Who is the owner of the former residence, Chen Zhenlong? He was the first person to introduce sweet potato into China. More than 400 years ago, he risked his life to bring back sweet potato vines from the Philippines and spread them in China, which not only solved the food crisis of that era, but also made important contributions to the agricultural development of China. Writer Guo Moruo used it? Try to sail back to Fujian with rattan baskets? Summarize this extraordinary history and this extraordinary Fuzhou businessman.
Take the risk of bringing back the sweet potato vine
Marco Long was born in Jiaqing period of Ming Dynasty, and he was from Qingqiao Village, Shang He Town, Changle. He read a lot of poetry books since he was a child, became a scholar in his twenties, and abandoned Confucianism to go to sea after losing the provincial examination. Qin Long switch? During the window period, he went to Luzon Island (now the Philippines) to trade with businessmen.
Chen Zhenlong found that the main grain grown in Luzon Island is very different from that in China. Uncle Zhu? Can be eaten raw or cooked, easy to grow. He recognized the high economic value of Zhu Shu with a keen eye and connected it with his hometown? Fujian is surrounded by mountains and the sea, where the land is barren, the people are poor, and there is little rain and hunger. Sorry for my age, but I am hungry. If bamboo books are introduced to the local area, it will be a good thing for the benefit of the whole people.
At that time, Luzon Island was under Spanish colonial rule, and Zhu Shu was also brought to the local area by the Spanish. Not only is the control very strict, but it is also inspected by the customs. To this end, Chen Zhenlong had to concentrate on learning planting methods, silently waiting for the opportunity to introduce and return to his hometown.
For the first time, Chen Zhenlong bought potato pieces from local people and put them in boxes and baskets, which were confiscated by the customs. Unwilling, he secretly bought potato vines for the second time and put them in a rattan basket. He failed again, was fined and went to prison. In the spring of the 21st year of Wanli in Ming Dynasty (1593), 50-year-old Chen Zhenlong bought an eight-foot potato vine, secretly packed it in a bamboo tube, tied it to the ship's side with a rope and floated on the sea. After routine inspection, the Spanish released it without finding anything suspicious. Chen Zhenlong finally took this? Help vines? Return to Fuzhou smoothly.
Returning to China to try planting to solve the famine
After Chen Zhenlong returned to China, it coincided with the drought in central Fujian and the poor harvest. He asked his son to report to Fujian Governor Jin on the "Special Post for Offering Potato Vines", the process of bringing back potato vines and various advantages of Zhu Shu, and suggested planting Zhu Shu to solve the food shortage.
Jin Zengxue praised Chen Zhenlong's righteous act and ordered him to plant it as soon as possible for the people's life. Chen Zhenlong immediately tried to plant Zhu Shu in his own field. Four months later, Chen Zhenlong dug up the ground and found that Zhu Shugen was connected in strings, with small arms thick and even bigger than fists. In this regard, Chen Jinglun once again posted that bamboo trees are suitable for planting in the east, west, north and south. Please order all parts of central Fujian to do the same, so as to make it more in line with people's tastes. Jin adopted this suggestion and got a bumper harvest, thus alleviating the famine in central Fujian.
Later, bamboo trees were widely planted in the north and south of the great river, inside and outside the Great Wall, and many people were able to eat enough and not go hungry. At that time, the Ming government cited this? Fanbang? What is the name of this plant? Sweet potato? .
In the 14th year of Qing Daoguang (1834), Fuzhou people built it in Wushan to commemorate the achievements of Chen Zhenlong and Jin in promoting sweet potato cultivation. First potato restaurant? . 1962, when the famous historian Mr. Guo Moruo visited Fuzhou, he wrote a poem in praise of Chen Zhenlong. I tried to sail in the rattan basket and went back to Fujian to work hard. This feat is better than Shennong. Who knows? ?