Shen Chenai's Different Life in Ancient Times

In order to support the county magistrate's initiative to benefit the people, all the merchants who came to the county government meeting stood up and set an example. They not only took the lead to the county government to collect the potato seedlings from their own homes, but also specially gave them to the staff under their hands. They are on vacation, so that they have time to take their families to the government office to queue up to receive potato seedlings.

Due to the good publicity, some people took the lead to support it.So even if some ordinary people didn't know what the county lord was thinking, it didn't prevent them from following suit, so within three days, the first batch of potato seedlings brought over were taken away by everyone.

Fortunately, the county magistrate had already roughly calculated the number of seedlings needed based on the land area of ​​Fengcheng.So in addition to this batch, there are at least four batches of potato seedlings to be sent from afar.

As the scope of this measure became wider and wider, the meaning expressed by the county magistrate in the notice was also interpreted.

After understanding the meaning of the county lord, many people in Fengcheng couldn't help but praise him, saying that the county lord was indeed a clean and honest official.

All the people who want to understand the meaning of the county magistrate have all started to use their brains to get more benefits from this policy.In order to get more potato seedlings, many big families with three generations or four generations under the same roof began to divide their families, and then went to the government to separate their household registrations. In this way, with the same number of people, they can get at least two acres more The seedlings of the ground are used for farming.

The imperial court has always calculated the population according to the household registration, and the extra household registration means the extra population. This can be regarded as a great political achievement in terms of people's livelihood, and it can be regarded as a surprise for the county magistrate.

And this was not the only thing that surprised him. Due to the severe drought, the harvest in the fields was not good, which made it impossible for many tenants in the village who rented other people's fields to survive.

You must know that here in Dagan, taxes are collected according to the land, and labor is divided into households.In order to avoid slavery, at least a quarter of these tenants did not register with the government office.

The potato seedlings that are being distributed in the county now, it is stated that they are only distributed to families with household registration in Fengcheng.So in order to be able to get these seedlings, these hidden households had to go to the Yamen to register for household registration.

Now, there are more than just household registrations in Fengcheng. These tenants are all real people. It didn't take much effort, and there were twice as many in the catalog of the master book here. The number of household registrations and such a large political achievement can be regarded as excellent there.

With the extra population, Fengcheng county magistrate will get an excellent performance this year. If the methods he uses are effective during this drought, so that Fengcheng can survive the drought safely, the county The day when Ling felt that he was promoted would not be too far away.

After the potato seedlings were distributed, the county magistrate started his next move.This time, he made full use of his contacts, spent all the money he could mobilize, and bought a hundred thousand shi of grain at the cheapest price, and then when unloading at the dock, he deliberately let everyone Know that all the sacks are filled with grain.

Under the watchful eyes of the people of the whole county, the magistrate of the county transported the grain into the granary, and announced to everyone present that the grain was prepared by the imperial court for disaster relief. If the situation is under control, the imperial court will open these granaries and supply rations to the people at cost prices.

The [-] shi of grain, even if the rations are only supplied according to the population on the household registration, it is only enough for Fengcheng for more than a month if we live frugally.But most people don’t know this, they only know that those big and spacious granaries are already full of grains, and those bags full of grains are piled high together, crowding the whole granary There is not even a place to stay.

The hearts of those who watched the food were warm. They thought about the potato seedlings they planted in the field and took care of them, and looked at the grain that filled the granary.The worries caused by the drought in the past suddenly disappeared. They believed that with their hard work and the hard work of the county magistrate, everyone would be able to overcome this natural disaster with concerted efforts.

The combined punches used by the magistrate of the county and everyone brainstorming, completely fooled those grain merchants who harbored ulterior motives.Because of the confidence in my heart, there is no looting of grain in Fengcheng, and the price will not go up if no one buys it. No matter what the grain merchants use various methods, or spread rumors, or No matter how dangerous the words are, the common people in Fengcheng just don't buy them.

So during this period of time, although there was still no rain and the drought was getting worse, the food price in Fengcheng not only did not rise, but even dropped slightly.

Since the price of food cannot go up, the prices of other commodities cannot go up by themselves.Therefore, under the circumstances of the disaster year, Fengcheng has miraculously suppressed the prices.

The actions of Fengcheng's side naturally cannot escape the eyes of those who are interested. Since the county magistrate here mobilized people from all over the world to buy potato seedlings, many people have been secretly observing Fengcheng's every move. I moved.

After they punched out a whole set of combinations, the effect was immediate, and the prices in Fengcheng were immediately stabilized.

After witnessing the power of this set of combined punches, the surrounding cities immediately began to imitate the example and took action together. Suddenly, potatoes, which are not uncommon, became a sought-after commodity.

At the end of June, God, who had been raging for more than half a year, finally opened his eyes, and the light rain fell on the entire Liangzhou boundary for a whole day.

Although the rain came a bit late for the crops in the field, many seedlings in the field had died in the ground.

However, for those potato seedlings that had just been planted in the land and taken care of by the farmers, the rain came too timely, and the bent leaves immediately became straight again.

Thanks to this precious rainwater, the potato seedlings survived completely, and the farmers who saw the hope of rations also began to take care of these potatoes more attentively. Every day, people kept picking up well water , watering their plants carefully little by little.

After struggling hard for more than three months, these potatoes, which everyone had placed high hopes on, did not live up to everyone's expectations. Around mid-October, everyone felt that the time had come and started to use hoes to build burials before the frost. Potatoes under the ground.

The potatoes dug out by people are full in size and almost the size of an adult's fist. Under each seedling, there are at least eight or nine potatoes of about the same size. After digging them out, they are piled together. Statistics The output per mu surprised everyone. The average yield of these seemingly inconspicuous little things can reach 1600 catties per mu.

This number surprised everyone present, and some families who had grown potatoes before said in a puzzled voice: "I used to grow potatoes at home, and the output of this thing is high, but I can't say more." It’s only 1000 catties, what happened this time, such a quantity was actually planted? God sees that our side is about to suffer a disaster, so did you give me extra favors to increase the production of potatoes?”

He spoke in a low voice, but was still heard by the people on the side. The person who heard the words replied to him in a low voice: "Don't think about it, why is God opening your eyes? This is obviously the result of our own hard work. In the past, we planted Potatoes, don’t you just bury the germinated potato pieces in the ground, and then leave them alone. Whether they can sprout or not depends on themselves, let alone watering them every now and then. But how did the potatoes grow this time? The ones planted in the ground? They are all small seedlings that have grown strong. When the roots of the seedlings are firmly established, we have to water and fertilize them every day. It's weird."

After hearing someone explain it this way, the old farmer felt relieved. It is an ancient truth that what you sow reaps, so it makes sense that things that are cultivated with care will have good yields.

The unexpectedly high yield of potatoes has injected strength into this city that has just survived the drought.Now the household division in Fengcheng is doing very well. Most of the families here are small families consisting of a couple with several children.

On weekdays, men go out to work to earn some money, while women take their sensible children out to take care of the fields.

Most of these families have five or six people, and eight or nine are too many.This year, their family basically planted two or three acres of potatoes according to the population. Now, the yield of 1600 catties per mu is enough for them to survive the winter.

No need to be hungry, this is really a happy event, and what makes the people of Fengcheng even more happy is that just after they put the dug potatoes into the vegetable cellar, the first heavy snow fell this year .

The snow was really heavy this time, and it fell from the sky like a goose feather.In a short while, the entire Fengcheng and the entire land were buried under a piece of crystal whiteness.

After the potato harvest, there was heavy snow again. Excited people braved the heavy snow and walked out of the house, jumping, shouting and laughing loudly, welcoming the long-awaited precipitation.

Many old people held the heavy snow with tears in their eyes, and chanted the auspicious words that the auspicious snow will bring a good year.

Shen Chenxi stood at the door of the house, looking at the crazy people outside who pretended to be dead, and said silently in her heart, "It's over, all disasters will pass", as long as you don't give up, it will definitely get better and better.