First Prince of Ming Dynasty - Chapter 760

  Chapter 760 No coincidence, no book

   “The waiters in Jiangyin are to show off their troops to foreign lands, and you are to show the prosperity of the country. Remember whether there is a way to communicate with each other, and you can’t blindly collect money.”

  Jiang Yuan responded on behalf of the people behind him: “We are humble merchants, thanks to His Highness’s grace, and fortunately traveled overseas with our Daming Fleet. We must maintain the majesty of the country and act in accordance with His Highness’s instructions.”

  It is not a good thing to intervene too much in business exchanges, but at this time, due to the internal affairs of the Japanese pirates and the Black Death and other reasons, there has been no communication between countries for a long time. For long-term development, it is also necessary to curb their greed at the beginning.

   Then Zhu Biao instructed Liu Jin to take out the atlas, which showed the general shapes and distinguishing characteristics of corn, sweet potatoes, potatoes, peanuts, peppers, tobacco, papaya, tomatoes and other plants.

  It is like dried corn leaves, millet, flowers, rice ears, its bracts are as long as fists, its whiskers are like red velvet, its grains are like gorgon seeds, large and white, flowers bloom on the top, and fruits are knotted at the nodes…

The shape of sweet potato is as big as a fist, the skin color is vermilion, the heart is crisp and juicy, it is edible both raw and cooked, the stem is flat or ascending, occasionally twined, multi-branched, cylindrical or ribbed, green or purple, sparsely pubescent or absent Hairy, stem nodes prone to adventitious roots…

   “These few things, especially the first three, no matter who can take them for my Ming Dynasty, they should treat each other as a national scholar.”

  Hearing this, the eyes of the merchants below were all red, and no one cared about Jiang Yuan anymore. A middleman responded first: “I would like to take it for Your Highness, and please Your Highness to allow the grass-roots to copy the album so that they can find it.”

  No one asked Daming how the Crown Prince knew the specific shape and taste since Daming didn’t have these herbs.

The only thing they think about now is that the entire family class has leaped, and they dare not really ask for the treatment of national scholars, but with this credit, at least they will not be afraid of officials when they do business. All have the foundation of promotion.

Since they don’t need to copy the album on the spot, they have prepared it long ago. Soon, everyone has a copy and carefully stores it close to their bodies. Looking at the people around them, it feels a bit annoying, and I can’t wait to tear up the album in their arms. It’s good to be broken.

   Once the sea trade starts, it will be a matter of time before these crops are passed on, but if there is no clear order, I am afraid that it is not impossible that no one will care about it for decades. After all, in terms of business, gold, silver, porcelain, silk, spices and gemstones are too conspicuous.

   And to introduce it early, Zhu Biao had better arrange people to find land and try planting early. After understanding the habits, he will gradually improve the varieties, and it is impossible to spread any crops at will.

Just like corn, nature is a good thing. It is cold-resistant, drought-resistant, barren-resistant, and adaptable. However, the plant absorbs more water and has extremely deep packing. Among all the main cereal crops cultivated, the water and soil loss caused by planting corn is the most. serious.

Sweet potatoes require a lot of water. Arid areas such as Northwest China and North China are not suitable for planting and are not easy to preserve. Wild potatoes are highly toxic, but fortunately, they have outstanding advantages. They can be grown in colder, higher altitudes, steeper slopes, drier, and more Grows in barren, saline areas.

   Liaodong, Koryo, these bitterly cold areas can finally have suitable crops, and then there is a foundation for relocation and development. Otherwise, sending people there is tantamount to exile.

  After these crops have been domesticated and promoted, with the policy of the imperial court, the population limit of the Ming Dynasty will be successfully broken, and a large population can occupy more and better regions in this era of great geographical discovery.

  Outside of these three, Zhu Biao is most concerned about tobacco. Needless to say, the profit of tobacco. As for the harm, in terms of the current medical living conditions, most people probably cannot wait for the diseases caused by smoking.

  Of course, the most important thing is that the appearance of this thing is inevitable, and it’s just a matter of time. If this is the case, it’s better to use it to make money earlier, and build an unknown number of ships.

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“Yuan Xiucai, the dead cannot be brought back to life. The most important thing is to bury your mother well. Afterwards, the government will help you find a job. It is worth ten years of hard work. The dead will be happy when they are alive. You Why make trouble again.”

A skinny young man firmly gritted his teeth and shook his head: “I went out of the city to seek medical treatment to save my mother, but I was stopped by the police and misunderstood by the county magistrate, causing my mother to die of hunger and illness. If you don’t seek justice, how can you live with dignity?” In the world!”

  Finding that Hangzhou Tongzhi’s expression hadn’t changed at all, he couldn’t help feeling cold and angry: “I heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has visited here. If Lord Tongzhi doesn’t want to make decisions for Wansheng, then Wansheng will ask His Highness the Crown Prince to make decisions.”

“You… absurd, Your Highness is busy with everything, how can I see you, Yuan Xiucai, if you really hate, then the officer will punish you, your old mother has been inactive until now, if you are really filial, let the old man be buried in peace! “

   “If you can’t seek justice for your old mother, that would be really unfilial!”

Dragging his exhausted and weak body to his feet, he saluted and said: “It is thanks to my lord that I was able to escape from the prison. I should have known the kindness and tried to repay the hard work of dogs and horses, but how can a person live for the rest of his life, so how can he disregard the kindness of his birth, please forgive me.” After this matter is settled, let it be disposed of.”

  Hangzhou Tongzhi raised his teacup with his expression unchanged: “Go back, you won’t see His Highness the Crown Prince, even if you do, His Highness will not favor you in this accidental incident.”

   “Then I will go to Beijing to see the Holy Majesty. The Ming Dynasty ruled the country with filial piety. I don’t believe there is no place that can give me justice.”

  After he left, Hangzhou Tongzhi patted his head annoyed, and a middleman dressed in a seventh-rank official uniform came out from behind the screen: “Trouble with you, Tongzhi.”

   “Good job you did!”

  The county magistrate also had a bitter expression on his face: “The misfortune came from the sky, and the lower officials are also very wronged.”

  Tongzhi couldn’t help looking at the direction of the garden: “It’s fine in normal times, but at this time, if His Highness knows, what should we do?”

   “Come here, go and stare at that scholar. If you honestly set up a mourning hall and send him to Baiguan, it is also my wish.”

  A clerk responded, and the county magistrate also said: “Excuse me, please also send fifty guan for this county. I came here in a hurry and didn’t bring it with me. I will make it up for you later.”

  The magistrate of Qipin County is also an official, and the clerk would not say anything at this time, so he agreed with a smile, and then he bowed to Tongzhi and went out to do business.

   “How did the guard deal with it?”

  The county magistrate replied: “In the end, someone was killed, and the subordinate officials dismissed him.”

   “It’s okay, the scholar is stubborn, I’m afraid it won’t be just like that, if it really makes trouble to His Highness, I will have to explain it.”

  Called his confidants and told him to tell the officials in charge of criminal names in Fucheng about this matter, and told them not to talk to this scholar, so as not to damage the majesty of the government, and to avoid losing the face of the entire Hangzhou Mansion in front of His Highness.

   This matter is actually quite simple. This Yuan Xiucai is extremely filial. He lost his father since he was a child and has no relatives, friends, or brothers and sisters to help him. He only lives with his mother.

  Ten years of hard work, he won the fame of a scholar, but the imperial court stopped the imperial examination, and he was not allowed to take the exam. He could only wait for the local government to recommend him as an official or be admitted to the Imperial College.

Fortunately, the imperial court was not free from food, and with the court’s supply, the mother and son were able to survive, but as the mother was old and frail, the disease gradually took medicine, and scholars were powerless, but fortunately, they could still live. I write and can encourage maintenance.

  Ten days ago, his mother, Mrs. Zhao, suddenly fell ill, but the family had no money left, and the city doctor couldn’t afford it. Thinking that there were good doctors in other counties four miles outside the city, and the cost of kindness was relatively low, she hurried out of the city to ask for it.

   Regardless of his manners, he ran for several miles and finally arrived at the place. He was stopped by the city guards. According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, he had to show his identity guide to enter the county gate. The scholar forgot to bring it when he went out in a hurry.

   But the guards who had nowhere to go thought that there was no one who would seek medical treatment in the county from the city, and they were clearly exiles, so they arrested them and threw them into the cell, waiting for the county magistrate to try.

   There is no reason for a scholar to meet a soldier, but if he can successfully meet the county magistrate, there is still a chance to escape, but God’s will, it just means that there is no coincidence, the county magistrate happened to be in Hangzhou for a job review…

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  (end of this chapter)