Go back to the Ming Dynasty to be a thousand households

Chapter 261 New Harvester Sugar Factory Greenhouse Cultivation
In fact, when Huang Laifu opened the newspaper, he didn't know that there would be so many problems. He was also very unclear about the occurrence and resolution of the incident.It was not until later in the residence newspaper that Huang Laifu knew the cause and effect.

Not only the impeachment of Huang Laifu by the Shanxi patrol censor was of no avail, but the "Wuzhaibao News" also survived. born.

Emperor Wanli's kindness to Huang Laifu caused many people to be indignant, and the incident became a turmoil. Huang Laifu attracted the attention of literati more and more, and the attention was spread to Jiangnan.After seeing the influence of "Wuzhaibao News", many people also moved their minds to open a newspaper.The people who originally opened the Minbao also moved their own minds. Usually, their newspapers are strictly controlled by the imperial court. They have to reprint and sell the contents of the mansion newspapers, and they are forbidden to collect and write news and comments by themselves.But Huang Laifu can do those tricks, why can't they?A lot of people are starting to do some newspaper tricks on the sly.

Regarding the result of his impeachment, Shanxi Li Xun was disappointed, but he was not discouraged. He continued to collect Huang Laifu's criminal evidence, worked hard, and sent him to Beijing for impeachment every month. disappeared.

For this result, Huang Laifu just thanked Emperor Wanli. He knew that his biggest backer was the emperor, so he even vigorously ordered the newspaper to sing praises for the emperor.There is also Shi Xing, Minister of the Ministry of War, Huang Laifu knew that he had been speaking for himself, and ordered people to send a large number of generous gifts.Of course, this gift was given more secretly.

Amidst the turmoil, the autumn harvest has begun in all parts of Shanxi Town.

Today's Wuzhai Fort, not to mention the prosperity of the city, is also common in the farms in the suburbs, with red tile houses, and with the wide and clean cement roads connecting various places, the living conditions are getting better and better.People from Wuzhai have already become the richest people in Northwest Shanxi, and their lives have become the envy of all places. Military households in Wuzhaibao have never had to worry about finding a wife.Although Wuzhaibao is mainly based on agriculture, it does not over-cultivate. It only maintains a field size of 40 mu. Under Huang Laifu's strict order, the greening in the territory is also well maintained. The mountains are closed and cutting is prohibited, and only coal is allowed. The grazing is also very planned, and it is almost impossible to find the scene of yellow sand everywhere in the military fort.The green trees are swaying, quite a scene in the south of the Yangtze River.

It's another year of autumn harvest. For the rush harvest in autumn, every day you harvest early, you can avoid losing one day.The farms in Wuzhaibao are flat and the farmland is vast, and horse-drawn harvesters are widely used.Amidst the waves of wheat, the horse pushes the harvester into the farmland, the horse pushes the harvester forward, and the straw is constantly cut off by the cutting disc blade that rotates close to the ground and falls into the carriage.

It is fast and convenient, and the scenery is spectacular. From time to time, it attracts the envy of the crowd. Every autumn, not to mention that the locals in Wuzhaibao like to go to the farmland to watch this kind of scenery, even many outsiders come to Wuzhaibao to see it. For this kind of diorama, Huang Laifu also intends to launch an autumn harvest tour in Wuzhai Fort.

The current Wuzhaibao Civil Machinery Bureau has produced a large number of horse-twisted harvesters, which can be widely used in various farms in Wuzhaibao.It is also used in some relatively flat farms such as Bajiaobao and Laoyingbao. There are also some merchants’ reclamation farms outside the Great Wall. Due to the large amount of land and less settlements, some merchants also buy horse-twisted harvesters from Wuzhaibao. .

Unfortunately, in addition to these places, in some military fort prefectures and counties around Wuzhai Fort, although they have heard the name of Wuzhai Fort's horse push harvester for a long time, many people also come to watch it with great interest, but if they are allowed to buy it, they will buy it. Still shaking their heads, it's too expensive and not worth it. They would rather let their tenant farmers work in the farmland until late at night than buy one. The small farmers' thinking is too serious!

Huang Laifu is still satisfied with the working efficiency of the Wuzhaibao horse-twisted harvester, but he is still not satisfied. He will continue to work hard and prepare to launch a newer type of horse-twisted harvester. .

This new type of machinery is a harvester developed by the British priest Bell in 1826 in Huang Laifu's reference materials. The toothed blade cuts off the wheat, and the wheat cut by Qigen is thrown by the wing wheel onto the inclined canvas and tied up on it, which is called dexterity.

During these times, the Wuzhaibao Civil Weapons Bureau has been researching this new type of thing according to Huang Laifu's orders and ideas.

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Wuzhaibao is busy with the autumn harvest, and so is Ningwuguan. Huang Laifu has been in Ningwuguan for more than two years, and the local changes are obvious. The town has become clean and tidy, and the business has become more and more prosperous.Due to the development of the local coal and timber industries, and the completion of the cement road from Ningwuguan to Wuzhaibao, the road is easier to travel, and merchants from all over the country are more frequent, and the local military households can easily find livelihoods. Compared to two years ago, it was like a dream.

As long as you are willing to work, you can have enough food and clothing now.For all this, the common people's eyes are discerning. Although they have heard a lot of rumors, some scholars say how about Huang Junmen, but most of the common people or military households don't take it seriously. Huang Junmen let themselves eat and wear He is warm and supports his family, so everyone thinks he is a good person. Other people's opinions can't change their stubborn ideas.

In addition, now that "Wuzhaibao News" has set up a branch in Ningwuguan, under the brainwashing bombardment of "Wuzhaibao News" every day, listening to the storytellers in teahouses and restaurants boasting about Huang Laifu, everyone has this idea It goes deeper.Like Wuzhai Fort, a wave of admiration for Huang Laifu is also rising in Ningwuguan.

At the beginning of this year, Huang Laifu discussed with Governor Yang and Liu Bingbei about the development of Shanxi Town, and the Ningwu Road was first implemented.Since the assessment department is headed by Liu Tangsheng Bingbei, which is related to his political achievements, Liu Bingbei is also very hardworking.

From the beginning of the year to the present, with the great assistance of the Wuzhaibao Grain Bureau, a large number of wastelands on both sides of the Huihe River and the Fenhe River in Ningwu Road have been reclaimed, and many water conservancy channels have been built. After the autumn harvest, some fields have begun reward.

During this time, with the great assistance of the Wuzhaibao Agricultural Technology Bureau and the Animal Husbandry Bureau, Ningwudao also established the Agriculture and Mulberry Bureau, opened some model livestock farms, and wrote some "Simple Talks on Sericulture" and "Talks on Farming" , "Shepherd Teaching" and other popular teaching materials provide help to farmers all over the province and are very popular.Looking at all this, Liu Bingbei naturally smiled happily, these are all his achievements.He decided to accelerate the pace of development starting next year.

Bajiaobao has also started a big autumn harvest. The land has 20 mu of arable land, and there are many farms. After several years of development, the harvest is also quite good, and each mu of land can harvest one or two stones.

As for the Shenchi Castle not far from them, the atmosphere of the autumn harvest was not very lively.Although there are quite a few lands suitable for farming in Shenchibao, due to the extremely cold climate, it is not suitable for farming. Only the narrow flat areas along the banks of the Zhujiachuan River have some households cultivating food crops such as naked oats.Everyone is not very motivated to work. Whether they are soldiers or civilians, everyone is still willing to work in various workshops and mines in Shenchibao to earn money.

In Shenchibao, there are Shenchibao Coal Mine and Shenchibao Iron Works. In addition, Wuzhaibao Cement Factory, Lime Factory, Brick and Tile Factory, etc. have all moved to Shenchibao. Therefore, Shenchibao now has a well-developed light industry and processing industry. , full of coal companies and ironware companies, as well as cement and lime companies, brick and tile companies, etc.Coming and going, there are full of ox carts and horse-drawn carts transporting coal and iron. In addition, the concrete road from Shenchibao to Wuzhaibao has been opened.

After autumn, the number of merchants dealing in coal, iron, bricks and tiles has increased rapidly, and those idle laborers after the autumn harvest have also come to Shenchi Castle from various castles, hoping to find a job opportunity. At this time, coal and iron Of course, the brick and tile industry is not a high-tech industry. As long as you are willing to work hard, you can find a job.

Every day, the streets of Shenchi Fort are full of dirty people. The streets and alleys are full of dust. There is a gray feeling around Shenchi Fort. This is the price of industrial development.Of course, except for Huang Laifu, no one can understand the problem of environmental pollution. They only think that Shenchi Fort is getting more and more prosperous. When Huang Laifu ordered the Wuzhaibao cement factory to move to Shenchi Fort, many people still did not understand.

Shenchi Fort is now called the industrial center of Northwest Shanxi by Huang Laifu. Every day, Wuzhai Fort and other places need a lot of coal, iron, and cement bricks and tiles. With the daily laying of cement roads, the use of cement has increased Going deep into the hearts of many people, this has resulted in a prosperous market for Shenchibao.There are more and more processing shops for mining, metallurgy, iron, coal, cement, green bricks, etc. Many Shenchibao soldiers have been driven to work by Huang Laifu's third brother-in-law, Tian Dafu, and workers from all over the world flock here. It has caused the prosperity of the flow of people in Shenchibao.

Shenchi Fort has been regarded as the center of ironware in Northwest Shanxi. Every day, in addition to a large amount of iron materials being transported to Wuzhai Fort and other places, there are also a large number of iron nails, hammers, knives, axes, farm tools and kitchen knives. made.In addition to the shops that operate all year round, during the annual slack season, there are also a large number of handicraft factories that operate processing at home in the local area and nearby Junbao County.

Many dentists have found it convenient and profitable to supply materials and tools to some cottage workshops.For example, processing nails. Due to the increasing demand for nails in recent years, some ironware dealers who produce nails distribute a pile of iron bars to nail makers, who process them at home and then ship them back for sale.Every year, many tons of iron materials are used to process iron nails in Shenchibao area.

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After the turbulent autumn harvest, the weather is getting colder every day, and Wuzhaibao is still not quiet. In addition to the garrisoners of various farms entering the post-autumn practice, various factories are running at full capacity to extract oil, refine sugar, and process woolen wool.After several years of breeding and research, the sugar content of beets in Wuzhaibao is getting higher and higher. Not long after autumn, the first high-sugar beet sugar factory in Ming Dynasty was established in Wuzhaibao.The white and crystal candy also brought white silver.

In October, the weather in Wuzhai Fort is even colder. At this time, the vegetable gardens and orchards in Wuzhai Fort also start to harvest.At the same time, there is another joy, that is, the greenhouse cultivation in Wuzhaibao has produced results.

Since the opening of a large vegetable garden in Wuzhaibao in the early 19th year of Wanli, Huang Laifu ordered Wuzhaibao Vegetable Bureau and Wuzhaibao Agricultural Technology Bureau to conduct research on greenhouse cultivation of vegetables and fruits.Speaking of which, the cultivation of vegetables and fruits in greenhouses has existed since the Western Han Dynasty, when the rich could enjoy "mallow sunflower and leeks".During the reign of Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty, he planted onions, leeks, vegetables, etc. in the Daguan Garden in Chang'an City. In order to make these vegetables grow normally in winter, he built a roof and lit a fire day and night in it to improve the indoor environment. temperature.Various greenhouse cultivation methods such as wind barriers, sun beds, warm cellars, and hotbeds, which were passed down from the Han and Tang Dynasties, are still used in many places in later generations.

Greenhouse cultivation was also very developed in the Ming Dynasty. On New Year's Day, peonies and new melons were listed on the market, which greatly enriched people's lives.However, most of them are concentrated near the capital, and the cost is very expensive, and only the rich can afford it.After several years of research, coupled with the employment of experienced farmers from the capital, Wuzhaibao’s greenhouse cultivation has finally achieved results, and Huang Laifu is a big hand, with a large greenhouse cultivation area, so that the price after listing will not be too high. In the future, in the cold winter At that time, ordinary military and civilian merchants in Wuzhaibao could also eat fresh cabbage, spinach, celery, cucumber, loofah, water spinach, scallions and other vegetables.

Not only that, there are new achievements in Wuzhaibao greenhouse cultivation, which is the success of flower and fruit cultivation...

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"Hurry up and hold the flowers for Madam, don't accidentally break them."

Nearly December, the weather was very cold, Han Bing, director of the Fruit Tree Bureau of Wuzhaibao, smiled all over his face, and while instructing the gardener next to him, he said to Gu Yunniang with a smile on his face: "Madam, do you want to choose some other flowers?"

At this moment, Gu Yunniang, with Qu Xiuhe and some maids, was standing in a hall on the outskirts of Wuzhaibao. It is full of hot water, accompanied by some cow dung, horse urine, sulfur and other things.

Standing in the hall, all kinds of flowers are blooming inside, and the warmth is moderate, and the cold wind outside suddenly blows, like two worlds.This is the Wuzhaibao greenhouse flower cultivation base, where all kinds of flowers are cultivated, and the flowers are blooming and shining.At that time, when the flower cultivation was successful, it was praised by the "Wuzhaibao News" as a miracle of "good fortune and fairy spirit", which aroused widespread attention inside and outside the fort, and many people came to watch the fun or buy it out of curiosity.In fact, this method of flower cultivation is just a kind of hall flower technique, which appeared in the Song Dynasty, such as Tanghuawu in Beijing Zhongshan Park in later generations.However, successful cultivation in Wuzhai Fort is also rare, and everyone can't help but make a big fuss about it.

Gu Yunniang had an excited expression on her face, looking at this and that, she felt that nothing was wrong.The maid next to her was holding some bright peonies and hibiscus flowers in her hands. Like her, everyone's face was flushed with excitement, and it was so strange to see peonies in winter.

After a while, Gu Yunniang said to Qu Xiuhe who was beside her: "Sister He, what other flowers do you think my husband will like?"

The servant informed that Huang Laifu would return to Wuzhai Fort tomorrow for inspection and would stay in Wuzhai Fort for a few days. From Gu Yunniang onwards, everyone was happy.In the past two years, Huang Laifu spent most of his time in Ningwuguan, and it was rare to return to Wuzhai Fort. In addition to the Ming Dynasty's horrendous holiday system for officials, Gu Yunniang, Qu Xiuhe and others stayed with Huang Laifu less often, and Gu Yunniang planned to move to Ningwuguan. Live, save lovesickness and patience.

And when Huang Laifu returns to Wuzhaibao tomorrow, Gu Yunniang is happy, but also wants to dress up herself or the mansion so that Huang Laifu will be happy when he comes back.Thinking of the successful cultivation of flowers in Wuzhaibao, I came to pick them with Qu Xiuhe.

Qu Xiuhe said: "Sister, let's pick some Clivia, my husband should like it!"

(End of this chapter)