In the open space outside Zhaojia Village, a young man was holding a stone lock, and the stone lock weighing dozens of kilograms was easily lifted by him.

The young man raised dozens of stone locks in succession, but finally couldn't hold on and threw the stone lock onto the ground.

The crowd watching the side applauded immediately.

The admiration of "the power of the young master" and "the brave and invincible young master" sounded in full swing.

This person was Zhao Yan who had traveled through time. He had been here for half a month, and he had probably gotten used to and adapted to the environment.

This place is located in the mountainous area in the south of Huang County. This mountainous area is not very large and is surrounded by plains. However, it is far behind and did not affect it much during the Kong Youde rebellion.

He knew almost all about his current identity. The guy he possessed was also named Zhao Yan, who was born in this Zhaojia Village.

He was a big tyrant in the nearby area. His family had thousands of acres of fertile land and built a small fort in Zhaojia Village.

The guy he possessed was very weak in physique, but for some reason, he seemed to have endless strength behind him, and it was difficult to lift two stone locks weighing more than 30 pounds.

Now his physique seems to be very perverted.

After half a month, I also integrated into the life of Zhaojia Village.

This Zhaojia Village was built by the Zhao family. The village lives in the village with tenants. The Zhao family is somewhat different from other local tyrants. The Zhao family relies on the force provided by the servants, and there is no clan force.

It turned out that his cheap man came from Zhangpu, Fujian in his early years and had broken off contact with the Zhao family in Zhangpu. There was no clan force to rely on in Shandong.

It is not a simple role for me to create this foundation at his cheap price.

Since the late Wanli period, Shandong has been full of famines. There are many bandits in the famine. If you want to gain a foothold in Shandong, it is impossible to have no force.

The Zhao family was not disturbed by bandits, and it was also because the hundreds of servants they raised were mostly trained. In addition, in this small fort in the mountains, hundreds of bandits were not afraid of coming.

Facing the compliments from his servants, Zhao Yan smiled undeniably. Even if he is perverted, he will not be able to compete with thousands of troops. What kind of magical power is a bit irrefutable.

I can only say that I am in good health and can do things easily.

Zhao Yan clapped his hands and turned back to the house. When the servants outside saw that he had left, they continued to practice. They practiced some single-handed fighting styles, which was a certain gap with the regular army.

At this time, Zhao Quan hurried in. Zhao Quan was the servant who took Zhao Yan back to Zhaojia Village. Since his original housekeeper died in Huang County, he has been the oldest and has become the new housekeeper of the Zhao family.

"Young master, the situation of the tenants has basically been clearly counted. Originally, there were 1,000 tenants in the Zhao family, but now there are only more than 200 households left. I see that the seeds will be about to be sown in two months. If there is no one, I may not be able to harvest food tomorrow." Zhao Quan reported to Zhao Yanhui the results he just counted.

After Kong Youde's rebellion, Dengzhou was in a state of depression, and the Zhao family only relied on the small fort in the mountains to protect themselves. Many of the tenants of the Zhao family formed their own villages, and were robbed by Kong Youde without any suspense. The tenants died and fled, and now there are not many left.

Zhao Yan frowned and asked, "How much food do we have now?"

"There are more than 10,000 kilograms of wheat in the warehouse." Zhao Quan said.

"If we recruit refugees to farm, will it last until next year's wheat harvest?" Zhao Yan thought for a while and asked.

Zhao Yan's thought frightened Zhao Quan, and he shook his head and said, "Young Master, this is absolutely impossible. Not to mention that it will not last until next year's wheat harvest. These foods are for life-saving purposes! You must not move!"

"What do you think you should do?" Zhao Yan asked helplessly.

"..." Zhao Quan was silent for a while and said, "The old slave can't do anything."

How can wealthy families not stock up on food? Moreover, some wealthy families do not use so much food at all and they are desperate to stock up on their own. There is not much food, so it is even less than enough to stock up on this kind of food.

When people starve to death, their birth is destroyed, they fall into a cycle of evil surnames.

"Let this aside before you find a way. You can immediately send a few people to the south to find sweet potatoes and ask them to get the sweet potatoes back as soon as possible." Zhao Yan showed his decisive style and did it when he thought about it, the faster the better.

In the late Ming Dynasty, the most scarce thing was naturally grain. Sweet potatoes were nutritious, but protein was a bit lacking, and it was almost the same with eggs and milk.

If you want to gain a foothold in the late Ming Dynasty, you must develop as soon as possible. Otherwise, once the Qing Dynasty entered the Pass, you would not even have the ability to protect yourself.

As long as there is food, you can gather refugees yourself, then organize them, arrange production partly, and form some of them to form an army.

"Sweet potato? What is that?" Zhao Quan asked in confusion.

"It's a kind of grain with a very high yield per mu, which looks like a vine. The part you eat grows underground and tastes sweet... I'll draw it for you!" Zhao Yan was just talking, and Zhao Quan suddenly said: "What the young master is talking about is sweet potato? Is it the kind of thing with a yield of over a thousand kilograms or even a few thousand kilograms?"

"Yes, it's just that kind of thing, also called sweet potato." Zhao Yan couldn't help but be overjoyed and asked, "Have you seen it?"

"I saw it when I was in Zhangpu with the master when I was a child. There were many things in Fujian. A governor promoted it before. It was usually eaten by poor families, and some also used it to feed pigs." Zhao Quan was Zhao Yan's cheap boy, and he also came from Zhangpu.

"Okay, send a few people to Fujian and get the sweet potato back as soon as possible." Zhao Yan nodded and smiled: "This sweet potato produces several thousand kilograms per mu. If you plant a mu, you can reach more than ten or twenty acres of wheat. Now there are constant famines everywhere. As long as we have a variety of sweet potatoes, we don't have to worry about starving to death. And if we sell grain, we can make a lot of money."

"This... Please be cautious about this matter. Shaanxi officials have promoted sweet potatoes a few years ago, but they have caused civil rebellion..." Zhao Quan said with a sweating profusely.

"It's okay, we are not going to promote it to all Shandong. It will cause civil unrest because the people do not understand the benefits of sweet potatoes. We will get it back and plant it in our own fields first, at least we don't have to worry about the food." Zhao Yan didn't know this, and he knew the joints after a little thought.

After all, the sweet potato thing has just entered China, and the people didn’t recognize it. If the official forced the promotion of the surname, it will naturally arouse civil unrest.

The Qing Dynasty's oppression of the people was more than ten times higher than that of the Ming Dynasty. After the chaos in the world, the Qing Dynasty could still receive land taxes that were even more correct than the Ming Dynasty. This proves the fact. The reason why the people could not resist large-scale under such oppression was mainly due to the sweet potato. The Kangxi and Qianlong prosperous era was actually more suitable for the sweet potato era. People ate sweet potatoes and had a pale face and thin skin...

"Okay, that old slave will send someone to Fujian tomorrow to find sweet potatoes." Zhao Quan nodded and agreed.

"How long will it take to come back?" Zhao Yan asked, "Can you hurry before the spring start next year?"

"Don't worry, it won't take that long. It will take them to ride a horse to Fujian for only half a month, and at most three months can you return." Zhao Quan estimated.

"Well! By the way, there are a few more things to ask them to bring some potatoes, corn and peanuts back." Zhao Yan thought for a while. Fujian was so far from Shandong, so it was better to do everything you could do than just lie down.

"What are potatoes, corn and peanuts?" Zhao Quan was puzzled. Zhao Yan knew that the name of these things was different from that of later generations, so he carefully described the form to Zhao Quan.

As a result, Zhao Quan had seen it and knew clearly which region there was, which saved a lot of effort. Zhao Quan took the task and went to arrange the staff to set off to Fujian tomorrow to do business.

Zhao Yan was worried about how to recruit people to farm.

My cheap mother was eating vegetarian food and chanting Buddha's name at this moment. Seeing that he was in good health, although he had forgotten something, his intelligence did not decline and his general knowledge did not forget, so he threw all the money to him.

The Zhao family is not in good condition now, it should be said that it is very bad.

There are several shops in Huang County, which were also ruined as Kong Youde conquered Huang County. When his cheap father had an accident, he brought the silver to Huang County to make a big deal. The Zhao family's silver was robbed by the rebels, and now there are only more than 1,000 taels of silver left.

More than 1,000 taels of silver would be needed to support more than 100 householders, plus tens of thousands of kilograms of wheat, you can make do with it, but you can't recruit refugees.

If you want to recruit refugees as your own labor, you also need money to buy food, otherwise the little food at home will not be able to support it.

So the key is to make money.

Is Zhao Yan troubled if he lacked the method of making money? It was just that there were many methods and had no clue at the moment. He didn't know which path to get the fastest money. He only had a vague overview of ancient society and had very few subtle impressions!
Chapter completed!