Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 513: Apocalypse 13 Years

"Dang...dang...dang..."

On the first day of the first lunar month in the 13th year of Apocalypse, with the arrival of the annual Zhengdan Festival, when the bell tower in the capital began to ring the bell, the capital and the imperial city began to open their gates one after another before dawn.

With the new year and new weather, with the implementation of the New Deal last year, the population of the 24 provinces in the two capitals of the Ming Dynasty was more completely displayed in front of the Ming court in paper form.

Beizhili, with a population of 720 million, seems to have a large population, but just like the past dynasties, the population of Shuntian Prefecture alone has reached 300 million, and the population of the capital and its vicinity is as high as 150 million.

Such a large population has created a prosperous economy. With the northern Mongolia being expelled to Mobei, a stable environment has brought an endless stream of people who go to the capital every day to go to the market.

Although it is said to be Zhengdan Spring Festival, there are still a lot of people going to the capital today.

After the city gate was opened, hundreds of soldiers and horses who checked the household registration book came out in a file and checked separately.

Because it is the Grand Court Meeting, some officials dispatched abroad will also return to the court for the Grand Court Meeting today, so the officials who want to participate in the court meeting entered the capital through the Anding Gate in the north of the capital early, and then walked through the Xuanwu Gate. To the big chef in the outer court.

After the big chef had a good breakfast, when the time came, all the officials had already stood in accordance with the order of the Great Court Meeting in previous years.

Wen Tiren talked eloquently, telling his achievements one by one, attracting attention.

While talking about the round grass carp in this shop, you can make good fish balls, and at the same time saying that the old hen in that shop is fat and strong, and it will surely make a pot of good chicken soup.

It is Zhu Youjian's national policy to provide food for relocation. He is not very satisfied with the number of relocations of the people, but he also knows that this is the peak of productivity in this era.

These nationals are currently responsible for cultivating the land reclaimed by the labor reformers, while the total amount of cultivated land in Qi is 720 mu.

The lack of water in the land of Hebei in later generations is mainly due to the large number of people.

In addition, Kim Hyun also built public facilities such as temples and government schools.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian nodded slightly to indicate that he knew, and Bi Ziyan also retreated to his seat when he saw this.

If the yield of the fields among them increases, I am afraid they can be self-sufficient for six or seven months.

Many Qi officials and soldiers were very negative about this output, but after Jin Xuan told them about the output of the people in Liaodong in the first year of reclaiming the fields, they regained their confidence.

All the officials left the stage one by one, but Zhu Youjian sat on the chair and never left.

In fourteen months, the number of cities in Qi State was still the same as the original five counties, but the quality was not the same.

Although there are indeed so many cargo ships in Huangdian, if all the cargo ships in Huangdian are used to transport people, I am afraid that the tax revenue for this year will be greatly reduced.

Seeing that everyone consciously took away chicken, duck, goose feathers, internal organs and vegetable leaves, Zhu Youjian also asked Wang Chengen: "Is there a rule in the capital that you can't throw things away?"

So as long as the severe drought doesn't stop, Daming's infrastructure can't stop.

At first glance, those who didn’t know it thought that Jin Xuan was in the northern city of Daming, but only when Jin Xuan walked out of the northern compound in full clothes after washing and came to the street, did it prove that this place has nothing to do with the mainland of Daming. relation.

Zhu Youjian couldn't figure out whether his brother was afraid of him, or just purely playful.

Zhengdan New Year, the most important day of the year, Zhu Youxiao still did not return to the capital, but ran back from Dading Palace in Yanshan to Zhongxia Palace in Fangshan.

Although the city is not big, the main buildings in the city are divided in an orderly manner by two streets from east to west and nine lanes from north to south.

Zhu Youjian also walked up the steps as a supervisor, and then sat down.

"Let's go..."

Compared with the colorful fireworks, crackling firecrackers, mouth-watering lucky money, and those delicious big fish and meat in his previous life, this kind of small fireworks can make him feel the taste of the new year.

Although all the vassal kings and county kings have already become vassals, their descendants are all studying official schools in the capital.

No matter who it is, or whether they know each other or not, as long as the firecrackers go off, crowds of children will follow the sound of firecrackers to pay New Year's greetings to the host family.

However, they respected Zhu Youjian very much. Even though they were uncomfortable, they still endured it, holding the wat board and lowering their eyes.

"In addition, the Ministry of Industry also built government schools, dams, canals..."

For children, one is to get some peanuts and melon seeds, and the other is to pick up "blind cannons" that have not exploded, and then show off to each other who picks up the most and who picks up the biggest firecrackers.

At Maoshi in Qi State, as the sky was foggy and bright, the sound of firecrackers also sounded in Xijing on the other side of the ocean.

He faced all the officials and scanned the crowd with his eyes.

Apart from the fact that military officers from the Governor's Mansion rarely participated in the court meeting, this year's court meeting did not change much.

After he was forced to report, the other six ministers could only bow their heads and report back one by one.

In fact, he has the answer in his heart, but he doesn't want to admit it.

It's just that everyone knows that these achievements are not his, but Zhu Youjian's. He just has the title of Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and in fact most of the things are handled by Zhu Youjian himself.

"The ministers welcome Long live, Long live, Long live..."

The number of these bison is huge, and it only needs to send thousands of people to harvest the carcasses of tens of thousands of bison. These bison are enough to feed the country of Qi for several months.

In this regard, Wang Chengen nodded in response, while Zhu Youjian continued to look at the scenery under the bridge.

When Jin Xuan was inspecting Xijing City, an official approached Jin Xuan and handed out the document in his hand:

As long as the host is happy, he will start to return gifts.

White walls, wooden chairs, screen potted plants...

"Send the document to Yingzhou, and envoy Yang Buzheng will deliver it to His Highness. In addition, envoy Yang Buzheng will send 20 reformed-through-labor workers and [-] shimimai to Jingmen Port."

He got up with difficulty, and after sitting awake for a while, he walked out of the Babu bed in his undershirt.

"The Ministry of Rites is fine..."

The official let out a sigh of relief while talking, and then explained the purpose of looking for him after a while.

For the common people, firecrackers are to a large extent a carrier of entertainment, and also a bond of mutual communication and deepening of friendship.

Because it was the first year, last year's yield per mu was basically only forty catties of rice, which was still the yield after using soil and chemical fertilizers.

Jin Xuan rode his horse up the city wall from the horse path, and rode along the city wall to inspect the small Xijing city.

These tribes have a total of more than [-] people, and they are all counted as citizens of Qi State.

It wasn't until the cabinet finally left that Zhu Youjian slowly got up and looked at the empty dragon chair above him.

Zhu Youjian asked people to stop the car, and he looked at the people under the bridge on a bridge.

The auspicious patterns of flowers and figures on the bed and windows inherit the legacy of the Tang Dynasty and fully reflect a strong aesthetic pursuit of elegance, luxury, fullness and boldness.

"Returning to Your Highness, last year the Ministry of Industry spent more than 340 yuan and 92 taels to build more than 290 miles of railway embankments, lay [-] miles of rail tracks, and build a total of [-] provincial, government, county, and township roads. More than [-] miles, and more than [-] million yuan have been started before and after."

It is true that a penny is a lot for the common people, but not so much for the common people in the capital.

Some children were timid and timid, and dared not set off firecrackers. As a result, half of the firecrackers they got were all set off by older children.

After a long time, when the sound of firecrackers began to fade away, the carriage stopped after a certain distance.

Whoever's chickens and ducks are stronger than others, and whoever has more meat and fish than others will arouse everyone's envy and praise, and the praised people will also politely say "Come to my house for a drink!"

"Therefore, the six provinces of Luchuan, Jiaozhi, Jiugang, Yingzhou, Donghai, and Modong all need to deduct part of the land tax this year."

"Thanks for your hard work." Jin Xuan got off his horse, received the document and returned a gift of comfort, and then opened the document.

The square city is 27 steps long from east to west and [-] steps wide from north to south. The walls of the square city are made of concrete.

Zhu Youjian, who was dressed in the crown of the prince, saluted the empty dragon chair together with all the officials, and then got up.

Not only them, but adults who buy firecrackers also release them one by one, usually only one at a time, and the sound is not as loud as the firecrackers of later generations.

Looking at the arable land situation in the book, Jin Xuan calculated the number of tractors sent by Daming this year, and he couldn't help feeling optimistic.

With the same number of people in Qi State, Qi State can be self-sufficient in food rations for four to five months.

Zhu Youjian didn't let Wen Tiren continue to perform, but interrupted his report, so that Wen Tiren could only return to his post in despair.

Zhu Youjian asked Wang Chengen to drive away, and Wang Chengen also ordered someone to drive away.

From the ingredients to the cooking skills, here it is said that the first bowl of Zhang’s family is full of ingredients, and the bowl is full of sharp ends, while that of Li’s family’s small stir-fry is delicious, which makes people drool.

"Crackling..."

Coupled with the continuous use of the fourth version of steam engines in mines, steel mills, and various factories, Zhu Youjian is still confident that the railway will exceed 15 kilometers and the road will exceed [-] kilometers before the end of the [-]th year of the apocalypse.

During the Chinese New Year, it has become a good place for neighbors to gather and chat about family affairs.

"Gu'an..."

"Den..."

Wang An, who was standing next to Honglu Temple, saw a chair lifted up by someone, and placed it on the platform below the dragon chair.

"The officials are fine..."

"This rule is good, but it can restrain some naughty shrews, but we must do a good job in supervision and avoid random punishment."

Looking at the tidy streets and orderly alleys, a sense of pride welled up in his heart.

Although Jin Xuan's ability is good, but limited by resources, Xijing City is currently not enough to bear the word "Beijing".

Stepping out of the Babu bed, what greets your eyes is a standard northern courtyard layout in the Ming Dynasty.

"The amount of arable land this year should exceed 15 mu."

"The military department is fine..."

Because all the wars had ended one after another, except for the commanders who led the army, the chief soldiers like Li Zicheng, who were waiting in the capital to change places after Zhengdan, all participated in the court meeting.

The infrastructure of the Ming Dynasty is different from that of previous dynasties. Whether it is the post roads of the Qin Dynasty, the Great Wall of the Han Dynasty, the canals of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and the water conservancy projects of the Song Dynasty...these infrastructures are all based on the mobilization of corvee, but not in the Ming Dynasty.

"The Relocation Department issued a total of 1407 million yuan of relocation iron plates overseas, and more than [-] million shi of food stamps."

Looking at the life of this little man, Zhu Youjian had a smile on his face.

The decorations in the house are also pictures of landscapes and figures painted by Jin Xuan himself, with an ancient artistic conception.

Thinking of this, Jin Xuan closed the file with emotion, and handed the file over:

Therefore, the rations for six or seven months can be eaten sparingly, and with bison, they can basically achieve self-sufficiency.

Therefore, the ships of Huangdian still mainly transport goods, and transport 600 people, so the migration speed cannot be accelerated.

The main buildings in the city include official buildings such as the barracks, the supervisory office, the Xijing office, and the military and horse office, as well as the residential buildings in the eastern and western cities and along the streets.

Daming's infrastructure is to provide money and food, which belongs to the category of work-for-relief.

Many people surrounded the artificial river, some of them fetched water, some slaughtered chickens and cut up fish, but most of them still washed vegetables.

Later generations compare cars, houses, and jobs during the Chinese New Year. Here, the same is not bad, but the things are different.

However, when the steam engine ship can be mass-produced, then Daming's shipping capacity can be more than tripled.

Setting off firecrackers during the New Year is the favorite of children, so Zhu Youjian could see some children buying firecrackers and setting off firecrackers at the alley.

"..." Hearing Zhu Youjian's words, the six ministers glanced at the others one after another, and in the end it was Wen Tiren from the Ministry of Industry who took the lead in bowing:

Zhu Youjian got up and got out of the car, and almost all of Baiwangfang was decorated with lights and festoons.

"If someone throws something by the river, even if it's chicken, duck or goose feathers, the whole square will be fined, and each family will be fined a penny."

This data is insignificant for such a vast territory as the Ming Dynasty, and it has not even reached the mileage of the late Qing Dynasty.

The land in North America is not considered fertile, but in Jin Xuan's opinion, as long as the land is fully cultivated and fertilizers are used, it is very easy to produce two or three buckets of stone per mu.

"Stop the sound~ sing the ceremony!"

Even the 2000 cargo ships of Ming Dynasty can only transport 140 people with their families. To transport more than 700 million people, there must be at least 9000 cargo ships with more than [-] materials.

"I've already approved the report of the Ministry of Industry this year. The Finance Department will first release 1000 million taels of silver and hand it over to the Ministry of Industry to promote the construction of railways, roads, and government schools."

This is much better than last year's ration, which could only satisfy one month.

In this way, after the 15th year of the apocalypse, I am afraid he can ask King Qi to immigrate.

The carriage was driving on the concrete road, except for the "kicking" of the horse's hooves, there were only the sound of firecrackers in the distance and the lively pedestrians on the street.

For the affairs of the Ministry of Industry, no one knows better than Zhu Youjian.

"Currently, there are more than [-] miles of railways in operation, and more than [-] miles of roads in the country, provinces, prefectures, counties, and townships."

More than 5000 miles of railways and more than 4 miles of cement roads sound like a lot, but in fact, they are only 2 kilometers and more than [-] kilometers.

Moreover, by next year, with the support of nearly 14 tractors, Apocalypse's 30-year Qi State can break through [-] mu of arable land.

The streets and alleys in Xijing City are in a chessboard pattern of "five verticals and three horizontals". However, most of these streets and alleys extend straight and perpendicular to each other, so they are obviously people's livelihood cities, which are different from military cities.

But compared to other yamen, Bi Ziyan, Minister of the Household Department, had to say something was up even if he was fine, so he had to stand up, bow respectfully and say, "The Household Department has something to do."

It seems to be because of Jin Xuan's personality. In short, the people who work under him try to avoid politeness and nonsense as much as possible, and go straight to the point when doing things and talking.

There are tens of thousands of people in a city in the capital, and thousands of widows. Each family is fined one penny, which adds up to several taels of silver. Zhu Youjian doesn't want to see someone taking advantage of loopholes.

It has been [-] months since Jin Xuan landed in Xijing City. During these [-] months, Jin Xuan has also exerted his ability to run Qi State in an orderly manner.

The streets are paved with cement roads, and the neighbors are all in the same northern architectural style of the Ming Dynasty. If you are not careful, it is easy to mistake your own house.

"The Criminal Department is fine..."

The vassal kings are not stupid, even though Zhu Youjian didn't ask for it, they still kept their children as hostages in order to show their innocence.

"Jin Changshi, this is... huh... this is the summary document submitted by the counties of Qi State this year, please have a look."

In the Huangji Hall, when the Prime Minister of Honghe Temple rang the bell and spoke, all the officials immediately fell silent, and then began to sing in unison when the Cheng Cheng of Honghe Temple rang the bell for the second time.

On the way back, the streets and alleys in the capital were covered with blasted firecracker paper, and the air was filled with the smell of sulfur.

Rather than saying it is a square city, it is better to say that it is a complete castle-like building.

Taking a last look at the dragon chair, Zhu Youjian explained to Wang Chengen who walked beside him, and then walked out of the Huangji Hall while Wang An bowed to give gifts.

As long as Zhu Youjian controls the population problem well, the problem of water shortage in Hebei will not exist.

The common patterns of birds and animals carved on the furniture obviously bear the legacy of the statues of the pre-Qin and Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. They are majestic and broad, which reminds people of the profound simplicity of the palaces of the Han Dynasty, and the unrestrained and vigorous demeanor of the stone animals in the mausoleums of the Six Dynasties.

Zhu Youjian watched them wash their own vegetables while commenting on other people's chickens and ducks.

There are a total of 820 soldiers, craftsmen, citizens, and labor reformers in Qi State, and 15 mu of arable land. Even if the yield per mu is still only [-] catties, at least the arable land in Qi State can meet their food rations for two months. .

Only heavy punishments will make people vigilant, and people in the whole workshop will monitor each other. After all, no one wants to pay that penny.

It's just that Zhu Youjian's mind was not on this. After he returned to Cunxin Palace, he buried himself in the memorial.

Different from his fatigue, as the sky gradually darkened, fireworks began to appear in the capital, but the sky in Qi on the other side of the ocean was just getting brighter.

Jin Xuan asked them to cultivate the land, and let the officials of the Siyi Pavilion serve as official education teachers, teaching the children of these citizens to speak the official language of Ming Dynasty and learn the culture of Ming Dynasty.

Six to seven months of rations is enough for Qi Guo, because Jin Xuan found many bison in the plain east of the Eastern Mountain Range according to the map given by Zhu Youjian.

Washing cabbage and radishes, washing celery and garlic, washing sweet potatoes and chives... the riverside has never been so lively on weekdays.

Firecrackers are the assembly number invited by the host. Whoever sets off the firecrackers for a long time will have more children at the door, and the happier the host will be.

"There is nothing wrong with the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies..."

"The cabinet is fine..."

The palace was also decorated with lights and festoons, which was very lively.

After a year-long event, Xijing City, which was initially completed in the twelfth lunar month, is actually just a square city in the real Xijing City.

The rivers in Dongcheng are man-made rivers, and the river water is basically transported from the Yuhe River and Yongding Canal outside the city.

"Jin Changshi! Jin Changshi!"

Fortunately, there are still many opportunities for "relief with work" during the severe drought in the next 11 years, and the necessary infrastructure will continue to rise.

"One article?" Zhu Youjian frowned slightly, but quickly stretched his brows.

Seeing that all the ministries said nothing happened, Zhu Youjian felt that it was quite normal, after all, the Winter Solstice Xiaochao was only held more than a month ago.

Next, after Zhu Youjian and Baiguan said some words about implementing the New Deal, they stopped talking and announced the dispersal of the dynasty.

In terms of race, they are not much different from the people of Ming Dynasty, and they are not as short as the people of Yingzhou, so the officials of Qi State accept them fairly well.

A dozen or so children gathered together. They bought a packet of firecrackers, broke them up and shared them equally with others, and set them off one by one.

When I came to Dongcheng, every household on the street carried buckets and large wooden basins to fetch water from nearby rivers and wells.

The Governor's Mansion is considered to have relatively few participation in the court meeting, so Li Zicheng and the others are not comfortable standing under His Highness in the court uniforms of military officers.

"Last year, the Ministry of Household Investigation found more than 320 people in hidden households, and more than 230 acres of hidden fields."

The soldiers at the gate brought the horses, Jin Xuan got on the horses and rode away.

"Respectfully, Your Highness..."

"Let's go back."

In addition, there are many tribes who surrendered to Daming, or surrendered at the gate of the city.

"The winter solstice meeting was held last year. If there are any urgent matters among the six ministries, you can report them. The Ministry of Household Affairs is making overall preparations, including last year's population, finances, and cultivated land!"

On the bridge, Zhu Youjian could see groups of children busily walking from home to home to pay New Year's greetings, enjoying it and gaining a lot.

On paper, the Ministry of Industry starts construction with more than 290 million yuan, but in fact, Jiugang, Jiaozhi, Yingzhou, Luchuan, Yunnan, Guangxi, Sichuan and other places are using labor camps, and the number is as high as more than [-] million.

In the five counties of Qi State, there are currently four garrison battalions with 1 people, more than 6000 craftsmen, 4000 labor camps in Yingzhou, and [-] labor camps in North Asia and Melica.

The soldiers of the Daxing Camp at the gate bowed and saluted, and Zhu Youjian responded and walked into the palace of Prince Qi.

Jin Xuan was woken up by the sound of firecrackers. When he opened his eyes, he saw the top of the Babu bed.

Even though it was the Chinese New Year, he still did not forget his own job, and he still performed routine inspections and patrolled the city every day.

Even if the current population is compared, the population of Hebei in later generations is ten times that of Beizhili.

"Yes!" The official responded, then took the document and turned around and went down the city wall.

On the contrary, Jin Xuan looked at the Xijing City, which was made up of masonry, earth, and concrete, and his confidence in Qi Guo was even greater.

"As long as we continue to develop and allow Qi to surpass Jiangnan, there should be some officials from the Yanshan faction within the dynasty and generals from the five armies' governor's mansion who are willing to come over."

"It's just what's left..." Jin Xuan showed a look of worry on his face, finally shook his head and didn't say anything, but turned around and went to the door, and continued to inspect Xijing City.

(End of this chapter)