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Chapter 108 The leader talks about a good harvest, and the prefect sits on the stove

"Chief, there's a great sweet potato harvest!"

When Liu Sheng approached, several people who had moved to Huachu Camp early greeted him warmly.

Liu Sheng smiled and said: "The sweet potato yield of [-] kilograms per mu is not too much. When the land becomes mature next year and next year, if more fertilizer is applied, it will be possible to increase the yield by several hundred kilograms."

After hearing this, the surrounding people and Gao Xiucheng were shocked.

A thousand kilograms of grain yield per mu is already an incredible amount of grain in their eyes, but they didn't expect that the yield could be increased by several hundred kilograms more!
Could it be that this sweet potato is really a fairy seed?

No one doubted Liu Sheng's words anymore.

After all, sweet potatoes with a yield of thousands of kilograms per mu are right in front of him, so there is no need for Liu Sheng to lie.

Liu Sheng actually underestimated the actual production volume of sweet potatoes.

In later generations, the yield of sweet potatoes started at two to three thousand kilograms per mu.

Nowadays, these [-] acres of sweet potatoes planted by later generations of potato seedlings only produce more than [-] kilograms per mu, which is far from the normal yield of later generations.

The main reason is the lack of chemical fertilizers (scientific farmyard fertilizers are also acceptable).

Secondly, the grain yield of the newly cultivated fields is not that high, and these sweet potatoes were grown by Liu Sheng according to the data taught by the old farmers, so there are always some unsatisfactory things.

When planting on mature land next year, the technology will be more mature, and more farmyard manure, phosphate fertilizer made from fish scales, fish bones, and animal bones will be applied to increase production.

Speaking of which, in addition to sweet potatoes, corn, and potatoes, the high-yielding crops in America include pumpkins.

However, pumpkins have slightly higher requirements for planting. The growth cycle takes half a year, and given the climate of the Great Valley, it is most suitable to plant them in late spring and early summer, so they have not yet appeared in the fields of Huabu.

Under the attention of everyone, Liu Sheng said loudly with a smile: "Everyone, please work harder and collect these sweet potatoes quickly, and then we will rush to plant potatoes."

In fact, Huabu exchanged potatoes from Shangluobu, but kept them for sowing.

Only last time when Liu Sheng and Li Changwen ate in the small canteen, Liu Dachuan ordered a side of stir-fried chicken with potatoes.

Ordinary people in the camp still don’t know about the existence of potatoes.

After listening to Liu Sheng's words, someone asked: "Chief, what are these potatoes?"

Liu Shengdao: "Potatoes are also a crop here in North America. They grow in the soil like sweet potatoes, and the yield is almost as high.

If we use native potato seeds to grow them, we estimate that we can produce about [-] kilograms per acre.

But I have some good potato seeds stored there, and the yield per acre should be about [-] kilograms. "

Whoa!
After listening to Liu Sheng's words, the people in the fields were shocked again and started talking excitedly——

"Again, the yield per mu is a thousand catties? Is it true or false?"

"It must be true. The leader will not lie to us."

"The yield per acre is one thousand kilograms, and they can grow sweet potatoes. Aren't the natives in North America so happy? If they could grow sweet potatoes and potatoes in the Ming Dynasty, there would definitely be no famine."

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Gao Xiucheng was also shocked.

The idea was the same as that of the people around him - with sweet potatoes and potatoes, maybe there would be no famine.

At this time, Liu Sheng pressed his hands downward to signal everyone to be quiet.

Then he said: "Although the yield of this potato is quite high, it is picky about the land. It needs to be planted in relatively good dry land, but it should not be too short of water. It is afraid of both cold and heat. It takes half a year to mature.

In addition, if potatoes are not well preserved and turn green, they will be poisonous if eaten.It is not suitable to be eaten raw like sweet potatoes.

Therefore, speaking of potatoes, they are definitely not as suitable for large-scale planting as sweet potatoes.

However, compared to sweet potatoes, potatoes are a very good dish. They taste good when stewed, stir-fried, or fried, especially beef stew with potatoes.

In order for our Huabu people to have more food and more dishes in our homes in the future, we must win this potato and we must do our best to promote it. "

The people nodded after hearing this.

But I thought to myself: Beef stew with potatoes?I guess the landlords outside may not be able to afford this dish, right?The leader really dared to say it.

However, no matter how many shortcomings the potato has compared to the sweet potato, the high yield is still there, and it can be planted with sweet potatoes.

Even if the weight is on poorer dry land and only three to four hundred catties per acre, it is still profitable.

It should be noted that among the original crops of the Ming Dynasty, only winter wheat could be planted after the autumn harvest.

The emergence of potatoes can fill the gaps in some land that is not suitable for growing wheat.

After Liu Sheng finished speaking, he motioned to the people to continue working.

Perhaps Liu Sheng's words just now had a great encouraging effect, and the people worked more energetically.

Liu Sheng came to the place where Gao Xiucheng was and signaled his guards to put down the two large packages.

"Gao Xiucheng, this is the food and clothes your father asked me to bring you, as well as a letter from home."

Only then did Gao Xiucheng realize that Liu Sheng was here to see him. He quickly patted the dirt on his body and walked over to salute.

"I have seen the leader."

Liu Sheng handed the letter over and said with a smile: "I heard from Wang Yingtai that you were very active when you were running around the city asking the prefect to send troops to Tianmu Mountain, vowing to wipe out our group of bandits.

Now you call me the leader, why don't you think we are thieves? "

Gao Xiucheng knew that Wang Yingtai was captured.

Unexpectedly, Wang Yingtai told Liu Sheng everything about Fucheng after being captured.

This made him even more disappointed with the army.

Thinking that Wang Yingtai and hundreds of other officers and soldiers were captured by his father, Gao Laozhuang had boarded the pirate ship and could no longer get off, so he surrendered to Liu Sheng again.

He smiled bitterly and said: "The rebel army under the leader is more capable of fighting than the officers and soldiers, and they are well-disciplined. The leader also provides relief to refugees and migrates refugees to reclaim the wasteland in North America. They act more like officials than officials.

If I continue to call the leaders and others thieves and bandits, then how should I call the government and the army?
Besides, since my father helped the rebels capture Wang Yingtai and others, we, Gao Laozhuang, can be considered as part of the rebels.

Now that I am a prisoner of the rebel army, how dare I act pretentious, arrogant, and rude to the leader? "

After hearing these words, Liu Sheng was really impressed by Gao Xiucheng.

Gao Xiucheng was admitted as a scholar at the age of sixteen or seventeen, so he was definitely smart.But people of this age tend to be passionate, get into trouble, and accept death.

Unexpectedly, Gao Xiucheng had such a big change in his thinking after staying in North America for more than half a month.

However, when Liu Sheng glanced at the pile of sweet potatoes next to him and Gao Xiucheng's soil-covered hands, he vaguely understood.

It is easy for young people to change their minds, not to mention that Gao Xiucheng suddenly changed from a young master to a prisoner. He worked with farmers every day and witnessed many shocking things in North American camps.

Then, Liu Sheng couldn't help but think: Maybe in the future, those scholars and officials who have done no evil, and even treat poor people well, but are stubborn in their thinking, can be thrown to North America.

Let them reclaim wasteland and work with the immigrants, and use labor and the production scene in North American camps that are completely different from the Ming Dynasty to transform their minds.

After coming back to his senses, Liu Sheng said to Gao Xiucheng: "I heard from Manager Liu that you are doing well at Huachu Camp, and you also help young people in night schools with literacy.

Considering that you, Gao Laozhuang, have indeed helped the rebels a lot, and your father misses you very much, I will allow you to write a reply.

But we will check the letters - you are not allowed to reveal anything about the cave or North America in your letters, not even a hint.Do you understand? "

"I understand." Gao Xiucheng said and bowed to Liu Sheng again, "Thank you, chief!"

After delivering something to Gao Xiucheng and chatting for a while, Liu Sheng went to inspect the camp.

It mainly depends on the training situation of the salt workers and the training progress of the new recruits of the standing army in each battalion.

As for Gao Xiucheng, even if Liu Sheng really wanted to use him, he would not act so hungry.

Compared with Li Changwen, a grounded scholar who has already suffered many hardships, Gao Xiucheng, who was proud of his youth, was originally arrogant. Even if he changed his mind, he still had to polish it a lot so that he could take on important responsibilities in the future.

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The capital city of Ruyang.

The prefect Fu Ruwei has been feeling more miserable recently.

It's obviously the autumn harvest, so the number of hungry people should be reduced.

But because this year's drought was so extensive and there were floods later, the higher authorities had allocated a lot of taxes to Runing Prefecture.

When counties collect summer taxes, many troubles have already occurred, and many people have been forced to rebel.

Although most of them had just had breakfast for a few days, he sent troops to pacify them, either to annihilate them or to appease them.

But even now, there are still several groups of rebels who have grown stronger and become stubborn bandits that give him a headache.

For example, there was Zhou Jiali in Cai above. I heard that he was a small landowner with two to three hundred acres of land. He actually killed the official Shu and the village chief's family during the summer grain harvest. He raised a flag and rebelled. Thousands of people gathered in ten months.

There was a rebel named Chen Erxue in Xincai, who was originally a boy. He also raised the rebel flag and led thousands of people to wander around the border between Runing and Yingzhou.

In Luoshan, Xixian, Guangzhou and Guangshan areas, there were two bandits, Li Hao and Zhang Yang, which made the four county magistrates very anxious and frequently sent people to ask the government to send troops to quell the chaos.

Even around Fucheng, many groups of bandits appeared. Some of the more famous ones were Fu San, Chen Zhai, and Bai Taiwei, each with thousands of people.

Bandits of this size (most of them are refugees) will run away if the government sends too many troops, but they can't be wiped out if they send too few troops, which is really a headache.

Recently, Tongjuan Zhu Guobao is planning to destroy Bai Taiwei, who poses the greatest threat to the city.

It is said that this girl was originally a wild Taoist nun who had no ultimatum and somehow got connected with the White Lotus Sect.

So she called herself a saint, used the idea of ​​treating hungry people as a way to spread teachings, and secretly plotted rebellion.

After being accused, he immediately rebelled, and two people were killed.

Zhu Guobao said that he had bribed a very important subordinate of Bai Taiwei, and he was fully confident of capturing or killing this witch.

Thinking of Bai Taiwei, Fu Ruwei thought of another more troublesome witch - the red lady who fled north from Xinyang Prefecture.

Previously, Wang Yingtai was sent to lead a battalion of [-] soldiers to Tianmu Mountain to eliminate them. He thought it was a sure thing, but unexpectedly there was no news for seven or eight days after leaving.

Later, several battalion soldiers fled back from the south, and then he learned that Wang Yingtai was defeated by the rebels outside Dashui Pingzhai, and his entire army was almost wiped out!
After that, the magistrate and bookkeeper of Queshan County sent official documents stating that the rebels from Tianmu Mountain had once invaded the county seat, but they managed to drive them away.

Based on Fu Ruwei's many years of experience as a local official, he vaguely felt that the plot was strange, but he couldn't figure it out for the moment.

Later, some gentry from the county secretly reported the news, and then he learned that Queshan County was still occupied by rebels!

Even the county magistrate Cai Wending and the chief bookkeeper Qian Yunsheng were controlled by the rebels!
At the same time, he also learned that the leader of this group of rebels was no longer the Red Lady, but an unknown person named Liu Sheng.

Although there are many bandits in Runing, all the county towns were still in the hands of the government.

The county seat was captured by the rebels, who even took control of the county officials. Queshan was the first one!
Thinking about the other bandits in Runing and the tens of thousands of hungry people around the city, Fu Ruwei only felt that he was not sitting in the position of the prefect, but sitting on a stove, and there were piles of gunpowder around him!
After reading some of the deeds of the Tianmu Mountain rebels described in the gentry's letter, Fu Ruwei immediately realized that this group of rebels was a much greater threat to the imperial rule than other bandits.

If Wang Yingtai had not killed more than 1000 soldiers in the camp, he would have immediately sent troops to take back the county seat and wipe out the rebels.

But now he doesn't dare.

Because he knew very well that if the army was defeated by the rebels in Tianmu Mountain again, bandits in all parts of Runing would become rampant, and more than one Queshan County would be lost.

In desperation, he could only send spies to Queshan to inquire about the rebels in Tianmu Mountain.

One understands the details of this rebel bandit.

The second is to see if we can instigate the rebel leader and dismantle him from the inside, just like we did with Bai Taiwei.

Calculating the time, the spies should be back in the next two days.

Just when Fu Ruwei thought this, he saw a guest from the court come in and said: "Master Fu, Li San and others are back from Queshan!"

　First more.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)