Chapter 52: Potato Sowing
Yang Su has crossed over more than ten days, and now it has been stung, after a few days Yang Su once again took Wang Chengen out of the palace to Huangzhuang, today is the big day for Huangzhuang to sow spring wheat and potatoes, it is difficult to move an inch without grain at the end of the Ming Dynasty, which involves Yang Su's next plan, of course he has to personally inspect and express his attention!
"Are farmers resistant to planting new crops?" Yang Su got out of the carriage and looked at the Zhuang people working in the fields in the distance, and asked Wang Chengen.
"The villagers were really skeptical at first, after all, they had never planted anything before, but when we sent the seeds to them, I heard that the emperor was ready for them, and all the villagers were willing to plant potatoes!" Wang Chengen replied with a grin.
"Are they willing to lend seeds, farm tools, and ploughing cattle to the villagers, and pay the rent for one floor?" Yang Su asked again.
"All the villagers planted it voluntarily! But can the emperor's potato really yield more than wheat? The slave maid heard that some people in the south used to grow potatoes many years ago, but the yield is not enough to catch up with the rice, and we should use these inferior land to grow potatoes The yield should be reduced! Wang Chengen asked worriedly.
This time, the implementation of potatoes was so smooth, and the villagers actively planted them, completely relying on Yang Su's personal prestige, but if the potatoes were not successful, Yang Su would have a great impact!
The prestige that Yang Su has accumulated by doing so many things for the people will be burned because of this, and with the example of this failure, it will be difficult to do this kind of thing in the future, Wang Chengen has to worry about Yang Su.
"Don't worry, this potato is different from the southern one, and it will surprise everyone when the time comes!" Yang Su said with a smile.
He didn't tell others about the yield per mu of this potato in the future, of course, even if he said it, no one would dare to believe it, the yield per mu is 9 tons, which is so terrifying now!
This is no longer something that can be described by mere auspiciousness, once the potatoes are harvested, it is destined to become a major event that shocks the Three Realms! Yang Su has already thought about how to face all the troubles that come with this!
"Your Majesty, since you let us implement this package to the household, collect rent according to the harvest, and redistribute the land, the enthusiasm of the villagers has increased at once, and they are particularly motivated, and the slaves and maids have been reported by the eunuchs in charge of the villages, and they all say that the villagers, men, women, and children have gone out together to start sowing seeds and fertilizing before dawn, and the Huangzhuang is now not enough for the villagers, just the fifteenth day of the spring equinox, relying on the current villagers, I am afraid that they will not be busy, and the slaves and maids have let people collect the displaced people, let them come to the Huangzhuang to distribute their land seeds!"
"Excellent! We must continue to do this to collect the displaced people! "Yang Su did not hesitate to praise Wang Chengen's move, for the emperor, the most valuable population, the least valuable is also the population, it depends on what you want to do.
If Chongzhen was before, he naturally wished that all the homeless people in the world would die clean and not cause trouble for him, but for Yang Su, he would not refuse, the more the merrier!
"It's the emperor, the emperor is here!" The villagers finally saw Yang Su and his party cheering loudly in surprise.
For a while, all the villagers in the field threw down their farm work, ran to Yang Su, and gathered around Yang Su excitedly.
Yang Su smiled and stopped to greet the villagers.
It also caused a burst of cheers from the villagers.
"The old man looks a lot better!" Yang Su saw the old man Chen standing in front of the crowd and asked with a smile.
"Your Majesty, the villain's body is much better, it's all thanks to the medicine that the emperor gave to the villain! The doctor said that the villain can live for at least five or six years, and he can live until the third son is married, and the villain can be worthy of his ancestors even after death, it all depends on the emperor! Old man Chen replied excitedly, and as he spoke, he was about to kneel down and kowtow to Yang Su.
Yang Su grabbed Old Man Chen, turned his head and glanced at Wang Chengen, seeing him smiling, he didn't understand what he did.
"Get up, where is five or six years enough, live well for another twenty years, watch me destroy the Jin Dynasty, and avenge you!" Yang Su picked up Old Man Chen and promised loudly.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" Old man Chen sobbed again and wiped his tears.
"Is there enough food to eat?" Yang Su is concerned about people's livelihood issues.
"Enough to eat, father-in-law is all according to human hair, all of them are enough to eat!"
"Is everyone satisfied with the land allocation?"
"Your Majesty, everyone is satisfied, Your Majesty, you are so good to us! Even the blind old woman was given three acres of land, and the emperor allowed her to contract the land to others to plant, so that she could harvest fifty percent of the rent for nothing, which is something that the villain has never heard of! Old man Chen hissed.
The surrounding villagers also nodded, their faces flushed with excitement.
"Both old and weak are my people, and of course I have to think about you!" Yang Su was also overjoyed to see this, and asked, "Everyone's fine problem with sowing potatoes, right?" ”
"No problem, no problem!" Old man Chen shook his head again and again, "We will plant whatever the emperor asks us to plant, whoever dares not to obey me, Old Man Chen, the first one, will not spare him!" ”
Yang Su looked and saw that the land that the villagers had just opened had already been planted, and nodded with satisfaction, the people's hearts are available! Once all the potatoes have been planted, he can plan the next step.
"Do you have any difficulties with the folks?" Yang Su walked on the field and asked Old Man Chen very kindly.
"There's no difficulty, it's just that at the beginning, everyone didn't know how to plant this potato, or the father-in-law from the palace personally went to the field to teach us by hand, hey, it's the first time I've seen a father-in-law in the palace teach us to farm in person after so many years, and no one else dares to believe it!" Old man Chen smiled proudly.
In the past, the villagers were a chore, and their lives were worse than those of military households and artisan households.
But now it's different, just a few days of changes brought by Yang Su to Huangzhuang, enough to make those villages next to Huangzhuang full of envy and jealousy, this has a comparison, and it makes all the villagers more and more grateful to Yang Su!
Yang Su also nodded, in fact, the biggest problem in the Ming Dynasty was food, the people took food as the sky, as long as he could make the people have enough to eat, and with the resilience of the people, he would never starve to death, he would never follow the rebellion.
As long as there are no problems within the Ming Dynasty, then no one will be afraid of Yang Su.
Looking at the waiter beside Wang Chengen who was sent by the Inner Shutang to guide Zhuang Min to plant potatoes, Yang Su glanced at his fingers and boots without a trace, and asked with a smile, "What's your name?" ”
"Slave Chen Chengdong, knock to see the emperor!" Chen Chengdong knelt down in surprise.
"You are very good, do a good job, help the villagers to plant potatoes as soon as possible! If there are any problems, we should also give feedback in time, and everyone brainstorms to solve the problem.
It is the first time for me to plant potatoes on such a large scale in the Ming Dynasty, and there will definitely be various problems, it is far from enough to rely on the books I give you, Confucius is not as good as the old peasants, let alone a book! In case of trouble, you should consult with the villagers and listen to their opinions. Yang Su said encouragingly.
This eunuch is indeed doing a good job, Yang Su happens to set up a model, he has already set up too much before, and now he has to rely on the eunuch system to do practical things for him, so he naturally spares no mercy!
"Emperor Xie praised, these are what slaves and maids should do, and slaves and maids must help the people plant potatoes even if they give up their lives!" Chen Chengdong kowtowed gratefully.
"The emperor has something to say about this potato, and the slave maid has something to do!" Chen Chengdong preached again.
"Get up first, if there is anything, you can come!" Yang Su agreed.
"Your Majesty, the slave maid reads the book that potatoes don't need to consume too much fertilizer to grow, so they can be planted on the lower ground. But this fertilizer must be better than nothing, Huangzhuang livestock is scarce, fertilizer is not enough, but behind the capital of Huangzhuang, the slave maid thinks that he can go to the capital every day to collect fertilizer and transport it back, one can save a lot of effort for the people of the capital and improve the environment of the capital, and the other is also for the Zhuang people to seek practical benefits! This is a little bad opinion of the slave maid, and I don't know if it can be done, please forgive the emperor! Chen Chengdong saw that Yang Su squinted and couldn't see his joy and anger, and he preached with some apprehension.
Yang Su thought in his heart, of course this is a great thing! Not to mention the previous generations, he had an underground drainage system in every city during the Song Dynasty, and the fixed population of Bianjing at that time was more than one million, but the sanitary condition was very good, because every morning there were people who collected manure to drive to collect it and transport it to the countryside to make fertilizer.
The hesitation was because it was a spontaneous move of the people at that time, and if it was implemented by Huangzhuang, it would undoubtedly require Yang Su's contribution, but there was a priority, and he only had so much money, of course, he had to think about it clearly.
"Since this matter is proposed by you, I will hand it over to you first, if there is any difficulty, ask Chengen for help, and the ten-day agricultural time will be over, when the time comes, you have to make a detailed plan for me, how much manpower and material resources are needed, how much help can Zhuang Min get, and report directly to Wang Chengen when you are ready!" Yang Su was silent for a moment and finally spoke.
"Slave obeys!" Chen Chengdong was overjoyed.
"Do a good job, don't disappoint the emperor!" Wang Chengen smiled, he was managing the inner study hall, and this Chen Chengdong was also the best in the inner study hall, otherwise he would not have been specially sent to this imperial village, and now that Chen Chengdong is in the eyes of the emperor, Wang Chengen is naturally happy.
Yang Su took everyone to take a closer look around the Huangzhuang, and then took Wang Chengen back to the palace to no longer delay the agricultural time.
In fact, the first is to listen to the opinions of the villagers on the spot, and the second is to express to the eunuchs that they attach importance to this matter.
"Luo Yangxing should also be in action!" Yang Su finished reading his Huangzhuang today, and remembered the remaining tens of thousands of hectares, this is the season of sowing, and there are many kinds of seeds in his inner library!
However, he did not mean to urge Luo Yangxing again, he personally explained the major matter to Luo Yangxing, Luo Yangxing must find a way to complete it even if he is desperate for his life, and he may make a mistake if he urges it again.
Judging from the history books, how many times Chongzhen is because he is too anxious and constantly urging, but it makes things mess up, Yang Su of course will not take Chongzhen's old road, since he chooses to believe that Luo Yang's nature is naturally employed!