Zhang Jingyi looked at the person in front of him and said in surprise: "Scholars also do business? ”

Chen Jinglun didn't feel a little embarrassed, and said generously: "Reading is reading, and doing business is trading, and most of us in Fujian and Guangdong are like this." Those who do business must let their children study and improve, and only when they are famous can they feel at ease. And those who have fame can't grow much grain in the mountains, don't do business, and it is difficult to make a fortune with the fame of this talent. ”

"Oh." Zhang Jingyi knew that the situation in Fujian in this era was indeed very bad, there were too many mountains there, and the people could not support them, some secretly went to sea and migrated overseas, and some people could not support themselves by farming, so they had to do business.

Zhang Jing said: "In this case, I don't know what to say." ”

"Students want to buy a shop." Chen Jinglun said without hesitation: "But I heard that the new shop has not been sold for the time being, so I want to inquire, the students know that there is still a lot of land here in Baihu, can they increase some prices and sell them to the students?" ”

Zhang Jingyi is angry and funny, and now he does have the next four phases of the shop in his hand, but it doesn't mean that he will sell it at this time, but obviously many people are in a hurry, and he is obviously very optimistic about the future of Qingpingfang.

Zhang Jing said, "What are you doing?" ”

"Changle Chen's, a cultivator reads heirlooms......"

"I've only heard of the cultivator heirloom, but I haven't heard of the merchant after the cultivator." Zhang Jingyi wanted to laugh, but the atmosphere in the Fujian and Guangdong areas of the Ming Dynasty was indeed much better than that in the capital, and his attitude towards merchants was more tolerant.

Zhang Jing paused, but looked at Chen Jinglun: "You are from Changle, Fujian, I saw you today, but I wanted to ask you about someone, I don't know if you Changle, there is a person named Chen Zhenlong." ”

"Ah......" Chen Jinglun was stunned: "Zhang Baihu also knows his father?" ”

As soon as Zhang Jing heard the word father, she knew that Chen Zhenlong was dead, but she never expected that Chen Jinglun was Chen Zhenlong's son, and for a while, she became excited again: "I heard that your father once cultivated sweet potatoes in Fujian. ”

Chen Jinglun: "......"

"Isn't it?"

Chen Jinglun hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, but it is not called sweet potato, it should be called golden potato, this is the name taken by my father, this thing...... The Chen family has been cultivating, for more than 20 years, dare not interrupt, the yield of golden potatoes is very large, but unfortunately, when it was first cultivated, it was rewarded by the local government, but later, there was no news. ”

Sweet potatoes......

Zhang Jingyi was so excited that she wanted to laugh out loud, this thing is food in this era!

Moreover, it is a grain with a huge yield, and even the Ming Dynasty has recorded that the yield per mu can be ten or twenty times that of rice in this era.

At this time, Daming, natural disasters are frequent, and the advent of the Xiaoice River period has led to sudden changes in the weather, and disasters in various places are endless, which is why there are a large number of displaced people.

And the displaced people could not grow food from the fields, wandered around, foraged for food, swept the world, and finally ...... It has become what the court calls a 'rogue'.

It can almost be said that this 'rogue' ...... It was one of the main reasons for the fall of the Ming Dynasty.

To put it bluntly, the arable land is limited, and because the world is peaceful, the land carries more and more people, and under the sudden increase in population, the grain output has not increased, but has plummeted.

But with sweet potatoes, it's different.

You must know that decades later, from Kangxi to Qianlong, the Shenzhou continent finally began to promote the cultivation of sweet potatoes, so that the population of the Qing Dynasty was several times that of the late Ming Dynasty, and there was no major chaos.

When a man has food to eat, he will be at peace.

But if you don't give him food, will you be starved?

The most tragic thing at the end of the Ming Dynasty is that the promotion of sweet potatoes has not been paid attention to, although the Chen family in Fujian has been cultivating, and some people nearby are planting, but during the Xiaoice River period, the real biggest disaster is the area north of the Yangtze River!

Numerous droughts and locust plagues have continued, large amounts of farmland have been barren, and food production has plummeted.

What if at this time, the sweet potato will be promoted to the vast northland?

Zhang Jing was in a surging mood for a while, and couldn't help but say: "Your Chen family, how many golden potatoes are there, can they be planted near Jingshi?" ”

"This ......" Chen Jinglun was stunned for a moment: "I haven't tried it, and the students don't know, but our Chen family has always known the habits of gold, no, sweet potatoes, but we know how to take care of them, as for whether this sweet potato can withstand the dry land of the north, whether it can withstand the cold of the northland, I don't know." ”

Zhang Jing said categorically: "How many shops do you want?" ”

"Ah......" Chen Jinglun was stunned, looked at Zhang Jingyi, and was speechless.

Zhang Jing said: "Don't you want a shop?" How about I leave you a hundred abbots? ”

Chen Jinglun: "......"

This abbot is more than 100 taels of silver, a hundred abbots? That's at least a silver tael.

"Not only that, but I can also protect you, all in all, as long as your Chen family is in Beijing, I dare to guarantee that no one will dare to bully you."

Chen Jinglun: "......"

At this moment, he panicked, people are so enthusiastic and give such great benefits, they will not let our Chen family ......

Zhang Jingyi immediately said: "There is only one thing you have to do now, immediately repair the book to your clansmen, let them immediately escort a large number of sweet potatoes to the north, as many as you want, and also transfer some people who are good at planting sweet potatoes, this matter, I will leave it to you, you can do it, some are rich, if you can't do it, the Jingshi will not be able to gain a foothold." ”

Chen Jinglun's heart gradually calmed down, and he couldn't help but say, "Zhang Baihu...... This...... Immediately planted in large quantities? The soil and climate of the Northland are still uncertain, and who knows if it will survive? Isn't that too risky? ”

That's true.

Obviously, the Chen family still underestimated the value of sweet potatoes far from the outside.

And ten or twenty years ago, the magistrate who once reported the good news also underestimated the value of sweet potatoes.

At that time, after the sweet potatoes were planted, it was still in the Wanli period, and the local magistrate hurriedly played.

But soon, no one took it seriously.

After Zhang Jingyi read about this in his previous life, he also felt very strange, how could the imperial court not pay attention to such a high-yield crop? This is an artifact that will change the fate of the dynasty.

However, after coming to this era and starting to read the history of the Bible, Zhang Jingyi was probably able to understand.

Because the magistrate of Fujian played this incident in the 21st year of Wanli, and the 21st year of Wanli happened to be the most important year, because at this time, the 'Great Plan of Guisi' happened to happen.

The most important conflict between the cabinet and the Donglin Party was the "Great Plan" between the cabinet and the Donglin Party, and the officials from the Donglin Academy, who had gradually begun to play a role in the court, had a great controversy with the cabinet at that time, and finally the entire imperial court had a violent conflict around an evaluation of officials.

At that time, the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty attacked each other, and it had reached the point where it was not my party and its own hearts were different.

And a 'good news' about Fujian, I am afraid that in the eyes of the courtiers who were already red-eyed at that time, this must be a so-called 'auspicious' that the magistrate wanted to be promoted.

In fact, it is not difficult to understand that in all dynasties, there are auspicious periods, such as a cow and a litter of twenty cowboys, such as a chicken with a pig big clouds, the magistrate took the opportunity to report the good news to brush his face, lest the princes of the court and the central government forget him as a number one.

But in the eyes of the Qingliu at that time, reporting auspiciousness was a very bad thing, and it was the embodiment of reporting good news and not bad news.

It was precisely because of the court's ignorance that the magistrate saw that the court had no follow-up, so he naturally did not dare to play again, so as not to cause trouble.

The Chen family, without the support of the government, had to cultivate their own sweet potatoes, in history, this cultivation, cultivated for five generations, until the Jiannu entered the customs, the Kangxi period, sweet potatoes were gradually promoted.

Zhang Jingyi took a deep breath, now the world has become like this, there are homeless people everywhere, and disasters are disasters every year, can this matter be relieved?

Seeing Chen Jinglun's embarrassed look, it was obvious that it would be impossible to talk to him. So he suddenly lowered his face and said sharply: "Before Mr. Chen came to visit me, didn't he inquire about who I Zhang Jingyi was?" ”

Chen Jinglun: "......"