"Do you think this is ginseng, or a century-old ginseng? I had people dig up these ginseng and a lot of soil, and then transport them here in large water tanks."
"I've eaten this ginseng a lot, but have you seen ginseng seeds?"
Zhu Houzhao pointed to the plants in several large water tanks and said with a smile.
When Liu Jin heard this, he quickly looked over and saw that there were several ginseng plants in these large water tanks. There were small bright red fruits on the ginseng, which were so bright and dazzling.
"This is ginseng."
This was the first time Liu Jin saw such ginseng, and he immediately looked at it curiously.
"Haha, my idea is pretty good, isn't it?"
"It's not just ginseng, I had people dig it up directly. But some of them are really a pity and will die and wither as soon as they leave the place of origin. So there was no other way, so I had people build some glass grids.
Putting these things inside allows people to see what they are.”
Zhu Houzhaojian and Liu Jin were both very curious and immediately said with a happy smile.
"Yeah, come on, take me to see you."
When Liu Jin heard this, his eyes couldn't help but light up. Zhu Houzhao's innovation ability was quite good, as was the case with many zoos and botanical gardens in later generations.
"Here"
"Many of them cannot be transplanted. There is really no way."
"Like the snow lotus in the Tianshan Mountains, some tropical plants from Nanyang, and some plants from the distant Golden Continent, Africa, Australia, etc. There is really no way, so I asked people to send some samples.
Come here, you can at least take a look."
Zhu Houzhao took Liu Jin to a special area. Here, there were frames made of glass, and various plant samples were placed in the frames.
"This is Tianshan Snow Lotus."
"This is golden nanmu"
"And this one is Qiongzhou Huanghuali"
"Southern Rosewood"
"camellia"
"..."
Zhu Houzhao pointed to each plant specimen and introduced it to Liu Jin as if he were collecting treasures. The ones Zhu Houzhao collected were all precious flowers, plants and trees from the Ming Dynasty and abroad, and some of them were even shipped together as whole trees.
"Your Highness, do you know all of these?"
Liu Jin listened, and then looked carefully. There was no label or anything like that on the side. Zhu Houzhao actually recognized him basically.
"Absolutely, I'll remember it after reading it once."
Zhu Houzhao said nonchalantly.
"Your Highness, since this zoo is for people to visit, it is natural for everyone to know how precious the animals and plants collected here are."
"But not everyone is as well-informed as His Highness and can basically recognize everyone."
"So I think we should write a brand next to these precious flowers and trees. The name, function, origin, etc. of the flowers and trees should be written clearly on the brand. Only in this way can people understand these things."
"The same goes for those animals. Write them clearly so that people can know about them."
Liu Jin looked at the exotic flowers and plants in the garden and felt that something was missing. He thought about it and said.
"Yeah, why didn't I think of that?"
"Listening to what you said, I realized that I had forgotten such an important thing. If I don't introduce it, I'm afraid not many people will be able to recognize it. By then, they will think that these precious flowers, plants and trees are very ordinary.
s things."
When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he couldn't help but slapped his head and said.
There are simply too many things brought to Liu Jin. Liu Jin can always think of things that he can't think of. In this zoo, he feels that he has exhausted his brain and thought a lot. Unexpectedly, he has forgotten the most important things.
.
"Liu Jin, hurry up and get people ready. Going there can't delay the opening of the park."
Then, Zhu Houzhao gave instructions to Liu Jin beside him.
"Yes, I will ask someone to do it immediately. It will definitely not delay the opening of the zoo."
Liu Jin nodded quickly, and then signaled to the attendant Xiao Huangmen. The other party immediately understood and hurriedly went to do the work.
At this moment, someone came over in a hurry and said, "Your Highness, the rare and exotic animals have been transported to the capital and will be arriving at the zoo soon."
"Great, let's go and see my rare birds and animals."
When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he jumped up with excitement. He was not in the mood to continue introducing his zoo to Liu Jin, so he hurried outside.
Seeing this scene, Liu Jin couldn't help but shake his head.
Following Zhu Houzhao to the entrance of the zoo, it didn't take long for four-wheeled carriages to arrive at the entrance of the zoo, carrying various animals.
Looking at the animals on the four-wheeled carriages, Liu Jin couldn't help but widen his eyes slightly.
In this era, how much manpower and material resources did Zhu Houzhao spend on this to be able to transport all kinds of animals from all over the world to the capital? The key is that these animals are still alive.
How many people died during this process?
I'm afraid no one can know. Even in later generations, it is not easy to collect so many animals. Unexpectedly, Zhu Houzhao collected all these animals.
"How much money did it cost?"
Liu Jin touched his head.
…
In the study room of the Qianqing Palace in the imperial palace, Emperor Hongzhi was discussing national affairs with important ministers.
"Your Majesty, the immigrants from the Western Region and the Hezhong Region have settled down, and are currently actively reclaiming the land. They strive to start planting the first batch of grain in the Western Region and the Hezhong Region this year. As long as there is a bumper harvest this year, in the future, the Western Region and the Hezhong Region will
The Hezhong area no longer needs us to transport food from the two capitals and thirteen provinces."
Li Dongyang reported to Emperor Hongzhi on the immigration work in the Western Regions.
In an era when transportation was inconvenient, the consumption of transporting food was very huge. Now that there are four-wheeled carriages, the transportation capacity has been greatly enhanced. Otherwise, just for the food for these millions of immigrants, the Ming court would have a huge headache.
"Well, when immigrants move to the Western Region and Hezhong area, this food is very important. They must be able to have enough to eat. Self-sufficiency is also very important."
"The steam cultivator mentioned in the newspaper is quite good. Let's order a batch from the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, and then transport it to the Western Regions and Hezhong areas to help the immigrants there reclaim their land."
Emperor Hongzhi nodded with satisfaction, then remembered what the Ming Dynasty Morning Post said about the steam cultivator, so he gave instructions to the Minister of Revenue, Ji Zhong.
"yes!"
Zhong Zhong nodded quickly and wrote it down.
At this time, Xiao Huangmen hurriedly came to the study room and whispered in Xiao Jing's ear.
"I see!"
Xiao Jing nodded and signaled Xiao Huangmen to step back first.
Seeing that Emperor Hongzhi's small meeting was over, Xiao Jing also came to Emperor Hongzhi to report: "Your Majesty, news just came that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has built a zoo to collect rare and exotic animals and flowers from all over the world.
The exotic herbs are gathered together.”
"Just now, thousands of four-wheeled carriages transported hundreds of animals from Tianjin Port to the capital."
"zoo?"
"Exotic beasts?"
Emperor Hongzhi, Liu Jian, Zhang Mao, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian and others couldn't help being slightly shocked when they heard this.
"It is equivalent to the Royal Garden or the Royal Beast Garden. It specializes in collecting exotic flowers, rare plants, and rare animals. It is said that His Highness the Crown Prince spent millions of taels of silver on this purpose and built a special building covering an area of more than 1,000 taels here in the capital.
acres of zoo.”
Xiao Jing thought for a while and explained.
“It’s just nonsense”
"Playing with things makes one lose one's spirit!"
"Spending millions of taels of silver and thousands of acres of land to build a zoo."
When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he couldn't help but said angrily.
I have been the emperor for more than ten years, and I have never been willing to build any gardens. Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao funded the construction of the Qianqing Palace.
This Zhu Houzhao actually spent millions of taels of silver and thousands of meters of land to build some kind of zoo. This is simply a typical example of losing one's ambition by playing with things and wasting money and people.
When Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Zhang Mao and others heard this, they couldn't help but look at each other. This Zhu Houzhao was indeed a bit outrageous. He actually spent so much money on this. This was indeed a bit of a plaything.
Although His Highness the Crown Prince is very rich now and has more money than he can use up, he doesn't want to waste it like this.
What's more, collecting these exotic flowers, rare birds and animals, etc., will definitely cost a lot of manpower and material resources. Isn't this a waste of people and money?
Where is the appearance of a crown prince here?
Now he is just a prince and has not yet become an emperor. He has already spent millions of taels of silver to create this zoo. If he becomes an emperor in the future, God knows what else he can do.
