Song Dynasty Iron Armored Army

Chapter 237
Seeing what Chai Lin said, Wu Yong couldn't bring it up again.Although semi-mechanized replacement of handicraft industry is inevitable for the development of productive forces, Chailin does not want this process to be too fast, and needs to allow a little time for handicraft workers to adapt.

Within a few days, Hu Sanniang sent more than 100 craftsmen to demolish the house first, and then began to dig the basement and lay the foundation according to the drawings drawn by Chai Lin.

During this period, Chai Lin also went to Shijie Village. Firstly, Ruan Xiaoqi brought dozens of taels of silver and gave it to his mother. There are only five Wupeng boats in the Wupeng fleet, with a total of more than a dozen people.When the Chaijiazhuang Commercial Bank is busy, it will deliver goods for the commercial firm, and when the commercial firm is not busy, they can take on small jobs to make money by themselves.

Ruan Xiaoer is quite good at business. He set up a fish stall at the pier, and he can sell some fish and shrimp when he is free. The income is quite good.

Ruan Xiaoer said: "Brother, I didn't expect you to be so open-minded. We were scared when we saw these officials. Fortunately, you are so familiar with Cheng Zhifu."

"Officials are also ordinary people, it's just that they lack communication. By the way, have you negotiated the fish pond that I asked you a few days ago?" Chailin asked.

Ruan Xiaoer said: "It's settled. The owner doesn't want to raise a ten-acre fishpond anymore, so I'll rent it to me for a tael of silver a year."

"Use a net to divide the fish pond into several areas, and then start harvesting fish, carp, crucian carp, grass carp, silver carp, especially high-end fish that are supplied to restaurants and restaurants. You will make a fortune in a few months," said Chai Lin. .

Ruan Xiaoer was puzzled, and asked, "Brother, what kind of charade is this?"

Wu Yong said: "This is your own business, my brother will definitely not harm you, you just accept it."

Ruan Xiaoer was still a bit timid, and did not dare to collect more. In ten days, he collected more than 3 fish, totaling more than [-] catties, and raised them in the pond.

Unexpectedly, all of a sudden, the magistrate's yamen suddenly ordered a ban on fish from February [-]th, asking for time for the fish to lay eggs.All piers, fishing boats and coasts are prohibited from fishing.The price of fish tripled in an instant, and Ruan Xiaoer patted his thigh regretfully.

Chai Lin, Wu Yong, and others followed the caravan back to Chaijiazhuang.

It took nearly 20 days to go out this time, and the speed of riding a horse was too slow, and it took five days to walk five hundred miles.

As soon as we arrived in Chaijiazhuang, the scenery was quite different from other places. The roads were clean, and greening was beginning to be done on both sides of the road. Willow trees were used. The willow trees were tall and had good shading effect, and the branches were flexible and not easy to break and hurt people.

Wu Yong is just like a curious baby. He never thought that there would be so many horses and carts on the road in Chaijiazhuang. There are carts coming and going, teams of mules, people transporting building materials, transporting various commodities, and farmers driving their cars to the field. of.

A new industry was born. The dung collectors are all elderly people who walk back and forth on the road. Once they see the dung balls of mules and horses, they will clean them up.There are no chemical fertilizers these days, and these are all good fertilizers.

Wu Yong pointed to a group of people in the field and said, "What are those people doing there? Everyone is pulling a horse, and someone is talking there."

"That's teaching horse riding. Some time ago, there were a thousand iron-shoeed horses, all of which were young mares. The first thing to do when you have a horse is of course to learn how to ride a horse. The horses are neither bad tempered nor short-tempered. You have to tidy up well, otherwise it’s not easy to ride. Our farming culture pays attention to farming, forestry, animal husbandry, labor, and fish. Farming means farming the land and food, and forestry means being able to plant trees and cut trees. It is required to be able to raise horses, cattle and sheep, to ride horses, and Dong has the knowledge of farming techniques. To be a worker means to be able to do a handicraft during the slack season. Fish, that is, where there are ponds and fish ponds, you can raise some fish and raise fry.” Chailin said.

"It seems that it is not easy to be a farmer in Chaijiazhuang." Wu Yong sighed.

"That's natural. A good life doesn't fall from the sky. You have to fight for it yourself."

Going forward, there are several horse farms, donkey farms, and cattle farms on the side of the road. The donkeys and horses in the fence are very lively.

"These are all brother's properties?" Wu Yong asked.

"Yes, the ones on the side of the road are only a small part, and the main task is to breed good breeds. There are iron-shoe horses, blood-sweat horses, big-eating horses, fruit-down horses, big aconite donkeys, and small donkey donkeys. More Farms are located in remote places, especially pig farms, which are very remote. Horses and donkeys consume too much forage, so they are distributed to farmers to raise them." Chai Lin said.

"Brother said so, I want to go and have a look, I don't know if it is possible?" Wu Yong said.

Chai Lin said: "It's not a secret, sir, you can see it if you want. It's just that we came from a long way, and we are worried that there will be diseases, and the horses can't go there. Let's go and have a look."

A group of people got off their horses, Chai Lin, Wu Yong, Zheng Nan, Xie Bao, and even the buffalo with crutches came.

First come to the outside of the racecourse, the proud sweat horse and a dozen Yanmica horses are locked in a fence. Horses are different from other animals, they need to cultivate feelings.

Not far away are two big food horses that bounce like big rabbits. It is very troublesome to raise this kind of horses. They need to be groomed by a special person. Every day, the food has to be carefully selected and rationed regularly. When it is cold, they have to wear horse clothes.

Wu Yong sighed and said: "Sweaty BMWs and big food horses are played by the absolute rich. Two 3000 taels of silver is the price of a large yard of tens of acres."

The fence tens of meters away from the wall is a pony. Wu Yong looked at it with amazement and said, "This horse is as tall as a six or seven-year-old child. A wealthy family bought it for children and concubines to ride on."

"Did you see the donkey farm two miles to the south? There are small Shandong donkeys inside, which are about the size of pony horses. Like pony horses, riding and playing is only one of their functions. More often, they still have to go to the field to work. Although short, the average weight is about [-] jin. It can carry things, pull a cart, pull a mill, and even plow the land with both ends. It is mainly used by farmers who do not have a strong labor force at home." Chailin said .

Wu Yong suddenly realized that these little ponies and donkeys are also good helpers for farm work, and they are more suitable for families without strong men. Later, he asked his brother to buy two for his own use.

Further forward is the cattle farm. The scale of the cattle farm is much smaller. There are local yellow cattle in every village. There are only ten big males and a small number of high-quality cows here.Breeding bulls are violent and cannot be used for farming, but only for breeding offspring.

"Master, you are so rich, you only need a cow as a dowry to get a daughter-in-law in our tribe." Buffalo said excitedly.

Dian Zhengnan dismissed it and said: "Your tribe has a lot of boogers, it's not worth mentioning."

The buffalo was so angry that he said, "If it wasn't for defeating you, we would have turned against you long ago. Our tribe is very big, spanning thousands of miles, with tens of thousands of cattle."

How can Dianzhengnan believe it? Chai Lin comforted and said: "Okay, Bison, since you have come to Chaijiazhuang, you will regard this place as your tribe in the future, and the things in your hometown will be regarded as a dream. It is impossible in the short term." If you go back, I will find you a daughter-in-law of your own clan when I turn back, and I will not treat you badly."

Bison took it for granted, and it took more than half a year to go back by boat, and he was close to death along the way.

The buffalo had an injury on his leg, so he couldn't do anything, so Chailin settled him in the Chaijiazhuang Inn to recuperate. Three meals a day were brought over by his mistress. This kid lived like a fairy.

Chai Lin went back to his backyard to produce water turbines and pumps to irrigate winter wheat, while Wu Yong followed Xie Bao back to camp.

There are two big arrow towers at the gate of the camp, with red flags waving in the wind, and five-color flags hanging on the surrounding fences fluttering.I don't know how the soldiers are fighting, but the military appearance is very strict. The soldiers at the gate of the camp stood upright, motionless.The tents inside are very neat, and even the clothes that the soldiers hang to dry are neat.

Jie Bao also checked his waist badge when he entered the camp, and the soldiers on duty showed no mercy.

After entering the camp, the soldiers were tired from going out this time, Xie Bao arranged for them to rest separately.

Jie Bao led Wu Yong to the camp of the personal army camp. After all, Wu Yong was a military division recruited by Chai Lin, and he was paid well. He arranged a tent by himself and deployed five personal soldiers to listen to him.

Wu Yong washed his face and changed his clothes, and slowly got used to the life in the military camp.

After a while, an officer came over, wearing leather armor and a rattan hat, with a burly figure and a face as big as a basin.

Came over to salute and said: "Mr. Wu, I am Chai Qiang, the deputy general of the personal army battalion. Xie Bao is on vacation. Today I will accompany you to familiarize yourself with the environment."

Wu Yong said: "Okay, that's hard work for Vice General Chai."

"Now it's time for lunch, let's go to the cafeteria for dinner." Chai Qiang suggested.

"it is good."

Wu Yong didn't go directly to the cafeteria of the Qin Barracks, but went to the cafeteria of the Sword and Shield Camp.

They eat at a large foldable round table, and ten soldiers sit at one table.Everyone took their own portion of food and put it in front of them. They couldn't eat it first, and they had to sing first brother.

The battalion commander is a big monk, with a burly figure, with lumpy flesh all over his body, with a bald head and no hat, his face looks fierce.

Chai Qiang introduced: "This great monk is called Lu Da. Although he may look fierce, he is quite nice."

At noon, I ate stewed radish with pork, steamed buns with white noodles, and sorghum porridge.Wu Yong was stunned. He never thought that he could have such good food as a soldier.

　Ask for a monthly pass, ask for a recommendation ticket.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)