Chapter 96: What does increasing food production have to do with lifting the maritime ban?
"The previous measures and policies were still within human power, but what should we do with such a major natural disaster?"
"Sir, is the plan coming out? Please save Ming Dynasty!"
Zhu Xi was completely panicked and actually knelt down in front of Lin Che.
"Zhu Er, why are you so anxious? Is this something you should be anxious about?"
Lin Che stepped forward to help Zhu Ming up and patted the dust on his body.
"Sir, our family is an honorable family and is one with the Ming Dynasty. How can students not be anxious?"
Zhu Xi forced out a smile that was uglier than crying at Lin Che.
"Don't panic. Things are not as bad as you think. This Little Ice Age will fully take effect in 200 years. By then, you and your family will be dead."
"We are all dead, why should we care about the flood? This is not something we should worry about. We should just do what we say, do our best, and obey the destiny."
Lin Che said nonchalantly.
Zhu Xi felt like crying when he heard this, "Sir, that's not what I said. You don't have to worry."
But he is different, he is a prince, and this Ming Dynasty is the Ming Dynasty of the old Zhu family, so he cannot die because of this!
If Ming Dynasty dies, what will his sons, grandsons and descendants do? "Sir, the Ming Dynasty cannot be destroyed! Is there any way to solve it? Please, just tell me!"
Zhu Chong was completely at his wits end and could only ask Lin Che for help. In his eyes, Lin Che was synonymous with omnipotence.
The gentleman must have something up his sleeve! "Yes, yes, but this is a big project."
Although it was strange why Zhu Xi said that the Ming Dynasty could not be destroyed, Lin Che didn't think much about it and just thought it was for her own comfortable life.
"Sir, let alone any big projects, as long as they are within human capabilities, no matter how big the project is, it will not be a loss if it can solve this natural disaster!"
When Zhu Xi heard that Lin Che really had a solution, he jumped up excitedly.
As for the size of the big project Lin Che was talking about, he didn't care at all. No matter how big the project was, could it be bigger than Qin Shihuang's construction of the Great Wall or Sui Yang's construction of the Grand Canal?
These were two major projects that were ignored at the time but were praised by later generations! "This major project is not urgent yet. The most important thing now is to solve the drought problem."
Lin Che smiled calmly when she heard this, and her magnetic voice had a soothing charm.
Zhu Ping's inner restlessness was suppressed a lot.
"As for the severe drought, the students used the work-for-relief method that my husband mentioned before and built granaries to store grain for disaster relief. What do you think, sir?"
"Your method may be useful for ordinary droughts, but it is far from sufficient for droughts caused by ice ages."
Lin Che commented on Zhu Xi's proposal.
The idea of providing relief for work is certainly a good idea, but it treats the symptoms rather than the root cause.
"Sir, didn't you mean to solve the current problem?"
Zhu Fang was surprised. Since the work-for-relief program is effective in dealing with ordinary droughts, then use it!Anyway, I just want to solve the immediate problem and start the big project that Lin Che mentioned.
"I said it was an ordinary drought, the kind that happens every few decades or every 100 years. Do you think the current drought will be the same as before?"
"I'm afraid that droughts will happen more frequently in the future. How much food will the Ming Dynasty have to feed them?"
"Besides, the building of granaries you mentioned comes at a critical juncture during the Ice Age. Natural disasters occur frequently, droughts and floods occur, and the people's pockets are not guaranteed to have enough food. Are you sure there will still be food in those granaries of yours?"
Lin Che couldn't handle Zhu Xi's remarks. This kid was really stupid.
"This... is what Mr. said."
Zhu Fang lowered his head in shame and quickly admitted his mistake, then raised his head and said to Lin Che: "So sir, what's your approach?"
In the secret room, Zhu Yuanzhang heard Lin Che say that there would be a drought soon, and he was also worried.
At this moment, he was also eager to know Lin Che's method to solve the drought.
then.
Zhu Yuanzhang got up from his chair and walked to the listening urn, putting his head close to the listening urn for fear of missing any information.
"Faced with today's drought and dealing with the subsequent ice age, there are not all solutions."
Lin Che betrayed her again. "Sir, how to solve it?"
He was so anxious that Zhu Ping felt like his heart was on a roller coaster, beating wildly for a while and cooling down for a while.
"Look at how anxious you are and how calm you are. You want to survive the Little Ice Age smoothly."
"First of all, we must start with the most basic food. If there is not enough food, even the gods will not be able to save us when we are hungry."
Lin Che glanced at Zhu Xi and wondered, couldn't she be as calm as him?
"That's it? No more?"
Seeing that Lin Che stopped talking after she finished speaking, Zhu Xiang opened her mouth wide with a complicated expression.
"Sir, have you not finished explaining this method?"
Zhu Xi asked unwillingly.
"That's it! Increasing food production is the best way."
Lin Che felt strange, why was this kid not as shocked as before? Wasn't his plan good enough? Treat the symptoms as well as the root causes, cut off the weeds as well as the root causes.
Hearing this, Zhu Yuan and Zhu Yuanzhang in the secret room both felt a surge of energy and blood, and Zhu Yuanzhang almost spat out a mouthful of old blood.
They all understand this. Who doesn’t want the people to increase their yields and have better harvests? But now that this is the case, can it be achieved just by talking about it?
Lin Che's words were the same in their hearts as if they had not.
"I'm dizzy..."
Zhu Xi's vision went dark and he almost fainted. Could it be that even the teacher couldn't do anything?
Could it be that the Ming Dynasty would eventually follow in the footsteps of other dynasties and die in 300 years?
Zhu Xiang was seriously confused and helpless, but he still refused to give up.
"Sir, the plan you mentioned is good, but the Ministry of Household Affairs of the imperial court has studied this, and there is no way to increase production much."
"There is no immediate way to increase agricultural production, so your plan, sir, is just talk."
"Who said there is no way? Since I proposed this plan, there are certainly ways to increase agricultural production."
Lin Che was so happy that she immediately gave Zhu Xi a headache. No wonder the boy's face turned green and white. It turned out that he had thought of this.
Boy, you still underestimate us.
In the secret room, Zhu Yuanzhang took a deep breath after hearing this and returned to the chair to sit down.
"Mr. Lin, you really scared me!"
Zhu Yuanzhang took a deep breath, feeling like a village was full of darkness.
"Sir, why didn't you say anything just now? You scared me into thinking Daming was hopeless."
Zhu Xi felt aggrieved for a while, feeling that Lin Che did this on purpose.
"You didn't ask just now, so you asked me if I still have a plan. My plan is indeed gone!"
Lin Che looked at Zhu Xi innocently, could she rely on him?
It's obvious that you didn't ask.
"I...Okay, what is Sir's method to increase food production?"
Zhu Xi was speechless for a while after being argued by Lin Che, and finally gave up the argument and asked about the business.
"There is a way, but we have to wait until the emperor lifts the sea ban."
Lin Che spread her hands and said slowly.
“What does lifting the maritime ban have to do with increasing food production?”
Zhu Xi was very puzzled.
(End of this chapter)