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Chapter 75 Agriculture

No one knows the wealth of King Fu. Over the years, he has imposed numerous local taxes, and no one knows how much money he has plundered.

This is not important, what is important is that the factory guards are busy again.

It was actually secondary to sending people from the Ministry of Revenue to check the land of Fu Wang.

The most important thing is that after the Fu King's house was confiscated, the Ministry of Revenue would count all the property.

The Ministry of Revenue conducts statistics, factory and security supervise, and the Ministry of Rites conducts coordination and coordination.

Immediately, Chongzhen asked Luoyang's Censor to participate.

In short, many parties are in there and supervise each other.

It can be said that the most important thing has just begun.

But this matter is not urgent.

The Fu Wang family has great business and it will take only one or two days to copy it, just like the eight locust merchants.

It is already late March, and the most important thing is not the King of Fu, but the spring plowing in Shuntian Prefecture.

On March 22, Chongzhen got up early.

After breakfast, I took a group of factory guards to the royal manor outside the capital.

When they arrived at the Royal Farm, Song Yingxing was already there.

"I'm going to see your Majesty."

“No need to be polite.”

"Please, Your Majesty."

Chongzhen followed Song Yingxing all the way inside.

Song Yingxing had real skills. In addition to building some water frames by the river, he also built some long bamboo tubes to transport the water by the river for irrigation.

I also set up a greenhouse in another place. I don’t know what method he made it. It has very good sealing and lighting.

Chongzhen followed him all the way into the greenhouse, and the temperature inside was significantly higher than that outside.

When Chongzhen saw what was inside, he was slightly stunned. Unexpectedly, the sweet potato leaves had grown a lot.

Sweet potatoes are very simple to reproduce, and sweet potato leaves can be planted directly.

Song Yingxing has done so many things in just a few months.

This is much more reliable than those whine-talking kings in the court.

Chongzhen was very determined in his heart.

It is now March of the third year of Chongzhen, and the problem in Shaanxi has completely erupted. Several riots have already moved from Shaanxi to Shanxi.

If a military strike occurs, there must be food.

Although sweet potatoes are not good to eat every day, they are better than starving to death?

Chongzhen said: "Song Aiqing, how many acres of sweet potatoes can be planted in Shuntian Prefecture this year?"

"Report to Your Majesty, if nothing unexpected happens this year, the problem of 3,000 acres is not very big. Sweet potatoes are divided into spring potatoes and summer potatoes, and they can be planted in two seasons." Song Yingxing said calmly, "And Weichen has sent people to the south to collect more sweet potato leaves. It is expected that a large number of sweet potato leaves will be sent to Shuntian Prefecture in May, and a large number of them can be planted at that time."

"In addition, the grain output in the north is mainly restricted by water resources. I have made a plan to clear two rivers in Shuntian Prefecture into Daxing and Fengtai, and then use water trucks to drain the river water. This can completely solve the problem of water shortage in Daxing and Fengtai. However, this requires the assistance of the Ministry of Industry. Even if it is effective, it will have to wait until next year."

"No problem, just report it and I just give it to you. Your Agricultural Department doesn't have to worry about not having money. I will give you as much as you want. Just plant the grain."

"By the way, when the sweet potato leaves grow this year, we have to transport a batch to Shaanxi. The situation in Shaanxi is not optimistic. Let's lay it down first. We can't wait for that long."

Song Yingxing said: "Yes!"

Song Yingxing also heard about the bad situation in Shaanxi. Officials dared not report the people who starved to death there.

Now some people in the court are deliberately avoiding the disaster in Shaanxi and embellishing peace.

But the time traveler Chongzhen was clear. Countless people starved to death in Shaanxi, which was thousands of miles away from the ground.

But what about the Southeast?

When you are drunk and dream, merchants never consider selling food.

As for this matter, Chongzhen has already started to do it.

Yesterday, he did another thing that made the Donglin Party feel bad.

What did you do?

Let Qian Longxi go to Shaanxi to provide disaster relief!

Qian Longxi is the second assistant to the cabinet. It is logical that there is no need to take action personally. The six ministries are carried out. Even if they are supervising the local area, they will find a group of people from the Censorate to temporarily recognize the Governor and Governor.

This is the first time I have found a Grand Secretary of the Cabinet to be the governor.

Qian Longxi had no chance to refute, and this matter was forcibly decided by Chongzhen.

And he was given the title of Governor.

What is a Governor?

It means that it can manage the military, political and livelihood of several provinces.

So what kind of governor Qian Longxi is?

Governors Henan, Shaanxi and Huguang.

Why do this?

Because King Fu just fell!

The food in Fuwang's house was piled up and even rotten.

Now that King Fu is dead, all the food should be taken out and transported to Shaanxi.

King Fu is in Luoyang, Henan again. If Qian Longxi had the right to dispatch things in Henan, his work would naturally be much easier.

Why add Huguang?

Huguang was the largest granary in the Ming Dynasty, and there was no need to worry about food there.

Only by giving him the rights of Huguang can he purchase grain from Huguang and dispatch it to Shaanxi.

Anyway, this is how it is arranged.

The army that wiped out the peasant army must be trained, and the food and money for disaster relief must be given.

Anyway, King Fu has fallen and there is another batch of money.

And now Wen Tiren has started to attack the King of Shu.

Chongzhen also promised him that as long as he handled the King of Shu, the position of Minister of Personnel would be his.

Since that was the case, Wen Tiren of course calmly injected himself with 20,000 chicken blood, turned around and set out from Luoyang, headed westward, and entered Sichuan, with the goal of Chengdu, the country of Tianfu.

King Shu, I'm here, have my neck washed?

It is best not to let me dig a stone tablet in the backyard, it is best to let all the fish shut up!

Having said that, in addition to checking the greenhouses and irrigation equipment, we also discussed Shuntianfu’s agricultural plan this year with Song Yingxing.

Chongzhen also made a suggestion.

What suggestions?

He plans to set up a Beijing Agricultural University alone and gather all the people who understand agriculture in the world, such as Song Yingxing and Xu Guangqi.

Especially for Song Yingxing.

Which kind of Song Yingxing is?

He failed the imperial examinations and failed the imperial examinations many times, but his talent was not in the imperial examinations.

If talents were defined only by the imperial examination, many talents in the Ming Dynasty were buried.

When Song Yingxing heard the emperor's suggestion, he was overjoyed.

Chongzhen also said: "How about you, Song Aiqing, the first priest at Agricultural University?"

"My subject is talented and knowledgeable."

"You are not as humble as you. I am not asking you to talk about it. I am asking you to teach real talents and real things that are summarized from agriculture."

After talking about this, Chongzhen suddenly remembered: "Even the feces plan you told me a few days ago can be taught at the Agricultural University. As long as it is beneficial to agriculture, knowledge is not distinguished by the high or low level."

"Agricultural University is the future of agriculture in the Ming Dynasty."

This is all technical.

Chongzhen, a technical person, was not good at it, but he could help the Ming Dynasty solve the policy person.
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