Chapter 495: Relocating the grassland people is a stupid thing that only Cao Wei would do I am afraid that some people who are greedy for profit will sell the production process to countries surrounding the Ming Dynasty. Even those barbarians of Europe. Zhu Yuanzhang also had the same concerns about Zhu Biao's concern about fertilizer leaks. So he didn't say anything harsh, he just sighed and said: "Boss, there is a severe drought in the Central Plains this year. I ordered the Ministry of Industry to increase the production of fertilizers as much as possible, and then promote it to the common people." "Whether we can make money or not is a trivial matter. I just hope that people will have fertilizer so they won't be hit by another disaster." After Hu Yunqiang occupied Zuodu Island, Zhu Yuanzhang finally no longer had to worry about money. When it comes to making concessions that benefit the people, he is particularly confident. Zhu Biao knew very well that the people are the foundation of a dynasty. Only when the people have a way to survive can the court be stable. He nodded slightly and said: "My minister informed the Ministry of Industry to mass-produce the fertilizer as quickly as possible and promote it to the people, so that the people will suffer as few disasters as possible."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded with satisfaction and led a group of people into the imperial city. …… After Zhu Yuanzhang and his party had a brief lunch in the palace, they hurried to the secret room next to the Confucius Temple residence. Tang He, the Duke of Xin who was accompanying him, was told that he was going to give a lecture to Lin Che. He was quite excited at first. But after leaving the palace and entering the secret room of Confucius Temple, something felt wrong. He did not dare to ask Zhu Yuanzhang directly, but asked Fu Youwen next to him: "Fu Shangshu, aren't we listening to the lecture? How did we come to such a secret room? Could it be that this Mr. Lin is giving lectures in this secret room? This is too detrimental to the royal majesty." " Fu Youwen is already familiar with this. He said calmly: "Yes, we are here to listen to the class, but Mr. Lin is not here to give lectures in the secret room, but right next door, and we are here to listen to the class." Tang He was immediately dumbfounded. He did not expect that the great talent highly praised by Zhu Yuanzhang was not placed in the palace, but in such a place, and it seemed that he was eavesdropping. He asked with some confusion: "Fu Shangshu, there is a university hall in the palace, why does Mr. Lin not go to the palace to give lectures, but in this remote place?" Fu Youwen shook his head when he heard this and said with a smile: "Mr. Lin doesn't want to be restrained. He likes to be outside, so the emperor will follow his wishes. These are not the emperor's decisions." Tang He's mind was filled with questions for a while. He couldn't understand that there were still things in the world that His Majesty couldn't decide. However, before Tang He could ask any more questions, they entered the secret room, and Zhu Biao skillfully placed the pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the table. Zhu Yuanzhang and Fu Youwen sat upright facing a wall like students paying attention to the lecture. He also pointed to the vacant chair, greeted Tang He who was a little confused, and said with a smile: "Come and sit down, Mr. Lin is about to start giving lectures." ' If Tang He hadn't known, the walls of this secret room had a sound transmission effect. I vaguely guessed what the so-called lectures were all about. Otherwise, he really thought that His Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and Fu Youwen, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, were deceived.

But looking at Zhu Yuanzhang and others, they were facing the wall with serious faces. Even though Tang He had thousands of questions in his heart, he could only sit silently at the position pointed by Zhu Yuanzhang. next door. Zhu Ming sat opposite Lin Che and shook his head. Regarding the destruction of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, and even how to rule the grassland, this is an eternal problem that few people have been able to solve throughout the ages. Zhu Xi believed that only an extraordinary talent like Lin Che, who had experience in the world, could come up with a solution. And even if he wanted to go bald, he might not be able to do it right. "Why do you think you don't want to use your brain less and less? Is this problem so difficult?" Lin Che, dumbfounded, knocked her head and said helplessly. But in his opinion, what he said to his students was purely for self-pleasure, so he didn't dwell on it. So he asked with a smile: "You should still remember what I said about the upper limit of land carrying capacity, right?" "Remember, sir, you said that the closer we are to the grassland, the fewer people the land can support." Zhu Xi nodded quickly in response, and then asked: "Sir, what you mean is that after the grassland barbarians are defeated, the excess population will be moved out of the grassland so that the remaining people can survive, and then they will not have to fight for it. Has it caused trouble to the Central Plains?” If Lin Che had this idea, Zhu Xi would never offer this strategy to Zhu Yuanzhang. Because he had read the history of the Three Kingdoms, but he clearly knew the chaos that China experienced during the Jin Dynasty. It was because the Wei State continued to move barbarians from the grasslands to the Central Plains, thus laying the source of the suffering for the Han people. "Relocating the people of the grassland is a stupid thing that only Cao Wei would do." Lin Che responded angrily to Zhu Ping's questioning question. While turning the mutton skewers in his hand, he explained his strategy: "The soil in the grassland has low carrying capacity, so the population that can be fed is small." "So once the population limit is exceeded, or snow disasters or droughts occur on the grasslands, and their cattle and sheep die in large numbers, these barbarians can only go south to plunder." "But have you ever thought about it, if the Ming Dynasty could provide them with a way to survive and regard this chance of survival as a reward for their loyalty, do you think they would still risk losing their heads and go to the Central Plains to rob?" Although in ordinary people's impression, it seems that once the barbarians gather and go south, the Central Plains dynasty will only be bullied. But in fact, in addition to the lax armament, the last years of the dynasty were characterized by internal and external troubles. During the heyday of the Central Plains Dynasty, these barbarians came a hundred times, but they might not succeed even once. Moreover, even if they succeed, they will inevitably be retaliated by the Central Plains Dynasty with a large army. To put it bluntly, if the imperial court can give these grassland barbarians a new way to survive. They would rush to kneel in front of Da Ming and beg to be his dogs. Instead of being forced to embark on a road of robbery with a narrow escape from death. When Zhu Xi heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up and he said, "Sir, is this way of living you mentioned about running a factory?"

Lin Che glanced at Zhu Ming in surprise. She didn't expect this kid to guess the answer so quickly. He nodded and said: "Yes, there are a lot of cattle and sheep on the grassland, but a big disaster will cause countless casualties." "There is a lack of salt on the grassland, so we can't marinate and preserve the cattle and sheep. If the season is wrong, we can't dry them into dried meat. We can only let these cattle and sheep rot and deteriorate." "But if I, Daming, can build a cannery on the grassland, the above disasters will no longer affect the survival of the grassland barbarians." As long as the cattle and sheep do not die of illness, they can be made into canned beef and mutton with a long shelf life. And even if it is a cow, it can be replaced by half or even one-third of the cow's weight in canned beef. The barbarians on the grassland were very willing to change. After all, these cans more than recouped their losses. (End of this chapter)