Bullsh * t Kangxi and Qianlong Era, Isn't It Just a Sweet Potato Era?
The village that Ye Jin wanted to go to was not far from the county town, about 20 miles away.
If he rode a horse, it would only take one or two incense sticks to burn.
The Jiangnan area was relatively flat, but there were also continuous hills.
This manor called 'Ye Clan's Ao' zi 'was located between a few small hills.
Jiangnan was the most beautiful season in March and April.
The mountain flowers were blooming, and the dead branches were sprouting.
The mountains and plains were filled with the vitality of spring.
He rode his horse on the mountain path as if he was walking in a paradise.
The group rode around a small hill that was covered with green bamboo forests. In the distance, a small village came into everyone's sight.
This manor was the destination of their trip-the Ye Family's Ao Zi.
The Ye Clan's Ao 'zi was located between a few small hills. Because it was the village where Ye Jin settled the refugees, it was named the Ye Clan's Ao' zi.
This manor was originally the property of a petty official in Shangyuan County.
Later, this petty official was convicted and imprisoned, and he died inexplicably in an accidental fire.
Therefore, this village was confiscated by the county government and used to settle these refugees.
The Ye Family had over 300 mu of dry land and 200 mu of paddy fields. In Jiangnan, where land was expensive, it was considered a considerable amount of wealth.
However, this bit of land was barely enough to fill the stomachs of the 1,000 to 2,000 refugees.
However, they had brought their families to the rich Ying Tian Prefecture to beg. Previously, they had no place to stand at all.
Now, he could have his own land and house.
For these refugees who were already used to being displaced, it was already considered a fairy-like life.
Therefore, when they saw Ye Jin riding into the manor, regardless of whether they were working in the fields or walking on the road, they all knelt in Ye Jin's direction and bowed devoutly.
Ye Jin was also very helpless when he saw this.
Although he had already warned these people not to kneel and bow to anyone, these people nodded in agreement when he said it and forgot about it in the blink of an eye.
The next time she saw him, she would still kowtow and bow.
It was a classic example of 'bravely admitting one's mistakes and resolutely not changing.'
As time passed, Ye Jin could only let it be.
However, he only made one request, which was that these people should go back to what they were doing after kowtowing. They should not circle around him every time he came.
The refugees accepted this.
Therefore, after kowtowing to him, she went to do what she had to do.
Not long after entering the manor, Ye Jin brought Guo Er and the others to the entrance of a large courtyard with three entrances and three exits.
Just as they got off their horses, an old man walked over with a few young people.
The old man was about to kowtow to Ye Jin, but Ye Jin quickly held him back and said helplessly,"I already said that you're old enough to be my grandfather. Aren't you wasting my life by kowtowing to me at such an old age?!”
The old man grinned, revealing his yellow teeth.""Daren is an official, and this little old man is a citizen. A citizen kowtowing to an official won't shorten their lifespan.”
He turned his head and saw that the young men behind him only bowed with cupped hands. He immediately raised his cane and knocked at these young men.
As he hit her, he scolded her,"Master doesn't allow us to kowtow to him because he sympathizes with us. However, don't forget your duty as a human being. Now, our family has food to eat, our children have new clothes to wear, and we have Master to enlighten us (study). It's all because Master pities us. If this old man sees anyone who dares to be disrespectful to Old Master again, this old man will break their legs…"
Frightened, these young men quickly prostrated on the ground.
Bang bang…
He kowtowed three times before getting up.
Ye Jin was helpless.
This was because every time he came to the Ye family's village, this scene would happen again.
He knew the reason.
The old man was using such a simple and crude way to show his loyalty to him, to show that he and the others did not forget their roots.
Sigh!
Who said that the toiling masses were honest?!
The common people had a lot of simple little wisdom.
However, Ye Jin only saw through it and did not say anything.
Because the old man was right, one must never forget their roots.
It was his grace that he did not let them kowtow to thank him, but they could not forget that he was the one who fed them.
After the old man finished his performance, Ye Jin supported him and walked into the courtyard. As they walked, he asked,"Elder Lu, are the sweet potato vines and pumpkin seedlings ready?!”
"It's all ready. We'll just wait for Sir to come and inspect it before loading the truck. They were all fresh vines that the old man had asked someone to cut early in the morning. The pumpkin seedlings had just been pulled out of the ground and were still fresh.”Old Man Lu said with a smile.
As the two of them were talking, they had already arrived at the courtyard.
As expected.
At this time, the yard was already filled with sweet potato vines.
Ye Jin let go of Old Man Lu's hand and picked up a bundle of sweet potato vines. He looked at it carefully as if he was looking at the most precious treasure in the world.
Sweet potatoes couldn't be planted directly with seeds. Instead, they had to grow vines first, then cut them down and insert them into the soil to sprout.
This was the reason why sweet potatoes produced so much and cost so little.
The vines from a sweet potato seed could fill a large piece of soil.
Pumpkins were also a high-yield food.
Pumpkins were both food and vegetables.
It could be eaten as food or as vegetables.
Moreover, ripe pumpkin was easy to store. It would not be a problem to store it in a dry place for a year or so.
It was a necessary reserve of grain in the year of natural disasters.
Ye Jin carefully inspected the sweet potato vines and then looked at the pumpkin seedlings. He could not help but show a satisfied expression.
The sweet potato and pumpkin seeds were rewarded by the system.
Not only sweet potatoes and pumpkins, but also high-yield crops such as corn and potatoes.
As well as tomatoes, peppers, peanuts, rubber, and other vegetables and cash crop seeds.
Ye Jin gave all these seeds to Old Man Lu and the others to experiment with.
There were two main reasons for him to place these refugees in the Ye family's depression. One was because he pitied these refugees. The other reason was that he had many high-yield crops rewarded by the system, but he did not have the time or experience to cultivate these high-yield crops.
With this group of refugees, he would save a lot of time and effort.
Moreover, in the future, when these high-yield crops were promoted to the whole world, the Little Ice Age more than 200 years later would not pose too much of a threat to Da Ming.
It wasn't that Ye Jin liked the Ming Dynasty, but that he really didn't like his ancestor to have a money-rat braid.
He did not like his ancestors being looked down upon, slaughtered, and called the Sick Man of East Asia.
He didn't like the fact that China's 5,000-year-old history and culture had suddenly been cut off after more than 200 years.
Therefore, since he had come to this era, he would do his best to do something for this era.
More than 200 years later, the slavery dynasty relied on the sweet potato to create the so-called 'prosperous Kangxi and Qianlong Dynasties.'
Ye Jin did not believe it.
He also had the Great Potato Killer in his hands now, so he still could not create a brilliant and prosperous world.
Haha.
Bullsh * t Kangxi and Qianlong Era, wasn't it just a sweet potato era?
Who didn't know how to do it!
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