Reborn Regent of Ming Dynasty

The place where Chen Zilong was located was a farm that had been pulled out for experiments. It was attached to the Agricultural College, and it was also the place where the students of the Agricultural College did classroom experiments.

Zhang Shouren has always been generous in these expenses, so he allocated this piece of waterfront land next to Fangjiaji, moved three small villages, and concentrated the [-] mu of land.

There are paddy fields adjacent to the water, as well as dry land. All kinds of water conservancy facilities are very complete. The ditches and ridges are vertical and horizontal, and the crops of various colors are green and green. The huge windmills are constantly rotating by the river, making creaking sounds. It is a waterwheel driven by a windmill with a belt, and the flowing water flows non-stop, moistening the large area of ​​land near the river.

"My lord, how did you come up with the idea of ​​the windmill?"

Chen Zilong couldn't help but look at the windmill with a look of admiration, and sincerely praised: "This is really a miracle like heaven and man. Even if Mr. Taibao has made no achievements in his life, after promoting this windmill, he is qualified to go down in history. "[

It's better not to say such praises, at least the soldiers around Zhang Shouren have begun to glare at him... The general severely injured the Eastern captives, and then suppressed the bandits. It's not as powerful as a few windmills... It really makes people feel very short of pumping.

Of course, everyone also knows the importance and importance of windmills, not only for water conservancy, but also for grinding flour and for future work. They are all very important.

Many people are surprised that there is no technical problem with this thing, but in Fushan and Weihai and other places near the sea, the sea breeze is constant, so the use of wind power is very sufficient. In the past, everyone was just annoyed by the sea breeze, but It never occurred to me that this wind is so fierce, why not make good use of it?

"This is the one born to know, the general is the star descending from the earth!"

This is what many people asserted when the first batch of windmills were completed and put into use, and when they were combined with large waterwheels to fetch water.

"Hehe, I'm overwhelmed by my son."

The sweet potato field is not far ahead, and it is time to harvest. The ridges of the fields are already visible, and there are still soldiers on patrol at night... These are people from the Lu Xun Battalion, and they can be seen everywhere. Lu Xun The officers and soldiers, like the security police, demarcate the patrol area every few miles, but the Lu Xun Battalion focuses on the important military and political targets of Fushan, while the security booth focuses on managing villages and towns, and is responsible for filing and solving civil and criminal cases... This The two play a good role in each other, at least in terms of security, not to mention the entire Ming Dynasty, even if all the countries in the world are counted, Denglai should be the best here.

Zhang Shouren's good reputation and unreserved love and affection in Denglai are really not easy to come by...

"It's Lord Taibao."

The Lu Xun Battalion on guard saw Zhang Shouren's tall figure from a distance, and everyone was surprised and happy, and rushed to greet him.

The whole sweet potato field is not big, only twenty or thirty mu of land, but it is adjacent to the chicken farm and pig farm, and it is also an experimental field supervised by Zhang Shouren himself, so it is not surprising that there are patrols here.

Zhang Shouren has a natural attraction to soldiers, mainly due to the aura of famous generals. After ordinary soldiers have been educated by the Fushan system...in fact, it can be regarded as a kind of brainwashing education, and their admiration and love for Zhang Shouren is not adulterated at all. Yes, compared to civil servants and ordinary people, Fushan's military system is the most reassuring and loyal for Zhang Shouren.

Here is a Shichang patrol, one Shichang, one messenger flag drummer, except for these two who wear long knives, the other eight are all holding firecrackers, and Shichang is wearing a short firecracker, that is, Bima The pistol is still short.

Inland patrol battalions, except for some who have not changed their outfits, there are basically no land patrol soldiers using cold weapons in Denglai and the two prefectures.

"Salute to the general!"

Under Zhang Shouren's greeting with a smile, all the soldiers lined up in a neat row, puffed out their chests, held their guns high, and gave a beautiful armed salute.

"Everyone has worked hard."

Zhang Shouren raised his hand in greeting, and said with a smile, "How are my sweet potatoes growing? You guys are on duty here, you must have seen it before."

"General, you look really good!"

Shi Chang was a short, strong man. Although he was not tall, his whole body was full of strong muscles. He looked very strong. This time, the soldier's face was beaming with joy, and he straightened his chest and replied to Zhang Shouren: "Each of them weighs less than half a catty, and there are hundreds of them growing on one mu of land. We calculated that the yield should be at least three to four hundred catties... They all looked at it greedily, and said that it was delicious and sweet. , It’s really delicious, I just don’t let them taste it randomly, otherwise, these guys will steal it from themselves, and they must eat it up... The people around also want to come and taste it, we are all watching, otherwise they will eat it all. Eight..."

Zhang Shouren laughed dumbfounded when he heard this, no wonder there was such a group of soldiers standing in the field, he thought it was a fuss, and the people below were ingratiating, it seems that this defense is really necessary, otherwise, he would bring Chen Zilong here now Counting the output, wouldn't it be embarrassing to face the empty and abandoned fields that were eaten?

Chen Zilong gave him a blank look, and said angrily: "The news here has long been spread in Denglai, but if the general doesn't come, it's not easy for me to come and see."

Only then did Zhang Shouren realize that Chen Zilong had known about it a long time ago, no wonder he seemed to admit defeat.

Haha at the moment, I ignored the fact that I had neglected farming, squatted down, and looked at the sweet potatoes.

Sure enough, as the sergeant major said, the sweet potatoes are long and rosy and cute. He picked up one and weighed it in his hand a few times, feeling very heavy in his hand.

"Big, really big."

Chen Zilong also squatted down earlier, and also picked a big one, and weighed it in his hand, the more he weighed it, the heavier his palm felt, and that joy was hard to contain.

Zhang Deqi was someone who had been here several times, he stood aside with a smile on his face, while the entourage, including Li Zhuoran, who was always unsmiling, all squatted down, and everyone picked up a sweet potato to watch.

"Let's eat!"

While Zhang Shouren was overjoyed, he didn't care about his image, and since this place was full of his most loyal subordinates, his image didn't matter.Immediately, he picked a medium-sized one and asked someone to wipe it clean with a cloth, then he opened his mouth and bit it.

"Very crunchy...very sweet...so good."

"But it's delicious!"

"Although it's not as delicious as melon, and it's not as juicy, but this thing seems to be very hungry. Just now, my hungry stomach growled. After eating such a sweet potato, my stomach seems to be heavy, and I don't feel hungry at all. Already!"

"That's right!"

Zhang Shouren laughed loudly and said: "After days of hard work, everyone is tired, so they are naturally hungry. But this thing, after one or two stomachs, it is difficult for you to want to eat... It is really hungry. If it is roasted, it will taste Better!"

In fact, many people have started to grow sweet potatoes in the north, including Hebei, Inner Mongolia and Liaodong.

However, like many new South American crops, it needs a gradual process of promotion. It was not until the Kangxi period of Shunzhi that sweet potatoes were gradually popularized and became an excellent crop with good seed value from north to south.

It’s not that it’s more delicious than rice and noodles. The value of sweet potatoes is definitely not as high as that of wheat and rice. Definitely the most affordable option.In the field, in some corners, it is difficult to grow food, but planting sweet potatoes can nourish the soil and produce high yields. It is a helper in good years, and it is a life-saving thing in disaster years. It doesn’t matter where you plant it. A lot of harvest is the magic weapon for the whole family to save their lives.

No need for fertility, no choice of land, and fast maturity. Such crops are really treasures given by heaven.

Although the product is good, there is a process. Like the chili in the south, there are many problems in the promotion process.The biggest problem, of course, is low production.

At this time, the people in the northern part of the country don't know much about the new crops, and there is a history of more than a hundred years from the seed value to the high yield...Of course, after Zhang Shouren came out, the history is naturally very different from the past. [

"How on earth did you do it?"

"That's right, let the Taibao talk about it."

Not only Chen Zilong's depressed face, but also Zhang Deqi and others are eager for an answer.

To say that Chen Zilong's depression is not in vain, when he and Xu Guangqi were in Beijing, the father and son had been tinkering with this sweet potato.At that time, there were not no able and sensible people among the literati. Sweet potatoes, a good thing that can survive and be harvested casually, can just solve the predicament of drought in the north. Unfortunately, the yield is too low. Mr. Xu and Chen Zilong worked hard. , Anyway, all the tricks that can be used have been used, but the effect is not great.

For this matter, Xu Guangqi still recorded in his agricultural book, of course he was very depressed.

As his closed disciple, Chen Zilong is of course very concerned about this matter. At this time, he was holding Nuo Da's sweet potatoes, and saw the dense sweet potato leaves in the field... This thing is good for fish, chickens and pigs, hey Ma Yecheng, he said to Zhang Shouren with a depressed face: "The general made this thing, and it has already achieved an eternal foundation. In the future, history books will be passed down. It is not only a matter of killing and conquest, but also a matter of agricultural administration. It must be worthy of a big book, and it is really an honor for students to follow the tail."

To be able to ask such a well-known celebrity to say such things in front of so many people means that Chen Zilong has shown himself in public.

From then on, he took Fushan's job and ate with General Zhang Shouren...

"Boy..." Zhang Shouren held the hands of the only famous Ming scholar he liked, and said very sincerely: "I will definitely not let you down!"

"I hope so." Chen Zilong was the least confident about this matter, he only nodded slightly, and said: "So far, the general has thought of the common people, and ten years later, he will still be like today, full of the heart of a child !"