Ming Zuo

Chapter 265: Liu Rushi's...

This White Lotus Sect uprising caused enormous damage to the local society in Shandong.

Especially at the grassroots level in rural areas, they have basically lost their original appearance.

In the Ming Dynasty, the imperial power did not go to the countryside. After a large number of small and medium landlords were wiped out, the vast countryside became a blank area without owners.

Zuo Menggeng grasped this opportunity keenly.

The recovered county will be handed over to the imperial court for management, and the countryside outside the county is almost all his territory.

Ironically, even if the county is returned to the imperial court, it is difficult for the imperial court to dispatch officials.

So far, the new army has recaptured thirteen counties, while the imperial court has dispatched county magistrates, county magistrates, and master books to manage only seven.

The remaining six seats are still in charge of recruiters from the new army.

From the second year of Chongzhen to the present, the imperial court has lost too many cities.

This also brought great difficulty to the supplement of officials.

Now let alone Jinshi, even Juren can directly serve as county magistrate.

It won't be long before the imperial court will definitely sell the official title.

In fact, this is what was done in the middle and late stages of the Chongzhen Dynasty.

This is also the reason why Zuo Menggeng dared to develop coal mines and iron mines after he discovered that there were coal mines and iron mines in his sphere of influence.

Anyway, the imperial court couldn't take care of it anymore, and he was not afraid of being robbed in front of his force.

"San Zuo, the mines here are easy to dig. If it is done well, it will definitely be no problem to produce [-] catties of iron per month."

Fang Zongyi was invited to investigate and gave surprising data.

Although Pengji Iron Mine is not a big mine, with the production capacity of the new army, it can definitely meet the needs.

Moreover, the iron ore here is buried very shallow, and the difficulty of excavation is not very high.

This is not only true of iron mines, but also of coal mines.

It only needs to dig more than ten meters to see the coal seam.

However, after looking at the location of the coal mine, Zuo Menggeng had to remind: "If you want to dig underground, you must do a good job of supporting the tunnel. Be careful of water leakage and collapse. If it is not possible, you would rather dig horizontally to mine coal. You can't let it go either."

One of the difficulties faced by the coal mine is that there is Anshan Lake next to it.The nearest place is even less than two or three hundred meters away.

Zuo Menggeng is not sure whether the water from Anshan Lake will seep through, but safety issues must be considered.

Anyway, with this coal producing area, even if the surface deposits are excavated first, it can still meet the needs of the new army.

The discovery of minerals became a top priority, not only Zuo Menggeng, but also Li Banghua, Hou Xun, Geng Ruqi and others personally participated in it.

With everyone's concerted efforts, the mining company was established very quickly.

After a unanimous resolution, Fang Zongyi became the general manager of the mining company.

Fang Zongyi was shocked by this incident.

He originally thought that as a craftsman from Yanshen Town, after he came to Linqing, he could earn more money with his skills, and it would be good to have enough food and drink.

But I didn't expect that I received unconditional trust here.

The general manager of a mining company has the same status as Chen Zhi, Jiang Wei, Wang Yun, Li Banghua, Geng Ruqi and others.

The fact that Fang Zongyi was reused also stimulated other people from Yanshen Town to work harder.

After all, Fang Zongyi can be an executive, so why can't they?

Zuo Menggeng was busy until March, when he had to deal with his marriage with Xu Ruolin, he hurried back to Linqing.

During this period of time, there was a lot of excitement here in Linqing.

Zuo Menggeng's marriage made the whole camp elated.

The leader's marriage and the reproduction of offspring will bring a great sense of security to the camp, so it is not his own private matter.

And a married person means becoming an adult, which will enhance the trust of others.

Huang Shi and Zuo Yan have been making arrangements for Zuo Menggeng's marriage, and the preparations are very proper.

Originally, the Huang family planned to do everything according to Zuo Liangyu's request, but the Xu family tried to be frugal, so they had to give up.

Even so, the gifts were prepared with great care.

According to Zuo Menggeng's instructions, traditional objects such as luxurious gold, silver and silk were discarded, and replaced with practical and novel gifts such as chiming clocks, astronomical telescopes, gift swords, and mature Western crop seeds.

After reading the gift list, the Xu family were all very satisfied.

Just when everything was ready and ready to go, a few young scholars came to visit, and they were all acquaintances of the Xu family.

"Students Songjiang Chen Zilong, Wan Shouqi, Song Zhengyu, Li Wen, Yang Tingshu, Xia Yunyi paid a visit to General Zuo."

Hearing these names, Zuo Menggeng was startled.

Especially when looking at Song Zhengyu and Chen Zilong, I thought...

Isn't this Liu Rushi's men?
If you add Zhou Daodeng, Li Daiwen, Qian Qianyi...

live.

But he didn't understand, why did these great talents come to him?

It was Chen Zilong who said the reason.

"When the student was in the capital, he was taught by Duke Xuan Hu, and had the opportunity to read Xuan Hu Gong's masterpieces. Knowing that the books on farming are in General Zuo's place, he came here specially and asked to read them."

It turned out that this was the case, Zuo Menggeng was quite happy.

"It's impossible."

What he didn't know was that Chen Zilong compiled Xu Guangqi's "Complete Book of Agricultural Administration" to survive.

Originally, Zuo Menggeng didn't think much of these Jiangnan talents.Seeing that Chen Zilong was actually concentrating on practical matters, he said, "If you like farming, you can go to Dongchang Mansion to visit Lord Wang Kangyu after reading the manuscripts. He is a master of farming in the world, and he may be able to explain your doubts."

Chen Zilong was overjoyed and quickly wrote it down.

After Zuo Menggeng asked, he found out that Chen Zilong and the six were going to the capital to rush for the exam.

Not only the six of them, but also Zhang Pu, Wu Weiye, Du Linzheng, Yang Tinglin and others.

As a result, everyone else was a Jinshi in high school, and the six of them failed the rankings one after another.Staying in the capital with nothing to do, it happened that Chen Zilong learned that the manuscript of "Nongzheng Quanshu" was at Zuo Menggeng's place, so he came to have a look.

The others happened to be going south to go home, so they came along the way.

It is worth mentioning that Yang Tingshu and Yang Tinglin are not brothers, they have no blood relationship at all.

Yang Tingshu is from Southern Zhili, and Yang Tinglin is from Jiangxi.

"Today's imperial court is really not a place to do things. It's a good thing if you didn't make it to high school. Since you come here, you can also visit famous scholars and sharpen your knowledge."

Chen Zilong and the others looked at each other, saying nothing on the surface, but they were actually slandering inwardly.

In a place like Linqing, how can there be famous artists?
Zuo Menggeng didn't say clearly that he was very busy and left soon.

Xu Erjue liked the arrival of his friends very much and was responsible for receiving them himself.

"Come on, I'll take you to see grandfather's manuscript."

Everyone and Xu Erjue had known each other for a long time, and without Zuo Menggeng by their side, they felt much more relaxed.

"Zigui, why are you here?"

Xu Erjue said with a smile: "Zhongheng is about to marry his younger sister, so I am here to discuss the marriage."

The scholars were quite surprised to hear that a woman from the Xu family was going to marry Zuo Menggeng.

Song Zhengyu even saw Xu Ruolin, and couldn't help feeling sorry.

"Lingmei is shining brightly, with extraordinary demeanor. Married to... Married to..."

He originally wanted to say that marrying a martial artist is really a waste of money.But when he thought that people were about to hold a wedding, saying that was purely offensive, and he got stuck for a while.

If it was before, Xu Erjue also felt that Wufu was not good.But now, he is Zuo Menggeng's biggest fan.

"Heh, what's wrong with soldiers? Without soldiers to defend our home and country, how could we be so happy and happy? Under the iron hoof of a foreign race, our family has already been destroyed."

Several people thought about it carefully, especially with the current situation to testify, they couldn't say anything to refute.

Chen Zilong asked curiously: "When I was waiting in the capital, I heard people say that this General Zuo once went to Qingshui Pass to destroy more than [-] Eastern captives in the first battle, and also beheaded Amin and other slave chiefs. Is this true? "

Xu Erjue is very honored for his brother-in-law's great achievements.

"Naturally. Otherwise, how could Zhongheng be a general at such a young age?"

Xia Yunyi was fascinated.

"I saw General Zuo just now. He is immature and has a peaceful demeanor. Although he has the appearance of a warrior, he never thought that he would have the courage of a champion."

Xu Erjue said with a smile: "After you have been in contact with him for a long time, you will know that Zhongheng is only rough on the outside, but in fact there is beauty on the inside. He is a poet, and he is also a leader in the world."

Hearing that Zuo Menggeng could compose poems, Chen Zilong and others didn't believe it.It was only because of my friend's face that I didn't refute it in person.

Xu Erjue was in a hurry.

"Hmph, there is the law of two perfections in the world, and you will not fail the Tathagata and not the Qing. Who of you can write such a poem?"

There was a burst of blows head-on, and Chen Zilong and the others were fried.

Several people tasted it carefully, but there was only room for worship.

"This... is this really the work of General Zuo?"

Xu Erjue was arrogant.

"Then there is still a fake? This is what Zhongheng made as a gift to Sister Sister."

The eyeballs of Chen Zilong and the others were all red.

These kinds of poems, used to pick up girls, can be said to be beneficial in every direction.

Damn it, how could a martial artist even grab the literary grace of our scholars?
Song Zhengyu was very anxious and asked, "What is the whole picture of this poem?"

Xu Erjue shook his head.

"Just these two sentences, I also asked Zhongheng, but he said that poetry is a small way, but it's just a feeling."

Not being able to see the whole picture made Chen Zilong and the others really suffer.

They are all good at literary talents. It is a great pity that they are so indifferent when they have to hear a good poem.

(End of this chapter)