Chapter 205: Big sticks and sweet dates
"If what His Highness said is true, then the official should promote this thing in Dangtu County to ensure that the people no longer have to worry about hunger!"
Hearing Zhu Changluo's affirmative answer, Li Wenhua's eyes lit up, his body was almost swinging, and he swore solemnly. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
However, this gesture made Zhu Changluo have a trace of suspicion, this promise is too simple, right?
With his eyes narrowing slightly, Zhu Changluo continued to speak.
"Li Zhixian Gaoyi, since this is the case, the king has to ask, since Li Zhixian plans to promote this crop in the county, how to promote, how to plant the first batch, how to persuade the people to introduce seeds, these are all clear, so that the king can rest assured!"
Li Wenhua's originally impassioned expression froze instantly, and he was speechless.
"This ...... Your Highness will allow the official to think carefully, and then reply to His Highness......"
The unconfident appearance instantly made Zhu Changluo sneer.
"I'm afraid that Li Zhixian didn't plan to promise this king at all! If this king leaves today, I'm afraid I won't be able to see Li Zhixian's Tiao Chen again! ”
From the very beginning, Zhu Changluo felt that something was wrong, since this Li Wenhua could accurately report the number of fields and the yield per mu under his rule, it showed that he was not a fat-brained and mediocre official, but his reaction after seeing the sweet potato was not too fast, except for the fierce opposition at the beginning!
And his acting skills are seriously exaggerated, you know, no matter how he says it, he is also the respect of a county, and he has never even seen the yield per mu of sweet potatoes with his own eyes, just listening to Zhu Changluo say this, he has a posture of not letting me plant sweet potatoes and I will work hard with you, it's not too fake......
If Zhu Changluo was just an ordinary aristocratic boy, he might have been fooled, after all, the vanity of the young man was troubled, and seeing such a magistrate bow to him, his heart would inevitably be filled with satisfaction.
But Zhu Changluo is clear, no matter which department he is in, the government department is a urine ......
When you want to be efficient, it can be efficient until the morning and evening, but if you want to grind foreign workers, I am afraid that Zhu Changluo will wait until he becomes an adult, and he will not wait for the day when sweet potatoes will be promoted on a large scale!
What's more, this Li Wenhua clearly treats him as a gentleman who doesn't know what to do, he agreed so simply, shouldn't he tell the government to know?
You know, it is not a trivial matter to rashly change to grain planting, in case the harvest is not good, or there are other mistakes in the harvest, and the taxes of the imperial court are delayed, who will be responsible?
The people have nothing to eat, and there is a civil uprising, who will be responsible?
These possibilities exist, as a qualified magistrate, Li Wenhua could not be unclear, but he didn't mention all of them, so he agreed.
It's obviously a calculation that can't work!
Although he was slightly angry in his heart, Zhu Changluo also understood Li Wenhua's difficulty, but since he came today, he must do this thing!
His face slowed down, and Zhu Changluo spoke
"Li Zhixian's difficulties, this king also knows! However, this matter is not this king's nonsense, since the 32nd year of Jiajing, Guangxi, Shandong, Huguang have been affected by disasters year after year, or there are droughts, floods, but where there is a disaster, there will be no harvest, the people are displaced, Li Zhixian may guarantee that Dangtu County will not have this disaster? ”
sighed silently in his heart, as a large agricultural country with underdeveloped technologies, today's Ming Dynasty's ability to resist natural disasters is too weak, and the people rely on the sky to eat, so of course when natural disasters appear, these people are the first to be hit.
And what Zhu Changluo knows is that the Xiaoice River period is actually a gradual process, although it really began to rage in the Chongzhen period, but in fact, from the time of Jiajing, the climate began to change gradually, and disasters in various places began to gradually become frequent, only in the Chongzhen period began to break out in full force......
"This ......"
Li Wenhua was slightly stunned, and was speechless when questioned by Zhu Changluo.
He also had to admit that Zhu Changluo was right, whether it was rice or wheat, the ability to resist disasters was very weak, and basically as long as there was a disaster, the output would be greatly reduced, and he could only rely on the relief of the imperial court to survive the disaster year.
However, Li Wenhua couldn't help but complain in his heart, how did he know that he would suffer a disaster next year? You must know that Dangtu County has always been smooth and rainy in recent years, and it has been safe and sound for several years.
It's just that he still has to echo the complexion.
"Your Highness is right, it's the lower officials who are not thoughtful!"
"In this case, this king will not continue to talk about the benefits of this thing, in short, after the autumn harvest, this king will see that the newly planted grain in Dangtu County is all sweet potatoes, otherwise, Li Zhixian can clean up and go back to his hometown for the New Year!"
Even the clay figurines also have three points of fire, Zhu Changluo couldn't see Li Wenhua's shirking, his heart was angry, and he directly left the next sentence and turned around and left.
Since the soft one can't work, he can only come to the hard one, and if he can't do it, you will get out!
Li Wenhua was sweating profusely, hurriedly caught up, and stopped in front of Zhu Changluo.
"His Royal Highness's forgiveness is the fault of the lower officials, but this matter is very important, whether it is considered in the long run, and it is not that the lower officials are unwilling to promote this sweet potato, but the governor of the government will not agree, and the lower officials, as parents of a place, how can they be so rash in such a big matter......"
After a pause, a hint of struggle flashed across Li Wenhua's face, and finally spoke.
"It is not easy for the people, the output of the land is their lifeblood, if Your Highness insists on this, please go to the seal of the lower official and find someone else!"
I have to say that the fat man still has an advantage at some times, at least now, Zhu Changluo has a wall of meat in front of him, successfully blocking his way forward.
Looking at Li Wenhua's determined expression, Zhu Changluo calmed down.
Thinking about it carefully, he is too anxious, although this Li Wenhua is fat, he is finally a good official, otherwise, as long as he confronts himself, he will handle this matter well, as for the life and death of the people, who will care about him!
But this person seriously considered the impact of the implementation of this matter, and tactfully persuaded himself several times, although he was suspected of trickery, but in general, he was still a good official who asked for the people's life.
On the contrary, he, under the suppression of the Xiaoice River period, seemed a little anxious, and after a moment of silence, Zhu Changluo spoke.
"Li Zhixian rest assured, this king is not a fool, and he will never let the people run out of food, so you don't have to worry about the government over there, this king will solve it, and this king promises that as long as the people plant this thing, if they are willing to sell it after the harvest, the palace will buy it all, and the price will be half of the price of rice that year! If there is a person who produces less than 1,000 catties, how about this king making up for him a thousand catties of silver? ”
This can be regarded as a magnifying move, you know, sweet potatoes with such a large amount of mu yield, if you want to sell, it is good to be able to sell rice, but Zhu Changluo promised to use fifty percent to buy, and it is all purchased, especially the one that is less than 1,000 catties to make up for 1,000 catties, it is simply a peace charm for the people, telling them that the harvest is guaranteed by drought and flood, and all are responsible for this king!
Even Li Wenhua couldn't help but swallow his saliva, shocked by the master's generosity, and at the same time he also realized that he was indeed wrong before, this highness was indeed not messing around, and after being entangled for a long time, Li Wenhua's expression changed for a while, and finally he couldn't resist Zhu Changluo and arched his hand.
"Obey His Highness's decree ......"
PS: Nine o'clock in the next chapter (to be continued.) )