Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 767 How many catties per mu?
Member Hu's eyes went dark, and he almost fell to the ground.

Didn't he just want to pretend to be tough?Why was it struck by lightning immediately?

Minister of the Ministry of Industry, why did he appear here?And by such a coincidence, what he said just now was overheard.

It doesn't matter if you scold him a few words, but if this Wu Shangshu tells his "brother-in-law" Wang Hailin about today's incident after returning to Beijing, he will definitely not be able to cover up Wang Hailin's bragging rights and bullying his neighbors Living.At that time, Wang Hailin still doesn't know how to deal with him.The real relationship between him and Wang Hailin spread, and he couldn't stay on the three-acre land in Runzhou.

Just thinking about it made his legs go limp.

"Wu Shangshu forgives the crime, Lord Du forgives the crime, the villain is confused, you two adults should not be as knowledgeable as the villain. The villain has made an apology to you two. Please forgive the villain once and forgive the villain. "

After saying that, Hu Yuanwai knelt down without saying a word, and kowtowed to the two of them, completely ignoring that they were standing on the field stalks, and there was mud everywhere.

Zhou Lizheng was dumbfounded.

Is this still the arrogant Hu Yuanwai?
Wu Shangshu and Du Jinning didn't know the real relationship between Hu Yuanwai and Wang Hailin, they just felt that Hu Yuanwai's reaction was a bit big.Isn't it just taking advantage of Wang Hailin's power to put on airs?How can you not be afraid of this?
But thinking about Wu Shangshu being Wang Hailin's immediate boss, they can understand.

Wu Shangshu waved his hand in disgust: "Okay, okay, let's go, we still have important things to do, and we don't have time to mess around with you here."

"Yes, yes, thank you Wu Shangshu for not fussing with the villain, the villain will just go away, just go away."

Member Hu didn't care about Zhou Lizheng anymore, he got up from the ground, didn't even dare to look at Wu Shangshu and others, bent his waist and raised his hands and backed all the way, almost backed into the rice field by accident.Fortunately, his entourage stopped him at the critical moment, so he didn't make a fool of himself in front of everyone.

Du Jinning never took this clown in his eyes, and made a gesture with a smile: "Please, Eunuch Jin, please, Mr. Wu."

A group of people walked forward along the field stalks.

This is Du Jinning planting double-cropping rice in Runzhou, and the first early rice harvest, which is of great significance.After she reported to the capital, Zhao He sent Xiao Jinzi, the eunuch in front of his palace, and officials from the Ministry of Industry to inspect.

Originally, he wanted to call a random director or doctor from the Ministry of Industry, but Wu Zheng felt that this was a major matter for the Ministry of Industry. Once Du Jinning's double-cropping rice harvest was excellent, it proved that Runzhou could grow double-cropping rice. If double-cropping rice is planted in the south of Runzhou, the grain output of Da Song can be doubled.

So he took the initiative to ask Ying to visit Runzhou in person.

This happened to coincide with the scene just now.

A group of people walked along the field stalks for a cup of tea time, and saw that the strong laborers on Zhuangzi had reached the ground.

"Why do you start work so early?" Eunuch Jin asked, "Have they not had breakfast yet?"

It wasn't long before dawn at this time, which was equivalent to six o'clock in modern times.However, the pace of life of the ancients was slow, and it was always time to go to work, that is, after breakfast at eight or nine o'clock, before going to work, so Eunuch Jin asked this question.

As the minister of the Ministry of Industry, Wu Shangshu is naturally proficient in farming.But because rice has always been harvested once a year in the south of the Yangtze River, the harvest usually takes place in the ninth month of the lunar calendar. At that time, the weather is cool and there is no need to rush for time. Naturally, farmers do not go to work in the fields so early.

So when Eunuch Jin asked, he also looked at Du Jinning with a questioning look.

Du Jinning pointed to the sky: "Now is the hottest time of the year. At noon, the sun is hot and the temperature is extremely high. People can't stand it in the wild and are prone to heatstroke. Therefore, harvesting rice at this time requires work in the morning and evening. Take a break at noon and arrange your time reasonably."

"Lord Du is really thoughtful, I admire you." Wu Shangshu said sincerely.

After praising Du Jinning, he felt lingering fear.

Details like this are easily overlooked, because everyone's attention is all on the planting method and how many catties per mu.And once this detail is ignored, leading to the death of farmers from heatstroke, even if there are only a dozen such incidents, it will definitely cast a shadow on the double-cropping rice.Once someone makes rumors that double-cropping rice is unlucky and will kill people, it will be difficult to promote it on a large scale.

It can be said that the details determine success or failure.

Thinking about it this way, he looked at Du Jinning differently.He secretly calculated that by next year Du Jinning must lead the promotion of double-cropping rice, instead of letting him stay in the small place of Runzhou and bury his head in his "agricultural research".

"Master Wu is ridiculous." Du Jinning bowed his hands to Wu Shangshu, and continued to explain to Eunuch Jin, "This kind of time, because there is a rush of time, there is no way to let the tenant farmers cook at home leisurely. So I have asked The housekeeper at home organized the women and children on the Zhuangzi to make big rice balls before dawn, wrapped them in bamboo leaves, two per person, and they ate them on the way from the Zhuangzi without wasting time. Eat a big pot of rice together, no need to cook by yourself."

She wanted to make steamed buns for these people, but this is a rice-producing area, and the transportation is not convenient.Homegrown rice is much cheaper than noodles shipped from the north.Whether it is from the perspective of economy or taking care of everyone's taste, it is better to make rice balls.

"Taught." Wu Shangshu felt that this was another harvest.

Eunuch Jin, who stayed in the deep palace since childhood, listened with great interest and kept asking various questions.

These two people came here under the emperor's order, and they came here specially to see for themselves how many catties the mu yielded.

Originally, according to Zhuangzi's rules, each family naturally did their own work.And in a family, there are always old people, children, and women mixed in, so the work will be slowed down.It is impossible for Eunuch Jin and Wu Shangshu to stay in the field and wait in the sun, let alone wait for many days.

So Du Jinning specially dispatched 35 strong men, and they would quickly harvest the mu of land that Wu Shangshu pointed at. After harvesting, they would directly weigh them and ask the subordinates brought by Wu Shangshu to record them.

Wu Shangshu is good at farming. He took two pieces from the upper, middle, and lower fields, and also took two pieces from the corner fields, and recorded their respective yields per mu. This is called sampling for statistical purposes. for.

With so many acres of land, he originally thought it would take two or three days to harvest, but he didn't want to finish it in two hours in the morning and two hours in the evening because of the strong men Du Jinning recruited.A lot of time is wasted walking.

"A great harvest." Looking at the data recorded in his subordinate's notebook, Wu Shangshu was filled with emotion, and looked at Du Jinning with more complicated eyes.

Generally, the yield of rice in the Song Dynasty was about two shi per mu, but Du Jinning planted this early rice, even the low-grade fields were close to three shi, and the high-grade fields were as high as four shi, doubling the yield per mu in one season.

If the output of late rice is added, wouldn’t the grain output of one mu of land be three times that of previous years’ single rice crop?

Sanfan, what kind of concept is this?How many people can be fed by this!
Thinking about it, Wu Shangshu felt very excited and his blood boiled.

(End of this chapter)