Guo Zhiqi saw the so-called pole mineboat, which is a kind of small boat rowed with oars, which is rowed by ten people, one person at the helm, and one person is responsible for operating the pole mine. This kind www.biquge.info of ship is very small, with a displacement of less than two tons, and is usually placed on a large ship called a pole mineboat mothership, and one large ship can carry six of these small boats.

The bow of the pole minecraft has a very thick wooden shield covered with wet cowhide, which can block the attacks of bows and arrows and birds. When the pole mineboat approached the target, the wooden shield was lowered, and the man at the bow of the ship used a long pole to send the mine to the side of the target and ignited the fuse in the thick bamboo pole.

Because of the impact effect, the iron nail of the head of the pole mine can be nailed to the target. After lighting the fuse, there is still a long time for the pole minecraft to escape.

The pole minecraft is also blocked by planks on both sides to protect the rowing sailors from bows and arrows and birds.

The two-pointed, narrow and slender pole mineboat rowed quite quickly. The stern and bow of this type of ship have retractable rudders, and when attacking, the rudder at the stern is lowered, and the rudder is operated by the person at the stern, and the person at the bow commands; On the return voyage, the rudder at the stern is retracted, the rudder at the bow is lowered, the bow becomes the stern, and the stern becomes the bow.

Liu Guoxuan let people perform, only to see twelve warriors hired by the Wa Kingdom on this pole mineboat that is as slender as a dragon boat, with a length-to-width ratio of at least twelve or more, and ten people rowing, this kind of oar is very long, when rowing, the whole person's body is moving, and the speed of the boat is faster than that of a car or boat!

"In this kind of boat, rowing mainly relies on waist strength, not arm strength." Liu Guoxuan pointed to the pole minecraft that was flying on the water and explained, "And the person who is responsible for operating the mine, and the two people at the helm, are also in command, rowing under the unified order, the oarsmen are coordinated and the speed is very fast, but it can't last too long, so the pole mineboat needs to be transported by a big ship, and when it is time to fight, it will be lowered from the big ship." ”

Guo Zhiqi asked, "Isn't this a fire attack ship?" ”

Liu Guoxuan nodded: "The principle is the same as that of a fire attack ship, but it is much more powerful than a fire attack ship." If a fire attack ship collides with an enemy ship, it is possible that it will be extinguished. However, the pole mineboat collided with it, nailed the pole mine in front of it, and after igniting it, the attacked ship basically had no way to run. ”

"Will the men on our ship come back alive?" Guo Zhiqi asked.

"Yes, but the survival rate is not very high." Liu Guoxuan replied.

Guo Zhiqi sighed: "Those are all dead soldiers!" The sailors who rowed the boats are the heroes of our Ming Dynasty! ”

"They're widows." Liu Guoxuan said.

Guo Zhiqi and others stayed in Changsha for one day, and then rushed to Changsha by boat the next day, because a debate contest would be held at the famous Yuelu Academy in the next few days, and many scholars from all over the world would come to participate in this unprecedented debate competition.

Originally, the place where Wang Xinyu originally decided to hold the debate competition was the Shigu Academy in Hengzhou, which was the place where Hong Chengchou published his theory of loyalty! Later, however, the scholars from the north wrote back, saying that they were unwilling to go deep into the area controlled by the thieves, so the debate venue was later changed to Yuelu Academy in Changsha.

Guo Zhiqi and his entourage came to Changsha, and Wang Xinyu took Zhou Zhaonan, the governor of Daming Huguang, and Ren Shaojun, the governor of Daming Hunan, and others to personally go out of the city to welcome the arrival of the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty.

Because the Huguang Governor's Mansion is to be located in Wuchang, Wuchang has not yet been recovered, and the Huguang Governor's Mansion is also temporarily located in the Governor's Mansion, and Zhou Zhaonan and Ren Shaoxu are working in the same yamen.

Walking into the Hunan Governor's Mansion, Guo Zhiqi sat in the middle, and the others sat down according to the size of their official positions.

First of all, Hunan Governor Ren Shaojun reported on the situation: "This year's grain harvest is gratifying, and the wheat planted last autumn is a bumper harvest!" The six provinces of Biyuan that we control, so far this year, have produced more than 500,000 stones! ”

Biased is Hunan, although it was renamed Hunan by Wang Xinyu, but many people's habits can't be changed for a while, and they are still called Bias.

Guo Zhiqi was taken aback: "The lake is ripe, the world is full, and it really deserves its reputation!" At that time, the annual transportation volume of our imperial court was only 4 million stones. This partial grain is ripe three times a year, and as soon as it is ripe, it is already 500,000 stones! If the grain output is not 1.5 million in a year? ”

"Huguang granary, half of the granary is in our hands! It's not going to be a good time for Tartars this year! Wang Xinyu laughed.

Zheng Cong also laughed: "If Hubei is taken by us again, then the Tartars will be hungry!" ”

From the middle of the Ming Dynasty, Jiangnan reduced grain production and switched to mulberry and tea cultivation. Where are the crops grown in Jiangnan, it's just silver! Since Jiangnan grows silver, the heavy responsibility of grain production naturally falls on Huguang.

At that time, in addition to self-sufficiency, Jiangnan's grain output was not much, and Jiangnan relied on other economies, rather than grain income. At the time of the Chongzhen Dynasty, Zhejiang only received six taels of tea tax a year, which is indeed ridiculous, and it is no wonder that the civil officials are so rich that Chongzhen's dragon robe is patched.

Why did the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom fail in real history? The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom occupied Nanjing and controlled the rich land in the south of the Yangtze River, but the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom did not control the Huguang granary! As long as Huguang is still in the hands of the Qing court, it will not be able to inflict a heavy blow on the Qing court, and if Nanjing is taken, at most the Qing court will charge less money, but it will not starve to death.

Now that the Ming army has taken Hunan, it has tasted the sweetness of Huguang granary.

Guo Zhiqi asked: "Why is the grain yield so high?" ”

Wang Xinyu replied: "The gentry in Hunan are stubborn! They would rather give the Tartars a burial than take the initiative to surrender! They were all instilled with ideas by Hong Chengchou back then! Since they stubbornly resisted to the end, then we are not polite, as long as they form a group to practice against Wang Shi, they will all be sent to Nanyang for labor reform! Naturally, their land was confiscated! And some of them, although they did not organize regimental exercises to resist, refused to surrender and paid the Tartars, we also confiscated their land! The six provinces of Hunan have been defeated, and eighty percent of the land has been confiscated by us! ”

"What happened to the confiscated land?" Guo Zhiqi asked.

At that time, Wang Xinyu's fight against local tyrants and division of land naturally could not be carried out among the Han people, otherwise it would be too much backlash by the gentry, and the fight against local tyrants and land division could only be carried out in Miao Liyi and other Tusi control areas, and it was those Tusi who refused to surrender and resisted to the end that they could be defeated and their land distributed to the local people.

In the Han area, even if you confiscate the land of the gentry and distribute it to the tenants, the tenants dare not ask for it, and they will be very suspicious and ask: "Shouldn't we spend a penny of copper coins to get the land?" ”

Therefore, Wang Xinyu adopted the method of meritorious fields, distributing the land according to the merits of the officers and soldiers, distributing it to the meritorious soldiers, and then renting it to tenants for cultivation.

In this way, for the tenants, it is just a change of owner, and this owner is also very easy to speak, the ground rent set is relatively low, and the annual harvest is used to pay rent only 30%, compared with the previous five or five land rent, or even four or six open, it is already much better.

In fact, the peasants of that year, the land rent of 46 Kai was not high, and 46 Kai meant that the peasants themselves left 40% and paid 60% of the rent. And after changing the new owner, the new owner of the Bodhisattva's heart lowered the rent to three percent, that is, three percent was handed over, and he could leave seventy percent! Such a proprietor is simply the best good person in the world!

"Young owner, you're here!" Liu Laogen respectfully approached Zhong Ping, who came to the village, and touched the ground.

Speaking of this Zhong Ping, he is simply a good person in the minds of the local villagers! Originally, the land in the village belonged to Master Zhou, but Master Zhou was an enemy of the Ming Dynasty, and the whole family was taken away, and it is said that he was sent to the distant Nanyang to work as a coolie. After Mr. Zhou was arrested, the farmland in the village was allocated to the new owners.

Zhong Ping was a rifled gunner, and because of his repeated meritorious contributions on the battlefield, he was given a hundred acres of meritorious land.

According to Wang Xinyu's requirements, the land rent collected by meritorious fields can only be less than 30%, and the land rent must not be too high. However, in the affluent Huguang area, Sancheng land rent can already live a good life.

After Zhong Ping and others came to this small village, they adjusted the land rent to 30%. Because of this, the local villagers are grateful to their new owners.

"Master Zhong!" A middle-aged woman greeted Zhong Ping warmly.

"Emerald Flower! What a lord! The young owner hasn't married a daughter-in-law yet! You call me master, and you call me old! Liu Laogen reprimanded the middle-aged woman, but when he said this, his heart was happy.

Shao Dong is really the best person in the world! Not only did the rent be lowered, but it was also very kind to people. Last autumn, because of the war, the farmers ran out of seeds, so the young proprietors provided seeds and cattle for farming. Not only that, during the Chinese New Year, the young owner also took out his military salary, bought a lot of delicious things, and invited everyone to eat on the night of the first day of the New Year, so that everyone had a good New Year.

This year's wheat harvest is a bumper harvest! After harvesting the wheat, Liu Laogen planted rice again. Look at this posture, there will be a bumper harvest of rice this year! It's getting better and better.

The middle-aged woman named Cuihua heard that Zhong Ping hadn't married a daughter-in-law yet, and her eyes lit up: "Shaodong, I know a daughter, who is my sister's daughter, she has a good character and appearance, and her father is Zhao Zhutou in the city!" ”

"Phew! The girl who catches the head also dares to say it to the young owner! Liu Laogen reprimanded, turned his head to Zhong Ping and said, "Young Dongjia, don't listen to him!" The old man introduces you to a distant niece of the old man, she is Zhang Xiucai's daughter, born in a scholarly family, that character and appearance, there is nothing to say! ”

"Zhang Xiucai's daughter?" Cuihua sneered, "What's so good about his daughter?" In addition to chanting a few sour poems, you have to look good and have no looks, and you have to have no strength! How good is Zhao Zhutou's daughter! Strong and powerful! Big butt can give birth to a son! ”

Liu Laogen snorted: "The young owner is a character with a face and a face, where can he look down on the rough daughter of Zhao Zhutou?" It's still Zhang Xiucai's daughter! (To be continued.) )