Yang Hanyi was surprised to see that the emperor agreed to and carried out his somewhat rash request so readily, and he knelt down in surprise to express his gratitude again.
"No need to be so polite." Zhu Youxiao raised his hand to signal, and said softly, "I am most pleased that you can improve your medical skills and do a good job in women's medicine."
"Yes, I will definitely live up to your expectations." Yang Hanyi performed the ceremony before standing up and sitting down.
Zhu Youxiao felt that nothing was wrong and was about to order him to leave when Li Chengcheng hurried in, stopped at the entrance of the hall and looked at the emperor anxiously.
"What's the matter?" Zhu Youxiao did not blame her. After all, this was not a formal summons to the court. Although Li Chengcheng was a little rude, he listened to her reasons first.
"Your Majesty," Li Chengcheng bowed his head and hurriedly said, "Xiaobai is about to give birth!"
Zhu Youxiao raised his eyebrows. He was not very familiar with the habits of cats. Besides, this was not his specialty. He could not help much with giving birth to kittens, let alone people!
Yang Hanyi really didn't know that Xiaobai was a cat. Seeing the emperor frown, he quickly stood up and said, "Your Majesty, let me go and take a look!"
Zhu Youxiao looked at Yang Hanyi and thought for a moment before nodding and saying, "Thank you for your hard work, Yang Qing."
Yang Hanyi bowed again, and then followed Li Chengcheng to the warm room with "hate".
Cats should be able to take care of themselves. I have never heard of any midwifery cats in the cat world!
Although Zhu Youxiao was a little worried, he didn't join in the fun. He took the question book and read it.
Last year's sweet potato planting pilot project in Huangzhuang was a success. More importantly, under the guidance of Xu Guangqi and others, a group of farmers mastered the planting techniques.
Although most of these farmers were illiterate, they still received silver and went to various regions in the north to work as experts.
Zhu Youxiao calculated that if he planted on a larger scale this year, he would have at least three more years to do so. Given the sweet potato production, the amount that could be stored was still very large.
While this won't fundamentally solve the problem, any relief is welcome. Planting high-yield crops early and extensively is definitely the right approach.
The key point is that Zhu Youxiao did not fully understand the climate change during the Little Ice Age and its impact on the Ming Dynasty. He could only analyze and estimate it based on some information from his previous life.
For example, Sun Chuanting's "clearing and equipping the troops" not only trained "Shaanxi soldiers" but also accumulated a lot of money and grain. This shows that even the hardest-hit Shaanxi province was not plagued by disasters and harvest failures every year.
After further analysis, Zhu Youxiao came up with a less accurate answer. Regarding natural and man-made disasters, during the late Ming Dynasty, man-made disasters should have been greater than natural disasters, right?
Although the Little Ice Age did have a huge impact, several northern provinces were hit by disasters such as locusts, floods, droughts and waterlogging, which occurred in turn and lasted for decades.
But the main reason why the people rose up in rebellion and war broke out was the increased taxes imposed by the imperial court.
Although Zhu Youxiao was not entirely sure, he began to pay attention and tried hard not to repeat the same mistake.
Of course, he had other ways, such as purchasing grain from overseas, immigrating to Sichuan, Guizhou, and Yunnan, and even expanding to Southeast Asia to gain living space for the people of the Ming Dynasty.
There are always more solutions than problems, and a problem that can be solved with money is not a real problem.
After Zhu Youxiao finished reviewing the memorial from Zuo Guangdou, the governor of Gansu and Shaanxi, he let out a long sigh with emotion.
In fact, from last year until now, there have been numerous reports of disasters in various places. Although the area is small and the damage is not too serious, Zhu Youxiao always treats it seriously. He provides relief whenever it is necessary, without delay.
In his view, this is a practice for dealing with larger-scale disasters. If they can't cope with it now, it's easy to imagine how bad the situation will be when the peak of the disaster arrives in a few years.
He looked up at the door and saw that Li Chengcheng had not returned to report. Zhu Youxiao hesitated for a moment but did not act rashly.
No matter whether it is good news or not, if there is any, Li Chengcheng will definitely come to inform him so that he can rest assured.
The current situation only means that there is no result yet. Going there by myself will be the same, I won't be able to help and will only cause more trouble.
Zhu Youxiao forced himself to calm down, took out a memorial with a special mark, and read it casually.
This is a petition from the Chamber of Commerce. Although the emperor has given it the power, the Chamber of Commerce does not dare to use it easily, for fear that too many petitions will annoy the emperor.
When Zhu Youxiao saw that it was someone from the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce, he didn't take it seriously at first, but as he looked at him, his expression became serious.
Zhu Youxiao had already conceived the idea of reforming the salt law, but he had no comprehensive plan for how to proceed. However, one thing was certain: sun-dried salt was cheaper and more plentiful than boiled salt, so boiling salt would eventually be eliminated.
Lianghuai mainly uses boiled salt, which is very expensive and is called cooked salt; Guangdong mainly uses sun-dried salt, which is called raw salt and is about half the price of Huai salt.
This is also one of the main reasons why Huai salt has to be sold in different areas. It cannot compete with raw salt, and if the sales scope is not specified, it is likely to be squeezed out by Guang salt.
Zhu Youxiao also realized this, so he sent Dong Yingju to manage and expand the Changlu Salt Factory, and sent other personnel to Rizhao, Shandong to open a factory to dry salt.
These two measures were preparations for replacing Huai salt. Zhu Youxiao also planned to change the hereditary profession and class division of salt households into civilian status.
Increasing the output of raw salt, eventually replacing cooked salt, and then producing refined salt, this was the development route planned by Zhu Youxiao.
The drawbacks of the Gang Law also led Zhu Youxiao to believe that the Salt Law needed to be reformed, but he had not yet fully thought out how to reform it.
The memorial submitted by Xia Zhongshi, which was forwarded by Tang Mo, the president of the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce, gave Zhu Youxiao a breakthrough in his thinking.
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