Follow Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the country

Chapter 207 Zhu Yuanzhang teaches Guo Tianxu farming, and Zhang Cheng talks about consumption stimulating the economy
Zhu Yuanzhang was very willing to see people like Guo Tianxu experience farming. Seeing this, he smiled happily, then walked over, picked up the hoe and said to Guo Tianxu:
"Let's teach you how to dig!"

"it is good!"

Guo Tianxu nodded.

then.

Zhu Yuanzhang then taught Guo Tianxu seriously, teaching him how to hold the handle, how to use force, and how to smash the soil.

Guo Tianxu also followed the instructions very seriously.

However, after Guo Tianxu studied for a while, he felt that his waist was about to get out of control, so he touched his back and said:
"Damn, this farm work is really not easy! We finally understand why the tenants in our house beat their backs every time it rains!"

"Think about it again. In the past, it was very uneconomical to let 70% of the profit go to the rent. No wonder Mr. Zhang advocated rent reduction and interest rate reduction. No matter how hard you work without money, you shouldn't be so tired. It’s not worth a full meal.”

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard Guo Tianxu sigh that it was not easy for farmers, he felt more and more happy, so he smiled and said:
"It's not easy for the Lord to think of the banker, which shows that he is not a hard-hearted person, and he is not praised as a noble by the people of the world for nothing."

Guo Tianxu then felt envious because he saw Zhu Yuanzhang dug out many potatoes, so he said to Zhu Yuanzhang:

Fortunately, Yuan Wenzong's mansion was large enough, with the east and west courtyards covering a very large area, so Zhu Yuanzhang and Guo Tianxu were able to carve out a lot of land.

Farming is something that, for the Han people whose genes have carried thousands of years of farming civilization, they will become addicted once they decide to start farming.

Needless to say, the flintlock gun was more advanced than the matchlock gun.

Not to mention the ordnance factory, Zhang Cheng has begun to organize loyal craftsmen with mature technology and who have joined the Datong Society to develop flintlock guns and carrying guns.

The two also reached an unprecedented state of harmony.

Although Guo Tianxu knew that there was no point in comparing this, and neither he nor Zhu Yuanzhang would be short of potatoes now, but he didn't know why, he just couldn't control himself, and wanted to continue to compete with Zhu Yuanzhang in farming, and he became more and more serious. I feel that farming is really interesting. If I don't farm for a day, I feel like a cat scratching my heart. I also feel uneasy when I see some vacant land.

But if the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty knew that their royal residence was used by Zhu Yuanzhang and Guo Tianxu to grow potatoes, I'm afraid he would feel very unhappy.

Zhu Yuanzhang taught Guo Tianxu the art of growing potatoes.

The range and power of the gun are greater than that of a turtle dove, and its mobility is better than that of a cannon. It can achieve the purpose of mobile transportation by relying only on manpower.

then.

Zhu Yuanzhang also taught very seriously.

"Why did Zhu Yuanzhang open up so many plots of land again?"

The carrying gun is a heavy matchlock gun that is further increased in weight based on the original turtle dove gun.

Zhang Cheng is not as keen on farming as Zhu Yuanzhang and Guo Tianxu. He is now using a large number of people to concentrate in Jiqing City to accelerate the process of industrialization.

At the same time, Zhang Cheng also promoted the cotton gin invented by Huang Daopo and organized a large number of refugees to ginning and spinning cotton in government-run workshops.

"Sir, can you also give us some potatoes and teach us how to grow them?"

"Okay."

Because the camp could not absorb all the refugees, Zhang Cheng also expanded the smelting plant and shipyard, and even had people build the large water-powered spinning wheel invented by Wang Zhen and spin it like crazy in Jiqing City.

Guo Tianxu even came to Zhu Yuanzhang one morning to ask about applying fertilizer to farmers. When he saw Zhu Yuanzhang opening up a few more pieces of land, he felt unhappy, so he got up before dawn the next day and went to his courtyard. Continue to dig and reclaim wasteland, and prepare to open up a few more plots of land to grow potatoes, in order to strive to surpass Zhu Yuanzhang in the scale of growing potatoes.

Guo Tianxu also seemed to have really awakened the Han people's love for farming genes that he inherited, so he studied very seriously.

The same goes for Guo Tianxu. He saw so many potatoes dug out of a jar of soil that he developed the desire to plant potatoes and harvest them. Then, he really made people want to plant the rose garden and rose garden in the west courtyard where he lived. Shoveled and planted potatoes.

Zhang Cheng's development of these firearms was naturally intended to accelerate industrialization, and by achieving mass production of lift guns and flintlock guns, he could begin to sell the initially manufactured bird blunderbuss and other firearms to increase industrial income.

In addition, Zhang Cheng also began to bring some craftsmen who were good at making carriages and some skilled blacksmiths to discuss building railways and realize the idea of ​​horse-drawn carriages running on rails.

Zhang Cheng came to the Privy Council when relevant technicians developed carrying guns and flintlock muskets, and even began to try to lay a railway between Jiqing and Taiping.

He hoped that Zhu Yuanzhang, Guo Tianxu and others could agree to the cabinet-named ordnance store selling old firearms such as blunderbuss to warlords such as Zhang Shicheng and Chen Youliang, so as to achieve the purpose of earning large profits from the sale of blunderbuss and other old firearms that were about to be eliminated by the Chinese army.

But when Zhang Cheng came to the Privy Council, he found that Guo Tianxu also started to come to see him wearing native clothes like Zhu Yuanzhang.

Seeing this, Zhang Cheng couldn't help but ask Guo Tianxu: "Has Privy Guo also started farming?"

Guo Tianxu replied with a smile: "Yes, Mr. Zhang doesn't know something. This kind of land is really addictive. Now we are all thinking about the land in our backyard. On rainy days, we worry about it raining for too long, and on sunny days, we worry about being sunny for too long." "

"You will be even happier when you harvest!"

“Eating vegetables and grains grown by oneself is more delicious than any delicacy from the mountains and seas!”

Zhu Yuanzhang also smiled and talked to Guo Tianxu. Guo Tianxu smiled after hearing this, with a hint of expectation in his heart. At the same time, he asked Zhang Cheng: "Why did Mr. Zhang come to see us?"

Zhang Cheng couldn't help but smile after hearing this.

He did not expect that he was developing an industrial economy and commodity economy in Jiqing City with the intention of reducing the proportion of the natural economy in economic life. As a result, Zhu Yuanzhang and Guo Tianxu vigorously restored the natural economy in their own backyard.

This shows the stubbornness of natural economy in the land of China!
to this end.

Zhang Cheng sighed and said: "Do you know how many people are waiting for the industrial products produced by the Industrial Department now? There are also potatoes sown in a large area. After the large area is harvested in the future, how many people are waiting for them?" Do you want to buy it? As a result, the superior and Privy Councilor Guo, you two are now doing self-sufficient things in your own courtyard."

"Is it wrong for Privy Guo and I to farm?"

Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

Guo Tianxu was also puzzled: "It should be right, right?"

"I didn't say you were at fault!"

"I just think that in addition to farming, you two should buy more commercial goods, especially clocks, soaps, spring beds, carriages, glass, colored glaze, porcelain, embroidery, etc. Don't let them remain unsalable. !”

"Because many people now live by participating in the work of these goods, and we also rely on the trade of these goods to achieve stable and orderly financial resources. Once the unsaleable situation becomes serious and there is a surplus of goods, even if we are to maintain the livelihood of the people, We cannot lay off a large number of craftsmen, but it will also drag down the financial stability of the entire Datong society because of continuous oversupply.”

"After all, you now have a lot of salary and annual income dividends."

Zhang Cheng said.

After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said with a smile: "Aren't you used to being self-sufficient! Even though we know that many people now live by the production and sale of many commodities, it is really a shame to make us habitually spend money to live our lives. Time cannot change.”

then.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled again and said: "The key is that we have been afraid of hunger since childhood. When we see the land, we want to plant it. When we receive the money, we want to save it. We are afraid that we will not be able to survive the famine in the future."

"Same for us."

"Although our Guo family is much better than the family above, to be honest, who can say for sure about the farming affairs? This year's harvest will be good, but next year's harvest may not be good, or the year after that, corrupt officials and soldiers may cross the border and make money wantonly. , so I am used to saving the money I collect when I have nothing to do, and I feel uncomfortable when I see the land idle, as if I have this feeling in my bones.”

Guo Tianxu followed up and answered.

Zhang Cheng bowed his hands: "But I still ask you two to spend as much as possible. If you don't buy, how can the people buy? If the people don't buy, how can we, the Datong Society and the Chinese Army, buy?"

"rest assured!"

"As soon as our sister and our Biao'er arrive, we will take our sister and Biao'er to the street to buy things."

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and nodded.

Guo Tianxu also smiled and said: "The same goes for us. When my mother and wife come to celebrate, I will take them to the street to buy things."

"That's good."

Zhang Cheng knew that Zhu Yuanzhang and Guo Tianxu were not squandering much now, which was related to the current employment mechanism of Datong Society and the Chinese military.

Because non-members of the Datong Society cannot enter the core circle of the Chinese Army, it is difficult for those traditional bureaucrats and gentry to appear around Zhu Yuanzhang and Guo Tianxu to influence them, so that they still do not know the beauty of using a large number of slaves, nor do they know the wine pool and meat forest. comfortable.

After all, the scribe they had the most contact with now was Zhang Cheng, and what Zhang Cheng brought to them was neither obscene lyrics nor moral education, but new crops, new equipment, and new systems.

As a result, Zhu Yuanzhang continued to develop his ancestral skills in farming, and even Guo Tianxu became obsessed with farming.

It is worth mentioning that Zhu Yuanzhang’s wife Ma gave birth to a son in Taiping last month.

Zhu Yuanzhang has named the son Zhu Biao, and has also asked Li Wenying and others to go to Taiping to pick up Ma and Zhu Biao.

Zhang Cheng was actually very willing to see this situation happen, so he then said pleasantly: "I came to see you two to discuss the sale of first-generation firearms such as banned bird guns."

"Selling gunshots?"

Guo Tianxu asked.

Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a while and asked, "Is our merchandise really unsalable now?"

"It's very serious!"

"Because not only do you like to save money and food but don't dare to spend it, the common people also like to save money and food but don't dare to spend it. They are hungry, afraid of poverty, afraid of encountering natural disasters and man-made disasters."

"So, even though we produce a lot of fashionable instruments and pharmaceutical products that are more conducive to hygiene, such as clocks and soaps, we have always produced more and sold less. We all rely on selling them at high prices to Hu Yuan's ruling area in exchange for them. profits to cover losses.”

(End of this chapter)