After arriving in the Golden State, the scientific and technological development of the Academy of Sciences entered a period of blowout.
Of course, the reason why this situation occurs is because if the Golden State wants to develop at a high level, it cannot do without the rapid development of science and technology.
When he was in Datang, Li Min always guided the scientific research department, but rarely interfered.
That's because Li Min knew very well at that time that the development of science and technology also required social progress.
If science and technology develop rapidly without corresponding changes in the social structure, problems will arise.
Just like, people need two legs to walk.
If one leg grows quickly and the other leg grows slowly, one leg will be long and the other will be short.
You will be lame when you walk like this.
If the disparity is too great, that person will become disabled.
This is true for a person, and the same is true for society.
After arriving in the Golden State, all of this was built according to Li Min's intention.
This is a brand new group, and Li Min has the ability and confidence to control it.
Therefore, here, Li Min is not afraid of the rapid development of science and technology.
During this period, Huaxia City's scientific research department manufactured a large number of semi-automated farming machinery.
There is also a large amount of construction machinery.
Both of these are urgently needed for their current development.
The immigration work was carried out very smoothly.
Currently, more than 100,000 people have immigrated to the Golden State.
There are already ten villages in the surrounding natural villages.
Currently, they are building more natural villages.
Because of the invention of farming machinery, farming has become simpler and easier.
Here, the terrain is flat and the land is fertile.
The land allocated to each family is a whole, large piece of land.
With machinery, they can farm easily.
They even felt that farming was too easy.
Here, each person can be allocated five acres of land for farming.
A family of eight can cultivate forty acres of land.
For them, it's easy and they don't feel tired at all.
They felt that they could at least cultivate more than a hundred acres of land.
Of course, these lands are not their own. They only have the right to cultivate them, but not ownership.
In fact, there is still a lot of reclaimed land around.
Which army reclaimed these lands?
Currently, the army is also farming.
If those immigrants want to cultivate land, they can apply, and then they can rent the land at a relatively low price.
In the Golden State, there is also a specialized Ministry of Agriculture with specialized agricultural experts.
They specialize in seeds and are constantly studying how to increase yields.
The land in the Golden State has always been relatively fertile.
The output here is generally higher than that of Datang.
However, abundant land and increased production have also brought about a series of problems.
That's the problem of food surplus.
In the Tang Dynasty now, there is already a surplus of food.
As for the Golden State, the original indigenous people cannot eat the food they grow themselves.
Now, with the popularization of modern equipment and the continuous optimization of grain growing.
This has led to higher current grain production, and has also led to the inevitable problem of food surplus.
The cheapness of the grain hurts the people.
If this problem cannot be solved, it will cause a series of social problems.
It will seriously affect the enthusiasm of those immigrants to farm.
It will further affect the subsequent immigration issues, which will further affect the subsequent development issues of the entire Huaxia City.
Both Shangguan Yi, Wu Meiniang and Cui Yingying paid enough attention to this issue.
But despite their outstanding abilities, they came up with many ways to face this problem, but in the end they still couldn't find a good solution.
Finally, they had to find Li Min.
In the past few years since he came to the Golden State, Li Min seems to have been a hands-off shopkeeper.
In addition to the general direction of development, the laws of the general direction, and the framework of the government, they are beyond his control.
The remaining matters were basically delegated to the three of them.
Of course, Cui Yingying is actually a latecomer, and her power is far less than the two of them.
Although Shangguan Yi and Wu Meiniang were well aware of Li Min's abilities, they did not dare to have any different intentions.
But deep down in their hearts, there is some pride.
That is, in fact, even if they do not rely on Li Min, they can still manage Huaxia City very well.
Until the problem of overproduction of grain arose, based on their wisdom, there was no way to solve this problem.
At this time, the first thing they thought of was Li Min.
"Your Majesty, there is a problem of food surplus."
"Now the grain output per mu is increasing year by year. And the advent of automated machines has reduced the labor required for farming."
"In the past, if one person could cultivate ten acres of land, now one person can cultivate at least forty or fifty acres, or even more."
"But the result of the increase in production is that there is simply not enough food to eat. Now the price of food has dropped to the lowest point, and it cannot be sold at all."
"The immigrants' enthusiasm has been greatly frustrated due to the price of food."
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid that when the time comes, it will affect subsequent immigration issues."
After listening to Shangguan Yi's words, Li Min couldn't help but nodded.
Li Min had actually thought that this problem would happen a long time ago, but he didn't expect it to come so early.
Li Min couldn't help but ask Shangguan Yi: "Prime Minister, how are you going to solve this problem?"
When no one was around, Shangguan Yi liked to call Li Min the Emperor, and Li Min in turn jokingly called him Prime Minister.
This has almost become a bad joke between the two.
Of course, Li Min has a bad taste.
Shangguan Yi called her this because she was actually expecting something in her heart.
Upon hearing Li Min's inquiry, Shangguan Yi's face showed an astonishing look.
"Your Majesty, what I want to do is to process these grains and make them into various cakes."
"Now, the Ministry of Science and Technology is developing vacuum packaging and has achieved results. As long as it is finally determined to be feasible, these pastries can be packaged and stored for a long time."
"When the time comes, we can sell it to Datang. In this case, we can moderately increase the price of grain."
"It's just that this method won't be effective in an instant. As for the effect, I'm afraid it won't be enough to fundamentally solve this problem."
Unexpectedly, Shangguan Yi could actually think of this method, which made Li Mingao look at him a few times.
In later generations, this method was called increasing the added value of food.
This is definitely a good approach.
However, Li Min believes that they still face many difficulties.
First, you have to develop pastries that taste delicious.
Secondly, food is not just vacuum packaged.
There must also be preservatives and some additives in it.
It is unrealistic to study these and open the market in a short period of time.
In other words, with this method, water from a distance cannot quench thirst from a distance.
However, I have to say that Shangguan Yi's idea is undoubtedly correct.
As for other methods, it was impossible for him to think of them due to historical limitations.
Thinking of this, Li Min couldn't help but said to Shangguan Yi: "These grains can actually be sold."
After hearing Li Min's words, Shangguan Yi couldn't help but show disappointment on his face.
I originally thought that Li Min would be able to come up with a perfect solution.
Over the years, any problem can be solved perfectly in his hands.
Shangguan Yi has never seen a problem that Li Min can't solve.
He thought that this time was no exception.
But this time, the solution given by Li Min greatly disappointed Shangguan Yi.
If the food could be sold, would he still have to worry?
The question now is, who should I sell it to?
There is already too much food in the Golden State. Shangguan Yi feels that even if no food is grown here for two years, it will still be enough for them to eat.
Sold to Datang?
The question is, is there no shortage of food in Datang now?
Transporting grain to the Tang Dynasty was a huge expense.
Then you can only sell it at a low price. Not only will you not make any money, it will also have a huge impact on Datang's market.
This situation is not what Shangguan Yi wants to see.
Besides, how much do they have to pay for this?
Thinking of this, Shangguan Yi couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, although this method is good, the problem now is that these grains are not easy to sell at all!"
Seeing Shangguan Yi's expression, Li Min could certainly guess what he was thinking.
Li Min couldn't help laughing and said: "Prime Minister Shangguan, you don't think that I want you to sell this grain to the Tang Dynasty, do you?"
Is not it?
Shangguan Yi was stunned for a moment, then asked curiously: "Your Majesty, if it's not sold to the Tang Dynasty, how can it be sold to where?"
Li Min laughed and said: "Of course it is not sold to the Tang Dynasty. From here, go west, um, east, across the ocean, and you can reach another continent."
In fact, when going out to the Golden State from the Tang Dynasty, it first went east, and then turned west.
I thought the earth was round.
The Tang Dynasty was in the Eastern Hemisphere, while America was in the Western Hemisphere.
From the Americas to the east, the closest point is less than three thousand miles to Europe.
This distance is much closer than from Datang to America.
At this time, Europe had just entered the Middle Ages.
During this period, Europe was shackled by religion and was shrouded in darkness.
At this time, the barbarians in Western Europe continued to fight, and the French ruled Gaul.
Spain was Visigothic and Britain was divided into many small countries.
The Nordic side is still an uncivilized area.
Italy was under the rule of the Eastern Roman Empire, which also controlled uncivilized areas such as Greece, Anatoya, Syria, Palestine, and Egypt.
In Europe at that time, the diet was mainly based on wheat and barley.
Of course, meat also plays a part.
Their most common foods are pork and chicken.
They like to eat fatty meat and like to roast pork into ham.
Of course, such delicacies are usually only enjoyed by nobles.
Common people can only enjoy it during festivals.
During this period, the wheat they consumed was still the original species of wild wheat, that is, single malt wheat.
The yield of this kind of wheat is very low, and there is no way to feed a large population. Olives and animal husbandry must be used to supplement their food.
Barley is used to bake bread.
Of course, bread is not something everyone can eat.
Only nobles can enjoy bread.
The poor people usually can only eat porridge.
Because of wars and diseases, as well as their low productivity, the land is not fertile and grain cultivation is very low-grade.
During this period, there were countless poor people in Europe who had no food to eat.
If you transport the food to them, you will never have to worry about selling it.
When Shangguan Yi heard Li Min's words, he couldn't help but widen his eyes and look surprised.
What he never expected was that it was tens of thousands of miles away from the Tang Dynasty.
And further east from here, there is actually a continent.
Is the place where they live actually so big?
Shangguan Yi couldn't help but asked in surprise: "Your Majesty, is the place where we live so big? Has that land reached the end of the world?"
In the ancient people's understanding, they always believed that the sky was round and the earth was round.
If you keep walking in one direction, you can reach the end of the world.
When Li Min heard Shangguan Yi's words, he couldn't help laughing and said: "That land is called Europe. If you go eastward along that land, you can reach the Tang Dynasty."
Shangguan Yi's eyes widened again.
Li Min was worried, afraid that his eyeballs would fall off.
"Your Majesty, how is this possible? Isn't this ridiculous?"
"Going tens of thousands of miles east from the Tang Dynasty, you will come to the Golden State. From the Golden State, you will go eastward to Europe. Then if you go further east from Europe, you will return to the Tang Dynasty? How is this possible?"
Li Min smiled and said: "But, we can call this land where we live the earth. It is a sphere. If you circle around it, won't it turn back again?"
In a daze, Shangguan Yi seemed to remember that there seemed to be such a statement recently.
They say that the place where they live is round.
Shangguan Yi scoffed at this statement and didn't believe it at all.
How can this be?
Obviously the sky is round and the earth is round!
How could it be a round ball?
Shangguan Yi couldn't help but asked with a strange expression: "Your Majesty, if the place we live in is called the earth, and the earth is a round ball, wouldn't those who live in the autumn fall down?"
Hearing Shangguan Yi's words, Li Min couldn't help but look helpless.
This question is really hard to explain.
But without an explanation, this guy probably won't give up.
Li Min couldn't help but explain: "This is because there is universal gravity. Universal gravity means that two objects will attract each other."
"When the object is large enough, this force is very huge. For example, why does it fall to the ground when you jump? Why does an apple fall downward?"
Hearing Li Min's question, Shangguan Yi couldn't help but show a look of confusion on his face: "Isn't this a natural thing? How can there be a reason?"
God is so natural?
Next, Li Min patiently explained to Shangguan Yi what gravity is.
Shangguan Yi listened with a confused face and nodded, but Li Min intuitively felt that he didn't understand at all.
In the end, Li Min didn't bother to explain to him.
If you understand it, you will understand it naturally. If you don’t understand it, it will probably be difficult to understand it in a short time.
Shangguan Yi probably also understood that it would be difficult for him to understand it for a while.
So, he no longer pursued this question, but returned to the matter of selling grain.
Shangguan Yi couldn't help but ask: "Your Majesty, where in Europe is there a shortage of food? If we transport the food there, we will be able to sell it?"
Li Min smiled slightly, and then said: "Where is the lack of food? Most of the land is barren, along the coast, and there are many islands."
Well, actually, the land in Europe is not that barren.
The European continent has the largest proportion of plains in the world.
However, due to lighting problems, it is impossible to achieve three or two crops a year.
Coupled with the problems of growing grain and tools, its current grain output cannot be compared with that of the Tang Dynasty.
Of course, the reason why Li Min didn't tell Shangguan Yi the truth was just so that Shangguan Yi could have a clearer understanding of the current situation on the European continent.
"Many people there can only survive on porridge. Therefore, wherever our food goes, we will not have to worry about selling it."
Hearing Li Min's words, Shangguan Yi couldn't help but feel happy, but soon began to hesitate.
"Your Majesty, they are so poor that they can hardly eat. This is certainly a good thing, but where do they get the money to buy our food?"
Hearing Shangguan Yi's words, Li Min couldn't help but smile and said: "They are poor there, but that doesn't mean they don't have good things!"
"They still have very rich resources there. We can let them exchange them for resources!"
"And where can we open factories? Because they are poor and don't have enough food to eat, we can barely feed them and give them very little wages, so we can recruit a large number of workers."
"Then, we can also show them movies and promote them the benefits of our Huaxia City. This can help more people immigrate to our Golden State!"
After hearing Li Min's words, Shangguan Yi's eyes finally lit up.
He still doesn't understand what the emperor wants to do?
He is simply too familiar with this routine!
This isn't the first time they've done this.
Now, many people have immigrated to Huaxia City.
But this is not enough for Huaxia City!
It would be great if people from mainland Europe could start immigrating here.
Moreover, the emperor wants more than just this.
To borrow the emperor's words, the emperor also wanted to engage in a cultural invasion.
Let them be assimilated into our culture without even realizing it.
This kind of routine is simply too sinister, and Shangguan Yi is too familiar with it.
And Li Min, after seeing the slightly lewd expression on Shangguan Yi's face, immediately knew what he was thinking.
Then, Li Min couldn't help but remind him: "Prime Minister Shangguan, the current situation in Europe is different from the situation in other places."
"Our cultural invasion will definitely arouse their vigilance and backlash. It is a land of ignorance, where people's thoughts are imprisoned and they cannot tolerate any opinions that are different from theirs."
After hearing this, Shangguan Yi couldn't help but frown and asked: "Your Majesty, if this is the case, how can we open a factory where? We can't even play movies? Not to mention, let them immigrate."
Li Min smiled slightly and said: "The people in power on that continent are not only ignorant, but also greedy. As long as we give them a little profit, they will allow us to do many things."
"And by the time they find out that something is wrong, it's too late. Their people have been brainwashed by us. Do you think, by then, will those people still trust their people in power?"
Shangguan Yi couldn't help but take a deep look at Li Min.
The emperor is still ruthless and treacherous!
Shangguan Yi originally naively believed that the emperor just wanted cultural invasion.
What he never expected was that what the emperor wanted was to brainwash their people and then use their hands to overthrow their rule.
I have to say, the emperor is really despicable and treacherous!
Li Min then said to Shangguan Yi: "Prime Minister Shangguan, I should do this myself."
"After the road is opened, you can just find someone to handle the rest."
After hearing Li Min's words, Shangguan Yi's expression immediately changed, and he couldn't help but said anxiously: "Your Majesty, this is absolutely impossible."
Li Min asked in confusion: "Oh, why not?"
Shangguan Yi said fiercely: "Your Majesty, the son of a rich man can't sit in the hall or walk in danger of the wall, Your Majesty! Since you are so ignorant, how can you, Your Majesty, put yourself in danger?"
Li Min couldn't help laughing and said: "Prime Minister Shangguan, you are worrying too much."
"This trip is most suitable for me to go. Because, except for me, it is difficult to find someone who can understand the languages of all their countries! In terms of communication, there is no way to communicate."
Shangguan Yi was speechless at what he said.
When it comes to language, the Emperor's skills are truly unparalleled.
Well, the emperor's ability is not limited to language?
I think back then, when the emperor had never been to the Golden State, he could understand the indigenous language of the Golden State.
And now, the emperor has never been to Europe and can understand the languages of all European countries.
I have to say, the emperor is really the right one!
There are many things that we really know from birth.
In this matter, the emperor is right. There is indeed no more suitable candidate than the emperor.
Who else can understand the languages of so many places?
It’s just that the emperor’s safety has to be taken care of!
Shangguan Yi is really worried about Li Min's safety.
After all, Li Min is Shangguan Yi's confidant.
Those who know each other from heart to heart are called knowing the heart.
Those whose voices and auras are connected are called bosom friends.
Those who add kindness to each other are called confidants.
If it weren't for Li Min, he would still be a poor scholar at this time.
It was Li Min who appreciated him and gave him a stage to exact his revenge.
And if something unexpected happens to Li Min, Shangguan Yi's ambition may directly collapse.
Moreover, Shangguan Yi had a very bad premonition.
By then, I'm afraid no one will be able to subdue Wu Meiniang.
I'm afraid that only Li Min's presence can make Wu Meiniang afraid.
And Li Min seemed to have noticed Shangguan Yi's worries, and couldn't help laughing and said: "Prime Minister Shangguan, you can rest assured, my safety is definitely not a problem."