Chapter 106: Blind !!

In fact, Yun Zhao's personal gift to Hong Chengchou was very rich, not only two hundred catties of white rice, but also ten air-dried chickens, ten salted fish, ten bacon, and ten jars of fine wine.

In the years of the catastrophe, such a gift is absolutely extraordinary.

The speed of the summer harvest far exceeded Yun Zhao's expectations.

It has just entered June, and the crops in the farmland of Lantian County have been harvested, but the crops in the Yun's field are still lush.

It takes at least April for the corn to ripen, so the crops in Yun's fields will have to wait until at least July to harvest.

Fortunately, the harvest period of potatoes is shorter than that of corn, and it can be harvested in half a month, while the harvest period of sweet potatoes is long, so it will not be until the end of August, but fortunately, sweet potatoes can also eat seedlings and leaves, which slightly extinguished the anger in Yun Niang's heart.

The tenants' grain has been delivered to their granaries, and their crops are still growing in the ground, making people laugh at them in vain.

Yun Zhao guessed that perhaps this was the reason why Xu Guangqi was unsuccessful in promoting these crops in Beijing.

For the people, the crops are harvested one day late, which is more dangerous, and the Yun family's crops are so late that even the planting of autumn grain is delayed, which makes Yun Niang not angry.

Green corn can be eaten, Yun Niang likes it very much, and the sisters in the family also like it, and the most favorite thing is actually Qian Duoduo.

She felt that she could not eat anything else, as long as there was green corn to cook and eat, it would be enough.

Yun Zhao has seen the growth of the crops at home, the corn cob is not as big as Yun Zhao expected, and the largest corn cob is only the length of an adult, far less than the corn cob more than a foot long in later generations.

In any case, there is still hope for 600 catties of one mu of real estate, which is not considered a low yield in Guanzhong, at least better than less than 400 catties of wheat per mu of real estate.

However, after the wheat is harvested, you can also plant a crop of millet, and the combination of the two is more cost-effective than planting corn.

This gave Yun Zhao a slap in the face, he always thought that advanced things were good things, but now it seems that there is a problem of keeping pace with the times, the corn yield he knows is the result of the improvement of countless agronomists in later generations, and the raw corn seeds that Xu Guangqi took from foreigners are really sad.

Wheat has been cultivated in the Central Plains for thousands of years, and they have long been accustomed to the land of Guanzhong, and the agricultural officials of the past dynasties have also made countless improvements, and the reason why it is the most important grain in the Central Plains is that its yield is constant.

The same goes for millet and millet seeds.

Yun Zhao only hoped that the potatoes could give him a little face, and the yield should not be too miserable, otherwise, the prestige of the young county magistrate of Lantian County would be greatly reduced.

The Xia Fu in Lantian County was collected very quickly, and by June 5, it had been completed in full.

Zhang Daodao, the prefect of Xi'an, brought all the important officials of Xi'an Prefecture to Lantian County, and they were not interested in other things in Lantian County at all, but just came to see the granary wholeheartedly.

In the process, they even refused the banquet arranged by Lantian County.

Hearing this, Yun Zhao's brows furrowed.

As a bureaucrat, Yun Zhao clearly knows that once Shangguan, who originally liked to take advantage, suddenly becomes as clear as water and as a mirror, then it is probably a bad thing.

It shows that in the next step, they will definitely have more excessive requirements!

Sure enough, when Zhang Daodao clearly told Yun Zhao that all the grain in the official treasury of Lantian County should be sent to Xi'an Mansion.

"During the Hongwu period, there were a total of 800,000 quintals of grain in the treasury under the jurisdiction of my Shaanxi Political Division! In the year of the Apocalypse, we only have 180,000 quintals of grain, and the Yunxian Order can know how much grain the government has in stock this year? ”

Zhang Daodao took a sip of tea and asked Yun Zhao slowly.

Yun Zhao smiled bitterly and said: "180,000 quintals of grain seems to be a lot, but in fact, even the rations for the people of Xi'an City are a problem, could it be that this year will be less?" ”

"Fifty thousand quintals!"

Zhang Daodao stretched out his hand and spread his palm.

"So little?" Yun Zhao was taken aback!

"This is still the case of counting the grain in your Lantian County warehouse in advance, so this year, all the grain in the Lantian County warehouse must be handed over.

Not only the summer tax, but also the autumn tax, this time you Lantian County can not pay silver taels, only need to pay grain. ”

For Zhang Daodao's request, Yun Zhao was mentally prepared, Shaanxi was in a great drought, and only Lantian County escaped, so Yun Zhao had no excuse to shirk the prefect's request.

Zhang Dao saw that Yun Zhao nodded and agreed, so he breathed a sigh of relief, patted Yun Zhao's fat hand and said: "When you took office, many people said that I was the chief political secretary of Shaanxi Province and that no one was available.

The old man is different, from the time he saw you, he felt that you should be a good talent, although he suffered some involvement because of your affairs, but he bore good fruits.

When all the grain is released into the treasury, the old man wants to see who still has the face to impeach the old man, and who still has the face to say that the Lantian County Order is just an eight-year-old child! ”

Hearing Zhang Dao say this, the rest of the officials also nodded in righteous indignation, and Yun Zhao arched his hand and said: "That's it this year, if the Fuzun can wait for a year, after the new crops are fully rolled out in the coming year, only Lantian County can solve the food problem in Xi'an Prefecture." ”

Zhang Daoru was like a treasure, held Yun Zhao's fat hand and said, "Really? ”

Yun Zhao nodded and said, "Please move the Yun Clan's test field, you will know at a glance!" ”

Zhang Daodao hurriedly got up and said, "Just about to take a look, please ask Yun County Ling to lead the way." ”

The group left the Yun family's mansion and walked less than a mile before coming to a cornfield.

Yun Zhao broke off a piece of corn and peeled off the skin and handed it to Zhang Daodao: "Fuzun, please see, this is the new crop, and the lower officials call this thing corn!" ”

Zhang Daodao looked at it carefully and exclaimed: "It's really as crystal as jade." ”

Yun Zhao broke off another one, tore open the skin and took a bite and said, "Fuzun taste it, this thing is also sweet and delicious when eaten raw now." ”

Zhang Daodao also took a bite of Yun Zhao's appearance, praised it again and again, and then invited all his colleagues to taste it together.

"What is the yield per mu?"

"There are more than five loads, but there is no extra time to plant autumn grain."

Zhang Daodao was silent for a moment and said: "It's a pity, but it's still a good crop." ”

Yun Zhao led Zhang Daodao 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 ripe, and there were seven or eight fist-sized potatoes hanging from the root of a potato plant, Yun Zhao picked the potatoes and put them in the hands of Zhang Daodao and the rest of the officials and said, "The lower officials have high hopes for this thing!" ”

Zhang Daodao saw the potatoes, regained his spirit, and hurriedly asked, "What is the yield per mu?" ”

Yun Zhao smiled and said, "Fifteen hundred catties!" ”

Zhang Daodao looked at the potatoes in his hand, and then looked at Yun Zhaodao: "Is this a vegetable, or grain?" ”

Yun Zhao smiled: "It can be used as a vegetable, it can also be used as food, even when there is no food, eating this thing can fill your stomach, which is no different from ordinary food." ”

Zhang Daodao arched his hand and said: "Can you dig some more, let this official test it, so that it can be played according to the facts!" ”

Yun Zhao said: "This is nature. ”

Soon, Qian Shaoshao led a group of people to dig up half an acre of potatoes.

Zhang Daodao and the officials, personally weighed and calculated the land area, and then left Lantian County happily.

Seeing Zhang Daodao and the others leave, Yun Zhao's brows slowly furrowed.

Qian Shaoshao also sighed and said, "They would rather travel at night than stay overnight in Lantian County." ”

Yun Zhao smiled; "They don't dare! Even if I'm the Lantian County Commander! ”

"What are they afraid of? We won't kill them. ”

"If it weren't for the fact that the food was too big, they wouldn't have left Xi'an City anyway.

The current Shaanxi is really too chaotic, unless they have better means to completely and cleanly solve the problem of bandits. ”

Qian Shaoshao said with a smile: "If the young master is the prefect, there may be a way to deal with the bandits."

Today, the young master has shown them the way to eliminate the bandits, but unfortunately, these people are all blind, and if they do not solve the problem of feeding the peasants, no matter how they exterminate them, they will resurrect. ”

Yun Zhao shook his head and said: "They are not blind, they are pretending not to see, there will be trouble in doing things, and everyone is comfortable if they don't do things."

I just don't know if they are still in the mood to pretend to be blind when the ship sinks one day! ”