I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 154, Old Man Wang's Regret, the Disappearing Litian

In the fourth year of Zhongping (187), June.

This year's winter wheat in Mayi is ripe again. Xu Wei naturally cannot miss such an important day for Mayi. After he finished his western expedition against the Xianbei people, Xu Wei left most of them with only 500 cavalry. I rushed back to Mayi before buying wheat!

When he returned to Mayi, the whole Mayi was immersed in a joyful atmosphere. Today’s grain harvest has been bumper again, and the yield per mu has generally reached 3 shi, which is already the yield per mu of a top-notch field. The farmers in Mayi were overjoyed that they actually appeared in the land that had only been reclaimed for two years.

At this time, there are very few tribes who use sickles in Mayi, and most tribes have started to use plunders to buy wheat!This is much more efficient than the scythe high platform, and it is less tiring than the scythe.

So now a unique scene has formed in the fields of Mayi. There are harvesting tribes arranged every one foot in the field, and this tribe is like cutting weeds, constantly using plunder to buy the wheat around them, and then Stacked into a wheat line, a bit like a human-powered combine harvester.

Every five harvesting farmers in the back arrange a person to trap the wheat into a bundle with wheat straw, and then pack it and send it to the bullock cart beside the field. When the wheat on the bullock cart piles up into a hill, the farmer whips the wheat The old cow, let it move towards the threshing field, put the wheat on the side of the pedal tractor, and then the threshing farmer keeps stepping on this pedal to thresh the wheat, and the threshed wheat will be placed in the drying field to remove moisture, and finally the wheat It will enter the wind mill and be ground into flour.It is completely an assembly line harvesting!

In this way, the efficiency of harvesting has increased hundreds of times. In addition, now that the barbarians from Taiyuan County and the grasslands have come to Mayi to be wheat guests, the labor shortage situation in Mayi has finally been improved, and Mayi now finally does not have to harvest wheat. Time to shut down all factories!

Xu Wei came to the field with 500 cavalry, and was soon discovered by the old man Wang who was actually harvesting the field. He asked others to take over the loot in his hand, and ran to Xu Wei in surprise, "Victorious?"

Xu Wei nodded and said: "We have won a complete victory, and the Xianbei people will never dare to disturb us again! The four counties of Shuofang are completely occupied by us! Everyone can live their lives with peace of mind."

Old man Wang breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, he had already known the news through the horse inspection, but he still had to listen to Xu Wei to confirm him before he could rest assured.

Then he pointed at the harvested wheat and said with a smile: "This year's wheat harvest is bumper, and the yield per mu is generally three stones. I can't believe it. The old man with such a bumper harvest has only seen it in the most fertile land in Jizhou, and now it appears. In our native land, this is nothing short of a miracle!"

"There are 500 million mu of wheat harvested this summer, which means that we can harvest 1500 million shi of grain, which is enough to feed us for three years based on the current population of Mayi! With the grain here, the old man can finally feel at ease!"

Although Xu Wei did not bring many soldiers in this battle, he did not consume as much food and grass as the previous two battles. Compared with the previous two battles, this expedition can be described as an outside battle, and there is no rail carriage to support the logistics. So although only [-] troops were sent, tens of thousands of people helped the army transport food and grass.

Moreover, the Xianbei people who joined later also increased his army to 8 people, which brought even greater logistical pressure. Almost 10 people helped them transport logistics. If it weren't for the Yellow River to increase the transportation volume, there would be thousands of ships. Following Xu Wei to transport grain and grass, Xu Wei's 2000-mile expedition may require 30 civilians to help transport grain and grass.

Therefore, the grain and grass consumed by Xu Wei this time was no less than the previous two times. Before the summer harvest began, the grain and grass in the entire Mayi were less than 200 million shi. Old man Wang is worried every day, for fear that there will be a reduction in the summer harvest this year, which will cut off the food and grass for the people in Mayi!

But the bumper summer harvest this time really reassured Old Man Wang that he no longer had to worry about the food crisis!
Xu Wei said with a smile: "Now we have occupied 3 more counties. Although we don't know how many people there are, it is estimated that the population occupied by our Tengjia Army territory has exceeded one million. The 1500 million shi of grain is only enough to feed a day. years, plus the autumn harvest is enough to feed us for two years!"

Old man Wang's algorithm is as long as people don't starve to death, so in his opinion, the food is enough for them for three years, while Xu Wei's algorithm is to ensure that the Mayi tribe can eat three meals a day.

Old man Wang was cheerful but did not refute Xu Wei's words, but said with a smile: "Thanks to God's blessing, we have such a bumper harvest!"

Xu Wei said firmly: "This is not a miracle given by God, but the result of our hard work!"

Xu Wei pointed to the elevated water channel not far away: "We worked hard to build water channels, plow the land deeply, accumulate fertilizers, select excellent seeds, and cultivate rationally. All these have brought about our bumper harvest today!"

If Xu Wei has a game system, his farming level must be at the master level. Although he doesn't have much hands-on ability, he can guide the farmers in this world on how to increase production.

Knowing how to compost and spread chemical fertilizers is enough to instantly kill more than [-]% of the farmers in the world. Knowing that plant ash is potassium fertilizer, struvite is phosphorus fertilizer, and soybeans have nitrogen fertilizer is a part of the world.

It is because of Xu Wei's guidance that farmers in Mayi continue to fertilize the fields, so that today's harvest can be achieved. Otherwise, according to the laws of the world, even the most fertile land will fall fallow for one year after two years of planting!The raw land of Mayi needs to be planted every year!However, Xu Wei can do three kinds of crops in two years with reasonable intercropping, and can also ensure the fertility of the land.

Xu Wei felt that he was wasting his talent in farming. If he studied farming every day, it would not be a problem if he could produce more than 4 shi per mu this year. However, he had too many things to do, and it was impossible to stay in the field every day.

But he soon realized that he couldn't take the field with him often, but he could teach a few students and give them the considerable farming knowledge he knew, so that they could find ways to continue to increase the yield of the field, and teach them The farmers in Mayi can't do this, they can get hundreds of acres of land as an experimental field.

So Xu Wei told Old Man Wang about his thoughts!

The old man Wang said happily: "Why didn't the old man think of such a method? Before the imperial court, Litian came to help our people increase production. It should have passed down Qu Shuai's farming skills, so that the old man would find some clever children to come over. Qu Shuai, you should pass on the skills of this kind of field to them, and let them lead us to continue to harvest in Mayi, and the old man also wants to see what the wheat with an yield of 5-6 stones per mu looks like!"

"Li Tian?" Xu Wei also knew for the first time that the Han Dynasty actually had an official position to guide farmers to increase production. He always thought that agricultural experts were all modern products!
The old man Wang sighed and explained to Xu Wei: "This happened many years ago. At that time, the old man was still a child. He heard from the old people in the village that if anyone in the village had a very high yield in farming, he would be recruited by the court to become an official to help We increase grain production, and if Litian does well, he can even become a high official with 2000 shi.

At that time, the old man also hoped that he could also be favored by the court to become an official because of his good farming skills. It’s just that the old man has been farming all his life. Farming for a year can't even eat enough, this Litian has only heard of it, but has never seen it! "

Looking at the lost king, the old man Xu Wei felt very sympathetic. Although it was the first time he had heard of the official position of Li Tian, ​​he could guess that Li Tian should have appeared in the Warring States period. Food is the most important strategic material, and all countries are building water conservancy projects to increase food production.

For example, the state of Wu has Hangou, the state of Wei has the chasm, and the state of Qin has Dujiangyan and Zhengguo Canal, which are famous water conservancy projects through the ages.Even Ye Gong, who is fond of dragons in the idiom, built fields around the lake in Yunmengze, Chu State, which shows that the countries attached great importance to food at that time.

Therefore, farmers who can increase food production are naturally considered talents in the Warring States Period (and helped everyone find a way to become officials. In the Warring States Period, don’t memorize any poems and songs. Working hard to farm can still become the number one in the hearts of princes Waiting for talent!).

Then the official position of Litian should be inherited by the Western Han Dynasty. After all, before Emperor Wu, the Western Han government had never stopped wars, and Emperor Wu was also a pragmatist, and he faithfully implemented "the Han family's own system, which is based on the overlord's way." the emperor.

But I am afraid that Litian will decline after Emperor Wu. After all, Confucianism began to occupy a dominant position in the Han Dynasty at that time, and it is naturally impossible for them to let mud legs occupy official positions in the court.

So the old man Wang could only hear about it among the old people, and by the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were not many people who knew that there was such an official position. After all, the Eastern Han government had become a government of the nobles and nobles, and most of the officials were nobles and nobles. Disciple, they want to exclude even poor families and generals, so how could they let mud-legged people become officials.

The system of Litian should have declined because of this matter, and then the imperial courts of all dynasties were governed by Confucianism, and it was even more impossible to pick up this system. At least Xu Wei had never heard of it. The imperial court after the Eastern Han Dynasty had that because it was good at farming. become an official.

So Li Tian just disappeared into history, at least Xu Wei hadn't heard of it in modern times, and he came to this world for several years, and he didn't know that a big man used to farm so that he could be an official.

Xu Wei looked at the lost old man Wang and said with a smile: "This is a good thing left by our ancestors. Since the court doesn't want it, we can pick it up ourselves. Old man, you can observe who is good at farming in Mayi, and we Just reward him, give him a big horse, bring red flowers, and accept the cheers and worship of the entire Mayi tribe. We simply start to select the people with the highest grain production in Mayi this year, and then celebrate them. We want everyone in the world Everyone knows that people who are good at farming are equally talented and can be officials!
Isn't this a mutant model worker? Xu Wei couldn't help but slapped himself on the forehead. As a successor, he didn't expect to use such a method to improve everyone's enthusiasm for labor.

And he has always been distressed by the lack of talents in Mayi, especially now that he has occupied 3 more counties, the gap in talents is even greater, but this is not the solution now, who said that talents who have read the Six Classics It’s a talent, but if I’m good at farming, can’t I be considered a talent?The farmers in Mayi are not only literate (most of them only know a few hundred characters) but also know how to increase food production. Can such a person manage a county?

On the contrary, those scholars who have read the Six Classics thoroughly have any skills other than literacy. For the current Mayi, these scholars are mediocre.

Xu Wei seemed to understand at once, the talent was by his side, but he had to find a way to find out!

After the idea came to light, Xu Wei said excitedly: "This summer harvest festival, we need to hold a special event to make the whole Mayi tribe envy those good farmers. It happens that we occupy dozens of counties and train these good farmers. Let them serve as county magistrates and township heads for a period of time.

Hearing Xu Wei's words, old man Wang was naturally happy, but he was still worried: "They are all farmers, I'm afraid they won't be able to manage one side, and it will be bad if they cause trouble!"

Xu Wei disagreed and said: "Whoever is born to manage a party, it's not that they need to learn more, and in the counties and counties we rule, the first thing officials know is how to farm and how to increase food production. This is not their strong point. They are not afraid of making mistakes. As long as we learn from our mistakes, everyone will become a qualified official sooner or later!"

"Just like old man, you used to be a farmer, and now you can manage millions of people in the whole Mayi, and under your leadership, the whole Mayi has achieved a bumper harvest of 3 stones per mu. Is this something that scholars can do? It’s not because of your merits, old man, so don’t look down on the farmers!”

Old man Wang has been planting the land for decades. He naturally knows that this year's harvest has little to do with him. Among them, the elevated water channel occupies half, and the soil and fertilizer occupy the other half. However, he still doesn't understand many places, why some small stones ( struvite) can also be used as fertilizer.But he also has to admit that today's grain income is generally increased by 1 stone, and that kind of small stone should take a lot of credit!
Old man Wang thought for a while and said, "The old man will ask the merchants in Youzhou to sell us more struvite! This year's bountiful harvest of struvite is the real contributor!"

Although Xu Wei did not occupy Youzhou, there were quite a few merchants in Youzhou in Mayi. Xu Wei asked them to dig guano rocks on the islands of Youzhou, and gave them 20 yuan per stone. I'm not interested in small business, after all, even if you dig up 1 stones, you can only earn 20 yuan, and this amount of money is not much more than selling a set of iron armor from Mayi!

But for small businessmen, this is a business opportunity. Although they are baffled by Xu Wei's behavior, it is not shabby to make money!
When they arrived at these islands, they found that the struvite that Xu Wei said was everywhere, and they just needed to find someone to dig it. When someone really brought thousands of stones of struvite to Mayi and sold them for 2 yuan, these The businessman went crazy, they were digging stones here and there, they were just picking up money!

And this kind of industry is especially suitable for small businessmen in Youzhou. They find a boat to dig guano rocks on a small island near the sea, and then go all the way up the Sanggan River to Mayi, where they can make money. Even the capital is not used, there are better entrepreneurial projects in the world than this!

Although big merchants look down on these tens of thousands of dollars, for small merchants without much capital, this is a risk-free transaction, which is very suitable for small merchants like them without much capital!
So the small businessmen in Youzhou found some small boats to go to sea in groups. When they found the island, they dug a boat of struvite and sold it to Mayi. Wanshi guano stone, and then brought Mayi's current harvest!
Xu Wei thought for a while and said: "We can give some reputable Youzhou traders loans to buy transport ships, so that they can increase the import of struvite to Mayi!"

The old man Wang said worriedly: "The old man is only afraid that they will never come back. After all, a good transport ship costs tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of dollars, and it takes them more than a dozen trips to sell struvite. Worried that someone will be greedy!"

Xu Wei smiled and said: "Don't be afraid of losing money, as long as we can increase their import of struvite to Mayi, we will make a profit! We can afford to lose a few transport ships. Just look at this year because of the struvite that will allow us to increase production With several million shi of grain, it’s nothing at all to suffer this little loss!”

Xu Wei knows that the wheat yield of three stones is far from the limit of wheat production. Even if the seeds in this world are not good enough, as long as there is enough chemical fertilizer, the yield of 5-6 stones should be achievable!

Now, the ability to purchase 20 stones of struvite a year is obviously not enough for Mayi.Now Xu Wei's territory has expanded several times, and the land in Dingxiang's Yanmen County alone exceeds tens of millions of mu. If 10 catties of struvite are applied to these lands per mu, it will take 1 million catties of struvite. It needs close to a million stones of struvite. If the three counties that Xu Wei newly collected are added, I am afraid that the tens of millions of stones of struvite will not be enough.

Therefore, it is imminent to improve the means of transportation for small merchants in Youzhou. Now the small boats of small merchants in Youzhou can only transport hundreds of stones at a time, which is obviously difficult to meet the requirements of Mayi. Xu Wei intends to help these guano stone merchants in Youzhou Build a large ship specially for transporting struvite, so that you can transport 2000-5000 shi of struvite each time, so that one ship can hold up to dozens of previous ships!

Speaking of struvite, Xu Wei thought of cow dung. The fertilizer used in cow dung in Mayi is not much worse than struvite. It can even be said that the first fertilizer used in Mayi was cow dung. The environment in Mayi It can be said to be blessed, after all, there are millions of cattle and sheep here, and there are tens of millions of cattle and sheep around Mayi.Of course, the number of cattle and sheep is limited after all, and the amount of fertilizer fermented by them is still not as large as that of struvite, and it is troublesome to collect after all.

But Xu Wei suddenly thought of turning cow dung into an industry, so he asked, "Old man, how many disabled people are there in our rattan armor army!"

The old man Wang said sadly: "We have been fighting all these years. Although we have won all the battles, death is a hundred. Even if the disabled members have our help, their life is not as good as that of the healthy members. I am trying to arrange them. In some good positions, at least there is a meal to eat!"

Xu Wei just thought of a TV series he watched in modern times, which had the industry of exchanging chicken feathers for sugar, so he thought about whether cow dung could be exchanged for Mayi’s products, which would not only help Mayi increase the production of organic fertilizers The quantity can also place a large number of wounded, and at the same time, it can also allow Mayi's caravan tentacles to penetrate deep into the grassland and provide some commodity markets!
So Xu Wei said: "I have an idea, let's help them buy a carriage, and put some small commodities used by the herdsmen on the carriage, such as briquettes, briquettes stoves, knives, saws and ropes to exchange cow dung for the herdsmen , They collect cow dung on the grassland and transport it back to Mayi, and we recycle it at a higher price, so that our Mayi can have a good harvest of grain, herdsmen can get benefits, and the wounded can get a job! It can be said to kill three birds with one stone!"

Old man Wang hesitated and said, "Can this method work?"

Xu Wei laughed and said, "Why not, look, old man, if the herdsmen can exchange three cow dung for one briquette, or 10 cow dung can be sold for 1 yuan, would the herdsmen be happy? One briquette is more resistant to burning than ten cow dung, and it has no smell.

As soon as the herdsmen settle the accounts, they will find that exchanging cow dung for briquettes can not only be worth the cow dung used for burning, but also earn hundreds of Wen. No matter who is sensitive to wealth, as long as cow dung can be exchanged for More things, the herders on the grassland will not easily burn the cow dung, but dry the cow dung and pile it up, waiting for our caravan from Mayi to buy it, and use the cow dung to exchange cloth and iron tools What! "

Old man Wang said: "I'm afraid that the money earned from these cow dung is not enough to pay everyone's monthly salary! Like Qu Shuai said, everyone spent a lot of time on the grassland, but they didn't make much money. I'm afraid everyone will complain about his handsomeness!"

10 pieces of cow dung can be sold for 1 yuan, and the cow dung in this carriage probably won't make a lot of money, and if the price is raised, I'm afraid no one will use cow dung as fertilizer!
Xu Wei thought that the value of cow dung was too low, and he might not be able to support thousands of industrial workers.

It seems that Xu Wei is well-informed. He remembered that modern cow dung can be used for biogas power generation, and biogas can also be used for combustion in Mayi. Of course, this was considered a top-level high-tech technology in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Xu Wei wanted to come to Mayi as a herdsman and farmer. Can't play with these.

But there is still a simple one, that is to use cow dung to breed earthworms, and then use earthworms to feed chickens and pigs. Earthworms are also high-protein crops. Can they be chopped up and mixed with forage to feed cattle, so that the extension of the industrial chain will not make money? Well, cow dung does not make money, but it can raise earthworms, but it can be used to start chicken farms and pig farms, and then use earthworms to feed chickens and pigs, so it can make money. In the case of chicken farms and pig farms The profit is not to mention feeding these thousands of people, even a few thousand more people are not a problem, and Mayi has the richest group of workers in the world, and they are enough to consume the output of chicken farms and pig farms.

Then Xu Wei continued to diverge his thinking. Pigs and cows can be fed, and people can also eat them. After all, they are high in protein and high in nutrition. Xu Wei knows that troubled times are coming, and when the time comes, millions and tens of millions will be eaten. Starve to death, in such a desperate situation, what's wrong with eating some earthworms!
If you can't see it, you can chop up the earthworms, mix them in the flour, and add some salt as a seasoning. Who can eat such biscuits, and they have high nutritional value and are very filling. A kind of food!
Xu Wei spread his thinking like this, and found that the cow dung industry has a lot to do!The earthworm industry saves the country and the people!

(End of this chapter)