Zhang Ren complained in his heart: The old man really shouldn't have come......

He wasn't worried about what happened between the two of them, although the Daming Rites were strict, but to put it bluntly, it was an unfair strictness.

It's like the famous Wenjun in history running at night, Zhuo Wenjun received a lot of criticism in the Ming Dynasty, but no one said that Sima Xiangru was not, after all, it was a mutual relationship, and Sima Xiangru did not use force to kidnap Zhuo Wenjun, the scribes of the Ming Dynasty may also hope to have such a show, how can they be blamed?

On Gao Pragmatism and Huang Zhiting, it is similar, as long as Gao Pragmatism is not forced, in Zhang Ren's opinion, it is not a problem, even if it is a matter, it is a romantic matter, no big deal.

As for whether Huang Zhiting's reputation will be damaged, to be honest, Zhang Ren doesn't care, he even thinks that Huang Zhiting himself may not care very much - the servant Tusi is not a Han woman, the customs are very different, and the rules are not very good.

This is naturally a typical prejudice, but at this time, there are more people who hold this kind of prejudice, and it is not worse than any of them.

Zhang Ren is entangled in the matter, when will the old man be able to talk about the topic if he goes on like this!

Fortunately, Gao Shishi saw that Huang Zhiting blushed with shame, and had the heart to help her divert the topic, and turned to Zhang Rendao: "Futai, my family is not good at poetry, and I am ugly, ugly...... By the way, now that the waiters are about to step down, I don't know what Futai's plans for Guangxi will be in the future? ”

Seeing that the topic was twisted back by Gao Shishi, Zhang Ren was also relieved, and said first: "Don't dare to be." This is in response to Gao Shipra's self-proclaimed "acolyte".

Then he said: "Actually, the old man asked him to come to Tianchi Courtyard this time, and he also wanted to ask for advice on this." ”

The two exchanged a few more polite words and began to get to the point.

The question raised by Zhang Ren is very normal, that is, he wants to ask how Guangxi's development should be carried out, especially in the "economy" aspect, and he is a person who has studied most of his life, and he really does not know very well.

Gao Pragmatic has thought carefully about this issue before, Guangxi does not have large coal mines and large iron mines, and he cannot take the path he takes most often, and if he wants to develop, it is nothing more than the method of "relying on the mountains to eat the mountains".

That is, he set it before: mainly focus on all kinds of marine timber, tung oil, and sugar production. After the scale of these three major industries is formed, Guangxi will be completely self-sufficient economically, and as for the shortage of grain production, it will be very convenient to find the nearest Annan to buy it.

And because once these products are enriched, Guangxi will definitely not be able to digest them, and can only be transported outward, which will revitalize the water and sea transportation of the entire Guangxi.

Of course, Gao Shishi had no way to deal with Guangxi's food problem before, but now there is good news for Zhang Ren, that is, Gao Qi brought him sweet potatoes and corn.

The biggest advantage of corn and sweet potato is that it is highly adaptable, does not have high land requirements, and can be planted in barren mountainous and hilly slopes, without competing with traditional rice and wheat for land.

However, according to Gao Pragmatic's impression, it seems that from the situation in later generations, although these things can be grown in both the north and south of China, it seems that there is more corn in the north and more sweet potatoes in the south.

In fact, this is a high pragmatism without in-depth research, sweet potatoes are relatively warm and cold-sensitive, and they stop growing below 15 degrees, so although they can be planted in the north, they are relatively not as good as growing in the south; Corn is different, its cold tolerance is better, and there is another key point, which is an important consideration for the north to like to plant corn, that is, the role of corn orange stalks.

Corn stalks can not only be crushed and returned to the field, but also made into feed – this is especially important!

The animal husbandry in the north has always far surpassed that of the south, and even the Ming Dynasty also required the people to raise horses, so the role of corn and orange stalks, which is extremely good, will be much higher in the north than in the south.

Although Gao pragmatic knows it but does not know why, he believes that the agricultural experts of later generations can not always eat dry rice, since there is more corn in the north and more sweet potatoes in the south, there must be a reason, and the truth can never be just that northerners love to eat corn, and southerners love to eat sweet potatoes so shallowly.

Therefore, before finding potatoes, he set a plan to promote corn in the north and sweet potatoes in the south.

Why not promote it at the same time?

Because it's easy to do great things by concentrating! Although there are a lot of people under him, if you throw it to the entire Ming Dynasty, isn't it a drop in the ocean? To promote a new agricultural crop, it is natural to be a little more attentive.

So without saying a word, he recommended sweet potatoes to Zhang Ren.

It's a pity that although Gao Qi got a lot of sweet potatoes, he was divided here and there by Gao Shishi, but he didn't have much with him now, and he struggled for a long time before he took Zhang Ren back to Tianchi Courtyard, and reluctantly took out two, and asked his subordinates to bake one and cook one.

After a while, Zhang Ren sniffed vigorously and said in surprise: "How can this sweet potato be like this...... Smelly? ”

Gao pragmatic was funny in his heart, roasted sweet potatoes are indeed "fragrant", I want to bake a sweet potato from a street stall back then, and I can smell it across the street.

Needless to say, these two sweet potatoes - that is, sweet potatoes - directly conquered Zhang Ren.

Of course, he didn't just think it was delicious, that was actually secondary, the key was that Gao pragmatically introduced that this thing can be planted in the mountains casually, and it doesn't even need to be taken care of, and the yield is very large, much higher than farming.

What does that mean? It means that even if it does not become the staple food of the people of the Ming Dynasty, at least it is a sacred object for preparing for famine!

Especially for Guangxi, this is even more incredible!

There are not a few acres of land in Guangxi, all of them are mountains, this thing can be planted on the mountains, and the yield is so huge, but it is not a divine thing?

"This heavenly treasure is also!" Old man Zhang's excited appearance made Gao Shishi once again feel the concern of the "natives" of Daming for food, even far more than him, a descendant who knew the power of the Xiaoice River period.

Zhang Ren grabbed Gao Shishi's hand tightly and said, "How many seeds are there in this thing, can you keep some here first, I will plant a few acres myself...... Oh, plant a few acres on the mountain and see, if it is really as the truth says, the old man will be in Guangxi...... No, kowtow to you on behalf of the people of the world to thank you! ”

Gao Pragmatic was taken aback, and he didn't even dare to say - just kidding, this old master is much older than him, let him kowtow and thank him, will he be mixed up in the future?

took out his acting skills at the moment, and came to a drama of "holding hands and looking at each other with tears in his eyes, but he was speechless and choked", and said something touching, as if he Gao Longwen had gone through nine hundred and eighty-one difficulties to finally get this thing, and Zhang Ren was so moved that he couldn't do it, and repeatedly emphasized that as long as the trial was successful, he would definitely ask Gao for credit.

Wonderful!

Gao pragmatic said: Please merit this kind of thing, I don't do it myself is not as good as Zhang Ren to do it for me, if his old master is willing to show his old face, in the performance of asking for merit to exaggerate - in fact, there is no need to exaggerate, sweet potatoes are really so powerful - when the time comes, won't I have to be famous all over the world again?

Of course, fame is a trivial matter, and Gao is not lacking in fame now, the key is that after this thing is popularized in Guangxi, it can radiate to all places, and how much famine can be solved at that time?

Saving a life is better than building a seventh-level floating slaughter, once this sweet potato promotion is completed, I am afraid that my floating slaughter will not be able to build the Tower of Babel!

The gold and silver cups are not as good as the reputation of the common people, if someone calls the sweet potato what "high potato" or something like that in the future, I am pragmatic and pragmatic just by virtue of this one thing, it is not in vain to come to Daming!