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Chapter 28 The Food Delivery Girl in the Ruins

The spring is cold and the ruins are ruined.

There were burnt logs everywhere, and the broken tiles were interspersed with white bone stubble.Streets are clogged with wasteland and crumbling walls.

Lao Zhu ordered people to get out of the car and go forward, not to damage the vegetation, not to frighten the people.

Wearing straw sandals woven by eunuchs on their feet, and carrying wild vegetables in their hands, they stepped on the uneven ground.

The crowd was divided into several groups. Zhu Biao took Mu Ying to patrol along the river, Zhu Yuanzhang and Li Shanchang Liu Bowen walked in the middle, and Zhu Xi and the others were taken care of by Yang Xian to go in the opposite direction.

Zhu Biao asked Yu'er to take care of them.

Smoke was rising from the mound, and a disheveled child saw Zhu Biao and Mu Ying approaching from a distance, with horror in his eyes, he quickly got into the ruins and disappeared.

If you don't pay attention to the rocks and debris, your legs and feet will be scratched. Lao Zhu is very concerned about Zhu Biao, and he is afraid that the road will be difficult, so he tells him to walk along the canal to inspect.

Because there is a cleared road by the river, which is crooked and can accommodate a carriage.

Mu Ying saw that Zhu Biao's clothes were torn, but he patrolled around without realizing it, and silently removed the broken wood around him.

Zhu Biao exercised on weekdays, and he walked like flying, and the distance between the two gradually widened.

The canal dotted with alums in the past now has only a few fishing boats, and the thin fisherman with sunken eyes is shaking the boat.

There is a sense of waste everywhere.

Since the Ming Dynasty, Yangzhou's skinny horses have been famous all over the world. Girls raised as skinny horses have a better life than girls who sell themselves in fireworks.

No one can be seen here now.

Mu Ying turned around the pile of waste wood, and Zhu Biao disappeared: "Your Highness—"

Zhu Biao crossed the ruins, stood by the canal and looked at the river, kicking stones under his feet, his mind spinning rapidly.

The reconstruction of Yangzhou can be used as an agricultural experiment base. If everything is done well with chemical fertilizers and guns are produced, it will build an industrial foundation for Daming.

It is also necessary to change Lao Zhu's small peasant thinking, but this will take some time.

Lao Zhu's thinking is stubborn and difficult to change. He must see the benefits, otherwise how can he make changes, let alone liberate productivity.

After the mid-Ming Dynasty, new factors such as the monetization of silver, the commercialization of agricultural products, and the prosperity of international trade brought about drastic changes in the land system and personal attachment relationships, making Lao Zhu's system unsustainable.

Zhu Biao thought about reforming Daming, but he just thought about it, because implementing it is another matter. If Da Ming is messed up without authorization, it will make Daming die faster.

Water transportation and navigation can also start from Yangzhou.

I don't worry about chemical fertilizers. I have to prepare basic chemistry courses. The methods of chemical fertilizers studied in Chongzhen were profound.

To increase agricultural production, chemical fertilizers and high-yielding seeds are indispensable. If there is enough food, productivity can be slowly liberated.

Firearms had a foundation in the Ming Dynasty. Jiangsu and Zhejiang were originally a land of fish and rice. With a little management, the foundation is very good, and the salt industry can develop here.

As Zhu Biao walked and thought, he became fascinated. The wheelbarrow carrying grain on the road by the river turned around and collided with him.

The wheelbarrow overturned and two sacks of grain rolled off the cart, almost falling into the canal.

"Are you blind? You didn't see the grain cart coming, so pick it up for the young master." The man pushing the grain cart was about to come and grab Zhu Biao's collar, but Zhu Biao dodged it.

Zhu Biao, who was immersed in his own thoughts, immediately came back to his senses and found that he had knocked over the grain bag, and said, "Sorry, Ben... I didn't see your grain cart."

"Just an apology? What about the grain bag?" The cart driver insisted on reaching out again.

"stop."

A clear and soft voice came.

"Miss Knowing?"

The girl was wearing a fox-fur cloak, and the fluffy neckline reflected her clear cheeks. She looked soft like a woman, but also had independence and tenacity in her eyes. She nodded slightly at Zhu Biao.

The maid behind her stared at Zhu Biao.

"He didn't mean it, so don't get entangled in this matter." The woman's eyes skipped over Zhu Biao, and she continued to look at the account book in her hand.

Zhu Biao glanced at his clothes, ordinary clothes, and straw sandals, all because of Lao Zhu's request to be frugal.

"If it weren't for Miss Zhiwu, I want you to look good today." The driver gave Zhu Biao a cold look, and walked towards the center of Yangzhou city with two bags of grain on his shoulder.

"Do you know? Do you know? It should be green, fat, red and thin." Zhu Biao glanced at her, and subconsciously read this poem.

The woman looked at the account book slightly, then closed the account book and left with a few servants and maids.

The beauty and temperament of girls are not ordinary people.

But what does this have to do with me? Many things in the Ming Dynasty now need to be solved by myself.

Some systems have already been established by Lao Zhu, and his focus should be on the research of agriculture, firearms, navigation, and industry.

Encountering such a situation, Zhu Biao didn't bow his head to ponder his own general plan, but concentrated on walking.

It stands to reason that there should be more than a dozen families in Yangzhou now, but I walked so far and didn't even see a shadow of a commoner, which made me feel very strange.

Could it be that Yangzhou has become an empty city.

The usual road is very slow because of the piled up ruins, tiles, stones, and dark wood.

Zhu Biao planned to go back to the carriage and gather with Lao Zhu and the others to discuss the resumption of agricultural production in Yangzhou.

It is best to go back to the East Palace, immediately make some simple fertilizers, pick some grain seeds, and develop the land in Yangzhou.

Specific analysis of specific issues, the Ming Dynasty cannot be applied mechanically, and these situations must be combined to explore a path that belongs to the Ming Dynasty.

If the Zhu family is divided, then old Zhu will kill himself, which is definitely not possible.

For the reconstruction of Yangzhou, agricultural research can also be used. Raising food and money for the people is the most important thing.

After walking a few steps, Mu Ying chased him up from a distance, with a tiger-like pace and a burly figure.

Zhu Biao looked at him, and came up with an idea in his heart. If he wants to build an elite army with firearms, it is better to bring Mu Ying over to be the leader, and then continue to expand and train this elite army as his own backing.

Mu Ying is very loyal to Zhu Biao, and although Lan Yu also supports her, she is a bit arrogant and difficult to control.

"Your Highness, why are you running so fast? I can't even catch up with you." Mu Ying walked up to Zhu Biao, and smiled reassuringly after seeing her Highness was safe and sound.

It stands to reason that Mu Ying is older than himself. When he was called Zhu Ying before, the two of them still called brothers. Since the founding of the country, he insisted on his surname Mu.

Zhu Biao is also the prince, so it is not good to be too eager with him, but respectfully said: "Brother Yi, let's go to the emperor father."

When Mu Ying heard His Royal Highness calling her brother-in-law, she followed him enthusiastically.

"Why is there smoke over there?" Zhu Biao pointed behind a broken wall and said, "Go and see if Father and the others are there."

Mu Ying nodded and walked towards the place where there were fireworks, Zhu Biao followed closely behind.

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