Chapter 126 Development along the River See Song Yingxing

Speaking of horses, Yan Boju came to the spirit again, "We still have more than 100,000 horses. Some of them will be distributed to the state capitals and counties, and the rest will be used for our own transportation, so I don't think we need to sell them. It's just that we have sold too many war horses this year, and we will soon go to Kill Tiger and Zhangjiakou to buy horses when we go back this year, I don't know if we can sell them? ”

Li Mao said: "The war horses we sell do not affect our sale of new horses at all, because the buyers who buy new horses are basically different from those who buy war horses." Should we buy a horse or buy a horse. That's a big chunk of our income. ”

"Right now, it's hard to explain that we don't want to buy a horse. Because the garrisons of Hukou and Zhangjiakou are looking forward to us helping them get the money. Zhang Zhimu said.

"I think our Tongguan, Kaifeng, Xuzhou, Huai'an, and Yangzhou can sell some horses. We must not let go of our horse business. Lu Chengxiang said.

"I want to build a branch in Changsha, although there are not too many horses there, but it is not easy to transport horses, so it can be sold at a good price." After speaking, Li Mao put forward his idea again: "I'm also thinking, do we dare to build branches in Jiujiang, Hankou and Wuchang?" ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Actually, we don't have to worry about the emperor being unhappy now. As long as we can contact Zuo Liangyu and Zhang Xianzhong in this matter, if they can nod, we dare to build a branch. Because for the time being, we will not directly confront them, and they are not willing to turn against us directly. In another year or two, when our steel-hulled ships and 130 cannons are used, they will not dare to turn against us. ”

"I think it's going to work. It is good for them that we buy and sell with them. Not only do they receive taxes, but it is also good for all their estates. It's just that we have to control the scale of our buying and selling. I don't think they're going to allow our ticket numbers to go to them. Because they won't allow our kiln coins to be issued with them. Lu Chengxiang said.

"It seems that for this matter, I also have to go to Jiujiang and Wuchang in person. I don't think the two of them will realize the value of issuing kiln coins. We told them that we had established a semicolon throughout the Ming Dynasty, and we had already built a ticket number. Maybe they won't have a problem. We are prepared for this and can achieve even better. I think the most they will do is not allow our kiln coins to circulate with them. As for the deposit and exchange, they should not object. Li Mao said: "I think that if our barge is rich, we should open passenger transportation from Huguang to our Yangzhou as soon as possible." If passenger transportation is passed, the impact is too great. ”

"So be it! As long as one more tugboat is built, we will equip you with a few passenger and cargo barges here in Yangzhou. However, I still suggest that in the future, you should take Zhenjiang as the center and build a passenger and freight transportation network dominated by the Yangtze River waterway. ”

Zhang Zhimu and a few of them, in a few words, decided to extend their tentacles to both sides of the Yangtze River. This is also because of the strength to back it up. This practice has been a natural development under the condition that the kiln people deliberately shrink and do not expand outward.

Regarding the character of Song Yingxing, Zhang Zhimu had a little impression of him when he learned about the book "Heavenly Creation" in his previous life. But when I came to the Ming Dynasty, I really saw this book seriously, and I felt that it was not easy to write such a book under such circumstances.

Song Yingxing's Heavenly Creations is divided into 18 volumes, covering many of the crafts of the time and various techniques passed down from generation to generation, with a large number of illustrations, indicating the key points of the process, and specifically describing various actual data in production. For example, the weight is accurate to the money, and the length is accurate to the inch. The book is divided into volumes of Nai Grain (Grain), Nai Fu (Textile), Chang Shi (Dyeing), Essence (Grain Processing), Zuo Xian (Salt Making), Sweet Appetite (Sugar), Paste (Edible Oil), Tao Wei (Ceramics), Smelting and Casting, Boat and Car, Hammer Forging, Sowing Stone (Coal and Stone Firing), Finishing Green (Papermaking), Hardware, Jiabing (Weapons), Danqing (Mineral Pigment), Qu Tiller (Koji) and Zhuyu. The types, origins, production techniques and technological equipment of various crops and industrial raw materials, as well as some experience in the organization of production, are described in detail, and there are a large number of accurate data and 123 illustrations.

Tiangong Kaiwu is the world's first comprehensive work on agriculture and handicraft production, which systematically summarizes various technologies in ancient China and constitutes a complete scientific and technological system. The rich experience in agriculture is summarized, and the achievements of process technology are fully reflected.

But in this era, a great person like Song Yingxing is not valued by the magnates, and he has only become the prefect of Bozhou until now. Zhang Zhimu felt that this was a very strange thing.

After Lu Bingyi's introduction, Zhang Zhimu had a further understanding of this Song Yingxing.

Song Yingxing, a newcomer from Fengxin, Jiangxi, was born in a scholarly family, and was admitted to the examination at the age of twenty-eight in the forty-third year of Wanli (1615 AD).

When Song Yingxing was young, he first learned poetry and literature, and then studied classics and history, and received orthodox education. Smart and clever since childhood, he can compose poetry at a few years old, and he has a talent that he never forgets, and he is very loved by teachers and elders.

However, Song Yingxing's road to the imperial examination was not smooth, and after being selected in the examination, Song Yingxing entered the Beijing examination five times, but failed. At this time, Song Yingxing was forty-five years old, and his precious young adult time was spent on the imperial examination, and since then he has given up the idea of the imperial examination.

These five journeys of 10,000 miles by land and water to Beijing will take the test, which is not meaningless at all. During these long journeys, he opened his eyes and expanded his social horizons. Along the way, they passed through many cities and villages in Jiangxi, Hubei, Anhui, Jiangsu, Shandong, Hebei and other provinces. Along the way, he had the opportunity to investigate a lot of agricultural and handicraft production technology knowledge from the working people in the fields and workshops, which prepared for the later writing of books such as "Heavenly Creations".

In addition to the book "Heavenly Creation", Song Yingxing's works also include "Wild Discussions", "On Qi", "Talking about the Sky", "Thinking of Pity Poems", "Painting and Sound Returning to Normal", "Ten Kinds of Dialects" and other works that have been lost in the previous life.

Song Yingxing is different from Lu Bingyi, he has a wider range of knowledge, of course, a certain aspect of research is not as in-depth as Mr. Lu Bingyi. However, Lu Bingyi doesn't care much about politics, but Song Yingxing has a book "Wild Discussion" that talks about politics. In order to save the political and economic crisis faced by the society at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the book put forward a series of reform measures, hoping that the society would be ruled by chaos and the country would turn from danger to safety. There are many brilliant ideas in the book: for example, it is believed that social wealth is created by labor, and to increase social wealth, it is necessary to vigorously develop agriculture and industry to provide abundant labor products. These ideas are already very advanced.

Zhang Zhimu really wants to meet such a person.

However, Zhang Zhimu still didn't have much confidence in people like Song Yingxing, who were full of illusions about Emperor Chongzhen, and still wanted to hear what the result of the conversation would be after he and Lu Bingyi met, and then decide what way to talk to him.

In the past two days, Xiao Hongyu has been pestering Zhang Zhimu to accompany her to go shopping. Since Yang Yulin didn't come with him this time, Zhang Zhimu also had to go to the street to buy some gifts for Xiaohu and Xiaoqing to take back. Zhang Zhimu took Yang Jing and others to go shopping with Xiao Hongyu.

Xiao Hongyu couldn't tell that she had just gone through an ordeal and was shopping with joy. She said: "Mr. Zhang, this time the master listens to you." When I returned to my hometown, I found a lot of opera troupes of various kinds of opera, and I had to bring them back to Yaogang. In Yangzhou, a lot of silk and bamboo musicians have also been recruited. These are the few days that keep them busy. ”

"You should also help your master. You are also now the deputy head of the Yaogang Art Troupe. Zhang Zhimu said.

"Huh! The master can not let me worry about it, and he will not let me worry about it. I see that the busier the master is, the happier I am in my heart. Little Hongyu said.

But after shopping for a while, Xiao Hongyu found that Zhang Zhimu was just buying things for the child, and said, "That's not right! Mr. Zhang. I see how you only buy things for your children, not for your sister-in-law and Sister Yulin! ”

"Oops! I've been to Yangzhou many times, and I've brought them about the same things. Last time Yang Yulin came, she bought and sold a lot of things, as if she didn't want money. ”

"That's not right! Mr. Zhang. I think you still buy some for them, and what you buy is different from what they buy. Xiao Hongyu said, "I don't think you look like a person who doesn't understand women?" ”

"We are all old husbands and wives, and we can't understand anything better." Zhang Zhimu said this, in fact, she still admires Xiao Hongyu very much, she reminded Zhang Zhimu that women need men's care.

This time it's okay, Zhang Zhimu asked Xiao Hongyu for help, Xiao Hongyu was not polite, Yang Jing and they began to help with things in small bags. Little Hongyu Gege Zhile said: "Hehe! This time, my sister-in-law and Sister Yulin should thank me. ”

Because Zhang Zhimu wanted Lu Bingyi and Song Yingxing to talk first, he didn't go to Yangzhou Wharf to pick him up, Lu Bingyi directly took Song Yingxing home.

Unexpectedly, Lu Bingyi and Song Yingxing have been talking at their house for two days.

On the third day, Lu Bingyi arranged for Song Yingxing and Zhang Zhimu to meet together.

This time, Zhang Zhimu attached great importance to meeting Song Yingxing. The place was chosen in the living room of the Yangzhou branch. Li Mao, Ouyang He, and Li Yunhe came to attend the meeting together. Yan Boju and Lu Chengxiang both said that they would not participate if there was something to do. Zhang Zhimu knew that they were not interested in what they wanted to discuss, so he did not force it. Lu Bingyi didn't come back first to introduce the results of their talks, and Zhang Zhimu felt that there seemed to be no results yet.

As soon as Song Yingxing and Lu Bingyi entered the living room, Zhang Zhimu felt that his eyes lit up.

Song Yingxing is fifty-seven years old this year, but he doesn't look like it at all, and he doesn't look old at all. The eyes are very bright, which may be the reason for the long-term use of the brain. In his previous life, Zhang Zhimu had also seen many people who were academics, and they didn't know how to maintain their health, but they were still sharp-minded and sober-minded when they were very old. It seems that there are such people in ancient and modern times.

Today, Song Yingxing is dressed in civilian clothes, although he is a prefect, Zhang Zhimu still calls him Mr.

Zhang Zhimu Shili said: "I have heard of Mr. Shi's name for a long time and admired him for a long time. It's a great honor to see you today! ”

"Where, where! Zhang Dongjia is a hero in the world, and Zhang Dongjia's name is like thunder. I've been paying close attention to you and your kilns. In the past two days, I have listened to Mr. Lu give me a detailed introduction, and I sincerely admire you. It is a privilege to see you again today. Song Yingxing said in return.

Zhang Zhimu is now accustomed to such politeness. But hearing Song Yingxing's words, Zhang Zhimu judged that this person had a clear speech, full of confidence, and was a sober and energetic person.

Lu Bingyi introduced Ouyang He and Li Mao to Song Yingxing again, and everyone sat down politely.

Lu Bingyi said: "I talked with Brother Chang Gung for two days, and I still can't get enough. Suddenly it occurred to me that Mr. Zhang said that he wanted to meet Chang Gengxian. I was afraid that Mr. Zhang would be in a hurry, so I asked Brother Chang Geng to come over. In fact, Brother Chang Geng also wants to meet Mr. Zhang. "Song Yingxing's trade name is Chang Geng.

"Many years ago, I was a little confused, so I came to ask Mr. Lu for advice. Last time, we also had a good conversation, and we got a lot of guidance from my husband. But this time I came to talk to Mr. Lu, I was shocked. I haven't seen you for a few years, and my husband's insight is completely different from the last time I came. Last time, I was able to discuss some issues with my husband, but now I am only qualified to listen. Song Yingxing said very sincerely, "But Mr. Lu said that he knew that this thing was nothing in front of Mr. Zhang." Mr. Zhang's knowledge, he can't finish learning in this life. I couldn't imagine it. It's a pity that I'm almost sixty years old, otherwise I would definitely ask Mr. Zhang to take me as an apprentice and follow Mr. Zhang. ”

Mr. Song was polite. I've read your book "Heavenly Creations". That's an encyclopedia. It is really impressed that a person has such a comprehensive knowledge. But there are many places in Mr.'s book that we can explain in another way. Zhang Zhimu felt that he should start talking academically in order to give full play to his advantages.

Zhang Zhimu's words immediately aroused Song Yingxing's interest, "Ou? Mr. Zhang. I want to hear about it! ”

"Then I'll try to say a few things. In the first volume of "Nai Li" of the Heavenly Creations, you said that in the process of cultivating crops, you can use the method of 'dipping ashes in seedling roots'. Actually, if I had to explain it, it would be like this. Because the ashes contain phosphorus, which is one of the indispensable and important elements in the growth of crops. So this approach is good for crop growth. We are now preparing to produce phosphate fertilizer from apatite. Because the source of ashes is really limited, apatite can be mined in large quantities. In addition, if we are afraid of trouble, we can go to the islands in the South Seas and bring back a large amount of seabird droppings by boat, where the seabirds are all fish and shrimp. Their guano is an excellent phosphate fertilizer. There is also the method of sealing and smelting zinc with calamine and carbon powder, which we explain with chemical principles that this process is that carbon replaces the zinc oxide in calamine, and carbon dioxide gas is volatilized, leaving metal zinc. ”

"Oh my God. We all know these things but we don't know why. I don't understand what you're saying, but I know it. If you can explain something like this, you can explain it. So the physics and chemistry that Mr. Lu told me are simply amazing. Song Yingxing was very emotional.

"Actually, it's not just chemistry, physics and mathematics. It's the breeding thing you mentioned in the book, we can all use a more scientific approach. How many catties of rice per mu do we have now? Zhang Zhimu asked.

"Rice is generally more than two hundred catties (sixteen taels), and three or four hundred catties is the best." Song Yingxing said.

"But if we improve the variety, we can completely achieve a yield of more than 1,000 catties per mu." Zhang Zhimu said.

"Thousands of catties per mu?" Song Yingxing was surprised. The other people in the room were also taken aback, because Zhang Zhimu had never told them this number before.

"Yes, we can breed new high-yielding dominant rice varieties through hybrid rice breeding. In this way, we can greatly increase our rice yield. Zhang Zhimu said.

"Hybrid rice?" Song Yingxing didn't understand, and neither did the others.

Zhang Zhimu felt that he should show his hand today, and told them what he saw on TV, Yuan Longping's method in his previous life, "Actually, I don't know if you have seen rice carefully?" Rice actually bears fruit after flowering and pollination, that is, rice grains. Each flower has stamens and pistils. The pollen on the stamens falls on the pistil and is fertilized before it can produce rice grains. But we can go to Hainan Island to find an early wild rice, which is male sterile, which means that they cannot pollinate themselves to produce rice grains. This kind of rice with a male sterile line is called a sterile line. We can select many other varieties of rice and pollen them to pollinate this male sterile rice. In this way, new varieties of rice can be produced. After the new rice is planted, if the rice produced is still male sterile, the original pollinated rice is called a maintainer line. If the rice is not male sterile after the new rice is planted, the original pollinated rice is called the restorer line. We can use these three lines of rice, and we can continue to hybridize, and we will definitely breed high-yielding rice varieties. ”

Song Yingxing and Lu Bingyi probably understood what Zhang Zhimu meant, and Song Yingxing asked: "It will take many years to cultivate this new variety!" ”

"Yes, you need a group of people who can do this quietly. We can go to Hainan Island to breed, where we produce three crops of rice a year. It's hard, but if it succeeds, it will save a lot of people. Farmers can also increase production and income. Zhang Zhimu said.

Although it was impossible for Song Yingxing to understand what Zhang Zhimu said at once, his concern for the common people in the world and the increase in farmers' incomes that he naturally revealed from Zhang Zhimu still made Song Yingxing feel that this Zhang Zhimu was not only a very learned person, but also a benevolent and benevolent person.

They talked from morning to noon, and then again after lunch. From technology to politics, from politics to military. I all feel that it is too late to see each other.

Zhang Zhimu feels that in order to get to the point, it is necessary to start from the current situation.

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Five-line scores, oscillating circuits, caesarean sections. Guo Shoujing made alloy cannons, and Guan Hanqing created "Journey to the West". --Progress of "Memories of the Southern Song Dynasty".