Villager of Daming

Chapter 888 Telegram to expedite the march

Shangqiu County is a plain, a large plain. At the same time, there are summer grains and autumn grains in this location. The summer grains are wheat and winter wheat, and then soybeans, sorghum, and millet can be grown.

If the canal is not repaired, the people of Shangqiu will be stuck in an awkward position. Kaifeng is not far away, but they can't get through. The source of Suishui River is where there is no water in the canal.

That means mountains. It’s too far to go overland to Kaifeng over mountains and ridges. There is no river in the Yellow River. We can only go overland to the river and then take a boat upstream to Kaifeng.

Such a good place cannot block an important traffic artery. It will be difficult to dig it out after it is completely sealed!

If you want to send a telegram, send a telegram. Amidst the beeping sound, a telegram is sent out. I think I will be responsible for it when I come to Nanjing.

The boats swarmed in, and the team began to speed up and put a large amount of things on the boat. Some of the things had been transported to Taiyuan on other ships.

The road next to the Yellow River is not easy to walk, otherwise the team would go directly upstream along the Yellow River, which would save them some distance, but they would not reach Xi'an Mansion, Zhu Chong's fiefdom.

He also wanted to take a look at the results after he came here last time. Two years later, they said that people's income had doubled several times. Let's take a look.

The original officials were also changed, and they no longer had to wear shackles to work. They were moved to other places to serve as officials, and they did not deal with it. After all, they worked hard to survive.

New officials take over from them and watch them work in shackles. Later, when they manage themselves, they choose to follow the rules and follow the rules step by step, and don't come up with random ideas.

Sure enough, it developed, and the people were obedient and did as they were told.

The local area is engaged in coal mining, iron smelting, and vegetable greenhouses, and uses abundant water resources to engage in large-scale breeding.

When planting vegetables, let the greenhouses raise the seedlings first. When the seeds will be planted in other places, transplanting has already begun there.

Vegetables are marketed in advance and transported by ship to other places for sale.

For example, cucumbers, eggplants, cowpeas and other vegetables are sold at high prices! Some people buy it when it is twice as expensive. The price of summer vegetables fluctuates greatly.

When everyone goes on the market, the prices are pitifully low.

The vegetables are put on the market one month in advance, and they earn half a year's money from selling vegetables. This money can be used to buy big livestock, which saves effort for those who farm.

When a large amount of vegetables come out, cucumbers cost a dime a pound and the local people buy them in large quantities. This will help other vegetable farmers, at least they will not rot in the ground.

The harvested vegetables are dried immediately and stored in batches. In winter, they are used to make pickles and continue to be sold elsewhere.

Every operation generates profit, which adds up to more than before. Add in the money from selling poultry and eggs, and rotating crops twice a year, and the income is indeed doubled several times.

The previous letter said that the people in the fiefdom were expecting His Highness King Qin to join the feudal clan as soon as possible. This could help even though they were so far away. Wouldn't it be better to be in the fiefdom?

Zhu Chang was happy and wanted to see it, but he didn't want to join the feudal clan so early now. He felt that there was still a lot to learn.

Once you become a feudal lord, it will be troublesome to return to Nanjing! Moreover, Xiaqiu Village cannot be brought to Xi'an Mansion, which is the village of the prince's brother.

Like this time, when I came back, I brought petroleum distillation equipment and technical personnel to build a factory in my fiefdom.

The oil shipped from the north is processed in the fiefdom, and candles and other items are sold locally to supply department stores, not directly to the people.

The equipment and technology do not belong to us, including the by-product petrolatum, and the clam shells must be transported first and then processed into clam oil.

The increase in jobs for local people means there will be more livestock! Reducing the number of people to cultivate the same area of ​​land is called liberating the labor force.

The liberated people found new jobs to make money, so that Xi'an became a processing and supply area for some petroleum products. Department stores collected all the products and then sent them to surrounding prefectures for sale.    …

"Stop, stop, hoo~~! It's so fast! It turns out that regardless of the marching rules, there are ships responsible for carrying the load, and then you get on the horse, you can run so fast!"

The team stopped, and Zhu Fan, the third child, smiled. He was shouting nonsense and it had nothing to do with him.

The team threw a large amount of baggage on the boat and sent it to Luonan County first, and then turned back to pick up people.

So the marching speed of the team was maintained at eighty miles for the first two days, and then it started to move more than 120 miles, more than 150 miles, 200 miles, 250 miles, and 300 miles a day.

The team had no armor, so they only carried half a day's worth of food and grass, and the rest were transported by boats running around. The boats carried people and sent food and grass to those on the road.

Because the telegram from Taiyuan Prefecture came over, I took the Yellow River directly to Taiyuan Prefecture. I found that the weather was good and I could harvest wheat in advance.

Zhu Fan almost burst into tears when he heard the news. The brothers thought they should give it a try and agreed to go over and help Taiyuan Prefecture. They harvested wheat and planted other things there, but it was obviously too late.

What needs to be adjusted is that the situation in northern, central, and southern Shanxi is different. The northernmost area only has one grain crop a year, and then we need to consider whether we can get some cereals with a short growth cycle.

Under normal circumstances, it should be three crops in two years, which refers to the staple food. If you plant some random things, you can get one more crop.

The key lies in the soil problem. You can’t just plant it if you want to. You need to cultivate the land, which is really not possible. The worst place is to grow medicinal materials and cotton. The cotton can be harvested once a year.

Instead of planting soybeans, you can plant them twice a year. The first time they are harvested normally, but the second time they are too late to mature, so they are turned into silage, which is perfect for raising a large number of livestock.

Specific issues must be analyzed in detail. If the team is not in the place, God knows what it will be like now.

So he began a forced march, which lasted seven days, averaging 220 miles per day, from Bozhou to Luonan.

According to the solar terms, Xiaoman is still four days away, and wheat harvest has begun in the south. In a few days, wheat will also be harvested in Yuncheng, Shanxi, called Anyi.

Next is Taiyuan, then Datong. After harvesting the wheat in Datong, cabbages and radishes should be planted, and then beans must be planted and silage produced. This is no problem. The livestock from Helin will come over to raise them.

Previously, alfalfa grown locally was selected to prepare for breeding.

In addition, pottery is fired, roads are repaired, and waterways are available for transportation. Where there are no waterways, animals are harnessed to transport coal, coke and ceramics to other places for sale. Department stores can be responsible for collection and operation.

Those who arrived first by boat had already prepared warm water, salt, and wheat bran floating on the water, so the camp was set up early.

When people dismount and get off their horses, horses and mules are washed with cold water. This is the last treatment of the day. They should be rinsed and drank quickly.

"Good mules, each one is different from the ordinary ones." The local people knew that the princes were coming again and came to join in the fun.

They have been hoping that the mountains from Luonan to Lantian will be opened up, and many transportation teams will take this road. Luonan is at this end, just in time to entertain travelers.

Just providing food and accommodation makes a lot of money, and also provides warehousing services.

If they don't see the rightful master, they will work first, and then kowtow when the rightful master comes. This place will return to Xi'an Mansion. Everyone is the King of Qin's people, and the King of Qin will be home here.

(End of this chapter)