This is also the reason why Xiao He and Li Shanchang, two civilian officials who have never been on the battlefield, can be the first heroes of the founding of the country, because they are both engaged in logistics, and with their excellent work ability, they have brought a lot of grain and grass for the lord and fed the huge army, which is the basis for the success of Liu Bang and Zhu Yuanzhang. With this foundation, the generals under them can display their talents and conquer the Quartet. Otherwise, it will be difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, and no matter how capable a person is, he will not be able to win the other party if he takes a group of shrimp soldiers and crabs to fight.

Therefore, when he was recruiting soldiers, as long as those who worked the farm, real people were real people, and the nature of the country was easy to change, and it was difficult to change the nature of the country, and if he worked the farm, he would work the battlefield.

Of course, Zhu Ao will definitely not let the honest people suffer, those who can be selected into the army, are good people who do a good job on the farm, each of these people get more wages than others, when they are conscripted into the army, there will be a settling-in allowance, after being injured or killed, his family will also have three buckets of coarse grain, two buckets of fine grain subsidies per month, enough to ensure that his family can live a worry-free life, in order to solve their worries.

In addition, those who have participated in the war do not have to do odd jobs on the farm, and their household chores can be handed over to people who have never been on the battlefield, which invisibly improves their status and also increases their enthusiasm for joining the army and fighting.

And those who are not very honest will get much worse rewards and status in the farm, and those who are not real, Zhu Ao will arrange them to work as coolies in slave camps, and that kind of people are only worthy of being slaves, otherwise they will not be able to learn how to work honestly.

That night, Zhu Ao stayed in Lan Youcheng's room, Lan Youcheng had a lively personality, and the situation reported from all over the country was enough to show that this time Su Guo was about to have a bumper harvest, she was even more sincerely happy for the king, like a cheerful bird, jumped and jumped to Zhu Ao, hugged his arm and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, according to the situation reported by farms from all over the country, we are going to have a bumper harvest again this year." ”

Zhu Ao is practicing calligraphy with a brush, although calligraphy is not helpful at all for marching and fighting, Zhu Di's handwriting is very bad, not the same as fighting in all directions? But as the saying goes, "art is not pressing", this calligraphy is what he has practiced for a long time, and he is really reluctant to abandon it once, and after the calligraphy is practiced, it is also very face-saving to criticize a piece of music or something, like Zhu Laosi's kind of dog gnawed words, although the ministers did not say it, he must have felt strange and embarrassed in his own heart, after seeing Lan Youcheng coming, he put down the brush in his hand and said with a smile: "I have worked hard to love the concubine during this time, and after I am busy for a while, the widow will definitely reward you well." ”

Lan Youcheng pouted and put away Zhu Ao's brush and words, handed them to the maid to put them away, and then hugged Zhu Ao's arm and said coquettishly: "The prince finally came to the concubine for a trip, why do you still want to write this?" This calligraphy is even more beautiful than that of concubines? ”

Zhu Ao was coaxed by her to laugh, and her heart blossomed, who didn't want his wife to stick to him like a bird, hugged her little waist with one hand, and said, "Okay, good." Don't write it. The widow's beloved concubine has worked hard these days, so the widow will accompany you well and compensate you well. ”

Seeing her husband so considerate, Lan Youcheng's heart was as sweet as honey, she hugged Zhu Ao's neck, stood on tiptoe, kissed her gently, and said with a smile: "Thank you for your mercy, the concubine can contribute to the prince's career with her skills, and I am very honored in my heart." I never felt that it was hard, but it was the prince who took his concubines and others to build the originally poor and white Su country into such a prosperous state, and it was hard. The concubines admired the prince very much, and hoped that the prince would not work too hard and take care of his body. ”

The moment Lan Youcheng's lips came over, Zhu Ao only felt a faint fragrance coming to his nose, he carefully looked at his virtuous concubine, and saw that she was more beautiful and more flavorful, it is no wonder that in the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu, when he first saw her in the pharmacy in the capital, she was not yet fifteen years old, and now she is eighteen years old, most of all aspects of her body are mature, plus her own moisture, she is naturally more feminine than before.

Zhu Ao pinched her little round buttocks hard, and a softness instantly spread from his hands all over his body, provoking his bones to be numb, and the mature woman's hand felt good, Zhu Ao couldn't help but pinch two more.

"Ah, my lord, you hurt your concubine." Lan Youcheng was pinched by him with a little pain, and couldn't help but snort.

Zhu Ao picked up Lan Youcheng with a wicked smile, put her on the table where he was writing just now, let her sit on it, and then looked left and right with a silver expression.

It was the first time for Lan Youcheng to be looked at like this by Zhu Ao, so he rubbed his hands very embarrassedly, put them between his legs, lowered his head and said shyly: "Lord Wang, what are you looking at?" Does the concubine have dirty things on her face? ”

Zhu Ao smiled and shook his head, still staring at Lan Youcheng intently, as if admiring a rare treasure, and said gently: "I didn't expect that three years have passed in a blink of an eye, and the widow's virtuous concubines have grown so big." He is also taller and more feminine. As soon as he said this, he suddenly felt that he was so evil, like that.

Lan Youcheng smiled sweetly, she knew in her heart how much love and love Zhu Ao's words contained in her, if the prince did not have her in his heart, he would never sigh at her growth, but at the same time, she had a trace of worry in her heart, and said with a trace of sadness on her face: "Thank you for the prince's favor, the three years of following the prince are the happiest time for the concubine." It's just that time is fleeting, years are easy to get old, the concubines are mature now, and they will grow old in the future. The concubines will not be jealous with the prince's future young concubines, and they just ask the prince to sit here occasionally after they are pampered. ”

Zhu Ao was quite sad in his heart, Lan Youcheng's remarks showed how many grievances in the deep palace, and how many young beauties forgot about them after being fortunate by the emperor once, and since then they have lived a life alone. Isn't his mother a prime example?

Moreover, he also knew that there was a very cruel funeral system in the early Ming Dynasty, and the emperors, including Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di, the two eloquent kings, respected this system very much.

No matter how he justifies this system, Zhu Ao feels that it is inhumane and extremely selfish, and he doesn't treat these little wives as human beings at all, but just treats them as his playthings, and he will take them away after death.

It is conceivable that those concubines were in a mood when they were forced to be martyred, accidentally strayed into the deep palace, and were forgotten by the emperor after being fortunate a few times, and they could not enjoy the love of their husbands for a lifetime, had no offspring, and lost the basic right of a woman to be a mother. Some young girls who have just entered the palace and are only fourteen or fifteen years old are not spared, and a life that is blooming and blooming has fallen under the soil like this, which is completely inhumane.

No matter how great this emperor is and how great his achievements are, whether it is to drive out the Tartars or go to the West seven times, engaging in this set of life-destroying funeral systems will stain their lives.

It's a pity that Zhu Ao can't be the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and there is no way to change this ugly system, so he can only lament in this Zhangye City, and it is not worth it for those young concubines.

Lan Youcheng's words touched Zhu Ao's thoughts, making him not only wander for a while, but after coming back to his senses, he took Lan Youcheng's white little hand and said with a smile: "Don't worry, concubine, the widow's virtuous concubine is so well-behaved, how can the widow be willing to abandon you?" Even if the widow goes before you in the future, our son will accompany you. ”

Lan Youcheng's face changed, and he said in a slightly unhappy tone: "What did the prince say?" A good person like Wang Ye must be Shoubi Nanshan, and he is not allowed to say such unlucky things. ”

"Good, good, good. If you don't say it, you don't say it. Zhu Ao smiled, and he felt quite a lot in his heart, three years, the world has changed too much, Su Guo is no longer the desolate scene before, it has become a thriving scene, countless land has been reclaimed, countless water conservancy facilities have been built, every month there are countless people from the Central Plains to Su to live a good life, and there are some foreign Hu people, come to Su to do business, and even live here and do not leave.

Three years ago, when Su Wang Zhu Ao first came to the domain, he was only less than sixteen years old, and his wives were only fourteen or fifteen years old, and they belonged to junior high school students who had not yet fully developed.

Now, this King Su is about to turn nineteen years old, and his wives have grown into seventeen or eighteen-year-old slim beauties, completely feminine, and it is the best age for women, youthful, energetic, like a hibiscus just out of the water, incomparably watery, a pinch can pinch out the water. Everyone's figure is very good, the skin on the body is completely tight, there is no trace of fat, and they are simply the best in the world.

Every time he falls in love with them, Zhu Ao has a special sense of satisfaction and accomplishment in his heart, he has his own territory, his own army, a place where he can make a promise, and there are so many beautiful people in the world.

If he hadn't crossed over, knew the direction of later history, didn't want to be, didn't want to lose his privileges, he really wanted to be decadent like this, and live a life of drunken dreams and death, wouldn't it be the greatest joy in life?

Zhu Ao's body moved forward a little, clinging to Lan Youcheng's sexy and tight thighs, taking her little hand and saying, "In two days, the farms around the country should be harvested, and the widow wants to go down to see it in person, concubine, you can accompany the widow." Just help the widow check their accounts. ”

Lan Youcheng's rubbing little hands were tightly intertwined, although she had been a husband and wife for three years, and every hair on her body could be said to have been encroached upon by this domineering prince, but I don't know why every time Zhu Ao approached her, there was always a little bit of nervousness in her heart in addition to expectations.

Maybe he's really the nemesis of his life. I'm afraid I won't be able to escape his clutches in my life.

Lan Youcheng remembered that she watched the sowing scene of the double-horse-drawn cocoon invented by the prince with Dai Yuzhu before, although three years have passed, but she still remembers it very clearly, because the scene of ten thousand horses galloping and sowing hundreds of acres of land a day is really amazing, it is this kind of high-input, high-output, large-scale, mechanized production mode that makes Suguo's agriculture harvest year after year, not only completely solves the problem of eating, but also the granaries around the country are also full, so that the soldiers can be issued rich benefits and pensions, In this way, they will fight harder for the king.

Not only that, the abundant financial resources of the Su State also attracted people from all over the country to come to the Su State to make money, so that the population of the Su State increased rapidly, and the military resources also increased rapidly, becoming a powerful political power in the northwest region.

Hearing Zhu Ao say this, Lan Youcheng seemed to have returned to the beginning, at that time she was just a slave, not even the prince's concubine, in front of the prince can only be called a slave, dare not call a concubine, and now she has become a high and virtuous concubine, enjoying all the wealth in the world, all of this is given by the prince, thinking of this, the corners of her mouth unconsciously hung a sweet smile, what can be better than a person she likes to give herself happiness and be happy?

Zhu Ao looked at her alone in a daze, grinning and smirking from time to time, and wondered for a while, isn't it just to go to see the farm? Isn't it for me to travel the world with you, as for being happy to be like this? He rubbed his body forward along her tight and full thighs, picked her chin with his hand, and smiled, "What do you think?" They all laughed silly. ”

Lan Youcheng raised his head, looked at Zhu Ao with a pair of big black eyes, and smiled sweetly like a quail: "It's nothing, the concubine is happy, in the blink of an eye, the concubine has been with the prince for three years, and I hope that I can always accompany the prince in this life and this life." By the way, I heard that the prince invented another sharp weapon, what is it called a horse pushing a harvester, is it true? ”

Zhu Ao grinned very proudly, kissed her delicate little mouth, and then whispered in her ear: "Of course it's true, the widow just briefly told the craftsmen about the production outline of that kind of machine, but I didn't expect them to really come up with it, this time to inspect the farm, the most important thing is to see how the actual effect of the horse-pushed harvester is?" ”

"The tools designed by the prince must be sharp weapons, and the concubine is fortunate to be able to ...... Not. Before she finished speaking, she was kissed on the lips by Zhu Ao, and then pushed down on the table.

The next day, Zhu Ao took Lan Youcheng and Di Lina Zha to set off, their destination was Zhangye No. 1 Farm, which was the first large farm established by Zhu Ao, and the site was also in the most fertile place along the Heihe River, and all kinds of equipment were also the most complete.

Zhu Ao and Di Linaza rode a horse alone, and Lan Youcheng sat in the carriage, because the queen and the concubine were pregnant, so this time Zhu Ao did not take them with him, and placed them in Dunhuang, so that they could raise their babies with peace of mind. Zhangye City is located at the northern foot of Qilian Mountain, which is Zhu Ao's original nest, and he also has inexplicable feelings for this place, as if this is his second hometown.

When passing by the place where he and Di Linaza were hunting together, Zhu Ao pointed at Qilian Mountain in the south with a horsewhip and quipped at Di Linazha: "Ai Concubine, do you remember? We got lost in this place last time. ”

How could Di Linaza forget this place, touching the scene, and looking up at the unfathomable hinterland of Qilian Mountain, which was still as terrifying as before, but she had a trace of inexplicable feelings for it, it can be said that it was the place where the story between her and Zhu Ao officially began, and sighed: "How could the concubine forget?" When the concubine's life was in danger, it was the king who had been protecting the concubine, and although the days of disappearance were extremely dangerous, when she remembered that the king was by the concubine's side, the concubine had confidence in her heart. Fate is really impermanent, and the most dangerous time for concubines is precisely the starting point of concubines' happiness. ”

"Well, let's go hunting again." The horse galloped on the vast plain, and there were two beautiful women by his side, which made Zhu Ao's heart feel very happy, and he really wanted to yell a few times regardless of the identity of the prince, in order to vent the surging in his heart, and laughed loudly at Di Linaza and quipped.

"Okay, this time the concubine must win the king."

"The concubines also go to see the place where the prince and the concubine get married." Lan Youcheng, who was in the carriage, heard them talking, and poked his head out happily.

"Hahaha, okay, let's go." Zhu Ao laughed heartily again, of course, they wouldn't go to that kind of dangerous place with Lan Youcheng, but what's wrong with a joke between the family.

In a blink of an eye, I arrived at the first farm on the outskirts of Zhangye City, the person in charge of the farm had already taken a group of subordinates, dressed neatly, and stood respectfully outside the entrance of the farm to wait, as soon as I saw Zhu Ao's frame, he immediately took two steps forward, and hurriedly knelt down and said: "The villain Qian Dajun knocked on the king, knocked on the two princesses, the king is a thousand years old, a thousand years old." The two princesses are blessed with peace of mind. ”

Zhu Ao rode straight on the horse, holding the reins in both hands, and said lightly with a more arrogant expression: "Get up, when the widow came, he saw that the crops around him were growing well, which means that you are doing a good job." "If a certain important minister of the court is like himself, then Zhu Ao will show some courtesy, at least he will owe his body, but for this small person in charge of the farm, there is no need to be so hypocritical.

Seeing that his work was affirmed by the king, the person in charge of the farm named Qian Dajun was happy, which at least showed that he could continue to work, and the person in charge of the farm naturally did not need to say much about how much oil and water, at least before the tens of thousands of villagers starved to death, he would definitely not starve to death. What's more, the king's words are still said in front of his subordinates, which will invisibly greatly increase his authority, and the queen will be even more consistent in this farm.

Qian Dajun slowly stood up, arched his hand at Zhu Ao, and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, please sit in the King and the two princesses." ”

Zhu Ao nodded slightly, looked around the civil and military officials who were standing respectfully waiting for him, and said majestically: "Are you all equipped with the horse-pushed harvester designed by the widow?" ”

Qian Dajun gave Zhu Ao a deep look again, and said confidently: "Everything is ready according to the king's instructions, please ask the king and the two princesses to review." ”

"Let's start when you're ready, the widow also wants to see the effect of this harvesting weapon." Zhu Ao said lightly that this kind of horse-pushed harvester was made by him with reference to a harvester successfully developed by Father Bell in England in 1826. It is pulled by two horses, grasps the wheat with a rotating blade device called a wooden turning wheel, and then cuts the wheat off with a pair of toothed blades. And that's not all, the wheat cut by the roots is thrown by the wing wheels onto the sloping canvas and bundled on top of it, which is clever and dexterous.

The efficiency of harvesting wheat with this machine is dozens of times that of manual harvesting, and in this era when there is no tractor, this horse-pushed harvester can be said to be the top harvesting weapon.

This is the benefit of running a large farm, because this set of horse-pushed harvesters driven by two horses is worth at least more than 20 taels of silver, and there is no way to equip the usual small households. Secondly, in order for such a set of harvesting tools to be effective, it is necessary to have a flat and vast land, and these two points determine that the production method that is not a large farm operation will never be equipped with such a machine.

Qian Dajun had already ordered someone to build a simple shed on a slightly higher hillside in the farm for the prince and the princess to observe, Zhu Ao sat very unceremoniously in the middle of the shed, and his two princesses sat on both sides of him, like the Nine Heavens Fairy accompanying him, which attracted the envy of all the soldiers in the farm.

In the scorching summer, sitting on the hillside from time to time in the pergola with a breeze blowing from time to time, watching the group of people below work for themselves, and there are two beauties accompanying them, this is called life.

Zhu Ao looked at the horse-pushed harvesters that were ready below, and he was very happy in his heart, this is his sharp weapon, as long as they are all activated, it will be a proper rhythm full of gold, and said to Qian Dajun, who was standing in front of the pergola and being sunburned: "Since you are ready, let's start." ”

"The villain obeys." Qian Dajun made a gesture to Zhu Ao, then turned around, and waved the order flag in his hand at the operator of the horse-pushed harvester below, to be honest, in addition to a trace of expectation in his heart, there was also a trace of nervousness, this is a key project that the king cares about, in case he messes up, even if he is not punished, then his future will come to an end.