On the second day, Tan Lun set off for Zhenhai and his entourage, and by the way, sent Sun Ling to the post of Zhenhai Governor, while Qian Yuan accompanied Huang Maoguan and others to the south of Puyang River and detoured Taizhou through Jinhua Mansion.

In Yiwu County, Qian Yuan met with Zhao Dahe, the white-haired official who once supervised the Qi family's army, of course, only in name, and his most important job was to assist Qi Jiguang in recruiting troops again and again.

From the 33rd year of Jiajing, Qi Jiguang went to Yiwu County, Jinhua Prefecture to recruit troops into an army because of Qian Yuan's "guidance", and in four or five years, he successively recruited more than 10,000 soldiers.

Eighty percent of Qi Jiguang's soldiers are from Yiwu, and Qi Jimei, Lu Bin, Hou Jigao, Yang Wen and other generals are also about fifty percent of the Yiwu soldiers under their command.

Yiwu has made a lot of contributions.

Zhao Dahe in history was famous for Qi's army, and was impeached and dismissed because of the disagreement between the Zhejiang soldiers and Zhao Bingran, the governor of Zhejiang at the time, and in this life, Zhao Dahe did not have this worry, but had the possibility of promotion.

This time, Qian Yuan gave Zhao Dahe two choices, one was to be promoted to the post of Zhejiang Inspector of Zhengwupin, and the other was to transfer Ninghai Zhi County.

Zhao Dahe's choice made Qian Yuan very satisfied.

It was the same year, and the previous few years had been a pleasant cooperation, and the governor of Zhejiang was the other party's brother-in-law, and the roots in Beijing were deep, and Zhao Dahe knew too well Qian Yuan's strength in the southeast, how could he not stick it.

Out of Yiwu County, the group went south through the waterway, turned into Yong'an Creek, and entered Taizhou.

The huge official ship sailed on the river, escorted by three warships in front and behind, Qian Yuan stood on the deck and overlooked, and the outline of the mountain was hidden in the clouds.

"I didn't expect that Brother Daoyuan was also the same year." Lu Yipeng smiled: "I'm really not impressed. ”

Chen Younian nodded and said, "Although he is old and has white hair, he has real talent." ”

"This person will be the two hundred and ninety-fourth in the pilot."

"Huh?" Chen Younian was surprised: "Zhancai went to check the Jinshi record? ”

"Nope." Qian Yuan said with a smile: "I was waiting outside the palace gate during the palace test, and he was in front of me...... I almost fell. ”

Later generations said that the twenty-sixth year of Jiajing was a very good subject, but for now, the thirty-fifth year of Jiajing is a cow!

Not to mention the world-famous Qian Yuan, not to mention Xu Wei, who is favored by green words, Zhu Dashou first entered Hanlin and served as a Japanese lecturer, Tao Dalin was selected to re-record the "Yongle Canon", Xian Yan and Lu Yipeng are famous in the six departments and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Yang Quan is well-known in Yihuang County, Sun Piyang has made meritorious contributions to the southeast of the country, and helped Qian Yuan to set up a city in Zhenhai to trade......

Even outside Suiyuan, Lin Run has impeached Shen Kun and Yan Maoqing and became famous, and Hu Yingjia is famous for impeaching Huang Yangmeng, a household servant, and Hou Yiyuan, a political envoy from Jiangxi, and is obscure like Zhao Dahe, who also has merit in the state.

Whether Zhao Dahe can bear the burden or not, Qian Yuan doesn't know, but there are not many targets he can choose.

How to use people is always a question that has no accurate answer.

Talent or virtue?

But many more will only be screened by faction...... Qian Yuan can only do this, at least, Zhao Dahe is his own person, and Song Yiwang, the current prefect of Taizhou, was also selected.

Qian Yuan pondered in his heart, and when he returned to Zhenhai, he had to explain clearly, and Sun Ling had to sort out the clue and transfer a lot of people to Ninghai...... However, the volume of cargo transshipment in Ninghai will not be as huge as that of Zhenhai, after all, there is a section of the road that is different waterways, and there must be a sailor to patrol and protect it.

"Zhancai, is this here?" Lu Yipeng pointed to the shore and asked loudly.

Qian Yuan turned his head to look, the shore was full of people, the old man who was drooping, the limping disabled, the refreshed youth, and the old villager who was very familiar with him were giving up their hands at the dock.

"Zhancai, this is the place where sweet potatoes are planted?"

"Lin Yuangong." Qian Yuan saluted, "Taizhou is the most troubled Fuzhou in the southeast, from the 26th year of Jiajing to the 36th year of Jiajing, the Japanese invaded every year, and fifty percent of the population of Pengxi Town died under the sword of the Japanese invaders.

Since then, Peng Xizhen has hated the Japanese to the core, and most of the men have joined the army to kill the Japanese and take the lead, and Peng Feng, the leader of the guards around Qian, is an example. ”

The official ship slowly docked, led by Huang Maoguan, and everyone got off the boat one by one, and came to greet the crowd and fell to the ground.

"Old lady." Qian Yuan walked a few steps and helped the old patriarch of the Peng clan, "In such a winter, the old lady is sitting at home, Peng Feng, don't come to help him." ”

Peng Feng hurriedly trotted over, "Fourth grandfather...... This time, I came back with the young master to have something to do, but I can't beat me with a cane again. ”

The patriarch of the Peng clan glared at his grandson, and said tremblingly: "I heard that the leader of the king and the leader of the Liang both entered Fujian to kill the Japanese, do you dare not fight?" ”

"The old lady misunderstood." Qian Yuan couldn't cry or laugh, "In the past two years, Peng Feng has fought bravely, and he has dozens of swords, and it is more than enough to put one in the army, but he is steady and strategic, and Qian deliberately stays by his side." ”

After some explanation, everyone entered Pengxi Town.

Qian Yuan explained to Huang Maoguan with a smile: "In the thirty-fifth year of Jiajing, more than ten people from Pengxi Town have joined the Qian family's escort team...... The Wei people are not afraid of war, and the Zhao people are good at fighting, but they are not as warlike as the Qin people. ”

"The heroes are touching." Huang Maoguan nodded, "Everyone in the world says that the northerners are good at fighting, and the southerners are good at writing, and now that the Zhejiang soldiers are famous all over the world, who dares to say that the southerners are not good at fighting?" ”

"No wonder you see a lot of disabled people at the docks." Chen Younian asked: "But they are all warriors who kill the Japanese." ”

After resting in the town for a while, the group immediately set off for the outside of the town, a large field, a small part of which had been harvested, an empty piece, in fact, it was not rice, it was all tomatoes, potatoes, corn, peppers, etc., and the rest were sweet potatoes.

"Specially stayed." The villager said on the side: "Other places have been harvested, about more than ten acres of land. ”

Huang Maoguan bent down to take a closer look, and the ground was full of vines, and the leaves had withered yellow, "like a radish?" ”

"Yes, hidden in the soil, some are as thick and long as turnips, some are slender, and some are round." The villager replied respectfully, seeing that Qian Yuan made a look, squatted down and pulled a vine hard.

Uh, didn't pull it out.

Someone next to him handed a small shovel, and Huang Maoguan took it and shoveled the soil himself, and dug out a sweet potato at the prompting of the village elder.

It was red, a bit like a turnip, thick and long, covered with dirt.

Huang Maoguan tore open the vines, picked up the sweet potato with his own hands and turned it upside down, "About seven or eight taels." ”

Looking back at Qian Yuan, who was silent, Huang Maoguan asked with a smile: "Zhancai, is it really twenty stones per mu?" ”

"You should ask the villagers and farmers, right?" Chen Younian said righteously: "The sweet potato thing was originally built by Zhan Cai, and it should be avoided. ”

Qian Yuan sneered and said: "The sweet potato was brought by the maritime merchant Mao Haifeng, presented by Wang Wufeng, and Tang Shun, the prefect of Ningbo, wrote to the court, what does it have to do with Qian?" ”

Lu Yipeng looked at Qian Yuan speechlessly, pretending to be ...... Interesting?

Hu Yingjia's eyes lit up on the side, and he wanted to say something...... But after thinking about it, he still shut up, he had learned enough about Qian Yuan's mouth in the past few days, it was really sharp as a knife, much more difficult to deal with than Xu Wei.

Huang Maoguan didn't bother to pay attention to the verbal arguments of these juniors, and asked the villagers and farmers on the side about the yield per mu.

"It can be harvested in mid-September, but ......" The farmer swallowed, squinting at Qian Yuan, looking weak.

"Tell me the truth." Huang Maoguan was quite kind, "Wait a while to pick a piece of land, and the official will look at it carefully." ”

The villager coughed twice, and then the farmer said: "The batch harvested in mid-September yielded about 178 stones per mu, and the batch harvested at the end of September was only about 15 stones, and now it is mid-October......

"Is there really seventeen or eighteen stones?" Chen Younian was in good spirits.

"Even if it's only fifteen stones, it's a good thing, but it can live all people!" Huang Maoguan's eyes also lit up, and he immediately beckoned the officials of the household department, ready to set aside an acre of land and inspect it on the spot.

Sweet potatoes are an epoch-making symbol in China's agricultural history, although Qian Yuan privately tried his best to guarantee it a few days ago, but for household officials such as Huang Maoguan and Chen Younian, the yield of 15 stone per mu is already a depth charge.

In fact, Jingzhong has always been skeptical about the yield of sweet potatoes per mu of 20 stones...... No one dares to believe that the best watered land in Huguang has a yield of only about four stones per mu, three or four times the yield!