As soon as the news that the Suzhou Mansion was going to resettle nearly 300,000 Henan displaced people came out, one stone stirred up a thousand waves, and the Suzhou Mansion headed by Chen Hongmi suddenly exploded, and they all came to the Canglang Pavilion to see Fang Yuan, wanting to nip the situation in the bud.

Fang Yuan didn't receive an official, and he didn't even go to the government to deal with government affairs, and just disappeared out of thin air.

Chen Hongmi and the others inquired through various channels, and the news they got was that Fang Yuan was not in Canglang Pavilion at all, but went out with Jinyiwei to run errands. As for what to do when he went out, even the subordinates of Canglang Pavilion didn't know anything.

Ten days later, all the officials of Suzhou Prefecture, including Xi Benzhen, Shen Xiang, Xu Hua and other businessmen, gathered in Suzhou Mansion in accordance with Fang Yuan's instructions, but there was still no trace of Fang Yuan. Only a few Jinyi guards came to pass the word and ordered all the officials to go to the Taihu military base for a meeting.

The Taihu Military Base is 60 or 70 miles away from Suzhou City, and when everyone arrived at the Taihu Military Base, it was already nightfall, and Fang Yuan had been waiting in the Taihu Military Base for a long time.

The conditions of the barracks were simple, not as good as when he was in Suzhou City, Fang Yuan still ordered the sergeant to prepare hot rice, as well as wine and meat, and serve it.

Seeing Fang Yuan's warm hospitality, the officials and wealthy businessmen secretly speculated that ninety percent of them had resorted to the trick of saluting first and then soldiering. If you disobey Fang Yuan's order, it is estimated that you will not be able to leave the military base.

Everyone had their own concerns, bowing their heads and eating rice, wine and meat, without saying a word.

The atmosphere present was extremely embarrassing, Fang Yuan smiled, breaking the dullness of the scene, "Your Majesty's holy decree ordering the resettlement of the displaced people, you should have seen it." ”

Everyone said yes on the surface, but in their hearts they were secretly scolding Fang Yuan for having nothing to do and causing such a big disaster.

Chen Hongmi, as the prefect of Suzhou Prefecture and the leader in managing government affairs, had no way to avoid it, and said, "Fang Junmen, this year's harvest in Suzhou Mansion is not as good as last year, plus there is a flood, and there is no surplus food, how to resettle the displaced people?" What's more, it's still as much as 280,000! ”

With him taking the lead, the rest of the people began to complain.

Changshu County was plagued by insects; There was a tenant disturbance in Jiading County; The farmers who farm in Kunshan County are tenants who are people and collectively resist taxes; Taicang Prefecture was plagued by rats and suffered heavy losses.

The reason is that there is a lot of chaos, anyway, the attitude is surprisingly consistent, and the counties are short of money, and there is no spare energy to resettle the displaced people.

Even Shen Xiang bluntly told Fang Yuan that the Shen family's grain had already been used to advance the land dues for the local tenants this year, and the barn was empty.

The only one who didn't speak, only Xi Benzhen and Xu Hua. Xi Benzhen is an old man, and Xu Hua is Fang Yuan's cronies, where do they dare to collide with Fang Yuan, they can only shrink in the crowd and pray secretly, these people can persuade Fang Yuan not to settle the displaced people, then thank God.

Fang Yuan and the others gradually became quieter, and they still had a faint smile, "Each county has to share some of it, you report it to me." ”

All the officials looked at each other, and they all looked at the prefect Chen Hongmi, the leading brother of the officialdom.

Chen Hongmi was doing things under Fang Yuan's nose, if he didn't share it at all, he was afraid that he would be beaten by Fang Yuan every day, and said tentatively, "Suzhou City, Wu County can only accommodate five hundred people." ”

The seat of Suzhou Prefecture is Wu County, and with the prefect Chen Hongmi taking the lead, other county orders began to report the number according to the standard provided by Chen Hongmi.

"Taicang Prefecture is definitely not as good as Suzhou City and Wu County, we recognize three hundred."

"Changshu County produces less grain than Taicang Prefecture, but Changshu County still recognizes 300 in order to support Fang Junmen."

"Kunshan is poor! How can it be compared with Taicang Prefecture and Changshu County? But Fang Junmen's heavy responsibility must always be shared, right? We in Kunshan gritted our teeth, and each person ate one less bite of food, and recognized two hundred. ”

"Although Changzhou County is not rich, since Fang Junmen has spoken, we have poured the strength of the county into the county, and we have been scolded by the people by pointing our noses and recognizing two hundred."

There are seven counties in Suzhou Prefecture, and the number of county orders in each county is less than 3,000, not even a fraction of 280,000.

Fang Yuan was secretly amused when he heard it, these old oilmen in the officialdom who were good at maneuvering up and down were all talking nonsense, but they could detain the name of thinking about Fang Yuan, he really wanted to kick it alone, "Everyone, that's it?" ”

The officials, including Chen Hongmi, bowed their heads one by one and remained silent, giving Fang Yuan a wordless resistance.

Xi Benzhen couldn't help but speak, "Fang Junmen, let's say so!" You want to share the 280,000 displaced people, which is more than 10% of the population of Suzhou Prefecture. With so many extra mouths out of thin air, how can it be placed? ”

Fang Yuan smiled coldly and said, "I'll give you one last chance, is there really no one county willing to take the initiative to share the resettlement of displaced people?" ”

There was still silence below, anyway, the dead pig was not afraid of boiling water, and they didn't believe that Fang Yuan would wipe out the officials of the Suzhou Mansion and various counties.

Fang Yuan laughed and said loudly, "Okay! Jin Yiwei comes out! ”

Under the frightened eyes of the officials, Qin Zhan walked out with a volume, followed Fang Yuan's instructions, spread out and read aloud, "Fang Junmen's hybrid rice experiment in the military field has achieved great success, and the yield per mu has reached ......."

He looked around for a week and continued, "The yield per mu has reached eight hundred and sixteen catties. ”

Fang Yuan was not in Suzhou City these days, but he went to the military field to accept the final yield per mu. The hybrid rice bought from Taobao has reached a maximum yield of 877 catties per mu and an average yield of about 800 catties under the conditions of pure artificial fertilization and insect catching without the use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers.

As soon as this figure was announced, the officials, including Chen Hongmi, simply didn't believe their ears, the rice yield of the Ming Dynasty was less than 300 catties/mu, and the mu production capacity of this hybrid rice reached 800 catties/mu, which was more than twice as much, almost tripled, which was simply a fantasy!

Chen Hongmi was the first to disbelieve it, and asked, "Fang Junmen, are you joking?" How is it possible for the yield of rice per mu to reach 800 catties? ”

Fang Yuan knew that everyone couldn't accept such an unbelievable thing out of thin air, and he didn't want to explain more, "You guys are tired from the journey, tomorrow, follow me to the farmland, the so-called hearing is false, seeing is believing!" ”

In the early morning of the next day, Fang Yuan directly led the officials to the test field of the military household.

Jing Jie is harvesting rice fields with 300 military households who have planted hybrid rice. These military households were forced by Jing Jie to admit these experimental fields before, and Jing Jie privately promised these military households to compensate for the difference, which was regarded as the other party's original explanation.

How do you know that as soon as the results of the hybrid rice planting experiment came out, they made a lot of money, deducting 150 catties of seed costs, and 250 catties of grain that need to be handed over, and nearly 400 catties can be left behind, and one acre of land is equal to the final harvest of two acres of ordinary land.

The military households were smiling happily one by one, and when they saw Fang Yuan, they saluted again and again.

Jing Jie took everyone to the ten acres of rice fields in the middle of nowhere, and Fang Yuan deliberately left the ten acres of rice fields unharvested, just waiting for Chen Hongmi and others to inspect them in person.

Although Chen Hongmiao and other officials are bureaucrats, they are veteran officials for many years after all, and they still know a lot about agricultural affairs. The rice in the experimental field is tall and large, and the ears of wheat are full, which is completely different from the rice in the ordinary rice field. After carefully examining the stalks of the rice, as well as the planting, it was not deliberately disguised at all.

Chen Hongmi and several county commanders immediately ordered the accompanying officials to start harvesting the rice fields together with the sergeants of the Xuanjia Army, and it took half a day to finally harvest all the rice on ten acres of land.

After weighing, the average yield per mu really reached 800 catties!

Everyone was completely convinced by each other, Chen Hongmi, and a few county magistrates looked at Huang Chengcheng's rice, and they all showed envious eyes. One acre of land can harvest 800 catties of grain, where will there be a famine in Suzhou Prefecture? Even landlords and peasant households who own land will double their wealth.

Several county commanders took advantage of the unpreparedness and secretly grabbed a few handfuls of rice seeds and put them in their arms.

Fang Yuan took everyone's actions in his eyes and said lightly, "The rice seeds of this kind of rice can only be used once, and they can't be reused, and it's useless for you to stay." ”

Several county commanders smiled awkwardly, of course they would not listen to Fang Yuan's words, and they would know if they would go back and plant if they succeeded or not.

Chen Hongmi asked, "Fang Junmen, where did these rice seeds come from?" ”

Fang Yuan said casually, "The fleet I sent bought it from overseas, and it is unique in the Ming Dynasty." ”

Chen Hongmi didn't dare to continue to ask where he bought it overseas, this didn't bother him, so he went down and asked other businessmen who had been overseas.

Chen Hongmi asked again, "Rice seeds can only be used once, and Fang Junmen can only purchase them overseas every year and sow them again?" ”

Fang Yuan smiled and said, "Yes, every year, I sell rice seeds uniformly, and all prefectures, prefectures and counties need to plant them, come to me to buy them." ”

"That's right! I also forgot to tell you that this rice is grown twice a year, and after the autumn harvest you can continue to sow and in November you can harvest the second crop. ”

Chen Hongmian and others were completely shocked that the rice fields in Suzhou Prefecture were originally two crops a year. One season of rice, one season of wheat, the harvest of wheat is much lower than the harvest of rice. If two crops of rice can be harvested, the grain production in Suzhou is simply astronomical.