Go back to the Ming Dynasty to be a thousand households

Chapter 263 The Farm Effect of the Magic Bureau

Chapter 263 The Farm Effect of the Magic Bureau

After Azhi came back, Huang Laifu ordered the seeds of various high-yielding crops to be harvested, and ordered the Wuzhaibao Grain Bureau and the Agricultural Technology Bureau to research and cultivate them, striving to produce high-quality varieties as soon as possible to promote the world.As for Ah Zhi's arrangement, Huang Laifu thought of his hard work and made great contributions, so he promoted him to the title of Mr. Ding Yibai, Laifuying's family, and continued to guard him by his side.

Huang Laifu came back this time mainly to set up the Wuzhai Fort Magic Bureau to promote the development of folk science and technology in Wuzhai Fort and surrounding areas. Therefore, on the ninth day of December in the 23rd year of Wanli (1595), the Wuzhai Fort Magic Bureau was established , with Huang Laifu personally serving as the director, and Wang Qinian as the deputy director. Wang Qinian is in charge of daily affairs, and he specially rewards various inventions among the people. dividends.

The news, coupled with the vigorous publicity of the "Wuzhaibao News", aroused widespread attention inside and outside the fort, although some literati who were dissatisfied with Huang Laifu were scolding Huang Laifu for not doing business, and doing some strange tricks. , are you a soldier or a craftsman?However, under the propaganda of Wuzhaibao News, these voices were ignored.

From the second day onwards, many people brought their so-called inventions to the Wuzhaibao Magic Bureau, hoping to be recognized.Since then, the flow of people has continued.In the new year, after review, some people got rewards, the typical ones were Ling Feng, a down-and-out scholar in Kelan Prefecture, and Wu Xiaogui, an ordinary miner in Shenchibao Coal Mine.

After Huang Laifu invented cement in the 18th year of Wanli (1590), in the 23rd year of Wanli, after several years of development and continuous innovation, cement has been widely used in Wuzhaibao and its surrounding areas, and it is inevitable to use it when building bridges, paving roads and building houses. it.However, although cement is a good building material and can withstand heavy weight, it cannot be used as a pillar because it is easy to break.Regarding the matter of cement, Huang Laifu had already left it on the cloud, he was very busy, how could these trivial matters get into his heart?

But for this problem, a scholar named Ling Feng in Kelan Prefecture paid attention to it, and finally solved this problem.

Ling Feng was born in a wealthy family in Kelan Prefecture, but when it was passed down to his generation, the family was in decline, and the family had great expectations for Ling Feng.But what disappointed them was that although Ling Feng was a scholar and had a certain reputation for talent in the local area, he had no intention of becoming a Jinshi. He just liked miscellaneous learning, which was somewhat similar to Wang Qinian.After seeing the convenience of using cement and the problem of not being able to be a pillar, he thought about it all day long, and he didn't even bother to study.Seeing him like this, his family and parents were very distressed, but no matter how they scolded him, Ling Feng would not be moved.

From the 21st year of Wanli to the 23rd year of Wanli, Ling Feng has been thinking about this problem. There are some flowers and plants in his backyard, which need many large flower pots.But at that time, such a large clay basin could not be bought, and the price of wooden basins was too expensive.When Ling Feng saw the cement, he had an idea and made some big flowerpots out of cement himself.However, when he moved the cement flower pots back and forth, many flower pots cracked, which made him very distressed, so he wrapped the flower pots with a wire, and then coated with a layer of cement, and waited for the cement to dry. Finally, he found that this kind of flower pot is so strong that it will not crack even if it is hit with a hammer.

Ling Feng was very proud. He had a good friend who was also fond of miscellaneous learning. One day, he came to Ling Feng's backyard and saw his iron wire cement flower pot. He was curious and said to him: "Iron wire and cement can be used for flower pots. It can also be used for long-beam houses, and now Huang Junmen has set up a strange skill bureau in Wuzhai Fort to reward people with amazing skills in the world, why don't you come to Wuzhai Fort to try your luck?"

Ling Feng was moved by the words, so he came to Wuzhai Fort with his friends, and presented his ideas and real objects to the Bureau of Strange Skills.When Huang Laifu saw it, he was quite shocked. He did not expect that reinforced concrete at the end of the [-]th century would appear here. This is an excellent building material. Thinking about the great development of high-rise buildings in later generations, perhaps the great opportunity for the development of the Ming Dynasty's construction industry is it's here.

Huang Laifu did not hesitate at the moment, and ordered Ling Feng to be rewarded with 1000 taels of silver. In the future, if his reinforced concrete is used by merchants, he must pay him a certain amount of bonus.After the award, Huang Laifu also hosted a banquet for Ling Feng and others. During the banquet, a series of improvement and development suggestions he put forward made everyone in Ling Feng admire.

After returning home, Ling Feng felt as if he was returning home. The news spread, and the entire Kelan Prefecture was a sensation. It was unbelievable that he could get so much reward for only breaking the flower plate.And the bonus of 1000 taels of silver would be 60 RMB in future generations. For a dilapidated family like Ling Feng, if he saved a little money, not to mention a lifetime, it would be enough for his family to live comfortably in underwear for decades.

After Ling Feng received the award, his parents, wife, and children who scolded him all day, immediately changed their smiles, telling everyone that his son is promising, and how his family supported him in his creativity, which made him achieve today's achievements.But because of Ling Feng's interest in miscellaneous studies, his family became more and more dilapidated, and the cynicism and ridicule from the locals disappeared in a blink of an eye.At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the atmosphere was luxurious, business was booming, and there was a taste of laughing at the poor and not laughing at prostitutes everywhere. As long as you can make money, that is your skill. It doesn't matter whether you are a literati, a businessman or a craftsman, and it doesn't matter what you do.The example of Ling Feng moved many people.

As for the other protagonist of the incident, Wu Xiaogui, he also seems to be careless.Wu Xiaogui was originally an ordinary miner in the Shenchibao Coal Mine. Because of the development of Wuzhaibao and the surrounding Junbao County in the past few years, more and more coal and iron are needed, which makes the Shenchibao Coal Mine and Shenchibao Iron Mine Mining is becoming more and more prosperous.

After the ore is mined, the most important thing is the transportation problem. At first, both the Shenchibao Coal Mine and the Shenchibao Iron Mine used the method of carrying coal and mining. Carried on their shoulders, they carry out baskets of coal or ore from the mine.The result of this is that the labor efficiency is very low, which is far from meeting the demand.

Later, the method of dragging baskets to transport coal or ore appeared in various mines.This kind of dragging basket is faster than the artificial shoulder-carrying, but there are still many defects.Wu Xiaogui has worked in coal mines for many years, so of course he is well aware of the problems involved. He is a clever person, and he is always thinking about how to transport more ore. One day, he thought of a way, which is to lay two strands of logs from the top of the mountain to the bottom of the slope. , let the distance in the middle be the same, and put them down the mountain one by one.A bucket cart filled with ore can slide down the two logs and slide down the mountain.

This method, because it is easy to manufacture and saves labor to transport heavy objects from top to bottom, was very popular in various mines for a while.Wu Xiaogui has also become a well-known figure in Shenchibao.

At the end of the year, Huang Laifu set up the Wuzhaibao Magic Bureau, and many workers urged Wu Xiaogui to come to the Magic Bureau to try his luck. After reading the detailed description of the object written by the document, Huang Laifu was also shocked. This is the wooden track at the end of the [-]th century. Ah, if the rails are made of iron, it will be the rails of the railway. Maybe one day, the train will appear in Daming ahead of schedule.

Needless to say, Huang Laifu also ordered Wu Xiaogui to be rewarded heavily, and the bonus was also 1000 taels of silver.The news, coupled with the "Wuzhaibao News" fueled the flames, and became a sensational topic.As for Wu Xiaogui, who suddenly won the grand prize, he was dizzy for several days. This ordinary miner did not expect that he would be treated so favorably just because of his own random actions. Apart from his excitement, he also pushed his desire to develop in the direction of science and technology. Decide. Fifty years later, in the 50th year of Chongzhen (17), when he and Ling Feng invented the railway train together, it may be because of today's opportunity that caused his development.

With the examples of Wu Xiaogui and Ling Feng, in addition to being encouraged, inventions in Wuzhaibao and other places have emerged one after another, and the development of the situation has always followed Huang Laifu's original intention and prediction.

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Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it is the early spring of the second year, and it is not far from the spring plowing season.

On the 24th day of the first month of the 1596th year of Wanli (29), Taiyuan Prefecture.

There are more than ten prefectures and counties under the jurisdiction of Taiyuan Prefecture, and Yuci County under its jurisdiction has always been a land of fish and rice, with prosperous commerce and trade.Dongyang Town is one of the villages and towns in Yuci County, where the river network is dense and the land is fertile. Although it is a town, there are many merchants and landlords with good land and beautiful houses.However, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the land in the north was heavily merged, and it was also the same when it was reduced to Dongyang Town. Except for the big landlords, there were few self-cultivating farmers here, and most of them were tenants who rented land.

The Tian family is a well-known big landlord in Dongyang Town. His family has been farming in Dongyang for nearly a hundred years, owning nearly [-] mu of land and countless tenant farmers.In the past, these tenant farmers rented and planted the land of the Tian family for decades. Although they were poor, they lived a peaceful life.However, after the new year, there were some gossips, which caused everyone to discuss and worry.Today, everyone was ordered by the butler of the Tian family to gather in the grain drying field to discuss matters, which proved the worries in everyone's hearts.

It is reported that Tian Zhilong, the eldest son of the Tian family who has just taken over the affairs of the Tian family, has just returned from some place in Wuzhaibao, and intends to learn something about the "big farm plan", which will change everyone's status from tenant farmers to hired workers, and may not If so many people are needed, some people may be dismissed.It is related to everyone's work, why doesn't this make everyone worry?

It's not uncommon for hired workers to know that in Yuci, most of them are long-term or short-term workers, and the jobs are uncertain.According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, if a hired worker beats and scolds his parents, he can be punished with eighty sticks and two years in prison, but the parents are not guilty of beating and scolding the hired worker.If a hired worker injures a parent, the crime is up to the hanging, and if the parent hurts a hired worker, the crime is reduced to a third degree.Hired workers who murdered their parents were put to death if they tried. Parents beat hired workers to death with a staff of one hundred and three years in prison...

For various reasons, it can be said that it is an inhuman life. How can it be better to be a tenant farmer?Live independently, after farming every year, the rest is your own.Moreover, over the years, the owner and the tenant have formed a fixed relationship. The owner will not easily evict or deprive the tenant of the cultivated land for his own tax.Some gentler house owners would politely treat their tenant farmers to a drink during the holidays.Alas, I don't know what's wrong with the eldest son of the Tian family, why can't everyone live in peace?
While everyone was whispering, Tian Zhilong, the eldest son of the Tian family, accompanied by the housekeeper and several family members, entered the grain drying yard.However, while walking, Tian Zhilong was still contemplating in his heart, and his mind did not wake up from the shock of returning from Wuzhai Fort.

He entered Wuzhai Fort last autumn and returned to Dongyang Town after the end of the year. During those days, he witnessed the prosperity and vitality of Wuzhai Fort, as well as the superiority and prosperity of the farms outside the fort. Bring a big impact.Unexpectedly, that place was just a poor military fort a few years ago.Tian Zhilong admires Huang Laifu, the leader of Wuzhaibao.

Huang Laifu was about the same age as him, but he had made such a great achievement, Tian Zhilong secretly decided in his heart that he would also do a great job.The first thing I can learn is Wuzhaibao's large farm plan.

(End of this chapter)

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