readx(); In the afternoon, the sun is slanting to the west, which is the time when it is easy to commit "spring sleepiness". However, in the Qingxi Book House in the Changchun Garden of the Beijing Division, the atmosphere was lively, and Zhu Youzhen, Lu Xiangsheng, and Chen Zilong, a gentleman, a minister, and a citizen, were having a heated discussion on how to build farmland and water conservancy facilities.

Zhu Youzhen first asked Chen Zilong to tell his insights. Chen Zilong said: "The Gyeonggi area is densely packed with rivers, and wherever there are rivers, the ice and snow will melt in spring, and even spring floods will be formed. However, the river is mostly silted, and even turned into farmland to plant trees and build houses, once the flood comes, it will inevitably flood; When the flood subsides, the riverbed gradually dries up and there is no water available. Therefore, the top priority is to dredge the river, especially to clean up the phenomenon of planting fields, trees and houses in the river. In this way, there is always water in the big river, and the small river can also be fully utilized. ”

Lu Xiangsheng listened and said: "Dredging the river is of course the right thing to do. However, firstly, the project is huge, and secondly, if the river is smooth, the water flows quickly, and the water comes and goes quickly. And only the fields near the river can enjoy more water conservancy, and there is still no water available if it is far away or there is no river at all. ”

Chen Zilong hurriedly said: "Governing the river is only the first step. The second step is irrigation, which is the key to farmland water conservancy. In the north, the vast majority of the dry land used to rely on the weather for food, waiting for the rain to rain, this is absolutely not possible, we must vigorously build ditches, from rivers and lakes to irrigation. If it is too far away from rivers and lakes, or if it is impossible to divert water due to the topography, more wells should be dug and irrigated with well water. ”

After hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng pondered: "There are some ditches in the northern farmland, but there are more for draining water and very few for diverting water. Moreover, ditches also occupy land, and more ditches lead to fewer fields, so no one wants to occupy their own fields to let the ditches pass. ”

"That's what needs to change." Chen Zilong said eagerly, "Master Xu Shangshu, the teacher of the grass people, has a lot of research on agricultural politics, and when he was in Songjiang, he took the grass people to repeatedly study in the field, and thought that the ditch area accounted for 10% of the total area of farmland was the most suitable. If there are more fields and fewer canals, the water conservancy is insufficient; If there are many canals and few fields, it will be wasted. But it's hard to convince farmers that they don't know how to calculate, and they don't want to put it into practice first. ”

Zhu Youzhen immediately said: "You can rest assured about this, I have so many imperial villages in the Gyeonggi area, as long as you come up with a reasonable and feasible plan, these imperial villages are all your experimental fields, and you can open the ditch as you want." You can also go to Yin Gu Yanwu of Shuntian Mansion, in Shuntian Mansion, as long as he speaks, the farmers will listen. But it must be effective, as long as it is really effective, there is a demonstration of Huangzhuang and Suncheonfu, the imperial court can promote it to other regions. Zilong, do you have confidence? ”

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Chen Zilong never expected that Zhu Youzhen would agree so happily and give such a big support, so he was stunned for a while. His mentor Xu Guangqi has devoted himself to studying agricultural politics over the years, and has also made suggestions to the imperial court many times. But the ministers of the court and the central government are busy fighting for power and profit, and the previous emperors are even more indulged in wine and frolicking, who has the leisure to take care of farming?

Xu Guangqi was helpless, and made suggestions to some large landlords who owned thousands of acres of fertile land. But as soon as these people heard that they were going to pay for the construction of water conservancy facilities, they all refused. In them, repairing water conservancy is a matter for the imperial court, and they pay for others to get rid of it, how can this kind of thing be done? Therefore, Xu Guangqi, Chen Zilong and others were full of enthusiasm and professional knowledge, but they achieved nothing.

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Seeing that Chen Zilong was still stunned, Lu Xiangsheng had to remind: "Chen Zilong, the Holy Lord is asking you." ”

Sun Qiudi's science and technology, Sun Xuemo, Gu is too cold, "Well, it stands to reason that you have to think of it yourself, after all, you are responsible for the project." Zhu Youzhen first said this slowly, and seeing that Chen Zilong's face was flushed, he was at a loss, so he smiled and said, "But I also know that you are still young, and all your research is on paper, and you have never actually done it." In this case, I will send you another helper, and let him help you arrange specific matters such as food and lodging first. This person is from an ordinary peasant family, and he has never studied seriously, but you should not look down on him, but learn from each other, can you do it? ”

Chen Zilong reacted at this time, and immediately knelt on the ground excitedly, kowtowed to Zhu Youzhen again and again: "The grass people obey the order!" As long as the project goes smoothly, if there is no success by the harvest this autumn, please cure the sin of the grass people and deceive the king..."

Zhu Youzhen hurriedly interrupted him and said, "It's not that serious, I also know that there are a lot of things here, and there will even be constraints." You can do things boldly, I am the master for you, and you don't have any ideological baggage. Tell me what you need? ”

Chen Zilong hurriedly said: "The construction of water conservancy is nothing more than three items of land, industry and silver. Now there is land, but there is still a shortage of labor and funds. Whether it is dredging a river or digging a canal and sinking a well, it is a large project that costs labor and materials. Because Gyeonggi was ravaged by Jiannu last year, the imperial court exempted the corresponding prefectures and counties from servitude for three years, which is of course a great good government of the emperor's grace, but there is no servant labor available, this project..."

"Workers, you don't have to worry." Zhu Youzhen said confidently, "Shuntianfu doesn't matter, you go to Gu Yanwu, he will have a way." As for the Imperial Village, I will send you workers. In this way, you first find the ten imperial villages closest to the Beijing division to start construction, and allocate 10,000 people to you, 1,000 people in each village, is it enough? ”

"Enough is enough!" Chen Zilong never thought that the emperor would be so generous, "It's just that there are so many people, and the accommodation arrangement is also very troublesome..."

"Well, it stands to reason that you have to think of it yourself, after all, you are responsible for the project." Zhu Youzhen first said this slowly, and seeing that Chen Zilong's face was flushed, he was at a loss, so he smiled and said, "But I also know that you are still young, and all your research is on paper, and you have never actually done it." In this case, I will send you another helper, and let him help you arrange specific matters such as food and lodging first. This person is from an ordinary peasant family, and he has never studied seriously, but you should not look down on him, but learn from each other, can you do it? ”

Of course, Chen Zilong was chattering. Zhu Youzhen said again: "As for the silver, on the side of Shuntianfu, you still go to Gu Yanwu." On the Huangzhuang side, there is not much silver for its practical use, and you will know the details as soon as you do it. In short, the project should be completed as soon as possible and put into use. ”

Chen Zilong was busy kowtowing to thank him, but Lu Xiangsheng thought in his heart: River work is the most expensive to pay for silver, but the emperor did not promise Chen Zilong a specific amount. Now it's just a lip service, but now that silver is used everywhere, the imperial court's finances are stretched, what if the actual amount of silver needed is amazing, and you can't take out so much? Wouldn't that become a half-pulled project, not only did the previous efforts be wasted, but it was even more wasteful?

In fact, Zhu Youzhen was already worried about Lu Xiangsheng, but he was silent, and asked Chen Zilong: "I heard Mr. Xu say that in addition to farmland and water conservancy, you are also very good at studying various crops. I heard that you also tried to grow a crop from overseas? ”

Chen Zilong hurriedly said: "Back to the saint, exactly!" This thing is called sweet potato. In fact, the teacher is very fond of this thing, and the research is also very in-depth, and the grass people just follow the teacher's orders to plant seeds. The teacher also wrote the article "Sweet Potato Shu", saying that sweet potatoes have "thirteen wins". This article is also included in the "Complete Book of Agricultural Administration", but I don't know when it will be published. ”

"Oh?" Zhu Youzhen said happily, "Do you remember which thirteen victories?" Tell me about it! ”

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