After listening to Zhu Sheng's words, Zhang Ximeng smiled... This old man was always resourceful and thoughtful, how could he come up with such an unreliable idea.
Even if Liu Futong agrees, it will be useless!
How can they supervise?
Send someone there?
Isn’t this just like a joke!
Realizing that Zhang Ximeng had other thoughts, Zhu Sheng also smiled and said, "Xiang Zhang, do you think I am confused?"
Zhang Ximeng waved his hands repeatedly, "Everyone knows that Mr. Fenglin loves the people, and if we say it, it is better than not saying it, right?"
Zhu Sheng laughed and said, "Yes, in fact, as long as Liu Futong can make this matter public and let the people below know, it is enough. As for whether he distributes food to the people, I don't care much."
Zhang Ximeng lowered his head and frowned. After thinking for a moment, he understood Zhu Sheng's intention... This old man is simply evil.
In fact, judging from Liu Futong's current situation, he wants to send troops for the Northern Expedition, but he himself lacks food. The farther the expedition goes, the more food he consumes, which is almost an exponential increase.
Under this situation, Liu Futong would agree to any conditions no matter how extreme they were.
In fact, he came here prepared to be slaughtered.
At this time, Zhu Jiajun proposed to take care of the people and distribute food to help the people.
Liu Futong complied. It was at his expense that Zhu Jiajun won the hearts of the people.
As a result, the people could not get food, and their resentment would fall on Liu Futong.
No matter how you calculate it, Zhu Jiajun won, and he even won.
The old man Zhu Sheng is simply a thousand-year-old fox, and no one can escape his schemes.
"Hey, it's not because of my scheming. It's just that the country is falling apart and the people are displaced. To end the troubled times, unify the country, and save the people, you have to be in a high position. We also want to unify the world as soon as possible!"
Zhu Sheng's words aroused Jia Lu's approval. He shed tears and sighed: "There are still some shortcomings in the management of the Yellow River. If the superior can rule the world as soon as possible, I can take care of the rest before I close my eyes.
After the work is done, even if you die, you will still get benefits! Otherwise, I will not be willing to leave the Yellow River as a disaster!"
Jia Lu was worried. He was really afraid that he would not be able to wait until that day with his old bones.
Zhang Ximeng told Zhu Yuanzhang the results of several people's deliberations, especially his views on the floods in the Central Plains. After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly looked serious and worried.
"How can it be so serious? So even if we gather the strength of the whole country in the future, it will be difficult to solve the flood problem?"
Zhang Ximeng pondered: "It may not be difficult to build dams to prevent the Yellow River from flooding, but it may not be possible to control sandstorms and salinity and restore people's livelihood even if it takes several decades. Only perseverance and the efforts of several generations can we achieve success."
There is a chance.”
Zhu Yuanzhang did not speak, but stood up silently. After pondering for a long time, he suddenly turned around and waited for him to come over again with one more child in his arms.
Lao Zhu carried him to the desk, then grabbed the little guy's hand and slowly wrote two words on the paper with a brush: Water control!
Zhu Yuanzhang grinned and said, "Our good son, you must remember that your father has not managed the Yellow River well, so you have to continue to do it... We, the Zhu family, must manage the Yellow River well from generation to generation. We are from a humble background.
God has given us opportunities, we must not disappoint destiny or feel ashamed!"
Zhu Yuanzhang rambled on, talking to his son.
Zhu Biao was just over a year old, so he couldn't understand what he was saying. He just shouted "Daddy", which made Zhu Biao smile.
Saying these things to a kid is like losing your mind. Is Zhu Yuanzhang crazy?
Obviously, this eldest son has an unusual status in Lao Zhu's heart. Although children are the continuation of their parents' lives, there is no doubt that Zhu Biao is a direct descendant. No matter how many children he has in the future, he will not be able to reconcile with him.
He compares.
Zhang Ximeng understood Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts very well, but he also knew that even if Zhu Biao could grow up smoothly and succeed Lao Zhu, he might not be able to surpass his father.
Maybe when this kid grows up, there will be a situation where everyone is in power. In the end, Lao Zhu is the only one.
The most important thing is to cultivate more talents. Only by forming a strong enough talent team, possessing new ideas, accepting new concepts, and being able to proactively continue the concept of governing the country can the future be promising.
Thinking of this, Zhang Ximeng couldn't help laughing.
Li Shanchang was really good at calculating, and he proposed to give it to the grain chief.
This move is simply wonderful.
Since Zhang Ximeng, Song Lian and others controlled the academy and cultivated talents, it would be difficult for Li Shanchang to expand his power no matter how hard he tried.
If this is the case, then introduce new forces and use the grain chiefs from various places to occupy high positions.
These people were recommended for promotion by him, and they work for the Sixth Department. Who dares not to listen to him!
Moreover, those who can be grain chiefs are those who have a lot of grain, and the lowest are wealthy households. Winning them over and echoing each other from afar will give hope of reliving old dreams in some cases.
I have to say that Lao Li's calculations are shrewd.
It's a pity that he met Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhang Ximeng.
Lao Zhu came directly to take an exam... These people were not directly promoted by you, Li Shanchang, they had to pass the assessment.
And how to take the exam fell into Zhang Ximeng's hands.
This is not just as simple as adding another procedure, but a major matter involving talent selection standards.
Soon an order was issued, and the thirty grain chiefs who were the first to send grain to Jinling were prepared to go to the Bachelor's College to accept the assessment.
This order was quickly passed on to the grain chiefs who entered Jinling first.
Among them, "Jiang Ke", who ranked third, naturally couldn't run away, so he also received the order.
She took the order and felt a little dizzy.
What should I do?
"Uncle Qi, do you think I can stop going?"
Lao Qi grinned bitterly and said, "Girl, this is an order, not an invitation. I'm afraid I won't do it if I don't go."
It turned out that the chief grain officer of the Jiang family was not Jiang Ke, but Jiang Nan, who came to replace her brother. She was worried, "Uncle Qi, the imperial examination requires verification of identity. If I go, won't my secret be exposed?"
Lao Qi was startled, then really shook his head, "Girl, you are worrying too much. I have asked about it. People say that the superiors regard the grain chief as an official position, which means that they have already become an official. Since you have become an official, you don't need to search yourself so carefully. This time
They belong to the testing officials. There are only thirty in number, and the superior will supervise the examination in person... It is like a palace examination, and those who pass the examination will be the emperor's disciples!"
Jiang Nan couldn't help but smile bitterly, "He is a disciple of Duke Wu, not a disciple of the emperor!"
"Same, it'll be a matter of time!" Uncle Qi said with a smile, looking confident.
Jiang Nan became more and more worried, "If this is really the case, then we can't go. That would be the crime of bullying the emperor!"
Uncle Qi was also shocked. Is this really the case?
He was still a little regretful and couldn't help but said: "Girl, you have been transporting taxes and grains all the way without leaks. Especially during the delivery, you bought an extra thousand stones in advance. You are really leak-proof. Even if the young master is doing things, you may not be there."
Careful."
Jiang Nan's brows moved and her face turned red. A girl's family would naturally be happy to get Uncle Qi's approval.
But no matter how happy she is, as a daughter, running to take the bachelor's degree exam, if her identity is exposed, there will be endless troubles.
She thought carefully for a long time and decided to write a letter and submit it to the Bachelor's College to explain the matter clearly. Don't make your own decisions and cause trouble for the family.
After Jiang Nan finished writing, she repeatedly told Uncle Qi that it must be sent to the Bachelor's College. Then she was ready to go home.
Everything will be successful if it is foreseen, and it will be ruined if it is not prepared.
She then escorted the grain into Jinling. Although she had prepared 20% more, due to rain on the road, several carts of tax grain got wet.
Jiang Nan felt that it might not be possible to send it to the granary smoothly, so she specially told Uncle Qi to buy an extra thousand dan to be prepared.
And this is indeed the case.
Collecting and storing grain is not that simple.
In order to preserve it for a long time, all the grains stored in the granary are shelled. This can be seen from the grain found in Hanjiacang. It is a miracle that it can still sprout after more than a thousand years.
The harvested grains cannot be stored for a long time just by stacking them casually.
First of all, large granaries must be kept dry. In the absence of so many advanced means, the only way to save them is by digging cellars. First, choose a location with higher terrain to avoid underground water.
After the cellar is dug, it must be dried with fire first, and then the plant ash is spread on the bottom of the cellar, with wooden boards laid on top, and mats placed on top of the wooden boards. The mats are placed with rice bran and then spread with mats. The cellar walls are also sandwiched between two layers of mats.
There is a layer of chaff so that grain can be stored inside, and the cellar entrance must be carefully sealed and covered with soil.
All in all, we must exhaust all possible means to preserve food.
Just a little bit of negligence can easily cause a cellar of food to rot.
This is just the storage part. In fact, the most important thing is to keep the grain dry and reduce the moisture as much as possible when harvesting the grain...
To this end, Zhang Ximeng designed a method for evaluating grain moisture in granaries.
The first step is to make two wooden boxes that can hold five stones of grain and place them on a special scale.
On one side are placed the grains that have met the storage standards. On the other side, randomly pick out five stones from the grains transported and pour them into the wooden box.
If both sides are balanced, the food delivered is of course qualified. If the food delivered is too heavy, it means the water content is too high.
Pay attention to one thing. In ancient times, stones were often used to measure grain, and this stone can also be converted into kilograms... But this is not rigorous. In fact, a stone is a unit of volume. One stone is equal to ten buckets, and a bucket is a wooden square box.
It's a bucket full.
If you want to bully someone, make the fight bigger, and you can defraud more food. Landlords cheat people, so there is a saying that big fights come in and small fights come out.
With the same volume, if the humidity is too high, it will naturally be heavier. Such grains will not meet the storage standards.
But if it is found that the moisture content of the grain is too high, the next step will be to take a bucket of grain, put it in a wooden box prepared in advance, and dry it with a stove at a certain distance.
When the grains stop steaming, recalculate the weight and get the approximate moisture content.
Although Zhu Jiajun is very kind to the people, he is also very strict in his work. The moisture content of the grain is too high, and it will rot and deteriorate after being stored in the warehouse, which is absolutely unacceptable.
Jiang Nan came to Jinling ranked tenth behind, but because she had purchased a batch of grain preparations in advance, she surpassed the people in front of her and ranked third, successfully getting the tax grains into the warehouse.
Thinking of this, Jiang Nan was quite satisfied. Anyway, this trip to Jinling should be over.
But just when she was about to return, the Bachelor's College suddenly sent a document.
"This exam does not restrict men and women. Please take the exam on time and make no mistakes!"