Compared with previous years, the weather this year is a blessing from God. At least after several consecutive years of severe drought, there are finally a few rains from time to time this year. This also allows the people who were lucky enough to survive after several years of major disasters to finally have some rain.
A chance to breathe.
In and around Yan'an Prefecture, there is a scene of recovery this year. From officials to common people, it seems that everyone has seen the hope of life, and the abandoned land everywhere is gradually becoming more and more prosperous as villages are rebuilt one after another.
Vitality and popularity.
As a prefectural city, Yan'an Prefecture has a somewhat prosperous atmosphere. Various shops have gradually popped up throughout the city. There are no roads outside the city, whether it is the official land of the imperial court or the farmland of the common people.
There are people taking care of it all the time. According to this attitude, it will not be a bumper harvest this year, but at least there will be no need for relief from the court.
Li Zicheng squatted in a farmland outside the city, watching the people in the farmland digging up branches and vines on the field, digging out bunches of fruits from the soil, and then bursts of laughter broke out, and his face also followed.
He smiled.
These should be called fruits. He couldn't tell what they should be called. However, I heard from Magistrate Zhou that Mr. Jiang used to call this thing sweet potato, so everyone called it sweet potato. It was so delicious.
Very, he has been eating this thing recently.
You can dig it out of the soil and wipe it clean before eating it. It tastes very good. You can also eat it grilled, steamed, or any other way. At the beginning, many people didn’t dare to eat it, and they didn’t know which one to eat.
The bastard spread rumors that this stuff was poisonous, but the governor of Zhou sent people to arrest a few guys and beheaded them in front of the whole city, and then ate a few of these sweet potatoes raw on the spot in front of the whole city.
Suppress this rumor.
Now, everyone knows that this thing can be eaten as a meal or a vegetable. You can eat it however you want. Some people who suffered last year even spared the branches and vines of the sweet potato. They found that those
You can also eat food. Although it tastes a little worse than sweet potatoes, it can still fill your stomach.
However, after eating too much, I became a little bloated, and the taste was not as good as it was at the beginning. But the problem is that this stuff can fill your stomach. The food dug out of this acre of land can weigh hundreds or thousands of kilograms at least.
, this is because God is not good at it. When the weather is good, it is said that it can weigh several thousand kilograms.
"Master Jiang is a good man!"
Nephew Li Guo, standing next to Li Zicheng, muttered: "With these sweet potatoes, people in Yan'an Prefecture probably won't starve to death this year!"
"Eat less of that stuff!" Li Zicheng looked back at his nephew. What his nephew was holding was another new crop this year, but it didn't grow as many sweet potatoes. It was said to be called potatoes.
He thought the name was quite appropriate. These gadgets looked like beans in the soil. They could produce a lot from one acre of land and could fill the stomach. The only drawback was that eating them raw was hard on the teeth and unpalatable.
Far worse than sweet potatoes.
However, it is said that the government office and the father-in-law above are just trying this year and planting more potatoes next year. Anyway, this is definitely a good thing.
"Try it, uncle. It tastes good when cooked and dipped in salt!" Li Guo smiled.
There is no shortage of salt in Yan'an Prefecture. Even if there is a shortage of salt, it cannot be done by Nanhaiwei. The Yan'an Prefecture's salt mine is still stationed by Nanhaiwei's people. If you want to eat salt, it is a casual matter. You will wait for it.
Now they can eat as much good green salt as they want.
"You just said that Mr. Jiang is a good person, don't say that again!" Li Zicheng said: "Too many people in Shaanxi now say that Mr. Jiang is a living Bodhisattva, and they all set up immortal tablets for him at home. You say that he is a human being.
, you’ll get beaten if you go out!”
"Hehehehe!" Li Guo smiled and did not refute his uncle's words. Mr. Jiang must be a good person, but to their uncle and nephew, he is not just a good person. Such words will be boring in his heart in the future.
"I heard Master Zhou say that Master Jiang is going to fight the Tatars now. Uncle, tell me why he didn't take us there and left us here alone!"
Li Guo said: "Over at Sihai, Kai Qianhu hasn't been here for a long time. They said that Kai Qianhu married Mr. Jiang!"
Li Zicheng gave a dull sigh. When Mr. Jiang got married, he also sent a gift to Mr. Jiang's house. I don't know if Mr. Jiang received it. However, Mr. Jiang was transferred from Nanhaiwei. In the future, he
I'm afraid that even if there is a chance to go to Beijing, it will be difficult to see Mr. Jiang.
"It's been more than a month since the order from Wei Li came down!" He said: "This time the Qing army is not only from Wei Li, but also from the Ministry of War and the palace. Some of our 4,000 households have big trees that attract the wind.
Now that the Qing troops have come down, I'm afraid most of our brothers will have to disarm and return to their fields!"
"Go back to the fields, just go back to the fields!" Li Guo said nonchalantly: "As long as everyone has food and drink and is hungry, it doesn't matter whether he is a soldier or not. Didn't he become a soldier just because he couldn't survive?"
"Many people below have similar ideas to you!" Li Zicheng said: "Weili has such a large establishment. It is not suitable for us with a thousand households. The higher-ups probably took this into consideration and transferred our people to other places first.
I'm afraid most of the brothers will disperse on the spot. We are soldiers of the Nanhai Guard, not the imperial court, but I'm afraid those above don't understand this!"
"Uncle, what do you mean?" Li Guo asked cautiously.
"Let them go!" Li Zicheng breathed out: "No matter how the Qing army, they will not wipe out my thousand households. Even if I have no face, is Master Jiang's face so easy to cut? In Yan'an Mansion
, now the workshops, grain stores, Sihai, and these fields outside the city are all managed by Mr. Jiang. If even I, the thousand households who guard these, are wiped out, it will definitely be detrimental to Mr. Jiang.
Got it!"
"How about my nephew go to Beijing for you!" Li Guo lowered his voice and said: "Go and see our Commander Wu, and by the way, go to Mr. Jiang's house to pay homage to Mr. Jiang and Caining County.
host!"
"No need!" Li Zicheng turned around, looked in the direction of the capital, and slowly shook his head: "We haven't reached that point yet!"
The people in the field were still busy and laughing, but it did not affect the conversation between the two people here. Li Zicheng stood up and pointed at the people in the field: "These are the achievements of Mr. Jiang and the achievements of our fourth thousand household.
No one can take it away, let’s wait and see!”
He thought for a while: "Let someone pick up several hundred kilograms of sweet potatoes and deliver them to Mr. Jiang's house. These harvests are more useful than a trip to the capital!"