Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 358

When the size and weight of the fish reach a certain level, the ratio of the feed consumed for feeding it to its meat production rate will continue to decrease. What is the specific value? Sun Xiangfu has never seen relevant statistics, but he knows it. In later generations, very few people start ponds after three years of fish farming, and the most ponds are ponded together every year, and most of them are ponded together every two years.

As an authentic Hubei native who grew up by the Yangtze River, Sun Xiangfu knows too much about how to eat freshwater fish. Cured fish marinated with a little salt and dried is a dish that every family will eat. Boiled side dishes or grilled with some spices are all nutritious meats that are as chewy as beef jerky and even more nutritious than beef jerky.

When Sun Xiangfu was a child, he liked to eat cured fish cubes dried in a pot. Even without any seasoning, it is a delicious snack. It can be stored for a long time and can be used as an auxiliary military ration that is convenient for soldiers to eat.

Now, Sun Xiangfu, who is full of military preparations, thought of it immediately. Since the Royal Fishing Ground has such resources, then the conscript order in Sun Xiangfu's hand should start from the royal family!Just clear the clear ponds for major fishing grounds, so that new fry can be fed next year.

Not only that, but Sun Xiangfu also wants to optimize all the farms in Guanzhong, that is, except for the preservation of the latest generation of high-yield varieties, all the rest will be eliminated.

With this order, there may be tens of millions of chickens and ducks that will be slaughtered, because more than three years have passed, and in the royal farm alone, there are nearly [-] farms with a scale of hundreds of thousands of chickens. Introduce seedlings from these farms, and there are at least hundreds of self-employed households that have raised more than [-] animals, and dozens of village collectives that have raised more than [-] animals. This terrifying breeding speed is likely to cause overcapacity in the future.

The reason for this phenomenon is mainly because the people are afraid of poverty. After suddenly becoming rich this year, they have not changed their past frugal habits. eat.

Everyone is desperately raising them, and they don't eat them. This leads to more and more poultry and eggs on the market, and the price keeps dropping.

After all, there are only a handful of rich people, and they don't eat these things every meal.

Then, Sun Xiangfu just took this opportunity to help the people in Guanzhong to destock. This will not only optimize the future breeding efficiency, but also allow the families with better conditions to develop the habit of eating chicken and duck.

Therefore, after a period of time, the people in Guanzhong will not only dry fish, but also dry cured chicken, preserved duck, and even dried pork that is easy to keep and can be eaten directly. I believe that on the battlefield, their strength will never lose to Goguryeo soldiers.

"Have the large workshops of various industries in our village been established in Weinan New City? Will they be put into use this year?"

When I came back, I caught up with a lot of things. Before Sun Xiangfu had a meeting with Ma Zhou for a detailed discussion, he asked Sun Dali while eating.

"The construction has begun. However, the main building of the smelting workshop that started construction at the earliest has been completed. It may take several months for other workshops to be built one after another. Production can almost start after the Spring Festival."

Although Li Shimin hired hundreds of thousands of laborers for Weinan New City, the stalls in the new city are too big and there are too many places that need manpower. To put it bluntly, it means that the large workshop invested and constructed by Xingfu Village will be initially put into use after three or four months. It is estimated that it will take more than a year to fully recruit staff and operate efficiently.

Because, many workshops, simple production workshops may be easy to build, but skilled craftsmen who can produce in them need time to be trained.

"The workshops in our village can't stop. We can recruit workers and train them in advance, and produce a small amount. Later, I will give you some things that you can produce, and make a list. You should follow the order of priority and try your best to keep working until next summer. Keep running at full capacity."

"Okay, just after the autumn harvest, many people have been idle. After returning, I will arrange recruitment immediately. However, there is another problem. There is not enough space in our village. Those cottons take up more than half of our village. It's full."

Due to the implementation of the new household registration system, the people in Guanzhong are more willing to go out. In Xingfu Village, which requires a relatively large amount of labor, people often come to find work. In terms of recruiting, Sun Dali is still somewhat confident. Of course, issues like venues, he You have to respond to Sun Xiangfu, because this is not just about the working space.

Cotton takes up a lot of land, especially the output of nearly one million mu of land. After hearing Sun Dali's words, Sun Xiangfu turned to Shi Bao and asked, "Da Lang, is your mother here today?"

"Here we are, visiting my wife upstairs!"

"Let me tell her later! Starting tomorrow, let all the experienced craftsmen in the garment workshop receive a production task, distribute the raw materials to them, and let them take them home to make by themselves. If a skilled craftsman can make two sets of cotton a day For A, you can send him [-] sets every day. If they can’t finish, let them ask neighbors and folks for help. As long as they deliver the goods according to the required quality, they can get the full salary. , give rewards, more rewards for more work, the existing garment workshop will only be used as a training place and a place for receiving and delivering goods in the future."

Sun Xiangfu's method is tantamount to setting a fixed price for delivery and contracting skilled workers. In fact, in the agricultural society, most women can do the work of weaving and making clothes. There are more than 2000 skilled female workers in the current garment workshop. , these female workers make summer clothes and bunts, and each person can make more than a dozen pieces a day. For long-sleeved, trousers or autumn clothes, simple cotton-padded jackets, they can also make three or five pieces a day. Just one or two.

However, Sun Xiangfu knows that it is actually not that difficult to make these things. Normal people or children can complete most of the processes, as long as the garment workshop masters the size of the pieces and teaches them to make some key parts. Skilled craftsmen lead a few novices, and the number of clothes made in one day can be doubled.

Let every skilled garment worker go back and recruit a group of people to form his own production team, mobilize the neighbors or neighbors in the same village to make clothes, just like the garment industry in the southern coastal cities in later generations, when big orders come, Garment factories only need to cut the pieces according to the specifications, and put up a sign to ship them to the outside world. Hundreds of self-employed processing teams will come to pick up the goods and make them. After the completion, they will hand over the finished products and receive wages.

This mode of doing more is very free and has a low threshold, which will greatly stimulate the desire of these poor and frightened people to make money. I believe that with this method, there is no need to wait until the big workshop in Weinan is successfully established. The garment industry The production capacity will be raised first.

It is Sun Xiangfu's purpose to quickly turn the cotton produced in dozens of warehouses and millions of acres of fields into clothes worn by ordinary people or cotton armor worn by soldiers. Garment workshops will pay wages and stuff, in fact, they will make a lot of money.

Because once the family workshop led by these skilled craftsmen is formed, they can quickly sell cotton clothes in the market and occupy the market. At that time, the profit will be enough to subsidize the wages of making hundreds of thousands of military uniforms.

Regarding such a major national event, Shi Bao dared not neglect at all, fearing that he might miss something, he went upstairs to find Nie Sanniang to explain the situation.

Then, Sun Xiangfu also took advantage of the meal time to give Nie Sanniang a few more pointers. It is similar to the plan to stimulate everyone's enthusiasm. Needlework, cutting knives, etc. to help workers produce efficiently. In short, it is to expand the scale of garment production without limit and clear the cotton inventory as soon as possible.

I believe that with this strategy, it will be difficult to see idlers on the streets of Guanzhong this winter.

This is just the work that Sun Xiangfu has done within the resources he can use, and it is only a small point compared to all the things that the court has to prepare this time.

After eating, he just took a brief look at his wife and children, and then hurried to the Zhengshitang, where Xiao Yu and Ma Zhou must have been waiting for him all morning.

"Everything is busy, I kept you two waiting for a long time, sorry, sorry." Sun Xiangfu clasped his fists and apologized to the two busy people who had to keep flipping through the manuscript while waiting.

"Sun Dudu has many responsibilities. I am afraid that he is just like us. He is too busy to touch the ground. I will not say more polite words. We have already listed the things that must be resolved as soon as possible. If you are convenient Suggestions, or if His Majesty has special arrangements, they should be brought up one by one, time waits for no one, after we have agreed, we will implement it immediately."

Xiao Yu is indeed a man of action, at a very old age, he is still vigorous and decisive in doing things, but when Sun Xiangfu saw the first suggestion he listed, he frowned and shook his head.

"Xiao Xiang, since many ministers of the imperial court are not in Beijing, do you think it is necessary to keep this system of records? The officials think that it is good for the country to let these scholars vote against each other and form factions before they enter official positions. Adverse."

The scientific examinations in the Sui Dynasty had a very fucked-up system, that is, those who refer to must submit papers to the ministers in charge, and only scholars who have been recommended by the ministers can take the exam.

The advantage of this system at the time was that it could guarantee that the referees had a certain level of literature. After all, the imperial examinations in the Sui Dynasty were not like the Song, Ming and Qing Dynasties, where they were admitted step by step, but more like the filial piety in the Han Dynasty. Literacy exams were added to the Lian system.

The ministers of the imperial court accepted the candidate’s paperwork and recommended it to the candidate, which is equivalent to acting as a guarantor for the candidate. In terms of behavior and morality, the guarantor can have certain constraints on the candidate, even if the candidate passes the exam and becomes an official. Guarantee Between the person and the guarantor, there is a relationship between prosperity and prosperity, and loss and loss.

In Sun Xiangfu's view, this is a breeding ground for factions in the officialdom, but a system with such a big loophole was formed at that time. This is one of the reasons why the five surnames and seven families were able to control the court of the Sui Dynasty.

Aristocratic families with many scholars have a high chance of winning the lottery, and those from poor families who have no backing in the imperial court, even if you refer to them, and are also gifted, you are not as high-ranking as a high-ranking official, and you are even admitted Excluded from officialdom, because minorities cannot compete with the majority.

If a poor family wants to become an official, there is another way, that is, to serve in the family. They don't say that they will guarantee you a smooth career and a prosperous official career. At least, they will allow you to survive in the officialdom. guidelines.

This model quickly allowed the aristocratic families to monopolize cultural knowledge and scholarly talents, forming the power to control the court. In the early Tang Dynasty, even if many warriors who started as rebels entered the court, they could not change it. this situation.

Regarding the question raised by Sun Xiangfu, Xiao Yu is not without consideration, but if you ask him to conceive a brand new imperial examination system out of thin air, it will be a bit embarrassing. If the ancients had such a strong ability to innovate, future generations will not know what it is What a look!

"The old man also thinks it's inappropriate. Zhengming thinks, how can we ensure that the candidates for reference are talented and learned, and how to distinguish these talented candidates, and how to cultivate their moral character enough to be an official?"

Regarding Xiao Yu's question, Sun Xiangfu replied without much thought, "We can test on the test questions whether the candidates are talented or not! As for whether their moral cultivation can be an official, let the common people judge! The officer has already discussed with His Majesty before, and the people who are recruited in this department will not be appointed as officials."

"No appointment?"

When Sun Xiangfu said these three words, even Ma Zhou, who was waiting in line to discuss matters with him, looked at him, "If you don't confer an official, what are you doing with the imperial examination?"
(End of this chapter)