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

After Gu Yunji planted some of the germinated potatoes in his backyard, he was going to ask Yan Zhengqian for a piece of land to plant the remaining potatoes.

In the official residence of the magistrate, Gu Yunji eloquently introduced the benefits of potatoes to Yan Zhengqian: "...Potatoes like to be cold and cool. They don't need too much water during the growth period. They can be harvested in two or three months, and the yield per mu can reach at least a thousand catties. If it can be popularized and planted, it will be able to feed the people in the prefecture of Syria."

"Master Yan, if this is feasible, not to mention how it will benefit you and my political achievements, this will be a great achievement for the benefit of future generations!"

Yan Zhengqian had a smile on his face, nodded again and again, and encouraged him enthusiastically: "So, Mr. Gu wants to spread this... Artichokes to the entire Xuzhou Prefecture, right? Good idea and ambition, Mr. Gu just go ahead and do it." ,I support you!"

Gu Yunji smiled and said: "It would be the best if Lord Yan could support me. I just need a little land now, and I can plant the remaining yams to see the effect. It doesn't need much, half an acre of land is enough."

Yan Zhengqian suddenly realized: "Oh—it's just the field, this is easy to handle. Compared with Mr. Gu's grand plan and great cause, half an acre of land is nothing."

Gu Yunji faintly sensed something was wrong from his tone, but he still asked expectantly: "Then... when can you give it to me?"

Yan Zhengqian avoided answering, with a serious expression: "Master Gu is young, and he is passionate about wanting the people of Xuzhou Prefecture to live a better life. I definitely understand and am willing to support you. It is only the financial affairs of Xuzhou Prefecture. It’s limited, you have to use it wisely, I have no problem here, but if you want to approve it as soon as possible, you still have to go to Mr. Chen, he is in charge of land reclamation.”

After all, isn't it just that you don't want to invest in land?Still support, what kind of support is it if you just talk about it and don't give money to the ground?
Gu Yunji greeted the eighteen generations of Yan Zhengqian's ancestors politely in his heart, but his face was still polite, and he immediately stopped staying and left the official residence of the magistrate.

As soon as Gu Yunji left, the smile on Yan Zhengqian's face collapsed in an instant, and he sneered and said, "If you return a thousand catties per mu, why don't you say ten thousand catties per mu? I dare not even dream of such a high yield! I'll just mess around on my own. You still want to get me involved, no way!"

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In Tongzhi's mansion, Gu Yunji also told Chen Xunzhou about the benefits of potatoes, which made his mouth dry. At the end, seeing that Chen Xunzhou was a little absent-minded, he asked patiently, "What do you think, Mr. Chen?"

Chen Xunzhou twitched the corners of his lips, and said with a smirk: "I think it's good. It's just that this yam is something I've never heard of before. It's still unknown whether it can achieve the high yield that Mr. Gu said, so don't promote it rashly."

Gu Yunji said: "That's why we need to experiment. I want to ask Mr. Chen to approve half an acre of dry land for me, and two more familiar crops. I will try to plant them first, and if it is successful, I will proceed to the next step."

Chen Xunzhou let out a soft haha, and said sarcastically, "Master Gu doesn't know? The public property of our Xuzhou government only has silver and grain, but no land. However, the government encourages land reclamation. If Master Gu wants land, he can go to the mountains to find new land. Open up a piece, or rent land for cultivation.”

Gu Yunji's face was a little ugly, and he suppressed his anger silently, and said: "Whether it is land reclamation or land renting, it takes time to prepare, but the yams I asked someone to bring back have sprouted, and I am afraid it will not last for a few days. I am afraid of time." It's too late."

Seeing that Chen Xunzhou was still unmoved, Gu Yunji simply said cheekily: "I heard that Mr. Chen has a lot of land under his name, can you lend me one first? The tenants and long-term workers on your farm are all used to doing farm work. Get up and relax."

Chen Xunzhou glanced at him lightly, then retracted his gaze, and said calmly: "Master Gu, it's not that I don't want to borrow it, it's just that it's spring sowing right now, tenants and long-term workers are very busy, and the fields are all needed to grow food, so there is no spare time I can lend it to you."

"If Mr. Gu is in a hurry to get land, you should go to the market to rent land and hire long-term workers. That will be more efficient, and the government can reimburse you for the expenses."

Gu Yunji swallowed a breath of gloom, held back his anger and said, "Then please Mr. Chen give me the money first."

Chen Xunzhou said slowly: "Let the land first, and then reimburse it. And you have to wait for the yams planted by Mr. Gu to be harvested and produce results. After a comprehensive evaluation by the officials of the government office, the money will be given to you."

"You..." Gu Yunji gasped in his chest and was choked up by his anger. After looking at him angrily for a few times, he finally left without saying anything and sulked.

Looking at Gu Yunji's back, Chen Xunzhou sneered and said, "Last year, I took 200 taels of silver from me, and a dozen long-term workers reclaimed [-] acres of land for free. Now they want to come to my field to plant some kind of yams, and treat me as a bully!" Well, I'm alone!"

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After leaving Tongzhi's official residence, Gu Yunji was angry, but also a little powerless.

The root cause of Yan Zhengqian and Chen Xunzhou's reluctance to support him is not that they don't want to invest in cost and risk, but that they don't want to jump out of their comfort zone and try new things, even though this new thing can bring earth-shaking new changes.

For them, maintaining the status quo will not make progress, but it will not go wrong, and it is the safest choice.As for the high-yield crops, the potatoes that can feed everyone in the prefecture of Syria are too illusory and unrealistic in their eyes, and it is not worth spending time and energy at all.

Without the support of Yan Zhengqian and Chen Xunzhou, there would have been many obstacles in trying to grow potatoes.It's not that Gu Yunji is reluctant to pay for renting land and hiring long-term labor, the main reason is that it will take a lot of time, and the potato seeds may rot before he can rent the land.

Secondly, potato planting is still in the experimental stage, and it is not suitable to be extended to the common people for the time being. The less people know about it, the better.If the hired long-term workers have bad intentions and let this matter become complicated, I'm afraid things will get worse
Gu Yunji was walking down the street with a heavy heart, when he suddenly heard someone calling him from behind: "Master Gu!"

He turned around and found that it was Zhang Cuiying, who was wearing brand new cotton clothes, with a smile on his face, and his complexion was much better than a few months ago.

"Minnv met Mrs. Gu."

"Zhang Cuiying?"

Gu Yunji was also relieved to see her like this, and asked: "How are you doing recently? How are your husband and your daughter? Are you here to buy things in Fucheng? Or to go shopping?"

Zhang Cuiying said with a smile: "Master Lao Gu is concerned, our family is well. Isn't it spring sowing soon? My family's [-] acres of land can't be planted by myself, so I came to Fucheng to pick some long-term workers. I didn't expect it. I met you, Master Gu."

Hearing this, Gu Yunji's heart suddenly moved: "Your land is still vacant, and you haven't grown any food?"

Zhang Cuiying nodded: "That's right, the [-] mu of land is still vacant, because it is a dry field, and rice cannot be grown. I am going to plant wheat."

It's true that someone sent a pillow just after dozing off. One moment Gu Yunji was worried that there was no land to grow potatoes, and the next moment he met Zhang Cuiying.

Gu Yunji knew Zhang Cuiying's family situation like the back of his hand, and the two had built a deep trust after the Xue Liu case, so they could trust her with potatoes.Moreover, Zhang Cuiying's family has a full [-] mu of land, which will be enough for the expansion of potato planting and breeding in the future, so he is the perfect candidate.

Of course, as the first person to help him grow potatoes, he will not treat Zhang Cuiying badly in the future.

Thinking this way, Gu Yunji told Zhang Cuiying all about the potatoes, and expressed his willingness to borrow half an acre of her family's land to grow potatoes first.

After listening to Gu Yunji's narration, Zhang Cuiying agreed very happily: "No problem! Master Gu, you are the benefactor of our family, let alone half an acre of land, even twenty or thirty mu of land is not a problem. What's more, if you As I said, this potato is a high-yield crop, if it is successfully planted, it will be of great benefit to the entire Syrian state capital, why should I refuse?"

A big stone in Gu Yunji's heart finally fell, and the matter of trying to grow potatoes was finalized.