Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 351 The food shortage of Ming Dynasty and the military progress of Shaanxi and Gansu

"In April, the Jianguo Mansion's farm had already planted the corn and sweet potato seeds brought by Jian Guo and Princess Kunqing.

Among them, [-] mu of sweet potatoes and [-] mu of corn have been sown, and they are all growing well. "

Aunt Zhu nodded slightly when she heard this, but still urged: "The cultivation of grain in Daming is the key to solving the famine problem, and it is the top priority of farming work.

In a few days, Fei Ren took Kun Qing to inspect the farms that planted future generations of grain, took a video, and sent it to Ben Gong for viewing. "

Fei Zhen'e responded immediately: "This humble minister leads the order."

Previously, Fei Zhen'e was only the secretary of the sixth rank. Since Zhu Yuxi left Chengdu, she had been promoted to official positions several times, and now her position is the third rank.

After Fei Zhen'e, Auntie Zhu also said crisply and authentically: "Kun Qing leads the order!"

Aunt Zhu smiled and asked Liu Linchang to continue reporting.

"In addition to the sweet potatoes of later generations, I also asked the Gongtun army to plant tens of thousands of mu of sweet potatoes found in Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi in the mountains near Chengdu.

At present, although its growth is far inferior to that of later generations of sweet potatoes, if there is no accident, a bumper harvest will also be obtained in a few months. "

"Okay." Hearing this, Auntie Zhu couldn't help but praise, expressing her satisfaction, "After all, the amount of grain seeds that can be shipped in future generations is small, and it will take at least three to five years to spread.

However, if the sweet potatoes in Fujian and Guangdong can be harvested in Sichuan, they can be promoted to other places in the next year or the next.

Although sweet potatoes are not suitable as a staple food, if there is a famine, it can save many people's lives. "

Liu Linchang also smiled and said: "It is true."

Long Wenguang, Zhang Jimeng, and Liu Zhibo knew about it a long time ago, but when they heard it again at this time, they still couldn't help but be filled with joy.

Since ancient times, people in the land of China have been worrying about food, and famine has never really been eliminated.If they can keep the people from starving to death, they will surely be famous forever.

Aimee Zhu asked again: "Where is the [-] acres of super wheat that I planted in the farm? Is it going to be harvested soon?"

Liu Lin said in a long way: "The Japanese minister visited the farm the other day, and the growth of super wheat is very gratifying.

The minister asked the farm steward, and he said that the harvest would start at the end of May, and one mu might produce thousands of catties of wheat! "

Speaking of this thunder, Liu Linchang's excitement was beyond words, and he bowed and said: "Jian Guo, this is really auspicious.

The minister thought that he could report to the various places, one to publicize the good seeds and prepare for future promotion, and the other to show that the Jianguo is indeed the destiny of the heavens, so that the locals will accept it. "

"This matter should be publicized." Aunt Zhu nodded, "In this way, when the time comes, Fei Ren will arrange for a team from the Flying Eagles and the filming team from the Shu Palace to record a video of harvesting the [-] acres of super wheat.

Such a thing is just to report the place where the article is published, which may not be convincing.Only with video as evidence can the publicity effect be better. "

This idea was not Aimee Zhu's idea, but Hao Guangming's.

In the Chengyun Hall, Li Yan and the others nodded in agreement after hearing this, thinking that this idea is absolutely perfect.

After all, although they know about shooting videos, they are not as flexible as Hao Guangming, a modern person.

Later, Liu Linchang reported the farming situation in Sichuan, Chongqing, and Guizhou to Aimee Zhu.

Since last winter, Sichuan has almost completely calmed down. Even small groups of thieves and bandits in various places have been completely wiped out by the garrison, and the chieftains also admire them.

Although it has not yet reached the level of "households are not closed" in the rumors, it has surpassed any period after Xuande in the Ming Dynasty, and the people live and work in peace and contentment.

Coupled with the fact that there were no major disasters in Sichuan this year, and that the industrial and military troops urgently resumed planting in many places in the winter of last year and spring of this year, most prefecture and county governments also did their best to guide farming and help farmers.

It is foreseeable that Sichuan will usher in a bumper grain harvest this year!

It was not until the beginning of the year that peace was restored to Chongqing, and bandits everywhere were wiped out only in the spring.

And because many people were involved in the Daxi Army either actively or passively, and many fields were abandoned. Naturally, the grain harvest this year is not as good as in previous years.

However, the prefectures and counties in Chongqing are not as dependent on agriculture as Sichuan. Even if the crop harvest this year is not as good as in previous years, it should be no problem to meet the food needs of the Chief Secretary of Chongqing, and there may even be a small surplus.

In comparison, there were not many fields in Guizhou originally, and it had not recovered from the She'an Rebellion before.

Now that the remnants of the Western Army led by Sun Kewang have gone through again, production has naturally been damaged again.

However, Guizhou has a small population and is not so dependent on farm output.

Coupled with the fact that Zhan Tianyan is really capable in restoring people's livelihood after the war, there should be no food shortage in Guizhou this year.

At most, it is impossible to export surplus grain like Sichuan and Chongqing.

Knowing that there were no bad accidents in the farming affairs of these three provinces, Aimee Zhu felt relieved.

However, this year, there are both wars and disasters in the north of the Yangtze River in South Zhili, and the food output may be very limited.

As for the south of the Yangtze River, the southern Zhili area is better, but Zhejiang has encountered drought and wind disasters.

What's more, during this period, the people in Nanzhili and Zhejiang mostly planted mulberry and silkworms rather than grain.

Therefore, there may be a certain degree of food shortage in Jiangnan (the Jiangnan part of Zhejiang and Nanzhili) and Jiangxi this year.

On Huguang's side, Zhu Yuxi also sent a telegram a few days ago to ask Du Yinxi about farming.

Fortunately, there were no major disasters in Huguang this year, but some seasonal minor floods occurred in Hunan.

As for the disaster situation in several prefectures in Hubei occupied by the Shun Army, Du Yinxi was not clear, and Zhu Yuxi did not ask him to report.

In the area south of the Yangtze River controlled by the Ming army, in addition to common small floods, there were also sporadic military disasters.

In addition, in the past few years, Huguang suffered repeated military disasters, the people were displaced, and the population decreased a lot.

This year's grain output must be enough for the people of Huguang to eat, but there may not be much grain that can be exported.

Hao Guangming did some calculations with Aunt Zhu two days ago, and found that Daming's food shortage is still huge, and it is definitely not enough to rely on food from Sichuan, Chongqing, Fujian, and Guangdong and Guangxi.

Therefore, if Auntie Zhu wants to avoid a major famine this year, she has to find other ways to get more food...
After asking about the farming affairs, Aimee Zhu asked about the military progress.

Only then did Li Yan look away from the red lady in the video, and stood up to report to Auntie Zhu——

"In the past two or three months, we did not have large-scale battles with the Qing army in Shaanxi, but there have been hundreds of small battles. Generally speaking, we have won and lost each other, and we even have a slight Advantage.

In the west, we have already occupied most of Fengxiang Mansion, pushing the front line to Wugong, Fufeng, Qishan, Linyou, and Shiyaoguan.

In Pingliang Mansion, the area occupied by Qing prisoners was also compressed to the Lingtai, Jingzhou, and Chongxin areas in the southeast corner.

However, according to the news from Li Guo and Gao Yigong, they fought very hard in the north, and the Ningxia defender's Huamachi (Salt Pond) was taken away by the Qing, and they lost a lot of money.

Some time ago, they sent a letter stating that they would prevent a counterattack and retake Huamachi, and asked us to put pressure on the Qing captives in the south, and Governor Lu agreed to this matter.

As for the current progress, no definite news has reached Chengdu yet. "

Hearing this, Aimee Zhu and Hao Guangming were not very surprised.

As a supervisor, Lu Daqi's ability is only acceptable, and it is definitely incomparable with Sun Chuanting and Hong Chengchou back then.

In addition, there is only one newly formed frontier guard under his command, and the rest are garrison troops reorganized from the former Ming government army. It is estimated that the combat effectiveness can only be improved by the excellent equipment sent from Chengdu.

It's not bad to have a slight advantage over Qinglu.

As for the remnants of the Shun army led by Li Guo and Gao Yigong, they are currently only in a cooperative relationship with Ming Dynasty, and the base of the people in Ningxia Wei and Pingliang Prefectures may not be as good as that in Yan'an and Xi'an Prefectures. It is understandable that they cannot beat the Qing army.

After all, the Qing army not only recruited a large number of green battalions in Shaanxi, but also dropped Mongolian cavalry at any time to go south to help.

"The Qing captives were defeated in Yangzhou, and it is very likely that they will shrink the line of defense. Even if the entire army does not withdraw from Shaanxi, they will give up part of the occupied areas." Zhu Wei said, "Li Du should inform Lu Daqi to pay attention to the movements of the Qing captives and try to catch them." Seize the opportunity to regain lost ground, but don't underestimate the enemy and advance rashly."

"I remember."

Li Yan agreed, and then talked about the situation in the southeast corner of Shaanxi.

"In late March, Li Dingguo contacted Sun Shoufa in Zhongnan Mountain, and in accordance with the order of Jianguo, he was awarded the post of general of the Independent Battalion of the Frontier Defense Army.

In mid-April, Sun Shoufa wanted to plan for Lantian, but unfortunately, because the spies leaked the news, the Qing prisoners learned of the plan in advance and were encircled and suppressed instead.

Fortunately, Li Dingguo responded in time, and Sun Shoufa retreated to the south with the backbone of the army.

Later, the two used their tactics and took advantage of the mobilization of the Qing army to take down Shangzhou in one fell swoop.

Later, because the sixth town of the frontier defense army led by Yuan Zongdi came to change defenses, Li Dingguo wanted to lead the fourth town of the frontier defense army to rescue Yunyang, so he maintained the front line from Jiuxian to Shangzhou, Wuguan, and Zhulinguan. "

Zhu Wei looked at the map, and after listening to Li Yan's words, she said, "Yuan Zongdi's sixth town of the frontier defense army is new after all. Before Li Dingguo returns to Shaanxi, let him, Zhang Hualong, Wang Xiang, and Sun Shoufa stick to it."

"Yes."

Aunt Zhu said again: "There were three radio teams in the fleet that I sent back to Chengdu earlier.

After they arrive in Chengdu, you can select spare personnel to follow them to learn about radio operation, and then send a radio team to Lu Daqi and Li Dingguo to facilitate their contact with Chengdu and Bengong. "

　Second more.

　　I wanted to find out the records of natural disasters in various provinces in the south of the Yangtze River in 1645, but I couldn't find them after searching for a long time, so I can only make up.

　　Good night~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)