First Minister of Ming Dynasty Chapter 228

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After listening to Zhu Sheng's words, Zhang Ximeng smiled... This old man is used to being resourceful and thoughtful, how could he come up with such an unreliable idea.

Even if Liu Futong agreed, it would be useless!

How can they supervise?

Did you send someone over?

Isn't it like a joke!

Seeing that Zhang Ximeng had other thoughts, Zhu Sheng also laughed, "Zhang Xiang, do you think the old man is confused?"

Zhang Ximeng waved his hands again and again, "Mr. Fenglin's love for the people is well known, and it's better to say it than not to say it, right?"

Zhu Sheng chuckled, "That's right, in fact, as long as Liu Futong can publicize this matter and let the people below know about it, it's enough. As for whether he distributes food to the people, the old man doesn't care much."

Zhang Ximeng lowered his head and frowned. After thinking for a while, he actually understood Zhu Sheng's intentions... This old man is so bad.

In fact, judging from the current situation of Liu Futong, he is going to send troops to the northern expedition, and he himself lacks food. The farther he fights, the more food he consumes, which almost increases exponentially.

Under this circumstance, Liu Futong would agree even if the conditions were excessive.

In fact, he came here to be slaughtered.

At this time, Zhu Jiajun proposed to take care of the people and distribute food to the people.

Liu Futong complied. He paid for it, and Zhu Jiajun won the hearts of the people.

He acts against the yin, and the common people cannot get food, and their grievances will fall on Liu Futong. .

No matter what, Zhu Jiajun won, and he also won Ma.

This old man, Zhu Sheng, is simply a thousand-year-old fox, and no one can escape his calculations.

"Hey, it's not because of the old man's scheming. It's just that the society is falling apart, and the people are displaced. To end the troubled times, unify the country, and save the people's water and fire, we must be in the top position. We also want to unify the world as soon as possible!"

Zhu Sheng's words attracted Jia Lu's approval. With tears in his eyes, he sighed softly: "There are still some shortcomings in the governance of the Yellow River. If the superior can rule the world as soon as possible, the old man can take care of the rest before closing his eyes. After the work is done, even if you die, it will be a good thing! Otherwise, I will leave the Yellow River as a disaster, and I will not be reconciled!"

Jia Lu was worried, he was really afraid that his old bones would not wait for that day.

Zhang Ximeng told Zhu Yuanzhang the results of several people's deliberation, especially their views on the flood in the Central Plains. After Lao Zhu heard it, he immediately looked solemn and worried.

"How can it be so serious? So, even if we gather the strength of the whole country in the future, it will be difficult to solve the flood?"

Zhang Ximeng pondered: "It may not be difficult to repair the dams and prevent the Yellow River from flooding, but to control the wind, sand and alkali, and restore people's livelihood, I am afraid that it may not be successful in a few decades. Only with perseverance and the efforts of several generations can we Have the opportunity."

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't speak, just stood up silently, after pondering for a long time, he suddenly turned around and waited for him to come again, with one more child in his arms.

Lao Zhu carried him to the desk, then grabbed the little guy's hand, and slowly wrote two words on the paper with a brush: "Control the water!"

Zhu Yuanzhang grinned, "Our good son, you have to remember, your father didn't manage the Yellow River well, you have to continue to work... Our Zhu family, from generation to generation, must manage the Yellow River well. We were born in humble beginnings. God has given us the opportunity, we can't have our destiny and our hearts!"

Zhu Yuanzhang babbled and talked to his son.

Zhu Biao was just over a year old, how could he understand this, he just called out "Daddy", which made old Zhu Xi smile.

Saying these words to a little brat is like a broken brain, is Zhu Yuanzhang crazy?

Obviously, this eldest son has a very unusual position in Lao Zhu's heart. Although children are the continuation of their parents' lives, there is no doubt that Zhu Biao is the orthodox of the direct line. He compares.

Zhang Ximeng understands Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts very well, but he also knows that even if Zhu Biao can grow up smoothly and succeed Lao Zhu, he may not be able to surpass his father.

Maybe when this kid grows up, there will be a situation where everyone is full of justice. After all, Lao Zhu is the only one.

The most important thing is to cultivate more talents. Only by forming a strong enough team of talents, possessing new ideas, accepting new concepts, and being able to actively continue the concept of governing the country, can the future be expected.

Thinking of this, Zhang Ximeng couldn't help but laugh.

Li Shanchang is really good at calculating, and he proposed to the grain chief.

This hand is simply amazing.

Since Zhang Ximeng, Song Lian and others controlled the Academy and mastered the training of talents, it would be difficult for Li Shanchang to expand his power no matter how much he struggled.

That being the case, then introduce a brand new force, use the grain chiefs of various places, and occupy a high position.

These people are promoted by his suggestion, and they are working in the six divisions, who would dare not listen to him!

Moreover, those who can become grain chiefs are all people with more grains and more grains, and the lowest ones are wealthy households. If you draw them over and echo each other from a distance, there is hope for revisiting old dreams in some things.

I have to say, Lao Li's abacus is shrewd.

It is a pity that he met Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhang Ximeng.

Lao Zhu came directly to an exam... These people are not directly promoted by your Li Shanchang, they have to pass the assessment.

And how to take the test again fell into Zhang Ximeng's hands.

This is not just as simple as an additional procedure, but a major event involving selection criteria.

Soon an order was issued, and the thirty grain chiefs who were the first to send food to Jinling were ready to go to the academy to accept the assessment.

This order was quickly passed on to the grain chiefs who entered Jinling first.

Among them, "Jiang Ke", who ranked third, naturally couldn't run, and received orders.

She took the order and was a little dizzy.

How can this be good?

"Seventh uncle, do you think I can not go?"

Lao Qi grinned bitterly, "Girl, this is an order, not an invitation. It's impossible not to go."

It turned out that the Jiang family's grain chief was not Jiang Ke, but Jiang Nan, who came for her brother. She was worried, "Seventh uncle, the imperial examinations are all about verifying the integrity of the body. If I went there, I would be exposed!"

Lao Qi was stunned for a while, but shook his head, "Young lady is thinking too much, I have inquired about it, and people say that the superiors regard the grain chief as an official position, which means that he has already entered the official position. Since he has entered the official position, there is no need to search so carefully. This time It belongs to the test officials. There are only thirty people, and the superiors will personally invigilate the test... It's like a palace test, and the test is a disciple of the emperor!"

Jiang Nan couldn't help but smile bitterly, "It's Wu Guogong's disciple, not the emperor's disciple!"

"It's the same, sooner or later!" Seventh Uncle laughed, looking confident.

Jiang Nan became more and more worried, "If this is the case, then I can't go, that is the crime of deceiving the king!"

Uncle Seven was also taken aback, is that really true?

He was still a little regretful and couldn't help but say: "Girl, you have transported the tax grain all the way without any leakage, especially during the delivery, you bought an extra thousand stone in advance. attentive."

Jiang Nan's brows moved, and his face flushed. A girl's family was naturally happy to get the approval of Seventh Uncle.

But no matter how happy she is, as a daughter, she ran to take the exam of the Bachelor's Academy. If she revealed her identity, there would be endless troubles.

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After thinking about it carefully for a long time, she decided to write a document and hand it to the Academy to explain the matter clearly, but don't make up your own mind and cause trouble for the family.

After Jiang Nan wrote it, he repeatedly explained to Uncle Seven that he must send it to the Academy. Then she was ready to go home.

Forewarned is forearmed, without prejudging the waste.

Only then did she **** the grain into Jinling. Although she had already prepared 20% more, due to the rain on the road, several trucks of tax grain got wet.

Jiang Nan felt that it might not be able to be sent to the granary smoothly, so she specially explained that she asked Seventh Uncle to buy an extra thousand stone, so she was prepared.

And it is.

Harvesting and storing grain is not that simple.

In order to preserve for a long time, the grains in the granary are all grains with shells. This can be seen from the grains found in the Hanjia granary. After more than a thousand years, it can still germinate, which is a miracle.

The harvested grains are not piled up casually and can be stored for a long time.

First of all, large granaries must be kept dry. In the absence of so many advanced means, only soil methods can be used to dig cellars for preservation. First, choose a place with higher terrain and avoid groundwater.

After the cellar is dug, it should be dried with fire first, and then the grass and wood ashes should be spread on the bottom of the cellar, wooden boards are laid on top, mats are laid on top of the wooden boards, mats are laid on the mats, and then mats are laid on the mats, and the cellar walls are also sandwiched with two layers of mats. A layer of bran, so that the grain can be contained in it, and the pit mouth must be carefully sealed and covered with soil.

All in all, we must do everything possible to preserve food.

As long as there is a little negligence, it is easy to cause all the food in the cellar to rot.

This is only the part of cellaring. In fact, the most important thing is to keep the grain dry and reduce the moisture as much as possible when the grain is harvested...

For this reason, Zhang Ximeng designed a set of methods for evaluating grain moisture for the granary~www.mtlnovel.com~ The first is to make two wooden boxes that can hold five stone grains and place them on a special scale.

On one side, there is grain that has met the storage standards, and on the other side, five stones are drawn from the grain transported at will and poured into the wooden box.

If the two sides are balanced, it is natural that the food sent is qualified, and if the food sent is too heavy, the water content is too large.

Pay attention to one thing. In ancient times, stones were often used to measure grain, and this stone can also be converted into how many kilograms... But this is not strict. In fact, a stone is a unit of volume. One stone is equal to ten buckets, and buckets are the kind of wooden square boxes. Filled is a bucket.

If you want to bully people, make the fight bigger, and you can deceive more food. If the landlord cheats people, there is a saying that big fights come in and small fights come out.

The same volume, if the humidity is too high, it will naturally be heavy, and such grains do not meet the storage standards.

However, if it is found that the water content of the grain is too large, the next step is to take a bucket of grain, put it in a wooden box prepared in advance, and dry it with a stove at a certain distance.

When the grain is no longer steaming, recalculate the weight and get an approximate moisture content.

Although Zhu Jiajun is very good to the common people, he is also very strict in his work. The water content of the food is too high, and after storage, it will rot and deteriorate, which is absolutely impossible.

Jiang Nan came after the tenth place in Jinling, but because she purchased a batch of food preparations in advance, she surpassed the previous people and ranked third, and she successfully put the tax food into the warehouse.

Thinking of this, Jiang Nan was quite satisfied. Anyway, this trip to Jinling should be over.

But just as she was about to return, the Academy suddenly sent a document.

"This test does not restrict men and women. Please take the test on time without any mistakes!"

Chapter end