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Chapter 934, The other side of the great food harvest (extra meals)

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    At the end of October in the fifteenth year of Hongzhi's reign, Nanyang was still as warm as summer. People were drinking coconut juice, nibbling sugar cane, and directing slaves to work. People here in Australia had already begun to put on summer clothes and raise scissors at home.  Wool, midwifery for cattle and horses.

    As for the Beijing-Tianjin area, the ruling center of the Ming Dynasty, as the cold wind howled, the first snow fell in the fifteenth year of Hongzhi.

    "It's snowing, winter is here!"

    Liu Jin, who was wearing a crimson robe, stood beside the glass window and was in a daze looking at the heavy snow outside.

    It¡¯s already winter before you know it.

    Time is passing faster and faster. It is the fifteenth year of Hongzhi. If I think about it carefully, I don¡¯t seem to have done anything. This year is almost over.

    Last winter, I didn¡¯t have a home to celebrate the New Year. I was originally going to take a vacation, but Emperor Hongzhi sent me to lead an expedition to the Western Regions. This lasted for more than half a year, and I didn¡¯t return to the capital until this summer.

    I thought I could have a good rest at home for a few months, but as a result, Emperor Hongzhi was diagnosed with intestinal carbuncle, and I had to be busy treating Emperor Hongzhi for several months.

    Emperor Hongzhi's illness has recovered. The fifteen years of Hongzhi are about to pass. Time flies too fast.

    With a slight sigh, Liu Jin continued to return to his desk.

    There are a lot of things to do. Being the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel and in charge of the officials of the world, there are really too many things to do. Since ancient times, the management of this person has been the most difficult thing to do, let alone an official.

    "It will be November soon. At the end of October and the beginning of December, the feudal officials from various provinces in the Ming Dynasty will return to Beijing to report on their duties. This is the most important event since I became the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs."

    "In addition, the official evaluation at the end of the year is also a big event. Now the officials in the Ming Dynasty are still too lazy. Basically, it can be said that many officials have done nothing and are doing nothing."

    Liu Jin pondered carefully and began to think about the big things to be done at the end of the year.

    Since he became the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Liu Jin must make a difference. Emperor Hongzhi put himself in this position, and he must have hoped that he could innovate the Ming Dynasty's official administration.

    But it¡¯s certainly not an easy thing, and it¡¯s been this way since ancient times.

    After dealing with the affairs of the Ministry of Personnel, Liu Jin still had no way to rest. After reaching Liu Jin's position, there are too many things that need to be paid attention to, and all aspects of the Ming Dynasty must be paid attention to.

    ¡°The Ming Dynasty ushered in a great harvest, and grain prices dropped to unprecedented levels. Wheat here in Liaodong can be purchased for five stones for one tael of silver!¡±

    "Chen Xin, the chief envoy of Liaodong, asked the imperial court to purchase a large number of steam harvesters to complete the autumn harvest. There are too many fields cultivated and planted in Liaodong this year."

    "There is a great harvest in the Western Regions and Hezhong, and the food is enough to feed the Western Regions and Hezhong areas for several years."

    ¡°Sugar cane harvests are ushering in various provinces in Nanyang. It is expected that this year¡¯s sucrose production will increase by 40% compared with last year.¡±

    "Jiangnan, Jiangxi, Huguang, and Sichuan have a great harvest. The price of rice is about three cents per catty, and coarse grains such as corn and sweet potatoes can be purchased for three cents for one penny~"

    "The low price of grain hurts farmers, and grain prices have fallen sharply, causing farmers to increase production without increasing income."

    "Beizhili has always been a province with high production, but in the fifteenth year of Hongzhi, Beizhili not only had no production, but also had a huge food gap, and a large amount of land was used to grow cotton and vegetables."

    Liu Jin could not help but frown as he looked at the messages coming from all over the place.

    Judging from various information, in the fifteenth year of Hongzhi, Ming Dynasty ushered in an unprecedented bumper harvest, and grain production in various places doubled.

    Not only the traditional rice, wheat, millet and sorghum, but also the yields of corn, potatoes and sweet potatoes introduced from Huangjinzhou have also skyrocketed.

    The most direct result is that the price of grain in the Ming Dynasty plummeted, and grain merchants had to become beggars because grain trading was really unprofitable.

    There is endless food all over the Ming Dynasty. Everyone is worried about how to sell the food. There are no people buying food at all. The life of the grain merchants is naturally difficult.

    What they like most is naturally like the famine in the three northern provinces. Food was sold at sky-high prices, so they could make money. However, when there was too much food, they stopped making money.

    ¡°Immigration in recent years has been effective, moving a large number of people from densely populated and barren places to Liaodong, Nanyang, the Western Regions, Australia and Golden Island. A large number of immigrants have reclaimed land and food production has exploded.¡±

    "This; "In addition, if Beizhili does not produce grain, it means that large-scale grain transportation from all over the Ming Dynasty will be needed to come to Beizhili. It will not matter in a short time. Over time, a dependence will inevitably be formed. If once the grain is transported  If it is not done in time, it is very likely that the great famine of a few years ago will occur again in Beizhili."

    Liu Jian said very excitedly.

    ??This Ming Dynasty has ushered in a bumper harvest all over the country, but here in Beizhili, no one is growing food. The best land is actually used to grow cotton. Can this cotton be eaten?

    "If these people have no food to eat, then there will be another famine in Beizhili. We don't know how many people will die. The tragic scene of the great famine that year may happen again."

    Hearing Liu Jian's words, Emperor Hongzhi frowned immediately. This food is a big deal, related to the national economy and people's livelihood. It's not okay that no one in Beizhili is growing food.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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