Chapter 106: Blind with open eyes! ! !
In fact, Yun Zhao's personal gift to Hong Chengchou was very rich, not only two hundred kilograms of white rice, but also ten dried chickens, ten salted fish, ten bacons, and ten jars of fine wine.
In the years of great disaster, such a gift is definitely an extraordinary gift.
The speed of summer harvest far exceeded Yun Zhao’s expectation.
It has just entered June, and the crops in the farmland in Lantian County have been harvested. Only the crops in Yun's field are still lush and green.
The maturity period of corn takes at least April, so the crops in Yun's fields must wait until at least July to be harvested.
Fortunately, the harvesting period of potatoes is shorter than that of corn. It can be harvested in another half month, while the harvesting period of sweet potatoes is very long. It has to wait until the end of August. Fortunately, sweet potatoes You can also eat seedlings and leaves, which slightly extinguished the anger in Yun Niang's heart.
The grains of the tenant farmers have been delivered to their family granaries, but their crops are still growing in the fields, making people laugh in vain.
Yun Zhao speculated that perhaps this was the reason why Xu Guangqi failed to promote these crops in the capital.
For the common people, it is more dangerous to harvest crops one day late. Yun's crops are so many days late, even planting autumn grains is delayed. How can Yun Niang not be angry? .
You can eat green corn. Yun Niang likes it very much, and so do the sisters at home. What I like most about this thing is actually Qian Duoduo.
She felt that she could eat nothing else, as long as she had green corn to cook and eat, that would be enough.
Yun Zhao had seen the growth of his family’s crops. The corn cobs were not as big as Yun Zhao expected. The largest corn cobs were only as long as an adult’s stick, which was far inferior to the more than a foot long corn cobs in later generations. Attractive.
In any case, there is still hope for an acre of 600 kilograms of wheat. This is not considered low yield in Guanzhong, at least it is better than an acre of less than 400 kilograms of wheat.
However, after the wheat is harvested, a crop of millet can still be planted. Adding the two together, it is more cost-effective than growing corn.
This gave Yun Zhao a blow. In the past, he always thought that advanced things were good things. Now it seems that there is another problem of keeping pace with the times. The corn yield he knew was improved by countless agriculturists in later generations. As a result, the yield of native corn seeds Xu Guangqi brought from foreigners was really sad.
Wheat has been cultivated in the Central Plains for thousands of years. They have long been accustomed to the land of Guanzhong. Agricultural officials of all dynasties have also made countless improvements. As the most important crop in the Central Plains, The reason for grain is that its output is constant.
The same is true for millet and millet.
Yun Zhao only hoped that the potatoes would help him gain some face, and that the yield would not be too miserable, otherwise the prestige of the young magistrate of Lantian County would be greatly compromised.
Lantian County’s summer tax collection was very fast, and it was completed in full on June 5th.
Zhang Daoliu, the prefect of Xi'an, brought all the important officials of Xi'an Prefecture to Lantian County. They were not interested in anything else in Lantian County and only focused on seeing the granary.
In the process, they even refused the banquet arranged by Lantian County.
Hearing the news, Yun Zhao frowned.
As a bureaucrat, Yun Zhao clearly knew that once the Shangguan whom he originally liked to take advantage of suddenly became as clear as water and as bright as a mirror, then it would probably be a bad thing.
It shows that in the next steps, they will definitely have more excessive demands!
Sure enough, Zhang Liduo clearly told Yun Zhao that all the grain in the Lantian County official's treasury should be sent to Xi'an Prefecture.
"During the Hongwu period, the government treasury under the jurisdiction of the Chief Secretary of Shaanxi Province had a total of 800,000 dans of grain! By the Tianqi period, we only had 180,000 dans of grain. Does County Magistrate Yun know how much grain the government has in stock this year? "What's the geometry?"
Zhang Lili took a sip of tea and asked Yun Zhao slowly.
Yun Zhao smiled bitterly and said: "One hundred and eighty thousand tons of grain seems to be a lot, but in fact it is a problem to even supply the people of Xi'an. Could it be said that there will be less this year?"
“Fifty thousand dan!”
Zhang Lili stretched out his hand and opened his palm.
“So few?” Yun Zhao was surprised!
"This is after counting the grain in your Lantian County warehouse in advance. Therefore, this year, all the grain in the Lantian County warehouse must be handed over.
Not just Xia Fu , the same is true for autumn taxes. This time you don’t need to pay silver in Lantian County, you only need to pay grain.”
Yun Zhao is mentally prepared for Zhang Li’s request. There is a severe drought in Shaanxi. Lantian County escaped, so Yun Zhao had no excuse to evade the prefect's request.
When Zhang Lili saw Yun Zhao nodded in agreement, he breathed a sigh of relief, patted Yun Zhao's fat hand and said: "When you took office, many people said that I, the Chief Secretary of Shaanxi Province, was crazy. There is no one available, so we actually appointed an eight-year-old boy as the county magistrate. For this, the Yushitai did not hesitate to impeach us.
I am different. From the moment I saw you, I felt you. He must be a good person. Although he has been affected by your affairs, he has produced good results.
When all the food is delivered to the treasury, I will see who has the nerve to impeach me. Who has the nerve to say that the magistrate of Lantian County is just an eight-year-old child?"
Hearing what Zhang Lili said, the other officials nodded in anger. Yun Zhao cupped his hands and said, "That's it for this year. If the governor can wait for a year, after the new crops are fully rolled out next year, Lantian County alone can solve the food problem of Xi'an Prefecture."
Zhang Lili felt like he had found a treasure and held Yun Zhao's hand. Fat Hand said: "Really?"
Yun Zhao nodded and said: "Please ask the Master to move to the Yun's experimental field, and you will know at a glance!"
Zhang Lili stood up quickly He said, "Just as I'm about to take a look, please ask Magistrate Yun to take me with you."road. ”
The group left Yun’s mansion and walked less than a mile before arriving at the corn field.
Yun Zhao broke off a corn and peeled off the husk and handed it to Zhang Lili said: "Master, please look at this, this is the new crop, my official calls this corn! ”
Zhang Lili looked at it carefully and admired for a while: “It is really as crystal clear as jade.”
Yun Zhao broke off another one, tore open the outer skin and took a bite, saying, "Try it, Master. This thing is also sweet and delicious when eaten raw." "
Zhang Taoist followed Yun Zhao's appearance and took a bite, praised him repeatedly, and then invited his colleagues to taste it together.
"What's the yield per mu?" ”
“We have more than five dan, but there is no extra time to plant autumn crops. "
Zhang Lili was silent for a moment and said: "It's a pity, but it is still a good crop. ”
Yun Zhao led Zhang Lili and his party to the potato field again, and asked Qian Shaoshao to dig out a potato plant.
At this time, the potatoes were basically mature. There were seven or eight fist-sized potatoes hanging from the roots. Yun Zhao picked the potatoes and placed them in the hands of Zhang Lili and other officials and said: "I have high hopes for this thing! "
Zhang Lili saw the potatoes and regained his energy. He quickly asked: "What is the yield per mu?" "
Yun Zhao chuckled and said: "One thousand five hundred catties! "
Zhang Lili looked at the potatoes in his hand, then looked at Yun Zhao and said, "Is this a vegetable or a grain?"
Yun Zhao smiled and said: "It can be used as a vegetable or as food. Even when there is no food, you can feel full by eating it, just like ordinary food." ”
Zhang Lili held up his hands and said, “Can you dig out some more and let me test them so that I can report them to you based on the facts?” "
Yun Zhao said: "This is natural. ”
Soon, Mr. Qian led a group of people to dig potatoes from half an acre of land.
Zhang Lili and other officials personally weighed and calculated the area of the land. He happily left Lantian County.
Watching Zhang Lili and others leave, Yun Zhao slowly frowned.
Qian Shaoshao also sighed: "They would rather. I was traveling at night and didn't want to stay overnight in Lantian County. "
Yun Zhao smiled; "They don't dare! Even if I am the magistrate of Lantian County! "
"What are they afraid of? We won't kill them. "
"If it weren't for the food issue, they wouldn't have left Xi'an anyway.
Shaanxi is really in chaos now, unless they have better means to completely and cleanly solve the banditry problem. "
Shao Shaoqian smiled and said: "If the young master becomes the prefect, there may be a way to deal with the bandits.
Today, the young master has shown them how to eliminate bandits. Unfortunately, these people are all blind. If they do not solve the farmer's food problem, no matter how they are eliminated, they will reappear.
Yun Zhao shook his head and said: "They are not blind, they are pretending."If you don't see it, you will have trouble if you do things. If you don't do things, everyone will be comfortable.
I just don’t know if they will still be in the mood to pretend to be blind when the Ming ship sinks one day! ”