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

Although the chief secretary is a low-level official of the ninth rank, he is a registered official of the Great Xia Dynasty, and his status is higher than that of the general low-level officials of the county government.

However, most of these village chiefs are around 50 years old. Seeing that the chief bookkeeper Pei Gou is only in his 30s, he relies on the old to sell the old. exist.

Seeing this, Pei Gou suppressed his anger, and patiently said loudly: "It's true! Artichokes can really produce a thousand catties per mu! This is all tested by the government. Only three hundred catties of potato seeds per mu can be planted. Nearly two thousand catties of yams!"

"Two thousand catties? One thousand catties per mu is not enough to brag about, but you still have to brag about two thousand catties per mu?" Another person sneered and refused to believe it, "Master Pei said that the government has tested it, but we haven't seen you yet. In the experiment, what is the yield per mu, or how much you say?"

Pei Gou said: "If you don't believe it, you can take it home and see for yourself whether the yield per mu is two thousand catties or not. You will know when the time comes."

Someone in the corner said disdainfully: "What do you mean, farming doesn't take time? Doesn't it take much effort? Although we are village chiefs, we are all farming households. We are busy! How can we spend so much time growing potatoes!"

Pei Gou got a headache from the noise and explained: "The planting cycle of artichokes is very short, and it can be harvested in only two or three months! During the period, you don't need to take care of it all the time. It is much easier to plant than rice and wheat. You will know when you go back and try it yourself." gone."

These people are very stubborn, and they are not willing to understand and accept things beyond their own cognition. Someone sarcastically said: "Mature in two or three months, you don't need careful care, and you can produce thousands of catties per mu...Master Pei, you You have to be decent when you make up a lie, do you believe it when you tell it?"

As soon as this statement came out, everyone immediately echoed:

"Isn't this a fairy plant? How can there be such a thing in the world? I don't believe it anyway!"

"If there is such a high-yielding crop, why didn't we bring it out sooner! Our ancestors have grown rice and wheat for thousands of years, and we haven't seen any crops that can yield a thousand catties per mu?!"

"I, Chen Zongmin, lived to be 56 years old. I have been a farmer all my life. I dare not say anything else, but I have never seen anything that grows in the mud. What food has I never grown? High-yield yams, what strange things, I’ve never heard of it, maybe it’s not edible at all!”

……

Everyone yelled at each other, and there was a lot of quarreling.Pei Gou was so angry that his temples were pounding, and he banged on the table for a while. A harsh noise came out, and then the room gradually became quiet.

Pei Gou was dizzy, took a deep breath and said, "Whether you believe it or not, the yam seeds are distributed to everyone for free by the government. You don't need your money, and there will be no extra tax when the time comes. The government wants to promote the cultivation of yams." , in the final analysis, it is also for the good of everyone, for the benefit of the common people.”

"The reason why you have never heard of yams before is because this is not a thing from Daxia, but from America on the other side of the ocean. The judge of our mansion spent a lot of money to buy good varieties. It’s worth 5000 taels of silver, and I specially asked Frangji to transport it all the way from America.”

"After spending so much effort and so much money, I just want to promote potato in Xuzhou Prefecture so that more people can have enough to eat. Otherwise, why would the government spend this money? Don't resist, learn how to grow it first. , can you take the seeds home and plant them in the ground?"

Pei Gou persuaded him for a long time, but the deaf elder in the front row couldn't hear a few words clearly, and asked with his head tilted: "Master Pei just said... what is a family?"

Chen Peishi couldn't stand watching from the sidelines any longer, his dantian sank, and he yelled into the old Li Chang's ear: "It's not a family, it's Asia, Mexico, Li, and Jia! On the other side of the ocean, the yams are originally produced there." Yes! Do you hear me clearly, Fifth Uncle!"

Chen Zongmin lost his mind for a short while by his sonic attack. After he realized it, he slapped Chen Peishi on the head and blew his beard angrily: "Which one should I be? It deafened my ears!"

Chen Peishi groaned, covered his head and said aggrievedly: "Five Uncle, aren't you deaf? You can't hear me if you keep your voice down... Also, there are so many people, I am also the master who is by Mr. Tongju's side now, can I Don't call me by my nickname?"

Chen Zongmin stared at him: "Master is so amazing? Even if you become a marquis, I am still your fifth uncle. How dare you deny it? Don't say it's you, I will call you by your father's nickname!"

Chen Peishi didn't dare to offend this old man, so he could only follow him and say, "Yes, yes, you can call whatever you want. Master Pei is talking about how to grow yams, let's stop talking and listen to him carefully. "

However, Chen Zongmin shook off his hand in dissatisfaction, and was very stubborn: "What's the use of listening to that? Every family only has such a small field, which is very precious. I don't have time to plant such weird things!"

When Pei Gou heard this, he was so angry that he didn't know what to say. It happened that this person was from the same family as his fellow acquaintance Chen Xunzhou. Yue Zhuo, the county magistrate, had to give him a little noodle.

Thinking of this, Pei Gou could only try his best to suppress his anger, and said in a friendly voice: "Fields are precious, but now that the autumn harvest is over, it is the slack season, and the land of each family is vacant, which can just be used to grow yams. Potatoes There is not much land, and the government will distribute 150 catties of yam seeds to each person later, and half an acre of land can be planted."

Chen Zongmin snorted through his nose: "Hmph, it's because it's the slack season, and the strong laborers at home rarely have time to do odd jobs on the wharf to earn some extra money. There is no such opportunity in other seasons. This is not to delay our earning money." money?"

Chen Peishi couldn't help but interjected: "Uncle Wu, it's very easy to grow yams. Even if you don't have strong labor, women and children can grow them, and they can be planted quickly, without much trouble."

Chen Zongmin reprimanded with a stern face: "I'm talking to Mr. Pei, why are you interrupting? You don't have full hair, but you talk a lot. Go away! You have to tell your father tomorrow and let him teach you how to do it." Teach you the rules!"

Chen Peishi was dissatisfied, but he did not dare to talk back to Chen Zongmin in front of everyone, so he could only reluctantly shut up and stay aside.

After the quarrel here, someone shouted again: "No matter how easy it is to grow this potato, it is something we have never seen before, and we don't know how to grow it!"

Pei Gou helplessly raised his forehead: "I'm just going to teach you, you won't listen."

"Let's not talk about how to plant it. I have listened to it for a long time, but I still don't understand what is the use of this thing."

"Didn't I say it all, yam, as the name suggests, the yam from the sea, you eat it!"

"What do I think it is, taro! I grow this at home, and I don't need the government to teach me!"

"...Hey, this potato is different from the taro we grow ourselves. It seems to have come from some family and cost a lot of money!"

"If you want me to say, the government is idle, what are you doing for spending so much money and buying so many taro?"

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Pei Gou went around and around with them for a long time, but few people were listening carefully. Everyone was stuck in their own opinions, and the noise became more and more biased, until Pei Gou's head almost exploded.