"Young Master, you can't dismantle it!"
"This is the family fortune that my old father-in-law acquired!"
"Uncle Quan, please believe me. The people who come here will tear down all the glazed windows immediately!"
Li Hongbi gave the order with rare seriousness.
The old housekeeper could only obey.
Been busy all night.
Li Jinglong went home satisfied.
He also took Sheng Yin along with him.
The two looked at each other and smiled, saying nothing.
However, when the two returned to the Duke's Mansion, they were instantly dumbfounded.
The originally majestic and solemn Duke's Mansion was now extremely noisy and noisy, and all the glazed windows above the doors and windows were missing.
Li Jinglong stared at this scene blankly, his head exploded, and then he silently walked to the door and backed out.
"No, something's wrong, it must be because I haven't woken up yet!"
"Just now, I stepped into the palace door with my left foot. This time I used my right foot..."
Li Jinglong walked into Cao Guogong's mansion with his eyes closed, and then opened his eyes again.
The result was the same, it was useless.
"damned!"
"Who did this?"
"What about the Duke's mansion where I am so exquisite?"
Li Jinglong instantly became red and warm, and he was furious!
After all, this Duke's Mansion is the property of their old Li family, the last frontier of their family.
Even though he, Li Jinglong, was incompetent, he had been guarding the house conscientiously. He even bought some exotic flowers and plants from time to time to decorate the house, just in the hope that the ancestral house of the old Li family could be more beautiful.
It turned out that he just stayed in Qinhuai for one night, and when he got home, he was robbed!
"Report to the official!"
"You must report it to the official!"
"You damn bitch, you dare to damage my house!"
Li Jinglong shouted angrily, and then attracted the old butler Li Quan.
The whole family looked tired, and said with a bad look: "Stop howling, this is demolished under the order of the young master."
Li Jinglong: "???"
ah?
ah? ? ?
Why did Hongbi start demolishing his home?
Is it because I, the father, stayed out last night?
Li Jinglong sat on the wax all of a sudden.
"My young master also demolished the back garden, and all your flowers and plants were cut up..."
As soon as these words came out, Li Jinglong was stunned for a moment, and then he howled like a slaughtering pig!
"Li Hongbi, you are such an evildoer, I will fight with you!"
When the old man rushed over, he saw that the entire back garden had changed. All the precious flowers and plants he had bought with a lot of money were thrown on the ground as if they were weeds. Instead, there was a large shed with a Glazed top!
Glazed top!
You are such a loser!
Li Jinglong couldn't bear it anymore and decided to educate his son today.
Even if Cao Guogong's family has a great business, he can't be so wasteful!
When Li Jinglong walked into the shed, he saw Li Hongbi squatting on the ground, looking at something carefully, his hands still covered with soil.
"My son, what are you doing?"
Li Hongbi didn't even raise his head, or even move his eyes.
"came back?"
"Dad, please give me an order. No one is allowed to enter or exit this greenhouse at will."
"Except for you, my son, me, and Uncle Quan, there are also the five old farmers who were transferred from the manor. The rest are strictly prohibited from entering, otherwise they will be dealt with according to the family law!"
"If outsiders enter this shed, every one of the guards from the Duke's Mansion will have their legs broken and sent to the countryside to farm!"
As soon as these words came out, Li Jinglong was immediately shocked.
What is going on?
Uncle Quan also had a look of horror on his face.
He had never seen the young master look so solemn.
Li Jinglong also squatted down, and what he saw were just a few young seedlings, which were not considered rare treasures. There were a lot of them in the countryside.
"Son, what on earth is this?"
Li Hongbi looked up and decided to tell the truth.
After all, he is still busy with the affairs of the Imperial College and cannot stay in the Imperial Palace all the time.
Therefore, the important task of guarding the sweet potato seedlings can only be given to Li Jinglong... Forget it, as long as this old dude doesn't harm it.
It's better to leave it to Old Uncle Quan to look after it, so that people can rest assured.
"Dad, Uncle Quan, do you know how much rice is produced per acre in the south?"
This question is very profound, at least for Li Jinglong.
He was an old dandy who was well-dressed and well-fed. He stretched out his hands when wearing clothes and opened his mouth when food came. He never paid attention to these things.
But the old butler Li Quan was different. He was responsible for managing the fields under the name of Duke Cao Guo, so he knew a lot about farming.
"My young father-in-law, due to the different climates between the north and the south, wheat is mainly grown in the north. A young and strong man can get up to more than two hundred kilograms of wheat from one acre of land, which is about one or two stones."
"The rice yield in the south is higher, but the higher yield is limited. On average, the average rice yield is about two hundred kilograms per mu, which is about two stones."
"In the Jiangnan region, due to the numerous rivers, high water levels, and fertile soil suitable for rice growth, the rice yield per mu is relatively high, generally between three hundred and four hundred kilograms, which is about three to four kilograms. !”
In the Ming Dynasty, one stone weighed almost one hundred and twenty kilograms.
Li Hongbi was not surprised when he heard this number.
In later generations, rice production could easily reach more than one thousand kilograms.
But this is the Ming Dynasty after all, and the production technology is backward and far from being comparable to that of later generations.
This is the staple food for the people of the Ming Dynasty in the north and south. Wheat in the north yields one or two shi per mu, and rice in the south yields three or four shi per mu.
Therefore, a rough calculation shows that if a family in the north wants to maintain food and clothing, if they do not cultivate thirty to fifty acres of land, it will be difficult for several members of the family to have enough to eat.
A family in the south does not have ten acres of paddy field, so it is impossible for them to survive even if they think about it.
It is precisely because of the low output that there are so many hungry refugees.
But the crux of the problem is that the Ming Dynasty is in the Little Ice Age. The climate will only get colder and colder, and food production will become lower and lower. In the end, it will not be enough to feed millions of people. In addition, the powerful and gentry continue to After annexing the land, there will be refugees and hungry people everywhere, and the dynasty will collapse!
Li Hongbi looked at the two of them and said with a smile: "What if I told you that there is a new grain species in the world that can produce a yield of twenty or thirty dan per mu?"
Li Jinglong was stunned when he heard this, and then sneered: "Two, three, four stones per mu? That's nothing special. My son, are you stunned? This is not as good as the rice production in the south of the Yangtze River..."
"How much?!" The old butler Li Quan trembled, and his voice suddenly rose to a higher pitch!
His voice immediately startled Li Jinglong and made him unable to stop him.
"What are you howling for? I'm scared to death!"
"Isn't it just two, three or four stones? Why are you howling?"
"Are you deaf? That's twenty or thirty stones!" Li Quan didn't tolerate Li Jinglong at all and roared crazily.
"Wait! How much did you say?!" Li Jinglong was shocked, with a look of horror on his face.
Twenty or thirty stones!
The yield per mu is twenty or thirty stones!
How the hell is this possible?
"Son, please straighten your tongue and talk!"
"Is it "two, three or four stones" or "twenty or thirty stones"?"
"This is really not a joke! This is something more serious than human life!"
Li Jinglong was extremely excited and looked at Li Hongbi with hope.
Li Hongbi rolled his eyes at him angrily and gave him the answer directly.
"Two, three, four stones, is it worthy of my paying so much attention?"
That's right!
It’s not worth two, three or four stones!
That means... twenty or thirty stones!
Li Jinglong and Li Quan looked at each other, and both could see the ecstasy in each other's eyes.
"Go and give the order!"
"This place is listed as a restricted area for the Duke's Mansion!"
"Except for you, me and the five honest old farmers, no one is allowed to enter without permission!"
"This thing will be the foundation for our country's government to settle down, and it will also be the biggest trump card of my old Li family!"
Li Jinglong and Li Quan nodded frantically, their eyes almost bloodshot.
"At least, before I cultivate enough grain seeds, the news must not be leaked. Do you understand?"
All fools know what will happen once this thing is promoted!
There is nothing better than this to have Buddhas in every family and have unparalleled merits!
