First, Lai Tongxin, the general stationed in Xinping Fort, reported that the border was unstable and the northern barbarians showed signs of abnormal movement. Then, General Ma Chengen reported that a small-scale conflict occurred at Desheng Fort. Military household Zhang Han and other soldiers killed many soldiers and made military achievements and requested praise.

This is just a small matter, and the court will never refute the general's face. Moreover, this matter was recognized by Yanghe Bing Beidao. There are also governors and governors, so the court will not be troubled by these small matters.

The Liao incident was getting more and more nervous, and the result of the court was not satisfactory. Xiong Tingbi was only appointed as the chief of Dali Temple and the censor of Henan Province, and comforted Liaodong. It was not the new lieutenant, and the court was still arguing. The most important thing was that Wanli had not made up his mind to use Xiong Tingbi. In this matter, Wanli had been hesitating. Fang Congzhe and others thought that Xiong Tingbi would be the emperor's will, but they were wrong.

The court could not decide on a new position for several months, so it had to ask Yang Hao to wait for the crime to stay in the position of the position of the position. Liaodong was still in a mess, and this was the most important event. The border troubles that occurred in Datong were not enough to attract attention from the court.

Next, there are many bandits in the Daliang Mountains on the east side of Xinpingbao. Since early June, many bandits of more than a thousand people have been causing trouble. Lai Tongxin, the general who is involved in the suppression of bandits, has been responsible for suppressing them many times. Then there are too many bandits and cannot be defeated. The bandits in Daliang Mountain began to threaten the safety of various official roads. Lai Tongxin reported that the court asked the court to set up multiple inspection departments in the Daliang Mountain area to urge Tiancheng Wei, Zhenlu Wei and Wei County to work hard to suppress bandits.

Of course, this series of things was arranged by Zhang Han. He wanted to build his own army, and his name was very important. It was the limit for an ordinary businessman to establish an escort business and recruit hundreds of escorts. If he recruits escort training with great fanfare, it would be a problem even if Zhang Han’s network of relationships is very strong. With the name, many things can be done openly and better.

"Is there really a bandit?"

In the ancestral hall of Lijiazhuang, Zhang Han frowned at the embarrassing Wen Zhonghan and others.

Wen Zhonghan and others pretended to be bandits and robbed several caravans on the official roads. This was Zhang Han's arrangement. Unexpectedly, these people were beaten miserably by real bandits, but fortunately no one died.

He also knew that there were bandits in Daliang Mountain, but since the Zhou brothers were killed, the bandits dared not make any more decisions to make official positions. They were robbing mountain villagers and plundering the people in the Weizhou area to the south. There were many mountains in the western Shanxi. The famous Han Emperor Gaozu was trapped in the southeast. There were also many mountains such as Jiushe Mountain, Shitiling, Xiaowutai, etc. to the south. From these mountains to the middle of Xinpingbao, there were plains. The large area of ​​mountains made Shanxi people dare to fight and fight. There were many businessmen who went out of their homes to do business, and of course there were many bandits and robbers who stayed in the mountains to fight and robbers.

"The key is that there are too many refugees."

Sun Jingting interrupted, and there was an indelible worry between his eyebrows.

On the fourth day of Zhang Han's return, Sun Jingting rushed over from Lingqiu. Their friendship was formed on the grassland. Although they hadn't seen each other for a long time, they still had deep feelings for each other. Sun Jingting was very talented and martial arts. Zhang Han also felt that he was very capable by his side. This time he decided to keep him by his side and discuss things at any time.

Sun Jingting continued: "I came all the way from Lingqiu. Last year's earthquake, at least 100,000 people were displaced. Until now, the government has no relief and has never exempted the tax. The people have no food and clothing, so they can only wander around, and the brave ones run to the mountains to be bandits. The number of bandits is ten times the time ago. Even if you did not make any intentional arrangements in Wenlan, it is inevitable that the bandits will be troubled."

Last year, there were many earthquakes in Shanxi, which caused great disasters. However, the court was too busy to take care of itself and ignored them at all. Zhang Han saw many beggars and refugees in Xinpingbao, including Yanghe and Datong, as well as Taiyuan, and other places. Weizhou and Lingqiu were seriously affected, and many refugees were expected.

Zhang Han said to Wen Zhonghan: "What an accident happened, I don't even know. I don't blame you, just step back."

Wen Zhonghan stood up and said with a fierce look on his face: "If the boss agrees, we can only send two hundred stints into the mountain, and at least one or two thousand bandits can be killed, so that they can know how powerful we are."

Zhang Han said in a gentle tone: "No need for now. I will ask Liang Xing to pay more attention. Just protect the official road. You should wait for my order and ask you to do something if you have something to do."

"Yes." Wen Zhonghan answered simply this time. Seeing that Zhang Han really had no intention of blaming him, he walked out happily.

Zhang Han also stood up and said to Sun Jingting: "Xiaozheng, let's go see the water truck."

Sun Jingting smiled and said, "This is a good thing. I have seen it in advance, but it doesn't prevent me from watching it a few more times."

There is a winding river in the north of Lijiazhuang. This river is called Xiaoyang River, a tributary of Xiyang River and Yang River. It is only a few dozen miles long. One-third of the land in Lijiazhuang is by the river.

Even if the fields by the river are paddy fields, you can dig ditches to divert water. The price of paddy fields is at least about three times that of dry fields.

However, these droughts are drought every year, and there is little rain in spring to autumn. In winter, heavy snow will cause snow disasters. This ghost weather has long been full of complaints.

The water flow is insufficient, and it is difficult for the water diversion channel to attract water. Moreover, large-scale water conservancy needs to be coordinated by the government, and at least the joint forces of the gentry. There are few northern regions with the spirit of cooperation like southern gentry. By the end of the Wanli period, the water conservancy channels in various places were greatly damaged and not much useful. The land by the river can only be carried by the people with manpower, and the yield per mu is much higher than that of dry land.

People were walking on the dry ridges of the fields on the roadside, and the hems of their clothes gradually became dirty and became dirty.

However, no one cared. Sun Jingting and Zhang Han were talking in a low voice. He kept talking about the situation in Lingqiu. Lingqiu was still stable. Zhang Han and Yusheng Iron and Steel Farm were the only one in the world. Dongshan Club ranked second. Li Dayong and others followed him. Because of the guilds to coordinate production and pricing, everyone's profits were pretty good. The main reason was that the iron yield rate increased and the use of charcoal decreased. In addition, the joint pricing power of each iron merchant was curbed, and the original price reduction behavior of the iron markets was increased a lot.

Sun Jingting and Zhang Han whispered about Yu Niang.

"Yu Niang's thoughts can't be hidden. She is frowning every day. My aunt is not happy. No matter how smooth things happen, my uncle can't be happy." Sun Jingting whispered: "The difficult part is either that everyone doesn't like you, or that they all look at you in Chinese. But there is another ready-made candidate waiting for you. My Sun family can't hurry up and give Yu Niang to you as a concubine... Everyone is unhappy about this."

Zhang Han said ashamed: "I'm really blamed for this..."

"Actually, it's not your fault..." Sun Jingting chuckled. He was already a bit crazy, so he said even more rebelliously: "The love between men and women is born from nature. Look at the examples of men and women's love in the Book of Songs, which means that we are harmed by the Song Confucians, and we take this matter too seriously."

"To be honest, I haven't thought too much about it..." Zhang Han pondered: "Now I have a lot of things here, there are too many things to start, and I want to do a lot of big things in my heart. I can only leave my children's love for me first."

"Wenlan, you are a good person." Sun Jingting said with some appreciation: "I heard that Lao Li found several beautiful women to serve you, but you refused. He is indeed a person who is planning to do big things."

Zhang Han had to smile bitterly when he heard this. What kind of person was Li Xiangfu found? He had some looks, but he had no temperament at all. He also had such a woman, so he could only say that she was fascinated by lust.

After walking for a while, you can see the flood truck.

It is about three feet high, nearly ten meters high, and is similar to the shape that Zhang Han saw in later books.

He arrived here from Xinpingbao, mainly to see this thing.

Chang Jinyou copied the self-tone bell in Xinpingbao. Zhang Han also told him the idea of ​​the pocket watch, and there was also the idea of ​​a telescope. These things are not only novel, but the most important thing is practical, especially when fighting in the future. Chang Jinyou will probably be busy for a while. Recently, Chang Jinyou's busiest thing is still the water wheel. This time, Zhang Han specially asked him to follow him to see it.

The water flows without rushing, and the green river flows slowly, and the water flow keeps flowing into the water bucket. Then behind the water bucket is a wooden scraper, and the scraper is fixed is a spoke. The entire water truck is like a large spoke. The water flow impacts the wheel blades, and the water truck keeps rotating, and then the water fills the water bucket. Then the water bucket is lifted to the highest point. After turning to the headspace, the water automatically pours into the wooden sink, and the water flow keeps flowing into the farmland.

"This water truck is just a small water truck." Chang Jinyou had just waded from the river, and the corner of his robe lifted up Lao Gao, and his legs were covered with sludge. He didn't care. He patted the water stains and sludge on his hands and said to Zhang Han: "This water truck is divided into bicycles, double cars, many cars, and many spokes with a diameter of more than five meters. Is this a bicycle or a small car, and this is a trial product. It only costs one or two thousand silver. It is mainly because I couldn't master the size of the spokes well at the beginning, and I made several wastes. After the finished product, I will give me another two thousand silver to make a real water truck."

Zhang Han stepped forward and touched the water truck. The water drips kept dripping from above, making his hair and face wet. A thin layer of moss had grown on the water truck. The water flow kept pouring down from the water bucket above, flowing from the hanging wooden trough into the canal, and then irrigating the surrounding fields.

Zhang Han asked: "How many acres of land can this car irrigate?"

Li Xiangfu stepped forward and replied, "It can be watered about 300 acres, but the effect will not be good if it is more."

"What if it was a waterwheel that was about twice as big as that?"

"For bicycles, 500 acres, and for double bicycles, 800 acres."

"Very good, very good." Zhang Han praised repeatedly and said to Chang Jinyou: "Uncle has helped me a lot."

Chang Jin was a little embarrassed and said, "Brother Han, I just want to do this, and I don't have much thought. And I'll make the calculations. After several cars, your land can be fully irrigated, but it costs nearly 10,000 yuan and the grain you buy is only tens of thousands of stones. It's enough to collect your land rent for twenty years. Is this worth it?"
Chapter completed!