Seeing such a weapon of war made Qiu Hui feel itchy in his heart. He really wanted to take the Dongning Divine Thunder back to Dahao Island and fight the Qing army to the death.

Fortunately, Zheng Kezang told him that the current output is limited, and he needs to be patient for a while. When the expansion of the Guards is completed, they can fight back together.

"Jianguo, the Guards have strict military discipline and unique tactics. With such a strong army, it is no wonder that they can defeat Wan Zhengse." Although Qiu Hui was in Chaozhou Prefecture, he had also heard of Wan Zhengse's reputation.

Forging iron requires one's own strength. After all, grenades are auxiliary items. Only a strong army equipped with sharp weapons can be invincible.

"Jian Guo, please send a few Guards soldiers for my use. I want to use them to train my subordinates." Qiu Hui made a strategic change this time and retreated completely. He also brought two thousand soldiers with him.

Seeing the tactics of the Guards, he was delighted and wanted to introduce his own Qiu Family Army.

"Of course you can, Uncle Zhongyong, look, this is the meeting gift I prepared for you." After saying that, he took the "Dongning Infantry Drill Code" from his subordinates and handed it to Qiu Hui solemnly.

The battle-hardened Qiu Hui flipped through a few pages and was so shocked that he almost offered his knees to Zheng Kezang.

But he also had his own questions and asked Zheng Kezang: "Your Highness, I can be regarded as a person who knows the military. This drill is unparalleled in the world, but the problem is that the training intensity is too intense. Can the soldiers bear it?"

After listening to Qiu Hui's words, Zheng Kezang clasped his hands behind his back and said: "Uncle Zhongyong has ever known the method of selecting soldiers of our famous general Qi Shaobao. The guards I recruited were based on his standards. First of all, they must be in good health.

, followed by the children of good families, and I give them two taels of silver every month to ensure that they have two meals a day, almost meat for every meal, so although the training is hard, the soldiers can persevere."

Today is the day of spring plowing. Zheng Kezang got up early. After breakfast with Concubine Chen, he ran to the farmland outside Dongning Mansion to preside over the spring plowing ceremony and plant sweet potatoes and potatoes.

More importantly, Zheng Kezang's guano-digging fleet has returned.

The crops do not recognize their father and mother, so they cultivate more intensively and harvest more grain.

After arriving at the Yizheng Hall, Zheng Kezang first inspected the seeds prepared by the officials, and then led the officials, carrying farm tools and seeds, in a luxurious carriage, to the sound of drums, to the fertile land on the outskirts of Dongning Mansion.

Spring plowing is like turning cakes, and autumn plowing is like digging a well.

I refuse to be busy in spring plowing, and my face turns yellow after autumn.

"That's natural. Uncle Zhongyong is my humerus minister in the Yanping Palace."

Generally speaking, spring plowing was presided over by the emperor himself to show the importance he attached to farming and to pray for good weather and abundant harvests throughout the year. Zheng Jing was usually the abbot.

After a light rain, the breeze blows on my face, my nose smells the fragrance of the earth, the distant willow trees and weeds are dancing in the wind, and from time to time I can hear the chirping of birds in the distance. Everything around me exudes the breath of new life.

The inner walls are covered with bright yellow silk, and the bottom of the carriage is a soft carpet. A rosewood table is placed just right next to the seat. There is a small incense burner on the table, and white smoke is rising intermittently from it.

It’s the best sandalwood!

"Drive!" As the coachman's whip whipped down, the luxurious carriage rolled forward and headed towards the government hall of Dongning Mansion.

"I am very happy, Your Highness. Nothing else matters. Dongning Divine Thunder must be prepared for me." Qiu Hui requested.

The appearance of the carriage is grand and luxurious, the exquisite carvings and the gilt decoration on the carriage walls are full of elegance and nobility!

The doors of the carriage open from opposite sides, and the design is very user-friendly!

Qiu Hui was stunned after hearing this. This condition is really good. If he had been given this condition when he was young, he would have been willing to conquer the world with Zheng Kezang.

As the saying goes, plowing is deep in autumn and shallow in spring.

"By the way, Uncle Zhongyong, you can send some of your subordinates to my Dongning Military Academy to study the Dongning Infantry Training Code."

Zheng Kezang continued to take Qiu Hui to visit the Guards camp, which made him marvel again and again.

After the sacrifice, Zheng Kezang changed his clothes for spring plowing, and was led by the household official Yang Ying to the middle of a three-acre plot of land, where he stood facing south. Other ministers who participated in the plowing ceremony stood on high ground.

Love both sides.

Zheng Kezang glanced at him lightly and said, "Let's take the carriage today."

In the past, they were given one tael of silver, but this time after the great victory in Zhugang, the generous Zheng Kezang gave them all a salary increase. This is the treatment for those who have been on the battlefield.

Zheng Kezang, Chen Yonghua and others arrived outside the palace. A tall carriage with four majestic white horses stopped here. The carriage was made of fine sandalwood, 2 meters high, 2.5 meters wide and 3 meters long...

In order to ensure the quality of spring plowing, Zheng Kezang sent a large number of ships to transport nearly 500 tons of seabird manure rich in nitrogen and phosphorus from small islands in the South China Sea.

When Mao Xing saw Zheng Kezang coming out, he quickly took out a low stool and placed it on the ground, and then opened the car door very diligently.

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Now is the spring plowing season. After the beginning of spring, the people of Dongning Prefecture need to cultivate the land before sowing. At this time, many people are busy in the fields, plowing the fields, watering, and transporting fertilizer. It is a busy scene.

At this time, Zheng Kezang came to the Xiannong Altar built on Yizhou Island. Officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs had already laid out the grains and animals for sacrifice to the Shenlong family. Zheng Kezang, amidst the sound of drum music, burned incense to worship Xiannong, and performed three kowtows and nine bows.

Make a big ceremony, read the sacrificial text aloud, and pray for good weather and a good harvest of food.

When the guard Mao Xing saw Zheng Kezang coming, he asked.

The various benefits of sea guano have been published in Dongning Daily. Every household in Dongning Prefecture can receive 100 kilograms of guano for free, and the quantity is limited on a first-come, first-served basis.

At this time, Liu Dian, the ceremonial officer, handed Zheng Kezang a whip and said loudly: "Please supervise the country to cultivate the land personally to teach the people."

Compared with the outside, the inside of the carriage is more luxurious. The comfortable seats are all made of genuine leather, and everything you see has rounded arcs without any edges and corners.

It's just that King Zheng Jing of Yanping has been unwell recently, so this time Zheng Kezang, the governor of Yanping, took over for him.

That's right, the sweet potato seedlings and potato seedlings he exchanged with the system have already been delivered!

They are all high-yield varieties in the future, with yields of several kilograms per mu.

Recently, the infrastructure and roads in Dongning Prefecture have been well constructed and are very suitable for horse-drawn carriage travel. Today, he was too lazy to ride a horse.

Zheng Kezang took the whip, held the whip in one hand, and held the plow in the other hand, and drove the cattle to start plowing the field to indicate the beginning of spring plowing.

If you plow one inch deep in spring, you can take out one manure.

If you harrow well, you will grow crops but no grass.

"Your Highness, the chief envoy Chen Yonghua and the household officer Yang Ying have been waiting for a long time. Are you going to ride a horse? Or a carriage?"

At this time, Zheng Kezang plowed back and forth three times. After the ministers plowed nine times, the people watching lit firecrackers and cheered.

After the spring plowing ceremony, the intense spring plowing in Dongning Fuge Village began.

Zheng Kezang immediately ordered officials from various ministries to pay close attention to spring plowing and urged the people to cultivate intensively. At the same time, bird droppings should be distributed in place to ensure a good harvest this year.

Later, Zheng Kezang took Chen Yonghua and Yang Ying to the place where he planned to plant sweet potatoes and potatoes. It was in the north of Dongning Prefecture, where the people of Tongshan City were resettled.
Chapter completed!