"In April, Jianguo Mansion Xia Farm had planted the corn and sweet potato seeds brought by Jianguo and Princess Kunqing.

Among them, 500 acres of sweet potatoes were sown and 300 acres of corn were sown. They are all growing well now."

Zhu Meiyu nodded slightly after hearing this, but still reminded: "The cultivation of food in the Ming Dynasty in the future was the key to solving the problem of famine and the top priority of agricultural work.

A few days later, Fei Ren took Kunqing to inspect the farms that planted grains in later generations, filmed videos, and sent them to our palace to see."

Fei Zhen'e immediately responded: "I received the order."

Previously, Fei Zhen'e was only a sixth-rank official. Since leaving Chengdu, Zhu Meiyu promoted her to her official position several times. Now her position is in the third-rank official position.

After Fei Zhen'e, Zhu Meiwei also said crisply: "Kun Qing received the order!"

Zhu Mo Yu smiled and asked Liu Linchang to continue reporting.

"In addition to the sweet potatoes in later generations, I also asked the Gongtun Army to plant tens of thousands of acres of sweet potatoes in the mountains near Chengdu, and found in Guangdong and Guangxi.

At present, although its growth is far less than that of later sweet potatoes, if there is no accident, it will also be a bumper harvest in a few months."

"Okay." Hearing this, Zhu Mai couldn't help but praise and expressed satisfaction, "The amount of grain that can be transported in later generations is small, and it will take at least three to five years to promote it.

But if it is Fujian, the sweet potatoes in Guangdong and Guangxi can get a bumper harvest in Sichuan, and will be promoted to various places next year and after.

Although sweet potatoes are not suitable for staple food, if they encounter famine, they can save many people from survival.”

Liu Linchang also smiled and said, "That's true."

Long Wenguang, Zhang Jimeng, and Liu Zhibo had known this matter long ago, but when he heard it again, he couldn't help but feel happy.

Since ancient times, the people of China have been worrying about food, and famine has never been truly eliminated. If they can prevent the people from starving to death, they will definitely be famous for all ages.

Zhu Mai asked again: "Where is the 600 acres of super wheat grown by this palace in the farm? Is it about to harvest?"

Liu Lin said long: "The former minister went to the farm to inspect it, and the super wheat grew very gratifyingly.

I asked the farm manager and said that harvesting will be carried out by the end of May, and a mu of which may produce thousands of kilograms of wheat!"

Speaking of this thunder, Liu Linchang's excited expression was beyond words and bowed, "Supervising the country, this is a great auspicious auspicious thing."

I think I can report to all places. One way is to promote good seeds and prepare for future promotion, and the other way is to show that the country is indeed destined by heaven and make the local people convinced."

"This matter should be promoted." Zhu Niu nodded, "In this way, at that time, the Feiguo will arrange a group of the Flying Eagle Team and the shooting team of the Shuwang Mansion to record a video of harvesting these 600 acres of super wheat.

Such a thing is probably difficult to convince people if you just report the article in the place where you post it. Only with videos as evidence can the publicity be better.”

This idea was not what Zhu Ni thought, but was mentioned by Hao Guangming.

In Chengyun Hall, Li Yan and others nodded in agreement after hearing this, thinking that this idea was amazing.

After all, although they know how to shoot videos, they are not as flexible as modern people like Hao Guangming.

Afterwards, Liu Linchang reported to Zhu Mai on the agricultural situation in Sichuan, Chongqing and Guizhou.

Sichuan has been almost completely peaceful since last winter, and even the small groups of bandits in various places have been wiped out by the garrison troops, and the chieftains have also admired it.

Although it has not reached the level of "no household closure" rumored, it has exceeded any period after the Ming Dynasty Xuande, and the people live and work in peace and contentment.

In addition, there were no major disasters in Sichuan this year, and the Gongtun Army urgently resumed the planting of deserted fields in many places last winter and this spring. Most of the governments of various prefectures and counties have tried their best to guide farming and help farmers.

It can be foreseen that Sichuan will surely usher in a bumper grain harvest this year!

Chongqing was considered to be restored to peace at the beginning of the year, and bandits from all over the country were only eliminated in spring.

Therefore, many people may have been passively involved in the Daxi Army and abandoned many fields. This year's grain harvest is naturally not as good as in previous years.

However, the dependence of Chongqing's prefectures and counties on agriculture is not as great as that of Sichuan. Even if the crop harvest this year is not as good as in previous years, it should be no problem to meet the grain needs of the Chongqing General Administration, and there is even a small part of it surplus.

In comparison, Guizhou originally had not had much land and had not recovered from the She'an Rebellion before.

Now that the remnants of the Daxi Army led by Sun Kewang were once again taken away, the production was naturally damaged again.

However, Guizhou has a small population and does not rely so heavily on land output.

In addition, Zhan Tianyan is indeed very capable in restoring people's livelihood after the war, so there should not be any food shortage in Guizhou this year.

At most, it cannot be exported to the outside world like Sichuan and Chongqing.

Only after learning that there were no bad accidents in the agricultural work of these three provinces could Zhu Mai feel relieved.

However, this year, there are both wars and disasters north of the Yangtze River in Nanzhili, and grain output is probably very limited.

As for the south of the Yangtze River, the southern Zhili area is better, but Zhejiang has suffered drought and wind disasters. Although it is not big, coupled with some military disasters, the grain harvest is probably not very good.

What's more, during this period, most people in Zhejiang planted mulberry trees and raised silkworms more than planted grain.

Therefore, Jiangnan (Zhejiang and Jiangnan part of Nanzhili), Jiangxi may experience a certain degree of food shortage this year.

In Huguang, Zhu Mai also sent a telegram a few days ago to inquire about Du Yinxi's farming.

Fortunately, there were no major disasters in Huguang this year, but some seasonal minor floods occurred in Hunan.

As for the disaster situation of several prefectures occupied by the Shun Army, Du Yinxi was not clear about it, and Zhu Masu did not ask him to report it.

In addition to common minor floods, there are also sporadic wars in the area south of the Yangtze River controlled by the Ming army.

In addition, in the past few years, Huguang suffered repeated wars, the people were displaced, and the population decreased a lot.

This year's grain output is definitely enough for the people of Huguang to eat, but not much grain can be exported out.

Hao Guangming calculated with Zhu Mai two days ago and found that the Ming Dynasty had a large grain shortage, and it was definitely not feasible to rely solely on Sichuan, Chongqing, Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi.

Therefore, Zhu Ma wanted to avoid the major famine under her rule this year, and she had to think of other ways to get more food...

After asking about the farming affairs, Zhu Ma asked about the progress in the military.

Only then did Li Yan take his eyes off the Hongniang in the video, stand up and report to Zhu Ma-

"In the past two or three months, we have not had a large-scale battle with the Qing army in Shaanxi, but small battles have occurred hundreds of times. In general, they have won and lost each other, and we even have a small share of it.

Advantages.

To the west, we have occupied most of Fengxiang Prefecture and pushed the front line to Wugong, Fufeng, Qishan, Linyou, and Shiyao Pass.

In Pingliang Prefecture, the scope occupied by the Qing emperors was also compressed to the Lingtai, Jingzhou and Chongxin areas in the southeast corner.

However, according to Li Guo and Gao Yigong's news, they fought hard in the north, and the Huamachi (Yanchi) of the Ningxia defender was taken away by the Qing captives and lost a lot of money.

Some time ago, they wrote to say that they would stop a counterattack and regain Huamachi, and asked us to put pressure on the Qing emperors in the south. Supervisor Lu agreed to the matter.

As for how it is progressing now, no definite news has reached Chengdu."

Hearing this, Zhu Ma and Hao Guangming were not surprised.

As the supervisor, Lu Daqi's ability is only acceptable, and it is definitely incomparable to Sun Chuanting and Hong Chengchou at that time.

In addition, there is currently only one new border guard under his command, and the rest are garrison troops reorganized by the former Ming Dynasty official army. It is estimated that the combat effectiveness can be improved by the excellent equipment sent by Chengdu.

It is already good to be able to fight against the Qing emperors with a slight advantage.

As for Li Guo, the remnants of the Shun Army led by Gao Yipeng, they are currently only in a cooperative relationship with the Ming Dynasty. In Ningxia Guards, the people's foundation in Pingliang Prefecture may not be as good as Yan'an and Xi'an Prefecture, and it is understandable that they cannot defeat the Qing army.

After all, the Qing barbarians not only arranged a large number of Green Camp troops in Shaanxi, but also could drop Mongolian cavalry and go south to assist in the war at any time.

"The Qing army was defeated in Yangzhou and it is very likely that the defense line will be shrinked. Even if the entire army does not withdraw from Shaanxi, it will give up part of the occupied area." Zhu Meiyu said, "Director Li should notify Lu Daqi to let him pay attention to the movements of the Qing army and try his best to arrest him as much as possible."

Stay at the right time to recover lost territory, but do not underestimate the enemy and advance rashly.”

"I remember."

Li Yan responded and then talked about the situation in the southeast corner of Shaanxi.

"In late March, Li Dingguo contacted Sun Shoufa in Zhongnan Mountain and granted him the position of deputy general of the border defense army's independent battalion in accordance with the order of the supervisor.

In mid-April, Sun Shoufa wanted to plan Lantian, but unfortunately, because the spy leaked the news, the Qing Dynasty learned about the plan in advance and was instead surrounded and suppressed.

Fortunately, Li Dingguo responded in time, so Sun Shoufa brought his backbone troops to the south.

Later, the two of them took advantage of the Qing army and took down Shangzhou in one fell swoop.

Later, because the Sixth Town of the Border Defense Army led by Yuan Zongdi came to change defenses, Li Dingguo wanted to lead the Fourth Town of the Border Defense Army to rescue Yunyang, and maintained the front line from the areas of Jiuxian to Shangzhou, Wuguan and Zhulinguan."

Zhu Niu compared the map and listened to Li Yan's words, and said, "After all, the sixth town of Yuan Zongdi's border guards, he would let him hold on with Zhang Hualong, Wang Xiang, and Sun Suzhou Law before Li Dingguo returned to Shaanxi."

"yes."

Zhu Mai said again: "There are three radio teams in the fleet sent back to Chengdu before.

After they arrive in Chengdu, you can first select backup personnel to learn about radio operations with them, and then send a radio team to Lu Daqi and Li Dingguo to facilitate their contact with Chengdu and our palace."
Chapter completed!