Chapter 46: Yu Gong Lake

At the old dragon king temple in the north of the triangle lake, there are now dignitaries and nobles offering incense, but they have seen more than 100 biao-shaped men, who have stopped all the pilgrims.

Many people complained. But there is no way, it is rumored that this fragrant dignitary is so bold that he took out fifty taels of ingots in one go, which is almost comparable to what many people earn in a lifetime.

When the temple saw such a high roller, he naturally knew that he could not afford to offend, so he emptied the people, leaving only the high roller to worship alone.

That's right, this high-roller is Zhu Qizhen.

It's different from the microservice private interview that many people think.

Zhu Qizhen dared to think about the private interview of Weifu, and Qiu Jun did not dare to let Zhu Qizhen do it.

So when Zhu Qizhen came out, there were never less than 100 personal guards, each of whom was covered with green shirts and armor inside.

And within ten miles of Zhu Qizhen as the center, there must be hundreds of cavalry waiting, as long as the cannons go off, within a moment, a large group of cavalry will come. There is not even more than one team.

Once something happens, a sentry will appear at tea time, and within an hour, a battalion of 5,000 men and horses will appear. 、

Even on the grassland, there are only 500 sentry men, and the terrain is favorable, and even the Tile Thorn cavalry may not be able to eat it in an hour.

Not to mention, in the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

The safety of Zhu Qizhen can be said to be foolproof.

All this was arranged by Shi Jing.

Zhu Qizhen can still trust this brother-in-law.

However, Zhu Qizhen didn't have the heart to think about anything else at the moment. He saw Yu Qian again at this moment.

It's just that Yu Qian is already a clay sculpture in the temple.

And the person who made this clay sculpture must have seen Yu Qian. This clay sculpture reflects Yu Qian's seven-point appearance, but it is much more sacred, but it makes Zhu Qizhen a little unfamiliar.

Zhu Qizhen didn't come here to see this temple, he wanted to see the use of the steam engine.

The area around the triangular lake is where the steam engine was used on a large scale. There are many channels around the triangular lake, and the source of the water is carried from the triangular lake by steam engines.

After the steam engine, the surrounding people greatly improved the utilization rate of water in the triangular lake.

As mentioned earlier, many times in droughts, it is not that there is no water in the river at all, but that there is water in the river or lake, but it does not irrigate the fields.

In such a situation, there is no difference between the presence of water and the absence of water.

It can be said that the emergence of the steam engine is a great help to increase the output of Hebei's agricultural areas, because the increase in available water means that more dry land can be converted to watered fields.

This is a general increase.

Grain depends entirely on water, especially when it is about to mature, and experienced farmers know that one more watering can produce hundreds of catties of grain.

There is no need to say how important the use of the steam engine is to the agriculture of the Ming Dynasty. How could Zhu Qizhen not pay attention to it. The area around the triangle lake can also be called a demonstration area.

Zhu Qizhen passed by here, how could he not come and take a look.

It's just that after he just saw where in the triangle, he saw this place from a distance, and when he asked the name, he couldn't help but come.

This is the Dragon King Temple that Yu Qian visited when he went south.

But now it is the old Dragon King Temple. At this moment, it has been changed to the Yu Gong Ancestral Hall.

As for the Dragon King Temple, it has been relocated to other places and built again.

Zhu Qizhen stood in front of Yu Qian's statue for a long time, and he was already gray-haired in front of him, chattering about Yu Qian's original story, and even a little upside down.

Zhu Qizhen also listened.

It was obvious to him that there was something untrue in these words. After all, that's how folklore has been passed down from generation to generation.

Zhu Qizhen didn't care either.

But he deeply felt the attachment of the people of this land to Qian.

Zhu Qizhen deeply understood at this moment, what is meant by some people dying, he is still alive, some people are alive, he is dead.

Zhu Qizhen secretly said in his heart: "Mr. Yu, you can also be comforted in the spirit of the sky, but I don't know, what is the name behind me?" ”

"Mingjun, Dusk Jun?"

Zhu Qizhen sighed and prepared to leave.

The temple was a little annoyed, smashed the cane on the ground heavily, and said: "This lord, you came to the public ancestral hall, how can you leave without incense, this is too rude." ”

When Zhu Qizhen heard this, his heart moved, and he said secretly: "Dang, the emperor for so many years?" I forgot. ”

When Zhu Qizhen first ascended the throne, he still demanded himself as an emperor everywhere, and it can be said that his words must be true. But after so many years, Zhu Qizhen no longer has to be called me to emphasize his status as emperor.

But the identity of the emperor has been integrated into the bone marrow.

As the emperor, he also followed the empress dowager to incense. He never entered the temple and did not worship, and he did not enter the Buddhist temple without incense, and he never bowed his head except for worshipping the ancestors of heaven and earth.

Because from the legal theory of Confucianism, the Son of Heaven is the son of heaven, and he is above many immortals. Naturally, you can't bow down to the bottom and worship the lowly.

Zhu Qizhen said: "I did forget. Immediately the incense was about to bow down, Shi Jing saw it, and said, "Master-------"

Zhu Qizhen said: "It's okay, Yu Gong is also my teacher. ”

After Zhu Qi made incense, he left immediately. On the way back, I saw the sparkling triangle lake from afar. Zhu Qizhen sighed and said, "The scenery of this lake is very beautiful, but the name is too vulgar. Pass the order, from today onwards, this lake will be called Yugong Lake. ”

Zhu Qizhen secretly said in his heart: "Mr. Yu, this is my last gift to you." ”

Zhu Qizhen gave an order

Next, the name of the triangle lake was just an episode of Zhu Qizhen's southern tour, but it has become an eternal folklore in this generation.

In this way, Zhu Qizhen's frame went south at a fixed speed, but Zhu Qizhen visited many places in advance or delayed for a period of time depending on the situation along the way, with the support of thousands of soldiers.

Most of these places are important water hubs.

For example, Zhangqiu Town, Shandong.

Historically, Zhangqiu Town in Shandong Province was a very important water conservancy hub, but today's Zhangqiu Town is much more important than in history.

Because today's Zhangqiu Town is the place where the Yellow River and the canal intersect.

It is a very complicated water overpass.

If the water level of the Yellow River is fixed, the floodgates here will be open all year round, but unfortunately, the seasonality of the Yellow River is very obvious, and the summer is completely different from the spring and winter.

So, for a long time, when the canal was here, it was necessary to change boats, to ships sailing in the Yellow River, and when they got to the opposite side, they would change boats again.

As a result, merchants from the north and south were forced to stay here or wait for ships. A lot of people simply sell their goods here. As a result, Zhang Qiuzhen became more and more prosperous.

It has become an important node of the canal economic belt.

Along the way to the south, I inspected most of the area along the canal, which is after all the most prosperous area in the Ming Dynasty. Although the importance of the canal in the official transportation of the Ming Dynasty has decreased significantly, the number of merchants who use the canal has become more, and it seems that the Ming Dynasty gave up most of the Cao Yun to take the canal, which did not hinder the prosperity along the canal.

Of course, this is also closely related to the reason why Chidao is also taking this road.

However, Zhu Qizhen also found a problem.

In addition to the adjustment of the Daming administrative region, there is also some lag, especially many towns along the canal, the population is much larger than that of some counties in remote places.

But there aren't many permanent managers in each town.

It's still good.

This is because after the reform of the officials, there are more people in the prefecture and county, which is that the management personnel are not high, not that there is no one to manage at all.

Therefore, Zhu Qizhen wrote a letter to Han Yong, which was to discuss whether to increase the number of counties in some places. In fact, the situation along the canal is not just a problem along the canal, but there are such problems in many places with rapid economic development.

After a whip, the shackles of the land on the peasants were greatly reduced, and at the same time urbanization naturally began.

Of course, the urbanization of this era cannot be compared with the urbanization of later generations, but the truth is the same, in the south of the Yangtze River, many small towns in northern Zhejiang have tens of thousands of people.

Should these towns be counties?

Zhu Qizhen didn't have an answer to this question for a while. can only be consulted with Han Yong.