"Dare to ask Mr. Song, how many acres can be transplanted for one acre of seedling field?"

"Back to the country, each mu of seedling field can be transplanted 25 acres. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

“……”

"Dare to ask Mr. Song, what kind of machinery is the best for sugar extraction?"

"Back to the country, you can use a sugar car, and it is very convenient to use a sugar car to squeeze sucrose."

“……”

"Dare to ask Mr. Song, is there any other way to refine brass besides using calamine?"

"Back to the Duke of the Kingdom, yes, water tin is enough."

“……”

At the beginning of the chat, everyone was from the gentry or officials, so it was inevitable that they would have to report their respective official positions. At the beginning, after each reported his former official position, the squire who had not been an official and the monk stopped talking; When the topic of the palace test began, those few people also consciously closed their mouths, without this experience, they can't talk about the palace test, and they are talking about the joke that they will fail the list here; After the palace examination, which year the examination became a topic again; And then, rankings, naturally, are inevitable.

Putting one's background, qualifications, and ranking are all things in the imperial examination, so in that gatehouse, there is a division of ranks.

Pulled over in a circle, they also have a bottom in their hearts, and when they are summoned, the order of opening will naturally be formed, especially that Shu Jishi, who is the first to open his mouth, as their representative existence.

However, Chen Wen had no scruples about the unspoken rules in this, and even if it weren't for this Mr. Song, he wouldn't have been able to summon them in advance. And here, it was even more interesting to chat with this person surnamed Song, and those Jinshi masters who had competed in front of the palace became a foil and background wall together with other squires, especially when they couldn't hear what Chen Wen was asking, and they couldn't find the slightest gap to interject.

"Mr. Song's masterpiece "Heavenly Creation" is really a masterpiece, and my Zhejiang Wang Shi has also benefited from it, and it is a great blessing to be able to see Mr. Song's true face today!"

The Mr. Song in Chen Wen's mouth is Song Yingxing, the author of "Heavenly Creations", a world-class encyclopedic scientist in the late Ming Dynasty.

Song Yingxing was promoted in the Wanli period, but then failed many times, and it was not until the Chongzhen Dynasty that he won the official position as a lifter. He had a strong anti-Qing consciousness, and also served in the Southern Ming Dynasty, but later lived in seclusion in the countryside and refused to leave the office. His writings were also because the Manchu Qing Dynasty recognized him as an anti-Qing person, so he completely banned it by revising the "Siku Quanshu", and it was not until the Manchu Dynasty fell that the world was able to get a glimpse of this 17th-century Chinese science and technology encyclopedia by re-translating it from Japan.

"Guogong has an overreputation, and his clumsy work is just the words of the student's family, if he can really benefit from Master Wang, it is the luck of the student."

Chen Wen remembered that in Zhejiang, he had the intention of sending someone to recruit Song Yingxing without even subduing Quzhou. Now, the army has recovered Jiangxi, and the people who went to invite them have not bothered to send them out, but they have come by themselves, which makes Chen Wen have the joy of earning.

In comparison, among the big people here, the Shu Jishi who accompanied the tie-up was at most a fart, and those Jinshi and people were not even a fart.

Chen Wen was chatting with comrades scientists, and the others were more or less embarrassed, but there was no one who was despised and walked away, after all, this is the way of the world now, and Chen Wen is also famous, and it is not a good thing to make him unhappy. For now, it's just hanging aside, just endure it.

chatting and chatting, he didn't mention it, but Song Yingxing still had to take care of the face of these seniors and talents in the imperial examination, and vigorously led the topic to them. Chen Wen knew very well why this was the case, so he got off the donkey and began to chat with these people. It sounds like they came to congratulate Chen Wen politely on killing the traitor Hong Chengchou and recovering most of Jiangxi, or they came to ask for officials, and one actually came from Ji'an Mansion to strongly demand that Chen Wen recover the lost territory as soon as possible and return the people of Ji'an to a bright and prosperous situation.

What's even more speechless is that these people have obviously inquired in advance, and know that Chen Wen has a big loan for requisition, and his repayment reputation in Zhejiang is very good, and they understand the truth that it costs money to ask people to do things, so they simply say that they want to buy loans to help military supplies, so that Wang Shi can recover the lost territory faster. Only Song Yingxing and the monk were empty-handed, looking a little embarrassed.

Song Yingxing is a talent that Chen Wen must recruit, an authority in science and technology, and it is too late to give money, so naturally it is impossible to care about anything that has not been purchased and borrowed. The kind words appeased these "benevolent people who squandered their wealth with righteousness", and Chen Wen turned to ask what the monk who had never been involved from beginning to end was doing here.

The head of the family knew that firewood and rice were expensive, and Chen Wen, who fell into the eyes of money, suddenly realized that he seemed to be worried about the monk's sesame oil money, which was really terrible, and it was really a sin.

Hearing this, the monk still didn't speak, but said that it was inconvenient to speak, and asked for a set of pen, ink, paper, and inkstone before he began to borrow a pen to answer.

The monk's words are very beautiful, but there is always a wild atmosphere, a few strokes fell, Chen Wen fixed his eyes and saw that it was clearly written "The poor monk is the king of Yiyang", and his heart was shocked.

Jiangxi is not Zhejiang, there are feudal kings here, among which the Ning Domain, to which the King of Yiyang belongs, was originally enshrined in Daning, and later came to Nanchang, Jiangxi, which was renamed during the Yongle period, and Zhu Quan, the king of Ning at that time, was the king of Ning who borrowed Duoyan Sanwei from Zhu Di, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, and then was fooled.

The clans of the Ming Dynasty are now either in the occupied areas of the Ming army, or incognito. There is no way, first Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong's group of people, the vendetta against the Ming clan caused by class contradictions; The next Manchu Qing Dynasty was also a killing word for the Ming clan, lest they take the lead in rebellion.

Zhejiang had two feudal states in history, the Wu Domain in Hangzhou and the Yue Domain in Quzhou, both of which were divided from one generation to another, so he did not encounter this kind of problem at the beginning. Now when I arrived in Jiangxi, it was immediately different, there were several feudal kings here, although it was said that the phoenix that had fallen on the shelf was not as good as a chicken, but the charge of harshly treating the clan was not a good thing to say. Especially since these vassal kings still have fiefdoms, it makes me feel a headache when I think about it.

After the first seven words were written, the monk continued to write the three words "Seven Grandsons".

It seems that the reaction is too fast, and sometimes it is not a good thing.

Hearing the last three words, the big stone in Chen Wen's heart slowly fell. Those who don't call themselves titles, but say which vassal king's heirs are the heirs of many generations, and it's generally just an ordinary clan, so there's no need to think too much about it.

"Dare to ask the master how the name of the layman is up?"

"Zhu Qi."

Some of them were familiar, but they couldn't remember them for a while, especially the group of gentry who didn't seem to know anything about him, so they simply didn't mention it anymore, and invited these people to have dinner together, and then sent someone to send them back to the inn. In the meantime, the monk didn't mention anything that made him feel unpleasant, such as canonization, palace, fiefdom or something, and he didn't say anything other than congratulations.

After nightfall, Chen Wen lay on the bed, but the more he thought about it, the more he felt that the name Zhu Qi was very familiar. After thinking about it for a long time, I suddenly remembered.

"Zhu Qi, Bada Shanren!"

………………

The surprise at night did not affect the progress of Chen Wen's reception the next day, Zhu Qian was a clan and a painter, none of which mattered to him. In today's situation, steel and blood are what China really needs, and he has now reversed the balance of power south of the Yangtze River, and what he needs is to further expand his forces and prepare for the next battle, rather than focusing on things like appreciating poetry and paintings.

Song Yingxing must be vigorously recruited, and from this person's tone, Chen Wen can also hear that the two hit it off on this point. As for the other gentry, it is impossible to be appointed directly, and it is a matter of principle to go to the civil service training class to be trained first, and if they are unprofessional and have not been brainwashed, they will never be appointed, this is a matter of principle. As for Zhu Qi, Chen Wen finally sent someone to give him some silver, just to let him improve his life.

In the next few days, Chen Wen still spent a series of tasks such as formulating plans for improving the military system and meeting guests, and it was not until the eve of Wang Jiang's arrival that it was over.

During this period, most of the people who came and went were gentry from Jiangxi Province and officials who had served in the Ming Dynasty, and they came and went like that. There is only one businessman in Huizhou who is a little interesting, but Chen Wen didn't keep him, just handed him one thing, and if it is done, the rest of the things will naturally be easy to say, and it should only be regarded as a vote.

As for Cai Shiying and Qin Jiazhao, in the end, Chen Wen didn't even see each other, it's one thing to leave it behind, and more importantly, he couldn't raise his interest in seeing these two at all, especially after Wang Jiang saw them, he said that these two masters were going to prepare for the martyrdom of "my Great Qing Dynasty", so it was even more unnecessary to see them, wasting time.

After Wang Jiang and the civil officials and guards who had been transferred to Jiangxi arrived one after another, they went to various county towns under the protection of the garrison as quickly as possible to receive the city from the war barracks, so as to start the administration as soon as possible.

From eight prefectures to eighteen prefectures, the territory of nearly two provinces, the Zhejiang Ming Army Group operated in full force, in order to be able to evolve this province into the basic territory of the Zhejiang Ming Army before the inevitable reaction of the Manchu Qing court arrived, so that it could exert greater strength.

Time was very short, and the major forces in the surrounding provinces gradually discovered the drastic changes in Jiangxi, and began to react in shock.

The first to get the news was naturally Ma Guozhu, the governor of Jiangnan and Jiangxi. He is the governor in charge of the two provinces, and now that one province is gone, even if this is played by Hong Chengchou, the Manchu court will definitely hold him accountable. If you are not careful, it is a dead end.

Now, the holy decree of accountability has not yet come down, and Ma Guozhu is urging his staff and officials below almost every day to prepare the account books of Hong Chengchou's sweep of the treasury of various prefectures in Jiangnan for later use. And those shortfalls must be made up as soon as possible, and it is more likely to pass this hurdle when the Qin mission comes.

Of course, in addition to coping with punishment, official duties still need to be handled more diligently. Not only government affairs, but more importantly, military affairs, which is the real top priority.

As the central and northern parts of Jiangxi fell into the hands of the Ming army, the remaining three prefectures were also separated from Jiangnan, just like the Zhejiang-Fujian Governor's Jurisdiction, Fujian and Zhejiang's Hangjiahu were cut off, he had lost control of the three prefectures of Southern Jiangxi and Ji'an, and only Yi Yonggui and Hu Yousheng could be counted on their personal abilities.

In addition, Jiangnan, who is still in his hands, must also urge the green battalions in various places to fill the vacancies in order to cope with the next war, whether it is the attack of the Ming army or the reinforcement of the Qing army.

This is a matter of no choice, as soon as Jiangxi is lost, the four southeastern provinces will immediately be cut into two sections by Chen Wen. Fujian and Jiangxi's Nanjiang and Ji'an are a section, Jiangnan is connected with the only remaining Hangjiahu in Zhejiang, and the two parts of the area are under the front of the Ming army - Fujian and Jiangxi and Zhejiang's borders and counties and coastal areas, Nanjiang and Ji'an are in the north, Zhejiang's Qiantang River is dangerous, and Jiangnan is Chizhou and Huizhou.

What's even more terrifying is that Poyang Lake in Jiangxi can gather ships, and all the troops can board and set off, and they can go straight to Jiangning City along the Yangtze River. Every time he thought of this possibility, he was overwhelmed by fear.

"Based on General Liu's eyes, where will the traitor Chen Wen use his troops?"

Liu Fangming, the governor of Houzhen, who "did not rely on Pan'er", had already arrived in Jiangning, and the silver they had saluted from Raozhou Mansion had also embarked on the journey to the mansions of the magnates in Beijing - there was no way, and saving one's life was the first priority. As Li Benshen and Hu Quancai also rushed to Jiangning, Zou Zhuoming, who was originally ordered by Hong Chengchou, and his entourage also stepped into the yamen of the governor of Jiangnan and Jiangxi to sell goods after some discussion with Hu Quancai.

Sitting in the second hall of the governor's yamen, the idlers and others had already been blasted out, and the feeling of being in the center of power and being valued by others made Liu Cheng feel very comfortable.

He was sitting in a precarious position here, and when he heard Ma Guozhu's question, he replied confidently: "If the boss of the Hui army is the boss, the last general has been under the command of the traitor Chen Wen for many years, and his people pay attention to planning and then acting, and he will always analyze as clearly as possible in terms of grand strategy, and his sense of smell is also very good, and he can always find a little bit of a fighter in the chaotic situation, and even sometimes it makes people feel like an unpredictable prophet." ”

Liu Cheng talked eloquently, but did not answer Ma Guozhu's question directly. If it were someone else, or something else, these people would have been blasted out by him a long time ago. But in the current situation, Chen Wen has become bigger in the southeast, and he wants to prepare in advance, such an insider who understands Chen Wen's character is naturally the best person to consult, which is far better than guessing.

At this point, Chen Jin and Hong Chengchou did not have such an advantage before, and now that he has it, he must make good use of it.

Ma Guozhu leaned forward slightly, and his body was also a little stiff, so he simply changed his posture, but he still did not interrupt Liu Cheng. And then, Liu Chengzhi did not continue to talk about Chen Wen's strategic sense of history from history, and directly gave Ma Guozhu an answer.

"With the last general's understanding of the Ming army in Zhejiang, swallowed a province of Jiangxi, they are now more than enough to defend and not enough to attack, rashly entered, nine times out of ten will be defeated by it in the field, and what happened in Guangxin Mansion also proves that their ability to attack fortifications is also extremely strong. However, in the opinion of the last general, within two months, Chen Wen has no possibility of going north in a big way. Consolidating the newly occupied areas and encroaching on the surrounding prefectures and counties is Chen Wen's style. ”

"I see."

Hearing that Chen Wen would not launch a large-scale offensive within two months, Ma Guozhu's long-hanging heart could be regarded as landing, and looking at Liu Cheng, the descendant who answered his question, was naturally more pleasing to the eye.

"General Liu came anyway and returned to my Qing Dynasty, which is a feat of abandoning darkness and turning to light. This official will make it clear to the imperial court, with the magnanimity of the imperial court and the elegance of my emperor, the official will not be mentioned, as long as General Liu can contribute to my Qing Dynasty, the marquis is also an idle matter! ”

"The last general has thanked the army boss, and he has also thanked the kings."

"Excuse me, excuse me."

After the ceremony, the guests and hosts were happy, but Liu Cheng suddenly remembered a possibility and hesitated for a moment before saying this.

"Now that Chen Wen is powerful, it is even more necessary to beware of him joining forces with Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo and Zhu Chenggong, if they are allowed to borrow Chen Wen's east wind, then Huguang, Guangdong and Fujian are afraid that they will no longer be owned by the Qing Dynasty." (To be continued.) )