Chapter 874 (1/2)
The blue sky, hanging like a fireball of the sun, clouds seem to be burned by the sun, disappeared without a trace.
There are two basins of ice in the study, which can't dissipate the heat in the room. No matter how much ice, Yuxi dare not let it go, because there is Qihao in the room! Because Qihao is in good health, Yuxi dare to put ice in the room. When jujube and liuer were young, she would rather be hot than use ice, for fear that the child would be cold.
Yuxi told Tan Tuo about planting potato: ”in addition to the land where potato was planted in the past years, other crops can be planted, and no land where potato has been planted, all of them are planted with potato.” Yuxi did not discuss with Tan Tuo this time, but directly gave orders.
If this is said by Yunqing, Tan Tuo will definitely refute it face to face. The yield of potato is high, but this kind of new crop, people in the northwest are not used to it. If all of them are planted with potato, rice noodles will be rare next year, and the price of rice noodles may double or even more then. This is not conducive to the stable development of the northwest. Just because it's Yuxi who said this. It's not the same now. Yuxi is very skilled in handling government affairs now. Yuxi must have known what he thought. Knowing that there are such consequences, he must have given such an order for a reason he did not know.
Tan Tuo asked, ”princess, why is this?”
Yuxi has made full preparation and said to tan Tuo, ”the old farmer told Han Ji that there might be a big drought in the northwest next year. If the potato is planted in October this year, it will be harvested in March. Even if there is a big drought next year, it will not affect the harvest of potato. ” This is just an excuse for Yuxi. But this excuse is always like saying that there will be floods in Jiangnan next year. Once there is a flood in the south of the Yangtze River, the food will be in short supply. The potato that the northwest people don't like to eat will save many people's lives. You know, when he is hungry, he even eats bark, grass and roots, not to mention the potato that can satisfy his hunger. However, she would not say that there would be a flood in Jiangnan. If she said that, there would be another flood next year. At that time, Yan Wushuang could attack her with this, which was a monster. She's so conspicuous that she doesn't need to be noticed anymore.
Tan Tuo was shocked and asked, ”princess, is this OK?” If there is a big drought, we should not only plant potato, but also prepare for other things in advance. In places where drinking water is difficult, water for good people and animals must be stored.
Yuxi shook his head and said: ”I'm not sure, but the old farmer said this based on his decades of accumulated experience. I think it's better to believe in something than nothing. ” In fact, the old farmer was asked to say that. With Yuxi protecting him, you don't have to worry about your life, which is the good thing for those in power.
Tan Tuo thought of Yuxi's request to build a water cellar: ”the princess is afraid that there will be a big drought next year, so she will let those villages with difficult drinking water build water cellars?” But on second thought, Tan Tuo didn't think it was right. It is obvious that the princess only recently learned that there may be a big drought in the northwest next year, and the order to build the water cellar was issued last year, and the time is not right.
Yuxi shook his head and said, ”No. Last year, people in some places had difficulty drinking water, so they wanted to build water cellars for them, which to a certain extent also alleviated the problem of drinking water difficulties. ” The size of the water cellar is built according to the number of people in the village. As long as the water cellar is full of water before the drought, as long as the water from the drought water cellar is reasonably used, it should be able to be used by villagers in the village for two to three months.
Tan Tuo also thought: ”the princess's practice is very good, but in this way, next year's rice noodles will grow crazily.” The price of things is rare. The whole northwest is planted with rice noodles, so the price is naturally high.
Yuxi said: ”don't worry about this. The rice, noodles and beans 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. ” Yuxi took out 1 million Liang to buy grain. The grain of 1 million Liang silver sounds like a lot, but on average, a person only has dozens of Jin of grain, not much.
Tan Tuo saw that Yuxi had already made up his mind, and knew that it was no use saying more: ”did the king agree?” I've got Ji Xuan's money, otherwise the princess can't be so rich.
Tan Tuo really wants to go wrong about this. Even if Ji Xuanzang doesn't get the huge money, Yuxi will still take out money to buy food. Knowing that there will be a natural disaster next year, it would be foolish not to buy more food.
Yuxi nodded: ”I discussed this with the Lord, and he agreed.” People who are hungry like to save food. Yuxi is like this, and Yunqing is no exception. Hearing that there may be a natural disaster next year, Yuxi said that he would take out 1 million liang of silver to buy food and store it. Yunqing still felt that it was less and asked for another million yuan. But last year they have stored a large amount of grain, and Yuxi is not ready to buy so much more. You can't do anything too well. It's almost done.
Tan Tuo agrees with Yunqing. He has no objection: ”it's the end of July now, and there are only two months left in October. The taro seeds need to be distributed as soon as possible Most of the seeds of potato are in Yuxi's hands.
Yuxi nodded: ”these grains are lent to them, and they will be returned to the government with profit and capital in the next year's harvest. In addition, when they borrow the seeds, they will be told that when the potato harvest next year, the government will offer to buy, so that they don't have to worry about the problem of potato sales. ” When there is a market, these people will be more energetic, and will not be defied by Yin and Yang.
Tan Tuo thought for a moment and said, ”princess, will this large-scale planting cause pests?” Tan Tuo also has a deep understanding of the situation of potato.
Yuxi naturally thought of this, saying: ”when the time comes, potato and soybean or radish intercropping, so the probability of insect damage is much smaller.” In the past two years, the experienced old peasants invited here are doing experiments in this field. It turns out that interplanting with potatoes has a very good effect.