Chapter 132: High-Yielding Crops
Seeing that Fan Shichong shirked his responsibility as soon as he opened his mouth, Fujian Governor Huang Bingzhong couldn't sit still, he was the crown prince, and he was also the chief official of Fujian, and he had been pressing, dragging and looking for various excuses to go down to the various prefectures to inspect, just not to make trouble in the most powerful Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, and Funing areas, I saw him bow on the chair and said: "Lord Dutai, Quan, Zhang's second prefecture and Funing Prefecture have been in serious drought since last year, and the emperor has withheld 300,000 stone grains to help the people affected in this area, and other provinces in Fujian, The disaster was also serious, and this year's spring drought was particularly severe, and the lower officials and others were patrolling everywhere, not daring to slack off.
The former governor of Tai, since November last year, he was relieved of Chapter 132 of high-yield crops, Zhejiang is the land of fish and rice, and last year was a bumper year, and the lower officials and others wanted to borrow rice and grain from Zhejiang, but the governor of Zhejiang shirked in every possible way, and the lower officials and others were also powerless. ”
When Fan Shichong heard this, this Huang Bingzhong actually beat him upside down, insinuating that he arrived too late and did not play the responsibility of coordinating Fujian and Zhejiang provinces, and his heart immediately became vigilant, this Huang Bingzhong was promoted to governor by Fujian's political envoy last year, and has been in Fujian for five years, which can be said to have a deep foundation.
Thinking of this, Fan Shichong said with a solemn expression: "You and this governor are all officials of the imperial court, as the so-called food of the king, bear the worries of the king, how can you sit back and watch the erosion of half of Fujian Province?" In response to this article, the Governor thought that the hunger riots in the southwest of Fujian should be suppressed, appeased, and suppressed, and the Governor had ordered the Fujian Governor Lan Li to send troops to the expedition. Fu, I hope that all of you here will work together with the Governor to requisition grain and grass and transport it to the southwestern provinces......"
Quanzhou Mansion, Fujian Land Governor's Mansion.
Admiral Lan Li heard that Chapter 132 of the high-yield crops, the two prefectures of Zhang, and the three prefectures of Funing were all opposed, and he couldn't help but be stunned for a long time. Lan Li is a native of Zhangpu, Fujian, She nationality, martial arts since childhood, heroic, Kangxi Dynasty famous 'belly general', in the conquest of Taiwan, repeatedly made military exploits, accumulated merits to be promoted to the commander, he has never read since he was a child, bold temperament, rough and straightforward, his son Lan Guoding is dependent on the prince.
Lan Li had already received a secret letter from his son, asking him to adopt a laissez-faire attitude towards the hungry people in Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, and Funing, and this request was just a hand-raising for him, he was only in charge of the military, regardless of civilians, as long as he did not rebel, it had nothing to do with him, not to mention that he had always been disgusted with the wealthy families, and he had also heard about the corruption of local officials to give money and food, and he was happy to watch the excitement.
He never expected that the situation would take such a sharp turn for the worse, and the two counties of Yongchun and Dehua in Quanzhou would spread so quickly to kill officials and rebel, and in just five days, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, and Funing Prefecture were already anti-flags, and began to spread to the three prefectures of Longyan, Yanping, and Tingzhou, and the number of thieves was already claimed to be 100,000.
He is also an old military officer, and the anti-thief forces are developing so rapidly, if you want to say that there is no competent person behind this to organize and plan, and I don't believe it when he kills him, but the matter has come to this point, he has no other way than to secretly slander a few words, so he has to do his best with 30,000 soldiers and horses in the headquarters, and the soldiers are divided into three ways to go to the conquest, and at the same time give Kangxi a copy of the excerpt to report the details, no matter what the reason for the rebellion is, such a big momentum, he, the Fujian land governor sitting in Quanzhou, will not be able to escape the involvement, if he is not proactive, this admiral is afraid that it will come to an end.
When Fan Shichong's warrant came, Lan Li had already led 30,000 horses into Annan Prefecture, and he only asked the master to reply with a short sentence, "In the place where I passed, there was not a single inch of grass, and Lord Wangdutai guaranteed that the soldiers and horses were fed and grass." ”
Guangdong and Fujian are close to each other, and the Chaozhou Prefecture is even closer to Zhangzhou, Fujian, and the rebellion of the Zhangzhou Mansion frightened the Chaozhou Governor half to death.
After Yinzhen returned to Macau, he was not idle, he first went to check the second-class battleship, the damage to the Montedo was not very large, and Jia Shidu was flattering, and dispatched all the good hands to repair, and it was expected that he would be able to go to sea in three days, which made Yinzhen feel very good.
Back to the temporary station of the Macao Customs, Yinzhen began to write letters constantly, Kangxi in early March issued an edict to the north to prepare for drought in the palace, Yinzhen to Guangzhou has seen it, although Kangxi did not give him a secret letter, but after thinking about it, he still has to do his part, not only to save the people from fire and water, but also to get one more holy favor, why not? When the money is gone, it will be earned.
Yinzhen first ordered the Jiang Customs, Zhejiang Customs, and the Shanghai Sand Ship Association to only allow grain to be shipped by sand ships going north, and Tianjin Customs to purchase them at a price 20 percent higher than the market price, and notified the 'Four Hengs' to ensure the flow of cash and silver tickets from Tianjin Customs.
After thinking about it for a while, he felt that the drought was a great opportunity for the implementation of high-yield crops such as corn, sweet potatoes, and potatoes in the north.
At this time, the north of the Yellow River has not yet begun to vigorously promote these three high-yield crops, seeds are still a big problem, meditate for a while, he sent his guards to Guangzhou to search for seeds of these kinds of agricultural products, and wrote a letter to Shi Shiyu, asking him to collect three kinds of crops, corn and sweet potatoes have been planted along the coast for many years, but he has not eaten potatoes since he came, I don't know if it has been passed on? Therefore, I specially told Shi Shiyu to go to Taiwan to have a look, the Dutch have been in Taiwan for many years, and it should have spread to Taiwan.
After that, he wrote a secret letter to Kangxi, reported in detail the situation of being assassinated, and sent the captured bows and arrows together, such a big thing is impossible to hide from Kangxi, and then reported the grain transportation, and then, Yinzhen mentioned that the climate is abnormal, and the densely populated areas should be strictly guarded against plague, and later, he mentioned the promotion of three crops after the drought, and finally asked for the establishment of a coastal defense Tongzhi Yamen in Macao to strengthen the management of Macao and the sea off Macao.
After checking it properly, he sent the order, the letter, and the secret fold by clipper.
On March 30, Yinzhen received a private message forwarded by Man Pi, the governor of Guangdong, which said that the city was closed for three days, and nothing was gained, and he was very frightened. However, the news of the rebellion of Fu Jian was mentioned after the letter, which made Yinzhen stunned for a long time, there was such a big peasant uprising in the Kangxi Dynasty? Why haven't you heard of it? Was it already there, or did you change it yourself? This king doesn't seem to have anything to do with Fujian. Let's make trouble, since I haven't heard of it, it is estimated that it will not be able to make any big waves, besides, there is no room for him to interfere in this matter, Yinzhen pondered for a moment and put this matter aside.
On the second day of April, Yinzhen returned to Shanghai on the repaired Montedo, a second-class battleship that would face the fate of dismemberment when he returned to Shanghai, and he was too lazy to change its name!!