Soon, Lu Fang came back and agreed, that is, the yield per mu in the suburbs of Nanjing in the Ming Dynasty had shrunk for sixty years. Sixty years ago, the best irrigated land on the outskirts of Nanjing produced nearly 400 kilograms of rice per acre. The best ones now can barely weigh more than three hundred kilograms.
Obviously, the soil is exhausted. But now it is even more impossible to implement intercropping rotation.
Only then did King Yu deeply understand that the three-hundred-year curse was really difficult to change, and everything else was easy to change. The land was exhausted and there was really nothing he could do.
"Eunuch Lu, you said that the increase in manpower has not slowed down, but the power of the land has long been exhausted. What can I do?" Prince Yu felt a little slack for a while, and asked Lu Fang next to him with a lonely expression.
"Back to Your Highness, please forgive my ignorance." Lu Fang did not answer King Yu's question.
Prince Yu glanced at the frightened Lu Fang but did not force him to make a clear stance, but this time his attitude towards Xinxue changed. If you were leaning toward new learning before, now you have to rely on new learning.
If the Ming Dynasty did not rely on Xinxue to find a second source of wealth besides land, it might not be able to pass the three-hundred-year curse.
In October in Liaodong, there was already heavy snow all over the sky.
"What did Qi Jiguang say?" In the Liaodong Governor's Mansion, Gao Gong warmed himself by the fire and asked about the situation outside. It was freezing cold today, and it would have been unbearable had it not been for the support of the charcoal fire.
"I heard that Tuman Khan has been arresting traitors since June. Many people who came to the Haixi Jurchens to make a living and dig ginseng have all returned. Recently, they have not only begun to arrest traitors, but also people who have been raped. , Jurchen traitors have also begun to be arrested. Therefore, more and more people have escaped. I am afraid that after a while, the number of barbarians guarding the border will be reduced to zero."
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"Then let Qi Jiguang send people to take a look. Is Tuman Khan crazy and forcing everyone back to Liaodong? If they usually send people over to capture the population, it will be too late. Now they are crazy to arrest the Han people The spies really don’t know what they are doing.”
When Gao Gong first came to Liaodong, he actually got the news about Xinxue from Gao Yunsheng, that is, Liaodong is a vast and fertile land, and he only needs to cultivate the fields. , is another Jiangnan granary.
Gao Gong can only show signs of separation from Xu Jie in the cabinet now. Instead of having internal strife, it is better to go out and achieve real political achievements.
As soon as he arrived in Liaodong, Gao Gong had already scolded Gao Hanwen, a member of his family, a hundred and eighty times in his heart.
Just clear the fields. At first Gao Gong thought it was similar to cultivating fields in Guan Nei. Who knew that Liaodong is full of these swamps and salt-alkali lands.
It would be great if only weeding and leveling could be used for farming. This swamp and saline-alkali land needs to be drained, but Liaodong is full of plains, and drainage is not easy. It is the kind where there is nowhere to use the energy. What's more, it's freezing cold now. For most of the year, apart from planting a season of beans and harvesting them, I spent most of the time digging trenches for drainage.
"Let's go and have a look at the mine"
HighAlthough Gong scolded Gao Hanwen in his heart for deceiving him through Gao Yunsheng, he still admired Gao Hanwen on the other hand. Especially the steam engines in the mine can continuously pump out groundwater, and can also use the remaining energy to transport coal and iron ore from the mine by rail. If we keep working hard during this winter, we will definitely see results next year.
Fifty steam engines were shipped from Hangzhou and are now neatly installed in the Fushun Coal Mine, roaring and steaming.
Gao Gong came from Liaoyang Prefecture, and there was a lot of white snow along the way. A group of people riding a sled were riding smoothly in the snow. The sled is also a good thing that newly learned Hangzhou craftsmen have figured out. I used to think it was difficult to walk when it snowed, but I didn't expect that with this kind of thing, it would be more convenient than normal. I don’t know how the brains of Hangzhou people grow up. They have never seen heavy snow in the sky, but they can actually create such things. Please remember to collect it, the latest and fastest website is free to read without anti-theft