Zhao Yingong said with a smile: "If you have such intention, the students can help. [Read the full text]"
Sun Yuanhua twisted his beard and said nothing. Zhao Yingong mentioned "tuntian" just now, and he already vaguely understood what the other party meant. It is true that the land price for farming in Dengzhou is indeed very cheap, but the land reclamation process is complicated and requires a lot of investment. The person in charge must be able to endure hardships and be smart and capable enough. It is not an easy thing to make a fortune. This person gave up the good life in Hangzhou and Guangdong and came here to start reclamation. What is his intention? He couldn't help but be suspicious of Zhao Yingong's purpose.
If Zhao Yingong hadn't been strongly recommended by the Hangzhou Church and the Jesuits, he would have served tea to see the guests off with some false talk. However, since this person has been recommended by the Jesuits and has gained the trust of the Hangzhou Church, it shows that this person is "reliable" - especially the attitude of the Jesuits. Although the Jesuits were "not of my kind", they at least had nothing to do with the terrible factional strife within the imperial court. What Sun Yuanhua was most afraid of was neither the overseas aliens nor the Tatars of the Later Jin Dynasty, but the powerful princes in the court and the palace.
He asked tentatively: "There is no fertile wilderness in the Denglaiqing area, and the land is very saline. I wonder if you have any tips for clearing up wasteland?"
Zhao Yingong knew that his settlement proposal was a bit abrupt - things without benefits will always arouse suspicion. He was prepared for this and immediately ordered Jiying to deliver a box.
Sun Yuanhua opened the box. Inside was a handful of crop seeds, some dried stems and a gray dried vegetable. Sun Yuanhua had certain research on agriculture. I immediately recognized that the seeds of the crop were common reed millet in Jiangnan. It is occasionally grown in villages along rivers and seaside, but it is actually a type of sorghum.
Sorghum is a common crop in the north, and Sun Yuanhua is no stranger to it. Although reed millet is a crop that is independent of land and climate, and is very adaptable to the barren land of Dongsan Prefecture, the best yield per mu is only three hundred kilograms. Compared with the millet and soybeans commonly grown here, there is no advantage. Moreover, it is eaten rough and is not popular as a food crop.
"This is reed, which belongs to sorghum." Sun Yuanhua didn't take it seriously, "What's so good about it?"
Zhao Yingong thought that Lao Sun was worthy of being an agriculturist's disciple and daughter-in-law. He actually recognized it as reed millet, and he was indeed not an indiscriminate person. He said, "Since you know this is reed millet, do you also know the beauty of the straw of this reed millet?"
"When the crops are young, the straw is very sweet, and children in the countryside often think of it as candy. Book mí group 2"
"Yes, this straw has a sweet taste and can be boiled into sugar to make wine..."
"Boil sugar to make wine?" Sun Yuanhua was surprised. To make wine, either grains or fruits are used. I have never heard that wine can be made from straw - what would it taste like? As for using straw to boil sugar, it is even more incredible. Sun Yuanhua knew that millet, sorghum and other grains could be used to make "glucose" - which is actually maltose. Straw is firstly used as feed for cattle, sheep and horses, and secondly it is used to return to the fields as fertilizer. Now someone told him that it can be used to boil sugar and make wine. Of course I find it unbelievable. He shook his head, just couldn't believe it.
"Where did the students get this secret technique from the Australians?" Zhao Yiggong said in a low voice, "You always know that Australians, agricultural workers, and workers all have secret techniques that can often make people rich?"
Sun Yuanhua nodded. He had heard of such a statement before - it was said that the Australians sold Guoshi Wushuang in Guangzhou. He once sent people to buy a lot of them as favors. At that time, he was not interested in such outrageously expensive products. After some research, I thought. The so-called Guoshi Wushuang is just a specially distilled soju.
Although it was just soju, he thought that he did not have the ability to make an exquisite soju to make such a drink. If the Australians really had a way to make sugar and wine out of reed millet stalks. Not surprising.
He was doubtful, then picked up the dried vegetables and looked at them. Judging from its gray and black color, there is nothing unusual about it. There are some traces of salt frost on the vegetable leaves.
"This is Haiying cuisine." Zhao Yingong introduced, "It can tolerate salt-alkali and drought, and can survive countless people in famine years."
Sun Yuanhua nodded with admiration. Natural disasters were frequent in the late Ming Dynasty, and agriculturists paid great attention to the study of famine relief. One of the things they often did was to search for and try various edible wild vegetables. In addition to many books like "Wild Vegetables" that specifically introduce the appearance, origin, and eating methods of wild vegetables.
"This thing is beneficial to the country and the people." Sun Yuanhua said, "Could it be that it is also produced in Australia."
Zhao Yingong said: "This species is plentiful on the Nanzhi seaside and grows everywhere, but few people know about it. Only the salt people and fishermen on the seaside eat it. The students thought that it can also be introduced on the seaside of Dongsanfu, and there is no need to cultivate it. Although it is not of great use, it can still save a temporary emergency."
These remarks greatly moved Sun Yuanhua. It also aroused his interest in land reclamation, and they also had a discussion about local agriculture. Dongsanfu is firstly mountainous and hilly, and secondly has many seaside tidal flats and saline-alkali land. Even contemporary agriculturists like Sun Yuanhua have a headache on how to do agriculture well.
Zhao Yingong then sold out what he had heard from old times and what he had witnessed in Nanhai Farm on weekdays. Although they are all trivial, many of the concepts and ideas are very novel, especially some of the views on the development of mountains and hills in Dongsanfu, which made Sun Yuanhua feel like he had met a close friend.
Zhao Yingong also proposed that he wanted to recruit refugees from all over Shandong to reclaim wasteland in Denglai area, hoping to give them a name to avoid being criticized by the local officials.
"Recruiting refugees, you should first register with the governor's office in the East Three Prefectures. I will give the governor to each prefecture and county to allow you to do it easily. It's just that the West Three Prefectures are difficult to deal with." Sun Yuanhua expressed embarrassment. The West Three Prefectures are under the jurisdiction of the Shandong Governor. Within the scope, I cannot interfere.
"However, refugees have feet——"
"Students understand." Zhao Yingong said quickly.
"As long as you understand." Sun Yuanhua smiled. The two of them talked about the current situation from the flood of Yizhou, and gradually talked about the plight of the imperial court. He suddenly asked Zhao Yingong: "Mr. Zhao, according to you, what is the first priority of the court now?"
Zhao Yingong was taken aback for a moment, as this was a bit of a questioning of him. He was neither Sun's staff nor Sun's subordinate, so it seemed strange to suddenly ask about such a big deal.
He figured out what Sun Yuanhua meant, and said calmly: "The first priority of the imperial court is neither to suppress bandits nor to protect prisoners, but to raise wages."
"Raising wages?" Sun Yuanhua said, "Mr. Zhao's experience is indeed different." He nodded a little as he said, "It makes sense. Whether the court is training troops, suppressing bandits, or guarding prisoners, the only thing that matters most is wages!"
"What your Excellency said is absolutely true. Pay is the source of military force. As long as the pay is sufficient, why worry about recruiting elite soldiers and brave generals? Why worry about not being able to defeat the enemy?" Zhao Yiggong's words were completely based on the thinking of people at the time. But these words are not wrong: the entire situation in the late Ming Dynasty was almost entirely ruined by the Ming court's poor financial policy.
Sun Yuanhua, Zhang Tao and others were training troops in Shandong and planning coastal defense. The biggest difficulty was the lack of food and pay. The intermittent supply of food and pay made the army unstable, and mutinies over pay frequently occurred. Such an army would be physically and mentally exhausted just to maintain stability, let alone go out to fight.
Just a few months ago, Dongjiang Town had the Pidao Mutiny due to the issue of military pay. Although the matter was later resolved, the matter provoked a fierce attack on Sun Yuanhua from the DPRK and China. If Xu Guangqi and Zhou Yanru had not dealt with it, It was very difficult for him to pass this level.
"But the salary source is scarce. It is impossible to reduce expenditures, and it is difficult to increase revenue." Sun Yuanhua sighed.
Zhao Yingong said: "In fact, the salary was barely enough, but the losses were too much..." As he said this, he slightly paid attention to Sun Yuanhua's expression.
Of course Sun Yuanhua understood what he meant: food and wages were insufficient to begin with, and civilians and military generals at all levels were exploiting them at all levels. It would be good if 30 to 40 percent of the 10 percent could reach the hands of soldiers - the Pidao mutiny was also related to the general's deduction of military wages. But the matter is too big and complicated, and it is not appropriate to discuss it in depth with such a newcomer. He asked again: "Sir, where can this source of revenue be found?"
This is Zhao Yingong's strength. He immediately cheered up and began to demonstrate the contribution of industrial and commercial taxation and overseas trade to finance. Of course, he takes his beloved Song Dynasty as an example. He talked about the argument that "the Southern Song Dynasty was able to resist the Jin and Ming Dynasties for more than 150 years with only half of the country, and it relied on the income from industrial and commercial taxes and overseas trade." It incorporates a large number of papers and data found by experts in large libraries. He actually said it succinctly.
"Sir, great talk." After listening to his lofty talk, Sun Yuanhua nodded slightly and said noncommittally.
Zhao Yingong suddenly became alarmed. When he met Sun Yuanhua for the first time, he spoke so eloquently that no matter whether he was right or not, it would always make people feel that he was superficial and arrogant. He immediately felt regretful and stopped going into the details. He only said: "The student is lying."
Sun Yuanhua smiled and said: "What nonsense? I will still rely on your great talent in the future." He said, "For your affairs, go to the Yamen in a few days and submit a post, and I will arrange it."
"Yes!" Zhao Yingong lowered his head and replied, "I always ask adults to cultivate him."
"Easy to say, easy to say!" He said and picked up the tea bowl.
Zhao Yingong stood up in a hurry when he saw it, and Sun Yuanhua sent him out. He asked him to stay in front of the hall, but the master refused. He waited until the door of the hall and stopped him again and again, and then Sun Yuanhua turned around and left.
When Zhao Yingong left the governor's office, he had gotten most of the things he wanted. The most important thing is a famous card from Sun Yuanhua. With this thing, although the traffic in Dongsan Mansion is not unimpeded, it can at least ensure general safety. Of course, Sun Yuanhua also reminded Zhao Yingong that there were frequent military mobilizations near Dengzhou, and guest troops often passed through the border. Most of the guest troops were lawless, and theft and robbery occurred from time to time, so he was asked to avoid it as much as possible. If he wanted to open up wasteland, he must build a stronghold. As for his proposal to open a boat shop, Sun Yuanhua also expressed support, saying that he would take care of people to issue license plates to ensure smooth navigation on the sea.
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