So he soon embarked on his first adventure! On this day, he packed the carefully selected sweet potato vines and put them in the cargo box. The sweet potato vines were mixed in with the goods and could not be seen unless you looked carefully.
When they passed the border, the sweet potato vines indeed got through. Chen Zhenlong took a deep breath and felt relieved. However, during the transportation process, the box was suddenly knocked over by a pedestrian, and the contents rolled out. The sharp-eyed staff immediately discovered the sweet potato vine.
Chen Zhenlong suddenly realized that he had picked it up on the roadside and thought it was a rope. He originally wanted to use it to tie goods. The staff saw that he was sincere and gave him a verbal warning and a fine, so they let him go.
After the adventure failed, Chen Zhenlong was unwilling to accept it and began to plan a second one. This time he was well prepared. He bought 10 pots of flowers in advance and put the flowers in baskets made of sweet potato vines. The stems and leaves of the flowers are intertwined with the sweet potato vines, which at first glance appear to be a natural fit. Chen Zhenlong feels that he will definitely pass this time.
But he was still careless! Unexpectedly, the inspector took out every pot of flowers and inspected them thoroughly, and in the end only a sweet potato basket was left. So this time he couldn't defend himself. Not only was he fined, he was also arrested. Later, with the help of friends, he was able to escape.
After failing twice in a row, Chen Zhenlong was very frustrated, but he decided to try again. Instead of going home and starving to death, he might as well give it a try!
At the same time, he also realized that it was not easy to bring sweet potato vines back to China. He quickly summarized the reasons for the failure and came up with a foolproof strategy.
Chen Zhenlong discovered that the sweet potato vines were very similar to the hemp ropes on merchant ships. If they were dyed the same color, they could completely deceive others. He spent 300 yuan to buy a sweet potato vine, cut off the leaves, entangled them with hemp rope, and covered it with mud.
As expected, this time he successfully escaped strict investigation, and Sweet Potato Vine returned by boat with Chen Zhenlong. When the merchant ship sailed out of the Philippines, he finally let go of his hanging heart and let out a sigh of relief! Tears welled up in my eyes with excitement.
Then he hurriedly took down the sweet potato vines and soaked them in water, fearing they would wither. As soon as the boat docked, Chen Zhenlong jogged back home and planted sweet potato vines in the soil. After more than three months of careful care, the sweet potato vines have grown all over the yard.
When I dug it out and looked at it, I was dumbfounded. The fruit was thin and small, not like what I saw in the Philippines. After research, Chen Zhenlong found that it turned out that the soil was too hard, which hindered the normal growth of sweet potatoes.
However, Chen Zhenlong firmly believes that he will be able to grow big and sweet sweet potatoes. He began to ask his son to regularly loosen the soil and fertilize the sweet potatoes. His hard work paid off and the planting was finally successful.
Under the leadership of Chen Zhenlong, people in eight villages soon began to grow sweet potatoes, which greatly alleviated people's hunger problem. People found that the surface of the dug sweet potato was bright red and very festive, so they renamed it "sweet potato". In some places, it is also called "sweet potato", "red potato" and "sweet potato".
Later, someone brought sweet potatoes to Shandong and promoted them. Soon, sweet potatoes were planted throughout the Central Plains. Later, sweet potatoes spread throughout the country.
As a businessman, Chen Zhenlong, with a great love for saving the country and the people, risked his life to introduce sweet potatoes from the Philippines to China and saved countless Chinese people. He is a well-deserved hero. Moreover, after the food crisis, the country's population also increased significantly, with the population exceeding 100 million for the first time.
Later, in order to thank Chen Zhenlong for his life-saving grace, someone built the "Xianshu Pavilion" and "Xianshu Temple" in Wushi Mountain, Fuzhou to commemorate him. People often say that when you eat rice, you don’t forget Yuan Longping. Now you can add another sentence: when you eat potatoes, you don’t forget Chen Zhenlong.
Now that Liu Haojia is here, Chen Zhenlong's honor is gone! Moreover, after Liu Haojia obtained the sweet potatoes, he specially entrusted them to send them to Shaanxi, Shanxi and other regions to try planting them. He also specially bought two farms there and designated the farmers to grow sweet potatoes. Anyway, he is not in a hurry to promote it. He believes that in another ten years, this kind of thing will naturally spread.
It was close to the end of the year when Liu Haojia started to deal with these matters. Their family is preparing to return to the capital to celebrate the New Year. Before returning to Beijing, he even made a special trip to the streets. But now when he went to see it, it was different from before!
Now that Tianjin Chengdong has completely grown into a large-scale city, the original dumbbell-shaped layout has completely changed.
It became a long strip. On both sides of the road between Tianjin County and the fiefdom, many houses and shops were built, and the population became more dense. Liu Haojia was also quite surprised when he saw what he saw in front of him!
He had heard from reports from various places that Tianjin Chengdong had changed greatly, but he had not yet had an intuitive impression. Now in his actual view, Tianjin Chengdong has almost become the new center of Tianjin!
The biggest problem now is that there is only one city gate in the east of the city, which seriously hinders the flow of people and goods. Nowadays, many people no longer plan to go through the city, but go directly around Tianjin County, which may be faster!
Seeing this situation, Liu Haojia directly asked the county magistrate who followed him: "Are the shops and residential buildings on both sides of the road planned?"
Now the county magistrate himself is Liu Hao Jia'an's father. When he heard the question, he immediately said: "Don't worry, Mr. Marquis. According to the rules of the Marquis, the drawings are reviewed before the sale of land and construction are allowed. On both sides of the Shops and residences are registered with the county government."
Liu Haojia said: "Of course I know about this. What do you mean, are you on the Yellow Book?"
The county magistrate even nodded and said: "Up, up! Don't worry, Lord Marquis, lower officials don't dare to do anything about this kind of thing!".
Liu Haojia said: "Of course you are not willing to do anything, because you are afraid that the people under you are not clean and will fool you!"
The county magistrate gritted his teeth and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Hou! Ever since I received the teachings from Mr. Hou, I have also paid great attention to communication with my subordinates. The things below cannot be hidden from my officials!"
Liu Haojia heard this and said with satisfaction: "Very good, keep this state and you will have a bright future in the future!"
The county magistrate and the county magistrate looked at each other with wry smiles upon hearing this. The two of them have been abandoned by the scholars because they took refuge with Liu Haojia! The scholars thought that they were flattering warriors and had no integrity! Nowadays, except for some merchants here in Tianjin who still have some friendship with them, there is no human relationship at all!
Because people in the scholarly community thought that the two of them were shameless people, they disdain to interact with each other. Even when I returned to the capital, there was no one to entertain me or give me a banquet. My life was very frustrating! But being an official in Tianjin is extremely fat! Moreover, Liu Haojia promised to recommend them to Emperor Wanli in the future, so they could only grit their teeth!
