The First Corrupt Official of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 168 Master Ye taught the founding emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang learned the way of governing the country!
"Otherwise, you don't go."

"Go back and stay in the official mansion. It's cool there, and there's tea to drink and fruits to eat."

Ye Qing directly persuaded the two of them with kind words.

Zhu Yuanzhang pressed her sister on the chair of the simple sedan chair at once, and then raised his head and said loudly: "Isn't it just climbing a mountain!"

"Lord Ye, don't look at you younger than us, if we both can't do it, maybe you can't keep up with us!"

When Ye Qing heard this, he really wanted to praise this part-time imperial envoy, Mr. Guo.

In order to help Zhu Yuanzhang investigate him, he really worked tirelessly!
Ye Qing didn't fall for his tricks either, he just rolled his eyes at him and said: "You used to be His Majesty's personal soldier, what skills the personal soldier has, I still know a little bit."

"Although you are in your 40s, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. How can a frail scholar like me compare with you?"

"Aren't you ashamed?"

As soon as the words fell, Ye Qing directly opened the fan, and asked people to get up in the sedan chair and set off.

Zhu Yuanzhang just stood there, looking at Ye Qing's handsome back.

This simple sedan chair strung together by two bamboo poles is light and simple, but it also has a canopy supported by thin bamboos. It can be said that although the sparrow is small, it has all the internal organs!

"Master, why don't you go to the mansion and wait, and I'll follow up to see and come back to tell you?"

Empress Ma looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, who was full of anger in her eyes, and persuaded her in this regard, but she definitely didn't want to hurt her family, she just simply felt sorry for her family.

If you go back ten years, it's not too high a mountain, and her Zhongba can trot all the way up it without any problem.

But after all, I am in my 40s. Although my kung fu is still there, my stamina is still not as good as before.

Zhu Yuanzhang just walked forward with firm eyes: "We are not old yet!"

In fact, it is not impossible for Zhu Yuanzhang to go back to the mansion and wait.

If Ye Qing hadn't said before that those people who are angry will not pay for their lives, he would really go back to the mansion and wait.

Not going to witness it with his own eyes means that he no longer cares about the output of terraced fields on the mountain.

Even if the mountain terraces cannot reach the yield of the plain fertile soil, it is normal!
But now he has to compare this truth!
As long as the yield of the mountain terraces does not reach [-] catties per mu, he will use what Ye Qing boasted half a year ago, even if he is not sentenced to death, he will have to pay a living crime!
If even a living crime is not punished, it will be hard to get rid of the hatred in my heart!
After half an hour, they finally came to the terraced rice production area on the mountainside.

Rather than saying that these terraced rice production areas are mountains, it is better to say that they are hills.

Because steep mountains are not suitable for reclamation of terraced fields, and places with too high altitude are not suitable for reclamation of terraced fields.

They stood on the mountainside, and it can be said that behind them was the alpine woodland, in front of them was the low-altitude halfway with a gentle slope, and countless rolling hills.

As far as the eye can see, there are golden ladders!
And among these golden ladders, there are also two small buildings to embellish them.

Different from the plain below the mountain, although there is not enough flat land for a hundred households to build together, it is also a pile of ten or five households, or at least a pile of two households.

Human beings live in groups, no matter what they pay attention to each other.

Although they can't get together in the same village, they are not far from each other, that is, the visual distance, and the distance that they can run over to eat and drink with a shout.

In their eyes, many farmers are harvesting in their own fields.

"Master, are you okay!"

Empress Ma patted Zhu Yuanzhang on the back and said.

Zhu Yuanzhang supported himself on a tree trunk, and after taking a few breaths of relief, he immediately recovered.

Although a little tired, but not too tired!

Although not as good as before, it is indeed better than many young people in physical strength!

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said, "We're fine, the farmers in the mountains are still working much harder than the farmers in the plains!"

"The plains can be used to pull carts and cattle to plow the land, but the terraces are sometimes wide and sometimes narrow. When encountering narrow places, cattle can't turn around. Most of the time, everything has to be done by manpower."

"Not only that, the output of the terraced fields is not as good as that of the fertile plains!"

Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang frowning, Empress Ma smiled and said, "But they are also full of energy, and they have light in their eyes!"

"Look at these rice terraces. Although they are not as fertile as the plains below the mountain, they are much better than the plains in other places in Ming Dynasty."

"The output of the mountains here exceeds the output of the plains in other places, which is enough to prove Ye Qing's creation."

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang also nodded thoughtfully.

In fact, he is already very satisfied!

But he just wants to trouble Ye Qing because the yield per mu can't reach [-] jin!

But just when he was about to look for trouble, he saw Ye Qing go to a terraced field that had been harvested.

And many farmers on the mountain have already put down their work and gathered towards him.

"Master Ye is good!"

"Master Ye, we lost!"

"When we got these rice seeds from your farm, we said that we would also reach a yield of [-] catties per mu, but we failed to do so."

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Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma stood at the junction of terraced fields and forest land, looking down at everything in front of them.

In their eyes, the farmers who were full of enthusiasm before, but when they faced Ye Qing, they showed a look of disappointment.

It is not difficult to hear from their words that when they were receiving the rice seeds, they were at odds with the village on the plain below the mountain.

But now, they lost!

Ye Qing looked at so many farmers on the mountain who looked like defeated roosters, but with his hands on his hips, he said loudly: "Did you lose?"

"In my opinion, you have not lost, you are the biggest winners!"

"You use your hardworking hands to reclaim the terraced fields. You don't have the conditions to transport them by carts, and you don't have the conditions to cultivate large areas of livestock. What you rely on is your own hands!"

"The yield per mu is five hundred catties, and you have already exceeded the highest yield per mu in other places in Daming!"

"You use human power to defeat animal power, and you use terraced fields to defeat plains. How else do you want to win?"

"You rascals are too greedy, even more greedy than me, Ye Qing!"

When the farmers standing on the mountain below heard this, they immediately regained their fighting spirit, and their faces were filled with smug and satisfied smiles.

After Ye Qing saw that everyone had recovered their fighting spirit, he continued: "I know, as far as the arable land in this county is concerned, no matter what kind of rice you plant, your output is not as good as the plain below the mountain."

"You are more tired, but your income has not been as good as theirs. You feel a little uncomfortable, but you can't leave your home."

"So, this officer has brought you a new way."

Speaking of this, Wu Yong and Shen Wan'er led the servants to show them the rice flower fish, the live fish in the bucket, and the rice flower fish that had been made into dishes, and let them taste it.

"What kind of fish is this? The live fish doesn't smell earthy, and it smells like rice flowers."

"It tastes better. This fish has fewer bones and more meat. The meat is tender, the bones are soft and there is no fishy smell."

"Could this be the rice flower fish experimented on Mr. Ye's farm?"

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Seeing everyone's praise, Ye Qing didn't think there was anything to be surprised about.

Because this thing is a high-end ingredient that can be called "ginseng in fish", and it is a tribute-level ingredient in the Qing Dynasty.

Although this is the northern border, it has sufficient water and a suitable climate, which is very suitable for breeding rice flower fish.

Especially the mountain terraces can breed the best quality rice flower fish!
The plain under the mountain is irrigated with river water, but here it is irrigated with mountain water. Not only does the water source have an advantage, but it also has a special mountain climate.

Ye Qing continued to speak loudly: "Your rice yield per mu next year will still not be comparable to that of the plains below the mountain, but you will be able to breed the best quality rice flower fish."

"At that time, the county government will open another special [Daohuayu Restaurant]."

"This official makes money, and you can definitely make more money too!"

When the farmers heard this, they stood in place and cheered, and some of them almost fell into the terraced fields.

Seeing this, Zhu Yuanzhang never expected that he, Ye Qing, would have such a hand?
He hurriedly asked for a plate of rice flower fish with some fish left, and tasted it carefully like a food critic.

"Sister, this fish is not bad!"

"It's better than the Qinhuai River fish we ate!"

Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang was satisfied, Empress Ma nodded with a smile, as long as her family Shigehachi was satisfied, she would be happy.

A moment later, the farmers clustered in front of Ye Qing went to work again.

Just as Ye Qing turned around, he saw Master Guo squatting there eating fish.

Ye Qing stepped forward and asked, "Is it delicious?"

"It's delicious, even better than the Qinhuai River fish we ate!"

When Zhu Yuanzhang said this, he realized it was Ye Qing's voice, he quickly wiped his mouth, then stood up and said, "It's not bad, it's a way for farmers to increase their income, and it's also a way for you, Lord Ye, to make money. "

Ye Qing just frowned and said: "Actually, I think you should think that the fish in the Qinhuai River are more delicious."

"Why?"

Ye Qing smiled lightly and said: "Because the Qinhuai River is full of bathing water from the girls in Qinghuai River Brothel Street!"

Zhu Yuanzhang finally understood that Ye Qing was playing him like a monkey again.

But thinking about it, the fish the emperor ate turned out to be fish raised in the bath water of the brothel girls.

Even though he knew that the river was alive, Ye Qing was just joking, but thinking about it, he just couldn't help it!
But it's really hard for him to find fault again!
It is normal that the yield per mu of the terraced fields cannot keep up with the yield per mu of the plains. He has also brought new ways of making money to the farmers in the mountainous areas.

Just when Zhu Yuanzhang was feeling uncomfortable because he was out of breath, Ye Qing sat down on the field ridge and said: "You have been watching for so long, have you seen the way of governing the country?"

When Zhu Yuanzhang and Queen Ma heard this, they also sat down on the left and right sides of him.

Zhu Yuanzhang seemed surprised and said: "There is also a way of governing the country?"

Ye Qing didn't pay attention to Zhu Yuanzhang, but at the same time looking at the front, he had the intention of coming over to teach the younger generation.

Ye Qing looked at these energetic farmers and said: "When the word fair was born, its younger brother, the word unfair, was born at the same time."

"You have also seen that even with the same rice species, it is not possible to make all the land have the same yield per mu, especially the mountains and plains."

"Plain farmers can rely more on animal power and even water power, but they can harvest much more than mountain farmers."

Speaking of this, Ye Qing thought of the novels he read in his previous life.

The golden finger of the system directly rewards rice seeds, and also ignores objective factors such as land fertility, so that all yields per mu are the same.

It's a pity that his golden fingers are only so good.

Therefore, the new rice species he developed after several lifetimes did not ignore the effects of these objective factors.

Without this effect, this kind of unfairness will naturally be caused!
Thinking of this, Ye Qing continued: "Farmers in the mountains work harder, pay more, but reap less. Although they surpass other places, they can only be compared with farmers in the mountains and plains."

"One year or two years is nothing. If it goes on for a long time, it will inevitably lead to a psychological gap, and it will even lead to the evil consequences of two villages fighting."

"So, we have to find a way to make up for them in other places. This is the role of the rice flower fish."

"If there is time, I can even lead them to plant profitable crops such as high mountain tea."

"It's the same for the farmers on the mountain and down the mountain, isn't it the same for the dignitaries in the court?"

"After the prince and the duke, they inherited the title from birth. They don't need the imperial examination, no one recommends them, and they directly have a life that others can't get after a lifetime of hard work."

"As for those who studied hard for ten years and finally passed the exam, they worked hard and could only get a salary that barely survived."

"After a long time, these patriotic officials who have been admitted in the cold window of ten years will have to form a group and become people who fight against the imperial court."

In fact, Ye Qing just used a different method to speak out about the future 'Donglin Party' and related phenomena.

He only hoped that the couple who could talk to Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma respectively could tell his words to them in a reasonable way.

Again, although he wanted to go home as soon as possible, he also wanted the Ming Dynasty to live for 600 years.

Of course, if the couple can't listen, it's none of his business.

He just needs to be worthy of his own conscience!

And at this moment,
Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma, who were sitting on both sides of him, fell into deep thought immediately.

Zhu Yuanzhang was thinking about whether to find a way to make up for those officials who worked a lot but had little salary in other places.

But in Empress Ma's mind, she kept repeating what Ye Qing said, "If I have time, I can even lead them to plant high-altitude tea and other profitable crops."

When Empress Ma looked at Ye Qing's profile, her eyes were full of hope.

"As long as you pay taxes truthfully, you will have a lot of time to display your talent throughout Daming!"

Just when Empress Ma thought of this, Ye Qing stood up and went back home.

He didn't bother to ask them if they listened, anyway, he had said what he thought he should say.

Early the next morning,
Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma came to Ye Qing's mansion again, and learned from Ye Qing how much of the [-] mu of rice fields in Yanmen County, how much plain fertile soil and terraced fields are.

Now Zhu Yuanzhang only needs to use his brain a little bit to know the total rice output of Yanmen County.

The purpose of this trip has been achieved, and it is time to pick up the 30 guan goods and leave.

Even the big business of 90 yuan with profit back, still can't let go!

Although Zhu Yuanzhang hates businessmen, he still feels very good when making money!

But just when Ye Qing was about to take them to pick up the goods, a travel-worn agent suddenly ran in.

The agent not only wore Mongolian costumes, but also wore their braids.

"grown ups,"

"Beiyuan Taiwei Naierbuhua is leading [-] vanguard cavalry to close Yanmen to me!".
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