Back To The Beginning Of Ming To Do Charity

Because he is not an agricultural expert, Lin Yuan only knows that sweet potatoes are an annual crop, that is, they only mature once a year. Usually, they are sown in the three months of March, April, and May, and they are harvested in October. Work, introduced from Fujian, not only tastes good, but also can adapt to barren land, whether eaten raw or cooked, it can satisfy the hunger, and the yield is very large. In ancient times, there was "tens of stones per mu, 21 times better than grain" Such a statement.

As for potatoes, seedlings are being raised now, just in time for the end of November, and they can be harvested from January to March next year.

However, the planting of potatoes is also divided into regions. Different places have different planting and harvesting times. In some places, they are planted in April and May and harvested in autumn.

Lin Yuan can only plant a small part at the end of November. If not, he will plant in April and May.

As for the remaining potatoes, they are placed in the cellar with sweet potatoes, and people are sent to look at them every day, and they must be kept dry to avoid mold.

But those old peasants knew more about these things than Lin Yuan, so Lin Yuan was basically just a hands-off shopkeeper except for visiting occasionally.

The peasants are old farmers who were found by Lin Yuan. Most of them are over 40 years old. They have been serving the crops almost since they were able to go to the ground. They have experience and have their own methods for removing insects and applying fertilizer. Ever since Lin Yuan asked someone to recruit the "Agricultural Bureau", their exclusive methods have been made public.

They were asked to sort out all their experiences and talks. It doesn't matter if they can't read, as long as someone memorizes them.

Then send people to the villages to do publicity and teaching activities.

In the past, people did not have the conditions to promote some planting experience and technology, because the transportation was not developed, and the villages were relatively closed. Now Lin Yuan is compulsively breaking down the barriers between the villages, and every village has to send people to the demonstration villages to learn experience.

Lin Yuan will reward those who study well.

Lin Yuan also encourages the breeding industry. Most people choose to raise ducks, but few raise chickens and geese.

At this time, there is no feed, and the time for ducks to be slaughtered is the shortest. Chickens take [-] months, geese take seven or eight months, and ducks are the shortest. They can be slaughtered in three to four months.

Farmers have the wisdom of farmers, and they all raise livestock. Of course, they must choose the ones that can bear fruit in the short term.

There was no other way, Lin Yuan could only gather people together to build duck coops and chicken coops.

Geese are relatively free and free-range.

Since arriving in Taizhou and Gaoyou, Lin Yuan has not adopted the system of big pot rice. After all, the current situation is not too bad. When the grain reserves are sufficient, people owning private property will actually increase productivity.

The big pot of rice is more suitable for times of famine.

The big pot rice system was implemented in Zhuangzi before.

The way to boost people's productivity is through rewards.

Just like the selection of model workers during the famine in our country, set up a model of labor and encourage the people to work hard.

Lin Yuan went to fetch the smallest sweet potatoes and potatoes, and after they were steamed, he asked a few of his confidants to come over and have a look.

Except for Lin Yuan, everyone has never seen these two crops. Their enthusiasm for potatoes is not as high as that of sweet potatoes. After all, sweet potatoes have a sweet taste. Now that there is basically no intake of sweets, they are even more attractive.

Lin Yuan asked them, "Do you know how much the yield of these two items is per mu?"

Several people guessed a few numbers respectively, Lin Yuan shook his head with a smile: "The yield per mu is tens of stones."

Both Yang Zian and Zhu Yuanzhang came from farming families. Although Zhu Yuanzhang is a cattle herder, his family also farms, so he naturally knows how terrifying this number is.

Lin Yuan added: "They have very low environmental requirements, and they can be grown on barren land."

Song Shizhao said excitedly: "Boss, it can be seen that this is a sign from heaven!"

Lin Yuan was puzzled: "What does it portend?"

Song Shizhao: "There are countless living people between these two, and it is your credit to the master. If there are two things, why worry about the hearts of the world not returning! Master! This is the east wind!"

Dongfeng?

I still have a whiteboard.

Lin Yuan knew that Song Shizhao was trying to make him a magic stick again.

"Supervisor Song, please postpone this for now." Lin Yuan felt that he had done enough for now. Two crops with high yield per mu and easy to grow would be easy to gain reputation, but they would attract more attention. He didn't want to wait When you don't strengthen yourself, you are targeted by others.

"When the first batch is harvested next year, it will be given to the people as seeds." Lin Yuan said.

Song Shizhao: "Exactly."

Yang Zian asked, "If it spreads..."

Lin Yuan said calmly, "Then spread the word."

Everyone was surprised.

However, it will be normal after eating, yes, how could they forget that the person in front of them is still a person with a bodhisattva heart.

Maybe others in this world are selfish, but he is not.

Looking at their expressions, Lin Yuan knew what they were thinking, but Lin Yuan would not expose it.

Or let yourself maintain a glorious image in their minds.

The reason why they are willing to spread the word is first of all that they can live more people, even if they are from the enemy. The people are innocent. In troubled times, heroes and heroes gather together. Apart from their own ambitions, they should also plan for the people. Otherwise, what kind of leader will they be? Why is it better to be a bandit if the people ask for their lives.

The second is to win people's hearts.

Just like what Song Shizhao said, the common people have always been mothers if they have milk, and the righteousness of the world is far away from them. Most of them are ignorant and ignorant, and all they want is to live a good life.

They now know very little about Taizhou and Gaoyou, the most they know is that these two places are occupied by the Southern Bodhisattva, and they heard that the people there can eat enough.

Once the potatoes and sweet potatoes spread, not only the living people, but also the hearts of the people. When he becomes stronger, the benefits of these two things will not only increase the population.

Lin Yuan sometimes thought that he was not a good person in his previous life, but he still has a chance to be a good person in this life.

Although this good man is also full of selfishness, as long as the result is good, who can say that he is not a good man?

-

"Light up the fire, it's freezing cold." Lin Basan rubbed his hands, let out a mouthful of white mist, wrapped himself in the grass velvet clothes, sat down on the low stool, and asked his colleagues to light up the fire. There is not much charcoal allocated, so use it quickly.

His colleague was Dong Liuwu, who was also a carpenter before. He had a slight limp in one leg, so he didn't move easily. He worked in the wood factory all day long, and rarely walked outside except for commuting to and from get off work.

Lin Basan was roasting by the fire while waiting for his colleagues to come to work.

Because of his quick work, he was promoted to be the director, and his subordinates also took care of the carpenter Bailai, who came earlier than others every day.

Dong Wuliu took out the charcoal slowly, and waited for the charcoal to ignite before asking: "How is your team's performance this month?"

When Lin Basan heard Dong Wuliu mentioning this, he couldn't stop smiling: "The target has been fulfilled."

Their work is very complicated. They have to make carts, furniture, and some gadgets. Sometimes they even have to go to build a house.

Lin Yuan told them not to use nails to make a house, but it was not a real house, but a hand-made thing that was scaled down.

They had to make three of them a month, and they still couldn’t look the same. At the beginning, they were really confused and didn’t know what to do. After all, they were not descendants of Lu Ban. Although Lu Ban was the ancestor, an ordinary carpenter can make a bed. , It would be good to have a screen and furniture, most of them have only heard of the mortise and tenon structure.

Lin Yuan was not able to find high-level talents who really understood the mortise and tenon structure and had a lot of research.

It's just a matter of cultivating them.

After all, the population is increasing, and the city must be expanded. The cost of brick and tile houses is too high, but the combined and spliced ​​mortise and tenon structure houses can reduce the cost and construction time. Layers of soil and cement, and patrols every night to ensure safety.

Lin Basan took a sip of hot water and said with emotion: "At this time last year, I was still digging grass roots to eat."

Dong Wuliu said, "Who isn't? My leg was broken at that time."

The two looked at each other and both smiled.

Lin Basan said with anticipation: "I'm planning to have a baby with my mother-in-law, and maybe I'll be able to embrace it next year."

"Then I have to come and drink the full moon wine." Dong Wuliu said, "Look at me, I can't even see the shadow of the mother-in-law. It's your fate."

Lin Basan laughed: "My parents ordered it for me."

There were three brothers in the family, he was the youngest, but they all died, and he was the only one who survived.

When he was 12 years old, his parents used all their savings to find him a daughter-in-law. The daughter-in-law's family was poor, and they wanted to keep the daughter-in-law at her mother's house until she was 14 years old.

After all, a girl from a peasant family must learn to work as soon as she can walk. She must be able to go to the fields to do farm work, and she must also be able to do housework, take care of her younger siblings, and her family keeps her so that she can work for the family for a few more years.

Lin Basan was the first in his village to marry a wife. Their village is not rich, and there are many old bachelors in their 20s and [-]s. He still remembers the day when he married his wife. He rarely put on new clothes and waited for the matchmaker to bring a new wife. come over.

The daughter-in-law was carrying a package with some old clothes in it. In order to make her look better, her natal family wore new clothes when she went out.

She is not beautiful, but she is a very good daughter-in-law.

Married to him for more than ten years, gave birth to him three sons and a daughter.

Thinking of this, Lin Basan's eyes were a little moist. Of these four children, two sons died young.

The eldest son and youngest daughter survived, but also did not make it through the trek.

His parents starved to death trying to save some rations for their grandson.

But even so, the children couldn't keep it.

He remembered that he buried his son and daughter, but the next day he saw that the soil where the children were buried had been dug up, and there was nothing underneath.

Lin Basan said to Dong Wuliu: "The days get better and better. When you save some money, you can find a matchmaker."

Dong Wuliu smiled: "I'm a cripple, so it's not easy to drag others down."

The two did not speak. At this age, it is unlikely that a lame man will marry a wife unless he is very rich.

The two chatted for a while, and people came to work one after another. Lin Basan stood up and started working with the people in his team.

In addition to their busyness, other people who are not in the wood factory are also very busy. Although winter is here, there is still a lot of work to be done. For a better life next year, Lin Yuan asked people to expand the city, that is, to build the outer city. The first thing to plan is the road, which does not require Lin Yuan to be busy. Naturally, someone will take care of these tasks. The merchants are especially enthusiastic. They always want to shine wherever they can be seen by Lin Yuan.

Taizhou and Gaoyou were originally rich places. They went out and brought back not only the craftsmen, but also the things outside.

No matter how chaotic the world is, it will not affect the merchants to make money, so Lin Yuan set up a chamber of commerce for the merchants. Every member of the chamber of commerce can get an identity certificate. They must guarantee the market price, that is to say, the price is determined by their purchasing power to order.

Lin Yuan did not squeeze their profit margins, but they must ensure that the prices set are within the acceptable range of the common people, and there must be no one in the city who disturbs the prices.

So now when foreign merchants come to do business, they have to go to the chamber of commerce to obtain a sales license, and only after the prices are unified can they start business.

The advantage of unifying the price is that Lin Yuan can ask the population of Taizhou and Gaoyou to know the population. The rice sold every month is counted. According to the price, it can be calculated more clearly, which can ensure that the population is calculated together for comparison. close to the range of real data.

The monthly changes allow Lin Yuan to clearly know the imaginary number of how many people have been added.

The merchants didn't expect that they could have a chamber of commerce, and even the price was balanced by them. After they made an order, they reported it to Lin Yuan, and Lin Yuan nodded to implement it.

For businessmen, this is a strange feeling, as if they have unknowingly shouldered some kind of responsibility, and they dare not kill the chicken to get the egg.

"I used to go out to do business, and I wanted to sell a grass for a price of gold, but now I am afraid that the price will be too high." The merchants sat in the warm room, with melon seeds and peanuts on hand, each with a cup of tea, and they were in the middle of the world. chat.

Someone laughed: "Since we want to take root here, we must balance it, otherwise we will empty out the people, what will we do in the future?"

The prices they set now are for cheap things, such as food, oil and other necessities. As for the luxuries that rich people can only buy, Lin Yuan doesn't care about them, as long as they pay taxes when the time comes.

"I didn't expect that we are here today." The merchants sighed, "In the past, when we went to do business, the imperial court wanted to strip us naked, and it would be best not to leave us even a pair of pants."

"Nan Bodhisattva likes us businessmen. I can tell that Nan Bodhisattva values ​​us."

Some businessmen are also worried: "That means we are still useful, what if we are useless in the future?"

"What are you afraid of? You ran in from the outside. When the time comes, you won't be able to escape?"

"Furthermore, do you dare to confront Nan Bodhisattva now? If you want to try Nan Bodhisattva's blade, you can try it anyway, I won't go anyway."

Now they have all bought houses in Gaoyou, brought their relatives and friends over, settled down in Gaoyou, and some even married wives.

For their own sake, they must fully support Lin Yuan.

After having a status that they had never dared to imagine before, this group of businessmen were unwilling to move away.

Besides, the common people like them very much, and they bring many new gadgets, which are affordable by ordinary people.

Small profits but quick turnover, the income is not necessarily less than before, and they are worry-free. They plan to go out once a year, not twice a year like in previous years.

Zhou Fu and Xie Zichang are now the chairman and vice-chairman of the chamber of commerce.

Zhou Fu became the chairman because of the two baskets of potatoes and sweet potatoes, and Xie Zichang became the vice chairman because he had no comparison in this regard.

The two disliked each other, and after the upper and lower subordination relationship was established, it broke the harmonious scene between the two, and began to pinch each other once a day.

-

After Mr. An brought his family to Gaoyou, they were assigned to the staff apartment. Because there were four people, they were divided into two rooms and one living room. He thought that Lin Yuan would definitely let him do things, but he waited here for more than two months. Not to mention the shadow of Lin Yuan, even the shadow of any small leader—he realized that he had been left behind.

An Laosi, who had made up his mind to do a good job at first, became anxious instead.

He has nothing to do now, he just does chores every day, even his wife starts to take over the laundry, plus the soft things he brings to maintain his life, he can't live like this forever?

An Laosi felt that he was a capable person. He could not be reused by Fang Guozhen, but he should be reused by Lin Yuan?But Lin Yuan's attitude made him flustered again.

So he can only take out gold and silver, and find a way to get into Song Shizhao's house, and let Song Shizhao match him up.

It's a pity that Song Shizhao received the money and the gift, but he didn't reveal it, he just said: "The master thinks you are of great use, Mr. An, don't worry, there will always be a time to call you."

Just when An Lao Si was about to despair, Song Shizhao suddenly asked him to follow him to the Yamen.

Fourth An didn't even eat, and waited at the door of Song Shizhao's house early on. When he saw Song Shizhao, his eyes lit up, and he hurried up to greet him: "Director Song is still the same as before, full of energy."

Song Shizhao smiled at him, with a good attitude: "Mr. An is ridiculously praised, let's go with Song."

Fourth An didn't know what Lin Yuan wanted him to do, but he felt that nothing would trouble him.

When Lin Yuan saw Mrs. An, he was sitting on a stone bench in the garden. There was a pot of tea and several cups on the stone table. However, because it was winter, the garden was bare and the muddy ground underneath was exposed. Disgusted, sitting indoors is a bit boring, he was wearing a thick padded jacket, and waved at Old Fourth An: "Mr. An is here, sit down."

Fourth An and Song Shizhao both sat down.

"How is Mr. An?" Lin Yuan greeted.

Fourth An wanted to say, "I've been so busy lately," but he opened his mouth and said, "Gaoyou is well-organized under your jurisdiction, everyone lives and works in peace and contentment, and I have a better life. I don't know what instructions Nan Bodhisattva has? I would like to do my best. "

There was a smile on Lin Yuan's face, which was just right. It would neither make people feel alienated nor make people feel too close. No one would want to offend him unless he didn't want his head anymore.

Lin Yuan smiled and said: "There is just one thing that Mr. An needs to do. This matter is of great importance. Apart from Mr. An, I can't think of a better candidate."

This sounded very nice, and Old Four An felt very comfortable listening to it, and he quickly promised: "I also invite Nan Bodhisattva to come, and I will not refuse."

Lin Yuan: "I heard Mr. An is good at ventriloquism."

Old Four An was a little proud: "No matter men, women, old or young, I can learn it, even if it's a bird call, I can't even tell the truth from the bird."

Lin Yuan smiled: "I believe this, so this matter can only be handed over to Mr. An."

"Please also ask Mr. An to go to Changshu and find out for me the places where Changshu's armaments and defenses are weak. If Mr. An is willing, please also mobilize the local people." Lin Yuan said, "I will also send someone to protect the safety of Mr. An."

Fourth An didn't dare to refuse. He knew that if he refused, the best end would be to live the same life as before, and the worst end would be to be beheaded by Lin Yuan for an excuse.

For his life and future, An Lao Si had to take a gamble.

If he wins, he has a place.

If he lost, he would die alone, but he could save his parents and wife.

"I wish to be sent by Nan Bodhisattva, and I will never refuse to die." An Lao Si knelt on the ground and made a big gift to Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan waited for him to complete the ceremony before going up to help him, and said in a gentle voice, "Mr. An is a rare talent, please take care of yourself, so that you and I can meet soon."

Although An Lao Si knew that this was a scene, but his heart was not untouched.

When he was in Huizhou, Fang Guozhen sent him to Gaoyou just to call his personal guards. He never said such a thing to his face.

Fang Guozhen did not completely subdue him, otherwise he would not have left Huizhou as soon as his wife said it.

Lin Yuan asked his subordinates to send Mr. An out of the house. By the way, he gave him two squads of troops, all of whom were thin-looking soldiers, and told him to disguise himself as a caravan. He also gave him a lot of funds for the operation. Grain, and several carts of gold and silverware.

At that time, An Laosi can still rely on these things to use money to break open the doors of Changshu officials.

Officials are used to being greedy, so how could they let go of a fat sheep? In the face of interests, they can even lift their heads on their belts.

Besides, these local officials have been in Changshu almost all their lives, equivalent to the local emperors of Changshu.

As long as they broke open their door, the rest of the matter would be much easier.

As for An Laosi's ventriloquism... Well, Lin Yuan just found an excuse to praise him.

When the fourth son returned home, he was very excited.

Nan Bodhisattva has given him so many things, and there are so many people. Although he knows that those people are also going to monitor him, but it is true to protect him, and the chances of him surviving and returning safely will be greater.

Before Fang Guozhen left, he was just given some money, which was not even enough for him to spend too long.

This made An Lao Si feel valued.

This feeling of being valued also made him happy and encouraged, as if he was a capable, dignified and worthy talent in front of Lin Yuan.

Seeing that he hadn't slept, An's wife asked, "What's the matter? I don't see you in such good spirits."

Fourth An said to his wife in a low voice, "Miao Niang, I'm going to get rich."

An's wife sighed helplessly: "Go to sleep."

Fourth An wanted to say something, to share his excitement with his wife, but when he turned around, he found that his wife had fallen asleep.

No one shared his excitement, no one understood his mood, and he didn't dare to tell others, so he could only let out a long sigh and turned over to sleep.

Fourth An clenched his fists.

He's going to do something big.

What he seeks to seize will be the whole of Changshu.