nashuaworldcup Chapter 243 Bringing immense wealth to the Lin family!
Chapter 243 Bringing immense wealth to the Lin family!
Seeing everyone's astonishment, Gu Jingzhi smiled bitterly and said, "Everyone, this land has been given to the people. It's a win-win for both the court and the people. Now that the people have food in their hands, what do you think they will do?"
"Ok?"
The Qiao family father and son were stunned.
The prince, who was quite knowledgeable about politics, asked, "Population?"
"Not bad!"
Gu Jingzhi glanced at the Crown Prince approvingly and said, "Now that the people have money and food in their hands, they will naturally seek a better life, either by sending their children to school or by having more children. In this way, the population of our Great Xia will experience explosive growth in the next few years!"
"The population is increasing, but arable land is limited. If a disaster strikes, famine will naturally occur again!"
"This……"
When everyone heard this, they immediately frowned.
What Gu Jingzhi said is very likely to happen. After all, the government can't tell them all these details, right?
The prince asked: "If that's the case, how should we solve it?"
"This requires improving farming practices, but it won't happen overnight. Fortunately, we have time now, so there's no need to rush!"
Gu Jingzhi smiled.
He is already working on improving farming practices. Whether it's composting technology or the spacing between seedlings, these planting methods have not been deeply studied in the ancient world.
When I saw people planting before, they were all so densely packed, as if the space was not big enough. This planting method not only fails to win by quantity, but will squeeze the living space of the seedlings, making the soil insufficiently fertile, and ultimately leading to reduced yields of all seedlings!
Moreover, without enough living space, it is difficult for the seedlings to survive!
Gu Jingzhi has specially assigned people to test this planting technique. As long as there are results in the autumn harvest this year, they can report it to the court.
At present, the terraced fields have just been built, and the soil is not fertile enough, so the effect of the rice planting technology cannot be reflected. However, Ningzhou is not without other land, especially the Lin family, who listen to Gu Jingzhi's words!
As for other rice research technologies...
To be honest, when Gu Jingzhi first came to know about Mr. Yuan's hybrid rice technology... he had read a lot of literature and had a rough idea of how to cultivate it. Although he was not that proficient in farming, there must be people in this era who have a deeper understanding of farming, right?
Everything he said today with the Crown Prince and others was written into a memorial and submitted to the court. As for the research on hybrid rice, he did not explain it directly, but only talked about the method of building terraces and asked Emperor Xia to send a group of officials who were proficient in farming to study and discuss it.
As long as these people can come and catch the rice flowering and pollination season, whether they can develop hybrid rice depends on luck!
……
The next day.
Gu Jingzhi and others left Fufeng.
As soon as he came back, Gu Jingzhi went to the Lin family. When Mr. and Mrs. Lin heard that Gu Jingzhi had come back, they immediately ran out to greet him. When they saw Gu Jingzhi and his wife, they immediately held his hands with heartache.
"You kid, I told you not to go, but you insisted on going. Farm work requires a lot of effort and hardship. Look, it's already dark... How can a scholar like you endure this?"
Lin Feng: "..."
Lin Yong: “…”
The two brothers were speechless. Lin Feng thought, "It's true that my cousin is a scholar, but is he just an ordinary scholar? Do you think that eight feet tall and muscular body is fake?"
I can't even last more than a few moves against him!
As for Lin Yong, he also followed Gu Jingzhi to Fufeng this time, but he didn't know about Gu Jingzhi's martial arts. He just felt that he had fallen out of favor.
My cousin is a scholar, but am I not one?
"Grandma, you are too partial to our cousin. We brothers have been working in the fields with him all this time!" The two brothers of the Lin family felt so resentful!
Who would have thought that Old Lady Lin would glare at the two of them and say, "You? You're strong and tough, and you can fight. So what's wrong with farming? And you..."
Old Lady Lin glared at Lin Yong and said, "You've been studying at home with your father since you were little, and you've become a lazy bum. What's wrong with going to the fields to do farm work? Your cousin is just trying to help you..."
"..."
Got it!
No more love, destroy it!
The two brothers looked at each other with a look of despair, but Chen Yu stood aside and smiled.
This was Gu Jingzhi's first experience of family care, and so was it for her.
For more than ten years, she and her brother have depended on each other. It was only after she met Gu Jingzhi that the couple, although they did not like to show their affection in front of outsiders, were both considerate people.
It was from Gu Jingzhi that she felt such deep care!
Now that I see that my husband has such kind relatives like the Lin family, I feel happy!
Gu Jingzhi looked at Old Lady Lin's unusual double standards and couldn't help but laugh: "Grandma, please stop praising me. My two cousins won't be happy if you continue praising me!"
"They have both been very diligent recently. Brother Feng has made great contributions in suppressing bandits, and Brother Yong has studied diligently. If they enter the court one day, they will surely become good officials who care about the people!"
"Humph!"
Old Madam Lin raised her head proudly and said, "That's all thanks to your cousin's support. Otherwise, the two of them would be wandering around the city all day, not doing their jobs properly..."
"..."
The corner of Gu Jingzhi's mouth twitched.
Got it!
This old lady...there's nothing we can say!
Gu Jingzhi gave a faint wry smile, then looked at Old Man Lin and said, "Grandpa, I came here to visit you two, and also to discuss some things with my eldest and second uncles!"
"Oh? Looking for them?"
Mr. Lin smiled and said, "But do you need your two uncles' help again?"
"Yes and no!"
Gu Jingzhi smiled slightly and said, "It's not only a help, but also a gift of wealth to them both!"
"Wealthy?"
Old Master Lin was surprised and asked, "That's strange. When you first started governing Ningzhou, it was said that the little money in the treasury was all allocated by the court. What kind of wealth can you give to your uncles?"
"Hehe! Don't worry about this, I'll talk to my two uncles. You just stay home and enjoy your life!"
"Ha! You're still acting mysterious with grandpa! But that's fine, your uncles are handling all the family matters right now, so I, an old man, won't be involved!"
Old Master Lin said cheerfully, "You've been traveling so long, let's go inside and have some tea. You can go and talk to your uncles!"
……
The two uncles of the Lin family were busy outside and came back at dinner time. After dinner, Old Mrs. Lin took the children and women to the inner hall to talk, leaving behind Gu Jingzhi and a group of other men.
Mr. Lin looked at everyone and said, "Jingzhi just said he had something to tell you. Let's talk over tea!"
Upon hearing this, Gu Jingzhi smiled and nodded, saying, "I came here today to ask my two uncles if they are interested in expanding their business in Ningzhou, or even expanding their business to the entire Daxia in the future..."
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