It was also at the request of Zhu Cihong that his generalissimo's mansion Qingjiang camp was established not far from the bank of a curved river.

It is also a small hilly area, barely by the mountains and rivers, a newly built straight official road connects the generalissimo's camp and a large area of military camp warehouses together, condescendingly, the streets and barracks along the river of Qingjiangpu are unobstructed.

The general responsibility for the construction of the camp and the barracks is Chen Zilong, who was transferred from the Ministry of Labor, and every day he gets up early and touches the dark, and people become dark and thin.

This person is also the one that Zhu Cihong thinks can be of great use, with clear thinking, really broad knowledge, and the ability to do great things.

Just following Zhu Cihong, you have to squeeze out the sour morale of the celebrities first, and it is inevitable to suffer a little bit of suffering and tiredness.

Although the marshal's camp is only a temporary station, it is conceivable that in the next year or two, the main activity of the crown prince will be here, so it was built with special care.

Moreover, because there are many departments from the Military Administration Department to the Public Security Department, and the chief military officers of each town must also have a place to work, the current plan is to concentrate on training soldiers for a while, and all the towns under the government are ordered to work in the Generalissimo's Mansion, and everything that needs to be applied is also assigned by the Military and Military Affairs and Quartermaster Divisions, so the scale of the marshal's camp is also not small.

Of course, Zhu Cihong lives in the middle of the area, but the construction time is too short at this time, although the construction started immediately after the decision to be stationed in Qingjiang, but now the time is not yet a month, the house is just erected, and the floor tiles are also laid on the ground, but the color painting and pasting have not come and carried out, and after entering the door, there is a very strong smell of oil knees.

"The minister knocked on His Royal Highness the Prince, the construction is slow, please ask His Highness to punish the crime heavily."

Soon after Zhu Cihong returned to his residence in the camp, Chen Zilong hurried to arrive, and at the bottom of the stairs of the main hall, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed, because he was in a hurry, and his voice was a little hoarse.

"Hurry up!"

Seeing that the other party had become dark and thin in a short period of time, and his voice was also hoarse, it was obvious that he had suffered a lot when he had been busy recently, Zhu Cihong was moved in his heart, stepped forward, took Chen Zilong's hand, and said with a smile: "It's really hard for you." ”

"I don't dare to say that I am hard." Chen Zilong solemnly said: "Your Highness still lives in this kind of house, it is really a sin for your subordinates. ”

"It's just a matter of being able to shelter from the wind and rain, and I don't have so many problems."

Zhu Cihong smiled again, but soon said with a straight face: "Let's get down to business." ”

"Yes, please command Your Highness."

"I don't know, after reading Xu Guangqi's agricultural book, what kind of thoughts do you have about Daming's agricultural affairs in your heart?"

"This ......" Chen Zilong was quite surprised, now the crown prince summoned, he felt quite worried in his heart, because the construction of the barracks is very hard, so the military camp has been completed, and the generalissimo's mansion camp and the divisions, town yamen and residences, all at most get seventy or eighty percent of the appearance, has been mobilized for almost a month, allocated to so many migrant workers, so far can not be completed, although he has done his best, but if the superior blames it, but there is nothing to say.

Unexpectedly, after the crown prince met, he didn't say a few words about the project, but he asked about his own opinions on agricultural affairs.

He only felt that his heart was in turmoil, but when he peeked at Zhu Cihong, he saw Zhu Cihong with a smile on his face, his expression was very calm, obviously chatting with himself, and when he saw this, the little uneasiness in Chen Zilong's heart disappeared.

Xu Guangqi was also regarded as an outlier among scholars and doctors in the late Ming Dynasty, needless to say, he was smart, and he studied astronomy and geometry with the Taixi missionaries, as if he had become everyone. In addition to these achievements, the achievements in the "Complete Book of Agricultural Administration" are the most admirable!

Chen Zilong is a disciple who combed Xu Guangqi's works through the room, and when he mentioned this teacher's achievements in agriculture, he said a thousand words, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

At the moment, he was quite scratching his head, seeing him like this, Zhu Cihong smiled and said: "Xu Guangqi deeply feels that Caoyun is full of worries, so the whole book of agricultural politics is full of large parts, and he also has a very profound insight into the situation in the north. Reclamation, water conservancy, and resettlement should be the solution to the hidden worries of food shortage in the north. In addition, the insights on preparing for and relieving famine are also very profound. I remember, it is to prepare for the top, to be prepared, and to give relief! ”

"Yes, yes!" Chen Zilong couldn't help but look at Zhu Cihong at this time, this highness, why had he never heard of a virtuous name before?

Wang Duo and Wu Weiye and others, they really deserve to die!

Such a high position, before the fall of Yanjing, was actually unknown, and everyone did not know its sage, and today, Chen Zilong deeply felt that his admiration for this crown prince was really far from enough at his current level.

When it comes to Xu Guangqi's intentions and painstaking efforts in agriculture in the north, this is probably what Zhu Cihong said. At that moment, Chen Zilong replied respectfully: "The ancestor did think so, but in his later years, he also felt powerless. ”

"Oh, why?"

"Your Highness should know that the ancestor has studied the water conservancy in the south of the Yangtze River in the Taihu Lake area, including cotton, rapeseed, wheat, beans and other cultivation methods, how to select nuclear seeds, planting methods, as well as planting deep and wide, fertilizer accumulation, etc., are all greatly studied. When the minister was in Jiangnan, he once tried to experiment, for example, cotton, and the yield per mu increased by at least about 30%. ”

"That's a remarkable achievement." Zhu Cihong was also very moved, the area south of the Yangtze River was originally a place of water and soil, and the people were smart in thinking and not very conformist, so it was easier to implement new farming techniques. On the basis of the original, Xu Guangqi was able to widely increase production with his summary method without the output of industrialized technologies such as chemical fertilizers and pesticides, which is indeed a great achievement.

"Yes, the minister is also proud of his teacher." When it comes to farming, Chen Zilong is really radiant. Recently, he has actually been depressed in his heart, because the main point of his attention is in military affairs, and he was given a task in the military department in the past, so he has made a lot of hard work in the military, and his conscious views are also superhuman.

As for any of the Langzhong of the Ministry of Industry, although he has been promoted by a few levels in terms of rank, when it comes to the position of a clear officer, the degree to which he has attracted attention in the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China, even if he develops in the future, is far inferior to the position of the military department.

However, in addition to the military, he is also very interested in agricultural affairs, if it were not for this, he would not have reorganized Xu Guangqi's complete book on agricultural politics again.

"However, in his later years, the teacher was also quite depressed."

"Oh, how do you say?"

Chen Zilong's expression was also unhappy, and he replied in a deep voice: "The ancestor is very disdainful of the terroir. That is to say, only when the wind and rain are good and the soil is fertile can there be a harvest, which is wrong. However, in his later years, when it came to the northern climate, he was quite confused. In many places, there is no rain or snow all year round, and it is too cold, and the seeds are sown without water, so that a poor harvest or no harvest is inevitable. If so, what good is it to write a book of agriculture! ”

The confusion of Xu Guangqi and Chen Zilong should be the decades-long Xiaoice River period at the end of the Ming Dynasty!

This issue has been written by many later generations, including the plague, which has become one of the important reasons for the death of the Ming Dynasty. However, in Zhu Cixi's view, the Xiaoice River is true, and the harm of the plague should not be so serious, which should be exaggerated.

It's just that at this time, there is no way to explain it clearly with Chen Zilong. However, he originally wanted to use this matter to discuss other things with Chen Zilong, so when Chen Zilong's face was very sad, he was quiet and did not force him to ask, until the other party's expression gradually recovered, Zhu Cihong asked with a smile: "Xu Guangqi has also put a lot of effort into sweet potato planting, and now from your point of view, how is sweet potato?" ”

"The seed value of sweet potatoes, the ancestors have studied, and the seed value of the people today is mostly trial, and there is no way. According to the method of the first teacher, I am afraid that the harvest will be more than ten times. It's just that it was very late, and he passed away before he could study it carefully. ”

"Sweet potatoes and corn should be good things to solve the problem of drought and lack of rain, and the cold in winter." Since the other party still understands, Zhu Cihong doesn't plan to go around in circles anymore, and immediately ordered directly: "I will choose more seeds, and you will try to plant them in Huai'an, these two species values are very important, please do it as the most important thing!" Also, Huaishang planted more wheat, just about to harvest wheat, please choose more refined varieties, when planting wheat in autumn, widely promoted. In addition, how to build water conservancy, divert water into canals, accumulate into reservoirs, and excavate pond mud and accumulate manure must be guided. So, what I mean, the Generalissimo's Mansion will set up another Department of Agriculture and Industry, please come and be the director, Chen Zilong, are you willing? ”

The grade of this Si Zheng is similar to Chen Zilong's current position in the Ministry of Engineering, but Chen Zilong did not hesitate and replied bluntly: "The minister is willing to do it, and he doesn't dare to ask for it!" Now His Royal Highness has given an order, what will the minister say? I just do my best. ”

In Chen Zilong's case, it is naturally much better to be able to devote himself to farming and make everything abundant, than to be a ministry, shuttling around the construction site every day.

He is a man who is willing to do things rather than be comfortable, so he receives it immediately when he dies.

"Okay, very." Zhu Cihong was also very pleased, among the resumption of the society, only this person felt most relieved, and immediately smiled and said: "In this case, I will tell you the truth." ”

"Your Highness, please."

"A whip law has been in practice for a long time, but I think about it, the so-called combination of forced labor, field and many other miscellaneous taxes, of course, is to save farmers labor, but also save the method of miscellaneous expenses, but unified to collect silver, is to give the officials and gentry, officials and other tigers and wolves to exploit the opportunity to exploit the people, just the fire consumption layer, how many people are up and down, damage the public and private?"

Zhu Cihong looked at Chen Zilong and said in a deep voice: "This year, I will try to re-levy in kind in Huai'an and Yangzhou Prefectures, and not collect silver." In the future, it will also be pushed to the Jiangnan area, so food is very important...... Is agriculture the foundation of the country, do you understand the deep meaning? ”

(To be continued)