Ming politicians

Time passed peacefully.

Su Tiancheng always studied at home.

Liu Zhongji still came to visit often, and when he learned that Su Tiancheng went on a trip and didn't call him, Liu Zhongji was a little bit complaining, Su Tiancheng couldn't explain it, he was traveling with Qu Qingze, so he definitely couldn't take Liu Zhongji with him of.

Liu Zhongji brought some news, including the rumors after Lei Wentong's suicide, and some major events that happened in the court. These news gave Su Tiancheng a headache.

The peasant uprising armies in Shaanxi, Shandong and other places are in full swing. Although the imperial court has repeatedly suppressed them, the effect is not very good. By June, not only these places, but also Fujian, Jiangxi and other places, peasant uprising armies have also appeared. As for The mutiny of the sergeants was one after another.

It was Yang He who was in charge of exterminating the peasant uprising army. At this time, Yang He held the title of Minister of the Ministry of War and the governor of Shaanxi Trilateral Military Affairs.

Su Tiancheng knew about Yang He's situation. Yang He was a Jinshi during the Wanli period. Before he was in charge of exterminating the peasant uprising army, he had suggested that the rise of the bandits was due to the famine, which caused the people to live in dire straits. These people were all citizens of Ming Dynasty. Therefore, in the overshoot of encirclement and suppression, we should give priority to appeasement, supplemented by pursuit and suppression.

He was actually in charge of the siege, and he did the same.

Ordinarily, there is nothing wrong with Yang He's approach. People who have no food will always rise up and rebel, but there are two biggest problems here. One is that the imperial court is simply unable to rescue so many rogues, including refugees. People have no food to eat, and they still want to rebel. The second is the so-called peasant uprising army. After a long period of fighting, they are used to the days of looting, free and easy, and it is difficult to farm with peace of mind and live a peaceful life.

It's a pity that Yang He didn't realize this, which doomed him to failure.

The imperial court spent silver and food, and the recruited bandits rebelled after surrendering. Yang He was also removed from his post because of his ineffective pursuit and suppression, and Hong Chengchou took over later.

Su Tiancheng's headache was that if the bandits continued to invade Pingyang Fucheng, his own tenants would be in big trouble.

The Su Mansion is not yet capable of dealing with these rogues. A mere nursing home with more than 100 people is not enough to put people's teeth in place. This is not something that can be done well by relying on personal courage.

He can only pray for God's blessing, and the rogues will not come here for the time being.

In his heart, he once again thought that to expand the scale of the nursing home, it is best to recruit more than a thousand people, and train these people to become professional sergeants. not afraid.

This matter, Wang Dazhi and Ma Huabiao have already started to do it slowly.

The Lei family's 3000 taels of gold can play a major role at this time.

The grain will be harvested soon. Su Tiancheng goes to the field to see it every now and then. The corn and sweet potatoes are growing very well. A bumper harvest is certain. The mansion needs to store a large amount of grain for the upcoming harvest. A lot of things coming.

The key is to recruit nursing homes, which is not very smooth.

This is also because Wang Dazhi and Ma Huabiao's requirements are too high.

The quality of the first batch of nursing homes is very good. They have been in the mansion for more than half a year, and they completely regard the Su mansion as their own home. If they encounter any danger, they will try their best to protect it, and after more than half a year The training of these young nurses has undergone radical changes, and they look refreshed and domineering.

It's no wonder, every day is such a good life, specialized training, don't worry about other things, and there is a monthly salary, to be able to support the family, under such circumstances, if you don't train hard, you will be sorry for the young master.

After more than two months, Wang Dazhi and Ma Huabiao recruited only more than 50 nursing homes.

Su Tiancheng can't blame them, after all, they did their best.

"Brother Su, when are you going to leave? It's already July. Are you really planning to wait until the grain in the fields is harvested before going to Taiyuan Mansion?"

"Well, that's what I think. I don't know when Brother Liu is going to leave."

"I'm planning to leave in mid-July, and I still have to take part in a small test. I have to prepare. Brother Su, why don't you go to Taiyuan Mansion earlier, so you can make more preparations."

"I've also thought about it. I plan to go to Taiyuan Mansion in late July. There is still time. I always have to deal with the affairs of the mansion. I can't compare with you. You don't worry about anything."

"I want to imitate your appearance. I'm so worried. Unfortunately, I don't have a chance. Look at you now, you have become a rich man. There are so many servants in the mansion. They are majestic. I think those nursing homes are all It can kill a tiger."

"Hehe, brother Liu is joking, I also want to relax, but my lord father has entrusted this place to me, so I have to try my best to do it well."

"Brother Su has already done a good job, I am very envious."

"Let's not talk about that. If nothing happens tomorrow, let's go and see what's going on in the fields. We'll start harvesting grain tomorrow."

"Okay, I wish I could."

On the ninth day of July, the tenants of the Su family finally ushered in the harvest season.

Su Pingyang made all the preparations. There are Dou Dendrobiums placed on the field to measure how much grain each mu of corn and sweet potatoes can produce. A large number of nearby farmers also put down their farm work and came to visit .

In the past, they used to laugh at the tenants of the Su family, but now all they have left is envy.

Because of hunger, a lot of sweet potato leaves were given to nearby farmers and eaten as food.

After Su Tiancheng and Liu Zhongji arrived, the harvesting officially began.

According to the rules, harvesting grain requires offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors, but Su Tiancheng avoided all these complicated processes and asked everyone to start harvesting directly.

Most of the nursing homes of the Su family also came to help harvest the food.

Su Tiancheng demanded that everyone work hard, and within three days, all the harvests would be completed. He had already received news from Liu Zhongji that Prince Yong, Lao Huihui (Ma Shouying), Eight King Kong, Sweeping King, She Tatetian (Liu Guoneng) ), Gao Yingxiang, Zhang Xianzhong and other peasant uprising troops led more than [-] people and moved from Shaanxi to Shanxi. Although the destination this time was not in Pingyang Prefecture, who knows if there will be any accidents.

Su Tiancheng personally participated in the harvesting. His main task was to move the corn. Seeing Su Tiancheng going to the field, Liu Zhongji also helped. It is not so comfortable to be busy in the field during the hot summer season.

The corn in one mu of field will be harvested soon.

All the sweet potatoes in the one-acre field were dug up.

Su Pingyang was calculating nervously, but after half an hour, he shouted out in surprise.

"Master, the amount of maize harvested from one mu of land has reached more than three stones..."

Before everyone had time to cheer, even more surprising data came out.

"Young, young master, the sweet potatoes harvested from one acre of field have reached, reached more than ten stones..."

After this data came out, the surroundings were silent. What kind of concept is this? With more than ten stones, sweet potatoes from one acre of field can feed a family, and enough food for a year.

Niu Er had set up a cauldron beside him a long time ago, and there was boiling water in it. The sweet potatoes he dug up were washed and thrown into the cauldron. Everyone had never seen sweet potatoes before, and they didn't know how they were eaten. With devout eyes, he watched Niu Er and the others, operating step by step under Su Tiancheng's command.

Soon, the scent spread, it was the scent from sweet potatoes.

Someone's stomach is already growling.

Half an hour later, the boiled sweet potato was picked up. Su Tiancheng took a boiled sweet potato, peeled off the outer skin, and slowly fed it into his mouth.

Although Liu Zhongji was a little scared, seeing Su Tiancheng do this, he also picked up a sweet potato.

"Brother Liu, don't worry, eat slowly, it's a little hot."

Liu Zhongji nodded, and after carefully peeling the skin, he began to eat in small bites.

"Oh, it's really delicious, it's still sweet, it's delicious..."

Liu Zhongji let out an exclamation, and the tenants and farmers around looked at the two of them and dared not do anything for the time being.

"Niu Er, distribute sweet potatoes to everyone. Everyone has a taste. The farmers who came to visit today will also give some."

Everyone finally tasted the taste of sweet potatoes.

From this moment on, sweet potatoes are regarded as treasures by all the tenants. Such a delicious thing must not be wasted, and two to three cooked sweet potatoes can be enough to eat.

The farmers around are all envious. Such a delicious thing, with such a high output, why worry about food? Look at the fields of the Su family, it is full of sweet potatoes and corn. If they are all harvested, it will be amazing ah.

Su Tiancheng told all the tenants that sweet potatoes can be eaten raw, boiled, or roasted. The most delicious sweet potatoes are roasted sweet potatoes.

Niu Er immediately followed suit and carefully put the sweet potatoes on the fire to roast.

Su Tiancheng said with a smile, it can be roasted in this way, the best way is to dig a hole in the ground, cover it with thin soil, and live on it, the sweet potato roasted in this way is a rare delicacy, and it can be done in winter.

The aroma of roasted sweet potatoes attracted everyone even more.

After realizing the benefits of sweet potatoes, the tenants became motivated. All the tenants are the whole family, no matter men, women, old or young, who dig sweet potatoes, remove the soil on them, and collect them in the fields.

Harvesting maize is simpler and faster.

For three full days, the tenants of the Su family were busy from morning to night.

Su Tiancheng's prediction was correct. The yield of maize reached 500 catties per mu, which is equivalent to two stones and six buckets. The yield of sweet potatoes reached 1900 catties per mu, which is a full ten stones.

225 mu of maize was planted, with a yield of 570 million catties, and 45 mu of sweet potato, with a yield of 114 million catties. Now, the Su family harvested [-] catties of corn and [-] catties of sweet potatoes. [-] million catties.

Such a huge harvest shocked everyone in the Su Mansion. No one thought that corn and sweet potatoes would have such a large yield.