Seeing Ma Warima, the monarchs and ministers of the Great Song Dynasty seemed to have straightened their chests and raised their toes. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

For the Central Plains Dynasty, as long as the problem of war horses is solved, it represents an outbreak of civilization, the Han Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty, and finally the turn of the Great Song Dynasty!

Think about it, hundreds of thousands of iron cavalry waved their troops north, looked at everything, smashed everything, and flattened everything!

What a majesty that must be!

With courage, the mental state is very different, at least Zhao Zhen chatted with the old man and became a teenager, he chose a yellow horse Wari horse, which is a small curly horse with a docile temperament. Zhao Zhen rode a horse and galloped in the wind, which felt very beautiful. It's just that he is relaxed, and everyone else suffers.

Di Qing had to stay on his laurel to protect His Majesty the Emperor.

People and horses from the daimyo's mansion to the north, continue to Cangzhou, this is Zhao Zhen named to go to the place, I have long heard that Cangzhou Heping County is no less prosperous than the capital, but Zhao Zhen, as well as some important ministers of the imperial court, can't believe it, a city that has only been established for ten years, how can it be compared with the capital?

They were curious and wanted to witness the miracle.

Wang Ning'an was calm and calm, and there was nothing to be afraid of.

He didn't ride a horse, but sat with Su Banniang, Yan'er was newly married, and he was always willing to be tired of being together.

"You said that Xiao Guanyin, really hate Yelu Hongji so much?" Wang Ningan said casually.

Su Banniang chuckled, "Could it be that the old man thinks she's acting?" ”

"Not really." Wang Ningan said: "I just think that she is also a Khitan descendant, so she will never watch the end of the Liao Kingdom, right?" ”

Su Banniang smiled, held Wang Ningan's hand, and said with a foolish smile: "Master, that's what you men think." ”

"Is there any difference?"

"Of course it's different." Su Banniang said: "No matter when, men are always thinking about their family and country, and they all want to make contributions and make a fortune for eternity...... Even if there is affection in the heart, it is only a small piece. But women are different, the word is husband, that is to say, this husband is bigger than the sky! ”

Su Banniang sighed very much: "Xiao Guanyin is also a poor person, his heart is tied to Yelu Hongji, and he swears an alliance for eternity. Who knew that everything was a scam, and when he needed it, he would not hesitate to kill Xiao Hui and destroy the Xiao family, and she also changed from a phoenix in the sky to a wild duck in the ground...... The sky has fallen, and her dreams have been shattered, but she can hold on, and instead of looking for death, she works hard, which shows that she is determined...... Concubine, concubine body is not as good as her. ”

Su Banniang said, Chu Chu hung her head pitifully, as if she had been wronged and pressured.

She was greeted by Wang Ningan's slap.

"You, you're just too heavy-minded!"

Wang Ningan unceremoniously lectured: "Who would dare to get such a scheming woman at home?" Aren't you afraid of turning the sky upside down? If you're okay with flying vinegar, write a letter to your mother and send her back, I don't care anyway. ”

"Don't!"

Su Banniang hurriedly waved her hand, and stuck out her little tongue in fright, "Master, don't tell your mother, people are afraid." ”

"Do you have someone to be afraid of?" Wang Ningan nodded her forehead with a smile, "Don't play tricks with me in the future, pretend to be pitiful, this trick won't work." ”

Su Banniang nodded obediently, Wang Ningan hugged her, leaning on her husband's warm embrace, Su Banniang showed a shallow dimple - don't play tricks, where did you come from!

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The people and horses of the northern patrol finally entered the territory of Cangzhou, and there was no such thing as a strange feeling, except that the fields on both sides of the road were neater and there were more irrigation canals.

But going deep into Cangzhou, gradually something different appeared.

For example, on the high hills, you can always see windmills standing one after another, and on the edge of the river, there will be a series of waterwheels. Although there are other places, they are by no means as dense as Cangzhou.

"Fu Aiqing, do you know what these windmills are for?"

Fu Bi said: "I think it's grinding noodles!" ”

Zhao Zhen smiled: "It just so happens that I haven't seen it yet, so I called Wang Qing to accompany me to take a look." ”

They dismounted, stried, and came to a turning windmill.

This is a windmill that grinds flour, driven by the wind, the gears rotate with it, and a stone mill below keeps turning, putting wheat into the hole of the stone mill, and in a short time, the white and delicate flour flows out of the stone mill. All the people below do is collect the flour with a broom and put it in a bag.

There is no need to grind hard, the flour is fine and white, and Zhao Zhen is bright.

"That's a good thing!"

"What the sage said is that one stone mill of windmills is enough for several villages to grind flour." Wang Ningan told Zhao Zhen.

"If there are enough villages, how can there be so many windmills here?"

Wang Ningan smiled and stretched out his hand, "Please come here." ”

Zhao Zhen led everyone to the next windmill, it turned out that this was a windmill to get water, under the windmill, there was a well, relying on the rotation of the windmill, the well water was lifted up, used to irrigate the fields at high places.

Further on, there are two windmills, both used to extract oil, and a windmill to drive saws, which are used to cut wood...... Along the way, Zhao Zhen saw all kinds of windmills, all in all, the people of Cangzhou used the wind power to the extreme, which was breathtaking.

"So many windmills, I'm afraid it costs a lot of money, right?" Zhao Zhen said curiously: "General places can't afford to use. ”

Wang Ningan explained: "There is no way, there are many workshops in Cangzhou, and the young and strong have gone to the city to work, and the labor is insufficient. ”

Hearing his words, Fu Bi was about to vomit blood.

When did Da Song run out of manpower?

Almost every local official, what they are most afraid of is that there are too many idle youths, who will pick quarrels and provoke troubles, fights and brawls, but there is no way but to persuade everyone to do a good job in farming, and a variety of mulberry trees...... But that little bit of land can't absorb all the young people at all, and in order to beg for food, they can only be reduced to the help of the wealthy.

But Cangzhou is different, there are too many job opportunities here, and the rural labor force has been exhausted.

Wang Ning'an, Wang Ning'an, what you are worried about is what many Song magistrates dream of, do you know? is also an official, this gap is too big!

Even Fu Bi has to admit that Cangzhou's governance is absolutely unique and different.

After looking at the windmills, the next thing is the waterwheel, which is a more common thing in Cangzhou, and as for the river with a smooth flow, there will be many waterwheels.

There are many more functions, such as a water-powered spinning wheel that can weave 32 yarns at the same time.

You know, until the invention of the Jenny machine, Western spinning wheels could only weave one thread at a time. This water-powered spinning wheel was introduced from the south and was modified to become suitable for spinning wool.

Wang Ning'an hasn't made wool yet, but he has made relatively easy wool.

Just three years ago, the first sweater field appeared in Pingxian County, there were hundreds of female workers, they used dexterous hands, knitted sweaters with a variety of patterns, welcomed by the nobles of Liao, and now the personnel continue to expand, and there are as many as 100,000 sweaters exported every year.

Almost in winter, the women of Pingxian County knit sweaters at home, and they can drive out one in 7 days at the earliest, they are reluctant to wear it for their children, almost all of them are sold, a sweater can make almost the same money, and they can earn a child's tuition fee in a busy winter......

The Liao State also tried to learn the techniques of the Great Song Dynasty, but they couldn't spin qualified wool threads, and they didn't know how to dye them, so the sweater they made out was worn for a day, and their bodies were the same color as the sweater.

The nobles of the Liao State could only admit defeat and obediently send the money to the pockets of the Great Song Dynasty in exchange for their favorite sweaters.

It's just a very small thing, and the amount of money traded every year is not much, but the Great Song Dynasty will, the Liao State will not, the mother of the Great Song Dynasty can earn money to send her children to school, have the opportunity to study and study, and change their fate, as for the Liao State, the nobles will only squeeze the poor herdsmen, take the last copper plate from their hands, and give it to the Great Song Dynasty, the result is that the children of the Liao State can only herd sheep forever, struggling with food and clothing all their lives.

Zhao Zhen walked and watched, and he really had a lot of feelings.

There are not so many complicated things in this world, and governing the people is nothing more than finding them suitable jobs, giving full play to their intelligence and diligence, in exchange for enough rewards for the survival and development of the family...... Zhao Zhen finally came to Pingxian, the legendary city!

As soon as I arrived in Pingxian County, there was a lively scene that found Zhao Zhen.

It turned out that since the beginning of last year, the Pingxian Shipyard has started to build a huge merchant ship, which was named "Shenzhou", which has finally been completed and will be officially launched.

His Majesty came, and Zeng Gong, on behalf of the people of Ping County, invited Zhao Zhen to visit the launching ceremony.

The emperor's interest was very high, "Shenzhou, the name is very atmospheric, don't let me down!" ”

When he came to the dock and stepped on the Shenzhou, Zhao Zhen was not only not disappointed, but was full of shock, he couldn't imagine how such a behemoth was built.

The length of the Shenzhou is 40 zhang, the width is nearly 10 zhang, and the height is 3 zhang, almost as high as a three-story building.

Shenzhou is not only amazingly large, but also has an even more terrifying loading capacity, which can hold 18,000 stone of grain at a time, and the displacement of Shenzhou, converted to the standard of later generations, is almost 3,000 tons, almost as good as a destroyer, in this era, it is an out-and-out sea monster.

In order to build this giant ship, from three years ago, we hoarded wood, transported huge Nanmu from Jiaozhi, gathered the best shipbuilders from all over the Great Song Dynasty, and it took a year and a half to build a unique Shenzhou giant ship in the world.

Standing on it, Zhao Zhen only felt that he was incomparably small, as if he was standing on top of a city.

This is the power of the Great Song!

Zhao Zhen looked down at the surroundings, and suddenly felt an urge to cry, his people were too amazing, too proud!

I really should have left the capital early and looked outside. In the capital, there are only those endless flies and dogs, and only when they come out can they see the great power of the people of the Great Song Dynasty!

Zhao Zhen is proud, arrogant!

With such a people, what else has he to fear?

"Wang Qing, I really want to give an order immediately, send troops immediately, and recover Yanyun!" Zhao Zhen looked at the north and said with squinted eyes.