"This is a difficult character and should not be taken lightly." Sun Chengzong looked at Lu Xiangsheng's leaving figure and stroked his beard, looking like a master from this world.

After all, he is an old fox who has become a spirit. You can tell whether it is a mule or a horse without pulling him out. Li Xiao still respects the famous Lu Xiangsheng. Seeing his bad temper today, you know why he was defeated in the capital.

.This kind of person is good at looking after the country but not good at looking after his own life.

Officialdom is a mixed word. Even if you have upset eight generations of ancestors in your heart, you still have to give it a smile. For this reason, a special term is called Chengfu. It is said that a guy with a deep city will be able to move, sit and sleep.

They follow the rules like zombies. But the Qiqiao exquisite heart in their belly makes their political opponents complain endlessly.

People like Lu Xiangsheng are not naturally compatible with Chengfu. But Li Xiao likes this kind of person, at least you don't have to guess when talking to such a person.

Things that can be explained clearly in one sentence have to be guessed at like two idiots. As long as you have not cultivated to the highest state of cherishing each other, there will always be times when you guess wrong.

"Xiaohu and your hero are back today, why don't you go and take a look?" The atmosphere was a little awkward, and Li Xiao had to find something to say. Today, the first batch of graduates from the Shanhaiguan Army Military Academy, except for a few who were appointed as instructors,

In addition, the rest all came to Jinan to prepare to join the third division that was about to be formed.

"I'm not going! I'm the chief envoy now, and the people's livelihood and government affairs in Shandong are what I should be concerned about. I'm harvesting potatoes in the suburbs today, so I'm going to take a look. If you can see the food to fill your stomach, what else are you looking at?

"Child." Sun Chengzong is obviously in a good mood. Others don't know that he knows the potato yield. Due to the climate, the potato harvest in Shandong is a few days earlier than that in Liaodong.

In order to help Li Xiao promote potatoes and corn, the old guy put a lot of thought into it. He also knew that the big guys in the court were just waiting for Li Xiao to plant potatoes and corn. If the potatoes and corn harvest failed, the common people would not be able to do anything.

Eating food caused civil unrest. It is estimated that even the emperor could not withstand the pressure of those officials.

"Will the potatoes be harvested today?" Li Xiao is a person who can easily change his mind. When he heard that potatoes were harvested today, he immediately decided to go and see the potatoes. These are the people of Jinan, and they must not be careless when chewing grains in the second half of the year.

"yes!"

"Let's go together!"

"Aren't you going to see Xiaohu and the others?"

"They're not worth as much as potatoes!"

When Li Xiao and Sun Chengzong arrived in the suburbs in a carriage, the fields were full of farmers harvesting. An old farmer had lost a few teeth and was lying on the ground digging with his hands like a large prairie dog.

There were several fist-sized potatoes covered with soil beside him. Suddenly the old guy started howling like he was having a stroke. When everyone ran over to take a look, they found the old guy kneeling on the ground holding a potato as big as a sheep's head in his hand.

Crying like a baby in confinement.

When he planted the potatoes, he even scolded the officials. Now he wanted to kowtow to the officials because his ancestors had never had such a big harvest. From just one acre of land, he could almost harvest one.

More than a thousand kilograms. The yield per mu is more than a thousand kilograms of grain. I have never heard of such a good thing in my almost sixty years of life.

For a man who is almost sixty years old, hunger is like maggots attached to his bones, constantly gnawing at his soul. At the age of sixty years, he can count the years he has had enough to eat on one hand. Now I see this

Food, how can you not be excited?

The lively labor scene moved everyone, and Li Xiao also rolled up his sleeves and went to the ground to help collect potatoes.

I grabbed the vine with my hand and pulled it out. I brought out a large bunch of potatoes, and then I used a small hoe to dig out bit by bit. I quickly dug out five or six potatoes. The largest one was as big as a cantaloupe.

The tenants looked at this guy who came to grab food like a wolf. Some young men already wanted to come over and beat Li Xiao. However, seeing the armed guards standing next to Li Xiao, they gave up the idea. There were a lot of potatoes, so let him pick one.

Two are nothing. Bankers are always used to comforting themselves!

"Your Majesty, your Majesty the Governor, Your Majesty the Chief Envoy." The fat county magistrate Liu Fulu heard that Li Xiao was coming and rushed to the scene immediately. Although he was also a scholar, his official position was too different from that of Li Xiao. A big boss of this level

When you come to your own land, you should show some respect.

Fat people are happy. They ran all the way in green official robes, like a watermelon rolling in the distance. Standing in front of Li Xiao, he was panting, and the sweat on his face was flowing like a stream.

"You don't need to be polite, magistrate. The potatoes in the official field have been harvested. Now, the elders can have their fill." Li Xiao looked at the farmers gathering the potatoes and piled them up like a hill, and his mouth was unnatural.

Grinning.

"It's all thanks to your lord's efforts to promote it. To be honest with you, the governor. When I originally said that half of the official fields would be planted with potatoes, I didn't know what kind of harvest I would get. Now my lord

I am so impressed with the governor. Look at these potatoes, they are almost enough for the farmers. If the corn is harvested, we can have a good year this year." Fat people can't smile. When they smile, they will have more wrinkles on their faces. Look.

It looks like a bun.

"This potato! It is both a vegetable and a grain. If you eat potatoes all the time, you will get acid reflux in your stomach. Corn is the real food, but the yield per acre is not as amazing as that of potatoes. But it is still higher than the yield of wheat. This thing ranks at the bottom.

.The people around Jinan Prefecture will have a good harvest this year.

Besides, after this crop of potatoes is harvested, another crop of potatoes can be replanted. Those are also called sweet potatoes, and the yield per acre is higher than that of corn, but not much less than that of potatoes. Tell the farmers to let them catch more.

Piggy. Now that we have food, raise more pigs. If there is more pig manure, it is the best fertilizer. The land in Shandong has been cultivated for thousands of years, and the soil fertility has long been overwhelmed. Use more fertilizer and give the land some nourishment."

According to ancient rules, the land must be cultivated for three years and rested for one year. This is called raising the land. But now there are more than 20 million people in Shandong, especially in places like Jinan, where the land is seriously insufficient. There is so little cultivated land per capita.

Talking about a shitty breeding ground.

The fertility of Mother Earth is not unlimited. The fertility of the land is not enough, and the direct consequence is the reduction of crop yields. The less, the more varieties. The result is a vicious cycle. In the absence of chemical fertilizers, pig manure is good.

fertilizer.

"What? Mr. Governor, you said, after harvesting potatoes this year, can we plant another crop of sweet potatoes?" Liu Fulu's eyes widened, and Li Xiao suddenly realized that these small eyes looked quite big.

!

"Yes! You can also plant a crop of sweet potatoes, and you can harvest them before the ground freezes. They are also vegetables and grains, but eating too much is not good for your stomach. They are good for feeding pigs!" Liaodong has planted a lot of them this year.

potatoes and sweet potatoes, but not too much corn. Now Li Xiao is frantically buying piglets and preparing to build more than a dozen large-scale pig farms in Liaodong.

Damn it, in Liaodong, even eating seafood makes you smell fishy. You must let the soldiers have meat to eat, and big elbows are good.

Liu Fulu almost lost his breath with a "chhh"!

Potatoes are surprising enough, but now there is sweet potato. If we keep planting like this, this year will be a big year. In previous years, when paying taxes, there was a lot of fuss. That is really from the common people.

Picking food out of your mouth!

When the years are bad, it is common for a few families to die, or for the whole family to flee. This year is considered a great period of governance, and even if the officials are assholes, if they pay taxes in full and pay the evaluation, they still have to be rated as outstanding. I don't think so.

As his official fortune was prosperous, Liu Fulu secretly made up his mind. Even if he spent some money, he would stay in Jinan Prefecture, Shandong Province and become an official.

As soon as the governor took office, he hired Geng Zhongming and Shang Kexi. There was no banditry within a hundred miles around Jinan Mansion. These two were the real murderers. Liu Fulu had seen it with his own eyes.

Pulled back.

As the county magistrate, he still knows some truth. These are not ordinary people who kill good people and take credit for their merits. They are all honest and honest people. They were all interrogated by the supervisors personally, or they were bandits killed during the suppression of bandits. Now

The public security in Jinan is much better than it was a few years ago.

At this time in previous years, no one could work in the fields with peace of mind. They were all worried about bandits coming down the mountain to steal food. Bandits also needed to eat.

"Why are you fainting? Do what you are told to do quickly. Otherwise, the price of piglets will rise and it will be too late." Sun Chengzong shook off the soil on his hands and sent the guards to call the farmers to come and take away the potatoes. He patted Liu Fulu.

on his back, showing concern for his younger generation.

"I respectfully follow the instructions of the Governor and Chief Envoy." Liu Fulu cupped his hands and immediately ordered the county magistrate to handle it.

The county magistrate ran away. If Liu Fulu was promoted, he would be very likely to be promoted. After all, Jinan County's taxes this year will be paid in full. It has been many years since Jinan County has paid in full.

Taxation. For this reason, he and the county magistrate were criticized every year. But the people were too poor and they didn't have enough to eat. How could they have money to pay taxes?

"This year, with the help of official fields, it is estimated that private fields will also buy potato seeds to grow potatoes next year. It will not take many years to start from Jinan Prefecture and spread to the whole of Shandong. Although the farmers are illiterate, the most important thing is

Pragmatic. As long as they see benefits, they will change their habits faster than anyone else." Sun Chengzong looked at the celebrating crowd and smiled from ear to ear.

This is the scene he wants to see most, peace and stability, with people digging in the soil and working in factories to receive wages. There is no need to worry about the iron hoofs of aliens or the exploitation of ruthless officials. If the world is to be like today, then

How nice it would be.

Li Xiao quickly supported Sun Chengzong. For an elderly man who has been bent over for such a long time, it would be a big loss if he got a cerebral thrombosis.

A young and sturdy young man ran over and rushed towards him without moving the chicken. He pressed his hand on the revolver and shouted.

"I'm here to help my grandpa pay off his gambling debts. My grandpa's name is Zhang Erniu. He said he owes you a hundred catties of potatoes!" Seeing that Shunzi wouldn't let him pass, the young man simply shouted at the side.

"Let him come over!" Li Xiao smiled and waved his hand. Then he remembered that he had made a bet in the field. The bet was one hundred kilograms of potatoes!

"These are the potatoes my grandpa lost to you. The flower cloth... the flower cloth...! The flower cloth asked me to give it to Erya from the village ahead. I'll give you another hundred kilograms of potatoes." The young man stood up.

In front of Li Xiao, the potato was put on the ground and he started to scratch his head stupidly.

"I didn't bring your grandpa's enamel jar with me either. It's just enough for two. Go home and take good care of your grandpa. People who have worked hard all their lives will have good years in the future. They can live a few more years and enjoy happiness.

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"Grandpa, my family will naturally provide for you. Grandpa said you are a good official!" After the young man finished speaking, he bowed and ran away. The young man was as shy as a big girl when he saw a stranger talking.

"You are still a simple country boy! Oops...! My old bones are no longer useful. I just dug a few potatoes and my waist is so sore." Sun Chengzong sat under the shade of the tree with Li Xiao's help.

Xiao Xiao took the military kettle from Shunzi and handed it over.

"Our Jinan Prefecture has become rich this year, but there is still a disaster in Heze. There is still not enough food. We have to increase taxes this year and collect more potatoes and sweet potatoes so that the people in Heze will not starve to death."

Speaking of natural disasters, Sun Chengzong sighed. Damn it, Chen Hailong made the treasury so starving that rats could starve to death. Now the emperor issued an order to allocate money and food for disaster relief. But the Ministry of Revenue said there was no such thing, and could only cut half of the amount according to His Majesty the Emperor and allocate the rest.

Shandong had to find a way. If he wanted to prevent people from starving to death and causing a civil uprising, Li Xiao could only impose heavy taxes in Jinan to feed the victims of the disaster in Heze.

Li Xiao had no choice but to feed the two of them with their own money. The Yellow River was raging, and hundreds of thousands of people were affected. There were hundreds of thousands of mouths, and they had to fill them with mountains of food every day.

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"The seeds of sweet potatoes have been transported. If we rush to plant them, we may be able to harvest some sweet potatoes before the ground freezes. Mr. Li Zhongzi has already gone there again. After a major disaster, we must prevent a major epidemic. This flood is usually connected with the plague. He

Mother, I took charge of Shandong in the first year, and the Yellow River didn't give me any face." Li Xiao looked at God and gestured with his middle finger.

"You kid!" Sun Chengzong slapped Li Xiao's palm away. "The Yellow River has been flooded nine times in ten years. It's not whether you come or not. The embankments are repaired every year, but they burst every year. It has been like this for many years.

Come here. The waterlogging is a good thing, at least you can replant crops. Drought is the real disaster. There is not a drop of rain for thousands of miles in the red land. No matter where you go, it is the same. That kind of despair is scary!"

"I didn't say anything. Store a lot of food for emergencies. Let's go back and see Huzi and the others."

"Go back!" Sun Chengzong's happiness just faded away when he thought about something bad going on.

"Your Majesty the Governor, Your Majesty the Chief Envoy." Liu Fulu didn't straighten up until the carriage left his sight.
Chapter completed!