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

After the first batch of trial-planted potatoes were harvested, Gu Yunji personally instructed the cook to make a "whole potato feast" using the method of his previous life, and invited the prefect Yan Zhengqian and fellow prefect Chen Xunzhou to the government office, and invited them to taste this novel Asian ink. Liga crops.

In the history of the previous life, apart from factors such as limited planting conditions and inconvenient information dissemination, the slow spread of potatoes was another important factor. It took years to eat it properly.

This is naturally not a problem for Gu Yunji. Stir-fried shredded potatoes, roast chicken with potatoes, potato cakes, mashed potatoes with minced meat... etc. There are meat and vegetables, soup and vegetables, and there are more than a dozen dishes. There is a large table full of beautiful things in eyes.

Looking at the delicious potatoes on the table, Yan Zhengqian sniffed, and his eyes lit up: "Is this the potato you mentioned? There are so many ways to eat it?"

Chen Xunzhou was also attracted by the aroma, so he couldn't wait to pick up a chopstick and put it in his mouth. After tasting it carefully, he exclaimed: "Mmm - it tastes good! I never thought that this diced chicken and potato would match so well." .”

After Yan Zhengqian tasted it, he was also amazed: "The fried shredded potato has a crisp taste, while the mashed potato with minced meat is delicate and soft. It's really strange that the same thing can have such completely different effects when cooked in different ways."

They are both officials in the officialdom, and no one would tear their skins apart. Although the two did not support Gu Yunji when he tried to grow potatoes, but when they saw that he harvested potatoes, they knew to host a special banquet for them, and the two felt fulfilled. The respect, the moment of ironing in my heart, the attitude is also very warm and polite.

Yan Zhengqian looked at the dishes on the table and asked Gu Yunji: "I see that this table needs a lot of yams to cook, right? Mr. Gu doesn't have many seeds in his hands, is it enough for us to eat?"

Gu Yunji smiled and said: "Master Yan, don't worry, although there are not many seeds, it is still enough to cook a meal for the two adults, not to mention this table of dishes, there is no problem with ten more tables of dishes."

Chen Xunzhou raised his eyebrows when he heard the words: "Master Gu is not stingy, it seems that you have harvested a lot of potatoes this time?"

Gu Yunji said modestly: "Not much, not much, it's only a thousand catties."

Both of them were shocked: "How much?!"

Yan Zhengqian was dumbfounded and couldn't speak for a moment: "One...a thousand catties? Is it true or not? Mr. Gu, don't lie to me."

Gu Yunji said: "Of course it's true. If Master Yan doesn't believe it, you can ask the servants in the government office. They personally brought the potatoes back. They know best if there is a thousand catties."

A yamen servant stepped forward at the right time, and said: "My lord Yan Yan, my lord Chen, the yams Mr. Gu entrusted to harvest on the field of Zhang Xiuying's house were more than 980 catties, and Mr. Gu's own family planted another [-] catties. The total is indeed [-] catties." Undoubtedly."

Chen Xunzhou was shocked by this number and doubted his life: "I remember... Mr. Gu only had more than 100 catties of yams in his hands? In just two or three months, he planted so many potatoes?"

Yan Zhengqian's eyes were lost, and he murmured: "Half an mu of land can produce nearly a thousand catties, and the yield of one mu of land may go straight to two thousand catties. There are really crops that yield a thousand catties per mu... If this is promoted Come on, isn’t there no famine in the world anymore?”

"exactly."

As he said that, Gu Yunji suddenly stood up and bowed to the two of them, and said solemnly: "The two adults have also seen it. I am not bragging. Potatoes can indeed reach a yield of [-] jin per mu. So I want to distribute this crop in the entire Xuzhou To promote planting within the government, I hope the two adults will support it."

Yan Zhengqian took a deep breath, calmed down his excitement, and said slowly: "I didn't know the specific situation before, and it was a novel crop that I had never heard of, so I didn't dare to take risks. Now that I have seen the high yield of yams, I have also tasted its taste, and it is indeed a crop that can be promoted, so I naturally have no reason not to support it.”

Chen Xunzhou also nodded and said: "That's right. Although the imperial court can only collect wheat or rice at present, artichokes cannot be used as the basis for food collection, but it is also a great achievement to make the people eat enough and avoid starvation. Master Yan and I planted artichokes. I don’t know much about it, but Master Gu will take the lead in this matter, just let Master Gu do it, and just ask for anything you need.”

The smile on Gu Yunji's face became brighter, and his posture became more polite: "I am relieved to have Mr. Chen's words. It just so happens that I really want to say something to Mr. Chen and Mr. Yan."

Yan Zhengqian didn't expect that this little potato could really play a big role, so he became more serious for a moment: "Master Gu, please tell me."

Gu Yunji said: "If you want to promote yams on a large scale, you must breed good varieties. The yams that can be called good varieties in my hand are only about 30 catties, which is enough to plant an acre of land. And our entire Xuzhou Prefecture has a population of nearly [-]. , this seed is not enough at all, and it will take until the year of the monkey to spread it to the whole prefecture."

"So I want to ask the government to approve a sum of money to directly buy a batch of fine seeds and send them back to the village chiefs first. After they harvest, they will distribute the second-generation seeds to the villagers. This is done in a decentralized manner, from point to face , the speed should be much faster."

Chen Xunzhou asked: "Where can I buy good seeds?"

Gu Yunji replied: "Through the traders in the coast and inland, I bought good seeds from the Folang Jiren. I have already found the middle trader. He is a big merchant of Huizhou, named Fan Li."

"We have already negotiated the price and delivery channel of potato-related trade. We only need to wait for the two adults to approve the payment, and then we can let the Frang machine directly transport the good seeds from America to the coast, and Fan Li will transport them back to Syria from the coast. state capital."

Yan Zhengqian and Chen Xunzhou exchanged glances, looking back at Gu Yunji: "How much does it cost to buy fine seeds?"

Gu Yunji pondered and said: "I'm going to only buy 5000 catties of fine seeds for the time being, which is about [-] taels of silver."

"How many?"

"5000 taels."

"5000 taels? Master Gu really knows how to speak like a lion." Chen Xunzhou's face suddenly darkened, and he sneered, "Our Xuzhou government's financial reserve for a whole year does not exceed 2 taels at most, and Master Gu costs four cents with a single mouth. One, if you are not in charge of your family, you don’t know how expensive rice is.”

"Syria prefecture needs money in all aspects of the military, government and people's livelihood. The government, court, and county tests held every year cost money? Do you need money to pay salaries to officials and servants? Do you need money for various project repairs and wharf maintenance? The government treasury There is only so much silver in total, and I gave Mr. Gu 5000 taels, and there will be less in other places."

"May I ask Mr. Gu, where is the deduction from? Your salary? It's a pity that you can't deduct 5000 taels from your ten-year salary!"

Chen Xunzhou said this mercilessly, and the atmosphere at the table was a little awkward for a while.