The reason why Tang Yanzhang came to Anyang City was originally the actual measure of the Tang family to support the second prince. Therefore, there is only one and only one condition for him to act, and that is to carry out the decision of the second prince. Therefore, Yang Jingyu, the king of Qi, was greedy for ink and silver in the river workers, and forcibly enforced the young and strong, resulting in a large proportion of deaths, and he even knew that Yang Shuren's Zhuangzi tried to find a way to relieve the old and weak women and children who had lost their young and strong labor...... But he has not acted, not that he closed his eyes and listened, nor that he was indifferent, but it was just to cooperate with King Yong and did not act without authorization.

Today, I learned that Yang Shuren took the children to meet those old and weak women and children, such a sad color, he did not object to his children to see more knowledge, have seen sorrow, can make the children understand the hardships of the crops, the world is not easy, but also can prevent the children from being arrogant and arrogant.

It's just that what he thinks in his heart is, what is the purpose of that Yang Shuren doing this? Just a reminder from the children to give them a message?

According to what Yang Shuren did before, the layout was early, and the plan was far-reaching, it shouldn't be that the key to this is not him!

Or, just a nudge through the child's mouth? Express her own attitude?

I have to say that Tang Yanzhang, who was born in a high family and has lived in officialdom for a long time, subconsciously put his inertial thinking on Qiu Chen, but as everyone knows, Qiu Chen just couldn't bear to watch so many innocent people being brutally killed. Her habitual thinking is that human life is the most important, and in the face of life, everything else must be compromised.

Of course, Qiu Chen also knows the importance of resting the river work, but in her opinion, there is no conflict between resting the river work and taking care of the lives of the young and strong...... She just forgot that there is still a black hole for ink.

Most of the money spent on the rest of the river workers was greedy, and the few silver dollars left could not feed the young and strong workers, let alone others? Hunger combined with the bitter cold of winter...... All make life extremely fragile.

"Daddy, it's not like someone is talking nonsense...... The son and his brother and sister saw it with their own eyes and heard it with their own ears, those mothers-in-law were very thin, and on such a cold day, they stepped on the mud to dig water chestnuts and dig medicinal herbs...... The son went for a while, and the shoes were wet, and the wet shoes were very cold, but those people were squatting in the mud with bare feet all day......" Yan Shen blinked his eyes and learned to speak to his father.

He didn't say that there were a few children about his age who were also squatting in the mud and working like that...... He saw that the children's hands were red and swollen from the cold...... It's already March, and the chilblains on the children's hands are still not healed......

Tang Yanzhang patted his youngest son's head, looked at his eldest son, and motioned for him to come and talk.

Yan Chen muttered: "Father, the son has limited knowledge, but the son understands that the construction of the river is a major matter of the country, and it is also to prevent the recurrence of floods......

Speaking of this, Yan Chen paused, and saw a smile of approval in his father's eyes, which made him a little more courageous, and continued: "It's just that my son went to Yang Shuren's Lake Zhuangzi today, and saw that those old and weak women and children can work hard to support themselves, and they can also work for Zhuangzi...... Well, those people dig water chestnuts to get two things. Today, Yang Shuren taught them to dig a kind of medicinal herb in the mud and buy it at a price of 15 wen a catty...... According to her son, whether it is water chestnuts or medicinal herbs, Yang Shuren should still be profitable, but while making profits, she can also make those people eat enough, so that they will not become starving at this time of starvation...... Yang Shuren said something at the time, she said, she is 'work for relief', let those people work, instead of relief...... Yang Shuren's Zhuangzi was able to work for relief, not only did the work on the Zhuangzi, but also helped those old and weak women and children at the same time. ”

"Cash-for-work?" Hearing this word, Tang Yanzhang, who originally just wanted to hear what his son thought, was finally a little moved.

He also knew that Yang Shuren wanted to find a way to place those old and weak women and children on Zhuangzi, but he only felt that Yang Shuren was kindly helping, and in the long run, it was for the stability and benefits of Zhuangzi...... But when he heard the 'work for relief', Tang Yanzhang immediately thought not only of the river fortifications, but also of various disasters and relief after the epidemic.

Whenever there is a catastrophe or epidemic, it is from the already tight treasury to allocate money and grain for relief, but it often treats the symptoms but not the root cause, but if it is 'work for relief', so that the disaster victims can get money and food to survive at the same time, they can also do reconstruction and self-help, and after the relief, and then resume farming life, it will be straightened out.

After pondering for a moment, Tang Yanzhang raised his hand and touched the top of his eldest son's hair, changed his previous sternness, and said very gently: "I know everything you said. It's not too early, so let's take my brother back and settle down. ”

Yan Chen opened his mouth, but after all, he didn't say anything more, took his brother's hand, and the two brothers respectfully saluted and retreated.

Watching his two sons withdraw from the court, Tang Yanzhang's eyes darkened.

Although he abided by the iron law of the Tang family before and took the will of the second prince King Yong as the standard, King Yong was low-key before, not to mention fighting with others, and even rarely appeared in people's field of vision, and there was not much that the Tang family really needed to do for King Yong.

However, since the second prince dealt with the plague and returned to Beijing in a high-profile manner, he changed his low-key forbearance in the past, crowned the king, and opened the mansion to build teeth...... It also means that the Tang family has inevitably become a high-profile place in the DPRK, and it also means that the Tang family can no longer be silent and low-key, but must strive to improve its existence and strength. While being able to improve the strength of the Tang family, it can also hit the opponent, which is undoubtedly the best choice.

It's just that there is a price to pay for doing things. In particular, the road to the highest place has always been a mountain of bones soaked in blood......

Although Yang Jingyu is greedy and vicious, he has to admit that he is a thoughtful person. This time the river fortifications are a rare opportunity...... However, if he really wanted to make a move, Tang Yanzhang couldn't help but hesitate a little, especially after seeing his three smart and lovely children...... Shooting is a life-and-death duel, either you die or I die. He's alone...... But he knew very well that the consequences would not give him a little luck.

Raw, born together!

Death, and his opponent will never let him save any of his children!

It was late at night, but the lights in the study room on the Tang Mansion of the Anyang Prefect had been on for a long time.

On the fourth day of the first month of March, Qiu Chen took a car back to Liujiaao early in the morning.

She thinks about her glass greenhouse and, more importantly, the potatoes grown in the greenhouse.

If you just make seeds, the potatoes don't need to swell much, and they can be harvested in about two months. If it is harvested at the end of April, two crops can be planted before the freeze at the end of September and the beginning of October...... With these two crops, next year's potato seeds will not be worried.

Because of the early departure, it was only the beginning of the application when I arrived home. This road has gone back and forth a lot, not only Qiu Chen is used to it, he doesn't feel that it is so long, but even the speed is faster than at the beginning.

got out of the car in front of the door, greeted the neighbors who came and went, and looked at the people who greeted him, the smile on Qiu Chen's face froze. The little meat dumpling that was always the first to rush out and throw herself into her arms was taken away...... At this moment, Qiu Chen suddenly hated that strange old man who was not close to people in his heart. If it weren't for that dead old man, why would her little daughter have been taken away from her side and gone to a safe distance!

However, soon Qiu Chen controlled his emotions, greeted the situation at home with a smile, and just stepped into the house, Yang Shumeng rushed out quickly from behind, and when he saw Qiu Chen, he said with a happy face: "Begonia is back?" Let's go, let's go, go and see, the things we planted in the glass house have grown...... At this moment, the things outside have just moved, and the vegetables in our glass house have grown taller...... In a day or two, the spinach and rape planted will be ready to eat. ”

As soon as he heard this, Qiu Chen also became happy, and he didn't care about the fatigue of the journey, so he asked the girl to pack her luggage, and she followed Yang Shumeng to the backyard all the time.

On March 3, the willows by the pond were covered with a layer of tender yellow-green, and the field was also a fluffy grass-colored. But in the glass greenhouse in the backyard of the Lin family, the crisp and tender spinach and cabbage are already more than half a foot high, and they are vigorous and watery, and the green and crisp and tender are coveted.

Qiu Chen looked all the way with a happy face, and his eyes directly skimmed over local vegetables such as spinach and cabbage, and landed directly on the potatoes, which accounted for nearly half of the area. The potatoes are clearly well adapted to the environment of this greenhouse, the plants are already a foot tall, the leaves are dark green, and the stalks are fat and thick.

"Oh, Begonia, what are you? The tree grows rapidly, you see, it should be able to eat it, right? If you don't eat it, you'll be old! ”

As he spoke, Yang Shu stretched out his hand and grabbed a section of the tender stem of the potato, and sent it to his mouth, but was snatched down by Qiu Chen, gave him a blank look, and didn't say much to him, squatted directly on the side of the potato plant, and carefully peeled off the soft soil layer on the surface by sticking to the root, and saw several pigeon-egg-sized potatoes on the taproot, and his face burst into surprise.

"Brother, second brother, look at it, this thing will grow up to be our harvest...... You can cook, or you can fill the food tube...... Moreover, do you know how much this thing can collect per acre? Qiu Chen proudly let Yang Shu look at the potatoes in the nursery class, and hurriedly and carefully covered the peeled soil back and compacted it a little harder.

Yang Shumeng was a little unimpressed, just these things like taro can be more treasured, but his sister is rare as a baby egg. "How much can you take?"

"Since my brother knows how to grow taro, he naturally knows how much taro can be harvested in an acre of land, right?" Qiu Chen opened his mouth with a smile, but did not answer directly, but asked a rhetorical question.

Yang Shumeng frowned and thought about it, then shook his head and said: "The taro thing, it will also save the famine, where can it be used as serious food, there is no such thing planted in the field, but it is just planted in the ditch of the field, where can I know how much can be obtained in an acre of land!" …… I heard that there are a lot of plants on the low slope of Langya, maybe the people there know how much they can harvest in one acre of land. ”

The yield per mu of grain crops in this era is really not high, as the most important northern crop, the production capacity per mu reaches four stones, that is, 460 catties to 480 catties, even if it is a high yield of the sky. Therefore, farmers will use their fields to cultivate food crops as much as possible in order to fill their stomachs. Things like taro, as Yang Shumeng said, are used to top them during famine, and no one really grows them on a large scale as food crops, let alone for cooking.

Qiu Chen shook his head with a smile, and said after a little consideration: "When the second prince of Yun sent potatoes over, he once said that someone in the south had planted in the field, and there was enough water and fertilizer, and one mu of land could harvest two thousand catties!" ”

In modern times, the yield of potatoes per mu can reach 3,000 to 4,000 catties. However, most of the modern crops have been improved by varieties, and the cultivation techniques have also been greatly improved, and the harvest is naturally high. According to the difference between the yield per mu of wheat in ancient times and modern times, Qiu Chen estimated the relatively reliable yield per mu of a potato.

After saying that, she still has more or less no bottom in her heart. The yield per mu is 2,000 catties, and the level of farming and management in this era should be able to reach it, right?

"Oh, two thousand pounds...... How much do you say? You say this, what kind of horse bell can you collect in an acre of land? After the poplar replied violently and casually, he was startled in hindsight.

The yield per mu is 2,000 catties, which is really an astronomical amount in this era of underdeveloped agriculture.

Qiu Chen was not too confident in his heart, but he maintained a calm smile on his face: "Second brother, this thing is not called a horse bell, it is called a potato ......."

"Hey, it doesn't matter if it's a horse bell or a potato, do you really hear Yun Er Gongzi say that this thing can harvest two thousand catties per acre of land?" Yang Shumeng was still staring at Qiu Chen, and then asked.

Two thousand catties, two thousand catties, enough for a family of five to have a year's ration. Even if this thing is as soft as taro, sticky and not delicious, you can always be hungry. If you eat it, you will be full, and you will not starve to death!

Qiu Chen smiled and nodded: "Yes." This thing is well served, and when there is abundant water and fertilizer, it can produce 2,000 catties. Moreover, this thing can be planted for two seasons a year, that is to say, if you take one acre of land to plant potatoes, you can harvest at least more than 3,000 catties a year! ”

"Huh? Yes? 3,000 pounds...... Three thousand pounds! Yang Shumeng couldn't believe what his ears had heard, and responded in surprise, and then shouted violently.

One acre of land can produce 3,000 catties a year...... What a concept! A family of five only grows this horse bell, which is not only enough to eat, but also has leftovers to sell...... Where is this horse bell, this is a silver bell, a gold bell!

"Ouch, just those little beans you showed me? Hey, I didn't see it clearly just now, no, let me see it again......" Poplar was so excited that he was a little crazy, he knelt on the ground, and reached out to pick the root of the potato!

Qiu Chen was startled, she just pulled it once, she just wanted to make sure that the soil here could adapt to the growth of potatoes, it would have affected the growth of potatoes, if Yang Shumeng was so unscrupulous to pull again, this potato might be pulled to death...... She has a limited number of potatoes, and now it is not wrong to call each potato a treasure, Qiu Chen also pointed to their separate breeding, where can the poplar tree be harmed again.

stepped forward and grabbed Yang Shumeng's hand, Qiu Chen scolded in disgust: "Second brother, look at you, why are you so insignificant." I just watched it to know if we can plant here. After bearing small beans, it has been determined that the soil quality here is also suitable for planting it, where can it withstand your pulling...... I can tell you, I also pointed to another one, use these small beans as seeds to plant in the field, you will kill one tree now, and you will plant more than a dozen or twenty trees in the future, and after autumn, it will be a few hundred catties of harvest! ”

was grabbed by Qiu Chen's wrist, and he calculated an account that was both true and false, Yang Shumeng suddenly paused his pulling action, was stunned, and gradually became clearer, hehehan scratched his head with a smile and said: "Hehe, I'm not too happy, I'm a little confused." The second brother doesn't watch it, can't he watch it? The second brother will look at it when he waits for the harvest! Hehe, when the time comes, we will plant this kind of horse bell on our Zhuangzi...... One acre of land can harvest 2,000, ten acres of land can collect 20,000, and 100 acres of land can be harvested...... A hundred acres of land can be harvested ......"

Yang Shumeng followed the children to read and do arithmetic, and now ordinary book pages can't stump him, but the large amount of 100,000 million, he has not learned, he really can't calculate, he muttered twice, and after the most embarrassing hehe.

Qiu Chen glanced at him and said with a smile: "A hundred acres of land can collect 200,000 catties!" ”

Yang Shumeng was stunned again, his eyes were bright, and his whole face burst into ecstasy.

Qiu Chen was so annoyed by his appearance that he couldn't cry or laugh, and he was afraid that he would make the second brother happy and stupid all of a sudden, so he hurriedly patted his arm and said with a smile: "No matter how much you harvest a hundred acres of land, we don't have so many seeds to plant a hundred acres of land this year...... Moreover, this thing is planted to make vegetables, or subsidized food, how can the land be planted into this ......"

She wants to promote the cultivation area is not only potatoes, but also a crop that has a greater advantage than potatoes, and can really be used as a staple food for food.

Yes, she has a sack of corn in her seed treasure. She's going to plant it this year, and she'll be able to expand it next year...... Alas, the planting of corn requires a relatively high temperature season, and there are no potatoes spicy, otherwise if she can plant two seasons of corn, she doesn't have to worry about how to find a way to survive for those farmers.

"Hey, hey, hey...... What you are saying is that although the harvest is high, you can't plant all the land, but you have to plant wheat and beans and grains...... That's the real food! Yang Shumeng casually agreed, but his attention was not on Qiu Chen at all, he only walked around the potatoes, looking at these plants with a doting face, that look, how Qiu Chen looked like he looked at Junzhang Junli.

"Second brother, let's plant this thing for the first time, there is really no accurate number of how much we can harvest, what I told you today, don't be in a hurry to tell others first...... When we really accept it, it's not too late. In case we get rid of it, we won't be able to collect so much, won't it be a joke for nothing! Qiu Chen thought about it for a moment, and couldn't help but admonish.

This is reasonable, not to mention that Yang Shumeng is very convinced of this sister now, and he almost obeys his words, where will he not agree.

Then, Qiu Chen simply went to get the basket, pulled out the spinach and cabbage in the greenhouse, and sent them to the kitchen to cook. She gave the remaining half of the potatoes to Yang Shumeng and asked him to plant them on the vacated land.

This batch of planting is later, and the harvest will naturally be later, but it doesn't matter, if you are in a hurry, you can also plant two more stubbles, and the last stubble may have less harvest, but it will not affect next year's planting...... Thinking about it like this, she has almost seen the beautiful scene of next year's harvest, with potatoes piled up like hills, and yellow and golden corn......

With these, not to mention the nearly 4,000 acres of fertile land she newly bought, that is, the small village of 100 acres in Qingshui Town, is used for planting, and the annual harvest is enough for nearly 2,000 people in several workshops to eat.

After planting potatoes, Qiu Chen looked at some corners and corners in the glass greenhouse that were not used, so she took a small handful of corn seeds, estimated and soaked the seeds, and roughly told Yang Shumeng, who planted a nest of two corns in a very stylish manner.

It's the beginning of March, and in another month, a month and a half, the first potatoes will be ready to be harvested. At that time, the outdoor temperature will also rise, and the next crop of potatoes can be planted directly in the field. The rest of the greenhouse, once the shelves are removed, it becomes a small vegetable garden in the open air...... With these thirty or forty corns, she doesn't have to worry about pollination, and when the time comes, she doesn't expect the corn here to be any seeds, but at least she can eat the familiar aroma of boiled corn again after two years, across two time and space.

Qiu Chen is also a fantasy, and she doesn't know the specific planting operation. The corn seeds were handed over to Yang Shumeng to sow and manage, and she happily went to the kitchen to discuss cooking with the Chen family and the Daxing family.

Blanch the bok choy in hot water, then put it in a bright broth to blend the color and flavor...... It is a very delicious 'broth cabbage', which is the most light and fresh.

Spinach is better to make, blanch it cold, and add shrimp skin to make soup...... Fresh and bright, the soup is light and delicious, and it is Qiu Chen's favorite farmhouse dish. There are also spinach bala seeds, and stir-fried bok choy...... I eat all kinds of winter vegetables and pickles all winter...... This time, I was able to eat bright and bright green vegetables, and it is no wonder that the children and adults almost lost their noses when they ate it.

If half a month has passed, the temperature of the Lin family's greenhouse is already very high...... The soil at the roots of the potatoes has risen slightly due to the rapid expansion of the potatoes, and in some places there are even cracks in the soil......

Qiu Chen happily pays attention to the growth of potatoes every day...... When she saw the uplifts and cracks in the soil at her roots, she knew that her harvest was getting closer and closer.

At the same time, the small corn seedlings also grew gratifyingly, reaching a little below Qiu Chen's knees. At the beginning, in order to ensure the survival rate, when poplars were planted violently, two or three corn seeds were planted in a pit...... Later, after the seedlings emerged, the seedlings were removed according to the steps that Qiu Chen could remember...... Qiu Chen was a little skeptical of being given to her.