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    ? Across the Yellow River to Luoyang, an important trade hub in the north.

    Most of the goods shipped from Hetao, Qinghai, and the Western Regions have to go through Tongguan to Luoyang, and then trafficked further south.

    The population of Luoyang increased rapidly, and the commerce was extremely developed. What appeared in front of Li Zicheng was a huge city of incomparable prosperity.  Although it is definitely not as good as the early years of Chongzhen, it is only a matter of time before the last years of Chongzhen can be thrown out of the eight streets, and the Ming Dynasty can be restored and surpassed.

    All the way eastward to Kaifeng, here is more prosperous.

    Because Kaifeng not only has business travelers from Luoyang, but also some business travelers from Shanxi.  Li Zicheng, who had been squatting in Hetao for several years, was almost not dazzled when he first came to Kaifeng.

    "It's such a good life." Li Zicheng couldn't wait to go to Nanjing. He heard Zhang Yunyi say that Nanjing is a hundred times richer than Kaifeng.

    Zhang Yunyi said triumphantly: "Don't just look at the city, the countryside is really prosperous. Since the founding of the Datong New Dynasty, I have dredged and excavated more than 10,000 canals in Henan. In the northwest of Henan, as well as Shanxi and Shaanxi,  Not only repairing canals, but also digging irrigation wells. Even if there is another severe drought, they will not be as helpless as before."

    The method of well irrigation began in the Ming Dynasty and was mainly popular in several northern provinces.

    In view of the severe drought during the Little Ice Age, well irrigation became more popular in the Qing Dynasty.  In Shaanxi province alone, there were 130,000 wells dedicated to irrigation until the Qianlong period.  Later, Zuo Zongtang, governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, encountered a severe drought. Zuo Zongtang encouraged the digging of wells and dug tens of thousands of irrigation wells in one go.

    As for the Datong court, since the last severe drought in Shanxi and Shaanxi, officials from the two provinces have been digging wells crazily.

    The mayor of the town and the head of the village took the lead in organizing, and farmers helped each other digging. More than 80,000 irrigation wells were newly dug in Shaanxi, more than 60,000 new irrigation wells were dug in Shanxi, and more than 10,000 new irrigation wells were dug in the northwest of Henan.  Even if there is another severe drought in the future, they will not be as desperate as before, and the ability to resist natural disasters will be greatly improved.

    Li Zicheng came to the countryside of Henan, which was indeed richer than the countryside of Shaanxi.

    All the silted irrigation canals in his impression have been dredged, and many new ones have been dug.  Farmers who have just had a bumper harvest happily go to the government to pay taxes, and livestock can be seen in groups from time to time in the countryside.  When he ravaged Henan, he robbed all the livestock. How could he see such a scene?

    Like Shaanxi, the people in Henan speak the accents of the southern provinces, and many of them immigrated in the past ten years.

    After watching and watching, Li Zicheng didn't want to watch it anymore, feeling that it was meaningless to toss half his life.

    However, Niu Jinxing bought the latest edition of "The Collection of Datong". According to the content in the book, and comparing it with what he saw in the countryside, he suddenly had a deeper understanding of "The Collection of Datong".

    After tossing and turning by boat, passing by Xuzhou.

    Li Zicheng pointed to the black smoke rising from the suburbs: "What is that burning?"

    Zhang Yunyi said: "Steam factories are more common in the south, but rare in the north. Xuzhou produces coal, and it is adjacent to Shandong cotton production areas. There are more and more steam factories. By the way, His Majesty has ordered that the chimneys of the factories must be built at least five feet long."  (more than 16 meters) high, so as not to damage the people with black smoke. Which factory dared to disobey, immediately demolished the chimney and stopped working.¡±

    "Can you go and have a look?" Li Zicheng asked.

    "Of course." Zhang Yunyi smiled.

    ? When visiting the factory, Li Zicheng found that there are many female workers, while the boiler workers and porters are all men.

    ?The twisted cotton sliver was driven by the machine, twisted and wound in one go, and turned into cotton yarn in minutes. Li Zicheng, Niu Jinxing and others were dumbfounded.

    "Uncanny workmanship, uncanny workmanship!" Niu Jinxing repeatedly exclaimed.

    Zhang Yunyi smiled and said: "This kind of steam engine has many functions. In the past, the imperial court had to use water conservancy to roll the silver coins. The silver coins produced were often bent and deformed, and the workers had to hammer them flat.  It has been doubled, and it is stamped and minted, so there will be no more bent silver dollars."

    Return to the boat and continue south.

    Li Zicheng found Niu Jinxing, and said without hesitation: "The Emperor Zhao in Nanjing is really a reincarnation of a god? This kind of machine can also be made. Cotton yarn can be spun so fast, how can people in the world worry about having no clothes?"

    "Yeah, it's really the reincarnation of a god." Niu Jinxing was also shocked.

    Both of them can only see the benefits of the steam engine, but cannot consider the damage to the small peasant economy.

    When the two passed by Yangzhou, a city second only to Nanjing, they had become a little numb, and after entering the city, they stared blankly at everything in front of them.

    More than 20 Mongolian youths, not far from them, were also looking at the Yangzhou market in a trance.  These are the eldest sons of the Mongolian leader, who are going to Nanjing to study at university, and they are also hostages.

    For the next journey, Li Zicheng and Niu?In this way, it can not only ensure the red line of grain production in cotton-producing areas, but also scientifically increase cotton output, and achieve a double harvest of cotton and rice.

    In addition, the heavy tax on cotton fields can also be slightly reduced, so as not to interfere with the rotation of cotton and rice.

    Everything must be based on science, not just the development of industry, but also the development of agriculture.

    Zhao Han continued to say to Xu Jin: "Please polish this report. I will let the Ministry of Rites print it into a volume, and print thousands of copies. The Ministry of Officials will send people to distribute it. Officials at all levels in the cotton-producing areas must be familiar with it.  read."

    "Follow the order!"

    Xu Jin was overjoyed. After ten years of hard work, he finally produced results.  Not only can he be promoted, but he can also benefit thousands of people.

    Zhao Han asked Chen Xisong again: "You have studied agriculture for more than ten years, and you have been unable to be promoted in the Department of Advising Agriculture. It is time to be promoted to be a political officer. You will be promoted to the right servant of the household department, and you will report to the official department after you return.  Bar."

    "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

    Chen Xisong also became happy.

    The two bowed and retreated, Zhao Han said: "Let Li Zicheng come in, I also want to see what he looks like."
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