Time passed calmly.

Su Tiancheng has always been reviewing his homework at home.

Liu Joong Ki still comes to visit often, and when he learned that Su Tiancheng went out to travel and did not call himself, Liu Joong Ki had some complaints, Su Tiancheng was not easy to explain, he followed Qu Qingze out of Lu to travel, and he definitely couldn't take Liu Joong Ki with him.

Liu Zhongji brought some news, including rumors after Lei Wentong's suicide, as well as some big things that happened in the imperial court, which made Su Tiancheng a headache.

The peasant rebel armies in Shaanxi, Shandong, and other places were in full swing, and although the imperial court repeatedly exterminated them, the results were not very good, and by June, not only in these places, but also in Fujian, Jiangxi, and other places, peasant rebel armies had also appeared.

Responsible for the extermination of the peasant rebel army, it was Yang He, at this time Yang He hung the title of secretary of the military department, and the governor of the trilateral military affairs of Shaanxi.

Su Tiancheng knew some of Yang He's situation, Yang He was a Jinshi in the Wanli period, before he was responsible for exterminating the peasant rebel army, he once put forward a suggestion, thinking that the rise of the Liukou was because of the famine, which led to the people's misery, and these people were all the people of the Ming Dynasty, so in the overrush of encirclement and suppression, it should be mainly appeased, supplemented by pursuit.

He was actually in charge of the encirclement and suppression, and he did the same.

According to Yang He's approach, there is nothing wrong with it, people who have no food to eat always have to rise up to rebel, but there are two biggest problems in this, one is that the imperial court simply does not have the ability to relieve so many rogues, including the homeless, people have no food to eat, and they still want to rebel, and the second is that the so-called peasant rebel army, after a long period of war, is accustomed to the days of looting, is free, and it is difficult to farm with peace of mind and live a peaceful life.

It's a pity that Yang He didn't recognize this, which also doomed him to failure.

The imperial court spent silver and grain, and the appeased rogues rebelled after surrendering, and Yang He was also removed from his post because of the ineffective pursuit, and was later taken over by Hong Chengchou.

Su Tiancheng's headache was that if the Liukou continued to invade Pingyang Mansion City, his tenants would encounter big trouble.

Su Fu is not capable of dealing with these rogues, and the nursing home of more than 100 people is not enough to stuff people's teeth, which is not to rely on personal courage to be able to do a good job.

He could only pray to God to keep him from coming here for the time being.

In his heart, he thought again that to expand the scale of the nursing home, it is best to recruit more than 1,000 people and train these people to become professional sergeants, even if they encounter several times the number of rogues, they can also fight bravely and without fear.

Wang Dazhi and Ma Huabiao have begun to do this slowly.

The Lei family's more than 23,000 taels of gold, at this time, can play a major role.

The grain will be harvested soon, Su Tiancheng went to the field every now and then to see, the growth of maize and sweet potato is very good, the harvest is an ironclad thing, and the house will save a large amount of grain to deal with many things that are coming.

The key is that the recruitment of nursing homes is not very smooth.

This is also because Wang Dazhi and Ma Huabiao's requirements are too high.

The first batch of nursing homes, the quality is very good, more than half a year in the house, completely regard Su Mansion as their own home, if they encounter any danger, they must protect it desperately, and after more than half a year of training, these young nursing homes have undergone reborn changes, looking energetic and domineering.

It's no wonder that every day is such a good life, specializing in training, not worrying about other things, and monthly silver, being able to support the family, in this case, if you don't train hard, I'm sorry for the young master.

More than two months have passed, and there are only more than 50 people recruited by Wang Dazhi and Ma Huabiao.

Su Tiancheng couldn't blame them, after all, they did their best.

"Brother Su, when are you going to leave, it's already July, are you really going to wait until the grain in the fields is harvested before going to Taiyuan Mansion."

"Well, I think so, I don't know when Brother Liu is going to leave."

"I'm planning to set off in mid-July, and I'm going to take the test, I have to prepare, Brother Su, are you going to Taiyuan Mansion early, you can prepare more."

"I've also thought about it, I'm going to Taiyuan Mansion in late July, it's still too late, I always have to deal with the affairs of the mansion, I can't compare with you, you don't have to worry about anything."

"I want to follow your example, worry a lot, but unfortunately I don't have a chance, look at you now, you have become a rich man, there are so many people in the house, majestic, I see that those nursing homes can kill tigers."

"Hehe, Brother Liu said that he laughed, I also want to be relaxed, but my father handed over this place to me, so I have to do my best to do a good job."

"Brother Su has done a good job, I am envious."

"Don't talk about that, if there is nothing to do tomorrow, let's go and see the situation in the fields, and tomorrow we will start harvesting grain."

"Okay, I can't ask for it."

On the ninth day of the seventh month, the tenants of the Su family finally ushered in the harvest season.

Su Pingyang made all the preparations, and there were buckets in the fields to calculate how much grain could be produced per mu of maize and sweet potatoes, and a large number of nearby farmers also put down their farm work and came to visit.

In the past, they used to laugh at the tenants of the Su family, but now all that is left is envy.

Because of hunger, a lot of sweet potato leaves were given to nearby farmers and eaten as food.

After Su Tiancheng and Yoo Joong Ki arrived, the harvest officially began.

According to the rules, harvesting grain requires worshipping the gods and ancestors, but Su Tiancheng avoided all this complicated process and asked everyone to start harvesting directly.

Most of the Su family's nursing homes also came to help harvest the grain.

Su Tiancheng asked, everyone worked hard, within three days, all the harvest was completed, he had already received the news from Liu Zhongji, Wang Ziyong, Lao Huihui (Ma Shouying), Eight King Kong, Sweeping King, Shooting Collapse (Liu Guoneng), Gao Yingxiang, Zhang Xianzhong and other peasant rebels, led more than 200,000 horses, moved from Shaanxi to Shanxi, although the destination this time was not in Pingyang Mansion, but who knows if there will be an accident in Ludao.

Su Tiancheng personally participated in the harvest, his main task was to move the grain, seeing Su Tiancheng go to the field, Liu Zhongji also followed to help, in the hot season, busy in the field, it is not so comfortable.

The maize of an acre of land was quickly harvested.

All the sweet potatoes in the acre of fields were dug up.

Su Pingyang was nervously calculating on the side, but after half an hour, he shouted out in surprise.

"Young master, the maize harvested in one acre of land has reached more than three stones......

Before the crowd had time to cheer, even more startling statistics came out.

"Young master, young master, the sweet potatoes harvested in one acre of field have reached more than ten stones......

After this data came out, there was silence around, what kind of concept is this, more than ten stones, one acre of sweet potatoes in a field can feed a family, and a year's food is enough.

Niu Er had already set up a cauldron next to him, which was boiling boiling water, dug up sweet potatoes, and after a little scrubbing, he threw them into the cauldron, everyone had never seen sweet potatoes, and they didn't know that Lu Dao ate this thing like this, with pious eyes, looking at Niu Er and others, under the command of Su Tiancheng, step by step.

Soon, the fragrance spread, and it was the aroma of sweet potatoes.

Someone's stomach was already growling.

Half an hour later, the boiled sweet potato was scooped up, and Su Tiancheng took a boiled sweet potato, peeled off the skin, and slowly fed it into his mouth.

Although Liu Joong Ki was a little scared, when he saw Su Tiancheng doing this, he also picked up a sweet potato.

"Brother Liu, don't worry, eat slowly, it's a little hot."

Yoo Joong Ki nodded, and after carefully peeling the skin, he ate it in small bites.

"Oops, it's really delicious, it's still sweet, it's delicious......"

Yoo Joong Ki let out an exclamation, and the tenants and farmers around looked at the two of them, not daring to do anything for the time being.

"Niu Er, distribute sweet potatoes to everyone, everyone tastes them, and the farmers who came to see today will also give some."

The taste of sweet potatoes was finally tasted.

It was at this moment that the sweet potato was regarded as a treasure by all the tenants, and such a delicious thing could never be wasted, and two to three sweet potatoes cooked could be eaten to a great fill.

The surrounding farmers, their eyes are all envious, such a delicious thing, the yield is so high, what are you worried about but food, look at the Su family's fields, full of sweet potatoes and maize, if they are all harvested, it will be amazing.

Su Tiancheng told all the tenants that sweet potatoes can be eaten raw, boiled, or roasted, the most delicious sweet potato, roasted sweet potato.

Niu Er immediately did so, carefully putting the sweet potatoes on the fire and roasting.

Su Tiancheng said with a smile, it is okay to roast in this way, and the best way to do it is to dig a pit in the ground, cover it with thin soil, and live on it, so that the roasted sweet potato is a rare delicacy, and it can be done in winter.

The aroma of roasted sweet potatoes attracts everyone even more.

After perceiving the benefits of sweet potatoes, the enthusiasm of the tenants came, and all the tenants went into battle with their whole families, men and women, young and old, digging sweet potatoes, removing the soil from them, and collecting them in the fields.

The harvesting of maize is simpler and much faster.

For three whole days, the tenants of the Su family were busy from morning to dark.

Su Tiancheng's prediction was not wrong, the yield of maize reached 500 catties per mu, equivalent to two stones and six buckets, and the yield of sweet potatoes reached 1,900 catties per mu, which is ten stones.

4,500 acres of maize were planted, with an output of 2.25 million catties, and 3,000 acres of sweet potatoes were planted, with an output of 5.7 million catties.

Such a huge harvest shocked everyone in Su Province, and no one thought that maize and sweet potato would have such a large yield.