Chapter 67: Spring Ploughing
Zhu Youxiao left, he came quietly when he came, and the same was true when he went, the only difference was that when he came, he only brought a music box with a depleted battery, and when he went, he couldn't help but bring a dozen batteries, and he also brought a lot of gadgets given to him by Yang Feng, these things are lighters, compasses, globes and some history, basic mathematics and other books specially selected by Yang Feng.
However, when he went back, Cao Dazhong specially stopped Yang Feng and said to him with some meaning: "Lord Yang, our family knows that you are now in the eyes of His Majesty, but Your Majesty is far away in Beijing, and you have made too many enemies in Nanjing, so I hope that the adults can lie dormant for a period of time in the next period, otherwise even our family will not be able to help you." ”
Yang Feng snorted, "Thank you for the kindness of Gonggong Cao, the lower officials are just for money, so they generally won't take the initiative to cause trouble, but if others think that the lower officials are good at bullying and take the initiative to knock on the door, then the lower officials can't say that they have to be presumptuous, and isn't there still Cao Gonggong in Nanjing, if the lower officials are bullied, Cao Gonggong will not sit idly by, otherwise if our cooperation suffers any losses for this matter, it is not good for everyone, what do you say?" ”
"You...... Alas......"
Cao Dazhong's face was cloudy, Yang Feng's words just hit his weakness, after a few months of cooperation, the Donglai Yinlou under his name was very much the original pressure on their heads Jubaozhai overturned to the ground, it was really a raised eyebrows, but all this is based on the large number of mirrors and some glass products provided by Yang Feng from modern times, if something happens to Yang Feng, Donglai Yinlou will definitely be instantly beaten back to its original shape, which is unbearable for Cao Dazhong, and it is also the confidence of Yang Feng to say this.
Cao Dazhong, who originally just wanted to warn Yang Feng, not only failed to achieve his goal, but was threatened by Yang Feng, and he felt how aggrieved he was, but he couldn't get along with anyone and wouldn't be able to get along with silver these days, so even if Yang Feng didn't say it well, he could only pinch his nose and admit it.
Yang Feng didn't have time to play with Cao Dazhong, he knew his strengths and weaknesses very well, and he wouldn't think that he came from modern society and regarded the people of this era as fools, in his opinion, if he picked up something that played with flies and dogs, this Gonggong Cao, who fought out of the deep palace, could throw himself a few streets, so he simply told Cao Dazhong clearly: Don't scare me with those magnates in Nanjing, we are all grasshoppers on a rope, if I fall, you won't be happy, So if you want to continue to make a lot of money, you have to be nice to me, otherwise everyone will break up in two.
After sending off Zhu Youxiao and his party, the time soon came to April 5, which is also the traditional spring ploughing festival in China, and it is also the water release festival, which also means the official start of the spring ploughing season.
On this day, Yang Feng took Geng Bingyi, Li Ge, Cao Yingmao and other officers of the Thousand Households and thousands of military households and their families to worship the God of the Earth Valley in the Tugu Temple of the Thousand Households and held the Spring Ploughing Ceremony.
The crowd first lit incense, slaughtered chickens and worshipped, praying to the gods to drive away evil and bless the smooth spring ploughing. Looking at the pious faces of all the people full of longing and hope, Yang Feng suddenly understood some truths that he did not understand in the past, in a society where production materials are poor and most people have not gotten rid of the problem of food and clothing, the saying that the people take food as the sky is the absolute truth, throughout the history of China for thousands of years, if any dynasty can not let the majority of the people eat, then there is no doubt that the fall of this dynasty will not be far away.
This truth is not only understood by Yang Feng, but also by the emperors of all dynasties. On this day, not only thousands of households, but all parts of the Ming Dynasty, whether it is civil or official, will hold a spring ploughing ceremony, and even the royal family has held a pro-ploughing ceremony near the agricultural altar.
Yang Feng, who was doing spring ploughing for the first time, didn't understand many things, and finally led two buffaloes with Geng Bingyi under the guidance of Li Ge, and then the two oldest elders of the Qianhu Institute helped the plow, and then the military households and all the personnel of the Qianhu Institute began to work with farm tools.
At this time, everyone's faces showed a sincere smile, at this time in previous years, everyone would be worried about the lack of water, but this year due to Yang Feng's appearance of the water shortage has been completely changed. In these days, due to the appearance of three large waterwheels, the most headache problem for the military households in previous years has been solved, and the three large waterwheels are constantly feeding the river water several miles away into the canals by the river, and the precious river water is constantly moistening the thirsty earth, and finally turning the thirsty fields into good paddy fields.
Yang Feng ordered the planting of hybrid rice that he had brought from modern times on the irrigated paddy fields, and he also distributed the chemical fertilizers he brought from modern society to the people, and began to teach the military households how to apply fertilizer according to the contents of the instructions, and he believed that after this work, they would have a bumper harvest this year. On the more than 30,000 acres of wasteland that had just been reclaimed, he ordered potatoes, corn and other crops to be planted, and in Yang Feng's plan, after the harvest this autumn, the entire Qianhu household would not only be able to be self-sufficient in grain, but even have a surplus.
After the spring ploughing lasted for more than half a month, Yang Feng gathered everyone together again.
"Ladies and gentlemen, this official summoned you today to tell you that in the past few days, we have gathered a lot of displaced people in our Qianhu, and the number has reached more than 5,000 people, so with the original military households of our Qianhu, now we have more than 8,000 people in Qianhu, which can be said to be a large number of people."
Hearing this, everyone laughed. These days, everyone has seen the development of thousands of households, since Yang Feng came, everyone felt that they had fallen into a honey pot, not only can they eat a full meal every day, but there is even some surplus to add a new clothes to the family to create some furniture, such days they could never dream of before.
"But......" Yang Feng's words changed, and his expression became a little cold, "A lot of things have happened in recent days, and after there are more displaced people in the collection, the chaos in the Thousand Households has also happened frequently. Stealing, stealing, and even molesting women are frequent, and many girls are now afraid to go out even at night. Qi Yan, as the magistrate of Qianhu, this matter is under your jurisdiction, don't you plan to say something to this official? ”
After Yang Feng's words were finished, the temperature in the room seemed to have dropped a lot, and many people looked at Qi Yan with some concern. Over the past few days, everyone has also learned some of Yang Feng's temper, although they are generous to the people, and will even give rice to everyone and give porridge to the homeless, but for some principled issues, it is also extremely harsh, if you hit his muzzle, he will really punish you severely.