Follow Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the country

Chapter 168: A large iron mine was discovered in Taiping, Zhu Yuanzhang was overjoyed!

"You don't know, Zhu Yuanzhang, Xu Da, and Chang Yuchun are all possessed by alcoholics. They drank heavily and kept pouring wine on me."

"Especially that guy Xu Dana, he's a ruthless man and doesn't talk much. He cooks roasted goose for several jars of wine without shaking it, and he keeps pouring it for me!"

"Damn, I really forgot that distilled liquor has begun to exist in this era. Unfortunately, when I first boasted about my ability to drink in Haikou and let them drink it, they laughed at me."

Zhang Cheng narrowed his eyes and waved while smiling, letting a pair of white and tender hands gently rub water on his feet, and soon fell asleep.

After coming to this world for a long time, he was also somewhat influenced by the rebels and began to swear. After he was drunk, the mother-in-law started talking smoothly.

Jiaying frowned, shook her head and smiled bitterly.

But because he had been in this world for a long time, Zhang Cheng was spoiled by Jiaying and became less and less able to take care of himself, wash his feet and put on clothes. These basic living abilities began to deteriorate.

At the beginning.

Zhang Cheng still couldn't bear it when Jiaying took the initiative to wash his feet, but because he was really tired and didn't want to do it himself, he convinced himself on the grounds of respecting Jiaying's own choice, and began to enjoy her care.

Jiaying was also influenced by Zhang Cheng, and occasionally she would show off her girlish nature. When she saw butterflies, she would chase them; when it snowed, she would pile snow happily; when the flowers were in bloom, she would also She picked many flowers back and decorated Zhang Cheng's and her own room; when she disliked Zhang Cheng, she would complain a little and no longer suppressed or concealed her emotions.

"Hahaha, I think he is hiding."

"Mr. Zhang, I am Chang Yuchun."

Because Zhang Cheng was really tolerant of her self-expression, which no one in this world could give her, he allowed her to start showing the liveliness and vitality that she should have at this age.

But this enjoyment got out of hand, which made him become lazier and lazier as soon as he came back, and in front of Jiaying, he became more and more degenerate like a willful child who couldn't take care of himself.

"Forget it, since Mr. Zhang is asleep, let's go back."

"Mr. Zhang!"

Jiaying had no choice but to come over and shout: "Our husband is asleep, come back tomorrow!"

"I don't think I really fell asleep, but you just wanted to sleep, little lady!"

"Mr. Zhang, you can't be serious."

The influence between people is mutual.

The rebel officers and generals outside either joked or tried to persuade them, but after a while, they all dispersed.

"Hahaha, Mr. Zhang, didn't you say you won't get drunk after a thousand cups?"

However, she is a girl after all, and she often just thinks about it in her mind and does not dare to actually put it into practice.

bang bang!

Although Zhang Cheng had come back early to rest, the rebel army's celebration banquet did not end until dawn the next day. Many generals just spent the night outside holding the jar.

Only Jiaying couldn't help but blush.

Although she was only fifteen years old, most of her peers were married in this era, so when she sometimes got along with the women of officials and generals, she would occasionally hear some bold women of the same age mention some matters related to men and women. , although this often made her blush, but because of this she would unconsciously think about this when she was alone with Zhang Cheng.

While Jiaying was washing Zhang Cheng's feet, the voices of Chang Yuchun and others came from outside, and they kept banging on the door.

"Yes, Mr. Zhang, why did you come back first? The brothers haven't toasted you enough yet."

As for why the celebration banquet was held, it was to allow the soldiers to relax.

After all, the rebels now have strict military discipline and have always put the soldiers in a high-pressure state. They will also be unable to hold back. Giving them a chance to indulge appropriately will help them relieve the pressure.

At the same time, this is also conducive to cultivating the relationship between soldiers. Sometimes, this kind of comradeship cultivated between soldiers should not be underestimated. For an individual, it may be possible to block the opponent's knife and gun. For the entire army, it may be necessary for some officers and soldiers to make sacrifices. This makes these officers and soldiers more willing to make sacrifices for the entire army.

Especially now, Zhu Yuanzhang's army is also an army that combines various forces. Sometimes it is necessary to enhance feelings and understand each other in daily gatherings.

"Jiaying, I'm going to see their newly discovered mine today. I'll probably come back late. You don't have to wait for me to come back. Eat first when you're hungry and sleep first when you're sleepy."

The day after the celebration banquet, Zhang Cheng began his busy work.

On this day, Zhang Cheng looked in the mirror and arranged his official uniform as usual, and at the same time gave instructions to Jiaying.

"Hey!"

Although Jiaying promised, she often did not follow it seriously.

Zhang Cheng, after changing into his official uniform, took the goose feather fan, got on the carriage, and headed for the newly dug mine.

The craftsmen of the rebel army indeed followed Zhang Cheng's instructions and discovered a large iron mine in Dangtu County.

Now Zhang Cheng just wants to see it for himself.

Zhu Yuanzhang also came to see it.

Because the rebels are now very short of minerals, it has affected the increase in the entire industrial production capacity and the increase in the size of the army.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang needed to see these minerals with his own eyes to determine whether he should continue to vigorously develop military trade or only use limited mineral resources to increase the strength of his army.

"Sir, senior craftsmen estimate that the Nanshan Iron Mine in front of us can produce no less than 100 million kilograms of iron per year."

After Zhu Yuanzhang arrived, Zhang Cheng pointed to the mineral vein in front of him and started talking to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the craftsmen who had started working again, and asked excitedly: "Is there really so much iron?"

At this time, Feng Guoyong replied with a smile: "Sir, there are really so many here. I also know some knowledge about mineral exploration. Mr. Zhang made a clever calculation. This Nanshan Iron Mine is indeed a big mine. Once you check it carefully, It’s easy to see and easy to mine.”

Zhu Yuanzhang therefore smiled and said to Zhang Cheng: "It seems that Mr. Zhang is really well versed in the world's geographical advantages!"

"The superior will be rewarded."

“With such a large mine, first of all, we can continue to expand the scale of industry and allow more refugees to support themselves and their families through working. Secondly, we can also continue to increase financial income by selling ordnance to other countries. This is beneficial to us. The rebel army will be strong and the people will be at ease.”

Zhang Cheng said at this time.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and asked: "But we still have to divide the fields next. I'm afraid that after most of the people are assigned to work in agriculture, there will be not enough people to work."

"This is just right, so that craftsmen can find ways to improve their skills and use as little manpower as possible and more water, animal power and even machinery to achieve industrial expansion."

"Recently I formed Zhonghua Shucheng and saw Wang Zhen's "Agricultural Book" and so on. There are many good books in it. For example, it mentioned a large spinning wheel that can use water power to spin multiple spindles at the same time."

Zhang Cheng said with a smile at this time.

He also acknowledged that industrial progress would result in a waste of labor.

Therefore, during the prosperous period of overpopulation in China, many advanced technologies that could save a lot of manpower were buried due to overpopulation.

But now we are in troubled times. The population has been decimated due to the cruelty of the Yuan court, the greed of officials, and wars. There is no overpopulation problem.

Therefore, he can now take this opportunity to vigorously develop new manpower-saving techniques, thereby achieving the goal of allowing more people to engage in agricultural production and war.

(End of this chapter)