Chapter 119
In Sun Yuanhua's eyes, Jinzhou Academy was surprisingly big. The Laiyang Zhang family's collection of hundreds of thousands of volumes were all packed up and brought over by Chen Guodong. Chen Guodong's purpose at that time was not to protect books or knowledge, but because Lin Xunzong told Chen Guodong that the Laiyang Zhang family's most precious thing was not These frivolous wealth, fields and shops are not the library courtyard.
Chen Guodong didn't even have time to take a look, and waved his hand: "Move away!"
In this way, Zhang's collection of more than 300,000 volumes in Laiyang, as well as a considerable number of unique books and even bamboo slips, were moved to Ninghai City, and later to southern Liaoning.
More than 90% of the books in the current Jinzhou Academy Library are from the private collections of wealthy families and landowners. The total number exceeds 800,000 volumes, and a small number of them are printed by themselves. Thanks to the prosperity of the dialect industry in the Ming Dynasty, there were many large and small printing houses.
The Zhang family of Laiyang was packed up and came to southern Liaoning. The Zhang family of Laiyang itself had a large number of skilled printing craftsmen. Under the guidance of Mr. Lin Xuzong, the teacher, Zhang Changqing, the person in charge of the book printing of the Zhang family of Laiyang, and more than 60 outstanding Craftsmen, he established the Jinzhou Printing Factory.
With the large influx of refugees, a large number of technical talents also came with the refugee army. The Jinzhou printing factory also expanded rapidly. Now the textbooks of Jinzhou Academy and Liaonan Girls' School are printed by Cheng Shijie's own printing factory. , Sun Yuanhua was stunned when he looked at the huge library that covers four small courtyards and can accommodate more than 600 people studying at the same time.
Looking at the canteen that can accommodate more than a thousand students eating at the same time, the public bathhouse that can provide hot water for children, and especially the well-equipped stadium, Sun Yuanhua felt that Cheng Shijie's intentions for Jinzhou Academy were not simple.
Sun Yuanhua was among the teachers, while Cheng Shijie was preparing for the start of the school year and was also recruiting various teachers, including arithmeticians, agronomists, geologist, astronomers, potters, mechanics, porcelain artists, weavers, printers and dyers... …
If an academy teaches so much messy knowledge, it will definitely be criticized for being useless. But in Sun Yuanhua's eyes, this is actively leaning towards the Western French Party.
Sun Yuanhua looked at Cheng Shijie and said, "Shijie, you haven't picked up the characters yet, have you?"
"Those who are drifting in troubled times have a name that is already the mark of their ancestors. Where can I have any other words?"
Cheng Shijie knew that Song Xiance had characters, and his characters were documents.
Li Fang actually has a Chinese character, his Chinese character is Yanzhi.
Shen Mingyu originally had no character, but later Song Xiance gave him a character, Gongchen, which means Gongxingchen, and the star is Ziwei Emperor Star. To put it simply, he is guarding the emperor. As for which emperor, I don't know.
Sun Yuanhua said: "Shijie, if you don't mind overstepping your bounds, Sun will be willing to give Shijie a nickname."
You can't just pick a word for someone else. Those who can pick a word have the right of teachers or elders. Sun Yuanhua naturally has this status to choose a name for Cheng Shijie, and it is also a test for Cheng Shijie. If Cheng Shijie is willing to accept his name, Cheng Shijie will be his disciple forever, unless he is not willing to be called that name again.
Cheng Shijie smiled: "Futai University is full of talented people, let's talk about it!"
Sun Yuanhua said with a serious face: "Shijie will win every battle and is relied upon by tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in southern Liaoning. Why not call him Beiping!"
"Beiping?"
Cheng Shijie pondered: "Cheng Shijie, Cheng Beiping?"
Cheng Shijie was also thinking to himself, wouldn't my room be called "Beiping Hall" from now on? Although he was unhappy, he still said seriously: "Thank you Sun Futai for giving me the name."
Sun Yuanhua shook his head: "Shijie is too outspoken."
Sun Yuanhua followed Cheng Shijie, the official leader, and began to inspect the academy. Of course, everyone's observation points were different. Sun Yuanhua saw that the Jinzhou Academy had tall walls and tight fences. The strong and bold atmosphere unique to the military came to my face.
These are Cheng Shijie's elite soldiers.
Sun Yuanhua is the governor of Zhibing. He can still tell whether an army can fight and whether its combat effectiveness is strong. In fact, these people are not the official Jinzhou Academy, but the bodyguards of Cheng Shijie himself.
Sun Yuanhua looked at the two foreign devils in the crowd and said, "Shijie, why are you recruiting two foreign students?"
Sun Yuanhua actually disliked the two foreign devils because they were too dirty, almost dirtier than beggars.
"You can wash it if it's dirty!"
Cheng Shijie smiled and said: "Master Futai, wait a moment."
Cheng Shijie looked at Cheng Shi beside him and said, "Have someone give them a new set of clothes, give them two buckets of water and let them rub them for half an hour. If they are not clean, don't come out!"
"yes!"
Several Ning Haijun rushed over like tigers, and the two foreign devils began to scream. One of the tall foreigners stood in front of a shorter foreigner and confronted the navy officer Ning.
This tall foreign devil was quite brave. Faced with Ning Haijun's swords and guns, he still had the courage to resist. He was really capable.
Cheng Shijie heard that these sailors were full of physical needs. The husband and wife were originally birds in the same forest. When disaster strikes, they fly apart, but they are true love.
These foreign devils were actually captured by Ning Haijun when he attacked Meng Xianhan. There were always more than a hundred of them. They were recruited because they were recruiting teachers from Jinzhou Academy. Both of them were proficient in arithmetic and proficient in Chinese.
One of the foreigners was pretty good at knocking two Ning navy soldiers to the ground. The third naval soldier Ning was also kicked to the side and staggered.
Cheng Shijie was a little strange: "Haha, there are two times!"
Even though Cheng Shijie was smiling, the guards around him knew that Cheng Shijie was already angry. As the saying goes, the Lord is worried about the humiliation of his subjects, and the Lord is concerned about the humiliation of his subjects.
There are naturally experts in Cheng Shijie's bodyguards, such as Wu Sheng, who was originally the son of Wu Huanrong, the last commander of Qi Jiajun's personal bodyguards, Qi Jin. During the Battle of Hunhe, Wu Huanrong died in battle. Wu Sheng was only seventeen years old at the time and had already learned Wu Huanrong's true heritage.
The boxing he practices is called "Bazi Boxing", which is also called "Baji Boxing" and some people call it Qijia Boxing. In fact, this is the melee combat technique promoted by Qi Jiguang in the army. Its movements are simple and concise, fierce and crisp, and are extremely restrained especially for the young samurai with strong melee capabilities.
When Wu Sheng took refuge with Cheng Shijie, Chang Yu, who thought he was very skilled, fought with him. Wu Sheng elbowed him on the arm. Chang Yu's forearm capillaries ruptured and swelled like his calf. The swelling did not subside for a whole month. This was still The result of Wu Sheng's mercy.
Wu Sheng is now twenty-seven years old, twenty-eight years old, and is at the peak of his boxing status. When the Dongjiang Army wandered around, Wu Sheng's body suffered a deficit, but now it has been replenished.
Wu Sheng's move was a classic move of Bajiquan, a fierce tiger climbing up a mountain.
Although the foreign devil was tall, he was extremely flexible and had a strong ability to resist attacks. He was still able to persist in the face of Wu Sheng's stormy attack.
However, the problem is that Wu Sheng originally wanted to show off his talent in front of Cheng Shijie, but he didn't expect that the foreign devil could still withstand a beating. He was not polite and unreserved, and launched a violent attack on the opponent, and a large punch was created. , swept out with one kick and brought up a whirlwind, and the fight was extremely fierce.
At this time, the short foreign devil shouted: "Stop, stop, don't fight, please don't fight anymore..."
Cheng Shijie and Sun Yuanhua looked at each other, both showing surprise.
Because this short foreigner spoke in a female voice, and the voice was quite bright.
"stop!"
At this time, Wu Sheng used an iron mountain support to push the tall foreign devil at least five meters away. The foreign devil was beaten unconscious.
"Commander, you're humbled by your position...you didn't stop!"
"Good skills!"
Cheng Shijie patted Wu Sheng on the shoulder and said, "I will reward you with ten taels of silver!"
"Thank you for the reward, Marshal!"
Although Cheng Shijie just said it lightly, within Ning Haijun, his words were gold-plated words. If he said that he would be rewarded with ten taels of silver, he would be ten taels of silver.
Wu Sheng grinned and lowered his voice: "Commander, that Fangui has a few tricks up his sleeve. It's very rare to be able to last more than ten rounds under the hands of a humble professional!"
Seeing the foreign devils fall to the ground, several Ning Haijun insisted on carrying out Cheng Shijie's order and asked them to take a bath.
Because of the gender difference, the original plan to give the two of them a single room was temporarily changed. Ning Haijun took them to the teacher's dormitory, which was standard for a single teacher.
There are two small rooms, about more than 20 square meters, one is used as a living room and the other is used as a bedroom. The bedroom has two beds, usually two small rooms for two people.
These two foreign devils were actually Catherine Contarini, the commander of the unfortunate Venetian combined fleet supporting Crete.
The Contarini are one of the oldest families in Venice, and their origins are also linked to the founding of Venice. The current governor of the Venetian Republic, Niccolo, is Catherine's father, and the former governor, Francesco, is Catherine's grandfather.
Although the Venetian City-State Republic is a classical republic as they claim to be, in fact, this coalition government is a mixture of three basic systems: the royal power of the Duke, the aristocracy of the Senate, and the democracy of the Grand Council.
Just like the opening chapter of an Internet book, Catherine's father Nicolo had five brothers, three of whom were all killed in the war. Until now, Catherine has four adult brothers, all of whom were killed in the war, except for an eleven-year-old brother. According to Venetian tradition, she is now actually the second in line of succession to the Contarini family.
If something happens to her brother, she will succeed the patriarch of the Contanelli family. Whether she can become the governor or consul of Venice will require an election. However, she also has a great chance.
In order to revitalize the family, the twelve-year-old Catherine joined the army and served in the army. Now the seventeen-year-old Catherine is not only a Venetian Navy lieutenant commander and commander of the combined fleet, but also a five-year veteran of the military.
The tall foreign devil who was injured was named Giovanni Corona. The Corona family was also one of the ancient families in Venice. They had produced eight governors and were very prominent.
Although she knew that Giovanni liked her very much, Catherine could not agree because the Contarini family was more important. If she married Giovanni, the Contarini family would become a vassal of the Corona family, and even be annexed. This is unacceptable to her.
A Ning navy soldier took Catherine and Giovanni to the adjacent dormitory, and then threw each of them a new piece of clothing. Of course, it was definitely not a missionary's priest's uniform, but a Ming Dynasty-style Confucian scholar's gown.
A sky blue gown and underwear. Then there is a paper bag, which is soap, one of the artifacts of time travel. This thing has been used on a large scale in the Ming Dynasty, but the main raw materials are oil and alkali, mixed with spices. Due to the small farm economy of the Ming Dynasty, animal fat production was seriously insufficient.
The cost of soap is very high. A piece of soap costs almost 500 yuan not including labor cost. Including labor cost, it costs more than 600 yuan, which is six qian silver, which is equivalent to six measures of today's grain.
Catherine smelled it and found that it smelled like tea. She was very happy. During her days as a prisoner, she had no chance to take a bath. If she didn't speak, no one could find out that she was a woman.
Although women in Europa are generally older, the problem is that since she has been in the military camp since she was twelve years old, and the feminist movement in Europa has not yet risen at this time, the status of women in Europa is not high. There are many queens appearing in Europa.
Precisely because women were of low status, she used corsets. As a result, at the age of seventeen, her breasts still looked like those of a twelve-year-old, except for the sound.
When Catherine entered the bathroom, she couldn't wait to take off her clothes and jump into the bathing tub. The hot water was so hot that she couldn't help but cry out.
Slowly, the pain turned into enjoyment. After soaking for a while, she picked up the soap and rubbed it all over her body, leaving bubbles all over her body...
While humming unknown songs, he danced and splashed water.
Catherine was more lucky. As for Giovanni, who was beaten until he vomited blood and fell into a coma, he enjoyed the treatment of being served. He was first thrown into the boiling hot water and soaked for half an hour. Then he took it out and brushed it directly with a brush. Although the brush made of boar bristles is easy to rub off the dust.
But the problem is, the taste is very sour and refreshing...
Two days later, Giovanni, who had just woken up, opened his eyes and saw Catherine holding a rice bowl and wolfing down the food.
Giovanni immediately said to Catherine: "Dear Catherine, maybe you are too optimistic! It seems that what this general is interested in is not our teachings, but our knowledge!"
Giovanni was furious at this time. He woke up when he was being dusted, but no matter how he begged for mercy, the Mingren ignored him at all. Even after two days, he only had to lie on the bed and carry his back It's like it's on fire.
The conscience of heaven and earth, when he fought with Wu Sheng, the parts he was hit were all on the front, but his back was not injured at all...
"What's the problem?"
Catherine smiled and said: "I am not a missionary, and neither are you. We are soldiers of the Venetian City-State Republic. Our strategic purpose is to support Crete. Now the mission has completely failed, but we...we..."
"What are we?"
"It looks like we could gain a powerful ally!"
Catherine said excitedly: "Dear Giovanni, haven't you noticed? The pirates who attacked us were easily eliminated by General Cheng. He also had tens of thousands of elite troops under his command. It is said that he defeated us without any effort. Beheaded tens of thousands of powerful enemies, beheaded tens of thousands, God, what kind of power is this?”
Giovanni is a devout believer. He muttered: "I heard from the church members who are preaching in Guangzhou that they have developed many members, including the elite, but what these elites are interested in is not our religion. ance, but our European scientific and technological achievements.”
"What does it matter? We can use our knowledge to slowly lead them to the right path and return them to the embrace of God!"
"Catherine, please calm down!"
When Giovanni was excited, he felt pain everywhere in his body. He gasped in pain: "Calm down, you can't do this!"
"I can do it!"
"You're too confident, you can't!"
"I can!"
"Just like Matteo Ricci, he made friends with many important people at the core of power in this country, including such highly respected and outstanding figures as Mr. Xu Guangqi, but Mr. Xu also went there for Matteo Ricci's scientific achievements. They all Scientific knowledge is being exchanged all over the world, and if Matteo Ricci refuses to help translate European scientific and technological works, his followers will soon be gone!"
Giovanni smiled bitterly and said: "Even those who truly convert to God are not very religious. They believe in Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism at the same time. They do not take religious beliefs seriously..."
Catherine sighed and said: "There is no way, this huge country seems too casual when it comes to religious beliefs. For thousands of years, no religion has ever been able to become the state religion of the entire country... I hope we can make this Let's do something here, dear Giovanni, we have no way out, we don't even have the money to return to Venice... I must rely on General Cheng!"
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After bathing and changing into new clothes, Catherine looked heroic. Whenever she was free, she wanted to see Cheng Shijie.
In front of the General Military Mansion.
Catherine asked the guard: "I want to see General Cheng!"
"General Cheng is not in the General Military Mansion!"
"Then, may I ask, where did he go?"
"I'm very sorry, this is a military secret, please don't inquire!"
Catherine wanted to see Cheng Shijie, but couldn't.
However, Feng Sanniang, Yang Yuniang, Jin Qiaoer and others who were in the backyard of the General Military Mansion yelled: "Fan Po is Fan Fan, shameless!"
Yang Yunniang: "You dare to seduce a man in broad daylight!"
"You mean, she should come at night?"
"It's no use coming at night!"
Yang Yuniang wanted to see Cheng Shijie with a lot of questions, but unfortunately she couldn't.
Cheng Shijie was very busy at this time.
Liaonan seems to have had spring taken away by an invisible big hand. At the end of March, the weather suddenly became hotter. The sun had already reached mid-air, pouring heat onto the earth. Looking up at the sky without a trace of clouds In the sky, you can seem to hear the crackling sound of the sun burning.
Southern Liaoning is full of military households who are working hard to reclaim wasteland. Hundreds of military households are bare-chested and wielding hoes, reclaiming pieces of wasteland. A rough estimate shows that they have cultivated more than 3.5 million acres of wasteland during this period. With more and more manpower, the reclamation speed is getting faster and faster. It is impossible to cultivate another 1.8 million acres of land. questionable.
The fields that were reclaimed earlier were planted with traditional wheat, beans, sorghum, and some paddy fields were also planted with rice. As for the fields that were reclaimed later, they were planted with corn, potatoes, or sweet potatoes.
The current temperature is around 25 degrees, which is when sweet potato seedlings grow the fastest. In just three or four days, stubble seedlings can be harvested and replanted.
During this period, Cheng Shijie also spared no effort to transport seeds from later generations and purchased various seeds everywhere. In order to enrich the dining tables of Liaonan people, Cheng Shijie also brought pepper seeds from later generations. Pepper seeds are very light and only require 50 grams per acre of land. , easy to carry, Cheng Shijie spent ten days carrying 600 kilograms of seeds, which is 12,000 acres of peppers. Next is cabbage and radish.
Today, in southern Liaoning, the population is far from reaching saturation, and so much land has been abandoned due to difficulties in irrigation, poor fertility, and other reasons that it is difficult to count.
Those sweet potatoes are growing well too. Cheng Shijie asked the military households to change the method of growing sweet potatoes. They first made ridges and divided a piece of land into several ridges, then opened a ditch in the middle of the ridge, filled it with plant ash, silt and other things as fertilizer, and finally filled it back. Plant two potato seedlings half a foot apart.
This method was very novel to the military households. In the past, when they planted sweet potatoes, they didn't even need to ridge them, let alone fertilize them.
The potato vines are growing like crazy now, but they won't last long. Military households have to cut and transplant the potato vines every day. Although they are growing well, they won't go crazy.
This is what Cheng Shijie wants. If the potato vines grow too crazy, the yield of sweet potatoes will be affected. This is just right!
Don't worry too much about the dry weather in the wheat fields. By the river, the waterwheel is still turning, lifting the river water out of the bank and sending it along the ditches to the farmland in the distance.
Sun Yuanhua, the governor of Denglai, almost sat in southern Liaoning because he had to wait for Chen Zilong and others to arrive. But the problem was that Chen Zilong was supposed to arrive in early March, but it was Miss Xu Si's first time to go to sea by boat, and she was still excited at the beginning. , I got tired of it after four or five days and decided to take a carriage all the way north to enjoy the scenery along the way.
Miss Xu Si's appeal was very powerful. With the group of young men accompanying her, Chen Zilong had no choice but to slow down the fleet. The original trip of more than 20 days took more than 40 days to reach Dengzhou.
Sun Yuanhua watched Cheng Shijie make the farmland lively, trying every means to fertilize, irrigate, and dig wells and ditches at all costs. Now Cheng Shijie is leading a group of craftsmen to do phosphate fertilizer...
Sun Yuanhua even wondered whether it was still necessary for Chen Zilong to come to Liaonan?
In Cheng Shijie's view, it was very necessary for Chen Zilong to come, especially those group of young men. They came to Liaonan just to send money.
PS: Because Lao Cheng’s father was hospitalized for lung cancer, he did not celebrate the Spring Festival at home. Now that he is back in his hometown, relatives and friends come to visit his father. Guests need to be entertained, so there is no time to write. I wrote more than 2,000 words in that chapter before falling asleep. , I got up at around five o'clock in the morning to write. At night, try to do your best.
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