Accepting a Disciple

Author: Use your soul to aim

Accepting a Disciple

After Qian Dianshi left, Zhang Zongxian drank tea in the study and then returned to the lobby. He was very pleased to see Zhe Renjie arranging the selection of soldiers in a formal manner. Now his military team was about to take shape.

At this time, the director of the workshop came to the lobby and said that he had something to report. Zhang Zongxian asked him to follow him to the second hall. After Zhang Zongxian sat down, the director of the workshop presented the statistics that Zhang Zongxian asked him to do.

Zhang Zongxian has never adapted to the writing habits of the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, he is accustomed to modern forms and cannot understand the data provided by the workshop. There is no other way. Zhang Zongxian can only draw a table on paper, and then let the people in the workshop add it to the form.

Record inside and outside.

It took more than half an hour to sort out the data. The repair of the city wall required nearly a thousand workers to spend 8,000 taels of silver and 1,800 shi of food, which took three months.

Moreover, since the beginning of autumn is coming soon, we cannot engage in large-scale corvee work, otherwise it will delay the autumn harvest. We can only repair it after the autumn harvest. If we want to repair it now, we will need to spend money to hire workers and at least 20,000 taels of silver.

The water conservancy facilities in Qingjian County are all good. They are maintained every winter but no new water conservancy facilities are built. Maintenance is also left to each village and there is no unified deployment.

Originally, Qingjian County was right on the edge of the Yellow River and should not be short of water. However, the land was on the original land and the water could not move away. It depended on the weather for food. Moreover, the climate here has been experiencing droughts for nine out of ten years, which was very unfavorable for farmers.

Zhang Zongxian thought for a while and said

"After laying down the city wall in advance, you need to make a plan for the county's water conservancy facilities. Not only must the original water conservancy be coordinated, but you must also plan a plan for diverting water from the Yellow River to irrigate the county. The plan must include the use of elevated

Aqueducts lift water above ground."

After hearing Zhang Zongxian's request, the two people in the workshop looked at each other and said

"We know about the county's elevated aqueduct, but how do we lift the water up the aqueduct?"

"You idiot, haven't you seen the creation of heavenly things? You should know that you are overturned. No matter what, you will make a plan for me first, and I will give you one month."

The two people in the workshop were very puzzled. There were only a few books on the creation of tools, but they had never heard of this heavenly creation.

I didn't dare to ask the county magistrate, fearing that it was new to the capital and they didn't know about it. Fortunately, they knew that it was an object that existed in the Han Dynasty.

"And where in this county is there any contiguous open space where warehouses and inns can be built?"

"There are only open spaces in the east part of the city. It's just that the county's garbage dumping area has always been a smelly place, so it's vacant."

"Okay, I understand, you can go down."

Zhang Zongxian decided that the people in the workshop were too useless. If they were allowed to do the city wall maintenance project, they might spend all the money and it would still be a shabby project. If it didn't work, they couldn't do it. They had to outsource all the projects, and they would be responsible for the design and acceptance.

It is also necessary to use the work name system to ensure that the responsible persons are in place. When the time comes, they will be turned into rubbish by rushing to carry out the project.

After thinking about the plan, he called the people from the workshop back and asked them to put up a bidding notice in the name of the workshop, allowing capable businessmen in the city to bid for a project, which was to clean up the garbage on the open space in the east of the city and bury it in the city.

Outside the ravine and level the land.

Bidders need to indicate how much it will cost to complete the work in a few days.

At that time, the person with the lowest quotation and the shortest time can get the project, and the project payment will be given according to the quotation after the completion and acceptance.

Interested bidders need to come to the county office three days later in the morning to bid, and the county magistrate will be there in person.

The bidding notice was quickly posted at the gate of the government office. Since most people were illiterate, they would read the notice several times after it was posted to let everyone know its content.

After Zao Li finished reading, the people began to discuss it. This yamen did not do corvee work but paid people to work. It was really novel.

For the common people, it is a good official who does not do corvee! As for whose money is spent, it is not their own. A few people who are thinking about survival are already thinking about how to win this project.

By the afternoon, Zhe Renjie had already recruited everyone and arranged a team, so he invited Zhang Zongxian to inspect. Zhang Zongxian liked Zhe Renjie's vigorous and resolute behavior very much. He immediately got up and went to the North Gate Campus.

When I arrived at the school grounds, I saw that 200 people were still standing in 10 columns. Because the recruits were all children from good families, middle peasants with more than ten acres of land at home, and most of them were the second sons. If they joined the army, they could not only earn a share of income, but also earn a living.

Tax exemption for your family.

Zhang Zongxian was very satisfied with the quality of the soldiers. Then he asked Zhe Renjie how he planned to train these soldiers and how long it would take to form an army.

Zhe Renjie said that he would train soldiers exactly as taught in the new school discipline book. What about first? What about next? Zhang Zongxian signaled Zhe Renjie to stop talking.

"Does Renjie have a nickname?"

"The humble post has not yet been crowned, so there is no inscription yet."

"How old am I to you? If you work under me, you can be regarded as your teacher. I will give you a cousin today. Do you know what it means?"

After hearing this, Zhe Renjie immediately knelt on the ground and saluted Zhang Zongxian.

"Thank you, teacher! Thank you, teacher! The teacher's kindness is like my reborn parents."

"Good minister, get up quickly." He said and helped Zhe Renjie up.

"Teacher Liangchen knows that this is the nickname of the famous Southern Song Dynasty general Han Shizhong. Teacher hopes that I can be a pillar of the court like Han Shizhong."

"Good minister, just understand that Prince Tongyi killed countless enemies and started his conquests in the world from northern Shaanxi.

Your surname is Zhe, and you must be a descendant of the Zhe family army. The Zhe family army has made great contributions to the border defense of the Song Dynasty for two hundred years. It is a pity that the Jin people were surrendered in the late festival.

Good minister, you must remember that those who are not of my race will have different hearts. You would rather die on the battlefield than humiliate yourself."

"Teacher, I have been practicing martial arts since I was a child and I have read military books with the intention of one day washing away the shame of my family. When my father was still alive, he often taught me that to join the army and serve the country, I have to return my body in horse hides. My mother heard yesterday that the teacher was recruiting soldiers and immediately asked me to drop everything and join the teacher."

"Liangchen, this Ming Dynasty looks bright and bright on the outside but is riddled with holes on the inside. You have lived in the border area for a long time and you know that the nine border guards are too weak to fight.

The Liaodong Wild Boar Skin claims that Hou Jin's attack on Fushun has emerged as a serious threat that shakes the foundation of the Ming Dynasty. The reason why I came to Qingjian County from the capital is to train an iron army.

Come and prevent the Jin soldiers from entering the Central Plains again. You must train your troops well in the future so that you can make great contributions and honor your ancestors to avenge the disgrace of the Zhe family army."

"I will never let down my teacher's cultivation. Use the blood of this wild boar skin to wash away the shame of my family."

"Very good. The reason why I interrupted you just now is to tell you not to study too hard. The Yuanyang Formation can be used in the south, but it won't be of much use in the open space in the north.

What I want is a strong army that can fight with the Tatar cavalry in the grasslands. And to fight with the cavalry in the field, we need strict military formations and armor-piercing firearms."

"Teacher, I know the military formation, but I always injure myself more than kill the enemy with this firearm!"

"The officials in the imperial court are only interested in making money and have no regard for the lives of the soldiers. The firecrackers they supervised were made with short workmanship and short materials and were useless. I will personally supervise the creation of new firearms for you.

This will be a new army. Both the training and the equipment they wear will be different from the past. Now you first train them in physical fitness and formation. Then I will take time every day to teach them to read, write and understand things."

"Teacher, this is reading and writing."

"I said this is a new army. If you don't read and write, how can you understand military orders? If you don't read, how can you know the geography of mountains and rivers? Only by reading and writing can you understand things.

This first batch of people is just seeds. How can 200 people be enough? In the future, there will be 200,000,000 people. We need to take a long-term view and look at the world."

"Good ministers understand"

"After settling the soldiers today, go and pick up your mother. I have arranged for Qian Dianshi to prepare a place for you to stay and a maid to serve your mother."

After hearing this, the good minister knelt down again. Zhang Zongxian supported him and told him to train in peace and not to worry about such trivial matters. Then he returned to the county government office.

I returned to the backyard of the county government office and took out the plan I had written. I made a note that I would teach the sergeants every day from now on. Now that the county government office has almost mastered it, the army has begun to take off. The next step is to make money. The equipment of the new army will cost a lot of money.

Price. We must speed up the process of making money.

After putting away the plan, he called Qi Dashui in. He arranged for him to quietly invite the owner of the brewery here tonight with his warrant. He was not allowed to be seen by others, and he was not allowed to talk to anyone.

In the evening, Qi Dashui took the shopkeeper of Liangjia Winery to the backyard study. After entering the study, Zhang Zongxian asked shopkeeper Liang to sit down and let Qi Dashui go out. Shopkeeper Liang didn't know why the county magistrate wanted to see him at such a late hour.

He came in through the back door. Could it be that he fell in love with his family's wine shop? Didn't he say that the county magistrate was a good official? He also thought that the county magistrate had just beaten someone to death today, and he felt even more uneasy.

After Zhang Zongxian asked shopkeeper Liang to sit down, he was not in a hurry to speak. First he took a sip of tea slowly, and then picked up the Daming Law to check it out. Shopkeeper Liang was even more confused and was sweating. Zhang Zongxian saw that the heat was almost done and said:

"I heard that your family has been making wine for generations. How much wine can you make in a year?"

"Master, my family has been brewing wine in Qingjian County for six generations. If we have enough food, we can probably brew 30,000 kilograms of wine a year."

"You must have heard that I come from a family of officials in the capital, and I came to Qingjian County to do some important things. Now that I have a fortune for you, I will provide your brewing workshop with a spirit brewing technique.

I will also prepare 500 taels of silver for you to buy food. But you can’t sell even one tael of the spirits you brew, you can only sell them to me, do you understand?”

"My lord, I don't want your money, but I would like to dedicate my winery to your honour."

"Shut up and just listen to my arrangements. The art of this strong drink was passed down from the palace and only your family knows about it. If it is leaked to outsiders, it will be a major crime against the Nine Clan!"

Shopkeeper Liang was so frightened that he knelt down when he heard about the execution of the Nine Tribes. Zhang Zongxian looked at him and said comfortingly, "Don't be afraid that as long as you work hard for me, you will be rich. In the future, your grandson can become an official in the Imperial College with my support."

Send your grandchildren over tomorrow and I will teach them myself,"

Shopkeeper Liang was not willing to hear this. This grandson was going to inherit the family business, and they wanted to be a disciple of the county magistrate. But they didn't know if the magistrate was good at that. I heard that those scholars liked that.

"My grandsons are still young! Only one of them has just turned nine years old, and the other two are less than three years old. It's better to leave my daughter to the county minister as an individual."

Shopkeeper Liang felt that the grandson was too young to be separated from his mother, and the eldest grandson was prepared to inherit the family business. On the contrary, his daughter was a loser and was going to be married in the future, so it was better to give it to the county magistrate, which would be considered a high achievement.

Daughter? I seem to have heard them say that his daughter is quite beautiful!

Shopkeeper Liang thought there was something interesting and quickly continued:

"My grandsons are really young! Your Majesty, I will send them to you in a few years. They can be your apprentices. It is a blessing that my family has cultivated over many lifetimes."

Daughters can be daughters! This evil feudal society does not regard women as human beings at all.

"Your nine-year-old grandson has left his mother."

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Shopkeeper Liang still wants to argue a few words.

Zhang Zongxian didn't give him a chance to continue speaking.

"Whether you want to gain wealth for future generations or whether you want to be extinct, you have to figure it out for yourself. I will see someone deliver it tomorrow." Ignoring shopkeeper Liang who was paralyzed with fear, he asked Qi Dashui to send him home.

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Zhang Zongxian now likes the feeling of having great power more and more. This kind of power to decide the life and death of others at will makes him want to stop. Now he has completely integrated into the cannibalistic feudal society of the Ming Dynasty.

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