Lin Yanchao saw many ancients from Xu Zhenming's eyes.

The world is at stake, and most people are still drunk and dying, but there are always a few who see it all, and they cry out to turn the situation around.

Among them, there are both people like Xu Zhenming who are discouraged by the reversal of failure, and there are also people like Zhang Juzheng who are infamous behind him.

There are always people who are doing whatever they are doing regardless of their personal gains and losses, and they are not sure of whether they can succeed in the future, or even have no possibility at all, but they are still doing it, and in the end it comes down to one place, which is nothing more than Wuhou's eight words 'do your best, and then die'.

Reform the law and rebuild Zhongxing, it sounds good to say, but the Central Dynasty has encountered this card for two hundred years, and how many functions are there in the end?

When the Ming Dynasty opened the country, there were many problems, but one founding atmosphere was enough to cover everything.

But when people grow old, they will eventually die.

Fifty years later, when Li Zicheng buried the Ming Dynasty, he would tell those people, tell the bureaucrats, and tell the emperors of the Ming Dynasty that what it means is that the proletarians have lost only chains, but they will own the whole world.

This thought came to Lin Yanchao's mind, and he looked at Xu Zhenming again, he was the one who was struggling in it. People who may know that they are powerless to return to heaven, but are working hard.

Xu Zhenming didn't think so much at the moment, he said: "I have heard of sweet potatoes a little, but I heard that they are only used for vegetables, how can they replace rice and wheat as the main food?" ”

Lin Yanchao was pleased, Xu Zhenming had this insight, and it seemed that he had not found him wrong.

Lin Yanchao said: "As Brother Xu said, sweet potatoes cannot replace rice and wheat, but they are not used for vegetables. ”

At that moment, Lin Yanchao talked to Xu Zhenming about the benefits of sweet potatoes being cold-tolerant, yielding dozens of stones per mu, and there is no need to threshh like rice and wheat.

Lin Yanchao's words made Xu Zhenming a little moved, and he couldn't help asking: "So if the sweet potatoes are really as good as Master Lin said, why is no one planting them in the Northland?" ”

Lin Yanchao sighed when he said this, and before he crossed, he also took it for granted that once the sweet potatoes were transplanted to the north at the end of the Ming Dynasty, they would be invincible, so they would just wait for the farming riots.

But only now did I know that sweet potatoes could not be grown in the north.

After knowing this, Lin Yanchao has been retrieving the books he had read before crossing in his mind, and thanks to his ability to remember the books he had occasionally read and forgotten in his previous life, little by little.

How did sweet potatoes move to the north at the end of the Ming Dynasty?

This is to mention one person, that is Xu Guangqi.

In order to revitalize water conservancy, Xu Zhenming wrote a book about Lushui. After Xu Guangqi saw this book, he regarded it as a strange book, but Xu Guangqi found that Xu Zhenming's policy had a big drawback, that is, there were more dry fields in the north and less paddy fields, so once the water conservancy was built, it was easy to offend the interests of the powerful.

So Xu Guangqi wondered if there were any high-yield crops in dry fields?

So he saw sweet potatoes. But sweet potatoes can only be grown in the south, not in the north.

So is there a way to move sweet potatoes to the north?

So Xu Guangqi studied all his life, and personally went to the field to cultivate, and finally found a way.

He wrote all of these experiences into his book of agricultural administration.

Later, Xu Guangqi also summarized several methods for preserving seed potatoes and seed vines before winter.

Before the frost falls, choose the southeast of the house, there is no west wind and there is an east day, and the straw is stacked. Fang Guangzhang Yu, two feet high; It is stacked on all sides, two feet high, and void in the middle. Fang Guang two feet Xu, with rice to stabilize the lining, set the seeds, reuse and stabilize it. Tie the bamboo as a frame, cover it, and cover it with a branch. It is covered with a high stack of straw, so that it is not subject to wind, rain and snow.

The rice stable substrate is more than one foot, and the grass ash is added to it, and it is planted in it, and the ash is thickly covered, and the straw is used obliquely, so that it is extremely thick"

Another example is the high cold wind in the northern soil, that is, the thick grass covers, which may inevitably freeze. If you want to avoid freezing, you can store it. My hometown (referring to Shanghai) cellar, and avoid water wet, the northern highlands, digging more than the soil, no water wet, potatoes into the cellar, that is, free from freezing, still have to occur (germination).

After this practice, Xu Guangqi had confidence, and immediately wrote thirteen wins of sweet potatoes, vigorously praised the benefits of sweet potatoes, and promoted them among the people.

Through Xu Guangqi's efforts, sweet potatoes began to be cultivated in Susong, but before they spread to the north, the Ming Dynasty had already fallen.

Then the Qing Dynasty vigorously promoted, from Kangxi to Qianlong, especially in the 51st year of Qianlong, the imperial court issued a decree to let Zhili, Shandong, Henan three provinces promote the planting of sweet potatoes.

So to sum up here, people who read history in later generations can only sigh with the words 'time is also fate'.

So Lin Yanchao said to Xu Zhenming: "This method of potato planting in the north for the winter, I have a fellow villager named Chen Zhenlong has found one or two, he said......"

Lin Yanchao talked a little bit about the methods such as sweet potatoes for winter, of course, we can't teach the ability to go up the tree in the end.

But Lin Yanchao's few words already made Xu Zhenming's eyes sparkle.

He couldn't help but high-five: "If this sweet potato is really used for preparing for famine, and if it is transplanted to the north, it can save hundreds of people from starvation, then this year, no one in Wang'an, Huguang Meitang, Henan, will rise up, and tens of thousands of poor people have responded." ”

"Master Bachelor, your fellow villager's method of spending the winter with sweet potatoes is the real knowledge of things, this is the merit, and only the bachelor has such a person around him, Xu is really convinced of the bachelor's work!"

Lin Yanchao couldn't help but be ashamed when he heard it, he just copied Xu Guangqi.

According to Xu Zhenming's method, the construction of water conservancy will definitely violate the interests of the powerful, that is, the cake will be cut again, but Xu Guangqi bypassed this line of thinking, since it is impossible to change the relations of production for the time being, we will strive to develop the productive forces.

In the end, Xu Guangqi succeeded in following his method and learned true knowledge from practice.

But then again, who can say that the golden finger is not a work, this is the legendary 'born to know'.

Lin Yanchao said modestly: "This is just a small road, what a way, but although this matter has its own way, it is not so easy to do." ”

Xu Zhenming said gloomily: "Yes, if you want to do something, you have to win people." Although this policy is good, it must be supported by the imperial court, otherwise who will teach the common people how to make sweet potatoes survive the winter in the north. Moreover, for the cultivation of sweet potatoes, experienced farmers from the south must be recruited to come to Beijing. ”

"So where is there a reason in the court that things don't happen because of people? It would be nice if the bachelor replaced Xu as the imperial envoy of Tuntian, the bachelor couldn't help but be ten times more talented than Xu, and bypassed the way to offend the powerful. It's a pity that the bachelor is the prince of the dynasty, and the imperial history of Tuntian will not be taken into account. ”

Lin Yanchao shook his head and said: "Brother Xu is wrong, Lin only knows how to take tricks, this is not enough, in the eyes of Lin, such as Brother Xu dares to stand up for the people and offend the powerful, he is the official who is really worthy of admiration, and it is also the backbone of scholars such as me." ”

"But I don't know if Brother Xu is willing to listen to a certain sentence of Lin?"

Xu Zhenming immediately bowed down and said, "Please show me." ”

Lin Yanchao said: "I want Xu to admit his mistake to the Son of Heaven, take back the original policy of Xingshui in Gyeonggi with Tuntian, and change it to control the dry field, then in my opinion, the Son of Heaven will still trust Brother Xu and re-entrust the matter of Tuntian." ”

Xu Zhenming hesitated: "This ......"

Lin Yanchao said: "Brother Xu, as long as you can show your ambitions, why not be afraid of the gossip of outsiders, the history book will only remember Brother Xu's cultivation of sweet potatoes and countless things to save the people." ”

After Xu Zhenming was embarrassed, Lin Yanchao persuaded him.

As for Tuntian's method, Lin Yanchao naturally asked Chen Zhenlong to help him, and with Chen Zhenlong here, he was not afraid that Xu Zhenming would swallow his own credit.

If sweet potatoes can be successfully promoted in Gyeonggi, then it is natural that their official position will be one step closer.

The only thing is this, you must say hello to Zhang Whale in advance.

Xu Zhenming was taken down by Zhang Whale, of course, Zhang Whale nodded, and Xu Zhenming could go back.

But how do you open this mouth with Zhang Whale?

After a few days, Lin Yanchao didn't look for Zhang Whale, but Zhang Whale sent someone to send him a post.

The person who sent the post was none other than Zhang Shen, Zhang Whale's godson.

When Lin Yanchao was dismissed, the Zhen family came to the Lin Mansion with the intention of retiring from the marriage, but they borrowed this gentleman and wanted to use Zhang Whale's power to make Lin Yanshou comply, of course, everyone knows the final result.

Seeing Zhang Shen now, Lin Yanchao couldn't help but smile.

Zhang Whale is currently the third person in the Ming Dynasty, except for the emperor, the first assistant is him.

Zhang Shen has borrowed Zhang Whale's momentum in recent years, and he can be described as a tyrant in the capital outside, even when he meets officials, he doesn't pay much attention to it on weekdays.

But Zhang Shen is a person who has been taught by Lin Yanchao, as soon as he saw Lin Yanchao, he knelt down and kowtowed: "The villain Zhang Shen knocked to see the bachelor." ”

Lin Yanchao didn't even look at Zhang Shen, and wrote official documents by himself.

After waiting for a long time, Lin Yanchao finished writing the official document, and then said in surprise: "I'm too busy for a while, I forgot about you, get up quickly, don't be polite." ”

Zhang Shen didn't have any anger at all, and said with a smile: "Before I came, my godfather said that I want to treat the bachelor master more respectfully than the godfather, and now I can see the bachelor master, even if the villain kneels here for three days and three nights, he is willing." ”

Lin Yanchao smiled and said, "Don't dare to be, by the way, what did the governor call you for?" ”

Zhang Shen said: "Godfather will have a banquet in Juxian Building tomorrow, and he will post to invite Master Lin, saying that he will introduce a few friends to Master Lin." ”

Lin Yanchao's eyes narrowed when he heard this, and Shen Shixing asked him not to have anything to do with Zhang Whale, but at present, it seems that Zhang Whale will never let himself get off the boat easily.

Seeing that Lin Yanchao didn't speak, Zhang Shen said: "Before the villain came, the godfather said that he must invite the bachelor's driver, otherwise he will immediately knock down the villain's two dog legs." The villain asks for a bachelor, and the adult does not remember the villain, but also please appreciate one or two. ”

Lin Yanchao sneered in his heart, what a whale, he really ate me.

Lin Yanchao said immediately: "Then let your godfather spare your two dog legs, go!" ”

Zhang Shen was overjoyed when he heard this, and kowtowed a few more times before leaving.

Lin Yanchao looked at the post and pondered, thinking to himself Juxian Tower, this is the famous place of fireworks and willow lanes in the capital, what does Zhang Whale, the big eunuch, mean by setting up a banquet for me here?