Wang Dalun wanted to speak, but was stopped by Fang Wenjin waving his hand, and he continued: "Let me ask you a question, how do you see the situation in the northwest in the next few years?" ”

"Natural disasters and man-made disasters are continuous!" Wang Dalun said.

"How so?"

"In recent years, the rainfall has become less and less, and the burden on farmers has become heavier and heavier, and in the long run, there will be drought, and after the drought will be man-made disasters!" Wang Dalun told the history of his own knowledge.

"Well, it seems that I still underestimated you, I thought that you were at most a person who kept the truth, but I didn't expect you to be a sharp-eyed person. So tell me, how do you deal with it? ”

"Dig deep holes and accumulate grain!" Wang Dalun said his answer without thinking. As for what is the king of the delay, Wang Dalun dare not say it and can't say it, you are a rural landlord, can you say this? Do you want to rebel!

"Well, yes, I thought a little deeply, and I thought about the problem more thoroughly, but it was still more than safe, and the strain was still a little insufficient. I'll add four words to you – choose the right time! ”

"Yes, my son-in-law got it!" Wang Dalun nodded and was taught.

"So in the future, food is the top priority, and you must ensure that the two crops of sweet potatoes and corn are planted successfully, and if they are successful, do you know what that means?" Fang Wenjin asked.

"It means we have more food in our hands, so more people can survive." Wang Dalun immediately said his true thoughts.

"It's not all! With this huge political achievement, it is not impossible for me to be a marquis and worship the prime minister in the future, and you, if you have the food in hand, you can be invincible. will also become one of the most powerful gentry in the Ming Dynasty. Fang Wenjin said.

"Father-in-law, please rest assured, I will definitely do a good job!" Wang Dalun was said by Fang Wenjin's words, and his blood was boiling.

"You can do it boldly, I will support you in the back!" Fang Wenjin said with relief.

"By the way, if I want you to promote it to more than 10,000 mu next year, is there a problem?" Fang Wenjin suddenly remembered and asked.

"If this year's trial is successful, then I don't think there will be any problem in promoting planting. However, in terms of seeds, it is estimated that it is a bit difficult. Sweet potatoes are fine, corn seeds are a bit problematic. ”

"What's the problem?" Fang Wenjin asked.

"The corn harvested this year cannot be reserved for next year's seeds, and if it is used, the yield may drop significantly. So I'm still waiting for someone to bring it, and the price of the seeds is a bit high. Wang Dalun said.

"Then we won't grow corn, anyway, the yield of sweet potatoes is quite high." Fang Wenjin said.

"Father-in-law, no, although sweet potatoes can be used as a staple food, if you eat them alone for a long time, people will be bloated and stuffy at any time, and they can't stand it for a long time. Corn is still the staple food, supplemented by sweet potatoes. Wang Dalun hurriedly explained.

"That can't be entrusted to someone every year, the price is too high, and it is still a heavy burden for farmers." Fang Wenjin frowned and said.

"Father-in-law, you may need to ask someone to bring it in the early stage, and we can try to produce seeds in two years, and then the price can be reduced a little." Wang Dalun hurriedly explained.

"Seed production? Will you? ”

"Yes, I know a little bit about this." Wang Dalun said in his heart that our township cadres should know a little bit about everything, hehe, the county used to engage in corn seed production below.

"Okay, you do your best, and I'll do my best to support you in terms of silver." Fang Wenjin nodded and said.

"Father-in-law, don't worry, if the silver two can keep up, I guarantee that the supply of seeds is fine."

Wang Dalun calculated that if the seeds were completely exchanged from the system, it would cost at least a thousand taels of silver. It seems that you have to explore the seed production by yourself, which is the road to long-term development.

However, this will not be possible until a few years later, and for now, we still have to accept the black price of the system. But for the sake of his father-in-law's promotion and future development, he had to fight, and his father-in-law would compensate for himself.

After returning to Wangjiazhuang the next day, Wang Dalun hurriedly found a utility room that had not been used for a long time, exchanged sixty catties of corn seeds, one hundred sweet potatoes, and then found Wu Liang and pulled Wu Liang to see these things.

"What is this?" Wu Liang asked strangely.

"These are all good things that I asked people to help find, and I wasted a lot of effort to find these things." Wang Dalun said.

"Why don't I know the truth?" Wu Liang felt unimpressed.

"Hey, you deal with so many things every day, and I don't have to go through you for everything, do I? Besides, I was able to marry the daughter of the county order, and it all depends on them. Wang Dalun tried to deceive Wu Liang.

"Okay, I may not remember exactly, but young master, can you tell me what this thing is?"

"Behold, this red-skinned one is called a sweet potato; The yellow grains are called corn; When it comes out, you'll know the way. Wang Dalun explained.

"Species? Master, you said you wanted to grow this thing? I look weird, a bit like a melon. Wu Liang pointed to the sweet potato and said.

"Yes, I'm going to plant all the land at home, don't my family have 600 acres of land now, so in this way, the two things are the same as 300 acres." Mr. Wang said he was beginning to calculate how much grain he would harvest in the fall.

"Young master, this is absolutely impossible!" Wu Liang said urgently.

"Why not, let me tell you, in the future, our Wang family will rely on these two things to make a fortune." Wang Dalun said with confidence.

"Young master, you said to plant these things that no one has ever seen, I don't think the tenants will plant them! In case there is no harvest, how will the tenants survive? Wu Liang raised a very serious question.

"This is easy to do, this year is a trial planting, the yield is less than one stone, I don't want land rent. If there is no harvest, I will pour them half a stone of grain. If it's more than one stone, I'll share half with them, that's always okay, right? Wang Dalun proposed preferential policies to relieve farmers' worries.

"Young master, you have to think about it! It's too risky for you to do this, if the harvest fails, where can you find more than 300 stone of grain to accompany them, only to sell the land! Master, you can't do this, how can we survive as a family? Wu Liang persuaded hard.

"Don't worry! Steward Wu, these two things will definitely succeed! Wang Dalun said with confidence.

"Young master, you don't have a fever, do you?" Wu Liang was going to touch Wang Dalun to see if Wang Dalun was talking nonsense.

"Go, go, what kind of fever do I have, I'm very awake!" Wang Dalun blocked Wu Liang's hand.

"No fever? Young master, although there are 300 more land at home, you can't toss it like this, young master, there are more than 600 acres of land, how much grain can you harvest from growing millet? A whole 600 stones, and the land rent can be 300 stones, you say you use it to grow this thing? How much can this thing harvest? And what can this thing do? I don't know if I can eat it. Wu Liang said bitterly, I almost didn't say that you are a loser.

"Oh, by the way, if you don't say that I forgot, you wait to send someone to send the silver back to Yao Shuming and Zhao Zhigao, you help me write a letter and send it together, the content is good-intentioned, but it is too valuable, after Jia Yue knew it, he felt that it was inappropriate, so let him return it." Wang Dalun immediately arranged for Fang Wenjin to explain the matter.

"Young Master, do you really want to go back? A hundred and fifty taels of silver! Wu Liang was in pain and asked reluctantly.

"Of course you have to retreat, this is what Taishan explained, do I dare not listen?" Wang Dalun said.

"Okay, since it's something that Fang Xianzun explained, I'll do it later." Wu Liang was still very reluctant to give up the one hundred and fifty taels of silver he had just received.

"By the way, young master, do you really want to grow this thing?" Wu Liang recovered from the blow of losing his silver.

"Of course, let me tell you, don't look at sweet potatoes as unsightly, but the yield is very large, and one mu can produce thirteen or fourteen stones. And this corn, one mu can also produce seven or eight stones. Hey, Steward Wu, why did you leave? When Wang Dalun was introducing with great interest, Wu Liang walked away, which made Wang Dalun feel very depressed.

After a while, I saw Wu Liang and Fang Wen'er walking over quickly, Wu Liang said as he walked: "Madam, I really didn't lie to you, the young master is not in his right mind, he wants to use all the land to plant those strange things, and he also said that he can produce thirteen or fourteen stones per mu, do you say that he has a brain pump and is stupid!" ”

When he came to the sweet potato, Wu Liang pointed to these things and said, "Madam, you see, these are these things, the young master is fascinated by these things, and his brain is twitching." ”

"Hey, Steward Wu, who did you say smoked, I was so good, why did you curse me, you just smoked." Wang Dalun was regarded as a mental illness by Wu Liang, and he felt very unhappy.

"Young master, if you have no problem with your brain, how can you say that you can produce thirteen or fourteen stones per mu. What can yield thirteen or fourteen stones per mu? I've lived for so long, and I haven't seen it yet, who will believe your words! ”

"Who believes? My father-in-law letter! Let me tell you, this is all requested by my father-in-law, and I will plant more than 10,000 acres next year. Wang Dalun said angrily, now he can understand the mood of Bruno who was burned to death, others laugh at me for being too crazy, I laugh at others for not being able to see through it.

"You're just using these two things as a dowry to let me marry you?" Fang Wen'er asked curiously, she was locked in the embroidery room at that time and had never seen it.

"Well, that's it, they have a high yield, and they are relatively drought resistant!" Wang Dalun introduced.

"And what are those two things called?" Fang Wen'er asked.

"The red-skinned ones are called sweet potatoes, which is what I said can yield thirteen or fourteen stones per mu. The yellow one is called corn, and the production capacity per mu is seven or eight stones. Wang Dalun then introduced.

"I'm curious, according to you. I want to see what kind of thing can make my father weigh on this treasure regardless of his daughter's feelings, and I want to see if this thing is really worth it! Fang Wen'er said with resentment.

Wang Dalun was speechless, how to plant a land involves the relationship between father and daughter.

"But as a bet on this game, or as a chip. I'll give you a suggestion, it's better to leave room for doing things, you'd better try to plant in a small range, and explore more experience as well, I think the total planting of thirty or forty acres can be. After all, the area is small, which is convenient for you to manage. Fang Wen'er still kindly proposed.