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Chapter 192 Old Zhu Eats Raw Food

"It's really fragrant." Lao Zhu took a handful of rice with both hands, put it down again, took some and chewed it in his mouth, and said with a smile to Zhu Biao, "Taste it."

Li Shanchang and Hu Weiyong next to him hurriedly stopped them, saying that the rice husks had not been removed, so they could not be eaten directly.

Old Zhu Haofang waved his hand, he had eaten all the rotten food back then, and the mouse had snatched it from his mouth. Today's food is enough for him who was hungry when he was young.

"What we eat today is not raw food, but hope."

People eat for food.

Grain and land are one of the lifelines of the imperial court. If the fields can be plowed and planted, there will be harvests, and the people will have hope in their lives.

Daming's basic market is also stable.

On this basis, develop education, technology and a strong ruling system, and everything will be easier.

Li Shanchang saw that His Majesty was so concerned about the grain harvested in Yangzhou Xia, and immediately offered a good word with a smile.

"Your Majesty's heart for the common people really moved the humble ministers." Hu Weiyong continued Li Shanchang's good words just now and added a few words.

"Okay, you guys go back. Liu Bowen went to Beiping Mansion to choose a site for the army, and the two of you are also busy with choosing a site for the navy."

"Your Majesty, the old minister will go back first. Your Majesty's dragon body is very important. You must not eat raw food." Li Shanchang and Hu Weiyong left smiling.

Recovering Beiyuan cost a lot of money and food. Seeing Yang Shen's dark complexion, Lao Zhu sighed, "Yang Shen, how long has it been since you took a bath?"

Yang Shen looked down at the black mud under his fingernails, retracted his hands and said with a smile: "There are not many people in Yangzhou's fields, and the recovery after the war is slow. I am afraid that a drought or flood will affect the harvest. His Royal Highness is far away." In the north, he still discusses farming matters with the humble officials, and the humble officials dare not slack off.

Originally, when I came to Beijing, I should have my hair trimmed and cleansed, but this minister is naturally dark, and the skin is also black when rubbed in many places, so I dare not lie to your majesty. "

Zhu Biao has no words. When the city of Yangzhou was prosperous, it could accommodate 10,000+ people. Water transportation was developed and the salt industry was prosperous.It has unique geographical conditions.Utilize and develop it, and it will be a land of fish and rice in the future.

"Father, what the magistrate Yang said about fewer people can encourage people to have children, and the imperial court will implement some policies that are conducive to more sons and daughters. The population will gradually improve in a few years."

Lao Zhu nodded, he had considered this matter too, it was a big deal.At that time, let Li Shanchang and the others come to discuss the staff.

Yang Shen said again: "This spring, I encouraged the people to open up more land and use the tidal flats, but it still doesn't help. Nothing is better than nothing."

Without the garrison army, food is especially needed. Since even the tidal flats and poor land have been used, it is even more necessary to increase seedlings and yield per mu.These require fertilizer and seeds.

Now that the national treasury is empty, it will take a while to go to the West, and the overseas products of sweet potatoes will have to wait for a few more years.

But the people can't wait, they will eat people when they are hungry.

Yang Shen reported Yangzhou's grain and business, Lao Zhu listened with great interest, and suddenly said to Yang Shen: "According to this, that Shen Qiancheng is a fox, but his eldest daughter understands these righteousness. It is really rare for a woman to be like this."

Then Lao Zhu said, "Biao'er, what is your relationship with the Shen family's daughter?"

Zhu Biao's heart skipped a beat, two words came to his mind, and when he was about to answer, he found that Lao Zhu was busy talking to Yang Shen again.

"Growing millet in an acre of barren sandy land, even if God rewards the food, and the Dragon King is kind, the yield is only a few hundred catties. If you can grow something that yields a thousand catties per mu, the people will not worry."

When Zhu marked him to leave, Queen Thomas planted potatoes. Although potatoes are not improved seeds of later generations, they are still coarse grains, but they are really good things to fill the stomach and fill the hunger.

This thing does not need to grow good land, and it will not compete with rice and millet for land. It is a good thing to develop.

Nowadays, having a stutter is better than gnawing bark and digging wild vegetables, and better than eating Guanyin soil, who has the time to care about other things.

Zhu Biao waited for Lao Zhu and Yang Shen to finish speaking, and stepped forward to respectfully say: "Father, while Zhifu Yang is here today, I am familiar with the situation in Yangzhou the most in the past two years, and I would like to invite the agricultural officer from the Academy of Science and Technology Come over and discuss with the officials of Sinong Temple, and come up with a set of rules to regulate farming."

Taking advantage of Yang Shen's delivery of food, the farming affairs were completely settled.

"Yu Yi, deliver the decree." Old Zhu said.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Yu Yi's head covered with gauze quickly ran away.

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When the Si Nong Temple and the science and technology officials arrived, Lao Zhu gave everyone a seat. There were many Han people in the Si Nong Temple who were left behind from the Yuan Dynasty, and they were all outstanding in the field of natural science.

The science and technology officer is studying the agricultural book left by Wang Zhen and some fertilizer ideas provided by Zhu Biao, and the seeds for raising grain, including suitable grain crops in various places.

Zhu Biao sat here with the science and technology officials, and everyone knew that these "science and technology agricultural officials" were mud legs picked by His Royal Highness from the people, and only a few had researched on agricultural books.

Officials all pay attention to background and family status. Looking at the high-tech agricultural officials across the way, the people from Sinong Temple somewhat look down on them.

Then look at the black and skinny prefect of Yangzhou, they don't say anything, but the pride in their hearts is about to come out of their eyes.

Beijing officials look down on these state capitals. If His Majesty and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince were not here again, they would probably have been showing off their power long ago.

Lao Zhu glanced at both sides, waved his hands and laughed, "We are looking for you today, just to let you talk about farming.

This is a major national event, don't make any jokes about us, we will see if you have done it well. "

Si Nong Temple Secretary stood up and said: "Return to Your Majesty, for grain storage, warehouse management, and rice supply, Sinong Temple will do it by itself."

"You can discuss with these science and technology officials."

Then Lao Zhu took Yang Shen and Zhu Biao to have dinner.

Your Majesty is here.The members of Sinong Temple were quite polite, and once they left, they began to let themselves go.

Si Nong Siqing glanced at the several science and technology officers opposite and said: "How can we discuss this matter, what is the use of you studying dung water all day long.

Do you understand the Green Crop Law, and how much do you know about the court's salary?Whose disciples are they, and what ways are they talking to each other? "

He hurt the science and technology officials so much because since this group of science and technology agricultural officials started, their previous advantages of Sinong Temple are gone.

The imperial court has grown, and the officials themselves are divided into high and low. Although they all have something to do with farming, there is a difference in everyone's mind.

In particular, the scientific and technological agricultural officials stole some of the limelight from Sinong Temple. They are all upright officials. These mud legs want to be equal to them and discuss with them when facing the dung water, which is beyond their control.

He Qing, the science and technology agricultural officer, was sitting upright, originally thinking that he could have a good discussion with the people from Sinong Temple.

Let's talk about the young crop method, the equalization method, and the farmland water conservancy method.Unexpectedly, people still look down on people.

Si Nongsi and the others thought that His Majesty asked them to discuss together, so they asked contemptuously, "What do you do besides recording the excrement?"

He Qing, a science and technology agricultural officer, stood up and said: "For the annotations of the agricultural books, the soil and water sources of the state capitals, as well as the potatoes in the palace, select grain seeds and cultivate good seedlings.

"Potatoes? Do you know what our Sinong Temple does? It's white rice, what kind of people are in contact with, and speaking of agricultural books, I'm afraid you don't even know a few words, just relying on His Royal Highness to read it." You guys are playing tricks."

He Qing trembled angrily, but thinking of the situation and identities of these science and technology officials, he no longer had the confidence to defend himself.

　Ask for a recommendation ticket, ask for a monthly pass, ask for support.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)