Goose Three Kingdoms

Chapter 615: Theory of Good Breeds

At the beginning of August, the temperature in Guanzhong is still dull and hot.

It was a rare drizzle, and before noon, all traces of rain had evaporated.

This rain washed away the accumulated dust, and all the scenery within sight became bright and fresh.

Since moving into the Weaving Commandery, Black Bear has resumed his daily patrols.

He was stationed on the bank of Weinan, with seven steam carriages behind him. The secretaries accompanying the carriages were either working inside the carriages or under the shaded awnings outside the carriages.

On the Wei River, a boat gang set sail upstream.

The Wei River is shallow and sandy. After two years of dredging, the river water was finally controlled and a central river channel was formed for grain ships to navigate.

Before this, the river was very shallow during the dry season and the current was turbulent during the flood season, neither of which was suitable for sailing.

It was only during the pre-Qin period that the Wei River was not seriously silted up and was suitable for navigation. During the reign of Emperor Wu, it became difficult to transport grain from Shaanxi and Tianjin to Chang'an.

The black bear looked at the Wei River and felt that it was a clogged blood vessel. It looked very large, but it was of little benefit.

"The wind in Guanzhong is weak, and it is difficult for the fleet to use the wind."

Black Bear pondered and said to Gao Jun who was standing beside him: "Look at these fleets. The sails are not bulging. They all rely on the sailors to row and paddle. Going upstream is slow and difficult."

Even though it is difficult, it is faster than transporting by horse and cart.

Gao Jun observed carefully. He didn't know much about ships, but he knew that water transportation was a powerful weapon for the military.

Relying solely on horse and cart, animal power, and human power for transportation would be too costly.

Especially in difficult areas where one must rely on manpower, it will not only occupy manpower and consume money and food, but will also delay the reproduction of manpower.

Kongming lanterns, hot air balloons, steam chariots and the like all seem a bit lackluster.

It would be great if there were a dozen little boys. They could just dig a hole like a pillar and detonate it.

There is also the Danshui canal transportation. If well planned, the mountain gorges can be exploded to change the Bashui and Luoshui rivers. After the Danshui River is injected, there is even the possibility of connecting the canal transportation to Guanzhong.

The same goes for the Wei River. They were willing to use a small boy to blast a channel directly to divert the Tao River into the Wei River, allowing the water transport from Guanzhong to reach Yuzhong directly.

The black bear felt inexplicably tired, as the black and white magic powers were not omnipotent.

Looking at the slowly departing boat gang, Black Bear said to Gao Jun, "Arrange some people to go to the Chencang Shipyard tomorrow. I want to stay there permanently."

"Here!"

Gao Jun agreed and allowed the Grand Marshal to go wherever he wanted in Guanzhong.

The Battle of Hehuang has already begun to mobilize all the counties and it is impossible to stop.

Whether the black bear is stationed in Mei County or Chencang, it is a nearby deterrent and can also provide assistance to break the deadlock on the front line.

At this point, the Hehuang Qiang are only the open enemies, and the internal distribution and competition conflicts are the most difficult to resolve.

Only by staying in the southwest of Guanzhong can the stalemate on the Hehuang battlefield be resolved and a rapid breakthrough into Yizhou be made to suppress possible rebellions.

Therefore, in terms of strategic deterrence and counterattack, there is no essential difference between staying in the Weaving House or going to the Shipyard.

Returning to the caravan, Black Bear took out a mountain map and spread it out to examine it.

Fa Zheng brought tea and wheat cakes. Black Bear took a bite of the wheat cake and said, "The transportation on the Wei River is difficult, but I insisted on flying to the sky. I really don't care about the hardship of people's livelihood."

I glanced at Fa Zheng from the side: "Flowers are blooming and oil is boiling. This reminds me of a game called "iron flower making."

Fa Zheng could understand the first part, but he didn't understand the latter part. However, he felt that he was not very good, so he asked: "What about this iron flower?"

"It's a fun game. I'll find someone to perform it this winter when we're all asleep."

Black Bear smiled as he spoke, leaning back in his chair, and turned his head to look out the window: "Tomorrow I will go to the Chencang Shipyard, write an order, and summon Yan Pu to come to Chencang to see me."

After listening to this, Fa Zheng nodded slowly. Now he was also very curious about whether Zhang Tianshi appeared in front of his disciples, students, former officials, and believers after his ascension.

You can't get the answer to this kind of thing from Zhang's family or the followers of Tianshi Dao, you can only ask people like Yan Pu who are not part of Tianshi Dao. People like Yan Pu, who witnessed Tianshi's ascension, naturally believed it without a doubt.

But if the ascended Heavenly Master has not cared about his children or the development of the Heavenly Master's Dao for such a long time, then Yan Pu will examine this matter with a dialectical attitude.

Black Bear ate wheat cakes and picked up some miscellaneous books to read. These were all new books published by various schools of Chang'an University.

There are many unorthodox remarks, as well as many descriptions of ideas and experiments similar to scientific enlightenment.

"Why did Chen Qun become a farmer?"

Black Bear held a piece of paper in confusion, and looked carefully at the author, and indeed saw the six words "Chen Qun of Yingchuan" written on it.

Even if there were other people named Chen Qun in Yingchuan County today, they would change their courtesy names to avoid trouble.

So these six words point very clearly to Chen Qun himself.

Written on this piece of paper is "Theory of Good Seeds", which is Chen Qun's experience when working in the public fields and school fields of the university. The content is the selection and cultivation of good seeds, and the summary of experience in good breeds of cattle and horses.

Farmers throughout the ages have had the habit of improving crops, but the effect is slow, and even a hundred years of accumulation can hardly increase production by even 10%.

Therefore, Chen Qun boldly proposed to find seeds with large differences for improvement; even if it was a mule bred from a donkey or a horse, even if it could not continue to breed, it was still a reliable idea for increasing production and improvement.

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Black Bear tilted his head to examine the more than 300 words above, and said: "If this is the case, my sons and daughters should not marry into big families, but should marry beautiful women from good families, and my daughters should also marry beautiful men from good families."

Fa Zheng was stunned and said quickly, "Your Majesty, you are joking."

"No, my mother was born in a humble family."

Black Bear stared at the handwriting on it. Chen Qun was also writing in the Golden Book, and he said, "The human body is formed by nature, and then grows by eating grains, vegetables, fruits, meat and eggs and exercising. When a person is 20 years old, his body is fixed. If his nature is pure, even if he is a little vulgar, he can still study. But if he is born with bad nature, lacks food and exercise, then he will be short and ugly, and even if he reads thousands of books, it will be difficult for him to give birth to children with magnificent appearance."

Black Bear laughed and said, "I can start a business from scratch. Among all the families in the world, which one is worthy of my marriage? Remember this. From now on, my children will only marry into good families."

Fa Zheng felt a strong sense of suffocation and opened his mouth to persuade him. After hesitating for a long time, he mustered up the courage and said, "Your Majesty, this matter should not be made public. It will not be too late to publicize it after the subjects have obeyed."

"Sir, do you mean that I should avoid their sharp edge?"

Black Bear put the last of the wheat cake into his mouth, stuffed the "Theory of Good Breeding" into the briefcase on the table, took a sip of tea, and then said: "I can't take it away on the battlefield with swords, spears and halberds, and you want to cheat by marrying your children? It's hard for me to start my own business, so I can put up with it. Now, I want to see who will be dissatisfied."

As he said this, he took out a pen, unscrewed the cap to test the ink, and then wrote on a piece of paper: Intermarriage between families of officials with a rank of Qianshi or above is prohibited.

Putting the cap on the pen, Black Bear looked at the string of words and laughed, "Chen Qun's Theory of Improved Breeds is very reasonable and in line with the mysteries of the Tao. Cattle and horses need to be improved, so why can't the human race be improved? Only by liberalizing marriage can the improved breeds among the people benefit each family. This is for the long-term consideration of each family, and there is no need to complain."

The underlying logic of "The Theory of Good Breeds" is that dwarf ponies cannot produce tall and fine horses, and if one wants to improve the horses, one must introduce better bloodlines.

This is true for cattle, horses, crops, trees, and humans. This is a typical theory of bloodline, and it is very advanced.

Fa Zheng kept silent. He would rather the Grand Marshal was busy all day developing and improving flying vehicles and steam engines, rather than repeatedly tossing and irritating officials and scholars.

Everyone knows that Dongxiang and Xixiang gave birth to many sons and daughters, and officials and common people also gave birth to a large number of children.

Families with a long-term vision have already been planning in this regard and have made friends with Dongxiang and Xixiang.

The most outrageous thing this time was that even the nobles were stimulated.

Let me ask, among people like Gan Ning, Ma Chao, Zhang Xiu, Duan Wei, Liu Qi, Sima Zhi, and Liu Ye, who has not thought about marrying a black bear?

Without hearing Fa Zheng's words, Black Bear said, "Chen Qun's Theory of Good Breeds is extremely valuable. He summarized the experience since the pre-Qin period, and every word is a pearl. It can be said to be a great principle. The shogunate cannot sit idly by. We will grant him the title of Guannei Hou, a fief of 100 households, and build a separate school of good breeds, and invite him to be the director."

The chief minister also received a salary, and Huang Yueying was an official of the rank of 1,000 stones.

Originally wanted to give him more fiefs, but Chen Qun had committed a serious crime, so this time he would just use it as a way to cleanse his past sins and get a clean identity.

After thinking about it, I felt that letting Chen Qun off was too easy for this guy.

Black Bear pointed to the marriage ban written on the table and said, "Publish the "Treatise on Good Breeding" in the court bulletin and circulate it to all the counties. Then submit this "Marriage Ban" to the provincial government and publish it as a notice."

"Here."

Fa Zheng felt powerless, but he also knew that if the Grand Marshal stayed in Guanzhong this year and did not go out, there would be endless slander both inside and outside the country, and few people would seek their own death.

(End of this chapter)