Chapter 1425 Bet (Happy birthday to book friend Wang Chunting)
Man Bao thought for a while and then said: "But my father said that farming is the foundation. If my fourth brother and others want to go out to do business, they must first cultivate the land at home. They can make a lot of money from doing business, but I always want to
, if it becomes easy for businessmen to make money, wouldn’t it mean that many people would abandon their land to run businesses, and what would happen to the food then?”
Bai Shan nodded, "This is exactly what I'm worried about, so I still have to find ways to increase grain production. Unfortunately, the new wheat seed is just a kind of seed, and I've looked at the statistics of our Zhuangzi's account books over the years, and it seems that the grain seed is deteriorating.
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Man Bao said: "This is not degradation, but adaptation."
Bai Shan was confused and "adapted"
Manbao nodded and said firmly: "It is adapting to our environment and evolving into grains that are more suitable for our local growth and inheritance. Didn't you find that there was a big difference between the maximum and minimum yields of wheat fields in the past, but it has been stable in the past two years?"
A lot."
Bai Shan recalled the data, and it was true.
He raised his eyebrows slightly and said: "I thought you were only focusing on studying medicine now. When did you also go to the account books?"
Man Bao lowered his head in embarrassment. She noticed it when she was checking the accounts during the Chinese New Year, but she didn't go back and check them one by one. Instead, she asked Ke Ke directly.
This explanation was also given by Keke.
The maximum yield of the new wheat species has been reduced, but its genetics are more suitable for the local environment. In the east, west, north and south, any place suitable for growing wheat has slowly evolved into a wheat species suitable for the local area.
And the yield is much higher than that of original wheat seeds.
Man Bao said: "Didn't you ask the head of Baizhuang to select the best wheat seeds before coming out? I believe that year after year, the wheat seeds in the future will only get better and better."
Bai Shan nodded. Wheat is the main food for people north of the Yangtze River. The yield of rice is not as good as that of wheat. Now that new wheat seeds have been distributed to various places, its role will be obvious in the next two years.
If ten acres of land could only feed one person in the past, but now perhaps only five acres can be used, then there will be a lot more food, which can naturally be used for business.
Thinking of this, Bai Shan stopped writing and pulled out a piece of white paper to calculate. Man Bao lay outside the window and said to him: "But it is not enough to increase the production of one kind of grain by new wheat seeds, at least this increase in production is not enough."
Yes, if you want to benefit business, you have to stabilize the land, and then you have to reduce taxes for farmers. Otherwise, under heavy profits, the land will definitely be abandoned, and it may be transferred around, and all of it will be in the hands of aristocratic families."
She said: "You have forgotten those books we read, how many dynasties perished at the hands of aristocratic families."
Bai Shan laughed and said: "That is just a fake historical story, how can it be taken seriously?" x
Man Bao looked at him seriously and said, "Then do you think that book is reasonable?"
Bai Shan paused for a moment and began to frown and think.
Man Bao said: "Look, you think it's reasonable to use it when it's self-serving, and when it's not beneficial, you say it's a pseudo-historical script. Then we won't talk about those scripts, and we'll just call it our official history. The previous dynasty was
How did he die?"
The nobles of the aristocratic family rebelled and were destroyed. The current royal family, the Li family, is the Longxi aristocratic family and is a noble family.x
Manbao said again: "How did the previous dynasty be destroyed?"
Coincidentally, he was also killed by a powerful man, and it was his father-in-law who snatched the throne from his son-in-law and grandson.
Man Bao: "How did Zai Zai Zai Qian dynasty be destroyed?"
The situation became even more chaotic. The subsequent emperors were all puppets of aristocratic families. In the end, the dynasty was overthrown by a group of nobles from aristocratic families.
Manbao spread his hands and said, "Look, the same is true for official history."
She directly concluded his article, "I think your article is definitely not up to standard."
Bai Shan raised his eyebrows high and said with a smile, "That's not necessarily the case."
"Then let's make a bet"
Bai Shan: "Just bet, what do you want to bet on?"
Man Bao thought for a while and couldn't figure out what she wanted to bet on. The main reason was that she was reluctant to take out the things, so she said: "Betting on money is a bad person's behavior. Let's bet on other things. If you lose, sir, you can arrange it for me next time."
You can do my homework for me. If I lose, how about I also do your homework for you?"
Bai Shan: "I don't need you to help me with my homework. Forget it, why don't you give me your short sword?"
Man Bao flatly refused: "No."
Bai Shan rolled his eyes and said, "If you lose, then you accompany me to Xuandu Temple to enjoy the peach blossoms. If you don't bring anyone else, just the two of us will go."
Man Bao smiled and nodded repeatedly, "Okay!"
Mr. Zhuang and Xiang Mingxue came back slowly from the outside. As soon as they entered the yard, they saw the two young masters talking inside and outside the window. There were smiles on their faces, and they didn't know what happy things they were talking about.
Mr. Zhuang asked aloud, "Why are you lying on the window talking in this cold weather and not entering the house?"
It was already the end of February, and although the spring breeze was blowing everywhere, unfortunately, the past two days had been cold and very cold.
Man Baocai made a bet that she would write her homework for her. Mr. Zhuang suddenly appeared, frightening her and making her feel guilty. She stood up and made an excuse: "I just wanted to say a few words to him."
After saying that, he made an excuse and ran away.
Mr. Zhuang saw her running towards the garden and turned to look at Bai Shan.
Bai Shan's face in the window was slightly red, and he also put away his homework and said: "I, I have been at my desk for a long time, so I went to the garden to get used to my eyes."
Also ran away.
When Xiang Mingxue saw that they had all run away, he smiled at Mr. Zhuang and said, "Young man is really lively."
Mr. Zhuang laughed and said, "Master Xiang is not very old, but he looks like an old man."
He smiled and said: "You are in your prime, and your legs and feet are better now, so you should consider getting a wife."
Xiang Mingxue didn't expect that this matter would involve him. He paused for a moment and then said with a wry smile: "Sir, you are joking. I am just a commoner now, and I am still a penniless commoner. Which girl would be willing to marry me?"
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There are still a lot of them. After all, the autobiography of Xiang Mingxue written by Bai Erlang is very popular now. Although most of the readers are men, there are also many women who are chasing the book.
What's more, there are gentlemen in teahouses who buy books to tell stories in teahouses.
When Mr. Zhuang went to the teahouse to drink tea, he often heard girls talking about how good a woman must be to marry Xiang Mingxue.
Therefore, Mr. Zhuang felt that it would not be difficult for Xiang Mingxue to marry.
Moreover, he didn't think it would be difficult for him to make money. After all, he was able to organize people to assassinate the King of Yizhou in such a difficult situation, and was caught three times in a row.
But now, the imperial court has returned Dongxizhuang to him, as well as some properties that were confiscated due to the extermination of the Xiang family. It is not difficult for him to make money.
Mr. Zhuang then smiled and said, "I wonder what kind of person Mr. Xiang likes. Maybe I can be a matchmaker for you."
Xiang Mingxue: If I had known better, I wouldn’t have made fun of Bai Shan and Zhou Man.
Just one sentence can cause so many things.
Man Bao wrote down today's bet with Bai Shan on her notepad at night, so as not to forget it. She felt that as long as her husband and the doctor of Guozixue were not fools, they would definitely write back his article.