The third day of June in the forty-seventh year of Wanli While jogging in the morning, Li Chaoqin came to tell His Majesty the Grand Sun the good news that the ignition device for the flintlock gun had been made.
Zhu Youxiao was overjoyed, but he still waited for Li Jinzhong to say "time is up" before he stopped and walked slowly over.
"His Royal Highness Taisun is wise, and the method of grouping is really a wonderful method.
Yesterday, the third group made the ignition device, and the ignition was successful 34% of the time."
"This is all because Supervisor Li Du urged the law and all the craftsmen worked hard to achieve it so quickly.
The third group was rewarded with fifty taels.
Li Banban took the silver and gave it to him, and all of it was given to the leader of the third group.
You can't take the lead.
As for how they divide it, you don't have to worry about it.
"There must be rewards and punishments for doing things, so as to increase motivation."
In more than thirty days, ten people received fifty taels, which was already considered a huge reward.
He asked Li Jinzhong that most craftsmen were not paid for their work here, and it was regarded as service, so this reward should make the craftsmen understand.
He is a man of his word, and Mr.
Shang's sign is marked with gold, so he means more.
"When talking about things in the future, you can't use expressions like three or four out of ten.
Three is three, four is four.
How many times have you tested in total?"
"Reporting to His Majesty Taisun, I have tested fifty times in total, sixteen of which were negative."
"Well, it's not too far-fetched to say that it's three or four out of ten.
You should test it a hundred times.
The number of times you test is the percentage.
It will be more accurate if you try more times.
If you try less times, you can also convert it.
If the current number of sparks is converted to 32%, if you order them to improve and increase the spark rate by 1%, they will be rewarded with one or two silver coins.
The next test will be the same.
To a hundred times, do you understand?”
Li Chaoqin nodded repeatedly, then took the silver and left happily.
Of course, he didn't get the silver reward, because the last time he promised to make a usable flintlock gun, he could get a hundred taels of silver reward within three months.
In fact, he didn't care much about the one hundred taels, but the reward from His Highness the Grand Sun was different.
Compared with money, showing your face in front of your grandson is much more important.
Feeling happy, Zhu Youxiao decided to go to Siyuan Bureau to see how the sweet potatoes were doing.
So Li Jinzhong took him to Siyuan Bureau.
Of course Zhou Yuji and Zhang Qianfang were accompanying him as Taisun's bodyguards.
Wang Tiqian, the eunuch in charge of the Siyuan Bureau, is a very educated eunuch, which is rare among eunuchs.
Like Li Jinzhong, he can barely recognize a hundred characters, which is pretty good.
However, the eunuchs who entered the palace from a young age were better off, because there was an internal study hall in the imperial city that specialized in teaching young eunuchs how to read.
Li Jinzhong is a monk halfway, so he cannot blame others for his low cultural level.
Wang Tigan did things very safely.
He specially found an old farmer to take charge of this matter.
He selected and planted seeds strictly according to Xu Guangqi's book.
He has been cultivating seedlings for some time now.
Looking at the lush sweet potato seedlings, Zhu Youxiao seemed to see large tracts of sweet potato fields and warehouses full of sweet potatoes.
I thought that if I promoted sweet potatoes in large quantities, everyone would at least have food to eat, so no one would rebel.
Corn is available in Siyuan Bureau, and it is almost ripe now.
However, Zhu Youxiao found that corn seemed to be smaller than modern corn.
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I broke off a few and tasted it.
It tasted pretty good.
After asking Wang Tiqian, I found out that if cared for well, one acre of corn can produce about one stone and three.
Of course it cannot be compared with later generations, but at that time, the wheat yield was only two dan.
And the most important thing is that it doesn't choose the location, can be planted everywhere, and has strong ability to withstand adverse environments.
"Superintendent Wang has done a great job.
Now there are some things I need to trouble you to do."
"I don't dare to be like this to Your Highness, Your Majesty.
Your servant is just doing your duty.
As long as Your Highness gives you orders, I will obey them."
"Haogu asked Wang Dujian to find three pieces of land of the same size and fertile soil, and then use the same method to plant certain crops.
In one piece of land, peanuts were planted between the ridges, in another piece of land, soybeans were planted, and in the other piece of land, nothing was planted. .
Apart from this difference, everything else about watering should be the same.
After harvesting, carefully count the yield of each crop and report it to me.
Of course, in addition to corn, you can also choose several crops to plant to get more.
It is of course better to compare the yield between the same crops.”
"My servant must complete the tasks assigned by His Highness meticulously.
After harvesting, I will inform His Highness immediately."
"As long as you do a good job, I won't hesitate to reward you.
I'm waiting for good news from Wang Dujian.
Li Banban, you are responsible for contacting Wang Dujian.
If Wang Dujian has any requirements, you can make the decision on the spot.
If you find it difficult, please tell me in time.”
"Don't worry, Your Highness, this servant will actively cooperate with Wangdu Supervisor and will not delay His Highness's important events."
Zhu Youxiao asked again about the use of farming tools and fertilizers.
Wang Tiqian demonstrated a wooden ox, which consisted of two herringbone brackets and a windlass with cross wooden pegs.
When plowing, the two ends of the field are set up two feet apart from each other.
There is a rope six feet long wrapped in the windlass.
The two ends of the rope are fixed on the windlass on both sides.
There is a small iron ring in the middle, and the plow hook is hung on the small iron ring. , during operation, human power is used to move the wooden pegs on the windlass to rotate, and the plow moves back and forth to cultivate the fields.
There are three people in total for each set of tillage tools, one person for each side of the windlass and one person to help the plow.
When one person turns the pulley, the other person rests.
By moving it back and forth in this way, Wang Tigan said that "one hand can have the power of two oxen".
Zhu Youxiao was very interested and hoped to promote it to various places.
As for fertilizer, "oil pressed cake" is often used, such as sesame cake, cottonseed cake, etc., which are used in high-yield fields.
Farmland fertilization technology has also been improved, and fertilizers with different properties are applied to different soils.
Dip the rice seedlings in plant ash and flood the roots with lime.
This not only increases yields but also improves the soil.
Zhu Youxiao found that the use of human and animal excrement was less common than in later generations, but it was not bad.
I asked Wang Tiqian and he had never heard of potatoes or potatoes.
It seems that if you want to find Potato, you can only go to Xu Guangqi.
Xu Guangqi is Shao Zhanshi and the censor of Henan Province.
Last time he said he was training troops in Tongzhou.
So Li Jinzhong inquired in the East Palace and confirmed that he was still in Tongzhou.
So Zhu Youxiao wanted to go to Tongzhou to find him.
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Li Jinzhong felt that it was getting late and there were still horse-drawn carriages and escorts to be prepared.
He also had to inform Li Xuan before leaving the capital, so he suggested going to Tongzhou tomorrow.
Zhu Youxiao had no choice, so he had to practice with Zhou Yuji and Zhang Qianfang for a while in the afternoon, and gained countless flattery.
Li Jinzhong came to report in the evening and had informed Li Xuanshi.
Li Xuanshi agreed after ordering more guards.
The carriage was also ready and he sent someone to notify Xu Guangqi first, so that they could set off tomorrow morning
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