Ye An originally thought that the promotion of improved varieties would cause an uproar in the court, but he was wrong. The promotion of potatoes and sweet potatoes that attracted the most attention these days was not the promotion of potatoes and sweet potatoes, but the accompanying movable type printing.
There was no secret in the court. Ye An's movable type printing soon became known to the whole court due to Fan Yong's "unintentional" propaganda. Especially after getting the backup book from Zhongshu's disciples, they were even more amazed by the quality of the movable type printing.
And low cost.
This is not what Fan Yong said, but the inference that Wang Zeng and Lu Yijian drew immediately after getting the book. The benefits of movable type are obvious, but how many secrets are there in what is on the table?
Sinong Temple's agricultural advisers have already started running around Tokyo City. Fortunately, from the very beginning, Sinong Temple's promotion activities started from Tokyo City, from the inside to the outside, from near to far, in order to increase the spread of communication.
Speed, after all, Tokyo City was the most prosperous place in the Song Dynasty, and it was also the gathering place for water transportation from all over the world.
There are people from every state in the Song Dynasty, and even from all over the world. Once potatoes and sweet potatoes are popularized in Tokyo, these two brand-new root starchy foods will immediately become popular in the Song Dynasty, and even in most of the world...
Correct planting methods and scientific cultivation are the keys to mastering this wealth code.
Even if there were objections in the court, and even if some people were worried that the potatoes and sweet potatoes would be leaked, Ye An tried his best to remonstrate and secretly explained the reasons to Liu E, so she naturally got Liu E's support, and the only thing she did was
The main thing is to garrison troops at Sinong Temple near Cross Street.
A command team of 500 golden spear squads was stationed in the old mansion next to Sinong Temple. According to the old gatekeeper of Sinong Temple, this mansion was the old residence of the former Prime Minister Wang Dan's family. Although it was abandoned inside
, but the scale is not small, just suitable for garrisoning.
There is only one wall separated from the Sinong Temple, and even the entrance of the Sinong Temple is crowded with the forbidden troops of the Golden Spear Squadron. They only have one military order, and no one who is not affiliated with the Sinong Temple is allowed to enter!
As the Shaoqing of Sinong Temple, Ye An naturally had unimpeded access. Because of his widely spread reputation as a "martial arts" player in the military, the squad members of the Golden Spear Squad all unconsciously crossed their arms and saluted after seeing him.
This caused Fan Ziyuan to curse many times.
He muttered: "Comparing goods with people has to be done!" Then he followed Ye An into Sinong Temple. As for the other officials who saw the battle, they thought that Sinong Temple was about to be looted...
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"Chang Sheng, look at this battle. Hehe, our Sinong Temple is now also a key point in the court. This is a good thing. I don't think Sinong Temple will be able to take back the power that was left aside after this time."
Ye An smiled bitterly and shook his head: "This can only show that the saint values good seeds, but sending so many soldiers here will not help. The seeds will eventually be released and planted for the people. Such guards cannot guard against those who are interested.
, the only way to prevent it is our method of domesticating potatoes and sweet potatoes."
Fan Ziyuan looked at Ye An dissatisfied: "Even so, it is a good thing. The status of our Sinong Temple in the court is different. Although it is not as good as Dali Temple, it is still the most important thing of the court!"
Ye An nodded noncommittally: "Have all the people been sent out? We will inspect each one from today on. We agreed to promote it to the private fields of the common people first, then to the big households, and finally to the powerful Zhuangzi. Only
Only when the common people are planting can we achieve our goal! Especially we cannot let those who persuade agricultural officials to use their power for personal gain to destroy our progress!"
"Don't worry, you don't need to tell the people below that they also know that this is a big deal. No one dares to make arbitrary arrangements. Everything must follow the rules in the "Agricultural Book". The current Sinong Temple is not as scattered as before.
You have enough energy to do something big! The method you used to provoke the generals really worked!"
Fan Ziyuan was a little proud, and even more admired Ye An. He was really capable of teaching a yamen like Sinong Temple to be so disciplined. He had done a lot of things before, but those officials who could still be called upon were already used to Sinong.
The decline of the temple was due to people just dawdling around and never thinking about doing things sincerely. But now they have almost all shown their true skills.
Looking at the windy officials in the government office, Ye An smiled slightly: "Everyone has to have something to look forward to, right? A group of ignorant people let them see hope, and they will naturally work hard to seize this only driftwood. Let's
If Sinong Temple wants to be reused by the Heavenly Family again, it also wants to do good things."
After sorting out the books in his hands, Ye An took the backpack he had prepared and left Sinong Temple. Like him, there was Fan Ziyuan. The two of them had already changed out of their official uniforms and put on rough clothes, and the things in their backpacks were also
Useful things, small clay pots, wooden tweezers and a portable pen and ink inkstone.
Neither Ye An nor Fan Ziyuan simply supervise what the agricultural officials are doing. They also need to collect soil from various places, inspect the soil moisture, and keep records.
As the young ministers of Sinong Temple, they do not need to do these things personally, but this is the beginning of the promotion of improved seeds, and they must be careful and cautious. When everything is on track, they can just let the agricultural officers do it themselves.
Ye An preferred to treat this patrol as a scientific investigation. Captain He Tongshan of the Golden Gun Squad originally planned to escort someone in person, but Ye An scolded him and turned him back.
This time they were going to go deep among the people, and they were going to be in the fields, being guarded by a group of royal guards! Wouldn't it scare the farmers?!
Fan Ziyuan got on Ye An's ox cart with a shy face. In his opinion, Ye An's seemingly simple ox cart was quite luxurious inside, and more importantly, it was more comfortable than his own carriage!
Even though the road was bumpy, there was always a strange sway that made him feel bumpy but not that bumpy. He didn't know that there was a thick pile of shock-absorbing iron bars under Ye An's car.
Tieniu is very dissatisfied with Fan Ziyuan's behavior of rubbing the cart. After all, this is the ox cart of the Hou Mansion. Only the closest people can get on. The lady loves to be clean...
The oxcart passed through Nanxun Gate and drove from the official road to the dirt road. The people's fields were already in front of them. Different from the spring plowing in the past, now the fields were already full of people.
A dark-skinned agricultural officer stood in the crowd and said loudly: "This is a high-yielding, high-yielding variety from our Sinong Temple. Although it is not among the cereals, its roots are sweet, better than radishes and the like, and can be used as food."
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"How much is the yield per mu?" Naturally, a respected old man in the crowd stood up and asked. Facing officials like the agricultural adviser, ordinary people were somewhat in awe, after all, they were wearing public uniforms.
"Thousand pounds!"
The old man who asked the question immediately became expressionless, not surprised but in complete disbelief: "Look at how old you are, how can you be so beautiful! I have never seen a good seed with a yield of 1,000 kilograms per acre. I have never seen such a good old man in my lifetime! I have never heard of it.
Yes! If there were such good seeds, wouldn’t the world no longer be hungry?”
"Su Weng, last year I heard that the imperial court had auspicious seeds. Could it be these two things?"
"Hey... I'll give you something beautiful. If there really is such an auspicious seed, can it be our turn to plant it first? It has already been planted by those big families!"
Obviously, the idea of class has been solidified in the hearts of the elderly. All good things are obtained first by the families of the powerful, and then the common people can get their turn.