The group marched towards Gongping City, and Zhu Youxiao saw the dilapidated houses on the roadside and the farmers working hard in the fields, and his heart was full of self-blame. As a traverser, he didn't even have the ability to feed the peasants, which was really an insult to the traverser group.

How can we ensure that the people have enough to eat? This may seem like a simple question, but it's not. As in the 20th century, when science and technology were highly developed, a large number of people starved to death in China, and at that time, it was mainly due to the uneven distribution of food.

In the Ming Dynasty, the main problem was the low temperature and the reduction of precipitation during the Xiaoice period, and under such natural conditions, the output of agricultural products decreased, so the measures taken by Zhu Youxiao can only be to open up land and promote new crops such as potatoes, which are now mainly concentrated in Shaanxi.

As the governor of Shaanxi, Sun Chuanting vigorously promoted potatoes and other crops throughout Shaanxi, and now there is a surplus of grain throughout Shaanxi, and in addition to vermicelli, corn has also begun to be imported to neighboring Shanxi and Jingshi, while in other places, because officials do not pay much attention to it, the promotion of new crops is not enough.

Last time, when Zhu Youxiao and several members of the cabinet discussed the issue of how to popularize new crops, they proposed that officials who were not effective in promoting crops should be removed from their posts and investigated. The cabinet thought that if the governor was dismissed, almost all the governors, political envoys, prefects and governors would have to be dismissed, and in this case, the entire officialdom would have no officials available, and it was not suitable to carry out such a major reshuffle when the training of officials was just being carried out.

The last few suggested that the intensity of reclamation of wasteland and the promotion of new crops should be an important basis for the officials' examination results, and the number of acres reclaimed and promoted should be used to score the officials. The law has now been in place for more than half a year, and from the feedback below, the enthusiasm of officials to open up land and promote new crops has increased greatly, and of course we will not know the results until the specific data is transmitted.

Judging from Zhu Youxiao's cognition, in fact, the impact of the Xiaoice River period was not very large, and the reason for the low yield per mu in the Ming Dynasty was actually mainly in two aspects, one was because the use of manure was not promoted to fertilize the fields, and the other was that deep cultivation was not carried out.

There was no way to force the officials, so this could only be publicized among the people, and more cattle and horses could be used as draft animals, or more wooden cattle in the Siyuan Bureau and sold to the peasants at low prices. This plan is already being implemented, and as long as there is a high-yield effect of the exemplary field, I believe that others will slowly start to plough and accumulate fertilizer.

Gongping City is a small city, and several people eat lunch in a small shop. While eating, a big black monk came to the door to make a fortune. The shopkeeper brought out a bowl of rice, and the monk said, "I don't want rice, I want money." ”

The shopkeeper couldn't, so he took out five copper coins, and the monk smiled and said, "Are you calling Huazi?" I want money, two dollars. ”

Hao Ming stood up, walked to the door and said, "I don't know which mountain gate the senior brother comes from, is there still such a method for turning the edge?" ”

The big black monk said: "Lao Tzu is from Shaolin Temple, Lao Tzu's transformation has always been this kind of transformation, can't you see it?" Do you want to learn Lao Tzu's Shaolin Kung Fu? ”

Obscure said: "I was about to ask for advice." After saying that, he took a step back, and the big black monk pounced forward with a tiger and kicked it towards the chest and abdomen of the obscure one.

Obscure Ming didn't dodge, a hand reached out like lightning, grabbed the foot of the big black monk, twisted, and threw the big black monk down in front of the door.

Seeing him like this, he was a little angry, and pushed his palm into his chest, pushing him to the ground, and shouted angrily: "You are the evil obstacle of hell with your tongue, don't you not know whether you are alive or dead." ”

The monk didn't dare to move forward, but scolded: "Everyone is in the same vein as Buddhism, but why are you scolding people so viciously? ”

Obscure Ming said: "I don't have such a forcible person in Shaolin Temple, and there is no monk who is Lao Tzu at the exit. ”

The monk knew that Li Ghost had met Li Kui, so he walked away in a gloomy manner. Obscure Ming sighed and walked into the house, where the shopkeeper stepped forward to thank him. "Good, it's my Buddhist disciple who doesn't abide by the rules, but it makes the donor smile." ”

Returning to the table, he said clearly: "These monks should really be arrested." ”

Zhu Youxiao said with a smile: "What should I do if I arrest it?" Is it raised again? But they don't have so much spare food to feed them. ”

"They have hands and feet, why should they raise them, can't they go and cultivate the fields themselves?" There are a lot of vacant land everywhere, immigrating them to Taiwan, leaving them without food, and seeing how they go to the relationship. ”

Zhu Youxiao suddenly had a flash of inspiration, if they were sent to Japan or Mongolia to defuse the anger of these people, would there be much less resistance when they wanted to occupy them in the future? I heard that the Japanese monks and soldiers have a lot of power, and in the future, the monks will go to preach first, and then follow by force, there should be room for maneuver.

After returning this time, I discussed this matter with the cabinet and the generals in the army, and saw if there was a better way, the domestic temples could be kept, but the monks must limit the number of temples, and use some methods to recover the temple property, so as to minimize these unearned parasites.

After eating, everyone rested, continued to move forward, and rushed to Yanqingwei before the evening. Zhu Youxiao asked him to find an inn to stay in, and tomorrow he went to see the situation of the officers and soldiers of Yanqingwei's guard.

According to the roster, there are a total of 5,600 people in Yanqingwei, of which 3,000 households are located outside and 2,000 households are located in Wei, and there should be 2,240 people.

Zhu Youxiao and his entourage came to the gate of Yanqingwei, Wei Zhongxian took out a sign and said: "We are from the Department of Officials of the Ministry of War, and we ask your commander to come out to greet him quickly." ”

Ke Shi smiled: "Father-in-law Wei, you have so many brands, what you want to say is what you want." ”

Wei Zhongxian bowed down and said: "If you want Mrs. Fengsheng to know, the Holy Lady may encounter various situations when he goes out on patrol, and in order to facilitate the Holy Lord's inspection of various places, the slave maid deliberately took a brand with higher authority in each department. ”

Ke Shi smiled: "Gonggong Wei is loyal to the saint, and he is really a model for my generation." ”

Wei Zhongxian hurriedly replied: "Don't dare to be praised by the Holy Lady, these things are all the internal affairs of slaves and maids." The Holy Lady served the Holy Lady and never slacked off for a day, which is really an example for slaves and maids to learn. ”

Zhu Youxiao said with a smile: "Here again, factory minister, I see that you have been patting Mrs. Fengsheng more than I have been patting me this time, do you have something to ask Mrs. Fengsheng?" ”

Wei Zhongxian's face was slightly red and said: "Holy Lord, the slave maid admires Mrs. Fengsheng from the bottom of her heart, and what she says is all sincere, not as the Holy Lord said. ”