As February begins, the ground temperature in Guangdong is rapidly warming up, and Chenxi begins to plant corn and sweet potatoes on a small scale.

The small garden in the backyard of the inn is still one of the experimental fields. At the same time, a few vegetable fields were found at the foot of Yuexiu Mountain, near the city wall, to the north of the Xizhaichang in the city north, to cultivate.

This vegetable field is part of the Xizhai Farm. There are sweet springs flowing down from Yuexiu Mountain near the ridge. In addition, there are nearby toilets to provide fertilizer. They were previously taken care of by the military households who managed the school and planted some seasonal vegetables for the army to use by themselves. Now the Dusi Yamen contributed it to Chenxi to plant new crops.

Chen Xi did not dare to put the test field outside the city. If it was destroyed, his efforts would be wasted. Therefore, in the face of the kindness of the Dusi Yamen, he did not refuse and directly adopted the use of the ideology.

Chenxi is preparing to harvest twice a year, so that thousands of acres of land can be promoted around Guangzhou Prefecture in the next year, and it can be promoted to the three provinces of Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi within three to five years.

Chenxi is full of confidence. Not only are these two crops high yields, but they are also cold-resistant and drought-resistant. As long as they are carefully taken care of, the yield will be gratifying.

Before going to the war, Chenxi, the governor of the three provinces, became a farmer. He took more time to carry a hoe every day than to hold a pen. Whether it was sunny or windy or rainy, he wore a straw hat and straw raincoat. He entered and exited the backyard of the inn. When others saw it, he was amazed. The third-rank farmer, No. 1, Damingtou.

Chen Xi didn't think there was anything wrong with him. For him, the age of seventeen or eighteen was the time to shape his body. Exercise more. He was a scholar. It was good to experience the life of farmers occasionally. Moreover, the main strength work was done by others. He was only responsible for some light work. After planting, the daily management of fields such as loosening soil and weeding was the responsibility of the military households in the school.

Chenxi carefully cultivates sweet potatoes and corn, and officials from Guangzhou Prefecture were also competing in secret... They invited experienced farmers to send them the sweet potatoes that Chenxi gave them as gifts, cut them into small pieces and planted them in the fields. They sprouted in about ten days and gradually grew. Then, according to the method mentioned by Chenxi, the stems and leaves were transformed. In about a month, a piece of sweet potato had already grown into half a vegetable field.

This made the officials overjoyed. It could be seen that Chenxi gave them a highly reproductive crop, but they had not seen the ripe fruit yet, and they did not know the yield for the time being. However, some local officials began to use the sweet potato seedlings they cultivated to promote them on a small scale in Guangzhou Prefecture. The planting area combined is much larger than that of Chenxi's experimental fields.

This depends on the rapid reproduction of sweet potato vines. As long as they survive, they can change into two, two, and four, spread at a geometric speed. In order to curry favor with Shenxi, these local officials blindly seek speed, with the meaning of squeezing seedlings to encourage growth.

Some officials have planted some results and started to seek credit from Chen Xi, and Chen Xi will also praise him as appropriate. At the current promotion rate, the sweet potatoes may spread to the entire Guangzhou Prefecture in the second batch this year.

The planting of corn needs to be carried out step by step. Chenxi will not tille and cultivate carefully for the sake of quantity and quantity to avoid corn production or the extinction of harvest.

In addition to growing corn and sweet potatoes, Chen Xi writes novels and reads official documents every day.

There are many official documents in the three provinces and the capital, and Nanjing, and there will be a copy of the Governor's Office... Most of these official documents are not specifically targeted at the Governor's Office, but about local administration.

Chen Xi will never forget it after reading the official documents.

The local government has had famines or harvests in recent years, and the situation of civil servants, Dingfu, etc., so you must be clear. According to the local government report to the court, you will find someone to investigate the details of the situation and see how many tricks there are. The court can be confused, but the governor can't rub the sand in his eyes. If you want to become an official under my rule, you must be honest and follow the rules. Otherwise, don't say that I directly submitted a memorial to impeach your fault, which will make you unable to pass the three-year assessment!

Before Zhang Juzheng proposed that officials "examination is a law", the local officials in the Ming Dynasty had a "big plan" every three years, which is commonly known as "outside inspection".

The prefecture and county are inspected every month and reported to the prefecture.

The government inspects the government and reports it once a year to the General Administration and Commissioner.

Every three years, the governor and the Censorate Department checked the official's affairs and submitted the documents to the Ministry of Personnel to the Ministry of Personnel as the evidence of the investigation of foreign officials.

There are eight kinds of mistakes in external investigation: one is greed, two is cruel, three is impetuous, four is not enough, five is old, six is ​​sick, seven is dismissive, and eight is not careful.

The crimes are also from high to low, including exile, serving the people, lowering the pitch, resignation, etc.

Foreign officials come to the court to pay homage every three years, and their achievements in external inspection will be announced at that time. The yamen responsible for coordinating external inspections are the Ministry of Personnel and the Censorate.

As the governor of the three provinces, Chen Xi, like the governor of the General Administration and the General Administration, is a yamen with direct jurisdiction over local officials. Chen Xi can determine the gains and losses of these people's local governments with just one word. Therefore, even if the local officials succumbed to the governor of the General Administration and the General Administration and the General Administration and the General Administration and the General Administration, they never dared to break up because they were afraid that Chen Xi would make trouble in their performance.

Fighting with Chen Xi, a "maintaining official", is purely causing trouble for himself. If Chen Xi hadn't been greedy, a governor like Chen Xi would receive dozens or even hundreds of times more filial piety every year during festivals and festivals.

Now, not only does Shen Xi not accept gifts, but also sends "credits" to the outside world. The local officials couldn't help but think about whether to "collude" with Chen Xi or continue to fight against each other, and finally have a bleak ending.

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On February 24th, there are more than ten days before Grain Rain, Chenxi has planted all the sweet potatoes and corn sown in the spring of that year.

After all, we will go to war in early March, and the environment in the south is relatively hot and humid, so sowing early is also to facilitate more than a year of harvest.

Corn is harvested twice a year, divided into spring corn and autumn corn; sweet potatoes are even more unique. They can be divided into spring potatoes, summer potatoes and autumn potatoes in a year. Three crops can be sown a year. The yield per mu is very high. There are two or three types a year, and it is most suitable for people to use as food rations.

The sun was shining brightly on that day and the weather was a little hot. Chen Xi finished tidying up the two-part land in the backyard of the inn. He was about to go back to his house and followed Ma Qi, who came to teach Chen Yun and Shen Yier, and ran into the middle.

Ma Qi came to class for more than ten days and came in men's clothing every day, so that the people in the governor's yamen did not know that she was actually a daughter.

She held the lesson plan in her hand. When she saw Chen Xi, she quickly saluted, but did not ask her any worries. She looked at Chen Xi with a puzzled look, because Chen Xi did not have the style of a third-rank official in front of her.

At this time, Chen Xi was wearing a wide robe, but had a huge hat on his head, a hoe on his shoulders, and a pair of cloth shoes dyed with mud. If you want to say that this outfit is no different from a farmer who farms.

Chen Xi waved his hand and signaled that Ma Qi would not have to be too polite. He was about to enter the back hall to clean up and go home, but Ma Qi followed him into the house.

"What's up?"

Chen Xi turned his head to look at the respectful Ma Qi.

Ma Qi said: "Mr. Shen, I don't know why you must do everything yourself. I heard that scholars abide by etiquette and law. It is better not to have such rude behaviors!"

"Is it rude?"

Chen Xi looked down at his outfit and felt good. The inn has now become a governor's office. There will be no passing officials coming to disturb him on weekdays. Even if someone comes to visit, he will not wear this outfit. Even his wife and concubines do not think he is so rude. Instead, the female husband who was hired makes accusations.

Ma Qi refused to respond, frowned, as if saying, "Whether he was rude or not, Lord Shen should know."

Chenxi Road: "I am a farmer and went to the fields with my mother since I was a child to do farm work. Now I am accused of taking the imperial envoy to promote new crops, and it is not wrong to cultivate them personally. If Mr. Qi has nothing to do, please go home early to avoid...got gossiping..., which will be even more rude at that time!"

Ma Qi's righteous words were stern: "As a court official, Lord Shen should take etiquette and law first. If you ignore the laws, even the people can correct it. Lord Shen, please respect yourself!" After saying that, he left with his sleeves.

Chen Xi thought Ma Qi was simply unreasonable... Should I also wear official uniforms when I went to the ground and follow them step by step to pay attention to etiquette and law?

Chen Xi had tidied up his clothes and didn't bother to wash. Anyway, when he returned home, he had a beautiful wife and concubine who served him to change clothes and wash, so he didn't bother in the backyard of the inn.

After returning, Chen Xi and Xie Yuner mentioned this matter inadvertently. Xie Yuner asked: "I didn't say it before. This may have a purpose behind this Madam Ma, so I went to the Governor's Office to serve as a seat? It's been a while since she taught her brothers and sisters very seriously. Has the husband found out about the matter behind her?"

Chen Xi said that he would ask someone to investigate, but in fact he asked Hui Niang to spy secretly. During this period, he was busy farming and went to Hui Niang less. Even if he occasionally went there once or twice, he would go straight to the point and didn't have the heart to ask about Ma Qi's affairs.

Moreover, Hui Niang and Li Jin have been busy planning for Guangxi business recently and have no much leisure time.

"It's better not to mention it!" Chen Xidao.

Xie Yuner said with some concern: "Your husband is better to ask. If a woman comes to the governor's office with her intentions, it will always make people feel uneasy..."

Chen Xi asked with a smile: "Do you have no confidence in being a husband?"

Xie Yuner was stunned for a moment, then understood what Chen Xi was saying. She couldn't help but push Chen Xi gently: "My husband, I'm telling you seriously. I'm afraid that if she is not able to do anything, she will take risks and be unfavorable to her husband!"

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ps: The third update is here!
Chapter completed!