Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 780 The God-given Treasure

Zhang Ren groaned in his heart: I really shouldn't have come...

He wasn't worried about what happened between these two people. Although Daming's code of ethics was strict, to put it bluntly, it was an unfair strictness.

Just like the famous Wenjun Ye Ben in history, Zhuo Wenjun received a lot of criticism in the Ming Dynasty, but no one said that Sima Xiangru was wrong. Let's go, maybe the scribes of Ming Dynasty also hoped that there would be such a thing, so how could they criticize it?

It's the same for Gao Yushi and Huang Zhiting. As long as Gao Yushi is not forced, it is not a problem in Zhang Ren's view. Even if it is a matter, it is a romantic and elegant thing, no big deal.

As for whether Huang Zhiting's reputation will be damaged, Zhang Ren doesn't really care, he even thinks that Huang Zhiting himself may not care very much—it's a child toast, and she's not a girl from the Han family, the customs are very different, and the rules can't be controlled very well.

This is naturally a typical prejudice, but there are many people who hold this kind of prejudice at this time, and Zhang Ren is not bad.

What Zhang Ren is struggling with is, when will this old man be able to get to the point!
Fortunately, seeing Huang Zhiting blushing, Gao Wushi wanted to help her divert the topic, and turned to Zhang Ren and said, "Futai, my family style is not good at poetry, so I made a fool of myself, I made a fool of myself... By the way, the teaching assistant is about to retire I don't know what Futai plans for Guangxi in the future?"

Seeing that the topic was turned back by Gao Wushi himself, Zhang Ren also breathed a sigh of relief, and first said: "I don't dare to be that." This is in response to Gao Wushi's self-proclaimed "servant teacher student".

Then he said: "Actually, this old man, please come to Tianchi Bieyuan this time, and I also want to ask for advice on this."

The two exchanged a few polite words with each other, and began to get down to business.

Zhang Ren's question itself is very normal. He just wanted to ask how Guangxi's development should be done, especially in terms of "economy".

Gao Pragmatically has thought about this issue long ago. Guangxi does not have large coal mines or large iron mines, so it is impossible to follow the path he often takes.

That is what he had decided before: to focus on all kinds of marine timber, tung oil, and the three major industries of sugar.After the scale of these three major industries has been formed, Guangxi can be completely self-sufficient economically. As for the shortage of grain production, it will be very convenient to find Annan nearby to buy.

And because once these products are enriched, Guangxi will definitely not be able to digest them internally and can only be transported outside. This will revitalize the water and sea transportation of the entire Guangxi. Once the transportation is revitalized, there may be many small industries that are highly pragmatic and unexpected. Be revived.

Of course, with regard to the food problem in Guangxi, Gao Yushi had no solution before, but now he has good news for Zhang Ren, that is, Gao Qi (Gao Sitang) brought him sweet potatoes and corn.

The biggest advantage of corn and sweet potatoes is their strong adaptability and low requirements on land. They can be planted in barren mountainous hills and slopes without competing with traditional rice and wheat.

However, according to Gao’s pragmatic impression, it seems that from the perspective of later generations, although these things can be grown in both the north and the south of China, it seems that there are more corns in the north and more sweet potatoes in the south. As for potatoes, there is no certainty. many.

In fact, this is a matter of high pragmatism without further study. Sweet potatoes are relatively warm and chilly, and they stop growing when they are below 15 degrees. Therefore, although they can be grown in the north, they are not as good as in the south; while corn is not as good. Different, its cold resistance is better, and there is another key point, which is an important consideration for the north like to grow corn, which is the role of corn stalks.

Corn stalks can not only be crushed and returned to the field (generally speaking, except for the northeast, the land in the north is relatively less fertile than the southern plains), but also can be made into feed—this is especially important!
The animal husbandry in the north has always been far superior to that in the south, and even the Ming Dynasty required folk horses to be raised (of course, it is basically a mere formality at the moment, and even if there are, the rate of good horses is not high), so corn stalks are an excellent feed , the role in the north will be much higher than that in the south.

Although Gao Yushi knows it but doesn’t know why, he believes that the agricultural experts of later generations cannot all eat dry rice. Since there are more corn in the north and more sweet potatoes in the south, there must be a reason, and the reason cannot be just Northerners like to eat corn, while southerners like to eat sweet potatoes.

Therefore, before he found potatoes, his plan was to vigorously promote corn in the north and sweet potatoes in the south.

Why not promote it at the same time?

Because it is easier to do great things by concentrating!Although there are a lot of people under his command, if thrown in the entire Daming, isn't it a drop in the ocean?To promote a new agricultural crop, it is natural to concentrate on it.

So he recommended sweet potatoes to Zhang Ren without saying a word.

It's a pity that although Gao Qi got a lot of sweet potatoes, he was divided here and there by Gao Yushi. Now he doesn't bring many with him. Reluctantly, he took out two and asked his staff to bake one and cook one.

After a while, Zhang Ren sniffed it vigorously, and asked in surprise, "Why is this sweet potato so smelly?"

Gao Yushi was amused. Roasted sweet potatoes are indeed "scented". I think that when a street stall roasted sweet potatoes, you could smell it across the street.

Needless to say, these two sweet potatoes—that is, sweet potatoes—conquered Zhang Ren directly.

Of course, he doesn't just think it's delicious, that's actually secondary, the key is that Gao Pragmatically introduced that this thing can be planted on the mountain casually, and it doesn't even need to be taken care of, and the yield is very large, which is higher than farming many.

What does that mean?It means that even if it has not become the staple food of the people of Ming Dynasty, at least it is a fetish for preparing for the famine!

Especially for Guangxi, this is even more remarkable!

There are not many acres of fields in Guangxi, and they are all mountains. This thing can be planted on the mountains and the yield is so huge, isn't it a miracle?

"This is a god-given treasure!" The excited look of the old man made Gao Wushi once again feel the concern of the "natives" of Ming Dynasty for food, even far surpassing him, a latecomer who knew the power of the Little Ice Age.

Zhang Ren held Gao Wushi's hand tightly and said: "How many seeds are there in this thing? Can you leave some with me first? I want to plant a few acres by myself... Oh, let's see how many acres are planted on the mountain. If it is true Seeking the truth, this old man kowtows to you on behalf of Guangxi... no, on behalf of the people of the world!"

Gao Wushi was taken aback and didn't even dare to say it—just kidding, this old master is much older than him, if he kowtows to thank him, do he want to be a fool again in the future?
Immediately, he showed his acting skills, and there was a scene of "holding hands and looking at teary eyes, but he was speechless", and said some moving words, as if Gao Longwen finally got this thing after going through ninety-nine and eighty-one hardships Zhang Ren was very moved by his appearance, and he repeatedly emphasized that as long as the trial planting is successful, he must go to Shushu to ask for credit from Gao Press.

Wonderful!

Gao Wu said honestly: I can't do it myself as long as Zhang Ren does it for me. If his old master is willing to show his old face and exaggerate in the memorabilia of asking for credit—in fact, there is no need to exaggerate, sweet potatoes are really that powerful ——Wouldn’t I be famous all over the world again?
Of course, being famous all over the world is a trivial matter, and Mr. Gao doesn't lack much fame now. The key is that after this thing is promoted in Guangxi, it can radiate to various places. How many famine problems can it solve by then?
Saving someone's life is better than building a seven-level pagoda. Once this sweet potato promotion is completed, I'm afraid my pagoda can be built into a Tongtian Pagoda!
The gold cup and the silver cup are not as good as the reputation of the common people. If in the future someone calls the sweet potato something like "Gao Gongshu", I, Gao Wushi, will not be in vain to come to Daming just because of this incident!

(End of this chapter)