I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 67, drinking the water of the Sanggan River

This day, the old man Wang pulled Xu Wei out of the barracks and said: "Captain, you are not only the commander of the soldiers, but also the commander of more than 20 troops. There are so many things going on in Ma Yi, how can you stay in the barracks all the time?" among!"

Xu Wei smiled and said: "Ma Yi's daily affairs are not because of you and old man Niu! And I do have important things to do with the army!"

Old man Wang said unhappily: "It's a big deal for me to find you! Now it's the autumn harvest time. Although we don't have much wheat in Mayi, we grow a lot of vegetables. Now is the time to harvest."

"So it's time for the autumn harvest!"

Xu Wei looked at the rare wheat field next to Mayi City, which is now golden yellow. The wind blows the wheat waves and makes a rustling sound, which makes people feel very comfortable. In the wheat field, many people are harvesting wheat.

These are all wheat grown by the local people, about 1 mu. Although Xu Wei beat the local tyrants, he did not forcibly confiscate the land of the people.

The local people were afraid from the very beginning, but found that Xu Wei and the others did not violate themselves, and they could get enough to help Xu Wei do things, so they immediately became the first batch of migrant workers in Xu Wei's hands.

They also help Xu Wei build a new city during the slack season. They don’t have much money, and they mainly want Xu Wei to eat three meals a day, and there is meat every few days.

At the same time, because of working together and understanding each other, these people quickly blended together. In the wheat fields, there are many people who are familiar with these people and help them harvest wheat.

Because of the hundred-smelting sickle provided by the iron factory, the harvesting efficiency is very fast, and the harvesting farmers are also very happy.

Xu Wei sighed: "It's a pity that the yield of this wheat is too low! And the number of wheat fields is too small."

Looking at the sparse wheat, Xu Wei estimated that the yield per mu might be a little more than 1 shi to 2 shi, which meant that Mayi had increased grain reserves of less than 3 shi at most.

This would be considered a perfect harvest in modern times, but it can barely be considered a bumper harvest in this era. Although the land in Mayi is too barren and there is no chemical fertilizer, everyone can only plant it sparsely.

And the common people laughed so happily because the tyrannical lords have all run away, all the harvest on the land is their own, and there is no government to collect taxes. It is their own, with an average of 3 shi per person, and 30 catties of grain per person. This is an unprecedented bumper harvest for the people of Mayi.

This is the advantage of getting rid of the rentier class. Even in a barren place like Mayi, the common people can eat well.

Old man Wang said: "Next year there will be more, and there will be millions of acres of wheat here, enough to feed all of us.

Then the old man Wang continued: "I want to plant winter wheat after purchasing vegetables. Although the harvest of the newly opened land is not high, it can take a few months. Next year we will plant another batch of soybeans, so that the land can be slowly fertilized." stand up!"

Xu Wei said: "This is a good thing, of course I support it, old man, you can arrange everyone to plant it!"

Xu Wei, a city dweller, really doesn't know much about farming. Of course, he can still speak clearly and logically when it comes to theory, but he is completely wrong in practice, so he is very self-aware. year field people.

The old man Wang said unhappily: "It would be nice if it was as simple as this. Although we have reclaimed 60 mu of land after a month of reclamation, it was reclaimed by 14 people. How to divide these fields? How dare I call the shots, old man, if you don’t show up for being so handsome!”

"60 mu, which is too little!" 14 people reclaimed wasteland, and if the average distribution, each person is less than 5 mu, and these are all raw land, one stone in the first year is considered God's blessing, that is It is said that farming alone cannot support one person, so naturally it cannot be distributed equally
Xu Wei thought for a while and said: "Find 1 experienced old farmers and let them plant. The others will continue to open up wasteland. Try to reclaim 100 million mu of land before it snows. Tell everyone to be patient for a year. The fields are enough to be distributed together.

Let's find a way to build water canals, turn these lands into irrigated land, get some soil and chemical fertilizers, and strive to produce 300 million shi of grain next year, so that Mayi can barely be self-sufficient in grain. "

Speaking of sowing grain, Xu Wei immediately thought of a picture of a wooden cart, and immediately said: "Old man Wang, ask anyone who has seen a columbine cart. It is said that this thing can sow more than 600 mu of land a day. If we can make a columbine cart That's it, the 60 mu of land with thousands of columbine carts will be solved."

Old man Wang said with a smile: "The columbine, the old man used it when he was young, but it is nonsense to say that he can sow more than 600 mu a day, and he can sow a hundred mu a day at most!"

Then the old man Wang sighed and said: "It's just that the population of Jizhou increased, and there were fewer people to use it. The old man recalled the memory and saw if he could find someone to make it."

Speaking of columbine carts, Xu Wei thought of the threshing machines and windmills he had seen when he was a child. These farm tools are much more efficient than the big man's current farm tools. It just so happens that it is the autumn harvest season. This batch of farming tools should be a hit!

So Xu Wei shared his thoughts with Old Man Wang!
The old man Wang said: "These are all good farm tools, but you are too late, captain, and now even Mayi has started harvesting, and other places have harvested earlier, and it will take time for you to manufacture these organs, transport them It will also take time, if you send these machines out, I am afraid that the autumn harvest will be over!"

Xu Wei thought it was reasonable, but he still said: "Even if we can't build a few, they will always be needed here in Mayi, and even if we don't need them this year, we will always need them next year. We will prepare early to save next year." In a hurry."

"And I heard that Shanggu County is also farming. They want to come to the north and just start the autumn harvest. Maybe they can sell a batch of farm tools to the field soldiers in Youzhou! Even our other products can enter Youzhou and Jizhou through waterways."

It may be that Xu Wei and Liu Bei have a fate. He is the generation of Shanggu and Daijun who farmed the fields. The soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army they captured at the beginning were arranged on both sides of the Sanggan River!

Xu Wei drank the water of the Sanggan River with them, and he could go to Shanggu and Daijun by going down the river, so he had such an idea!

But old man Wang said: "I'm afraid they won't use our anti-thief things!"

Xu Wei said with a smile: "I see that Liu Bei is also a person who does practical things, and he doesn't care about these things. He also has to support more than 10 people, and the pressure will not be less than us! He must be more short of money than us!"

Xu Wei is a rebel who can raid the homes of nobles and nobles to get primitive accumulation, but Liu Bei is an official.It is naturally impossible to do things like ransacking the family and exterminating the whole family.

Old man Wang didn't know anything about Liu Bei, but he could see that Xu Wei had a good impression of Liu Bei, so he didn't say much!
(End of this chapter)