Zhu Hongsan walked on the main road with people, and both sides of the road were working people. This land belongs to a hillside and is not suitable for growing rice, but is very suitable for growing potatoes.

I saw people in the fields on both sides harvesting potatoes. The potato growth cycle is four months, but this kind of thing from America is not very suitable for China. The dormant period is two months, and Florence says the second season will be much better.

Guangdong has now entered September, and the temperature is already very low due to the influence of the small glacier. It is only about fifteen degrees outside at noon, and it will snow in November. This climate is no longer suitable for potato growth.

Zhu Hongsan used to be a township cadre and knew that the growth temperature of potatoes was around 20 degrees. This year, due to the long dormant period, it delayed farming. Perhaps it could be reduced from the next season to one month, so that two seasons of production can be produced every year.

The hillsides in the distance are planted with corn, which is not as high as that of later generations. Zhu Hongsan saw that corn cobs grown were less than one foot long, which is different from those nearly twenty centimeters long in later generations.

But in this way, the yield of corn is more than twice the current rice, and potatoes are even more than eight times the terrifying amount. Now only one acre of rice can produce 200 kilograms of rice, which is still a first-class grain field. However, the yield per acre of corn is 500 kilograms, and potatoes are even more than 1,800 kilograms, and some are even more than 2,000 kilograms.

This yield scared Ma Mingyuan and Ma Jiyuan and other strategists at that time. Zhu Hongsan and other strategists had all been local officials. They knew what it meant to produce thousands of pounds per acre. Although this thing was not delicious, refugees should be able to choose between living and eating potatoes.

Zhu Hongsan was in a good mood when he looked at the farmer who worked hard to get potatoes. He had one year left before the Qing Dynasty to go south, and he would have millions of stones of food next year. If he saved some food, he would feed millions of people.

At this time, Zhu Hongsan saw an old farmer resting under a willow tree on the side of the road. Zhu Hongsan also got off the horse and wanted to ask about the situation.

When the old farmer saw Zhu Hongsan and his party, he knew that they were big men in the city at a glance. He quickly stood up and saluted.

Zhu Hongsan smiled and said, "Old man, don't be nervous. I want to ask what you planted? Why haven't I seen it before?"

The old man said, "Report to this uncle, this is the sweet potatoes that Zhu Daguan from Zhujiazhuang asked him to plant."

Zhu Hongsan said, "Brother-in-law, sit down and talk."

The old man sat down tremblingly. Zhu Hongsan also found a place to sit under the willow tree. Zhu Hongsan asked, "Is sweet potatoes a red-haired Chinese species?"

The old man said, "Yes, this thing produces a lot."

Zhu Hongsan nodded, and suddenly had a whim, wanting to ask himself how he is in the hearts of the people.

Zhu Hongsan asked: "Brother-in-law, you said this is the land of Zhujiazhuang? Are you their tenant?"

The old man sighed and said, "It was not originally, but now it is."

Zhu Hongsan asked, "It seems that my father-in-law has a hidden secret."

The old man saw that Zhu Hong was not old and approachable, so he took off his courage and said, "Originally, this Zhuangzi was from Zhang Juren in the county. We used to farm for Zhang Juren. Zhang Juren was pretty good to us, and the land rent was not too heavy, so he could still survive.

But last year, Zhang Juren had no idea who had offended, so he suddenly came to join forces and killed Zhang Juren's entire family. I heard that Zhang Juren's youngest daughter was also taken as a concubine. There is really no law."

Zhu Hongyi next to him was about to get angry, and Zhu Hongsan looked at him and told him not to move.

Zhu Hongsan continued to ask, "Brother-in-law, I heard that Mr. Zhu reduced the land rent for you?"

The old man said, "It was okay at the beginning. We reduced the rent for several layers of land, but after the New Year, we were asked to grow these sweet potatoes. We didn't eat these things for pigs. After we planted them, Zhu Daguan also bought them at the market price. You should know that sweet potatoes cost a lot of money, and we didn't have enough money to sell sweet potatoes to eat."

Zhu Hongsan asked, "Then you eat sweet potatoes, this thing is quite delicious."

The old man gave Zhu Hongsan a blank look and said, "I don't like to eat this pig. I don't know if that official Zhu likes to eat it."

Zhu Hongsan was already full of anger. When he heard the old man calling him a pig, he couldn't bear it. He stood up and cursed: "You immortal, you can plant whatever you want, what are your mother doing?"

After Zhu Hongsan said that, he swung the whip and whipped the old man three times, which made the old man roll around the ground.

This is the old man's family next to him. Seeing that the old man was beaten, they rushed over one after another. But Zhu Hongsan led the guard company and Zhu Hongyi rushed over to beat the old man's family away.

The old man was beaten and rolled around on the ground, shouting: "The villain doesn't know that he said the wrong sentence. Please forgive me."

After whipping three whips, Zhu Hongsan's anger was also subsided, and he was afraid that he would beat the old man to death. He scolded: "I will beat you to death when I hear you scolded Master Zhu in the future." After that, he ignored the old man who knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, he stepped on his horse and led the guard Lian Yang to the front.

Zhu Hongsan was so angry when he rode on the horse. He was kind-hearted and wanted to ask how the old man lived, but he didn't expect that he would be scolded by the old man.

Zhu Hongyi saw Zhu Hongsan's bad complexion on the side and said, "Prince, why don't I take someone to kill the old man's family?"

Zhu Hongsan was even more angry and glared at Zhu Hongyi fiercely.

Zhu Hongyi was not as tall as Zhu Hongsan's heads, but Zhu Hongsan's cold glance made him sweat all over. From Xinyang, Zhu Hongyi became more and more afraid of this cousin and could not see through this cousin.

Zhu Hongyi thought that in Xinyang, Zhu Hongsan let the bandits enter the city in order to escape, and in Yueyang, he killed her whole family for a woman, and even killed her children in front of her. He set fire to the capital and set hundreds of thousands of people to starve to death. Zhu Hongyi found that his cousin was no longer the same as Cao Cao mentioned in the storytelling.

Zhu Hongyi thought of this and quickly lowered his head and said, "I know my subordinates are wrong, please punish me."

Zhu Hongsan snorted without saying a word.

Zhu Hongsan actually really wants to kill the old man's family now, but he is different from before. Now he is a force and cannot learn from the slaughter of the bandits. If there is no basis, what is the difference between him and Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng?

Zhu Hongsan sighed secretly. It seemed that he still didn't want to do it. Ma Mingyuan and the others might be too busy and didn't care about it. They actually forgot to let the tenants leave half of the fields to plant rice.

Zhu Hongsan turned his head and said to Ma Shaoguang: "Boyu, please remember. Next year, you will leave exported grain fields for the tenants, and plant all the other sweet potatoes and corn. When you go back, you must notify Mr. Ma Er. Don't forget to know?"

Ma Shaoguang nodded repeatedly.

Zhu Hongsan didn't expect to encounter such a thing, and he lost the mood to browse the sightseeing. He took his men and horses to Nanhaiwei at full speed.

When he arrived at Nanhaiwei, Zhu Hongsan saw that the fields around Nanhaiwei were also harvesting potatoes, which was not enough. This place was different from before. Nanhaiwei's land was given to soldiers, and Zhu Hongsan also ordered that if no one at home planted it, he would rent the land for refugees to plant it.

So the people working in the fields were ragged refugees, mainly elderly people and women. Adult men all went to factories to work.

Zhu Hongsan looked outside and didn't find any unhappy feelings about the refugees. This is normal. They have nothing. Zhu Hongsan is so grateful for what he can give them food, and he can still pick and choose.

When they arrived at the Nankaiemun, the guards guarding the camp shouted: "Stop by riding horses, and fire a gun after entering the camp gate for a hundred meters."

Zhu Hongsan took the horse and asked Zhu Hongyi to come forward to show his ID.

The guards guarding the camp saw that it was the guard company directly under the commander and quickly saluted: "I don't know that the commander is back, open the door quickly."

After saying that, someone slowly opened the gate of the Nanhai Guard. A team of twenty guards came out from inside, led by a lieutenant of eighteen or nineteen years old.

The lieutenant stood at attention and said, "Guo Changshun, the platoon leader of the platoon of the 9th Company of the 3rd Battalion of the Xiaguan Regiment, is the officer on duty today. Welcome the stewards and salutes."

Zhu Hongsan was in a good mood when he saw his team. After all, this was trained by himself and would definitely be loyal to him.

Zhu Hongsan looked at the officer on duty and said, "Very good, you are very loyal. The officer on duty, blow the emergency assembly call, I'll check it out."

The emergency assembly number is a rule set by Zhu Hongsan. The length of the five emergency assembly number is about seven minutes. If the four times are less than the sound, the whip will be ten times, and if the five times are less than the sound, the whip will be beheaded.
Chapter completed!