Laba congee is made of white rice boiled into porridge, with cooked diced pork, diced chicken and broth, put some greens and salt, and then boil for a while to allow the various ingredients to mix well and penetrate each other.

Men must gather without wine. Each person only ate a small bowl of Laba porridge, which was appetizing, and then it was a big dish of white wine, and everyone chatted while drinking.

This banquet was specially organized by Sun Chuanting for Zhu Youzhen and Zu Dashou, who were naked # as officials in Shaanxi, and the people who participated in it, in addition to Shaanxi's envoys and commanders, there were also various nearby prefects. Zu Dashou and Gao Yingxiang were arranged on Zhu Youzhen's left and right hands because they had an old relationship with Zhu Youzhen.

Sun Chuanting now attaches no less importance to Zhu Youzhen than Li Chunye, and he is not tired at all because of Zhu Youzhen's youth, "Your Highness, the ministers can spend the winter peacefully in Shaanxi, thanks to Your Highness!" Come, this first cup, we salute Your Highness together. ”

"Where! Lord Sun won the award. To appease the people of Shaanxi, it is up to Lord Sun and everyone here to resist foreign enemies and ensure the safety of Shaanxi. Zhu Youzhen craned his neck and drank the wine.

Although he was very modest, he was very proud in his heart, the peasant army that overthrew the Ming Dynasty has now been leveled by him, as long as he survives this winter, there will be no soil for the existence of peasant armies in Shaanxi. Li Zicheng and ......

Zhu Youzhen chuckled, although the bandits in Shaanxi have been eliminated, why hasn't the real leader Li Zicheng appeared until now?

Zhu Youzhen stayed in Yansui for half a year, and he had also been to the county seat or even the village, but he had never heard of Li Zicheng.

He thought for a moment, as if Li Zicheng was Gao Yingxiang's relative, and he was married to Gao Yingxiang's daughter Gao Xiuying. Well, I'll ask Gao Yingxiang later, don't forget about it for a long time.

"His Royal Highness has paved an unprecedented flat road for Shaanxi, and increased industrial and commercial taxes for Shaanxi, as long as this winter passes, through the current famine, if we can't govern Shaanxi, it is really unbearable to the vast imperial grace and the help of His Royal Highness, and the expectations of the people of Li and the black yarn of the ministers." Sun Chuanting's self-confidence comes from the wheat growing in the farmland and the industrial and commercial taxes in hand, but he knows that without Zhu Youzhen, Shaanxi's development, not to mention food and clothing, is a problem. Zhu Youzhen is stationed in Yansui, and the people of Yansui don't need to pay attention to it at all.

"Your Highness, Lord Sun, Xi'an has a large number of Jiangnan businessmen to set up factories, although there are not many factories in Yansui, but the scale is huge, and it can recruit a large number of people. My Yan'an Mansion is sandwiched between Xi'an and Yansui, but I am still poor! The lower officials are dull, and they beg the adults to give the lower officials a straight way. Chen Dengpao, the prefect of Yan'an, couldn't help but be very depressed when he saw that the north and south were full of wind and water, and Yan'an couldn't help but be very depressed because of the many mountains and few places, and the road was tortuous and difficult.

Zhu Youzhen looked at Chen Dengbao, and countless thoughts turned in his heart.

He had long thought that if he wanted to rejuvenate the country through industry and commerce, the number of people engaged in industry and commerce would inevitably increase greatly, and the number of people engaged in farming would be greatly reduced, and this would inevitably affect grain production.

In order to maintain or even increase food production, it is necessary to improve the efficiency of farming. Chen Dengpao's question just gave him a chance.

"Lord Chen, don't worry about traffic problems, the West Extension Avenue passes through Yan'an Mansion, which will inevitably promote the development of Yan'an. In addition, there must be a shortage of manpower in Xi'an and Yansui to set up industrial and commercial businesses, and if Chen can improve the efficiency of farming and send surplus men to work in factories in Xi'an and Yansui, it will also increase their income. ”

But how can we improve the efficiency of farming? Xia Guan didn't know anything. "Chen Dengpao was born in the imperial examination, and there is no argument in the book of sages to improve the efficiency of farming.

"Lord Chen, have you ever seen the book "Qi Min's Technique"? It was the peasant's book. In addition, I have seen a kind of three-row basket and ten-row basket for sowing, which greatly improves the efficiency of seeding compared to the current single basket. Mr. Chen usually collects books on this subject. ”

Zhu Youzhen once compared the British industrial revolution #life, but he vetoed the "sheep eat people" movement promoted by the emerging British bourgeoisie. The attachment of the Han people to the land for thousands of years is by no means understandable to Westerners.

The forced eviction of people from the fields to the factories is likely to lead to violent social unrest and even new banditry.

If the efficiency of farming is improved, some farmers will have no land to cultivate, and they will inevitably work in nearby factories in order to survive and increase their income.

Like boiled frogs, when these farmers finally find out that they have lost their fields, the better working conditions and higher remuneration in the factories have made it impossible for them to return to the old 'sunrise and sunset' life, especially for the younger crowd.

"Xiaguan must hurry up and check it, but these three rows of baskets and ten rows of baskets ......" Although Chen Dengbao has a heart, it is the first time he has heard of three rows of baskets and ten rows of baskets.

"Well, I'll let the craftsmen make it another day, and Master Chen will arrange for the farmers to try farming." There is still some time before spring ploughing, and Zhu Youzhen estimates that he should be able to make these farm tools for craftsmen to imitate and farmers to try planting.

The only way to express his respect to Chen Dengbao, who is satisfied, is to toast Zhu Youzhen. However, he only had a vague consciousness, and he still did not have a clear idea of how to improve the efficiency of farming.

After three rounds of drinking, everyone is looking for someone they are interested in, and there is a faint vapor in the room from all over the room.

Zhu Youzhen had already set his eyes on Gao Yingxiang, "Lord Gao, do you have a relative named Li Zicheng?" ”

"Li Zicheng? Nope! His Royal Highness ...... "Gao Yingxiang went through the relatives surnamed Li in his mind, and he didn't find anyone named Li Zicheng.

No? Could it be that the history books have deceived themselves? Zhu Youzhen thought about Li Zicheng's other information again. When he died in 1645, the history books say that he was only 39 years old, so he must have been in his early twenties.

"A young man in his early twenties, where did he seem to have been a post boy?"

"Pawn? There is a nephew who is a post boy in Ningxia Town, who is twenty-two years old this year, and his age is the same, but his name is not Li Zicheng, but Li Hongji. In Gao Yingxiang's brain, it seems that there is only such a nephew who basically meets Zhu Youzhen's conditions.

"Li Hongji? That's right, it's him! Zhu Youzhen slapped his thigh, I don't remember whether he had read it in history books or novels, Li Zicheng's original name was Li Hongji, "That...... He is still working as a post boy in Ningxia? ”

"Yes! Your Highness knows this Erleng? Gao Yingxiang was taken aback by Zhu Youzhen, and didn't know why Zhu Youzhen had such a strong reaction to this nephew.

Two stunned? Interesting, it turns out that Li Zicheng is a stuffy donkey, no wonder his wife gave him a green hat to wear. "I don't know him, but I hear from others that he seems to be very talented."

"Talent? Don't hide it from Your Highness, the minister really didn't see it. Gao Yingxiang felt that his nephew was a stuffy donkey, and he really couldn't see how much he was promising, and he didn't know how Zhu Youzhen liked him.

"That's it, when the new dollar is new, the post man will also have a holiday, you let him go to me, and I will see it for myself. If you are really talented, you don't need to be a post boy anymore; If the disciple has a false name, let him come and go wherever he wants. "Zhu Youzhen knew that Li Zicheng's talent could stand out in the peasant army of the late Ming Dynasty and overthrow the Ming Dynasty, which was certainly not reckless, at least politically a good hand.

Maybe the times create heroes, and Li Zicheng's talent may have been cultivated in troubled times and wars. In any case, since Zhu Youzhen has found Li Zicheng, he can't let him have a chance to turn over, unless he serves himself.

"Yes, Your Highness, the minister will let him go to see His Highness, I hope he can enter the eyes of His Highness." Gao Yingxiang arched his hand, which can be regarded as a promise to Zhu Youzhen.

"Lord Gao, I have one more thing to ask, I hope Lord Gao doesn't mind." Zhu Youzhen squeezed his eyeballs at Gao Yingxiang.

"Your Highness, please say, your subordinates should say everything."

"Does Lord Gao have a daughter whose name is Xiuying?"

"No, my subordinates have no children at all." Gao Yingxiang glanced at Zhu Youzhen strangely, what happened to this Highness today? Didn't Sun Chuanting send him Miss Hu?

"None? Don't blame you, I'm just curious. "It's really weird, it is said in the history books that Li Zicheng married Gao Yingxiang's daughter Gao Xiuying, could it be that Gao Xiuying is Gao Yingxiang's adopted daughter? Or is there no such person at all, added by a historian or novelist?

"Curious? What did Your Highness hear? Gao Yingxiang felt that Zhu Youzhen was really unreasonable to inquire about his daughter, unless you were interesting to others, even if you were interesting, you couldn't ask directly, you had to find a matchmaker to pass the word from the middle, and you wouldn't be embarrassed if you refused. Fortunately, Gao Yingxiang didn't have a daughter, otherwise he would have been worried about whether the door was not strict and what kind of talk he would show outside.

"Don't think too much about it, hehe, drink." Zhu Youzhen awkwardly picked up his wine glass and drank a glass with Gao Yingxiang. "Lord Gao, what do you mean by having no children just now? Isn't there a marriage match for the tall adults? ”

"No, my subordinates have been married a long time ago, but I don't have a son and a half daughter until now." Gao Yingxiang's face became gloomy, and he smiled self-deprecatingly.

"Ao, then there is a chance, let the imperial doctor in the palace take a look." Folk Langzhong must have seen it, and he had to let the imperial doctor try it, but Zhu Youzhen was not sure whose problem it was, so he said it more vaguely.

"Thank you, Your Highness. But the subordinates are already at this age, so they don't want to toss anymore. Gao Yingxiang has long accepted the reality, he had planned to adopt one or two children, but he didn't meet the right one.

"Hey!" Zhu Youzhen sighed lightly, it seems that Gao Xiuying should be his adopted daughter, maybe history is like this, Gao Yingxiang inherited the title of "King Chuang" to Li Zicheng because he had no children.

Leaving Sun Chuanting's office, Zu Dashou insisted on sending Zhu Youzhen to the inn.

"Da Shou, how is the army training? Have the 300,000 soldiers in Shaanxi been replenished? ”

"Don't dare to deceive Your Highness, not yet, now there are only two hundred and twenty thousand." Zu Dashou lowered his head, his gaze wandering over Zhu Youzhen's boots.

"But because of the lack of food?"

"So His Highness knows?" Zu Dashou raised his head and looked at Zhu Youzhen's side face, "By next spring, with the grain harvested in the spring, the soldiers should be recruited." ”

"Not necessarily." Zhu Youzhen also didn't look at Zu Dashou, "The military salary is exclusively provided, even if it is harvested in spring and autumn next year, the food of the imperial court is still difficult, and it is impossible not to lack food and salary." ”

"That ......" didn't have enough food, so Zu Dashou couldn't recruit all the soldiers.

"It's useless to look at me, although I do a small business, but you are 300,000 soldiers - I can't make up your salary like the four martial arts battalions." Zhu Youzhen pondered for a while, "In this way, I will select 50,000 soldiers for you from the prisoners of war, they will build roads for a month, and then go to your military camp for training for another month, and I will supply food." Another 30,000 soldiers, you'll have to figure it out yourself. ”

"Yes, Your Highness." 50,000 soldiers who don't need military salaries, that's a great help to Zu Dashou.

"How's the training going?"

"Soldiers can only eat more than half full, and the consumption cannot be too large, so the amount of training cannot be increased. Mainly carry out some intensive training in queues and military discipline. ”

"Well, that's fine. However, take advantage of the present opportunity to remove the soldier oil from the soldiers, leaving only some high-quality soldiers, and in the future, with food and training, they will soon become excellent soldiers. ”

"Hmm."