Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 2335
At the end of autumn, data about the grain output of various places has already been transmitted to the capital.

After seeing these data, the official in charge of the matter became slightly gloomy.

After confirming again and again that there was nothing wrong, he couldn't help but sigh again.

In the early morning of the next day, the officials discussed the matter, and soon they discussed the grain for this year. The official stood up and submitted a piece of data.

"My lord, the grain output this autumn has dropped a lot compared to last year."

The data is clearly written. After reading it, Li Chengqian was also shocked. If it is only a little less, there is no problem. But the data on it shows that the production has been greatly reduced. In many places, production has been reduced by one-third.

This situation is a bit too shocking.

If the weather is not good this year, then it is justified, but this year they did not have any disasters in the Tang Dynasty, which is very problematic.

"It is true that the production has been reduced a lot. Has the people from Sinong Temple investigated why?"

"Returning to the Holy Master, since the large-scale promotion of corn and peanuts, the yield of the land has begun to decrease. Those places where there is no corn and peanuts, the yield is not bad, but those who have planted it are the common people, some farmers in Sinong Temple I think it may be because of crops such as corn and peanuts that next year's wheat production may also decrease."

When these words came out, the court officials were stunned.

"There is such a thing. Doesn't it mean that although corn and peanuts are good, they have caused great damage to the land. If this continues, our Tang's grain production will become less and less?"

"If this is the case, then it would be too terrifying, Your Majesty, this matter must be dealt with."

"Those corns, peanuts, etc., can no longer be planted."

"That's right, that's right, we can't continue planting."

"Otherwise, my Tang Dynasty will have no food to use."

"........."

Some officials in the DPRK were heartbroken, they were not against Qin Tian, ​​they just felt that the occurrence of this kind of situation was too terrifying, if it really couldn't be controlled, then the situation would be bad.

Everyone is against planting crops like corn and peanuts.

In fact, these situations happened again before that. After the introduction of some new crops, some crops in the original sound field will be damaged to a certain extent. In this way, many people can only make some choices.

And if they had to choose between corn, peanuts and wheat or rice, they would naturally choose wheat and rice.

Many people muttered, and Li Chengqian was also a little moved.

However, he had some entanglements.

The emergence of corn and peanuts has indeed alleviated the food shortage in the Tang Dynasty. With these, it will be easier for the people to fill their stomachs.

He thought for a moment, then turned his gaze to Qin Tian.

"King Xiliang, what do you think about this?"

When these people were discussing, Qin Tian was very calm, as if he was not worried about the situation they said, when Li Chengqian asked, Qin Tian stood up and said: "My lord, this kind of practice is just a waste of food because of choking. Pick."

Giving up food because of choking is even more terrifying.

If they don't plant good food, wouldn't their Tang Dynasty go back to the past?

Li Chengqian said: "But the reduction in grain production is probably not very beneficial to our Tang Dynasty?"

"Your Majesty, the decrease in food production is because the land is not fertile enough. My Majesty, think about it. In the past, wheat might only be planted once a year. This land has a lot of nutrients, and the grain yield will naturally be higher. In the past, we Some soybeans may also be planted. After planting soybeans, the yield of wheat will be higher. This is because the small bumps on the roots of soybeans can provide wheat with some nutrients needed for wheat growth, but corn and peanuts cannot provide them, so land It becomes impoverished."

The small bumps on the roots of soybeans can provide nitrogen nutrients for plants, but Qin Tian didn't want to make these too complicated.

And after Qin Tian said this, all the officials suddenly understood a little bit. It turned out that this was the reason for the reduction of land production.

"King of Xiliang, does that mean that as long as the fertility of the land can be increased, the grain yield can be increased?"

Soon, officials asked.

Qin Tian nodded: "That's right."

"Then how do we make the land fertile? Normally, we put manure into the fields, but whether it's human manure or animal manure, there's not enough of it, and it takes time for these things to ferment. These are simply not enough to meet our needs for farming, otherwise the grain production will not be reduced."

They have pulled all these feces into the field, but if the land still reduces production, it means that their feces are not enough.

Of course, if it was only needed to support wheat or rice in the past, there should be no problem, but now, there are still corn and peanuts, and the land is basically not idle. Fertility is naturally not enough.

How to make the land more fertile is a very difficult thing for them, because in their opinion, there seems to be no other good way except to pull manure into the ground, right?
Everyone turned their attention to Qin Tian, ​​Qin Tian smiled, and said: "Plants need a lot of nutrients to grow, and these nutrients are not only in manure, but in fact, many things are in it. I have a method for processing fertilizers here." , as long as some factories are opened, these fertilizers are produced, and then plowed into the land, the next year’s wheat harvest will definitely be abundant.”

Hearing what Qin Tian said, everyone was very surprised. What kind of fertilizer needs to be processed?

You Qin Tian said yes, so it must be possible?

They thought Qin Tian's words were miraculous, because they couldn't find any evidence to support what Qin Tian said.

It was too dreamy, but after hearing Qin Tian's words, they still couldn't find any reason to object, or to question, because Qin Tian had never failed before.

If he said that this matter is possible, then this matter is probably possible.

No one said anything, how to decide on this matter still depends on Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian thought about it for a while, finally nodded, and said: "Since the king of Xiliang has a way to improve the fertility of the land, let's try it. Let's see, if we can really increase the production, my Tang Dynasty will have no food from now on." shortages."

Since it was proposed by Qin Tian, ​​no matter what, they all felt that they should try it out. After Li Chengqian made this decision, some officials immediately agreed.

(End of this chapter)