Daming: The system rejected my request for salted fish

Chapter 1113

You have to know that the future will be an era of information explosion, and the amount of information ordinary people receive can be described as outrageous.

In ancient times, the only information an ordinary person could access in their lifetime was the bowl in their hands and the three acres of land under their feet.

Imperial families like Zhu Biao, or families of gentry and high-ranking officials, will be able to access more information at that time, but it will be limited.

Take Zhu Biao for example. The amount of information he could absorb in his decades of life experience might be less than what Wei Wu could absorb after spending more than a year on the Internet.

This is also the reason why Wei Wu always takes the initiative whenever he talks about something, whether facing Zhu Biao or Zhu Yuanzhang.

Because many of what he said combined advanced ideas and experiences of later generations, which is exactly what Zhu Biao and Zhu Yuanzhang lacked.

Wei Wu personally enjoyed this, after all, he was giving instructions on state affairs in front of the emperor.

Just like now, Zhu Biao's inquiry made Wei Wu very happy, considering that it would take some time for Zhang Hai to sneak into Helin City.

Wei Wu himself was also very interested in expanding territory, so he continued with what he had just said.

"My idea is, when the railway is built here, we can take advantage of cement and build a few cities."

"Then we will arrange for some prisoners whose crimes do not deserve the death penalty, as well as beggars and people with difficult lives in our Ming territory."

"Let them live here. The purpose of arranging prisoners here is to make them help the court raise cattle, sheep, horses and other livestock to atone for their sins."

After hearing this, Zhu Biao also felt that it made sense. Instead of imprisoning those prisoners, it would be better to use them to do something for the Ming Dynasty.

However, the common people were different from the prisoners. It was impossible to force them to leave their homes and come to the grassland to raise livestock for the imperial court for no reason.

Just when Zhu Biao was considering the people, Wei Wu directly gave a resettlement solution.

"The same goes for the common people, but in the early stages the court can provide them with cubs and daily necessities, but in the later stages they will have to rely on themselves."

"The young livestock can be divided into two batches. One batch will be given to them by the court, so they can make a living from it in the future."

"The other group is raised for the imperial court. In the future, the ownership of the by-products produced by the livestock will also belong to the imperial court."

Before Wei Wu finished speaking, Zhu Biao suddenly asked a question from the side.

"By-product? Xiao Wu, what by-product are you talking about?"

Hearing this, Wei Wu remembered that there was no word for by-product yet, so he began to explain:

"By-products are valuable items that result from farming and animal husbandry, such as cattle and sheep."

"In addition to being slaughtered for meat, sheep and cattle can also produce wool, which can be used to weave clothes to keep warm."

"Cows can also produce milk, which can be consumed after being boiled at high temperature to sterilize it, but it cannot be stored for too long."

Having said that, Wei Wu pondered for a moment, and then directly gave a solution.

"However, milk can be made into various dairy products, which can greatly extend the shelf life and prevent it from spoiling."

"These things are hard for the people inside the Great Wall to get their hands on. As long as we process them well and transport them back, we don't have to worry about not being able to sell them."

In fact, it is a good thing that milk cannot be stored for a long time. After all, most Han people are lactose intolerant.

Drinking fresh milk can easily cause excessive flatulence and diarrhea, so it is more appropriate to make it into dairy products.

After listening to what Wei Wu said, Zhu Biao nodded silently in his heart. It was true that milk would be easy to sell.

Ordinary people may not have access to it, but Zhu Biao and those ministers and nobles are familiar with milk.

Because they have basically all tried it, but it spoils easily and has no taste, so they don't drink it often.

Why is it not selling well even though it doesn’t taste good?

The reason is very simple. Just spread the news that this thing is something only nobles and royal family can drink.