The Ming Dynasty's "Hejian Chronicles" recorded, "A husband changes twenty or thirty acres of land, and more than one stone of wheat is harvested per mu." ”

In other words, a strong farmer can harvest about 200 catties of wheat a year if he cultivates one acre of fertile land, and if a family wants to maintain basic food and clothing, if it does not have twenty or thirty acres of land, it is afraid that it will be hungry.

The yield of paddy fields in the south is higher, but it is only about 400 catties per mu.

Potatoes and sweet potatoes are not only nutritious and can be used as staple foods, but the most important thing is that the yield is as high as 3,000 to 4,000 kilograms, of course, this is the result of scientific planting and cultivation of improved varieties in later generations.

But even in the Ming Dynasty, wood has chemical fertilizer, and there is always manure, and there is no problem in producing a thousand kilograms, right? Converted into the stone of the Ming Dynasty, one mu can also produce fifteen or sixteen stones.

What is this concept, that is, in the past, thirty acres of land were needed to support a family, but now one or two acres of land is enough.

And potatoes are not like wheat, rice has higher requirements for water and soil, only a simple cut bar cut bar planted into the soil can survive, sweet potatoes are simpler, with vine as seedlings, are easy to get!

What is an artifact? That's it!

After listening to Liu Hongji's explanation, Chongzhen and all the pavilion elders were dumbfounded, and looked at Liu Hongjian with an unbelievable look.

"Aiqing, is this true?" After watching it for a while, Chongzhen finally realized that the young man in front of him was not joking with him.

"Your Majesty, the minister emphasizes again, this is true, if the emperor can promote these two crops, there will be no hungry people in the world!"

In Liaodong, Shanxi, I saw a lot of hungry skinny people, and I could seek some benefits for them, and Liu Hongjian was also very solemn.

"Wang Erxi intends to make a decree, after the year, no, the household department will immediately send people to the south to buy potatoes and sweet potatoes, and the price is based on what Aiqing said, according to one or two catties of silver!"

Wang Erxi and Ni Yuanlu, the head of the household, gave up their orders.

"If what Aiqing said is true, it should be a great contribution to the Ming Dynasty, I don't know how to reward you, Aiqing, you say! What do you want? As long as you don't transgress the etiquette system, I will promise you! ”

Only the absence of hungry people in the world is enough to cover a thousand years, Chongzhen is extremely happy, and even a little out of shape.

"Your Majesty, the ministers of Liaodong and Shanxi saw that they were starving all over the land, and they were also concerned, and they could seek some benefits for the people, and the ministers were also happy, as for what rewards, the ministers did not lack anything now.

It's just that the minister has a word, I don't know whether to say it or not! ”

Liu Hong gradually hesitated, because what he was going to say next was tantamount to cutting the emperor's meat.

"Aiqing, but it doesn't hurt to say it!" Chongzhen is extremely refreshing.

"Wechen remembers that at the beginning of the year, he inspected corruption, except for silver and property, those corrupt officials all have countless fertile land, I don't know how much of this cultivated land is in whose hands?"

As soon as Liu Hong finished speaking, Chongzhen's face became a little unnatural.

"Master Hou, this official remembers that a total of more than 8,74,000 acres of fertile land have been confiscated, all of which have been incorporated into Huangzhuang!" Hubu Shangshu didn't know what medicine Liu Hongjian was selling in the gourd, but he just said it truthfully.

Liu Hong gradually looked at Chongzhen, this is the biggest landlord in the world!

"Your Majesty, the people have no land to plant! What can I do if there is a good seed? ”

Liu Hongjian didn't say it explicitly, but how could Chongzhen not understand.

More than half of the fertile land in the Ming Dynasty was in the hands of the magnates and gentry, and the people not only had no land to cultivate, but also had to bear taxes.

In addition to rebellion, when encountering a famine, it is waiting for death.

The land is in the hands of the nobles and gentry, and you let the family grow Laoshzi potatoes and sweet potatoes? You must know that this government has rice and noodles, but have you ever heard of potatoes and sweet potatoes?

What is this thing? Haven't seen it! Can you eat it? Ugly! Let Lao Tzu plant this thing on thousands of acres of fertile land? Joke! At the end of the year, I will lose all my money!

If the order is rashly ordered, it is estimated that all the landlords will have this idea in their hearts!

Although Liu Hong gradually thought about plowing all the cats and dogs in the country with iron-blooded means, it was unrealistic, the troops were insufficient, and the armament was not much superior to others.

Now we can only work hard to develop production, train troops, and then improve firearms, so bear with us for a while!

"Aiqing, you are too underestimated of me, I am only one step away from the king of the dead country, isn't it just a little land, I have handed it over to you, I don't have to ask how to deal with me, I need the support of the imperial court, and I can report to the household department."

Chongzhen sat on the throne and rubbed his temples, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Emperor Xie trusts, after half a year, the emperor will be surprised, the minister promises!"

Liu Honggradually solemnly took over this errand, if he took the lead in planting sweet potatoes and potatoes in the name of Huangzhuang, coupled with Liu Hong's personal prestige in Shanxi and Shaanxi, I think there would be much less resistance.

Now that the gentry, landlords, and bureaucrats in Shanxi and Shaanxi have been uprooted, the common people are waiting to survive this winter and start production at full speed.

As for the other landlords, with the output of these two provinces plus Huangzhuang, they can at least keep the northerners eating, and besides, they will have a bumper harvest of potatoes and sweet potatoes next year.

Will these shrewd landlords not be hot-eyed?

Liu Honggradually suddenly felt lucky for himself, although the time of the crossing was not good, but at least he could go straight to the sky, after this year's hard work, the emperor also trusted him.

"Your Majesty, there are still two things that the minister needs the emperor's permission for."

"Aiqing, let's listen to it!"

"The minister wants to resign from the post of Jiliao Governor!" Liu Hong gradually thought about it.

"No, why is that?" Chongzhenteng, who was still sitting firmly on the throne just now, stood up suddenly, and several old Shangshu were also deeply surprised.

Chongzhen was deceived by the courtiers for seventeen years, and finally the ancestors took pity on him, a young and capable courtier, and recovered Shaanxi and Shanxi in less than a year.

Such a feat, and at a young age, quit? If you don't do it, who can defend the north? Who?

Chongzhen sometimes wants to give the kid in front of him a little ambition, how can he want to hold on to the power in the eyes of others, but in the eyes of this kid, it is so unattractive?

"Your Majesty, the minister is not that piece of material, the minister has never read any military books, and he can't train soldiers, and he doesn't like to wear that heavy armor to death!"

He had no choice but to make a trip to Shanhaiguan, and whether it was Shanhaiguan or Shanxi, he always won with the sharp firearms in his hands, but fortunately, Li Zijing was lucky enough.

Fighting a war pays attention to strategy, tactics, terrain, and troop arrangement, Liu Hongjian simply doesn't know anything about these, what to use to fight with Jiannu? That a hundred AKMs?

If you really want him to carry the wall of AK hard liver Jiannu, it is estimated that it is impossible to break the city even if the barrel of the gun melts, and more than ten AKMs were scrapped in the first battle of Shanxi alone, so what next?

But that's not all he worries.

Liu Hongjian explained that he was going to manage the farming now, and he would have to say a second thing later, and if he had to add military power, even if Chongzhen believed him now, the courtiers' deliberations would be enough to put him in prison.

What about later? The words of the people are terrible, the mouths of the people are golden, the three of them become tigers, and the stars are spitting and drowning people......

"Who says you're not the material? Who says you can't fight a war without reading military books? I don't agree! Chongzhen was angry and slapped the back of the golden silk nanmu chair.

"Yes, An Guohou, now the north is only temporarily pacified, north of the Great Wall, Najiannu has formed an alliance with the Mongolian tribes, and the situation is not optimistic!"

Li Banghua, the secretary of the Ministry of War, is the most nervous about this matter, you must know that if something happens to the border pass, the first person to bear the blame must be the secretary of the Ministry of War, and Chongzhen has been like this for more than ten years.

"The emperor is telling the truth, and the minister is not a picker, the minister will recommend a person to the emperor, this person is above the minister regardless of talent and ability, and he is brave and good at fighting, loyal and unparalleled, and will be able to withstand the north!"

Liu Honggradually had to sacrifice a shield.

"Who?" Not only Chongzhen, Li Banghua and several others also looked at it and asked with their necks.

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