Chapter 400 Silkworms and Heyang
“If you want to plant mulberry trees, you need to choose beautiful mulberry trees.” Under the warm sunshine, a group of female relatives in red and green gathered around Yu Wenjun, listening carefully to what she said.
Yu Wenjun was slightly nervous.
She has memorized it for a long time in the past few days to ensure that there will be no mistakes, but when things happen, she will inevitably be nervous.
Yin quietly handed over a mulberry branch and paused for a moment.
Yu Wenjun calmed down and continued: "Cut off both ends of this branch and only take the middle section. If you plant it with larger seeds, the trunk will be strong and the leaves will be thick. After taking out the seeds and planting them, Just wait for it to sprout."
After that, he took the women to an abandoned garden that had just been cleared and said, "The seeds are ready, just plant them like this."
Two older women took the mulberry seeds from Yu Wenjun's hand and demonstrated how to plant them, allowing everyone to watch.
Actually, Shao Xun, the shogunate, is not that down-to-earth.
Many military officers with grassroots backgrounds have family members who have planted mulberry trees to some extent and are quite familiar with this.
But the mistress is demonstrating. No matter how understanding you are, you still have to hold it in, and you can't make trouble in front of her.
Of course, the majority of people don’t understand.
Especially the wives and daughters of the nobles and generals, standing there talking and laughing, not taking it seriously.
Joke! Planting mulberry and raising silkworms is something that the court talks about every year, and even the queen bows to the silkworm ceremony, but who really takes it seriously? Naturally, the wives of the Zhuang Hakka family would do this kind of mundane work. How could they be allowed to get involved?
However, Mrs. Yu seems to be serious?
"Quiet." Mrs. Xun stood up, her little face already a bit stern, she just heard her say: "Madam just talked about how to select good seeds, and then she talked about the method of sowing seeds. You guys should watch and listen carefully, and don’t make any noise. After you go back, each of you will plant a garden and take care of it from time to time."
As soon as these words came out, everyone finally became quiet. As for what they were thinking in their hearts, no one knew.
Yu Wenjun glanced at the little sisters gratefully and continued: "After the seedlings emerge, pick up all the seedlings and cut off the stems, leaving only the roots. Every three roots will form one plant, with the word "Pin" written on them, and tie them tightly. Plant it under a bamboo tube. After a long time, the bamboo tube will rot and the three roots will become one, which is called seedling cultivation. "
"Plant the mulberry seeds first, then cultivate the seedlings, and transplant them to the field in the middle of the first month of the next year. ..."
The intermittent "lectures" continued until noon. The female family members took the mulberry seeds and left one after another.
In a few days, they will come over and have a look at the jam room.
“Are you tired?” Shao Xun asked after just finishing tidying up the silkworm room.
“It’s troublesome to plant mulberry trees.” Yu Wenjun sighed.
"If you want to blame it, blame God." Shao Xun said while wiping the statue: "First there was a severe drought, which destroyed the mulberry forest. The next year, there was a locust plague, which also destroyed the remaining mulberry trees. It was gone. So far, Henan, where mulberry forests were once popular, was filled with silk and silk from other places. It was a pity that not even one of the local mulberry trees remained. As my husband gave rewards to the soldiers, silk and silk were often used. "
Previously, when Zhou Fu was in Shouchun, he reported to the emperor that each of the four prefectures of Yang, Jiang, Hunan, and Jing sent 140,000 pieces of silk, totaling 560,000, to serve as the emperor's move to Shouchun. first batch of expenses.
Regardless of whether Zhou Fu has the ability to bleed these four states, his memorial alone shows that the sericulture industry in Jiangnan has not suffered heavy losses in the two consecutive years of Genesis disasters, and its scale has been maintained. very nice.
Compared with them, Henan and Hebei are too miserable, let alone Guanzhong.
Shao Xun wants to restore the sericulture industry in Yuzhou, but he has to start from planting seeds and raising seedlings. It is really difficult.
But if you don’t do these things this year, you will have to do them next year. If you don’t do them next year, you won’t be able to escape them later.
Some things have to start, and some results take time to accumulate.
This is a place where a year ago there were bones covering the fields, famine was everywhere, even the hair of cattle and horses was eaten away, and an unknown number of people starved to death, but it is not that easy to recover.
"I will take them to do it well." Yu Wenjun threw himself directly into Shao Xun's arms and said, "We have done this, and the people in the counties and townships should follow suit, right?"
"Of course." Shao Xun kissed her forehead and said, "Okay, let's sit there and rest for a while."
The little girl is too clingy.
Wherever you go, you have to hold his hand. Where there is no one, you have to hold him.
Every time I go out and come back, I throw myself into his arms from afar.
After only two months of marriage, the childish look on her face slowly faded away, and she actually gained a bit of womanly charm.
I like this clingy guy more and more.
However, the other two concubines in the family seemed to have objections.
Can a doctor monopolize the milk source?
"What are you doing, husband?" Yu Wenjun asked curiously after sitting down.
"This is the God of Silkworms. He is placed in the silkworm room and worshiped at all times. I heard that it can make silkworms grow a hundred times." Shao Xun said.
“A hundred times as many?” Yu Wenjun said with a smile.
"If you believe it, you will have it; if you don't believe it, you will have nothing." Shao Xun said: "Wait for the silk to be reeled, weave a few pieces of cloth, and make a new dress for the lady. If there is any leftover material, maybe it can be given to our child. Do it again.”
Yu Wenjun lowered his head in shame.
The reason why she dominates her husband is because she wants to give birth to a boy and a girl as soon as possible? But her husband was always worried about her health, and in the end...
"Okay, the statue is in place." Shao Xun clapped his hands and said: "Encouraging farmers to teach farmers, this is the foundation of kingship. This is If things don’t work well, everything will stop.”
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The relatively peaceful life lasted until the end of March.
On this day, Sima Chen Yougen from the left and Yangchen from the right came one after another to report.
"There are two matters discussed in the court today." Yang Chen said: "The first is to attack Wang Mi of Xin'an, and the second is to defend Mengjin Sanzhu."
After hearing this, Shao Xun looked at Chen Yougen. "Ming Gong, these two places make Luoyang very uncomfortable." Chen Yougen said: "Xin'an occupies the position of Hanhan Valley Pass. It is too close to Luoyang and can be reached in a short while. If we don't demolish the Bird City, it will be very uncomfortable."
"The Forbidden Army only has 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers, how can they defeat Xin'an?" Shao Xun said: "The siege battle is the most brutal, which is to defeat all the elite soldiers and generals. "
Xin'an City is actually a legacy from the last time the Huns invaded.
Shao Xun broke through numerous obstacles and returned to Xingyang from the Luoyang Basin. He was in a hurry and many enemy troops were strategically ignored by him, such as Wang Mi and Shan Zheng.
Shan Zheng later withdrew, but Wang Mi kept building the city in Xin'an and did not leave in the end.
According to the latest news, the Liu Han court should have handed over the northern half of Hongnong to Wang Mi.
Thirty thousand soldiers have been stationed in the four counties of Hu, Shaanxi, Hongnong and Xin'an.
This year, Huayin County was also handed over to him. At this point, Wang Mi has territory in five counties.
Thirty thousand people were both farmers and soldiers, equivalent to the auxiliary troops of the field army under Shao Xun's rule.
Just a few other counties, Xin'an City is really too close to Luoyang, and it occupies a favorable location, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Just outside the mountain is the flat Yiluo Basin, which poses a great threat to Luoyang.
It is understandable that the imperial court wanted to drive Wang Mi away from Xin'an.
Mengjin Sanzhu is actually a key point.
The so-called Sanzhu are Gaozhu, Mazhu and Taozhu.
Zhu is a sandbank in the water.
Ma Zhu is to the west of Mengjin. There is another small ferry to the west of Ma Zhu, called "Xia Shijin" or "Heqing Ferry". Because the water is relatively fast, it is less used and is not as important as Mengjin.
When Er Zhu Rongnan was attacking Yuan Hao, he ordered Er Zhu Zhao and He Ba Sheng to build a raft with materials and cross the river southward.
Gaozhu is near Ma Zhu.
Taozhu is more important and has a larger area, very close to Mengjin.
During the Cao Wei Dynasty, Du Ji "received the imperial order to build a royal building boat, and tried the boat on the Tao River, but was destroyed by the wind."
Tao River is the nickname of this section of the Yellow River separated by Taozhu.
In the early years of the Republic of China, Du Yu built a pontoon bridge here, spanning the north and south. It has been destroyed by the war.
During the Northern Wei Dynasty, cities and pontoons were built on the north and south banks of the Yellow River and on Taozhu, and General Zhonglang was placed to lead the troops to garrison them.
In the Tang Dynasty, the area of sandbanks in the river was larger. In the Jin Dynasty, Hezhu may have been connected into one, so the three cities of Heyang were appointed to guard the northern gate of Luoyang.
"The imperial court does not want to sit still and wait for death." Shao Xun said: "Still actively saving itself."
Chen Yougen laughed.
Yang Chen smiled bitterly, that’s right! Anyone who has a knife pressed against his neck must find a way to struggle.
"How is the court meeting going?" Shao Xun asked again: "It is impossible for Xin'an and Sanzhu to happen at the same time."
"The court meeting is to station troops and build a city in Zhug to stop the Huns from going south. Crossing." Yang Chen said: "Hezhu and the south bank are connected by a floating bridge."
"What does this have to do with me?"
"The imperial court used Governor Situ Fuzhi to build cities and bridges. However, the Huns are powerful and ferocious, and they need to be guarded by soldiers." Yang Chen said: "The imperial court is here. I want Ming Gong to escort him.”
“If you catch me, you will kill me.” Shao Xun said with a smile: “However, I appreciate the fact that the court did this. If you keep eating like this, you'll die."
Chen Yougen couldn't help laughing.
Yang Chen looked at Shao Xun quietly.
"Actually, I'm quite interested in this matter." Shao Xun said: "If we are to conquer the Huns from the north in the future, it would be a good idea to cross the river here. Can the imperial court hand over this bridge to me?"
< br>"The imperial court may not be able to get what it wants." Yang Chen said.
"Reply to the imperial court." Shao Xun thought for a while and said: "Heyang County was established on Hezhu. This county was guarded by a general, who dispatched craftsmen to repair boats, and dispatched people to plant fruits and vegetables, and to graze cattle. Horses, cattle and sheep. If you want to do it, you need to be more ambitious. The Zhemati area on the north bank of the river is also built, together with the central city on the Hezhu River and the Nancheng on the south bank of the river, it is called the "Three Cities of Heyang". Connected by pontoon bridges, accumulate more supplies, station more soldiers, and firmly control Mengjin in their own hands."
Chen Yougen and Yang Chen looked at each other, and it would be inconvenient for the Huns to move south from Hanoi. Unless the Yellow River freezes in winter.
But how can I put it, if the three cities of Heyang are successfully built, they will be a thorn in the flesh of the Xiongnu, and they will definitely send a large army to attack.
In a sense, the imperial court finally took some initiative and grasped the weakness of the Huns. As the saying goes, if you attack them, you will save them.
"When will the city be built?" Shao Xun asked again.
"After the first batch of grain arrives in Beijing in May, we will have enough energy." Yang Chen said.
"Okay, I'll wait for the order." Shao Xun said.
At the time of the chaos in Guanzhong, it was indeed a good opportunity to build the three cities of Heyang.
After passing this village, there may not be this store.
By the time the Huns withdraw from Guanzhong, the three cities of Heyang will have been completed, and the situation will be completely new.
However - this court is really capable of tossing people around!
Don’t let it turn into an all-out war with the Huns again. I don’t want to fight this year.
(End of this chapter)