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Chapter 553 History, Ask the Farmer

"I heard that you are from the east of the Atlantic Ocean?" Wang Yuanyang looked at Wang Shouzhe and Zheng Zunqian and asked curiously.

He found that the clothes of these two people were narrower than Da Chu's, and they looked quite capable and slim.

As for hairstyle and so on, there is no difference.

Wang Shouzhe and Zheng Zunqian found that Wang Yuanyang's robes and services were very similar to those of Qianming.

The reason why the costumes are slightly different from theirs is the result of changes in the costumes of Liu Sheng and the Wei army after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

What's more, they are all soldiers, and now this outfit is actually considered casual clothing. If it is a military uniform, it will only be more capable, and Wang Yuanyang will be able to recognize it at a glance.

Not exposing the identity of the military personnel will prevent Japan and Dachu from being vigilant, and even cause unnecessary trouble.

Wang Shouzhe nodded with a smile, "It's from the east of the Atlantic Ocean."

Wang Yuanyang's eyes lit up and he asked again: "It is said in ancient times that there are Three Immortals Mountains on the East China Sea, but they have been searched for for generations and cannot be found. Since you are from the east of the Atlantic Ocean, have you ever seen the Three Immortals Mountains?"

However, in the 1185th year of Chunxi in the Southern Song Dynasty and the th year of Dading in the Jin Dynasty (), after Xiong Mingyuan, Taizu of Chu, was born, history changed beyond recognition...

After chatting for a while, Wang Shouzhe took advantage of the situation and asked: "In the troubled times of the late Tang Dynasty, my ancestors took their tribes and several major tribes to the sea and multiplied in North America for nearly five hundred years."

Liu Sheng was inspecting the spring plowing situation on the outskirts of the city with a large entourage.

It should be noted that at their time, due to the rise of great navigation, people had long regarded Sanxian Mountain as a myth.

Wang Yuanyang smiled and said, "What a coincidence, I really like to read some official history, unofficial history and other history books. As for the chaos after the late Tang Dynasty, there were warlords fighting first, and many countries were established. Historians summarized it as the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms."

Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, Liu Sheng has been asking the Ministry of Revenue and local governments to vigorously promote various excellent grain varieties he brought from later generations, and now the results are remarkable.

Speaking of which, Wang Shouzhe and the others knew the legend that Liu Sheng was an immortal who descended to earth.

However, considering that the era Da Chu lived in was before the Ming Dynasty, the two of them felt that it was normal for Wang Yuanyang to think so.

However, Liu Sheng firstly did not acknowledge the matter, and secondly did not encourage his subjects to discuss or spread the matter.

Nanjing.

What's more, this matter involves the secrets of Dachu, so naturally they can't take the initiative to reveal it to the people of Dachu.

"Decades later, Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin put on a yellow robe at Chenqiaoyi and stood in place of Chai Zhou, thus unifying most of the world..."

Wang Shouzhe and Zheng Zunqian looked at each other, but they didn't expect Wang Yuanyang to ask this.

"Listening to Brother Wang's talk, he should be considered a Confucian businessman, right? Can you tell us about the history from the end of the Tang Dynasty to the present day in Da Chu?"

"As for the legend of Sanxian Mountain, we have heard of it, but have never seen it. It is probably a fabrication made by our ancestors."

In this way, under Wang Yuanyang's narration, the historical picture after the end of the Tang Dynasty unfolded in front of Wang and Zheng.

Wang Shouzhe said: "There are indeed some islands in the Atlantic Ocean. We followed some islands from the northern Atlantic Ocean to come here. Otherwise, it would be difficult for our ships to cross the vast Atlantic Ocean."

The two found that the first half of history from the late Tang Dynasty to the Southern Song Dynasty was basically the same as theirs, with no difference.

"When I return this time, I want to open up shipping routes and trade routes, and secondly, I want to understand the current situation in China."

Speaking of which, there was some resistance to the introduction of new grain varieties at the beginning.

Common people have never grown North American crops such as corn and sweet potatoes before. Even if the government promotes it, they dare not plant too much. On the one hand, the land is limited, and on the other hand, people’s time and energy are limited.

If you are busy and fail to harvest much food, but instead delay the planting of other food, it will be a big loss. Fortunately, the yields of corn, sweet potatoes, and potatoes are quite high, and they hardly compete for land with staple foods such as rice and wheat.

After a year or two of trial planting in various places, people took the initiative to plant corn, sweet potatoes, potatoes and other North American crops in some fields that were not suitable for planting rice and wheat.

In this way, it will become easier and easier for the government to promote new grain varieties.

Large landowners in some places can't even wait for the local government to sell new grain seeds, so they take the initiative to buy new grain seeds in places where they are available so that they can plant corn, sweet potatoes, potatoes and other overseas "fairy seeds" as soon as possible.

Over the past few years, except for Andong Province, which was established in the spring of this year, all the other nineteen provinces have planted new grain varieties.

Several central provinces, such as Henan, Huainan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, and Nanzhili, have even been planting it for several years, to the point where almost every household knows how to grow new grains.

In recent years, Da'ei's land tax has been increasing continuously, which is also related to this.

Food is the life insurance of nearly 200 million people in Dawei. Although Liu Sheng has been advocating the development of industry and commerce since the founding of the People's Republic of China, he has not forgotten to put agriculture first.

During the spring plowing season every year, in addition to the sacrificial items retained by the feudal dynasties of the past dynasties, he would lead his entourage to the suburbs of Nanjing or any county in Yingtian Prefecture to inspect the progress and situation of the local spring plowing.

While inspecting the southern suburbs, Liu Sheng temporarily ordered to use his identity as a court minister as a cover to conduct a "private visit" to an unplanned village.

The reason why I put it in quotation marks is because with his status as an emperor, it is impossible for him to conduct a private visit naked and undressed like in some later movies and TV dramas.

If you really do that, you will be irresponsible to yourself and the country.

The white dragon fish suit is a must, because if you are not careful, you may be killed as a fish.

When he arrived near the village, Liu Sheng noticed an old man doing farm work with a half-grown child on a nearby mountain, so he walked over and asked.

"Old man, we are farmers sent by the imperial court. How was your harvest last year? How are you living today?"

The old man saw that Liu Sheng was bringing a large number of followers (both openly and even more secretly). Although he didn't know what kind of official the peasant envoy was, he also knew that compared to the common people, they were all high-ranking officials and were busy with tasks. Kneel down and kowtow.

"The little people have met the great master..."

Liu Sheng didn't wait for the old man to kneel down, so he quickly supported him and said: "Old man, our imperial court does not want to kneel down casually. This commoner does not need to kneel down if he meets an official and is not guilty, and a lower official does not need to kneel down when he meets a superior official. Kneel down, even if the courtiers meet the emperor, they don’t need to kneel down, and they even have a seat. Didn’t the Proclaimer talk about this? "

The old man couldn't kneel down, and he didn't insist. He said nervously: "I've said it, Li Xuanzheng has said it, he is a good official... But I'm used to it, and I want to kneel when I see an official. I changed it for a while. Don’t come.”

Liu Sheng smiled and said, "It's okay if you get used to it, but your son and grandson must change this habit. People, if you kneel too much, you will easily lose your spine, don't you think so?"

"Yes Yes."

The old man felt that the man in front of him was worthy of being a high-ranking official of the imperial court, and what he said made sense. Looking back, he would have to educate his son and grandson well so that they could become great people with backbone.

Then, the old man began to tell Liu Sheng about farming.

When he talked about new grain varieties, his old face turned into a chrysanthemum with a smile.

"When the government asked my family to grow corn and sweet potatoes, I was a little unhappy. However, due to the government's requirements, we needed to occupy some mountainous land, so I won some. I didn't expect such a high yield."

"I regret this. If I had known better, I would have planted more. Even so, my family still had a lot of food left that year. This is the first time in my life that I have so much food left at home."

"Now my son and daughter-in-law have gone to work in Nanjing, earning dozens of silver dollars every year."

"Old man, my wife and I, together with my grandson and granddaughter, are planning fields in the countryside. Not only can we ensure food and drink for our family, but we can also sell the extra grain for a few silver dollars every year."

"I am getting more and more hopeful these days..."

(End of this chapter)