Chen Building, conference room.

"What do you think?"

Guo Dan's wrist was slightly outward, looking at the big landlords who were sitting there munching on the pumpkin, "How does it taste?" ”

"This melon is really unpalatable!"

"It's just a little sweet, but the main flavor is still very astringent."

"I've heard about this melon, and it's rumored that it's for pigs."

.....

The big landowners shook their heads one after another, and criticized the pumpkin as useless.

Compared to wheat, this is really hard to swallow, and even coarse grains can't be talked about.

After all, today's sweet melons have not been improved after all, and the taste is certainly not as good as the sweet potatoes in the future, of course, it is not as bad as they say, after all, this big landlord has not even eaten coarse grains.

At present, most of the pumpkins that have been planted are used to raise pigs, and some specialized people have been trying them for a long time, and Guo Dan requires them to ensure that they will not cause poisoning.

Including Xu Guangqi, many people have been eating pumpkin for more than half a year.

"You're absolutely right."

Guo Dan nodded and said, "This melon is indeed very unpalatable, so I didn't prepare it for myself." ”

“......！”

Liang Kui and other big landlords all looked at Guo Dan blankly.

What are you doing?

Play us?

I was so angry that I almost slapped the table!

Guo Dan said: "It looks ugly, it is unpalatable, it is said that it will fart if you eat too much, but there is one point, this melon can fill your stomach." ”

The big landlords couldn't help but look at each other.

Liang Kui said: "You mean, let's plant this melon instead?" ”

"Not bad."

Guo Dan nodded and said: "It is the planting season of sweet melon, and the harvest season of sweet melon will be in August and September. ”

"But this melon is eaten by pigs, not by humans." Xue Fang said.

Guo smiled lightly: "Those stories of people eating tree bark, could it be that Luo Guanzhong made it up?" ”

Liang Kui said: "But we don't know if the people will be willing to buy this melon back to eat, and there is this cost problem, we have lost a lot of money now, if this melon can't be sold at a good price, it will be even worse for us!" ”

The rest of the big landowners also nodded.

They are not Bodhisattvas, they want to make money, most of your melons were eaten by pigs before, and the people may not be willing to eat this thing, even if they are willing to eat, will the people accept the price, if they plant as much as they will lose, then everyone would rather let those fields idle until August and September.

Guo Dan said: "I said, I will bear the loss with you, as far as I know, the cost of planting this melon is much lower than that of wheat millet, and then I will use the profits from those fields to buy the melon you planted." For example, if you get one tael of silver per acre of land in previous years, then I will give you one tael of silver. ”

This is originally a loss, how can the pumpkin be compared with wheat, if it is calculated according to two catties, then he will really lose to his grandfather's house, the yield of the pumpkin is several times that of wheat.

"Is that true?"

Liang Kui said excitedly.

Guo nodded with a smile and said, "But I have two requirements, first, I don't want to see any farmer fired; Second, I am already forming the Agricultural Management Council to help us through this crisis, when the Agricultural Management Council will take over the entire agricultural production of Weihui Mansion, and you must also obey the Agricultural Management Council. ”

Xue Fang asked: "It's easy to say if you don't dismiss the hired farmers, but you also need manpower to grow pumpkins!" But the second requirement, Lao Yu wants to ask, why do you want to set up a management committee? ”

Guo Dan said: "Do you know how to grow pumpkins?" So far, only my people can plant, and secondly, we must also make sure that we do not delay the next season's planting, and the melon is only used to help us through the crisis, not the standing food, which must be arranged uniformly, otherwise, there may be problems at that time. ”

Liang Kui asked: "Dare to ask Your Excellency, are we going to listen to this management meeting this year, or will it be the same in the future?" ”

Guo Dan groaned for a while, and said: "Don't hide it from you, this agricultural management committee was also forced out, not something I thought about in advance, whether it should exist for a long time, I'm not sure now."

However, I think that this natural disaster is unpredictable, and at a critical time, it needs to be arranged in a unified manner, and everyone should work together to tide over the difficulties, and from this point of view, agricultural management will have long-term value. Of course, even if it exists for a long time, it will not interfere with your farming in normal times, and the agricultural management committee will only play a role in special circumstances.

Oh, and the Agricultural Management Association can also provide you with some technical support. ”

"That's good."

"I think it's okay."

......

The big landowners whispered to each other.

Eventually, they agreed.

At least for now, if they agree to Guo Dan's request, they can avoid losses, and they can even say that there is no loss, because even if there is no flood, the grain produced in their land will be sold at this price, and it is not bad now.

Guo Dan actually didn't think that they would refuse, so they had already formed an agricultural management committee.

In fact, animal husbandry has also been affected to a certain extent, but there is no animal husbandry management committee, the reason is that animal husbandry is under the control of Guo Dan, everything is in his hands, and the Central Plains can also afford to play animal husbandry, and only the government.

After talking to them, Guo Dan immediately went to the temporary headquarters of the Agricultural Management Council, which was in a house in the suburbs.

"East... Proprietor, you're here. ”

When Gong Fang saw Guo Dan, his voice was trembling.

He was originally just an assistant, Xu Guangqi was the boss, he never thought that he would have a day to carry the beams, and directly manage the agriculture of the entire Weihui Mansion, because Xu Guangqi must be in charge of Kaifeng Mansion, which is even more troublesome, and Guo Dan can only let Gong Fang be responsible here.

But he really didn't want to be in the limelight.

Just thinking about it, he couldn't sleep.

But the leader said you can do it, and if you can't do it, it's okay.

"Take it easy."

Guo Dan patted his arm lightly, then sat down, and said, "When the time comes, I will send Xiaodong and Chenchen to assist you, you just give the command, you don't need to be afraid of anything." If you have any difficulties, you can also tell me directly, and I will do my best to help you, say, what are the problems at present? ”

"Yes."

Gong Fang said: "There are two main problems for the time being, first, I talked to many people last night, and at this time, it is really very urgent, we don't know if we can remove the silt and sewage from those fields before the end of the sowing season of the pumpkin, and in the harvest season, whether we can harvest all the pumpkins before the wheat sowing season."

Second, we are not sure whether the melon can be cultivated on those lands. ”

This year was originally the last trial planting, but in the end, it was still a trial planting, which proved that they were not 100% sure.

If you don't come out, all these efforts will be in vain!

In fact, Guo Dan didn't know that he had also weighed the risks, but he thought it was worth a try, and once it succeeded, many problems would be solved.

Even if they buy food from outside, what about the hired farmers in Weihui Mansion?

Now that they can't farm, they have no work to do, and why do the landlords pay them to support them?

The key is Kaifeng Mansion, the farmers over there are even more miserable, the land is all their own, tax exemption is useless, you have to give them food.

Let them grow pumpkins, and then buy them at their own expense, so that they have work to do, and produce something in exchange for money, and the economy will function well, and pure relief can only be very short-lived.

Of course, Guo Dan must have lost a lot of money when he bought sweet potatoes at the price of wheat.

But if it succeeds, the losses will be much less than he expected.

There is still a lot of hope for success, and they have been studying pumpkins for the past two or three years.

It's worth a try.

He also made an appointment with Zhou Feng and Cao Da, who ran restaurants and bought grain from outside all year round.

First of all, they asked their chef to study how to cook a pumpkin, preferably with wheat and rice. Second, give them a certain subsidy for grain freight, in other words, allow the price of grain from outside to rise within a controllable range, and it is impossible not to rise.

But the price of food in Weihui Mansion cannot be increased, in other words, if it is higher, you will have to pay for it yourself.

In fact, it is to let them be stronger, and don't let people pinch the lifeblood.

Under Guo Dan's series of arrangements, the entire Weihui Mansion was immediately mobilized, and all of them revolved around the Agricultural Management Council.

Guo Dan actually still has some selfish experience in this, he hopes to take advantage of this crisis to strengthen the control of agriculture, food is fundamental, Guo Dan will not give up the control of agriculture, only strengthened.

Not only that, Guo Dan also asked Li Rusong to send soldiers to help.

Li Rusong is reluctant, we are dignified soldiers, and we actually ran to clean up the sludge, are you funny?

Guo Dan told Li Rusong very directly, if you don't go, when the food is insufficient, I will deduct your military rations first.

Li Rusong hurriedly sent soldiers to help.

In fact, Weihui Mansion has this tradition, and the rivers were built by soldiers at the beginning.

......

Capital.

Royal Stud Farm.

"How can it be justified, how can it be justified."

Wanli stood up and threw a piece of music at the feet of the ministers, "The floods in Guide Mansion and Ruzhou and Weihui Mansion and Kaifeng Mansion occurred almost at the same time, but why did the news come so many days late?" ”

What an awkward atmosphere!

The ministers were also confused, they really didn't know that there were also floods in Guide and Ruzhou, and the situation seemed to be even more serious.

If they knew, they wouldn't have been so arrogant in the first place.

But in fact, it is not that the news came late, but that the news over there was earlier than before.

And the initiator of all this is Huang Daxiao, who is now in Kaifeng Mansion, Huang Daxiao is responsible for supervising in Kaifeng Mansion all the year round, he has been in Kaifeng Mansion for most of the year, as soon as he heard that Kaifeng Mansion and Weihui Mansion had a disaster at the same time, he immediately reported to the imperial court.

In fact, this is not the efficiency of the Ming Dynasty government, and the situation in Guide and Ruzhou is normal.

Because the local officials still have to think about a lot of questions, whether to hide the disaster, if they can't hide it, how to shirk their responsibilities, and at the same time ask the imperial court for funding, they even have to take into account the relationship between the backers of the capital.

They have to weigh many issues, and Huang Daxiao only weighs one issue, that is, Guo Dan.

"What? Are they all dumb? ”

Wanli was furious and said: "What did you say at the beginning that Guo Danlai was misgoverned, embezzled public funds, and cut corners, so now I should also remove all the officials from Defu and Ruzhou?" ”

Yang Ming said with a deep face: "Didn't Your Majesty not cure Guo Dan's sin at the beginning?" ”

Wanli snorted: "If Guo Dan is not effective in disaster relief when he arrives, will you let him go?" ”

“......！”

Wanli sneered: "I still remember what you said at the beginning, I want to see how much ability you have this time." Tobe Squiro. ”

Song Jingsheng shuddered for a moment, and then stood up and said, "The minister is here." ”

Wanli said: "You said it really loudly at the time, and the rest of the Qing family are also very supportive of you, I will now order you as a special envoy for disaster relief, go to Guide Mansion and Ruzhou, and help the local government to help the local government for disaster relief, all of this can be entrusted to Aiqing, because the imperial court will not give you any support." ”

Song Jingsheng was immediately dumbfounded.

If you don't give me food, what am I going to do? Traveling?

Wang Xijue hurriedly stood up and said, "Your Majesty, this person's life is at stake, how can he be rash? ”

Wanli asked rhetorically: "Could it be that in Aiqing's eyes, the people of Weihui Mansion and Kaifeng Mansion are not my people, and their lives are not human lives?" ”

Yang Mingshen immediately said: "Your Majesty, at that time, the ministers suggested sending officials to Weihui Mansion to deal with disaster relief affairs, but Guo Dan himself did not agree, if he didn't care about the people in Kaifeng and Weihui, it was also him Guo Dan, it was Guo Dan who did not let the imperial court intervene in disaster relief for his own interests, and it had nothing to do with the ministers." ”

Wanli thought about it, it seems that this is really the case, these old foxes are really leaking when they speak, a little embarrassed, this is not to be rescued, it is indeed unreasonable, and said: "Okay, you discuss it yourself, see what to do." ”

With that, turn around and leave.

"Your Majesty......!"

Wang Xijue hoped to be able to go in person, because he felt that Song Jingsheng was still a little lacking in ability and experience in this area, and he was studying how to provide disaster relief all year round, but Shen Shixing quietly pulled down his sleeve.

"Shen Shoufu, why are you pulling me?"

Wang Xijue said anxiously.

Shen Shixing whispered: "Are you sure you can do better than Guo Dan?" ”

Wang Xijue frowned slightly.

Shen Shixing said again: "If you don't do as well as Guo Dan by then, then you have to carry it all alone." ”

Wang Xijue glanced at Song Jingsheng and the others, and sighed helplessly.

Although Wanli did not succeed in his madness, his words have made this disaster relief a competition, because these ministers said that Guo Dan was not good, and they did not expect that the retribution would come so quickly, and there happened to be floods in two state capitals, so you would do better than Guo Dan.

If Wang Xijue goes, once Wang Xijue is not as good as Guo Dan, then the other party will definitely attack the cabinet, you are not even as good as a businessman, what kind of cabinet minister.

And they all have the possibility of stumbling on Wang Xijue, otherwise Wang Xijue succeeds, then Wang Xijue goes, which will make disaster relief more difficult, and in turn, the cabinet is sitting in the capital, and can give them some support in a timely manner.

It is conducive to disaster relief.

Again, just such a little thing, they have to quarrel for a long time, this kind of efficiency is really touching, and Guo Dan's side has already dealt with the affairs of Weihui Mansion and is on the way to Kaifeng Mansion.

Can this official like Guo Dan?

If it weren't for you, we wouldn't be so ugly!