Cultivation of chastity

Chapter 155 Students enter Lingnan

When the autumn harvest came, the workload of the imperial court increased sharply during this period.

At this time, the impetuous atmosphere in the court will be swept away.

Because everyone has gone to work, there are really few people talking about it at this time.

Under Li Tai's arrangement, the students from the agricultural school who were temporarily working in the Zhengbaiqu area were arranged by Li Tai to go to the Lingnan area under Ma Zhou's reluctant eyes.

Not only Li Tai, but even Fang Xuanling came out to send these students off this time, which made these students' originally wavering minds a little bit stronger after all.

To be honest, if it weren't for the fact that most of them were orphans, and Li Tai promised that they would be dispatched back to the north in at most three years, I am afraid that not many of these students would be willing to go to Lingnan.

However, Li Tai didn't deceive them. From now on, the Agricultural Institute will continue to send graduates to the Lingnan area every year.

At the same time, starting from three years later, I will also recall students from the Lingnan area.

One is to strengthen exchanges and strengthen the ownership and solidarity of Guangzhou, especially Lingnan, to the central government.

As for the second point, when I go to Youzhou by then, I need to do too many things, and I will definitely need a lot of people.

With the transfer of this group of people, the basic positions under Ma Zhou were emptied of many people.

Although these positions are not big, and they can even be regarded as officials to a certain extent, they are cherished by the people at the bottom.

Ma Zhou promoted some of the corvees who performed well. Although it took a while to adjust, the overall efficiency was not greatly affected.

However, the autumn harvest is a bumper harvest for others, but for the Gaoling area, which mainly grows winter wheat, it is time to prepare for planting winter wheat.

It must be worth mentioning that because these migrant workers will soon go back to autumn planting, I also need to do a good job in the migration of these migrant workers.

For example, their evacuation from Gaoling and its vicinity will cause manpower shortages in the Gaoling factory.

For example, their departure itself requires the overloading of various means of transportation.

Even Li Tai had to take out the saved crop seeds, farming tools, and new farming knowledge.

In short, in fact, even Li Tai became busy with the beginning of the autumn harvest.

Fortunately for Li Tai, this is only a small place like Gaoling and the material storage and operation of the surrounding areas.

If it was replaced by the whole of China, this job is really not humanly capable!
Of course, Ma Zhou also brought good news that the Nanbaiqu that needs to be connected in the Zhengbaiqu renovation project has been completed.

Because Ma Zhou also knew that most of the wheat was planted in Gaoling, so most of the cultivation was carried out in late autumn and winter, so Ma Zhou concentrated his efforts to open up the Nanbai Canal, one of the Sanbai Canals, first.

One is to catch up with Gaoling's autumn plowing this year, so that these lands can be planted with wheat as much as possible.

As for the second point, after the opening here, it will be connected with Gaoling's wharf, and some sampans and light boats will be able to transport certain materials directly to Zhengbaiqu.

Instead of going on land, it will be more convenient to repair the next canal.

So Ma Zhou concentrated his efforts to build this canal first.

On the day of the repair, Li Tai invited these people to have a full-day feast, even if these people had to pick up the shovel to dig the canal again the next day, at least today he would let them enjoy the glory of the canal repair.

After the construction of the Nanbaiqu, Ma Zhou entrusted Xue Dading to take charge of the next Kaiken farming.

To tell the truth, in ancient times, any place where it was convenient to get water, with the gradual cultivation and care, even the arable land that was originally a middle field or even a lower field could gradually become an upper field through the natural transformation of the people.

The most typical is the Jiangnan area. In fact, in the book "Zhou Li·Di Guan", the "mud" in Yangzhou (the lower reaches of the Yangtze River) was evaluated as "lower" soil quality, which is a low-humid and barren land.

However, with the development of land in the south of the Yangtze River during the Song, Ming and Qing Dynasties, the productivity of the Jiangnan area was far greater than that in the north.

Therefore, the status of water in the farming process is really too important.

Even if these arable lands have just been reclaimed, they are not considered as fields, but as long as they look a little farther, basically people in this era know that the fields here will soon become fat.

It's just that Li Tai didn't mean to grow food. First, as the saying goes, don't worry about scarcity, but worry about inequality. It is unreasonable to open up a field by yourself and then secretly plant food first.

Moreover, the fertility of the land is not strong, and it is certain that the crops will fail, so it is better to plant some crops that increase fertility.

In addition, some weed stalks and the like can be ground into powder and sprinkled in the soil to ferment slowly.

This batch of land is real raw land, and nothing can be planted in the first year, and it must be cultivated first.

After all, it is not the third year of Zhenguan, when every grain of rice was used to save lives.

There was a bumper harvest last year, and this year's harvest is also good, with enough grain reserves, there is no need for Li Tai to exhaust the fertility of the land that was not much in the first place.

At present, it should be to find a way to increase the current soil fertility, so that the soil that is not much can be used for native soil.

Li Tai wrote a letter of his thoughts and sent it to Li Shimin, waiting for Li Shimin's reply.

Of course, the main body of the Zhengbaiqu project is the construction of the Sanbaiqu. Now that one is completed, the aristocratic families are naturally moved after hearing the news, one by one, planning to seize a piece of land by themselves first.

Especially as they watched the time slowly reach late autumn, Li Tai had no intention of planting wheat at all.

All of them came here in a hurry than Li Tai. To them, seeing the land deserted in vain, it really hurts!
But it's a pity that Su Dingfang's army camp is stationed nearby, so they just look at it. If they dare to send servants to enclose the land, then the weapons in the hands of Su Dingfang's army are not for looking at.

In the end, Li Shimin informed the families of Li Tai's thoughts, which calmed them down.

Because these fields are newly cultivated, Li Tai is trying to speed up the maturity of these fields and increase the fertility of the land.

They can only accept the so-called sharpening the knife without cutting firewood by mistake. Of course, even if they don't accept it, they can't say no to Li Tai!

However, with the construction of Nanbaiqu, one of the three Baiqu canals, the court's evaluation of Li Tai began to rise again.

After all, they don't care whether Li Tai is the most capable official in the world, after all, all capable officials basically work against the family.

For the aristocratic family, Li Tai can bring them benefits, but it is real.

So although Li Tai's score in Rulin did not increase, his score in Aristocratic Family suddenly improved a lot.

The aristocratic families who have invested money are still waiting for Li Tai to quickly build the other two canals, and then prepare to divide the land!

All in all, with the smooth implementation of Zheng Baiqu's plan, especially as it seems to have entered the stage of sharing fruit and fruit, it immediately makes people feel at ease. After all, there is nothing more reassuring than this.

I have to say that when people are proud of themselves and become famous, you will find that there are still many good people in this world!
Of course, Li Tai didn't pay much attention to it, and patiently urged Ma Zhou to speed up the promotion of the next two canals of Sanbai Canal.

Li Tai reckons that the construction of the main project for the renovation of Zheng Baiqu should be completed by next summer at the latest.

As for all other places, if you want to polish everything, or even finish it, it may be delayed until the end of the year.

At the same time, the group of students sent by Li Tai also arrived in Lingnan, although in terms of time, it was already autumn.

But in fact, everyone in Guangzhou knows that even in winter, the weather is still very pleasant.

However, this group of people came to Guangzhou after all, and even met Liu Shenwei who is exploring new fields. It can be said that this group of people felt that they had found an organization for the first time. The moment they saw Liu Shenwei, the eyes of a group of people were moist up.

"Master Liu, this group of people is said to be sent by Chang'an Agricultural University, and their tooth cards have been verified. Please help them settle down!" Cheng Zhijie sent someone to send this group of people to Liu Shenwei's residence.

Liu Shenwei was taken aback for a moment, then his face beamed with joy, and he came out resolutely.

Seeing a young man with bright eyes and a tall and straight figure, Liu Shenwei couldn't help being taken aback, but immediately smiled and said:

"Master Ke didn't expect you to lead the team this time."

Yuan Keshi saluted Liu Shenwei, then calmly said:
"The king of Yue said that the environment here is different from Chang'an, and it was originally the best place for Li Shanchang to come here.

But others are in Youzhou, so I am the only one who comes here to check the local data and compile a solar term calendar that suits the local area.

Otherwise, I'm afraid I won't be able to make the best use of the land, and it's time for farming! "

"That's right!" Liu Shenwei vomited bitterly when he heard this, "Originally this should be the end of autumn, and it's almost winter.

But this place is still quite hot. Originally, I thought that after I came out of the agricultural school, I would be able to farm wherever I went.

But now the weather makes me a little confused, is there no winter here? I'm really not used to it! "

"It seems that the calendar needs to be re-edited here!" Master Yuan Ke felt that his task was quite arduous.

To be honest, why the Chinese nation seems to be born to farm, this ability seems to be engraved in the genes, in fact, the important reason is that the Chinese nation will regularly update the solar terms and seasons.

What should be planted in what season is determined by the state, and then the people below will cultivate according to the solar terms.

In fact, regardless of farming techniques, this ability alone can be regarded as intensive cultivation, and it has also been the top priority of every court in China since ancient times.

If there is a mistake in the solar terms and seasons, then Taishi Bureau, an official position that was originally very leisurely, will also die.

And Li Tai knew that Chang'an and Guangzhou belonged to different climate zones. If Guangzhou was allowed to cultivate according to Chang'an's calendar, it didn't mean that it couldn't be done, but that it couldn't fully utilize the advantages of Guangzhou's farming.

Therefore, it is necessary to send a person who understands astronomy and weather and how to make seasons.

Even if he can't make a suitable season, at least the information he keeps collecting will be very convenient for those who will take over this matter in the future.

Because what kind of farming techniques and what kind of rice to choose are all important, but they are not as critical as formulating a local season.

Because only when this season is formulated, the local people can clearly know what they should do every year.

In a way, this is the most primitive planning operation.

And it is not easy to make such a season, even if it is an unofficial one.

But since Li Tai asked Yuan Keshi to come, he believed that Yuan Keshi had the ability to complete this matter.

"This matter can't be done right now. I've arranged for you all in your dormitory. Let's take a good rest first!"

Liu Shenwei said, "Besides, you should pay attention to it in the next few days, the most likely to be unaccustomed when you relax during the journey.

If you feel uncomfortable, tell me immediately, the medical camp is next door to you, and I will send you a copy of the local taboo in a while! "

"Oh? What's the taboo here?" Master Yuan Ke asked somewhat surprised.

"There are many!" Liu Shenwei said, "After a few days, you will naturally know."

Liu Shenwei did not explain too much, but looking at Liu Shenwei's confident expression, Yuan Keshi felt a little uneasy.

However, this uneasiness quickly disappeared, because in the next month, the people I brought over began to get sick for no reason, and even I lay sick on the bed, becoming a super salty fish.

Although I don't know what happened to the illness, but I just can't lift my body up and down, as if today is another tired day.

But, the scorching sun made it seem like a luxury to lie in the house and sleep.

And Liu Shenwei seemed to be no stranger to this, and personally brewed herbal medicine for Yuan Keshi, and then poured it into Yuan Keshi.

Liu Shenwei said rather than gloating, "I told you, you will know in a few days!"

"I'll be sick for a few more days~ I can't live up to King Yue's trust, I can't let time be wasted like this, I have to get up and work!"

Yuan Keshi wanted to struggle to get up, but was pushed back by Liu Shenwei.

"Don't hold on, if you really die, it will be treated as a plague!" Liu Shenwei said seriously,

"It's just that the climate is not acclimatized, so don't worry too much.

There were quite a few illnesses like yours in the army, and they all recovered in the end.

It's just that everyone's physique is different, and the recovery time is also different, the longest time is only ten days.

The students you brought here should lie down for a few days and drink more lentils to relieve the heat. "

"It feels so difficult here in Lingnan!" Yuan Keshi didn't expect that he just came to Lingnan, but he was let down by the weather.

"It's okay!" Liu Shenwei said calmly, "You're lucky these days, it was raining for us a month or two before you came here, that scene seemed like the water dragon king came ashore, and thinking about it now, I'm still a little scared. "

(End of this chapter)