Red House Shoufu

Chapter 233 The Real Prosperity

On the road leading to Jingnan Huangzhuang, a team of embroidered guards was escorting an extremely ordinary carriage slowly approaching.

In the carriage, Lin Shu was chatting with Dachu's most powerful Shoufu University scholar about potatoes.

Today's Wei Qinghe was in high spirits, and before going out, he deliberately changed into a dress that was only worn during the imperial ceremonies. It was woven with embroidered pythons and red and purple gold threads, so majestic.

Lin Shu was dressed in a simple Confucian robe, and when he went to the Wei Mansion, he brought a groom and Fuquan with him.If the gatekeeper didn't know him, he might have to wait in the long queue for visiting.

"Good! Good! Good! The old man has been thinking about how to fill the stomachs of ordinary people all his life, but he didn't expect to see hope at last."

After hearing Lin Shu's introduction to Tudou, Wei Qinghe blushed, clapped his hands and said hello three times in a row, and even hummed an unknown tune to the rhythm.

Lin Shu silently accompanied the old man to enjoy this rare time. The carriage staggered forward and arrived at Jingnan Huangzhuang after more than half an hour.

"According to His Majesty's word of mouth, from now on, Elder Wei Ge and Bachelor Lin can go in and out of Huangzhuang on their own, and you can't stop them!"

The leader, Captain Xiuyiwei, took out a gold medal and conveyed the emperor's oral order to the guards of Huangzhuang.

Several stewards and guards of Huangzhuang bowed their promises one after another, and then saluted Wei Qinghe and Lin Shu: "The old slave (the last general) pays respects to the old man and the scholar!"

The steward and the guards thought that Wei Qinghe would embarrass himself because of the previous obstruction, and they couldn't help feeling uneasy when facing the chief minister of the cabinet in python robe and jade belt.

When he was about to make amends, Wei Qinghe said with a smile: "Not bad, it's about the stomachs of the people in the world, you have done a good job. From now on, you must strictly implement His Majesty's imperial decree, don't be careless!"

The leading eunuch in charge quickly took the lead and knelt down and kowtowed: "This old slave will follow the teachings of the old man, and he will do his duty faithfully and live up to the grace of God!"

"Get up, take the old man in and have a look!"

"promise!"

Huangzhuang has a large area. The eunuch in charge, surnamed Yuan, led the way and introduced the situation of Huangzhuang.

It is estimated that the palace greeted Huangzhuang in advance, and the householders all changed into clean and tidy clothes, and they were standing respectfully on both sides of the road to welcome Wei Qinghe and his party.

In the whole world, except for the Supreme Emperor and the Emperor, this old man holds the greatest power in the country.It is estimated that the steward wanted to use this method to make up for the previous "mistake", so he said to Wei Qinghe with a smile on his face: "The people in Zhuangzi heard that Mr. Ge is coming to inspect, so they got up early in the morning and waited at the door."

Wei Qinghe greeted these farmers with a smile, and kindly pinched the faces of a few little dolls.

Compared with the farmers of other families, the situation of Huangzhuang is much better.At least these people have no color on their faces, and their clothes are fairly neat.

When the farmers left, the smile on Wei Qinghe's face gradually disappeared.He said to Lin Shu beside him: "The households of Huangzhuang don't need to pay land taxes, and the palace can leave enough food for them. But how many people in the world can live the life of Huangzhuang households?"

Lin Shu also felt quite uncomfortable. In fact, the situation in the Lin family's Zhuangzi was better than that in Huangzhuang.The Lin family has a rich family business and basically does not rely on Zhuangzi's income for a living.

In addition to paying the imperial land tax and the grain for the main family, the farmers of the Lin family can not only chew and use the leftovers, but also leave some in exchange for money.

If there is a famine, the Lin family will take out the grain in the warehouse and lend it to the farmers to survive the famine.This is also one of the reasons why the Lin family can leave a great reputation in Jiangnan: benevolence!

But whether it is the Zhuangzi of the Lin family or Huangzhuang, the life of the Zhuang households inside still cannot escape the poverty that can be seen at a glance.This means that food production cannot be increased, and without food and clothing, the so-called talk about life dreams is nonsense.

Compared with Lin Shu's pessimism, Wei Qinghe has never seen a real well-off society.He was full of hope for the green potato stems and leaves in front of him.If these things in front of me can really produce more than ten stones per mu, it will definitely save the people of the world from suffering from hunger.

"Jinyu, can this potato really produce more than ten stones per mu?"

Wei Qinghe squatted down, gently stroking the potato stems and leaves under his feet, Lin Shu could see his old hands trembling slightly.

Lin Shu also squatted beside him, turned up the stems and leaves and pointed to the roots, and said: "More than three months ago, Xiaguan once harvested in the Zhuangzi of his hometown in Suzhou. There are also yields of ten stones in lands such as beaches and silts. The fields in the north are not as good as those in the south of the Yangtze River, but the yield of more than ten stones per mu can still be guaranteed.”

"Okay, okay, okay!"

Wei Qinghe rubbed his hands together and kept looking at the endless potato field, his eyes were full of light.He kept muttering: "Ten stones! Ten stones... Recalling the heyday of Kaiyuan in the past, there are still thousands of houses hidden in Xiaoyi. The rice is flowing fat and the corn is white, and the public and private warehouses are abundant. There are no jackals and tigers on the roads of Kyushu. Rao Ji Sunrise. Qi, Wan, Lu, and Cars come and go, and men and women do not lose each other. Kaiyuan? What is Kaiyuan? I rule the dynasty of virtue and virtue is the real prosperity!"

If the potatoes are ripe all over the world, the Zhide Dynasty will really make the people of the world full.The prosperous age of Kaiyuan was the prosperous age of gentry and nobles, and the prosperous age of Zhide Dynasty will benefit all people in the world.

Lin Shu said at the right time: "Old Ge, in a month or so, the potatoes can be harvested. When the time comes to cultivate grain seeds, at least in the spring of next February, we can ensure that there are enough seedlings in the entire capital."

"No, let's plant it in Huangzhuang. The Xunqin family near the capital occupies more than half of the land. How much land can the common people have? Besides, the common people have only a little land for rations, and they will not take risks to grow unfamiliar grains."

Wei Qinghe did not agree with Lin Shu's thoughts, shook his head and said, "Let the official fields be planted, and spread out directly. Isn't Henan just hit by a disaster? It's too late for autumn planting, so the seedlings will be raised first, starting from the official fields in February next year, and gradually Spread out, and strive to plant potatoes in the middle and lower fields in Shuntianfu, Shandong, Shanxi, and Henan in February of the next year."

Lin Shu said admiringly: "It's still Mr. Ge's thoughtfulness. In this way, with the government as an example, the common people can more easily accept potato planting."

Even though it has been 18 years since he came to this world, Lin Shu still has limited understanding in many aspects.For example, in Lin Shu's view, if the imperial court made a decree to talk about the planting and yield of potatoes, the common people would not cheer and plant them enthusiastically?

But in Wei Qinghe's view, the government ordered it to go on, let alone potatoes. The common people received the seedlings today and fed them to pigs and sheep on the same day.

Lin Shu only reacted after hearing Wei Qinghe's reminder.Although in Gyeonggi, the emperor's prestige is extremely high.However, compared with the people's government in the previous life, the imperial court's credibility in the hearts of the people is not a little bit worse.

On the contrary, the old man proposed to promote the promotion of official land and guide the people to plant it voluntarily. The success rate of this method is far greater than the apportionment imposed by the imperial court.

Lin Shu pondered for a while and put forward his own suggestion: "Since the common people are worried about the planting of new grains, it is better for His Majesty to give the name of new grains, make it clear to the world, and inform the people all over the world of the high yield of new grains. Tian guides the people to gradually accept the planting of new grains."

(End of this chapter)