Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 771 The Leaf Binding Method and the Special Team

Seeing this scene, Ye Chen frowned again, and said: "Several master craftsmen from the Civil Research Department followed Zhang Bo to the eight counties of Hetao to conduct a pilot study on the method of making wind-powered waterwheels. After they are developed, the Ministry of Agriculture will ask Let’s make a plan soon, in our Xiangfu country, wind-powered waterwheels will be built and canals dug for all farmlands where conditions permit, so that farmers can irrigate the fields.”

Tian Jiumi hurriedly said yes respectfully, and took out a small notebook to write it down with a pencil.

The vegetable land of a young man named Ga Wa is not big, only about two acres. He divided it into several plots and planted some leeks, garlic, radishes, and Chinese cabbage, of which Chinese cabbage accounted for more than half.The leeks have just been harvested, and the roots sticking to the ground are exposed. Looking at the climate where the Artemisia annua is withering around, I am afraid that at most one more crop can grow; the radish has already begun to take root, and it will be just harvested in a month or two.At this time, five grains such as wheat and millet have already been harvested, and farmers generally use the remaining time to grow various vegetables, one is to eat for themselves, and the other is to sell them to supplement their families in the city.Obviously, the yield of cabbage is the highest, and some of them are sold, and the remaining farmers can pickle them into pickles before winter, and store them until winter.Therefore, the proportion of cabbage planting is the largest.

"Chinese cabbage, drink water, grow fast, grow up, change money, have money, go to school..." The girl hummed happily, imitating her parents to use the water in her hands Piao carefully poured water on the vegetable roots, no matter how tiring the work seemed, she was also enjoying it.

When Ye Chen and others came to the field, Ga Wa's family saw that they were dignified, a little cramped, and a little panicked. They took a look, maybe because they felt ashamed, so they didn't come to say hello in the end.

Ye Chen also prevented the county magistrate Du Zhong from going up to call for someone, but just stood on the edge of the field and watched seriously.This time he took some time out of his busy schedule to make a private visit in a micro-service, because he wanted to learn as much as possible about the real situation of the people at the bottom.

The leaves of the Chinese cabbage are still scattered. The size and growth of the cabbage should be at the time of "balling". Ye Chen remembered some common sense in later generations, and couldn't help but ask a little strangely: "Can this cabbage be tied?"

"Bundle?" The girl closest to them heard Ye Chen's words, turned her face slightly, blinked at Ye Chen and the others, and said with a sweet smile: "This big brother, the cabbage can grow even bigger, just Now the frost falls too early, so we have to pick it early, otherwise it will grow so big!"

The girl stretched out her arms, made a very exaggerated movement, and giggled: "But, it seems that there is no need to tie it up!"

"I'm talking about bundles of vegetables and bundles of leaves." Ye Chen also stretched out his hand and gestured. Seeing the girl's confused look, she still didn't quite understand.In fact, it wasn't just her, the couple who saw the conversation here also came over, and they looked puzzled after hearing what Ye Chen said.The same is true of Tian Jiumi, who is proficient in farming behind Ye Chen.

Ye Chen turned his head and looked around, and found that more than half of the fields in the village were planted with cabbage, and none of them had balls.Then he continued to ask: "Could it be that the Chinese cabbage you grow doesn't have balls, and it looks like this when you harvest it?"

"Yes, but it should be bigger," the girl said with a smile, "If you tie up the vegetables, how will they grow?"

Ye Chen suddenly realized that his knowledge was ahead of his time, and he also laughed: "It's fine if you don't tie them up. Let me tell you, after Chinese cabbage leaves are bundled, they can only grow better."

Ye Chen stayed at his grandma's house in the countryside for a few years in his later life, so the common sense of Chinese cabbage bunching leaves is naturally very clear, but the specific principle is his own speculation.

"After Chinese cabbage leaves are bundled, the outer skin is like a layer of clothes, so it is not afraid of the cold and frost; and after picking, with the protection of this layer of clothes, the inner cabbage leaves will not be damaged and are easy to preserve. If you hide them in the cellar If you don’t pickle it, you can eat it all winter!”

"Can you put fresh vegetables in the Chinese New Year? At that time, they will be worth a lot!" The girl's delicate crescent eyes began to shine, but she was still a little skeptical.

"Young Master said this, where did you hear it from?" The girl's parents came over, and her father asked a little humbly.

"Hehe, old man, I have seen with my own eyes that Chinese cabbage will only grow better after the leaves are bundled. If the old man doesn't believe it, you can tie up a few first, and after a period of time, you will know if it is true or not." Ye Chen knows how much It is useless to say that it is the key point.

This old man looks easy to talk to, but he has his own opinions, especially since these cabbages are the main source of income for the family, he can't be careless: "Young master, will the leaves of the cabbage be bundled up, will it really not affect the growth of the cabbage?"

"Of course not! And at least it will more than double your cabbage harvest."

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After leaving the village, Tian Jiumi said to Ye Chen: "Your Majesty, as far as I know, the farmers in my Xiangfu country are similar to the family just now. After a crop of wheat is harvested, they will grow vegetables. And more than half of them grow Chinese cabbage. I have never heard of the method of bunching vegetables that your majesty said, but I know that what your majesty said is definitely not wrong. I will issue a special order to all states and counties on the same day, asking farmers to bundle Chinese cabbage leaves. In this way, According to what His Majesty said, the harvest of Chinese cabbage planted by the people will more than double, which is not a small amount of income for the farmers. And it’s not just one family, but almost all the farmers in our Xiangfu country.”

"Your Majesty can raise the income of millions of people with just a word. He is indeed a holy king through the ages." Du Zhong followed up.

"Your Majesty's knowledge is indeed like the vast starry sky, which is beyond the comparability of ordinary people like me." Chen Jingwen was not to be outdone.

Lian Jicheng didn't say a word, he was used to the miracles created by Ye Chen. Compared with many real miracles, this is nothing.What's more, with his status in Ye Chen's heart, he naturally doesn't need to flatter him.

On the contrary, after hesitating for a while, Kou Zhun said, "Teacher, do you want to try it first before promoting it?"

Ye Chen is convinced that Chinese cabbage can grow better after the leaves are bundled, so he said: "No need. Directly promote it, so that millions of farmers will benefit this year. In addition, pass on my decree and order all states and counties. Except those who have suffered disasters The states and counties that need relief, and the states and counties that have no famine all buy surplus grain from the people at a price that is [-]% higher than the market price, and store it in the official warehouse, and the farmers are not allowed to suffer.”

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According to the plan discussed by Ye Chen and the Military Central Department, the soldiers of each legion were sent to the teaching team training base for more than three months of training in batches, mainly for three purposes: first, through the training process, let' Soldiers take obedience to orders as their bounden duty. This sense of obedience goes deep into the habitual behavior of every soldier.Second, let every soldier be familiar with and get used to various discipline rules and combat rules.Third, conduct concentrated training on the spear formation.

The reason why these three purposes or three things should be concentrated on the teaching team is because Ye Chen is very clear that he will use what the professional army of later generations did to the army of this era. High, when it is implemented level by level, it will inevitably change or be discounted. Among them, everyone understands the reasons for the deviation, and there are also those who disagree.Moreover, after the factual verification of not fighting a war, the disapproving soldiers always accounted for the majority.And only Hei Yue, who is in charge of the training department and the military law department at the same time, will meticulously implement any orders and instructions of Ye Chen, and centralized training will achieve these three goals.

Next, the soldiers who have participated in the training will be sent back to each legion, and the generals of each legion will conduct tactical exercises with combat units as elements.But before sending these soldiers back, Bai Canghai started the first round of recruiting for his special unit.

In the past few months after the war, Bai Canghai followed Ye Chen's instructions and guidance, and led a group of staff and subordinates to conduct repeated verification and research, and finally researched and produced a special forces drill code that fits this era, that is, special forces training regulations.

In order not to delay the training, Bai Canghai went directly to the eight counties of Hetao to inspect Ye Chen, reported in person, and begged Ye Chen's approval to let him start recruiting troops within the entire army and enter the substantive training stage.

In a station leading to the eight counties of Hetao, Ye Chen carefully read the special forces training regulations, shook his head and said to Bai Canghai who was standing below: "Don't select all veterans, the special forces are not used to kill the enemy in battle." , are mainly used to complete some special tasks. Therefore, you have to choose some special skills, and I want you to train them to become the strongest soldiers in the world. After you make your monthly training plan, you will play it. I want to see it myself. Well... all soldiers have to go through the training team for three months before joining the special brigade, so you choose the best soldiers from the training camp, and those who are specially recruited by you must be sent to the teaching team first You can officially join the special brigade only after you pass the training camp." Bai Canghai was somewhat disapproving, but Ye Chen's words about the strongest soldier filled him with anticipation.

Ye Chen saw that Bai Canghai didn't take it seriously, and continued to persuade: "Canghai, you have to remember that everyone in the special brigade is first a qualified soldier of our Xiangfu country, and then a special soldier. Otherwise, the special brigade you formed How different is it from Jianghu gangs? The three-month intensive training is essentially how to shape an ordinary person into a professional soldier with a sense of obedience, discipline, and collective consciousness. Therefore, any of your special forces If a person can’t reach this point, no matter how good his martial arts are, he can’t join the special brigade. If such a person really can’t stand obedience and discipline, and has no collective consciousness, I would rather send him to Hu Sanguang’s security department than Willing to let him stay in the special brigade."

Bai Canghai fell into deep thought and remained silent for a long time.

Bai Canghai is not lacking in wisdom, on the contrary, he has a very high mind, otherwise he would not have reached the peak of his swordsmanship at a young age, becoming a super master who is younger than Ye Chen in the world today.

(End of this chapter)