In the open space outside Zhaojia Village, I saw a young man holding a stone lock there, and I saw that the stone lock weighing dozens of catties was easily lifted by him.

The young man raised the stone lock dozens of times in a row, and finally couldn't hold it anymore and threw the stone lock to the ground.

The crowd of onlookers on the side immediately applauded.

What "Childe is mighty" and "Childe is brave and invincible" The exclamations rang out.

This person is Zhao Yan who has crossed over, and it has been half a month since he came to this place, and he is probably used to and adapted to the environment.

This place is located in the mountainous area of the south of Huangxian County, this mountainous area is not very large, surrounded by plains, but it is better in the middle of nowhere, and it did not affect it much when Kong Youde rebelled.

He also knows almost what his current identity is, and the guy he possesses is also called Zhao Yan, who was born in this Zhaojia Village.

He Laozi is a big tyrant in the vicinity, and his family has thousands of acres of fertile land, and he has built a small fort in this Zhaojia Village.

Originally, the guy who was possessed by himself had a very weak physique, but for some reason, after he possessed him, he seemed to have inexhaustible strength, and it was difficult to lift two stone locks weighing more than thirty pounds.

Now his physique seems to be very perverted.

After half a month, he also integrated into the life of Zhaojia Village.

This Zhaojia village is built by the Zhao family, and the people living in the village are all tenants, the Zhao family is a little different from other local tyrants, the Zhao family relies on the force provided by the family, and there is no force of the clan.

It turned out that his cheap old man came from Zhangpu, Fujian Province in his early years, and he also cut off contact with the Zhao family in Zhangpu, and there was no clan force to rely on in this Shandong.

His cheap old man can create this inheritance, and it is not a simple role.

Since the late Wanli period in Shandong, there have been many disasters and famines, and there are many bandits and thieves after the famine.

The Zhao family was able not to be disturbed by bandits, and also benefited from the hundreds of family members raised, most of whom were from the practicing family, plus this small castle in the mountains, and hundreds of bandits were not afraid.

In the face of the compliment of the family, Zhao Yan smiled undeniably, even if he is perverted, it is impossible to compete with thousands of troops, what is invincible is a bit of a bullshit.

It can only be said that he is in good health and convenient to do things.

Zhao Yan clapped his hands, turned around and returned to the house, and when the family members outside saw him leave, they also continued to practice, they all practiced some single-handedness, and there was a certain gap between them and the regular army.

At this time, Zhao Quan hurriedly walked in, Zhao Quan was the servant who took Zhao Yan back to Zhaojia Village, since the original housekeeper was killed in Huang County, he was the oldest qualified, so he became the new housekeeper of the Zhao family.

"Childe, the situation of tenants has basically been counted clearly, originally the Zhao family had 1,000 tenant farmers, but now there are only more than 200 left, seeing that the seeds will be sown in two months, if there is no one, I am afraid that I will not be able to harvest grain tomorrow." Zhao Quan reported the results he had just counted to Zhao Yan.

After Kong Youde's rebellion, Dengzhou was in a depression, and the Zhao family only relied on this small fort in the mountains to protect themselves, many tenants of the Zhao family formed their own villages, and they were robbed by Kong Youde without any suspense.

Zhao Yan frowned and asked, "How much grain do we have now?" ”

"There are more than 10,000 catties of wheat in the warehouse." Zhao Quan said.

"If we recruit displaced people to farm, will we be able to survive next year's wheat harvest?" Zhao Yan thought for a while and asked.

Zhao Yan's thought startled Zhao Quan, and he quickly shook his head and said, "Childe, this is absolutely unacceptable." Let's not say that it will not last next year's wheat harvest. This food is saved for life-saving purposes! I can't move! ”

"So what do you say?" Zhao Yan asked helplessly.

"......" Zhao Quan was silent for a while, and said: "The old slave can't help it." ”

Why don't rich and noble people hoard food? Moreover, some rich and noble families simply don't need so much food and are desperately hoarding, and there is not much food in the first place, so such a hoarding is even more insufficient.

People starve to death, production is destroyed, and they fall into a cycle of evil.

"I'll put that aside in advance, and I'll figure it out later. You immediately send a few people to the south to look for sweet potatoes, and ask them to get the sweet potatoes back quickly. Zhao Yan showed a vigorous and resolute style, just do it when you think of it, the sooner the better.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the most scarce thing was naturally food. The sweet potato is nutritious, but the protein is missing, and it is almost the same with eggs and milk.

If you want to gain a foothold in this late Ming Dynasty, you have to develop as soon as possible. Otherwise, as soon as the Manchu Qing entered the customs, they would not even have the ability to protect themselves.

As long as there is food, you can gather the displaced people, and then organize them, partly for production, and partly for the formation of an army.

"Sweet potatoes? What's that? Zhao Quan didn't know why, and asked curiously.

"It is a kind of grain with a high yield per mu, which grows like vines, and the part that is eaten grows in the ground, and it tastes sweet...... I'll draw it for you! Zhao Yan was talking, and Zhao Quan suddenly said: "Childe is talking about sweet potatoes?" Is it the kind of thing that yields thousands of catties per mu, or even thousands of catties? ”

"Yes, it's that kind of thing, also called sweet potato." Zhao Yan couldn't help but be overjoyed and asked, "Have you seen it?" ”

"When I was a child, I saw it with my master in Zhangpu, and there were a lot of that thing in Fujian, and there was a governor who promoted it before. It is usually eaten by poor families, and some people also use it to feed the pigs. "Zhao Quan used to be Zhao Yan's cheap old man's scholar, and he also came from Zhangpu.

"Okay, send a few people to Fujian and get the sweet potatoes back as soon as possible." Zhao Yan nodded and said with a smile: "This sweet potato yields thousands of catties per mu, and if you plant one acre, you will top more than ten or twenty acres of wheat. ”

"This ...... Please be cautious about this matter, Shaanxi officials have promoted sweet potatoes a few years ago, but it has caused a popular uprising......" Zhao Quan said sweatingly.

"It's okay, we don't want to promote it to the whole of Shandong. It will cause a civil uprising because the people do not understand the benefits of sweet potatoes, so we will get them back and plant them in our own fields first, at least we don't have to worry about food. Zhao Yan didn't know about this, and after a little thought, he knew about the joint.

After all, sweet potatoes have not been in China for a long time, and the common people don't know them, and if the official forced surname is promoted, it will naturally provoke a popular uprising.

The oppression of the people by the Manchus was more than ten times higher than that of the Ming Dynasty, and after the chaos in the world, the Manchus were able to collect more land than the Ming Dynasty, which can prove the facts. The reason why the common people did not have large-scale resistance under such oppression is mainly due to the sweet potato, the prosperous era of Kangqian, in fact, it is more appropriate to call the prosperous era of sweet potatoes......

"Okay, the old slave will send someone to Fujian tomorrow to find sweet potatoes." Zhao Quan nodded and agreed.

"How long will it take to get back?" Zhao Yan asked, "Can it be before the beginning of spring next year?" ”

"Don't worry, it won't take that long. Let them ride to Fujian, and it will take more than half a month, and the longest will be three months to return. Zhao Quan estimated.

"Hmmm! By the way, there are a few more things, let them bring some potatoes, corn and peanuts by the way. Zhao Yan thought about it, Fujian is so far away from Shandong, it is better to run and lie down, and do everything that can be done.

"What are potatoes, corn, and peanuts?" Zhao Quan was puzzled, Zhao Yan knew that the names of these things were different from the names of later generations, so he carefully described the form to Zhao Quan.

As a result, Zhao Quan had seen it all, and he clearly knew which area had it, which saved a lot of effort. Zhao Quan received the task and ran to arrange the manpower to leave for Fujian tomorrow.

Zhao Yan was struggling with how to recruit people to farm.

His cheap mother, who was fasting and reciting Buddha at the moment, saw that he was in good health, although he had forgotten something, his intelligence had not declined, and he had not forgotten his general common sense, so he threw this stall to him.

The situation of the Zhao family is not very good now, it should be said that it is very bad.

There are a few shops in Huang County, which are also dilapidated with Kong Youde's conquest of Huang County, and his cheap father took the silver to Huang County to make a big deal when he had an accident, and even the Zhao family's silver was robbed by the rebels, and now there are only more than 1,000 taels of silver left in hand.

More than 1,000 taels of silver have to support more than 100 families, plus 10,000 catties of wheat, you can make do for a while, but there is no way to recruit homeless people.

If you want to recruit displaced people to be your own laborers, you also need money to buy food, otherwise the little food at home will not be able to support it.

So the point is to earn money.

Zhao Yan is not troubled by the lack of ways to make money, but there are many methods, he has no clue for a while, he doesn't know which way to get silver the fastest, he only has a vague overview of the ancient society, and there are still very few subtle impressions!

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