Wei and Jin Cooks

  Chapter 1074 Agreed

  He pointed to the basket he brought, and said, "I can grind a basket of beans this year, and a basket of wheat, which can last until March next year."

  Zhao Hanzhang praised, "Yes, it seems that you have served a lot for the imperial court this year, can you plant your own land?"

   "It has been planted, all the wheat seeds distributed by the yamen have been planted."

  Zhao Hanzhang smiled deeper and asked, "How many acres have you planted? Is the land good?"

  Zhao Hanzhang asked very carefully, and then said: "There is a shortage of cloth in the Central Plains. You will grow some mulberry and hemp next year. Do you have suitable dry land?"

He became distressed, and said: "The land given to me by the yamen is good. It is a waste to use it to grow hemp. Now beans can be ground into powder. The soldiers also said that they should be fed with beans. I want to grow more beans. By then Sold the money to buy cloth."

  He smiled embarrassedly, "Girl, I haven't married a wife this year, and I don't have a weaver at home, so it's useless to grow mulberry."

   "How can it be useless?" Zhao Hanzhang said with a smile: "When the time comes, you collect the mulberry and sell it to the girl you like. Once you get acquainted, maybe they will fall in love with you?"

   "You only know how to grow wheat, rice and beans, and you won't have the chance to talk to girls next year. How can you marry a wife?"

  The young man suddenly realized that what the general said was reasonable, so he struggled, "Then, how much should I plant?"

Zhao Hanzhang smiled and said: "Is there any ridge? If you are not willing to take a whole piece of dry land to plant, then plant it on the side of the ridge. On the ridge near your home, you can set aside three inches for planting mulberry. You can still sit on it in summer." Enjoy the shade below."

  The young man thought about it and realized that it was true, so he nodded again and again, "I'll ask who has seeds when I go back."

  Mulberry trees may have few seeds, but hemp seeds should be quite a lot. Zhao Hanzhang turned his head and said to Zhao Yunxin, "Remember this, and ask the counties and counties to add mulberry seeds later."

   Zhao Yunxin responded.

Zhao Hanzhang scanned everyone's feet and clothes, and found that few people could wear shoes and socks. He couldn't help but feel distressed, and told them: "When you go back, pay attention to keeping warm and take care of your body. Put on new clothes, new shoes and socks."

   Everyone responded loudly.

  Zhao Hanzhang invited Li Xiang and Li Ban to see the operation of the water mill. They were shocked when they saw that the beans were poured into the mill, and the mill was unmanned to grind fine soybean powder.

"This is…"

   "This is water power and water conservancy," Zhao Hanzhang said: "I know that Shu has a lot of water, and the people live along the water. If so, why not build water mills to save the people effort?"

  Li Ban immediately knelt down and said, "The general, please reward the craftsmen of Shu."

  Zhao Hanzhang supported the man with one hand, and said with a smile: "This matter is not urgent. When we discuss it later, this water power can not only benefit the people, but also benefit the army."

  Zhao Hanzhang took him out of this water mill and went to another one. There were no civilians there, but the soldiers were still guarding it, and there were tinkling noises inside.

  Walking inside, the heat wave from the pavement came, and Li Ban saw that they were actually using the lever they saw just now to drive the hammer to strike iron...

  Li Xiang's eyes were bright, and he wanted to rush up to take a closer look, "I have long heard that Zhao's army has excellent weapons, and among them, Zhao's spears, broadswords and long swords are rare in the world."

   Zhao Hanzhang smiled and said, "That's how it was typed."

   Li Xiang went to pull Li Ban's sleeve, motioning him to kneel down again.

  Li Ban got tangled up, if it was about the people's livelihood, he might kneel down and Zhao Hanzhang would agree, but this is an important military and political matter, can she agree?

  But Li Ban still gritted his teeth, turned around and knelt down towards Zhao Hanzhang again, and was about to speak, Zhao Hanzhang had already stretched out his hand to grab him, pulled him up forcefully, and said with a smile: "I know what Your Highness means, let's go back and talk in detail."

  Since she brought them to see it, it was not for nothing.

  Actually, Shu is also a frontier for the current Jin Dynasty.

  After they surrender, they will also undertake border defense tasks. The original Tibet and western Sichuan areas where they go to the west currently belong to the Qiang nationality.

  The Qiang people are not unified internally, and each tribe is doing its own thing now, but from her point of view, they will definitely erode eastward in the future, so it is necessary to prepare in advance.

   Moreover, Li Xiong's family is also Qiang.

   With such favorable conditions, how could Zhao Hanzhang not think about letting them go east to take back that big piece of land?

  So Zhao Hanzhang wants to cooperate deeply with them.

  The water mill and iron making recipes are her sincerity.

  There is no need to think about the recipe for steelmaking, and it is impossible to completely copy their ironware, but giving a new recipe to further develop their ironware is not only beneficial to the military, but also beneficial to agriculture.

  Li Xiang was silent for a while, knowing that the main event was coming.

  Yesterday they talked for a long time, and they had initially agreed that Cheng Guo would submit to Da Jin, but they had not yet reached an agreement on some details.

   Zhao Hanzhang took them to see salt again today, and took them to see iron making in a water mill. Obviously, it was a lure. If they still don't agree, will it be coercion next?

   Li Xiang naturally didn't want to go this far, and neither did Li Ban.

  The two discussed it, and then sat down with Zhao Hanzhang and had a good talk.

  Because Li Ban is the prince, Li Xiong gave him a lot of decision-making power, so he can make decisions on the spot.

   Not to mention Zhao Hanzhang, as long as the two of them agree, the matter is basically settled.

  Both of them are straightforward people, Zhao Hanzhang has already shown his sincerity, Li Banzi is also unambiguous, and immediately settled down the things that were not discussed yesterday.

  Li Ban said that he could submit his credentials to the emperor tomorrow.

  Zhao Hanzhang laughed loudly, and said cheerfully: "The imperial court will prepare the rewards for King Cheng and his son before tomorrow."

  The matter was settled, and everyone returned to the city happily.

  Ji Yuan has received the news in advance, and specially greeted Li Ban at the post station, and finalized the details of going to court with him tomorrow.

  Looking at the complacent Ji Yuan, Li Xiang was still a little uneasy. He turned his head and asked Zhao Hanzhang: "General Zhao, craftsman..."

  Zhao Hanzhang said with a smile: "Three days before the envoys return to Shu, I will give you the list. They can say goodbye to their families. The prince and Li envoys can also choose again. If there are any unsuitable ones, they can be replaced."

   Li Xiang was taken aback, "Aren't their families with them?"

  Zhao Hanzhang said with a smile: "I will not force their family members. Of course, if the Shu Kingdom offers generous conditions and is willing to treat the craftsmen well, I think they will also be willing to migrate."

   Li Xiang's eyes are bright, and his degree of freedom is so high, which means that Zhao Hanzhang has no intention of controlling those craftsmen.

   "Minister, no, I will thank you, General."

  Zhao Hanzhang raised his hand, and after saying goodbye to them, he looked at the time. Seeing that it was getting late, he hurriedly said: "I have an appointment with Princess Hongnong at noon, let's go back soon."

Good night

  (end of this chapter)