0733 Father of Sweet Potato
And so he soon set out on his first adventure! On this day, he packed the carefully selected sweet potato vines and put them in the boxes containing the goods. The sweet potato vines are mixed with the goods, and if you don't look closely, you won't be able to spot them.
When he passed the pass, the sweet potato vine really passed the pass, Chen Zhenlong took a deep breath, and his hanging heart relaxed. But in the process of transporting, the box was suddenly knocked down by pedestrians, and the contents rolled out, and the sharp-eyed staff immediately found the sweet potato vine.
Chen Zhenlong was in a hurry, saying that he picked it up on the side of the road, thinking it was a rope, and he originally wanted to use it to tie up goods. Seeing that he was sincere, the staff gave him a verbal warning and a fine, and let him go.
After the failure of the adventure, Chen Zhenlong was very unwilling and began to plan a second time. This time he was well prepared, buying 10 pots of flowers in advance and putting them in a basket made of sweet potato vines. The stems and leaves of the flowers are intertwined with the sweet potato vines, and at first glance, they look natural. Chen Zhenlong felt that he would definitely be able to pass this time.
But he was careless! Unexpectedly, the inspectors took out each pot of flowers and inspected them all the way, and in the end only a sweet potato rattan basket remained. So this time he couldn't argue, not only did he eat a fine, but he was also arrested. Later, with the help of a friend, he was able to escape.
Having failed twice in a row, Chen Zhenlong was very frustrated, but he decided to try again, and instead of going home and starving to death, it was better to give it a go!
At the same time, he also realized that it would not be easy to bring the sweet potato vine back to China, and he quickly summed up the reasons for the failure and came up with a foolproof solution.
Chen Zhenlong found that the sweet potato vine was very similar to the hemp rope on the merchant ship, and if it was dyed with the same color, it could completely hide people's eyes. He bought a sweet potato vine for 300 yuan, cut off the leaves, tangled them with hemp rope, and smeared them with silt.
As expected, this time he successfully escaped the strict investigation, and the sweet potato vine returned by boat with Chen Zhenlong. When the merchant ship sailed out of the Philippines, his hanging heart finally let go and he breathed a sigh of relief! Tears welled up in my eyes with excitement.
Then he hurriedly removed the sweet potato vine and soaked it in water, fearing that it would wilt. As soon as the boat docked, Chen Zhenlong trotted all the way home and planted sweet potato vines in the soil. After more than three months of careful care by him, the sweet potato vines have climbed all over the yard.
When I dug it out, I was dumbfounded, the fruit was so thin and small, not at all like what I saw in the Philippines. After research, Chen Zhenlong found that it was because the soil was too hard, which hindered the normal growth of sweet potatoes.
However, Chen Zhenlong firmly believes that he will be able to grow large and sweet sweet potatoes. He began to ask his son to fertilize the sweet potato soil regularly, and the hard work paid off, and the planting was finally successful.
Under the leadership of Chen Zhenlong, people in ten miles and eight villages soon began to grow sweet potatoes, which greatly alleviated people's hunger problems. People found that the dug sweet potato, the surface is red, very festive, so it was renamed "sweet potato", and some places are also called "sweet potato", "red lotus" and "sweet potato".
Later, some people brought sweet potatoes to Shandong and popularized them, and soon the entire Central Plains was planted with sweet potatoes, and later, sweet potatoes spread to all parts of the country.
As a businessman, Chen Zhenlong has a great love to save the country and the people, risking his life to introduce sweet potatoes from the Philippines to China, saving countless Chinese sons and daughters, and is a well-deserved hero. Moreover, after the food crisis, the country's population has also increased significantly, and for the first time, the population has exceeded 100 million.
Later, in order to thank Chen Zhenlong for saving his life, some people built the "First Potato Pavilion" and "First Potato Temple" in Wushi Mountain, Fuzhou to commemorate him. People often say that Yuan Longping is not forgotten when eating rice, and now I can add another sentence, not forgetting Chen Zhenlong when eating potatoes.
Now that Liu Haojia is here, Chen Zhenlong's honor is gone! Moreover, after Liu Haojia got the sweet potatoes, he specially commissioned them to send them to Shaanxi, Shanxi and other districts to try to plant. He also specially bought two Zhuangzi there and designated the farmers to grow sweet potatoes. Anyway, he is not in a hurry to promote it, he believes that in another ten years, this kind of thing will be naturally promoted.
Liu Haojia began to deal with these things, and the time was close to the end of the year. The family prepared to leave for Beijing for the New Year. Before returning to Beijing, he also made a special trip to the streets. But when he looked at it again, it was different from before!
Now the eastern part of Tianjin has completely become a scale, and the layout of the original dumbbell shape has been completely changed
into a long strip. There are not a lot of houses and shops on both sides of the road between the county seat of Tianjin and the fiefdom, and the population is even denser, which makes Liu Haojia, who saw the appearance in front of him, quite surprised!
He had heard from the reports from various places that the eastern part of Tianjin had changed greatly, and he had not yet had an intuitive impression. Now in his actual view, the east of Tianjin has almost become the new center of Tianjin!
The biggest problem now is that there is only one gate in the east of the city, which seriously hinders the flow of people and goods. Now many people don't plan to pass through the city, but go directly around the county seat of Tianjin, maybe faster!
Seeing this situation, Liu Haojia directly said to the county magistrate who followed him: "Are the shops and houses on both sides of the road planned?"
Now this county order itself is Liu Hao Jia'an***, who immediately said when he heard the question: "Hou Ye rest assured, according to Hou Ye's rules, the drawings are reviewed before the sale of land and construction are allowed. The shops and houses on both sides are reported to the county office."
Liu Haojia said, "This matter is naturally known. Does this mean that it is in the Yellow Book of Fish Scales?"
The county magistrate even nodded and said, "It's up, it's up!" Hou Ye rest assured, the officials don't dare to do anything about this kind of thing!"
Liu Haojia said, "Naturally, you don't want to do your hands and feet, for fear that the people under you will not be clean and fool you!"
The county commander gritted his teeth and said, "Master Hou, don't worry! Since receiving the teachings of the Hou Ye, the lower officials have also paid great attention to the communication with the lower officials, and the following things cannot be hidden from the lower officials!"
Liu Haojia said with satisfaction when he heard this: "Very good, keep it in this state, and you will have your own future in the future!"
The county commander and the county Cheng looked at each other with a wry smile when they heard this. The two of them have been abandoned by the people of Shilin because they took refuge in Liu Haojia's door! The people in Shilin think that they are flattering and have no integrity! Nowadays, in addition to some businessmen here in Tianjin, they also have some friendship with them, and there is no relationship at all!
Because the people in Shilin thought that the two of them were shameless, they disdained to communicate with each other. Even when I returned to Beijing, there was no one to entertain or entertain, and my life was very aggrieved! But being an official in Tianjin is fat! And Liu Haojia promised to recommend them to Emperor Wanli in the future, so they could only grit their teeth!