Chapter 248: Father of the Father of Ghosts Chapter Seven]
"This...is this a spectrum of fragrances?"
The process of recapturing the new city went smoothly. When they heard that the new army was coming, the White Lotus Sect who occupied the place immediately fled.
Now the White Lotus Sect also knows that Dongchang Xie is very terrifying, far beyond the comparison of ordinary officers and soldiers.
The new army recaptured the new city without bloodshed. Wang Xiangjin could not wait for a moment and ran back home, only to find that his "Qun Fang Pu" was intact.
The Wang family is a wealthy family. Their mansion and compound are quite gorgeous and cover an area of several miles. Now they have been severely damaged by the White Lotus Sect.
However, "Qunfang Pu" was well hidden by Wang Xiangjin and was not discovered by the White Lotus Sect, so it was preserved.
But Zuo Mengeng and Mao Yuanyi couldn't help but look at each other in shock after seeing the true face of "Qun Fang Pu".
Having recovered his hard work, Wang Xiangjin was relieved and in a good mood.
"What is this if it isn't Qun Fang Pu?"
Seeing Zuo Mengeng and Mao Yuanyi's dumbfounded expressions, the old man understood and laughed.
"You young men, you are so lustful and admire Shaoai, but you have gone astray."
"Qun Fang Pu" written by Wang Xiangjin is not a collection of beauties from all over the world, but is actually a eloquent agricultural masterpiece.
The book has a total of thirty volumes and more than 400,000 words, which comprehensively introduces plant cultivation and planting in the Ming Dynasty. There are more than 400 kinds of plants recorded in it, including 185 varieties of peonies alone.
The contents are classified according to the twelve categories of days, years, grains, vegetables, fruits, tea, bamboo, mulberry, hemp, kudzu, medicine, wood, flowers, plants, cranes and fish, and the uses of various plants are recorded in detail.
What surprised Zuo Mengeng the most was that he actually saw the record of sweet potatoes in it.
Wang Xiangjin personally tried growing sweet potatoes and introduced his experience in detail in the book, including the best soil for sweet potato cultivation, management methods, seed saving, seedling raising, propagation techniques, storage precautions, etc.
In addition, Wang Xiangjin actually knew how to plant fruit trees and even proposed the concept of grafting.
It is known that grafting will cause directional variation and can breed new varieties. It even introduced six grafting methods, including body grafting, root grafting, skin grafting, branch grafting, trough grafting, and lap grafting.
Although Zuo Menggeng doesn't know much about agriculture, he also knows that in terms of achievements alone, this "Qunfang Pu" is definitely not inferior to "The Complete Book of Agricultural Affairs".
I really didn't expect that the prestigious Xincheng Wang family would actually hide such a powerful person.
Zuo Mengeng immediately started thinking.
"Linqing, where I live, is now cooperating with various companies to promote new planting methods, relying entirely on the guidance of Xu Xuanhu Gong's "Agricultural Policy Complete Book". In the opinion of the junior, Kang Yugong's work is comparable to Xuan Hugong."
Of course Wang Xiangjin knew Xu Guangqi and his ability in miscellaneous studies. Hearing the name of "The Complete Book of Agricultural Affairs", he immediately asked about it.
Zuo Mengeng took the trouble to do what he liked. He not only introduced the contents of the "Agricultural Policy Complete Book" in detail, but also talked about the planting of Western crops in Linqing, the farm farming model, and the upcoming fishery breeding in Anshan Lake. Wang Xiangjin listened.
Impatient and impatient.
"Hey, it took me twenty years to write this book, and I thought that there was no one like you who could do anything about farming in the world. But now I know that there is a world outside the sky. General Zuo is a rare talent in the world for being able to care about farming besides fighting.
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As he talked, he couldn't bear it any longer and said, "I want to go to Linqing for a visit. Is that okay?"
Isn't this what Zuo Mengeng's purpose is?
Such a great talent, and he loves farming so much. As long as he goes to Linqing, there is no need to leave.
It's a pity that it's too late to meet this old lady.
Now that he is over 70 years old, he still doesn’t know how much energy he can devote to agricultural research.
How did he know that even though Wang Xiangjin was sixty-nine years old, he actually lived to be ninety-two years old. He still had plenty of time to make contributions in agriculture.
"Currently, Duke Li Mengang, Duke Liu Niantai, Duke Hou Ruogu, etc. are all in Linqing. Duke Kang Yu can go. As the saying goes, all the virtuous people have arrived."
Knowing that such famous officials were in Linqing, Wang Xiangjin became even more anxious.
"Then what are you waiting for? Qinwen, pack your bags quickly and let's go to Linqing."
Wang Yuchi's head was filled with questions.
"Father, our house is completely destroyed and it will take some time to repair it..."
Wang Xiangjin stamped his feet and scolded: "Why repair it? Where can't you live in it? Just leave it and let the other houses be repaired."
Wang Yuchi was helpless and did not dare to disobey, so he had to pack up his belongings hastily.
The old man Wang Xiangjin was really resolute and set out on the same day.
Zuo Mengeng specially wrote a letter to Chen Zhi, introducing Wang Xiangjin's talents and asking him to make arrangements for him.
There are two requirements:
First, let Wang Xiangjin fall in love with Linqing and stay there.
Second, we need to make sure that the elderly live comfortably in Linqing without suffering any misfortune.
To recapture Xincheng, the New Army's combat goal was only half accomplished. According to the plan, Zichuan was also to be recaptured.
In fact, if you want to go from Qingzhou Prefecture to Jinan Prefecture, you can also go to Laiwu and Xintai areas further south. But as long as Xincheng and Zichuan are in the hands of the New Army, Murong Cai will not dare to do this as long as he is not stupid.
Will be copied by the new army to make dumplings.
When the new army retaken the new city, the White Lotus Sect was raging in the Zichuan area.
They judged the New Army based on the virtues of the Ming Army, and felt that no matter what, the New Army had to rest in Xincheng for two days before they could go south to attack Zichuan.
As a result, the new army descended from the sky that night, and even detoured from the east of Zichuan.
"Take a seat, we found a Zhuangzi in front, who is being besieged by the White Lotus Sect."
"map."
Fu Yusun quickly put the map on the map and lit the glass oil lamp for lighting.
Zuo Mengeng, Mao Yuanyi, Hong Qi, and Qiao Shuangcheng gathered together to check carefully before confirming that they had arrived at Pujiazhuang, eight miles away from Zichuan County.
Nowadays, most of the White Lotus Sect is besieging Zichuan County, and a small part of them are probably idle, so they attack small villages like this.
But what the scout said was very interesting.
"We observed it and found that Zhuangzi is quite tightly guarded. The White Lotus Sect has been unable to penetrate even after several attacks. It is estimated that they will return without success."
A village actually blocked the attack of the White Lotus Sect. This would make many county magistrates commit suicide in shame!
Zuo Mengeng made a decision quickly.
"Anyway, we are going to exterminate the thieves, so let's hunt down the rabbits and eliminate this group of White Lotus Sect first."
He was only responsible for making decisions, and the specific combat command was delegated to Hong Qi and Qiao Shuangcheng.
Even Mao Yuanyi is not very close to the front line.
He was the one who commanded the previous battle of Anshan Lake. Later, this man discovered that the front-line commander was too tired. Everything was too detailed and complicated, which made him dizzy.
When he worked as an aide to Yang Hao and Sun Chengzong, he only needed to give out ideas and didn't know much about the work of a military chief.
Now that I have tried it myself, I realize that it is really not suitable for me.
It seems that this person will no longer be able to be a front-line commander in the future. It will be okay to hide in the rear and become a civilian soldier.
After Hong Qi and Qiao Shuangcheng got the command, they were very happy and actively prepared.
They all saw Ning Weiping's promotion from regimental political commissar to brigade commander of the First Brigade of the Second Division. They knew that once Zuo Menggen delegated command authority, he would be inspecting officers.
As long as you do well, promotion is just around the corner.
A soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier. Who doesn't have a desire to make progress?
After planning, Hong Qi and Qiao Shuangcheng decided to lead a detachment respectively to encircle and siege from the north and south directions. The main purpose was to attack the west side of Pujiazhuang and prevent the White Lotus Sect here from running back to Zichuan to report the news.
As for the east side, these two people also assigned tasks to Zuo Mengeng and Mao Yuanyi, asking them to lead the remaining troops to capture the escaping thieves.
Zuo Mengeng agreed with a smile, and the battle soon began.
There is nothing to say. The thieves who were like refugees could not withstand the fierce attack of the new army. In just half a stick of incense, the thieves who besieged Pujiazhuang were driven to Zuo Mengeng.
Under the random shooting of two rows of new troops, the thieves were killed and injured in a mess. All the people who were still alive were frightened and knelt down to surrender.
The people in Pujiazhuang were originally worried about how they would survive the night, but they did not expect that the government troops actually came to kill them.
Of course, for officers and soldiers, their inner senses are no better than those of thieves.
The villagers were still on tight alert, fearing that the government troops would rush in and plunder.
Unexpectedly, this group of officers and soldiers drove the thieves to the open space to the east and captured them all, and then began to interrogate the prisoners there without sending anyone to press for money or food.
The people in Zhuangzi waited for several hours. When they saw that the army had no intention of harassing Sangzi, they couldn't help but put down their worries and selected a few representatives to run over.
"Pupan, a humble citizen, pays homage to the general, but he doesn't know his name?"
The leader was a small businessman who was nearly forty years old. He seemed to have some knowledge and his attitude was neither humble nor overbearing. While saluting, he quietly looked at the new army.
Zuo Mengeng didn't care about such little people, but said: "I am Dongchang Assistant General Zuo Menggen. You and other villagers are good. You can defend your hometown on your own initiative, and your merits are immeasurable."
Before Pu Pan could do anything, the young man following him screamed in surprise.
"Ah...are you Zuo Mengeng?"
Pu Pan was startled and shouted: "Bo Ling, don't be rude!"
Pu Pan knew that high officials and nobles had strict rules, so he knelt on the ground and begged sincerely.
"General, my son Pu Boling is young and ignorant. If the general wants to punish him, then he can punish the common people."
Zuo Mengeng laughed and helped him up.
"What's the punishment? He's not wrong, my name is Zuo Mengeng."
Seeing that he was not angry, Pu Pan let out a sigh of relief and felt more and more that this young general was extraordinary. He quickly called the child and asked him to kowtow to Zuo Mengeng.
Zuo Mengeng hurriedly stopped him.
"I'm young, but I can't afford to kowtow to others and my life will be shortened."
As soon as these words came out, Pu Pan was embarrassed to let his son kowtow.
Zuo Mengeng looked at the child named Pu Boling, who looked very smart, and said with a smart smile: "My son's name is Pu Boling. I wonder if Mr. Pu knows someone named Pu Songling?"
Pu Pan looked strange.
"General, forgive me. As far as I know, there is no one named Pu Songling in Pujiazhuang. However, according to the genealogy, if the villain has another heir, he should be named Pu Songling. Cypress, pine, and crane, this is my Pu Songling."
Home sorting.”
Zuo Menggeng was stunned on the spot and couldn't help but look at Pu Pan.