After much deliberation, the governors decided to let the emperor relax for a few days. Wouldn't it be worse if the emperor was forced to abandon the government like the Supreme Emperor and jump out of the palace to look for flowers and willows? Besides, the emperor was doing business in Xiangyi. So the next day

He then sent Qiao Kun, the Minister of Household Affairs, to lead the team, together with the Minister of Agriculture, Supervision, Temple Affairs and a group of officials to set off for Xiangyi to meet the emperor. Of course, they also sent people to deliver some urgent matters to be approved and some daily necessities.

Zhao Tong and others came to help, and designated several fields for them to record the entire harvest process, weigh and inspect numbers, count yields, and guide the autumn harvest. He himself went out early and came back late to soak in the fields, personally participating in the experimental fields.

The crops were harvested, dried, and eaten and drank in the fields. He was tired and lost weight, but he was in a good mood and was very interested. It made people feel that he was happier being a farmer than an emperor.

God has cooperated, and the autumn harvest has basically ended in more than ten days. The yields of various crops have also been calculated. Without modern irrigation facilities, chemical fertilizers and pesticides, the yield of corn has reached between 190 and 230 kilograms.

During this period, the yield can be said to be very low in later generations, but in ancient times it can be called high yield, which is equivalent to the higher yield among spring millets.

In previous years, most of the dry land was idle, but this year, Zhao asked everyone to reuse the land and plant winter wheat, preparing to change the rice-wheat wheel into a wheat and corn rotation. The greater significance of the introduction of corn is to improve land utilization.

, after promotion, it can become an important crop in rotation with wheat, spring millet or sorghum. At the same time, many mountainous sandy lands that were not conducive to crop growth in the past can be developed, thus increasing the cultivated land area and also improving the yield per unit area.

Has a certain effect.

Combining the two aspects, the introduction of corn can promote the increase of total grain production and provide more food for society. It can also alleviate the conflicts caused by long-term food shortage. With the expansion of corn cultivation area, the area south of the Yangtze River Basin has been

Long-term idle hilly areas and dry lands unsuitable for growing rice were rapidly developed and utilized. At the same time, in the vast areas north of the Yellow River, original low-yielding crops could also be gradually replaced and became the main early-land crops.

The yield of peanuts reached a maximum of 200 kilograms per mu, marking the basic success of the introduction. Since then, the people of the Song Dynasty not only had an extra delicacy on their dining tables, but also provided high-quality vegetable oil and rich protein. The residue after processing can also be used in manufacturing

High-quality animal feed. The cultivation of peanuts can fully utilize some wasteland and improve the soil quality. In many places, two crops can be matured in a year. It has great potential.

The most surprising thing is the sweet potato. The yield per mu has reached 5,000 kilograms, which not only made Zhao Yu extremely excited, but also the people were very surprised. The emperor knew this kind of thing best, because sweet potatoes do not compete for land, even on hillside dry gardens and seaside sand fields.

It can be planted. The yield is high, and it can be used as a substitute for food to satisfy hunger. In lean years, sweet potatoes play a greater role. Its high yield can save the people from hunger.

The Song Dynasty was located in the areas south of the Yangtze River, north of the Yangtze River, northwest, and southwest. It can be planted in various regions. Promoting planting not only solves the food problem of the people, but also saves fertile land for planting grain and switches to cash crops. It develops the commodity economy. In addition to supplying

In addition to being eaten, sweet potatoes can also be used as raw materials for making sugar and alcohol. At that time, the prohibition on alcohol in some areas will be lifted.

Overjoyed, Zhao Tong ordered the selection of improved varieties, and next year the planting of corn, sweet potatoes and peanuts will be promoted to Gyeonggi 4th Road, Hebei 2nd Road and some areas in Jiangnan. The promotion will be carried out in the form of planting first and then setting up demonstration areas in each prefecture and county.

, choose experienced farmers for planting. Accumulate experience, select and breed improved seeds, and then plant on a large scale. In the implementation, we should avoid using coercive measures, but should use tax exemptions and reductions to encourage farmers to plant; at the same time, we should prevent impetuous and blind large-area planting.

, to avoid lack of experience causing large-scale reductions in grain production, resulting in man-made famines, and causing panic and unrest.

Zhao Tong knew that the emergence and development of every new thing would not be smooth sailing, and people would often adopt a cautious wait-and-see attitude. Therefore, while promoting planting, he also organized people to compile the "New Agricultural Economics" under his auspices.

These new crops were compiled from sowing, field management and harvesting, to storage and several simple and easy ways to eat them, and were printed in books and distributed everywhere.

At the same time, the accompanying imperial chefs had already developed new recipes using these new crops as ingredients under the emperor's guidance, because Zhao Tong knew that as long as these things appeared at the imperial banquet, they would be on the tables of the ministers in the capital within a few days.

Steamed buns, roasted sweet potatoes and fried peanuts appeared, and these meals would soon become popular in the capital, and then spread throughout the country with the caravans and officials leaving the capital, until they were on the dining tables of every household. No matter what happened in ancient or modern times

, both positive and negative effects are the best way to promote...

There are only two days left for the Mid-Autumn Festival. The capital has sent people several times to urge the emperor to return to the capital, but Zhao Tao has sent them back without any intention of returning. The two children have become familiar with the children in the mansion.

, playing and playing in Zhuangzi every day, Zhao Tong did not prohibit it, and would not even send a servant to follow him, letting them go on their own. Without the restraint of adults, the two children went crazy and did not even go home for meals.

, of course they won’t be hungry. Everyone knows that they are the children of the second master’s family, can they still treat them badly?

Several concubines had nothing to do and took advantage of this rare opportunity to go out to the pier and the 'commercial street' on Zhuangzi to see the excitement, check out the fresh food, sit in a restaurant and taste the local food, Zhao

Xin then became their tour guide.

"Sister, why do so many of the restaurants here have signs saying 'Prince's Private Kitchen'? Could it be that all the chefs here come from the Prince's Palace, and can steamed buns and bone soup be called Wang's cuisine?" The Mid-Autumn Festival is the day when the new wine of the Song Dynasty is put on the market, so

Every shop and restaurant will be decorated to welcome this day, and it will be much busier than usual. Li Xiaoxiao gathered everyone together early in the morning to go shopping. She asked Xin Zhao curiously.

"They are just seeking power and following the trend. They want to use His Majesty's name to do business!" Zhu Shuzhen curled her lips and said.

"Actually, these restaurants and restaurants have some relationship with the government, and some restaurants are the property of the government." Zhao Xin ignored the queen's disdain and said to himself, "When the officials first came here, this place was just a part of the Ministry of Household Affairs.

Abandoned racecourses, hundreds of tenants who are about to leave, dozens of hectares of dry land, it is extremely desolate. And the official salary and tenant rent are only enough to barely keep the government running. If he wants to do things, he must have enough funds, so

Using the money the Queen Mother rewarded for building the palace, we built rivers, dug canals, and built wharves, workshops, and wineries!"

"That doesn't have anything to do with the palace?" Li Xiaoxiao said.

"When the canal was being built, the officials not only paid wages to the tenants who worked, but also took care of the food. Digging earth and building stones was hard work, so the officials killed pigs and sheep every day and boiled the bones into soup, because they

He was too young to do heavy work, so he often cooked by himself, so it became popular. Later, when the wharf was built, because the prefectures and counties here did not dare to set up cards to collect taxes, the merchants who came and went stopped here to unload their ships, and gradually became prosperous, and the official family

Shops and restaurants were built along the street and rented out to merchants. The skilled people in Zhuangzi also wanted to do it, but they did not have the money to buy furniture and pay the rent, so the officials decorated it. After the decoration was completed, they used the method of using first and collecting later, and

He sent the chefs in the palace to teach cooking skills, and he also created dozens of new dishes, changing steaming to stir-frying, so they all used the guise of the palace's private dishes!"

"Oh, I see, the reputation of private kitchen is well-deserved. The officials were so kind-hearted when they were young!" Li Xiaoxiao, who didn't know much about the emperor's past, sighed after hearing this.

"Yes, at that time, the officials and us young men all ate the same food, and did everything by themselves, and were equally generous to the servants in the house. Think about it, he was only the same size as Qian'er at that time, but he knew so many things and did everything

It's really admirable from the bottom of my heart that so many great things have happened, so despite Guan Jia's young age, no one in the government or the village dares to treat Guan Jia as a child, they all look to him to make decisions!" Zhao Xin thought about himself back then.

I don't think there is anything wrong, but I have experienced many things. I have also been in charge of Yuanzhou affairs, so I understand how difficult it was for the official family back then.

"Qian'er just grew up in the palace. If he had such an opportunity, he would definitely be able to achieve a great career!" Zhu Shuzhen said. Zhao Xin's comparison of father and son seemed to touch her sore spot.

"Yes, a dragon gives birth to a dragon, and a phoenix gives birth to a phoenix. Qian'er will definitely achieve great things!" A man like Yu Liyan saw the queen's guilty conscience and said with a smile.

"It must have been a lot of fun in the official family at that time. It must be very funny for children to pretend to be adults!" Li Xiaoxiao seemed not to notice anything, clapped her hands and laughed without any thought.

"Shh, keep your voice down, be careful if someone hears it, it could be troublesome!" Zhao Xin quickly covered Li Xiaoxiao's mouth, looked around nervously and whispered softly.

"Sister, what's wrong? You can't even make a joke!" Li Xiaoxiao said in surprise.

"Hmph, you don't know that many years ago in this restaurant, several distinguished scholars were almost beaten to death just for saying "Huangkou boy". At that time, people from the entire Zhuangzi came in droves. If it weren't for the officials

Those who mobilize the Guards and Social Security Guards to stop them will be drowned in saliva. So here you must not say anything bad about the officials, even if it is a joke, they cannot say it casually. They don't care who you are, if you dare to say bad things about the officials.

That is their biggest enemy!" Xin Zhao nodded her head and said.

"Oh, it's so serious!" Li Xiaoxiao stuck out her tongue and said, "No wonder the officials don't worry about us leaving the house casually, while the children are running wild in the village. It turns out that the people here can be called the official's personal guards!"

"You just know, when the officials give an order, even if there is a mountain of swords and fire, the young and old here will rush forward without frowning. They have long regarded the officials as their closest relatives. Ask yourself, can you do it?
Chapter completed!