In March, the first batch of displaced people had been cleared in Nanyang and Xiangyang Mansions.

It mainly grows soybeans, and the third month of the lunar calendar is just right for spring sowing. After the summer harvest, there is also a summer dial. Subsequent displaced people can even be sown in autumn.

Leguminous crops are very suitable for land reclamation and can also accumulate fertility for the soil.

As early as last autumn and winter, Zhu Guoxiang was hoarding beans, and the winter and spring exchanges were newly occupied and transported.

Before Zhu Ming raised his army, Sichuan was conscripted and extorted by the imperial court.

The rebellion and the encirclement and suppression took up a year and a half, during which a lot of food was consumed. Now there are still 100,000 soldiers, rations and seeds are distributed to the homeless, and the granaries of each prefecture and county are all empty.

Fortunately, when the officers and soldiers from all walks of life were defeated, a large amount of enemy grain and grass was captured, otherwise this year would have been even more stretched.

At present, the war bonds issued by the Sichuan Gorge Jingluo Prefecture still owe the people more than 300,000 stone of grain.

This year, it is necessary to guard against a run on bonds by wealthy households, and Zhu Guoxiang plans to issue a batch of "rich people bonds". The people who bought the "war bonds" last year will not have to buy the "rich people's bonds" again if they do not cash in this year.

Dean Zhu can only delay it in this way, delay it for a year or two, and then get through the difficult period smoothly. Especially corn sweet potatoes, after the whole Sichuan is promoted!

And the gentry and landlords could only endure it, afraid that Zhu Xianggong would be forced to be anxious, and they would tear their faces and directly engage in apportionment. By that time, the grain would have to be handed over, and not even a single bond certificate would have to be obtained.

"Marshal, sent by the Mansion." Bai Sheng took out two small jars as if offering treasures.

Zhu Ming patted the sealing paper at the mouth of the can to check, a can of rock candy and a can of brown sugar, and couldn't help asking, "Where did my father get it?" ”

Bai Sheng explained: "The tribute sent by Suizhou was originally not wanted by Xianggong, but it was returned last year. However, the Suizhou frosting households sincerely contributed to it, and asked the government to send it this spring. The prime minister accepted it, and also abolished the tribute system, and no official was allowed to collect tribute. ”

Suining was the main producer of rock sugar in the Northern Song Dynasty, and after it was listed as a tribute, most of the icing households there have been forced to bankrupt.

Zhu Ming raised troops to occupy Sichuan, and the frosting households instantly had hope for life.

It's a pity that the rock sugar process is too primitive, and the annual output is only so small, which is a by-product of making brown sugar.

The method of drizzling sugar in yellow mud water in "Heavenly Creation" is 100% written by hearsay.

With Zhu Ming's poor scientific knowledge, when he first read this, he subconsciously felt impossible. Because the adsorption of impurities can be made of charcoal, and the yellow mud water cannot undergo chemical reactions, the yellow mud water does not have any physical or chemical effects.

So I searched for videos and information, and sure enough, no one was successfully restored.

Later, Zhu Ming searched for historical papers, and some scholars researched ancient white sugar and came to the conclusion that it is a kind of brown sugar that is lighter in color than brown sugar......

Zhu Ming also looked up the production process of modern white sugar and found that centrifuges are very easy to solve, mainly because it was difficult to prepare phosphoric acid or sulfurous acid in ancient times.

After getting off work in the evening, Zhu Ming returned to the back house with two cans of candy and found that Zhang Jinping had returned from Chengdu.

"Why don't you send someone to say something?" Zhu Ming said happily.

Zhang Jinping said Wanfu: "The affairs of the prime minister are busy, so it is inconvenient to go to the front hall to disturb." ”

Zhu Ming had a whim: "I just got a jar of frosting and a jar of brown sugar, and I called them all here to make delicious snacks for my husband." ”

Not long after, Zheng Yuanyi, Zhao Fujin, and Zhao Fujin were present. Master Li and Pei Yueli Chang'e also moved in two days ago.

Zhu Ming thought that Pei Yueli's name was too long, so he directly changed it to Pei Chang'e.

The relationship between the women is not harmonious, nor is it tense, anyway.

However, Zhao Fujin is innocent and unsuspecting, and everyone thinks this little girl is good.

I saw Zhu Ming get some corn and mash the brown sugar into powder.

Then bring an iron pot and stove, after the iron pot is heated, add a little lard, stir-fry the corn evenly, and then cover the pot with a lid and draw firewood and fry slowly over low heat.

When you hear a bouncing sound in the pan, shake it until there is no sound.

Zhu Ming lifted the lid of the pot, and a fragrance came to his face.

The brown sugar has been ground and mixed over low heat, and the brown sugar melts and wraps on the popcorn.

"Come and taste it," Zhu Ming reached out to grab it, retracted it suddenly, blew his fingers and said, "Whew, it's so hot!" ”

When the temperature dropped slightly, Zhu Ming grabbed two and stuffed them in his mouth, which was the taste in his memory.

He was extremely satisfied with his "cooking skills", he had only seen people make popcorn before, but he didn't expect to succeed the first time.

Zhang Jinping asked the maid to bring a few pairs of chopsticks, picked up one to taste, nodded with a smile and said, "It's delicious." ”

The wives and concubines tried it one after another, and even the maids got some.

Corn finally has a new use, Zhu Ming said to Zhang Jinping: "Invite a few officials' families to come and show them, this thing can be spread." Today's rich people only eat tender corn, so that the rich can also taste popcorn. ”

Zhang Jinping smiled: "Is this called popcorn?" It's very apt. After the officials and wives tasted it, they would definitely go home and let the cook fry it, and it would not take a month or two for it to appear on the streets. ”

Master Li immediately complimented: "The marshal and his wife really care about the people, but if there are good things, they must share them with the people." ”

This sycophant shot Zhang Jinping comfortably, and his impression of Master Li changed a lot.

Zhang Jinping said: "The ancestors occasionally obtained the copper refining method of gallium, and after improving it, they never hid their secrets and dedicated them to the imperial court to implement the world. ”

Master Li didn't know what gall alum copper smelting was, but he continued to praise: "Unexpectedly, the art of gall alum copper refining was actually offered by my wife's ancestors, and this move benefited all the people, which is really admirable." ”

Zhu Ming glanced at Master Li, this singer is good at creating an atmosphere, and the first meeting made Zhang Jinping happy.

The next day, Zhang Jinping went to Mrs. Yan's place, presented the popcorn recipe to the old lady, and then invited several officials' families to be guests.

By the time Zhu Ming took his family to Xiangyang, popcorn had spread among the upper class of Hanzhong and was rapidly spreading to middle- and lower-class families.

The people at the bottom of the population can't afford to eat brown sugar, so they don't mix sugar.

Anyway, corn is cheap, and children from poor families finally have one more snack to eat. Usually, if you are greedy, you ask your mother to copy some popcorn, and you immediately have happy childhood memories.

In fact, popcorn was already available in the Song Dynasty, which was made from rice. The official name is Po Lou, commonly known as glutinous rice flower, which was first recorded in the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty.

The official ship went east and stopped in Yangzhou.

The big families here came to visit one after another when they got the news, and they were automatically sorted out in order.

Zheng Lan dragged his old body and said: "Don't be old, meet the generalissimo!" ”

Zhu Ming personally supported him, and said with a smile: "Ah Weng doesn't have to be polite. ”

The old man straightened up, his face wrinkled with a smile, and he deliberately glanced at the other tribes.

Min Wenwei immediately said: "Under Min Wenwei, meet His Excellency the Generalissimo of Chuanxia!" ”

Zhu Ming nodded, and asked again: "Brother Min (Min Zishun) hasn't returned to his hometown yet?" ”

Min Wenwei said: "Back to the generalissimo, my nephew was arranged to go to Guangnan, although the imperial court promised to release him, but it will take at least a month to come back." ”

"When you come back, you will have to use it." Zhu Ming promised.

Min Wenwei was overjoyed when she heard this, and said tentatively: "Now that the government schools in various places have stopped, and the students of the private academies are decreasing, I don't know when the imperial examination will be resumed?" ”

"Three years later." The Zhu family's father and son have already discussed it, and it will be announced to the public soon.

Now the government under the rule of the Zhu family mostly uses old ministers and old officials of the Great Song Dynasty.

Elderly officials are more popular than scholars, because the work can be started directly. But there are also flaws, the corruption phenomenon is more serious than that of scholars, all of them are old fritters who return to the pot and can use various loopholes to reach out to make money.

Although the young scholar has no political experience, he still has some ideals and ambitions. On the whole, it is not as large-scale corruption as the old officials.

Zhu Guoxiang has set up an inspectorate, and Chen Dong is the imperial historian of the capital, responsible for picketing all kinds of corruption and malfeasance.

From last year to this year, more than 70 percent of the corrupt officials sentenced to death were born in old age.

More than 10 were executed one after another, and more than 40 were exiled to southern Sichuan, four of whom were still at the level of government officials and county commanders.

Every time a person was executed or exiled, Zhu Guoxiang sent the case to the yamen of each prefecture and county in the form of an official document. Now that the wind of corruption has finally subsided, at least it is no longer so blatant, and it is all quietly exploiting loopholes to make money.

Min Wenwei was ecstatic: "Do you really want to resume the imperial examination in three years? ”

Zhu Ming revealed the information in advance and said: "Students from all counties should go to the government for the imperial examination first, and this is the government examination. Those who pass the test will go to Hanzhong to take another test, and those who are admitted can become officials. ”

Thanks to the flood of Jinshi in the Song Huizong era, the Zhu family father and son did not need to reform much.

Anyway, like the imperial court, it is not easy for Xinke Jinshi to even make county orders.

Only those at the top of the ranking can be the county chief bookkeeper, and the bottom of the ranking are all low-end petty officials, and they have to accumulate experience and political achievements little by little.

In the future, when a new dynasty is established, only champions, bangyan and tanhua can be directly awarded the official position of county commander.

When the elders of other families came to visit, Min Wenwei took a step back, thinking about how to expand his influence.

Today's territory, Chengdu has the most prosperous cultural context, followed by Yangzhou.

And the Yangzhou Academy helmed by Min Wenwei has the best teaching quality, and he can train students to become officials and become Wenzong of that generation in the future.

After Zhu Ming met with the local clan, he said to Min Wenwei: "In the Hanzhong imperial examination, mathematics, law, famine relief, and water conservancy must be examined, and the official documents will naturally be retained." As for the Confucian classics, the "University Chapters and Sentences Shuyi" and "The Mean Chapters and Sentences Shuyi" annotated by me, as well as the revised "Taoist Policies", are all compulsory examinations. Chief Minshan, I'm afraid you'll have to read more books. ”

Min Wenwei was stunned for a moment, and said stubbornly: "The generalissimo's knowledge is naturally the best knowledge in the world. ”

"Hahaha," Zhu Ming laughed, "Chief Min is really knowledgeable and can distinguish between good and bad academics." ”

Min Wenwei doesn't seem to be able to hear the irony, what he will teach in the future, Zhu Ming says it is, and he has to achieve the first grade in Hanzhong!

(End of chapter)