After finishing the land survey, Li Zhi began to promote the construction of the irrigation system. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

On the one hand, Li Zhi began to expand the scale of the dragon tail car workshop. It was not enough to rely on five gunsmiths to cast the dragon tail car, so Li Zhi found thirty copper blacksmiths from nearby states and counties who could cast copper bells, and cast the dragon tail car with the gunsmiths. Thirty-five people can produce seven dragon tail cars a day.

The three small rivers on which the irrigation system depends vary in depth: in some places the rivers are not deep, and the water can be lifted into the irrigation canals with a dragon tail car; In some places, the river is deeper, and it takes two dragon tail trucks to relay to pump water. In total, 90,000 acres of dry land requires more than 800 dragon tail cars. Li Zhi had to prepare 800 dragon tail carts before the spring wheat sowing in February, and seven per day was barely enough.

Of course, Li Zhi's waterwheel was not built for nothing, Li Zhi was ready to charge 30% of the land rent for the tenant land, and the money for these waterwheels could be recovered in half a year.

On the other hand, Li Zhi began to organize refugees to build irrigation canals.

The irrigation canal designed by Li Zhi is 1.5 meters wide at the top and half a meter wide at the bottom, and the profile is an equilateral trapezoid. The bottom of the irrigation canal is higher than the ground, so that farmers only need to open the canal to divert water from the canal for irrigation. The canal is higher off the ground near the river and lower away from the river, so that the water flows farther away.

Each canal irrigates 200 acres of dry land, with a total of 450 canals, each of which is about 900 meters long.

The canal was made of rammed earth, and there were no other materials, so only the displaced people needed to work hard to build it.

Li Zhi stopped the porridge shed and began to supply the refugees with enough white rice to do the manual work—these poor people could not starve them when they were cultivating new fields for Li Zhi.

When the poor people saw that the general was willing to take them in and provide them with rice, they were very grateful to Li Zhi one by one. After that, the poor people were even more excited when they heard that after the general had reclaimed the new fields, he would give each adult and strong girl twenty acres of dry land.

In this year, if there is a water source for irrigation, the dry field can be planted with winter wheat with one stone of harvest in a year, and a family of two adults planting 40 acres of dry land can have a harvest of 40 stone a year. I heard that the general will only collect 30% of the land rent in the future, and this land rent includes the rice grains handed over from the tuntian, and the rice and noodles that can be collected into his house in that year will be 28 stones.

If there are five people in the family, you can eat a maximum of thirteen or four stone of rice and noodles for a year with an open stomach, and then you can still exchange the remaining fourteen stones of grain for silver. Fourteen stone rice noodles can be exchanged for twenty-eight taels of silver.

In addition to having enough to eat, there are more than 20 taels of silver a year, what a good day is this? Every month every household has more than two taels of pocket money? This is a good day for the people of the Ming Dynasty? This is the day of this chaotic year?

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, arable land was more scarce than at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty: on the one hand, the population increased, on the other hand, the water conservancy facilities were decaying, the farmland was reduced, and the per capita planting area of the people was very limited. These poor people used to grow their own fields or tenant land with pitiful rent, and lived a hungry and full life, and they had to go hungry every year when they were not harvested, when did they ever think that they could live a life with more than two taels of pocket money a month?

I can't even dream of it.

Of course, the first year of the tenant general's field was more financially tight, and now the first year has passed the time of winter wheat sowing, and only spring wheat can be planted, and the yield per mu is estimated to be only seven buckets. But the general said that in the first year, only one and a half of the land rent would be collected, so that a family could earn more than 20 stone of grain for planting 40 acres of dry land, and in addition to having enough to eat, they could also get an extra 10 stone of grain, which was converted into 20 taels of silver.

Twenty taels of silver is enough to make the poor people have decent food, clothing, shelter and transportation. The family can make new clothes every quarter, buy some oil to stir-fry and eat, and even eat meat every once in a while. Everyone said that their lives were good, and they were saved from the Tartars by the guerrilla masters of Fanjiazhuang, and now they see that a better day is coming.

Thinking of those brothers and sisters who were killed by the Tartars, it is really not worth it.

These irrigation canals were built for the poor to cultivate their own fields. When the poor thought of this layer, they worked harder to build the canal, for fear that one layer of soil would not be tamped and leaked. Everyone worked together to make the entire canal project progress fast and well.

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On the third day of November, the students of Beijing changed. Song Zhipu, the left servant of the household department, and Song Zhipu impeached the Hou of the household department for misleading the country. The Son of Heaven sent someone to check and confirm that the impeachment was true, and put the Hou of the Household Department Shangshu into prison. After the head of the household was imprisoned, the Son of Heaven transferred the gift of the book Huang Shijun as the head of the household. The post of secretary of the Ministry of Rites was thus vacant.

On the fifth day of the first month of November, the Son of Heaven was promoted to the squire of the military department who had just made great contributions, the right deputy capital Yushi, and the governor of Tian0jin, He Shishou, was the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

When the news came, the Tian0jin officialdom was shocked, and the officials were either happy or worried.

He Shishou was overjoyed that he could take charge of the Ministry of Rites, and immediately packed his belongings in the yamen and went to Beijing to take office.

On November 11, He Shishou left Tianjin and entered Beijing, and civil and military officials of all sizes gathered at the governor's yamen to send He Shishou to Beijing.

Li Zhi stood in the crowd of military attaches who saw him off, watching the joyful He Shishou say goodbye to the officials one by one. He Shishou achieved a great victory in Fanjiazhuang, and he took the initiative to assign the first rank to the generals, so that the civil and military officials of Tian0jin were all promoted, and the officials of Tianjinjin were very satisfied with He Shishou. At this time, the feelings of the officials when they came to say goodbye came from the heart, which made He Shishou very pleased.

Walking in front of Li Zhi, He Shishou patted Li Zhi on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Now that I am not a governor, you should be careful in doing things." You've been promoted too fast in the past few years, I'm afraid some people will be jealous. ”

Li Zhi arched his hand and said, "Congratulations on your promotion to the secretary of the Ministry of Rites." Thank you for your advice! ”

He Shishou smiled and stood in front of Li Zhi and thought about it. He suddenly walked forward, walked to the front and pulled Luo Zhending over, and said: "Luo Zhending, now that I am no longer the governor, you are the head of the Tian0jin military attaché, what do you want to do to Li Zhi?" ”

Luo Zhending glanced at Li Zhi, and said to He Shishou with a smile: "Lord Shangshu has an order, we will naturally be sincere and friendly, and we will not let Shangshu worry about the affairs of Tianjijin in the capital." ”

He Shishou saw that Luo Zhending said it so well, and stroked his beard and smiled: "You have to do what you say!" ”

Luo Zhending arched his hand and said, "How dare you deceive Lord Shangshu in the next place?" ”

He Shishou turned his head to Li Zhi and said, "Li Zhi, what do you think of what the chief military officer said so?" ”

Li Zhi saw that Luo Zhending spoke so well in front of He Shishou, and secretly scolded Luo Zhending for being shameless. Li Zhi estimated that as soon as He Shishou left, Luo Zhending would turn his face, where would he care about a celestial emperor who was far away from the Ministry of Rites? Li Zhi was a little embarrassed, and secretly said What is He Shishou doing this useless work on the face, is this considered an explanation for himself?

Li Zhi arched his hand and said: "If the general soldier can do what he says, the subordinate officer will have no worries." ”

He Shishou laughed and said, "Then I can only do this, and the next thing will be discussed between the two of you!" ”

After He Shishou said this, he left, Xu Mince walked up, arched his hand to Li Zhi and said, "Brother Xian, Brother Fool will also enter Beijing with his uncle." ”

Li Zhi arched his hand and said, "Big brother be careful all the way. ”

Xu Mince said: "You should also be careful in everything. ”

After greeting the officials, He Shishou rode on a tall horse and left the governor's yamen with great interest. Xu Mince rode a horse and followed behind He Shishou, with a long team of chariots and horses, and left the Tianjin Acropolis from the west gate.

Looking at He Shishou's distant figure, Li Zhi took a breath and secretly said that from now on, the affairs of this officialdom will depend on himself.

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