Three Three Two, the small businessman selling potatoes

When did potatoes come to China? It was said in later generations that many people talked about it, but Zhu Yuanzhang, who had watched history for hundreds of years, knew it very well. In fact, in the late Ming Dynasty, the name was not potatoes, but potatoes.8 9.  . c o m The famous scientist Xu Guangqi of the late Ming Dynasty wrote a book called "Complete Book of Agricultural Affairs", which recorded in this paragraph: "Taota, one potato, one yellow. The leaves are as vines as beans, the roots are round as chicken eggs, and the inside is yellow... Cooking can also be steamed. Taro juice is also boiled, washed greasy clothes, and white as jade..."

Xu Guangqi's "Complete Book of Agricultural Affairs" began in 1607, and has been adding supplements within several years. He wrote chapters such as "Sweet Potato Shrimp", "Turn Turnips", "Jibei Shrimp", "Great Cotton Planting Methods" and "Daiyuan Bamboo Planting" and added a lot of relevant information to it. Until Xu Guangqi died in 1633, he was adding things to it. In other words, the introduction of potatoes into China must have been before 1633, that is, before Chongzhen sixth year...

This year happened to be the spring of the sixth year of Chongzhen, which was the year when Xu Guangqi passed away. Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang came to Xi'an this time and had great expectations for it, but he didn't expect that he actually found it here.

At this time, potatoes were still a very rare crop for farmers in the Ming Dynasty. Only a very small number of farmers dared to try to grow this crop. Most farmers still plant rice and wheat according to tradition, and dared not grow this thing.

Actually, this is understandable!

You should know that the farmers at that time valued land very much. They all relied on land to live on their own. Some poor people had only one or two acres of thin fields in their families. Their family lived on this little field to live on, so that they could plant crops they had never seen before. They were unwilling and dared not. Even if they were modern people, they might not have the courage to make such attempts. Once they failed, they would have no harvest within a year. Suppose you worked well in one company and dared to change jobs to another small emerging company that could not even guarantee income? And they would not be able to regret it for a year after the job change.

In short, potatoes cannot be tried by the people's will. They must be promoted by administrative power to make the general public accept it. However, in the late Ming Dynasty, the court was in a state of turmoil and almost paralyzed. How could they have the strength to promote new crops? Therefore, potatoes were not valued. It was not until the 17th century that the regime established by the Qing Dynasty was basically stable that this crop began to become popular and later became one of the four major grain crops in our heavenly dynasty.

Some people sued the Qing Dynasty for the Kangxi and Qianlong periods, and they could not starve people to death. In fact, it was not because the Qing Dynasty's administrative ability was stronger than that of the Ming Dynasty, but because the Qing Dynasty had three treasures, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn. The Qing Dynasty was a piece of shit. Under the rule of shit, the people survived with these three treasures!

It can also be seen that these crops are really strong.

Zhu Yuanzhang, with Xu Renjie and Xue Hongqi, slowly walked towards the potato-selling businessman, feeling quite happy. However, before he could reach the stall, a group of people suddenly rushed out from the side and stood in front of the potato-selling stall.

"Hmm? Someone wants to grab this batch of potatoes?" Zhu Yuanzhang was slightly curious. There should not be many people in this era who have the vision to identify the benefits of potatoes.

He was afraid that the good thing would be taken away, so he quickly took two steps. However, when he got closer, he realized that the person who took the lead was actually an acquaintance! Who is this person? The second young master of the Ma family, Ma Zhibin!

Ma Zhibin is already thirty years old this year. Compared to when he met in Baishui, he is still half a year old. However, the feeling he gives people has not changed. He is still a lazy and idle style. He is wearing a brocade robe and a fan in his hand. A group of idle men around him can tell at first glance that they are all ignorant and cheating people.

"What did this guy come out to do?" Zhu Yuanzhang frowned slightly.

I saw Ma Ershao standing in front of the potato stall, laughing, suddenly stepping on a potato, and stepping on it. A pretty potato was trampled down by him, with a few ugly marks cracked on it, and a little light yellow juice flowed out of the cracked area: "Can you eat this broken thing?"

"Oh, what are you doing?" The little merchant selling potatoes jumped up: "How can you stomp my goods?"

Master Ma Er smiled arrogantly: "No matter how you look at this thing, it looks like some kind of broken flower and grass roots! When can we sell the bark and grass roots in the Ming Dynasty? Get out of here, get this position."

After hearing this, the little businessman selling potatoes understood that a local snake was coming to steal his stall... Zhu Yuanzhang, Xue Hongqi, and Xu Renjie next to him naturally understood.

"It's amazing, why didn't this local snake occupy a stall in advance? But it had to snatch it from merchants from other places? Don't local people have more time to find a good location in advance?" Xue Hongqi said curiously.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled but said nothing, but he guessed that the Ma family was a rice merchant, so he must have mixed it at the critical moment of such a sudden transaction. It was probably Ma Zhixiong, the eldest son of the Ma family, who handed this matter to his second brother, but the second young master was also a careless person. He might have gone to somewhere to play a few days ago. Now he wanted to build a stall, but the market was full. He chose a small foreign businessman who seemed easy to bully and took advantage of the position of others.

The little merchant just jumped up to protest, but was bullied by a dog-legged man behind Ma Ershou, slapped him in the face, and then kicked him hard on the ground. The little merchant also followed a few servants behind him, trying to come forward to protect the master, but as a result, many people on Ma Ershou came and rushed up. Within three or two rounds, all the friends on the little merchant were lying on the ground.

"Take your bark and grass roots with you!" Ma Ershou stepped on the potatoes, stepped on one and then stepped on the second one, as if these things were really worthless, but the hardness of the potatoes was not low in the food. Ma Ershou was a false stand again. After stepping on them a few times, he clucked his soles of his feet, screaming in pain.

"These are not bark and grass roots! These things are called taro, they are good things!" The little businessman hugged his head and cried on the ground: "Don't break them... I lost all my money and ran to the business... Don't step on them..."

"Spend everything in stock, and it makes people laugh!" Mr. Ma really stopped stepping on it. It was not that he didn't want to step on it, but that he really made his feet stomping on potatoes. He stepped aside and waved his hand, "Children, stop, and watch the local buns close the stall and leave."

The idle gangsters stepped aside, and the little businessman then got up, knelt on the ground to clean up his stall, picked up the potatoes that were kicked away and wrapped them. His tears flowed, and he couldn't express his grievances. However, after being in the world for a long time, he had to learn to bow his head. People are not familiar with the place here. If he competes with local snakes, he will only suffer. He has to swallow his anger.

Xue Hongqi was furious and rushed forward with a pinch of her pink fist.

Zhu Yuanzhang quickly reached out and pulled her sleeve and dragged her back: "Don't go..."

"Why don't you go? I feel unhappy if I don't beat him up."

"You are a maid, isn't it eye-catching to use punches to knock down a group of gangsters?" Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and sighed: "And neither the Grand Marshal nor me can show his face in front of Ma Er Shao. He recognizes both of us..."

"What?" Xue Hongqi was stunned: "This gangster actually recognizes you two? Wait... Brother Zhu Ba, you are a famous hero, and it is not surprising that you are recognized by others. But the Grand Marshal, the monkey, is covered in a face all day long, why does Ma Er Shao recognize him?"

Xu Renjie no longer wanted to hide it from Xue Hongqi. He snorted and said, "I took off my mask and was the master of Rice Shang, who everyone knows in Baishui. This gangster is also a rice seller in Baishui. He is named Ma Zhibin. We all know each other."

Xue Hongqi: "..."

No wonder this guy asked me to act like a rice merchant to attack Dali. At that time, he knew the price of rice, grain transport teams, etc. It turned out that this was the reason. Xue Hongqi suddenly realized it.

"Although it's very pitiful, we can't interfere!" Zhu Yuanzhang said lightly: "Let's go, go to the corner of the street outside the market and wait for the little businessman to come out."

"But... shouldn't the evil people be punished?" Xue Hongqi was seriously upset.

"No... the evil people must be punished! But you don't have to punch him in broad daylight in front of countless people." Zhu Yuanzhang said lightly: "Let's deal with this matter again. In fact... I also want to settle some old accounts with Ma Er Shao."

If you hate evil like hatred, in fact, few people in the world can compare with Zhu Yuanzhang. Even those who are too righteous like Wang Er may not be as jealous as those of the evil people. Zhu Yuanzhang hates and is even more cruel! After Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne in the last life, he really killed the evil people in the world and brought him the name of a evil person on his body. It's just that Xue Hongqi didn't know his essence.

The three of them left the market and were waiting around the corner of the street outside the market.

After a while, I saw the little businessman selling potatoes and his friends walking over with huge packages. The people were crying, and the tears made two tears marks on their dark faces, which was quite sympathetic.

"Master, the stall was stolen... the taro can't be sold... What should we do?"

"Woo... the travel expenses were spent... it was difficult to even return to my hometown..."

Several men felt very miserable and couldn't help crying. But the little businessman wiped his tears and said, "Don't be afraid, there will always be people who know the goods. This taro is not afraid of drought, cold, or barren land. It is most suitable for planting in places like Shaanxi and Xi, so I will bring it to Xi'an to sell it. As long as we can find someone who knows the goods, we can make a lot of money. Then you poor boys can get married."

As soon as he said this, he suddenly felt someone patting his shoulder, and a voice rang in his ear: "Congratulations, the person who knows the goods is here."

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Thirty-two Change Note: Actually, this chapter was written yesterday morning. Yesterday morning, I got up as usual and sat in front of the computer. When I first started writing this chapter, there was a sudden earthquake in Ya'an. Since the place where I live is not far from Ya'an, I also felt the vibration. There were people running upstairs and downstairs to the open space. There was a noise outside, and relatives, friends and friends were shouting and running naked...

At that time, I was thinking, Damn, it's an earthquake! Am I running away? Or not? If I run away, I will be interrupted tomorrow! I am very afraid of death, but I am even more afraid of being scolded by readers! So I sat in front of the computer and scribbling tenaciously. I was so shocked to death that I buried me. I would never have to be a hard-working scriber again. It would be better to be a strong man to move bricks with this meager royalty!

As a result, I won! God didn't shake me to death! Today's chapter was successfully coded! (To be continued.
Chapter completed!