Although the annual finance of the Great Song Dynasty can reach 80 million, or even hundreds of millions, it is used for 78 out of 10 years, and it is used to raise soldiers! The reason for this is redundancy, and redundancy will inevitably lead to redundancy. Just imagine, seven or eight out of ten are used to raise soldiers, what a terrifying number?

The Great Song Dynasty has always regarded internal troubles as a more terrible thing than the invasion of foreign enemies, and the idea of "first pacifying the internal invaders, and then defending against foreign insults" is very marketable at the top level. Zhao Da was not at ease with a hundred martial artists, and did everything possible to take the military power into his own hands. The soldiers don't know the generals, the generals don't know the soldiers, and the soldiers are many but weak, all of which stem from Zhao Kuangyin's deliberate system design. The problem of redundancy is a direct consequence of this design.

The heavy troops stationed in various places, such as the Xiang Army, Lizhou Road, Jingnan Road, and Lianghuai, have to burn a lot of money and grain every year. Even if it is hundreds of thousands of pigs, they can eat three million stone of military food every year, not to mention the military salary, even this eating, drinking and Lazar is a large expense, thanks to the money of the imperial court, which is left in any other dynasty, who can afford it.

Once this potato is promoted in Lizhou Road, Jingnan Road and Lianghuai, it will save a lot of expenses compared to a piece of military food! Those places are not suitable for planting rice, and some millet and wheat are planted every year, and sometimes there is no harvest because of drought.

From top to bottom, the Manchu dynasty was full of interest in this crop.

So, Cheng Donglao was "ordered to be in danger" and went to formally discuss business with Li Boyan. According to Zhao Kuo's words, no matter how much the price is, all the potatoes must be harvested, but Cheng Song is smart and wants to make a move with Li Boyan, after all, if he can save a little, then in front of the official family, he will have more credit.

"Nephew, you're asking too much. If the academy is built according to your drawings, it will all be returned, no, no, according to a certain view, five large tiled houses, what do you think? Cheng Song looked like he was in pain, as if these five big tiled houses could hurt the foundation of the Great Song Dynasty.

Li Boyan smiled coldly, five big tile houses, send it to Huazi, why did you send Han Yanxuan's concubine more than this amount, so he put away the drawings and said lightly: "Cheng Xianggong said this, we don't need to talk about it." My 10,000 catties of potatoes are sold as vegetables in Liu Ji in Yongzhou, which is enough to build five large tile houses. ”

"Hachiken! How about eight rooms? Cheng Song relieved his mouth, thinking that Li Boyan was so foolish, "This is already the biggest forbearance." It's not easy to tax the imperial court, the virtuous nephew thinks about my plan, the upper must be the king, the lower must be the people, this academy, ten tiled houses can not accommodate one or two hundred students? Almost. ”

Li Boyan beckoned to Duan Jing, then handed a roll of paper to Cheng Song's eyes, and said: "Cheng Xianggong take a good look, Yongzhou is seriously waterlogged, how difficult it is to cultivate such crops in the south, this is the pen of the Zhuangshang account room, the old farmer's dictation, and the record is all for the cultivation of these potatoes. ”

Cheng Song let go of a page and wrote: "On September 17, the wind and rain were blowing. The owner has a saying, the bean seedlings are not resistant to waterlogging, and the farmer on the village is ordered to brave the rain overnight to close the glass conservatory, and until the middle of the night, more than 100 tenants are drenched into the rain, but the bean seedlings in the conservatory are not drenched by the rain, and the heart is at ease. ”

"On the twenty-third day, the wife of the family is in labor, but the bean seedlings can not be delayed, helpless, can not bear to leave, simply Zhuang Shangdong is kind, please a stable mother, mother and child are safe, the warm house is safe, my heart is at ease."

“……”

article by article, I saw that this Cheng Xianggong was going to cry,, now planting a land, you have to have such a high level of culture? Where is this farming, this is simply the mental journey of the hermit master! I'll go and warm the house, this ......

Cheng Song put away the paper, smiled, and said, "I don't know that the virtuous nephew has paid such a big price for this thing, and I have to ask the official family for this matter." ”

Cheng Songniao slipped away quietly.

Zhao Ruyu was silent for a long time, and only after half a sound did he ask: "Da Lang, is this really what the tenants of the village said, the book of the accounts?" It's not easy to be a farmer......"

"The students and Duan Jing made it up last night."

“……”

The sad emotion that Zhao Ruyu had just brewed was made up by this sentence, and suddenly ran away from the clouds.

This kid, it's bad!

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In the vertical arch hall, the diary of the "old farmer of Yongzhou" was circulated in the hands of several ministers and Zhao Kuo, and it was really sad for those who heard it, and those who saw it wept.

"I live in the temple all day long, and when I see this old farmer's note today, I am also full of emotion. Ladies and gentlemen, let's talk about it, am I doing this business, or can't I do it? ”

Chen Ziqiang wanted to be listed, but was stopped by Han Yanxuan's look.

Xie Zisu said: "Holy Lord, the old minister believes that this is a move to benefit the country and the people. This crop can be obtained to alleviate military rations, and a academy can be established to show the meaning of re-learning. ”

"Minister, second." When the old minister saw that Xie Zisu had come out to speak, he also stood up. Zhao Zizhi Zhishi, it can be regarded as a good home, if he himself retires honorably in the future, he will sell him now, and he will go to this academy for a few days in the future.

Cheng Song saw that Han Yanxuan didn't speak, and he also stood quietly behind Chen Ziqiang, looking like he didn't care about himself.

Zhao Kuo closed the old farmer's diary and sighed: "It's okay." Since it kills two birds with one stone, it can be regarded as a love for the straight man. The Ministry of Industry is solely responsible for this matter, and as for how to build it, it is up to Zi Zhigong to decide. ”

Zhao Ruyu has the final say, that's not just according to what Li Boyan said, Zhao Kuo waited for potatoes, that is already happy, if this is promoted, save a percent of the finance, and build an extra garden every year. Now that the military budget is so tight, there is no money left for him to squander, and now it costs 200,000 yuan, which will be a big profit of millions in the future, this transaction is worth it and is cost-effective!

This matter was discussed again in the early dynasty, but because of the relationship between potatoes, most people have no doubt, after all, the establishment of the academy is not attributed to Zhao Zizhi or Li Boyan, in the future, it will be a great cause for a thousand years, and you can get a good reputation by spending some money, even if Chen Ziqiang wants to refute it, he has no ability.

As a result, this unscientific business was approved in this way in the second motion of the Manchu Dynasty. The Ministry of Industry recruited people, and the construction is about to start.

Zhao Ruyu was very drunk that night.

The decision made in the health care of the past is about to be realized today.

This is the beginning of the revival of the Great Song Dynasty, and it is also the cradle of Li Boyan's cultivation of imperial tigers and wolves!