"Quick! Unload the rice seeds from Champa!"

With the sound of urging, one by one the peasants carried heavy bags of rice seeds ashore, and were immediately pulled away by horse-drawn carriages.

This is the Champa rice that Fan Zheng specially ordered from Nanyang. He used fast boats to rush it to Liangzhe Road and finally arrived before spring plowing.

"I would like to report to Lord Fan that the rice seeds from Champa have been shipped, please give me your instructions!" Bao Kang got the news and immediately came to report.

He had already learned about the advantages of Champa rice from official documents. Once promoted in the two Zhejiang areas, the rice in Suhu area would be harvested three times a year, and it would surely become the most prosperous place in the world.

He had no doubts about Fan Zhenghua. After all, the evil doctor Fan Zheng had already performed countless miracles, so he would not be misguided.

"Since the Champa rice seeds have been shipped and spring plowing is about to begin, let's send an order and ask all counties to send people to collect the Champa rice seeds!"

Fan Zheng nodded with satisfaction. Champa rice is a famous rice seed in later generations. It was widely promoted in the Song Dynasty. Now he has shipped a large amount of rice seeds directly from Champa to speed up the promotion of Champa rice and increase the rice production in the future. It will definitely increase dramatically, and it will definitely make the Song Dynasty's national power even further.

However, after Fan Zheng's official document was sent out, nothing happened. Seeing that spring plowing had arrived, no one came to collect the Champa rice seeds.

"We have informed the officials that not only Hangzhou City, but also other counties are unwilling to promote Champa rice." Bao Kang hurriedly came to report.

"You don't even take my official decree into consideration!" Fan Zheng said with a cold look. After all, he is the transfer envoy between Zhejiang and Zhejiang. Besides, the court has issued money to support integrity, and the public land is no longer used to support officials. He uses it to promote Champa rice. He actually blocked it.

“Counties have rejected the idea that oranges growing in Huainan will become oranges, and oranges growing in Huaibei will become tangerines. They believe that the seeds of Champa rice are not suitable for the climate of Zhejiang and Zhejiang. Moreover, local debts are heavy, and the risk of switching to Champa rice is too high. Big!" Bao Kang lowered his head and said.

Fan Zheng snorted coldly and said: "Oranges growing in Huainan are called tangerines, and oranges growing in the north of Huaibei are called tangerines. This statement is not comprehensive. The Huaihe River is not the Qinling Mountains. How can there be such a huge difference between the two sides? Doctors have recently studied life. Plants can be considered life, and they are also included in this list. I found that although tangerine and tangerine are close relatives, they are not the same species!"

"What, tangerine and tangerine are not the same species!"

Bao Kang was stunned when he heard this. He looked at Fan Zheng in disbelief. No one thought that this fable that had been rumored for thousands of years was wrong.

"The land of Jiangsu and Zhejiang is a land of plenty. The rice in Champaign is also rice. The rice in Zhejiang and Zhejiang is also rice. They both belong to the same plant. That is to say, since rice can grow in Zhejiang and Zhejiang, then rice in Champa can also grow in Zhejiang. Jiangsu and Zhejiang grow." Fan Zhengdao.

"But what if Champa rice cannot be harvested three times a year?" Bao Kang also expressed his concerns.

Fan Zheng said disapprovingly: "Chamcheng rice can grow, even if it can't reach three crops a year, it can still reach two crops a year. Even if it doesn't work well, Champa rice cannot adapt to the climate of Zhejiang and Zhejiang, resulting in a reduction in production, and the damage will be It is only the public land of the imperial court and will not endanger the people at all. Compared with the huge benefits of the success of Champa Rice, this loss is almost negligible."

Bao Kang thought carefully and couldn't help but be convinced. Fan Zheng's words were reasonable. Once the promotion of Zhancheng rice was successful, the rice production in Zhejiang and even the entire Jiangnan would definitely increase dramatically. Compared with the extremely small loss of public fields, It couldn't be a better deal.

"In my opinion, these public lands were originally owned by these officials. Now, even though the law has been reformed to implement the Yanglianyin Bank, I am afraid that these officials still regard these public lands as forbidden property and want to continue to occupy them as their own, and do not want Fan to interfere." Fan Zheng sneered.

Bao Kang was slightly startled, it might not be impossible!

Fan Zheng sneered: "Now that the imperial court has distributed money to support integrity, the public land has lost the need to exist. Originally, I wanted to turn a blind eye to this matter, but since these officials are not willing to give in even such a small amount of benefits, , not to mention it is for the people of Zhejiang and Zhejiang. If this is the case, then don’t blame me for doing business."

At that moment, Fan Zheng waved his hand and said: "When you come, please immediately send an order to all counties. All landless and extremely poor households in each county can be allocated a share of land in the public fields, and the only condition is to plant Champa for a year." rice."

“As long as you plant Champa rice for one year, you can get a piece of land!”

Bao Kang couldn't help but be stunned. He didn't expect that Fan Zheng would come up with such an evil recipe. This would not only frustrate those officials who wanted to continue to occupy public land, but also vigorously promote Champa rice.

"Your Excellency is wise!" Bao Kang admired him.

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"What, give all the public land to the poorest households!"

When Fan Zheng sent out this official document, the entire Hangzhou was in an uproar.

You must know that most of the public fields that can be called public fields are high-quality paddy fields. Paddy fields of the same quality are not only cheap and expensive, but also have high prices but no market. No one is willing to sell them.

If the Hangzhou government wants to sell the paddy fields, it will definitely lead to frantic looting and even high prices.

Ever since the imperial court decided to issue the Lian Lian Yin, these paddy fields have already been targeted by many large landowners. As long as the imperial court agrees, they will collude with internal and external forces to annex them.

However, before everyone in Hangzhou took action, a shocking news came out. The evil doctor Fan Zheng actually distributed these prime paddy fields to the poorest people for free.

"My lord, think twice! We can't divide public land!"

Tan Hong, the prefect of Hangzhou, rushed over and quickly dissuaded him.

Fan Zheng saw Tan Hong sneer in his heart. He had already found out clearly that it was Tan Hong who took the lead in blocking the plan, which caused Fan Zheng's plan to promote Champa Rice to be blocked.

"Why, Magistrate Tan is still thinking about the three melons and two dates in the public field, when you know that the imperial court has much more money to support integrity than this!" Fan Zheng mocked.

He had no psychological burden on directly dividing the official land. After all, the imperial court had already allocated sufficient funds to support the officials and provided sufficient compensation to the officials. As a transfer envoy, it was reasonable and reasonable for him to distribute the public land in the two Zhejiang areas.

Tan Hong said sincerely: "Mr. Fan doesn't know something. Although the two Zhejiang areas are rich, there are not a few households in extreme poverty. With such a small amount of official land, there are really too many monks and too little rice!"

Public land is used to support officials. Although the amount is large, if it is shared by a huge number of extremely poor households, it may not win much.

Fan Zheng said disapprovingly: "If you don't allocate much, then allocate less. It just so happens that I am promoting Champa rice. It can achieve three crops a year. It requires intensive farming by the people. Even if the land is small, as long as it is taken care of carefully, it can be harvested." Make ends meet!”

Champa rice is harvested three times a year and requires a lot of manpower to manage it. The most indispensable thing for poor households is manpower, and if they are cultivated intensively, the yield of Champa rice will definitely be higher. It only takes one year to plant, and two crops can be grown. People in Zhejiang have seen the advantages of Champa rice, which is enough to successfully promote Champa rice.

The sooner Champa rice is promoted, the benefits of one more harvest will far outweigh the loss of public land.

"Your Majesty, please don't worry about the scarcity but the inequality. Your Majesty has given this group of extremely poor households, what will happen if there are more extremely poor households in the future?" Tan Hong thought for a while and found a reason that was not a reason.

Fan Zheng said without hesitation: "Fan just asked the government land to be distributed to him, rather than selling it to the extremely poor households. These public lands still belong to the government and will be redistributed every five years to allow the extremely poor households who have been lifted out of poverty to leave. Former destitute households joined in and redistributed public land.”

"Yizhuang!"

Tan Hong couldn't help but frown. Fan's Yizhuang was in Suzhou. Tan Hong naturally knew Yizhuang's model. Fan Zheng's methods were very similar to Yizhuang's.

"But..." Tan Hong wanted to persuade him again.

Fan Zheng asked quietly: "Prefect Tan has always cared for the people like his own children, but now those extremely poor households are all those in need. Isn't it that the prefect is reluctant to give public land to them?"

When Tan Hong heard this, he suddenly became angry. Moral kidnapping, moral kidnapping again, he didn't expect Fan Zheng to use two tricks at once, using moral kidnapping to deal with him twice in a row.

There are three uses for public land. One is to use it as a small treasury for officials, and the other is to sell it to big landowners. Either of these two methods can benefit officials a lot. This is also the reason why Fan Zheng secretly took the lead in obstructing Fan Zheng's promotion of land ownership. The reason for Champa rice is that once these public fields are used to promote Champa rice, their plan will go bankrupt.

However, Fan Zheng chose the third option, which was to directly divide these public fields. In order to promote Champa rice, Fan Zheng directly overturned the table. No one benefited, and the untouchables were benefited in vain.

"I don't dare to lower my rank. Fan Taicheng loves the people like a son, and I admire him!" Tan Hong could only bow his head and bow his head helplessly.

Outside Hangzhou,

A large piece of high-quality public land was divided into paddy fields of more than an acre. Poor households in ragged clothes looked at the paddy fields under their feet and cried with joy.

Tan Hong saw all this from the side, and his heart suddenly bleeds.

"Master Fan is really the great master of Qingtian!"

A group of extremely poor households shouted.

They have been poor all their lives, but they don't have any land of their own, let alone such high-quality paddy fields. Now, although they only have more than an acre, they cherish it even more.

“All public fields are distributed with Champa rice seeds free of charge. If they are abandoned, replanted, or resold, they will be deprived of the qualification to allocate the fields.”

Fan Zheng said solemnly.

The growth time of Champa rice is short and the maturity time is early. If a poor household changes its planting, it will be clearly discovered at a glance.

Furthermore, Fan Zheng’s promotion of Champa rice not only takes a short time, but also requires high yields to attract more people to plant Champa rice. The reason why many extremely poor households are poor is not because of illness, but because of laziness.

"what!"

Fan Zheng's words immediately made many lazy people who were secretly taking chances tremble in their hearts. They originally wanted to be lazy or rent the property to others so that they could make money without doing anything.

But once Fan Zheng came up with this plan, he forced them to work from dawn to dusk to farm.

At that moment, a large amount of rice seeds were distributed in Champa, and a group of extremely poor households immediately started working enthusiastically. Although there was only more than an acre of land here.

However, according to Lord Fan, this is Champa rice, which can be harvested three times a year and has a high yield. If this is true, then they may be able to turn around.

Fan Zheng looked at the enthusiastic people and couldn't help but smile.

He did not hesitate to take the risk of offending officials and insisted on allocating public land to the poor people. In addition to retaliating for the inaction of these officials and promoting Champa rice, there was another reason: to win people's hearts.

There is another reason why he came here, and that is Manichaeism, the most important thing he came to Liangzhe Road.

Manichaeism believed in vegetarianism and used divine methods to treat diseases, which attracted many people from the lower classes. Now the extremely poor households were their most loyal believers. Fan Zheng's move was to poach their stable corner.

"Sir, there are still more than half of the rice seeds left."

Soon, Bao Kang came in a hurry and reported a piece of news, which made Fan Zheng frown.

With the experience from later generations, Fan Zheng naturally understood that Champa Rice would definitely succeed, so he naturally let the more ships pull the better.

However, who would have thought that after rice seeds were distributed to public fields, there would still be so much rice seeds left.

"First ask the people in various places in Hangzhou if they are willing to plant Champa rice. If they are willing, then we will sell the rice seeds to them at a fair price." Fan Zheng nodded.

"My subordinate understands!"

Bao Kang admired it.

Now, Bao Kang began to promote Champa rice in Hangzhou.

"Champa Rice?"

"When oranges grow in Huainan, they become oranges; when oranges grow in northern Huaibei, they become oranges. How can Champa rice from Nanyang be grown in Zhejiang and Zhejiang!"

Many farmers shook their heads when they heard Bao Kang's promotion.

"Farming and commerce are a big deal, so how can we plant rice seeds of unknown origin indiscriminately?"

"Three to four seasons a year, this can't be a conspiracy to occupy the city! Do you still remember the lesson of Fan Li of the two countries during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, who used seeds to harm the State of Wu!"

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Many landowners who thought they were knowledgeable were also grateful. If it was to save face for the new transshipment, they would not mind buying some Champa rice to sell as rice. However, Fan Zheng also stipulated that these rice seeds must be cultivated and inspected in the future. Naturally, No one wants to grow Champa rice.

Despite Bao Kang's talk, there are still very few farmers willing to buy Champa rice. After all, no one wants to suffer losses to their fields.

"This subordinate is incompetent, please punish me!" Bao Kang returned with a look of shame.

"It doesn't matter. Not planting rice in Champa is their loss. They will regret it in the future." After hearing this, Fan Zheng waved his hand disapprovingly.

"But what should we do if there are so many rice seeds left?" Bao Kang shook his head.

After Bao Zheng, he has always been concerned about the country and the people. Since Champa rice has such benefits, planting the remaining half of the rice seeds can save half of the time for promotion.

Fan Zheng said loudly: "If there are any leftovers, I will pay for them all and send them all to Fan's Yizhuang in Suzhou so that they can be replanted with Champa rice."

Fan's Yizhuang is Fan Zheng's back-up. Fan's Yizhuang has a thousand acres of land. Coupled with the Fan family's influence in Suzhou, it is enough to plant all the remaining rice seeds in Zhancheng.

It only takes one season of planting to make the people of Zhejiang and Zhejiang understand the advantages of Champa rice. By then, all the rice in the 1,000-acre rice field in Gongtian and Fanshi Yizhuang can be sold as rice seeds, and the price will naturally be Double.

Fan Zheng believes that the poor households who farm public land and Fan's charity village will make a fortune this year.

By then, those farmers who refused to plant Champa rice will regret it greatly. Not only did they miss the opportunity to make a fortune, they will also have to buy rice seeds at high prices. (End of chapter)

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