The rice flowers are fragrant, and the fields are green.

In Jinshanwei in June, the earth seems to be covered with a layer of green makeup, and there is vitality everywhere.

Looking at the excellent corn growing in the field, Li Chuan was in a pretty good mood.

There are not many military households planting corn, only a few hundred, and the seeds of corn are bought varieties suitable for men to plant, and the yield per mu is not as high as in the north, and it is certainly not as high as after a few hundred years, but the yield per mu is more than 1,000 catties.

Compared to rice, the yield of corn is at least three times higher.

The common people are timid, and no one wants to be guinea pigs, but as long as the corn planted this year is harvested, next year, he doesn't have to bother anymore, and the military households of Jinshanwei will also rush to plant corn, and they will never worry about food again.

"My lord, can this corn really go up to a thousand catties per acre?"

Zhou Laohan cautiously stayed on the side, still not so optimistic in his heart.

"Of course!"

Li Chuan said with confidence: "Farming mulberry is a major plan for the people's livelihood, how can this official joke about everyone's stomach, and when did this official deceive you, as long as you plant corn, everyone will have meat to eat in the future." ”

Zhou Laohan still has confidence in the commander of the adult, last year he planted the greenhouse to get the great benefits, the greenhouse vegetables are still in short supply until the beginning of spring, and the silver in his hand is more than fifty taels, so he naturally has confidence in the adult.

"It's a good feeling!"

The old man rubbed his hands and said happily: "If it is really as good as the adults say, the little old man will not plant rice next year, and all the corn will be planted, and a thousand catties can be collected from a thousand lands, and the rent and tax are low, which is enough to feed the family." ”

"There's not enough land!"

Li Chuan couldn't be happy, and said: "Jin Shanwei is so much land, the number of mouths is getting more and more, now one person is less than one acre of land, a family is more than five or six acres, less than two or three acres, all planted with corn, more land and more grain, life can be better, but less land is enough to feed a family, and it is still a little difficult to eat meat at once." ”

"It's already good."

Zhou Laohan hurriedly said: "It's also the adult's kindness, it's really good to us military households, we can eat a full stomach, and we still have cotton clothes to wear in winter, the big guy is already very satisfied, and the little old man is ready to set up a shrine for the adult!" ”

"Less messy."

Li Chuan took a sip and said: "Now you can eat and clothe yourself, but in a few decades, when Jin Shanwei's mouth reaches 200,000, and one person has less than half an acre of land, what will you do at that time?" ”

"This ......"

Zhou Laohan was a little confused, obviously he had never considered this problem.

Li Chuan didn't say it anymore, he just said it casually and dropped a seed.

After a while in the cornfield, I went to the vegetable greenhouse.

The vegetables planted last winter have all been cleaned up, and a new crop of vegetables has been planted, although the summer vegetables are certainly not as in short supply as the winter vegetables, but such as tomatoes, green peppers and other vegetables that are not yet in demand in the Ming Dynasty are still very popular.

"How much money do you make from greenhouses?"

Li Chuan asked, this is another military family's greenhouse.

Junhu is a thirty-year-old man, a little stuttering, can't say a complete sentence for a long time, until her mother-in-law is very numb, not stage fright, heard the words and said diligently: "Thanks to the blessing of the adult, I earned fifty-three taels of silver." ”

Li Chuan asked, "How is the price of vegetables now?" ”

The woman said: "Compared with the New Year, the price of watercress brought by those young masters is more than half less than that of the New Year, and I heard that there are more vegetables eaten in the summer, and no matter how good the dishes are, they can't sell the price of the New Year." ”

"Do you have pigs at home?"

Li Chuan has always been very concerned about this, the balanced development of the industry!

Being able to eat a full stomach does not mean that life can be lived well.

Under the peasant economic model of the Ming Dynasty, there is no large-scale farm, so he can only encourage the people to raise as many poultry and livestock as possible, and encouraging military households to raise more pigs, chickens, ducks and geese is also the governance strategy he has been piling up.

The army cannot be supported by him alone, and the military households of Jinshanwei cannot always rely on his assistance to live, this is not normal, self-sufficiency is normal, and while reforming agriculture, vigorously developing the family breeding industry is the only way.

Moreover, the 5,000 soldiers conscripted have to eat meat every day, because of the huge demand, the price of live pigs in Songjiang Prefecture has risen by 50% recently, and in a few months, maybe if you want to buy live pigs, you will have to buy them from other places.

The shortage of materials in the Ming Dynasty can be seen in general.

The common people can't get rich, and no amount of silver can buy anything.

Only when supplies are abundant can prices be lowered and the cost of supporting the army can be reduced.

"Raised, just caught three cubs."

The woman smiled and said: "This year's harvest will be less than last year's, and the adults only collect one percent of the rent, and there is a lot of grain left at home, and the cabbage in the greenhouse cannot be eaten, and it is not easy to sell, and it can be sold for money by feeding a few pigs." ”

"That's right."

Li Chuan said with relief: "Recently, the pigs in Songjiang have become more and more expensive, and the five thousand soldiers have to eat meat every day. ”

The woman muttered, "My pigs are not cheap. ”

The faces of the housekeepers and officials next to him immediately darkened, and they glared at the woman with unkind eyes.

The woman was startled, and her heart was a little empty.

Li Chuan smiled, his mood was not affected, what the people always care about is their own lives and interests, and it is pure for them to care about national affairs, and as for private dedication or something, it is even more.

The major events in the world are the worries of the rulers, and they have nothing to do with the common people.

Besides, the woman is not wrong, why should the pigs that you have worked so hard to raise be sold to you cheaply?

But......

Li Chuan thought to himself, it's not cheap, this woman doesn't count, she doesn't count what she said, this depends on the market, if every Jinshanwei family raises pigs, the price of pigs will naturally fall, but it's not your mother-in-law who has the final say.

Back at the Acropolis of Jinshan, when I was about to enter the city gate, a fast horse galloped over not far away.

Zhao Tiezhu and a cadre immediately pressed the handle of the knife and stared vigilantly ahead.

Soon, the horse galloped to within a hundred paces.

"Young master, it's Zhu Lao Er."

Zhao Tiezhu glanced at it, couldn't help but be stunned, and hurriedly reported to Li Chuan.

"Lao Huang is back?"

Li Chuan immediately lifted his spirits, which is good news.

Zhu Laosan is one of the sailors brought by Huang Tianxiang, and he followed Kou Beijie to Taiwan with Huang Tianxiang, but now Zhu Laosan is back, and there is only one result, the people who went to Taiwan are back.

The family members were also in high spirits and whispered about it.

Soon, Zhu Lao Er ran to a close place, restrained the fast horse more than ten steps away, flipped off the horse's back with a smoke, walked a few steps quickly, and only reached the front with one knee on the ground, and saluted Li Chuan: "Young master, the little one is back." ”

"Hurry up!"

Li Chuan hurriedly pulled him up and asked, "What about the others, how was this trip to Taiwan?" ”