The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 179 Farming
Thinking of doing his part for the common people, Xu Guangqi rushed to Yongping excitedly, hoping to help the common people in production and self-help. Zheng Guochang had already received and entertained them.

Originally thought that this adult should bring food when he came to help the hungry people in the war, but who knew that he was bringing hope to the common people.

Zheng Guochang felt his ass hurt. What he wants now is not hope, but to overcome the immediate food crisis. This Mr. Xu seems innocent and cute.

Huang Han didn't want to spend a lot of time in Yongping Mansion, so he personally delivered tens of thousands of taels of stolen money from treasonous officials, and came to the chief minister to bid farewell, planning to take his troops to Kaiping to rest.

He is going to invest in Kaiping Town. After planning coal kilns, coal washing plants, brick kilns, small steelmaking blast furnaces, soil coking plants, cement kilns, etc., he plans to go to the seaside to build a private castle of his own.

These days, even the local tyrants are forming strongholds to protect themselves, and even the villages in the countryside unite to build earthen castles. These fortresses and fortresses belonging to the clan's armed forces guard against theft, bandits, and rogue bandits, and at the same time, they are more guarded against the official army.

This means that even the Ming army representing the government cannot enter the fortresses and strongholds of the clan armed forces.

Under normal circumstances, the imperial court turned a blind eye and turned a blind eye. Unless there was conclusive evidence that these separatist armed forces blatantly rebelled, the Ming army would suffer casualties and attack.

Huang Han is an officer of the imperial court, sometimes he can't help himself, maybe he has managed a place well, but with a transfer order from the imperial court, the site may be picked up by newcomers.

Therefore, Huang Han adopted the name of private farming and built a private seaside fortress. The residents were mainly disabled retired soldiers from the "Red Banner Army", military families, and craftsmen's families.

In the future, even if he is not an official here, latecomers will not be able to touch his own property, nor can he enter the private fortress.

Zheng Guochang was receiving Xu Guangqi, and he was entangled by this naive scientist.

Because he couldn't use administrative orders to let the common people try to plant the new crops brought by Xu Guangqi when people's hearts were unstable. Isn't it to stir up a civil uprising?
To ensure that the seedlings brought by Xu Guangqi can be planted in the field on time, the only way is to negotiate with the gentry who own a large amount of land.

But this is easier said than done, the Ming Dynasty had a decree not to go to the countryside, and what's more, he, the chief envoy, couldn't control what kind of food they wanted to grow in other people's fields.

At this time, his personal followers came to report to Huang Han, who was on guard, to see him. Zheng Guochang immediately found an excuse to get out, and explained to Xu Guangqi that the chief general of the "Red Banner Army" may have urgent military affairs to see him, so he hurriedly asked his personal followers to see him.

He has to deal with military affairs, so it stands to reason that Xu Guangqi should leave, but the scientist is very persistent and refuses to leave. He has the posture that if Zheng Guochang refuses to agree to his request today, he will stay here.

Therefore, when Huang Han came to the second hall of the former inspector's yamen, he found that there was another civil servant of the third grade who was wearing a scarlet robe and a peacock embroidered on his chest patch.

Huang Han had a good relationship with Zheng Guochang. After clasping his fists to salute, Zheng Guochang saw that Xu Guangqi was still sitting upright, so he had to introduce him, "Huang Shoubei, meet Minister Xu of the Ministry of Rites soon."

Xu Guangqi had also heard about the "Red Banner Army" for a long time, of course he had heard of Huang Han, and now he looked up and down the young general with a smile on his face.

At this time, Huang Han didn't know who this rite minister Xu Shilang was, so he clasped his fists and saluted, "I've seen my lord before!"

Xu Guangqi said: "That's right, that's right. 'Red Flag Rolling in the West Wind' is very popular among the people. General Huang is really magnificent, and he is really a great general."

Huang Han said modestly: "My lord is too rewarding, but I am ashamed of my humble position."

Zheng Guochang asked: "Huang Shoubei, why are you here today?"

"I come to bid farewell to my lord. Yongping has just been restored, and a lot of waste is waiting to be done. I believe that we must organize the people to produce and save themselves in time, and strive to grab a ripe harvest to survive the severe winter. I am going to take people to Kaiping Town to organize the refugees to build water conservancy and replant. Some crops."

It turned out that Huang Han was planning to go to Kaiping Town to farm and comfort the people. Zheng Guochang was happy, and Xu Guangqi's eyes lit up.

Zheng Guochang quickly asked: "If someone brings new crops and seedlings and promises to have a harvest this year, I wonder if you can find a way to let the common people try planting them?"

After pondering for a while, Huang Han agreed: "This..., as long as the harvest can be obtained so that the common people can get through the food shortage, it shouldn't be a problem, but I don't know what new crop it is?"

At this time, Xu Guangqi was impatient. He got off his seat, took Huang Han's hand and said, "It's sweet potatoes. If you're lucky, you can harvest six or seven stones from an acre of land."

Huang Han became interested all of a sudden, he suppressed his excitement and asked, "Sweet potato? Could it be that you are Mr. Xu Guangqi whose hometown is in Songjiang Mansion?"

It is actually very impolite for a low-ranking military officer to directly call the name of the third-rank civil servant of the court, but the scientist didn't care at all, and asked, "Has Huang Shoubei heard of the old man's name?"

"Wow!" It took no effort at all!Now it's Huang Han's turn to be full of little stars.

He said: "I've heard of it, it's like thunder! God! You are the savior in the heart of the humble officer. Today I can see the adult because I cultivated it in the previous life of the humble officer.

I wonder if the adults brought potatoes or seedlings called potatoes besides sweet potato seedlings?Did you bring corn seedlings?I also want the cold-resistant rice that you tried to grow successfully. "

Xu Guangqi was shocked, bosom friend!How did this vulgar martial artist know about the research results that the old man only published in recent years?How does he know what the savior is?

He asked: "Will Huang Shoubei try to plant the seedlings brought by the old man? Can you persuade the common people? The old man brought a lot of seedlings, and it is best to plant them on a large scale."

"Ken, I'm willing to do everything, but I don't know if the so-called large-scale planting of 20 mu of land counts?"

Xu Guangqi turned from shock to excitement. He said: "If 20 mu of sweet potatoes can be planted, I guarantee that the output of these lands will make 40 people not hungry."

Huang Han said: "It's not enough to just grow sweet potatoes. Those things don't have much nutrition. I have to grow corn and potatoes for a humble job. This year's farming season has already missed and I can't grow rice. Next year, I will ask you to send your men to guide the people to grow rice."

"All of this is fine, but the 20 mu of land that Huang Shoubei promised me is not less than one mu."

"That's natural. Twenty acres is not enough. It's better to have a million acres to rotate crops to optimize the yield."

"Huang Shoubei still understands that sweet potatoes, corn and potatoes need to be planted in rotation to ensure production? It's really strange. Who did you learn from?"

(End of this chapter)