In the Ming Dynasty, "Yuan Longping" smuggled vines back to feed more than 300 million people
There are countless people who have achieved great things in history, look at the history books, they are all recorded with great achievements, not just those who sit in high positions, although these people have natural advantages - countless gold and silver treasures, have the power to make everyone obey orders, although they are on the way to help the ** serfs, but in fact the little people also have great achievements.
There was a man in the Ming Dynasty who risked his life to steal grapevines in the Philippines to help the hungry people while feeding 300 million Chinese.
This person is from the Ming Dynasty"Yuan Longping"Chen Zhenlong. But why can one vine feed 300 million people, and how does Chen Zhenlong do it?
Chen Zhenlong was born in a small village in Fujian during the Ming Dynasty. Like most people, he hopes that the imperial examinations will change his poor fate and allow future generations to be admitted to high school. Although Chen Zhenlong is a serious reader, this does not mean that he is good at reading.
After years of hard study, Chen Zhenlong missed the fame of the imperial examination, and he still got nothing in middle age. Chen Zhenlong began to do business, taking advantage of the geographical location of the coastal area of Fujian, Chen Zhenlong followed the large group of men and horses to sail to Luzon Island.
Chen Zhenlong sailed to Luzon.
Luzon is now the Philippines, a colony of the Ming Dynasty or Spain, and although the people of Luzon do not see how happy they are living under the oppression of the colonists, they also have their own magical life.
It was here that Chen Zhenlong discovered one"Help"of things. Of course, he didn't know at the time that this thing he saw would actually affect the fate of the people of the Ming Dynasty for generations, and it was of far-reaching significance.
Chen Zhenlong found that this rare item was the vermilion potato, that is, the sweet potato, which is now available in every household, while in the Ming Dynasty, people had never seen the vermilion potato, let alone eaten it.
Vermilion potatoes have a great advantage in planting, because the requirements for the growing environment are not high, and it is okay'Cheap breed', and the vitality of the vermilion potato is very tenacious, eat one, can last for half a day. Chen Zhenlong was extremely moved, although he is a businessman, he will never forget his beloved land and the people who live on it.
During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, the Wanli Emperor did not respect the government and allowed the people to suffer from hunger and cold, the people were displaced, and natural disasters and wars continued, affecting the already dilapidated Ming Dynasty, so that the people of the world could not bear the suffering of the world, and rebelled, ending the time of the Ming Dynasty. In this way, the most fundamental cause of the people's rebellion is actually a disaster.
People are iron, rice is steel, if you don't eat a meal, you are hungry, Chen Zhenlong himself is poor, and he knows the importance of food to people, so Chen Zhenlong wants to smuggle this vine and vermilion potato back, so that the hungry people can relieve their hunger a little, but how to quietly and smoothly take away this life-saving vermilion potato has become a difficult thing.
Chen Zhenlong smuggled Zhu Yam.
Due to the scarcity of seeds and the need to save food, Spain strictly forbade anyone to take vermilion yams away from Luzon, and once discovered, life could not be guaranteed, so no one dared to run around, let alone take on such a thankless task. Chen Zhenlong decided to stay on Luzon Island to learn Xi potato cultivation techniques and look for smuggling opportunities.
One day, the opportunity finally came, Chen Zhenlong found that the potato vine and the hemp rope are very similar in shape, put together can be completely hidden, Chen Zhenlong used a bamboo tube to wrap the potato vine on the hemp rope, and then hung it on the boat, and his own plants also hung on the boat.
Chen Zhenlong finally risked his life to bring sweet potato vines from Luzon to his hometown, and he didn't know how many people died.
After a year of hard work, he finally grew sweet potatoes, which are still eaten by people on Luzon Island, apparently successfully.
Vermilion sweet potatoes on display.
In the following year, Chen Zhenlong vigorously promoted sweet potato planting technology, and instructed his son to write a letter to Jin Xuezeng, the governor of Fujian during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, to encourage the whole people to plant. Jin Xuezeng was very happy and supported Chen Zhenlong to promote sweet potato cultivation across the country.
With the popularization of sweet potato cultivation in the Ming Dynasty, the hunger of every family was well satisfied, and after Chen Zhenlong's death, his children and grandchildren also devoted themselves to the promotion of sweet potatoes.
According to historical records, at least 300 million people in China ate sweet potatoes at that time, and Chen Zhenlong's descendants respectfully called him"The father of sweet potatoes"。
To this day, when I read this history, I still feel a lot of emotion. Chen Zhenlong risked his life to bring sweet potatoes back to China from Luzon, and he truly deserves respect. Although he is small, he has a big heart to help the world and save people, so Chen Zhenlong is a respectable person"Heroes"。
Yuan Longping of the Ming Dynasty stole back the vines in the Philippines and directly fed more than 300 million people in China!