"What, the doctor applied for a sugar cane farm?"

When Fan Zheng's recital appeared in the court, the officials of the Manchu Dynasty were in an uproar again.

"The doctor is inevitably too arrogant, although the box soldiers are not as good as the forbidden army, but after all, they are the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty, is the doctor going to treat the box soldiers as private soldiers? Zeng Bu said angrily.

The reason why the Artemisia Farm applied by the doctor was able to pass was because of the rampant Ascariasis in the Great Song Dynasty, and in order to treat the people, Artemisia was cultivated as soon as possible, which allowed the soldiers to help.

30,000 soldiers went to the Hehuang Valley to form a construction corps, which was to provide for the front-line soldiers in Tuntian, and by the way, to deter the situation in Qingtang, all of which were meritorious to the country.

However, why did Fan Zheng ask for the establishment of sugarcane farms, and could sugarcane still be successful with the state?

Zhao Xu frowned, and couldn't help but look at Fan Zheng, if Fan Zheng didn't give a reasonable explanation, I'm afraid even he wouldn't be able to protect Fan Zheng.

Fan Zheng looked around at the ministers and said unhurriedly: "The reason why the doctor needs to set up a sugarcane farm is that he needs a lot of frosting, and the success of pagoda sugar has certainly found a cure for roundworms, and it also proves that good medicine does not have to be bitter. ”

"Good medicine doesn't have to be bitter!"

Baiguan frowned, since ancient times, good medicine is good for disease has been a famous saying, this time pagoda sugar is widely popular with children, they have also heard of it, but even so, the addition of sugar frosting to the medicine is at most children's medicine, the amount used is not much, and the doctor only needs to go to the people to buy it.

And the reason why the doctors went to great lengths to set up sugarcane farms was nothing more than looking at the cheap labor of the soldiers and wanting to save costs.

"Wechen impeached Fan Zheng for pretending to be public and private, and the Artemisia Farm had already taken advantage of the doctors, but he didn't expect it to gain an inch.

Both the new party and the old party also reprimanded Fan Zheng.

Fan Zheng shook his head and said: "Although the establishment of a sugarcane farm is a doctor's advantage, the doctor is a heart for the country. ”

"For the heart of the country?"

The officials of the Manchu Dynasty immediately scoffed.

Fan Zheng explained: "Whether it is artemisia annua or sugarcane are cash crops, the income per mu is very high and at the same time requires a lot of manpower, only a small amount of place, you can feed enough soldiers, and all the sugar frosting produced, the doctor collects all the orders, there is no need to worry about sales, enough to save a lot of expenses for the imperial court." ”

Zhao Xu was excited, this time the Great Song Dynasty fought the two major battles of Western Xia and Qingtang, and the military expenditure was quite large, if it could save the military expenditure of a group of soldiers, it would naturally be better.

"The soldiers are the soldiers of the country, how can they benefit the doctors?" Zeng Bu snorted angrily.

Hundreds of officials echoed one after another, although they knew that the box soldiers spent a lot of money, and their combat power was stretched, and they were a large number of parasites, but watching the box soldiers work for the benefit of the doctors, they couldn't look at it well

Fan Zheng waved his hand and said: "The doctor and the soldier are not subordinate but cooperative, the doctor is not responsible for managing the sugarcane farm, all the doctor needs is the last frosting, and even the doctor can pay a sum of money in advance to prepare the sugarcane farm, and only need to use the frosting to repay the debt in the future!" ”

"The minister thinks this method is feasible! This method does not require the court to pay money, and can solve the problem of redundant troops in the court, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone. "Fan Chun, the head of the household, took the lead in supporting Fan Zhengdao.

His move was not to maintain Fan Zheng, but to the tension of the Great Song Dynasty, if he could reduce the cost of some of the soldiers, the pressure on the household department would be reduced some.

"You don't need the court to pay!"

The officials of the Manchu Dynasty couldn't help but be envious and jealous, the court's finances were tight, and it was extremely difficult for many parts of the application funds, while Fan Zheng, who was backed by a doctor, was rich and wealthy, and he didn't need to worry about money at all.

Lu Dafang thought for a moment and asked, "I don't know how many soldiers Fan Taicheng needs." ”

The aim of the old party has always been to reduce expenditure, and since Fan Zheng's establishment of a sugarcane farm is enough to save a large amount of military spending, they are naturally happy to see it happen.

The New Party is silent, and the New Party pursues open source, and the sugarcane farms can not only save military expenditures, but also open source the cultivation of sugarcane, and they cannot oppose it.

Fan Zheng looked around and said loudly: "Fan needs to use 30,000 soldiers!" ”

"Another 30,000 soldiers?"

When the hundred officials heard this, there was an uproar, the first batch of construction corps of the imperial court to go to the Hehuang Valley was only 30,000 soldiers, and the doctor still needed 30,000 soldiers to set up a sugarcane farm.

Fan Chun couldn't help but be overjoyed.

At the beginning, the Artemisia Farm only used 3,000 soldiers, which had already caused a sensation in the government and the opposition, and now Qingtang went to 30,000 soldiers to form a construction corps, and the doctor wanted 30,000 soldiers, and the original 400,000 soldiers in the Great Song Dynasty were as many as 60,000 in a short period of time.

That is to say, the Ministry of Civil Affairs will reduce the expenses of 60,000 soldiers at once, which is simply great news for the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

This time, even Su Song glanced at Fan Zheng unexpectedly, according to the discussion between Fan Zheng and the medical party, only 10,000 soldiers were needed to form a sugarcane farm, which could meet the needs of the doctors.

"Fan Zheng directly increased the number of soldiers by three times, could it be to bargain with the imperial court!" Su Song guessed, but he didn't say it explicitly at the moment.

"No! 30,000 soldiers is too many! Sure enough, Zeng Bu directly denied it.

The formation of a large number of farms and the establishment of construction corps will certainly save a lot of military spending, which makes the court and court, which has always advocated the use of literature to control the military, have many worries.

On the contrary, to Su Dun's surprise, Fan Zheng did not bargain, but directly said: "If it is just the frosting that the doctor needs, only 10,000 soldiers are needed to grow sugarcane!" The remaining 20,000 soldiers planted sugar cane to produce frosting, which was used by Weichen for the ordnance superintendent. ”

"Armament Supervisor?"

Everyone couldn't help frowning, and then they remembered that in addition to Fan Zheng's position as the imperial doctor, he also had a position as an ordnance supervisor.

"What does the Ordnance Superintendent need sugar for?" Zeng Bu frowned and asked rhetorically, how could the ordnance superintendent use sugar, and the amount used was even more than that of the doctor.

Fan Zheng was silent for a moment and said: "This is the secret technique of the Ordnance Supervisor, and it has a great stake, please forgive the officials for not being able to say it clearly in the court, so they can only report it to the official family and the three ministers in private." ”

Zeng Bu was furious when he heard this: "As a privy envoy, isn't the old man qualified to know? ”

Fan Zheng said unhurriedly: "Lord Zeng is a privy envoy, and the ordnance supervisor is subordinate to the Ministry of War, the two are not subordinate to each other, and the fewer people know about this secret, the better, please forgive Lord Zeng!" ”

The hundred officials were in an uproar, no one thought that Fan Zheng would be so stubborn, in the name of the secret technique of the weapons supervisor, it would be forgotten if they were not let know, and even the privy envoy Zeng Bu was deflated in front of him.

Fan Zheng snorted coldly in his heart, Zeng Bunai is a privy envoy, the actual military boss, it stands to reason that the secret skills of the ordnance supervisor do not need to be hidden from him, but Fan Zheng investigated and learned that the reason why he was hated by Wang Shu at the beginning was that Zeng Bu was secretly making trouble, and Fan Zheng just took the opportunity to lose Zeng Bu's face.

When Zeng Bu heard this, he sneered and said, "I hope that the secret skills of the weapons supervisor in your mouth can be true to what you say." ”

Fan Zhengyi was not afraid and said: "Lord Zeng, rest assured, when the secret technique of the Ordnance Supervision is completed, it will definitely be handed over to the Privy Council for verification." ”

Zeng Bu snorted coldly, turned around and left immediately, and the hundred officials of the Manchu Dynasty also left one after another, leaving only Zhao Xu and the three ministers of the dynasty in the vertical arch hall.

"Fan Taicheng, the secret skills of the weapons supervisor in your mouth can be clearly stated, if this is just an excuse for you to seek personal benefits for the doctor, don't blame the official for impeaching you for the crime of bullying the king." Zhangdun threatened.

He and Zeng Bu are both members of the New Party, and Fan Zhengzhong let Zeng Bu not come to power, which naturally made him particularly unhappy.

At the moment, Zhao Xu and others also looked at it.

Fan Zheng said solemnly: "The thunder is the killer weapon of the Great Song Dynasty, and its main ingredients are gunpowder and iron cans, but these two technologies are not confidential in the hands of Liaoxia, if nothing else, Liaoxia already has its own thunderstorm." ”

Zhao Xu's heart sank suddenly, because Fan Zheng was not alarmist, Liaoxia had a well-developed iron smelting industry, and there were a large number of Han people in its territory, so the gunpowder formula was not a secret.

"If the Great Song Dynasty is complacent, the Great Song Dynasty will suffer from the Earthquake Thunder, for this reason, the Ordnance Supervisor is researching the more powerful Thunder, after the craftsman improved the formula, it was found that if the Thunder was added with frosting, the power would be doubled!" Fan Zheng said proudly.

One nitrate, two sulfon, three charcoal, plus a little sugar Big Ivan, this is a classic quote of later generations, and now Fan Zheng has used the box soldiers to form a sugarcane farm, and naturally by the way, he will enhance the power of gunpowder for the Great Song Dynasty.

(End of chapter)