Medicine Girl Jingjing

Chapter 574
"I soaked the bean seeds in the Fengchunling water of the Yaofu space, and put them in the sandy soil, and they sprouted, grew leaves, and bloomed, not to mention the decent fields that can grow wheat." Li Jingjing stood up, pulled He Jingyan outside, and said : "You follow me to the back garden and have a look, then you will know."

Soon, He Jingyan saw beans growing in a two-square-meter square of soil mixed with sand and half in a remote corner of the back garden full of colorful and exotic flowers and plants.

The green stems and leaves are lush, and some beans have already bloomed small white flowers, just like growing in fertile fields.

Li Jingjing said specifically: "I just asked my servants to water some beans when they were planting beans, and I haven't cared about them since then."

He Jingyan asked: "Has the water been poured again?"

"No." Li Jingjing looked up at He Jingyan and said, "This bean is as easy to live as the potato from last time and not greedy for fat."

He Jingyan's eyes were sharp, he knelt down to look at the beans carefully, and said thoughtfully: "Last time we asked farmers to grow potatoes, we didn't use decent land, but this time we will use decent land, I'm afraid it will be difficult to convince the farmers. "

"Order the farmers to plant the beans given by the government as seeds in the fields. Half of the beans from the autumn harvest will be collected by the government on my behalf. I will give two copper coins per catty of beans." Seeing He Jingyan standing up and listening intently, Li Jingjing said slowly: " I asked more than a dozen good farmers in the outskirts of Jincheng, and they all said that as long as the government is willing to spend money to recycle half of the beans, everyone will rush to grow a season of beans."

He Jingyan looked anxious, and asked: "The lady collected the beans, but will they be used as food and sent back to the people?"

"How could I do business at a loss?" Li Jingjing shook her head and chuckled, with a charming face, and said, "I squeeze soybeans into soybean oil and sell them in various cities in the fiefdom."

He Jingyan couldn't bear his gaze, and said softly: "My lady, do you know that a stone of beans only yields nine catties of soybean oil. A catty of soybean oil is thirty cash. A stone of beans is four hundred copper plates, and nine catties of soybean oil is 270 cash."

Li Jingjing put on an expression of all ears.

He Jingyan let out a long sigh and said, "Every time you use a stone of beans to extract soybean oil, you will lose 130 renminbi, not counting the labor costs. If you add up a little, it will be a lot of money. This is more loss than giving to the people for nothing. How can your husband let you pay so much money for the land-feuding peasants?"

Li Jingjing smiled and said: "It seems that my husband has put a lot of effort into farming, and he is very clear about how much oil the beans produce and how much soybean oil costs per catty."

Seeing her calm expression, He Jingyan said, "Madam, don't you have a clever plan? Tell me quickly and let my husband hear if it's feasible."

Li Jingjing said in a low voice: "What you are talking about is the oil yield of ordinary beans. The oil yield of beans soaked in Fengchunling water is three times that of ordinary beans."

He Jingyan was overjoyed and said with a smile, "That's great."

Seeing that He Jingyan's brows finally relaxed, Li Jingjing felt joyful in her heart, and said, "What's more, I have arranged for someone to modify the oil press, and a new oil press will come out in a short time. A large oil workshop is built on the outskirts of every city to press soybean oil!"

It's a win-win thing.Neither the peasants in the fief nor her will suffer.

This year, she asked the farmers in the fief to plant pure beans and guarantee a part of the rations. The farmers will have a taste of the sweetness, and their trust in her will increase a lot. Next year, she will let them get rid of the beans and grow the plant with the highest oil rate—sesame with canola.

He Jingyan held Li Jingjing's fragrant shoulders, and said softly: "The sun is too hot here. Let's go, my wife and my husband go back to the room to discuss this important matter in detail."

Everything is difficult at the beginning, He Jingyan wants to get Li Jingjing a good reputation apart from handling such a big event, which requires a lot of effort and consideration of all the details.

For two consecutive days, He Jingyan stayed in the conference hall with several cronies to discuss, and finally arranged the matter properly.

It was almost midnight when He Jingyan returned to Baihaoyuan, and after taking a bath, he tiptoed down beside Li Jingjing.

Seeing that she had opened her star-like eyes with sly eyes, he hugged her into his arms and panted, "Young lady has just come out of the medicine mansion, she must have rested, so please give me some comfort." For husband."

Seeing He Jingyan's high spirits, Li Jingjing smiled and said, "I gave you such a big idea, you have to comfort me."

"Isn't this husband comforting the lady? Does this posture make you feel happy?"

"What kind of broken book did you learn it from?"

"A husband can learn by himself without a teacher."

The whole room is full of spring, and the couple rarely relax their minds and minds. After talking about something good, they embraced each other and fell asleep.

The husband and wife work together to do business in the fief, they have many languages ​​in common, and they can understand and considerate each other.

The next day, all the officials of King Yan's Mansion learned that the entire fief farmland would be planting a season of beans.

At this time, all the potatoes planted in the sandy soil in the counties had sprouted leaves, and the news spread quickly throughout Dingchao as if they had grown wings.

Growing crops on the sand gave all the officials in the fief great confidence, but this time the action was too big, and half of the officials believed that it was not feasible to grow a season of beans in the wheat field.

He Jingyan received more than a hundred memorials expressing objections, and even some officers of the Tiger Ben Army who had worked in agriculture before joining the army submitted memorials to object.

He was not angry, but nodded gratifiedly and said: "The fief is not my king's speech, and it is normal to have different voices."

He and Li Jingjing gave the officials in the fiefdom double monthly salaries, as well as various benefits, to prevent official corruption.

It wasn't until Prince Yan's Mansion posted a notice about planting beans and saw Li Jingjing recycling the beans that there was no voice of opposition from the fiefdom.

In the teahouses, restaurants, and food stalls in Jincheng and the six cities, everyone was talking about how farmers in Longbei planted a crop of beans.

"The princess uses the dowry money to buy half of the beans in the fief, two copper coins per catty!"

"The princess bought the beans planted by farmers at a price slightly higher than the market price. With this money, even if the fields lose fat and the wheat yield is not high in the next summer harvest, they can still make money without losing money. Besides, there are still half of the beans that can be harvested." to be eaten as food."

"In order for the farmers in the prince's land to have income, the princess has repeatedly provided dowry subsidies."

"When you marry a wife, you should marry the princess who protects the country."

"You are not the national hero King Yan. If you marry a princess who protects the country, you should marry your yellow-faced woman."

Farming has always been a major issue for all countries in the world. If the emperors of all dynasties did not pay attention to it, they would be called a fool by the people, and the history books would have a reputation for not caring about the life and death of the people.

Above the court, the seven cities in Longbei rushed to plant a season of beans before planting winter wheat, which caused a sensation even more than the last time they planted potatoes in sandy soil. Forget it.

(End of this chapter)