"What, what's the problem?" Zhou Zhong saw the embarrassed expressions on the faces of Lu Songnian and the others, and asked a little strangely at the moment, even if the wasteland reclaimed in Taiwan is planted with other grains, the yield must be very low, and it is not enough for the victims to eat, but if you plant sweet potatoes, you won't do it at once, this thing doesn't pick the land, and the yield is high, it is said that those disaster victims should rush to plant it, why do they all show such an expression in Lu Songnian?

"Lord Qiyu, sweet potatoes have been tried in the Huangzhuang in the capital, and the yield is indeed very amazing, we all know this, but those who moved here have never seen sweet potatoes at all, let alone planted them with their own hands, so they have always been skeptical about the yield of sweet potatoes, plus they finally reclaimed some wasteland, and they all want to grow more food on the wasteland, after all, they are all hungry, so they are not willing to try to plant sweet potatoes as a new crop." Lu Songnian said with a wry smile at this time.

Hearing Lu Songnian's words, Zhou Chong also frowned suddenly, when he dedicated the sweet potatoes to Zhengde, he was also worried that the people would not accept it for a while, so he let Zhengde try to plant in Huangzhuang, now after a year of harvest, the name of sweet potatoes has spread in the capital, many people are begging grandpa to rely on grandma to get some sweet potato seedlings, but the immigrants who migrated to Taiwan have never heard of sweet potatoes, and they are now resistant to planting sweet potatoes.

However, understanding is understanding, this year's sweet potatoes still have to be planted, after all, the sweet potato seedlings have been transported, and the immigrants are also in urgent need of food, if they don't plant sweet potatoes, I'm afraid that he will need to transport food from the world next year, which will not only cost money. At the same time, it also occupies a lot of manpower and material resources. Only planting sweet potatoes this year will ensure that the migrants will be self-sufficient the next year.

"Governor Lu. If I'm not mistaken, each immigrant can now reclaim five acres of wasteland, right? Zhou Zhong pondered for a moment and suddenly asked.

"My lord remembers it well, this time all the immigrants who migrated to Taiwan, each man, regardless of size, can reclaim five acres of land, and women can reclaim three acres, and then the yamen will issue a document, and these fields will belong to their own fields in the future. Moreover, these fields are tax-exempt for three years, which can be said to be very generous. Lu Songnian arched his hand and said.

"Well, with so much land divided, is there still more wasteland in Tainan County and other places?" Zhou Zhong then asked again.

"Uh...... ......Hearing Zhou Chong's question, Lu Songnian was stunned for a moment before he reacted, "Although 300,000 people have moved from Taiwan, the land in the government is vast, and there are also many fields suitable for farming. ”

"That's it!" Zhou Zhong stroked his palms and smiled at this time. "By the order of the Governor, if you are willing to plant more than two acres of sweet potatoes this year. Each household can get an extra acre of wasteland, and those who plant more than four acres of sweet potatoes will get two acres, and so on, the more sweet potatoes planted, the more land a household will get! ”

"No adults!" As soon as Zhou Chong's words fell, Lu Songnian and the others immediately objected, "My lord, although there is a lot of wasteland in Taiwan, it can't be divided in vain, after all, more immigrants need to be relocated to Taiwan in the future, if there is too much land divided in the early stage, then what should be distributed to the latecomers in the future?" ”

Lu Songnian, as a local official in Taiwan, naturally hopes that the people under his rule will get better and better, after all, the more people there are, the more wealth they can create, and Taiwan will be more prosperous.

Zhou Chong was also very clear about Lu Songnian's thoughts, and said with a blank face at the moment: "What's the use of no one cultivating the land, the most important thing now is to let the 300,000 people in Taiwan harvest enough rations in the next year, and then let them live in Taiwan with peace of mind. ”

Hearing Zhou Zhong say such harsh words, Lu Songnian was frightened, before they thought that this young governor had no scruples, and they couldn't help but feel a little contempt in their hearts, but it was only then that they found out that although this governor was casual on the surface, he was not sloppy in government affairs at all.

Thinking of this, Lu Songnian and they all said yes again and again, and immediately asked people to write Zhou Chong's words just now into notices and send them to various counties in Taiwan, and at the same time, the sweet potato seedlings transported by the imperial court were also sent over, I believe that with the temptation of land, those immigrants will definitely compete to plant sweet potatoes.

After eating, Zhou Chong came to Lu Songnian and they accompanied them to the outside of Tainan County, before in order to reward Lu Songnian, these officials went to Taiwan to open up wasteland, so the imperial court also rewarded these officials with a considerable part of the fields, and now these fields have been planted by Lu Songnian and the people they brought to plant sweet potatoes, when Zhou Chong came here, the fields were green, the growth of sweet potatoes was very gratifying, I believe that this year's harvest will definitely not be small.

"My lord, please see, this is the field assigned by Xiaguan, a total of 500 acres, and now all of them have been planted with sweet potatoes, and because of the lack of manpower, Xiaguan brought the clansmen from his hometown over, and even Xiaguan and his wife and children also started together, plus the servants at home, and finally planted these 500 acres." Lu Songnian pointed to the good field next to a big river in front of him and said, the look on his face was also a little embarrassed, in order to harvest more grain for Taiwan, he also personally planted sweet potatoes in the field, it was really not easy.

Hearing Lu Songnian's words, Zhou Chong looked at the field, only to see that the big river just passed through the middle of the field, and it must be very convenient to irrigate in the future, it seems that Lu Songnian also used some private power when dividing the field for himself, but Zhou Chong didn't care about it, after all, there was no such thing as honesty in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, as long as Lu Songnian could handle Taiwan affairs well, his selfishness would not be seen.

Zhou Zhong walked along the field of Lu Songnian's house, squatting down from time to time to see the growth of sweet potatoes, and found that on the sandy land on the bank of the river, the growth of sweet potatoes was obviously better than that in other places, after all, the land by the river was relatively fertile, and the sand in the middle and upper had good air permeability, which was very suitable for the growth of sweet potatoes.

"Governor Lu, you planted 500 acres of sweet potatoes at once, according to the lowest yield, you can also produce 2,000 catties per mu, so that there will be a million catties of output, do you think about how to deal with so many sweet potatoes?" Zhou Zhong asked with a satisfied smile.

Lu Songnian was stunned when he heard this, and it was the first time he thought that he could harvest so many sweet potatoes, but he quickly came to his senses, and thought about it for a while: "Lord Qiyu, Xia Guan didn't expect that there would be a million catties of output, so many sweet potatoes can't be eaten by our family alone, and fresh sweet potatoes are not easy to store, so let's see if they can be sold to Quanzhou and other places, if they can't be sold, it is estimated that they can only be dried in the dried sweet potatoes and preserved." ”

Hearing Lu Songnian's answer, Zhou Chong smiled and said: "You are guarding the treasure and don't know the treasure, let me tell you a good news, this sweet potato can not only be eaten directly, but also can be made into vermicelli, although it is more delicious than the vermicelli made of mung beans, but it is also very delicious, especially the vermicelli can be stored for a long time after it is dried, and it will definitely be very high when it is transported back to Daming to sell, and sweet potatoes can also be made of wine, anyway, the yield of sweet potatoes is so high, with the expansion of the planting area in the future, it will definitely not be able to eat. Therefore, it is perfect for sake brewing. ”

Lu Songnian and they all knew that the sweet potato was given to the emperor by Zhou Chong, and now they heard the young governor tell them about the other two roles of the sweet potato, and they were overjoyed at the moment, after all, these are two long-term financial routes, if Taiwan can take the lead in developing into two industries, it will definitely have a huge role in promoting Taiwan's development.

Thinking of this, Lu Songnian and others all saluted and thanked Zhou Chong, and then Zhou Chong asked people to pick some young leaves on sweet potatoes, brought them back to be washed and sprinkled with flour, and then steamed in the pot, dipped in garlic paste is also a rare country game, and after the sweet potato is harvested, the sweet potato vines on the ground can also be used to feed livestock, so he also told Lu Songnian not to forget to develop Taiwan's breeding industry, only after the people eat and dress warmly, Taiwan will have a greater future for development.

Zhou Zhong walked around the field for a long time, and even when he met the people working in the countryside, he would go up and talk a few words, at the beginning, those fellow villagers saw a nobleman wearing an official uniform talking to him, and there was a group of officials behind him, all of them were scared, until Zhou Chong asked people to take off their official uniforms, and no one dared to talk to him.

Speaking of which, the situation in Tainan County is not bad, especially with Lu Songnian, who are officials, taking the lead in planting sweet potatoes, and one is hundreds of acres, which makes those people who doubt the yield of sweet potatoes can't help but have some confidence in sweet potatoes, after all, they are not stupid, even those well-informed officials have planted sweet potatoes, which must have the benefits of their ignorance, so most of these people will choose one or two acres to plant sweet potatoes while planting other grains, which also makes Zhou Zhong quite pleased.

Zhou Zhong has been in Taiwan for half a month, during which he also took a boat to several other counties in Taiwan to go around, and all he saw was a desolation, the smallest county had only 1,000 people, divided into two villages and lived on a vast plain, and the county orders were all in thatched houses.

After leaving Taiwan, Zhou Zhong took a boat back to Shuangyu Port, but when he was on the way, he received a news that surprised him. (To be continued......)