Whether it is a feudal society or a capitalist society, capital is profit-seeking, as long as a place is profitable, capital will flock to it, you don't see Westerners traveling thousands of miles, risking their lives to run across the ocean to Daming to do business, this is not because of the huge profits.

It is true that the land outside the Saiwai is vast, but the general climate is harsh, and there are few places suitable for farming, which is indeed of little value to the feudal farming society dominated by agriculture, and the nomads outside the Saiwai are fierce and untamable, coming and going like the wind, even if the place is defeated, it is difficult to hold, so the Han regimes of the past dynasties rarely have the will to incorporate the Saiwai into the national territory, and they all adopt the strategy of passive defense.

Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of the six countries, is awesome enough, right? Even this kind of lord still has no desire to conquer the outside of the Saiwai, and is even willing to mobilize millions of laborers to build a great wall to prevent the nomads in the north.

He is like Zhu Di, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, who personally conquered Mongolia six times, in terms of military strength, he is fully capable of occupying Monan, but he did not do that, the reason is because it is unprofitable!

These nomads are so poor that they don't produce at all except grazing, and they fight with the Ming army and they can fight if they can't fight, and the Ming army wastes a lot of manpower and material resources, and in the end at most they catch back some horses, cattle and sheep, which is not enough to help supplement the military expenses, and is purely a loss-making business.

However, now it is different, Xu Jin, as a modern traverser, has a pattern and cognition that is N times higher than the so-called heroes of all dynasties, and he has put his strategic attention on mineral resources, and this bitter cold land outside the plug has immediately changed from a piece of chicken ribs to a treasure land.

Of course, the Ming Dynasty was vast and sparsely populated, the handicraft industry was just emerging, the demand for coal was extremely limited, and the common people could not even burn firewood, and naturally they did not look down on coal, only Beijing, Nanjing, Yangzhou and other populous cities had a greater demand for coal.

Therefore, even if a large open-pit coal mine is found outside the Saiwai, it is difficult to have a market, but it is better than nothing, at least it solves the fuel problem for the local garrison, and also provides hardware conditions for the rise of local cities in the future.

If it is a gold and silver mine, it is different, these precious metals are hard currency, digging gold and silver is equivalent to digging money, so once gold and silver mines are discovered, capital and labor will inevitably flock to it, and the demand for coal will naturally rise, which is interlocking.

Fortunately, there are also gold and silver mines in Inner Mongolia, and there are many in Gansu!

At this time, Jiajing opened the map drawn by Xu Jin, and urged Xu Jin to "pinch his fingers" with great interest, what is it? Where is the gold and where is the silver?

Xu Jin's head is big, although he is a traverser, but he is not an expert in mineral resources, he only remembers some famous large oil fields, large coal mines and the like, but they are also extremely limited.

Fortunately, Xu Jin also loved to speculate in stocks in his previous life, but he remembered the names of some precious metal stocks, such as Chifeng Gold, Yintai Gold, Hunan Gold, Zijin Mining, etc., at this time, he was urged by Jiajing to be anxious, so he poured out all these goods, as for whether gold and silver can be found in these places in the end, it depends on whether the craftsmen in the Ministry of Industry have this level.

"Xu Qing, your head is really a treasure, sometimes I really want to change my head with you!" Jiajing looked at the more than a dozen coordinates on the map and sighed triumphantly.

"Can the emperor not mention his head, the minister is so panicked, his neck is cold and swishing!" Xu Jin smiled bitterly.

Jiajing was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "What's the panic? What's yours is mine, and I can really want your head to be gone. ”

Xu Jin shrugged his shoulders and diverted the topic: "The emperor summoned his ministers into the palace this time, won't it be for these blockages." ”

Jiajing pursed his lips and said, "Look down on Ah Duwu, right?" If you want 7,000 stone a year, don't take it, so I can save some silver. ”

Xu Jin said calmly: "Eat the king, share worries for the king, although the minister is not talented, but he also shares a lot of worries for the emperor, right?" It is natural to take it for granted, and not a single copper plate is missing. ”

Jiajing showed an expression of I despise you!

"Could it be that the emperor is short of silver to spend?" Xu Jinqi said.

Jiajing shook his head and said: "There is no shortage of money, this year's treasury revenue has increased again, but there are more parties to spend silver, not to mention anything else, just you spent nearly three million taels on the Northern Expedition this year, accounting for nearly 20% of this year's finance and taxes, but silver is secondary, and my headache now is the lack of troops." ”

Xu Jin shrugged his shoulders, indifferently took a sip of his wine glass, the lack of troops is right, the land area has increased by two or three percent, not only to fight, but also to send local garrisons, it is normal for the troops to be insufficient, not to mention that the entire Ming Dynasty has a population of more than 60 million.

Jiajing saw that Xu Jin looked like he didn't care about himself, and said a little unhappily: "Who said just now that you were worried about the king's share, but you gave me an idea, believe it or not, I will deduct you for three years, so that you can't even afford Zhi'er's sister's dowry." ”

Xu Jin almost squirted out a mouthful of wine, what kind of brain circuit is this kid, I can't afford the dowry, it's not you who suffers?

"The emperor is as wise as you, so you don't need to make up your mind for such a simple question, not to mention that there are many capable people in the court." Xu Jin said angrily.

Indeed, on the problem of insufficient troops, Jiajing actually had a plan in his heart, and the courtiers also proposed many solutions to the problem to him, but it was only out of trust and dependence on Xu Jin that he habitually asked Xu Jin's opinion.

Jiajing smiled and said, "Don't come to pat me, it's my business that I have an idea, I just want to know what you have in mind." ”

Xu Jin spread his hands and said: "What other good way, spend money to recruit troops, the Yu family army under Yu Dayou was recruited, and the combat effectiveness is not half a star stronger than the Weisuo army, the hereditary system of military households is no longer feasible, and it must be reformed." ”

Jiajing's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile: "It seems that Xu Qing and my heroes see the same thing, one hundred and fifty years after the founding of our dynasty, the hereditary system of the military household of the guard has indeed been created by a thousand holes, which has seriously affected the combat effectiveness, and it is time to carry out drastic reforms, but it is also very inappropriate to allow generals to recruit troops privately, and it is necessary for the imperial court to recruit them uniformly." ”

Xu Jin nodded, allowing the generals to privately fund the army may cause the generals to support the troops and even the situation of warlord separation, which poses a threat to the central power, so the best way is to recruit troops across the country, and the food and salary must be issued by the imperial court to ensure the centralization of power.

Jiajing said: "Now that the treasury is full, it is not a problem to spend money to recruit soldiers, but this army is too much, and I am afraid that it will affect the agricultural time and production of the whole country." ”

Xu Jin shrugged his shoulders and said: "Then let's look at the dishes, according to the minister's opinion, the population of our Ming Dynasty is still too small, and it is appropriate to multiply it several times." ”

Jiajing rolled his eyes: "You don't have back pain when you stand and talk, so many people, what do you take to feed?" ”

Xu Jin looked unimpressed, more than a billion people in China in later generations can be fed, although there is no hybrid rice of Yuan Lao, but there is no problem at all to raise one or two hundred million people in the fertile land of China, so although the population is raw, the arable land is enough, and if it is not enough, the wasteland will be opened, and the wild forests in the south are still primitive and magnificent.

Jiajing listened to Xu Jin's description, and his mind couldn't help but come alive, and asked, "Then how can we let the people have more children?" ”

"Simple, life is rich, material is rich, there is surplus food to feed the family, the people will naturally create more people, don't worry about the emperor, oh, the emperor wants to speed up the population growth can also be incentive, for example, each family, raising one more child will reduce the tax, divide a few acres of land or something, and ensure that the people are willing to live hard."

Jiajing rolled his eyes again and said, "Then everyone has ten children, wouldn't they have to pay taxes?" ”

After Jiajing finished speaking, he glared at Xu Jin suspiciously and continued: "You guy won't be trying to harm the public and get rid of himself, right?" After all, you're all four...... No, it's five, General Xue still has one in his belly, and in a few years there will be more than ten, how can this be reasonable, why is Xu Qing so able to give birth? I finally gave birth to one, and I still don't have a handle, God is so unfair! ”

Jiajing said that at the end, his expression was dazed, and deep resentment came to his face.

Xu Jin almost fell headlong, and the matter of giving birth to a child will not be able to worry about the king, don't look at my brother with that kind of look!