What a joke indeed!

Agriculture under the emphasis on agriculture and suppression of commerce is not as good as the development of agriculture under the emphasis on business.

Isn't this a joke?

However, this is only what Guo Dan and Aunt Xu can see with the naked eye.

There are still many that have not been seen.

Chenchen also told them that the old farmers who are now experienced are paid more than those skilled craftsmen.

At the end of the day, it's the need that makes the difference.

Now that you produce one more piece of clothing in Weihui Mansion, you may not be able to sell it, but if you produce one more fruit tree, the fruit will definitely be sold.

As a result, the wages of this old peasant are soaring.

Unless Weihui Mansion no longer needs to import grain, then they may not be so desperate, but before that, the landlords of Weihui Mansion must be desperate.

In fact, in this incident, the most stimulated were not the businessmen, but the landlords of Weihui Mansion.

Why do the landlords in Jiangnan earn the money at the door of this house, they are still so arrogant, if we can grow more food, then this money is all earned by us!

Not only that, but the merchants were also very likely to help the landlords.

Let's just say that those big windmills, the Qin family's silk workshop and the Chen family's construction workshop, are all working very hard to help them design and produce, and the price is also very fair, because they also hope that the landlord can produce more grain.

With more homegrown food, merchants feel more secure.

However, that's not all.

Guo Dan came here early this morning for the purpose of inspecting the sweet potato test field, because he heard that it was the time of the trial sweet potato harvest, so he rushed over to have a look.

"Mario!"

An excited cheer was heard.

I saw Matteo Ricci on the edge of the test field excitedly beckoning to Guo Dan.

"Priest!"

Guo Dan also beckoned.

As soon as he walked over, Matteo Ricci immediately gave Guo Dan a big hug, which was the only person he dared to hug in Daming.

"How is Father Doing?"

Guo Dan finally broke free, and asked in the language of Franco.

"Good, good!"

Matteo Ricci excited: "Weihui Mansion is really a magical place, the people here are very smart and hardworking, I really like it here. ”

"That's good!" Guo Dan nodded, and said, "I heard that the priest has also helped them a lot, and I am here to say thank you to the priest on behalf of them." ”

"No, no, no, no!"

Matteo Ricci shook his head again and again, and said in broken Chinese: "The effort of raising your hands is not enough to worry about your teeth, not enough to worry about your teeth." ”

Guo Dan laughed and said, "The priest's Chinese has improved a lot!" ”

Aunt Xu on the side listened to Matteo Ricci's lame Chinese, and she couldn't help laughing.

Matteo Ricci suddenly turned his head to look at Xu Guangqi on the side, "Guangqi, it was Guangqi who taught me." ”

Xu Guangqi stepped forward and bowed: "Xu Guangqi has seen Captain Guo. ”

Guo nodded with a smile and asked, "I heard that you didn't go to the exam?" ”

Xu Guangqi was stunned for a moment, and then nodded.

Guo Dan asked, "Why?" ”

Xu Guangqi said: "Because I really can't spare time." ”

“......！”

Guo Dan was stunned for a while and asked, "What do you mean?" ”

Xu Guangqi said: "I have been helping to manage river water conservancy for nearly a year, managing miscellaneous libraries, trying to grow sweet potatoes, and recently I am still learning from the priest, so... So I can't spare time. ”

Speaking of the back, his neck is red.

In fact, he was hesitant to take it a year ago, but in the past year, he didn't have to hesitate at all, because he didn't remember the incident at all, he had too many things to do here, and he felt as if it was a waste of time to take the exam.

Aunt Xu looked at Xu Guangqi in surprise.

This imperial examination is the first major event in life!

You told us we couldn't spare time?

If this word is to be spread, you will not be able to pass the imperial examination in your life.

Guo Dan asked again: "What about your parents?" ”

Xu Guangqi hurriedly said: "My parents are very supportive of my decision, in fact... Actually, they like it too. ”

In the past, Xu's mother still very much hoped that Xu Guangqi could be admitted to the Jinshi and glorify his ancestors, but since coming to Weihui Mansion, Xu's mother's thoughts have also changed, and she feels that it doesn't matter if she takes the exam or not, because Weihui Mansion is really not as good as Jiangnan, there is no atmosphere of the imperial examination here, and no one wants to take the imperial examination.

Moreover, for example, Xue Wenqing, the president of the litigation court, was born as a jinshi, but he was willing to be the president of Weihui Mansion and was unwilling to be an official in the court.

Now Xu Guangqi is quite famous in Weihui Mansion and Kaifeng Mansion, and his development is also very good.

Mother Xu began to worry that if Xu Guangqi went to the scientific examination, if he didn't pass the examination over there, and the matter was lost again, wouldn't the gains outweigh the losses, so Mother Xu let Xu Guangqi decide for herself.

"It's all good, this hero doesn't ask where it comes from."

Guo Dan smiled and nodded, and looked at the experimental field again, only to see that there were many old farmers working in it, and they had turned out a lot of sweet potatoes from the land, which made Guo Dan feel very surprised, and said: "It seems that your trial planting is very successful." ”

Xu Guangqi immediately said: "This is all the credit of the priest. ”

"No, no, no!"

Matteo Ricci shook his head again and again and said, "I haven't done much, it's all Guangqi's wisdom and hard work." ”

He did give some help, after all, he knew about this sweet potato before, but because the land is different and the climate is different, the planting situation is naturally different, which is mainly the result of Xu Guangqi's hard work and exploration in the past two years.

"You don't have to be humble, I believe that no success should belong to one person, it needs the right time, the right people."

Guo smiled lightly and asked again, "How is the output?" ”

Xu Guangqi said: "This is the first time we have tried to plant all of them, and the yield per mu is about five stones!" ”

"Five stones?"

Aunt Xu was slightly startled.

Xu Guangqi said: "This is only the first large-scale trial planting, and the priest and I estimate that it should be able to reach eight to ten stones next year. ”

Aunt Xu was immediately stunned.

Nowadays, the people of Henan Province are wheat harvest and millet, millet harvest and wheat, and the total yield per mu is about two stones, that is to say, the trial planting alone has doubled, and if it reaches ten stones, it is really amazing.

"Can this sweet potato replace wheat millet?" Aunt Xu asked excitedly.

Xu Guangqi bowed his hand and said, "If you return to the monks, I'm afraid you can't, but you can fill your stomach and prepare for emergencies." In particular, this sweet potato is drought-tolerant and can be grown in barren land, and now there is drought every year in Henan Province, and it is thought that sweet potatoes can help people resist drought. ”

Aunt Xu looked forward to it: "If you can do this, it will be very remarkable. ”

Guo Dan asked, "Then what are you going to do next?" ”

Xu Guangqi hesitated for a moment before he said: "We hope to try to plant on more land and try to plant in different seasons." ”

Guo Dan nodded slightly and said, "There is actually not much I can help with, I can only tell you that there is no upper limit on the expenditure on sweet potato trial planting." ”

Xu Guangqi was stunned for a moment, and then gave up his hand: "Captain Guo trusts me, and I will go all out in the future." ”

He hesitated because it required money.

Large-scale trial planting, in different lands, in different seasons, this can cost a lot of money.

Guo Dan's words directly made him have no worries.

Guo Dan really can't help much, but without Guo Dan, it's absolutely impossible.

After talking with Xu Guangqi and Matteo Ricci for a while, Guo Dan and Aunt Xu came to the field to observe, this sweet potato is still a little different from the sweet potato that Guo Dan has seen, so Guo Dan doesn't dare to try it easily, he thinks about it or wait and see.

Guo Dan looked at Aunt Xu holding a sweet potato, her eyes were like stars, flashing with excitement and excitement, and he knew what she was thinking, so he asked, "Layman, generally speaking, how does the imperial court promote new crops?" ”

Aunt Xu was stunned, muttered a little, and replied: "Generally speaking, the imperial court can't promote any new crops. ”

"Why?"

Guo Dan said curiously.

Aunt Xu said with a smile: "Because if you want to promote new crops throughout the country, your majesty must first consult with the ministers, and if the ministers are all in favor, then hand it over to the local government, and the local government will have to convey the decree to the local government at the next level, and the officials at the lowest level must persuade the people, explain the new crops to the people, and then teach them how to plant ......." ”

"I see."

Without waiting for Aunt Xu to finish speaking, Guo Dan said: "Who would be idle and bored and find so many things to do for themselves." ”

In today's Ming court, you can't expect it to do something for you, you can only expect it to try not to do anything.

Aunt Xu nodded with a smile and said, "But I thought you didn't need to waste this effort, as long as you succeeded, they would naturally follow suit, and even come here to seek advice, just like your new workshop, and now Jiangnan businessmen are rushing to learn." ”

Guo smiled lightly: "It seems that I still have to keep it a secret, so that they will be regarded as treasures." ”

"It's a good idea." Aunt Xu said.

......

After inspecting the agriculture, Guo Dan rushed to the barracks again, this time Aunt Xu was not accompanied, after all, the barracks are a group of reckless men, but it is not a righteous gentleman like Xu Guangqi, with Aunt Xu's appearance, it is not allowed to lead people to commit crimes.

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

When I came to the outside of the barracks, I faintly heard a burst of gunshots, and the sound and density were really difficult to make Guo Dan, who had played AK, feel a little excited.

"Guo Dan is here."

As soon as I arrived at the door, I saw Li Rusong striding out.

Guo Dan and Yang Feixu were both shocked.

"Hey, hey, hey! Generals, generals, Mars! Mars! ”

Guo Dan pointed at Li Rusong dragging the spark, his hands were shaking in fright, and the key muzzle was aimed at him.

Li Rusong looked down, only to find that the fire rope on the gun was still blazing, so he quickly stepped on it with his foot, and said to Guo Dan with a grin: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I heard you coming, I was so excited, I didn't pay too much attention to this." ”

Not paying much attention? You're an amateur, what's the difference between this and using the accelerator as a brake? Oh my God!

Guo Dan silently stepped back and said, "Inside, general, I really just stopped by to take a look, and when I saw that everything was okay with you, I was relieved and said goodbye." Flying after the palace. Flying flotsam. Wow! How do you stand that far? ”

Yang Feixu said: "You should be very safe here. ”