Zhao Xing shook his head with a smile: "You haven't finished seeing the grass yet." Let me tell you, Sudan grass has such a high yield, but it is extremely laborious, and if it is planted for more than two years, the toxin accumulation will cause the land to be completely useless. So, the next spring, after the first crop of grass is cut, you need to hoe the ground again and plant the beans again.

Remember, this is absolutely confidential. The next year, the grass seeds I gave you come in a variety of ways, and you need to mix them...... Let's talk about these next year, this year you take Sudan grass with you, and next spring will begin, remember to ask me for new grass seeds. ”

Shi Dare laughed even more hideously: "That's better-the fields I have cut the grass, I don't even need to clear them, if the Xixia people want to pick up the grass seeds, he will pick them up, I just laugh on the side...... But what about wood? My lord, in order to prevent the Tanguts from cutting down our trees to make siege weapons, we have cut down the fields bald, and we can't even find big logs to build houses. What's so strange about the wood that the adults found for us? ”

Zhao Xing continued: "This kind of wood I gave you is absolutely impossible for the enemy to use to build siege weapons, because this kind of wood is too brittle, it is easy to shatter when hit, and it is extremely easy to burn. If the Tangut people want to cut down this kind of tree to make a ladder, just let them cut it, and when the time comes, a big stone and a torch, you will make sure that they will regret cutting down your tree.

Well, do you know about the Michigan apple tree? I'm talking about the Michigan apple tree. I have ordered 300,000 apple seedlings in Michigan and sent them to you, and you can plant all the sunny slopes of the mountains with these apple trees. ”

Shi Dang smashed his mouth and said with a drooling voice: "I have heard of Mizhou black peach, I heard that it is a thing of immortals, and every year when I enter the palace, ordinary people can't see it." Michigan Apple ...... I've heard of Michigan Pinpoguo. I've heard that the fruit is sour, but the juice and sake that comes out are very sweet......."

Zhao Xing interrupted the other party's nagging: "Pinpo fruit is apple, and the black peach is all discovered by me and introduced by me to cultivation land." Others can't eat it, but I have more at home. If you want to eat, remember to come to my house in the fall.

I will teach you the method of squeezing the juice of the Pinpo fruit, but this Pinpo tree will bear fruit for three years, and I will not see the fruit in this term. But. Because the branches of Pinpo fruit are brittle, they are good materials for throwing guns and arrow shafts, in the past three years. You can pick long, straight branches and prune them. The spears and arrows made of apple branches shattered when they fell to the ground, and the Tanguts couldn't pick them up and throw them back. After three years, when the apple trees have grown tall, I will teach you the techniques of juicing and making wine—and these will be the products of your village.

Did you meet with the group of businessmen I just met? I taught them all the machinery of juicing and the materials used in the brewery. In the future, you are not afraid of less apple production, there will be a lot of people to buy, in the future this thing is the money machine in your village, after planting the tree, you just sit and count the money! ”

Shi Kang immediately jumped up in annoyance, and arched his hand and said, "My lord, just now...... I don't want the subsidy money from the imperial court. Why don't I buy the wineware? ”

Zhao Xing scolded: "You thief, you still have three years before you can use the brewing equipment on the ground, what are you anxious about?" ”

Shi Dang sat down awkwardly and smiled. The other two village owners continued to look at Zhao Xing expectantly.

Zhao Xing continued: "You two village owners, according to the method of Huaiwei Village, deal with it in the same way, but Shengqiang Village is in the innermost line, and the method has changed slightly. You need to grow mochi. This thing grows fast, now hurry up and replant another season. I can guarantee that I won't go hungry this year - the yield of this thing is about 200 stone per mu. Shengqiang Village is planted, which is enough for the three of you to eat together. I intend to turn the three of you into an economic confederation in the future...... You don't know it, it's okay, you don't need to know it.

Because of the war, the rear to the front line of grain and grass is afraid that it will attract the Xixia people to intercept the grain, so my plan is: Huaiwei and Weibian villages concentrate on planting grass and raising horses, Shengqiang Village grows mochi and apples on the other, and the war is together, and Shengqiang Village supplies the front grain - this is called Freemasonry, and I will send my students to you to set up rules for you, establish a method for considering the income and expenditure of each village, and constantly set your pay and income for each village, and at the end of the year, according to this accounting, calculate the income, and distribute the profits......"

Zhao Xing introduced in detail the operation mode of the Sanzhai Alliance, he used the modern "departmental accounting" and self-financing of profits and losses, and the three Song people were dizzy when they heard it, or the owner of Huaiwei Zhai Shizhai said what everyone said: "Recruit adults, we are rough people, remember what to do, can you still lose us if you recruit adults?" I heard that no one in Mizhou can understand the adult's accounting method, and no one in the imperial court can understand it, but the adult has been away from Mizhou for three years, and no one in Michigan has said that the adult's method of leaving the land is unfair - I believe in the adult, and the adult just has to do it. ”

Zhao Xing said with a smile, he confessed: "The principle here is very complicated, using some modern mathematical principles, and it can't be explained to you, but you said that no one in Mizhou has learned this method in three years, you are wrong, there are no less than 1,000 accountants trained in Mizhou in the past three years, and at least two people in the court know why they have to settle accounts like this." ”

The three village owners replied in unison: "I don't care about that, just listen to the arrangement of the adults." ”

"Okay, now that I have missed the spring ploughing, I will no longer delay you, you go to my palm to remember Wan Qiyong, and get the items you deserve with my note", Zhao Xing picked up the pen and drew a few notes on the paper, and the three village owners saw Zhao Xing's handwriting and frowned, but they didn't express it.

Zhao Xing handed them the note and told them again: "This matter is confidential, a few people just need to know, I don't need to say it from Master Jinglue." Because I am afraid that the Western Xia spies will inquire clearly and know how to circumvent our plans. As for the 130,000 yuan allocated by the imperial court...... There are 28 villages on my Huanqing Road, except for a part of the reservation, each village has an allocation of 150 to two 2,000 yuan, and your three villages are at the forefront of the project, and I will allocate it to you according to the maximum limit. You will leave after receiving your things, but I am too busy to deliver them. ”

The three of them walked out of Zhao Xing's official office, and Shi Dang pouted: "Recruit the adult or the disciple of Master Su, even I can't write as well as me, Master Liu Zhai, I'm afraid it's not as good as you?" ”

Liu Zhai snorted. Said disdainfully: "What's the use of your handwriting well, people are using all the kung fu of practicing calligraphy to ponder their minds, no matter how good your handwriting is, you can't think of this kind of grass and trees are all soldiers." ”

Shi dare to fall and be humble. He nodded and said, "Yes, yes, it's funny, and I still joke to invite adults...... Everyone has a brain, and our head was kicked off by a donkey, and we can't think of such a ruthless poisonous plan - poisonous enough! Ruthless enough! Insidious enough...... I like it! ”

Zhao Xing's pen is unique, Wan Qiyong looked at the note. Without saying anything, he stamped the seal, and then turned his head to negotiate with the merchants, and the three owners of the village saw that the discussion in the side hall was in full swing. A little unable to move his legs, Shi Dare muttered: "Three years, after three years, can we still insert our feet in this betting business?" No, I have to go back to the village as soon as possible and tell the people in the village about it. ”

The other two owners felt the same way, holding stamped notes. A trot ran to the Gyeongju treasury, the officials of the treasury also deeply sympathized with Zhao Xingdi's handwriting, and when they saw this note, they even had no intention of interrogating, so they immediately opened the treasury and instructed the officials to move materials outside the warehouse: "The note for recruiting adults reads: Give each of you two shovels, one big and one small, a pair of hoes, a pair of rakes, and ten horse-drawn plows...... Everything else is easy to say. The horse-drawn plough is still an iron piece and an iron pipe, and when you get the things back, you will have to go to the government office again and call a craftsman to assemble them in your village. ”

Shi Dang asked anxiously: "Where are the grass seeds?" The adults said that there are grass seeds and saplings, and we have these shovels and hoes at home, and I would like to exchange some more grass seeds and saplings. ”

The other two owners of the village also made the same statement in unison. The officer was quite impressed. After hesitating for a long time, he reluctantly said: "Recruiting adults is strict, you have to change things." I don't dare to make decisions, but make it clear, it's up to you. I'd like to give it to you privately, but you're not allowed to complain afterwards. ”

As soon as the official said this, several village owners raised their hearts, and Shi Dare asked cautiously: "Official, what are the shovels and hoes, can we take a look?" ”

The official was refreshing: "Okay, if I don't let you see it, you will complain when you turn around, come, take a small shovel." ”

This small shovel is not big, the shovel head is not much bigger than a palm, the pointed end, one side is sharpened, and one side is made into a serration...... If there are modern people present, they will definitely recognize this as a folding individual shovel, one shovel can be used for multiple purposes, and the shovel surface can be used as a hoe when upright.

The shovel is very well maintained, and it is coated with a thick layer of grease to prevent rust, and the grease is wiped off, revealing the black metal surface. Shi Kang tried the blade of the shovel on one side, knocked on the metal, and suddenly his heart moved, and he took out the waist knife and slashed at the shovel surface, and with a ding, there was a gap in the shovel surface that was the size of a grain of rice, but the waist knife in Shi Kang's hand was cut in half.

Hiss - this kind of result made the three village owners gasp for cold air, and Shi Dare said regretfully: "My waist knife, this treasure knife has been with me for more than ten years, and has killed countless Xixia people, how can it not cut this broken shovel?" ”

This knife has been used for more than ten years, and it has already passed the limit of metal fatigue, not to mention that the shovel can cut it, as long as it is a super-fine iron rod and iron bar, this knife can be broken, but this truth Shi dare not know, and he can't know.

And Zhao Xing has already developed the habit of making tools with tool steel, this shovel, and other farm tools are made of tool steel smelted from high-quality iron ore in Quang Ninh, Vietnam...... But this point Shi dare will not know.

Lord Liu Zhai hugged the shovel and shouted: "Don't you dare to say that, if you can cut off your treasure knife, it is still a broken shovel - the treasure shovel is definitely a treasure shovel." Your Excellency, I will give you a handful of this shovel in private, and you can give me enough for the rest. ”

The official hesitated for a moment, and replied: "You don't need to worry about the number, the appeasement made the lord say, under his tenure is not allowed to withhold, if he can do this, at the end of the year he will have his own heavy reward, custody than the people to earn more land - we have inquired, the solicitation of the lord is known for this area, Mizhou, Hangzhou, Yangzhou, all the people who listen to him have made a fortune." The three village owners, don't mention the past, if the brothers want to be offended in the future, just look for the brothers, even if they point their noses and scold, it doesn't hurt, but don't sue the adults.

Oh, there is no shortage of farm tools, grass seeds, and saplings, all of which are sufficient, and the three village owners please sign here for approval. Master Liu Zhai, you allowed me a subway shovel, but it is a private affection between the two of us, and it is not recorded in the account. Go back, don't ask the adults to sue you again. ”

The officials told them that the three village owners were afraid that they would be robbed again if they stayed too long, and the carriages they brought were not enough. He temporarily hired a carriage from the city and rushed back to the village overnight. After they returned to the village, the owners of the village south of Huachi also rushed to Gyeongju one after another to accept Zhao Xing's plan of "all grass and trees are soldiers...... After that, the whole of Gyeongju. From the south of Huachi, all the action was taken, and the dry was in full swing.

The three walled cities of Hengshanzhai, Tongsaizhai, and Huai'an Town in the western corner of Gyeongju couldn't sit still when they saw that Zhao Xing had not summoned them for a long time. They were adjacent to the Dingbian Army, and the war was together, Fan Chun sat in the Dingbian Army, and the three stockades were not familiar with Zhao Xing, so they hurriedly looked for Fan Chun, hoping that he would come forward to talk about it. Let that Lord Zhao, who "turned stones into gold", not ignore them.

Fan Chun felt that the Western Xia people of Weizhou had retreated, the war had subsided, and it was useless for him to continue to stay in the Dingbian army, so he rushed back to Gyeongju with three village owners. As soon as he saw Zhao Xing, Fan Chun split his head and asked: "Leaving people, I heard that you called on people to plant grass on the eastern front from Huaiwei Village to Shengqiang Village." In the south of Huachi, people are asked to plant grass and raise birds, is there such a thing? ”

Zhao Xing blinked his eyes and said vaguely: "Master Fan, now that the spring ploughing has passed, it is too late to plant grain, only to plant grass, I ask the three villages on the eastern front to plant grass and raise horses." Horses for food. coping with this year's famine; To the south of Huachi, grass and birds were planted to reserve supplies for the war. Now both places are moving. I'm still waiting for Zhang Jingluo to come back from Huanzhou, and then go to Huanzhou to have a look. ”

By Fan Chun's side, the Sanzhai on the Western Front looked at Fan Chun with blank eyes, counting on Lord Jingzhao to make decisions for himself. And Zhao Xing didn't want to tell Fan Chun the details, because the literati in this era had no sense of secrecy. For example, at the beginning of the imperial court's seven-way attack on Xia, the literati actually published the news in the Di newspaper a year in advance, and scolded Fang Xuan to discuss the strategy of attacking Xia, which led to the preparation of the Western Xia people a year in advance, and then the Song army Yongle City was defeated. 200,000 soldiers were killed or captured in battle, and Shaanxi's vitality was greatly damaged from then on. For the first time, the imperial court became aware of the control of the newspapers and began to prohibit private newspapers.

Zhao Xing now doesn't want officials to point fingers at his plan, so he holds on to the strategy of "kill or say". But now it seems that the Chinese people's sense of secrecy is still not strong, and it can even be said that there is no such thing as a sense of secrecy. Although Zhao Xingqian told him everything, there were still some owners who knew about the village, and they couldn't help but show off this amazing plan to their companions, and as a result, now the three villagers on the western front have fully understood this plan.

Understand and understand, however, all the people who told them repeated Zhao Xing's confidentiality request, they knew the content in their hearts, but they didn't dare to say it to Fan Chun, and Fan Chun didn't think so, although the three village owners frequently urged, he decided to take a more elegant way of speaking - that is, talking with ***: "When I was in the Dingbian Army, I also heard that the people who left the army gathered the merchants, and bought some machinery and drawings with the money subsidized by the imperial court for the merchants to produce, what are the things." Did it work? ”

Zhao Xing replied respectfully: "My lord, the amount allocated by the imperial court to my Huanqing Road is only 130,000 yuan, which is far from enough, in order to make this money interest, I bought some machinery, hired some craftsmen, and turned it to merchants to make a little money - this is one of them."

In addition, those machines were really useful, such as the pincer - in the days without the pincer, craftsmen could only bend very thin branches to make bows and arrows, this kind of bow was relatively soft, and the arrows shot were not lethal enough, in order to increase the lethality, the craftsmen had to use fire-roasting, gluing, and so on to make composite bows. It takes a long time to dry in the shade after gluing, and I have heard that it takes two and a half years to prepare such a bow.

But with the tongs, it is different, it can use the power of mechanical traction to bend a thicker wooden stick in an hour to make a powerful wooden bow. Originally, it would take two years for a good craftsman to make a bow, and the price of the bow should be equivalent to two years' salary and expenses for that good craftsman. But now with the tongs, a craftsman who is not very skilled can work four hours (8 hours) a day to make four bows, and at least 3,000 bows in two years, so that the price of bows will be reduced to 1/3000 of the original land - this is the power of machinery.

With the pincers, when we fought the Tanguts again, the Tanguts fought us again with bows that were 3,000 times more expensive than ours. See if we can't kill him. This is called the triumph of creativity over obscurantism. My lord, if I deal with it in this way, the government can not only get money, but also increase the war potential of my Huanqing Road, which should not be wrong. ”

There are strict monitoring measures for the relief funds of the imperial court, Fan Zhongyan asked about the cost of this money, and said in a snort: "Leaving people to do this is beneficial to the country, but this is also a fair and righteous thing, why not tell the court clearly." I am afraid it is not good for the imperial court to take the disaster relief money without telling you. ”