In the last few days of his longevity, Song Yang ran to the pig pen every day.
So much so that at first the two girls occasionally followed Song Yang to go shopping.
I will never go back again.
It tastes too good...
Jin Jianbin’s skill in castrating pigs is indeed good.
The success rate is over 70%.
70%, it seems that there is still 30% death.
But in this day and age, a 70% success rate is extraordinary.
We must know that the mortality rate of eunuchs who entered the palace to purify themselves before natural disasters was as high as more than 70%!
After confirming Jin Jianbin's skills, Song Yang was also open-minded.
He was directly appointed as the chief minister of Jiangzhou and took office upon his return.
Liu Kai, the junior official who helped Song Yang persuade him, was promoted to the position of Mu Li in Yingzhou.
Jin Jianbin's son Jin He also successfully inherited Lao Jin's job, and his life was guaranteed as a member of the system.
The returning fleet set off again in mid-to-late March.
The wind and snow have stopped, but the temperature is still not high.
However, it does not affect sailing.
When we set off again, the cabin was much more relaxed and comfortable.
Bai Wenju disembarked the thousand men from the ship, and also found three canoes for Song Yang to come over.
On March 20, the fleet arrived at the mouth of the Han River.
In Hanyang, many people can already be seen surveying the camp.
Song Yang had previously discussed with Uncle Qi to re-establish a stronghold in Hanyang at the mouth of the Han River.
After the matter was settled, someone was sent to notify Wang Ran.
Wang Ran immediately asked the people to cross the river to survey and select the site.
However, there was too much snow and wind in the past few days, so the survey was stopped.
The weather has improved in the past few days and work has started again.
But it was just in time for Song Yang to return.
The fleet stopped at Hanyang, and Song Yang unloaded a hundred Fengzhou people and left two cannons for them.
Anyway, I brought a lot of people, so I just let them help build up the Hanyang stronghold.
In this matter, Song Yang gave the order directly, otherwise Fengzhou Minzhuang would not listen to Wang Ran's orders.
Hankou was stopped for another day.
The new city is located not far from the old city and on the bank of the Han River.
After deciding on the location, the people began to set up camp.
Song Yang continued his return journey.
After leaving the mouth of the Hanjiang River and entering the Yangtze River waterway, the remaining two thousand Fengzhou Minzhuang took a canoe boat to separate from Song Yang and return to Fengzhou.
Song Yang kept going back downstream.
On March 23, Song Yang finally returned to Jiangzhou.
This trip to Fangzhou was carried out. Although they took the tiger squatting artillery camp with them, there was no fighting.
So much so that Song Chengwang was still a little disappointed.
Song Yang explained some important principles to him when he had time.
"Don't pursue war. War is not the goal. Peace and development are the goals. War is just a means to achieve peace."
Song Yang's psychological counseling was very effective, and Song Chengwang became calmer after he woke up.
Of course, Uncle Qi’s contribution is also responsible for this.
After all, he took Song Chengwang fishing every day to cultivate his sentiments.
Jiangzhou Pier.
"Your Majesty! You are finally back. I am still worried every day in my humble position! I am afraid that there will be another war in Fangzhou." Yu Ming said excitedly when he saw Song Yang.
"War or not is a trivial matter. With our strength, we are not afraid of war. How about it? Is there anything going on at home during this time?"
During this period, Yu Ming's reports were all daily news, and Song Yang just wanted to pay attention to them.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. Everything is fine. The wind and snow in Fangzhou did not affect us in Jiangzhou."
"Pei Lin and the others have already started arranging the spring plowing work a few days ago."
"Lao Ma went to Xuanzhou seven days ago. The Qiupu Cement Plant was built. Lao Ma sent Pang Qiu there and arranged for the transport fleet there. He will probably be back soon."
Yu Mingda reported several important things, the main ones being the autumn harvest and the completion of the cement plant.
After Fang Zhe left, the Jiangzhou officials he promoted each performed their duties.
Pei Lin, who had almost finished exploring the city, was transferred to the agricultural department.
It’s not that Pei Lin understands agriculture.
He is an old man at the Yamen Gate, and he knows almost everything in his mind.
Agricultural production does not require him to do any farm work. He only needs to mobilize all links to coordinate spring plowing production.
Farming does not mean that we only need to manage the farmers cultivating the land.
This also includes the distribution of agricultural machinery and cattle and livestock power.
There are also fertilizers, water sources, grain seeds and many other things.
It requires the cooperation of multiple departments to do it well.
Pei Lin used to work at the Yamen Gate, and later led a search team to search for supplies in the city.
Almost everyone in the city knows him, and all departments have received the materials he searched for.
In terms of connections, it can be said that Pei Lin is the first person besides Fang Zhe, Yu Ming and other senior executives.
"Let's go. Let's go see how the spring plowing work is going. Pei Lin is a reliable person." Song Yang got off the dock accompanied by Yu Ming.
The matter of disembarkation and resettlement of the people on board was left to Gongsun Qi to handle.
Anyway, just go back to each house in order and move things up and down.
After getting off the dock, Song Yang didn't even go back to his home, and went directly to the grain farming fields.
Pei Lin is leading people to inspect the growth of rice seedlings in the fields.
I saw Song Yang coming back from a distance and immediately ran over to say hello.
"Prince Chitose! When did you come back!"
"I just got off the boat. I heard that you are very busy here, so I came over to take a look."
Seeing that the rice seedlings in the field had grown several inches, Song Yang's face was filled with a smile.
I leaned down and took a closer look. All the rice seedlings were very strong. One look at the rice seedlings and I knew that this year's harvest was good.
It is already the end of March. According to the era before Song Yang traveled back in time, the current progress of spring plowing would have fallen far behind.
But the climate in Daqian is somewhat different, and the temperature is a little lower.
In addition, some technological means cannot be applied.
Therefore, the spring plowing time here in Jiangzhou does not start until early or mid-March.
"Your Majesty, this year's spring plowing work has gone very smoothly. Look how strong these rice seedlings are!" Pei Lin also beamed.
These are all the fruits of labor under his leadership.
"Not bad, not bad. It's a good sign."
Song Yang praised the rice seedlings and asked: "How is the situation in the fields?"
Pei Lin scratched his head, this was the current difficulty.
"Your Majesty, there is too much animal power shortage. Although this year we plowed and built fields in advance, and we did part of the autumn land preparation last year, there is still a large part of the cultivated land that has not been finished."
Speaking of this, Pei Lin also looked helpless.
Song Yang knew that this was the reality.
There are only about thirty cattle in total, which is a drop in the bucket.
Standing on the side of the seedling fields, you can see people working in the fields in the distance.
Without animal power, if you want to grow good food, you have to use people to pull the plow.
When humans and animals compete, the results can be imagined.
"Have you estimated the arable area this year?" Song Yang asked with a frown.
"I've calculated it. Mr. Fang led someone to estimate it before. I also checked it a few days ago."
"If it's intensive farming..." Pei Lin glanced at Song Yang carefully.
"Tell me the truth, I know the difficulties this year."
Song Yang patted Pei Lin on the arm.
Pei Lin nodded and said honestly: "At most five hundred thousand acres."