Chapter 8 Northbound Field Head Talking About Farming
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Chapter 8
At night, he accidentally hit the passenger car in the tomb guard's hut and unintentionally molested the Sixth Madam. After many things during this period, Lin Fu also felt in his heart that the Sixth Madam was a lovely beauty.
, the previous rejection of her was gradually eliminated.
After that, the Sixth Lady seemed invisible for a long time without showing her face. Perhaps she couldn't hide her face when she saw Lin Fu. Naturally, Lin Fu couldn't seduce her.
Wu Meijiu left Chongzhou to return to his old career and returned to his position as the chief of Hailing Prefecture. Lin Fu took part in political affairs on the left and knew the affairs of Chongzhou County. He was responsible for the military and civilian affairs in Chongzhou, and also took care of the construction of the Shengsi defense line. He was as busy as a spinning top.
Come down.
At the end of November, I received a secret letter from Zhang Yan, the Iron and Salt Envoy, inviting him to lead troops to Muyang to prepare for King Ning's move south to join the vassal state.
Liu Zhi, the Minister of Internal Affairs and the Provincial Bureau of Internal Affairs, also rushed back from Jiangning to join Lin Fu and go north together. Only then did Lin Fu know that Liu Zhi would be appointed as the permanent internal servant of Prince Ning's palace and the supervisor of the military camp of Prince Ning's palace. In fact, he was selected by the emperor from the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
An informant placed next to Ning Wang Yuan Jianwu.
In addition, the assistant officials such as the chief historian of Prince Ning's Mansion were directly selected by the Ministry of Household Affairs, changing the old practice of being appointed by Zongzheng Mansion. The guard camp of Prince Ning's Mansion was also allocated from the Beijing Camp - in fact, these were used by the emperor to restrict Ning.
The king became powerful in Jiangning and could not control his methods.
Establishing King Ning to control the southeast is an effective way to solve the current dilemma. Naturally, the authority granted to King Ning must exceed that of ordinary vassal kings to play the role of controlling the southeast. However, the real authority is destined to be given to Chang Shi and Nei Chang.
Later, the captain of Prince Ning's palace and other assistant officers and subordinates will be divided into many parts.
Apart from the purpose of appointing King Ning to control the southeast, if Emperor Chongguan never had any heirs, King Ning would naturally inherit the throne a hundred years later. Lin Fu would naturally not be careless about welcoming Mu Yang.
In addition to the cavalry camp staying in Chongzhou, Lin Fu ordered the first water camp in Jinghai and the expanded Changshan infantry camp. The two elite units set off from the Zilangshan garrison in Chongzhou on November 29 and headed for Muyang at the east end of Qingjiang Pudong.
Go to the county.
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From Xishan River through the western section of Yunyan River, you can enter Beiguan River and go straight to Qingjiangpu. There are waterways all the way.
The Shuiying fleet set sail and took advantage of the wind to travel in the river, while the infantry went north along the official road.
Lin Fu insisted on long-distance marches to train his troops, and he himself insisted on walking with the infantry camp to boost morale.
Liu Zhi followed the army from Chongzhou to the north. At first, he had the courage to accompany Lin Fu on foot. After walking for a day, blood blisters appeared on the soles of his feet, so he could not insist on taking the boat. He was wondering how Lin Fu could do both because he was still wearing a suit of armor.
Tian followed the soldiers for a hundred, sixty or seventy miles?
Ordinary generals would lie down and rest when they got to the ground, but Lin Fu would patrol around and deal with urgent business matters sent from Chongzhou. Liu Zhi also really admired Lin Fu's will. Liu Zhi followed Hao Zong and spent many years in the army.
, although he is not good at leading troops to fight and cannot endure hardships, he still has various insights. He secretly said that it is strange that such a person cannot lead strong soldiers.
The team stopped in front of the Huaxi River in the north of Gaocheng. The engineering and camp auxiliary troops were setting up a pontoon bridge. The infantry rested and ate on the spot, and the water camp warships dispersed to guard.
Liu Zhi endured the pain of the blood blisters on his feet and walked ashore to Lin Fu. He watched the labor camp laboriously building a pontoon bridge in front of him. He pointed to the ferry in front and said, "Wouldn't it be faster to ferry people across by boat?"
"After walking for thirty miles, it's time to stop and rest," Lin Fu explained with a smile. "March is also a drill, so we can't slack off. We need to use boats to ferry people, and if we want to cross the river in a short time, we have to pull out from the water camp.
Many ferries will disrupt the deployment of the water camp, and paving roads and bridges is the job of the work camp. In order to be orderly, military affairs arrangements should be simple and easy to do, and not likely to cause chaos. The so-called simple and easy,
There is nothing more appropriate than for everyone to perform their own duties, and not just for convenience..."
Liu Zhi thought for a moment, knowing that Lin Fu's words were easier to say than to do, so he said some flattering words. When he saw Lin Fu walking towards the field, he also followed him step by step.
Liu Zhi had been dealing with Lin Fu since Jiangdong Zuojun went north to King Qin. Although the relationship was not deep, the friendship was still there.
At this time, Liu Zhi was appointed as a permanent servant in Prince Ning's palace, which was regarded as a success with Hao Zongcheng in recent years. Once Prince Ning ascended the throne, he would be able to sit in Hao Zongcheng's position and become the head of the chamberlain.
It's just that the position of permanent attendant in Prince Ning's palace is not easy to fill. First of all, he has to be responsible to the current emperor to prevent Prince Ning from making any changes when he is in charge of the southeast. However, he cannot let Prince Ning feel that he is being monitored. Otherwise, Prince Ning will be under surveillance in the future.
When he ascends the throne, the first person to be eliminated will not be anyone else, but him, a regular servant in Prince Ning's palace.
He wanted to take refuge with Prince Ning at this time, and it was impossible for him to be a close confidant of Prince Ning. His Majesty would not only arrange an informant in Prince Ning's Mansion. Once he followed Prince Ning with all his heart, he would not wait until Prince Ning ascended the throne.
Get rid of him first.
Liu Zhi knew the taboos in the palace and knew that the emperor would not have any more heirs. If nothing went wrong, Prince Ning would surely ascend to the throne in the future. However, the emperor was still very strong. Who knew how long it would take for Prince Ning to ascend the throne?
On the surface, Liu Zhi was promoted from the seventh-rank bureau minister to the fifth-rank inner servant. It was indeed strongly recommended by Hao Zongcheng, and he could only sit in this position with the trust of the current emperor. However, the relationship behind this was complicated and made Liu Zhi feel like he was on fire.
Burn.
Liu Zhi also knew how to use power. If he wanted everything to go smoothly, he had to keep an eye on Prince Ning and lead everyone through the new year. However, he also wanted to prevent Prince Ning from kicking him away or even getting rid of him with a grudge after he ascended the throne. There was no doubt that he
It is to have something to rely on, and it is impossible to seek the favor of the master on both sides.
In Liu Zhi's view, just as King Ning needed to survive the years, Lin Fu, who had risen like a comet, had become an upstart, but due to his relatively young qualifications, it was still difficult for him to squeeze into the real center of power, and he also needed to survive the years.
Compared with other high-ranking ministers in Jiangning, Liu Zhi was more optimistic about Lin Fu, thinking that if he gave Lin Fu ten or eight years, it would not be difficult for him to become a figure like Guyuan Cao Yiqu.
With this person as a foreign aid, Liu Zhi did not have to worry about being kicked away by King Ning after he ascended the throne.
It was with this in mind that Liu Zhi did not rush to follow Zhang Yan to meet King Ning in the northern border of Shandong, but rushed over to join Lin Fu and head north.
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Liu Zhi was a little out of sorts, and it was not difficult to guess what he was thinking.
Ning Wang Yuan Jianwu was in the southeast. Before he actually ascended the throne, the symbol had a greater meaning.
Even if the Yuanjian Military Society was granted the power to inquire about the military and political affairs of the southeastern counties (only in this way can the six departments of Jiangning and Ning be able to play their role), this power would still be greatly restricted by the two officials of the palace, the chief historian and the internal minister.
It would not make him unable to hold back during the period when he was granted the title of Prince Ning.
Liu Zhi served as the permanent attendant in Prince Ning's palace and the military envoy of the palace guard camp. This position was extremely critical, and his power was almost as powerful as that of the palace chief.
Liu Zhi suddenly squeezed into the core area of Jiangning's power structure from a little-known internal servant and provincial bureau chief. At this time, he took the initiative to come and make friends. Of course, Lin Fu would not stupidly push him out. But due to the complexity of the situation, in the future
The situation is difficult to predict, and Lin Fu will not bet all his future chips on Liu Zhi.
Lin Fu walked towards the field and saw Liu Zhi following him, limping with broken blood blisters on his feet. He smiled and said: "Liu Lang should go to the boat to rest. If he meets King Ning, the soles of his feet will
My new flesh hasn't grown yet, so it doesn't look good when I walk like this."
"It's okay. In the past, when I was in the army with Mr. Hao, the soles of my feet often blistered. If I move around more, the scabs and calluses will form," Liu Zhi said with pain. When he saw Lin Fu squatting at the head of the field to look at the soil, he was pleased.
He asked, "Master Lin is knowledgeable about military affairs, politics, and farm affairs. Liu Zhi really admires him. I would like to ask, what did Master Lin see when he picked up the lump of earth?"
"..." Lin Fu smiled, threw the lumps of soil at the head of the field, and said, "Although rice and wheat are grown in Hailing, in many places only wheat is grown in the high fields and rice is grown in the low fields. It cannot be done in every field.
There are two harvests every year. This field is close to the river, the terrain is slightly low, and it is prone to waterlogging. Only rice is grown. After the autumn grain harvest, there is only grass growing. We will wait until next spring to plant rice again. The soil is not fully used..."
"Sowing some wheat seeds, no matter whether there will be waterlogging next year, you can always get more harvests," Liu Zhi said. "The strange thing is, why can't the farmers themselves figure it out?"
"In addition to being prone to waterlogging, it is also related to the fatness of the fields. If you have planted wheat without accumulating fertilizer, planting rice after the next year's harvest will affect the rice harvest. And because it is prone to waterlogging, it is better not to plant it at all," Lin Fu said,
"Building fat is easy to say, but not easy to practice. Even the people in the village do not have this awareness. It requires local officials to vigorously promote it..."
Lin Fu has long since realized that no matter how simple farming techniques seem, it is still extremely difficult to popularize them in rural areas where illiterate farmers are the majority.
Hejian Prefecture is located in the Yanji Plain with a network of rivers, which is conducive to irrigation and rice cultivation.
Although you can only grow one crop a year in the north, the yield of rice is much higher than that of wheat. However, no one grows rice in Hejian Prefecture.
Lin Fu thought at first that his understanding was wrong, and he felt a little uneasy when he tried planting rice in Jinhai.
In addition to a small number of elites stationed on Jinwei Island in Jinhai, Lin Fu also had more than 6,000 captured civilians and surrendered soldiers who followed him to Jinhai after the Battle of Yangxin, and they also returned to Sun Shangwang's control.
In order to accommodate the more than 6,000 captured civilians and surrendered soldiers, the local Jinhai clans who relied on the power of the Jiangdong Left Army and the Lin clan provided Lin Fu with 40,000 acres of fertile land on the banks of the Wishui River in the name of tenants.
Lin Fu gritted his teeth and turned all the fertile fields by the Wishui River into rice fields, transported rice seeds from the south, and planted rice.
He was a little worried at first, but after the autumn grain harvest, he realized that his worries were unnecessary.
Compared with the north, where one stone of wheat and millet per acre is considered a high yield, the yield of Jinhai rice fields is beyond expectations. Due to sufficient manpower and sufficient fertilizer mud from the dredging of the Wushui River, the Jinhai trial rice fields
The yield is much higher than that of fertile farmland in Chongzhou, generally reaching a high level of over four shi per mu of rice.
The 40,000 acres of fertile land yielded nearly 80,000 shi of rice grain. However, the more than 6,000 civilians could only eat half of it in a year, leaving nearly 40,000 shi of rice grain left over, which was enough to cover the expenses of defending the island for a year.
Liu Zhi didn't know this kind of thing, and he seemed to understand Lin Fu's words.
I can't blame him. Lin Fu raised pigs to gain fat, and the Qingliu scholars in Jiangning laughed at him. After seeing the Jiangdong Left Army rising like a comet, they fell into silence. These were supposed to be the elites of this era, but they were also
How many people know that many of the fierce and difficult-to-resolve conflicts in the world are rooted in these seemingly vulgar and vulgar things?
Not knowing how the situation would develop, or the possibility of Prince Ning ascending the throne, Lin Fucai patiently talked to Liu Zhi about farm matters in the fields, not to show off.
Thinking of this, Lin Fu thought that among the more than 6,000 civilians in Jinhai, there were actually 1,340 who were surrendered by Zhejiang soldiers. In order to prevent Yue Lengqiu from killing prisoners and taking credit for his merits, he took Lin Fu to Jinhai for resettlement.
All the military attachés above the captain's rank were brutally killed by Lin Fu in Yangxin. The ordinary Zhejiang soldiers who were surrendered were able to accept their resettlement with peace of mind. After more than half a year of transformation, they were fully clothed and well-fed in Jinhai, and they also had a deep understanding of the Jiangdong Left Army.
It can be recognized and relied upon, and it can be directly incorporated into the battalion and brigade as soldiers.
At this time, Lin Fu considered that secretly transferring these Zhejiang soldiers from Jinhai to the Shengsi Islands was actually better than recruiting civilians from Chongzhou to strengthen the defense of Shengsi. He could even select some of them and send them to eastern Zhejiang and lurk in western Zhejiang.
, one is to collect the situation in the two Zhejiang provinces, and the other is to prepare for the future attack on the two Zhejiang provinces.
After Liu Zhi was sent away, Lin Fu told Wu Qi, the chief sentry, about this idea and asked him to take charge of it. At this time, the She family's rule in southern Zhejiang was still in chaos.