There are gentlemen in the Three Kingdoms

A mine belt is enough!

Ignoring Chen Deng's inquiry, the potter continued, "Actually, I also know a nearby salt mine."

Chen Deng was surprised when he heard this: "What? The salt mine! Where is it?"

The potter said faintly: "It's not very far from us. Near Huaipu in Guangling, there is a salt mine that can be called the largest in the whole of Dahan. There are some differences, what do you think about this matter?"

Chen Deng laughed when he heard the words, and remonstrated: "Zuo Rong, as the prime minister of Xiapi, has never obeyed the governor's orders and has become a party of his own. Such people should have been dealt with long ago. If there is such a treasure land in his territory, let's report to Tao Shijun first. , and then send troops to occupy it, what's wrong with it? If Ruo Rong dares to come and snatch it, the young master has [-] troops under his tent, and it would be justifiable to destroy him for Tao Shijun."

The pottery merchant likes Chen Deng's domineering character very much, and he never backs down when he grabs food with his dog's mouth. It's so late to meet each other!

"Yuanlong is indeed a bold person. With your words, I am relieved. I will tell you the exact location, and you can do it freely. If Ruo Rong dares to covet him, I will let Xu Huang lead the army to cut him down."

Chen Deng was a little excited by what the potter said at the moment. If the huge iron ore and salt mines that the potter said were true

Then the development of Jinling City is supported by this secondary industry, and it is really not impossible to develop into the number one city in the world.

Chen Deng thought about it for a while, and asked a question: "My lord, since ancient times, sea salt has been the main salt in our dynasty, and the methods of refining dry salt are quite immature. Even if it is mined, I am afraid."

"Don't worry!"

The potter turned around and took out a few volumes of slips from the bookshelf, and handed them to Chen Deng, saying, "You can refer back to this, order the salt brewing craftsmen to improve it, try it, it should be effective."

Chen Deng unfolded the bamboo slips suspiciously, but saw that the beginning of it read impressively: "General rules and techniques for low-salt solid-state brewing technology."

"What is this?" Chen Deng's eyes widened suddenly, and he looked up at the pottery merchant in doubt: "This thing was written by Fu Jun?"

The potter nodded vigorously.

As a book maker in the previous life, those who have reviewed it will more or less remember it.

Chen Deng flipped through it suspiciously, his Adam's apple couldn't help swallowing and rolling, and said in admiration: "Fu Jun is really all-rounder, he can even tinker with this, and his subordinates are deeply impressed."

The pottery merchant smiled, and said again: "I have everything ready now, I only need a high-level talent to open up the territory for me, and rectify the economic and internal affairs of Jinling City. Now that I have Yuanlong, everything will come to fruition. That’s right, let’s do it! Let’s start with the salt mine and iron mine. With these two industries as the foundation, Jinling City’s prosperity will definitely not be a problem.”

Chen Deng nodded when he heard the words, and said, "That's the case, but my subordinates have a difficulty that needs to be solved by Fujun for Mr. Chen."

The pottery merchant laughed when he heard the words: "Say it."

Chen Deng hesitated for a moment, and said: "If the salt and iron resources are rich, one can strengthen the army, and the other can enrich the city, but the mining project is huge. In addition, the six counties of Xuzhou are different from Qingzhou and Jizhou. They have always been specialized in salt and iron. It will definitely require a large number of people to invest, and right now the people in our county must cooperate with farming, reclaiming land, and expanding grain production. Cultivating the land is probably putting the cart before the horse."

The pottery merchant chuckled and said, "Your question is very good, I like it! But in fact, you are wrong. It's not that Tao is not in a hurry to cultivate, but has other ways to expand grain production."

Speaking of this, the potter turned to the bookshelf again and took down a pile of bamboo slips.

Chen Deng looked at a large handful of bamboo slips in the hands of the potter, and couldn't help but stare round.

"Fu Jun, how can you write?"

The chief pottery merchant sighed, shook his head and sighed: "There is no way, if you don't write or update, someone will urge you."

After finishing speaking, he put those bamboo slips heavily in front of Chen Deng, and said with a smile, "Look for yourself."

Chen Deng opened a volume of bamboo slips in doubt, and read word by word: "Qi Min's essential technique?"

"The Complete Book of Agricultural Administration?"

"Nongshu?"

The potter nodded and said: "The water and soil in the south of the Yangtze River are good for growing rice. If the spell is used properly, the output can be called the leader in the world. These bamboo slips all record what kind of land, how to grow grains, and how to grow rice. The gist of increasing production, I have outlined the important parts with thin circles. You are the captain of the Diannong school. How to popularize it in the county is your job. I will not interfere! Do whatever you want! "

Chen Deng swallowed a mouthful of spit lightly, and his heart couldn't help beating wildly.

Is the current performance of this Mr. Taiping too worthy of the name?

He really wants to turn this Danyang County into a peaceful and prosperous world.

"It's not just this!" The potter suddenly laughed and said, "There are more!"

"What else?" Chen Deng almost fell to the ground when he heard the words: "Mr. Tao, forget about being so busy with Chen, you have so many things to do, can I handle them?"

The pottery merchant smiled slightly and said, "It's really interesting. I didn't tell you to carry it all by yourself. If you need any help, you can tell me!"

Chapter 191 Chen Deng Recommended Talent

Hearing that the pottery merchant allowed him to recommend talents, Chen Deng felt relieved. While nodding suddenly, he began to think about the candidates in his heart.

The potter didn't care what he was thinking, and continued: "Tomorrow, you immediately send people to the nearby villages and choose some experienced old farmers. I will tell them the method of hybrid rice to increase grain production. The failure rate of the method is high, I only have theory, no technology, and I need them to cooperate with me to carry out experiments in turn!"

Chen Deng was not quite calm anymore.

His mind is also very confused at the moment.

"What is hybrid rice? Let the rice be married?"

The potter smiled lightly, and said cheerfully, "How should I put it, anyway, it is a very delicate project. Ear selection, whole ear, emasculation, pollination, tools don't need to be too complicated, but the failure rate is too high. Five years, maybe even ten or eight years is not worthy, this thing has to be a gamble, anyway, you can find me an old man who is good at farming."

Speaking of this, the pottery merchant paused, and added: "Look for the old man in large numbers!"

Chen Deng grinned, feeling quite helpless.

This man is very interesting, he is so enthusiastic about finding the old man, what's wrong with him?

The potter asked Chen Deng again: "Is there any connection between us in Xuzhou and Shi Xie in Jiaozhou?"

Chen Deng couldn't help being surprised when he heard this.

"No, Shi Xie, as the prefect of Jiaozhi, is in the southern border and has no contact with us in Xuzhou. Why did the governor remember to ask him?"

The pottery merchant heaved a long sigh and did not speak.

In history, there is a kind of rice called Champa rice. According to legend, the source of its sowing is the Champa Kingdom, and the Champa Kingdom in the late Eastern Han Dynasty should be called the Linyi Kingdom, which is located in Vietnam and today’s Jiaozhou. close to each other.

Champa rice grains are large and full, and the color is white and crystal clear. It is not only high-yielding but also drought-tolerant. More importantly, the growth cycle is short, and it only takes more than [-] days from planting to harvesting.

If I am really lucky enough to find a way to get the rice seeds of Champa Road from Lin Yiguo through Shi Xie in Jiaozhou, even if the rice grafting work is unsuccessful, I want to use the advantages of rice planting in Jiangsu and Zhejiang to achieve a bumper harvest every year It is by no means difficult to expand the mass production of food and raise soldiers.

But since he has no friendship with Shi Xie at the moment, it seems that this matter can only be postponed.

Chen Deng arched his hands and said to the pottery merchant: "It seems that the lord has indeed made a lot of preparations in order to develop Jinling City into the leader of the world. Chen Deng is deeply impressed and will definitely try his best to help you, but it's just salt and iron. It is farming and hybrid rice, each of which is not a trivial matter, I am afraid that I cannot support it alone, I just thought about it, but there are three people who recommend it to the Fujun, if I can call them to come and help me Your Majesty, these major events will surely be accomplished.”

Hearing the words, the potter said hurriedly, "Yuanlong tried to say it?"

Chen Deng took a breath and said: "The first one, who has been with my family for several generations, is a native of Xu County, Yingchuan, the son of Dahonglu Chen Ji, and his surname is Chen Mingqun. He is knowledgeable. When Deng was young, he traveled to study in Yingchuan, passed by Xu County, and stayed in his mansion for several months, and he had a good friendship with him."

When the potter heard the name, he couldn't help but burst into joy.

"Then can you recruit him?"