The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 97 The School and the Pharmacy
The construction department's first military and civilian service center has been completed, and a large number of civilian goods that Ding Yi brought in from the ship can be put on sale.

And asked the officers to encourage everyone to spend more in front of everyone.

There are currently more than 30 craftsmen and more than 40 apprentices in the Craftsmanship Bureau. The foundations of the blacksmith department and the firearms department have also been selected and started construction.

In addition, according to Ding Yi's request, Ruan Wenlong, Song Zhe and other six gentlemen who can read and write established the school and chose a good location. Every day, children start to study. Ding Yi requested that all children over five years old and under 16 years old, Both men and women should read and learn to write.

At the beginning, many parents were a little reluctant, because older children can work on the island and can guarantee three meals a day.

But Ding Yi said that as long as those who read and write are free to eat, everyone is happy.

When Ding Yi came back this time, he reorganized another department, the Pharmaceutical Department.

There was only one doctor, Zhao Li, in the camp before, and he was also the one who helped Zhang Cheng see a doctor. He brought two apprentices, and the whole camp relied on the three of them.

This time Ding Yi found Si Xueyi in Dengzhou. Daming has medical departments and pharmacies in all prefectures and counties.

But now most of them are nameless, and some doctors never go to work and practice medicine outside.

Ding Yi invited three of them to come over, and agreed that each person would have five taels of silver per month, including food, lodging and clothing. Those who had a family would also have full food and lodging. If they were homesick, they could return to Dengzhou twice a month.

Two of the three agreed on the spot. After all, earning five taels of silver in Dengzhou is not easy, the key is food, drink and clothing. Even if you earn five taels a month in Dengzhou, you may not be able to save two taels.

Someone else thought about it all night and finally agreed.

In this way, Ding Yi had four doctors in his hands, established a medical department, and Zhao Li was the director. He also gave them an order to train apprentice doctors.

That is to say, just like the Firearms Bureau, those who can cure diseases and save lives alone in the future can get commissions for the medicines they prescribe.

At that time, everyone didn't understand it. Later, when people from the medical department could also see a doctor for ordinary people, and they charged a fee, everyone understood.

Craftsmen, schools, and medicine, these three departments are the departments that Ding Yi cares about the most, and they are also the departments that are ranked first and need to be constantly improved.

Compared with these three departments, the intelligence department cannot be rushed in a short time, and must take time and effort to establish.

He doesn't need to worry about military training now, so Ding Yi's main energy during this time is in these three departments.

After the meeting, Ding Yi led people to inspect the work of various departments.

First went to the north of Nanying, where a fort was being built. This kind of fort was a relatively simple fort, mainly for the Liao people to live in and avoid the cold in winter.

Each fort is 40 meters long and 20 meters wide, and is made of stone and wood. The forest coverage rate in Lushun in modern society has reached 53%, and it will be even higher in Ming Dynasty. There are vegetation and trees everywhere, mainly pine trees, cypress trees, and pine trees. Easy to process, very suitable for building a house in this era.

Ding Yi took a look at the scene. On average, each castle is guided by at least one craftsman, and nearly a hundred people are working on the construction. They dig the foundation first, but the depth is not deep, only about half a meter. The foundation is piled up with stones, and then build walls.

The wall is three meters high and thirty centimeters thick, very simple.

Inside the walls are houses, mainly built of pine wood.

Construction Director Zhong Zhennu specially arranged for craftsmen and personnel to cut trees, and first cut down the trees near the camp to prepare for the expansion of the camp in the future.

After felling, they will be processed uniformly and then sent to various construction sites.

Before, there were few tools and the processing was slow. This time Ding Yi came back from Dengzhou and bought a lot of tools, which made the processing much faster.

The house is also very simple, just like the container house on the construction site in the previous life, but here is relatively large, with an average of [-] square meters per room, one connected to another, and the distribution method is that those with family members are given priority in the same fort, and those without family members are in the same fort. .

Ding Yi walked into a room in the fort that was being made relatively quickly and took a look, and found that the bed was being made, and it was also made of wood.

Considering that it will be very cold in winter, Ding Yi thought for a while: "The bed should be replaced with earth and rocks, so that a fire can be lit in the future, and it won't be cold to sleep in winter."

After he briefly described it, everyone and craftsmen immediately understood.

At this time, because firewood and coal are very expensive, few people would do this.

There are many trees in Lushun, and Ding Yi didn't care about greening and environmental protection. He burned them first to keep his brothers' winter.

Because the house has a partly wooden structure, it was set on fire for fire prevention. Ding Yi gave some precautions. There must be a separation zone between each house. Even if one house is burned, the other will not be burned. .

"How many castles will be built here? How many people will live here? How long will it take?" Ding Yi finally asked Zhong Zhennu.

"There are about 90-100 people in a castle. First build ten castles. Each castle will take about a month to build. Four castles will be built at the same time. They can all be built within three months." Zhong Zhennu replied quickly: "According to adults The requirement is to try to build [-] before the Chinese New Year to prepare for the increase in population in the future.”

According to Ding Yi's plan, fields should be stored around each fort, and there are toilets and wells inside and outside the fort.

Each fort has [-] mu, and ten forts have [-] mu.

There are 90-100 people in each fort, and it is not difficult to reclaim 1000 acres of new land. Considering that there are children and old people in it, and what is needed to dig a well, Zhong Zhennu discussed with several farming experts, and it will probably be in time for winter. Sow a soybean and try it first.

Ding Yi was quite satisfied after hearing it. He thought that according to the schedule, the first broadcast would not start until next spring at least.

He had previously convened people who knew how to farm to discuss that it is better to grow wheat and rice twice in Lushun.

In the Ming Dynasty, the output of wheat in the north was about one stone, and the output of autumn rice was about one stone, and a little more than two stones throughout the year.

The output in the south is high, one stone of wheat, two stones of rice, and about three stones throughout the year.

On Lushun’s side, the annual production of two stones and five buckets of rice and wheat per mu has already achieved its goal.

At this time, a staff member of the logistics department kept looking at Ding Yi, as if he had something to say, but he didn't dare to say it.

Ding Yi immediately noticed him: "What's your name, and you can tell me what you want? We have something to do in Nanying, so we need to discuss it together."

The man was overjoyed and excitedly said: "My name is Hao Dayuan."

"My lord, the land to the south here is full of gravel and weeds take root. It's best to use cattle to plow it. Next year's autumn sowing will also require deep plowing. You have to make preparations early."

Ding Yi slapped his head: "Ah, I forgot to buy cattle, Hao Dayuan, you are right, you reminded me in time."

Turning around to Du Ruhai, he said, "Give him a credit. When dividing the house, let him choose first, and give him five buckets of rice."

Hao Dayuan smirked: "Thank you, sir."

The expressions of all the people around are different, and they don't believe it either. There is a reward for this?
"I will send someone to do it right away." Ding Yi thought for a while.

There are only [-] cattle in Nanying, Ding Yi asked Xu Fuzuo for them when Yuan Chonghuan was there, but Lushun is also poor and there are not many cattle, so Ding Yi plans to go to Dengzhou to buy them.

"If adults go to Dengzhou, they can buy some strong male and female cows. I can breed them and they will have calves in the future." A middle-aged man raised his hands nervously.

"Know how to raise cattle?" Ding Yi was overjoyed: "But it's not easy for a calf to survive and grow up?"

"I used to be in this business. Ten calves can live five or six of them."

"This is also a talent. It should be reused. If you give birth to a calf, you will be rewarded heavily." Ding Yi hurriedly said to Du Ruhai.

This person is also overjoyed.

Seeing that both of them were boasted by Mr. Ding, more people began to put forward their opinions, some were about the construction of the fort, and some were about the use of the fields.

Ding Yi patiently listened to each one, Du Ruhai and the others had to remember and implement the useful ones, and did not scold them for the useless ones, but encouraged and praised them.

Everyone felt that Mr. Ding was innocent and kind.

When he came back from here, Ding Yi saw that around him, there were new fields that had been reclaimed, and they were sowing the vegetable seeds he had just bought.

Right now, due to the availability of food, the new fields are very slow to be cultivated, and they are mainly for infrastructure construction. Ding Yi’s staff suggested planting vegetables for the ten acres of land that have just been opened. crops, but Dongjiang is cold in winter, and ordinary vegetables are not easy to grow. Ding Yi doesn't understand these things, so naturally I leave it to the Liao people who understand.

(End of this chapter)