Wentang

Chapter 714

"This thing is a fire kang, which is connected to the stove in the kitchen. It can be heated while cooking in the kitchen...but the fire should not be too hot, or it will burn people to death."

"This is a fire wall. It can be connected to the stove in the kitchen, or it can be heated by a stove in the room..."

"This thing is called a fireplace, and it can also heat the room, but it can't be used to boil water and cook. It's not practical at all compared to a kang and a fire wall. It's a waste of firewood."

"Winter outside the pass is much colder than inside the pass. Drops of water can turn into ice at the coldest time. But with these things, you don't have to be afraid in winter. It may be more comfortable than when you were in your hometown."

In an immigrant colony outside Liaodong City, Yue Shan was explaining his 'invention' to dozens of peasants in a house.

The simple oral explanations are afraid that they will not understand, so there are live explanations with real objects, and a fire will be lit on the spot for them to watch the actual effect.

These men are well-known masons in ten miles and eight villages. Yueshan taught them, and they went back to their villages to promote them.

"It's really getting hot. With this thing, I don't have to be afraid of the cold anymore in winter."

"Yeah, it's amazing, why didn't I think of it before."

"The imperial court gave me a set of quilts, a cotton coat, a sweater and a sheepskin coat, and now there is this fire... a kang, and the winter is easier."

"I only gave a set of cotton sweaters and a coat, which is a bit small. There are more than a dozen people in my family."

"Don't be dissatisfied. These are brand new clothes. If it wasn't for the imperial court, let alone wear them, you won't even be able to touch them in your life."

"That's right, if you don't like it, you can go hunting by yourself. You haven't seen how stupid the stupid roe deer are here. Go out more often to luck and meet one or two. The meat for the Chinese New Year is available, and the leather can be used to make clothes."

"People can't speak against their conscience. There are a lot of cotton-padded clothes and quilts. There are many people who can wear them in turn. Whoever goes out wears them. Can those who don't go out hide in the quilt?"

"Everyone says it's very cold here in winter. I used to worry that I would freeze to death if I stayed in the house. Now that there is a kang taught by living gods, we don't have to worry about it anymore."

"Yes, yes, yes, there are cotton-padded sweaters when you go out, and a kang when you stay in the house. How dare you think about it before this day."

"If I had this kind of thing long ago, my grandson wouldn't be frozen to death. He's only less than one year old."

"..."

"Of course it's amazing, it's a living god's idea."

"Living gods are sent by God to assist saints."

Hearing everyone whispering, Yue Shan felt sad and funny.

What is sad is that people's livelihood is difficult. Even with him, most people's lives can barely meet their food and clothing.You can barely survive with the wind and the water, but if there are any twists and turns, you can only wait for death.

The funny thing is of course the title of living god.

At first he summoned people to come over to learn technology, but the common people were still not happy, thinking that the government had started to mess around again.

However, when they knew that the person who called them over was Qingshuihou Yueshan, a disciple of the gods, their attitude immediately changed.Come over to learn, don't mention how active you are.

The key is that after seeing Yue Shan, they all knelt down and shouted 'living god', which actually surprised Yue Shan himself.After asking carefully, I found out what was going on.

It is also due to Buddhism that Yueshan was used as a model in order to promote the theory of cause and effect and the theory of accumulating good deeds.

They compiled Yue Shan's deeds into a booklet, and the focus of the description also focused on his identity as a child of the fairy, the transformation of a chicken into a male, and fortune-telling.

Over time, in the eyes of the common people, he is a living god.

Yue Shan was very helpless about this, it was useless to argue and explain, he could only advise everyone not to call him a god or something.

Although the people are very obedient and don't call him that in person, they still call him a living god behind his back.

"Okay, now everyone knows what's going on with the kang and the fire wall?" Yue Shan shouted with a tin horn.

"I know, I know."

"This thing is not difficult to make. It is much easier than building a house. You can learn it after reading it."

The group of men said one after another.

"It's good after the meeting. Now I'm going to teach you another thing, kimchi." Yue Shan led people to another yard, where there were many cabbage beans and so on.

The original name of cabbage is Sicai, but it does not have a heart. After generations of cultivation, it has a heart. In order to distinguish it, everyone named it cabbage.

As for kimchi, the origin must be China, but a certain country shamelessly insisted on snatching this honor, and even went to apply for cultural heritage and so on, which made a lot of jokes.

I won't go into details here.

"The winter outside the customs is cold, and it is inconvenient to store vegetables. You can make pickles. And pickles..."

Yue Shan explained the benefits of kimchi, and then demonstrated how to make it himself.

They are all related to future life. These guys study very hard, and they will ask a few more times if there is something they don't understand.

It took most of the day to teach these people, and when they all left Yueshan, they slumped on the chairs and took a long breath.

Mainly tired.

These people migrated away from their homeland to the Northeast, and he played a key role in it, and he couldn't get people over and leave them alone.

Dividing land and houses is the most basic, tax exemption for five years, and tax for ten and a half years are also the meaning of the question.In addition to this, there are many more things to give.

Take cotton clothes for example. Although the temperature in ancient times was much higher than in modern times, it is still below zero in the northeast, which can really freeze people to death.As for the poor people in Datang, if we don’t give them cotton clothes and quilts, they can only freeze to death in winter.

But the imperial court couldn't produce so many cotton-padded clothes at one time, so they could only distribute them by household.Originally, the imperial court meant that each household had a set of quilts and a set of cotton clothes, but under Yue Shan's intervention, it was changed to a set of quilts, a set of cotton clothes, a sweater, and a cotton coat.

Don't feel that you are given too little. According to what Yueshan heard, a large number of people agreed to migrate outside the pass just for these cotton-padded quilts.

Too many people can't wear new clothes all their lives. They wear adult clothes when they were young, and they still pick up old clothes when they grow up.When many people die, they will be stripped naked and swept up with grass and buried, and their clothes will be worn by the living.

Cotton clothes are even more precious, and most people don't even think about it. In winter, they can only rely on stuffing straw into their clothes to keep warm.This was the situation in Yue Shan's family when he just crossed.

Therefore, it is not surprising that people are willing to leave their hometowns and come to strange places outside the customs for a few sets of cotton-padded sweaters.

Another reason is that there is not enough land in the pass. The national law of the Tang Dynasty stipulates that everyone has Yongye land.

The tens of millions of people identified in this census are all landless people, and the land in the hands of the imperial court is simply not enough.

Although it is desolate and dangerous outside the customs, at least they can be allocated land, and there are various policies such as tax exemption.Even if you don't have any of these, there are cotton-padded quilts you can get, which are ready-made.

So immigrating outside the pass is not as difficult as Yue Shan imagined.

But cotton coats and quilts alone are not enough. The winter in the Northeast is unimaginably cold.As far as the family background of these people is concerned, a set of quilts, cotton sweaters and so on is simply not enough.

If no solution can be thought of, a large number of immigrants will definitely freeze to death this winter.

With heated kangs and fluted walls, these problems can be solved, and the house can be heated up so that those who need it can wear cotton clothes to go out, and others can at least hide in the house to keep warm.

And this is the Northeast, the Northeast that has not been developed, there are woods everywhere and there is no shortage of firewood to burn.

Moreover, each household also distributed some cotton seeds, so that people can grow cotton to make cotton clothes by themselves in the spring of next year, and life will be easier next year.

Then there is food, and there is nothing more suitable for the climate of the Northeast than kimchi.In his previous life, Yueshan liked to eat kimchi, but he always went to the supermarket to buy ready-made ones, and he had never made it himself.

But he knows how to make it, so just follow it.

This is one of the few problems he can solve for the people, and if he is asked to think of other ways, he will be powerless.

It is definitely not enough to rely on him to teach alone, and he also ordered the government to promote these things.Fearing that these officials will not care, they also listed the promotion of these two things as the assessment criteria for officials in the four provinces of Liaodong this year.

All the officials are more concerned about anything that can involve the hat of an official.Even if the common people don't want to build heated kangs and fluted walls, they will force them to do so.

After resting for a while, he bought non-stop and went to another immigrant village...

That day when he had just finished teaching a group of people and was resting, Wang Xuance, Xue Rengui and others came to him together.

After seeing the ceremony, Yue Shan said, "The negotiation with Xue Yantuo is over?"

Wang Xuance said respectfully: "It's over, Xue Yantuo will compensate Datang with [-] war horses, [-] sheepskins, and [-] oxen."

Ru Niu is a calf, why do you need a calf, because the big ox on the grassland can't plow the fields, and the calf can be cultivated from a young age to become a farm ox.

"Talk is better than nothing." Yue Shan said indifferently, Datang really does not lack these things.

"How about staying with Duke Ju?"

"I have benefited a lot. Duke Ju has a lot of experience in this area." Wang Xuance said.

"That's fine, it means that the trip was not in vain. What do you think next, should you stay here or go back with me?" Yue Shan asked.

"The students want to stay here." Wang Xuance said.

"It's the same as I think. Considering your age, it's time for you to become an official. It's rare that you are willing to stay in the academy to study. Now is the time to become an official." Yue Shan said:

"As compensation to you, I will recommend you to enter the governor's mansion, and I hope you will assist the prince well."

Wang Xuance said excitedly, "Dean Xie, the students will live up to your expectations."

"Yeah." Yue Shan nodded, he never changed his clothes Wang Xuance's ability, the reason why he kept suppressing him from becoming an official was to grind his temper.

This person's ability is definitely the most top-notch, but his character can't be said to be bad, it just lacks a little persistence.

Moreover, his temper is relatively impatient, and sometimes he will use some heresy means in order to achieve his goal as soon as possible.

Being suppressed for so many years has indeed improved a lot, and it is time to let him out as an official.At this time, the situation in Liaodong Sidao is complicated, and it is most suitable for him to use his fists.

The key is to directly enter the Governor's Mansion and become Li Chengqian's assistant. This is the future emperor, and he knows everything.

After talking about Wang Xuance, Yue Shanyou looked at Xue Rengui and said, "I've heard about your affairs, and you've done a very good job. The British Duke personally wrote me a letter to praise you."

"Thank you, Dean, for your kindness. The students never forget it. The British public praises it. I am ashamed of it." Xue Rengui said modestly.

"Whether you win or not, that's right. When you don't get discouraged when you lose, you've learned it. As for you, I'll arrange it for you. You don't have to go back to the military academy, just stay in the Governor's Mansion. As for the position, let the prince come and give it to you." Arrange it." Yue Shan said.

"Thank you, Dean." Xue Rengui said excitedly.

The others, including Wang Xuance, all looked at him enviously. Yue Shan directly arranged for him because he didn't respect him, because he didn't treat him as an outsider.Asking the prince to arrange a position for him is to recommend him to the prince.

This is to train him as the prince's team.

But no one is jealous or anything.When two people have similar abilities, maybe they will be jealous, but when they are too far apart, people will not even have the idea of ​​jealousy. Xue Rengui belongs to this kind.

He has been on the front line since he entered Liaodong, and has repeatedly made military exploits.When following Li Ji to attack Mudi City, his performance was also outstanding, and he was deeply appreciated by Li Ji.

So this time when he was attacking Xue Yantuo, Li Ji specially brought him by his side to train him.He did not disappoint either, and personally commanded and captured two of Xue Yantuo's troops.

Even Li Shimin heard that there was such a young general in white robes, and he was looking for someone important in Yueshan.But Yue Shan directly said that this is a team reserved for the crown prince, so he dismissed his attempt.

The others are also outstanding talents of the Academy, and even celebrities in history, but they are not as well-known as Wang Xuance and Xue Rengui.

The attack on Goguryeo Mountain brought them all here for training, and their performance was also very good.The final result was naturally that they all stayed in the Governor's Mansion and became Li Chengqian's team.

As for why Yue Shan was in such a hurry to build a team for Li Chengqian, on the one hand, Datang was about to launch a global strategy, which needed a lot of talents, and it was necessary to promote a new generation of officials in advance.

The second reason is that Li Shimin is over 40 years old. In the original history, he died of illness at the age of 50.The key is that what he got was not a sudden disease, but a family genetic disease.

Yue Shan can't guarantee whether the medical school can find targeted drugs in time to prolong his life, if not...

He didn't dare to tell anyone about this matter, so he could only bury it in his heart, and then silently think of a solution, and at the same time, he had to prepare for the worst.

Building a team for Li Chengqian in advance is one of them, otherwise the succession of the regime in the future will really become a big trouble, at least the global strategy will be delayed for several years.

This group of arrogant soldiers, capable ministers and officials are indeed very capable, but they are also proud enough that they cannot be subdued by just changing the emperor.

In the original history, it took Li Zhi a long time to get rid of the constraints of these veteran officials and completely grasp the power of the world.

It doesn't matter if Datang is satisfied with this and closes the door to dream of the heavenly kingdom.Now that we want to launch a global strategy, we can't waste too much energy on regime change.

Those people in the West are not ignorant fools, they are also elites.They won't just sit and wait for death when Datang starts the global strategy, they will definitely find a way to counter it.

Give them a few years of buffer time, and maybe they will think of some countermeasures.

After arranging these people, Yue Shan devoted himself to the promotion of kang and kimchi until Li Chengqian arrived half a month later.

Li Chengqian brought him good news, he became a father.

(End of this chapter)