Chapter 151： Sejong's failure

Mu Yangling turned around, walked to the man's side, and asked, "How much do you sell for this corn?"

The man's eyes lit up, he straightened his waist, and said happily, "Whatever, whatever price you want."

Mu Yangling looked at his mother, saw that she was tightly wrapped, and asked, "Did you take your mother to see a doctor? What kind of disease are you talking about?"

The man wilted and murmured: "Go, the doctor from Renxintang helped me, saying that my mother was old, and she was too tired when she was young, and her body was burnt out, so she had to buy a lot of warming medicines. When they saw that I had no money, they didn't charge the doctor's fee, but they refused to promise me to change the medicine with Baogu."

Mu Yangling sighed, touched his purse, and said, "Let me see your corn."

The man hurriedly opened his pocket to show her, Mu Yangling held it in his hand and took a closer look, and found that the corn was well dried and could be used as seeds, so he threw it away and said, "I don't have enough money on me. , you have to go to a place with me, and if you are lucky, I can buy all your corn."

In this Xingzhou mansion, Qi Haoran was the only person Mu Yangling could ask for, so Mu Yangling took him to the gate of the barracks.

Qi Haoran saw the two squatting in front of the scooter when he ran out. He glanced at the man curiously and asked Mu Yangling, "Who is this? What are you looking for from me?"

"It's a big deal," Mu Yangling patted his **** and got up, and asked, "Do you know what Emperor Sejong said about corn?"

Qi Haoran's face was blank, he didn't know.

Mu Yangling pouted, and he really couldn't count on him, so he looked at Fan Zijin, who was slowly pacing out of the barracks.

Fan Zijin asked slowly, "Look at what I'm doing?"

"Where there is Qi Haoran, there is you, and where there is you, there is an encyclopedia. Fan Zijin, please introduce the corn that Emperor Sejong said." Actually, Mu Yangling didn't know about this historical event, but she felt that Fan Zijin must be I know, without reading the history books, I can only learn it from Fan Zijin.

Sure enough, Fan Zijin just glanced at him and began to explain: "Corn is something that Emperor Sejong sent a fleet to the South China Sea to recover. Back then, Sejong once said in front of civil and military officials that corn can High yield, if the Central Plains can get it, there will be no famine in the famine years. The officials believed it and agreed to Emperor Sejong to send troops to the sea to find corn, but after the corn was retrieved, Emperor Sejong had already died, and the farmers followed Emperor Sejong's wishes. Sowing corn, intensive cultivation, but the harvest is not good, but the loss is huge. In addition, the corn is not delicious, so it is gradually abandoned and not planted. Also, because the corn is well wrapped, everyone changes the name to Baogu, but it is actually true An irony of Emperor Sejong, corn is not rice with golden branches and jade leaves."

Fan Zijin sighed: "Actually, Emperor Sejong was very talented and wise, and he rarely made mistakes, but he suffered many setbacks in agriculture. One year, Emperor Sejong had a banquet for hundreds of officials. In fact, the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household have made every effort to increase the national yield from 111 to 150 per mu. The south of the Yangtze River is better. It is not difficult for the rice yield to be 200 to 300 catties per mu. Two hundred kilograms is already the highest output, and even a thousand kilograms has never appeared in my dreams. Because of these, Emperor Sejong I’s wiseness has been discounted, but it is undeniable that it was Emperor Sejong who pacified the war and unified the world. The people can live and work in peace and contentment, and even set up a set of policies that are beneficial to the people's recuperation, but it is a pity that Emperor Sejong died too early."

Fan Zijin didn't say the rest, but Mu Yangling already understood because she had heard too many sighs in the teahouse.

Mu Yangling's focus now is on corn. She asked: "Then how did you plant it? Why is the harvest not as high as wheat?"

"I know only half of farming, and it's a coincidence that there is no record of planting corn in the agricultural book I read." Fan Zijin paused and said, "Actually, it's because this corn was praised by Emperor Sejong, so After the failure, everyone is so reluctant to mention it, and now no one is planting buds anymore, why are you asking this?"

Mu Yangling tore the man's sack to show them, and said, "He planted this. It is said that most of their villages are planting this, just because their county master said at the beginning, who can plant more and more Whoever has good corn can get the emperor's reward, this order has been passed down by word of mouth from their ancestors, and they have been planted for decades, they have never been out of the mountains, and they don't even know that the outside world has changed."

Qi Haoran and Fan Zijin were stunned, their eyes widened and asked, "Could it be that the magistrate in charge of their county, who went to collect taxes, doesn't know?"

The man wiped his tears and said, "Back then, after we planted corn in our village, we sent it to the county magistrate. The county magistrate didn't give us the reward, but only said that we will be exempted from future taxes, as long as we keep We grow corn, so no one has come to our village to collect taxes for so many years. Our village has to climb three mountains to get out. The terrain is steep, and the village has everything, so I never came out. How can I know that the emperor outside has changed several times. Stubborn, some people say that our place is no longer Da Zhou, but Jin Guo, isn't that fart? Our household registration guide is all issued by Da Zhou."

At this moment, Mu Yangling followed Qi Haoran and Fan Zijin's mouth wide and asked in unison, "Where is your home?"

The man said blankly: "It's in the mountains, our village is called Sipan Village."

"No, what township, county and state do you belong to? You should know this, right?" Qi Haoran asked anxiously.

The    man looked at him blankly, not understanding what he was asking.

In the end, the old man on the cart lifted the quilt with difficulty, exhaled, and said, "We are in Qingshu Town, Baoshan County. My son has never been out of the mountain. The old people in the village don't mention it, and the children almost forget it. ."

The old man took a few breaths after saying a word, and the man hurriedly stepped forward to support the old lady, looked at Mu Yangling and said, "Little girl, don't you want to buy my corn? Are you going to buy it? I want to take my mother to get the medicine. already."

"Buy, of course we will," Qi Haoran jumped out and said, "How much is it, I bought it all, but I bought your stuff, you have to do me a favor."

Fan Zijin miraculously did not object.

Mu Yangling blinked and immediately understood their plan. Baoshan County was occupied by the Jin Kingdom four years ago, and now it is indeed under the Jin Kingdom's rule. Isolation and remoteness have escaped disaster. Since they belong to Baoshan County, there must be a way to Baoshan County, but he chose to come to Mingshui County for medical treatment. What does it mean?

Explain that there is a road in Mingshui County that they do not know leads to Baoshan County.