Reborn Regent of Ming Dynasty

"It's natural."

Of course Zhang Shouren agreed, and the next step was to uncover the mystery for Chen Zilong.

It turned out that his achievements in agriculture must not be comparable to those of Chen's master and apprentice. Things that even a monster like Xu Guangqi could not solve, could only be solved with time and experience.

But in this era, Zhang Shouren's strongest point is precisely this so-called time and experience...

Sweet potato from low-yield to high-yield is purely a product of experience. If you want to have a high yield, it is nothing more than seed selection and soil fertility. No matter how careless the crop is, you must pay attention to this aspect.Sweet potatoes can be planted before or after the wheat harvest, not only does not damage the soil fertility, but also has the effect of increasing. During the growth process, increasing the fertilizer properly will definitely increase the yield, which is beyond doubt. [

In addition, the most important thing is to pruning and removing the stems.

At that time, I was too ignorant of the sweet potato seed value technology, and thought that more branches and more fruits would be good, but this would reduce the fertility of the soil, and the loss outweighed the gain. After pruning, it was enough to leave enough fruit.

In addition, there are various methods such as the root-lifting method, which are common sense and trivial details in later generations, but at this time it is a shortened experience of a hundred years!

For Zhang Shouren, growing sweet potatoes, or even storing sweet potatoes in a cellar, is a trivial matter. Anyone who has been in the countryside has never grown this thing... Roast sweet potatoes in the stove, take them out after the aroma comes out, peel them and eat them, and boil them one by one. It's not good, but it tastes delicious. Speaking of which, planting this thing can be regarded as a way to relieve his homesickness.

"Oh, the general is so heavenly and human."

Of course, Chen Zilong didn't understand where Zhang Shouren's experience came from, it could only be attributed to the gods.Otherwise, there is no way to explain such a monstrous fact...

"Hehe, I'm overwhelmed." Zhang Shouren chuckled, and asked Zhang Deqi, "How is it? How sure is the Tuntian Bureau? How many acres can it promote this year?"

"Back to Taibao, at least one million acres can be promoted this year."

"Good guy, there are so many?" Zhang Shouren was taken aback, and warned him: "Don't try to become fat in one bite, you have to eat in one bite, the road is to walk step by step, the steps are too big , will tear the egg!"

"Haha, Taibao was joking."

Zhang Shouren had always spoken this way to the military, but he didn't use it much to civilian officials, and everyone present burst out laughing.

After laughing, Zhang Deqi explained: "The officials in the sweet potato field here in the Taibao have visited many times. If we don't make preparations in advance, and promote the value of sweet potato seeds after the summer harvest, then the officials in charge of the field Juzheng should be taken off the black hat. Even so, we have to stabilize first. We have more than 730 manors in the three prefectures of Qing, Deng, and Lai, and we directly control more than [-] million mu of land. For a quarter, it's not too risky."

Zhang Shouren's report on such a job sounded like nothing to him, but Chen Zilong felt extremely startled.

He also knew the total arable land in Denglai Qingsan Prefecture, which is close to half of the 400 million mu. This shows that in the past few years, Fushan has basically promoted the farm, and almost all the self-cultivating farmers and small households should be in the farm. within range.

Especially in places like Dengzhou where there are a lot of military guards, big households and military leaders originally occupied a lot of land. Zhang Shouren included all the guard land through buying and selling and many other means. Incorporated into the farm system of Fushan.

No wonder Zhang Pu and the others turned pale after looking around in Fushan. Hearing that Mr. Hehou didn't even go to the capital, he rushed back to Jiangnan. It seems that Zhang Pu is quite knowledgeable. A scholar, knowing that what Zhang Shouren is doing is a completely new set of old and new systems. Because of this, he feels a big shock. Chen Zilong thought that Zhang Pu was making a big fuss, but now it seems that it is indeed reasonable...

"So good."

Zhang Shouren said with a very happy smile: "After a few years, it will be pushed to the whole of Shandong, with more than ten million acres of land, and the people of Shandong will no longer have to worry about famine."

"Taibao." [

Chen Zilong hesitated to speak, Zhang Shouren was very displeased, shook his head and said: "If you have anything to say, just say it, why bother to speak like a woman!"

"Okay, then I'll just say it straight."

Chen Zilong arched his hands, looked directly at Zhang Shouren, and with a sense of persuasion, said in a deep voice: "Will the Taibao spread the art of sweet potato seed value to Northern Zhili and Henan, Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces?"

After saying a word, everyone fell silent.

Fushan dominates, Denglai is the core, Qingji is the auxiliary, Dongchang Yanzhou is again, the whole Shandong, if these prefectures and prefectures are under the wings of Zhang Shouren, what is the benefit of spreading it, this is a self-interested thing .But if it is implemented nationwide, will it have any subtle impact on the overall situation?

After all, Zhang Shouren is a military official, and his current strength and influence come from the reality of chaos in the world. Last time in the battle of Linqing, the emperor and courtiers dared to cut his credit, although they certainly didn't know that the battle of Linqing was a battle directed and acted by Zhang Shouren himself. It's a good show, but daring to do so must be based on Huguang's current situation.

Yang Sichang supervised more than [-] officers and soldiers, some of them pursued and suppressed the remnants of the bandits, that is, Xiying, and most of the main force went to Ying and Huoshan to pursue and suppress Cao Ying.

Under such heavy pressure, Wang Guangen and Hui Dengxiang, two well-known bandit leaders, please surrender. These two bandits are as famous as Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai. Zhang Xianzhong was killed, King Sweeping the Dirt was killed, and the famous Eighteenth Route Rebels went to five or six routes at once. In addition, Li Zicheng had been dormant for a long time, and he had almost disappeared. The Shaanxi bandits, the wave of rebellion that erupted from the end of the apocalypse to the early years of Chongzhen, seems to be close to the end of their conquest.

If the bandit is subdued, there is no need to worry about the imperial court just because there is a prisoner from the East. Regarding Ning Tian's danger, even if someone comes in every few years and beats the autumn wind, it will not hurt at all.

This understanding is based on the story of the Jiajing period. At that time, the Hetao region fell into the hands of Mongolia. For this matter, Emperor Jiajing lost his temper and killed the Minister of the Ministry of War to vent his hatred. Later, more than ten years later, the Mongols were tired from fighting, and the imperial court reorganized its military equipment. When the situation subsided, the ministers transferred Qi Jiguang and other important generals to the north one after another, reorganized the border defense, and appeased Altan Khan through the mutual market, so that the situation on the northern border was gradually stabilized.

This is actually a lesson learned from the past, but many people are just wishful thinking, comparing the current Donglu to the original Altan Khan and the little prince, and comparing the thieves to the Japanese riots in the past, and the chaos in the south and the chaos in the north. resemblance.

However, the continuous drought in the north that caused great headaches for the monarchs and ministers made the emperors and ministers of the Manchu Dynasty murmur a bit.

Earthquakes, severe droughts, plagues of locusts, and catastrophes followed one after another. In the 17th year of Chongzhen, there was a plague that plagued the city and the people... Speaking of which, Chongzhen was really a disaster. After more than ten years in power, there was no good weather. In the past few years, even a place as rich as Jiangnan has experienced disasters, which have not stopped for many years.

Looking at the current situation of sweet potatoes, the average yield of [-] catties per mu can be achieved. If it is popularized in the north, the people will barely be starved to death. , the world will become more and more stable tomorrow.

Just like the imperial court dared to make a fuss about Linqing after Huguang was stabilized, if the world is really peaceful, Zhang Shouren's current space will definitely be further squeezed, and the imperial court will become more and more strict and powerful.

"What kind of person does my son think of me?"

Zhang Shouren let out a long sigh, and said solemnly: "It's all right if you don't talk about great principles, and countless people can live. Isn't it something like this that I have always been doing, and I am very willing to do it?"

"What Master Taibao said is that the students are too caring, please forgive me."

Although what Chen Zilong said was plain, he couldn't hide his admiration.Zhang Shouren's kindness and benevolence is indeed extraordinary, even a great Confucian who has studied for many years may not be able to make such a decision easily.

If you are poor, you will be good for yourself, and if you are rich, you will benefit the world. It is easy to say, but it is so difficult to do.

"No need to forgive me, sweet potatoes can't be used as a meal, we should find a place to drink to suppress our stomachs is serious."

"Yes, students are accompanying the Taibao."

At this time, Chen Zilong was quite self-conscious as a subordinate. He used to look like a guest, and he didn't pay much attention to Zhang Shouren, who was getting higher and higher. When I was in Fushan, I was very polite to the adults, but who was born with the surname Chen and put on a celebrity face, who cares?

At this point, when Chen Zilong and his subordinates treated him with courtesy, everyone heaved a sigh of relief. When they saw the famous man with a dark face and wrinkled face, most of the disgust in their hearts was gone.

Everyone followed and went to Fangjiaji together. The distance there was very close, and because Fushan was a military and administrative area, Fangjiaji was ten times more prosperous than before. After the re-planning, although there was no city defense, the In terms of wealth and urban area, it is actually no longer below some famous cities and big houses.

The city is still bustling after dark, and there are all kinds of people everywhere, such as hawkers in straight coats, petty officials in official scarves, farmers and butchers in turbans, and gentry in square scarves. , wealthy businessmen, etc., along the street, there are bright poke lights lined up everywhere, the road is straight and clean, and there are horse-drawn carriages rushing to deliver letters or passengers everywhere. Trees are planted on both sides of the road, with Naosugi and other ornamental trees as the Lord, this kind of city is almost the same size as later generations. After the large-scale promotion of cement and concrete, it is possible to build high-rise buildings with more than five floors. Looking at the situation, Zhang Shouren said sincerely: "Who would have thought that in more than three years? Before, this was just an ordinary market town, looking at the present and recalling the past, I cannot but be proud of it!"