Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 797 Production of Hybrid Rice

This time is different from last time.Last time Wu Shangshu and Eunuch Jin came directly to Runzhou without prior notice.Moreover, double-cropping rice is not new in the Song Dynasty. Du Jinning did not report the method of raising fish in rice fields to increase production, but only wrote it in the storybook of "Chang Tian Ji". Under the guidance, the yield per mu will increase so much.

The purpose of their visit was to verify whether double-cropping rice could be successfully grown in Runzhou.

But this time is different.

Du Jinning came to Runzhou not only to plant double-cropping rice, but also to research new rice varieties. This is the reason why Zhao Yu sent her to Runzhou and did not assign her any specific yamen affairs. Farming and water conservancy within the scope of responsibility are all shared in the past.

Because of this, the meaning this time is completely different from last time.

When Guan Jiatian, Tao Huahui and Ma Jian heard that Eunuch Jin and Wu Shangshu were coming from Beijing, they also put down everything in the yamen on the day of harvest, and went to Du Jinning's village to witness the success of the new rice seed with their own eyes.

After working together once, everyone is already familiar with the way, even Song Zhuangtou is very calm when facing the eunuchs and second-rank officials in the palace.

Everyone went to the field, and it was still Eunuch Jin who pointed to a field for harvesting. It was also a harvesting team composed of strong men from Zhuangzi, just like the harvesters Du Jinning saw in modern times. Wherever Eunuch Jin pointed, they would stand side by side. Push forward, and after a while, there are only short stubbles and bunches of rice ears lying on the ground in that field.

Several other people picked up the ears of rice on the ground, went to the edge of the threshing machine that Du Jinning instructed the carpenter to improve, and threshed the rice, and the plump millet jumped into the grain bucket one by one.

These guys on Zhuangzi are more energetic than before.

Under the leadership of Du Jinning, they had an unprecedented harvest last year, and every family lived a good life.This year's rice is even better than last year's, and Song Zhuangtou also said that the owner insisted on following the agreement and only charged [-]% of the rent. One can imagine how much their income will be this year.Not to mention that there is a surplus to buy property and get rid of the identity of a tenant farmer, at least the life can be well-fed.

Thinking that the future will be so good, and getting better and better, they have inexhaustible energy in their bodies.

In order to express his gratitude to Du Jinning, Song Zhuangtou still poured out his admiration like a river, and kept saying good things about Du Jinning in front of Eunuch Jin and Wu Shangshu.

Du Jinning blushed when he heard this, and interrupted him directly: "Don't be naughty, go and get the scale ready, and we will weigh the field after harvesting this mu of land in a while."

"Yes, yes." Song Zhuangtou obeyed Du Jinning's words now.

In fact, Du Jinning said that he had prepared it long ago.However, Song Zhuangtou checked the scale carefully, and Wu Shangshu and Eunuch Jin also went to check it again, to ensure that the weight that will be weighed later is true.

In a short while, less than half of the one-acre field was harvested, and the millet was all threshed, and the leaders of Songzhuang put it in baskets and put it aside, waiting to be weighed.

The subordinate officials of the State Yamen and Household Department were also waiting by the side.After a while they will watch and record the weight of the rice.

Du Jinning saw that it was almost done. Anyway, there were enough manpower, so they cut and threshed the crops over there, and called them here, without delaying each other.

She then asked: "Eunuch Jin, Mr. Wu, can we start now?"

"Let's get started." Wu Shangshu stood up from the child.

When the people on Zhuangzi harvest, they can also ask the servants to sit in the shade with a small child. It is not enough to weigh them. They need to stand in the sun and watch the scales with their own eyes to avoid mistakes.

After all, it is the emperor's job, so there can't be any mistakes.

Du Jinning gave an order, and the four peasants who were specially selected hung baskets on the scale one by one. The subordinate staff of the household department slid the weight on the weighing pole and quickly read the weight. Record data on paper.

In order to save time, the two scales are carried out at the same time.Eunuch Jin and Wu Shangshu supervised the counting to see if the subordinate staff of the household department reported any errors; Guan Jiatian and Tao Huahui supervised the two subordinate staff who kept the count.

After weighing the baskets full of rice, they are carried to the rice drying field to be dumped for drying, and then the empty baskets are picked back, and they will be weighed later to deduct the weight of the empty baskets.

Baskets were put on the scale and picked away; on the other side, harvesting, threshing, and basket loading were carried out at the same time, and baskets filled with rice were delivered one by one. Everyone was busy, but orderly. It took less than half an hour. , the rice in this mu of field has been harvested and weighed.

After the weight of the empty basket was weighed, Wu Shangshu wiped his sweat with a handkerchief, and said, "Okay, let's do the math to see how much the yield per mu is."

The two subordinate staff immediately "cracked" the abacus quickly, and after the calculation was completed, they recalculated again.After confirming that they are correct, the two are added together, and finally a data is reported: "Six stones, 39 catties."

When everyone heard it, they were shocked and laughed from ear to ear.

Wet rice will lose one-fifth of its weight after drying, that is to say, the yield per mu of dry rice in this field can reach more than five stones.

Wu Shangshu praised Du Jinning: "Lord Du, you are amazing. This is still going to the field. If you go to the field, it will not be more than one stone more than here."

Du Jinning nodded: "It should be about the same."

At the beginning, Yuan Longping was slowly exploring. From the initial research on hybrid rice to super hybrid rice, there was a process.And she directly used the theory and went straight to the super hybrid rice.This output was also within her expectations.If fertilizers and pesticides can keep up, the yield will be higher.

This field was improved by water conservancy on the dry land where corn was planted last year. She is already very satisfied with such a yield.

Eunuch Jin and Wu Shangshu came here last year, and even came here to break corn, so they still remember this field.Seeing Du Jinning's water conservancy project, which improved the dry land into paddy fields, and achieved such a high yield, the two were also quite shocked.

"Speaking of which, the emperor, the empress dowager and the eldest princess all liked the corn that our family brought back last year," Duke Jin said.

Du Jinning smiled and said: "I have also received the reward from the emperor, thank you Eunuch Jin for your kind words."

Last year, Zhao Wei ate corn and found it delicious, and he knew that it was easy to grow. This year, he asked someone to plant corn in the imperial field, so there is no need for Eunuch Jin to bring corn back from her this year.

Zhao He not only asked people to plant corn in the imperial field, but after hearing Du Jinning and Qi Bokun talk about the benefits of this thing, he also ordered that corn be planted in places with little arable land and barren land.The seeds are not difficult to obtain, and these provinces, states and counties are directly asked to exchange grain with Guangxi Province.

Also because of this, Zhao Hue rewarded Du Jinning with some gold, silver and silk, and promised to record a credit in her credit book.

"Let's go, let's go to Zhongtian." Wu Shangshu said.

With the bottom of the field with the worst soil quality, he became more curious about the yield of the middle field and the upper field.

(End of this chapter)