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Chapter 720 The Birthplace of Rice
“Nowadays, many people may not understand this.”

"To put it simply, rice generally refers to rice, which is the rice we eat now."

"Millet: Also known as yellow rice, and in some places it is called millet. It is used to make yellow rice cakes."

"Ji: This is what we call millet, not the millet that Lei Jun uses, but the millet used to make millet porridge."

"Wheat: refers to wheat, which is very familiar to everyone. Wheat is ground into flour, and the pasta we eat comes from it."

"Shu: refers to the general term for beans, which was a very important crop in ancient times. It can be used to extract oil and make tofu, soy milk, and bean curd skin."

After Ye Zhen's explanation, everyone had a general impression.

These are basically what we learn when we are studying.

Teachers usually don’t say that.

Because it won’t be on the exam.

Simply put, the five grains are rice, millet, sorghum, wheat and soybeans.

These are the five grains in our common sense.

Now everyone finally has a clear understanding.

“So far, science doesn’t know.”

“How did agriculture first come into being?”

"In the beginning, our ancestors only knew how to hunt and pick wild fruits."

"This was how primitive humans survived at that time."

“They make their living by hunting and fishing.”

"But this method is very luck-dependent."

"It's easy to have no food for the next meal after the last one. It's not stable at all."

"And hunting is a high-risk activity. If you are not careful, there may be casualties."

“This is just adding insult to injury.”

“And resources are limited everywhere.”

"Like the wild fruit on the tree, and the prey around."

“It can only last for a while.”

“They will be picked soon.”

“When the time comes, our ancestors will start migrating again.”

“Go to a place where supplies are more abundant.”

"You can say that you have been working hard all your life just to eat, drink, defecate and urinate."

"If you can't even eat enough, how can you have the energy to do anything else?"

What Ye Zhen said was very simple.

If a person can’t even eat enough, will he have the energy to do other things?
Not at all.

For the ancestors of mankind at that time, it was difficult enough just to survive.

"But the birth of agriculture allowed humans to settle down."

"No need to take big risks and go out hunting."

“You don’t have to waste time, and you can get a stable source of food.”

“It is also because of the birth of agriculture.”

“Humans no longer need to migrate everywhere and can settle down stably.”

"And once humans settled down, cities were born."

The birth of cities is precisely because human beings have stabilized.

Ability to obtain a long-term stable food source in situ.

It was only after the emergence of cities that we humans came into being with everything we have today.

"After humans gradually become familiar with agriculture."

“The food can feed more people.”

“Humans no longer fear that there will not be enough food to feed human babies.”

“And as time went on, more and more land was brought under cultivation.”

"There is actually a surplus of food, which was unimaginable before."

"They simply cannot imagine how there can be any surplus food."

“Because they don’t even have enough to eat normally.”

"So, after humans have eaten their fill, they begin to have the energy to think about other things."

Why is agriculture important? Here’s why.

If humans cannot even get enough food, they will always migrate to fill their stomachs.

Humanity simply would not have been able to develop to this point.

As the saying goes, man is iron and rice is steel. If you don't eat for a day, you will be hungry.

The same is true during war.

Before the army moves, the food and fodder must be sent ahead. With well-trained soldiers and sufficient food, they will be invincible.

Food is the most critical part.

“So everyone knows where the earliest agriculture was born?”

"How did it come about again?"

This is something that there is no generally accepted statement in the scientific community.

I only saw Ye Zhen smile slightly.

"According to current archaeological excavations in our country."

"As early as 8,000 years ago, ancient people in our country began to grow rice."

"At the Jiahu site in southern Henan Province, my country."

"The Jiahu site is the earliest known Neolithic cultural remains in the Huaihe River Basin."

"In it, we found rice grown by ancient people."

"In addition to rice, we also discovered the earliest musical instrument in my country, a bone flute made of bones."

"You can see that because of agriculture, our ancestors began to pursue spiritual pleasure."

“Everyone started playing music.”

"If you can't even get enough to eat, do you think it's possible to develop music?"

"In addition to the bone flute, a large number of religious items such as handle-shaped objects, fork-shaped bone objects, turtle spirit divination, and sun-patterned pottery were also discovered."

"So you can imagine, more than 8,000 years ago."

“Religion was born.”

This is knowledge that we rarely come into contact with in our daily lives.

There is almost no record of it in textbooks.

"After having surplus food, the ancient people more than 8,000 years ago."

“And I know how to start brewing wine.”

“So the history of wine is much longer than people imagine.”

"Wine fermented with Monascus purpurogenum dating back about 8000 years was discovered at the Peiligang site."

“This is the earliest Monascus winemaking technology discovered in my country.”

"Initially, the academic community believed that ancient India was the birthplace of rice."

"But after such a long period of archaeological research."

"But it is in my country that the earliest site of artificially cultivated rice was excavated."

"So it can be said that our country is the birthplace of rice in the world."

After hearing this, everyone looked as if they had suddenly understood something.

The audience felt that their farming blood had awakened.

“So this is an ancestral inheritance.”

"No wonder I like playing farming games so much."

"I only remember the ruins of Hemudu Civilization and Banpo Civilization in history."

"Does that mean that our country is the birthplace of agriculture?"

Some older scholars have watched our country develop all the way.

“Generally speaking, there are two types of rice in the world today.”

“There are two types: Asian rice and African rice.”

"The earliest known cultivated rice in Africa is believed by archaeologists to have originated in Nigeria in West Africa, dating back 3500 years."

"Before this, the industry believed that the birthplace of Asian rice was India."

"Remains of cultivated rice dating back more than 2,000 years BC have been discovered in India."

"In the 20s, artificial rice sites dating back to 70 to BC were discovered."

"But it's just as Mr. Ye said."

"Our country has discovered rice cultivation sites dating back 8,000 to 9,000 years."

"So far, our country can be said to be the birthplace of rice."

“It is the first country in the world to grow rice.”

However, the first crop cultivated by humans was not rice.

But now it's wheat.

(End of this chapter)