Who is not Cao Cao?

Chapter 150 Four stones per mu!

After that, He Yan didn't dare to go to Sikong Mansion for several days.

After all, isn't it nice to hold Mother Deng and Da Qiao in Hewu?Why do you have to face the pair of Cao siblings who are almost insane...

But the sage once said—

"If you don't go to Sikong Mansion, Sikong Mansion will come towards you."

After Cao Cao recovered a little, he held an extremely private and high-end meeting.

Participants included but not limited to Xun Yu, Xun You, Guo Jia, Dong Zhao, Jia Xu, Ren Jun.

Although Xu Shu, Pang Tong, and Lu Su have entered the Cao Cao shogunate, their qualifications are still young, and they cannot participate in this meeting for the time being.

He Yan was invited, but He Yan really didn't want to attend this meeting...

"Cao Pi is so scary, woo woo woo, I'm so scared!"

As He Yan spoke, he tried hard to rub his head into Da Qiao's arms.

Da Qiao was very innocent, and hurriedly stroked He Yan's hair: "If Marquis Shen is really afraid of Prince Sikong, at worst, let him do something."

"Hey, ma'am, you don't know how domineering Cao Pi is, he often bullies me~~~"

Da Qiao hugged He Yan again distressedly: "It turns out that Marquis Shen also has such troubles, alas!"

Feeling the soft embrace on three sides, He Yan nodded: "I'm so pitiful! Fortunately, my wife is here."

"..."

Deng Ai, who was on the side, couldn't bear to look directly at this scene, so he turned and left without taking away any clouds.

Deng's mother also sighed: "Young Master He, it's better to go early, so as not to make Sikong unhappy by being late."

"okay!"

He Yan immediately bounced off Da Qiao, and reluctantly said to Da Qiao, "I'll tell you about being bullied by Cao Pi when I come back!"

Da Qiao replied distressedly: "Marquis Shen, come back earlier, don't be bullied by that Sikong prince."

"Good talk!"

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When He Yan came to Sikong Mansion, everyone was basically there.

"Yulang, come and sit down."

Cao Cao's complexion was indeed much better than before, and he directly called He Yan to his side.

"Father, this is a bit out of etiquette, I'd better sit here."

He Yan kicked away Guo Jia's slanted leg, planning to make do with Guo Jia right here.

"No, this time you are the first one! Come and sit down!"

Boss Cao let He Yan sit next to him in a grand manner: "Don't shirk! This time is mainly to celebrate your achievements!"

He Yan's Adam's apple twitched: "Father, I didn't make any great achievements, did I?"

"Isn't it just taking Lujiang County with one soldier at a time, preserving the stability of Jiangnan, and encircling and suppressing a few bandits entrenched in Huainan by the way? It's really no big deal!"

Everyone: "..."

Cao Cao also almost choked on his old phlegm, and rolled his eyes helplessly at He Yan: "That's not it!"

"Huh? No?"

He Yan was even more embarrassed: "Then persuaded Zhang He and Gao Lan to surrender the tens of thousands of Hebei soldiers, let alone the matter of going to Yuan Shao's camp first! Isn't it just defeating Yuan Shao? It's not going to be..."

Cao Cao: "..."

The socialite Xun Yu saw that the meeting would not go on, so he quickly explained his intention of calling He Yan over.

"Marquis Shen, it's not about Guandu, nor about Huainan."

Xun Yu smiled brightly: "It's because of the food!"

food?

Only then did He Yan recall that it seemed to be the season of corn harvest again.

"This year's grain harvest is bumper! One mu of land can produce four stones of corn!"

One mu of land in the Eastern Han Dynasty was about 465 square meters, which was relatively small compared with 666 square meters in later generations.

The so-called "one stone" in the Eastern Han Dynasty was actually not only a capacity unit, but also a weight unit.

The "one stone of grain" counted by the government refers more to the weight of the grain. For example, one stone of corn is about 120 catties in the Han Dynasty.

In the Han Dynasty, a catty was about 250 grams in later generations, and 120 Han Jin per stone was equivalent to 60 catties in later generations.

Xun Yu's so-called "four stones per mu" translates to "one mu of land can produce 240 catties of corn".

To translate it again, it is equivalent to 330~350 catties of grain per mu of real estate in later generations...

This figure made He Yan, who is used to seeing "a thousand catties per mu", naturally look down on him, but it is undoubtedly an earth-shattering change for other people in this era!

In the past, unless it was fertile land, it was impossible to achieve the output of four stones per mu, and the average still hovered around three stones.

Now the food production has suddenly increased by [-]%, which means to Cao Cao, which can no longer be explained clearly in one or two sentences.

It can only be said that Cao Cao did not come up to kiss He Yan immediately when he saw He Yan, which already shows that Boss Cao is not good at expressing his feelings...

"Four stones per mu!"

Xun Yu emphasized again loudly.

"All farmland planted with the method of Marquis Shen has increased its yield!"

Xun Yu came over eagerly and held He Yan's hand in person: "Your Majesty's move! The merit will last forever!"

He Yan, who was covered in goose bumps, quickly pulled his hand away: "Xun Lingjun, calm down! Calm down!"

"I really can't calm down!"

At this time, Ren Jun, who was in charge of farming, also joined He Yan's dog-licking group——

"In winter, I still had doubts about Yulang's actions, but looking at it now, I really am stupid!"

Ren Jun told everyone about He Yan's "burning dung" with them before: "Who would have thought that just a few piles of filth could have such an effect? ​​The old man usually claims to be a person who cherishes food, but one I feel extremely ashamed to think that so much filth has been thrown elsewhere in the past few decades!"

Obviously, in Ren Jun's eyes, his excrement can already be equated with food.

So when he thought of the "food" wasted in the past few decades, Ren Jun regretted it from the bottom of his heart, wishing to get back all the "food" he had pulled out...

"Forehead?"

He Yan wanted to tell Ren Jun not to be too sad.

In this era, apart from a small number of high-ranking officials and dignitaries, who doesn't solve the problem outside as soon as they untie their trouser pockets?

Among other things, there must be many people here who defecate casually...

Just when He Yan was slandering those present, the others understood Ren Jun's words.

Xun You, who has always been reluctant to speak easily, also stood up at this time, staring at Ren Jun with his somewhat red eyes: "Does Ren Jiangjun mean... this method of manure can be applied to all fields?"

Increasing food production is not the point.

The key is that this method seems to be generally applicable?

After all, as long as you are a person, you have to eat and drink.Can't get out other things, can't this feces be taken out?

"Yes!"

Ren Jun nodded firmly: "Absolutely!"

"hiss--"

Xun You gasped!
"If the yield per mu can reach four shi, wouldn't it be possible to produce a million shi of grain in Yuzhou alone?"

This is just Yuzhou.

Don't forget that Cao Cao now occupies the most fertile Central Plains!

If the method of manure is fully promoted, does it mean that Boss Cao will... never be short of food again?

(End of this chapter)