Early the next morning, Chen Zilong had already arrived at his first destination: Xiaotangshan Huangzhuang in Changping Prefecture. The vast expanse of farmland in front of him was still barren, but his mood was extremely excited, because he knew that from now on, a great undertaking that no one had ever done before would be officially started.

The enemy is the enemy, the enemy is cold, the enemy is cold

Chen Zilong is a native of Songjiang Mansion in Nanzhili, and he is also a scholarly family, and his father also worked as a Ministry of Labor Langzhong in the Wanli Dynasty. His life was originally decent, he was taught since he was a child, he was diligent in governing scriptures and history, and he tried his best to attack chapters and sentences. Because of his talent, he passed the first-level examination of the county examination and the government examination institute, and became a student at a young age, that is, Xiucai.

However, the "township test" from the show to the lifting of people is only held once every three years. Chen Zilong only participated once, but he was famous for Sun Shan. When the eunuch party was in power, the jackal was in charge, and Chen Zilong's father was also a very upright person, unwilling to go along with the dirt, so he resigned and returned home. He told Chen Zilong a lot about the darkness of officialdom at home, and under the influence of his father, Chen Zilong was a little lighter about the imperial examination.

The hatred and hatred of the ghosts are cold

It happened that Xu Guangqi was also dismissed from office because he was framed during that time, and Chen Zilong visited him and found that Xu Guangqi was very knowledgeable and attached great importance to the application of learning. Under Xu Guangqi's guidance, Chen Zilong suddenly felt enlightened, and bowed under Xu Guangqi's door. He was particularly interested in agronomy, and the master and apprentice rented 700 acres of land in Songjiang, while Chen Zilong stayed in the fields almost all day long, practicing his teacher's theories, and made no small contribution to Xu Guangqi's writings.

After Chongzhen ascended the throne, Xu Guangqi was reused, not only as the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, but also as a cabinet to worship the prime minister, which was unexpected. Of course, Chen Zilong also wanted to enter the court as an official with the light of his mentor and realize his ambitions, but he was not even a lifter, and Enke didn't catch up because of illness last year, and it was already winter when he arrived in Beijing.

The ghost enemy is not aware of the hatred of the moon

Originally, Chen Zilong also wanted to entrust Xu Guangqi's relationship to enter the Guozijian as a prisoner and enter the government through the imperial examination. Xu Guangqi persuaded him: "Today's saint election is eclectic, and it does not necessarily have to pass the imperial examination. Not only do you have experience in agricultural administration, but you have also been mentioned to the Holy Father as a teacher. But you can't just rely on supporting the teacher, you have to prove yourself. In this way, while you have nothing to do in winter, you can travel around Gyeonggi, survey the farmland and water conservancy situation in various places, write it down, and submit it to the Beijing Times. If you can publish it, the Holy One will know that you have learned. ”

Chen Zilong listened to Xu Guangqi's words and spent nearly three months traveling all over the prefectures and counties of Beizhili, especially the area of Shuntianfu. Everywhere they went, they carefully inspected the local topography, hydrology, climate, farmland, water conservancy, etc., and recorded them in detail. After returning to Beijing, under the guidance of Xu Guangqi, he summed up the concept and overall plan for controlling water and land in the Beizhili area in order to achieve food self-sufficiency, and submitted it to the Beijing Times.

With such a high-quality manuscript, the editors of the Beijing Times were like a treasure and immediately published it serially every day. Zhu Youzhen must report every day, sighed, and found that the author was Chen Zilong, who had heard of his name for a long time.

In addition to being Xu Guangqi's tall feet, Zhu Youzhen also knew that Chen Zilong had a relationship with Liu Ru, one of the "Qin Huai Bayan". As the saying goes, a talented man is a beautiful woman, although Liu Ru is has fallen into the dust, but her knowledge does not let her eyebrows go, and she is also a generation of chivalrous women. It's a pity that such a woman has to deal with rotten trees and dry bones like Qian Qianyi and Zhou Daodeng every day.

Therefore, Zhu Youzhen quickly summoned Chen Zilong unusually, the two had the same ambition, and the more they talked, the more speculative they became, and soon Zhu Youzhen decided to hand over the heavy task of agricultural reform to Chen Zilong. Of course, he also knows that it is not so easy to do such a big thing, and in addition to objective conditions such as funds and manpower, more importantly, it will also be constrained by a cliché of officials who only care about their own interests. So he first asked Chen Zilong to start from Huangzhuang, because Huangzhuang is the emperor's private property, and foreign ministers have no right to put their beaks.

This small Tangshan Huangzhuang is also very close to the Jingshi, fifty miles north of the North Pole Gate. This place is bordered by Tangshan in the north, Dongsha River in the east, and Nansha River in the south. It is more than 20 miles long from east to west, more than 10 miles wide from north to south, and the farmland area is about 500 hectares except for the mountainous areas. The surrounding area of the Huangzhuang is also farmland, and most of them are owned by the lords and dignitaries of the Beijing Division.

As soon as he arrived at the edge of Huangzhuang, Chen Zilong saw about 100 people lining up to greet him. At first, he thought it was a farmer in Huangzhuang (that is, a farmer who farmed in Huangzhuang, but the harvest was not at the disposal of Zhuangke, equivalent to a tenant farmer), but when he got closer, he found that these people spoke from the south to the north, especially with a Shaanxi accent, and were obviously not local villagers.

Led by a tall and powerful young man dressed as a peasant, he hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "May I ask if it is Mr. Chen Zilong?" ”

"It's Chen. You are? ”

"Hello Mr. Chen!" The young man said happily, "My name is Hao Daming, and I am from Qinwangzhuang in Jingyang County, Shaanxi." I joined the Jingyang Merchant Gang in Jingyang, and I had a group of workers under my hands, specializing in various civil engineering projects. After Long Live Lord ascended the throne, our Jingyang merchants also came to Beijing to develop, and they continued the work of the Ministry of Industry in the first few months. Yesterday, the Ministry of Engineering received the will of the Lord Banzai and sent me to help Mr. Chen repair farmland and water conservancy. We will do whatever the gentleman tells us to do, and make sure that it is completed on time and beautifully. ”

Chen Zilong thought to himself that the emperor said yesterday that he would send someone to help him, this person has not read yet, it is this Hao Daming. But seeing that there were only more than 100 people behind him, he couldn't help but wonder: "The project here is not a small project to mend the seams, only rely on these people, I'm afraid..."

"Sir, don't worry." Hao Daming said with a smile, "An imperial village, we will send a thousand workers, and Mr. is only a fraction now." We have never been to Xiaotangshan, these 100 people came to prepare first, and the large army will arrive soon. ”

Sun is not hateful and unrelenting, and the enemy is making trouble

In fact, Chen Zilong didn't have a bottom in his heart. Such a big project is easy to say, but it is possible to organize so many labors to work, and I don't know how many things I can't think of. Chen Zilong hadn't actually done it before, and today was the first time the eldest girl got on the sedan chair, and she was a little dazed for a while.

Fortunately, Hao Daming was very experienced, and after a few simple orders, the hundred people under his command immediately took action. Some went to meet with the Zhuangtou Zhuangke, conveyed orders to go through the formalities, some went to find a place to build a temporary residence, some went to survey the terrain and rough land, and some drew a map and kept accounts... The end is busy but not chaotic, and it is well organized. After a while, there was a special person to release the carrier pigeon, and the pigeon flapped its wings and flew in the direction of Beijing, and it was soon gone.

Chen Zilong was still amazed, and after not making much effort, he saw the smoke and dust billowing on the dirt road, and the team of people and horses drove over to this side. At the beginning, Chen Zilong was startled, thinking that it was the official army dispatching, but Hao Daming smiled and said: "Sir, our army is here!" ”

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