Iron Dynasty

Gentle breeze, green waves rippling.

It is another spring season, making the suburbs of Qingzhou City as beautiful as a picture scroll.

The next morning, Xiao Ming, Pang Yukun and three or five Qingzhou officials headed north along the cement road extending out of Qingzhou.

Along the way, Xiao Ming admired the beauty and delicacy of the two sides of the strait and was in a happy mood. At this time, the spring was bright, there was not a single cloud in the sky, and the sky was blue like a gem.

And under the clear sky, the field of vision is excellent, and he can see far away places at a glance.

The two sides of the concrete road are mostly wild flowers and dense jungles, and many plants that are rarely seen in modern times are everywhere here.

Your Majesty, now this cement road has been built from Qingzhou City to the county seat below, and some of it has reached the village. The other five states outside Qingzhou have also started the laying of cement roads and the construction of road pipelines in the city, because For this reason, there are many more cement workshops in Liuzhou, and some businessmen have made a fortune. Pang Yukun said to Xiao Ming as he walked.

This time, Xiao Ming did not take the carriage, but walked with Pang Yukun and others. He is from modern times, not so pretentious, and sometimes likes to act rashly.

It's just that this major repair and construction cost a lot of money. Zhan Xingchang sighed, Now, in addition to roads, the prefectures and counties also need to build water conservancy facilities, and everything to do requires money.

Xiao Ming smiled wryly, Now I am most afraid of seeing you, and every time I speak, I cannot do without money.

Your Majesty, the ministers and others are also helpless. Now that military spending accounts for most of the national treasury expenditure, the money used in other places will naturally be less, so the speed of this reform will have to be slowed down. Zhan Xingchang shook his head.

Pang Yukun did not speak, he and Xiao Ming had said enough, but this is what the Great Yu Kingdom is now facing.

So I'm also trying to figure out a way. If this continues, it will seriously delay the implementation of the reform. This is absolutely impossible. However, this military expenditure cannot be reduced. Now that the surrounding powerful enemies are looking around, if you are not careful, you will be doomed. Xiao Ming said slowly. .

Pang Yukun nodded, You don't have to bother the emperor any more about this matter, and now the emperor is also worrying about this.

Xiao Ming suddenly laughed twice at this time, and he said to the officials: You don't have to worry, now I have a way to make money, and this treasury will fill up in a few years.

Zhan Xingchang heard the words with a relaxed look. Now they blindly trust this emperor because Xiao Ming has created many miracles.

Everyone walked north while joking and laughing, and gradually a smell came from the pavement, and it became heavier and heavier.

Pang Yukun showed an unbearable look on his face, Your Majesty, this place is really dirty. Your Majesty is still waiting here, let's go.

It's not necessary, you can go, and I can go too. After that, Xiao Ming went straight down the cement road and walked towards the septic tank not far away.

Zhan Xingchang and Pang Yukun looked at each other with admiration in their expressions. Even officials rarely set foot in this place, but Xiao Ming went there in person regardless of his honor.

This time, the chemical fertilizer Xiao Ming wanted Pang Yukun to make was not a chemical fertilizer in the modern sense, but a soil compound fertilizer made by a soil method. The manufacture of this soil compound fertilizer requires phosphate rock.

When the cement road was laid in Qingzhou last time, Xiao Ming rectified the sewer pipes in the city by the way, and passed the sewage from the entire city to the septic tank outside the city.

His purpose at that time was to manufacture soil fertilizers one day, because modern fertilizers cannot be produced without electricity and corresponding equipment.

When he arrived at his destination, there were already production leaders from 17 villages near Qingzhou waiting for him.

When they saw Xiao Ming coming in person, they were very shocked, and they all saluted Xiao Ming.

Fan Zeng also followed him this time, and Pang Yukun said to him, You have to write down this matter today, and it will be published in the newspaper tomorrow, and let the people know how diligent the emperor is in politics and love for the people.

It's natural. Fan Zeng said with a smile.

Everyone is here, and Xiao Ming no longer wastes time. The spring ploughing is about to start. This time, we will take this opportunity to promote soil and chemical fertilizers.

In the villages of Dayu Country, almost every household has its own latrine. As long as they master this method, they will no longer have to worry about fertilizers.

Facing the crowd, Xiao Ming asked the seventeen captains to follow his own method.

First, Xiao Ming asked them to crush the phosphate rock and then sieve it.

After that, he asked them to pick out the same amount of compost from the fertilizer tank and mix it with phosphate rock powder at a ratio of about one to one, and then pile it into a cone.

At this time, he asked them to cover the fertilizer tightly with three centimeters of thin mud, stack it for seven days, and then take the fertilizer out of it for use after seven days.

The fertilizer at this time is the compound fertilizer in the soil fertilizer. This fertilizer has complete elements and can be used in every stage of crop growth.

Although this fertilizer cannot reach the level of modern fertilizers, it is enough to allow a piece of land to have lasting fertility.

After all, in ancient times, many lands were obtained by burning forests, and when the fertility of these farms was exhausted, yields would decrease.

These fertilizers must first be used on high-yielding crops such as potatoes and sweet potatoes. Xiao Ming told Pang Yukun after teaching the production methods of soil fertilizers.

After a pause, he continued: Qingzhou is very dry, this corn is very drought-tolerant and suitable for planting in Qingzhou. Kui Wu has been breeding in the past few years, and now he has accumulated a lot of corn seeds, so I will choose a few this year. Plant it in a village.

Yes, Your Majesty. Pang Yukun responded and continued; Your Majesty, the lower officials thought it was time to abolish the Lizheng in the village. Now the production team in the village has basically replaced the Lizheng, and let these Lizheng be Existence is a burden, and Lizheng is the foundation of the wealthy clan, and only by completely eradicating the governance of local sages can we avoid the re-emergence of the wealthy clan.”

Xiao Ming took it for granted that the taxation of the prefectures and counties other than Qingzhou Prefecture and Youzhou Prefecture still depended on these so-called local sages.

And the source of these sages is the local big clan. Because there are so many people, the selected sages speak their words.

These village sages filled the lack of the court's power over the grassroots and became the actual managers of the village. When encountering virtuous people, they can be called village sages, but when encountering villains, they become village bullies.

The foundations of feudal dynasties are sometimes destroyed in the hands of these self-interested people, so in order to prevent this from happening again, Xiao Ming set up an organization such as a production team, in order to eliminate the power of the clan.

Since it is a reform, it will definitely offend the interests of some people, and sometimes bloodshed is inevitable. If you dare to do this, I will support you. Xiao Ming said lightly.

Pang Yukun's expression moved, Xiao Ming's words were enough.

There are two more chapters.