The Rich and the Idlers of the Red Chamber

This era should be equivalent to the productivity of the Ming Dynasty. Private capitalism has begun to rise, but the scale is not large, and the court has not responded. For most people, many things are still self-sufficient, and the standard small-scale peasant economy.

This economic model looks stable, but it is actually the most fragile. A natural disaster will bring disaster to such a family.

For a long time, the rise and fall of dynasties are essentially related to this kind of thing. Because of the limitations of the small-scale peasant economy, the bottom family may obtain a certain amount of land when the country is founded, and then reproduce, or even because of hard work and ability , can continue to buy land, so that even after several generations, after the children are separated, they can still ensure that they have no worries about food and clothing. However, if something goes wrong, such as natural disasters, or if the main labor force of the family is injured or sick, Or they have to serve in the military. In short, when encountering such a thing, this kind of family will go bankrupt, have to sell the land they live on, and become tenants of the landlord.In this way, even if the imperial court tried its best to avoid it, land annexation would continue to intensify like a snowball, and with a little more external force, the people who could not survive would follow some people and become the forerunners of the rise and fall of dynasties. Of course, Those who come first are often cannon fodder.

This kind of thing is nothing more than because the fields of this kind of people can provide them with barely enough food and money. Even if there is some surplus, if something happens, this surplus is just a drop in the bucket.The imperial court tried its best to suppress land mergers, which was to treat the symptoms rather than the root cause. Of course, Jia Amnesty's method was similar in essence. His idea was to introduce high-yielding crops.

To be honest, this is not an easy task. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, even if the government promoted the cultivation of sweet potatoes, the common people would not buy it. It was not until the Qing Dynasty that sweet potatoes became popular, forming the so-called prosperous age of Kangxi and Qianlong.

Fortunately, it’s not that time yet. The official promotion won’t work in one year, and it won’t work in five or eight years. The common people are naturally not fools after seeing the benefits of the new crops.

Jia She himself didn't want to manipulate this kind of thing. He grew up in the city in his first life, and he didn't even go to the vegetable market a few times. What kind of farmhouse music is popular, the family went out to play, and played in the countryside a few times, at least they heard something.On the contrary, when he was in Wanhua Valley, he had learned some methods of planting flowers, but most of them were for some flowers and herbs, and he didn't know much about other things.

However, Jia Amnesty understands one thing, professional things must be done by professional people, so he directly recorded the shapes and characteristics of the several high-yielding crops he knew, such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn. After finishing it, I only said that the output of these is several times that of rice and wheat, and the requirements for the environment are not high. They should come from overseas, not local crops.Then he directly gave the things to his father-in-law.

Zhang's father, Zhang Ling, is also an important minister in the court, a third-rank official, and he can sit this far, and his vision and knowledge are not bad. He went out of the city almost overnight, and repeatedly confirmed with Jia She that the pamphlet he gave him, Jia She To put it bluntly, these are the ones he has seen and heard of by chance before, but he doesn't know how to farm, and he doesn't know where these are from overseas, and he doesn't want to attract others' attention, so he won't be free in the future, so he just I want to give the things to the Zhang family and let the Zhang family inquire about it.

Of course, in addition to this, Jia Amnesty also talked to Zhang Ling about the hidden worries of the Zhang family. Zhang Ling also smiled wryly. My impression is that there is only one way to go to the dark, I just hope that the saint still has some affection for the Zhang family.Zhang Ling finally breathed a sigh of relief after getting Jia Amnesty booklet, no matter what, with this, even if it is only a little achievement in the early stage, even if the crown prince commits suicide, the Zhang family will always be able to escape.

It's not that the Zhang family has never considered giving the crown prince this credit, but although the Zhang family was forcibly tied to the prince's boat by the saint, the prince did not trust the Zhang family, and was even annoyed by some of the old man's advice. Although the family is not full of peaches and plums, and there are many old disciples in the court, the Zhang family is unwilling to drag these people together to seek refuge in the East Palace, so they feel that the Zhang family does not take him seriously as the prince, so they only treat the Zhang family. Maintaining a superficial politeness, even in private with his confidantes, he often expressed dissatisfaction with the Zhang family.

Because of this, the Zhang family is also quite disappointed with the prince. People like them, although they have the idea of ​​being loyal to the emperor and serving the country, they are not foolish. What's more, the prince says he is the emperor, but he is the prince. He is still one step away from that position. Zhang Naturally, people will not put a hot face on a cold butt, and make a wedding dress for them for nothing, but they have to keep it for others.

After Zhang Ling returned, he ordered the people of the Zhang family to go to various ports to contact the sea merchants who often travel to and from the Central Plains overseas, as well as those barbarians from overseas, to inquire about the news and planting methods of these grains, let alone, these are already Let's talk later, Jia Amnesty's life is on the right track.

Jia She was not a science student in his first life, and he had forgotten about soap glass explosives long ago, so naturally he couldn't expect to make money from it. It can be kept, but now he said that he was just a side branch of Rongguo Mansion, and he was obviously not willing to ask Jia Daishan. If someone wants to be watched, there will be no peace in the future, so he quickly dismissed these ideas.

Back then, the old Mrs. Rong Guo left a lot of family property to Jia She, and with the half of Jia She's share of the property, Rong Guo Mansion is really at its peak at the moment, so there are 10,000+ taels in cash alone, not to mention Most of them are real estate, such as Zhuangzi's shop, antiques, gold and jade, etc., if it is really converted, there are millions of dollars.

Jia She is really not short of money. Logically, he just needs to enjoy it peacefully. However, Jia She also has some hobbies. The so-called people have immediate worries without long-term considerations. The relationship between Jia She and the Zhang family is getting better and better. Gradually, there was almost a sense of sympathy, and Zhang's health also improved. The two of them will not be short of children in the future. It is impossible for Jia She to spend all his money in order to enjoy life, leaving a few children to live in the future. Be tight. Besides, Jia She doesn't want to be an official, but it doesn't mean he wants his children to do the same. Jia She is the son-in-law of the Zhang family. As long as the Zhang family is still there, he will never be really bullied , but when his descendants are far away from the Zhang family and the Jia family, they are too late to use their own resources, so how can they be distributed to their children? Therefore, in order to give their children a bright future, Jia Amnesty , still has to rely on himself, Jia She quickly set a goal, that is to become a celebrity.