Women Wearing Men: The Growth Path of the Bastards of the Aristocratic Family

Chapter 348 Start Promotion

After discussing with Shexi about resolving the disturbance caused by the scattered Yi people, and giving her peppers and yams, Gu Yunji's purpose of this trip was fully achieved.After staying in Xuanfu Department of Yongning for two days and feeling the local conditions and customs of the Yi people's settlement, he bid farewell to Shexi and returned to Xuzhou Prefecture.

After returning to the government office, Gu Yunji hadn't been free for two days, and immediately started to get busy without touching the ground again - the good seeds of potatoes were brought back.

The fine breed originally from America, first traveled across the ocean with the Frangji people, and then transported from the coast to the inland with Fan Li's caravan, bumped back and forth on the water for several months, and finally arrived at the capital of Syria.

Because the time spent on the road was too long, even though they paid special attention to freshness during transportation, when they were transported to Syria, most of them had sprouted, and even a small part was on the verge of spoilage. Fortunately, all the potatoes were not packed together at the beginning. , thus avoiding more serious losses.

Originally, it was [-] catties of good breed, but now only about [-] catties can be used, and this loss is still within Gu Yunji's acceptable range.However, if the [-] catties of potatoes are to be fully utilized, a plan must be made immediately and distribution and planting will begin quickly.

There are more than [-] people in the prefecture of Syria. Since it is necessary to promote it within the entire prefecture, it is of course unrealistic to distribute potatoes to every farmer.Regardless of the difficulty of implementation or the number of potatoes, it is best to entrust the most grass-roots officials—the head of the village—to plant first, and then distribute the harvested second-generation seeds to the villagers, so as to carry out wider promotion. the best choice.

Just in case, Gu Yunji reserved two thousand catties of fine seeds in the government office, and prepared to plant them himself.The rest of the fine seeds were sent to the counties, and they were asked to distribute 150 to [-] catties of seeds to each Lichang according to the population of each village, and taught them the planting methods and essentials, so that they could take them home and plant them.

Time is tight, the task is heavy, and potatoes are perishable and cannot be stored for long.So for a time, promoting potato cultivation became the most important thing for the entire Xuzhou government.From Gu Yunji, the general manager who coordinated the planning, to the low-level government servants who ran errands, everyone was so busy that they simply couldn't do anything at all.

Yan Zhengqian and Chen Xunzhou did not agree to use money to buy high-quality seeds, but Gu Yunji finally solved the problem by himself.Now that the seeds are back, the government office has not spent any money. Gu Yunji is busy inside and outside, without letting them worry about it. Naturally, the two of them have no shame to care about the manpower and material resources he has spent, and neither take the initiative to take care of it. , did not interfere, and sat at home leisurely all day long.

Gu Yunji didn't expect Yan Zhengqian and Chen Xunzhou to be of any help. As long as they didn't jump out and cause trouble for him, he would be thankful. Now that the two of them didn't care about anything, it was better for him to just let it go.

It has been a few days since the distribution of fine potato seeds began, and the progress of each county is different. Yibin County is the largest county in Xuzhou Prefecture, and Gu Yunji pays special attention to it. After finishing the work at hand, he went to Yibin County Government to check the distribution in person The case of publicity.

In the living room of the Yibin County Government, officials are introducing yams to dozens of village chiefs in Fuxing Town and teaching how to plant them.Perhaps it was not going well, Zhixian stood at the door frowning, his face was not very good-looking.

After Xue Liu was beheaded, the imperial court had not sent a new county magistrate to take office. The post of county magistrate was temporarily vacant, so the original county magistrate Yuezhuo took over and assumed the power of county magistrate.

Seeing Gu Yunji coming, Yue Zhuo trotted up to meet him from a distance, with a respectful attitude: "Master Gu, why are you here?"

"Let me see how the potatoes are being distributed."

Listening to the noise coming from the village chiefs not far away, Gu Yunji asked Yue Zhuo: "How is it? How is the situation? Is it going well?"

Yue Zhuo looked embarrassed, and said with a wry smile: "...It didn't go well. Potatoes are a novel crop, and time is tight. Not to mention these village chiefs, our county government officials don't know much about it. The village chiefs couldn't understand, The official's eyes can't explain clearly, and it's really difficult to carry out the process."

Gu Yunji's voice was low: "It is certain that things are difficult. After all, there are many people with mixed voices. Everyone has different ideas and questions, and officials can't answer everything. I have worked hard for you during this time. I just happen to be here. Let me explain what I don't understand."

"Okay, Master Gu, come with me." With that, Yue Zhuo was about to take Gu Yunji to the living room ahead.

"Master Zhixian! Lord Zhixian!"

At this time, a yamen servant was running out of breath and said urgently to Yue Zhuo: "The district chiefs of Yande Town had a conflict when they were distributing potatoes. They got into a fight over a disagreement and refused to listen to any advice. , I have to ask the county magistrate to judge the matter, Chief Qin can’t hold him back at all, please go and have a look!”

"What?!" Yue Zhuo was shocked when he heard this, but he couldn't get away from here. He was so worried for a while that he didn't know where to look.

Gu Yunji said at the right time: "Master Yue, let's go, just leave this place to me. I think there should be no one in the entire Yibin county government who is more familiar with yams than me."

"Then please leave it to Mr. Gu. The chiefs of Fuxing Town are all older, and the most stubborn and old-fashioned. They may not be easy to communicate with. Mr. Gu, please be tolerant and tolerant of them." After Yue Zhuo reminded him, he hurriedly looked at Gu Yunji After bowing, he followed the yamen servant and walked away quickly.

Gu Yunji was wearing low-key ordinary clothes today, and when he appeared in the living room where the chiefs gathered, he didn't attract much attention from everyone, so he didn't make a sound, and quietly observed everyone from the sidelines.

Those who can serve as village chiefs all have certain prestige in their respective villages. At a glance, the living room is basically filled with elderly people in their 50s, and only three or two 40-year-olds are younger.Most of them had gray beards and leaned on crutches, chattering about what they were arguing about, and it was very noisy.

Previously, the village chiefs were wary of the magistrate's presence, and they paid attention to their words, but now that Yue Zhuo was gone, they all wanted to say something, and they had a lot of questions and opinions.Pei Gou, another county clerk, was almost hoarse, and few people listened to him, and he could hardly suppress the crowd.

"Listen to me!" Pei Gou knocked on the table and said in a loud voice, "This yam can be sown in spring and autumn. Now it is late autumn and the weather is getting colder. It is best to choose a low-lying field for planting. Be especially careful when…”

Before he could finish speaking, an old village head interrupted him with a wave of his hand: "Master Pei, don't tell me how to grow yams, just tell me, what is the use of this thing? "

Pei Gou said patiently: "I have said this from the beginning, yams are a high-yield crop that can yield thousands of catties per mu..."

"Ah?!" Lao Li was deaf and couldn't hear anything clearly, "What are you talking about?"

Pei Gou took a deep breath, and shouted into his ear word by word: "I said——Potatoes are for food! Grain! It can be produced in mu, yield, thousand, catty!"

The old chief was stunned for a moment, and after he realized it, he sneered and said, "A thousand catties per mu? Mr. Pei, you are making fun of my old man! How could there be such grains in this world? How much rice and wheat did our ancestors eat?" Thousands of years old, it is the best fertile field, and it will yield more than 400 catties per mu at the top of the sky."

As he said that, Lao Li Chang stomped his walking stick and said firmly: "A yield of one thousand catties per mu? It's impossible! I've lived for most of my life, and I've never heard of any grain with such a high yield!"

(End of this chapter)