(0262) For people in this era, agricultural machinery is a vague concept. At that time, the cultivation tools were mainly oxen, and then curved plows and harrows. Other than that, there are very few other farm tools. As for the large machinery, there is no such thing. However, it is not that the people of the Ming Dynasty did not know the role of agricultural machinery.

In fact, there is a person who has done a special study on this.

This person is Song Yingxing.

His book "Heavenly Creations" focuses on the collection of various advanced technologies in industry and agriculture. In this book, Song Yingxing has already mentioned large-scale agricultural machinery. If you arrest this person as soon as possible...... "Damn, Shen Baiyi, bastard!" ”

As soon as he thought of Song Yingxing, Zhang Zhun couldn't help but hate the Shen family in Suzhou.

Originally, his plan was good, he wanted to get Song Yingxing to his own territory and contribute to himself. Shen Lingfei has also found Song Yingxing's residence, and as long as the final plan is implemented, Song Yingxing can be kidnapped. As long as Song Yingxing arrives, the Department of Agricultural Sciences will be regarded as a real manager. Unexpectedly, when Shen Baiyi came out to intervene, Shen Lingfei's plan was disrupted.

What's even more odious is that according to the investigation of Huang Shilang and others, Song Yingxing also has an elder brother named Song Yingsheng, who is a real court official, and he is now the county magistrate of Tongxiang County, Zhejiang. If Song Yingxing is forcibly kidnapped, Song Yingsheng doesn't know how he will react. The kidnapping of the relatives of the imperial court officials is not big or small, but it is also a storm. Zhang Zhun has no power in Jiangnan, and there is no guarantee that there will be no accidents in the process of kidnapping. After all, there is still a long distance from Yuanzhou, Jiangxi (near present-day Yichun City, Jiangxi) to the mouth of the Yangtze River.

Considering that since Song Yingsheng is an official of the imperial court, the ancestor of the Song family, and an official eunuch, Zhang Zhun came up with a better way to get Song Yingxing, that is: tune!

A paper order transferred Song Yingxing to Zhang Zhun's territory.

Of course, such a cross-provincial operation is a bit difficult. Inter-provincial transfers require the officials of Yanjing or Nanjing to have power, and the prefect of a place or even the governor of a province cannot transfer officials across provinces. However, as long as there is silver to open the way, it is not a big problem. The market will not be too expensive, a thousand taels of silver can be done. Song Yingxing was just a small inadmissible and had no grade of teaching, so he was transferred to Shandong to serve as a nine-grade or eight-grade sesame official, which was also a very good promotion for him personally. Song Yingxing is not the kind of person who is high-minded, and he is naturally willing to be promoted.

For example, Ao Shanwei's professor of Weixue is from the official position of Bapin. From a non-mainstream professor to a professor from the eighth grade, it is already a very good promotion. Song Yingxing himself should also be satisfied. It would be even better if Song Yingxing, in addition to studying agricultural science and technology, could also run the health schools of Aoshanwei and Lingshanwei and cultivate more literate talents.

Generally speaking, the Wei school of the Ming Dynasty was generally established in the orthodox period of Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty, when all the guards in the world were the world of soldiers, and the habit of emphasizing military force and light literature was very serious. As the population increased, the children of the soldiers often quarreled, and fights were common. In order to stabilize the morale of the army, the imperial court ordered that all places in the country where there were military guards should set up guard schools, and select outstanding military attachés and sergeants' children to enroll in school for education.

In this way, the health of the Ming Dynasty was generally set up, the specific curriculum of the health study is the rites, music, archery, royal, calligraphy, mathematics six subjects, later, music, the two subjects of the merger, only retain the ceremony, archery, calligraphy, mathematics four subjects. Weixue mainly recruits children from military households, but it is not limited to children from military families. If the nearby households are willing, they can also send their children to study in Weixue.

The treatment of Wei Xue is similar to that of the official schools outside. Generally speaking, the students in Weixue are divided into three classes, and the first-class students are called "Liao Shan Sheng", and there are only a few people, who can receive 60 catties of rice from Weixue every month, and they are the best students. Second-class students are called "enlarged students", and there is no food to receive. The third class is called "attached students" and is the most common student.

The place of study in Aoshanwei is called the Temple of Literature, and the main place of study is called Minglun Hall. Every morning at 7 o'clock, students wear uniform clothes and come to Minglun Hall in twos and threes, and study with the professors until 3 o'clock in the afternoon. The teaching style of the Confucian Temple is rigorous, and students must memorize what the teacher teaches every day, and every three days, they have to review it.

When Aoshan Weiwei was prosperous, the Confucian Temple covers an area quite extensively, and is composed of buildings such as the archway, the ceremonial gate, the pan pond, the wall of the Wan Ling Palace, the Lingxing Gate, the Dacheng Gate, the Dacheng Palace, the Chongsheng Shrine and the side hall. There are 132 students, including 1 professor, 1 scholar, 2 teachers, 3 instructors, 1 secretary, 10 chefs, 2 chefs, and 6 treasurers.

When Hou Shanping was a teenager, he was a student of Aoshan Weixue. Of course, the current Aoshan Weixue has no past scene. Zhao Yinying has always ignored and ignored Weixue. The funds needed by Weixue were constantly in arrears, and in the end they were simply not paid. By the time of Chongzhen, Aoshanwei's health school had been completely suspended. After Zhang Zhun took control of Aoshanwei, he allocated 500 taels of silver to rebuild the Weixue School.

However, the building can be restored to its original appearance as soon as possible, but the teacher is very difficult to find. The original Weixue teacher has long since found a way out on his own. In these years, as long as they are willing to put down their figures, it is not a problem to make a living, and Kong Yiji and the like are another matter. Zhang Zhun still has the title of anti-thief on his head, and ordinary cultural people are not willing to come to him.

Zhang Zhun meant that after getting Song Yingxing in his hands, he would use his connections to attract some undesirable literati to Aoshanwei. As long as Song Yingxing is a role model, other cultural people will not be so resistant. Coupled with the stimulation of generous treatment and good development prospects, a group of literati can slowly gather. But now it seems that it will take some twists and turns to get Song Yingxing over.

"It's not easy to really do something these days!"

Zhang Zhun couldn't help but sigh slightly.

After bidding farewell to Luo Lao, Zhang Zhun returned to Xiahe Village to deal with some other chores. After spending one night in Xiahe City, Zhang Zhun took a boat to Aoshanwei and went ashore directly at the east gate of Aoshan City. In the course of the voyage, Zhang Zhun inspected the combat drill of the sailor detachment.

By November, Xue Zhidie's shipyard will have three brand-new Cangshan ships launched, officially becoming the warships of the Fushan Water Army. The navy originally only had one professional combat ship, but now it has increased to four, and combined with the powerful Tiger Ben, the combat effectiveness is naturally much stronger.

In the future, with the continuous expansion of the dock, more Cangshan ships will be launched, and the combat effectiveness of the naval army will become stronger and stronger. At this time, every sailor will become the backbone and the elite in the future. Therefore, every sailor Zhang Zhun saw was actively training himself and improving his skills in order to play a more important role in the future.

Zhang Zhun from later generations has a special affection for the navy. In the absence of an air force, the navy was a weapon of expansion. Just think about it, hundreds or even thousands of warships are blocked at someone's doorstep, what a spectacular scene! Even if you don't fight, you can scare the other party to death! Even if Zheng Zhilong has hundreds of warships, we may surpass him!

"This day will definitely come!"

Zhang Zhun secretly made up his mind.

Compared with Lingshanwei, the winter wheat sowing situation on Aoshanwei's side is a little worse. Aoshanwei's original crops have been destroyed by the Tartars, and now these fields need to be reorganized. At the same time, the drought situation in Aoshanwei is more serious than that in Lingshanwei. The work of digging wells is carried out day and night, but it is not yet fully sufficient.

If you want to say who is the busiest person in Ao Shanwei during this time, it is undoubtedly a craftsman who digs wells. After digging ten deep wells in Aoshan City, they had to dig as many wells as they could in the vast fields. These wells adopt the principle of compression, as long as the switch is constantly pressed, the water can be sucked up, similar to modern hand-pressed wells. For Ao Shanwei, these hand-pressed wells are the most powerful weapon against drought.

"Lingshanwei is preparing to sow 240,000 acres of winter wheat, what about you?"

Zhang Zhun asked Shi Zhenshan and others.

The main grain crop sown in Aoshan City is also winter wheat.

"We have 250,000 acres."

Meng Qinghao replied with pride.

"How many new fields have been cultivated recently?"

Zhang Zhun nodded and asked again.

"Not much, about three or four thousand acres."

Meng Qinghao replied regretfully.

Huang Qingping also regretfully said that the fields around Aoshan City have been almost developed. If you want to reclaim more wasteland, you have to go farther. Generally speaking, the amount of fields reclaimed by Aoshanwei is definitely not as good as that of Lingshanwei. Lingshanwei can have 900,000 acres of land, but Aoshanwei can't do it. Even if Aoshanwei is developed to the limit, it is about 600,000 mu.

"How many acres of winter wheat can be sown next fall?"

Zhang Zhun finally asked.

"We also strive to reach 400,000 acres."

Meng Qinghao replied in the affirmative.

Zhang Zhun nodded with satisfaction.

The yield per mu of winter wheat is about 300 catties. 400,000 mu, that is 120 million catties. Forty catties of tax per mu of land is about sixteen million catties, which is good. At the same time, the grain stocks in the hands of the people should also be quite good. As long as there is food in one's own jurisdiction, whether it is in one's own hands or in the hands of the people, it is a good thing.

"My lord, the people from the Cat's Eye Division are here."

While he was talking, Zhu Chengtai suddenly came in to report.

"Ask him to come in."

Zhang Zhun nodded.

Soon, the intelligence officers of the Maoyan Division came in and delivered an urgent message.

The information was sent by Ma Yi.

After reading the information, Zhang Zhun couldn't help frowning. The meaning of the information is very simple, that is, Yang Wenyue, the governor of Denglai, refused to appoint Zhang Zhun as the commander of the Aoshan Guard. Because the intelligence network of the Maoyan Division has not yet penetrated into the high-level of the various yamen in Dengzhou Mansion, it has been the fifth day since Ma Yi got the news. With the time of the transfer of information, seven days passed.

Damn, Song Degang didn't believe in his words! He gave him the credit for recovering Tian Hengdao, and he promised that there would be no problem with his Aoshan Wei commander. However, the officers and soldiers went to Tianheng Island, but their own Aoshan Wei commander did not arrive. Yang Wenyue, an old horseman, seems to have trouble getting along with himself. What Liu Zeqing and other officials approve of, he alone opposes.

"My lord, someone asked to see him, saying that he was Song Degang's personal soldier."

While he was frowning, someone suddenly came in to report.

Zhang Zhun frowned again.

Song Degang? Really said that Cao Ying Cao Ying arrived, what did he send his own soldiers to do?

"Call him in!"

Zhang Zhun nodded and said.

Song Degang's personal soldiers soon arrived, and after saluting, he said respectfully: "My lord, my general ordered the villain to give you this letter by hand." ”

As he spoke, he held a letter in both hands.

Zhang Zhun took the letter and glanced at it, without any expression.

The letter was written by Song Degang himself, mainly to express his apologies and explain the situation at the time of discussion. Like the information sent by Ma Yi, Song Degang made it clear that Zhang Zhun's appointment was blocked by Yang Wenyue. Except for Yang Wenyue, everyone else agreed. The reason why Yang Wenyue stuck Zhang Zhun was mainly because of Zhang Zhun's occupation of Lingshanwei. Song Degang also reminded Zhang Zhun to be careful, and Yang Wenyue took a tough attitude towards him.

In order to show his sincerity, Song Degang did not write a letter to his master, and every word was written by himself. He is a military general, and he doesn't know a lot of words, and it is indeed difficult to write this letter in person. On a piece of letterhead, there were only a dozen words, each of which was crooked, as if it was a corpse that had been chopped up with a knife. To tell the truth, the writing is worse than what Zhang Zhun wrote. But there is no way, if the master is changed to write, the sincerity will be greatly condensed.

It seems that Song Degang didn't expect that things would become like this. Even Zhang Zhun didn't expect that Yang Wenyue and Liu Zeqing's eating appearance would be so ugly. Obviously, the two adults went to the front line to stop, and the small soldiers and generals below must have no credit. One is the governor and the other is the general soldier, do you need to take credit like this? It's no wonder that Song Degang had a sour tone in his letters, it turned out that his plan had also failed.

(To be continued)