The construction of large-scale construction will lead to labor service, and the construction of the Beiyang Military Office is no exception. The court specially dispatched engineering departments to supervise this matter, and worked with Zhao Shizhen to manage the construction of the warehouse and cooperated with tacit understanding.

Since Yin Zhengmao entered Beijing and Fu Yuan left Tianjin to Japan, Chen Mu did not disturb him. In addition to practicing martial arts with Du Song and others on a daily basis and studying ancient books, his main energy was focused on design and drawing.

The Beiyang Yamen has long been perfected. His map is outside the Beiyang Yamen in Tianjin, and intensive manual and simple industries are developed according to local conditions.

But if you want to make this picture, you won’t be able to do it without a field investigation.

"Mr. Xu was watching the construction site, and Chang Ji went out with me."

As May began, the weather was getting hot. Chen Mu didn't want to run elsewhere but had no choice but to ask Zhao Shizhen to suffer with him and walked to the planning site of the Beiyang Military Office. Many craftsmen and servants worked hard. Three simple warehouses had been built, just for storing wood obtained from rammed earth.

If these unprocessed woods are built in a temporary camp, they are OK, but they cannot be used in construction. They can only be stored here first and then talk about it later.

Zhao Shizhen was idle. After the design drawing was agreed, there was basically nothing he had to do with him. Moreover, Xu Wei's cold was cured. Xu Fengzi, who intercepted books from the Western Barbarians, learned how to use geometry by himself, was obviously more suitable for guiding craftsmen than him. There were not many places on the construction site that could be used by Secretary Zhao.

He pretended to take some tea from the Baihu Yamen in Dagukou, and went out to the small house on the construction site to make a big bowl of tea, leaving only the Taoist steward of the Ministry of Works to chat.

Two days ago, Chen Mu also heard that there was an engineering school attendant who appreciated Zhao Shizhen's talent and wanted to recruit him as his son-in-law.

Chen Mu went to the construction site this time. Zhao Shizhen sat in the room and chatted with people. Chen Mu was so happy that he packed up and rode his own horse and followed Chen Mu out, asking as he walked: "Where are you going? The students can't even stay idle. Are you going to hunt?"

"Hunting?" Chen Mu turned around and saw his personal companions, including Du Song, were fully armed, and immediately inserted bird guns and pistols. He smiled at Zhao Shizhen: "If you don't hunt, you have to go a long way. If you are worried about encountering wild animals, you can go around the surrounding counties and plan the industrial construction around the military government office in the future."

"The surrounding area is good, then the coach will call my father-in-law. Uh, the engineering department's chief Mr. Xu."

Zhao Shizhen hadn't seen his daughter yet, but she had already called her father-in-law. Chen Mu blushed and explained: "Mr. Xu once visited the surrounding areas of the capital to build a northern water conservancy. He has experience. Don't the general often say that experience is important!"

Seeing that Chen Mu disagreed, he still looked at him with a crooked and teasing look. Zhao Shizhen said at a very fast speed: "Hong Kong is really talented but not met. Last year, he made a move to the capital to lie in the north. The soldiers and food should be taken directly from the suburbs of the capital. Now, they all rely on the southeast. Grain is grain and soldiers are squads. And it is also said that with the wealth of the northwest in ancient times, can it be impossible to enrich the granary and train soldiers?"

"It is recommended to dig old canals and abandoned dams in Henan, Shaanxi, and clear the springs in Shandong, and in places where water is often affected by water damage in Shuntian and Zhenbao, 15 tributaries will be cleared and water will be diverted to irrigate the farmland. The northern warehouses can be sufficient, so they do not need to rely on the southeast, and they can also relieve the flood... He said that the northern water damage is precisely because of the lack of water conservancy construction and the construction of water conservancy construction and water damage will be eliminated by itself. I think this is very insightful!"

Chen Mu, who was driving the horse, turned his head around and said to Zhao Shizhen with a strange look on his face: "I really have insight, go and call Mr. Xu of the Ministry of Works and have a walk together!"

Water conservancy in the north has always been a big problem. Once the Yellow River breaks, it will displace millions of people and further deepen the desertification of the land. However, the more it breaks, the less willing you will be to pay for the cost of dealing with it, and the problem will only become bigger and bigger.

If the north can repair water conservancy and increase military farming, it will be a good thing for the court.

So why did you get started last year, but there was still no movement this year?

Xu Zhen was in his prime after 40 next year. Seeing Chen Mu summoning him as his guide, he happily followed him and introduced the surrounding industries to Chen Mu. However, when Chen Mu asked why his hand was not approved by the court, he did not answer. He just smiled bitterly, shook his head with his beard and said nothing.

But later in the introduction on the road, Chen Mu probably understood the bitterness that Xu Zhenming showed while shaking his head, which made Chen Mu want to go to the wild but found that there was nowhere to step on his feet.

From Dagukou to Tianjin Wei, you can reach Zunhua, which is underground through the official road. The journey is more than 400 miles, and it is not far away by land. If you take a boat to walk the river closer, Chen Mu decided to ride a horse by land to learn more.

Who knew it would be better to walk the river channel. I didn't look at anything along the way. Just listening to Xu Zhenming's explanation, this is the imperial village, that is the palace village, that is the royal farmland, that is the military farmland, that is the imperial farmland... Of course, there are not many fields that belong to the people, but they are not as dense and coherent as official fields.

"There are only three or four points of grain planting in the private fields, while the official fields are eight or nine points of mulberry seedlings. There are not many grain plantings, which saves irrigation compared to paddy fields, and the people are more labor-saving." Xu Zhenming counts the benefits of mulberry fields one by one, saying: "The leaves can be fed to silkworms, wood can be made into utensils, branches can be woven into baskets, mulberry skin can be made into paper, mulberry skin can be more edible, wine, leaves, fruits and root skin can be used as medicine."

"Planting this is more profitable than planting wheat, and the people and tenants are more labor-saving than planting paddy fields." Xu Zhenming was not skilled enough in equestrianism, and he was a little nervous when riding on the horse. But when he talked about planting wheat and mulberry seedlings, he still smiled on his face. Although Chen Mu didn't know what he was laughing at, he continued: "What's more, these fields used to be military fields, civil fields, and idle fields. How could their current owners afford to be the staff of our Ministry of Works?"

During the Ming Taizu era, the people found that wild land could be cultivated by themselves, and they did not add taxes to the government. The fields were called idle fields. However, now land annexation is becoming more and more intense, and land is enclosed everywhere. There are fewer and fewer self-cultivated farmers among the people, and the land is in the hands of a few people.

Sheep don’t need to eat people at all, and the land enclosure movement in the Ming Dynasty had already been completed.

Why did so many people work in the Ming Dynasty as a profession other than self-cultivating farmers? Because most people have no land to let them become self-cultivating farmers.

Chen Mu suddenly got off his war horse, one head taller than Xu Zhenming who was riding on the mainland horse, and asked, "Do you know that the training of water conservancy will cause trouble?"

Cutting off people's wealth is like killing parents.

He thought the Ministry of Works did not know about this.

"A middle-aged official, gentry, nobleman?"

"I'm not afraid!" Xu Zhenming was still laughing. This time Chen Mu seemed to know what he was laughing at. "Ministry refuted my handbook. One was because the mulberry was tired of changing the mulberry to paddy fields, and the other was because the book was suddenly not prepared. I was editing the book, called "Lu Shui Ke Tan". I knew my proposal would definitely be implemented."

"As long as it is perfected and implemented, there will be no more food shortage in the north. This is a good thing that benefits the country and the people, five or eight years." Xu Zhenming's smile was restrained, without being passionate or loud, and even his tone was as solemn as his expression, and he said softly: "I can afford to wait."

Chen Mu's horse whistled lightly, and he nodded.

"Okay! When you compile the book, you will definitely show it to me first. If I think it's good, I will definitely support you!"
Chapter completed!