Great Military Division

Chapter 280 Lack of labor?Advocate Mongolian learning, educate farming with both hands!

The next day, early morning.

The rooster announces the dawn, and the sky is full of dawn.

On the streets of Xinye County, the blood has not yet dried up, and the smell of blood remains in the air.

The people who were about to go to work in the farmland were all shocked, staring at the corpses lined up outside the county town, talking a lot:
"What happened last night? Could it be that someone raided the county government?"

"You don't know yet? The county has already said that Zhao Biao colluded with foreign thieves in an attempt to murder the imperial court official."

"Ah? This is the great crime of the Yi clan! Isn't Zhao Biao afraid of implicating the whole clan?"

"Isn't that right! The entire Zhao family has been punished, and they are currently moving the corpses and counting the accounts of the clan."

"Hiss! Our new county magistrate is really powerful, he dares to kill the Zhao family."

"I heard that the old man of the Zhao family was still on the couch, so he had already had his head chopped off."

"It deserves it! To make them bully people, there must be a strong one to clean them up."

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The people in Xinye County were just amazed at first, but after hearing that the Zhao family had rebelled against them and the three clans were exterminated, they clapped their hands and praised them one by one, as if someone had finally avenged their hatred for many years!
While everyone was talking about it.

within the county government.

A man with a high crown came out.

It is none other than Yi Ji.

Yiji's expression was indifferent, and he was not at all affected by the uncleared corpses beside him.

He cupped his hands towards the common people in Xinye, and said in a clear voice: "Folks, the Zhao family has rebelled and has already been punished. Now that they have counted their ancestral property, they have obtained more than [-] mu of fertile land, more than [-] cattle, and countless farm tools."

"The county has an order that those who have less than [-] mu of contracted land can come to the county government to register. The county will give corresponding compensation according to your actual situation, and strive for each household to be able to contract [-] mu of land."

The Zhao family's fields are all good fields, which can be planted at any time. How could Liu Bei waste these acres, so he sent Yi Ji to post a notice, ready to put the Zhao family's good fields into production within half a day.

"Our family wants to sign up, and we only have 22 acres."

"We signed up, and the county lord gave us grace. We only have [-] mu of land, and all of it is barren land."

"In the past, I was the contractor of the Zhao family's land. I haven't had time to divide the land. Can you leave it to us?"

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The people in Xinye are very active, as if they are afraid of missing out on this opportunity to drop a pie in the sky.

The Yiji sent someone to post the notice, and immediately returned to the government office: "Everyone line up, don't worry, register your own situation one by one, and the land can be compensated after the government has verified it."

"queue!"

"Anyone who disturbs order will not be registered."

With the help of the county soldiers, the long queue was quickly completed.

In each family, men work in the fields, while women and children are responsible for queuing up.

In this way, neither production will be delayed, nor business affairs will be hindered, and it can kill two birds with one stone.

now.

In the county government.

Liu Bei stood condescendingly, staring at the long line of people below, frowning: "Farming is basically on the right track, but my family only relies on men to cultivate the land, and the pressure on [-] acres of land is not small. It is difficult to improve the efficiency of farming."

Jian Yong nodded slowly at the side: "Yes! If the women of each family can be liberated, the farming efficiency will definitely increase, but the elderly and children in the family will become a big trouble."

call-

Liu Bei breathed out, and said softly: "The old man is fine with himself, he still has the ability to be independent, but these children are not capable. If something happens, it will be a fatal event."

"That's right!"

Jian Yong took it seriously and said: "Besides, the imperial court has canceled oral and counted tributes, which will undoubtedly stimulate the common people to have children. More and more children will become more problematic in the future."

Liu Bei frowned: "No, we have to find a way to solve it, otherwise it is not certain whether the next node can be completed. Your Majesty will use our Xinye as a model, so we have to make some achievements."

How could Jian Yong not understand Liu Bei's thoughts: "Your Majesty's words are justified, I and Uncle Ji will think about this matter."

Liu Bei said softly: "Thank you for your hard work."

Jian Yong smiled lightly: "Where."

"County Honor—!"

Just at this moment, a shout sounded not far away.

Liu Bei looked up.

But I saw that my own soldiers led the messengers from Wancheng and hurried over: "Let's go, let's go down, maybe the imperial court has another edict."

Jian Yongen nodded: "Your Majesty is really diligent in governing the country. He makes an edict every few days, and cares more about farming than county magistrates like us."

"nature!"

Liu Bei said proudly: "Farming is His Majesty's state affairs, and it is a top priority. How can Your Majesty not care about it?"

On this point, Jian Yong naturally understood: "Although this is the case, His Majesty is indeed very diligent in politics, which is rare in the world. If we follow His Majesty to do things, we will definitely be able to revitalize the Han Dynasty and rebuild the universe."

clatter!clatter!clatter!
Turning around all the way down the stairs, I saw the messenger rushing over: "Uncle Huang."

Liu Bei waved his hand to signal that he didn't need to be too polite: "Dare to ask, but your majesty has another edict?"

The messenger nodded graciously: "Yes!"

Immediately.

Liu Bei hurriedly turned into the hall.

Everyone stood beside them one after another, bowing their bodies and clapping their hands together.

The messengers were at the top, picking out the imperial edict from the cloth bag, and recited it aloud:
"The country is based on the people, and the people regard food as the sky. If you want to stabilize the country, you must pay attention to agriculture. Today, farming is heavy and labor is insufficient. Because the sons of hundreds of families are still young, they are involved in farming and cannot do their best."

"In view of this, all counties are ordered to promote elementary school, mainly based on the xiáng (xiáng) order of townships and gatherings (villages), and set up a teacher of filial piety, and encourage people to enroll in school, so as to ensure the safety of each family."

Liu Bei was stunned upon hearing this, his eyes staring like bells.

He couldn't believe it.

I was worried about how to help the people solve their worries, but my majesty had already thought of it, and even gave a proper solution. This is a stroke of genius.

"Uncle?"

"kindness."

"Let's take the order."

"Oh!"

Only then did Liu Bei react, and hastily and respectfully accepted the imperial decree: "Xinye ordered Liu Bei to accept the decree."

Afterwards, the messenger took out another book from the cloth bag and handed it to Liu Bei: "Uncle Emperor, this is the textbook "Jijiupian" for elementary school. The full text has a total of 1244 words, no repeated words, and the sentences are seven-character, four-character, and four-character. Three words and so on, catchy and easy to remember."

"In addition, if there are not enough filial piety teachers, His Majesty suggests mobilizing the three elders, and the county governments in various places will give them a salary of no less than fifty shi, so that they can teach with peace of mind. There must be no mistakes."

Although the salary of fifty shi is not much, if every filial piety teacher is like this, the entire Xinye County will have at least dozens, or even hundreds of people, which is a salary of thousands of shi.

You must know that even Liu Bei himself, the county magistrate of a large county, only has a salary of Qianshi, which is enough to prove the importance His Majesty attaches to education.

So, how could Liu Bei not pay attention to it!
fortunately.

Now Liu Bei has no shortage of food.

He nodded without hesitation: "Don't worry, since it is His Majesty's imperial decree, prepare yourself and go all out."

The messenger smiled lightly and clasped his fists together: "Uncle Liu Huang, Your Majesty asked the villain to give you a message. Now Xinye is the benchmark in Nanyang, and all the nodes have been completed ahead of schedule. We must maintain this momentum."

Liu Bei's heart was surging and he was so moved: "Your Majesty still remembers!"

The messenger said kindly: "Hearing what Mr. Xun Ling said, His Majesty is very satisfied with Uncle Liu's work."

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Long hours of hard work.

When Liu Bei heard this sentence, he felt that no matter how hard he worked, it was worth it.

After that, Liu Bei clasped his hands together again: "Please tell Your Majesty, I will do my best to live up to Your Majesty's grace."

The messenger nodded: "Your Majesty will tell you the truth, please don't worry, Uncle Huang! It's getting late, I need to go to the other counties to give orders, so don't let it go."

Liu Bei waved his hand: "Xianhe, send it off for me."

Jian Yong cupped his hands: "Here!"

The two had just left the hall.

"Come here." Liu Bei started working.

"exist."

"Quickly invite the three elders from all townships to announce something important in this county."

"Here."

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Xinye, Deng's family.

in the library.

Deng Xun folded his hands behind his back, frowned slightly, and said in disbelief: "Liu Bei actually made preparations in advance?"

Deng Tong nodded affirmatively: "That's right! And Liu Bei is so bold, the entire county government has only dozens of people, yet he dared to set up an ambush. He deliberately acted for Zhao Biao."

If Liu Bei shrinks his troops, it will inevitably attract the attention of Zhao Biao, who is dormant in secret. In this way, the opponent may give up this operation, which will make it difficult to eliminate hidden dangers.

Not afraid of thieves stealing, but afraid of thieves thinking.

Liu Bei is very aware of this. Only when the hidden dangers are completely eradicated can he truly let go and continue to engage in drastic agricultural administration. Otherwise, he will be terrified every day and will not be able to do anything well.

It is also based on this.

Only then can he maintain a state of looseness on the outside and tightness on the inside, wait for the rebels to take the bait, and then fight back, directly uprooting them and completely eliminating hidden dangers.

"That's right!"

Deng Xun, who is well versed in the art of war, can naturally see it: "I really underestimated Liu Bei. I thought he was the same as the ordinary Han clan, but I didn't expect to have the bravery of King Chen."

"admire!"

"I really admire it!"

Deng Xun sighed from the bottom of his heart.

did not expect.

Liu Bei, who was concealed by the title of "Uncle Emperor", still has such a brave side: "It's a pity that the Zhao family was wiped out like this. Thousands of acres of fertile land fell into the hands of the court."

Deng Tong let out a long sigh: "It's a pity that the Zhao family has such a bad seed who doesn't know the current affairs!"

Deng Xun, who is also the head of the family, felt the pressure deeply: "Yes, His Majesty is ruthless and courageous, and will never show mercy. He can forgive our Deng family once, but there will never be a second time."

"Nephew!"

Deng Xun turned his head to look at Deng Tong, and said very solemnly: "Take time to walk around each house more, and don't have any bad thoughts. The situation of the Deng family is very good now, and all the losses suffered at this time will be made up for in the future."

Although the imperial court's farming strategy did not harm the roots of the aristocratic and powerful families, it did somewhat damage the surface, making some tenants who were originally plowing the land for the Deng family become farm laborers for the imperial court.

Especially the Deng family in counties other than Xinye, some are in the same situation as the Zhao family, and some are even worse than the Zhao family. Their situation at this time is very, very embarrassing.

of course!

There are also some collateral descendants of the Deng family who have no land property at home. Because of the government's decree, they have hope for life and can contract [-] acres of land to meet their daily needs.

This is the Xinye Deng family.

Everything from behemoths, to down and outs.

Deng Xun needs to consider the overall situation and balance the pros and cons. It is impossible for some families to ignore the fate of the whole family and forcibly start a war with the imperial power because of the disadvantages of some families.

Deng Tong bowed his body and cupped his hands: "Patriarch, don't worry, I just want to search for young talents in the clan to continue to take the imperial examination. This matter can be handled together, so you can rest assured."

"it is good."

Deng Xun nodded: "That's very good."

"Oh, right."

suddenly.

Deng Xun heard something, and asked instead: "Nephew, recently Liu Bei summoned the three elders of each village, do you know what happened?"

The corners of Deng Tong's lips raised slightly, and he smiled calmly: "It's like this. Considering that the imperial court is about to enter the stage of full-scale farming, in order to alleviate the problem of manpower shortage, it ordered all townships to arrest Xiang Xu, and set up a teacher of filial piety to teach Children can read."

"Oh?"

Deng Xun twisted his beard, his eyes suddenly brightened: "Is there such a thing?"

Deng Tong nodded: "Well, not only that, the three elders will be compensated with an additional [-] shi per year, which will be provided by the counties. It is necessary to ensure that all school-age children can go to school and read and write."

Deng Xun was stunned: "There is still a salary of fifty shi?"

"Well, my nephew didn't think of it either."

"It seems that His Majesty attaches great importance to this."

"That's right!"

Deng Tong nodded: "My nephew heard that in the future, all counties, townships, counties, and even the imperial court will all have official positions with corresponding functions, and the salary will never be less."

"interesting."

Deng Xun twitched his beard and nodded slowly: "Your Majesty is the emperor I have seen who attaches the most importance to Confucian classics. However, whether it can be implemented is still open to discussion. Although reading is good, it is definitely not something ordinary people can afford."

The so-called material base determines the superstructure.

In Deng Xun's subconscious mind, ordinary people don't have enough to eat, so how can they afford their children's reading and literacy expenses? Even bamboo slips are expensive.

In fact, "bookshops" for buying and selling books have already appeared in the Han Dynasty, but the price is quite expensive, not ordinary people can afford it.

"Yes."

Deng Tong was naturally deeply touched, and echoed softly: "I hope to popularize education in the emperor's court, but the difficulties in each are unimaginable. I believe that it will not be long before His Majesty's move will also come to an end."

Deng Xunen said: "It's okay in an emergency, but it's not that easy if you want to last a long time."

Deng Tong said softly: "But the merit of studying must be accumulated over many years."

"indeed so."

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*****
Nanyang, Pheasant County.

On the way to the smelting center.

in the carriage.

Liu Bian was holding the book, pretending to be reading, but he was communicating with the military division alliance in his heart: "Teacher, our papermaking and movable type printing are estimated to take some time. Is it too early to do it now?"

"Do not worry."

The Military Division Alliance said with absolute certainty: "The promotion and implementation of any affairs must be done slowly. It is impossible for us to prepare everything and then implement it directly. This is wrong."

"You have to give these aristocratic families in the Eastern Han Dynasty a period of time to adapt. Boil frogs in warm water. Step by step, slowly spread down. First let the common people have enough to eat, and then gradually realize the importance of education."

"As long as we insist on using the imperial examination to select scholars, after several years, we will infiltrate from layer to layer. According to the current education system of Dahan, it is entirely possible to implement it."

"Even if it is a wealthy family, it is impossible to go against the general trend!"

The voice of the Military Division Alliance was a little excited, as if it was also full of expectations: "And what we have to do is to build up momentum for the imperial examination. Today is elementary school, and tomorrow may be elite."

"First, based on the current existing system, gradually open up the levels of education, starting from elementary school, and then going to elementary school, elementary school, and high school. According to the degree of difficulty, gradually deepen, and finally rise to Taixue."

"Of course!"

The military division alliance emphasized: "The experts are just giving an example. In modern times, it is young and high school, but it may not be so comprehensive in ancient times. Let's analyze specific problems."

Liu Bian nodded and nodded: "Don't worry, I understand! But teacher, once movable type printing and papermaking technology come out, it will definitely cause a huge impact, won't the aristocratic family be wary?"

"kindness."

The Military Alliance seems to have expected it long ago, and said very calmly: "Papermaking will definitely have an impact on the aristocratic family, so we can't quickly put it on the market. By controlling production, the rarest is the most expensive, so that the aristocratic family can slowly accept it."

"It's still the same sentence. The promotion of new things is by no means accomplished overnight, especially when it is combined with politics. It requires a certain development process and must not be rushed."

Control output?

Liu Bian's eyes lit up, and he immediately understood what the Military Division Alliance was thinking.

The so-called quantitative change leads to qualitative change.

If a large number of papermaking techniques are put on the market, it will definitely arouse the fear of the aristocratic families. After all, in this way, the most precious inheritance of each of their families will completely become a waste.

And if it is only a small amount of continuous increasing investment, after accumulating enough momentum, when the time is right, it can be opened up in one fell swoop, and the reform of the education system can be completely completed.

Progress steadily and step by step.

It is the basic strategy for the current restructuring of the military division alliance experts.

"rest assured."

Liu Bian nodded slowly: "I understand."

creak—

The carriage stopped.

Zhu Tong's voice sounded from outside the carriage: "My lord, the smelting workshop has arrived."

Liu Bian responded, and then came out of the carriage.

Han Ji, a smelter and visitor, came up to greet him a long time ago: "My lord."

Liu Bian interrupted with a wave of his hand, signaling that there is no need to be too polite: "How is it possible to make it?"

Han Ji let out a sigh, his face a bit ugly: "It was made, but it is far from the requirements of the young master."

Although there have been waterwheels since the Eastern Han Dynasty, they were only overturned for pumping water, not considered large-scale hydraulic machinery and equipment, and it was difficult to transport river water to longer distances.

no way.

Liu Bian can only make high-tube turning cars.

The high-drum turning cart recorded in historical materials first appeared in the late Tang Dynasty and was used to irrigate rice.

It is a kind of machinery with the properties of a conveyor chain, and it is the prototype of modern bucket elevators and scraper conveyors.

but
This mechanism has certain limitations.

In the final analysis, it was because the technical level of the late Tang Dynasty was not enough, and it was difficult to invent a ball bearing with a certain bearing capacity.

The military division alliance considered that it should be in place in one step, so it carried out partial strengthening for the high-drum transfer car.

This involves ball bearings.

of course!

Bearings are the basic components of machinery.

Its quality and function affect the process of industry!
This is the most basic thing to promote industrialization. If you can't even handle the basic bearings, then you can't even talk about inventing steam engines, internal combustion engines and other things that symbolize modern industrialization.

therefore.

The technical difficulty of bearings will be overcome sooner or later.

Bearings require high hardness, wear resistance, and pressure resistance, and ordinary steel will definitely not be able to withstand them.

However, it is absolutely no problem to temporarily use it on a large number of wooden high-drum turning cars.

As for the need for iron and steel machinery in the future, we will consider various alloy steels, or produce tungsten steel to meet the requirements.

"Walk."

Liu Bian was too lazy to waste time, he waved his hand, "Come on, let's go in and have a look."

Han Ji bowed, "Here."

Immediately.

The two entered the interior of the smelting workshop.

Liu Bian was the first to inspect the steel balls they produced.

From the appearance point of view, it is indeed not as standard as modern ones, but after polishing, it still has the prototype of a standard circle.

Liu Bian fixed his eyes on the steel ball, refusing to let go of a single detail. At the same time, he was communicating with the expert in his heart:
"Teacher, I feel that such a steel ball is already very good, why did it still fail?"

The Military Division Alliance immediately explained: "A single steel ball may be okay, but a ball bearing requires multiple steel balls to work at the same time and cooperate in order to operate normally."

"Once the error of the steel ball is greater than a certain threshold, it must not be used, so this is a relatively precise part, and it is indeed difficult for workers to polish it by hand."

Speaking of this, the Military Division Alliance finally gave a suggestion: "Just now the experts gave advice. Under the current conditions, it may still be necessary to use machinery."

"mechanical?"

Liu Bian frowned even higher: "Isn't this thing harder than rolling a ball?"

The Military Alliance said softly: "Don't worry, the experts already have a simple plan. Let's use large-scale machinery to make a rough sample of the ball, and then cooperate with manual grinding. It will definitely be qualified."

"How about this."

The military division alliance suggested: "Let Jikai master the steel bar manufacturing first. After we go back, we will make simple hydraulic stamping machines, pedal grinders, and fixtures."

"If we still can't make it, we will take the next best thing and turn the ball into a roller, so that the degree of difficulty will drop sharply. It is not impossible to make the high cylinder first, and then overcome the difficulty of the ball."

of course.

Given enough time, experts can certainly make it.

But now because the farming time is too tight, there is really no way to perfect certain things. It is difficult to overcome the ball technology in a short time.

"Ok."

Liu Bian took a deep breath, turned his head to look at Han Ji: "Gongzhi, the error of this ball is still relatively large, and it is difficult to meet the requirements. How about this, you first order Ji Kai to be proficient in steel bar casting."

"I'll go back first and strive to invent a set of machinery to replace labor with machinery. In this case, the error may be controlled within a reasonable threshold."

Han Ji had an unbelievable expression on his face: "Ah, my son, can this be done? Is there enough time?"

Liu Bian didn't say anything dead, and said softly, "Fight for it. If it really can't be done, let's think of other alternatives. In short, farming must not be delayed."

Han Ji took a deep breath: "Here!"

Liu Bian ordered: "Wrap some of this rolling ball, I want to take it back."

"it is good."

Han Ji nodded: "I will send someone to prepare."

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