My husband Zhuge Kongming

Chapter 35 34. Winter wheat and summer rice

As the third son of the patriarch Huang Lv, Huang Yinmin is eager to learn, intelligent in both learning and debate, and has excellent moral character. He is the most favored member of the younger generation of the Huang family in Mianyang.

He understands that Zhuangzi today is different from the past.

And this difference comes from his own cousin.

Since childhood, this cousin was smarter than him.

When Huang Lv explained Zhuangzi's current situation to him last night, he probably understood the plight of his cousin: the momentum was too fast, and there were not enough people.

He also heard from Huang Lv that the agent rights of the Chu paper in the eight counties of Jingzhou had been taken over by the major families, among which the Jiangxia Huang family was the worst.

The Jiangxia Huang family and their Mianyang Huang family were still the same family more than a hundred years ago.

It's just that the Mianyang Huang family has been established for a much shorter period of time, so it can't be compared at present, but it may not be able to compare with this rather enchanting cousin.

Although it is not appropriate to pin the hopes of a family on one person, Huang Yueying's performance is worth it.

So, I looked at my sister, and found that although the latter was young, there was tiredness in his eyes, but also confidence and certainty.

"Brother, I did some calculations. Now I have nearly [-] mu of land under my name. Although most of the land is located in Mianyang, the distribution is also scattered." Huang Yueying has also sorted out the congratulations of various families these days. It's too loose to manage.

"That's right, Ah Chu is now a wealthy family." Huang Yin smiled and said warmly, "Actually, the most direct way to deal with it is not to change it. Most of the land donated by each family has the original tenants."

Huang Yueying immediately shook her head and refused, "No, I can't help it."

As a Huaxia person, what do you want to do most when you own a field?
Vegetables of course!farming!All kinds!
This is the DNA engraved in the blood and in the bones!
The most important thing is... the food production in this era is still too low.

Huang Yin was stunned for a moment, "Can't help it?"

"Yeah, I can't help it." Huang Yueying smiled wryly, "Brother, have you ever heard of Su Mai?"

Huang Yin nodded slightly, "Emperor Wu ordered it to be promoted, and now more are planted in the Central Plains and the North. In Jingzhou, corn and rice are the main crops."

"Brother, do you know that if it is winter wheat and summer rice, most areas in Jingzhou can harvest two crops a year?"

In terms of rice field rotation, rice-wheat rotation appeared in China at the latest before the 9th century, and it developed even more rapidly in the Song Dynasty. The development of rice and wheat dual cropping system
"Winter wheat and summer rice?" Huang Yin was puzzled at first, and then calculated the planting and maturity time of the permanent wheat and rice in his heart, "If so, the rice seedlings will not have enough time to grow... When will they be harvested?"

Seeing that Huang Yin did not directly refute, Huang Yueying was quite happy in her heart. Fortunately...Huang Yin is not a stubborn old farmer.

"When planting rice at present, only the age is easy to be good, and the land should be close to the top. The land is not good and thin, and the water is clear, so the rice is beautiful. March is the top time, early April is the middle time, and the middle ten days is the bottom time." Huang Yueying thought for a while, and first said a part of the records about rice planting in "Qi Min Yao Shu". limitations.

Sui Yi, that is, replace it once a year.

However, the way of growing rice today is quite different from that of later generations. It is not only the issue of seedling raising and transplanting, but also the issue of crop rotation.

In the Southern and Northern Dynasties and before the Southern and Northern Dynasties, if one mu of land was planted with rice once this year, it could not be planted with rice again next year.

This is also the reason why the price of white rice is high at this time.

"Brother, do you think so?"

While listening, Huang Yin kept thinking, and asked in surprise, "Is Ah Chu so clear about farming?"

Shaking his head helplessly, he sighed with a smile, "How many skills did Uncle teach Ah Chu?"

"Brother thinks so?" Huang Yueying asked back.

Huang Yin nodded naturally, "If you grow rice, don't everyone grow it like this?"

"The elder brother thinks, why is it easy for the rice fields to be good every year?"

Huang Yin shook his head, "I don't know."

"The purpose is that the crops will not be monotonous, which will help prevent and control pests, make better use of soil fertility, and increase crop production."

"Achu means that winter wheat and summer rice are also crop rotations?"

"Exactly."

It was the first time for Huang Yin to hear such a concept, and he couldn't help but have a look of curiosity in his eyes, "Winter wheat and summer rice, is it really feasible?"

"It's feasible." Huang Yueying nodded, "The places south of the big river have a mild climate and fertile soil, so most of them are feasible."

"If it's like this every year, wouldn't the fields be able to get a rest?"

"Therefore, it is necessary to replenish soil fertility in a timely manner, such as mixing plant ash, human and animal manure, humus and fallen leaves, etc. in a certain proportion in the field..."

"Ah Chu, tell me in detail! If this method is really feasible, it will only be the fields owned by Ah Chu...a lot of food can be produced in a year!"

Hearing these words, Huang Yueying finally breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately... she still has some credibility, and fortunately, Huang Yin is a young man who can accept new things.

At that moment, he led Huang Yin into the study, and handed over the rice planting and rice field management method that he had read and revised countless times, and said, "Brother, this is the method of rice planting that I learned from the layman who planted flowers. , let’s watch it first.”

Huang Yin didn't care about anything else either.

In this era, food is a matter of life and nature.

If Huang Yueying's method can really increase the crop yield and increase the grain harvest, how many people will live?
He took a stack of paper from Huang Yueying's hand, and wrote words densely, accompanied by pictures... He understood it quite quickly.

"Raise seedlings first, then plant them?"

"It is beneficial to prolong the growth time of rice seedlings, and can it better penetrate the roots of rice seedlings into paddy fields?"

"Is transplanting seedlings uniform and easy to manage?"

"Can you even harvest double-cropping rice?"

On the side, Huang Yueying looked at Huang Yin and babbled, listening to the disbelief in that tone, she relaxed. Fortunately, the version she compiled could still be understood by people of this era.

Otherwise, if she really had to take charge of this matter by herself, not only would she not be able to convince the crowd, but she would probably be pissed off to death. Even so... she still had to do it, and food was the foundation.

Now that Huang Yineng is in charge of this matter, she can free up her hands to do other things.

Gan Ning has already urged her to let the craftsmen customize horseshoes quickly, and also said that it depends on the big gift she prepared.

Here, the conditions are much worse than those of later generations, and she needs to do almost everything by herself...

Now the children's task in ethnology is just enlightenment, but the textbooks for later learning... She is also planning to change it next year.

After more than half an hour, Huang Yin rubbed his eyes, "Ah Chu, I need to let Brother Wei go home and study these things. If it is true what Ah Chu said, Brother Wei has a few suggestions..."

"Brother, please tell me."

"Winter wheat and summer rice are simply deviant to old farmers, and no one will believe them."

"Ah Chu knows."

"That's right, the reform of rice planting this year starts with Ah Chu's land."

"Ah Chu thinks so too."

"The more than 500 mu of land in the village, and the [-] mu of your family's trial planting... Only seeing is believing, and the clansmen will really believe it."

"Yes."

"In addition to winter wheat and summer rice, Brother Wei has also seen the method of planting double-cropping rice... Brother Wei wants to try it."

"Brother, just do it with all your strength."

"The price of rice is higher than that of corn and wheat flour. If this can be done, rice will become a common food. For the common people... it is a great good."

"Brother's words are exactly what Ah Chu thinks." Seeing Huang Yin's excited expression, Huang Yueying smiled, "But, brother...it will not happen overnight."

"Brother also knows that if you fail this year, you will wait for the next year, and if you fail the next year, you will wait for the next year..."

"Brother has learned since childhood that it is the way of sages... If you really do these things for Ah Chu, will you feel resentment in your heart? As a man, you are subdued under a woman?"

In this era, men do things for women... I am afraid that some people will not accept it.

Huang Yin couldn't help laughing when he heard this, "Ah Chu underestimated my brother, I have read all the sages for my brother, but I have never seen any sage who said that men can't do things for women."

Huang Yueying also smiled, "Thank you, brother."

"You..." Huang Yin was helpless, "Okay, brother, I'll go back first, someone has already come to look for you."

Huang Yueying raised her eyes, and saw Zhou Yang and Gan Ning standing at the door.

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