Chapter 81 Awakening

The Yan family currently only has a family motto and a vague concept left, but Yan Su's father has never given up looking for the missing elder.

This time, he decided to stay.

He knew what his cousin and the deposed prince wanted to do. He stayed to assist his cousin and also to investigate secretly.

Today, Su Changxun also brought Yan Su here to chat with Duan Wen.

What a coincidence, Jun Qiulan was there too.

Yan Su bowed to Jun Qiulan and said, "Thank you very much, Jibai."

Jun Qiulan returned the gift, but was a little confused. What was he thanking her for?

"Brother Yan, what's this?"

Yan Su smiled. "As for the printing and papermaking technology, my cousin received a letter from the Yan family branch yesterday. Word of this good thing has spread. In the future, more people will be able to afford to read."

Jun Qiulan always felt that this was not what he was thanking for.

In the border town, papermaking and printing techniques were also developed some time ago.

When papermaking technology was invented, the first places to get excited were the academies in border towns.

Nowadays, those who can afford to go to school and attend college, in addition to having excellent academic performance, have the hope of further advancement, and that is only those who come from relatively wealthy families.

But no matter which one, the paper consumed by reading is a huge expense every year.

Duan Wenxian asked someone to make the cheapest jute paper. The quality of the paper was average, but it did not affect the smoothness of writing.

Compared with the cheapest paper in the past, the price-performance ratio is already very high.

Next are the private schools and village schools.

Another kind of high-quality paper has also been produced in batches. Only a small amount will be sold in the border town, and the rest will be shipped to other places to make money.

The customer base of Border Town is still limited.

Let some people get rich first, and then encourage others to become rich as well.

We hope that one day, jute paper will become obsolete and everyone will be able to afford high-quality paper.

Su Changxun: "This paper is indeed beneficial to the country and the people. If we open more papermaking workshops, the people can also find a job during the slack season."

In this era, even if you want to be a waiter, you have to build connections.

This shows how difficult it is for ordinary people to find employment.

This also indirectly shows that there are too few jobs available to the people.

This means that the people can only rely on the income from the fields and depend on God for their livelihood.

Just like this time, the old farmers were warning of natural disasters and everyone was stockpiling food.

Food prices also rose at this time, and ordinary people simply could not afford to stock up on food.

We can only use the grain harvested last autumn to exchange for some old grain and miscellaneous grains, so that we can store more food at home.

Jun Qiulan was lost in thought, thinking about what happened decades ago in another world.

At that time, factories, companies, even grocery stores and restaurants were all state-owned.

Countries in another world can all do business and provide jobs for their people, so they just need to copy their homework.

Now we are focusing on both agriculture and industry.

"We need to ensure that the people have enough to eat and have money in their pockets," Jun Qiulan said seriously. "This is our first goal this year."

"It just so happens that Yan Su is also good at business." Su Changxun smiled, "Now that we are short of manpower, I will recommend the talented person regardless of his relationship with me."

Jun Qiulan smiled and said, "Sir, what are you talking about? Brother Yan joining us is exactly what we need."

Duan Wen has to manage the entire state capital. Even if he can negotiate cooperation with Boss Ruan and let Boss Ruan transport the goods to other places for sale, there must be a person in charge locally.

If Duan Wen were to handle all the factory coordination, finance, recruitment, etc., the efficiency would be too low.

Having a professional person in charge of these matters can also reduce some of Duan Wen's burden.

Thinking about what they have to do now, which is to lay the foundation for rebellion, it seems that he, the main person, has nothing to do in the eyes of outsiders.

Not only that, in the eyes of outsiders, she would probably be a little girl who stayed at home and never went out.

Thinking of this, Jun Qiulan felt quite helpless.

There is no way. The funds needed for the rebellion are still far from enough.

Yan Jing's deposit for the film's salary has been paid, and the final payment can only be received after the filming of the movie is completed.

The money on hand seems to be quite a lot, but if I really want to use it to rebel...

Alas, he hasn't worried about money for a long time since he was able to go to another world.

Both commerce and agriculture need to develop.

Once business is arranged, it’s time for agriculture.

Agriculture, Jun Qiulan has new ideas.

At present, they have potatoes, sweet potatoes and corn, which can solve the problem of famine, but these three kinds of grains are not suitable for long-term consumption as staple food.

Millet, rice and wheat are the staple foods.

When he was surfing the Internet before, he came across a great old gentleman. According to their Dasheng saying, when such an old gentleman passes away, it cannot be said that he has passed away. It means that he has completed his merits and has been included in the ranks of immortals.

The hybrid rice developed by that old man directly solved the famine problem in another world.

The yield per mu of rice can reach two to three thousand kilograms.

They are unheard of.

It's already ten times more than what they have now.

However, hybrid rice has a drawback: if you save the seeds yourself, the yield in the second season will be reduced by 20% to 50%.

As for the third season, that goes without saying.

The only way is for them to learn to cultivate hybrid rice themselves.

The first condition is that they have to find Champa rice.

Champa, there is no such place name in their world.

However, the differences in the general distribution of geographical conditions and environments are not that great.

It should be considered as a parallel space-time with the same earth but different dimensions, right?

Jun Qiulan found the map.

"Sir, Brother, I need you to send someone to this place to find a kind of rice that can be harvested twice a year."

Jun Qiulan handed over the drawings and growth habits to them.

"This drawing of yours doesn't look like it was drawn." Duan Wen asked in confusion.

Of course it wasn't a painting. It was a picture Jun Qiulan downloaded from the Internet, and then he bought a small home printer and printed it out directly.

He didn't explain much and no one asked any more questions.

If they can come up with such a high-yield crop as sweet potato, it is not difficult to understand why they can come up with other unique and good things.

"This map looks the same as what we see with our own eyes." Duan Wen said, "It's just that there are a few missing pieces of paper. The place you pointed to is thousands of kilometers away from here, and we have to travel a long way. If the paper is not waterproof, I'm afraid we will need to prepare more."

Jun Qiulan nodded. "There will be plenty, don't worry, Senior Brother. Go find someone first and bring back these rice seeds. We can hybridize them and perhaps we can have high-yield rice for everyone. The farming season here is too short and winter comes too early. Otherwise, we could still have two harvests a year."

They can't harvest two crops a year here, but they can in the south.

In short, it is always right to cultivate hybrid rice first.

In the future, we will not only develop border towns, but also consider other places.

For example, sweet potatoes, corn, and potatoes are life-saving foods for food-scarce places like border towns.

But for places like Jiangnan where there is no shortage of food, it can only be regarded as an extra kind of food and an extra dish on the table.

At that time, when he confronts the imperial court head-on, he will have to come up with something good that can convince other places.

Food is the most important thing for people.

High-yield grain is definitely the first thing that opens the hearts of the people.

Duan Wen's understanding is deeper than Jun Qiulan's.

Not to mention his hometown, just the several places where he has worked are all poor.

If they heard that someone could lead them to have enough food, I guess everyone would raise their sickles and join him in rebellion.

"Junior brother, this move is indeed brilliant."

Jun Qiulan couldn't help but laugh. "It's not a trick. After all, no matter what the situation is in the future, being able to feed the people is a good deed."

The people of this era are suffering so much.

In another world, while everyone is seeking spiritual pursuits, this world is still seeking how to fill their stomachs.

Thinking about this, and thinking that as long as they work hard, the people here can live a good life in the future, he feels that his current choice is right.

Even if this road is difficult.

Even if this path takes a lifetime.

Even if he will never see this world develop into another world in his lifetime.

But as long as they work towards this direction and the people's spirits are awakened, they will never kneel again.

Speaking of this, Jun Qiulan also has a plan, which is to enlighten the people.

Most of the people don’t care who is the emperor or who rebels, their lives are just like that anyway.

No one has ever been to school, and many people have never left the place where they were born in their entire lives. All they have seen is a small piece of land.

The first step in enlightening the people is to teach them to read and write.

"I wonder how many scholars there are in the city. They don't need fame, just a childish voice is enough."

The educated youth went to the countryside.

This policy is very good.

In the future, they will also change the conditions for selecting and assessing officials, and will no longer just decide based on the imperial examination rankings.

"Junior brother, please tell me in detail." Duan Wen actually had a headache.

Of course he knew that Jun Qiulan's plans were all moving in a good direction, but he was so busy that he was like a spinning top.

Duan Wen looked at Su Changxun with pleading eyes.

Su Changxun smiled and said, "Don't worry, it will be much better in a few days."

Su Changxun, who won the top six places in the imperial examination, may have been silent in the border town for so many years, but his energy can still radiate to many people.

During this period of time, I have written many letters.

Shake people.

He didn't ask for everyone to come, but if one-third of them could come, it would solve their urgent problem.

Jun Qiulan sighed, feeling helpless. "Thank you for your hard work, sir and senior brother. If you need anything, you can ask my father for help."

His father is now teaching in the village, one hour in the morning and one hour in the afternoon every day, teaching the most basic knowledge. His father also told him that his life is too leisurely and comfortable.

Then shouldn’t we find something for our dad to do?

After discussing for a whole day, we have finally planned out the preliminary route.

Jun Qiulan returned home under the moonlight.

Looking up at the starry sky, the moonlight is bright and the stars are sparse. It should be another cloudless day.

After arriving home, he returned to modern times to check the messages on his mobile phone.

Yan Jing sent a document with the note "script".

Jun Qiulan raised his eyebrows. Now he can finally be given the complete script?

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The author has something to say: I'm late, I thought I could slack off and write 3,000 words at work, but I ended up being busy all day. [Crying and laughing]

Here are 3,000 more words to add, thank you all for your support.