Li Zhitong, who had been at sea for a long time, finally returned, in addition to the fleet composed of dozens of warships and merchant ships under his command, there were also hundreds of foreigner fleets with white skin and blue eyes, all of which were carrying potatoes.

Xiong Wencan, the governor of Fujian, personally greeted him at the wharf, but he was wearing civilian clothes, accompanied by only a few guards and a few important guests, he is now a member of the imperial party, and he is also a core member, so it is not surprising to know some secrets, such as Li Zhitong's secret mission, so he will personally go to the wharf to meet Li Zhitong.

The top leader of any magistrate hopes that his rule will be stable and stable, and he can make some achievements to promote faster, and food is an important foundation for stability and stability, and there is no one.

Fujian also suffered from floods and wind disasters and other disasters, if there was no Zheng Zhilong scattered wealth disaster relief, Xiong Wencan no matter how capable he was, he would not be able to appease the victims, because the government treasury did not have much food for disaster relief, although the imperial court had disaster relief, but there were also natural disasters in many places in the empire, and the disaster relief funds allocated were pitiful, and it was simply a drop in the bucket, but it was better than not having a penny.

To put it mildly, Zheng Zhilong's prestige in Fujian is greater than his number one, but he is still very grateful to Zheng Zhilong for reaching out at a critical time, although he has different intentions, but at least the victims did not make a civil uprising like Shaanxi, otherwise the losses would be even more heavy, which is why he tried his best to recruit Zheng Zhilong.

Potatoes are drought-tolerant and high-yield crops that can replace rice to satisfy hunger, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is life-saving food, Xiong Wencan of course has to pay attention to it, this is in his territory, not to mention that he has to detain dozens of boats of potatoes first, and appease the people under his rule, as for other provinces, it is up to the Son of Heaven to go to it.

"Lord Xiong is not in a hurry." Lan Ruitang, who was standing beside him, laughed and said, he is the head of the branch of the Red Gang in Fujian, responsible for N affairs, according to modern terms, he is the invisible CEO of Zhu Jian's dispatch to Fujian, and his power is so great that Xiong Wencan has to be polite.

Li Zhitong sent someone to take a clipper to send back the secret document was the first one he received, and after discussing it with a group of confidants, he went to Xiong Wencan with the secret letter, and the two discussed secretly in the study for most of the night.

"Brother Lan, can I not be in a hurry?" Xiong Wencan stroked his long beard under his chin and smiled, that is life-saving food, with this batch of food, Fujian under his rule will be stable, he can't be excited, he lost sleep last night because of this matter, so that he is now a panda eye.

"Lord Xiong, it's not me who poured cold water on you, the coastal areas of Fujian are mostly saline-alkali land, and it is impossible to grow potatoes, and the fields and mountains in the interior are almost the same." Lan Ruitang rubbed his hands together and reminded with an embarrassed expression.

Potatoes can't be planted in saline-alkali land, that is what the Son of Heaven reminded in the secret letter, and he is also reminding Xiong Wencan, it's useless to ask for too many potatoes, there are too few fields suitable for planting along the coast, and fishery breeding can be developed.

"This ......" Xiong Wencan was like petrification, his originally happy smile instantly froze, and black lines appeared on his face, sister, the old man is ready for everything, but you said that you are a pure man with a handle, don't you bring such a playful person?

Lan Ruitang smiled slightly, took out a new book from his arms that had just been printed not long ago, and handed it over.

Xiong Wencan took it with a stunned face, opened it and flipped through it, the expression on his face was first puzzled and curious, and gradually became solemn, and finally his eyebrows were raised, and a faint smile escaped from the corner of his lips.

This new book is obviously just printed, and because of the hurry, there is not even a title, the content of it, is some methods such as breeding in the saline-alkali land along the coast, such as building embankments to store tidal fish and breeding fish, cage fish and shrimp farming, etc., the food for farming, some matters that need attention, and the methods and processes of dried fish turning and drying are even written in great detail, which makes people clear at a glance, and also makes Xiong Wencan have a sense of surprise.

As the old saying goes, the mountains eat the mountains, the sea eats the sea, the coastal area is mostly salt and brackish land, not suitable for planting potatoes, which are drought-tolerant and high-yield crops, but also have their own advantages, the seafood industry is a big advantage, how fish meat is more valuable than potatoes, and the sea fish itself has a salty taste, slightly processed, dried into salted fish, directly save the cost of salt, don't forget, this year's salt is made by drying or steaming seawater, the cost is high, the price is expensive, although there are more fine mineral salt sales, the price of salt has dropped a lot, but it is still expensive.

If the seafood industry is done well, it can be sold for cash, and then used to buy grain or direct barter transactions, without losing a good way to increase jobs, increase the financial revenue of the government treasury, and change the people's livelihood, Xiong Wencan even thought of some clever tricks to build embankments, there are many prisoners in the prison, some are traitors, some are caught as pirates, these are all free labor, can save an expense, hehe.

If you want to change the salinity of the soil, you should plant trees such as Jujube, Cinnamomum sinensis, and White Elm, and the tree species with high salt tolerance are saline-alkali land to create farmland shelterbelts.

He couldn't help but be happy, grinned straight, his face was solemn, he turned around and bowed respectfully three times in the direction of Jingshi, stroked his long beard under his chin and sighed: "The emperor is wise and martial, with all kinds of natures, I am blessed by the Ming Dynasty." ”

Lan Ruitang nodded desperately in agreement, he didn't know if the emperor was wise or not, he only knew that if there was no emperor, he would still follow the red master to run the rivers and lakes to perform arts, and he didn't eat the next meal, how could he have such a scenery today, he could stand side by side with the governor of a province, and he was also called a brother, anyway, his old life was sold to the emperor, whoever dared to be unfavorable to the emperor, he would definitely chop that guy.

Xiong Wencan glanced at him, stroked his long beard and smiled silently, he could see that although Lan Ruitang did not bow in the direction of Jingshi, but in his bones he was a fanatical loyalist of the Son of Heaven, and his appearance was not good, on the surface, he was just a branch master of the Red Gang in Fujian, a gangster on the rivers and lakes, but if he didn't know the secrets inside, who would have thought that the power of this guy was actually terrifying, it was simply holding an invisible Shang Fang sword, but he could cut it first and then play, and he could chop anyone he wanted, and what was even worse was that the method did not follow the normal legal channels of the official at all, used the means of the rivers and lakes, and he didn't know who died in the hands of him after he chopped up.

Fortunately, he joined the imperial party, only to know the secrets of N many, to know the true identity of Lan Ruitang, he is a literati Zheng Zheng arrogance, but arrogance is not arrogance, he did not look down on military attaches or other low-status ordinary people like most civil officials, even if he is not respectful, he also maintains a point of politeness, and it is precisely because of such a character that he is a good official who is close to the people in the eyes of the people, plus talented, he can manage Fujian Province well, and he can also govern Guangxi when the former historical governor of Guangxi and Guangzhou.

"Here we are." Xiong Wencan pointed to the front and said with a smile.

On the sea level, there were some small black dots at first, and slowly, there were more and more black spots, getting closer and closer, and the sails that were tight in the wind could be seen gradually, and later, the sea boats were spread all over the sea.