Fu Song

Chapter 658 Sudden Happiness

Happiness sometimes comes so suddenly.

Xiao Cheng wanted crops like sweet potatoes, potatos, and corn like a madman.

Compared with other crops, they have the same outstanding advantage, that is, they do not pick places.

Just give him a little sunshine and he'll shine, that's all.

Whether it is land fertilizer or thalassemia, he can produce it anyway. The difference is only the level of production.

But he also knew that it was too difficult to obtain these things.

The origin of these crops is too far away from Da Song.

Even though Da Song has achieved unprecedented achievements in navigation, at least Xiao Cheng has never seen anyone who can reach here from that distant place.

Even if Da Song can build a huge ship with tens of thousands of materials, he is still extremely small to the sea.

After listening to his narration and looking at the pictures he drew, the petty official found the Zheng family through Liu Fengkui and sent a fleet to do this. In Xiao Cheng's view, it was just a small Just a child's curiosity.

With the current navigation technology and the scale of ships, it is impossible to cross the ocean and reach the other shore.

However, it is not bad for the small officials to have a sustenance and make unremitting efforts for it.

Therefore, Xiao Cheng did not stop this behavior.

On the contrary, Xiao Cheng gave great encouragement and appreciation to the almost obsessive research on crops in the small official family.

He hopes that the future officials of the Song Dynasty will be a scholar-type agronomist with great research spirit.

And the small official family is now running wildly on this road.

Over the years, the petty officials who have been immersing themselves in studying this way with the officials of Sinong Temple have already left Xiao Cheng beyond the reach of Xiao Cheng in terms of professional skills such as grafting and cultivation of crops.

Industry specializing in surgery.

While Xiao Cheng was concentrating on dealing with people, the petty official was concentrating on studying how to make the tassels of rice grow bigger, and the grains grow more and fuller.

Of course, both of them have achieved fruitful results in their respective fields.

But sometimes, when you don't have any hope, what you want just suddenly appears in front of you inadvertently, making you wonder if this is a dream.

Xiao Cheng knew that this was not a dream.

Because in front of him, sweet potatoes, potatos, and corn, which he had been thinking about day and night, were all on the ground.

Some of the sweet potatoes and potatos were already rotting. Even so, no one dared to throw away these broken things, but just put them in another container.

Xiao Cheng looked at these good things with fascinated eyes, and his excitement was much, much happier than hearing that the front line had won a big victory.

"Shoufu, are these things really so important?" Yang Wanfu asked.

"Of course." Xiao Cheng said happily: "When this thing is popularized, my Song Dynasty will no longer have to worry about hunger, and we can feed more people. And more importantly, these crops are not related to wheat. They need fertile land like paddy fields, and they can survive even in barren land.”

"The production capacity per mu is several thousand catties?" Yang Wanfu still has some doubts about such a figure.

"Theoretically, that's the case." Xiao Cheng said.

The leader of this lucky fleet is Zheng Zhiyuan, a distant relative of the Zheng family, and also a brother of Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Zhihu's generation.Originally, he served as a captain in Zheng Zhihu's fleet.

After the Zheng family received this task from the small official's family, Zheng Zhiyuan was honorably selected to carry out this task.

In fact, for those who have been at sea for a long time, everyone knows that this is a mission that is close to death.

But Zheng Zhiyuan didn't have a second choice.

He left with the mentality of never returning, and settled everything at home before leaving.

He was indeed close to death.

But fortunately, he found these things inexplicably. Although he didn't find the continent that Shoufu was talking about, the important thing is the things.

After careful questioning, Xiao Cheng probably also guessed the origin of these things.

The origin of these crops is in the United States. Under normal circumstances, at this time, it is definitely impossible to reach Da Song.

But because of himself and the enthusiasm of small officials, Zheng Zhiyuan made this voyage.

The people on that island are most likely people who drifted from that continent, or people who have been there, and for some unknown reason, settled on that island.

So those crops began to be produced on the island.

After all, that thing is really not picky.

Zheng Zhiyuan was so lucky that he was able to drift to this island even in a storm in the vast sea.

Maybe it's not Zheng Zhiyuan's good luck, but his own luck, right?

In short, I got what I dreamed of.

The four words to make people full are just a matter of touching the upper and lower lips, but it is as difficult as heaven to do it.

No matter in history, no matter in the flourishing age that was boasted as miraculous, this has never been done.

But now under his own rule, even in the area as rich and prosperous as Jiangnan, he can still see from various reports every day how many people are hungry.

Whenever he saw these, Xiao Cheng felt very frustrated.

"The imperial court will fulfill its promise, as long as it can offer these things, the imperial court will not hesitate to confer honor." Xiao Cheng said the words he had been looking forward to for a long time to the middle-aged man who came back from a near-death situation.

"Thank you, Shoufu, and thank you to the official family!" Zheng Zhiyuan crossed his hands and touched the ground, his voice trembling a little.

Of course Zheng Zhiyuan didn't bring back these things.

To be honest, now Xiao Cheng felt that his eyes were going to blur.

A golden pumpkin that weighs more than ten catties is also a good thing.Just plant it on any ditches and ridges, and it will take root and sprout, and after a few months, it will bear you melons one by one, and there can be several on one vine.Not only can you fill your stomach, but it can also provide people with a rare sweetness.

There is a hard shell on the outside, which can be opened with a light pinch, and inside lies a nut covered in red leather. Isn't this groundnut?
There are also more than a dozen potted plants, one of which bears a lot of fruits the size of a baby's fist, some are blue, and some are red. Isn't that a tomato?
Of course, there are those pots of bright red and slender things in the corner, aren't they just the peppers he wants?

Zheng Zhiyuan's trip to sea this time brought Xiao Cheng everything he wanted. From this perspective, Xiao Cheng felt that it was totally worthwhile to give him a Marquis.

Grabbing a handful of sun-dried peppers from a leather pocket, Xiao Cheng said with a smile: "Officials, I'm here to cook today, and I'll make some flavors you haven't tasted before."

It is well known in the world that Xiao Cheng has a good appetite.

For him, the gentleman far away from the kitchen does not exist.

He often cooks some fresh dishes.

Xiao Cheng is also responsible for the rapid popularity of iron pots for cooking in Tokyo.

The iron pot produced by Tiangong Iron Art was also one of the best-selling products back then.

More than ten years ago, wok cooking was not the mainstream!

As soon as Xiao Cheng said that he wanted to cook by himself, Zhao An couldn't help talking. He had been by Xiao Cheng's side since he was two years old, and his tongue was no less than that of his master.

It's just that he won't do it.

However, the opportunities for Xiao Cheng to cook in person are becoming less and less, and it seems that there are only a handful of times this year.

Only on the master's birthday, his own birthday, and the younger sister's birthday, the master cooks the dishes himself a few times.

Seeing the expectant look of the little official's family, Xiao Cheng had a smirk on his face.

This evening, in the inner courtyard of the imperial palace, Xiao Cheng ate big pieces, while the flushed Zhao An and Liu Fengkui held chopsticks and watched Xiao Cheng sweep away several bowls of food in surprise.

Can this stuff really be eaten?

Of course, he would never tell Xiaoguanjia and Liu Fengkui about Xiao Cheng squatting in pain the next day.

The stomach that has not tasted the taste of chili for decades, it will take a long time to adapt to this new thing!
Xiao Cheng was in pain and joy.

Although chili peppers may seem to be dispensable compared with several other crops, for those who live in the humid southern regions, it will become an indispensable thing in the future.

Yizhou, which is not afraid of spicy, Guizhou, which is not afraid of spicy, and Hunan, which is not afraid of spicy, chili will appear on your table soon, but how long will it take for these things to become your favorite?

Xiao Cheng, who was squatting in the latrine and wiping his butt in pain, was full of bad water thinking that after this thing was promoted, how many people would want to be like him now?

When the thing comes back, how to plant a large number of seeds is what the petty official has to do. What Xiao Cheng has to do is to vigorously promote this thing with administrative orders.

This advantage of not taking advantage of the good fields will probably minimize the resistance of farmers to the uncertainty of new crops!

We still have to be on guard against some people who want to please themselves and petty officials and force the farmers to destroy the original crops. This is a good thing, but if you don’t keep an eye on it, it’s easy for the crooked monk to take the experience Singing out of tune.

The recruiting law, the young crop law and the new tax law are obviously good things, but in the process of implementation, there are still some things that make Xiao Cheng angry.

Fortunately, Hu Yi, the Prime Minister of the Overwatch Council, is tirelessly patrolling everywhere, and he will investigate everything that he smells a little bit.

Huang Dawei and the others who died protecting him in Suzhou completely stimulated this staid censor Zhongcheng, and his enthusiasm for work was extremely high.

Zhang Ren went back with great shock.

Because he saw a completely different Shoufu today.

A chief minister of the court who was cheering for a few crops and completely lost his composure.

And the reason is simply because the yield of these crops is extremely high, so that there will be no hungry people in the world, and no hungry people on the roadside.

Everyone could tell that Xiao Cheng's joy at that moment came from the heart.

The image of Xiao Cheng gradually became clear in his mind.

I can't say I like it, but it is admired and respected.

He was obviously using himself, but he said it so frankly in front of his face, which made it impossible for people to feel bored.

At least he offered something in return that was impossible to refuse.

Zhang Ren, who returned to Yanziji, suddenly felt that he might be able to do something, maybe he could set a new goal for himself, instead of walking and watching like before.

The martial arts career that I thought was boring at first seemed to be fulfilling.

Zhang Ren couldn't tell the reason for this.

It's just that occasionally recalling the scene of Xiao Cheng dancing and laughing while hugging the little official's house in the first auxiliary hall, I feel quite at ease.

This is a chief assistant who is really willing to do things and do them well!

He is also an official who really puts the people in his heart!

"Generals, what we are going to visit now is the military workshop that makes armor for the army." A green-robed seventh-rank official stood in front of a group of murderous generals and lieutenants with a smile on his face, but he didn't care at all. Don't be afraid, "Please come with me, I believe everyone will feast their eyes."

Listening to the official's words, laughter came from the crowd.

It's just making armor, as if you haven't seen it before.

Today, the martial arts school organizes generals from these short-term classes to visit some workshops related to the army, and the military workshop is the first stop.In the words of Shan Chang Yang Wanfu, it is to let these guys with eyes on their foreheads and nostrils upturned know that the victory of the battle is not only due to your credit, if it is not for the countless unknown people behind you who are doing it for you. Those who serve, you cannot win battles.

The green-robed officials did not tell lies. When everyone followed him into a valley, stood under a dam, and looked at the huge hydraulic hammer, everyone kept their mouths shut. .

The sound of bang bang echoed in the valley.

A huge square iron block was hoisted up and placed under the stamping hammer. As the stamping hammer fell heavily, everyone watched helplessly as the iron block was quickly beaten into a flat piece.

As the craftsmen below continued to adjust the angle, the iron sheet became thinner and thinner, and then everyone saw that someone used a pair of huge scissors to cut this piece of iron sheet into square pieces and put them on the The trolley pushed under the shed in the distance.

Inside the shed were large furnaces, at least hundreds of bare-armed people were wielding small hammers to forge red iron pieces.

After visiting the process one by one, everyone finally saw a pair of brand new armor in the finished product warehouse.

There are at least ten processes, except for the first process, each of the remaining processes has hundreds of people.There are thousands of people working in this workshop.

And this is just one of the countless military workshops distributed in the territory of Song Dynasty.

On this day, everyone also visited the workshops for making military rations and military uniforms. In each workshop, hundreds of people worked desperately in the workshops where the conditions were not good.

It is the silent dedication of these people, coupled with the brave fighting of the army, that made the miracle of the Song army invincible and invincible!
(End of this chapter)