"More than 2,160 stones of rice, more than we estimated."

On 22 September, with the end of the autumn harvest in Jilin City, Zhu Gaoxu sat in a newly built courtyard study and sighed at the grain yield per mu in his hand.

Sitting next to him was Yishiha, who was making tea.

There is no doubt that this is the residence of Yisha, and Zhu Gaoxu's Bohai Palace, which has now been half demolished, is under construction.

"This rice slave has tried, and one stone of rice can produce seven and a half buckets, which is higher than we estimated, and the grains are full and the taste is also good."

Yisha poured tea for Zhu Gaoxu, and at the same time talked about the advantages of Jilin rice.

After hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu also bowed his head and agreed, after all, the black soil has a good reputation, as long as there are supporting agricultural facilities, even if the yield of the cultivated grain per mu is not high, the taste will not be bad.

"Did you get someone? I want to eat the rice of this Jilin city. ”

He smiled and urged Yishiha, and Yishiha also responded with a smile: "Your Highness, don't worry, you have already let the cook do it." ”

"Good ......" Zhu Gaoxu smiled and lowered his head and continued to look through the grain book, and sure enough, he found that the grain in Jilin City had basically increased some output regardless of the variety.

Shu millet, which used to yield more than 70 catties per mu, can now have a yield of more than 80 catties, and wheat, soybean feed, and corn have basically increased the yield per mu by about 10%.

Although the increased output is only seven or eight catties, after processing, five or six catties of finished grain can be obtained, which is enough for one person to save three days.

Although this did not reach the thirty percent that Zhu Gaoxu expected, he couldn't help but be much happier when he thought that many of these fields had only been cultivated for the second year, and next year would only be the third year.

The importance of water conservancy to crops is vividly reflected in this harvest moment.

"This year, 220,000 acres of river beach land have been cleared, which is more than we thought."

Zhu Gaoxu looked at the number of fields reclaimed in the grain book, and his heart was a little excited.

In this regard, Yisha helplessly poured cold water: "It's a pity that many of them are simply dug ravines, and the drainage is not as good as the cement ditch." ”

"It's okay, stock up on some cement in winter, the climate will be a little warmer after March, just fix the canal before April, not to mention the cement, dry fast enough."

"This is also ......" Yisha echoed with a smile, and said to Zhu Gaoxu at the same time:

"According to this year's arrangement, next year it should also be nearly 40,000 acres of old land planted with rice, one-third of the 220,000 acres of new fields planted with beans, and the rest planted with wheat, right, Your Highness?"

"Hmm" Zhu Gaoxu responded, and kept looking at the grain book in his hand, how satisfied he was.

In less than two years of operation, Jilin City, which once had only a few thousand people, has now increased its population nearly tenfold, and its arable land has increased nearly thirty times.

I'm afraid that only those who have come along the way can understand the difficulties.

"The grain harvested this year, the corn and wheat in the old field have reached about 120 catties, and after processing, we can get nearly 90 catties of finished grain."

"The yield of the new fields cultivated last year and this year is about 85 catties, and nearly 60 catties of finished grain can be obtained."

"The slave and maid have calculated, among the grain harvested this year, excluding the 4,000 stone of bean feed used as horse feed, the remaining 25,400 stone grain can get more than 19,000 stone into grain, at least more than 3,200 dingkou of grain."

Yisha said happily, and Zhu Gaoxu also sighed: "Let Jilin City be self-sufficient, this road is really a long way to go......"

"Hehe......" Yisha laughed, "You take fewer savages, and we will be faster." ”

Yi Weiha's words made Zhu Gaoxu chuckle and shook his head, in the past few days of harvesting grain, there have been many small wild tribes in the east to vote.

They came to vote, mainly because there was not enough food to eat, and secondly, because they were suspicious of the Fudaha of the real department.

It has to be said that Fodaha is now about to become Zhu Gaoxu's propaganda committee among the savage Jurchens, but wherever any Jurchen people are affected, he will send people to find the local leaders, communicate with them, and recommend them to come to Jilin City.

Of course, Fodaha is not a good family that does not ask for anything in return.

When he introduced some savage tribes to Jilin City, he would also collect some cattle and sheep in return, and at the same time, he could also receive food rewards ranging from tens to hundreds of stones here in Jilin City.

Zhu Gaoxu calculated, this year alone, Fudaha got nearly 2,000 stone of grain from him, which can basically feed more than 1,000 people in the tribe, after all, the savage Jurchen's requirements for grain are not too high.

While he was thinking this, a soldier also walked in from outside the house with a wooden plate.

Seeing this, Yisha personally cleaned up the table and put the food on the wooden plate.

A bucket of five or six catties of rice, a plate of fried cabbage, a plate of fried mutton and chicken, this is the meal that Yishaha entertained Zhu Gaoxu, the king of the county.

It's true that it's shabby, but outside the gate where winter is about to begin, it's already a very moisturizing day to be able to eat these meat dishes.

Zhu Gaoxu didn't care, after all, he was in the Bohai Palace, and he basically had three meals a day, with two meats, one dish and one soup for each meal.

Even if Guo Yan married later, it was only raised to the standard of three meats, two dishes and one soup.

In his opinion, it is already extremely luxurious for two people to eat five dishes and one soup.

If calculated according to the price of goods in the Guan, he and Guo Yan have between 150 and 200 Wen per day, and they have to eat 50 or 60 yuan just to eat every year, which is equivalent to the income of ordinary people in the Guannai for three or four years.

Zhu Gaoxu is very picky about eating, but he does not pursue extravagance and waste.

If he is allowed to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on food every year like the county king of Jingjiang, he would rather use the extra money and food to raise soldiers.

However, when it came to raising soldiers, Zhu Gaoxu also asked about Yisha: "How many brothers do not have armor and armor at the moment?" ”

Lao Zhu gave Zhu Gaoxu 2,000 military households and 2,000 single military households, but these 4,000 people had no armor and weapons, and everything had to be prepared by Zhu Gaoxu himself.

Zhu Gaoxu handed over the affairs of the three scenes to Meng Zhang, but Meng Zhang generally asked Yishiha to tell him, and Yishiha told Zhu Gaoxu.

Seeing Zhu Gaoxu's inquiry, Yi Shuha also spoke: "The armor and weapons of the captured Hu soldiers have been smelted to forge armor, and now among the 6,000 soldiers, less than 3,000 are equipped with a set of bright armor and a set of dark armor, and they are all equipped with weapons. ”

Ming Jia is pierced armor, weighing forty-five pounds.

The dark armor is the cloth face armor, weighing 18 to 26 catties, and the Bohai Navy basically chooses the dark armor of 26 catties.

In the case of one person with two armors, to raise a soldier's armor, he has to take out no less than sixty-five catties of iron, and if he adds weapons, it is about seventy catties.

This is not counting weapons such as bows and arrows, arrows, etc., so Yi Shiha first said that there are any, and then there is a lack of them: "At present, there are still 3,216 people who lack armor, and after smelting Hu soldiers and weapons in the treasury, they get 64,000 catties of iron, and they have more than 101,000 catties in stock, and there is still a shortage of 60,000 catties of iron." ”

"In addition, the dark armor needs cotton, and the cotton in the treasury is only enough to make two thousand sets."

"If you really count it, I'm afraid that in April next year, when the new cotton from Liaodong is transported, we will be able to get all 6,000 people to get the double armor before July."

Yizha calculated the time, and Zhu Gaoxu was not in a hurry about it.

They will not send troops in winter, and the demand for dark armor is not high, although he is ready to move troops on the Sanjiang Plain next year, he will also choose to move troops after spring ploughing.

By the time they returned, the 6,000 men of the Bohai Navy should be fully armored.

"Six thousand people......" Zhu Gaoxu muttered in his heart that this number was still too small.

Although Lao Zhu gave him 2,000 single soldiers, he never raised the limit of his guards, which made it a little difficult for him to handle.

If he is not mistaken, in the next two years, there will be no major events in the northeast, and Uliangha will be disabled again this time, if nothing else, there will be no chaos in three or five years.

As a result, he didn't even have a chance to increase the number of soldiers and horses.

"Can you only raise soldiers privately......" Zhu Gaoxu subconsciously thought of Kulawen, who was far away.

That place, relying on the Songhua River and Jilin City, can transport Jilin City's grain to the local area with almost zero loss, whether it is casting cannons or raising troops privately, it is an excellent place.

As for the source of troops for training and raising troops, judging from the current situation, the only way to train troops is to use the savage Jurchens in the Beishan area.

After sorting out everything, Zhu Gaoxu asked while eating: "Over at the shipyard, how many ships can be launched in the spring next year?" ”

"Five, all of them are made according to your Highness's requirements." also lost Ha without thinking, and Zhu Gaoxu, who heard the words, also bowed his head.

These five horse ships, together with the previous two warships and three horse ships, can carry almost 3,000 soldiers and horses and 20,000 stone of grain.

If only grain is transported, one horse ship can transport 3,000 stone of grain, eight ships are 28,000 stone, and with the addition of war ships, 30,000 stone of grain can be transported to Kulawan City at one time.

"After the beginning of spring, I will conquer Ataiwailan in Kulawin City, you have people go to inquire about the news, and see how long it will take to reach Kulawin City by boat from Jilin City down the river."

"Yes......" Yisha nodded in response, and kept picking up vegetables for Zhu Gaoxu.

The two were full of wine and food, and after a while, Zhu Gaoxu returned to his palace, which was being demolished.

He has recently been learning Jurchen and Mongolian, which can be regarded as a hobby during his break.

But while he was waiting for this winter when he could rest, his old father, who had returned south, was busy and anxious.

The land of Beiping has a population of 1,980,000, but most of them are Mongols and Semu who have never fled back to the north, and the Mongols who have surrendered to the south after defeat.

It can be said that the number of Mongolians on the Mongolian plateau is not as large as that of Beiping Province.

Such a number of Mongols naturally caused rebellions to occur in Beiping, and the Ming army was required to suppress the rebellion frequently.

There was no accident, and after the time entered the late autumn, the Tartar officials in the Beiping area rebelled again, this time because they felt that the southerners in the guard were targeting and discriminating against them.

Thousands of Mongols rebelled in Baoding and Hejian Prefecture, but within ten days of the rebellion, they were pacified by Zhu Di and the three guards of Yanshan, the evil leader was executed, and the accomplice was pardoned.

After returning from the counterinsurgency, Zhu Di was still in good spirits.

In the palace of Beiping Wang, after returning from Desheng, he walked to the palace of cunxin, and when he was about to enter the palace, he saw Xu who was holding a letter and sitting quietly reading the letter.

"Sister Xu, I'm back......"

Zhu Di cautiously walked into the hall, and after Xu heard his voice, he also put down the letter in his hand and turned back with a smile: "Have you eaten?" ”

"Didn't eat it." Zhu Di walked over to her and sat down, glancing at the letter in her hand.

The letter was written by Zhu Gaoxu, but the person who sent the letter was arranged by Zhu Di.

He still has more than 20 letters like this in the barracks......

"Have all the people for this rebellion been arranged?"

Xu asked about Zhu Di with a friendly smile, and Zhu Di, who was still thinking about the twenty letters in his mind, came back to his senses and nodded:

"It's arranged, but they are somewhat resentful, and it's hard to solve."

"That's ......" Xu Shi frowned, and said with a worried face: "The people on both sides don't understand the language, and it is easy to cause conflicts, and we are all military households on our side, which will inevitably make them feel that we are bullying others." ”

In Xu's mouth, we are analogous to the Han people who immigrated from the south to Shibian.

As an important ruling area of the former Yuan Dynasty, Beiping gathered a large number of Mongols, Semu and Han nobles, plus more than 600,000 Mongol and Goryeo captives who migrated from Liaodong and Monan.

In contrast, places like Liaodong, which were originally Mongol, Jurchen, and Goryeo, have become united because only the Han people remain.

The complexity of Beiping gave Zhu Di a lot of headaches, but fortunately, he had a bold personality, and many Mongolians, Jurchens, Semu, and Han people believed in him.

Because of this, the rebellion was so easily resolved and did not expand its scope.

"I don't know how Gao Xu's side solved these things......"

Xu Shi suddenly opened his mouth curiously, and said suspiciously: "It stands to reason that there are many Jurchens and few Han people in Gao Xu, but there seems to be no rebellion in him. ”

"Well...... this" Zhu Di wanted to speak and stopped, he had been to Jilin City, so he naturally knew how the second child in his family did it, but what he could do, he might not be able to do.

Thinking of this, Zhu Di honestly told Xu about the situation in Jilin City and Zhu Gaoxu's methods in Jilin City.

"These ...... Did Gao Xue do it? Xu Shi couldn't believe it after hearing this.

Rao is her mother as Zhu Gaoxu, but she can't believe that Zhu Gaochu still has such a talent in governance, and his moral character will be so noble.

She knows Zhu Gaochu very well, Zhu Gaochu is like a child who doesn't grow up, always acting recklessly, thinking that no one can deal with him, so let alone treating the people equally, even to some military generals and ministers, he is very rude.

It's only been a few years? This kid is so obedient now?

Xu couldn't believe it, but she saw the answer from Zhu Di's face.

Gao Xu...... It's really changed......"

Xu Shi looked at the letter on the table, a little afraid to admit it, but he was a little relieved in his tone.

Her child, who didn't grow up, finally grew up.

After sighing, Xu also said: "Indeed, we can't do those things that Gao Xu did. ”

Tuntian, rations, high military salaries, and ......

What Zhu Gaoxu did in Jilin City, if he put it elsewhere, it would be the crime of killing his head, even if it was Lao Zhu's children and grandchildren, it would inevitably end up being imprisoned in Nanjing or Fengyang.

It is precisely because the place where he is located is Jilin City that no one cares about him.

"This Jun Tuntian, the result from His Highness's side to Gao Xu's side, is it a good thing or a bad thing?"

Xu Shi asked Zhu Di suddenly, but Zhu Di did not answer immediately when he heard this, but pondered for a moment before speaking: "I walked around inside and outside the city at that time, and found that the military households inside and outside the city of Jilin, even if they encountered Hu soldiers entering the army, most of the men went to the battlefield, but the healthy women in the rear were still actively cultivating the fields. ”

"In just one day, I watched them reclaim hundreds of acres of mature fields, which can almost be compared with our two-year-old fields in Beiping."

Zhu Di did not answer directly, but took one story after another to answer for Xu.

Hearing this, Xu was also a little surprised: "Hundreds of acres a day, so is it possible that the fields over there are more than 100,000 acres now?" ”

"Almost......" Zhu Di thought of the hot scene in Jilin City in April, and suddenly felt a toothache.

"If this kid comes to help me take care of things, I guess I won't have to worry about money and food all the time."

Zhu Di was very sorry, and the Xu family on the side also sighed when he heard this: "If this is the case, it is also a good thing for Gao Xu to be in Jilin City." ”

"If this continues, in another six or seven years, there may be millions of acres of arable land in Jilin City, and even if the land is barren, it can support tens of thousands of people."

"He has forty or fifty thousand people there now." Zhu Di unreservedly exposed it, and Xu Shi turned back in surprise after hearing it: "There are so many people now? What does he feed on? ”

"This ......" Zhu Di thought about it and felt very curious: "I don't know, but this kid is mostly in the fur business." ”

"This is not a fortunate thing...... Hearing Zhu Di say this, Xu's face showed worry again, but when he thought that he was a mother but could not help his child, the child was helpless to find a way out.

"I don't know when Gao Chi and Gao Sui will come back."

Xu sighed and looked outside the hall, and his mind gradually drifted to Nanjing City.

"This kid is really capable."

When Xu was worried, in the Qianqing Palace of Nanjing City, Zhu Yuanzhang took two copies of the Jilin City situation written by Jinyiwei to read.

These two documents are from the first batch of Jinyi guards who went to Jilin City with Zhu Gaoxu, and the Jinyi guards hidden among the two thousand single military households.

The writing and content of the two documents are similar, except that the details of the former are vague and the latter are clearer.

When the former described the recent situation of Jilin City, he summed it up clearly with "more than 50,000 Han and Hu in the city, more than 2,000 armor soldiers, and more than 40,000 acres of cultivated land".

When the latter described the recent situation of Jilin City, it can be said that everything is very detailed, with "the new city is not perfect, if it is good, then there are 52 official and private squares, which can accommodate tens of thousands of people." ”

"There are fields outside the city, nearly 40,000 acres of mature fields, more than 100,000 acres of raw fields, planted with millet and wheat, and tried to plant rice."

"There are 6,000 soldiers, and their armor is less than 3,000, and their weapons are incomplete, and they lack cotton and cloth, and there is plenty of iron......

After that, the newly gone Jinyiwei also wrote a lot of things, and Lao Zhu also read it in detail.

According to common sense, Lao Zhu should be surprised after reading it, and then he was angry, after all, Zhu Gaoxu made a mess of his guard, and he also concealed many things.

But after really reading it, Lao Zhu was a little secretly happy, and seemed to think that Zhu Gaoxu could make such a great feat in less than two years, and he really deserved to be his grandson.

This happiness, even if he tried his best to hide it, was still noticed by Guo Ying, who was sitting next to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Guo Ying didn't say a word, but Zhu Yuanzhang handed over the paper: "Look at your grandson-in-law, what he did is really good." ”

He said this, but without waiting for some palace maids and eunuchs in the palace to react, the words changed: "Your granddaughter, didn't tell you these things?" ”

"I have never ......," Guo Ying replied honestly: "I just wrote that Jilin is simple, especially the palace is the most simple, and it is not as grand as some thousands of mansions in Nanjing." ”

"In addition, she also said that the king of Bohai County is a kind person, and the Han Hu outside the Guanhai is very supportive of him."

"Embrace?" Zhu Yuanzhang smiled, pointed to the two documents and said: "This kid gives people grain and fields, ploughing cattle and horses, and when we are still planing in the fields, do you say that when you meet such a person, do you support it?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang saw through human nature, and to put it bluntly, the people of Jilin City had been unknowingly tied up by Zhu Gaoxu with interests.

In this case, if someone wants to transfer Zhu Gaochu away, or do something bad to Zhu Gaoxu, the people of Jilin City will not admit it, unless the person who replaces Zhu Gaochu can maintain Zhu Gaoxu's policy towards the military and people of Jilin City, otherwise even if the person who gave the order is him, the emperor, he will not be able to win favor with the people of Jilin City.

"This kid is a good hand at grasping people's hearts......" Thinking of these things, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but praise, but at the same time, a trace of worry rose in his heart.

Zhu Gaoxu has only been in Jilin City for two years, and he has managed Jilin City like this, tying tens of thousands of people to him.

If he is given a few more years, what will Jilin City develop into?

Thinking of this, the joy in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart gradually faded and was replaced by silence.

Guo Ying on the side seemed to notice something, so he slowly spoke: "If he can manage both Zhaozhou City and Andong City, then in the future, the army of the imperial court can start from Zhaozhou City, compared to going from Quanningwei, the distance is shortened by five hundred miles, and it can also transport grain and grass with water......"

His words made Zhu Yuanzhang re-examine Zhu Gaoxu's ability.

Guo Ying's words cannot be denied, but whether it can be done or not still has to be investigated.

"It's almost winter, and it's too late to send news now......"

Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a moment, and then said: "After the beginning of spring, 2,000 military households were moved to Jilin Wei, and Zhaozhou and Andong were established. ”

He seemed to be saying this to Guo Ying, but a celebrant and eunuch standing in the corner of the Qianqing Palace took up a pen to record it.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't know if his doing this would cause Zhu Gaoxu's strength to improve too quickly, but he thought about it carefully, but eight thousand military households couldn't do anything, and the matter of Wuliangha's entry into the Kou did reflect the shortcomings of Jilin City's lack of soldiers and horses, and it was not too much to add two thousand households.

But even so, Zhu Yuanzhang still looked at Guo Ying, looked at this familiar old guy, and said calmly: "Guo Si, you are starting to favor him......"

"Minister, it's just a decision from the perspective of the court."

Guo Ying got up to salute in return, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at him like this, and did not dwell on it anymore, but waved his hand:

"Let's sit down and play chess with me......"

"Yes......" Guo Ying sat down and played chess with Zhu Yuanzhang.

It's just that not long after the two of them played chess, Zhu Yuanzhang said softly again: "The income of my sons is still too high, and it is time to reduce it." ”

"In addition, the cattle, sheep and horses seized by the fourth child this time, he was sent to tell him to divide half of them and hand them over to the two divisions of Henan and Shandong."

His words made Guo Ying's heart tighten, but he didn't say anything in the end.

Gradually, only the sound of Go falling was left in the Qianqing Palace......

(End of chapter)