Five hundred and thirtieth eight chapters flush toilet
After robbing Zheng Zhilong's property, Li Zhi led the fleet back to Hsinchu and rested in Hsinchu city for two days. Net
It was the beginning of the fifth lunar month, it was already midsummer, and the daytime in Taiwan was very hot. During the day, Li Zhi hid in the "Tin Kingdom Duke's Mansion" built by Zheng Hui to rest and read a few ancient books at will. At night, Li Zhi took
The guard went out for a walk.
The sea breeze is very strong in Hsinchu at night, blowing away the heat above.
Zheng Hui knew that Li Zhi was out, so he rushed over from the general's house to accompany Li Zhi on the inspection.
Li Zhi inspected the pig and sheep farms in Hsinchu, and then suggested going to the countryside to have a look.
Zheng Hui is a skilled manager, and Hsinchu's water conservancy facilities are well-constructed. In addition to dragon-tail trucks for irrigation, there are also dams in the countryside. After the dam raised the water level, Zheng Hui built a canal from the reservoir formed behind the dam.
Use canals to irrigate land away from river banks.
Li Zhi was riding a horse in the countryside. All he saw was rice fields everywhere, green under the moonlight.
The weather is hot at this time, and farmers avoid working under the scorching sun during the day. At night, many farmers are weeding in the fields, and there is a busy scene everywhere.
Li Zhixin walked away from the horse and led his guards all the way to the east, and came to a large area of crops with low stems and leaves. The plants grew leaves one by one from the ridges, each leaf was as big as half a palm. The area in that area was round.
For several miles, this kind of crops are grown.
Li Zhi looked at it carefully and asked curiously: "Zheng Hui, are these sweet potatoes?"
Zheng Hui replied: "The Duke is right, these are sweet potatoes. People in Hsinchu are relatively wealthy and want to eat meat. Pig factories consume a lot of pig food every day. We encourage farmers to plant them in places that are not suitable for growing rice."
Sweet potatoes, hundreds of thousands of acres of sweet potatoes have been planted.”
Li Zhi nodded.
Sweet potatoes are a crop introduced from the New Continent. Unlike corn and potatoes, sweet potatoes immediately adapted to Chinese soil after being introduced to China and achieved higher yields per mu. In places such as Zhangzhou, Fujian, which has a narrow area and a large population, sweet potatoes have grown in the Ming Dynasty.
Eventually it even became a major food crop, feeding many local people.
The soil in Taiwan is similar to that in Fujian, mostly red soil, which is also suitable for the production of sweet potatoes.
But in the prosperous Jiangnan area, sweet potatoes have received a cold reception. Excessive use of sweet potatoes will cause a series of discomforts such as abdominal bloating, making them unsuitable for staple food. The price of sweet potatoes is very low. People in Jiangnan have good harvests from planting rice, but they are unwilling to plant sweet potatoes.
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Further north, sweet potato production has declined, and it is not as popular as in Fujian. Hong Chengchou once promoted high-yielding sweet potatoes in Shaanxi, which almost triggered a civil uprising.
But sweet potatoes are cheap compared to rice and flour. If there is a famine, sweet potatoes can save lives.
Li Zhi introduced sweet potatoes to Tianjin a few years ago as a rotation plant planted after the winter wheat harvest. Most of the harvested sweet potatoes are purchased by pig farms, which also increases farmers' income to a certain extent. So Li Zhi is interested in this crop.
Very familiar.
Li Zhi looked at those sweet potatoes, thoughtfully, and asked: "Zheng Hui, how many kilograms of sweet potatoes are produced in Taiwan in a year?"
Zheng Hui cupped his hands and replied: "My lord, Taiwan has enough sunshine and abundant rain. If managed properly, this acre of spring potatoes can produce 2,500 jins of spring potatoes and 1,500 jins of summer potatoes. In total, one acre can produce 1,500 jins of sweet potatoes in a year."
She gave birth to more than 4,000 kilograms."
"If sweet potatoes are used as the staple food, this acre of sweet potato field can feed four adults, which is very impressive. But eating too much sweet potatoes will make your stomach uncomfortable. As long as there is rice to eat these days, no one is willing to eat potatoes."
"Good stuff! Ask the kitchen to make sweet potato porridge for me to drink tomorrow morning!"
Li Zhi praised him, said no more, turned his horse and rode elsewhere.
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The fifth lunar month is already the typhoon season, and fifty-three ships are rushing back to Tianjin to sell goods to Japan and return to Tianjin. Li Zhi is fully loaded with the silver he stole from the Zheng family and follows the fleet back to Tianjin.
Returning to Dagu Port in Tianjin, what Li Zhi did first was to give bonuses to the sailors, gunners and soldiers who participated in the battle. The fleet had more than 2,000 sailors, nearly 6,000 gunners and 10,000 soldiers of the Tiger Division, and each of them was given a silver reward.
Fifteen taels. Li Zhi rewarded nearly 300,000 taels of silver at once, which greatly delighted the combatants who returned home in triumph.
There were very few casualties in this battle, with only a few dozen soldiers injured. For the nearly 20,000 combatants, this casualty ratio was very small, and it can be said that there was no risk. The artillerymen, soldiers and sailors took the money and rushed to Tianjin.
He and Fanjiazhuang went to the city to spend money, and the restaurants and brothels in Tianjin were crowded.
After this battle, Li Zhi became the overlord on the East Asian sea. The soldiers had outstanding achievements and deserved the reward of fifteen taels of silver.
After returning to the General Military Mansion, Li Zhi rested for a day and then went to visit the soldiers injured in the battle.
Huan Lide was the soldier with the heaviest casualties in this battle. His two right legs were broken by cannonballs from Zheng Jiafu's ship and he lost the ability to move. Although he was rescued by the medical team and amputation was performed, Huan Lide was saved.
His life was lost, but Huan Lide could no longer work.
According to Li Zhi's rules, wounded soldiers like Huan Lide could receive a disability allowance of two to five taels per month, as well as a second-class warrior medal. From then on, they received preferential treatment everywhere in Tianjin. It can be said that although Huan Lide was disabled from then on
However, his good life will not be lost because of his disability. He can still live a decent life with subsidies and medals.
Li Zhi took Zheng Kaicheng and his guards to Sanheng Street in Fanjiazhuang and walked to Huan Lide's house.
Seeing the Duke of Jin coming to visit the wounded, the people in Sanheng Street were very excited and crowded onto the road to see Li Zhi. When Li Zhi lived in Fanjiazhuang a few years ago, citizens could often see the "Big Boss"
Li Zhi. However, after Li Zhi entered Tianjin Acropolis in these years, the common people could no longer see Li Zhi. Now that they had the opportunity, the citizens gathered around to watch the excitement.
Seeing that the citizens missed him, Li Zhi nodded to them on his horse. Unexpectedly, this nod ignited the atmosphere of the street, and the happy people cheered loudly!
Li Zhi smiled, jumped off his horse and walked into Huan Lide's villa.
Huan Lide rented an entire villa. The Huan family's daughter-in-law was waiting at the door with a little daughter. When she saw Li Zhi, she knelt down and kowtowed. Li Zhi quickly helped him up. Li Zhi walked into the room and walked to Huan Li.
He stood in front of De's bed and said with a smile: "Huan Lide, does the wound still hurt?"
Huan Lide nodded and said, "My lord, it's still very painful when I return home, but I'm lucky to have saved my life."
Li Zhi nodded, took a silver second-class warrior medal from the guard behind him, put it on Huan Lide's chest, and said with a smile: "Okay, Huan Lide, even though you have no legs in the future,
But you are also my hero in Tianjin. Whether it is court proceedings or daily matters, Tianjin will take care of you."
Huan Lide nodded excitedly and said loudly: "Thank you, Mr. Guo."
Li Zhi nodded and looked at the furnishings of the Huan family to see what the Huan family still lacked.
He suddenly smelled a strong smell and couldn't help asking: "Why is the room so smelly?"
Huan Lide's daughter-in-law blushed and said, "The toilet door may have been blown open by the wind. I'll close it!"
Li Zhi was stunned, and secretly thought that he originally designed this toilet in a small villa, which had pros and cons. It was convenient, but the smell was also difficult to control. The toilet originally designed by Li Zhi was directly connected to the underground septic tank.
A strong odor is inevitable.
The originally solemn ceremony was interrupted by the smell of the toilet, which made people feel a little embarrassed.
Li Zhi nodded and said: "The living standards of the people in Fanjiazhuang cannot be defeated by the smell of this toilet!"
Li Zhi smiled and patted Huan Lide on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Huan Lide, I will go back to make the toilet immediately, and complete the first equipment for your home. I will ensure that your home will never stink again in the future.
