Three Kingdoms: Do you call this a weak counselor? !

Chapter 97 The most amazing person in the Three Kingdoms era!

The place where Zhang Cheng lives now is in a mansion in Chenliucheng.

Most of the current government offices have the government office in the front, which is the office area, and the residential area in the back.

It is a residence specially prepared for officials.

Of course, if the chief official does not want to live in the prefect's mansion, he can also buy a house elsewhere.

According to Zhang Cheng's character, he doesn't care much about these things.

Living behind the governor's mansion is also very good.

After all, when he was in Fengqiu before, he had always lived in Fengqiu's Dianzhong.

However, Cao Cao arranged a large house for him in Chenliu City in advance.

This house is really big, very well decorated and magnificent.

Pavilions and pavilions.Not one is missing.

As soon as you open the door, you can feel the atmosphere of the big dog house.

This big house is naturally not Cao Cao's house.

But it was left behind by Zhang Miao before?

After Zhang Miao was beheaded, his house was sealed.

As for Zhang Miao, he had been the governor of Chenliu County for many years, and the Zhang family was not the owner of money from the beginning.

So you can imagine how well the house was built.

Later, Cao Cao paid for careful repairs, and the house became more comfortable.

It can even be said to be a bit luxurious.

It was hard to resist Cao Cao's hospitality, so Zhang Cheng naturally settled here.

Speaking of which, this house was also Zhang Miao's favorite house during his lifetime.

And Zhang Miao was killed by Zhang Cheng.

Generally speaking, many people feel a little uncomfortable when they move into Zhang Miao's house under such circumstances, especially Zhang Miao's favorite house.

Zhang Cheng said he didn't feel any pressure in this regard.

He doesn't care about that at all.

Zhang Miao could be easily solved by him at the beginning.

Could it be that after death, what kind of trouble can be made?
He really has no feelings about these.

I even felt that it would be even better to live in Zhang Miao's house and raise some of Zhang Miao's original wives and concubines in this house.

You can’t blame Zhang Cheng for having such thoughts in his mind.

Zhang Cheng is innocent, and Zhang Cheng feels that he is a serious person.

The reason why I have such thoughts is because of my lord.

His future father-in-law.He is a famous thief Cao, and he has exerted a subtle influence on himself.

I was influenced by him inadvertently.

otherwise.How could such an upright and upright person like me have such thoughts?
“It’s not a big deal, I just thought of some things to do next, and I don’t have much clue.

That's why I sigh. "

I heard Zhang Cheng say that what he was worried about was government affairs.

Mrs. Gan was very wise and did not continue to ask.

She knows what's appropriate and what she should and shouldn't interfere with.

Zhang Cheng glanced at Ganmei and said:

"I was thinking about how we could double Chenliu County's total grain output within this year compared to this year."

After hearing Zhang Cheng's words, Gan Mei was stunned.

Upon hearing Zhang Cheng's words, they seemed ordinary.

But with a little thought, one can know how much information Zhang Cheng’s words revealed!
How shocking it can be!
How about doubling the total output of grain?

This is not a simple matter.

By the way, Gan Mei now knows a lot about Zhang Cheng, in a very detailed way.

Understand what great things my husband has done.

Chenliu County, and even Yanzhou and Xuzhou have changed a lot.

Not to mention the rest, the grain production alone is because of the Quyuan plow made by my husband.

There are also various corresponding planting methods that have resulted in a bumper grain harvest in Yanzhou this year.

The output has increased a lot compared to before.

This is already an extremely shocking result.

No matter who it is, with such achievements, they can stand out from the crowd.

As a result, my husband actually wanted to double Chenliu County’s grain production within a year!
This...this is really shocking and unbelievable!

While I admired my husband for having such ambitions, I also felt extremely strong pressure from it.

Ganmei is a very smart person. She can understand the huge difficulties her husband is encountering now just by thinking about it.

My husband has already popularized the curved shaft plow and other methods of increasing grain production.

Only then did the grain production in Yanzhou increase to this extent.

Now we want to greatly increase food production on this basis. This is really not that easy to do.

Or it can be said that it is simply impossible to do it!

If it is only to achieve a small increase, then through various efforts, it can still be achieved.

It would be extremely difficult to double food production.

"Husband, isn't this too big and too difficult?
It is simply difficult to complete.

Otherwise...husband, please don't set your goals so high and do your best..."

Mrs. Gan looked at Zhang Cheng and said this aloud, making such a suggestion.

Since Zhang Cheng told her this matter.

Then it shows that I can make some remarks on this matter, and my husband doesn't care.

So Mrs. Gan spoke.

In this regard, Mrs. Gan still has a very good sense of proportion.

Zhang Cheng shook his head and said:
“No, it has to be done.

I have already boasted in front of my lord.

And he also made bets with others.

How can it be accomplished if it is not completed? "

Upon hearing Zhang Cheng's words, Gan Mei suddenly seemed surprised again.

I feel that my husband is really a little hasty.

How can anyone bet on this matter?
Zhang Chengdao: "Actually, I just want to force myself.

If I don't make this bet, I'm really worried that I will slack off and give up. "

Upon hearing what Zhang Cheng said, Gan Mei looked at Zhang Cheng and became even more respectful.

As expected of his own husband!

In order to increase food income so that people all over the world can have enough to eat.

He actually made such sacrifices and had such great ambitions!

My husband is really admirable!

He decided at that moment to comfort his husband!
Solve problems for your husband.

Of course she couldn't come up with any ideas she was asked to think of.

But she also has her own way of comforting herself.

she decided.I want to use a move from my collection of pictures.

Use it to comfort your husband.

This is something she has always been embarrassed to do.

This time, Mrs. Gan took the risk.

It can be seen that Mrs. Gan is an extremely considerate person and really takes Zhang Cheng into her heart...

……

Zhang Cheng's study room, Zhang Cheng sits here writing and drawing.

at this time.There were many words written on the paper in front of him.

It’s all about how to increase food production.

In it, he wrote down all the factors that can increase grain production.

The first is the seed.

Zhang Cheng knew very well how important good seeds were.

After all, he read a lot of news about Mr. Yuan.

He was also sighing, how great it would be if someone like Mr. Yuan appeared in this time and space.

so.As for seeds, there is no need to worry at all.

But this is simply impossible.

It is also from this aspect that we can see how outstanding Yuan Lao and others are and how much they have contributed.

In addition to seeds, there are fertilizers, irrigation water sources, farming tools, farming population, etc.

Zhang Cheng wanted to go further and increase grain production.

It is necessary to start from these aspects.

First of all, Zhang Cheng is also preparing to choose seeds.

Under the current circumstances, if Zhang Cheng wants to choose a good breed, it is naturally not easy to choose.

After all, there are so few to choose from.

However, Zhang Cheng still decided to choose one.

For example, if you want to save seeds for seeds, choose those that are big and plump.

In this way, the germination rate will be higher, and the seeds will be stronger than normal when they grow into seedlings.

It can be said that we have already won at the starting line.

Nowadays, Zhang Cheng has no particularly good way. He can only try his best to improve every aspect that can be improved. .

Even a small improvement would be good.

Zhang Cheng is preparing to establish the Academy of Agricultural Sciences and organize people to start studying planting technology and seeds.

We are also preparing to set up experimental fields to screen and cultivate excellent varieties.

Wait until some relatively excellent seeds are actually cultivated.

From now on, it will be promoted throughout Chenliu County and even more places.

Naturally, cultivating seeds cannot produce results quickly. It will take several years, ten years, even decades, or even longer.

In the short term, it won't work particularly well for his mission of doubling food production within a year.

However, Zhang Cheng decided to do so.

The matter of food is a matter of present success and benefit for the future.

He doesn't have much ability, but if he can make the world a little better and make people's lives better, then he should do it a little bit.

Nor can everything be aligned with lifespan.

Everything cannot be done with increasing life span as the starting point.

Zhang Cheng decided to develop in the direction of an agricultural boss if possible.

In this way, no matter how the situation changes in the future or who is in power in the future, his status will be as stable as Mount Tai.

As long as he can make corresponding achievements, no matter who he is, he will be honored.

There is no need to worry about any dangers you may encounter.

In addition to seeds, Zhang Cheng also wants to study more fertilizers.

In addition to farmyard manure, we should also see if we can obtain some other useful fertilizers through other means.

It would be best to be able to extract the fertilizer.

It's just that this fertilizer matter is a bit too difficult for him.

But in the future, corresponding personnel can also be organized to conduct research in this area.

In addition, some articles can also be done on farming technology.

After this inspection, Zhang Cheng already knew that the terrain in Chenliu County was not all plains, but there were also many mountains and hills.

Under such circumstances, farming technology cannot be so rigid. Farming technology needs to be promoted according to local conditions.

The Daitian method cannot be implemented everywhere.

At the same time, improvements need to be made in farming tools.

The Quyuan plow promoted before was still not perfect enough.

Zhang Cheng felt that there were still some areas that needed improvement.

Except for the curved shaft plow, there were very few farm tools such as hoes in this era that were made of iron.

Some families simply don’t have decent farm tools.

Under such circumstances, it is essential to build iron farm tools that are more usable and of better quality.

With good tools, people can farm faster and better.

With the same manpower, more land can be taken care of.

In addition to these, Zhang Cheng is also planning to promote two agricultural tools.

These two agricultural tools, one is a columbine and the other is a rake

Column carts have already appeared and been promoted in the Zhao Dynasty of the Western Han Dynasty.

But now, from what Zhang Cheng has seen, a very good seeder like the columbine has not been widely used.

At least he hasn't seen it in Chenliu County or the entire Yanzhou.

It is normal for technology to have faults. For example, the assembly line of the Qin Dynasty was broken.

Nowadays, people tend to sow seeds by hand.

Sowing seeds by hand is a great test of the sower's skills.

Otherwise, it will either be spread too densely or too sparsely.

It is easy for crops to appear extremely dense in one area and blank in other areas.

Not to mention wasting seeds, it is also not conducive to the growth of crops.

At the same time, the sown crops grew haphazardly in the fields.

It is not conducive to ventilation and the growth of crops.

More importantly, it is very detrimental to weeding.

The crops cultivated with a columbine are row by row, very neat.

There are corresponding gaps between each row of crops.

Then it is very convenient for people to weed and loosen the soil.

Just follow it and you can remove the grass very well.

It can greatly improve the efficiency of weeding.

At the same time, it is not easy to damage crops.

When weeding, people can step on the corresponding open space and it is not easy to step on the crops.

This point has an incomparable advantage compared to the kind of crop fields spread by hand.

It is really difficult to weed the land that has been spread by hand.

If you don't do it right, it's easy to hurt the crop seedlings.

Even in many cases, a hoe is not needed and the weeds need to be removed by hand.

This speed is too slow.

Therefore, Zhang Cheng decided to manufacture and promote columbines on a large scale, standardize agricultural planting, and guide people to farm scientifically.

As for such things as rakes, they are available at this time.

But these are very different from the rakes mentioned by Zhang Cheng.

The rake Zhang Cheng mentioned was pulled by oxen or horses.

Most of the rakes that exist now are three-tooth nail rakes.

The most important function is to plow the ground, not to break it.

There are also hand tools for breaking up the soil, such as a nine-tooth rake.

But these efficiencies were too slow, especially after Zhang Cheng promoted the Quyuan Li on a large scale.

Without corresponding tools, it is really inconvenient to use oxen-pulled earth-crushing tools.Therefore, Zhang Chengcheng planned to have a rake specially used to break up soil made.

The so-called rake has a very simple structure and is generally the same shape as a ladder.

It's just that corresponding small holes were punched on both sides of the "ladder".

Inside the hole, the corresponding iron rake teeth are nailed into the holes, divided into two rows, front and rear.

When breaking up the soil, let the cow or horse pull in front. The person stands on the rake and lets the cow pull it.

Used to add weight.

He can quickly use an iron plow to break up clods of soil.

And the land was leveled to facilitate subsequent planting.

A rake is an excellent tool for breaking up and leveling soil.

After loosening the soil with a rake, sow the seeds with a columbine.

In this way, the three major items for farming are complete.

After these two tools are promoted, the farming efficiency in Chenliu County will inevitably be greatly improved.

At the same time, grain production will also increase somewhat.

Although it won't increase to a particularly exaggerated level, it can still be improved a lot.

In addition to such things, Zhang Cheng plans to continue repairing canals and improving irrigation conditions throughout Chenliu County.

Zhang Cheng is very clear about the difference in grain yield between irrigated land and land that cannot be irrigated with water.

If the weather is good, then everything will be fine.

If you encounter some bad years, the significance of the water channel will become even greater.

Therefore, the matter of water canals is also essential.

Of course, in addition to this series of means.

We want to significantly increase the total food production.

In Zhang Cheng's view, there is another most important method.

It means that a large amount of land needs to be reclaimed to increase the area of ​​cultivated land.

As long as the area of ​​cultivated land increases extremely rapidly, then the total grain output will inevitably increase significantly.

In the next.It is essential to continue to cultivate land in Chenliu County.

After some time ago, I visited Chenliu County.

Zhang Chengxin already had a lot of plans.

Although there is a lot of cultivated land here in Chenliu County, there is also a lot of uncultivated wasteland.

The reason why there are so many is mainly due to the Yellow Turban Rebellion before the defeat, and the time when the eighteen princes attacked Dong Zhuo.

Those wars.Caused a massive loss of population.

After having a rough idea about these in my mind, I made some calculations.

Zhang Cheng began to look for craftsmen to make columbians and rakes.

He gave them the drawings of these two things and asked them to make them.

Raking is very simple, and the drawings given by Zhang Cheng are also very detailed.

The craftsmen Zhang Cheng hired were all famous craftsmen, so it was easy to make the rake.

However, when building the columbine, some difficulties arose.

The structure of the columbine is much more complicated than that of the rake.

It involves some relatively delicate objects that are not easy to make.

Even Zhang Cheng had drawn the drawings in great detail and provided some explanations on the side.

But these people couldn't make the columbine in the first time.

It took nearly ten days to make the first barely usable columbine.

This gave Zhang Cheng a headache.

There are many practical tools in his mind, filled with knowledge from later generations.

However, there is a lack of corresponding industrial system and corresponding craftsmen to make it.

This is still just a columbine.

If you want to make something more important and sophisticated later, wouldn't it mean that it will be even more difficult?
Even these people can't do it at all.

This made Zhang Cheng feel a little worried.

I was wondering if I was trying to find a skilled craftsman by my side.

In this case, it will be more convenient for you to make something new in the future.

I am responsible for providing ideas and he is responsible for taking action. This is the best.

However, how easy is it to find such a craftsman?
Now those around him are the top craftsmen of the entire Chenliu County, or the entire Yanzhou, including Xuzhou, under Cao Cao's rule.

The level is top notch.

If they are like this, let alone others.

It is really difficult to find a better craftsman.

It can be said that it is rare.

To be able to reach the level of craftsman he wanted, I'm afraid that would require the level of Lu Ban and Zhang Heng.

Such a person may not appear even within one or two hundred years.

How could he meet him by such a coincidence?

I am really a little too whimsical.

But after thinking about it for a while, suddenly, an idea flashed in Zhang Cheng's mind, and a person appeared.

This man’s name is Ma Jun!

After thinking of Ma Jun's name, Zhang Cheng instantly became a little excited.

Because this Ma Jun was exactly the person he was looking for.

Ma Jun was an extremely famous craftsman during the Three Kingdoms period.

He has a clever mind and has many fantastic ideas.

His hands-on ability is even more powerful beyond words.

He restored the compass and improved the operation of the cumbersome damask weaving machine purely by hand.

Invent a keel waterwheel that diverts water from low areas to high areas.

Create a rotary stone-throwing machine that can continuously fire stones up to hundreds of steps away!
Install the wooden prime mover wheel under the puppet to create a "Water Turns Hundreds of Plays" picture.

After that, Ma Jun also remade Zhuge Liannu...

His extremely excellent hands-on ability is unique in the Three Kingdoms era!
Even looking at the entire history, it is an extremely dazzling existence.

Some people even ranked his name behind Lu Ban, Zhang Heng and others, treating them as the same type of people.

From this, we can see how powerful Ma Jun's talent in machinery is!
If only he could get a talent like Ma Jun under his command.

So next.If you want to make something again, don't worry, others can't make it.

After thinking about this, Zhang Cheng became excited.

Ma Jun, he must get it in his hands from now on!
If I remember correctly, Ma Jun is from Fufeng, that is, from Guanzhong.

At this time, it was still under the control of Li Jue, Guo Si and others.

So under such circumstances, it is really not easy to get Ma Jun in your hands.

Therefore, in order to get Ma Jun in his hands, does he still need to take the initiative to advance to Cao Cao's side and welcome the emperor's return eastward?
When such thoughts arose in his mind, Zhang Cheng thought for a while and quickly shook his head.

It is better not to do this for the time being. The most important thing for him now is to increase food production as soon as possible.

Complete the mission and receive a three-year lifespan reward.

It doesn't hurt to put Ma Jun's matter behind him.

After all, tools like this columbine have now been restored.

The next step is to promote it. The problem is not too big and it is enough to be used.

Zhang Cheng quickly summoned more craftsmen to build rakes and columbians.

While it is still winter, it is not yet time for spring plowing.

During this time, Duoduo built some farm tools, which can be used in the coming spring.

The following days were very busy for Zhang Cheng, but Zhang Cheng enjoyed it.

This is not just because, as long as he can do this well, he can get a big reward, three years of life.

Another reason is because he discovered that in the process of completing this task, he would also receive daily rewards.

He only needs to work hard for this matter, whether it is arranging tasks or doing other aspects, he will gain longevity.

As before, it starts with one day's lifespan, and then gradually starts to accumulate.

At most, you can gain two days of life in one day.

This is equivalent to saying that even if you complete a task, you can get double the reward.

One is the final reward, and the other is the daily reward.

Under such circumstances, Zhang Cheng was naturally very motivated.

But now, Zhang Cheng encountered a difficulty again.

The difficulty is that iron production is limited.

It was not enough to support him in making a large number of iron farm tools.

In today's era, iron is a very precious strategic resource.

It cannot be said that it is not available, but looking at every place, it is not enough.

Especially now, wars between various princes have begun.

It is necessary to make various weapons and armors.

The demand for steel has increased significantly.

The steel produced is already very difficult to use just to make armor.

It would be impossible to make large quantities of iron farm tools.

For now, Cao Cao is also very clear that farming to increase food production is an extremely important thing.

But he also understood that when food production was guaranteed, force was the most important.

Only by having enough elite soldiers and horses and having enough sophisticated weapons.

Only then can we ensure that the food produced on our side is not snatched away by others.

Compared with stocking up on food, stocking up on guns is more important.

After all, if you have enough troops and horses in hand, you will encounter natural disasters and man-made disasters, and when you are short of food.

You can rely on soldiers and horses, let them hold weapons and go to grab other people's food.

If there is no corresponding force, it can only be robbed by others.

In this regard, Cao Cao made a clear distinction...

……

"Brother Wen Ruo, is there really no room for negotiation on this?"

Zhang Cheng looked at Xun Yu and asked.

Hearing Zhang Cheng's words, although Xun Yu was very embarrassed, he still shook his head and said:

"Gaojiu, I don't really want to embarrass you.

I already know that you want to double Chenliu County’s food production.

I also very much support what you want to do.

I really want to see that the scene you want to achieve can really appear.

If it can really happen, it will be a great thing for Chenliu County.

It is also a great good thing for many places under the lord's command.

It will definitely greatly enhance the lord's power.

And the rake and columbine you made are two things.

I'm also very interested.

As you said, the use of these two things will have a great effect on improving farming efficiency and increasing food production. I also believe it very much. "

Xun Yu looked at Zhang Cheng and said.

Since Zhang Cheng first came up with Quyuan Li, he also made a bet with Xi Zhicai.

After letting Xi Zhicai give up drinking directly, as someone who witnessed this grand scene with his own eyes.Xun Yu had no doubt at all about the role of the two agricultural tools Zhang Cheng said, the rake and the columbine.

After all, this was something Zhang Cheng had proven with facts long ago.

“But…the production of this steel is very limited.

In particular, the output of steel is pitifully low.

Nowadays, the war is becoming more and more serious, and the world is not peaceful.

Building a strong army is a must.

The steel production on the Lord's side will naturally be directed towards the soldiers and horses.

Rather than leaning towards agriculture.

As a senior, you should know this better than me.

Being able to allocate such a small amount of steel to you in this area is already the limit, and it is simply impossible to get more.

Especially for the high-end agricultural tools you want to make, the requirements for iron are very high, and even a large amount of iron is used.

But if the iron is not enough for weapons, how much iron can you use to make agricultural tools?

This is really not me making things difficult for you!
In fact, in this regard, the output is really limited and cannot be increased. "

When Xun Yu said these words, he was also filled with helplessness.

To be honest, he also really wanted to support Zhang Cheng's work.

I want to see Zhang Cheng create the kind of grand scene he mentioned.

We can really increase the output of Chenliu County in just one year!
Even if it's not a doubling, there's a huge increase.

So for Cao Cao, it has cross-epochal significance.

But the key is that the production of iron is really, very limited.

Especially the production of steel is particularly scarce.

It's completely inadequate.

Under the current situation, he was able to allocate some steel to Zhang Cheng and let him make some farm tools. This was a great deal after weighing many factors.

This is why Zhang Cheng came to have such dignity.

If someone else came, it would be basically impossible.

Xun Yu's current position is similar to that of Cao Cao's general manager.

The deployment of many supplies is under his control.

Although Cao Cao also intervened, Xun Yu was responsible for the specific aspects.

This is also the reason why Zhang Cheng came here to find Xun Yu.

After Zhang Cheng heard Xun Yu's words, he nodded and said:
"Brother Wen Ruo, of course I believe what you said.

It's just... this iron is so important, and steel is so important, why doesn't anyone want to increase the production of this steel?

As long as there is enough steel, isn't there no problem at all? "

After hearing Zhang Cheng's words, Xun Yu said:

"Gaojiu, everyone understands this and has made various efforts, but the production of steel is not so easy, just increase it!
On the Lord's side, he has been trying every means to increase steel production.

But this thing is too complicated and too difficult to produce.

It is simply impossible to significantly increase its output in a short period of time. "

"What's wrong? But we don't have enough iron ore here?"

Zhang Cheng glanced at Xun Yu doubtfully.

Xun Yu shook his head and said:

“It’s not that the iron ore doesn’t have enough iron.

We still have a lot of iron ore here, the most important of which is charcoal, and there are not enough other things.

Especially charcoal.

There is a huge demand for this thing in steel training.

Especially when making steel, the requirements for craftsmen are also very high.

Due to various constraints, it is very difficult to increase iron production..."

Zhang Cheng's expression changed when he heard this...

(End of this chapter)