jdhmnovel Chapter 870 The indigenous faction dislikes the transmigrators for not being radical enough?
Chapter 870 The indigenous faction dislikes the transmigrators for not being radical enough?
For the people of Zhongyuan Tangkou, farming is an obsession ingrained in their very bones.
Even Yang Shaofeng, who is usually lazy and knows nothing about farming, still thinks about planting something in his own yard.
Old Deng was even worse.
In the Forbidden City, the old emperor insisted on creating a vegetable garden, and even planted two tea trees. He would tend to them whenever he had free time, saying that the tea he personally roasted was more fragrant, and the vegetables he personally grew were tastier.
Empress Ma was originally born into a wealthy family, but her obsession with farming was no less than that of the old emperor.
She planted mulberry trees, raised silkworms, and even wove cloth herself in the palace.
If we use the term "farming syndrome" to describe it, then Yang Shaofeng belongs to the early stage, while Lao Deng and his mother-in-law belong to the middle stage.
Li Shanchang was in a typical late stage and was completely beyond saving.
"The desert... that desolate place needs to be stabilized first."
"Without sand fixation, no matter how much water you fill in, it won't stay."
"Moreover, the desert will gradually expand, encroaching on arable land."
Li Shanchang said almost to himself, "Your Ministry of Agriculture still needs to find a way to stabilize the sand first, using trees that can grow in the desert to lock in the sand, step by step."
"Make a long-term plan, stretching the timeframe to a hundred years."
"Little by little, we will turn the desert back into arable land."
"..."
Yang Shaofeng was somewhat bewildered.
He even felt a sense of frustration, as if he, a transmigrator, was less daring and enterprising than Li Shanchang, a native.
So, is this why the indigenous people think the time travelers aren't radical enough?
Where the hell can I go to seek justice?!
I'm clearly a hydrogen-rich guy!
Yang Shaofeng was internally ranting, but Li Shanchang frowned and said, "It seems that when you calculate it this way, our Ming Dynasty still doesn't have enough warships."
Along the coast of the Ming Dynasty, places like Jinzhou, Dengzhou, Quanzhou, and Guangzhou would need to have small fleets stationed, right?
Even a small navy with only a dozen or so warships would have at least several hundred or even a thousand warships if all the coastal prefectures were included.
Shouldn't a small fleet be stationed at Iwami Ginzan in Eishu?
Since places like Srivijaya, Malacca, Siam, and Annam were to establish inspection offices to collect taxes, each of them needed to be equipped with a small fleet to ensure that the inspection offices could collect taxes.
Adding them all together, there should be at least a hundred warships.
To find the main island of Hinan County, and to transport coal and iron ore, we need a large or even super-large fleet, at least five or six hundred warships.
In addition, Yang the Madman had previously mentioned that there was an island overseas covered in bird droppings that could be brought back to fertilize the land, which would require a large fleet of several hundred ships.
Then the problem is coming.
Shipbuilding is not like building cannons.
The cannons need steel and coal; if there isn't enough, we can just mine them.
However, shipbuilding requires wood that has been air-dried for many years, and once that stuff is used up, it's truly gone.
Even if trees are felled and dried every year, it is very likely that the supply will not be enough to meet the needs of the shipyard.
More importantly, trees are easy to cut down, but it takes decades to plant them.
Thinking of this, Li Shanchang couldn't help but glance at Yang Shaofeng again.
Could it be that Yang the Madman had planned to build a large number of ships long ago, which is why he planted so many trees on both sides of the road?
Tsk.
Everyone says I'm not a good person.
Yang the Madman had been thinking about building ships and going to sea to seize territory for several years. Was he some kind of good person?
Li Shanchang was internally ranting, while Yang Shaofeng had someone bring some lighters and handed them out to Li Shanchang and the group of officials one by one.
"This is the latest, improved version of the lighter."
"The grinding wheel rubbed against the flint instead of the original hammer striking the flint."
"A small spring was added to the bottom of the grinding wheel so that it could push the flint upwards."
As Yang Shaofeng handed out lighters to everyone, he said with a smile, "The original striking lighters could be easily copied, but now... even if you put them in front of the barbarians, they still can't copy them."
"After all, the appearance is easy to imitate, but the kerosene used inside is not."
"Without the petroleum distillation separation method from the School of Chemical Engineering, they could at most produce a simple version of 'fire oil'."
Li Shanchang chuckled as he fiddled with his lighter, saying, "So, the price of lighters at the market has gone up again?"
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It took Li Shanchang five or six days to finish touring Dengzhou University.
Then, Li Shanchang came to two conclusions.
First, we must continue to increase the amount of money invested, and require the Ministry of Revenue to increase the proportion of investment in universities when making budgets.
Secondly, Dengzhou University should be split up as soon as possible, and at the very least, a second Dengzhou University should be established by the end of next year, that is, before the end of the seventh year of Hongwu.
In particular, the medical school of Dengzhou University should be split into several similar medical schools and placed in various provincial administrations.
As for the officials who came to Dengzhou with Li Shanchang, they were completely dumbfounded.
Some even questioned the meaning of life.
Is it because Yang Dianfeng is too powerful?
Or are the officials in the imperial court just too incompetent?
If Yang's madness is too great, then what the hell was he doing when the world was in chaos?
Why is he the only one who knows all this nonsense?
What about his fellow disciples, junior disciples, and even his seniors in the sect?
If the officials in the imperial court are too incompetent, then wouldn't Hu Yuan be utterly useless?
Furthermore, based on what I saw and heard during this trip to Dengzhou Prefecture, especially the new machinery I saw at Dengzhou University, how should they be promoted?
Promoting these machines would certainly have benefits, but what about the drawbacks?
As the old saying goes, you can't just see the thief eating meat, but you can't see the thief getting beaten.
The problem is that these new machines have a completely new impact on the entire Ming Dynasty. They are like a new thief, and no one has ever seen him get beaten up.
The officials felt increasingly uneasy and had a growing headache.
"Let them think about it carefully."
Zhu Biao said with a smile, "It's a good thing that you know how to think about it and are willing to think about it."
"If they are unwilling to even think about it and only think about how to get promoted and make money, that's the most troublesome thing."
Li Shanchang glanced at Zhu Biao directly.
So, you think government officials are just your beasts of burden?
It's a good thing to think about it some more.
Why can't you, a black sesame dumpling, consider my hair?
Li Shanchang was internally ranting, but Zhu Biao suddenly smiled and said, "I suddenly have an idea."
"Since the officials brought by Prime Minister Li are willing to think about this, what about the officials under the jurisdiction of the other provincial governors?"
"How about this—we'll have the officials from various prefectures and even states come to Dengzhou to broaden their horizons and give them some food for thought."
"If even 10% of the officials in the more than 1,000 prefectures and counties of the Ming Dynasty were willing to think about this carefully, it would be enough to benefit the people of more than 100 prefectures and counties."