Chapter 12 The cost of raising soldiers ()

After talking about the flood truck for a while, everyone at the table was very happy. Huang Sihao said, "It's good that with this water truck, the water diversion will be successful, and the fields along the river in the fort will be worry-free."

Most of the fields occupied by the Huang family in Wuzhai Fort are by the Qinglian River. After the water truck is successfully made, the water will be diverted to the ashore and irrigated with water. The harvest in the fields will of course be very different next year.

Gu Qianhu also said: "Nephew, after this water truck is successfully made, don't forget your Uncle Gu." Gu Qianhu also has a lot of land in Xiwei, and faces the same problems as the Huang family due to lack of water. Now that he has Huang Laifu, a powerful tool for the water truck, he will naturally not let it go.

Huang Laifu said: "Of course, how could my nephew forget Uncle Gu."

Everyone laughed, and even Gu Yunniang laughed, and her eyes looked at Huang Laifu a little differently.

Yang said: "Fu'er, there are large water trucks by the river, but there are many fields in our fort that are not close to the river, and most of these fields are irrigated without water. You just said that you can quote groundwater. How to quote it? Is it a well dug? As far as my mother knows, there are also some wells next to those fields, but most of them are dry. Where do you go to dig water?"

Huang Laifu said: "Yes, my mother, I was digging a well to dig a water, but my well is not as deep as those of the previous wells. My well can reach five to six zhang, or even six to seven zhang. Such a deep well ensures that the well water will not dry up, and the child has a way to divert the well water out."

It was common in northern China to dig wells and irrigate fields during the Qin and Han Dynasties. In the Tang Dynasty, water trucks began to extract well water. However, most of them were traditional "银银银银银银银银银银银银银银银银银银银银银银银银银银银银银银银银银银银银银银银银银银银银银银银银银银银银银银银银银银银银银银银银银银银银

There are naturally such wells everywhere in Wuzhai Fort.

Some deep wells in later generations were very common, with depths of more than ten meters and dozens of meters, especially those wells, which are often deeper than a hundred meters. They are hand press wells in later generations, commonly known as ocean wells, and at least have water depths of more than ten meters.

Huang Laifu still remembers this hand press well. When he was a child, he often used it in his hometown in his rural areas. He pressed the iron handle and pressed it down and the water came out continuously.

This kind of hand press well has many benefits. Moreover, because it is taken from deep water, the water quality is good, the water tastes clear and sweet, and it is much better than the water from those shallow wells. It is said that it was a new well drilling method introduced to China by foreign expatriates in the early 20th century. It was very popular at that time. At present, this hand press well is still used in some remote areas of my country or in some rural areas.

Not to mention the smell of water, what is important is that this kind of hand press well can bring up water deeper underground, and it is convenient to obtain water, which can meet the needs of dry fields.

I believe that in Wuzhai Fort, this kind of hand press well with a depth of more than ten meters can meet the water needs of many fields, vegetable gardens or people. If some hand press wells with a depth of more than ten meters cannot get water from the ground, Huang Laifu is preparing to excavate deep water wells with a depth of more than 20 meters. He uses an improved keel water truck to use animal power to lure the deep water up.

At this time, if the keel water wheel in the Ming Dynasty had good overall stability, it could raise the river water to about 3-5 meters high. There was an improved keel water wheel drawing and production method in Huang Laifu's computer information, which was seen by Huang Laifu on a later technology website at that time. The author was a folk technician in Fujian. He successfully produced it in combination with ancient and modern technology. At that time, Huang Laifu was quite interested in seeing the relevant pictures on the Internet, so he downloaded it to his own computer. It happened that Huang Laifu was checking the computer yesterday and found such a water wheel, which was just in use at this time.

This improved keel water truck can draw well water up to 20 to 30 meters deep by using animal power, which is enough to meet the needs of all dry fields. Of course, the well of the machine that is up to 100 meters deep was not necessary in the Ming Dynasty. That kind of machine well was pumped up with a high-power water pump in later generations.

However, the two deep water wells mentioned above are enough to meet the needs. As long as the groundwater is continuous, water can be withdrawn and used continuously to meet the needs of Wuzhai Fort military households.

Regarding the groundwater of Wuzhai Fort, Huang Laifu remembered the information about Wuzhai County in his computer. According to the information on his computer, the groundwater resources of this Wuzhai Fort are very rich, with groundwater reserves reaching more than 70 million tons, and the annual allowable mining volume is 34.788 million tons. The groundwater water quality is mostly heavy carbon calcium magnesium water, suitable for drinking and irrigation.

With so much water, even if there are tens of thousands of military and civilians in the fort, it is enough to satisfy hundreds of years of use. Although the Ming Dynasty is the Little Ice Age, the surface is short of water and is everywhere, it is thousands of miles away. However, the groundwater is still very rich at this time. Without large-scale industrial water use in later generations, the groundwater resources are purest.

Not to mention Wuzhaibao, it is the same in other places in the Ming Dynasty. With groundwater alone, the entire north can completely overcome difficulties. After decades, the weather will turn normal, so you can naturally replenish groundwater quickly and fully. In fact, only agricultural irrigation and domestic water are not as terrifying and demanding as urbanization and industrial water in later generations.

After hearing Huang Laifu say this, Yang smiled and said, "It's good, it's good. It seems that this family will depend on the child in the future."

She said happily: "My child went out for a trip, but his skills have increased."

Huang Laifu smiled and said, "Mom has been awarded too much." He was also very happy after receiving the recognition of his mother and family. Gu Yunniang, who was opposite, gave him a blank look.

The eldest sister said, "Mom, you are not afraid of praising your bad brother. You have praised him many times in the past two days."

Yang smiled and said, "Okay, OK, I know you are very good too, but you are so old, you are still competing with your brother." He gently knocked on her head.

The eldest sister shouted, "Mom, you hit me again in front of so many people."

Everyone laughed.

Everyone had a happy meal. After the meal, Huang Sihao called butler Yang and said, "Uncle Yang, Fu'er wants to make the water truck. What do you need? The craftsmen's money and food, please try to cooperate with him."

He thought for a while and said, "Well, go to the account to pay 200 taels of silver, thinking that Fu'er's money and grain will be used."

Butler Yang looked at Huang Laifu with a strange look, looked back and said respectfully to Huang Sihao: "Yes, Master."

Everyone next to him heard that Huang Sihao ordered Butler Yang to get 200 taels of silver and use it with Huang Laifu, and his face was also a little strange.

After the middle of the Ming Dynasty, silver was widely used, but compared with the later Tianqi and Chongzhen dynasties, at the beginning of Wanli, silver had not flowed into the Ming Dynasty in large quantities, and silver was still a valuable item. At this time, the purchasing power of one tael of silver was about 600 yuan in later generations. At this time, a county magistrate had an annual salary of only 45 taels, and buying 8 kilograms of high-quality mutton was only 1 cent and 2 cents of silver.

During the Chongzhen Dynasty, silver was inflowing in large quantities and depreciated by about 300 yuan. In fact, the purchasing power of silver was even higher in the Tang and Song dynasties. The purchasing power of silver price of one tael in the Tang Dynasty was about 2,000 yuan, and it was also more than 1,000 yuan in the Song Dynasty.

In the poor land of Wuzhaibao, although the Huang family was hereditary of thousands of households and accumulated over a hundred years, there were only 800 taels of silver in the family. At this time, he took out 200 taels of silver to Huang Laifu, which was equivalent to taking out 120,000 yuan from later generations to Huang Laifu, accounting for one-quarter of the wealth Huang family used, which shows Huang Sihao's favor for Huang Laifu.

Huang Laifu naturally understood this, and he said gratefully: "Thank you, dad, the child will definitely do it."

He was full of confidence in himself and believed that he would do something.

In fact, Huang Laifu is currently working on water trucks and military farms for the purpose of making the Fortress and then strengthening the army. From later generations, he certainly understood the importance of the army. Only by having a strong army can he achieve achievements in the three major battles of Wanli in the future, have a greater impact, and change what.

Of course he wanted to start training troops, but one was that he did not start replacing his job. The other was that he had no money or food.

When there is no money or food, he talks about training soldiers. He just imagines that even if Huang Laifu has a full stomach, he can only suppress it. At this time, the military households, the military household flag soldiers at Wuzhai Fort are typical, and they are generally weak. Because they are difficult to eat enough, they are seriously insufficient in physical fitness. If you talk to them about advanced things and have no strength to train, you will also talk to the air.

Huang Laifu’s strong military is based on rigorous training, which requires even more sufficient nutrition. How does the nutrition come about? It is made from money and grain.

Raising soldiers is very difficult, and the amount of money and grain required is very large. For the 60 servants of the Huang family, compared with the ordinary military households in Wuzhaibao, each servant needs two stones of grain per month, eight cents of silver per month, and another reward of eight cents of silver per year, and each person will give one horse. The annual grain required is at least 180,000 kilograms. It is not counted as silver, horse materials, additional rewards, pensions and pensions.

Huang Sihao has done his best to pay the money and food requirements of these people. Huang Laifu cannot rely on these 60 servants to conquer the world in the future. In his preliminary plan, the 1,120 flag troops in the Five Village Fort will be organized into a full-scale strong army in the future. According to the standards of servants, how much does this more than a thousand people need to pay a year? If there are five thousand people and ten thousand people in the future, how much does it need to pay a year?

If you want to do big things, you will inevitably have money and food. If you can't support the military and civilians of Wuzhai Fort, you will not be able to change Wuzhai Fort and then change the world. Just like not cleaning a house, how can you clean up the world?
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