Great Wei Overlord

Chapter 227 Full of Vitality (Second Watch Subscription)

Chapter 231 Vigorous

Ran Ming just advanced his own thinking, and left the specific work to Wang Meng.

Ran Ming and Wang Meng brought a dozen guards to the fields to discuss where ditches could be dug and where waterwheels could be erected.

Ran Minggui is the King of Jiaodong in the Great Wei Dynasty. When the people heard that the prince came to the field, they rushed to watch.

Ran Ming is young, but personable.He has neither the majesty of a superior who refuses to be thousands of miles away, nor the airs of a high official.

Ran Ming kindly boarded and lodged with the village elders and village elders, and discussed how to build water conservancy and fight disasters.

Everyone also learned that Ran Ming invented the new type of plow, not to mention inventing waterwheels and repairing ditches to ensure the people's harvest in drought and flood.

The people are simple and honest.Even if they work hard, just to have a full meal.Ran Ming just acted like a show, making Ran Ming's reputation stand out.

In particular, the common people passed on word of mouth, spreading the word that Ran Ming "loves the people like a son".All of a sudden, Ran Ming became the talk of the common people again before and after dinner!

No, Ran Ming won't get nothing if this continues.

When he knew that farmers in this era were farming, they still used columbine, which is the earliest seed drill tool in the world, but the disadvantages are obvious, that is, the efficiency is too low and it is a waste of manpower.In order to encourage the people to open up more wasteland and grow more fields, Ran Ming plagiarized again.

Of course, there is no way for Ran Ming to manufacture the mechanized planter of later generations.However, Ran Ming remembered that in later generations, in order to avoid the pursuit of his enemies, he once ran to the countryside of Hubei and saw the people using a three-legged columbine. Curious, Ran Ming watched the structure inside and knew that "JIANG (speaking with the same voice, I don't know how to write) "zi", which is a gear that drives the wheel to drive the inside, and the gear sows the seeds evenly!
Ran Ming saw that this thing was very small and easy to make, so he asked the craftsmen at that time to make it!

Soon, the clever craftsman made the original animal power planter invented by Ran Ming. After the current experiment, the efficiency of using the columbine is three times that of the current one. One cow per person can sow seeds for [-] acres of fields in one day!

Wang Meng dug up the covering soil and said strangely: "Your Highness, this thing is very good. You see, the seeds are evenly spaced and the coverage is moderate."

Ran Ming didn't say anything, success is certain, because Ran Ming has seen both the real thing and the effect, if it doesn't work, there is no need for it to exist for thousands of years!

Ran Ming also lamented that people in this era are too easy to be satisfied. Clothes can cover their bodies, food can satisfy their hunger, and a thatched hut is all they need, and the people work endlessly just to pay their taxes. , Stock up some surplus food to deal with the famine year.Under Ran Ming's persuasion, the tax burden of Wei State is not heavy. After observing the people's feelings this time, Ran Ming saw the suffering of the people, and even came up with the idea of ​​building a country with business and raising farmers with business. tax exemption.

Hearing Ran Ming's idea, Wang Meng was startled.

Quickly persuaded: "Your Highness, such an idea must be absolutely unacceptable. Power and obligation are relative. If there is no tax law, the originally kind people will gradually become lazy because of the promotion of restrictions. Without restraint, the people will not be able to agree. If your Highness wants to benefit the people, why don’t you use other methods, such as opening granaries to release grain in times of disaster, and when you encounter happy events, you can make a pretext to increase benefits for the people. For example, when your Highness celebrates his birthday, he can announce the same Qing, each person is rewarded with some money and food, even if the common people get what they deserve, but because once in and out, it will make the common people appreciate His Highness's kindness!"

After observing the people's sentiments, Ran Ming no longer has the intention of continuing to leave the boat, so he invites all the girls to go to Jiaodong Kingdom in a carriage.

Ran Ming's special carriage was extraordinarily spacious, with Li Shi, Liu Mo, Wang Zhi, and stripes sitting in it, the five of Ran Ming were not too crowded.

Outside the carriage, there are two boys, the purple-faced Liu Laozhi and the white-faced butter boy Hu Bin.

The guard Jing Zhan acted as the groom. Originally, because the carriage had the original light vibration device, Ran Ming wanted Wang Meng to enjoy the benefits in the carriage. Well, Ran Ming doesn't have the demeanor of a king at all, he looks like a bum.

Entering Qingzhou, the scene changed drastically.

First of all, there are crowds of people dragging their families from other places.

There are all kinds of luggage and equipment beside everyone. Of course, most of them are shabby and ugly.But these people did not look miserable, but beaming on their faces.

The non-soap-colored official greeted us, and howled in a broken voice: "Guangxian Dow's Horse Stock Farm recruits people. They must be physically strong, have no criminal record, and have good morals. Three meals a day, one year Two sets of clothes in winter and summer, thirty dollars a day!"

Many of these refugees flocked to this little official!However, at this moment, on the other side, another young official shouted: "The Hou family in Beihai County is recruiting workers, and those who are willing to work with craftsmen are required to give priority to three meals a day, meat for ten days, four sets of clothes in winter and summer, and daily money." Fifty."

When Ran Ming saw this, his face was full of joy. At this moment, Li Shi said: "My husband is a genius, if he governs, there will be countless people alive. I will thank my husband on behalf of the people!"

Liu Wei also smiled slightly when he heard the words: "My husband unites all merchants to create cooperation and mutual profit, especially the technique of turning stones into gold. Now not only our Liu's business, but also Zhang's and Ding's wealth have skyrocketed! The concubine also represents everyone. Merchants thank Fu County!"

Ran Ming smiled and said, "I really want to thank you?"

The two nodded.

Ran Ming said: "That's good, tonight we will be slept together, and the king will not go to court early from now on!"

Wang Zhi's face turned red, and she said "bah", "He's such a big man, he doesn't have a serious personality, how can he look like the king of a country!"

Ran Ming smiled resentfully, "Why do I hear this, there is a strong sour smell!"

Today, Qingzhou is developing very fast, because Ran Ming has created rice paper, steamed wine and other epoch-making things, which undoubtedly added cheating tools to Qingzhou, and Qingzhou's economy is developing very fast.

The rice paper is as white as snow and soft, making Jiangdong scholars want to stop.There is also green salt, which not only satisfies the consumption of the people of Wei State, but also brings huge benefits.

In Licheng, Qijun, Qingzhou, in Paomaling Mountain, [-] miles away from Licheng, the former camp of Liu Jian, the father of Liu Lao, has now become an arsenal under the Military Supervision.

Liu Jian has a good eye. The camp here is easy to defend and difficult to attack. At this time, the security here is heavily guarded, with fences and sentry posts everywhere, and idlers are not allowed to enter.

Licheng is located in the northwest of the central part of Shandong Province, with Taishan Mountain in the south and the Yellow River and Qihe County in the north.Moreover, Licheng is quite rich in resources, with more than 400 million tons of iron and more than 300 tons of coal. According to the current technology, even if Ran Ming mines for [-] years, he will not be able to mine it all!
There are abundant water sources here, and the potential energy of the water river can be used. After Ran Ming got Qingzhou, especially after seeing Liu Jian's camp, he designated this place as a military industrial park integrating steel smelting, Mingguang armor, and Mo Dao. land.

When Ran Ming came to the Paomaling Military Factory, Wei Meng and Niu Shi, the managers of the military factory, welcomed Ran Ming with great joy.

Wei Meng said: "As Your Highness said, the use of water power can greatly increase the power of blasting. This iron furnace can also be as high as three feet. Now the Paomaling Iron and Steel Plant, with three thousand craftsmen, can produce ten thousand catties of iron every day. Steel jack!"

In front of Ran Ming, some of the most important equipment in the ironworks are the blast furnaces with a height of more than ten meters. These iron furnaces have a stone tapping place in front of them. The large wooden bellows that used to be pulled by several people have been replaced by hydraulic power. , There is also ironmaking, which also uses coke.Although advanced steel technology was proposed, there is no way to make up for the gap between the times.

300 jin, no more than five tons, and only over 1000 million jin, or more than [-] tons in a year.

Ran Ming remembers that in later generations, he invested 1000 million to build a steel factory with only 200 workers and a production capacity of more than 30 tons a year.But Ran Ming didn't blame Wei Meng for not doing his best, this was already his best effort.

Niu Shi also said: "Now Jiafang can manufacture [-] pieces of Mingguang armor and [-] Modao every day. It only takes half a year to manufacture equipment for [-] Modao troops!"

Ran Ming is not from an engineering background, and he only knows superficially about these things. If he wants to further improve the production process, Ran Ming has no choice.

Ran Ming said: "Well done, I am very satisfied. In recognition of the efforts of the two craftsmen and all the craftsmen, I will reward you two with a hundred gold each. Other craftsmen will be rewarded with thirty gold or fifty gold according to their merits." , Ordinary workers, each will be rewarded with tens of thousands of dollars!"

"Thank you, Your Highness, for the reward!"

"This is what you deserve," Ran Ming said, "Seeing the situation in front of you, you should understand why the King of Japan dismissed circulation-type merchants in the past, but gave great support to production-type merchants, right? Circulation-type merchants, no Technology content, no ability to create wealth, but you can't, only your hard work can create wealth and create a better future!"

Ran Ming looked at the confused look of both of them, so he asked with a pen, "Do you know the reason?"

Wang Meng thought for a while and explained: "The artisans can increase employment and create value. Most importantly, in the future, they can form more classes and support more people. This is a matter of immeasurable merit. Both discriminate against merchants and encourage farming. It is mainly related to the stability of the place.”

"That's right!" Ran Ming said: "In the process of governing the country, promoting culture can promote harmony, but it loses security. Emphasis on military force is not an ideal path either. A war will lead to death, and forgetting to fight will lead to danger. Prospering business and prospering agriculture is like a country. The relationship between Chinese rule and martial arts, without commerce, the country cannot be rich, without agriculture, the country cannot be stable!"

"Your Highness wants to strengthen the army with commercial taxation, and agricultural taxation to strengthen the base and cultivate the income?" Even Wang Meng couldn't help but admire Ran Ming at this time.

Because of Ran Ming's series of policies to promote business, the merchants are full of confidence.

From the lucrative green salt, rice paper, to delicious canned meat, which can cure diseases, kelp with a good taste, fish, lobster and other seafood.

Because of Ran Ming, the desolate Qingzhou regained vitality.

(End of this chapter)