At this time, Yang Xuan was patrolling a tributary of the Minjiang River to see the first rice machine he had made. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Or so much land has been abandoned for many years, the fertility of the land has been restored, the crops have grown very luxuriantly this autumn, looking at the endless rice grains, this year is a good year, and the people on the verge of hunger are overjoyed.

Yang Xuan was overwhelmed, and since the beginning of the army, he began to carry out the work of military cantonment, civilian cantonment, and resettlement of displaced people.

In particular, after the troops entered Chengdu this time, due to the gap in Dujiangyan in the past few years, the entire Chengdu Plain has been flooded for many years, coupled with the rebellion of the Liukou and Tatars, the people have fled a lot, and there are more than 100,000 people in the military and official tuns alone, and if we add the displaced people who have been resettled by the people, the number can only be said to be more.

However, after sending troops to Guan County to rebuild the river to control the floods, Dujiangyan has not been stopped in the past six months, so the work of cultivating and rehousing displaced people has progressed quite smoothly.

Looking at the long-lost smiles of the people in the fields and touching the heavy rice, Yan Ximing, the prefect of Chengdu, was quite excited and said: "After returning to Chengdu, the adults sent two battalions to Dujiangyan to repair the river and control the flood.

Up to now, the flood has been basically eradicated, both the government and the people have contributed money and grain to organize the cultivation, so it will not take a few years, the Chengdu Plain will regain its former vitality, and our four (Sichuan) will be the envy of everyone in the country of abundance. ”

Qian Bangqi, the superintendent next to him, also sighed: "Hey, the first few months have really been a headache, the price of grain in Chengdu once rose to the point of 3 yuan of silver coins per load, and now it's good, everyone sees that this year's harvest is expected, and the price of this grain has basically dropped to the level of 1 yuan of silver coins."

At this rate, food prices could return to normal levels by next year. ”

Everyone looked at the harvest scene along the way with great interest, and their hearts were full of excitement, and sometimes they even stopped to ask the farmers who were harvesting grain for two mouthfuls of water to drink, so after two days of travel, everyone came to Guan County.

After three months of technical research, the water mill was finally completed.

A cofferdam with a height of 5 meters is set up at a tributary of the Minjiang River, and a part of the river water is left through a small ditch, rushing on an iron bearing with a full 500 catties, driving the blades on the bearing to rotate back and forth.

With this as a driving force, a model of a rice threshing machine is built next to it, and a roller is pulled back and forth by pulling a belt, and the rice that has been stripped off of the rice husk is sieved out through a sieve.

First use a sparse sieve, and then use a dense sieve to sift, and so on three times, the rice husk is peeled clean, and the white rice is blown one by one, although the quality of the rice is very different from that of the previous life, but it is not the same as the rice that was scooped out in the past.

Everyone looked at the beaten rice in amazement, it was white and clean, and there was no bran on it, and some people complained that it was too much.

Yang Xuan of the Crossing Clan didn't think so, so he let his entourage cook it into dry rice and eat it in his mouth, and there was no taste of rice bran in the past, and he felt that his mouth was full of fragrance.

Qian Bangxin put a clip of rice into his mouth, and said with a smile: "My lord, this is amazing, in the past, I couldn't scoop this kind of polished rice ten times or eight times, one by one, the fragrance is incomparable."

My lord, this is really amazing, can you sell a little to me when the time comes, we have no problem eating or not, my mother is over seventy years old, although people are still very energetic, but the teeth have fallen out so that only a few front teeth remain, and you don't need to chew to eat this kind of rice. ”

Yang Xuan smiled and said, "Brother Qian, don't worry.

I mean, how about contracting this mill to the local squires and asking them to hire people to make rice?

When Qian Bangxin heard this, he shook his head and said, "My lord, this, this is not very good."

Merchants are profit-seeking, and everyone knows that if this mill is contracted to the squires, they will definitely raise the price of rice.

My lord, it is very difficult for my mother to eat anything when she is in her sixties and seventies, so what if a merchant takes the opportunity to raise the price of rice? ”

Yang Xuan smiled and said, "Brother Fan, don't worry. Everyone has seen that the machine mill is far better than the rice mill in the past, and in the past two years, our local government has supported the people to build water conservancy and support the construction of mills.

In this way, in less than ten years, everyone will be able to eat the rice from the machine mill, isn't this a merit? ”

Qian Bangqi sighed a few times, shook his head and said, "What the adults said is right, since this is the case, then what else do we have to say?"

In the past few months, it is not that a load of grain of 3 yuan and 5 yuan of silver have not been sold, and when the time comes, in order to let my mother eat this good rice, it is a big deal to spend a little more money. ”

Yang Xuan waved his hand and said with a smile: "Brother Qian, I don't mean that, everyone also sees that this mill can process 50 quintals of rice a day (of course, it was very slow at the beginning), and we contracted it to merchants, and in addition to paying normal taxes, we also need to help us scoop 200 quintals of grain for free every month."

The government received 200 quintals of grain, and 4 quintals were distributed to each regiment every month, and everyone ate a little of this fine polished rice during the monthly tooth sacrifice so that the brothers could also taste it.

The remaining 40 quintals of rice were distributed to local officials.

Didn't we distribute food in the past?

Although half of the incorruptible silver is now reimbursed and half is directly received (equivalent to a special confidential fee), isn't the part of the money distributed to the grain and the part of the silver dollar? Let these 40 loads of rice be put in the rice and distributed in it.

Tell the loyal and righteous brothers everywhere, and tell the officials everywhere that the machine mill is only a successful first test, and we will build more machine mills in the future, and everyone will be able to eat this kind of high-quality fine grain in the future. ”

When Qian Bangxin heard this, he nodded again and again and said yes, he is a three-product inspector, if the general official can match a bucket every month, he can match 5 buckets per month, with these 5 buckets of good rice, his mother has no worries about eating.

Just when everyone was happily discussing how many machine mills could be built in various places, the messenger came to report that Yang Zhan led his troops to capture Kunming City, and the Liukou was now fleeing to Lijiang Mansion and Guangxi Mansion.

Yang Xuan was overjoyed when he heard the news, and said to everyone: "Everyone, Zhuge Liang captured seven times in the past, and occupied all parts of Yunnan in this way.

Unexpectedly, Yang Zhan and Yang Xingdu commanded the horse to succeed, and occupied Kunming in less than 3 months and recovered Yunnan Province, which is really gratifying.

I will present to the emperor to ensure that General Yang Zhan is the governor of Yunnan, I don't know what you think? ”

Qian Bangqi shook his head and said, "My lord, don't do this. Governor Fan Yixuan was reappointed as the governor of Yunnan, it stands to reason that this governor of Yunnan should fall on Governor Fan Yixuan, the governor of Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu, how to protect the governor of Yunnan? ”

Yin Chengqi retorted: "Qian Jianjun's words are wrong, Governor Fan Yixuan is only close to Li Gande, the governor of northern Sichuan, and Li Gande seems to think that our adults robbed him of the governor of northern Sichuan.

Ladies and gentlemen, if Li Gande is allowed to control Yunnan, he will inevitably make trouble behind us, so that I and others will not be able to go all out on the Northern Expedition, therefore, I am in favor of protecting General Yang Zhan as the governor of Yunnan. ”

Everyone talked about it, except for Qian Bangqi's rebuttal, everyone else agreed.

Seeing this, Yang Xuan dictated that Gong Wanjing was sent as an envoy to Wugang to meet Emperor Yongli.

On the other hand, Yang Xuan asked Yang Zhan to load two loads of good polished rice to send it.