Destiny Only Han

Seeing that Xiao He was still unmoved, Liu Ying decided to use her trump card.

He raised his head and asked, "Teacher, have you heard of interplanting?"

Confusion flashed in Xiao He's eyes, he tilted his head and asked, "What?"

Liu Ying explained: "In the same field, different plants are planted and then harvested."

Xiao He frowned: "How is it possible?"

He is a powerful man in Peixian County. Although he has never produced any prominent high-ranking officials, he has held some power in the local area for many generations. Just a taste of it.

Liu Ying raised her head and said, "The interplanting technique I mentioned was actually inspired by my elder father. When he planted melons in the back garden, he would always plant some beans next to the melon seedlings, and then pick the beans. Leaves are used for cooking.”

"Even if the beans are often bald, when the beans are ripe, there will be no fewer pods on each bean sprout than in the field outside!"

"So I followed this line of thought and started various experiments..."

Xiao He nodded secretly. The fact that Liu Taigong was the last batch of peasant scholars naturally couldn't be hidden from him, a powerful man in Peixian County. Xiao He would not be surprised if he had any unique knowledge on farming after hundreds of years of accumulation by the peasant family. .

However, he was listening hard, but found that Liu Ying suddenly kept silent.

Then, it was as uncomfortable as scratching the heart and lungs.

So he grabbed Liu Ying, who was looking around, and said impatiently: "What experiment? You said it!"

The sun was shining brightly, Liu Ying showed her eight crystal white teeth: "Teacher, there is no free knowledge in this world, right?"

Xiao He nodded in agreement.

Even Confucianism, which claims to teach without discrimination and tireless teaching, will accept two pieces of dried meat and a handful of vegetables as the capital of apprenticeship when recruiting apprentices, and the other theories are not free.

Xiao He sighed lightly: "Tell me, what do you want?"

Liu Ying put her hands on her hips, shook her head and said, "The students don't want anything, they just want to get back what they deserve...such as the project funds for the construction of Chang'an City!"

Hearing Liu Ying's words, Xiao He began to regret it. If he knew this, he shouldn't have stopped Liu Ying today and followed him all the way here!
Anyway, this big Han country belongs to their Liu family. Even if she doesn't ask, can Liu Ying still hide the so-called 'interplanting' technology for a lifetime?

Thinking of just getting it, the money will be given to Liu Ying before it is warm...

Regret, in short, very regret...

But with a flash of inspiration in his heart, he stroked his beard and nodded, "Okay, I can promise you."

Liu Ying looked directly into Xiao He's eyes: "Leave written evidence!"

The so-called black people who are close to ink, he knows too well what kind of temperament these old guys who followed Liu Bang to conquer the world are like!

Xiao He broke his defense instantly: "Are you going to say it or not? If you don't say it, forget it!"

I knew it!Come and take a look, everyone, there is an old man playing tricks on a child... Liu Ying grabbed Xiao He's sleeve:
"Say it, why don't you say it? Since the teacher wants to know, the student will naturally know everything! Well, the fingerprint is here..."

After a while, Liu Ying took away the handprinted and stamped receipt, and said with a smile: "The so-called interplanting is to put two or more crops with similar growth cycles on the same field. Plant in multiple rows at intervals."

"For example, in the experiment that the students did in their own farms, they interplanted corn and soybeans. During the growth and development period, both of them can accept sunlight, rain and wind very well, and neither one affects the growth of the other, and then wait until the corn grows. After getting up, the corn can shield the soybeans from the hotter sun and the bugs that eat the soybeans."

"The two coexist harmoniously. Although it takes more labor than planting alone, the yield per mu has increased. Anyway, the elderly and children are idle, and it is very cost-effective to exchange for more harvest!"

Well, what Liu Ying did not say is that soybean rhizobia can fix free nitrogen in the soil, which can be used by corn in addition to its own needs.

The root system of corn can secrete acidic substances, decompose insoluble mineral elements in the soil into quick-acting nutrients, which can be absorbed and utilized by soybeans, and can obtain seed fertilizers and topdressing fertilizers that cannot be obtained when soybeans are monocultured.

Xiao He couldn't understand these things quickly, so it was most appropriate to tell him the result directly.

In later generations, the reason why large tracts of land in many places adopt monoculture, that is, a field is only sown with a single crop, is to facilitate mechanized management.

But in today's Dahan, interplanting technology is undoubtedly closer to social productivity.

As an aside, the interplanting technique was recorded in the "Book of Fansheng" decades later, and by the time "Qi Min Yao Shu" appeared, this interplanting technique had already developed quite maturely.

Opposite Liu Ying, Xiao He, who knew him quite well, asked, "It's over? Just this one?"

Liu Ying smiled:
"Of course it doesn't stop. Since the teacher asked sincerely, I will tell you mercifully..."

"For example, the cotton that students want to grow can be interplanted with garlic. The pungent smell produced by garlic during the growth process can drive away the aphids that steal cotton. Not only aphids, but also other pests will also run away. .”

"Well, rapeseed is also suitable for planting with garlic!"

Liu Ying pointed to the place that he divided into a dormitory area in the distance and said:
"The students plan to interplant cotton and wheat on the land nearby. When the wheat awns grow, they can prevent pests from stealing the cotton, and the wheat planted can also provide a certain amount of food for the workers here."

"The same goes for corn with chili, corn with garlic..."

Xiao He nodded slightly, keeping everything in mind, and suddenly asked: "Workers? Where are you going to recruit workers from?"

Liu Ying scratched her head and said, "Teacher, do you still remember Qin's hidden official system?"

Hidden officials do not only refer to eunuchs and survivors of punishment such as cutting off their noses, hands and feet, but also refer to government handicraft workshops that house survivors.

The status of hidden officials is lower than Shiwu, Gongzu and common people without titles, and they are official slaves. The sons they give birth to are Shiwu without titles.

For example, Zhao Gao is a hidden official, and then step by step, step by step, step by step, he reached the highest level, and became the highest Zhao Gao...

Xiao He recalled for a while and said: "I remember, but as early as in the third chapter of the agreement when His Majesty entered the customs, the system of hidden officials was abolished, and each of them distributed farms and houses and went home."

Liu Ying sighed and said: "At that time, this move was to calm people's hearts. Although the intention was good, it was actually a bit inappropriate."

"For example, if people who have just recently been hired as hidden officials, even if they have been punished so that their hands and feet are bad, but at this time they still have the skills to cultivate the fields, it is naturally excellent to distribute the farmland to each family."

"But those who were born as hermits, or those who have long since left agricultural production, even if the land is distributed, they will not be able to reintegrate into Lifang."

"So the vast majority of the workers here are those who can take care of themselves, but do not master agricultural production technology, so that they can't find a wife, and they are living in a difficult life in their hometown!"

With a smile on Xiao He's face, he stretched out his hand and touched Liu Ying's head, expressing his comfort and intimacy.

Only the benevolent can be invincible.

Although Liu Ying is in a high position, her eyes are always watching the sufferings of the common people, which makes Xiao He very satisfied.

If it continues like this, the Han Empire will definitely not follow in the footsteps of the Qin Dynasty and perish in the second generation!

Liu Ying closed her eyes and said nothing.

In fact, the reason why he recruited hidden officials was that he contracted the land assigned to them at a very low price, and paid lower wages than those with able-bodied bodies...

After all, these people who have fallen into the quagmire do not have the capital to bargain with Liu Ying, but some are just grateful.

In fact, the same is true.

Working in a factory can earn more than working in the one-third of an acre of land at home.

Xiao He withdrew his hand, looked into the distance and was slightly lost in thought: "Is there the dam you mentioned?"

He remembered that Liu Ying once said at the beginning that in order to provide a steady stream of power for the water truck, it is necessary to build a dam first to adjust the water level in the wet season and the dry season.

This is why the textile factory was built in this wild land.

Agriculture is not enough without water. If it is built in a densely populated area, it is easy to fight with downstream farmers because of the problem of robbing water...

Liu Ying followed Xiao He's eyes and nodded slightly: "It's the dam, but..."

He was hesitating whether to let Xiao He know about the new thing that had not been verified.

Well, when building a dam, build a hydropower station on the other side.

Small power turbines.

This technology is actually very simple. It is to dig a downward turbine-shaped water channel to let the water pass quickly, and then put the generator's runner in the water channel to let the water force rotate.

As for the production of the generator, it is even simpler. Find a rainy night with lightning, insert a large iron rod on the ground to let the lightning strike, sort out the direction of the disordered magnetic domains in the iron rod, and then the iron rod will become a magnet.

Of course, not permanent magnets.

Then, it is to use electromagnetic induction to open the electrical age...

Well, it's just turned on, and there is still a long way to go before the real large-scale use of electricity.

Here is just a testing ground for Liu Ying.

Hydroelectric power is generated, and the electric current is brought into the factory building through painted wires used as insulation to light the bulbs and create a working environment that does not distinguish between day and night...

The prototype of large factory production was born.

The reason why this is a test site is that the water turbines require a large number of workers and engineers to maintain, and those students in the Dahan Public School next door who have only a little bit of relevant knowledge will learn and practice here.

The next step is to hand everything over to time, waiting for them to master all the relevant knowledge, and spread out like a spark, lighting up the whole man!

Beside Liu Ying, seeing Liu Ying didn't want to say anything, and Xiao He didn't intend to ask more.

This trip has yielded a lot for him.

Although, paid more...