All Hail Cousin Brother

The batch planted around the Dragon Boat Festival is still in the minority due to limited seeds.

It was not until the batch of vines planted around the Dragon Boat Festival, which coincided with June and July, that they were planted on a large scale in various regions of the country, and this batch was the most numerous.

Mother Yue beamed with joy: "The old farmer in the farm said that sweet potatoes are cheap to plant and cheap to work. If you don't pick the time, plant early and harvest early, plant late and harvest late, and you can harvest in November at the latest."

The old farmer in the village had made such a guess before, but it was not confirmed, and Yu Youyao still had it in his heart.

Now that the speculation has been confirmed, a big stone in my heart has finally settled.

Mother Yue also looked excited: "The earliest batch of sweet potatoes in our farm was planted at the end of February. When it was harvested, the old farmer said that this batch was planted early and ripened early, so it was harvested a month later. The harvest is the best."

"Planted around the Dragon Boat Festival, now is the best time to harvest, and this batch has the highest yield, so it should be the best season for seed value."

"However, the old farmer in the village also said that the climate and temperature differences in different regions are different, and the timing of sweet potato ripening is also somewhat different. The climate in the second half of the year in the north is dry and cold, and the sweet potato ripens around August and September."

"The temperature in the south is suitable. May and June are the best time to plant sweet potatoes, and October is the ripening period for sweet potatoes. The sweet potatoes in Zhejiang will definitely have a good harvest."

Yu Youyao is very happy: "The yield of sweet potatoes is high, and they are full. From February to October every year, the planting period lasts almost half a year, and it is cheap. If planting can be promoted across the country, most people will be able to fill their stomachs. .”

Mother Yue smiled: "Sweet potatoes have been widely planted in the north and south regions, and the planting area will definitely be expanded next year. It will take less than two years for the whole country to grow."

With her own strength, the eldest lady turned the tide and solved the famine problem of some victims during the flood in Zhejiang and the drought in the north.

In the future, the scope of sweet potato planting will expand, and tens of millions of people in the world will also benefit from the fact that sweet potatoes are resistant to dryness, ridges, and poverty. and many more.

At that time, the young lady will benefit in the present and benefit in the future.

Yu Youyao also smiled: "It's so good! The fields are covered with green vines, there is no famine in the world, and thousands of people are happy."

Others might think that the young lady is uttering wild words, but Mother Yue knows that this is the young lady's wish, and the young lady has been working hard for this wish.

She collects crops from all parts of the country,

Trial planting in various regions of the country.

As long as one species is grown in each area, there will be one more crop in that area, and the common people will have one more crop in their homes.

This is a matter of benefit in the present and merit in the future.

Mother Yue changed the subject: "Everything in the village has been arranged. When is Miss going back to Quanzhou?"

Yu Youyao's expression was a little downcast: "At least I have to wait for my grandmother to pass on May 7th. That day, my grandmother must be on the lookout platform, waiting to take one last look at me."

On the day of May 7th, before the sun came out, the whole family of Yu Mansion set up a table for offering food at the gate, and the whole family knelt around the table, facing the east and weeping.

This is "Wang Wu Qi". On this day, the dead will also go to the "Wang Xiang Terrace" to see their descendants for the last time. After that, Yin and Yang will really be separated, and heaven and man will be separated forever.

After May 7th, the time has come to late September.

The north wind howled and roared overnight, and it was winter the next day.

The climate changed suddenly, and Yu Youyao fell ill after recuperating better.

Everyone in Beijing knows that Miss Yu was ill early in the morning, but she was busy arranging the funeral of Mrs. Yu before, so she kept her body strong. Now that Mrs. Yu is buried, a string on Miss Yu's body is tense. My son, when he was pulled to the extreme, he broke and fell ill.

On the second day, the current emperor was in the court hall, and praised: "Lady Yu is fierce and loyal, and the Lord Shaoyi lives up to her teachings. She is filial and righteous, benevolent and kind."

Yu Zong is kneeling to thank Shengen.

When the empress dowager in the palace learned that Yu Youyao was ill, she sent Aunt Shen to personally deliver a lot of precious medicinal herbs and supplements.

It was only September, and Yu Youyao had already put on an ermine cloak. When she entered the house, she took the cloak off her body. She was a delicate and delicate person before, with a pale face and a sickly look. The white clothes set off her thinness and frailty even more.

It can be seen that he suffered a lot.

Miss Shen took her hand, said a few words of concern, and then conveyed the words of the Empress Dowager: "The Empress Dowager praises County Lord Shaoyi for her purity and filial piety, and asks you to take care of yourself."

Yu Youyao thanked her on her knees, and converted all the property that her grandmother had donated to her name into taels of silver and donated it to the imperial court, which was used to pay for the drought that had been delayed and heard nothing about.

There are more than three hundred thousand taels.

Aunt Shen didn't expect this to happen, she stood there for a while, not knowing whether she should accept it or not.

Yu Youyao dragged her sick body, knelt down and held up the box: "Grandmother has always been worried about the drought in the north, but she left too suddenly, and there is no time to explain many things. She has been enshrining Bodhisattva for most of her life. As the Buddhist saying goes, the law of cause and effect in the world has its own prajna. , so it can be regarded as a karmic relationship between her and the Bodhisattva, and a matter of her mind."

At this point, Aunt Shen couldn't help but say: "The imperial court has received news that a crop called sweet potato has been planted on a large scale in the north. The leaves and vines of this crop can be eaten, and the yield is very high. , The harvest in August and September has greatly alleviated the famine in the north, and the imperial court is currently raising food and medicine to prepare for disaster relief."

Still did not say when the disaster relief.

Even the outskirts of Beijing have gathered a lot of refugees, let alone other places?

If you want to come to some remote and impoverished areas, there are already hungry people everywhere.

Yu Youyao lowered her eyes, but her eyes were full of icy sarcasm, and she didn't mention that she was promoting the planting of sweet potatoes. At present, the imperial court only got news, and the specific matters need to be investigated after the disaster relief officials arrived in Beidi to investigate the role of sweet potatoes in the drought Only by tracing its source can it go to the imperial court.

The court will react.

But this is not the reason why the court has repeatedly postponed disaster relief.

Originally, the drought in the north was handled by Yu Zongshen, the chief assistant of the cabinet, and the household department has been making preparations. However, because of the death of his grandmother, Yu Zongshen and Ding You were at home, and the cabinet's affairs were all handled by several assistants. There were many people in charge. If there are more voices, there will be more unity of opinions, and more things will be done.

The cabinet fights openly and secretly, and fights against each other. There are few people who can really serve the people and are willing to serve the people. Yu Zongshen's departure gave the cabinet ministers a chance to seize power. The disaster relief originally scheduled for the end of August has been postponed and delayed again and again.

Also because most of the most remote and impoverished areas in the north were under the rule of King Wu Mu, the 500,000 Youjun guarding the northern border was a deterrent, even more deterrent.