Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 1507 succeeded

   Zhu Houzhao was in a hurry to take care of his crops.

  Fang Jifan called him to stop.

  Zhu Houzhao always had more patience with Fang Jifan than with others, so he said, "What else is there, what's the matter?"

   "Your Highness, I have heard that many people are now praising a prince named Suleiman."

   "I don't know him." Zhu Houzhao dismissed this.

  Da Ming now has more princes than dogs.

   It's not the son of the Zongwang, but the son of a serious vassal king.

  The establishment of the new city and the construction of the commuter railway made the capital begin to expand wildly.

  Countless new things have begun to emerge, which has made it dominate the world. Whether it is population, prosperity, entertainment, or convenience, it is second to none.

  There are many places in the West, and many envoys have come from afar. After seeing this, many people are reluctant to think about it.

  The clansmen of the vassal states, especially after Daming firmly controlled them, immediately had the idea of ​​cunning rabbits and three caves.

Those royal families are becoming more and more dependent on Daming. After all, Daming's attitude, to a certain extent, is closely related to the vassal state. Life and death are tied to the front line. Even many royal families dare not entrust the negotiations with Daming to foreign surnames. He often sends his own son to come to the capital to explore the direction of the Ming Dynasty's national policy and make good friends with Wang Gong.

  These princes often came with a lot of money to buy luxury houses, and when they arrived in the capital, they spent money like dirt, so uncomfortable.

  Their main duty is like this, to make friends with ministers, and even if they can get in touch with the eunuchs in the palace, that would be great. Therefore, they are very generous and generous, and they are the main force of extravagant consumption in Beijing.

  Zhu Houzhao looked down upon them.

Fang Jifan looked at Zhu Houzhao's disapproval, and said, "Prince Suleiman, this man is extraordinary, Your Highness must never see each other. The most frightening thing is that he came into contact with Confucian scholars in Daming and consulted with many scholars. Among the scholars, he has gained a good reputation, and I think this person came to my Ming Dynasty to find the way to enrich the country and strengthen the army."

   Zhu Houzhao was surprised when he heard this: "Ah, since he came here to find a way to make the country rich and the army strong, why did he hang out with a group of rotten scholars?"

   "Uh..." Fang Jifan looked a little embarrassed.

  Suleiman is not a shrewd person. At this time, he is only a few years away from taking over the throne in history. In history, a few years later, he will become the Ottoman monarch and start his grand plan.

  A person like this will definitely not be confused.

  Fang Jifan tried to explain all this: "I guess there is a possibility, that is...lazy."

   "Lazy..." Zhu Houzhao couldn't reason.

Fang Jifan talked eloquently: "What do you need to make a steam locomotive? You need someone like Youchen to point out the direction, and you need the prince to persevere for ten years. Of course, this is not enough. We need Tuntianwei has continuously increased food production and freed a lot of manpower from the land. We need iron and steel workshops to produce a large amount of steel every day; we need Xishan Coal Industry to search for minerals everywhere and mine them wantonly. Let them solve one problem after another. Of course, these are far from enough. We need countless silver, gather countless wealth in this world, and invest in it continuously. The amount of investment of these silver is far more than any The scale of the era, ten years ago, the revenue from the silver tax of the Ming treasury was only two to three million taels, and the investment of one steam locomotive, which included thirty-seven workshops for accessories, as well as the town government and research institutes, cost a lot of money. Ten million taels of silver!"

"It's just that...it's a fluke to be successful, because before we succeeded, we spent countless gold and silver, used countless manpower, and... used countless previous technology reserves and accumulations such as smelting and mechanical manufacturing. It has taken several years, and there is no guarantee of success. If it fails, all previous efforts will be in vain. Your Highness, do you think it is easy to build a steam locomotive?"

  Zhu Houzhao thought about it, and said confidently: "With Ben Gong, it will be easier."

Fang Jifan felt that this guy was just here to raise an argument, and said helplessly: "What I mean is, if Your Highness is a foreigner who came to Daming, went to the capital, saw the prosperity of the capital, and the steam locomotive connecting the north and south of the capital, this huge thing spewed billowing steam. Thick smoke, carrying a load of 100,000 jins of goods and people walking along the railroad tracks, Your Highness, must be shocked, and from the bottom of my heart, I hope I can learn from it.”

  Zhu Houzhao tilted his head. It was really hard for him to feel like a foreign prince, because...he broke his head, and he couldn't imagine what those pigs were thinking.

Fang Jifan knew that Zhu Houzhao's brain cells were not good at this, so he decided not to be a fool, and said: "They want to learn, and people will want to learn after seeing all this. But...they don't know anything about steam locomotives, and they don't know much about industrial construction. It is also impossible to talk about it, and it is too difficult for them to devote all their power to gather talents from all over the world and take out countless wealth in the national treasury to study these things. They want to learn, but they don't know the reason, let alone At this time, the courage to break the boat and sink the boat will form a kind of inertia...that is to learn culture."

  Zhu Houzhao still felt that his brain could not keep up with this tune, looked at Fang Jifan in surprise and said, "What does steam locomotives have to do with culture?"

"There is a logic here. Why did Ming Dynasty build steam locomotives? This is because Daming worshiped Confucius as a teacher and read the Four Books and Five Classics. Daming is rich and powerful because of reading the Four Books and Five Classics. Therefore, if they also read The Four Books and the Five Classics, you might say, they will naturally become rich and powerful?"

  Zhu Houzhao felt confused: "I still don't understand."

  Fang Jifan admitted that Zhu Houzhao was indeed a genius in some places, but sometimes, Fang Jifan felt powerless towards Zhu Houzhao.

He sighed, and had no choice but to say: "His Royal Highness, I can't take it anymore, I can be more straightforward, that is, there is nothing in the world that is easier to learn than culture. It is difficult to build a steam locomotive, but the Four Books The Five Classics are so easy to learn. You only need to buy a few books, and it takes ten days and a half months to read one or two. If you want to learn more profoundly, you can spend a few years and read them in the study. Years, you can talk about others, isn't this the easiest knowledge in the world."

  Zhu Houzhao finally understood a little bit, and couldn't help being happy: "That's the truth, so they think that as long as they read the Four Books and Five Classics, they will naturally breed steam locomotives like Daming in the future?"

  Fang Jifan said cheekily: "Smart."

  Zhu Houzhao laughed and said: "Haha, since that's the case, then let them learn. I will follow them to learn. It is best to send all these great Confucian scholars to the vassal state. I have long been tired of them."

Fang Jifan smiled and said: "But the crux of the problem is that Suleiman's eagerness to learn has aroused the favor of the scholars. Now many people say that even the prince of the Ottoman Kingdom is so studious and tireless. Zhang Sheng, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, actually played the performance in the past few days. He was very surprised by Suleiman's behavior and thought that this Ottoman prince was wise."

  Zhu Houzhao was not angry at all, and even said flatteredly: "Let them go."

  Fang Jifan rolled his eyes at him: "Hey, the prince still doesn't understand, they are scolding His Royal Highness. This is called referring to Sang Huai, which means that His Royal Highness is not as good as an Ottoman prince."

   "Really?" Zhu Houzhao finally realized belatedly, and suddenly...

  He was angry, and the veins on his forehead were exposed: "What do they know, a group of nerds, I will be the emperor in the future, and they will be cleaned up one by one."

  Fang Jifan wiped his sweat, it is really not easy for His Royal Highness to understand this.

"So, His Royal Highness, these days, you have to be careful. I don't know how many people want to make use of it. I have already thought about it, and I will find a reason to tell His Majesty to expel Suleiman. By the way, let him bring a group of great scholars superior."

  Zhu Houzhao let out a cry.

  Although Fang Jifan has said so much, his mind has no interest at all. If you criticize, just criticize.

He said anxiously: "Okay, don't talk about it, what do they want to do, why do they go, I will die if I don't look at the crops, and the group of dogs below are all hands and feet, what do they know? If I don't Go, something went wrong, it's bad, go, go."

   After finishing speaking, he turned around and left.

  Fang Jifan: "..."

  Fang Jifan sighed silently!

  But at this time, someone came in a hurry from outside, and almost bumped into Zhu Houzhao who was about to rush out of the hall.

   It was Zhang Xin.

  Zhu Houzhao has been familiar with riding and shooting since he was a child, and his skills are powerful. As for Zhang Xin, he was playing around with the crops, and his body was also extremely strong.

  The two collided with each other with great force.

  So Zhu Houzhao grinned: "I'm blind..."

  Zhang Xin said: "His Royal Highness... the young ears... the young ears have grown, it is a densely planted experimental field... come out."

  Zhang Xin's face was overjoyed.

  Even bumping into the prince, he didn't feel panic.

  Zhu Houzhao heard it... densely planted, and the young ears are born...

   All of a sudden, he felt dizzy.

  The same one mu of land, how much food to grow, not only depends on the output of each rice seedling, but now... the research direction of this experimental field is another way of thinking.

  The same one mu of land used to be able to plant a thousand seedlings, but if the dense planting method is used, two thousand seedlings can be planted.

  Of course, this was impossible in the past. The fertility of the land is only so much, and the nutrients can barely meet the needs of a thousand seedlings. If it is densely planted, the final result is that most of the seedlings cannot survive.

  Can now...

   It seems... the dawn...

  Zhu Houzhao was so excited that he danced and rushed forward, wanting to hug Zhang Xin.

   It seemed that Zhang Xin was dirty again, so he turned around and hugged Fang Jifan who was sitting on the chair, and said happily: "It's going to be done...Old Fang...it's going to be done."

  (end of this chapter)