Zhang Ren complained in his heart: I really shouldn't have come...
He was not worried about what happened between the two people. Although the Ming Dynasty ethics were strict, to put it bluntly, they were unfairly strict.
Just like the famous Wenjun running at night in history, Zhuo Wenjun was criticized a lot in the Ming Dynasty, but no one said anything wrong with Sima Xiangru. After all, they were in love, and Sima Xiangru did not kidnap Zhuo Wenjun by force. Go away, the scribes of the Ming Dynasty may also hope that such a thing will happen, how can they blame it?
It's similar when it comes to Gao Pragmatic and Huang Zhiting. As long as Gao Pragmatic is not forced, it doesn't matter to Zhang Ren. Even if it is just a matter, it is an elegant thing and it is no big deal.
As for whether Huang Zhiting's reputation will be damaged, to be honest, Zhang Ren doesn't care. He even thinks that Huang Zhiting himself may not care very much - a child chieftain is not a Han woman. The customs are very different and the rules are not very strict.
This is naturally a typical prejudice, but there are many people holding this kind of prejudice at this time, including Zhang Ren.
What Zhang Ren is struggling with is, when will I be able to get to the point if this continues?
Fortunately, when Gao Pingshi saw Huang Zhiting blushing with embarrassment, he was willing to help her change the subject. He turned to Zhang Ren and said, "Futai, my family is not good at poetry, so I have to show my embarrassment, I have to show my ugliness... By the way, now the teaching assistant is about to step down." , I wonder what Futai’s plans are for Guangxi in the future?”
Seeing that Gao Pingshi changed the subject, Zhang Ren breathed a sigh of relief and said first: "I don't dare to take it seriously." This was in response to Gao Pingshi's self-proclaimed "attendant."
Then he said: "Actually, I asked Zhizhi to come to Tianchi Villa this time because I also want to ask for advice on this matter."
The two exchanged a few more polite words before getting down to business.
The question Zhang Ren raised was quite normal. He just wanted to ask how Guangxi should be developed, especially in the "economic" aspect. As a person who has studied psychology for most of his life, he really didn't know very well.
Gao Pragmatic has thought about this issue carefully before. Guangxi does not have large coal mines or large iron mines, so it cannot take the path he often takes. If it wants to develop, it is nothing more than the method of "supporting the mountain and eating the mountain".
That is what he had decided before: focusing on the three major industries of various types of marine lumber, tung oil, and sugar production. After these three major industries have reached scale, Guangxi will be completely economically self-sufficient. As for the shortage of grain production, it will be very convenient to buy from Annan nearby.
And because once these products become abundant, Guangxi will definitely not be able to digest them and can only transport them out. This will revitalize the entire water and maritime transportation in Guangxi. Once transportation is revitalized, there may be many small industries that are highly pragmatic and unexpected. Being revitalized.
Of course, Gao pragmatically had no solution to the food problem in Guangxi before, but now he has good news for Zhang Ren, that is, Gao Qi brought him sweet potatoes and corn.
The biggest advantages of corn and sweet potatoes are their strong adaptability and low land requirements. They can be planted in barren mountainous hills and slopes without competing for land with traditional rice and wheat.
However, according to Gao Pragmatic's impression, it seems that judging from the situation of later generations, although these things can be grown in both north and south China, it seems that there are more corns in the north and more sweet potatoes in the south. As for potatoes, there is no certainty. It seems that both north and south many.
In fact, this is highly pragmatic and has not been studied in depth. Sweet potatoes are relatively warm-loving and cold-resistant, and stop growing below 15 degrees. Therefore, although they can be grown in the north, they are not as good as growing in the south; while corns Different, its cold resistance is better, and there is another key point, which is an important consideration for growing corn in the north, which is the role of corn stalks.
Corn stalks can not only be crushed and returned to the field, but also made into feed - this is especially important!
The animal husbandry in the north has always far exceeded that in the south. The Ming Dynasty even required private horses to be raised. Therefore, corn and orange stalks, an excellent feed, will be much more useful in the north than in the south.
Although Gao Pragmatic knew this but didn't know why, he believed that agricultural experts in later generations could not all eat dry rice. Since there is more corn in the north and sweet potatoes in the south, there must be a reason. The reason cannot be just Northerners love to eat corn, while southerners love to eat sweet potatoes.
Therefore, before finding potatoes, his plan was to vigorously promote corn in the north and sweet potatoes in the south.
Why not promote it at the same time?
Because it’s easier to do big things if you concentrate! Although there are many people under his command, if they are thrown into the entire Ming Dynasty, it is still not a drop in the ocean? Promoting a new agricultural crop naturally requires a little more concentration.
So he recommended sweet potatoes to Zhang Ren without saying a word.
It's a pity that although Gao Qi got a lot of sweet potatoes, they were divided here and there by Gao Qingshi. He doesn't have many with him now. After a long ideological struggle, he took Zhang Ren back to Tianchi Courtyard. Reluctantly, he took out two of them and asked his men to bake one and cook the other.
After a while, Zhang Ren sniffed hard and said in surprise: "How come these sweet potatoes are so... fragrant?"
Gao Pingshi was amused in his heart. Roasted sweet potatoes do have a "spicy aroma". He recalled that when a street stall roasted sweet potatoes, you could smell them from across the street.
Needless to say, these two sweet potatoes - also known as sweet potatoes - directly conquered Zhang Ren.
Of course, he didn't just think it was delicious, that was actually secondary. The key was that Gao Pragmatic introduced that this thing could be planted casually on the mountain, and it didn't even need to be taken care of. The yield was also very large, even higher than farming. many.
What does that mean? This means that even if it does not become the staple food of the people of the Ming Dynasty, it is at least a sacred item to prepare for famine!
Especially for Guangxi, this is even more incredible!
There are only a few acres of farmland in Guangxi, which are all mountains. This thing can be grown on the mountains and the yield is so huge. Isn’t it a divine thing?
"This is a God-given treasure!" Old Man Zhang looked so excited that Gao Pragmatic once again felt the concern of the "natives" of the Ming Dynasty for food, even far more than him, a later generation who knew the power of the Little Ice Age.
Zhang Ren grabbed Gao Pragmatic's hand tightly and said: "How many seeds are there in this thing? Can you leave some with me first? I want to plant a few acres myself... Oh, let's plant a few acres on the mountain and see. If it's true, To tell the truth, I will kowtow to you on behalf of Guangxi... no, on behalf of the people of the world!"
Gao pragmatic was so frightened that he didn't even dare to say it - just kidding, this old master is much more senior than him, if he asked him to kowtow to express his thanks, would he still want to hang out in the future?
Then he brought out his acting skills and performed a scene in which "holding hands and looking into tears, but speechless and choking", and then said some touching words, as if Gao Longwen had gone through ninety-nine and eighty-one difficulties to finally achieve this. Zhang Ren was so moved by the appearance of the plant that he repeatedly emphasized that as long as the trial was successful, he must go to the high press to ask for credit.
Wonderful!
Gao Pinggong said sincerely: It’s better for me to do it myself than Zhang Ren. If he, the old master, is willing to go out of his way and be more exaggerated in the memorial to ask for merit - in fact, there is no need to exaggerate, sweet potatoes are really that powerful. ——When the time comes, won’t I want to become famous all over the world again?
Of course, being famous all over the world is a trivial matter. Mr. Gao is not lacking in fame now. The key is that after this thing is promoted in Guangxi, it can radiate to various places. How many famine problems can be solved by then?
Saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda. Once this promotion is completed, my pagoda may not be able to build the Tower of Babel!
The reputation of the golden cup and the silver cup is not as good as that of the common people. If someone calls the sweet potato "Gao Gongshu" or something like that in the future, I, being pragmatic and pragmatic, will consider my visit to Ming Dynasty in vain just based on this fact!
