Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 648 Farming
Time passes quickly when busy.

The rainstorm stopped in a blink of an eye.

The sky is clear and the clouds are light.

The cool breeze suddenly blew, blowing the weeping willows by the lake. The willow branches swayed, and the chirping and chirping of birds sounded in the treetops. A few birds jumped on the branches, but they refused to fly away. It seemed that something was attracting them. they.

"Your Majesty, compared these rice ears, did you find any similarities or differences?"

Not far away, on the north platform of Qionghua Island, Xu Guangqi stood beside a wooden table, staring at the rice ears in front of him like a treasure, and said to Zhu Youxiao, who was standing with his hands behind his back.

"These rice ears are of different qualities and grow in different ways."

After Zhu Youxiao listened, he stared at the rice ears arranged in sequence in front of him, and said with an open eyebrow: "The rice ears in this first row are full of grains, and some of them have more grains. If I guessed correctly, the rice ears in this row alone are full of grains." The rice ears are not selected from Beizhili and Liaodong."

"Your Majesty guessed wrong."

Xu Guangqi smiled, and after replying, under Zhu Youxiao's gaze, he lifted his robe and walked towards a certain place, carefully holding up a bunch of rice ears.

"This bunch of rice ears was taken from Tangshan. In the first year, water was diverted to plant rice for trial planting. 3200 acres of rice experimental fields were opened, all under the jurisdiction of Huangzhuang. The yield per mu that year reached 219 kilograms!"

The output is okay.

Zhu Youxiao raised his brows slightly, with a surprised expression on his face. You must know that the rice yield per mu during this period was generally around 300-400 kilograms, and this kind of rice yield per mu was concentrated in the south of the Yangtze River and was grown in the north. There is little rice, and the yield is generally low.

As for the Tangshan mentioned by Xu Guangqi, it was a scattered state specially established after the abolition of the guard post and was temporarily under the jurisdiction of Yongping Prefecture. There was also another place that was the same as Tangshan City, namely Qinhuangdao Prefecture.

The two places mentioned above have been influenced by the development of intensive handicraft manufacturing in Beizhili and have stood out in the prefectures and counties under Beizhili.

One is a smelting industry distribution center, and the other is a seaport industry distribution center. Perhaps there is still room for growth in scale, but the foundations of the two places are being strengthened step by step!

"In the rice experimental field in Tangshan, methods such as seedling cultivation and fertilization were adopted."

While Zhu Youxiao was thinking a lot, Xu Guangqi continued: "However, in terms of cold resistance, Tangshan rice varieties are still quite inferior. This causes Tangshan rice to grow slower and earing is delayed for several days."

When talking about this, Xu Guangqi showed a trace of regret on his face.

Although the results of relatively large-scale water diversion for rice planting in the north are much better than expected, there are some objective facts that indicate that it will take a relatively long time for the rice-producing areas in the north to catch up with the production south of the Yangtze River. the term!

"According to the Qing family, the situation of the water diversion and rice planting trial in Liaodong is much better than expected?" Seeing Xu Guangqi's behavior, Zhu Youxiao asked with a smile.

"Much better!"

Xu Guangqi nodded heavily and said: "This bunch of rice ears is taken from the Jinzhou production area in Liaodong. There are 4000 acres of military-owned land here. It has been included in the water diversion rice planting plan. The yield per mu has reached 240 kilograms."

"When we first got this data, the agronomy teachers and students in Jinzhou were shocked. They couldn't believe it was true. Originally, taking into account objective factors such as rice species, climate, and temperature differences, the water diversion for rice planting in Liaodong in the first year had a yield per mu of It hovers around 100 kilograms. Even if they achieve initial success, this can be regarded as providing experience for expanding the scale of trial planting in the coming year, so they weighed it repeatedly and finally determined this data. "

"hehe…"

The smile on Zhu Youxiao's face became even thicker. He was very gratified and happy that these expatriate agriculturists had such a sincere spirit. The agriculture science mentioned by Xu Guangqi is one of the colleges under the jurisdiction of Shaofu. Its full name is Daming Academy of Agricultural Sciences. It was established by Zhu Youxiao.

As a nation famous for its farming, this special skill must never be lost no matter when. The development of agriculture in the Ming Dynasty plays an extremely important role.

If we want to gradually develop intensive handicraft manufacturing in the Ming Dynasty and accumulate enough foundation and wealth for further primitive industrialization in the future, we must solve the problem of how to expand the food supply at a certain rate as the number of people who are out of work increases and the number of people engaged in farming decreases. output to ensure that Ming Dynasty will not face a large-scale food shortage.

If this core problem cannot be solved, and once the unemployed people are starved and their hard work cannot even sustain the livelihood of the whole family, then the energy that will burst out will be far more intense than when farmers gather together.

Zhu Youxiao wanted to lead Ming Dynasty to reform and rise, not to push Ming Dynasty into the abyss. Since he wanted to create a new era, he had to solve the corresponding problems and hidden dangers.

"Through the comparison of rice experimental areas such as Tangshan and Jinzhou, I can basically draw a certain conclusion after sorting out the agricultural reports submitted by various places in detail."

Xu Guangqi clutched the rice ears in his hand and looked at Zhu Youxiao with excitement: "It is feasible to expand rice planting in Beizhili and promote water diversion for rice planting in Liaodong. It just needs to solve the problem of cultivating rice seeds and focusing on cold-resistant and cold-resistant rice." Rice production and other aspects need to be further cultivated.”

"Furthermore, there are great differences between the north and the south, so further improvements are needed in terms of raising rice seedlings, transplanting rice seedlings, composting, and reclamation."

Promoting the widespread planting of a crop, identifying the food-producing areas of the crop, and cultivating and increasing the yield of the crop are not like supporting a certain industrial field, where the corresponding results can be seen in a very short period of time. , the development and progress of agriculture often requires several years, or even longer, and continuous investment of human, material and financial resources before it is possible to see corresponding results.

"Where's the planting rotation I mentioned earlier?"

After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao did not rush to express his position. Instead, he looked at Xu Guangqi and asked.

Zhu Youxiao is not omnipotent. He knows some of the development laws of agriculture, but he does not actually know much about specific field knowledge.

He knew that rice yields could be increased through hybridization.

But if you ask him to distinguish core knowledge such as male sterile strains, two-line hybrid rice, and parent seeds, Zhu Youxiao knows nothing about it.

Not to mention that the Ming Dynasty had a vast territory, which resulted in different climates in various places. The seeds suitable here may not be suitable for other places. Not to mention that this also involves rotation and intercropping, which in turn involves many crops, such as wheat, millet, millet, etc. Beans, etc., if Zhu Youxiao is allowed to do these things, Ming's agriculture will suffer a devastating blow.

Forcibly promoting large-scale planting reform is not going against the central court, but against thousands of people who are proficient in farming. If it doesn't go well, the Ming Dynasty will be doomed.

“It’s much more complicated with rotation.”

After Zhu Youxiao asked, Xu Guangqi said with a somewhat solemn expression: "Although the single-season yields of imported crops such as corn, sweet potatoes, and potatoes are higher, the above crops are not our native crops after all. How can we carry out rotation on a large scale? This requires more data to support.”

Under the subtle influence of Zhu Youxiao, some vocabulary that was only found in later generations has already become popular in the colleges under the Shaofu. This also makes teachers and students in each college use these more precise vocabulary to study in their respective fields. Express.

Don't say anything else.

In engineering alone, a brand new set of weights and measures standards has long been popular in engineering. Even the armament, heavy industry, shipbuilding and other cleaning departments under the Shaofu have begun to implement it. The premise of standardization is to unify standard operations, and This unified standard must be followed by the entire industry.

Perhaps it is inevitable that a lot of troubles will arise in external exchanges and contacts, but adjustments and innovations must still be made. Development and breakthroughs in the scientific field require more than just appointments. It’s accurate data, not even close!

Whatever is Eastern or Western, as long as it is suitable for the development and changes of the Ming Dynasty, it belongs to the Ming Dynasty. Changes made in line with the national conditions of the Ming Dynasty are the most important. In terms of national self-confidence, Zhu Youxiao is not generally strong. Ming Dynasty is no worse than other countries, it is even much better! ! !
(End of this chapter)