Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 181 Super Wheat Trial Planting, the Beginning of the Ming Military Industry

After the review, the two armies set out separately under the leadership of Zeng Ying and Li Dingguo.

Aimee Zhu returned to the city with the civil and military officials.

Since the beginning of September, Auntie Zhu officially announced her appointment as the supervisor of the country, and the results of the First World War in Chengdu spread, and all the governments sent people to Chengdu one after another, either to inquire about specific information, or to meet the supervisor directly.

These people are basically sent by the southwestern provinces. They are all secondary officials, and there is no chief official.

Therefore, Auntie Zhu did not come to meet one of them—these officials were too low in rank.

The Chief Secretary and the Supervisory Office are in charge of talking to these people, and let them stay in Chengdu temporarily.

To this day, she called these people to watch the military parade together, and only after returning to the city did she let them come to the Chengyun Hall to have an audience.

"See Prison State!"

"Flat body."

After the ceremony, all the local officials got up and stood respectfully in the hall.

Zhu Yu looked around and saw that apart from the remote Sichuan Xingdusi and the five places of Wumeng, Dongchuan, Zhenxiong, and Wusa, the remaining eight places in the southwest were Qiongzhou, Meizhou, Yazhou, Liufanzhaosi, and Lizhou Anfu. People from Si, Jiading Prefecture, Mahu Prefecture, and Xuzhou Prefecture all came.

Oh, Luzhou, Zunyi Military and Civil Mansion, Shizhu Xuanfu Division, and Yongning Xuanfu Division were blocked or occupied by bandits from Chongqing and Kuizhou, so no news was received, and no one came.

As for Songfanwei, Long'an, Tongchuan, Baoning, Shunqing, Kuizhou and other places in the east and north, people were naturally sent.

It's just that Tongchuan and Baoning are both territories controlled by the Jianguo Mansion long ago, so after the visitor arrived in Chengdu, he was summoned by Aunt Zhu to meet him very early, and he went back, so he was not in the palace at this time.

After arriving in Chengdu, the second officials from the southwestern prefectures naturally heard various rumors about Aimee Zhu.

Because it is too bizarre, even though there are many feudal superstitious people at this time, those who may be one mansion and two officials are all knowledgeable people, so naturally they don't believe those bizarre rumors.

They didn't realize that those rumors were true until today when they watched Auntie Zhu reviewing the expedition army and saw drones, stereos and other creations of later generations.

This princess is indeed "obtained by nature and has great supernatural powers".

It's destiny!
There were dozens of secondary officials, and it was naturally impossible for Auntie Zhu to have an in-depth conversation with them, so she said some comforting and encouraging words that she had thought of long ago, and let these people quit.

Later, Zhao Ronggui, the general, was brought to the Chengyun Hall.

"Zhen Qiang Ginseng General Zhao Ronggui visited Jian Guo!"

Zhao Ronggui saluted Concubine Zhu very simply and neatly, not daring to underestimate Concubine Zhu because of her status as a girl.

"Flat body."

"Thank you, Jian Guo."

At this time, nothing in history has happened, and Zhao Ronggui is just an ordinary general.

Therefore, it was already a great honor for Aimee Zhu to summon him alone this time, so naturally she would not speak politely.

She directly ordered: "After you lead a battalion of the garrison back to Qingchuan, you will train another battalion of cavalry yourself, and the organization will follow the garrison.

The money and food needed for recruiting and training can be drawn from the Military Pay Division of the Military Affairs Department before leaving, but it must be remembered that there must be no vacancies in the camp, and the military pay cannot be deducted. "

Zhao Ronggui heard cold sweat on his forehead.

It is a common practice, or a practice, to eat vacancies and deduct military pay in the military of the Ming Dynasty.

One reason is that the money and rations distributed to the generals were already discounted. Even if the generals were not greedy, they would not be able to pay the full amount to the full-strength army.

Second, the military equipment provided by the imperial court was unusable, and the generals wanted to train elite soldiers, so they often needed to purchase new weapons and armor.

In this way, it is natural to gradually form the atmosphere of eating nothing and supporting the family.

But Zhao Ronggui had been in Chengdu for several days, and was taken to visit the Imperial Guard Army, the Gongtun Army, and the garrison battalion he was about to lead away.

He had already known that not only were the troops under the Supervisory Mansion fully staffed, but the imperial guards and garrison were elite soldiers from both former officials and thieves.

Now these soldiers are not only well-equipped, but also receive a higher full salary than before, so the morale of the army is high and the fighting spirit is high.

Compared with the former official army, these armies are very different, so they are called the new Daming official army, also referred to as the new official army, or the new army.

Before seeing the new army, Zhao Ronggui really had the idea of ​​living on empty pay and supporting his family according to the old habits.

But now that I have seen it, and today I saw the rumored "Flying Eagles" strange bird with my own eyes, I naturally dare not think about it before.

So, after hearing what Aunt Zhu said, he hastily expressed his opinion: "The final general must follow the order of the supervisor and train this battalion of cavalry well."

Zhu Yu said again: "Since Long'an Mansion is connected to Minzhou Wei and Gongchang Mansions in Shaanxi, you have to pay attention to the movements there when you are training your troops.

One is to prevent pseudoshun from going south to Sichuan from these two places, and the other is to prepare for the recovery of Shaanxi in the future. "

As long as they have good soldiers and excellent equipment, normal generals will be happy when they hear the battle, because they can only make meritorious service if they can fight.

Zhao Ronggui was no exception, and immediately responded with clasped fists: "The last general obeys orders!"

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The second day after the army set off.

Aimee Zhu led Zhuqueying and Xiaoqiying, all on horseback, and went out of the city again.

She first went to a large farm outside Chengdu that originally belonged to the Shu Palace.

This farm used to be responsible for managing thousands of acres of fertile land, mainly rice and winter wheat.

Because in the Jianguo Mansion's investigation of the many farms under the original Shu King's Mansion, the "performance" was the best, not to mention the hardworking and capable stewards of the manor, and there are many good farmers in the field, so Zhu Yuxi selected it as the experimental farm for the super wheat of later generations.

After confirming that the super rice of later generations could be planted in Daming, the materials transported to Daming by Zhu Yuxi and Zhu Yuxiu's sisters every day were mainly super wheat seeds.

Because of Hao Guangming's persuasion, Auntie Zhu didn't try her best to carry it, she could only say that she tried her best every day.

Therefore, the two sisters can carry about 200 catties of wheat seeds a day - under the condition of ensuring that Aimee Zhu is not unconscious, the amount she carries is actually very small each time, which is a little more than normal children of the same age, so Aimee Zhu is the main force for carrying.

Although food is important, it is not a matter of life and death. Neither Zhu Yu nor Hao Guangming would allow a five or six-year-old child to carry it at the cost of being in a coma for a whole day.

Moreover, this coma-style one-time handling actually has no restraint in the total amount of weight to be transported, and the total amount of small-volume multiple-time transport is large.

From the discovery at the end of July that super rice can be planted in Daming, to the end of September, in two months, the sisters transported a total of more than 3000 catties of super wheat seeds.

In later generations, it is best to plant 25 catties of seeds per acre of land, but that is when there is chemical fertilizer.

Auntie Zhu didn't plan to transport chemical fertilizers to Daming, but if they can use mature and scientific methods to make farmyard manure, the fertility of the land is probably worse than that of later generations with the addition of chemical fertilizers.

So the final suggestion for the test field is to sow 20 catties of seeds per mu.

In this way, the super wheat seeds that the sisters worked hard to transport in two months ended up planting only 600 mu of land.

The 600 mu of land is in the farm that Zhu Yuxi inspected today...
After arriving at the farm, Auntie Zhu came out with Suzaku Ying very quickly, with a little embarrassment on her pretty face.

Hao Guangming on the other side smiled and said, "I told you earlier, this wheat seed has only been planted for a few days, and nothing can be seen in the field, but you have to come and see it. Look, look lonely, right? "

Because there are close female guards on the left and right, who know something about Aimee Zhu and Hao Guangming, and now they are riding on horseback, so Aimee Zhu chats with Hao Guangming.

"I also know that the wheat must not have germinated, but I just can't help but want to see it. I really hope that this super wheat planting can be a great success once, and then expand the planting scale as soon as possible."

Hearing this, Hao Guangming stopped making fun of him, and instead comforted him: "Don't worry, it will definitely succeed."

He knew that the experience of encountering hungry refugees outside the capital left a deep impression on Aimee Zhu.

Let Zhu Wei fully realize that the food problem is the biggest problem of Daming.

That's why she cares so much about this large-scale trial planting of super wheat.

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After leaving the Super Wheat Trial Plantation Farm, Zhu Yuxi brought two battalions of Imperial Forest Army to the arsenal by the Jiang'an River.

Because the arsenal has only been built recently, there are still many problems to be dealt with, so Liu Linchang, who has an overview of the matter, still lives here.

Hearing that Aunt Zhu was coming, he brought several main officials from the arsenal to greet him outside the gate.

After some necessary but streamlined benefits, Auntie Zhu did not rush into the arsenal for a visit, but looked outside first.

This is also Hao Guangming's request - he also wants to record more videos.

In fact, as early as the day Liu Linchang reported the completion of the arsenal, Aunt Zhu asked the Flying Eagles to send a micro-drone reconnaissance team to take aerial photos and collect aerial pictures and videos of the arsenal.

Today is the first time to visit this place in person, so naturally we have to take a good look.

Unlike the factory buildings of later generations, the arsenal of Daming is still dominated by wooden buildings.

But there are also many masonry buildings-in low-level houses, it is actually cheaper and faster to use masonry than wood.

At this time, looking around on the slope, we can see houses of all sizes lined up by the river, the tallest of which is only three floors, and most of them are only one floor. If it weren't for the many tall smoke piles inside, there would be a lot of smoke coming out all the time. Qi, it looks like an ordinary village.

Of course, the most iconic buildings are the embankments in the river that can artificially control the flow of water, and dozens of huge waterwheels.

In addition, there is an iron factory attached to the arsenal downstream-the smoke rushes higher there, and the thick smoke is also bigger.

All of this is so abrupt and uncoordinated compared to the surrounding fields and the still-looking clean sky.

But no matter in the eyes of Aimee Zhu, Hao Guangming, or officials of the Ming Dynasty such as Liu Linchang, this is a rare and fascinating "beauty".

On the other side, Hao Guangming felt a bit uneasy when looking at it through the camera of his mobile phone, so he quickly came back to his senses and asked, "Did you smell a special smell?"

After hearing this, Auntie Zhu sniffed the air seriously, and couldn't help but wonder, "It doesn't smell like that?"

Hao Guangming smiled and said, "Why not? It smells like industry."

Auntie Zhu also knew something about the industry. Hearing Hao Guangming's words, she suddenly understood.

Indeed, although the arsenal in front of us was small and crude, it was the beginning of the military industry of the Ming Dynasty.

Thinking of this, Auntie Zhu said, "Let's go, let's go to the factory."

(End of this chapter)