Hearing Li Zhi's words, Zhu Youzhen was stunned for a long time.

"Australia..."

"Australia..."

Li Zhi nodded and said, "Australia's eastern, southern and southeastern directions are rich in water and grass, and the southernmost climate is similar to Beijing, but it is more warm and rainy. It's now full of forests, and some grasslands. If I'm not mistaken, there's a staggering amount of gold hidden there. ”

"If nothing else, just talk about the southeast region of Australia, and there is no problem with pretending to be the population of the entire Ming Dynasty."

"Now our fleet has developed guano resources on the western coastal islands of Peru. It is conservatively estimated that the guano on these islands is enough for us Han people to use for thirty years. Thirty years from now, our chemical base in Japan should be able to supply fertilizer on a large scale. Therefore, we are sure that we will double the grain yield per acre. ”

The more Li Zhi spoke, the more interested he became, and he looked at Zhu Youzhen and said: "Now the yield per mu of wheat is very low, and counting the seeds invested, the income per mu of wheat is only eight or nine buckets. Because each acre of wheat land will consume a certain amount of manpower and irrigation water, the agricultural income is very low. If we can use fertilizer to double the yield of wheat per acre, then the real income of farmers will increase several times. ”

"For example, now we hire local aborigines to work in Australia, and each person is paid four buckets of grain per month, and each aboriginal can take care of ten acres of land. In this way, the average profit per mu of the landlord in a year is about three buckets. And with the expansion of the guano industry, and even the availability of chemical fertilizers, the average profit per mu of Australian landowners may be able to increase to one stone. ”

"If it is a large-scale manor, it is easy to get 100 acres, as long as it is managed properly, the profit is very considerable. Of course, large estates employ more than 10 natives, which requires management skills to enable these natives to work with peace of mind and create wealth for themselves and the Han Chinese. ”

When Zhu Youzhen heard Li Zhi's words, he suddenly became a little yearning.

In the past three years, Zhu Youzhen's imperial ambitions have been gradually smoothed out by the bleak reality. In fact, Zhu Youzhen has long seen no hope of reviving the Ming Dynasty. The hearts of the people in the world have been completely on Li Zhi's side, and only a very small number of gentry are still secretly nostalgic for the Ming Dynasty, but their influence has gradually been replaced by literate middle school students.

The pioneering spirit of the Great Qi benefited every Han person, and the foreign races were vulnerable in front of the Han people, and no force could help Zhu Youzhen restore the country. There is no hope at all.

Zhu Youzhen has long accepted the fact that the Ming Dynasty is over and the new dynasty is unbreakable.

In fact, Zhu Youzhen is now a sinner, in addition to worrying that Li Zhi will poison him, he is worried about his children. Because except for Zhu Ming, the crown prince Zhu Cihong, who was named the Marquis of Chengen, the other princes and princesses are now commoners. And some magistrates even discriminated against Chongzhen's children because they were children of the Zhu Ming royal family, and various favorable policies did not take care of Chongzhen's family members.

The people around him are getting richer and richer, but Zhu Youzhen's children are not easy to make a living. The result of this is that the sons of the Zhu family lose the capital of marriage, and the last one dies alone, and the daughter marries hastily, and is disliked by her husband's family for the rest of her life.

However, Li Zhi now opened his mouth and said that he would let Zhu Youzhen go to Australia to be a landlord.

Zhu Youzhen's mouth was a little dry, he licked his lips and said, "Saint... Saintly, the common people are already old, but they have no expectations. It's just that many of the sons and daughters of the common people are quite poor, and if the Holy One is... If it is benevolent, the common people implore the Holy God to allow the children of the common people to go to sea and occupy a hundred acres of land in overseas colonies. ”

Li Zhi looked at Zhu Youzhen and nodded.

He went up and helped Zhu Youzhen by the shoulder. In Li Zhi's powerful arms, the emperor who once ruled the thirteen provinces was a little thin, and Li Zhi even felt that Zhu Youzhen's body trembled a little.

Times have changed completely.

Li Zhi said: "I understand what you said. You can rest assured that all your children will not be discriminated against in the future, and will be treated equally by the magistrate. If anyone dares to treat your children and grandchildren differently, I, Li Zhi, will be the first to punish such a magistrate. ”

After a pause, Li Zhi said: "Okay, your sons can go to sea to cultivate as long as they are willing to go to sea, the sons of the Zhu family are all well-educated, and I don't think there is a problem in managing some natives." I will remind the immigration officials to pay attention and let them assign the Zhu family's sons to areas where there are more indigenous people and need management skills! ”

Hearing Li Zhi's words, Zhu Youzhen's face turned white and red.

Wang Chengen looked at Li Zhi blankly, and his eyes became more and more trance-like. Obviously, Zhu Youzhen has fully accepted Li Zhi's kindness, and has begun to integrate into the social order of Daqi, and strive for his own position in this order.

However, for Wang Chengen, who is physically disabled and has nothing left but dignity, such an ending is undoubtedly not a comedy.

Li Zhi suddenly looked at Wang Chengen and asked, "Wang Chengen, are you dissatisfied?" ”

Wang Chengen shook his body on the ground, two more tears flowed on his face, and he said in a trembling voice: "The slave doesn't dare." ”

Li Zhi sneered and said lightly: "You don't dare. Go to sea with your lord. ”

Turning his head, Li Zhi slowly said to Zhu Youzhen: "Then let's do it, you gather your children to prepare for the preparations, and the magistrate will not make things difficult for you." Put your children's names on the list in southern Australia and South America, and set sail on a day of your choosing. ”

Prosecutor Zhu You took a long breath.

For a man who has been an emperor for more than twenty years, it is really embarrassing to be grateful to Li Zhi for such a trivial matter as a few farms. But at the same time, for a deposed emperor, it is very rare to be able to not be poisoned and let his children get a good home.

Zhu Youzhen's face turned red, and then gradually turned white. He bowed his hand to Li Zhi and said respectfully: "The common people have thanked the saint, and the saint has benevolence, which is really the luck of the people in the world. The common people sincerely wish the saints long live, long live, long live! ”

Hearing Zhu Youzhen's words, Li Zhi laughed.

He patted Zhu Youzhen on the shoulder and laughed again.

For a person of Zhu Youzhen's status, Li Zhi is not ready to humiliate him. Li Zhi didn't want Zhu Youzhen to kneel on the ground and kowtow to himself in fear, after all, Zhu Youzhen was also the emperor, and he also had his last pride and self-esteem. Zhu Youzhen was able to make a gesture at himself and shouted long live, Li Zhi felt that it was enough.

"I'm glad you say that! Very happy! ”

Hearing Zhu Youzhen's singing, Li Laosi outside the door was also a little relieved and laughed happily.

I don't know what's going on, the Praetorian Guards who are in charge of guarding Li Zhi outside the door also seem to have heard Zhu Youzhen's chanting, and they all shouted loudly.

"Long live the saint!"

"Hooray! Banzai! ”

"Hooray!"

After singing a few words, these people shouted in unison: "Long live Daqi!" ”

"Long live Daqi!"

"Long live Daqi!"

The sound of hundreds of people shouting in unison resounded across the land, and I don't know how far it went. That cheer made the small courtyard, which had been extremely quiet for three years, suddenly turn into a boiling stage, as if it had become the absolute center of the huge empire.

Li Zhi nodded, no longer staying in this special and ordinary small courtyard. He flicked his placket and strode out the door.

Zhu Youzhen bowed his hand and sent Li Zhi away.

Even Wang Chengen on the ground didn't dare to hold it up anymore, and made a kneeling posture towards Li Zhi.

"Li Laosi! Go back and prepare! ”

Li Laosi smiled and asked, "Owner!" What to prepare? ”

Hearing Li Laosi call himself "the owner", just like when Li Zhi started his family in the seventh year of Chongzhen, Li Zhi looked back at him in surprise. When he saw that Li Laosi's weather-beaten face still had a pair of bright eyes that only a young man had, he couldn't help laughing.

"There's so much to prepare!"

"Inform Zheng Hui that he is ready to build four railway arteries that run through the north and south and across the east and west!"

"Inform Choi Chang Moo-lai to prepare to develop the agency responsible for legislation and supervise the government!"

"Let Li Xing come back from the New World! Conscription begins! We will prepare another 200,000 soldiers and horses, and in two years I will personally conquer Persia and the Ottomans! Siberia! And then there's Africa! I want to make every inch of land in this world belong to the Han people. ”

"Let Li Huan build 20 universities across the country and establish 200 advanced laboratories in physics, mechanics and chemistry."

Li Laosi jumped into the jeep and shouted promises.

Li Zhi stood outside the jeep, touched the body of the jeep, and said loudly: "I am the number one engineer of the Han people, and I want to use my life to build the most beautiful future for the Han people." ”

Sitting in the jeep, Li Zhi shouted loudly: "Li Laosi! We're always on the road! “

"Let's go!"