That night, Su Yan spent his first night in the back hall of the county government after he came to this world.

Early the next morning, he woke up with the sound of roosters, looking at the bright sky outside the window, listening to the crowing of roosters in his ears, Su Yan suddenly remembered the article about Zhoushan folk customs that he had seen on the Internet before crossing over.

In 1651, that is, next year, the Qing army would land in Zhoushan, which was occupied by Lu Jianguo, and slaughtered more than 18,000 people, until only six families were left.

It's a pity that Su Yan is in the mountains northwest of Quanzhou, and there is no way to prevent this tragedy from happening, but then he thought about it, this massacre is just one of the many inhumane massacres of the Qing army that have been recorded, and there are many more massacres that have not been recorded for various reasons, and it is impossible for him to intervene in each of them.

Therefore, the best way to completely stop the Qing army's slaughter of the Han Chinese was to quickly become strong and drive the Manchus back to their poor hometown outside the Guan.

Su Yan thought to himself, walked into the yard and dipped his fingers in some salt as a toothbrush, cleaned his teeth, and then washed his face with clean water, and then prepared to go to the front hall for breakfast.

Speaking of which, the guards originally prepared a toothbrush made of pig hair for him, and I don't know if the quality of this toothbrush is too poor, or if the pig hair toothbrush is like this, he tried it last night, and there were several more pig hairs in his mouth after brushing, so Su Yan didn't want to use it anymore, it was better to use his own hands.

When he walked to the front hall, the cook had already brought breakfast, peeked at Su Yan in fear, and saw that he did not show dissatisfaction with breakfast, so he breathed a sigh of relief, and cautiously wanted to retreat, but was stopped by Su Yan.

This cook lady is from the former county Wang Bang's family, Wang Bang's family lives in the county Yahoutang, after Su Yan moved in, everyone except the cook was kicked out - the reason why only the cook was left was because Su Yan didn't want to starve to death, if there was no cook girl, which of these five big and three rough soldiers under him would cook for him to eat?

Getting back to the point, when Su Yan saw his breakfast, he deeply understood that the food here was really insufficient, and even the breakfast of the lord of a county seemed so shabby, a piece of steamed sweet potatoes and a bowl of gruel were his breakfast.

Su Yan stopped the cook and asked, "The people in this county eat sweet potatoes for three meals?" ”

The cook thought that Su Yan was dissatisfied with breakfast, but she still breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, but when she saw that Su Yan was just asking in a flat tone, she became bold and replied in a dialect with a strong accent: "Yes, the rice and wheat harvest is very poor, and only sweet potatoes can harvest a lot, so I basically eat sweet potatoes all year round." ”

Sweet potato is the name of the local people in Fujian, Su Yan ignored the difference in the name, and continued: "In addition to sweet potatoes, what do you eat on weekdays? ”

"Thin porridge, sweet potato leaves, or pickled radish." The cook replied that when it came to her area of expertise, she was obviously much bolder: "We don't dare to think of meat at all, and only during the New Year's holidays do we dare to buy a small piece of fat to boil lard for the next whole year." ”

"Hmm......" Su Yan picked up the sweet potato, peeled off the skin on it, and asked, "Then do you know how many sweet potatoes can be produced in an acre of land?" ”

"If you go back to the adult, the folk woman planted an acre of sweet potatoes in her home, and she harvested eight stones of grain last year."

Eight stones, if converted according to the modern unit of weight, about 960 catties, if not to fold grain, according to the 5:1 conversion ratio of grain also has 4,800 catties, although it is not a high yield, but it is also a bumper harvest

Thinking of this, Su Yan nodded, took a bite of the sweet potato in his mouth, felt the soft and sweet taste in his mouth, and loved this sweet coarse grain more and more.

He was thinking, if he could really be called the emperor and the founding of the country in the future, and issued an edict to promote sweet potatoes and potatoes throughout the country, in the 21st century a hundred years later, would he be given a strange nickname like Corn Xiaofu?

After thinking about it for a while, Su Yan realized that the cook was still standing in place, so he waved his hand and motioned for the cook to go down, and then ate this simple breakfast into his stomach after dividing five by two.

When Su Yan finished breakfast and left the county office, there were already pedestrians on the street, it seemed that Liu Wenmin's pacification work was done well, in his expectation, the people dared to go to the street, at least two or three days.

As he walked down the street, a group of soldiers in red uniforms ran out of the yamen, carrying either a wad of yellow paper or a bucket of slimy-looking liquid, in addition to their rifles.

When those soldiers passed by Su Yan's side, they all slowed down and saluted him, and Su Yan took the opportunity to ask about their purpose, it turned out that these soldiers were ordered by Liu Wenmin to post notices of Anmin all over the city.

Su Yan also brought a notice to check it, which wrote words to appease the people in an easy-to-understand vernacular, and also mentioned that the Ming army took over the city and asked the people in the city to restore their hair storage.

Returning the notice to the soldier, Su Yan just wanted to leave, but the soldier suddenly remembered and told him that Liu Wenmin was looking for him, Su Yan wondered, he had just come out of the yamen, why didn't he meet Liu Wenmin.

When he returned to Yamen, he happened to run into Liu Wenmin, who was looking for him, and Su Yan asked, "What happened?" ”

"That's right, my lord." Liu Wenmin said: "Our team is nominally a rebel army against the Qing army, but we don't have a name of our own, which is probably not conducive to the expansion of our army, so I suggest that you send someone to get in touch with the imperial court, and it is best to be canonized by the imperial court." ”

"Obtain the canonization of the imperial court?" Su Yan touched his smooth chin thoughtfully.

At this time, it is very good to have the support of the imperial court even if it is nominal, and it is good to enjoy the shade with the back of the big tree, and with the flag of the imperial court, there are naturally many enthusiastic young people who still have a bright room in their hearts to join the army.

Merely......

"It's not the time yet." Su Yan said, "We are still trapped in the mountains, although we occupy a county seat, but there is no way to break through the blockade of the Qing army and get in touch with the outside world. ”

"If you want, we can work with the Pacification Bolinzhong of Tianping City." Liu Wenmin proposed.