Chapter 316: Why, Want to Steal Our High-Yielding Corn?
Xiao Jinluo definitely won't agree! The grain harvested by the army is not enough for the people of Chongzhou! In the past few days, the governors and county magistrates of various states and counties have come to the palace to brush up their presence, especially the county officials of those impoverished states and counties, who almost hugged his legs and cried bitterly. Who to give first, then to whom, the fight is blushing and the neck is thick, how can there be surplus food to others?
Liwang didn't care about these, although his fiefdom, whether it was climate or land, was better than Chongzhou, but the life of the common people was also tight. Especially after the land of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River was involved in the war, in order to prevent his soldiers from guarding the frontier hungry, King Liwang was also heartbroken, and a lot of his hair fell out, and he was about to become the Mediterranean!
can produce more than 800 catties of grain per mu, and he can't miss anything. He is not greedy, dozens of hundreds of acres of seeds, he can always get together, right? Dozens of acres are planted this year, thousands of acres next year, and the year after next is ...... Someday, high-yielding crops will be found all over the state!
Xiao Jinluo didn't agree, so he turned into a dog skin plaster and stuck to Xiao Jinluo all day long. Xiao Jinluo deals with official business, and he also knows how to avoid suspicion and stare from afar. Xiao Jinluo ate, he was cheeky and came up, and he ate whatever King Chen ate. Xiao Jinluo slept, he wanted to drill in, but he was beaten out, and even wanted to move the soft couch outside Xiao Jinluo's bedroom......
He didn't know where he heard that the Song family's Zhuangzi had also had a bumper harvest, so he immediately changed his strategy and went to the Song family to brush up his favor.
Early in the morning, King Liwang came to the Song family with rich gifts and learned that the Song family had gone to the capital Zhuangzi to preside over the autumn harvest. The little divine doctor also followed, and he took two guards and quickly chased after him.
First of all, I went to Zhuangzi on the outskirts of Beijing, where all the crops were cash crops, and the grain was only planted in less than 50 acres, and most of the crops were spring wheat. Liwang only knew that one of the high-yielding grain crops was called "corn" and the other was called "sweet potato", and he didn't pay much attention to wheat or anything. So I missed the opportunity......
Knowing that the Song family had gone to Liujiazhuang's Zhuangzi, they rushed to Liujiazhuang non-stop. The Song family's field in Liujiazhuang has expanded to more than 80 acres, half of which is planted with corn, half is planted with sweet potatoes, and a few acres are specially reserved for her granddaughter to plant her favorite sweet potatoes.
There is still nearly a month to harvest sweet potatoes, and in the corn field at this time, Chen Chu's two families, plus hired short-term workers, are in full swing to harvest the crops.
The young men were responsible for cutting the corn stalks, while the women, the elderly, and the children broke the corn from the stalks and piled them into piles. The division of labor is clear and orderly.
In the spring and summer of this year, the wind and rain were favorable, and the corn harvest was abundant, and the corn cob was thick at the wrist, the ruler was long, and the golden corn kernels on it were squeezed one after another, neatly arranged...... The king took hold of the reins and stopped at the edge of the field. He jumped off his horse, came to a pile of corn cobs, bent down to pick up a cob, and looked at it carefully.
A half-grown boy saw it, ran over quickly, snatched the corn cob from his hand, and said with wide eyes, "What are you doing?" You guys aren't from the neighborhood, are you? I'm looking at the weird eyes! What's the matter, trying to steal our high-yielding corn? I advise you to save it, and look at it - King Chen has sent an army to protect our high-yield grain! ”
This kid is from Liujiazhuang nearby, and he followed his father to work as a short-term worker for the Song family. Last year, there was a bumper harvest in Zhuangzi, and the news was tight, and even the people in Liujiazhuang did not know the seeds of high-yield crops, which were close to them.
This year, the corn in the army was harvested first, and after the news spread, the talents of Liujiazhuang realized that a team of soldiers came to Songjiazhuang last year to guard the high-yield grain seeds!
This side is not far from Chongzhou, and the news that Chenwangfu wants to promote high-yield grain varieties has also been heard by Liujiazhuang. However, so many villages in Chongzhou are waiting for the grain to be distributed, and I don't know when it will be Liujiazhuang's turn. The village chief of Liujiazhuang is more active, and he has frequently run to Songjiazhuang in the past few days, and he is close to Song Laohan.
I heard that this kind of high-yield corn only needs a few catties of seeds per acre. The Song family has a little leakage in their hands, and it is enough for them to have a village's seeds!
The villagers of Liujiazhuang, who have a good eye, came to the Song family and said that they could help the Song family harvest corn and sweet potatoes without wages, and only begged them to sell some seeds to themselves......
The Song family also survived hard days, of course, they will not take advantage of the common people - they are not easy, and their lives are not as good as the two houses that the Song family bought! Those who work will be paid according to their wages. And promised that if the palace had no other arrangements, the seeds would be sold to the villagers of Liujiazhuang first.
The villagers were grateful, and not to mention the hard work of the selected short-term workers, and their families also came to help. No, this half-size son is one of them.
Song Laosi sensed the movement and led two of his men towards this side. When he approached, he recognized King Li, arched his hand at him, and said, "What kind of wind blew you here?" At this time, the sun is quite big, and I also asked King Liwang to move to the Zhuangzi to drink tea and rest. ”
After Song Ziran rescued Queen Li, he was worried that his injuries would be repeated, so King Li, accompanied by Zheng Gongzi, lived in Chongzhou Mansion for several months. The injury is better, and I often go to the Song Mansion to walk around. Song Laosi went home and saw him once or twice.
King Li waved his hand at Song Laosi and said, "It's good here-Song Qianhu, your corn...... It looks very good, but when I look at this land, it's not a good place. Can you really collect more than 800 catties? ”
It has long been no secret that Chongzhou produces high-yield grain. Song Laosi had nothing to hide, and said proudly: "This year's grain output is higher, and the output of the inferior field has also reached 800 catties. ”
King Liwang heard the door: the inferior field has reached 800 catties, so isn't the superior field even more? Also, does the "this year" in Song Laosi's mouth mean that they also planted high-yield crops last year? Don't...... The appearance of high-yield crops in Chongzhou out of thin air is inseparable from the Song family?
"Song Qianhu, do you sell these seeds? I bought them all, the price is negotiable! "King Liwang can't wait to say it.
Song Sixi glanced at him, shook his head and said, "Well...... I can't be the master! When the seed is planted, King Tatsu has already predestined it to us. In other words, all the corn and sweet potatoes in this field no longer belong to our family! ”
King Li frowned and said: "King Chen, this kid, the army has produced so much grain, and you are still worried about the harvest of your 100 acres of land?" I'm going to him! ”
In the end, Xiao Jinluo couldn't resist the pestering of Liwang, and gave him 10,000 catties of corn seeds and 20,000 catties of sweet potatoes.