Song Yingxing was in charge of improving the varieties of potatoes and corn, and Zhang Li was also very concerned about this, so he asked: "Song experience, how is the breeding of corn and potatoes?" Can yields be increased? ”

Song Yingxing originally thought that Zhang Zhang would ask about the Tuanshan Fort Arsenal, but he didn't expect Zhang Zhang to ask this, and after a little silence, he replied aloud: "Back to Lord Zhang, the growth cycle of potatoes and corn is about four months, and a complete growth cycle has been completed. ”

After a pause, Song Yingxing's brows furrowed, and he continued: "The corn is not growing well this period, and my subordinates ponder that it should be bitter cold in Liaodong, and the climate is too cold......

Although he did not study agriculture in later life, he also probably knew that corn is a temperature-loving crop, and the growing period generally requires a temperature of more than 20 degrees Celsius - in Liaodong during the Xiaoice River period, I am afraid that only one summer can be planted in a year.

However, Zhang Li knew that potatoes were cool crops, so he couldn't help but have a little expectation in his tone: "Song experience, what about the situation with potatoes?" ”

Song Yingxing bowed slightly, and said loudly: "It has been a hundred years since potatoes were introduced to my Ming Dynasty from the West, and there are many people planting them in the mountainous areas of Jiangnan, but the yield is not too high. Some of the potatoes planted in this phase of our Tuanshan Fort are significantly larger than others, and the subordinates have organized the selection of seeds, and now the second phase has been planted for more than a month, and the seedlings are about to emerge. ”

Zhang Zhang nodded, knowing that the matter of crop selection and breeding is a gradual process, and no matter how anxious he is, he can't pull out the seedlings to help them grow, so he can only wait slowly.

At present, the grain grown in eastern Liaodong is mainly millet and some wheat -- wheat is grown in some areas of Jinzhouwei. As for rice, it is all bought by merchants, and the situation of food security is still relatively grim. Tension groaned for a moment. He also encouraged the crowd to make food production their first priority.

Chen Zhengcao was thoughtful on the side. Master Zhang, the governor of Liaodong, attaches so much importance to the production of grain, rather than counting on the grain and salary of the imperial court, and he can guess one or two reasons for this.

Chen Zhengcao's face was a little flushed, when Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang got into trouble in the past, didn't he pursue the principle of "building high walls, accumulating grain, and slowly becoming king"? !

I'm afraid the tension is to-

Gu Youfeng had been listening to Zhang Li and Tuanshan Fort's deliberations before. Leng Buding turned his head and found that his friend Chen Zhengcao looked a little strange, and he couldn't help but have an extra heart.

Although Gu Youfeng said that his temperament was relatively straightforward, he was not a stupid person, and he quickly "tasted" the taste - this Nima will belong to the "Minister of the Dragon" in the future!

Zhang Zhang took in the looks of the two on the side, but he didn't break it: sometimes, giving his subordinates some so-called "sense of expectation" will make them burst out with greater enthusiasm and enthusiasm -- when the water is clear, there will be no fish, and there will be no fugitives when people are observed, and as for the construction of rules and regulations. It was a gradual process, but at the moment, I have no mercy on the word "corruption".

The day's meetings were very tight, and many things were carried out under the arrangement of tension. The internal affairs of Tuanshan Fort can be regarded as opening up a new situation.

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If there is a regret medicine to take in the world, British Gongzhang Zhiji must want to take one, but at the moment his relationship with Zhang Zhang is slowly repairing. You can save one. The person who wants to take regret medicine the most in Jinzhou City now is none other than Qi Ying's father, Father Qi.

Father Qi has a fairly good blacksmith skill. In the past, he relied on this to make a living in the Ningyuan Acropolis.

By the way, the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty followed Zhu Yuanzhang's rules. Then it must be a craftsman, similar to a military household, and it must be a craftsman from generation to generation. However, after Wanli, there are a lot of artisan households and military households fleeing, and since the Apocalypse Chongzhen, the artisan household and military household system have existed in name only, at least in Liaodong, and many people in civilian households also make a living by being craftsmen.

Not long ago, after Ningyuan Acropolis's surname was "Zhang", his daughter Qi Ying introduced him to the Jinzhou Branch of the Tuanshan Fort Arsenal as an ordinary blacksmith.

For Qi Ying's kindness, even if Father Qi is thick-skinned, he is a little embarrassed, is the reason, naturally, he was forced to marry before......

It's lunch break, and Daddy Qi is sitting alone in the workshop dormitory sulking. Even though he didn't say anything in his mouth, his heart was full of remorse.

His son-in-law-well, although his daughter has not yet married, but Father Qi can't wait to change his name-Wood, in just one year, he has been promoted from a small soldier to a deputy general!

The deputy general is the highest official position under the chief military officer Gao Yuanliang, and I don't know if the kid in the wood is possessed by Guan Erye, and he can actually get mixed into the position of deputy general......

Father Qi took a sip of the tea that was already a little lukewarm, then let out a sigh and placed the teacup heavily on the table in front of him.

Father Qi glanced at the "workers' dormitory", which was a bunk, and there were usually four people living there. At present, the other three are working overtime during the lunch break, but Daddy Qi is not interested in working overtime at all.

Isn't it, the workers in the Tuanshan Fort Workshop are paid by piece, and if they can spare time to build a few more pipes and the like, the wages will be much more this month.

However, with a little salary, how can it be compared with the marriage of his daughter Qi Ying and the "quasi-son-in-law" deputy General Mu Tou?

If her daughter really marries wood, she will still have to worry about food and clothing for the rest of her life? What kind of iron is used to strike in front of the stove in this workshop?

Of course, Father Qi knew that Mu Tou took the army and the chief officer Gao Yuanliang to fight Haizhou Wei, and his daughter Qi Ying also went with the army as the captain of the nurse, and now he thinks that these things are nonsense - but he can't control his brain, so he has to think.

Because before the army set out, Lord Zhang had promised that after the end of this battle, some generals in the army would become families, as if it was not appropriate to say that the generals of the Tuanshan Army were always singles......

Daddy Qi thought about it for a long time, but he didn't come up with any good ideas, after all, he offended the wood too hard before, and I don't know if he still holds a grudge?

If possible, even if you go to the door to apologize to Lord Mu, it's okay, I'm afraid that people won't be allowed to enter the door now...... What's even more tricky is that although her daughter Qi Ying helped her find an errand in the Tuanshan Fort Workshop, her usual words are not lukewarm, and it seems that she has disappointed her before.

Father Qi was a little angry for a while, he has always paid attention to a "monarch, minister, father, son", and he also heard Ning Yuan's scholars say that "three obedience and four virtues", a woman should "follow her father at home", but now in the decree issued by Lord Zhang, he doesn't care about this set! (To be continued.) )