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Body 209 [Agronomy Enthusiasts and Travelers]

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    Xu Xiake came to Jiangxi this time, and his mother's will still needs to be fulfilled.

    During the Yongle period, Zhang Zonglian was demoted to be the Tongzhi of Changzhou.  Because of his honesty and integrity, he rescued the people, and when he died of illness, thousands of local people went to the funeral in plain clothes, and raised funds to build the "Zhanghou Ancestral Hall" for him.

    Two hundred years have passed, the incense has been burning, and the kindness is still remembered.

    Xu Xiake's mother's 78th birthday was supposed to be a birthday celebration, but all of it was donated to rebuild the collapsed Zhanghou Temple.  After the repairs were completed, Xu Xiake was told by his mother that he would visit Zhang Zonglian's descendants in the future and enshrine Zhang Zonglian's portrait, relics and calligraphy.

    Historically, he directly approached his relatives, that is, Xu Fusheng, the prefect of Ji'an, for help, and soon learned about Zhang Zonglian's descendants.

    But now, Xu Fusheng is already dead, and he was stabbed to death by Zhao Han himself when he cheated the city!

    Xu Xiake walked around Qingyuan Temple and felt that Zhao Han was not a villain.  As for Xu Fusheng's big vendetta, he didn't bother to pursue it, anyway, his relationship with Xu Fusheng was not very close.

    "Jiangyin Xu Hongzu, please see Mr. Zhao." Xu Xiake came to the General Military Mansion and asked to see him without any psychological burden.

    Suddenly, another scholar came with two servants: "De'an Chen Xisong, here to present the "Nongshu". In the book, there is a map of carrying water to turn a large spinning wheel!"

    The guard quickly said: "Mr. Chen, please come in." Then he said to Xu Xiake, "Mr. Xu, please wait a moment, I have to report first."

    Zhao Han had already ordered that those who donate water to turn the spinning wheel can be directly brought into the General Military Mansion.

    Chen Xisong was brought into the living room, and not long after, he saw a young man approaching.

    Or rather, more like a teenager.

    Zhao Han cupped his hands and said with a smile, "My humble Zhao Yan, it's a pleasure to meet you!"

    "ZhaoMr. Zhao?" Chen Xisong was quite surprised, and hurriedly bowed, "Meet Mr. Zhao."

    "Please sit down," Zhao Han asked with a smile, "Sir, come from De'an?"

    Chen Xisong replied: "Exactly, the late born came from the Chen family of Yimen, and has settled in De'an since the Tang Dynasty."

    Zhao Han really didn't know what the Chen family was, so he just praised politely: "It's a child of a famous family, it's a bit disappointing."

    ? During the Northern Song Dynasty, the Yimen Chen family grew so strong that the imperial court feared it. Wen Yanbo, Bao Zheng and others suggested forcibly separating the family.

    How did you score in the end?

    The imperial court dispatched special officials to supervise, and divided the properties of the Yimen Chen family across several provinces into 291 shares, and then broke up the Chen family's children into 291 shares.  Then, Chen's property in Jiangxi was further divided into 47 shares.

    The Yimen Chen family is divided into 338 families in total!

    It's a pity that Zhao Han had never heard of it, so he asked directly after a few pleasantries, "Sir, can you build water and turn a spinning wheel?"

    Chen Xisong asked the servant to open the box, took out a thick stack of ancient books and said: "This is the "Nongshu", which records that water turns a spinning wheel, and it is rich in pictures and texts, so you can understand it at a glance."

    "Wang Zhen Nongshu" belongs to the works of the Yuan Dynasty. It was finalized in Yongfeng County next to Qianshan Mountain. It includes 5 episodes of Nongsang Tongjue, 11 episodes of Gu Pu, and 20 books of Agricultural Equipment Atlas.  Hundreds of years later, the original can no longer be found, and only part of the content can be found in the "Siku Quanshu", which was compiled and adapted into 22 volumes.

    Many contents of Xu Guangqi's "Nongzheng Quanshu" refer to "Wang Zhennongshu", and some of the contents are even directly copied.

    At this moment, "Nongzheng Quanshu" only has the manuscript, which has not been edited by Chen Zilong.

    Therefore, the "Wang Zhen Agricultural Book" in front of Zhao Han is the only existing agricultural book that takes into account the dry fields in the north and the paddy fields in the south of the Yangtze River!

    "Let's watch Mr. Zhao." Chen Xisong took out one of the episodes.

    Sure enough, there are rich pictures and texts, and Zhao Han can understand the principle at a glance. It consists of four parts: spindle, twisting, water wheel and transmission device, but the details have to be done by craftsmen.

    The water-turned spinning wheel is actually a hydraulic spinning machine, but it can only spin long fibers such as ramie and silk, and cotton that wants to spin short fibers must be improved.

    Zhao Han continued to read other content. This book only has 20 episodes of farm tools, and the water spinning machine is also classified as a farm tool.

    These "farming tools" include simple machines such as levers and axles, as well as transmission and speed change mechanisms such as gears, cranks, sheaves, and connecting rods.

    Zhao Han flipped through an article casually, frowned and said, "Why don't farmers in Jiangxi use such a sharp weapon?"

    Chen Xisong looked over his head and explained: "This is a seedling horse. Although it is convenient, it may crush the seedlings. Nowadays, most of the paddy fields in Jiangxi are cultivated by tenants, and even one person can't occupy much of the field.  It's superfluous."

    The rice seedling horse is like a small boat with both sides tilted up. Farmers can ride on it. When transplanting rice seedlings, they can press the front end without bending over.

    &nbsThe local conditions and customs are very useful to Zhao Han.

    After chatting for an hour, Xu Xiake left the General Military Mansion.

    In the future, the servant who will take away all the belongings asked: "Master, this Zhao thief is not harmful."

    Xu Xiake sighed and said: "Oh, it's more than not harming people. I have traveled all over the world, and from what I have seen and heard over the years, only Zhao Yan's rule is the most stable. Given time, Zhao Yan will surely win the world, this is definitely unmistakable."

    The servant was surprised and said: "Why did the master say that? Is the Ming Dynasty going to perish?"

    "You don't know, you will know if you go to the north more often." Xu Xiake didn't bother to explain that the servant who traveled with him before died of illness, and now this servant was re-selected.

    Originally, I chose two, but the other servant ran away halfway, unwilling to follow Xu Xiake to his death.

    Back at the inn, Xu Xiake immediately wrote a diary, admiring Zhao Han.

    Of course, it only involves character and virtue. He dare not say in the text that the rebels will conquer the world.

    Zhang Zonglian's descendants were quickly found, and they lived a decent life. Although a large amount of land was taken away, they still kept the shop business.

    Zhang's family whispered bad things about Zhao Han, and Xu Xiake was inconvenient to say more, just thinking about the situation in his own family.

    Alas, children and grandchildren have their own blessings, and they don't care whether they will divide the fields in the future.

    On Zhao Han's side, he was busy building roads, printing agricultural books, making large waterwheels, developing farmers' associations, researching and developing agricultural tools and agricultural technology, and officials at all levels were working at full speed.

    And the Ming court is discussing how to deal with the Luling Zhao thieves.

    Zhu Xieyuan must be sent to prison ?
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