In the southern suburbs of Tokyo, the former Great Song Emperor's Village.

Gongsun Sheng went out with a hoe, followed by a girl.

It was his wife, whom he married two months ago, and was originally the maid of the deputy prime minister Zhao Ye's family. After Zhao Ye was beheaded by the raiders, his relatives exiled him to the barbarian land in southern Sichuan, but the servants could choose to stay by themselves.

A large number of displaced and unemployed vagrants, as well as veterans, are placed in Gyeonggi Road to farm, and the number of men and women can easily lead to security problems.

Zhu Ming specially asked the Ministry of Rites to arrange the marriage and recruit matchmakers from all over the city to match.

A veteran general like Gongsun Sheng is a more sought-after type, because he is allocated 25 acres of land, and he does not have to pay for it himself.

"Brother wakes up early." Wu Song also went out with his new wife.

Gongsun Sheng went to walk side by side with him, and said in a low voice: "I heard that those royal clansmen of the old dynasty have already been arranged and managed two days ago?" ”

Wu Song said: "I have seen it with my own eyes, counting children, there are two or three hundred people. ”

"It's really funny, to be neighbors with us." Gongsun Sheng said with a smile.

Wu Song whispered: "There is a battalion of Sichuan soldiers living here, not only to take care of the royal family, but also to keep an eye on us. Many of the people in the neighborhood who settled and farmed the land were all thieves in the past, and some homeless people had been thieves. ”

Gongsun Sheng said: "As long as you don't cause trouble, what are you afraid of the Sichuan soldiers?" ”

The two of them didn't go far before they met Wu Jialiang.

They are all voluntarily discharged from the army to farm, Wu Jialiang still wants to be a village school teacher, but who wants to send their children to study in the first year of placement?

The crowd gathered in a field where many peasants had gathered, and the royal family members were also present.

There were a few soldiers around, walking around boringly, but their eyes were not relaxed.

After a short time, two persuading agricultural officials came, and there were also officials by his side to protect them.

Zhu Ming broke through Tokyo a little late, and he had already missed the time to plant wheat, and the people who settled the land in winter could only plant other crops after the beginning of spring.

Of course, corn is very suitable, as is corn and sorghum.

Many of the people who came to learn planting techniques this year had never ploughed before. There are also some who can farm, but have never grown corn.

I saw a farmer pull up his trouser leg, hold a hoe and say, "Those who have been farmers have come over and ploughed the soil together." Those who don't know how to do farm work can watch and learn, and they will come to practice when they see almost. If you don't understand and don't know how to learn, you will starve to death in the future! ”

Wu Jialiang immediately picked up a hoe and went to the ground, and followed the peasant officials to turn over the ground and loosen the soil.

Gongsun Sheng and Wu Song were next to them, and they learned after watching it for a while, and the rest was to practice.

The farmer also explained the skills, what posture to use to hold the hoe is the most labor-saving, and even the height of the hoe is explained.

It took a full hour to turn over the soil, and seeing that everyone seemed to have mastered it, he persuaded the agricultural officer to start talking about how to grow corn: "Today's officials say that this kind of land should be adapted to the time and local conditions. The climate is different, the terrain is different, and the method of growing the same crops is different. Corn is abundant on the slopes of the mountains in Sichuan, so the Sichuan method is not suitable for this Gyeonggi Road. Seeds can definitely be planted, and they are better served, but there is no need for that......"

"What I teach you today is a set of corn and corn ditch interplanting methods created by the official family according to the topography and climate of Kaifeng. Four ridges of corn are interplanted with one ridge of corn, both of which are drought-tolerant, and the yield can be maintained in arid and thin lands, and the yield is higher if there is enough water and fertilizer......"

"What are the benefits of ditch interplanting? Corn and corn are different in height, and they can be planted in the sun, so you don't understand what photosynthesis is, anyway, you just need to know that it can increase the yield. Corn roots grow fast and can absorb deep nutrients; Corn has a shallow root system and can absorb shallow nutrients. These two are planted together, and they do not rob water and fertilizer. ”

"In fact, it is okay not to dig ditches, and if you have more fields, you can save some effort. But digging a ditch, first, is not afraid of lodging, second, it can retain water, and third, it is easy to drain water in the event of heavy rain for days. You think you're a lazy person, you don't want to get too tired, you don't have to dig a ditch. If you are diligent and want to get more harvest, then learn to dig ditches with me. ”

"Another advantage of this ditch is that when the corn is harvested, the corn stalk is cut and poured into the ditch, and it can be directly filled back to raise the land. If you are afraid that there will be many insects in the coming year, it will become a ...... if you burn it."

"That's all for today, when to water, when to give dung, I will come back when the day comes......"

After listening to it for a while, everyone followed the busy work, and they quickly mastered what they learned.

Gongsun Sheng muttered, "What is the grade of this peasant official?" It is clear and clear, and he is willing to work in the fields, which is different from ordinary bird officials. ”

Wu Song said with a smile: "If all the officials in the world are like this, how could we rebel before?" ”

Wu Jialiang said: "You don't know that these persuading agricultural officials are all protégés of the Son of Heaven. The highest is only the seventh grade, and the lowest is not even a grade, but even if there is no product to persuade the agricultural official, he can enter the palace at any time to ask for the Son of Heaven. Agricultural officials with more than three years of experience may apply for the transfer of political officials at the same level. If the peasant officials are persuaded to persist in doing it for more than ten years, the emperor will also give the baron the title. Thirty years of persuasion of agricultural officials, will be crowned viscounts. ”

"Will only farm the land and give a knighthood?" Gongsun Sheng was surprised.

Wu Jialiang said: "If you die, you will not pass it on to your descendants." ”

"That's worth it, I want to do it." Gongsun Sheng said.

Wu Jialiang said with a smile: "You can do it if you want to?" People know a lot about it. ”

Wu Song said: "You can be transferred to a civil official in three years, who wants to hold on for thirty years?" I really admire the kind that can be crowned viscount, I'm afraid there will really be few by then. ”

said that those royal relatives returned to their fields one after another, looking at the land overgrown with weeds and stunned.

But the prince said that it was only necessary to eat until the grain was harvested, and if you did not work hard at this time, everyone would be hungry after the autumn harvest.

"Xianggong, turn over the ground." Zhu Lian reminded.

In addition to the former queen of the dynasty, there was also Zhu Xuan, the concubine of the former dynasty, and more than a dozen other concubines.

The women below the concubine have all voluntarily left to form a family with an unmarried soldier.

More than ten women, one of them took turns to take care of the children, and the rest followed Zhao Huan to the ground.

There was spring rain two days ago, and the land was not too hard, so it was relatively easy at first. But after only ten minutes, some people felt that their arms were sore, and their waists began to swell after drying, and then they had no strength in their mouths and wrists.

For half an hour, Zhao Huan was so tired that he was out of breath, and he let go of the hoe and found that his palms were blistering.

"How did I end up in such a field?" Zhao Huan looked up at the sky, sadness came from it, and he wanted to cry without tears.

There were two soldiers, who watched them turn over the ground the whole time, laughing and pointing from time to time.

"Here comes the ploughing cows!"

An official came over with three ploughing oxen, two for Zhao Fujin's younger brothers, and the remaining one for everyone.

Hearing that the ploughing cattle were coming, the royal family members who were farming nearby quickly ran to greet them - in fact, they were tired from work and wanted to be lazy.

An official said with a smile: "Ladies and gentlemen, the above said that if you want to plough the land with oxen, you must learn to make oxen yourself." The old peasant brought it, and those who wanted to learn came over. ”

The cow was quite strong, and Zhao Huan was afraid of danger, so he didn't dare to go over.

After hesitating for a while, Zhao Qi and Zhao Gou stepped forward, and then the others followed.

The old farmer did not teach them how to make cattle, but first taught them how to raise cattle and herd cattle, and brought them forage that the cattle liked to eat.

Everyone gathered around the three ploughing cows and began to feed the cattle like pets, and then the old farmer took them to cut the cow grass.

The first day of farming was wasted, and I basically didn't do any farm work.

The women also had to collect firewood to cook their own rice, and at first they didn't even know how to make a fire, and they were all smoked black.

After three or four days, I finally got on the right track.

……

"They're all honest, aren't they?" Zhu Ming asked as he read the official document.

The officer in charge of surveillance replied: "They are all quite honest, no one is trying to escape." It's just that I'm lazy in work, and I'm very delicate, and I have more time to rest than to work. ”

Zhu Ming asked again: "Will the ploughing cattle be used?" ”

The officer replied: "Zhao Qi and Zhao Gou have learned, and the others are not very good." Zhao Gou made the common cow, and discussed with others, and he had to hire him with rations to make the cattle plough the land. Zhao Yan and Zhao Mo (Zhao Fujin's two younger brothers), although they each have a ploughing cow, they have not yet learned. They cooperated with Zhao Qi, and Zhao Qi helped the two turn the ground for free. After the land of the three of them was turned over, Zhao Qi would make the cattle turn over the land for others, and they would share the earned rations equally. ”

Zhu Ming sneered: "You can also save rations and hire people to turn the ground, it seems that you have given too much." From tomorrow, each person's ration will be reduced by 20%, and those who work on the ground by themselves will not have to be reduced! ”

"Yes." The officer was smiling, probably remembering something funny.

Those royal clansmen, there are a lot of funny things.

Zhu Ming didn't continue to pay attention, buried his head and started to work, and suddenly an urgent letter came from the Generalissimo's Office.

This was sent by Yang Zhi from Shaanxi, and when Western Xia learned that Zhu Guoxiang had ascended the throne as emperor, he took the initiative to express his willingness to negotiate peace and hoped that the two countries would establish diplomatic relations.

But the conditions proposed by Western Xia were a bit harsh -

First, the Ming Dynasty had to give 200,000 yuan to the Western Xia every year.

Second, redraw the boundaries between the two countries, Gugulong City, Tiandu Village, Xi'an Zhou City, Xiaoguan, Huairong Fort, Shuiquan Fort, Huichuan Prefecture City, Tongquan Fort, Longgou Fort...... These old Song cities and fortresses were all owned by Western Xia. Once the boundaries were drawn, the Western Xia were willing to spit out other places that had already been occupied.

Third, to resume trade between the two countries, the Ming Dynasty must not block the sale of Western Xia green salt to the Han land, and the Ming Dynasty must not prevent Han merchants from selling tea to the Western Xia.

After reading these contents, Zhu Ming picked up his pen and wrote down a few orders, which are roughly as follows:

"Half of all kinds of artillery in the whole army will be handed over to Li Bao to equip the naval division, and half will be transported to Lanzhou to attack Western Xia."

"Hua Rong led the musket team to Yixian, waiting to receive the newly made musket, and the musket team was expanded to a 1,200-person Shenji battalion, and immediately went to Lanzhou after the training."

"Ordered Yang Zhi, Seed Master Dao, Yao Gu, and Li Yanxian to find a way to capture the Western Xia Zhuo Luo and the Southern Military Division. Lay down there, and then negotiate peace with Xixia! ”

"Hanzhong and Guanzhong tried their best to raise grain and grass, and all the summer grain was shipped to Lanzhou."

"Half of Henan's summer grain is sent to Shanxi, and half is sent to Kaifeng."

After this year's summer harvest, Daming will most likely start a war on three sides at the same time!

(End of chapter)