Zhang Ren complained in his heart: I really shouldn’t have come...
He was not worried about what happened between the two people. Although the Ming Dynasty ethics were strict, to put it bluntly, they were unfairly strict.
Just like the famous Wenjun running at night in history, Zhuo Wenjun was criticized a lot in the Ming Dynasty, but no one said anything wrong with Sima Xiangru. After all, they were in love, and Sima Xiangru did not kidnap Zhuo Wenjun by force. Go away. The scribes of the Ming Dynasty may also hope that such a thing will happen. How can they criticize it?
It's similar to Gao Pragmatic and Huang Zhiting. As long as Gao Pragmatic is not forced, it doesn't matter to Zhang Ren. Even if it's just a matter, it's an elegant thing and it's no big deal.
As for whether Huang Zhiting's reputation will be damaged, to be honest, Zhang Ren doesn't care. He even thinks that Huang Zhiting himself may not care very much - the child chieftain is not a Han woman. The customs are very different and the rules are not very strict.
This is naturally a typical prejudice, but there are many people holding this kind of prejudice at this time, including Zhang Ren.
What Zhang Ren is struggling with is, if this continues, when will I be able to get to the point?
Fortunately, Gao Pingshi saw Huang Zhiting blushing with embarrassment and was willing to help her change the subject. He turned to Zhang Ren and said: "Futai, my family is not good at poetry, so I have to show my embarrassment, I have to show my ugliness... By the way, now the teaching assistant is about to step down." , I wonder what Futai’s plans are for Guangxi in the future?”
Seeing that Gao Pragmatic changed the subject, Zhang Ren breathed a sigh of relief and said first: "I don't dare to take it seriously." This was in response to Gao Pragmatic's self-proclaimed "attendant."
Then he said: "Actually, I asked Zhizhi to come to Tianchi Villa this time because I also want to ask for advice on this matter."
The two exchanged a few more polite words and then got down to business.
The question Zhang Ren raised was quite normal. He just wanted to ask how Guangxi should be developed, especially in the "economic" aspect. As a person who has studied psychology for most of his life, he really didn't know very well.
Gao Qingshi has thought about this issue carefully before. Guangxi does not have large coal mines or large iron mines, so it cannot take the path he often takes. If it wants to develop, it is nothing more than the method of "supporting the mountain and eating the mountain".
That is what he had decided before: focusing on the three major industries of various types of ship lumber, tung oil, and sugar. After these three major industries have reached scale, Guangxi will be completely self-sufficient economically. As for the lack of food production, by then It is also very convenient to buy from Annan nearby.
And because once these products become abundant, Guangxi will definitely not be able to digest them and can only transport them out. This will revitalize the entire water and maritime transportation in Guangxi. Once transportation is revitalized, there may be many small industries that are highly pragmatic and unexpected. Been revitalized.
Of course, Gao Pragmatic had no solution to the food problem in Guangxi before, but now he has good news for Zhang Ren, that is, Gao Qi (Gao Sitang) brought him sweet potatoes and corn.
The biggest advantages of corn and sweet potatoes are their strong adaptability and low land requirements. They can be planted in barren mountainous hills and slopes without competing for land with traditional rice and wheat.
However, according to Gao Pragmatic’s impression, it seems that judging from the situation of later generations, although these things can be grown in both north and south China, it seems that there are more corns in the north and more sweet potatoes in the south. As for potatoes, there is no certainty. It seems that both north and south many.
In fact, this is highly pragmatic and I have not gone into the details. Relatively speaking, sweet potatoes are warm-loving and cold-resistant, and stop growing below 15 degrees. Therefore, although they can be grown in the north, they are not as good as growing in the south; while corns
Different, its cold resistance is better, and there is another key point, which is an important consideration for those who like to grow corn in the north, which is the role of corn stalks.
Corn stalks can not only be crushed and returned to the fields (roughly speaking, the soil in the north, except for the northeast, is not as fertile as the southern plains), but can also be made into feed - this is especially important!
The animal husbandry in the north has always far exceeded that in the south, and even the Ming Dynasty required private horses to be raised (of course, now it is basically a formality, and even if there is, the rate of good horses is not high), so corn and orange stalks are extremely excellent feed.
, the effect in the north will be much higher than in the south.
Although Gao Pragmatic knew this but didn't know why, he believed that the agricultural experts of later generations could not all eat dry rice. Since there is more corn in the north and sweet potatoes in the south, there must be a reason, and the reason cannot be just
Northerners love to eat corn, while southerners love to eat sweet potatoes.
Therefore, before he found potatoes, his plan was to vigorously promote corn in the north and sweet potatoes in the south.
Why not promote at the same time?
Because it is easier to accomplish big things by concentrating your energy! Although he has a lot of people under his command, it is still just a drop in the ocean if he throws it into the entire Ming Dynasty. To promote a new agricultural crop, you naturally have to concentrate more.
So he recommended sweet potato to Zhang Ren without saying anything.
It's a pity that although Gao Qi got a lot of sweet potatoes, they were distributed here and there by Gao pragmatically. He doesn't have many with him now. After a long ideological struggle, he took Zhang Ren back to Tianchi Courtyard.
Reluctantly, he took out two of them and asked his men to bake one and cook the other.
After a while, Zhang Ren sniffed hard and said in surprise: "Why are these sweet potatoes so... so fragrant?"
Gao Pingshi was amused in his heart. Roasted sweet potatoes do have a "spicy aroma". He recalled that when a street stall roasted sweet potatoes, you could smell them from across the street.
Needless to say, these two sweet potatoes—that is, sweet potatoes—conquered Zhang Ren directly.
Of course, he didn't just think it tasted good, that was actually secondary. The key was that Gao Pragmatic introduced that this thing could be planted casually on the mountain, and it didn't even need to be taken care of. The yield was also very large, even higher than farming.
many.
What does that mean? It means that even if it does not become the staple food of the people of the Ming Dynasty, it is at least a sacred item to prepare for famine!
Especially for Guangxi, this is even more incredible!
There are only a few acres of farmland in Guangxi, which are all mountains. This thing can be grown on the mountains and the yield is so huge. Isn’t it a magical thing?
"This is a God-given treasure!" Old Man Zhang looked extremely excited, which made Gao Pragmatic once again feel the concern of the "natives" of the Ming Dynasty for food, even far more than him, a later person who knew the power of the Little Ice Age.
Zhang Ren tightly grasped Gao Pragmatic's hand and said: "How many seeds are there left in this thing? Can you leave some with me first? I want to plant a few acres myself... Oh, let's plant a few acres on the mountain and see. If it's true,
To tell the truth, I kowtow to you on behalf of Guangxi... no, on behalf of the people of the world!"
Gao pragmatic was shocked and even said he didn't dare - just kidding, this old master is much more senior than him, if he asked him to kowtow to express his thanks, would he still want to hang out in the future?
Then he came up with his acting skills and performed a scene of "holding hands and looking into tears, speechless and choking", and then said some touching words, as if Gao Longwen had gone through ninety-nine and eighty-one difficulties to finally achieve this.
Zhang Ren was so moved by the appearance of the plant that he repeatedly emphasized that as long as the trial was successful, he must go to the high press to ask for credit.
Wonderful!
Gao Pinggong said sincerely: I can't do it myself as much as Zhang Ren can do it for me. If he, the old master, is willing to go out of his way and be more exaggerated in his petition for merit - in fact, there is no need to exaggerate, sweet potatoes are really that powerful.
——When the time comes, won’t I want to become famous all over the world again?
Of course, being famous all over the world is a trivial matter. Mr. Gao is not lacking in fame now. The key is that after this thing is promoted in Guangxi, it can radiate to various places. How many famine problems can be solved by then?
Saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda. Once this promotion is completed, my pagoda may not be able to build the Tower of Babel!
The reputation of the golden cup and the silver cup is not as good as that of the common people. If someone calls the sweet potato "Gaogong potato" or something like that in the future, I am pragmatic and pragmatic. Just based on this fact, my trip to Ming Dynasty will not be in vain!
