Even if sweet potatoes have a high yield, they will pay attention to planting methods and techniques.

It's a technical job.

Zhu Houzhao did not immediately arrange for large-scale planting in a certain place, on the one hand, the seeds in his hand were not enough, and on the other hand, he felt that a set of mature experience and methods had not yet been summed up.

Because he vaguely remembers growing sweet potatoes when he was a child, the most suitable soil conditions were not clay, but sandy loam, which was contrary to common sense.

If a large number of propaganda and promotion are carried out to the people in the case of incorrect methods, at the very least, it will be instilled with the wrong methods and caused losses, and at the worst, once the results are not good and the people's enthusiasm is not high, then it will be a bad thing.

Therefore, he explained that Yang Tinghe has never been just promoting, but cultivating and promoting.

"The right planting time, effective planting methods, soil quality, water quantity, and sun exposure time all need to be compared to get results. The villain originally did some in Fujian, but he couldn't wait to go to Beijing to find his daughter, so he hadn't done it all yet. However, there is no problem in planting work, and the villain is in Manraka to see what people have planted. ”

Yang Tinghe also felt that there were many things to do.

"In this case, the official needs to find a group of special people. Is Brother Meng literate? ”

"The villain doesn't know. But the little girl is literate. ”

"Literacy is still better, and you can keep records. At this point, it is not difficult for the official to coordinate, and it is not difficult to find some dexterous and sensible people to come over. Yang Tinghe put his hands behind his back, "In addition, there must be a special place for public affairs and storage of some materials......"

These are all in his head, and there is no need to talk to an old farmer, just do it and tell him when the time comes.

"Let's not talk about that for the time being, today we are going to choose a few plots of land."

"The villain obeys."

In fact, the mode of production also affects the form of culture, and the matter of farming is definitely not untechnical. Isn't it true that many young people don't know how to farm anymore?

So why we derived the culture is 'there is an old family, if there is a treasure', purely by the years of farming, the old people for planting farming, red and white ceremonies and other aspects of the details of the understanding is very clear, there is such a person, no matter what big or small things happen at home, there is always a charter, according to the psychology of peace of mind.

Now that a fresh crop has arrived, some of the characteristics in the genes of the farming people have been stimulated—that is, to quickly figure out how to plant them.

Zhu Houzhao also knew that this kind of thing was not in a hurry, and when things were planted in the soil, the time for growth was set to death, and it was not just a matter of blowing.

He was going to go and ask how some of the 'security arrangements' were doing in a few days, so that he could do it.

Changing a country is not such an easy task.

Just like the situation faced by Wang Shouren.

In the second year of Zhengde, after the first war between Ming and Mongolia, the military strength of the Tatars was greatly damaged, and the Mongols who were originally stationed in the Muhetao area could only cross the Yin Mountains and migrate northward in the situation that they could not guarantee security.

In the three-year grand court meeting of Zhengde, Jingluo Hetao was the most important topic of the imperial court.

The Hetao actually refers to the western set, the back set and the front set.

The Xitao Plain is the left side of the Yellow River's 'several' shape, which is today's Yinchuan Plain.

The back set and the front set are also relatively easy to recognize, that is, the Yellow River goes up, and the plain area formed on the two corners of the 'several' shape.

The Yellow River originally went north, but suddenly changed its course to the east, that is, it hit the Yin Mountain and could not pass, and at the foot of the Yin Mountain, the impact of the river gave birth to such a fertile area.

The front set is on the corner to the right of the 'several' shape, which is about the location of today's Baotou City.

In a broad sense, the Hetao includes these three areas, here is not the impression of the desolation of the northwest, it is lush grass, fertile fields for thousands of miles, there are vast grasslands, endless arable land, dense water network and mild and cool climate, since the Han Dynasty completely defeated the Xiongnu, Shuofang County, Wuyuan County, Yunzhong County is set up here.

It can be said that from the Qin and Han dynasties to the Sui and Tang dynasties, as long as the Central Plains Dynasty was strong enough, it would regard this place as an important reclamation area. According to modern data, there are 11 million acres of arable land in the Hetao Plain, but in the Ming Dynasty it was definitely not that high, because the degree of reclamation could not be reached, and it was not only to grow grain, but also to raise horses.

But even so, it is still a piece of Jiangnan.

As for the means used by the previous dynasties, it is nothing more than 12 words: immigration, reclamation of farmland, and construction of water conservancy.

The difference is how each dynasty implemented the real side of immigration, and whether it gave 30 mu or 50 mu to one person for reclamation, that is, the degree of incentive was different.

In the hands of the Ming court,

Zhu Houzhao did not set aside a separate province, but unified the management of the Hetao Plain in the new form of a military administrative region.

In this place, Wang Shouren is the person in charge, and the imperial court added him the rank of military squire, controlling the military horses in the Hetao area, and taking charge of civil affairs.

The so-called civil administration is to build a city here. Farming civilization is to be a city. And once it was built, there were three cities, of course, there were some small cities in the past, but now Zhu Houzhao has a big hand, either don't do it, or do it well, he wants to nail it here, so no matter what it was before, the city must be rebuilt.

Yinchuan Town is built in the west, Shuofang Town is built in the back, and Yunzhong Town is built in the front.

The administrative office of the Hetao Military Administration District was placed in Shuofang Town.

Subsequently, Wang Shouren went to the court and set up two guards and two guards in Shuofang Town, and one guard and one guard in Yinchuan Town and one guard in Yunzhong Town.

These are natural quasi-plays.

If you agree, you have to pay.

Silver taels, ploughing cattle, and farm tools are all transported here in a steady stream.

And, of course, the population.

Wang Shouren vaguely remembered that when he was young, he had led horses out of the Saiwai, and he himself had carefully considered the border defense of the Ming Dynasty.

In front of his eyes is the official horse farm that was just built last year, named Bei'an Yuan by the imperial court, and the grassland here is a real paradise for horses, and when thousands of sturdy and translucent war horses run together, it feels extraordinarily magnificent.

In addition to Bei'an Garden, Wang Shouren also strongly promoted the construction of Changle Garden, Dingle Garden, and Yong'an Garden, which are more than 10,000 acres of horse farms, and the horses bred are healthy and strong.

On the one hand, it is because it is relatively easier to buy foals than to drive people over, and it can cooperate with the withdrawal of the people, which has now been implemented nationwide.

On the other hand, it is also a certain 'marketization' of horses. Now the horses of the official horse farm are in the hands of the border army, and the border army has to pay, which was already the rule three years ago. And because the withdrawal of the people and herdsmen is more intense, the people are also relatively short of horses, and the price of a horse has been above 20 taels.

Therefore, with this heaven-sent land to raise horses, the Hetao Military Administration will soon usher in the first year's horse income.

Of course, the grass belongs to the state, the people belong to the state, and even the 'start-up capital' is the state, so the money does not belong to private individuals. However, the Hetao military administration area was in its infancy, and the imperial court agreed that the silver did not need to be handed over, and could be used to build cities, raise troops, reclaim famine, and build more horse ranches.

Having money is the basic prerequisite for maintaining combat strength and existence.

Under the instruction of the imperial court, the Hetao Military District and Gansu Town reached a contract, Zhengde three years is not counted, it was just started, a year later, that is, now Zhengde four years, the official horse farm in the region to provide Gansu Town with 20,000 horses, each at a price of 20 taels, it is easier to calculate, public to public, do not raise the price.

This is not easy to do, Wang Shouren has put a lot of effort into the past year, he came to Bei'an Yuan to check the storage of these war horses, the quality of the horses is not good is his responsibility, and he can't win with the horse, that is the responsibility of Gansu Town.

In this way, the Hetao Military Administration District will be able to get 400,000 taels of silver because of such a sale!

There are no taxes yet.

That's why he was so confident in building cities, garrisoning troops, and raising horses.

"Bring a few horses, let's ride."

As soon as he spoke, all the subordinates around him did so.

Wang Shouren stepped on horseback with the help of his subordinates, the warm wind blew on him, the blue sky and white clouds, and a piece of green grass, which was really refreshing.

There is a poem in the Northern and Southern Dynasties that writes the best about such a scene: Thorn Le River, under the Yin Mountain, the sky is like a dome, covering the four fields. The sky is blue, the wilderness is vast, the wind blows the grass and sees the cattle and sheep!

"Yang Minggong, we sold 20,000 horses, and we still have more than 6,000 horses left, how can we use this?"

Wang Shouren gave himself a name, Yangming.

"This official plans to give the court a lesson, and it is best to keep it for our own use. Shuofang's avant-garde personnel are in order, but there are still a few horses missing. ”

With enough horses, cavalry, and the grain grown here, he will have a 'strength', and Zhengde will not have anything in four years, but in a few years, once the Tatars recover somewhat, there may be another rebellion, so it is best to have a considerable force before then.

"Didn't you say that there wasn't enough of the population?"

"Population is also important, and I have made it clear to the court." Wang Yangming responded loudly, followed by the figure of horses running with people.

According to his plan, at the beginning, he first built a city, raised horses, and cultivated a certain amount of arable land, cultivated food as much as possible to be self-sufficient, and bought or applied for it if he could not be self-sufficient, and waited until the horse farm had silver income, the city was well built, and the population was enriched with houses, and then the land was reclaimed on a larger scale.

The so-called strategy means that there are people, land, horses, and soldiers.

Soon, this will be a place for soldiers!

(End of chapter)