The son stayed in the former bandit's den, and Zhu Guoxiang was still a little worried after all.

Early the next morning, he went to the Bai family to borrow a boat and took a cornucopia over to take a look-this stupid horse, his temper is getting bigger and bigger, and Dean Zhu doesn't want to serve anymore.

Bai Zongwang heard that Zhu Guoxiang was going to Daming Village, and called the wet nurse who raised Yao Fang's son: "You take the child on the road together and hand it back to Zhang Guangdao with your own hands, just say that I owe nothing to him." ”

The wet nurse was still very kind, and that night the bandits attacked at night, and she hid in the wheat field with the child in her arms.

"Poof!"

The cornucopia stood on the deck, and Tian San was afraid that something would go wrong, so he wanted to lead the horse in, and he was spat on the spot.

"This beast doesn't know what to do!" Tian San scolded and scolded.

Zhu Guoxiang said with a smile: "Don't say it's you, I can't even wait for this horse." ”

Tian San leaned over to look at the horse's Ding Ding and suggested, "You should find someone to gelding, then you will be more obedient." ”

As a military horse, the cornucopia was not gelding, and it is very likely that it was reserved for horse breeding.

These stallions are the best of the best, and the price is much more expensive, and smuggling to the south is even more expensive. But the cornucopia was so smart that he took advantage of the robbery of the bandits and escaped from the encirclement alone.

Zhang Guangdao participated in the robbery, and the bandits rowed the main battleship and surrounded the larger official ship.

Some of the bandits rushed into the cabin to grab the horses, and as soon as they reached the deck, the cornucopia jumped into the river and fled, and knocked the bandits who stood in the way into the water.

"It's better not to be gelding." Zhu Guoxiang also likes this horse, although sometimes he dislikes it.

Turning around, Zhu Guoxiang regretted a little and felt that he should be gelding.

I saw the beast lying on all fours, rolling up and down on the deck, and kicking the bucket over with one hoof.

After rolling around twice, he stood up again, and ran around on the deck, as if he thought the area here was too small, and snorted at Zhu Guoxiang with great dissatisfaction.

The Bai family passenger boat sailed to the place where Zhang Guangdao was first seen, Tian San pointed to the shore and said: "I have moved to live in the village, and there are still a few acres of land here, all of which will be handed over to the tenants for cultivation." Brother Zhu said that it would be a good thing to reclaim the wasteland downstream, but he was afraid that the villagers would not be able to plant it too little. ”

"There are few people, and there are few people." Zhu Guoxiang said.

Just reclaim it and use corn to interplant soybeans, and there is no need for intensive cultivation, just plant widely and harvest thinly. Even if it is a small harvest, I am afraid that it can be close to the yield of corn.

The passenger boat turned into the creek and headed all the way to the cottage.

Along the way, I came across many houses, and some villagers were working in the fields. In the battle that night, many people died, but the days had to go on, and the hasty burial of relatives continued to work hard.

For the low-level farmers here, it doesn't matter who is the owner of the village, it would be better if they could collect less taxes.

Landing by boat, Tian San took Zhu Guoxiang to climb the mountain.

The mountains here are much steeper than those in Shangbai Village, and Zhu Guoxiang began to dislike the inconvenience of living in a cottage.

Walking and walking, Zhu Guoxiang deviated from the mountain road and climbed to the barren slope next to him.

"Zhu Xianggong beware, there may be traps there!" Tian San hurriedly reminded.

Zhu Guoxiang didn't climb any further, picked up the thorns and weeds, took out a handful of soil and examined it carefully, and asked, "Why don't you grow tea here?" ”

Tian San said: "Black Wind...... Daming Village has hundreds of acres of tea mountains, and there are too few people to be busy in the tea picking season. The former bandit leaders were afraid that they would not be able to stop the officers and soldiers, and they also ordered the big trees on both sides of the mountain road to be cut down. Now it's all small trees and weeds, and no one dares to come here to farm. ”

Zhu Guoxiang said: "If there is not enough manpower, I will plant tung trees (tung oil), which will produce seeds in three years and maintain the water and soil here." ”

Xixiang County is mountainous, and it is very suitable for planting tea and planting tung oil trees.

However, in the Song Dynasty, there were not many tung oil trees planted here, and it had to wait until the Qing Dynasty to plant a large area - the population exploded, and the land that could be developed was developed, and those that could not be developed were planted with economic trees.

Both sides of the mountain road were cut bare, and Dean Zhu really didn't like it.

While climbing the mountain to observe, he planned the planting area, and Tian San was stunned when he heard it.

Brother Zhu's father seems to be ...... It's a strange look.

The cornucopia followed them, and they didn't need to be led, and they obediently climbed the mountain themselves. This also made Tian San feel very magical, the father and son of the Zhu family seemed to be unusual, even the horses they raised.

As the mountain becomes steeper and steeper, the cornucopia is also a little difficult, and Zhu Guoxiang has to push it at a critical time.

Tian San also took the initiative to help hold the child and let the nurse climb the slope alone.

Today's sun is quite big, tired and sweaty, and finally arrived at the cottage.

When the father and son met, Zhu Guoxiang opened his mouth and said, "Your population here is too small, and you need to get more people in." ”

"That's for sure," Zhu Ming said with a smile: "I have already asked the archers to go back to their hometown to spread the word, if the people in their village can't get by, they can share a few acres of land with me, anyway, I have a lot of land in my hands." There is no shortage of land, only people. His grandmother's ......"

"No swearing!" Zhu Guoxiang immediately stopped it.

"Okay, okay," Zhu Ming complained, "I don't know if it's because the government is too ruthless, or because the productivity of the Song Dynasty is insufficient, and there was a lot of population in Hanzhong during the Ming and Qing dynasties." If you look at me here, counting those barren mountains, I am afraid that there are tens of thousands of acres of land, but there are only a few hundred people. I've already asked, even if there had been no war, there would have been more than 900 people here. ”

Zhu Guoxiang guessed: "I'm afraid, there are two reasons you said." ”

Zhu Ming suddenly shouted: "Bai Sheng, Bai Sheng!" ”

Bai Shengfei ran over, he didn't go to the county seat to restore his life, and stayed in the cottage to help Zhu Ming deal with trivial matters.

Zhu Ming said, "Go and bring the horses." ”

Bai Shengma ran away and soon brought a horse.

Zhu Ming said with a smile: "I found a wife for the cornucopia, and I still know the cornucopia." ”

The brute did not know how to be polite, and when he saw the mare, he rushed forward, circling in circles of the opposite sex.

The mare also shows signs of heat and is more restless when standing there.

Zhu Ming didn't stop it, but smiled and said: "You just have to be happy, when you really want to go to the battlefield, you will definitely give you a gelding." ”

Zhu Guoxiang walked in the cottage, and his eyes were full of blackened houses.

Zhu Ming followed up and said: "The fire was a bit ruthless that night, and a quarter of the houses in the stockade were burned. He also burned a lot of cloth, which was hard currency, and it made me feel sorry to death. These houses used to be inhabited by bandit leaders, ringleaders, and their families. If Dean Zhu moves over, I'll build you a big house. ”

"Just." Zhu Guoxiang said with disdain.

"I'm sure I'm scared," Zhu Ming said happily, "Before the crossing, the income I earned from making videos could only buy a toilet in a big city." Now it's all mine, and the territory may not be ten square kilometers, but there must be seven or eight square kilometers. It's square kilometers, not square meters. ”

To put it mildly, it's actually shabby.

Most of these seven or eight square kilometers of land are mountains. The paddy fields that can grow rice are also along the rivers and rivers, adding up to less than 200 acres.

Zhu Guoxiang sat in front of a burned house, looked at the cornucopia that began to ride a mare in the distance, and reminded: "Just your place, just this little population, I'm afraid the rebellion will have to slowly accumulate strength." ”

Zhu Ming walked over and sat down next to his father: "I'm waiting for Jing Kang's shame to happen, and the biggest obstacle to rebellion in the Hanzhong region is the Western Army." It was the most elite unit of the Northern Song Dynasty, and it was next to Hanzhong. Only when the Western Army suffered heavy losses did I dare to rise up, otherwise it would probably be a failure. ”

"More than ten years, wait slowly," Zhu Guoxiang asked, "Do you know how to make muskets?" ”

Zhu Ming said: "I have seen videos of the development history of muskets on the Internet, and I have also seen several structural drawings of muskets. I also knew how to make granular gunpowder, which was so simple that an illiterate peasant could make it. Dean Zhu, have you heard of the Three Great Crossing Treasures? ”

"Nope." Zhu Guoxiang shook his head.

Zhu Ming laughed and said: "The three major travel books are the "Barefoot Doctor's Manual", "Militia Military Training Manual" and "Friends of Military and Civilian Talents". I've seen the last two, and they're wonderfully written. ”

"What a mess." Zhu Guoxiang was speechless when he heard it.

Zhu Ming said: "It's really messy, and the content of "Friends of Military and Civilian Talents" is varied. Military, agriculture, machinery, construction, home appliances, cooking, handicrafts, seal carving, and even photography, accounting, and business administration. After reading this book, Wu Neng went into battle to blow up the tank, and Wen Neng carved chapters to repair the TV. ”

Zhu Guoxiang couldn't help laughing, he was really amused, and asked, "Have you finished reading?" ”

Zhu Ming shook his head: "I haven't finished reading it, eight or nine hundred pages." I only see the prospect of future weapons, infrared missiles, anti-aircraft levitation bombs, and so on. The content of this book is too much and too miscellaneous, and it will take you to read it when you are full. I flipped through it casually, and I taught people how to raise quails, scrape putty, repair refrigerators, and drive tractors. Through this book, I learned how to fight a plane with a rifle and how to blow up a tank with my bare hands. It's all dragon slayering, and it's completely useless! ”

"Seriously," Zhu Guoxiang didn't talk nonsense with his son, "Although I don't know how to fight, I know the importance of weapons." If you really want to rebel, I suggest you get a batch of muskets out first. ”

Zhu Ming said: "The musket has to be developed and tested slowly, and I don't even have a blacksmith in my hand." Let's farm and do business first, the top priority is to make fried tea next year. Tea is a huge profit, and it is also the only means we can make huge profits in our hands. ”

"Then you have to sort out the waste tea mountains this year and make use of the nearby waste tea mountains," Zhu Guoxiang suggested, "If you can't be busy picking tea next year, go to the county seat to recruit tea pickers." In this way, more roasted tea can be produced in order to quickly accumulate original funds. ”

After drinking group tea a few times, Zhu Ming was already able to be convinced that there was definitely a market for roasted tea.

In the clearing over there, the cornucopia had already come down from the mare, and the beast had only lasted a few minutes, which made Zhu Ming, who was watching the horse film with relish, look at it with contempt.

"Brother Zhu, Third Brother Zhang is back!" Bai Sheng shouted from afar.

The father and son got up to greet him, and found that Zhang Guangdao was holding the child, and the nurse had handed over Yao Fang's son to him.

Zhang Guangdao teased the child and said, "Brother Zhu, there is a scholar from the county who wants to investigate what Eight Elements Scholars." Xiang Zhixian asked you to apply grease and powder, pretending to be seriously injured, so as not to show your feet in front of the envoy. ”

"Let me go to the county seat?" Zhu Ming asked.

Zhang Guangdao shook his head and said, "I don't know. When I left the county seat, this scholar went to climb the mountain and took many scholars to climb the heights and look into the distance. Even Xiang Zhixian didn't know when the envoy would come to see you, but he only said that you should be ready at home at any time. ”

Zhu Ming understood, this mention is not very reliable.

Zhu Ming asked: "I heard that Third Brother Zhang used to sell smuggled salt, and he knows many fugitives in the mountains?" ”

Zhang Guangdao said: "Know. ”

Zhu Ming said: "After dealing with the things in the village, please ask Third Brother Zhang to walk around." Go and tell the fugitives that I have land here, and as long as they are willing to come, they will be guaranteed to live a better life. ”

"If they are not exploited by the government, they will definitely be willing to come, and it is not easy to live in the mountains. It's up to me. Zhang Guangdao patted his chest and said.

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