The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 92 Returning to Longnan

Seeing Zhang Canghai frowning, Zhu Linmei roughly guessed what he was worried about, and said with a smile: "As for popularizing among the people, I can ask the Xuanjiao Office to help. In fact, the common people are still very welcome to beneficial things, as long as someone is patient. They explain.

"In addition, the existing fertile land is still planted as staple food. The first batch of potatoes and sweet potatoes are all planted on hillsides and wasteland, and you can supplement them with tax incentives. For example, there is no tax in the first year of land reclamation. As long as the people harvest one season , after you have tasted the sweetness, even if you don't make them afraid, you won't be able to stop them."

Zhang Canghai nodded, as long as there is no competition for fertile land, the pressure of promotion can be reduced by [-]%.

He asked again: "Your Highness, where can I buy these two crops?"

Zhu Linmei remembers reading records that potatoes and sweet potatoes were introduced to Ming Dynasty during the Tianqi period, and were planted on a small scale in Fujian, Hainan and other places.

"It can be found in Fujian, Qiongzhou and other places, and the price there is by no means as expensive as in Guangxi."

He continued to guide: "Potatoes and sweet potatoes can be planted by cutting into pieces. Mr. Zhang can buy ten thousand catties first, and try planting in the official field. It can be demonstrated to the common people, and it can also be sold as seeds after harvesting. pen entry.

"And sweet potatoes can also be planted with stems, which is less expensive. It's just that the method of cutting stems requires skilled farmers. You may find some potato farmers in Fujian and Qiong."

Zhang Canghai couldn't stop nodding, and discussed with Zhu Linmi for a while about the plan to promote planting, and hurriedly stepped aside to take notes.

Only then did Zhu Linmei have time to check the battle report sent before boarding the ship.

A small part of them were from the imperial court's residence newspaper, while more than [-]% were sent by the Polu camp in northern Jiangxi.

Since he left Jiujiang and went down to Nanchang, the "general" Zhen Zhen sent a battle report almost every day, and the content was really varied.

The first battle report begins with the word "urgent".The following is the "Polu Yingtang Newspaper" "March [-]th, the second year of Longwu", the specific content is "The army marched to Xiqianshui Village, Nankang Prefecture, and practiced for two hours at Chenshi. Brother Deng's people are lazy, I will punish them Carrying the weapons in the afternoon. Tomorrow we are going to march to Jiujiang, and I am very happy to hear that the people of Pengze are coming to welcome us into the city."

Zhu Linmei shook her head with a smile, and picked up the second copy.The beginning is still the same, the time is March [-]. "Today, Sun Mazi, oh, he wants me to call him Mr. Sun Qian. He is going to the Li family to propose a marriage today, that is, that little sister Rou. Since Mr. Sun became an official, Mr. Li finally accepted this marriage..."

March 21, "When we first arrived in Jiujiang, we heard rumors that you beat up Zhang An, who condoned his subordinates and harmed the people. Everyone praised His Highness's righteousness, saying that you are very majestic, and you beat more than ten people with one kick. The famous soldiers and bandits kicked over, picked up Zhang An and whipped him more than 100 times. Now everyone in the streets and alleys say that as long as His Royal Highness King Chenzhou is present, the common people will not be bullied..."

A note was attached at the back, but it was written by Gu Yanwu: His Royal Highness Gu Yanwu Qi, the army will cross the Ganjiang River tomorrow, and it is expected that there will be no major battles.I also got a report from Jiangning that most of the Jiankui have been stationed in Jiangning, the number of them exceeds [-], and their movements are unknown. I hope His Highness will make a decision soon.

This is basically the case for other battle reports, Zhen Zhen is responsible for reporting gossip, and Gu Yanwu occasionally attaches a note to report business.

At this time, no matter how dull Zhu Linmi was, it was impossible not to see what Zhen Zhen was thinking.

It's just that although this little girl is straightforward and lively, and she looks very cute, but now that Daming is in turmoil, he has exhausted all his energy to have a chance to rewrite history, and he has no intention to deal with these children's love for the time being.

In addition, they didn't have much contact with her, Zhu Linmi didn't have any special feelings for her, she just laughed and watched the little girl play around with a serious look.

Or when the Ming Dynasty stabilizes, it would be nice to find an ancient confidante.Zhu Linmei laughed secretly, she has been in Daming for so long, but she really hasn't considered her own personal problems.

Two days later, the sentinel boat had arrived in Longnan.

Looking at her actual "hometown" from the bow of the boat, Zhu Lin felt a sense of kindness in her heart. Although she had only been away for two months, she felt like she had been separated for so many years.

On the pier, hundreds of Dragon Guard soldiers who had just transferred to the new barracks stood in two neat rows, with flintlocks standing on their chests, looking very mighty.

Hong Si, Song Yingxing, Qiao Qian, Macedo, Pastore and others stood respectfully in the middle of the pier.

Chen Yi was also in the crowd. After handing over Zaokou's defense mission, he brought a few of his cronies back to Longnan to receive military training. After all, he was going to be an officer in the Dragon Guard Army, so the things he used to do were not suitable.

In addition, Longnan county magistrate Wang Keqian, county magistrate Luo Peng and others also surrounded him.

When Zhu Linmi got off the boat, everyone prostrated and kowtowed at the same time, shouting in unison: "Greetings to King Chen, Qiansui, Qianqian."

Zhu Linming smiled and asked everyone to get up, "They are all from my own family, so there is no need to make it so formal."

But Zhang Canghai still followed behind Chen Wang without embarrassment, because he had never seen Tudou before, so he followed all the way to Longnan for fear of making a mistake.

Not long after the group walked, he began to ask about potatoes.

Next to him, Song Yingxing heard the word "potato" appearing repeatedly, so he couldn't help asking Zhang Canghai, "What Zhang Fantai said was the one mentioned in the "Nongzheng Quanshu" written by Mr. Xu Ge, 'Villing leaves are like beans, The root is round like a chicken egg, the inner white skin is yellow, can be cooked or steamed?"

Zhu Linming's eyes lit up, she finally had someone who understood, and hurriedly asked Song Yingxing to explain to Zhang Canghai carefully.

However, Mr. Song only ordered his followers to fetch the "Nongzheng Quanshu", and asked him to copy the part introducing potatoes to Zhang Fantai, and said that the book contained its own methods of identification, selection, and planting.Zhang Canghai was overjoyed.

Zhu Linmi didn't expect that Xu Guangqi would have such a detailed understanding of potatoes. If Chongzhen could have paid attention to this thing at that time, maybe Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong would not have rebelled, and there would be no such thing as Houjin.

But history has no assumptions, and things that were ignored by Chongzhen can only be done by themselves.

He also called Wang Keqian and asked him to recommend himself to Zhang Canghai to try growing potatoes and sweet potatoes in the selected land in Longnan.

Since Zhu Linmi came to Longnan, Wangzhi County has also given him a lot of help. This promotion of new crops will definitely become an outstanding political achievement in the future. This can be regarded as a thank you to Wang Keqian.

Although Wang Zhixian didn't know, he went in, but he was very clear about Chen Wang's ability, and he was right, so he hurriedly went to Zhang Fantai.

Zhu Linmei first went back to the Dragon Guard camp.I saw that the Daming Royal Military Academy on the west side of the camp had basically completed construction, covering an area of ​​more than ten mu, with hundreds of school buildings.It's just that for the time being, only more than a hundred people selected from the original Zhang Jiayu's department and the recruit camp of the Dragon Guard Army are studying here, and most of the school buildings are still idle.

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