Hongwu Survival Guide

Chapter 63 Ambivalence

The vernal equinox is approaching, and His Majesty the Emperor was supposed to personally plow the land in the near future to show his emphasis on agriculture. A minister wrote a letter to mention it, but Zhu Yuanzhang quietly pressed it down.

Everything is complicated, there is no such effort.

You must know that plowing the land by oneself is not as simple as the emperor helping the plow to string several ridges, but a whole set of complicated rituals, which requires the participation of hundreds of officials. Preparations are time-consuming and labor-intensive one or two days in advance.

Lao Zhu also understood the importance of this etiquette, but pragmatism still prevailed over formalism.

Let's talk next year.

Moreover, it's not that Lao Zhu doesn't 'do farming' himself. He has decided to open up the royal garden in the palace as a vegetable garden, and plans to take the princes to plant vegetables himself, so that the children can experience the hard work of farming.

Today is February [-]th.

After the morning court, Lao Zhu came to the east of the city.

Inspired by Zhu Yuan, Lao Zhu listed "Qimin Yaoshu" as a compulsory course for all officials and students. He also asked each Guozijian student to allocate an acre of land to cultivate it by himself. Cooked farming.

Even if Zhu Yuan's identity was exposed, many things have changed, but the previous arrangements, such as the promotion of "Qi Min Yao Shu", such as the re-compilation of mathematics classics, and Zhu Yuan's original book list, have all been in place. is continuing to advance.

Lao Zhu has no habit of giving up halfway.

Today is the day when Guozijiansheng plowed for the first time.

More than [-]% of the current Guozijian students are the children of hundreds of officials and nobles. Because of Zhu Yuan, because of the "Book of Heaven", Lao Zhu occasionally thinks about it and feels that this group of people is very important to the Zhu family and cannot be as it used to be. Still haven't figured it out yet.

Important for sure.

Therefore, I specially came to the site today to watch a group of teenagers farming under the guidance of good farmers carefully selected by Guozixue.

During the period, he was once again inspired by the 23rd generation grandson of his own treasure, and explained to Xu Chunren, the Guozixue sacrificial wine on the spot, and asked all the students to carefully write a diary after each farming, summarizing their understanding and feelings during the farming process.After the review of Guozixue, one of the chapters needs to be selected and sent to him for viewing.

After staying in the Imperial Palace for half an hour like this, some youngsters were finally invited to speak earnestly and earnestly, and Lao Zhu returned to the palace.

Going back to the Fengtianmen Zuodong Pavilion where the daily director is, the first thing to pay attention to is the Civil War.

south line.

Liao Yongzhong, who replaced Tang He as the general who conquered the South, had led his troops to leave Fuzhou for Guangdong, and once again called on He Zhen, the Zuo Cheng of the Jiangxi province of the Yuan Dynasty, hoping that He Zhen would voluntarily return to avoid the disaster of swordsmen.

northern line.

Chang Yuchun, deputy general of Zhenglu, conquered Dongchang Prefecture in one fell swoop on February [-]th, and recently completed the suppression of Dongchang's peripheral counties.

On all the roads in Shandong, only Le'an, who surrendered and rebelled, is still stubbornly resisting.

Kang Maocai, the governor of the Metropolitan Government responsible for logistics supplies, has been ordered to rush to Jinan, planning to push the supply line to the bank of the Yellow River in preparation for the westward advance.

Among the many battle reports, there was one that attracted Lao Zhu's special attention.

Xu Da, the general who conquered the captives, personally issued an order, requiring Jining and Xuzhou along the Jishui River to raise [-] shi and [-] shi of grain respectively, and transport them northward along the canal to Dongchang for military use.

Ordinary people may not be able to see anything, it's just [-] shi of grain, but Lao Zhu understands it.

Still short of food.

Because of the lack of food, they had to collect food and salaries from the local people who had just experienced the war again.

It's spring time again...

Lao Zhu could imagine that after this war, Shandong might not be able to recover for many years.

Thinking of this, Lao Zhu once again thought of his precious 23rd grandson.

The canal can only barely support the use of the current army, and then take Henan, or open another northward grain transportation channel from Huguang, but that grain road mainly relies on land, and the efficiency is even lower than the canal.

Therefore, if we want to achieve the goal of supplying grain to Bianliang and continue to march west and north, even if the sea grain road cannot be opened this year, it must continue next year.

After all, Yuan Ting's highest annual seaborne grain rate can reach 300 million shi.

Even if the loss is greater, as long as it is controlled within a certain range, Lao Zhu is not unacceptable.

Even... In the longer term, in the Northeast, Lao Zhu had already made up his mind. Before he closed his eyes in this life, he must clean up for his descendants. It is the most convenient passage to the northeast.

Thinking about it, Lao Zhu hoped that his precious 23rd generation grandson could successfully complete the opening of the sea grain road.

Ok……

The premise is to take care of your body first.

Because in Lao Zhu's heart, the weight of Zhu Yuan is almost equal to the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty.

Even if the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty are as dead as they used to be, they will be elected again.Old Zhu doesn't think that if Zhu Yuan is lost, God will send him another 23rd grandson, who is still so knowledgeable and well-trained.

Ugh.

It's just that the body is too poor, which makes people worry about it all day long.

Not to mention picking a stronger one.

Because of this, since Zhu Yuan went to Mingzhou, Lao Zhu has been entangled in various conflicting mentalities these days, worrying about gains and losses.Occasionally, I hope that things in Mingzhou will be successful, and occasionally I feel that it doesn't matter if it is successful or not, that child is the most important thing.Occasionally think about it, if you can have the best of both worlds, it would be great.Occasionally deny yourself, what a good thing you can think of.

Thinking of Zhu Yuan, the guards soon reported that Baihu Wenzao, the guard who had been sent to Mingzhou as a messenger between his precious 23rd grandson and himself, had arrived.

This is no coincidence.

Lao Zhu thought of Zhu Yuan in private a lot.

Baihu Wenzao, the dusty guard, entered the East Pavilion with two large parcels. After saluting, seeing that the lord couldn't wait to get up, he quickly put the two parcels on the desk in front of Old Zhu, and said, "My lord , Great joy. Hanlin has successfully produced a microscope, and ordered his subordinates to send it to the Lord day and night."

This speaks very well.

Wen Zao only wanted His Majesty to know his hard work of 'day and night', and he did not dare to expect extravagant credit for other achievements.

Old Zhu just used a paper knife to cut open the package that was obviously a letter. Hearing what Zao said, he immediately turned his attention: "There, show me quickly?"

Zhu Yuan had previously discussed with Lao Zhu about the microcosm of new medicine, and Lao Zhu could not believe it.He also remembered the microscope, but even if Zhu Yuan had demonstrated the principle to him by magnifying water droplets, Lao Zhu still felt that it would take years, at least, to create such miraculous things.

Unexpectedly, how long has it been?

Wen Zao carefully opened another package, took out the microscope from a mahogany box, recalled carefully, first asked Lao Zhu to make people open the doors and windows of the East Pavilion to increase the light, and then followed Zhu Yuan's instructions, as if treating the most precious treasure in the world Operate carefully and meticulously.

After a while, Wen Zao saw the paramecia in the shape of shoe soles again from the camera.

Giving up the seat to Lao Zhu, Wen Zao bowed beside him, subconsciously lowered his voice and explained carefully: "My lord, this is a paramecium. According to Hanlin, this is a single-celled organism that commonly exists on the banks of rivers, canals and lakes. Middle. I was able to move around when I came the day before yesterday, but in the past two days...it's a pity that I have died."

Listening to Wen Zao's explanation, Lao Zhu put his eyes in front of the microscope. In the bright light blue color, some slender oval objects resembling rice grains quietly appeared in his field of vision.

After observing for a while, Lao Zhu's subsequent reaction was the same as that of Ri Huagao the day before. He reached out to remove the crystal sheet, held it in front of his eyes, and tried to look at it with his naked eyes.

It's a pity that there is nothing to see except the touch of blue.

Putting the crystal slice back again, Lao Zhu went to watch again, and found that there was nothing in his field of vision.

Wen Zao heard the accusation, and stepped forward to help Lao Zhu re-adjust. After getting out of the way, Lao Zhu lowered his head again, looked carefully, and couldn't help but look sideways at the crystal slice under the objective lens.

No more repetitions.

Old Zhu has already affirmed that what Zhu Yuan said before is true.

Turning to Wen Zao, Lao Zhu asked, "This...enlarges the geometry?"

Wen Zao said: "Hanlin said that this paramecium is very... um, representative, because he happened to remember that the body length of an adult paramecium is about one hundredth of an inch, and the size of the paramecium in the field of view of this microscope can give you The human perception seems to be more than two inches long, but the magnification is more than 200 times. According to Hanlin, in the future, the magnification of a microscope can be roughly judged by referring to paramecium."

Speaking without intention, the listener is intentional.

Wen Zao said that Zhu Yuan "just remembered", maybe he didn't think much about it, but Lao Zhu understood that it should be the experience of his precious 23 generations of grandchildren in previous lives.

For Zhu Yuan, who came from more than 600 years later, even though he has shown too many peculiarities, Lao Zhu still has some doubts.The current microscope, combined with some of Zhu Yuan's previous statements, is undoubtedly a solid example of him coming from 600 years later.

After all, in the past thousands of years, where did someone make a microscope, and where did someone know what kind of microorganisms?

Only from 'later'.

Wen Zao waited for Lao Zhu to ponder for a moment, then said again: "My lord, there are also cells of chives and pine needles on the thin slice, may my lord want to watch it?"

Old Zhu nodded.

While replacing the crystal slices, Wen Zao continued: "If the master wants to see the live paramecium, or there are some in the moat outside, I can try to make the slices on the spot, but I'm dull, so I can't guarantee it will work. "

Lao Zhu waited for Wen Zao to give up his position again, waved his hands and said, "You can let go and do it."

As he spoke, he called two attendants to assist Wen Zao, and Lao Zhu turned to the microscope himself.

This time, although it was much smaller than Paramecium, Lao Zhu recognized at a glance that the neatly arranged cells should be the so-called cells, and then remembered what Zhu Yuan said last December, that the human body has hundreds of millions of cells that are invisible to the naked eye. cell composition.

Other living creatures, presumably the same.

Furthermore, there is a nucleus in the cell, and there are chromosomes in the nucleus, and hundreds of millions of genes are inscribed on the chromosomes.

At this moment, compared with the scattered paramecium inside the body just now, Lao Zhu can relatively clearly see that there is a small spot in the center of many leek cells, which should be the nucleus.

Inside the core...

Recalling that Wen Zao said that the microscope can only magnify two to three hundred times, obviously, it must not be able to see the chromosomes clearly.

However, even if you can't see it, those claims will not be false.

Oh, the great thousand worlds!

Wen Zao took samples from the moat water flowing through the imperial city and made brand new slices, and Lao Zhu finally saw living microorganisms, not just paramecium, but also many other small things that could not be named.

At the end, Lao Zhu remembered something, and ordered a servant to call Queen Ma to come over.

Mrs. Ma came to Dongge.

Ma Shi has also been refreshed.

It was noon in a blink of an eye.

The couple ate in the dining room of the East Pavilion, but they felt uncomfortable eating a meal.After all, thinking about the fact that there are all kinds of small things around you, maybe millions of them in one bite, most people will inevitably have psychological obstacles.

The couple used the silverware very consciously, without any doubts.

The few cold dishes on the dining table were left untouched, and they only picked fried and boiled things, because Zhu Yuan had explained them in his 'Daily Diet Precautions'.

High temperature can sterilize!
After an embarrassing lunch, when the waiter took away the tableware, Lao Zhu finally couldn't help laughing when he saw his wife's appearance: "Lady, should you believe Yuan'er's 'Precautions' now?"

Mrs. Ma nodded slightly, then remembered again, and said to her husband: "Master, this microscope is not suitable for the children to know about."

Both the couple were so tormented that they could hardly eat. It was hard to imagine what would happen if the children saw it.

Lao Zhu nodded: "I thought about it, so I just called you over."

Mrs. Ma gave her husband a sideways look: "You are guilty of the crime and have not forgotten to drag the concubine. The concubine thinks of the living thing in the mirror, and still has lingering fears."

Lao Zhu waved his hand: "Then don't read any more."

The two stood up while talking.

Mrs. Ma knew that her husband was always busy with things, so he didn't stay too long. He said goodbye and left, saying that he was going to see the children studying in Dahontang.

Look at the fourth child.

(End of this chapter)