Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 559 The Future

Zhang Huaiding, the official of the Shuofang shogunate's military envoy, Yamen Transit Division Kongmu, hurried to the Qingliang Hall of Longchi Palace.

The women walked out of the palace gate while chatting and laughing.

Pei's lower abdomen bulged slightly, walking in the middle.Mrs. Xiao was half a step behind her on the left, and Mrs. Du and Mrs. Webster, who came to discuss music, rhythm and poetry with Mrs. Pei and Mrs. Wei, walked at the end.

Zhang Huaiding didn't dare to look too much, and lowered his head slightly.

"Judge Zhang, the commander-in-chief is waiting for you." Zheng Yong said after leaving the palace gate.

"Thank you, General Zheng." Zhang Huaiding bowed in salute.

He dared not offend any of the soldiers and generals around Shao Shude.

I heard that the soldiers often have to learn the knowledge of battle formation, learn from each other's martial arts, and whenever they have the opportunity, they will be sent to the army.Those with high official ranks will be military envoys, deputy envoys, and Marquis of Du Yu, those with small official ranks will be ten generals and deputy generals, and those without official ranks may become captains and deputy commanders.

Zheng Yong has been with Shao Shude for a long time, maybe one day he will be the envoy or deputy envoy of the first army, Zhang Huaiding's status is embarrassing, how dare he offend him.

After Zheng and Zhang entered the hall, Shao Shude immediately asked them to sit down.

Zhang Huaiding glanced quietly, there were quite a few people in the hall.He knew Lu Siye and Du Guangyi, and everyone in town knew a big celebrity like Chen Cheng.

There are also two children, anyone who cares about it knows, the eldest son of the Marshal and the eldest son.

A maid brought tea to Zhang Huaiding.

Zhang Huaiding took a look, blond hair, green eyes, he still recognized him!Kang Shi, the grandniece of the great businessman Kang Fujin.

There is an anecdote in Lingzhou that after drinking, the commander-in-chief once said that he would like to accept beauties from all kinds of countries as a real harem.It is not surprising that there are Sogdian women serving him.

"Marshal, the sandy land in the three counties of Yuan, Wangwu, and Mianchi has been discussed with Dr. Wang of Xiazhou Agricultural Science. First, the land will be deeply plowed, and then the purple broom (gorse) brought by the Tubo people will be planted to make the sandy soil sticky. Gu, after two years, cut off the flowers and plants to feed the livestock, dig up the fertile soil below, and the sandy land will be usable." There was someone reporting work in front of Shao Shude, who sounded like a Shaozhou official, and Zhang Huaiding listened carefully.

Shao Shude nodded slightly.

In fact, he doesn't understand much, but he needs to nod his head to show that he understands it well.

What is purple broom?I have never heard of it, maybe it is a specialty of Tubo?Was it the gorse he had heard of?
It actually has the effect of fertilizing the field, is it also a leguminous forage?

Forget it, don't delve into it.Since the Tibetans planted this kind of pasture, there must be a reason.It would be great if this kind of forage grass is competitive enough to grow in a large area, and to use and transform the sandy land that is not very good for growing food.

Over the years, the Helongfan people have been moving inward, and they have brought a lot of exotic crop seeds.Some are not found in the Central Plains, such as Uighur beans (garbanzo beans), donkey-like beans; some have been introduced in the Central Plains, but the difference is not much different from those that have not been introduced, and they are hardly seen in normal times, such as watermelon, Dawan alfalfa, purple broom and so on.

There was a certain scale of cotton planting in Dunhuang of the Guiyi Army, and Shao Shude sent people to import some, and planted them in Huaiyuan County.

There is a botanical garden under the name of Lingzhou Agronomy, which occupies a large area and has two major functions: first, to collect and cultivate exotic plant seeds; second, to cultivate crops in a targeted manner.

The second one was put forward by Shao Shude.He was very speechless about the watermelon he ate. The flesh was too small, and the seeds were too big!Not to mention, learn horse politics, purify "blood", and optimize excellent education.

Every seed in modern society has been cultivated for hundreds of years, such as watermelon; strictly speaking, every kind of livestock is also a "pure blood" breed that is artificially bred and cultivated, such as the Holstein cows that are popular all over the world.Only using the original things in nature, it is like the watermelon that Shao Shude ate, which makes people dumbfounded.

"After the Fan people in Yuan County have their households registered, can agronomy teach them how to cultivate the land?" Shao Shude asked again.

He is not too worried about the Tubo people and the party members. At most, they are poor in agricultural technology, but they really know how to farm.The Qiang people are a little bit worse, but they can grow more or less. The Uighurs, Tuyuhun people, and some nomadic Dangxiang and Tubo are troublesome.

The five counties of Shaozhou and Xiashi County were originally from Shanzhou, with a small population, mainly planting millet and wheat; Xiao, Yuan, Mianchi, and Wangwu were originally white land, and the people were Helong and Hengshan after the war. Fan people.

The current policy is that Lingzhou Agricultural School supports Mianchi County; Xiazhou Agricultural School supports Wangwu County; Suizhou Agricultural School supports Kouyuan County; Yinzhou Agricultural School supports Xiao County.

Shao Shude is also thinking about the future of these doctors of agriculture, teaching assistants, instructors and many students.

There is no doubt that in the existing social atmosphere and values, they are inferior to economics students just like medical students, engineering students, and mathematics students.

This is not good!

Shao Shude recently had a plan. After the occupation of Heyang, Meng and Huai prefectures will definitely immigrate in large numbers. At that time, these "miscellaneous" students will be indispensable.He intends to take this opportunity to promote some outstanding miscellaneous students to become officials with real power in the state and county, and persist in it during his lifetime, forming a tradition and improving their social status.

Du Xiao, the camp inspector of Shaozhou who was reporting to him, did not discriminate against medical, arithmetic, agricultural, and engineering students—maybe it was pretending, because Shao Shude attached great importance to these miscellaneous students, but whether it was true or not, Du Xiao Still willing to show their credit.

"Back to Commander, Dr. Wang is in Wangwu County. He has devoted himself to every village. He has been to almost every village. He taught the Tibetans to grow alfalfa and cut it three times a year." Du Xiao replied, "There are also cowsheds and sheep pens to accumulate manure. , covered several layers with sand or mountain peat and piled up, and then transported to the field. I took the trouble and taught them all.”

In the three-crop crop rotation system, the raising of livestock is the core part.In summer, they are generally driven to the fields to graze. The urine and feces of animals are pulled directly in the fields. In winter, they are kept in pens and fed with hay harvested from the fields. The feces produced are usually covered with sand or peat. , It can be covered several layers in one winter, and then collected and transported to the fields.

Shao Shude is very enthusiastic about promoting this production model that combines farming and animal husbandry.The time traveler came up to smelt steel, there is a high probability that people will die and the government will die, and they will not be able to change society, but maybe this agricultural production model can?This is the ambition Shao Dashuai hides in his heart.

Of course, this is only one of the preconditions.It only unlocked the most basic shackles of the industrial revolution, the supply of food and raw materials.The second shackle is the money supply, which can only be discussed later.

Some things are easy to die from top to bottom, Shao Shude has been thinking about things that will not die, and this kind of most vital things often only exist at the bottom, you have to create it.

It is not only beneficial to his own battle, but also has made contributions to the nation. Marshal Shao is not a selfless saint, but he is still willing to do this kind of thing that can satisfy his selfish desires and feelings.

"Who is Dr. Wang?"

"Wang Yong, Doctor of Agriculture from Xiazhou."

Shao Shude nodded, picked up a pen and wrote down the name.Then he glanced at Du Xiao again, secretly thinking about their relationship, could it be that they are in-laws?

Du Xiao looked a little unnatural to him.

Shao Shude smiled, probably not in-laws.Your younger sister, Du Shi, was wearing revealing clothes just now, playing the piano for me to admire in the side hall.

"Judge Zhang." Shao Shude waved his hand to signal Du Xiao to step back and let Zhang Huaiding step forward.

"See Commander." Zhang Huaiding saluted.

"Sit down." Shao Shude stretched out his hands and pressed, and said, "Zhang Shuai of the Guiyi Army has recently challenged the Gaochang Uighurs. From your point of view, how is the Gaochang Uighurs compared to the Ganzhou Uighurs?"

"It's much stronger." Zhang Huaiding replied, "But if the commander-in-chief sends out all the iron cavalry, flying bear, and flying dragon troops, and chooses a good general to lead them, they will surely be defeated."

"There are [-] to [-] soldiers and more than [-] horses in the three armies. Can Shazhou afford them?"

"I can't afford it." Zhang Huaiding replied honestly.

The Guiyi Army only had more than 1 soldiers and horses, most of them were infantry, and it was very difficult to raise them. With tens of thousands more horses, the finances immediately went bankrupt.

"Can we make peace with the Uighurs in Gaochang?" Shao Shude asked, "What they are looking for is nothing more than goods. Although I don't lack horses, I can use the silk market horses from the Central Plains, or can I caress them for a while?"

"This..." Zhang Huaiding thought for a while, but he was not sure, so he could only say, "Maybe you can try it."

Shao Shude got up, walked to the map, pointed to the two towns of Hexi and Guiyi Army, and said: "If we make peace with Gaochang Uighurs, I will send [-] Yumen Army to go east. Do you think Long will be ordered?"

The Yumen army was often ordered to enter Dunhuang to assist the Guiyi army in resisting the intrusion of the Uighurs in Gaochang.But to be honest, the effect is not good, because it is impossible to stay for a long time, and the Gaochang Uighurs come and go like the wind, so they are often useless.But Shao Shude didn't dare to transfer him away. What if the Gaochang Uighurs were defeated and returned to the rebels and occupied Shazhou?
If it can be appeased temporarily, the Yumen army will be dispatched to advance eastward and fight with the Bian army.

In fact, Shao Shude now wants to test the obedience of the vassal town.Dragon Sword Zhao Jian is fighting the Qiang people in Maozhou, and he doesn't know what the meaning of those poor mountain valleys is, so what if he fights?Ever since he was defeated by Zhu Mei, he didn't dare to go south. Shao Shude felt that he was also helpless and had no bright spots.

However, his granddaughter Zhao Shu is really good and pretty, but she is too young to understand some things, and she often uses clumsy tricks to seduce Shao Shude.Shao Shude wanted to laugh in his heart, this method was too low-level, so he often pretended to be seduced and played some games with her.

There are not many soldiers in Longjian town, Shao Shude has the heart to mobilize some people to go north to practice, but considering the location of the four states of Longjian, let's forget it.

Shannan West Road will definitely transfer people to the north this time, at least 5000 people.If Zhuge Zhongfang is unwilling, or if Xingyuan soldiers make trouble, then they will suppress it.After so many years, Shao Shude still has some people in Xingyuan Mansion, and Jiang Dewen, the deputy envoy of Jiedu, wrote to him regularly to report the situation in the town.

Fengxiang, Xingyuan, Suzhou, Huazhou, and Hezhong jointly dispatched 3 or [-] troops to replace the vacancies after the Fans withdrew and rested.But also to give some benefits, not blindly consume.

Shao Shude loves and hates these miscellaneous troops.

But if you want to swallow the world, you can't regard miscellaneous brands as scourges.There are so many troops in the world, can you kill them all?
You can't pursue the purity of the army too much. With so many heroes, who doesn't know the benefits of fighting off all the miscellaneous cards and only keeping their own direct lineage?But if you can’t do it, you can’t do it. Don’t think that everyone is a fool, you are the only one who is smart—Chang Kaishen, who has the worst attitude towards mob soldiers in the world, doesn’t he also hold his nose and pay them salaries, weapons and ammunition?
It's normal that the speed of digestion can't keep up with the speed of incorporation.

"Returning to Commander-in-Chief, Long dare not refuse to obey orders." Zhang Huaiding said: "After Li Renmei was pacified, everyone in Shaqi and Hexi knew the Commander-in-Chief's prestige, and some Tibetans gave him the title of Supreme Khan. How can a dragon dare to resist the orders of the Great Khan?"

Supreme Khan is a noble title recognized by various ministries when the Turkic Khan ruled the grassland.

After the defeat of the Turks, this title was stolen by the Khitans, but they only dared to entertain themselves behind closed doors.
"What if the [-] family members of the Yumen Army are also brought over?" Shao Shude asked again.

Zhang Huaiding's complexion changed, he was not as sure as before.Population is always the most concerned of the rulers of various forces. If you rob him of his mouth, it is almost like killing him, which is very uncomfortable.

"That's all, let's lure the soldiers over first." Shao Shude laughed.

In Suzhou, he wanted to control it a little bit.The Long family tribe has a large population. The most important thing is that they are descendants of the Tocharians with high noses, deep eyes, and red hair. They look very different from the Central Plains people.If you want to assimilate, the first thing you need to solve is the problem of appearance. It is better to move to the interior and rely on the huge population of Han to overwhelm them.

This trick is still learned from Zhu Yuanzhang to assimilate the Semu people, that is, to force them to intermarry with the Han people, and slowly digest them.However, Lao Zhu’s policy was still successful in the interior, but it was not so good in the northwest, perhaps because there were too few local Han people.

"Zhu Quanzhong's [-] troops came to Heyang. If I beat them back, I will have to fight across the river. If I don't prepare more troops for him, Quanzhong will be unhappy." Shao Shude said.

(End of this chapter)