"The Duke of Guo told the emperor that it was great to lead troops to fight, but it was too tiring. Now that the Jianlu have been destroyed, he has to go farm."
As soon as the merchant finished speaking, the restaurant lobby was so big and there were so many people, but it suddenly became silent.
When anyone hears this reason, the first reaction is that the Duke is fighting for fun, and it feels like it is just a game; the second reaction is that the Duke said that he wants to farm, which is very unbelievable.
In the end, a group of people could only sigh that the Duke was really a military god, and the war was like playing games.
Some well-informed people have even begun to break the news that the four nephews recruited by Duke Xingguo have made great achievements and are already guerrilla generals at a young age. Ming Dynasty may produce four young heroes who can rival Huo Qubing in the future.
This shows how powerful Duke Xingguo is.
Then a group of people began to guess where the Duke of Guo went to farm and what kind of fields he planted. Regarding this point, no one could convince others to agree with their point of view. As a result, the farming of the Duke of Guo became a symbol of the common people in the capital.
puzzle.
In fact, the farming mentioned by Zhong Jinwei is not really farming. It is just an Internet term from later generations, which means focusing on economic construction, technological development, and internal affairs management.
Speaking of which, there are no opponents of the Ming Dynasty in the north now, and Southeast Asia is still beyond its reach for the time being. It needs to wait until the navy is established. In North America, large supply points must be built so that large-scale ships can go to North America.
Therefore, during this period of time, it is most appropriate for Zhong Jinwei to focus his energy on farming.
As for being tired, after returning to the capital in triumph, being the admiral of the Beijing camp has become more or less a sinecure, so I won't be that tired anymore.
Originally, Emperor Chongzhen's intention was to let Zhong Jinwei continue to hang on. Because among so many princes and counts, the one who believed in him the most was none other than Zhong Jinwei.
But Zhong Jinwei himself did not want to give up anymore, saying that he wanted to give newcomers a chance, and recommended Cao Wenzhao to Emperor Chongzhen.
Emperor Chongzhen was also deeply impressed by Cao Wenzhao. He went to the temporary camp of King Qin's army to recruit soldiers to go out of the fortress. Cao Wenzhao stepped forward and was the highest-ranking general at the time. He was able to respond to his request and risk his own life to go beyond the fortress.
, and captured King Darhan back. In terms of loyalty and ability, Cao Wenzhao was qualified.
Therefore, after Zhong Jinwei recommended it, Emperor Chongzhen thought twice and agreed to his recommendation.
Although Zhong Jinwei has resigned as the admiral of the Beijing Camp, his task is still very heavy. Because on the surface, the Ming Dynasty seems to be prosperous and everything is moving towards a better future. But in fact, there is a huge crisis lurking. This
The crisis is a food crisis.
The most basic need of human beings is to solve the problem of food and clothing. If there is a problem with food and clothing, there is no need to talk about all other things.
They have finished building cement roads in various places, setting up free kindergartens, reorganizing the border army, building large supply points, etc.
In the original history, during the fifth year of Chongzhen's reign, a large-scale famine had already occurred in the Ming Dynasty. But now, because of the emergence of Zhong Jinwei, such large-scale famine did not occur, and very few people died of hunger.
Although this situation is maintained, a small amount of food is consumed. It is certain that the famine will continue in the next few years.
If the food problem is not solved, at least if there is not more food than in the original history, even if Zhong Jinwei has extraordinary abilities, history will eventually follow the same path, that is, there will be large-scale bandits, and the Ming Dynasty will be in chaos.
When that time comes, the situation that Zhong Jinwei least wants to see happen will happen, that is, the court will have to strangle the bandits composed of hungry people.
Therefore, the next thing Zhong Jinwei has to do is to go all out and use various means to increase the grain production and reserves of the Ming Dynasty. Anyway, the purpose is one, not to starve to death of a single Ming Dynasty citizen.
As for other things, he is also involved, but his focus is not on those things for the time being.
For example, to build a large supply point, craftsmen have been sent to Busan, Vladivostok and Hokkaido. In addition to Busan hiring Korean civilians, Vladivostok and Hokkaido will escort prisoners of war to build it.
Because there were enough prisoners of war, the imperial court had decided to start building supply points on the Kamchatka Peninsula and the Aleutian Islands at the same time.
The remaining Jianlu prisoners of war will be temporarily placed in Anshan to dig iron mines, waiting for the construction of the next batch of supply points.
As for those criminal prisoners, according to the seriousness of their crimes, they are sent to various supply points near and far to do some light work. After their sentences are completed, they will be released and returned to the country.
At this time, Zhong Jinwei had just come out of the Forbidden City and was on his way to the Royal Academy.
His number of guards with swords has increased to ten, and the number of guards transferred from Dongchang has reached twenty, still led by Gu Baichuan and Wang Peng.
The group of people all rode horses and walked majestically on the street. As long as they were common people in the capital, although many of them had never seen Zhong Jinwei, they could guess from the clothes that the leader was their respected Duke Xingguo.
.Because only among Zhong Jinwei’s guards were Dongchang officers.
No one dared to disturb the Duke of Guo, so they all stepped aside in time, and then watched the Duke go away with respectful eyes.
Zhong Jinwei was also aware of how the people in the capital felt about him. Because of this, when he looked at the bustling streets, he felt even more stressed.
Whether this superficial prosperity can be sustained and develop into real prosperity depends on whether the food problem can be solved.
Zhong Jinwei came to the research institute with high expectations. He went straight to Weibo Song Yingxing by familiar means without any notification from the guard.
In Song Yingxing's expression of surprise and surprise, before he came forward to see them, Zhong Jinwei had already asked: "Chang Geng, how are the crops you handed over last year?"
As soon as Song Yingxing heard this, he knew that Duke Xingguo was referring to sweet potatoes, corn and potatoes. Seeing that Duke Xingguo was so anxious about this matter, he quickly reported: "Gonggong, the yields of the experimental planting in the capital and several nearby provinces are not as high as
Very satisfying. But each one has some differences."
After a brief talk to calm Duke Xu Xing's urgent mood, Song Yingxing asked Zhong Jinwei to take a seat first. Just standing there seemed too impolite.
Zhong Jinwei didn't care, and sat directly on the upper seat. Then he looked up at Song Yingxing who was standing in front of him and motioned for him to continue.
"Guo Gong, sweet potatoes seem to be afraid of the cold, so the results of the northern experiment are not ideal. However, according to Guo Gong's suggestion, trial planting was carried out in farmland and wasteland, and the yields were found to be about the same. In other words, sweet potatoes can also be used
Planting on wasteland does not require occupying the original farmland. However, the yield is too low and the varieties need to be continuously improved."
Zhong Jinwei nodded when he heard this, and immediately gave instructions: "Next, you should try your best to choose varieties that are not too sensitive to the cold. The imperial court is planning to plant large areas in Liaodong, and you will be able to harvest whatever you can."