NovelsAlex Chapter 255
Chapter 255
Chapter 255
"Have you heard that a large part of us can go home."
"You don't need to tell me, we all know that Master Meng and Master Su came back together."
"That's great."
All the soldiers in the army knew the news of the peace talks, and they were both happy and sad, because some of them wanted to stay.
But like Liang Shen and Zhao Wen, as the main characters of the artillery regiment, they must stay. This is necessary, because they still have to lead them to continue learning how to use them.
Many of the remaining soldiers need to learn how to fire cannons. Otherwise, it would be difficult to face future wars by relying on these people alone. They can predict the future without anyone reminding them.
What would they think if the two of them knew that Zhou Zihao was rushing to build a large number of cannons in Linzi and other places.
There are also ships they have never seen before, and the cannons on the deck. They don't know about them. They only know what Sun Bin tells them to do, and they don't need to think too much.
Liang Shen asked Fatty Zhao beside him: "Are you homesick?"
Zhao Wen said: "Of course I want to, but I prefer what the king said: Qi is our home, and I am just a child guarding the door. It is our responsibility to protect our home."
Liang Shen was surprised to see that the fat man said such philosophical words. After he said this, his own melancholy was forgotten.
Liang Shen asked: "So have you got married?"
Zhao Wen scratched his head and said, "Not yet, I'm not very old now, and besides, it's difficult at home, and I haven't been able to find a suitable woman."
Liang Shen heard that he was not married yet, so he comforted him. In fact, he himself was not married. It was a bit strange for two bachelors to get together and talk about family affairs, but he didn't think there was anything wrong.
With gratitude on his face, Zhao Wen immediately looked towards the east and said, "If the king hadn't arranged for me to be fired, I wouldn't be where I am today."
Zhao Wen remembered that he had just been dragged into the army. He was just an insignificant soldier. Before that, he was a humble farmer. Although he was not a slave, his life was similar to that of a slave, so he was very grateful to Zhou Zihao.
Now he is still a small leader, and his salary is more than double that of ordinary soldiers. Except for his parents, he hardly keeps any money on him, because he doesn't like to go out to play.
Every time they occupy a city, the Qi army does not destroy it casually like other countries, but they will get some loot more or less, and he naturally gets a lot, but he exchanges them for silver and sends them back to his hometown.
To mention this, in the Qi army, there is a team of messengers who send letters and supplies to the soldiers in the army every once in a while, but the number of each person cannot be too many, and it is limited.
Liang Shen was a little worried, and sighed: "I don't know when this chaotic era will end."
He doesn't want to be here for the rest of his life, it's best for such days to end soon, so that he can live a normal life.
Zhao Wen said: "I heard people say that the scholars in the Jixia Academy in Qi State are discussing whether to restore the previous Zhou Dynasty or to govern the country with a strict legal system. Anyway, they want to unify into one country."
Many ordinary people in the Warring States period did not understand the ritual and music system of the Zhou Dynasty, and the Confucianism of Confucius and Mencius was too ethereal to them, and it sounded like a myth.
For them, if their country is strong, expands its territory, and owns more land, they can also have more benefits, even if the benefits have not yet entered their hands.
What they didn't know was that Zhou Zihao received good news in Linzi, that is, the cotton planted in Linzi grew well, and if the harvest was good, the piece of cotton planted could at least make thousands of quilts.
Yes, it’s only a few thousand beds. It doesn’t look like much, but there are more seeds left. In the coming year, you don’t need to fumble like before. You just need to use the previous experience to let those landowners plant a large number of them.
Of course, you can't occupy the fields for growing grain, and you need to open up more wasteland for planting. This can speed up the development of the land and increase the income of Qi. Although these things are inconspicuous to Zhou Zihao, in the eyes of the people of Qi, these things are groundbreaking. s things.
In addition to cotton, crops such as corn and sweet potatoes also had a bumper harvest. In this famine year, Zhou Zihao witnessed too many people starve to death on the road, and many people ate wild vegetables and bark to survive.
With the new drought-resistant crops, the food problem of the people can be solved as soon as possible. Zhou Zihao knows that it is impossible to buy everything in his system, but the planting of drought-resistant crops is summed up by gathering the wisdom of the working people.
What should be planted in that season, and how much harvest can be obtained in the harvest season.
Since the system provided the seeds, it was the decision to plant them that resulted in such a bountiful harvest.
This joy cannot be shared with others immediately, because the crop has not yet fully matured and has not been recovered.
However, several batches of cotton have been collected, and the machine for removing cotton seeds has already been made by someone, just in time for use.
If there is no technology to remove the seeds of cotton, it is simply nonsense to remove the seeds by hand. If there is a machine, of course use a machine. Although the machine is also shaken by hand, it is much better than others.
Since the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties in China, in about 4000 years, the clothing materials of ancient Chinese people were mainly silk and hemp in the first 3000 years, and gradually changed to cotton in the next 1000 years.
You can also use animal fur to make fur clothes to keep out the cold, but this is only enjoyed by the aristocracy, and the ordinary way to keep out the cold is relatively primitive.
So Zhou Zihao is very keen on weaving quilts with cotton. He hasn't enjoyed the comfort of covering quilts these years. Those clothes made of silk and hemp can't be said to keep out the cold, and animal fur is okay, but Hairy, and some have a peculiar smell, very uncomfortable.
As long as cotton becomes a popular plant in Qi State, circulated in the market, and then spread to other places, this is the real realization of warm clothing.
Zhou Zihao believes that the wisdom of the ancients must not be too bad. It is all in the process of continuous evolution. Good things that are useful to them will be kept by them one by one.
In the past few days, Sun Bin took people to record and greet carefully over and over again, so that most of the soldiers obeyed this arrangement.
In the end, it was decided to let three-quarters of the army go back with Su Qin and the others, leaving a quarter to guard the border, learning while practicing.
One advantage of those who stay is that the treatment is much improved, and they get a lot more than those who go back, and Su Qin and Meng Changjun arrange someone to do one thing, which is to let the family members of the stay know that their children are heroes.
Su Qin directly agreed, these things are not too difficult, besides, he brought back so many people, so there is no need to worry about the manpower expenditure.
Persist in drawing out the mental blueprint. Even if the final effect is not very good, just keep working hard.
(End of this chapter)