Chapter 634: Laughing and Remembering the Pain of War
The buzzing steam engine was working hard to generate electricity. The entire Shijiu Lake, including the people on the opposite bank, ran over to wait for a meal.
Everyone looked at the electric lights, and then looked at the two big guys in the distance who were working tirelessly to harvest soybeans, feeling like a dream.
"Tomorrow we will assemble that plowing machine and help everyone plow the land after harvesting soybeans and prepare to plant winter wheat."
Zhu Yuanzhang saw the surprised expressions of the people. , happy in my heart.
The Ming Dynasty lacked a population, and a lot of land was left uncultivated. The more desolate it was, the less people wanted to plant it, and the less cultivated the land, the worse it was.
Especially if there are no other people in the surrounding area, then no one will go to that place to build their own house to live.
Now that we have useful machines, we can send troops there. Anyway, we don’t need a large number of manpower.
"People from our two villages can take a break." Huang Lichang was also happy. Who is willing to bend down and cut the bean vines with a sickle?
Bean pods are better than Wheat and rice are difficult to cut. On the first day, they cut from morning to night. When I woke up the next day, my whole body ached, and I gritted my teeth and had to go to the fields to continue cutting.
If you plant twenty acres of beans, you will have to mow them for a month. Two acres a day is the best time. If you mow every day, your body will not be able to bear it.
One month is obviously not enough. If you delay planting wheat, the elderly, wives, and children at home will have to go to work.
Okay now, waiting for the two devices here and one device on the other side to help.
Three big machines can cut out 500 acres in a day. Let’s see which areas are difficult to cut with machines and take out the sickles together.
"Your Majesty, let's save the manpower and assemble two more machines and use the parts. Instead of leaving the parts alone, it's better to give them to everyone."
The commander made some calculations, and there are In many fields, when soybeans are planted, the people here are rich and are willing to plant seeds. It is estimated that they may need to hire people when they wait for the harvest this year.
This large area of cultivation is impossible to do without equipment and can tire people to death.
"Soybeans are about to be harvested in your village. Do you want our people to harvest them for you with sickles? This war is a natural and man-made disaster, killing people and leaving land uncultivated."< /p>
Zhu Yuanzhang mentioned Xiaqiu Village. There are still large areas of soybean cultivation there. The soybeans there will be used as seeds for other places, and the yield is high.
"There is a smelting place in Xiaqiu Village. We have many craftsmen. We can use small steam engines to make some equipment there. The greater the number, the higher the efficiency. So we must cherish the time when we are not at war and see where we can go. If you are not stable, try to find food and clothing. "
There are ways. As long as there are craftsmen and materials, other problems will not be a problem.
At the same time, he continued to talk about the war, which lasted for seventeen years.
Before the war, there were constant natural disasters. The Yellow River burst, dry places were dry, and flooded places were flooded. Coupled with official corruption,Finally someone couldn't bear it anymore.
In this process, a lot of land is concentrated in the hands of a few people, and annexation is serious.
After a continuous war, various armies were running around. When they passed through the villages and county towns, they were sure to have dirty hands.
It was impossible for the people who did not participate to live a good life. When the winter wheat was harvested in the summer, the army passed by. They were worried about having no food to eat, so they harvested the wheat from the fields.
If the army arrives a month late and sees that the wheat harvest has been completed, it is better not to harvest it yourself, but to knock on the door and call the fellow villagers.
Under such circumstances, the people are unwilling to farm, they cannot eat what they have planted, and they have to bear the burden of raising seeds in vain. Why not join the army and fight
Then we will wait for all parties to do so. When forces are formed, they begin to issue their own currency and stabilize the rear. Only then will the people be considered stable.
Then these forces fight again, one of them wins, and the people in other places are finished.
It is now the fifth and half year since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. Count it six, and the people are working hard to recover the scars left by the war.
What Li Chang means is that now that the imperial court has more food, some of it can be distributed to poor places. How to distribute it requires some wisdom.
It is obviously not possible to give it directly to the people. The people cannot get used to getting something for nothing. You can give them praise, or let them do some work that the people themselves have to do, give them food, and then give them extra food as food. wages.
For example, there is a river in front of a village. The bridge on the river has been in disrepair for a long time. The people have long wanted to repair it, but one does not have large wooden materials and the other does not.
At this time, food, tools, and materials are given to the people, and they are asked to work. If they don't work, it will be impossible.
When the people saw it, it was great to build a bridge in their village and then give them food. Finally, it was great to give them food. There is still a road, and we want to build it too
This way the people travel Convenience, food has increased, and if someone asks them to rebel, they will never agree. Seeing that good times are coming, rebellion will have a way to survive
The local people do not know what their Majesty said to the head of Xiaqiu Village. How heavy they were singing and dancing around the campfire.
This bonfire is lit by the soybean sap that they cut themselves. The soybean sap is easy to burn and is good for feeding livestock. The machine harvests the soybean sap, which cannot be used to make fire and breaks into pieces.
It was all fish in the evening, steamed, roasted, stewed, fried, fried, and grilled
Zhu Fan also ate squirrel fish, which Zhu Wentian cooked for him.
“It’s better to stay in the south of the Yangtze River because it’s not cold. If we switch to the north, many places will be cold now. In another month, those who can’t stay outside at night will freeze to death.”
Zhu Xi had just finished eating a fish steak wrapped in bread crumbs and fried, and he commented on the climate in the south and the north.
Where Shijiu Lake is now, it’s still hot at night, even though the soybeans are all withered and yellow, and it’s not cold at the time of harvest.
Zhu Biao took a sip of wine, "It should be easy for the herdsmen in the north to survive the winter this year. We have a lot of things left behind. One summer plus autumn, the salt will ensureThere is no shortage, and it can even be supplied elsewhere. "
"They can enter the earth fort in winter, and if there are many animals, they set up animal sheds outside. There is water around the earth fort, and they grow grain.
At that time, we will send a team to deliver some things to them, such as candles, skin care products, and cotton cloth. They do not grow cotton.
What other soaps and soaps are the four treasures of the study, medicinal materials, medicinal materials for treating typhoid fever and wind-cold? They also always have a bad stomach, and may sneeze and have a fever.
In addition, give them some tea leaves, both fermented and unfermented. Green tea is also good to drink. ”
Zhu Xiang was thinking about what would be good for the herdsmen in the North. He stayed there last year and shared the joys and sorrows with the herdsmen.
Today he is back, and the herdsmen still have to live. In the cold winter, he always felt that everyone was friends, and he had plenty of things here, so he didn't lack anything.
So he should give them to the herdsmen, and he might go there in the future, for example, to accompany his third brother to see the fiefdom. , and walked north by the way.
Zhu Biao listened to his second brother and thought the same, adding, "I think they like to eat canned fruits, dried fruits, preserved fruits in bamboo tubes and oil paper, especially individual rock candies." , drinking milk all day long is not sweet enough. "Please remember to collect it. The latest and fastest website without anti-theft is free to find and add books. You can add qq group 952868558