The Rebirth of Han Yuxi - Chapter 876

[Chapter 876 The promotion of potato]

In the blue sky, the sun hung like a fireball, and the clouds seemed to have been burned by the sun and disappeared without a trace.

There were two basins of ice in the study, but neither could dissipate the heat in the room. No matter how much ice, Oak-hee wouldn’t dare to let it go, because there was still Qi-ho in the room! It was also because Qihao was in good health that Oakhee dared to put ice in the house. When Zao Zao and Liu Er were children, she would rather be hot than ice, for fear that the child would catch cold.

Yuxi told Tan Tuo about planting potato: “Except for the land where potato was planted in previous years, other crops can be planted, and all the land that has never been planted is planted with potato.” Yuxi did not discuss with Tan Tuo this time, but Directly under the order.

If Yun Qing said this, Tan Tuo would definitely refute it in person. The yield of potato is high, but this new crop, the people in the northwest are definitely not used to eating it. If all of them are planted with potatoes, then rice noodles will be a rarity next year, and the price of rice noodles may double or even more at that time. This is not conducive to the stable development of the Northwest. Just because it was Oak-hee who said that. Today is not what it used to be. Oak-hee is now very skilled in handling government affairs. Oak-hee must have known what he thought. Knowing that there are such consequences, he gave such an order, there must be a reason he did not know.

Tan Tuo asked, “Princess, why is this?”

Oak Xi had already made full preparations and said to Tan Tuo, “The old farmer told Han Ji that there may be a major drought in the northwest next year. The potato will be planted in October this year and will be harvested in March. Even if there is a major drought next year. , and it will not affect the potato harvest.” This was just an excuse made by Oak-hee. But this excuse is better than her saying that there will be floods in Jiangnan next year. In the event of a flood in the south of the Yangtze River, food will be in short supply, and the potatoes that Northwesters do not like to eat can save the lives of many people. You know, when this person is hungry, he even eats the bark and grass roots, not to mention the potato that can satisfy his hunger. But she wouldn’t say anything about the flood in the south of the Yangtze River. If she said it, there would be a flood next year, and Yan Wushuang would be able to use it to attack her as a monster. She is already conspicuous enough, and there is no need to attract attention.

Tan Tuo was taken aback and asked, “Princess, are you sure about this?” If there is a major drought, it is not only necessary to plant potatoes, but other things must be prepared in advance. Such as places where drinking water is difficult, must reserve water for human and animal drinking.

Oak Xi shook his head and said, “I can’t be sure, but the old farmer said this based on the experience he has accumulated over the decades. I think it’s better to believe it or not.” In fact, the old farmer was asked to say this. of. With Oak Xi to protect him, he doesn’t have to worry about his life, and this is the benefit of those in power.

Tan Tuo recalled Yuxi’s request to build a water cellar before: “Did the princess let those villages that have difficulty drinking water build water cellars because she was afraid of a major drought next year?” But after thinking about it, Tan Tuo felt that it was not right. Obviously, the princess only recently learned that there may be a major drought in the northwest next year, and the order to build the water cellar was given last year, and the time was not right.

Yuxi shook his head and said, “No. Last year, people in some places had difficulty drinking water, so they thought of building water cellars for them. This also alleviated the problem of drinking water to a certain extent.” The size of the water cellars was built according to the number of villagers. Yes, as long as the water cellar is filled with water before the onset of drought, if there is a drought, the water in the water cellar should be able to be used for two to three months for the villagers to drink.

Tan Tuo also thinks it is: “The princess’s approach is very good, but this way, the rice noodles will grow wildly next year.” Rare things are expensive, and rice noodles are planted in the entire northwest, and the price will naturally be higher.

Oak-hee said, “Don’t worry about this. The rice, noodles, beans and other items stored in our grain depot can meet the normal needs of the people for half a year. In addition, at the beginning of the year, I sent people to Jiangnan to buy food.” Oak-hee took it out. One million taels to buy food, one million taels of food sounds like a lot, but on average, one person is only a few dozen catties of food, which is not much.

Tan Tuo saw that Yuxi had already made a plan, and knew that it would be useless to say more: “Did the lord agree to this?” He also got the money from Ji Xuan, otherwise, how could the princess be so rich.

Tan Tuo really wanted to be wrong about this. Even if he didn’t get the huge sum of money from Ji Xuanzang, Yuxi would still use the money to buy food. Now that we know that there will be natural disasters next year, it would be foolish to buy more food.

Yuxi nodded and said, “I discussed this with the lord, and the lord agreed.” People who have been hungry all like to save food. Yuxi was like this, and Yunqing was no exception. Hearing that there might be a natural disaster next year, Yuxi said that he would spend one million taels of silver to buy grain and store it, but Yunqing felt that it was too little, and asked for another one million. But they had already stocked up a lot of food last year, and Oak-hee wasn’t going to buy that much. Everything can’t be done too much, it’s almost done.

Seeing that Yunqing agreed, Tan Tuo had no objection: “It’s the end of July, and there are only two months left in October. The seeds of the potato must be distributed as soon as possible.” Most of the seeds of the potato In Oak Hee’s hands.

Yuxi nodded and said, “These grain seeds were lent to them, and they will be returned to the government with interest after the harvest next year. In addition, when borrowing the seeds, tell them that when the potato harvest is next year, the government will offer to buy them. Let them not have to worry about the problem of potato sales.” With sales, these people will grow vigorously, and will not go against yin and yang.

Tan Tuo thought for a while and said, “Princess, will such a large-scale planting attract pests.” Tan Tuo also had a deep understanding of the potato situation.

Oak Xi naturally thought of this and said, “The potato will be intercropped with soybeans or radishes, so that the probability of pest damage will be much smaller.” In the past two years, the experienced farmers who have invited here are doing Test this. The results found that interplanting with potatoes, the effect is very good.

Tan Tuo saw that Yuxi had covered everything, and said with a smile, “That’s good.” In the past two years, the government has done everything that the government has promised to the people. So now in the northwest, the government is still very prestige. Unlike the imperial court, the official documents issued do not say that the people do not believe it, that is, many officials do not take it seriously.

Because it is to be interplanted with soybeans, in addition to potato seeds, soybean seeds must be prepared. However, soybean seeds are basically kept in every household, so soybean seeds are not worried about not being enough.

For the planting of potato, Tan Tuo took An Zike and other officials to get busy. Tan Tuo knew the importance of things, and he didn’t reveal a word about the possible drought next year. Tan Tuo said to An Zike and others that Yuxi believed that the yield of potato was high, so he asked the people to plant potato.

Because the yield of potato is really high, An Zike wanted to promote it vigorously before, so he didn’t think much about it. And because the government has promised to buy potato next year, the common people are not disgusted with planting this crop.

People in the northwest didn’t feel anything unusual, but Yan Wushuang smelled something different. Yan Wushuang asked Meng Nian: “Isn’t there any reason?” Han Yuxi suddenly asked the entire Northwest to plant potato, there must be a reason.

Meng Nian shook his head and said, “No. The information we inquired only said that the Han family has to vigorously promote it because of the high yield of potato.”

Yan Wushuang denied the statement without thinking: “Impossible. It’s not the first day that Han Yuxi was in power. She couldn’t have known that there would be many drawbacks to planting potato in the entire northwest.” In addition to rice noodles and soybeans, the daily needs of ordinary people Like everything else, it’s not a good thing to grow all of them. And such a large-scale planting, once the pests are rampant, even the money will not be recovered. Yan Wushuang also knows that potato is prone to insect pests.

After a pause, Yan Wushuang said again: “And since last year, Han Yuxi has started to store food.” Speaking of this, Yan Wu’s eyes flashed, and he said, “Han Yuxi has the ability to predict, will she predict that there will be crops in the northwest next year? Natural disasters. That’s why people in the northwest are allowed to plant potatoes, she is storing grain.”

Meng Nian still said what he said before: “My lord, Han Yuxi cannot have the ability to predict.” Because Yan Wushuang said that Yuxi has the ability to predict, Meng Nian made an in-depth analysis of Yuxi’s experience from childhood to adulthood. The result of the analysis is that Han Yuxi is a bad luck person. When my mother died, my father didn’t love my grandmother, and I was often bullied by other sisters. If it wasn’t for the Qiu family’s protection, I would have died long ago. After growing up, it was a series of unfortunate incidents, marrying Yunqing and having lived and died several times. And those who have the ability to predict are the lucky ones who are favored by God, and Han Yuxi has nothing to do with luck.

Yan Wushuang knew that Meng Nian recognized that Han Yuxi had no precognition ability, and it was useless to say anything: “Even if she has no precognition ability, she should have gotten some news from other places. Meng Nian, we should save food. Even if my inference is Wrong, it’s not a bad thing to store more food.”

Although Meng Nian didn’t believe that Han Yuxi had the ability to predict, but no one had too much food. Meng Nian said, “But the summer harvest has passed. To buy a large amount of grain, we can only wait for the autumn harvest.” They also bought a batch of grain in the summer harvest, but the amount was not much. Time to buy more.

Yan Wushuang nodded.

Meng Nian said another thing: “My lord, I have found some news. When Yu Xiyu was in the nunnery, he learned to speak Northwestern dialect with the maid next to him.” He also inadvertently leaked traces, and was overheard by a little nun in the nunnery. Because it had been so long, the little nun had forgotten about it. Coincidentally, not long ago, the little nun met a woman from the Northwest who went to the Lingshan Temple to offer incense, and she remembered this after listening to her speaking the Northwest dialect to the maid.

Yan Wushuang said with a cold face: “It turned out to be hiding in the northwest, no wonder I can’t find anyone.” The northwest is Yun Qing and Yuxi’s territory. It just so happened that the two were not interested in the treasure, but let this woman escape. .

Meng Nian felt that this matter was a little tricky, and said, “My lord, this matter has to be taken into consideration.” If you send someone over, you will die.

Yan Wushuang smiled and said, “What to think about in the long run, tell Yun Qing and Han Yuxi directly, and Yu Xiyu and Zhou Xuan are in the northwest. However, Han’s ideas are very different from others, so we still have to make preparations.” Northwest secretly looking for. However, their people are looking for them. If they want to find people, it is not something that can be done in March or May.

Meng Nian knew that this was Yan Wushuang’s obsession and did not object.

ps: There are still three shifts today, O(∩_∩)O~, continue to ask for votes.