The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 183
Due to the good publicity, there are many farmers queuing up to register and promise to grow sweet potatoes and potatoes.

As long as it is verified, those who own or lease their own land and miss the farming season due to avoiding military disasters will receive a deposit.

With money, these ordinary people can more or less buy some much-needed food to survive the current crisis. As long as they survive until the sweet potatoes and potatoes are harvested, they will survive this year.

Xu Guangqi saw all this in his eyes, and his satisfaction with the closed disciples was greatly improved.

Based on a farmer's planting ten mu of sweet potatoes and potatoes as the base for promotion, an average farmer's family will receive a deposit of two taels of silver from Huang Han, and it is estimated that 6 to [-] taels of silver will be released.

This means that 20 to [-] ordinary households have been able to survive the lean summer until the autumn harvest. Based on an average household of eight, this undoubtedly provides timely help to about [-] small people in Shengdou.

These ordinary people may not be at the end of their lives, and there will be some food in their families.But they will not dare to move all day long in order to save rations, because they will directly consume more food if they exercise a lot.

With unexpected help, I see that I can get food to get through the most difficult time, and there is hope for a bumper harvest this year.

The Han people who are used to hard work are finally willing to eat a few more bites of grain to resume their physical work, and a virtuous circle will be formed immediately.

In order to understand the people's sentiments and grasp the situation at any time, Xu Guangqi took Huang Han to put on the clothes of ordinary scholars and came to the peasants who were listening to the class.

Seeing the closed disciple put on the green shirt he brought for washing, he immediately changed into a different person. He was basically indistinguishable from a scholar. The scientist wondered why he couldn't find a way to make Huang Han famous?Wouldn't this be able to pull this titan into the ranks of scholars?
Although scientists are open-minded, the idea that "everything is inferior but reading is high" is still deeply rooted in their minds. There is nothing wrong with this. After learning, Xu Guangqi would not have achieved such high achievements if he had not studied hard when he was young.

It didn't take long for the two of them to wander among a large group of farmers until noon, and thousands of farmers were happily waiting for dinner.

Xu Guangqi deliberately squeezed into one of the dozens of cooking sheds to check carefully, and found that there were almost no grains of rice in the gruel in the bucket, and his brows immediately frowned.

He asked the young soldiers of the "Red Banner Army" who came to do voluntary labor: "Does your master give the common people this porridge that can be seen?"

That young soldier was called Zeng Tongxiang. Because of his meritorious service in the Yongping South ambush, he is now the flag officer of the soldier, leading an old soldier who was promoted to be a corps leader and nine new recruits who had just been taken in to participate in social practice.

Seeing that Xu Guangqi was not young and dressed as a scholar, he replied politely: "Old man, you misunderstood. Originally we only provided cold boiled water, but later our old master asked to put some rice to cook porridge, so that the common people would not eat dry food. Cooking cakes choked on panic."

At this time, Pi Xiaohu, the corps leader of the apprentices next to him, lifted up the cage cloth with a proud expression, and big steamed buns with white flour came into view one by one.

Xu Guangqi participated in disaster relief many times in the past, and the government has always given porridge to the victims. Good porridge can't be poured down with chopsticks.

Today, I saw that the porridge made by Huang's family can be seen in people's shadows. Although he also knew that it was completely free, he couldn't help but go up and ask, who knows that people are eating pancakes for the common people, which is too generous.

This is actually a misunderstanding by scientists, because Huang Han can't help getting the food, which is equivalent to robbery. The robbed object has [-]% of the wheat, and the rice is not even [-]%, so Huang Han can't give the porridge. Let everyone eat white flour steamed buns.

Xu Guangqi silently watched the smiling common people line up to get a bowl of gruel and two cakes, and he was deeply touched by their satisfied looks.

At this time, only a voice said: "Old man, you must be kind. You have been here for three consecutive days, and you have always received porridge and cakes before leaving. Remember that if you come again tomorrow, you will not be granted your wish."

The face of the farmer who was pointed out by Zeng Tongxiang was flushed, and the common people beside him also said: "People who are not satisfied will lose face. Don't think that the 'Red Banner Army' is a fool. They just didn't point it out on purpose."

Xu Guangqi looked at Huang Han who had been following him all the time and asked, "If someone succeeds in getting a job, more people will follow suit. Don't you plan to take any measures?"

Huang Han said carelessly: "It's just a bowl of porridge and two pancakes at noon. There's no need to give up eating because of choking. After all, most of the people who come to listen to the class seriously. Besides, who has a good life at home and travels all the way just for two people?" A pancake?"

Xu Guangqi was stunned!It turned out that this apprentice is a talent who is used to doing big things, and he doesn't care about the small people at all, and he feels petty instead.

At this time, Xu Guangqi saw a strong man finish eating a pancake, drank the porridge and licked the bowl clean, looking unsatisfied, but he refused to eat the remaining pancake and used a cloth instead. Wrapped it up and hid it in my arms.

Xu Guangqi asked: "With Er's size, I'm afraid two pancakes won't fill his stomach, so why keep one now?"

Seeing that it was a scholar who asked the question, the man respectfully said: "Don't work hard today, one half is enough, and the rest of the biscuits will be brought to the mother and the children to taste, they haven't eaten for a long time White flour pancakes."

It turned out that the man chose to carry the hunger on his own, and planned to bring the rations to his wife and children.Xu Guangqi couldn't help being filled with sympathy, he also went to the cooking shed to get two cooking cakes, took a big bite of one himself, and handed the other to the man.

Unexpectedly, the man didn't want it, and said: "You can barely satisfy your hunger with two biscuits, sir, don't be polite to me."

Xu Guangqi said: "You are younger and taller than the old man. You can endure hunger and hunger, why can't the old man? Take it, and count it as the old man brought it to your wife and children."

Huang Han looked at Xu Guangqi with a smile, he actually didn't think it was advisable to save others by himself, this is Xiaoshaner.

He always believes that it is a great good to provide job opportunities for tens of thousands of hungry people, so that their labor can be exchanged for enough food and clothing.

But he fell in love with this strong man. It was obvious that he was a caring person and a person who knew how to advance and retreat. Today he met himself by chance, which showed that this man was still a lucky one.

The Huang family's factory and farmland will need a lot of managers, so this guy can definitely be given a job opportunity.

Huang Han said: "What's your name? How old are you? Where do you live? How many people are there?"

The man saw that Huang Han's equipment was extraordinary, and he was dressed as a scholar, so he quickly replied: "The youngest is named Gu Mancang, and he is thirty this year. He lives in Gujiagou Village, twenty miles away from here. He has a wife and four children. The eldest is a kid at 12 years old, and the youngest is only five years old."

(End of this chapter)