Fan Fu came back in the dust, and with him came back more than 1.3 million catties of potatoes and 12 farmers with rich experience in growing potatoes.

Fan Yubin couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he heard the news. With these more than a dozen experienced experts in potato planting, and with this more than 1.3 million catties of potatoes as seeds, Fan Yubin's plan to promote potato planting is more confident.

Fan Yubin instructed Fan Fu to gather all the potatoes together. The Fan family's men and tenants all went out to select seeds under the guidance of those potato planting experts brought back by Fan Fu. After the potato seeds are selected, the seeds that the Fan family needs to plant are left first, and the rest are notified to several other Jin merchants who are willing to plant potatoes, and they are evenly distributed.

Fan Yubin did not waste the remaining potatoes that were not suitable for making seeds, but ordered people to pull them all back and arrange for people to make potato flour and potato flour by hand.

For the experts in planting potatoes brought back by Fan Fu, Fan Yubin didn't dare to be careless. He personally instructed Fan Fu to make proper arrangements for the food, clothing, housing and transportation of these peasant households. Not only is it good to eat and drink for them, but it is also promised a high salary, so that they can be divided into pieces to guide the planting of potatoes. Speak clearly. At next year's harvest, the top six among them will be selected according to the yield of each potato slice and will be rewarded separately. The bonuses are also clearly listed, not to mention the first place, even the sixth place, and the number of bonuses is also eye-catching.

The twelve potato growers brought by Fan Fu could still stay, so they went down to their respective areas early to guide those farmers to breed.

The power of bonuses is endless. It seems that this was true not only in later generations, but also in ancient times. With such measures, are you afraid that those potato growers will not desperately use their skills? Fan Yubin thought badly in his heart.

Beat the rabbit with the grass. To Fan Yubin's surprise, while Fan Fu bought back potatoes, he also bought back nearly 1,000 catties of corn seeds and a farmer with rich experience in corn planting from Huangzhuang. In the face of this unexpected joy, Fan Yubin was naturally ecstatic. Potatoes and corn are high-yield crops, but they are the hope of hundreds of people. He hurriedly arranged that all the corn would be planted on a trial basis by Fanfu Manor, and the farmer would be hired with a high salary to be fully responsible.

After everything was arranged, Fan Yubin patted Fan Fu's shoulder, looked at his tired and haggard face, and couldn't help but feel warm in his heart. He said softly: "Fan Fu, you have worked hard. Take a good rest for these two days, and don't forget to pay fifty taels of silver from the account office when you go down, even if it is a reward for your boy. ”

Fan Fu was overjoyed, bowed to the ground and thanked him, and said repeatedly: "The villain is not tired, the villain still has to watch the distribution of those potatoes." ”

The large open space is filled with farmers from various prefectures. Looking at the mountains of potatoes and listening to the statements of the twelve farmers, everyone's faces were full of excitement. Those 12 peasant households have also become the fragrant balots that you and I will grab. Soon, there was a craze for planting potatoes in the Zhangjiakou area.

"There are more than 1.2 million catties of potatoes planted, and more than 100,000 catties are really not suitable for seeds, and there are still people rushing to ask for them. The housekeeper didn't let the hair go, and according to the young master's instructions, he pulled it all back to make potato flour and potato flour. Fan Yubin listened to Fan Fu's report, and silently calculated in his heart: more than 1.2 million catties, about 6,000 acres of potatoes. If it goes well, nearly 20 million catties of potatoes can be harvested next spring. With these more than 20 million catties of potatoes, whether it is to alleviate the problem of food shortage in Zhangjiakou or to promote the planting of potatoes in Xuanfu Town, it will have a positive significance. Well, corn is right behind, and now it's just a sweet potato...

In the Fan family's compound, in Fan Yubin's study. Fan Yubin was holding two glass mirrors in his hands, and his eyes were as big as copper bells. The two glass mirrors, which were newly produced in the glass workshop, were framed in wood and metal and were engraved with a variety of patterns. It is also equipped with colorful glass, which is dazzling and ingenious.

"My mother, Daming's handicraft is too high, it's just inhuman. This is also much stronger than the manual skills of later generations. If these two mirrors are handed down to future generations, the auction price... Fan Yubin didn't dare to think about it.

The glass workshop won the first battle. Chunlan and Dongmei, the two girls, are not willing to live in the future. Not only did they bring out samples of the beautiful carpets, but they also began preparations for the production of woollen fabrics and large carpets.

After several other Jin merchants saw the sample, they were all ecstatic and amazed. Somehow, the news that the Fan family had produced a rare treasure was leaked out, attracting the covetousness of many people. A number of suspicious people appeared around the glass and wool workshops. Fortunately, the Fan family was prepared for this situation, and the fence was tightly rooted. Zhang Biao, the garrison of Zhangjiakou, also mobilized more than 100 soldiers of the Supervisory Battalion to help guard and arrest a few suspicious people.

Although it was a false alarm, the few Jin merchants who participated in the shares also admired the Fan family's prescient move to build a fort alone and place the workshop.

Fan Sixi was not idle during this time, and Fan Yubin's words that night aroused his ambitions. He called on friends and sent letters. He also sent people to Nanjing to buy houses, recruit workers, and actively prepare for the publication of newspapers. "Everything is ready, only the east wind is owed." Fan Sixi muttered to himself. What he lacks now is Fan Yubin's promise of his miraculous printing skills.

In Fan's private school, there was also a wave of learning. Fan Yubin also arranged for people to make some professional tools for teaching and experiments, which aroused the interest of many people, and the number of people who volunteered to participate in the study is also increasing. Unexpectedly, the most talented of the students were Fan Yuming and Fan Qinglian, two brothers and sisters. Fan Yuming likes physics, while Fan Qinglian likes mathematics. The two are talented and smart, and they can draw inferences from one another, which makes Fan Yubin feel that he has twice the result with half the effort.

As for some of the small inventions that Fan Yubin was interested in, the Fan family regarded them as heavenly objects, and specially arranged a housekeeper to be responsible for recording and sorting, and arranged strict confidentiality measures.

Time is like an arrow, another busy day has passed, Fan Yubin stood up, expanded his chest, and just wanted to rest for a while, Fan Gui hurriedly walked in and said: "Young master, Ouyang Xiong is here to report, four hundred recruits and thirty veterans are all in place, please arrange time to review." ”

Fan Yubin's eyes lit up. The time for military training has finally arrived! He said loudly: "Inform Ouyang Xiong, see you tomorrow morning in the North Sect outside the city!" ”