The Big Farmer of Time Traveling

Chapter 279 Potatoes and Sweet Potatoes

Lin Xiazhi and Cheng Wenliu were strolling around the field, and while watching them, they introduced Cheng Wenliu maliciously, telling him how to deal with these things in the field when they grow up, and how to eat them, so that Cheng Wenliu, who is not very gluttonous, would He swallowed twice.

"Brother Xia, are you tired, why don't we go back and rest?" Cheng Wenliu felt that Lin Xiazhi was tired from walking for too long, so he brought him back to the Lin family.

Now that the sun is getting longer, Cheng Wenliu and Lin Xiazhi are going to have dinner at Lin's house before going back to Jiangning County. After lunch, they accompany Lin Xiazhi around and send them back to Li Xiu and the others. Lin Huzi takes Cheng Wenliu to go. Look at the agricultural books he wrote.

Cheng Wenliu didn't know how to farm the land, but he could understand Lin Huzi's agricultural book at a glance, and felt that it was written very clearly. If it weren't for the irregular words and straightforward sentences, Cheng Wenliu would never have thought that it was Lin Huzi's work .

In addition to the things mentioned in the agricultural book, there are many things that Lin Xiazhi told Lin Huzi little by little, and Lin Huzi thought of it when he was farming. Cheng Wenliu would like to have such an agricultural book. With the book in hand, as long as you are willing to watch the farmers, you can plant the land well.

Cheng Wenliu praised Lin Huzi's agricultural book: "Father, your agricultural book is so good, it will definitely be snapped up by everyone after it is published."

"It's not an exaggeration. I know what level I am. Wen Liu, you are so polite." Lin Huzi scratched his head.

"Tell the truth, I dare not be untrue." Cheng Wenliu cupped his hands.

Lin Huzi was embarrassed, so he found a different topic: "Wen Liu, you are so good at business, you have opened several Jufulou, and the food at home is almost out of supply..."

Cheng Wenliu noticed that the topic had changed unnaturally, so he simply followed Lin Huzi's words.

After talking with Lin Huzi for a while, Cheng Wenliu was dragged away by Lin Chengzu. Lin Chengzu asked him to discuss opening tofu houses in two other counties, and Cheng Wenliu accompanied Lin Xiazhi back to Lin's house.

Cheng Wenliu opened six Jufulou in Lishui County. He knew which places were suitable for opening tofu houses, which places were too far away, and which counties had few beans and a small population. , Immediately settled down in the two counties and began to arrange for the stewards below to inquire about the shop.

Cheng Wenliu didn't intervene, just now Lin Chengzu asked him for advice and he said that when it came to the management of the Lin family's tofu shop, he walked away instead of standing there to make fun of it.

Seeing that he had nothing to do, Lin Xiazhi found some topics to ask him, and the time passed quickly. The Lin family moved forward the dinner time, and sent Lin Xiazhi and Cheng Wenliu away after eating.

Lin Xiazhi has been married for so long, and the family is used to it. Now there is nothing reluctant to see them go, but every time they come back, the Lin family will welcome them very much.

Sitting in the carriage going back, Cheng Wenliu recalled today's events and said to Lin Xiazhi: "Brother Xia, I don't see that daddy wrote the agricultural book quietly. I was quite surprised when he showed it to me today."

"I suggested it. I read a lot of agricultural books with my father before, and it was very difficult to read. I thought that farmers know farmers best, but there are not many farmers who can read and have the courage to write. There must be the first person to come forward. , with Dad at the beginning, it will be much easier for others to do this later. Everyone will put their minds on the fields, and they will definitely be able to find out how to increase the grain yield. Let’s publish a book and write these methods, isn’t it? A good thing that benefits the country and the people." Lin Xiazhi explained with a smile.

After hearing Lin Xiazhi's words, Cheng Wenliu thought about it and praised, "Brother Xia, your ideas are always different."

Lin Xiazhi's approach and thinking always make Cheng Wenliu feel unusual. He seems to think of what to do when he does things, and it seems that there is a deep meaning behind every step.

Like some time ago, Lin Xiazhi asked Cheng Luanjing to invite his friends to his home. After several people discussed, they planned to set up some kind of Qingdai Publishing House, and gathered a group of brothers to write scripts. Seeing Cheng Luanjing's appearance, these scripts are not ordinary.

Now I know that Lin Huzi is also writing a book, not that the script is an agricultural book, but what Brother Xia means, this is to use Lin Huzi's agricultural book as a starting point to encourage farmers to be more literate and study more farming methods.

It wasn't the first time Xia Ge'er gave Cheng Wenliu an air of country in his heart. Cheng Wenliu thought about what Xia Ge'er did, silently supported him in his heart, and gave him all the money he earned.

"By the way, Wenliu, have potatoes started to be planted in other places?" Lin Xiazhi was thinking about the promotion of potatoes. Before that, he only heard that the emperor ordered every place to plant rice twice a year. He didn't talk about potatoes. Now it's all about potatoes. During the planting season, I don't know what the emperor's plan is.

Cheng Wenliu understood what Lin Xiazhi was thinking: "I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, and I can't become a big fat man with one bite. Chun Geng just made a big move to let farmers grow rice in a new way, and immediately ordered them to grow potatoes, which might cause everyone's backlash , Our land of Jing Kingdom is in the south, rice has been the staple food since ancient times, according to His Majesty's intention, we should plan to introduce potatoes again in the second half of the year, anyway, potatoes can be planted twice a year, unlike rice that has to be harvested twice a year and must be plowed in spring For the first round of planting, as long as the people know these two benefits this year, everyone will earn and rush to plant without ordering next year."

"Okay, then try to save the potatoes my family harvested this year for the full granary, and sell them in the second half of the year and next year?" Lin Xiazhi felt that what Cheng Wenliu said was reasonable.

Cheng Wenliu nodded with lingering fear in his heart: "Yeah, the potatoes are full of grain and there is no way to keep them. Fortunately, I have asked the shopkeeper Dong to ask our father to keep the amount of Jufulou. Otherwise, I would still go to other places to buy potatoes this year. Jufu building is consumed."

"What's going on here?" Lin Xiazhi was curious.

"Do you still remember the victims who came from the north of the locust plague?" Cheng Wenliu didn't whet his appetite: "Those victims got potatoes that year and went back to plant them there. You know, those people made a lot of money growing potatoes, and the price is much higher than ours. When other people heard about it, they naturally wanted to grow potatoes, and the potatoes that were full of food were sold at such a low price. , Those people are naturally scrambling to get it.”

"It turns out that's the case, so it's okay. The soil in the north is not suitable for growing rice. Everyone can fill their stomachs by planting potatoes. If they can keep their own potatoes, the more potatoes they plant, the price of potatoes will be lower this year." It has come down." Lin Xiazhi was not surprised that the price of potatoes was expensive two years ago.

No matter how expensive it is, it will be expensive for one year. Potatoes are so high-yield, and the seeds are not sure to be in the hands of some people. When the potatoes are harvested this year, the price will naturally drop.

"That's the truth. Before there were potato seeds and only a few who knew how to grow potatoes, the price went up, and then it fell." Cheng Wenliu, who is in business, naturally understands this truth.

Lin Xiazhi had a new question to consider: "As soon as the potatoes come out, I don't know if everyone will stop planting sweet potatoes. The starch made from sweet potatoes is different from potatoes, and the taste is different. Maybe the price of sweet potatoes will increase in the future. , but sweet potatoes are more resistant to freezing, and they can be grown even when it is colder. Farmers can earn money if they can bear hardships and grow sweet potatoes for one season.”

Cheng Wenliu comforted him: "These are all things in the future. Potatoes haven't been popularized yet, so it's useless to think so much."

"That's right, how is the shop I asked you to find?" Lin Xiazhi changed the topic.

He stopped asking Cheng Wenliu now, Cheng Wenliu couldn't remember what Lin Xiazhi meant, he asked about the shop just now when he was talking about farming.

"It's next to the Liang family's shop!" Lin Xiazhi was upset, didn't Cheng Wenliu forget about this?

Or was there someone who knew that he was going to deal with Liang Ming, and felt sorry for the brother of the Liang family?

Thinking of this, Lin Xiazhi might be in a bad mood, and began to pick on Cheng Wenliu.

Lin Xiazhi was in a bad mood, and it was because Cheng Wenliu, the person who took care of him every day, who was suffering, repeatedly guaranteed that he would send someone to look for him, and he was very concerned about this matter.

To put it bluntly, he almost swore to the sky, Lin Xiazhi reluctantly let Cheng Wenliu go, and told him to tell himself immediately when he had news about the shop.

Cheng Wenliu comforted his pregnant husband, and quietly wiped the sweat from his forehead when Lin Xiazhi was out of sight. He was sweating all over in this weather.

Cheng Ping, who was sitting with the coachman, bowed a tear of sympathy to his young master outside. After the young husband became pregnant, the young master often lived in the heat of the water. He wondered if it would be better when the young husband gave birth to the child.

When it was dark at Cheng's house, Cheng Fulang said a few words to the couple and told them to go back to the house early to rest.

Back in the small courtyard, Lin Xiazhi still didn't want to talk to Cheng Wenliu, so he called Cheng Zhang to fetch him water, wash his face and feet, and then went to bed.

Cheng Wenliu accompanied Lin Xiazhi to go outside for a day, the shopkeeper Tong watched him come back and hurried to find him with his affairs, leaving Cheng Wenliu no time to coax his husband.

When Cheng Wenliu finished his work and returned to his room, Lin Xiazhi had already fallen asleep.

Drowsiness after pregnancy, Lin Xiazhi often fell asleep when he lay down, woke up in the middle of the night and woke up Cheng Wenliu to talk with him, Cheng Wenliu was used to it, and went out to wash up lightly so that he could sleep with her husband.

Sure enough, Lin Xiazhi woke up in the middle of the night and said he was a little hungry, so he asked Cheng Wenliu to bring him something to eat.

Cheng Wenliu was not angry after being woken up, and got up in a daze and lit a candle for Lin Xiazhi to get something to eat: "Brother Xia, let's wash our mouths after eating the pastry before going to sleep."

"Okay." Lin Xiazhi forgot that she was still angry before going to bed, obediently ate a few pieces of pastry, rinsed her mouth, and lay back on the bed.

Woke up in the middle of the night and tossed for a while, Cheng Wenliu didn't fall asleep so quickly, Lin Xiazhi was fine, and fell silent after a while.

Cheng Wenliu heard the sound of calm breathing from beside him, closed his eyes and put him in his arms and continued to sleep. He was busy with Lin Xiazhi today and will be busy tomorrow.

Lin Xiazhi woke up the next day and couldn't remember that he had an awkward fight with Cheng Wenliu last night, but he had a dream that made him unhappy, and when he woke up, he lost his temper again.