Brother Zhu Youxiao

"This year's precipitation in Beizhili reached one foot three inches (416 millimeters), an inch and a half more than last year!"

"No wonder there is no severe drought this year. The precipitation data in Shanxi has also reached one chi two inches (384 millimeters). I hope it will reach one chi three inches this year."

"Alas... Shaanxi is still the same. Southern Shaanxi and Guanzhong are one foot, one inch and two inches (352-384 millimeters) respectively, and northern Shaanxi is nine inches (256 millimeters)."

"Damn it, Taining Mansion is so far north, it's actually one foot and two inches taller than northern Shaanxi. It seems that the precipitation map drawn by His Highness is real."

"It is useful, but it is useless for Shaanxi and Shanxi. Hexi has reached one foot and two of precipitation."

On the tenth day of February in the 11th year of Tianqi, when Zhengdan and Lantern Festival passed one after another, the snow in the north began to melt. The provincial branches of the Department of Agriculture made a summary of the territory of each province last year and handed it over to the head of the Department of Agriculture.

This is the first time that the Department of Agriculture has counted the annual precipitation of Ming Dynasty, but it is also this precipitation that makes many people see the plight of Shanxi and Shaanxi.

In the case of peace in all provinces one after another, the two provinces of Shanxi and Shaanxi, which have entered the apocalypse for 11 years, are still in a state of severe drought.

The rainfall in the two provinces is actually far less than that in Hexi, and Hexi also beats the two provinces with a single round of water resources.

After several years of severe drought, [-]% of the rivers in Shanxi were basically cut off, and Shaanxi could only rely on the Weihe, Jinghe, and Yellow Rivers to survive.

This time when he came home, he heard his father Li Dashou say that after the Yumajian found out that the village officials were corrupt, he became more determined.

"I'm going home this time..." Li Dingguo hesitated to tell some things about going home this time, from inspecting the censor to supervising the censor to the village officials, and then to the appeal of the people.

"I'm mainly here to talk to you this time. After two days, when the snow outside the pass melts, I will take Xiao cavalry guards and artillery north to Taining Mansion. Guochao will launch the third Northern Expedition in June."

"They have no chance to be corrupt. If they do, they will be more corrupt than the current corrupt officials."

"If the temperature can return to the first year of the apocalypse, the yield of corn per mu can still reach two stones, and the use of chemical fertilizers can reach two and a half stones."

With that said, Zhu Youjian raised his head and looked straight at Li Dingguo:
"You are also 11 years old. When I was your age, I had already started to train the Imperial Horse Supervisor. You have to think about some ways for yourself. Doing things that make you happy is better than blindly being filial. good."

"These corns are bigger than when I first saw them."

"This battle wiped out the Jianlu, and the country will be at peace for a while."

"For the compilation of the calendar, I have asked the household department to transfer 10 taels of silver to the Qin Tianjian, and the number of Qin Tianjian has tripled."

"Your parents don't have such bad intentions. They only hope that you will be a civil servant and live your life smoothly. This is also a manifestation of caring and caring for you."

Zhu Youjian sighed a little, and the reason why he said this was because as long as Jianlu was eliminated, the territory of the [-]mm rainfall line would be in Daming's hands.

The other three of their horses have been driven to Taining County, so they can only use the horses to travel, and there is only one army horse beside them to deal with emergencies.

"After you go back, you should study hard. If you can ascend to the pavilion in the future, it will be gratifying."

However, with nearly 19 people, it is actually quite difficult to fight an annihilation battle in a vast area of ​​more than 10,000 miles and [-]+ square kilometers in length.

Seeing his excited appearance, Zhu Youjian still confessed:
"Although the calendar is important, you have several positions, so don't let the affairs of the Department of Agriculture and the Military Academy be left behind."

However, it is estimated that when they return to the capital at the end of autumn, they will be able to board the operating train.

Zhu Youjian remembers very clearly when he helped the poor in the mountains in his previous life. Some parents didn't care what their children thought, and let them drop out of school and go home when they saw the other party reach a certain age.

Zhu Youjian finished correcting a memorial, put it away, and continued:

The land of Yanyun in February was indeed still a bit chilly, Zhu Youjian and the two got into the carriage surrounded by Xiao cavalry guards.

But there is one thing to say, this set of rules is used to manage people, and it really works, otherwise many emperors would not respect filial piety, loyalty and patriotism.

"Your Highness, I still want to take a look at the battlefield."

Because of this, Zhu Youjian doesn't like foolish, filial and pedantic people very much.

"It should be noted that even a dog in the family will have its own moments."

In the storage room covering an area of ​​ten acres, there are corn harvested last year. The size of these corns is not comparable to that of later generations. Each one is only the size of a baby's arm, and the corn kernels are hard and small.

Li Dingguo hurriedly followed, and when they walked out of the storage room, they saw some tenants who were planting crops on the experimental field.

"I estimate that it will be difficult for me to return to Beijing this year. If you, Bi Ziyan, Wang Zheng, Song Yingxing and the others have any difficulties, you will go to Cheng En and Hua Chun."

Fortunately, there are more and more generals who can fight now, and the number of generals who can command tens of thousands, tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of people has also begun to increase, and Zhu Youjian himself does not have to work so hard.

When he was talking about this, Zhu Youjian kept listening quietly, without interrupting him, but nodded slightly after he finished speaking: "Got it."

Sun Yuanhua couldn't help being excited when he thought of compiling the calendar with his mentor and passing down his name through the ages.

But he still has a lot to do, such as helping capable people like Jin Xuan and Cheng De to the positions of the Sixth Ministry and the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

"The strength of Mongolian horses is still not strong enough. In the coming year, we can find some grown Sharmas from the Imperial Horse Supervisor to pull them."

Speaking of this, Zhu Youjian began to grind the cinnabar by himself, preparing to review the memorial, but he still taught Li Dingguo:
"I train you, let you read military books and go to the battlefield, but I don't want you to be just a general. If you want to do it, you have to make a general."

Since the Beijing-Liaoning Railway from Beijing to Yanshan is still under inspection, even if the laying is completed, Zhu Youxiao and the others still have to take a horse-drawn carriage when they go there.

Not to mention Li Dingguo, even Zhu Youjian, how could he escape the etiquette of his wedding?

Right now, what Zhu Youjian has to do is to make the Mongols' tactical arrangements richer, in order to achieve the purpose of plowing the court and sweeping the acupoints.

"Your Highness..."

Zhu Youjian took another look at the various crop changes in the storage room, and finally turned around and walked out of the storage room.

He naturally knew about the changes in the Qin Tianjian. Among other things, those telescopes and the tripled number of people were enough to speed up the compilation of the calendar.

Of course, he is not a fool, he also knows that his highness is worth less than [-] people, if he follows his highness's words, his achievements in the future will not be too low.

Behind them, civilian men wearing mandarin duck battle jackets, hats, and simple spears were escorting artillery.

As long as you disobey the idea of ​​your parents, you are unfilial, you are wolf-hearted.

But when it comes to the calendar, Zhu Youjian also remembered the purpose of his trip. He stopped and turned to Sun Yuanhua and said:

The first time he was stationed in the Chinese army, he was led to a surprise attack. It didn't look like a good thing.

"I will write a letter to my mentor later, asking my mentor to go out and compile the calendar!" Sun Yuanhua was very excited when he heard that the calendar was going to be compiled.

There are sixteen guards in Shangzhi, a total of [-] Yanshan [-]-jin cannons, and a total of [-] Yanshan [-]-jin cannons. They are full of firepower, and they were prepared by Zhu Youjian in response to the construction of captives to thicken the city and stone fortress.

Zhu Youjian was not very worried about the affairs of the Armament Academy, so he repeatedly explained.

This route was also the escape route of the few Jurchens when the Mongols encircled and suppressed the Jurchens.

At this moment, looking down from the sky, there are 600 cavalry guard cavalry, each of whom is riding a draft horse, and is leading a Hequ army horse beside him.

Otherwise, based on the reduction policy of the Kingdom of Jin towards the Mongols, the Mongols would have slaughtered the Jurchens long ago, and there would be no way for the Jurchens to survive and reproduce so many people.

"Aren't you worried, Your Highness?" Li Dingguo was taken aback by Zhu Youjian's plain response.

"The "Da Tong Li" used by the Guo Dynasty is originally a translation of the "Shou Shi Calendar" of the previous dynasty, and the "Shou Shi Calendar" is almost 350 years old. I would like to invite Xu Shaobao and you to go to Qintianjian to compile a new calendar."

This is the lunar calendar. According to the Western Gregorian calendar, it should be in the middle of March.

In fact, the breeding method of the Department of Agriculture of the Ming Dynasty is still the original method of seed selection, breeding, and simple hybridization, grafting, etc., but after being summarized and compiled by Zhu Youjian, a separate system has been formed.

For such ignorant and selfish parents, most of the children dare not resist, because this is the local "restraint by etiquette and law" that has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

"But I am like this, I am afraid that my parents will not be happy." Li Dingguo couldn't get rid of the etiquette of the times.

"What's the use of worrying? There are so many things in the world, you have to deal with them one by one, and you haven't learned the lesson from last time?"

"Well, let's go to Taining County together with the artillery." Zhu Youjian nodded slightly as he was seated.

"Please rest assured, Your Highness." Sun Yuanhua bowed in return, and Zhu Youjian felt relieved when he saw it, and immediately said:

In addition to Shangzhi, the 18 soldiers and horses in the Eastern Army's Governor's Mansion also have nearly 600 Yanshan five-jin cannons. The two armies have a total of [-] people and [-] artillery pieces.

After they boarded the car, the commander of the Xiao cavalry specially rode to the window and asked, "Your Highness, are you going directly to Taining County?"

Although Nanzhou is more important for the development of Southeast Asia and Old Port than these places, the situation Zhu Youjian is facing is that as long as Jianlu is eliminated, there will be no country or nation in North Asia that can confront Daming head-on.

Zhu Youjian felt the speed of the carriage, which was only a little faster than walking, and shook his head.

"The petty officials below took money and food, and corrupted the state treasury. As long as they have the heart, anyone can know about these things."

Keep this precipitation line well, and then seek Mobei, Western Regions, Wusi Tibet, and the Hezhong area of ​​​​Central Asia. If you succeed, you can stabilize blood transfusions in these places, and it doesn't matter if you fail.

At present, the northern area of ​​Jianlu has been completely blocked by Guo Sangdai, and the east is the sea. It is impossible to go to the south, and the west will collide directly with Shang, so their only escape target may only be the northwest area.

Microscopes have been developed by the Military Academy, and have been used in medical schools and agricultural schools.

In Shanxi, however, after seeing the severe drought since the beginning of spring, many people began to think about moving outside the pass.

In fact, those families can afford their children to study, but they just think that it is enough to study so much, and they can work more at home.

"The last general takes orders." The general Xiaoqiwei responded, and Zhu Youjian's carriage also started to move.

On the side of the Department of Agriculture, Sun Yuan's incarnation holds several positions. Right now, he is introducing to Zhu Youjian:
"After six years of selective breeding and adding fertilizers, this maize has barely reached the yield of two stones per mu in the experimental field. It is estimated that if it is given to the common people, it can only yield one stone per mu without chemical fertilizers."

It is very likely that they will attempt to escape to Central Siberia along the north bank of the Heilongjiang River to the northwest after the failure of the joint battle, and then turn back to the south.

Leaving such a situation and talent team behind, Zhu Youjian does not seek continued prosperity, but only seeks decades of peace.

It's a pity that under their thinking, Zhu Youjian's decree to stop the migration made all the victims in Shanxi dumbfounded.

There is also a thermometer in Zhu Youjian's Prince Qi's mansion. The temperature in the capital on the tenth day of February is minus seven degrees to minus twelve degrees.

Things on the battlefield are unpredictable. From the beginning of the second Northern Expedition, Zhu Youjian had the idea of ​​being in charge of the central army, because he had already been familiar with the front army, the rear army, and the left and right sides.

It's just that some etiquette can be followed, and some can't.

The engraved strip of the thermometer is basically set according to the temperature of the human body.

Announcements from all over the country require the completion of the sweeping of the caves in Liting before continuing to immigrate.

It’s just that it’s already like this. Shaanxi really can’t move out the people. If they move again, the local population can’t even make up 300 million.

After the time entered February, Zhu Youxiao took his seventy-odd concubines and six children to Yanshan to escape the summer heat.

For example, there is a large thermometer hanging high in the storage room, and the temperature on it shows that the temperature in the storage room is five degrees.

"It's right to hope that your child will become a dragon, and hope that your heirs will be safe." Zhu Youjian opened a book of memorials, dipped his brush in ink, and taught while reading:
"Your mother is right in not wanting you to go to the battlefield. As a parent, if you send your child to the battlefield for the sake of the future, most of them are corrupt people. For their own self-interest and private name, they don't care about their children's life or death."

As long as the basic disk is still there, and the industry is constantly consuming this basic disk, Ming can fail countless times, while the nomads in these places can only fail once.

"In recent years, the temperature in the north has dropped, and the yield per mu of maize has continued to decrease, so it can only be planted in the southwest to find the average value."

It's just that Zhu Youjian doesn't care about these things at all. He is walking around in the storage room near the experimental field in Yongping County, Department of Agriculture.

He doesn't bully good people, but he doesn't let bad people bully him, and he wants to arrest bad people and corrupt officials... This is his most simple idea.

He listened to his parents, and His Highness may help him, but his future achievements will definitely not be as high as the road His Highness arranged.

Although Lin Danhan was repelled, Zhu Youjian was also speechless for a while.

Zhu Youjian looked at Li Dingguo with a trace of doubt. Li Dingguo was taken aback by the words, but soon realized that it was the village official's business.

The four-wheeled carriage was about ten feet wide and over two feet long, and it was pulled by four Mongolian draft horses. Even though the four horses were pulling together, the speed of the carriage was not fast.

In the carriage, when Zhu Youjian was contemplating, Li Dingguo hesitated to speak, and Zhu Youjian also opened his eyes and looked at him: "What?"

Using such a battle to attack Jianlu shows Zhu Youjian's determination.

It's just a pity that when Zhu Youjian was thinking of serving in the Chinese army last time, he happened to meet Lin Danhan who was so clever to carry out a surprise attack.

This announcement completely dispelled the Shanxi people's idea of ​​relocating, and some even cursed Zhu Youjian in private because they could not relocate.

After Zhu Youjian finished speaking, he kept looking at Li Dingguo, but Li Dingguo was thinking, with a tangled expression on his face.

With a thermometer, everyone can see the natural temperature more intuitively.

Sun Yuanhua has also read the book "Little Ice Age" written by Zhu Youjian. As a disciple of Xu Guangqi, he is also deeply involved in "Nong Shu".

"It's just that knowing is one thing, how to do it is another. Things have a priority, and the current matter is the light, and the extermination of the captives is the most important."

Zhu Youzheng was on his way to Yanshan, but Zhu Youjian took Li Dingguo, who had returned from his home to Prince Qi's Mansion, to inspect the storage room of the Department of Agriculture.

"But... can I do it?" Li Dingguo was a little unconfident, and he said his mother's words by the way:
"My mother kissed them. It seemed that they didn't want me to go to the battlefield. They wanted me to be a civil servant."

"The kind of person who is not greedy and can do things is rare among a hundred officials."

"The battlefield is safe. You can just follow me around. Although this battle will be a bit difficult, you and I can sit in the middle army and look at the battlefield from afar."

When he said a word last year and let several village officials fall to the ground, he had an idea in his heart.

The human body temperature was set at 37 degrees, and the scale was adjusted up and down according to this temperature, and finally got Daming's own Chinese-style thermometer.

At first Zhu Youjian thought it was an economic problem, but later he discovered that it was an ideological problem.

"There is another saying that what your parents want you to do is your parents' idea, but whether you want to do it or not is your own idea."

On the surface, 19 people fought against 10 people, but what Zhu Youjian wanted was encirclement and annihilation, so it was necessary to divide troops to garrison various mountain passes to prevent the Jian captives from escaping.

The thermometer is a gadget for the Military Armament Academy. Westerners made it decades ago, and the Armament Academy used Zhu Youjian's method to create a column thermometer.

Zhu Youjian said while Sun Yuanhua nodded.

"If you don't like fighting and don't want to go into battle, then I'll send you back to the capital."

Compiling the calendar is of great benefit to agriculture, but the most important thing is that the name of the compiler can be passed down together with the calendar for hundreds of years.

For the common people, peace is more important and better than anything else.

Such temperatures can still occur in mid-March, which is enough to show the severity of the Little Ice Age.

"Then are you happy?" Zhu Youjian shook his head: "Naturally, the kindness of nurturing must be repaid, but it's not like treating yourself as a dog in the family, never leaving, and listening to every sentence."

"Wishing a child to become a dragon and peace and safety are not in conflict. What is in conflict is to hope that a child will become a dragon and at the same time, hope that the offspring will satisfy their own selfish desires and let themselves enjoy happiness."

"Your Highness, you know..." He was a little embarrassed, but Zhu Youjian took a deep breath and said:
"Sometimes when a different group of people go up, they won't do better than this group."

If they can go straight up, Huang Taiji and Nurhachi will be able to blow a wave of people like Huo Luochi even if they are dead.

According to some low temperature periods in the book "Little Ice Age", he searched some ancient books for the grain records of various dynasties' historical stages, and the answer he got was the same as what Zhu Youjian wrote. Yield per mu will be reduced by [-]%.

In fact, everyone understands such things as foolishness and filial piety, but no one can escape the constraints of etiquette and law in the world.

"Let's not talk about the ability of officials. The former village officials were corrupt, but they could do things well. What about the corrupt officials now? They are corrupt, but they can't do things well, while some are not greedy, and they can't do things well. "

Generals are also divided into abilities and ranks. A general who can sit in the central army and command tens of thousands of horses is the pursuit of all generals.

Zhu Youjian's words are considered unfilial in this era. Of course, he also despises those foolish and filial people.

Zhu Youjian felt helpless looking at this group of corns whose size was less than one-third of the later generations.

The later generations said that Feng Lang Juxu and Le Shi Yanran are just representatives of merit in the eyes of later generations.

When Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting, Wu Aheng, Yang Wenyue, and Lu Xiangsheng entered the cabinet one after another, Zhu Youjian could go to Qi with almost peace of mind.

Due to the winter snow problem and government road problems, only two-thirds of the artillery of the remaining fifteen guards in Shangzhi was transported northward last year, and now there is still one-third that needs to be transported northward by Zhu Youjian after the winter snow melts.

In the eyes of the ancient military generals, commanding hundreds of thousands of troops and having the merits of founding the country is their pursuit, and this is why Huanglong and the others are keen to let Zhu Youjian sit on the throne.

If he wants to do it, he must be a person like Zhu Youjian, who is under one person and above ten thousand people!

The first rank of official rank crushes people to death. He doesn't even have an official rank, so he can behead several village officials. People who are more upward.

Li Dingguo pondered for a long time, and finally felt that His Royal Highness was right.

Following behind him, Li Dingguo also looked at the corn in each display case, and some explanations were marked on the display cases, such as varieties, yield per mu and so on.

Sun Yuanhua could also understand him, so he listened attentively throughout the whole process.

This is not the three 10,000+ soldiers and horses whose combat strength was mixed with water in the Battle of Liao Dynasty, but the nearly 19 elites who have been honed.

"You are aware of the changes in the Qin Tianjian. Although the calendar must be rigorous, the court needs him to fix it quickly and well so that it can be used by the people of the world in the shortest possible time."

It wasn't until Zhu Youjian finished speaking that he bowed to send Zhu Youjian respectfully.

As for the Mughals in South Asia, they have almost entered the countdown to their demise...

"Your Highness, you said that we have made such a big noise, what will Lao Nu and Huang Taiji do?"

"Huh?" Li Dingguo asked curiously, while Zhu Youjian looked at him, thought about his question, and then smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth.

He turned his head to look at Yanyun Dadi outside the window, and said with a smile:
"At this moment, I'm afraid they are quarreling with each other..."

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