Originally, everyone came to see how the people of Chishu Company taught people to plant new varieties of crops, but as soon as everyone talked about the matter of military retirement and diversion, they talked about it aside, and they didn't react until Liu Qiao reminded everyone. At this time, Gao Di turned his head to the two scholars who were standing on the side and said: "According to what Lord Liu and Lord Cai began to say, if the wind blows outside and the house is stuffy, I am fat and afraid of the heat, so I won't go in, you also sit down and tell us all what you are doing, what do you think?" Let's introduce yourself first‰Use to visit this site. ”

The two scholars were also tired of standing, and they also sat down on a relatively flat bluestone next to them, and one of them said: "The student's surname Huang is from Daxing County, and the surname Bai next to me is from Tongzhou. Last year, we went to the Polytechnic College to study for nearly half a year in accordance with the emperor's edict, because we are both villagers who are more concerned about the surrounding farming, so the main learning is the cultivation of crops and the planning ♀ of new farms, and the second time to Guizhou is also sent by the company, and the main thing to do is also these two things. ”

Gao Di thought about it, too, there are too many things up and down the mountain, so others don't know where to start, so it's more appropriate to simply have questions and answers to communicate. Gao Di was thinking about asking something, Cai Fuyi asked: "I asked about these new varieties at the beginning, and I heard that these corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes and other things have a high yield, which is their strength, and they must be respected by the emperor and the ministers of the court." But I've heard that these things don't taste good, and they don't last for many years when dried like rice and wheat, so do you have any good ways to do this? ”

Xiao Huang nodded and said: "It's true that sweet potatoes don't taste good, and it's true that potatoes and sweet potatoes are not easy to preserve for a long time, but students think that when people are hungry, as long as there is something to eat, I'm afraid they can't take care of so much, and everyone is hungry and hungry may not be able to satisfy everyone's food, so the preservation problem and taste problem can't be considered there for a while." ”

Cai Fuyi heard that although he knew that Xiao Huang was telling the truth, he was also a little uncomfortable in his heart and felt that his question had not been answered, so he asked unwillingly: "Everything should be planned for the long term, when everyone is hungry, of course there is food, even if now as long as they can eat enough, not many people care about the taste, I heard that the output of these things will double or even multiply in the future, and at that time, people will not be able to pick a mouth or something?" If someone picks and chooses, there will be a trade-off, and when there is a trade-off, there will be a dispute, and there should be a plan for a rainy day for the future, right? ”

As the governor, Cai Fuyi can put down the shelf and speak like this to a person, Xiao Huang also knew that although his words at the beginning were correct, he did not pay attention to being mellow and thoughtful, so he said: "It is still Lord Cai who is thoughtful, and students have heard people talk about it in the Bo Academy, but they are all general and do not think about it as carefully and long-term as Lord Cai." However, the students happened to hear that it seemed that the emperor's gourmet shop was developing a new kind of food, which was cheap and delicious mainly for ordinary people, and its main ingredient was sweet potatoes. ”

Cai Fuyi asked: "Oh, isn't the target of the emperor's shop mainly aimed at the ministers of the court and the wealthy families in Beijing?" How can we also develop food for ordinary people? Does that extend the shelf life? ”

Xiao Huang said: "Lord Cai is really good, I understand the truth at once, I heard that their main idea is to dry and grind the easily spoiled sweet potato slices into powder, add some binders to make thick or thin strips, and then dry, not to mention the long-term preservation, and the soup is still fragrant." ”

Gao Di also heard the interest at this time, he said: "This thing sounds good, it should be about the same as the cross-bridge rice noodles in Yunnan, if it is really developed, I will go back to Beijing to eat a few bowls and try it." ”

Xiao Huang said: "The students heard that these were a few months ago, maybe the noodles will be spread here before Gao Daren returns to Beijing, and Yunnan's rice noodles are famous all over the world, it is said that this sweet potato noodles are still inspired by rice noodles, and when the time comes, see who can get everyone's love more between sweet potato noodles and rice noodles." ”

Gao Di nodded and asked: "At the beginning, sweet potatoes and potatoes are not easy to preserve, sweet potatoes can be made into vermicelli, can potatoes also be made into vermicelli?" ”

Xiao Huang said: "Potatoes are a good thing, but they can't be used as staple food, people generally use this thing to cook, vegetarian roast or roast meat are delicious, the yield is higher than sweet potatoes, not to mention that it is better than sweet potatoes to preserve, potatoes don't worry about no one to eat, there is no need to think about whether to put them bad or not." Adults, please look at the ridges over there, there are all buried potato sprouts, because they will soon grow more than a foot long potato seedlings, so they are buried separately, unlike sweet potato vines that can grow on the ground and wait for the corn to grow and then carry seeds in the corn forest. ”

Everyone listened to Xiao Huang's words and looked at these ridges of land with a smile, as if they had seen that the corn forest described by Xiao Huang was full of corn cobs, the corn forest was full of green sweet potato vines, and the soil was full of thick and large sweet potatoes one after another, and a few ridges of fields not far away were full of potato seedlings, and when the seedlings were pulled out, there were all egg-sized potatoes below. Although there is nothing on the ground now, everyone has already thought of the harvest and felt the joy of the harvest, one by one, like a poor egg who has found a treasure according to a treasure map.

Zhu Xieyuan asked at this time: "Let's not talk about potatoes and sweet potatoes, it is said that corn is not very delicious, tender corn can be eaten, and old corn is not very good, do you have any way to make corn delicious?" Can you also grind it into flour to make vermicelli? ”

Xiao Huang shook his head and said: "Corn is not as sticky and heavy as potatoes and sweet potatoes, even if it is ground into flour, it is not very delicious, but now it is already very good to be able to make people full, and after the yield of rice and wheat has increased significantly in the future, corn can be used for greater purposes. ♀ ”

Zhu Xieyuan said: "It seems that you still have a division of labor, then please Xiaobai tell us all how you like corn, I heard that there was something in the Jiajing period, it seems to have been passed from Heng, but everyone didn't pay attention to it because of the poor taste." ”

The little white man looked very white as his surname, and he waved his hand at Zhu Xieyuan and said, "The student obeys!" This corn does not have rice and wheat to feed people, and people's bodies will become weaker after eating it for a long time, but it can indeed make people full, and Lord Cai began to say that Guiyang was besieged by thieves, if there were a few warehouses of corn at that time, how good would it be? The emperor has long pointed out the future use of corn, mainly as feed, pigs, cattle, chickens, ducks and roast wine, the general rice and wheat and so on only rice and wheat grains can be eaten into the stomach, wheat grass cattle do not eat for fear of hurting the stomach, straw does not grow meat after eating, and corn stalks are chopped and swelled and eaten to grow meat. ”

Zhu Xieyuan said: "There are many roasting houses in northern Qianbei and western Sichuan and southern Sichuan, and the literati and scholars, as well as the peddlers and pawns, all like to drink two sips, but the roasted wine does cost a lot of grain, and if the corn can be used to roast the wine, it is equivalent to saving a lot of grain and rice, which is indeed a good way." However, I don't agree with what you said about feeding pigs, cows, chickens and ducks, how can people feed livestock if they can't eat enough? Livestock and poultry are enough to pick up some leftovers on the ground or gnaw some grass in the wild, how can they be allowed to grab food from others? ”

Xiaobai smiled and said: "Adults don't know, corn and sweet potatoes can be roasted and can be used as feed, this livestock and poultry are the same as people to eat well and grow well, take feeding pigs as an example, it takes a year for ordinary people to feed piglets fattening, which still has to eat some rice bran often to feed fat and feed big, this is what everyone calls the pig." Some people will only feed the pigs grass, so they can't be fed for a year or two, and I heard that some people feed the pigs when they are old and have not grown fat with their fangs, which is the reason why they don't give the pigs good food. Only when there is more meat can ordinary people afford to eat, and only when soldiers eat more meat can they have the strength to fight, and they cannot raise good strength just by eating. ”

Xiao Bai's words are right or not, but his words really make everyone have a feeling of sudden realization, Gao Di said at this time: "No wonder we used to win battles at the border pass and often lost battles, it turned out that the soldiers ate less meat." My soldiers of the Ming Dynasty can only say that they are full of food, and the Mongols and Jurchens naturally have much greater strength to gnaw meat every day, so they will feed more pigs, cows, chickens and ducks to the soldiers, and after raising their bodies, they will be able to kill the rebels. ”

After everyone talked and laughed for a while, Gao Di said to Xiao Huang and Xiao Bai: "You two are not very old but know a lot, so take root here and work hard, and you will also have a merit in pacifying the rebels in the future, and then the official will naturally ask the court for credit to you." If you go all the way to the dark to take the imperial examination, you may not be able to have your current status. Look at the emperor's company hired you, and these second- and third-grade officials around you are all around you to listen to you, what a great honor it must be. ”

Xiaobai nodded and said: "Thank you for your care, today's scene really makes students feel very honored, and they will be happy to think about this life and this life, but I'm afraid we won't be able to stay here for long." ”

Gaudi asked, "What's going on?" Did you just come and leave? ”

Xiao Bai and Xiao Huang looked at Liu Qiao in surprise when they saw Gao Di moving, Liu Qiao patted his head at this time and said: "I'm sorry I forgot about it, they came to impart knowledge and precautions in the future and have to go to other places immediately, Huguang, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Henan and other places are all mountains suitable for the cultivation of new varieties, and Chishu Company has people everywhere." They have to meet regularly to discuss their situation. They may come back again but may be transferred elsewhere, and the tall man thinks that they can give them a credit, which can be regarded as fate. ”

Gao Di, Cai Fuyi and the others all looked at Liu Qiao and didn't speak, thinking that this person is too unreliable, how many things have been forgotten for a while, I really don't know how this Qin Cha is done, fortunately, he is just a deputy envoy and knows how to ask someone to write important things for him, otherwise I don't know how many things will be wronged and how many punishments will be given.

Liu Qiao smiled again: "I don't remember to make amends to you here, I will definitely be careful in the future, or tonight's dinner will be invited, even if it is to make amends to all adults." [Serialized, stay tuned...] This book is provided by (apread.genuine, please support genuine)

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