In the second year of Chuping, that is, AD 191, amid the hustle and bustle of last year, the war barely came to an end.
The Battle of Guanzhong, which attracted worldwide attention, was just as publicized in "The Battle Against Dong". Dong's thieves were brutal and bloodthirsty, and the enemy army was powerful. Although the Kwantung Army fought bloody and bloody battles, they were ultimately outnumbered and could only rest and recuperate for the next day.
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Si Li was in Luoyang, and it was the time of spring plowing. Chen Mu led officials of all sizes to inspect various places in Henan.
At present, there are seven counties under the jurisdiction of the Si, and the Kwantung Army and Dong Zhuo each occupy three counties. Dong Zhuo is governed by You Fufeng, Zuo Feng Yi and Jing Zhaoyin. The Kwantung Army is governed by the three counties of Hedong, Henan and Hongnong. There is also a Hanoi county under the prefecture of Hanoi.
In the hands of Wang Kuang.
Historically, Wang Kuang is now dead, and was defeated by a joint attack by Cao Cao and Hu Muban's relatives. However, this has not happened now due to changes in history, and Wang Kuang still controls Hanoi.
Although the Luoyang Basin is not fertile for thousands of miles, it does have countless fertile fields. The warm breeze blows in the spring, and the north still feels a slight cold. On both sides of the Yellow River, countless fields are crisscrossed, and farmers and common people are working hard in the fields, shirtless and wearing calf-nosed robes.
Work.
Last year was not only a military disaster, but also locust plagues, plagues, droughts, floods and other disasters occurred in Sili. Countless people died. In order to deal with these problems, Chen Mu also made great efforts to organize rear auxiliary troops to rectify and barely quell the situation.
This year is far from smooth, but wheat and millet are inherently drought-resistant and do not require a large amount of water resources like rice. The Kwantung Army sent people, grain and seeds to help the people who moved back to Luoyang resume production.
Today's household registrations were reorganized and returned to the rebuilt Luoyang. However, compared with the previous Luoyang, the current Luoyang is much smaller, basically the same area as the former imperial city.
The North and South Palaces were barely preserved in the original fire. Logically speaking, these are very valuable buildings and should be preserved intact.
But Chen Mu is not an expert in architecture or archeology. As a pragmatist, why would he leave so many magnificent palaces that no one dares to live in?
Therefore, they were all ordered to be demolished, leaving only the West Palace where Emperor Xiaokang of the Han Dynasty lived. Those precious building materials were rebuilt into ordinary houses to accommodate the people.
For a time, the area of Luoyang Imperial Palace was reduced several times, and it was no longer as magnificent as before.
However, no matter how much it is reduced, the area is still very large. The preserved West Palace alone is equivalent to half of the Forbidden City in later generations, enough to bear its historical significance.
In just a few months, it is definitely unrealistic to return to the grand situation before the war. The work that has just been completed is to relocate the people back to their original places, compile household registrations, and then put into production in full swing.
Many places are still in a state of ruins, and they need to wait until the autumn crops are harvested before they have enough energy to rebuild. But even so, things are at least developing in a good direction.
The Han nation has suffered countless hardships and vicissitudes in history, but thousands of years later, it still stands at the top of the world's nations.
Because countless years of inheritance tell us that no matter what kind of torture and pain we have suffered, no matter what kind of difficulties and hardships we have experienced, as long as we can survive, we will still live tenaciously.
After the cold winter comes warm spring.
In spring, when everything grows, there is hope and a future that can be seen and touched.
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Chen Mu arrived in Juan County that day.
Nowadays, all the officials, big and small, in various counties have been re-appointed, and the county magistrate, county magistrate, and county lieutenant have already organized production.
Accompanied by officials, Chen Mu inspected the local grain planting situation.
The purpose of this is not to see whether the officials are serious and responsible, nor is it to conduct any observation experiments and cultivate new crops.
Instead, we simply check the planting situation, based on the existing population and current land area, to see if there is any abandoned land, conduct research, and calculate how many people are needed and how many people can be supported by Luoyang's cultivated land area.
This work has already begun in Qingzhou. Over the past few years, with the construction of water conservancy infrastructure and the popularization of Champa rice, although Qingzhou's grain output cannot be said to have doubled, it has indeed increased a lot.
The main reason is that the cultivated land area in Qingzhou is actually more than enough, reaching more than 100 million acres in later generations, and in the Han Dynasty, according to the records of "Book of the Later Han Dynasty: Chronicles of Prefectures and States", it reached 780 million acres.
In addition, there have been wars in various places in recent years, but Qingzhou is very stable, and a large number of people have fled, which has increased productivity and naturally increased food.
Juan County is located on the south bank of the Yellow River, in the area of later Yuanyang County.
Some people may wonder, isn't Yuanyang County in later generations located on the north bank of the Yellow River? How did it end up on the south bank of the Yellow River?
However, the Yellow River has changed its course several times, and the Yellow River in later generations and the Yellow River in ancient times have long been in the same geographical location. Therefore, it is not surprising that Yuanyang County in ancient times was on the south bank of the Yellow River.
Hanoi County and Henan Yin are governed by a river. The two counties face each other across the Yellow River and do not interfere with each other.
I saw on the plain outside the county on the south bank of the Yellow River, in the spring season when the grass grows and the orioles fly, the hills with green grass undulate, the towering trees grow, and the branches and leaves hang down.
On both sides of the road in the countryside outside the city, there are luxuriant flowers and grass, countless fields, and groups of people working in the fields. There are also many new and old graves close to the fields, hills, and forests, telling the past events of the past year.
The idiom "Ten houses and nine empty houses" in the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms is not an exaggeration, but a declarative sentence. From the Yellow Turban Rebellion to Dong Zhuo's Rebellion, it was just the beginning. The real large-scale death of the princes lasted for more than 20 years.
The melee is the main event.
Chen Mu rode a horse and stood on a hill. Behind him were several officials and more than a dozen bodyguards, plus Zhao Yun, looking into the distance.
Further afield is the Yellow River, which is several kilometers away. In spring, basil and reeds begin to grow wildly along the river. The reeds are taller than people, and countless birds are jumping in them. The Yellow River, which is several kilometers wide, has turbulent waves and mighty water, reminding everyone.
Man, the news of spring is coming.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "In more than a month to April or May, the rainy season is coming. Although the rivers will not overflow, too much rain will inevitably cause floods. I
I ordered you to dig canals and build ponds in the countryside to store rainwater. How are you doing?"
Chen Mu glanced around for a moment, then raised his head and looked at the sky. Although it was the end of March, the Qingming Festival in April would come soon, and heavy rain would pour down, but it would kill the millet seedlings.
The magistrate of Juan County is a descendant of a family who moved back to Luoyang from Chang'an. He is in his thirties and is quite practical. Hearing Chen Mu's words, he quickly replied: "According to your order, there are currently twelve townships in the county.
They are digging canals and building ponds, and the original canals and reservoirs are being renovated and expanded to ensure smooth plowing this year."
"good."
Chen Mu nodded with satisfaction and praised: "It's done well. In addition to canals and reservoirs, we also need to encourage people to have more children and restore Luoyang's population as soon as possible."
"only!"
The county magistrate nodded yes.
The ability to prevent flood disasters in ancient times was very poor, but it was not completely absent.
How to prevent millet seedlings from becoming waterlogged during heavy rain?
Naturally, water canals and reservoirs are dug near the fields. During droughts, water is drawn from the reservoirs for irrigation. During floods, water from the fields is introduced into the canals and into the reservoirs for storage.
These are all infrastructure, including modern farmland styles. They have been passed down for thousands of years and the general methods have not changed. Although they are not very effective in severe droughts and floods, as long as the weather is normal, they are still enough to be foolproof.
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The group of people descended the hillside and continued walking along the official road. They passed by a village with a small bridge and flowing water, and the scenery was beautiful.
The rivers in Juan County are introduced from the Yellow River, and the largest tributary is called Gutter Water.
No lie, that's the name.
The sewer water crossed Juan County, and the rural people built a large number of canals from the sewer water to pour into various villages. The magistrate of Juan County said that these are canals taken from the sewer water, and they were just dug last month.
It is convenient for people to grow vegetables and crops.
Chen Mu noticed that there was a strange waterwheel whirring in the canal. There were several children shaking the handle next to it. The waterwheel gurglingly drew water out and merged into the small canal next to it and flowed to the vegetable field on its own.
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"What is this?"
Seeing this thing, Chen Mu couldn't help but be very interested.
The magistrate of Juan County didn't know either. He looked to the side of the county magistrate, who in turn looked to the county lieutenant, and the county lieutenant looked to Xiang Youzhi...
Youzhi is also an official, and his status is equivalent to that of a township chief. Seeing that the Shangguan was curious, he quickly explained: "I report to the minister, this is a water-drawing object made by a young man in the village. It is called a rolling cart. This object can rotate both inside and outside.
The efficiency is much higher than that of ordinary waterwheels, and I am planning to promote it in the countryside so that all villagers can use it."
"oh?"
Chen Mu immediately asked: "What is this young man's name?"
Youzhi replied: "His name is Ma Jun, whose courtesy name is Deheng, and he is from Fufeng. Fufeng suffered a military disaster last year and his hometown was destroyed. His people followed us and moved to Luoyang. This is the land and village allocated to them. Now
This village is called Majia Village."
"Ma Jun?"
Chen Mu was in awe. He was a treasured figure. He was a famous inventor in the late Han Dynasty. He was not allowed to be reused during the Cao and Wei Dynasties. Now he has fallen into his own hands. He cannot miss it.
At that moment, Chen Mu asked Youzhi to call Ma Jun out.
Youzhi plunged into the village and first went to find the village chief of Majia Village, who was actually the patriarch. Under the leadership of the patriarch, he came to Ma Jun's house.
Ma Jun was planting in the vegetable garden at home at this time. He was confused when he heard a nobleman calling him, but he still obeyed the patriarch's words and hurriedly walked out surrounded by his parents and several brothers and sisters. The whole village was just like that.
More than a hundred people soon gathered outside the village to watch secretly.
"This is the Order of Secretariat that is famous all over the world."
Youzhi introduced to Ma Jun in a low voice.
Ma Jun lowered his head and came to Chen Mu with a little fear, cupping his hands and saying: "Jun, Jun, Jun, Jun... see, see, see, see... pass, pass, pass... still...
..”
Good guy, he has a stutter.
Chen Mu looked up and down and found that Ma Jun was about seventeen or eighteen years old. He was very young and not the middle-aged man he imagined.
Historically, Ma Jun was still around until the time of Emperor Wei Ming, which means that he was either born very late and was relatively young, or he was extremely long-lived and lived a relatively long time.
But records about Ma Jun existed before the Three Kingdoms, and "Three Kingdoms" also said that Zhuge Liang invented the Zhuge Liannu. After the very old Ma Jun saw Zhuge Liannu, he was very surprised and strengthened it.
This shows that around 230 AD, Ma Jun was already very old, and most of the records about him were between 226 and 239, which was the period when Cao Rui was in power, and there were no records after that.
It can be seen that Ma Jun was not born late, but lived longer.
Otherwise, if he had only been born in the past two years, he would have been only 40 years old in 230 AD, and would not be described as old.
This age is very reasonable now. In 191, he was seventeen or eighteen years old, and by about 230, he would be nearly sixty years old.
"Okay, no gifts."
Seeing that he was struggling to speak, Chen Mu waved his hand and said, "Ma Jun, are you willing to become an official?"
This opening statement is indeed different.
Ma Jun and his family were dumbfounded, staring at something at a loss.
It was the head of the Ma family who gave him a gentle push from behind, and Ma Jun finally reacted: "Jun, Jun, Jun... no, no, no, no..."
Chen Mu frowned, he personally invited him to become an official, but he actually refused?
"Honored."
Good guy.
Even though he stutters, he still likes to breathe heavily when speaking.
Seeing his agreement, Chen Mu nodded and said: "You are a talented person. Go to Taishan Academy to study for two years. There are also many students there who like to study the mechanics of Mohism. After graduation, I will arrange for you to study in craftsmanship.
In the future, we will set up some official positions specifically for you skilled craftsmen. I hope that one day you will be able to create something even more powerful than Luban's wooden kite."
"only!"
Ma Jun bowed his hands in salute.
He comes from a poor family, but now that he is acquainted with noble people, he is naturally very willing to rise to the top and study in the legendary Taishan Academy.
Chen Mu smiled slightly and said to the people around him: "Take good care of the Ma clan people, and there must be no shortage of supplies."
"clear."
The magistrate of Juan County took this matter seriously into his mind and nodded to express his understanding.
Hearing Chen Mu's words, the people around him suddenly felt incredible.
Forget it if you become an official, it's just a small official position, no big deal.
In today's world, being an official is precarious. How can there be any career that can truly guarantee a lifetime of wealth?
But going to Taishan Academy is different.
You know, with Taixue Hongdu Hall and other places containing a large number of books being burned to the ground, Taishan Academy has become a holy place in the hearts of students all over the world.
Let’s not talk about the issue of being an official in Qingzhou immediately after graduating from here.
Just talking about Taishan Academy's rich collection of books and its unique printed books is enough to make all readers crazy about it.
The most important thing is that Qingzhou has now become the most stable place in the world, with no war or danger. Many children from aristocratic families are willing to go there to study, and even break their heads for a place.
Ma Jun was just a peasant boy with a poor family and low status. It was indeed puzzling that he was favored by the minister for making a car that turned upside down.
However, it is also true that the status of inventors and creators in ancient times was low. Even Ma Jun, who was so great, was never reused in Cao Wei. This shows that the ancients did not realize the importance of inventions and creations at all.
The ancients didn't understand, but Chen Mu naturally knew it very well. He also wanted to ask Ma Jun to let him invent the steam engine. After all, the principle of the steam engine is not complicated. It's just that Chen Mu himself didn't understand much. He only knew that steam was the source of power. He didn't know
Just how to make it specifically.
Only with the steam engine could we have the power of the industrial revolution.
certainly.
This will happen many years later. The world is not at peace. If you focus solely on scientific research, it will definitely be a big problem.
Even New China only had this ability after driving out the Japanese invaders and restoring China.
After ordering people to arrange Ma Jun, Chen Mu continued to inspect the place.
After spending one day in Juan County, I was going to Yangwu on the second day.
But at this moment, a horseman came from the west and found the official residence where Chen Mu was staying. When he entered the door, he shouted urgently: