Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 102 The Benefits of Intensive Farming
The scene was very embarrassing. Sun Xiangfu didn't know how to answer Li Shimin. After calming down for a while, Sun Xiangfu thought of Qin Qiong in the crowd. If he used these lands to plant other things, it would affect Li Shimin's layout. Remind yourself, and let yourself plant all the land in his house.

So, Li Shimin was acting in front of him again.

After thinking about this point clearly, Sun Xiangfu felt much more relieved, and found a reason to pass, "I would like to inform you, Your Majesty, I remember that the output of a minister's fiefdom or occupation is included in the minister's salary. There is no need to pay taxes, so no matter what the humble minister's [-] mu of land grows, it seems that it is not enough for the imperial court!"

Li Shimin was taken aback when he heard the words, but continued to say in displeasure, "There is a fixed amount of grain production and consumption every year. If you planted less than 30 mu, Datang's grain will be less than [-] million shi, and there will be less grain on the market." With so much food, the imperial court will have to pay a higher price to buy the available food, how do you explain this?"

"Uh, Your Majesty forgot that after the Department of Fisheries increased the supply of fish to the harem, did the cost of other food, vegetables and fruits in the harem decrease? The yield of watermelons, pickled melons, and cantaloupes grown by Weichen may reach several thousand catties per mu. The output of [-] mu is more than a million stones. At that time, so many melons and fruits will flow to the market, and the common people will eat melons, and they will naturally eat less food. Moreover, melons and vines can also be used as livestock feed after harvesting. Bellflower is much better." Sun Xiangfu explained.

"In this way, you will provide the vegetables and fruits in the harem in the future. I want to see how much food can be saved." Li Shimin said in an unbelieving tone.

But Sun Xiangfu knew that this guy made such a big detour just to eat his own melon for free, it was really shameless.

"Hey, at noon on the day of hoeing, sweat drips down the soil, who knows that every grain of Chinese food is hard work!" Sun Xiangfu lamented.

"This poem is a good poem, but when you read it, it loses its charm. By the way, are you complaining to me?" Li Shimin was intoxicated by the artistic conception of the poem for a while, and then thought of Sun Xiangfu's reading The appearance of this poem immediately stared at Sun Xiangfu and said.

"Uh, nothing, nothing, Your Majesty, straighten it up, don't go astray..."

Sun Xiangfu pointed to the handle of the plow and yelled, finally distracting Li Shimin's attention.

The four-headed Quyuan plow is simply a magical tool for plowing the land. Li Shimin plowed a few acres of land in a few rounds. Naturally, I have to teach myself and set an example for the ministers.

"Do you think farming is hard work?" Li Shimin asked the princes while spreading grain.

"Well, the mud sticks to my boots, and I can't even walk. Also, this bag of grain seeds is so heavy that I struggle to carry it. If such a large piece of land can be planted by myself, I'm afraid I'm going to die of exhaustion." Li Chengqian said honestly.

Next to him, several princes who were younger than him also looked at Li Shimin with approval.

"Hehe, it's only a few acres of land. As you can see, each household in our Tang Dynasty has [-] acres of Guangyongye land. Such hard work usually lasts for many days. In the future, you will When you are in power, you should be sympathetic to the hard work of the people, and cherish the hard-earned food and drink.”

Speaking of this, Li Shimin remembered the poem Sun Xiangfu read just now, and looked at Sun Xiangfu who had finished plowing the field and was doing nothing.

"You boy, how dare you sneak around?" Li Shimin said angrily to Sun Xiangfu.

"Uh, I just feel that the land should not be planted like this, so I hope that after His Majesty finishes his busy work, I will plant this land again." Sun Xiangfu said depressedly.

There are still big chunks of mud in the newly plowed land!It is no wonder that the yield of fields in this era is so low. Sun Xiangfu felt that it was a waste to only collect two shi in the field that should have received three shi of grain, especially the one that Li Shimin plowed just now. One in a million fertile fields.

"Hmph, are you saying that I don't know how to farm? I have been farming for more than ten years, how can I not know the method of sowing the cultivated land." Li Shimin continued to be displeased.

"Well, Your Majesty, your farming method has been handed down from before, so it is naturally not wrong, but, if you cultivate it this way, the highest yield is only as good as before. I feel that if you just cultivate these The big mud clods are broken up with rakes, and then planted after applying manure water, the yield may be higher."

Not to mention that letting the broken soil come into contact with the air on a large area will make the crops more nutrient-rich and rooted deeper. The seeds that will be buried deep in the mud and unable to germinate will be at least [-] to [-]% more, and there will be early fertilization , to help the seedlings quickly raise the seedlings. In this way, there is no problem at all to grow three stones of wheat from one acre of fertile land.

"Hmph, it's written in the "Qi Min Yao Shu", how can I not know that if every acre of land is cultivated as complicated as yours, the people's power will be doubled in the fields, and there are so many fields in the whole world. When will the farmer finish farming?" Although Li Shimin didn't know the specific benefits of raking the field several times and fertilizing in advance, he knew that it could increase the yield. The gain outweighs the loss, so he hummed.

"Then why does your majesty insist that everyone cultivate all the fields? My ministers come to do a calculation for your majesty. Ten thousand mu of fertile land yields two shi. , but can harvest [-] shi, which can also save the seeds of [-] acres of fertile land, which is about [-] shi. The output of cultivating [-] mu of land is equivalent. The other three or four thousand mu of land saved can be used to plant trees, dig fish ponds, or let the land be cultivated in turn to make it accumulate fertility..."

"Hmph, talking on paper is not enough. If you can increase the yield of these few acres of land to more than three stones, I will consider the intensive farming method you mentioned."

Hearing this, Sun Xiangfu cupped his hands and said, "Then please stop planting for the time being, Your Majesty, and ask someone to mark this field, and wait for the autumn harvest to see the yield, and then consider whether to implement intensive farming throughout the country."

After all, Sun Xiangfu had someone set up the rake nails, and drove the cattle through the field several times. Within an hour, the large clods that had been plowed up in the ridges of the field were all broken into mud bumps the size of eggs. , Sun Xiangfu asked someone to pick up the dung buckets prepared in advance, sprinkle the dung water first, and then sprinkle the grain seeds sparsely on the ground.

"You sowed so few grain seeds, how can you harvest grain?" Li Shimin, who was resting and watching, asked Sun Xiangfu who only used a small half of the prepared grain seeds.

"Sometimes, it's not better to plant as densely as possible. The field is already lacking in fertility. Planting too much will only make the crops compete with each other, and the growth will be bad. Planting less will not only make the crops more fertile. If there are enough feet, there will be more sunshine, when the wind blows, the swing will be greater, and there will be enough pollination. With these three feet, the increase in production is inevitable."

Seeing what Sun Xiangfu said was straightforward, Li Shimin didn't know what was going on, so he immediately asked the guards to mark the field. When the autumn harvest came, he would come to the field to see the yield in person.

Sun Xiangfu didn't take it seriously. Today's wheat seeds are all big and full that he selected in advance. Coupled with the fertility and scientific planting methods, as long as there is no severe drought this year, although the output of this field is still not as good as The output ratio of an ordinary field in later generations, but it is trivial to produce four or five hundred catties of wheat, that is about four shi, which is much higher than the current output of more than two shi in the Tang Dynasty.

On the way back, without exception, Sun Xiangfu was called to his car by Li Chengqian. He chatted with him about music and taught him a new song along the way. The child was willing to give up. After returning to Chang'an City, Sun Xiangfu didn't go home right away, and had a small meeting with several major shareholders in the office of Wangjiang Tower.

The farms in Luoyang, Yangzhou, and Yizhou have already been bought. There are tens of thousands of acres of land. Some people are selected from the original residents of the farm. In addition, there are also tenants of each family, who also have to draw people in proportion to their shares. After all, these farms are joint properties of several companies.

Then there is the movement of several aristocratic families. Although they seem to be honest on the surface, Qin Qiong found out that they also purchased a large amount of land in Luoyang, Yangzhou, Zhouzhou and other places, and built big restaurants in the three big cities at the same time. It seems that they want to avoid Chang'an, copy the model of Wangjiang Tower in the other three cities of Datang in advance, and carry out the copycat to the end.

Sun Xiangfu laughed when he heard the words, Wangjiang Building is not so easy to copy, because it is a company that is constantly innovating, and in this era, compared with innovation, who can play against Sun Xiangfu who will come from later generations, since these descendants of aristocratic families If they still want to play, then Sun Xiangfu doesn't mind letting them have a big somersault outside of Chang'an.

"Yi Gong, I heard His Majesty's tone today. It seems that there is something wrong in his heart?" After talking about the industrial planning, Sun Xiangfu asked a digression.

"Well, the King of Lujiang's rebellion seems to be related to the Supreme Emperor." Qin Qiong nodded and said.

"The feudal lord rebelled?"

Sun Xiangfu didn't know how many people rebelled in Taizong's dynasty, but he knew that no one succeeded in rebelling. A man like Li Shimin who is good at scheming is considered lucky if he doesn't miss him, and he still wants to plot against him?This so-called King of Lujiang should not end well.

"However, just after he started an incident, he was put down by the governor of Youzhou, Wang Junkuo." Qin Qiong said again.

"Well, it's expected." Sun Xiangfu relaxed and smiled.

"But now His Majesty has received news from the secret guards that Wang Junkuo may rebel." Qin Qiong said again.

"Uh, no wonder His Majesty said just now that if the imperial court wants to mobilize troops, there will be no food and grass." Sun Xiangfu said depressedly, people in this era are too boring, they like to play rebellious dramas when they have nothing to do, and it is easy to die, okay?

(End of this chapter)