Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 342
Sweet potatoes and potatoes are native to the Americas, and we don’t have them here in Daming, and they were brought to Daming by missionaries.

It has been planted in Jiangnan and Fujian, but because of the wrong planting method, the yield is very low, and it was eliminated later.

In the past, Zhu Youjian gave sweet potato and potato seeds to the transfer department, but the farmers buried them in the ground one by one, and only a few potatoes grew.

But after the sweet potato grows up, the old root rots, and there is still only one new one, and it is not as big as the seed, which will harm the people miserably.

They all have a shadow in their hearts, and they never want to see sweet potatoes and potatoes again.

More than 2 people, after so many days of busy work, not counting wages, even eating a lot of money, thought that the construction of this greenhouse was to grow wheat.

In the end, they saw a pile of sweet potatoes and potato seeds again, and many people began to hang their heads down, like deflated balls, and they didn't even want to move.

Zhu Youjian can understand their thinking. Rice and wheat have been grown for thousands of years, and new agricultural products are difficult for them to accept, and they have failed to grow them.

Whether these people are willing or not, sweet potatoes must be planted, and no one can stop them.

"Everyone, don't be discouraged. You are paid to work. You just need to do what I ask. Whether you gain or not has nothing to do with you.

Take action quickly, cut down the sweet potato vines according to this method, and then insert them half a foot on the ridge of the field.

In the potato field, you have to dig out trenches, and then bury the potatoes where they germinated upwards, so hurry up. "

As a modern traveler, Zhu Youjian certainly knows how to grow sweet potatoes and potatoes.

He personally demonstrated to everyone, and then asked everyone to follow the operation he just did.

The people who had no motivation at first stopped thinking about their daily wages and started working immediately.

The soldiers are very motivated, they don't understand any major principles, they only know how to serve the country.

The imperial court not only increased their military pay, but also provided them with wives. If they don't work hard, how can they be worthy of their conscience.

With everyone's joint efforts, it still took a whole day, and the [-] mu was finally planted by everyone.

In addition, some pepper seedlings were planted in the edge area of ​​the greenhouse. These pepper seedlings were also given by the system, and Zhu Youjian did not exchange them with points.

The sweet potatoes and potatoes have been planted, but the work is not over yet.

Because the growth cycle of sweet potatoes requires the cooperation of temperature, the weather is too cold, and the temperature in the greenhouse is only five to six degrees, which is not suitable for the rapid growth of sweet potatoes.

In order for the sweet potatoes to grow quickly, dozens of coal stoves are placed in each greenhouse, the temperature must be kept above 15 degrees, and ventilation must be kept.

Potatoes don't matter, the temperature in the greenhouse is just right for them to grow, there is no need to heat them up, and there is almost no need to worry about them, just harvest the potatoes at that time.

Sweet potatoes cannot be as simple as potatoes. Because of temperature requirements, special personnel must be assigned to take care of the coal stove, and a small amount of water must be poured at the beginning.

After everything was over, Zhu Youjian called Ni Yuanlu again:
"Ni Shangshu, Daming is in the Little Ice Age, with heavy snow in winter and drought in summer. I have a task for you. When the ice and snow melt, build dams in the ravines next to the farmlands to retain the melted snow water. It is used for irrigating farmland in summer, and these water sources cannot be allowed to flow away in vain.”

"Yes, sir, don't worry, when the permafrost thaws, the Ministry of Household Affairs will immediately start building the dam."

Ni Yuanlu hurriedly nodded in agreement.

After explaining to Ni Yuanlu, Zhu Youjian called Huang Degong again:

"General Huang, leave five soldiers guarding each sweet potato greenhouse. They are mainly responsible for changing the briquettes. When the soil is dry and cracked, pour some water. It doesn't need too much. If there are not enough people, we can send some more soldiers. After a month, we will Come harvest the sweet potatoes."

"Sir, we will strictly follow your request, so don't worry."

The big stone in his heart can finally be put down. Zhu Youjian is not worried about the production of sweet potatoes and potatoes at all. The production of seeds exchanged at such a high price will definitely not be low.

As soon as he returned to Qianqing Palace, Qinglong begged for a visit with a note:
"Your Majesty, I just received a letter from Shengjing Feige."

"Flying pigeons to pass on the book? Bring it to me to read."

"According to the purpose"

Qinglong immediately handed Zhu Youjian the note he had just received, opened the note and saw that it was written by Yue Fei himself:
"Your Majesty, 132 people from the northern alien race have invaded, and all of them have been killed now. There are more than 500 people left in the stronghold 200 miles north of Heilongjiang. I have ordered people to clear them all. I hereby report to the Holy One."

After reading Yue Fei's letter, Zhu Youjian couldn't help laughing:

"Hahaha... Yue Fei is indeed Yue Fei. Although he doesn't know that there is such a country as Lao Maozi, he will not allow anyone to illegally step into our Ming Dynasty, otherwise he will kill himself."

Qinglong was confused by Zhu Youjian, and hurriedly asked:

"Your Majesty, what old man, does anyone dare to take the initiative to offend me, Daming?"

Zhu Youjian nodded:
"Of course, there is a barbaric nation in the north of Ming Dynasty."

Qinglong was also furious:
"Your Majesty, give Qinglong an imperial decree, and I will kill their leader."

"No, they are too far away from my Daming, and now the road is blocked by heavy snow, you may take two months to get there, don't worry, I will make them tremble when they think of Daming."

Qinglong hastily cupped his hands and said with a smile:

"Your Majesty is mighty!"

"Qinglong, write back to Yue Fei immediately, and immediately send someone to destroy Lao Maozi's stronghold, cut off their heads and build a Jingguan on the spot."

"According to the purpose"

Qinglong withdrew from Qianqing Palace after receiving the decree.

Thinking of Yue Fei, Zhu Youjian thought of the batch of gold and silver treasures collected from Shengjing.

Now not only is the national treasury abundant, but his personal coffers are also full of money.

The war points are used to exchange things from the system, and the gold and silver have not been touched at all.

Now the system warehouse has reached 2000 million taels of silver, more than 100 million taels of gold, and a lot of other jewelry.

These gold and silver treasures were confiscated from corrupt officials and the homes of the eight imperial merchants, and some of them were filial to Zhu Dadian when they were in Fengyang.

Although some were used for the defense of the capital and disaster relief, there are still more than 2000 million taels.

The gold and silver treasures brought back from Mengyuan and Shengjing are now placed in internal funds, and Wang Chengen is in charge.

For the time being, it has not been collected into the system warehouse, and it has been put into internal funds by Zhu Youjian.

He also didn't want to put all those valuable things into the system warehouse. If the system disappears one day, wouldn't he accompany his wife and lose his army.

Although the national treasury has a lot of silver, in the coming year, the military pay officer will be issued, and disaster relief will also be required.

The Ministry of Industry also needs a large sum of money to develop new weapons and develop naval ships, and it is estimated that there will be very little left soon.

Zhu Youjian also wants to build a powerful special operations force, which is also very expensive.

Let's go to the internal funds to see, the income of the Royal Chamber of Commerce this year has not been reported to him by the princess, and this money will also flow into the internal funds.

"Come here, tell Wang Chengen to see me!"

"According to the purpose"

Soon Wang Chengen arrived in a hurry, the emperor had not summoned him for a long time, the old eunuch thought the emperor had forgotten him.

"Slaves see Your Majesty."

Lao Wang came in and was going to pay respects, Zhu Youjian hurried forward to support him.

"Old Wang, you don't need a big gift when you see me in the future, take me to the inner bank to have a look."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, the Royal Chamber of Commerce is still counting, and it will be over in two days. It is estimated that there will be more than 900 million taels of silver in revenue. Your Majesty is wise, Daming is not short of money."

When it comes to internal money, Lao Wang immediately smiled. In the past, the poor internal money of the emperor could starve mice to death.

Emperor Chongzhen could hardly sleep at night because of money, but now things are going well, suddenly the sky has changed.

(End of this chapter)