Mules, an animal, when Shunyang first appeared, experienced a lot of time when they were raised in the depths of the boudoir.

However, along with Tang Xinhou's observation of mules and his practice, he found that mules can replace donkeys and become excellent big animals in a certain way. Although the mule is slow, the mule has more strength, more endurance, and even less temper than the donkey.

In the beginning, the number of mules was not large, and when they grew up, they only worked on horse farms. But after realizing the advantages of this kind of livestock, Tang Xinhou began to consciously cultivate this population. To this day, the number of mules is still limited, but in the Shunyang area they have been able to share some of the work.

The number of people, who experienced a sharp decline in the early years after the military disaster, has rebounded markedly in the past two years. The population is also rising. But only a small number of these new members have immigrants, and the rest of the naturally increasing population is still a nursery, and they are simply unable to become an effective labor force to cope with the large increase in the amount of cultivated land. The popularity of large livestock in Shunyang has effectively helped farmers. Even now, most of the crops planted in a large area of Shunyang are wild fruits and pastures, and grain crops account for only a small part.

"According to these days, Shunyang is more inclined to animal husbandry because of the land conditions......"

"Lord Fang's words are wrong. There is not a lot of land suitable for grazing in Shunyang, and the best is the horse farm used by the border army to raise war horses. Generally, peasant families raise chickens, two sheep, and a large animal, donkey, or cow. A Beijing official objected, "The grass here is very good, and the horse farm in the north can consider introducing seeds." The land in the eastern region is fertile and can be used for planting, and the introduction should focus on those improved agricultural tools. ”

"The capital and the northern region can appropriately introduce the technology of glass greenhouses. There is a glass factory in the capital, and the construction cost is relatively low......"

"There are already glass greenhouses in the capital. Ruan Lang made a large piece. Someone reminded, "I think that soilless cultivation technology is worth trying if it matures." Don't be idle, don't just wait for people to produce results, we should also study and study ourselves. That's right, Lord Liu! ”

Lord Liu, who was suddenly named, didn't know why: "Huh? ”

"Doesn't Lord Liu love to feed flowers and grass? So many precious flowers and plants are very docile in your hands, and the soilless cultivation technology must be difficult for Lord Liu! ”

Lord Liu, who works in the Ministry of Rites and has an official rank of no more than six grades, came to make soy sauce this time, just to avoid the mess in the capital, and he didn't expect that there would be anything about him.

Feeding flowers and grass or something, he is just cultivating a common topic for his wife and daughter. Well, even if he figured out a little bit of fame later, but in the capital, the real big planter is the queen Xià, and it is the general's wife Butterfly County Lord, okay! Besides, those two are people with glass greenhouses, he is a petty official of the Qingshui Yamen, and he can't even afford to change a glass window at home, so let him get soilless cultivation? Well?

Lord Liu's mind was racing, and his face was embarrassed: "What your lords think, Liu is not shirking, but ...... "Give Lao Tzu a glass greenhouse first!" Give money to people again!

When the other adults thought about it, although it was not that they didn't understand Lord Liu's Xiao Jiujiu, they also felt that it made sense. The household department immediately took out the abacus, crackled a dozen, and calculated the cost: "Just get a ...... Well, there shouldn't be much of a problem with the real yàn room. After the official returns to Beijing, he will apply to Lord Shiro. In terms of supervision, the adults of the Ministry of Engineering are also required to cooperate. ”

The study and exchange is still dominated by many middle- and low-level officials who do practical things, and most of their official positions are not too high, but they hold a lot of small power in their hands, and they also cover various departments. Since this household official can say so, it means that there is no need to worry about the funds.

As long as the officials of the Ministry of Industry have money, they can say: "The greenhouse technology has been mastered by the Ministry of Industry, just to see what other specific requirements Mr. Liu has, or let's go to the greenhouse in the next few days." "The greenhouses on the Pingxi Palace, the General's Mansion in the capital, are all man-made by the Ministry of Industry. However, he saw that the greenhouses here in Shunyang seemed to be a little different from those in the capital, and they should have been improved.

Thinking about the past, they saw King Yue Ze running to the capital twice in three days, and staying for several months, they simply disliked it in their hearts. But now they really can't wait to tie up King Yue Ze to the capital and directly release him to the Ministry of Works. I have to say that people from the royal family are different in the end, even if it is the smallest and transparent King Yueze, one person can be worth most of the Ministry of Industry.

Over the past year or so, the Ministry of Industry has made a lot of achievements in all aspects, and there have been some improvements in all aspects of the Great Zhou. But when I returned to Shunyang, it was simply the difference between walking on two legs and riding a healthy horse and running wildly!

The people in the Yueze area have been able to live in concrete buildings this winter, and they can also provide collective heating. The houses that have been built earlier have begun to paint the exterior walls, and all kinds of colorful colors are beautiful! It doesn't look like paint, it doesn't smell like it, they tried the sample, it's very strong, and it's waterproof.

"I heard that the paint was made by Lord Pan of Zhong'an County?" Although King Yue Ze is a prince with little real power, but in the end, he is a royal person, and they have no right or courage to move, but a small county order in Zhong'an is not impossible to operate. Although with the development of Lingnan now, the importance of the barren land in Zhong'an has become prominent, but can local officials compare with Beijing officials? Can the status of the small county order be compared with the status of the officials of the six ministries?

"Yes." Apparently some people have noticed this beautiful and practical paint, and the problem of water leakage in the house is almost inevitable in any house, even if there is a dilapidated house in the palace.

An official from Xijing said with a smile: "I heard that Lord Pan pretended to be a merchant and dyed beans with this kind of paint, and made a lot of money. ”

"Is that really the case?" The brains of civil officials have always been very open, but they have never thought of making money by pretending to be a merchant. After seeing the official who broke the news nodding, he thought about it for a while and laughed a few times.

After laughing at a moment's notice, the official from Na Xijing said: "The materials used to make dyes are only available in Zhong'an and Lingnan, and those used in Shunyang are all bought from Zhong'an." In fact, the price of paint is not expensive, but the freight is expensive. In Shunyang, only King Yue Ze can have this skill. "The adults in the capital have thought too much, Pan County Order is our Xijing people, don't think how attractive the official functions of the Six Ministries are, it may not be as good as Pan County Order planting melons and herbs in Zhong'an.

As for the Yueze area, it was originally the richest place in Shunyang, and after the king of Yueze and Ruan Bai, the god of wealth of the Great Zhou Dynasty, "partnered", it became a thousand-foot gold stuffed sparkling rabbit. His territory is so big in total, and he spends his money without mercy, so he doesn't have to worry about spending it at all.

Now the community houses built by King Yue Ze are all supplied to the people of Yue Ze at ultra-low prices. The price is less than half of the cost, and it is more than the price of cabbage. Of course, non-Koshizawa people buy ...... That's completely unbuyable. Anyway, in the plan of King Yue Ze, the batch that is being built now is only the share of the local people.

Ruan Bai understood King Yue Ze's thoughts: "Ah Qing still remembers that when the army was in trouble, he randomly transferred people to save his life, and killed many innocent people. "This is considered atonement, not to make money at all," by the way, the hot spring Zhuangzi has been almost built, and the decoration has not yet begun, but the mother said that it is all booked. ”

Chu Hao poured chopsticks and meat into the hot pot, looked at the fat ball rolled up on the rocking chair, his nose twitched, pretended not to see it, turned around and continued to ask, "The road is finished?" ”

"Nope." Ruan Bai put the boiled meat in the fat man's basin one by one in order, ignoring the fat dog who was playing with melancholy, "The section that goes into the mountain now, in order to facilitate the transportation of materials, a temporary one was repaired." Now Xijing is busy with the autumn harvest, and he has to wait for a while before he can repair the road. ”

Chu Hao didn't care much about this, it was too late to scald the fat people's meat, and the little fat didn't stare at his rice bowl, stood up and put it on his lap, and rubbed his head against his chest. He looked down at the oil stains on his clothes, twitched the corners of his mouth, and pushed the chubby head away: "Go aside, the meat is not yet hot." "The fat people eat a lot of food, and instead of thin slices of meat, they are given steaks of some thickness, which take a little time to cook.

After driving away Xiaopang, he continued to get down to business: "Those officials who come to study will probably come to you in the next few days, the prince gave a little bit of a tone before, saying that he likes a lot of skills." "Although he is managing government affairs or something, Ruan Bai is still the number one in terms of technology.

This Ruan Bai was not surprised, and nodded to show that he knew it. Sure enough, the next day, the prince pulled a delegation to ask Ruan Bai for something.

Ruan Bai took the paper, on which were the technical and talent projects they discussed, and after reading it carefully, he put the paper on the table, and smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth: "Yes." ”

Although he got a refreshing answer, looking at Ruan Bai's expression, the prince always felt that there was something to follow. After all, he can be regarded as half of Ruan Bai's students and classmates, and he can figure out a little bit of Ruan Bai's thinking, so he can't breathe a sigh of relief like other stupid and sweet officials.

Sure enough, after Ruan Bai took a sip of tea, he continued: "There is no problem with technology and talent output, but what do you adults exchange for?" Presumably you have also learned these days that there are really not many of us in Shunyang. ”

The meaning of Ruan Bai's words is obvious, you can ask for technology or even talents, but you can exchange people for them!

The problem is that the population of the whole week is not very large! Moreover, most of them are Beijing officials, which means that they are not officials who directly manage the population, and they have no right to move the people at all. And can the people move freely? When in history, when was a large-scale migration of people not scolded to the point of incompleteness?

But it is also a fact that there are not enough people in Shunyang. Now Shunyang looks lively, but many of the active merchants are from outside, and some of them are people from the surrounding areas who come to work. Not long after the autumn harvest is over, these people will leave before the winter road is closed, and then the whole of Shunyang will be deserted.

The prince had the right to knock on the table and asked, "Does Ruan Lang want a farmer, a craftsman, or something else?" How many people do I need to change? ”

When Ruan Bai heard this, his smile became more sincere, and he gave a thumbs up in his heart: It is worthy of the relationship between half a classmate and a student, and he is on the road!

So, then the Beijing officials looked at the two of them, like the two human traffickers, clearly marked the price of the same technology, and then bargained.

Xiao Xizi, who was listening on the side, endured and endured, and when he returned to the post station, he said to the prince: "Your Highness, I'm afraid there are not so many people...... Even if it is the prince, he will mobilize so many people, and he will have to rush before the winter of Shunyang next year......

Hearing this, the prince showed a smile that was very similar to Ruan Bai: "Yes." We have a lot of people. Has Xiaoxizi forgotten the officials who were confiscated? Before, let them go to build roads, and the three thieves who were used to being pampered were not as good as an ordinary person. Ruan Lang wants to be literate, but he has to use it. There is also a factory here in Shunyang that accepts female workers. Isn't it just right that these prisoners and their families have come? "As for the people coming, how to settle the law, that's not his business.