Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 48 Patrol
By the time Zhu Youjian and his party arrived at the shelter where the refugees were collected, the guards around Zhu Yuxi were already covered with various items.There are all kinds of food, toys like rattles, windmills, and clay figurines, and even poor-quality rouge and gouache, which Auntie Zhu said she would bring back to her mother.

Zhu Youjian couldn't help laughing when he heard the words, and Wang Chengen kept praising the little master for his filial piety.Zhu Cihong didn't want to hit his sister, so he could only pretend that he didn't hear anything.

Zhu Youjian came to a house under construction and watched the craftsmen working with his hands behind his back.

This is a school that occupies an important position in Zhu Youjian's plan.The form of this school in the future will be more similar to the primary and junior high school education of later generations. Although the content is far from the depth and breadth of later generations, it will be a base for cultivating seeds.

Just like the best grain seeds, it needs countless hybrid collisions of various good and bad varieties to finally breed more high-yield and high-quality seeds.

As for the students, they are all ready-made, and these helpless orphans are the best resource.

Zhu Youjian does not expect to cultivate talents with modern thinking here, but at least he must bring a breath of fresh air to this already decayed political environment, and let this new trend continue until Daming's rotting body is reborn. Get a new life.

As for the teachers of this school, Zhu Youjian already has candidates in mind.Fang Yizhi, who was famous in later generations, was the first choice. At this time, Fang Yizhi was still in Nanjing, interacting with so-called celebrities such as Huang Zongxi, Wu Yingji, Chen Zhenhui, Mao Xiang, Hou Fangyu, Gu Gao, Shen Kuntong, and Chen Liang.

Fang Yizhi accepted Western scientific and technological knowledge, not blindly, but after his own serious thinking and digestion. This is rare in the Ming Dynasty, which regarded itself as Greater China and rejected foreign theories as its main bureaucratic gentry.

Fang Yizhi is knowledgeable and knowledgeable, and he is conceited that he wants to fuse ancient, modern, Chinese and foreign knowledge into one furnace. Although he did not succeed in the end, his extensive knowledge and broad horizons are what Chongzhen hopes to see.

Fang Yizhi is only in his twenties now, and it is the period when words are being stimulated and thousands of households are full of dung, so he is suitable to be a teacher for these children who have not yet formed the three views.

In fact, what Zhu Youjian valued most was Xu Guangqi, an all-round talent in both civil and military affairs and a master of both Chinese and Western culture.

It is a pity that this strange man who opened his eyes to see the world died of illness the year before last, and his descendants have no amazing talents. His most important masterpiece "Nongzheng Quanshu" was compiled by his fan Chen Zilong.

Chen Zilong, who has been depressed all his life, possesses practical talents for managing the world, and he is not tolerated by the Ming Dynasty officials who want to get promoted and make money, and seek personal gain for the circle of friends.In the second half of his life, he wandered and wandered, and was finally captured by the Qing soldiers. He was thrown into water and died on the way to Nanjing.

His disciple Wang Yun and bearer Wu You found his body in Maozhugang and buried him in a coffin.

Now Chen Zilong is disheartened because he failed the Chongzhen Seven Years Examination, and is studying and writing in Songjiang South Park in his hometown.Next year, he should come to the capital to take part in the examination. Zhu Youjian will not let this talent who is known as the number one poet in the Ming Dynasty fail this time. The person in charge of the exam is, I believe that with Chen Zilong's talent, there will be no problem in passing the exam.

As for being almost forgotten, Tang Ruowang, who is now ordered to set up a factory and cast cannons, will let him come to teach the children regularly because of his busy schedule, and at the same time give Fang Yizhi and Tang Ruowang the opportunity to exchange academic knowledge.

Liu Chao, who came in a hurry, came to Zhu Youjian, and said after saluting: "Master Huang, the young ones have been arranged in the village. I respectfully invite Master Huang and the young masters to drink tea and have a rest!"

Chongzhen looked at Liu Chao, whose robes and boots were covered with mud, and said with a smile, "Where did you come here? I just came here to take a look, and I have already ordered you not to greet you, so as not to affect your errand!"

Liu Chao bowed and said, "The little one was inspecting the sweet potatoes planted in the field just now, and heard that Mr. Huang came to inspect, so he rushed over here in a hurry!"

Zhu Youjian asked with interest: "How is the growth of the potato seedlings? How many people cook the sweet potatoes? How many acres are planted?"

Liu Chao replied: "Back to Mr. Huang. At the beginning of the year, Captain Jinyi brought the seeds from Songjiang Mansion. The little one knew that this thing was successfully planted by Xu Ge, a senior scholar. The little one found Xu in the palace library. After careful review of the "Sweet Potato Shu" written by Mr. Ge, and after asking several old farmers who are proficient in farming, he planted it with confidence.

At present, a total of [-] mu has been planted, and there are several farmers cooking daily. The germination rate of potato seedlings is over [-]%, and the growth is very good! "

Zhu Youjian said: "Mr. Xu's sweet potato tree, do you have any specific guidance on the cultivation of sweet potatoes?"

Liu Chao replied: "Master Hui Huang, the records in this book are very detailed, and the small ones are very careful. From seedling raising, planting, fertilizing, raising furrows to harvesting, it is all recorded in the book.

According to Xiaowei Jinyi, this product is planted a lot in Xu Ge's hometown, but it is said that the taste is not good, and after eating, there will be flatulence and pantothenic acid. If you report it truthfully, please forgive me, Mr. Huang! "

Zhu Youjian sighed: "If people are so hungry that they eat grass roots, bark, and even soil, and finally eat people, the flatulence and pantothenic acid can be ignored.

Songjiang Mansion is a fertile land, and there is no shortage of rations for the households, so it is normal to dislike this thing.But the people in Shaanxi and Henan, as long as they have a stutter, they are lucky to survive! "

Wang Chengen and the others bowed their heads in silence. They had also heard about the human tragedies caused by successive years of drought in the Northwest of Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Youjian continued: "I only hope that I can do my best to reduce the occurrence of such tragedies, and I only hope that God will favor me and give me time, and sweet potatoes are an important part of it.

Liu Chao, you must be careful!After the summer harvest, the corn will also be selected for planting and cooking. These two things may be able to live countless lives. At that time, you Liu Chao will be a great hero of the Ming Dynasty and will be famous in history! "

Liu Chao replied firmly: "Don't worry, Mr. Huang, the little one will definitely do his best to complete the task entrusted by Mr. Huang. The little one doesn't care whether to leave a name or not, I just hope to relieve Mr. Huang's worries!"

Zhu Youjian nodded and said approvingly: "All civil servants talk about the disaster of eunuchs, but they don't know that there are also people who are hardworking among the physically handicapped!"

Thinking of the catastrophic drought that will spread to almost the entire Ming Dynasty in the next few years, his heart is heavy.

What I am doing now is to minimize the impact of the drought, but in the Little Ice Age in history, human power is so weak in the face of natural disasters.Coupled with the raging thieves and Manchurian violations, it is difficult to balance the beginning and the end.

The top priority is to suppress the thieves and stabilize the people. While killing the thieves, stabilize the place and the people, so that Gao Yingxiang and the others will lose their source of troops and become water without a source and a tree without roots, so as to fundamentally solve the problem.

As long as the common people have a bite to eat, even if they are not full, they will not rebel if they can survive.Therefore, food is the top priority.

It seems that in addition to vigorously building water conservancy projects and promoting the planting of sweet potatoes and corn, it is necessary to import a large amount of grain.

Zheng Zhilong became the key to solving the problem. Only through his fleet can large quantities of food be imported from South Asian countries.

Last month, dozens of 200-ton (equivalent to [-] tons) ships in Zheng's fleet transported more than [-] shi of rice to the renovated Tianjin Wei Port. The grain was transported to the official warehouse near the port for storage.

But this more than [-] catties of food is a drop in the bucket for the coming wave of hungry people.To transport these grains to Shanxi and Hebei, the consumption on the road is very staggering, but without transporting grains, we can't let refugees run to the capital on a large scale, right?Such consequences would be disastrous, and Chongzhen dared not try.

Zheng Zhilong belongs to the type of person who is fearful of power but not virtuous. He will be obedient and obedient only after you show your strength.

According to the information obtained by Jin Yiwei, Zheng Zhifeng, who came with the ship this time, brought a lot of money and bought a compound in the capital to settle down. It seems that it was used as a stronghold for bribing court officials and inquiring about news.

Whether it is the news of the officers and soldiers, or the news of the bandits building slaves, they can be inquired at the first time, and then send people to deliver the news by boat from Tianjin Wei.

When he heard the news, Zhu Youjian thought of the Beijing Offices in various places in later generations, which already existed now.

The upcoming battle of building slaves and knocking off the pass will be an excellent opportunity for Zhu Youjian to show his strength to Zheng Zhilong.As long as this battle will hurt Jiannu and show the prestige and morale of the officers and soldiers, then I believe Zheng Zhilong's attitude will undergo a great change.

However, although Zheng's armed pirate group is very rich, they are also citizens of Daming. After all, they have not done anything wrong in the land of Daming. They have obtained their wealth through strength.

As a person who came from a later life, Zhu Youjian didn't want to do this kind of robbery.

Moreover, Zheng Zhilong has a very good reputation in Quanzhou, and he is extremely kind to the local people. Not only does he not kill people, he even helps the poor. And give it with money and rice."

The top priority is to solve the money problem. The treasury is already empty, and Hou Xun, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, has been exhausted by the endless documents demanding money. Please see Shengjia every day.

The internal funds and silver deposits have also been exhausted. If there is no way to make money again, the next series of wars will face the dilemma of having no money to use. There is no news about Gong Fanwu's drying salt. It seems that we can only do something to those people .

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian ordered: "Tell Luo Yangxing to see him!"

(End of this chapter)