Chapter 870, Northern Zhili Agriculture under Capitalization
"The error is smaller than a hair?"
After hearing Liu Jin's words, Ren Siheng immediately felt a lot of pressure. Is this too high a request?
Then Ren Siheng began to think deeply, how to carry out standardized, unified and quality management and production?
"Let's go~"
Liu Jin looked at Ren Siheng who was deep in thought, smiled and said to Zhu Houzhao.
"Live and learn, there is knowledge everywhere."
"I always thought that production was inferior to creation, but now it seems that may not be the case."
"It's not difficult to produce one or two pieces. If we can produce a thousand, ten thousand, or one hundred thousand pieces, and we can achieve uniformity and standardization, that would be quite remarkable."
Zhu Houzhao sighed as he walked. Thinking of producing thousands of identical parts, he felt that this was a very difficult task to complete, and it was not much easier than developing a new machine.
"Yes, it is difficult to invent new machines, and it is also difficult to produce machines of high quality on such a large scale. Everything is not easy."
Liu Jin smiled and nodded, then thought for a moment and said, "Your Highness, we haven't gone out riding on horses for a long time. Why don't we go out riding on horses together?"
"Okay, I'm a little bored too and just want to go out and play."
Zhu Houzhao nodded immediately. Speaking of playing, that was naturally his strong point.
Soon, the two people began to ride around on the outskirts of the capital on their tall horses.
It is March in spring, which is a good time for an outing. Everything is revived and full of vitality. The earth is rejuvenated and prosperous. In this era without industrial pollution, there are scenery everywhere.
The two of them rode horses very casually, walking aimlessly and chatting while walking.
"It's true that my father didn't let me go to the Western Regions, and even had people guard me strictly. If I had known that the Western Expedition would be so exciting, I would have participated no matter what."
Zhu Houzhao was naturally most interested in military matters, and Liu Jin also told him in detail about the Western Expedition.
Zhu Houzhao was filled with enthusiasm and excitement when he heard this. He wished he could go to the scene in person and be a soldier charging into the battle.
"Haha, Your Highness is still very young, and there will be plenty of opportunities in the future."
"The world is very big, and there are some very powerful countries in this world, such as the Ottoman Empire in Central Asia. This is an extremely powerful empire with a very powerful military. It is also a large country with a vast territory."
"In addition, further west, there are many countries in Europe. These countries may not be strong individually, but when combined, they are still very powerful."
"When our Ming Dynasty has established a firm foothold in the Western Regions and the Hezhong region, we will use Hezhong and the Western Regions as our bridgehead, and we can go all the way to the west and fight against Europe."
Liu Jin smiled and said.
Now the Ming Dynasty is very powerful and has dominated the entire East. At the same time, it has also occupied Australia and the Golden Continent first. There are only two people who can pose threats and competition to the Ming Dynasty in the future, one is the Ottoman Empire and the other is the Europeans.
At this time, the Ottoman Empire was at its most powerful period in history. It was so powerful that it single-handedly fought against the entire Christian world, blocked land traffic between the East and the West, and destroyed the powerful Persian Safi Empire.
Dynasty; on the sea, the Ottoman Empire's fleet swept across the Mediterranean, forcing the Italians to do business secretly.
This is a powerful and aggressive empire, and it is definitely a powerful enemy.
Not to mention the Europeans, the rapidly rising Russian principalities in Eastern Europe have gotten rid of the rule of the Kipchak Khanate and are full of desires and ambitions for external expansion.
Not to mention Western Europe. After experiencing the Renaissance movement and beginning to get rid of the ignorant feudal rule of the Middle Ages, their power expanded and became stronger just like their ambitions and desires.
In the future, whether on land or at sea, the Europeans will inevitably be the Ming Dynasty's strongest enemies. Last year, conflicts and conflicts already occurred on the east coast of Golden Continent.
"That's good. I'm afraid that when I become emperor, I won't have any strong enemies from now on!"
When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he grinned happily and said.
"..."
Liu Jin was speechless immediately. Emperor Hongzhi will definitely be pissed off by you, that is, you are the only son. If he has another son, he will definitely strangle you to death.
How can anyone speak like this? It is estimated that only the prince Zhu Houzhao dared to speak like this since ancient times, no one else.
The princes of the past dynasties were all cautious and cautious. Even if they were impatient in their hearts, they still had to wish that their father would live long, long live, long live, long live.
It would be better for him to just talk about how it would be if he became emperor.
He is definitely the toughest prince in history!
Liu Jin was speechless. The palace guards around him who were responsible for protecting Zhu Houzhao all hurriedly pretended not to hear anything. Only Zhu Houzhao dared to say such treacherous words.
"There is a steam cultivator!"
Liu Jin looked around and found a steam cultivator emitting black smoke and plowing the land in a field.
"Let's go and have a look~"
Zhu Houzhao immediately laughed and rode towards the field.
Soon, Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao were getting closer and closer to the steam cultivator, and they could clearly see that there were many people watching the excitement around the steam cultivator. The steam cultivator kept moving between the fields.
Just plow it.
"Tsk, tsk, this steam engine cultivator is really powerful. Everyone is not willing to farm the land for those landlords. I thought that since no one was farming, the landlord's fields would be in panic. I didn't expect that such a powerful cultivator would come out. This
It plows the land faster than ten oxen."
"No, ten cows may not be able to reach this speed, not to mention plowing so deeply."
"Just plowing the ground is of no use. This kind of land is not just as simple as plowing the ground. There are many things to do with this kind of wheat. You can't use machines to weed."
"With these machines for plowing the land, there may be machines for weeding, and machines for harvesting wheat."
"Yes, yes, in the future, maybe all kinds of machines will be available. In this kind of land, you no longer have to face the loess with your back to the sky, but you can drive the machine around."
Liu Jin couldn't help but laugh as he listened to the melon-eaters discussing the steam cultivator.
Some people can actually see the future trend of agricultural development. Sure enough, the ancients were definitely not stupider than the people of later generations, just because of their knowledge and experience.
"You may not know that Landlord Li's land is not going to be planted with wheat, but will be used to grow cotton."
At this time, someone else said.
"Growing cotton?"
"Why is this kind of cotton good? This kind of wheat is good. These white flour steamed buns are so delicious. What's the use of cotton? It can only be used to make quilts."
Someone said quickly.
"Ouch~"
"You only know how to eat white flour steamed buns, what else do you know?"
"Do you know how high the price of cotton is right now?"
"This pound of cotton is countless times more expensive than your pound of wheat. Textile factories of all sizes in the capital require countless amounts of cotton every day."
"Remember at the end of last year? The price of cotton has gone to the sky, but the price of white flour has dropped year after year in recent years, and the price of food has become lower and lower."
"Mr. Li is such a smart man. He has so much land. How could he plant wheat? He leaves cotton alone. Only a fool would plant wheat."
"Not only Mr. Li, but also the surrounding Mr. Wang, Mr. Liu, Mr. Zhang, etc. are almost all preparing to grow cotton. This kind of cotton is relatively simpler. After the land is plowed, it will be easier to grow cotton."
"Everyone is going there for the good price of cotton. Now, although cotton from the Western Regions has come in and the price has dropped a bit, the price of cotton is still very high. Growing cotton is much more cost-effective than growing wheat."
"But this wheat cannot be eaten. Everyone is growing cotton. From now on, everyone will eat and drink whatever they want. Don't let another famine happen by then. Then it will really be over."
"You still think it's the same as before~"
"Our transportation in Beizhili is so convenient now. The cement roads going south, west, and outside the customs have been built, and they extend in all directions. A four-wheeled carriage can pull several kilograms of grain here."
"And at a port like Tianjin, if you load a ship of rice from Nanyang or white flour from Liaodong, are you afraid that you will be short of a few kilograms of food?"
"No matter how bad it is, you still have sweet potatoes and corn planted all over your house. You can eat sweet potatoes and corn to satisfy your hunger, but you still have to worry about starvation."
"Have you not seen that the price of food has dropped again and again in the past few years?"
"We used to eat two meals a day, and we could only eat half full at both meals. Now we eat three times a day, and we are full every time, with side dishes, and from time to time we have to eat some meat, salted fish and so on.
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"We all know from here that there is so much food that we can't finish it all. Didn't you see it in the newspaper? Didn't you see it in the newspaper? The food produced by our country last year was enough to feed our people for three years."
Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao listened carefully to the discussions of the people around them, and Liu Jin heard some useful things from them.
“Is this considered agricultural development under capitalization?”
"Originally, we grew wheat. In order to meet food demand, now that food is guaranteed and prices continue to drop, everyone is beginning to pursue cotton with better profits."
"Fortunately, the Ming Dynasty has a vast land and rich resources, plus Liaodong, Nanyang, and the sweet potatoes, corn and potatoes brought back from the Americas. Otherwise, if the Ming Dynasty really carried out capitalization and industrialization, there would definitely be cotton cannibalism.
Or the phenomenon of sheep eating people.”
Liu Jin couldn't help but think in his heart, Beizhili is the fastest growing and most influential region, and it has finally affected Beizhili's agriculture.
