Wishing You Eternal Happiness Chapter 737: ：Sick
The batch planted around the Dragon Boat Festival is still in the minority due to limited seeds.
When the vines were planted in the batch before and after the Dragon Boat Festival, which was in June and July, the vines were planted on a large scale in various regions across the country, and this batch was the largest.
Grandma Yue looked beaming with joy: "The old farmer on the farm who knows farming said that sweet potatoes are cheap to plant and easy to work. You don't have to pick the time. Plant early and harvest early, plant late and harvest late. You can still harvest in November at the latest."
The old farmer on the farm had made such a guess before, but it was unconfirmed, and Yu Youyao was still worried.
Now that the speculation has been confirmed, a big stone in my heart has finally settled.
Grandma Yue was also excited: "The earliest batch of sweet potatoes on our farm were planted at the end of February. During the harvest, the old farmer said that this batch was planted early and matured early, and it was harvested a month late. , August is the most suitable month for harvesting."
"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 time to plant."
“However, the old farmers at the village also said that the climate temperature differences in different places are different, and the ripening time of sweet potatoes is also somewhat different. The climate in the north is dry and cold in the second half of the year, and the sweet potato ripening period is around August and September.”
"The temperature in the south is suitable. May and June are the best times to plant sweet potatoes. October is the maturity period of sweet potatoes. The sweet potatoes in Zhejiang will definitely have no worries about harvesting."
Yu Youyao was very happy: "Sweet potatoes have a high yield and are filling. The planting period lasts almost half a year from February to October every year, and it's still a cheap job. If planting can be promoted across the country, most people can fill the gap. I’m full.”
Grandma Yue smiled: "Sweet potatoes have been widely planted in the north and south. The planting scope will definitely be expanded next year. In less than two years, it will be planted nationwide."
Only by herself, the eldest lady turned the tide during the floods in Zhejiang and the drought in the north, and solved the hunger problem of some victims.
In the future, the scope of sweet potato planting will expand, and millions of people around the world will also benefit from sweet potatoes that are resistant to dryness, ridges, and poverty, regardless of region, climate, long planting period, low labor costs, large yields, and filling stomachs , good taste, etc.
At that time, the lady’s benefit will be in the present, and her achievements will be in the future.
Yu Youyao also smiled: "How wonderful! The fields are full of green vines, there is no famine in the world, and thousands of people are happy."
Others may think that the young lady is speaking arrogantly, but Grandma Yue knows that this is what the young lady wishes, and the young lady has been working hard for this wish.
She collected crops from various regions across the country and tried planting them in various regions across the country.
As long as one kind is grown in each area, there will be one more kind of crop in that area, and the people will have one more kind of food harvested at home.
This is something that benefits the present and will serve the future.
Aunt Yue changed the topic: "Everything about the village has been arranged. When does the lady plan to return to Quanzhou?"
Yu Youyao looked a little depressed: "At least I have to wait until my grandmother passes on May 7th. My grandmother will definitely be on the Wangxiang Terrace that day, waiting to take one last look at me."
On the May 7th day, the whole family of the Yu Mansion set up a table to offer food at the gate before the sun came up. The whole family knelt around the offering table, facing the east and crying.
This is "Looking at May 7th". On this day, the deceased will also go up to the "Wangxiang Terrace" to look at their descendants for the last time. After that, the yin and yang will really be separated, and heaven and man will be separated forever.
After May 7th, it was late September.
The north wind howled and roared all night, and winter came the next day.
The climate suddenly changed, and Yu Youyao suddenly fell ill after taking good care of her body.
Everyone in Beijing knows that Miss Yu has been ill since early in the morning, but she was busy arranging the funeral of Mrs. Yu and held herself together. Now that Mrs. Yu is buried, Miss Yu’s body becomes tight A string, when stretched to the extreme, breaks, and people fall ill.
On the second day, the current emperor spoke highly of Mrs. Yu in the court hall: "Mrs. Yu is fierce and loyal. The Lord of Shaoyi County lives up to her teachings, is filial, righteous, and benevolent."
Yu Zongzheng knelt down to thank the Holy Grace.
The Queen Mother in the palace learned that Yu Youyao was ill, so she sent Aunt Shen to personally deliver a lot of valuable medicinal materials and supplements.
It was only September, and Yu Youyao was already wearing a cape of ermine fur. As soon as she entered the house and took the cape off her body, she saw that the formerly delicate person had a pale face and looked sick. , the plain white clothes underneath made her skinny and frail even more accentuated.
It can be seen that he suffered a lot.
Miss Shen held her hand, said a few words of concern, and conveyed the Queen Mother's words: "The Queen Mother praised the Lord Shaoyi County for his purity and filial piety, and asked you to take care of yourself."
Yu Youyao knelt down and thanked her. She converted all the property that her grandmother had transferred to her name into silver coins and donated it to the court to use it to pay for the drought relief fund that had been delayed repeatedly and had no news.
There are more than three hundred thousand taels.
Aunt Shen didn't expect this to happen. She was stunned for a while, not knowing whether she should accept it or not.
Yu Youyao dragged away the sick body, knelt down and held up the box: "Grandma has always been worried about the drought in the north, but she left too suddenly, and there was no time to explain many things. She has worshiped the Bodhisattva for most of her life. As the Buddhists say, the law of cause and effect in the world, Since there is Prajna, this can also be considered as a cause and effect relationship between her and the Bodhisattva, and her worries have been settled."
When the conversation came to this point, Aunt Shen had no choice but to accept it. She only said: "The imperial court has received news that a crop called sweet potato has been planted on a large scale in the north. The leaves, vines and stems of this crop are all edible, and The yield is very high, and the harvest in August and September has greatly alleviated the famine in the north. The court is currently raising food and medicine to prepare for disaster relief."
Still not saying when disaster relief will be provided.
There are many refugees gathered even outside the suburbs of Beijing, let alone other places?
If you come to some remote and impoverished areas ~IndoMTL.com~, they are already full of hunger.
Yu Youyao lowered her eyes, but there was a cold sarcasm in her eyes. She did not mention that she was the one who promoted the planting of sweet potatoes. At present, the court only got the news. The specific details will have to wait until the disaster relief officials arrive in the north to investigate the situation of sweet potatoes after the drought. Only by tracing the key role it played in the imperial court can we trace its origin.
The court will respond.
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 minister of the cabinet, and the Ministry of Household Affairs had been making preparations. However, due to the death of his grandmother, Yu Zongshen was worried about being at home, so all cabinet matters were jointly handled by several assistants. The more people there are, the more voices there will be, and the more unified opinions will be, the more things will be done.
The cabinet is fighting overtly and secretly, and there are few people who can truly serve the people and are willing to serve the people. Yu Zongshen's departure has given cabinet ministers the opportunity to seize power. The disaster relief originally scheduled for the end of August has been repeatedly postponed and delayed.
Also because most of the most remote and poor areas in the north are under the rule of King Wu Mu, the 500,000 You troops guarding the north are a deterrent and even more of a shock.