AWB Chapter 130 Zhao Kuangyin Candlelight Axe Shadow Hurry and Get Out
Chapter 130 Zhao Kuangyin Candlelight Axe Shadow Hurry and Get Out
The literati of the Song Dynasty had a bad habit of writing a book whenever they had nothing to do. If you wrote some nonsense, that would be fine, but they wrote about everything from armor making to iron smelting, making it like an encyclopedia!
Angered, Zhao Kuangyin gathered all those who loved to write books together. Aren’t they all great people? Don’t they all love to think? He dragged them all to the mountain village to research new weapons.
If you like to study steel, we have built a blast furnace for you. You can study steel there for the rest of your life!
Zhao Kuangyin was troubled by the blast furnace. The steel it produced was no different from the inferior steel produced in later generations' black workshops. With such quality, Zhao Kuangyin was afraid that the products they produced would explode in cannons!
Throwing down the steel formula and production process, Zhao Kuangyin ran away. I don't care what the steel turns out to be! If it's good, we can make mortars. If it's not good, we can make red cannons. Anyway, the emperor doesn't pick you as long as you can help me recover the lost territory quickly!
I don't want to be killed in the middle of the night! If the Liao Kingdom asks me for tribute, I'll tear their head off and kick it like a ball! I won't give them money or my life! Whatever you want!
What about the Iron Harriers of Xixia or the One Finger Zen of Dali? No matter how good your Kung Fu skills are, they are still afraid of a kitchen knife. No matter how good your life is, you can be knocked down by a brick! I will line you up and shoot you. If you dare to be stubborn, I will just bombard you with artillery!
If we don’t take advantage of this good opportunity to grab land, when will we be able to see the autumn-leaf begonias in full bloom?
Zhao Kuangyin is so short of money now! Everything looks like copper coins to Zhao Kuangyin now. He didn't cut the salaries of officials, but the civil and military officials found that the court's control over official positions has reached a perverted level!
Zhao Kuangyin increased the difficulty of the examination, and focused more on questions about governing the country and solving practical problems. As for those who were good at writing poetry and prose, he didn't dare to use them. The number of official positions was fixed, and only the most outstanding talents were recruited. The inferior ones were sent down to become clerks!
These people are cheap, you only need to pay them one-third of the salary, and they still do a lot of work. This is how you control costs!
As for the tax exemption for meritorious service, it's impossible for Zhao Kuangyin! This good policy of equalizing the land tax must be vigorously promoted! The biggest benefit of the officials being like bereaved parents is gone! It is because the salaries of officials in the Song Dynasty are high, otherwise these officials would probably rebel!
This tax change was not a big deal. A lot of hidden households appeared in the Song Dynasty overnight. It took a month to sort them out. Zhao Kuangyin was so happy that his mouth was twisted with joy. The population exceeded 100 million! With people, there is money and there is territory!
After a busy spring to autumn, the Empress and the Fourth Prince's imperial farm reaped the harvest!
Zhao Kuangyin brought civil and military officials to the imperial farm in a grand procession.
Civil and military officials frowned at the withered rice seedlings. The Empress was unreliable. This fertile land wasn't growing crops, only weeds! They automatically ignored the Fourth Prince, Zhao Defang. What could a child do wrong? It was all the Empress's instigation!
This piece of good land is wasted, but we all have to give the emperor face! Since the emperor killed the King of Jin, his power has been at its peak. Anyone who dares to disobey him would be willing to die!
Zhao Kuangyin couldn't help laughing as he looked at the withered vines on the ground. What should he do if his wife is too capable? What should he do if his son is too smart?
Zhao Kuangyin ordered the head of the village to start the autumn harvest with pear sticks!
The village head did not dare to delay. He led a group of people and led yellow cattle to start plowing the land under the withered vines. As the soil was opened by the plow, red sweet potatoes were turned out from the soil.
The ministers were stunned! Soon the ground was densely packed with sweet potatoes. The small ones were as big as fists, and the largest ones were as big as sheep's heads!
Prime Minister Zhao Pu asked in confusion, "Your Majesty, what is this?"
Zhao Kuangyin couldn't close his mouth. "This thing is called sweet potato. It is a high-quality variety that the Fourth Prince and the Queen sent people to buy from overseas!"
The sweet potatoes from one acre of land were quickly harvested! They formed a small hill at the feet of Zhao Kuangyin and his ministers.
Zhao Kuangyin ordered: "Bring a big scale! Zeping, you count, let's see how much sweet potato production there is!" The officials drove away the village head, rolled up their sleeves, and began to weigh the sweet potatoes with a big scale.
After calculation, the sweet potato yield per acre is 4500 kilograms!
The entire team of civil and military officials was excited. Four thousand five hundred kilograms! This output was too high!
Zhao Pu hurriedly asked, "Your Majesty, is this edible? Is it easy to store?"
Zhao Kuangyin ordered his attendants to wash and cook some sweet potatoes. I want to share this delicious meal with all my beloved ministers!
The attendants picked up dozens of sweet potatoes and were about to carry them away in baskets. Zhao Pu's heart ached. "Take some down, take some down! Just cook two of these precious things to taste, and use the rest for seeds!"
Zhao Kuangyin led a group of people to the cornfield again. This time, without Zhao Kuangyin's orders, a group of civil and military officials rushed into the cornfield and cracked the corn one by one with great joy. Soon, the corn on the ground was piled up like a small mountain.
The minister peeled off the corn husk and saw the golden corn kernels. He picked up two corn kernels and stuffed them into his mouth. Zhao Kuangyin felt a toothache when he saw this. What kind of teeth are these? They are not afraid of knocking out a big tooth!
Zhao Pu shook his head and stroked his beard. "Grain that tastes sweet is good grain! Everyone, work hard to rub out the corn kernels and weigh them. Let's see how many kilograms of these golden beans we can produce per acre of land!"
The officials were like crazy, rubbing corn kernels together with a group of old farmers from the farm and eunuchs and maids from the palace.
The official took off his official robe, spread it on the ground, and after rubbing it together, he poured it into the sack that the old farmer had taken away.
Strength lies in numbers. The corn kernels were rubbed in less than half an hour. Using a large scale, the yield per mu was 700 kilograms!
Numbly, the crowd followed the smug emperor to the potato fields! Another round of digging and digging in the small garden! The 6,000-jin potato harvest had completely extinguished the tempers of all the civil and military officials, leaving only a frenzy!
This is a good deed that will go down in history as saving the people from disaster. From now on, the Queen and the Fourth Prince can do whatever they want! If you want their beards cut off immediately, give them to me!
At this time, the sweet potatoes were cooked and cut into many pieces with a knife. Each official carefully picked up a piece with his hands and put it in his mouth!
Oh, it’s still sweet. Smack your lips. This sweet potato is really good!
Liang Defu was roasting potatoes for Zhao Kuangyin in the stove. Liang Defu's cooking skills were quite good. The potatoes were roasted to a golden and soft texture.
The ministers' hearts were filled with turmoil! Was the emperor's power truly granted by heaven? This auspicious sign befell the Song Dynasty, a sign of eternal security! A empire stronger than welded!
The Fourth Prince will be the Crown Prince from now on! It's a foregone conclusion! Anyone who dares to object will be struck by lightning!
The Queen must be the mother of the country. From now on, anyone who dares to say a bad word about the Queen will have his teeth broken! The spit of the people in the world will drown him!
All the officials knelt on the ground and shouted "Long live the Lord!" Zhao Pu burst into tears: "Long live our Lord! This is a great auspicious sign. I hope Your Majesty will announce it to the Heaven and Earth and the Taimiao!
From now on, our Great Song Dynasty will never be hungry! God bless our Great Song Dynasty! "