The third day of the sixth month of the forty-seventh year of Wanli

When he was running in the morning, Li Chaoqin came to announce the good news to His Royal Highness the Taisun, and the ignition device of the flintlock fire gun had been made. Zhu Xiaoqi was overjoyed in his heart, but he still waited for Li Jinzhong to say "time is up" before he stopped, and slowly paced.

"His Royal Highness Taisun is wise, and the method of grouping is really the supreme magic law. Yesterday, the third group built an ignition device, and three or four out of ten were successful. ”

"This is all supervised by Li Du, and all the craftsmen can work hard to create it so quickly. Reward the third group of fifty taels, Li Banban will take the silver to him, and give it all to the leader of the third group, you can't take a lot of it. As for how they are divided, you don't care. "There must be rewards and punishments for doing things, so as to increase motivation. In more than 30 days, ten people got fifty taels, which is already a huge reward, he asked Li Jinzhong, most craftsmen do not pay wages for doing things here, and they are considered to be in service, so this time the reward should make the craftsmen understand that they are talking and counting, and Shang Jun's wood mark gold is meaningful.

"When we talk about things in the future, we can't use the kind of three or four out of ten. Three is three, and four is four. How many times have you tested it? ”

"Returning to His Royal Highness the Taisun, a total of fifty times have been tested, of which sixteen have been hit."

"Well, it's not too outrageous to say that three or four times out of ten. You should test 100 times, and how many times you hit it is what percentage it is. It will be more accurate to try more times, and it can be converted if there is less, and the number of times you have now fired a lighter, if converted, is 32%. If you order them to improve, and if they can increase the firing rate by one percent, they will be rewarded with one or two pieces of silver. It's the same for all three groups. In the future, it will be tested at least a hundred times, understand? ”

Li Chaoqin nodded again and again, then took the silver and left happily. Of course, he didn't get a silver reward, because last time he said that he would make a working flint flint flint firebolt, and he would get a silver reward of 100 taels in three months. In fact, he didn't care much about one hundred taels, but His Royal Highness Taisun rewarded it differently. Compared with silver, showing his face in front of the grandson is much more important.

Happy in his heart, Zhu Xiaoqi decided to go to the Siyuan Bureau to see how the sweet potatoes were. So Li Jinzhong took him to the Siyuan Bureau. Of course, Zhou Yuji and Zhang Qianfang followed together, and they can be regarded as the bodyguards of the grandson.

Wang Tiqian, the eunuch of the Siyuan Bureau, is a very literate eunuch, which is rare among eunuchs, like Li Jinzhong, who can barely recognize a hundred words, which is already good. However, the eunuchs who entered the palace since childhood were stronger, because there was an inner study hall in the imperial city, which specialized in teaching young eunuchs to read. Li Jinzhong is considered a halfway monk, and he can't blame others for his low level of education. Wang Tiqian did things steadily, and specially found an old farmer to be in charge of this matter, and selected and planted seeds in strict accordance with what Xu Guangqi's book wrote, and has been raising seedlings for a period of time now. Looking at the lush sweet potato seedlings, Zhu Xiaoqi seemed to see a large sweet potato field and a warehouse full of sweet potatoes. I thought that I would promote sweet potatoes in large quantities, and everyone would at least have something to eat, so that no one would rebel.

Corn is available in the Siyuan Bureau, and it is almost ripe now. However, Zhu Xiaoqi found that it seemed to be smaller than modern corn. I broke a few grains and tasted them, but they tasted good. After asking Wang Tiqian, I learned that if I took good care of it, one mu of corn would probably yield one stone and three stones. Of course, it cannot be compared with later generations, but at that time, the yield of wheat was only two stones. And most importantly, it can be planted everywhere regardless of location, and it has a strong ability to resist adverse environments.

"Wang Dujian did a very good job. There are still some things to do for you. ”

"Don't dare to be His Royal Highness the Grand Sun, the slave is just doing her duty. Your Highness has orders, and the slaves and maids are all obedient. ”

"Good! Gu asked Wang Dujian to find three pieces of fertile land of the same size and the same size, and then use the same method to plant a certain crop, one of which was planted with peanuts between the ridges, soybeans between the ridges, and nothing at all. Except for this difference, everything else should be the same. After harvesting, the yield of each crop is carefully counted and reported to me. Of course, in addition to corn, you can also choose several crops for planting to get more yields, and it is of course better to compare the yields between the same crops. ”

"What His Highness has explained, the slave and maid must complete it meticulously. Immediately after the harvest, inform His Highness. ”

"As long as you do well, I will not hesitate to reward. I await the good news from the royal eunuch. Li Banban, you are responsible for contacting Wang Dujian, if Wang Dujian has any requirements, you can make decisions on the spot, and if you feel difficult, you should tell me in time. ”

"Your Highness, rest assured, the slaves and maids will definitely actively cooperate with the royal capital eunuch and will not delay His Highness's major affairs!"

Zhu Youxiao asked about the use of farming tools and fertilizers, and Wang Tiqian took out a kind of wooden ox to demonstrate, which consisted of two herringbone brackets and a roller with a cross wooden peg. When ploughing the field, the distance between the two ends of the field is two zhang, the opposite direction is installed, there is a rope of six zhang long wrapped in the wheel, the two ends of the rope are fixed on the roller on both sides, there is a small iron ring in the middle, the small iron ring is hung with the drag hook of the plough, the wooden peg on the wheel is moved by manpower during operation, so that it rotates, and the plough moves the plough back and forth. Each set of cultivators is divided into three people, one person for each side of the wheel, and one person for the plow. When one person rotates, the other party rests, and so on, and so on, Wang Tiqian said that he can "have the power of two bulls with one hand", and Zhu Youxiao University is interested and hopes that it can be promoted to all places.

As for fertilizers, they are often used in "oil squeezing dry cakes", such as sesame cakes and cottonseed cakes, which are used in high-yield fields. Farmland fertilization technology has also been improved, and fertilizers with different properties are applied to different soils. Dip the rice seedlings with plant ash and flood the seedling roots with lime. This not only increases yields, but also improves the soil. Zhu Youxiao found that the use of human and animal manure was less than that of later generations, but it was not bad.

I asked Wang Tiqian, but he had never heard of potatoes or potatoes. It seems that if you want to find potatoes, you can only go to Xu Guangqi. Xu Guangqi is a young Zhan Shi and the imperial history of Henan Province, and last time he said that he was training troops in Tongzhou. So Li Jinzhong inquired in the East Palace and confirmed that he was still in Tongzhou. So Zhu Xiaoqi wanted to go to Tongzhou to find him. Li Jinzhong felt that it was not early now, and there were carriage guards to prepare, and the division out of Beijing had to inform Li Xuanzhi first, so he suggested going to Tongzhou tomorrow.

Zhu Xiaoqi was helpless, so he had to practice with Zhou Yuji and Zhang Qianfang for a while in the afternoon, and gained countless sycophants. In the evening, Li Jinzhong came to report and had already told Li Xuanzhi, Li Xuanzhi agreed after ordering more guards, and the carriage was also ready, and sent someone to inform Xu Guangqi first, and he could set off tomorrow morning.