Borrow the day to change the day

"The Duke of the State told the emperor that it's great to lead troops to fight, but it's too tiring. Now that Jianlu is gone, he's going to farm."

As soon as the merchant's words fell, the lobby of the restaurant was so big and there were so many people, but it suddenly became silent.

When anyone hears this reason, the first reaction is that the Duke of the Kingdom is only fighting for fun, and it feels like playing a game; the second feeling is that the Duke of the Kingdom said that he is going to farm, and he thinks it is very incredible.

In the end, a group of people could only lament that the Duke of the Kingdom is really a military god, and the war has reached the level of playing games.

Some well-informed people even began to break the news that the four nephews of Xingguo Gong had made great achievements, and they were already guerrilla generals at a young age.In the future, Daming might produce four young heroes comparable to Huo Qubing, which shows how powerful Xingguo is.

Then the group of people began to guess where the Duke went to farm and what kind of field he was farming.On this point, no one can persuade others to agree with him.As a result, the Duke's farming has become a mystery for the people of the capital.

In fact, what Zhong Jinwei said about farming is not real farming.This is just an Internet term in later generations, meaning economic construction, scientific and technological development, and internal affairs management.

It is true, now there is no opponent of Ming Dynasty in the north, and Southeast Asia is still beyond reach for the time being, and we need to wait for the completion of the formation of the navy.In North America, large-scale supply points need to be built so that they can go to North America on a large scale.

Therefore, during this period of time, it is most appropriate for Zhong Jinwei to concentrate on farming.

If you want to say tired, after returning to Beijing triumphantly, the admiral of the Beijing camp has become a similar idle job, and he will not be too tired.

Originally, Emperor Chongzhen's intention was to let Zhong Jinwei continue hanging.Because among so many princes and earls, Zhong Jinwei is the one who believes the most.

But Zhong Jinwei himself didn't want to hang up anymore, saying that he was giving the newcomers a chance, and recommended Cao Wenzhao to Emperor Chongzhen.

Emperor Chongzhen was also deeply impressed by Cao Wenzhao.At the beginning, I went to Qin Wangjun's temporary school to recruit soldiers who went out of the fortress.Cao Wenzhao stood up and was the highest-ranking general at that time.Able to respond to his own request, he risked his life to go beyond the Great Wall and captured King Darhan back.In terms of loyalty and ability, Cao Wenzhao is qualified.

Therefore, after Zhong Jinwei recommended it, Emperor Chongzhen considered it again and again and agreed to his recommendation.

Although Zhong Jinwei resigned from the post of Admiral of the Beijing Camp, his task is still very heavy.Because at present, Daming seems to be thriving on the surface, and everything is moving towards a bright future.But in fact, there is a huge crisis lurking, and this crisis is the food crisis.

The most basic need of human beings is to solve the problem of food and clothing. If there is a problem with food and clothing, all other things are out of the question.

What about building cement roads in various places, what about setting up free primary schools, what about the reform of the frontier army, what about building large-scale supply points, etc., are all over.

In the original history, in the fifth year of Chongzhen, there was already a large-scale famine in Ming Dynasty.But now, because of the appearance of Zhong Jinwei, this kind of large-scale famine has not occurred, and very few people died of hunger.

Although this situation is maintained, a small amount of food is also consumed.In the next few years, it is certain that the famine will continue continuously.

If the food problem is not resolved, at least if there is no more food than in the original history, even if Zhong Jinwei has the ability to reach the sky, history will eventually go back to the old path, that is, there will be large-scale thieves, and the Ming Dynasty will be in chaos.

When that time really came, the situation that Zhong Jinwei least wanted to see would happen, that is, the imperial court had to strangle the thieves formed by the hungry people.

Therefore, the next thing Zhong Jinwei has to do is to go all out and use various means to increase Daming's grain production and reserves, etc. Anyway, the purpose is one, not to starve to death a Daming citizen.

As for other things, he is also involved, but the focus is not on those things for the time being.

For example, to build a large-scale supply point, craftsmen have been sent to Busan, Vladivostok and Hokkaido. Except for Busan, which will hire Korean civilians, Vladivostok and Hokkaido will escort the prisoners of war to build them.

Because there are enough prisoners of war, the imperial court has decided to start building supply points on the Kamchatka Peninsula and the Aleutian Islands at the same time.

The remaining Jianlu prisoners of war will be temporarily placed in Anshan to dig iron ore, waiting for the construction of the next batch of supply points.

As for the criminals, according to the severity of the crime, they will be sent to various supply points near and far to do some light work.After serving his sentence, he will be released and returned to his country.

At this time, Zhong Jinwei had just come out of the Forbidden City and was on his way to the Royal Academy.

His guards with swords had increased to ten, and the number of guards transferred from Dongchang reached 20, still led by Gu Baichuan and Wang Peng.

A group of people were all riding horses, walking mightily on the street.As long as they are the people of the capital, although many of them have never seen Zhong Jinwei, they can still guess from the clothes that the leader is their respected Duke Xingguo.Because only among the guards of Zhong Jinwei, there are Dongchang fans.

No one dared to disturb the Duke, so they all avoided the side in time, and then watched the Duke go away with respectful eyes.

Zhong Jinwei was also aware of how the people in the capital felt towards him.Because of this, the pressure in his heart was even greater when he looked at the bustling streets.

Whether this superficial prosperity can be sustained and developed into real prosperity depends on whether the problem of food can be resolved.

Zhong Jinwei came to the institute with expectations.He didn't need to be informed by the guard, and went to Weibo Song Yingxing directly and familiarly.

Amidst Song Yingxing's surprise and joy, Zhong Jinwei had already asked before he stepped forward to meet him: "Chang Geng, how are the crops that were handed over last year?"

As soon as Song Yingxing heard it, he knew that Xingguogong was referring to sweet potatoes, corn and potatoes.Seeing that Duke Xing was so anxious about this matter, he quickly told him: "Mr. Guo, the yields of the trial plantings in the capital and several nearby provinces are not very satisfactory. But each has some differences."

After briefly speaking, to ease Duke Xu Xing's urgent mood, Song Yingxing invited Zhong Jinwei to take his seat first.Just standing there, it seems too impolite.

Zhong Jinwei didn't care, he sat down directly, then looked up at Song Yingxing who was standing in front of him, motioning for him to continue talking.

"Grandfather, sweet potatoes seem to be afraid of the cold, so the results of the northern experiment are not ideal. However, according to the suggestion of the Duke, we have tried planting on farmland and wasteland, and found that the yield is similar. That is to say, sweet potatoes can also Planting on wasteland does not need to occupy the original farmland. It’s just that the yield is too low, and the variety needs to be continuously improved.”

Zhong Jinwei nodded when he heard this, and immediately instructed: "Next, you should try to choose those varieties that are not afraid of the cold. The imperial court plans to plant a large area in Liaodong, and you can harvest as much as you can."