouse was similar to the vegetable greenhouses of later generations. They were all built with shelves.
But it's not covered with film, but with glass.
The growth of vegetables is indispensable for photosynthesis. In this era, there is no way to create a transparent film, so glass can only be used instead.
Glass replaces film, which is expensive and inconvenient to disassemble. Fortunately, in this era, winter vegetables are expensive, so it is still a very cost-effective project.
Zhu Houzhao hurriedly walked to a vegetable greenhouse, and Liu Jin quickly followed him, because through the glass, he could already see the green patches inside the vegetable greenhouse. It was obvious that the vegetables were growing well.
"Wow~ You can really grow vegetables!"
As soon as Zhu Houzhao entered the greenhouse and looked at the vegetables that had begun to grow in the vegetable greenhouse, he couldn't help shouting. He even pulled out some vegetables out of curiosity and looked at them carefully.
“It’s a miracle that we can grow vegetables even in the middle of winter.”
While watching, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but admire it.
Planting vegetables in winter is something that has never happened before, but now it is happening very real before our eyes, and we have to believe it.
"It's not really a miracle."
"In fact, we have a tradition of growing vegetables in winter since ancient times."
"During the Han Dynasty, when winter came, the royal family would send people to plant vegetables and watermelons next to the hot springs to meet the emperor's need for vegetables and fruits in winter."
"Actually, the problem that needs to be solved when growing vegetables in winter is the temperature issue."
"The growth of vegetables requires a certain temperature, and in winter, the weather is freezing and the temperature is too low for vegetables to grow."
"We only need to build such a greenhouse, and then increase the temperature by placing charcoal fires or burning ground fires, and we can grow vegetables in winter."
Liu Jin looked at the curious Zhu Houzhao and explained with a smile: "In places like Nanyang, Ryukyu, Qiongzhou, etc., the temperature is very high in winter, so they can grow vegetables and fruits even in winter, and they don't need to build this kind of structure."
Greenhouse."
"Doesn't that mean you can grow vegetables in the house? Why waste manpower and material resources to build this greenhouse?"
Zhu Houzhao thought while listening.
"Your Highness, in addition to the right temperature, this vegetable needs sunlight to grow!"
"Vegetables cannot grow in an environment without light, so this vegetable greenhouse is entirely covered with glass so that sunlight can shine in during the day."
"At night, we will have people cover the glass with cloth to keep the greenhouse warm and prevent the vegetables from freezing to death."
Liu Jin looked at Zhu Houzhao.
This guy's reputation as a genius is true. The most important thing is that he is extremely good at thinking and has super strong learning ability.
"Oh, that's it~"
Zhu Houzhao suddenly realized something.
"In fact, whether it is vegetables or grains, they all need to be continuously cultivated and researched. Only in this way can we develop high-yielding varieties and develop methods for growing vegetables and grains to achieve better harvests."
"Now that we are doing research on vegetables, we can find ways to grow vegetables in winter."
"We conduct research on cereals, etc. Maybe in the future, we can develop more high-yield crops. It will not be a problem to produce one thousand catties per acre, or two thousand catties."
Liu Jin smiled, greenhouse vegetables would be nothing in future generations.
With the development of science and technology in later generations, various researches have been conducted on crops. Greenhouse vegetables are the lowest level, and the cutting-edge ones all involve the field of genes.
The various crops that have been researched have high yields, good quality, and are resistant to diseases and pests, etc. Otherwise, there is no way to feed the world's more than seven billion people.
At present, Ming Dynasty's agricultural technology is still very backward, and the research and cultivation of improved varieties are still at a rudimentary level. Greenhouse vegetables seem very fresh.
In later generations, it will be like the greenhouse messing up the seasons, money messing up the years, everything is not surprising, there are all kinds of weird things, as long as you can't think of it, there is nothing that this world does not have.
"One thousand catties, two thousand catties?"
When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he immediately shook his head and said: "If rice and wheat can produce a thousand catties per mu, it is simply unimaginable. The Ming Dynasty will no longer have to worry about famine."
"Everything is possible~"
"Just like the electromagnetic research that His Highness is currently studying, if the research results are produced, the whole world will be shocked."
Liu Jin said very confidently.
"Cut~"
"I've been studying magnets every day, but I haven't figured out why. I really don't know where you get your confidence. It seems like you can do math. If you really know something, just tell me."
Zhu Houzhao didn't believe it, and he listened to Liu Jin's big trick and went to study electromagnetism.
For several months, no results were obtained. I also missed the research on tidy ships. I regretted it. It would be more interesting to study machinery.
"Okay, find some time and I'll go take a look."
Liu Jin nodded helplessly.
In scientific research, especially in this early stage of scientific research, many things may never be able to be broken through without a click, but if someone clicks on them, once a breakthrough is made, they can develop rapidly.
The same is true for electromagnetism. At first, some characteristics of electromagnetism were discovered through unintentional experiments. Then, various experiments were repeated, and the door to electromagnetism was slowly opened.
"How about going now?"
When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he immediately became energetic.
"Now?"
"Don't you want to see the vegetables in this greenhouse?"
Liu Jin looked at Zhu Houzhao, then at the vegetables in the greenhouse and asked.
"That's it, it's not interesting."
"Let's go to the laboratory quickly to see what's so special about this electromagnetic field. From what you said, it's amazing. It seems like this electromagnetic field is really effective."
Zhu Houzhao looked at the vegetables in the greenhouse. Once the freshness wore off, he suddenly felt that there was nothing strange about them.
"Okay~"
"Anyway, now that we're out, let's go to the laboratory and take a look."
Liu Jin was speechless. This classmate Zhu Houzhao's interest came and went quickly. No one knew what the hell he was thinking about in the next second.