King De…

What else can King De do?

All the civil and military officials in the court were trembling with the power of this treacherous minister. What could he, a small vassal king who could not even be offended by the inspector's censor, resist?

Since you can't resist, just enjoy it!

Besides, Yang Xin was not completely bullying him. At least Yang Dudu promised that after the autumn harvest, all the sweet potatoes he rented in his family could be sold to the Yang family, but they had to dry them into dried sweet potatoes. In addition, he had to buy a batch of shredded pork from the Yang family that was specially used for shredding.

Shaking the snatch can actually be made.

But the cost is definitely very high and it is easy to break, because Yang Xin cannot provide it with stable shafts, at least it cannot provide cheap ones, bearings are definitely not made, and steel balls are also difficult. The simple one is copper sleeve, but copper is very expensive. Moreover, the whole thing is cast iron itself is not cheap. At this time, ordinary people may not have a complete set of iron farm tools, let alone an iron lump weighing dozens of kilograms, so it is still the simplest and easier to promote except for knives.

As for the final purchase price...

King De was already very ignorant if he didn't give him gifts. Do you still want to get a handful of Governor Yang? Just let him give it to him! If he gives too much, King De was still afraid!

That's all.

Immediately afterwards, the Yang family’s sweet potato planting was sent to Jinan.

It was a little late, but it was not too late. Moreover, some farmlands that originally wanted to plant winter wheat could use sweet potato seedlings transported directly from outside. It doesn’t matter if those who didn’t plant winter wheat were originally harvested, as long as they were harvested before the winter frost came. In fact, there are sweet potatoes that directly overwintered. For example, in Guangdong and Guangxi, you can plant them for another season after the double-season rice, but it is impossible in the north, that is, they will plant one season after the wheat harvest.

I have to say that this thing is really good.

The true sweet potato era in the Ming Dynasty began.

Although there were many species before, the main ones were the Yang family's own shopping malls. In addition, the gentry had been coaxed to plant a small amount before, and some farmers who saw the benefits of this thing also planted a small amount themselves. But the real large-scale planting started from the Dewang Mansion. The Dewang had at least two million acres of land. Although the official number was only a few thousand hectares, the farmland of these royal palaces in Shandong was large acres, more than 500 steps instead of the official two hundred and forty steps.

In fact, many of the north are large acres.

There are even six or seven acres of acres, mainly because the yield of land is low, and it is easy to settle the calculations if the output of just a few buckets is combined.

As for planting, it is also from the Yang family. As for drought, it doesn’t matter. Even if it doesn’t rain, it’s no big deal. Just carry water and water it when planting rice seedlings. As long as this thing can grow a little water, it will basically not die of drought. When it recovers and grows normally, it will be completely immortal. If the weeds cannot die, it will not die of death. The vines are like umbrellas to reduce the evaporation of water around it.

The rest is nothing more than the output.

After solving the planting of King De, Yang Xin ran to threaten King Lu, and also went to his good friend to help his good friend. He said that he would never forget his good friend if he had any good things. However, this time he did not ask his good friend to pay for disaster relief. The main reason was that Yanzhou Prefecture was also gnawed by locusts. His good friend also suffered heavy losses this year. As for King Lu, of course, he also gave face. At this time, no vassal king dared not give face. The King of Chu had set a good example last time. He would rather have a smile in front of Yang Xin to satisfy his rude request than make Governor Yang angry...

Chu Fan was dead.

Not only did the man die, but he also sent out his wife.

The King of Chu could endure it, and he could endure such humiliation. What else could he not tolerate King Lu, King De, and King Heng?

The latter also agreed readily.

Although King Heng's land in Qingzhou was not completely affected by disaster, he still made a simple promise that all the land destroyed by locusts should be planted with sweet potatoes, and the sweet potato seeds were transported from Laizhou and other places nearby. The conditions there were more convenient than others. The main reason was that sweet potatoes were planted in Denglai and there were many local people. After all, they were poor in Shandong. In this way, King Heng just pruned branches and vines from these fields and inserted them. It would take him no more than nine days to transport them from Laizhou to him even if he was pushing a cart.

This is perfect.

My friends still give Governor Yang a very good face. As soon as Governor Yang spoke, everyone supported him without hesitation. Governor Yang still has a very big face.

As for the curse behind them, just pretend that it doesn't exist.

"This Ming Dynasty is full of disasters and difficulties!"

Governor Yang, who had been in the disaster relief period until June, sighed at the official documents in his hand.

This is nine thousand years old.

Another natural disaster in the Ming Dynasty is coming.

"June snow, what a great injustice!"

He said to Gao Hongtu.

In this hot summer, Yan'an Prefecture snowed for three days.

There is drought in Hebei, drought in Liaodong, locust plague in Shandong, and heavy snowfall in northern Shaanxi for three days in midsummer. Needless to say, the crops are frozen to death. The main thing is millet. This thing is in the middle of the growth period, and a heavy snow is basically dead. Before the Ming Dynasty's natural disaster mode was fully opened, it began to lay the groundwork in various ways like those disasters, using various disasters to notify people, ready to face a catastrophe that is about to come, and ready to endure a truly devastating natural disaster.

"Don't make it public, right? It's not to affect the morale of the army."

Gao Hongtu said carefully.

This news was expedited by the court, but it would probably take two months for the people to spread. At that time, they had already arrived in Jiangnan, so there was no need to worry about the unstable morale of the army.

"Why?"

Yang Xin said.

"Go and call Luo Rucai."

He continued.

The guards outside quickly went out to pass the order.

Luo Ru came in soon.

"Are you literate?"

Yang Xin said.

"When I returned to the governor, I learned some in the officer training class, and I could probably recognize a thousand words."

Luo Rucai said quickly.

"Then let's take a look!"

Yang Xin handed him the official document.

Luo Rucai was stunned when he saw it, and then wailed and squatted on the ground with his head in his arms. Of course, he knew very well what it meant to have three days of heavy snow in this season. Although he was a single man, it was impossible for his hometown to have no relatives. His parents were indeed gone, but there were always a few brothers and sisters, and there were also close branches of the clan. For these people, it was equivalent to all hope this year.

"You go down and prepare now. I will write to your wife. You go to Xincheng to find her. She will arrange for someone to follow you back to Yan'an. After you get there, all the brothers' families will first advance the military pay from Shoucheng Money House for one year. In addition, the shopping malls in several other places in Shaanxi will send some of the hoarded grain to Yan'an. You are responsible for giving these brothers two stones to their family, which I will give to you."

Yang Xin said.

Luo Rucai quickly knelt down and kowtowed to thank him.

"Governor, this matter..."

He said carefully with the official document.

"Go out and tell them, and tell them my decision."

Yang Xin waved his hand and said.

This year is not serious. After all, because the donkey camel fleets continue to travel to and from Beijing and Yan'an, the people there have made some money in recent years, and sweet potatoes have also been promoted to a certain extent. This thing is not frozen underground. Although it snows this season, it basically melts when it falls. Even if there is snow because of the warm ground, it is difficult to freeze to death. The sweet potatoes that have begun to grow underground are all spring potatoes, and they are only one season a year. They have been planted at this time, and as long as the underground does not die, they will soon grow seedlings again, so there is no pressure in Yan'an to withstand this year.

This is just pure grace.

At the same time, this natural disaster is enough to make the people of Yan'an realize the importance of sweet potatoes.

"Why are you looking at me like this?"

Yang Xin said to Gao Hongtu.

"The lower officials are ignorant, and I really can't guess the Hejian Hou. At least so far, the lower officials only see the great public and selfless, loving the people as their sons, and even the lower officials can say that there is no other person who is as civil and military as Hejian Hou, but..."

Gao Hongtu wanted to speak but stopped.

"But I am also corrupt and abused by the law, framed and framed, persecuted loyal and kind, and poisoned gentry. It's so unforgivable. At this moment, you feel that everything in me seems to be contradictory? Since I am a bad person, then I should be like a bad person?"

Yang Xin said.

"Uh, the official has never thought so."

Gao Hong said insincerely.

"I am indeed able to make money by corruption, but I don't care about silver. The silver in the cellar is worthless to me. I never even touch those things. When I need to spend them, I can spend no more than a penny. Framed, indeed, I often frame and persecut loyal and kind. This seems to be different in our evaluation criteria. They are just the loyal and kind you think, but in my opinion they are just a group of borers that erode the country.

I was just cleaning up these borers for the Ming Dynasty.

The means don’t matter, it’s three parts poisonous. As long as it can cure the disease, it’s a good medicine.

As for the poisoned gentry, indeed, I like to mess with gentry very much. All the gentry in the world hates me to the core, but what does it matter?

Your Majesty's country is stronger than before.

It’s enough that the people’s lives are better than before.

Your Majesty's army can win battles, and when it comes to famine, you can get some money to help, and more people can have enough food and clothing.

That's all."

Yang Xin looked outside and said.

At this time, the soldiers who received the news had appeared outside, kneeled down in front of the door and bowed to him, thanking their commander for everything they had done for their loved ones.

"Let's go, we should continue to go south!"

Looking at this scene, Yang Xin sighed and said.

These people don’t know that the catastrophe in their hometown has just begun.

However, he really should go south. The situation here has stabilized. Not only has the locusts acquired by him no longer become a climate, but even the sweet potatoes in the three royal palaces have grown vigorously.
Chapter completed!