Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 442 Wheat Yield

When Sun Xiangfu came to the sun-drying field again, Li Shimin's face was full of red, and he was sure that Li Shimin either drank too much, or the color was illuminated by the red lights, because the sacks containing wheat had already 150 million grains have been used, but there is still a large pile of wheat being bagged on the grain drying ground.

"Zhengming, tell me, do you know the magic of immortality?"

"Uh, Your Majesty, what did you say? Immortal method?"

"That is, this kind of immortal method that can continuously increase the yield of crops. Do you know it? Tell me quickly."

"Well, Your Majesty, this should be called planting technology. If the planting technology is good, the yield will naturally be high. Moreover, these fields were pruned, sowed, and planted by the common people and soldiers. What I did specifically was to teach them It’s just how to plant, our farm is specialized in researching these planting techniques.”

Sun Xiangfu's words finally made Li Shimin, who was a little dazed, sober. Indeed, he was there when the field was reorganized and sowed, and he personally participated in it. What Sun Xiangfu did was to teach them how to plant. With these planting methods, the common people will be able to grow such high-yield food in the future.

"Your farming knowledge is really broad and profound, I am convinced today."

"Your Majesty, are you complimenting the minister? The minister should take it for granted."

Sun Xiangfu smiled and said, "Actually, every subject of knowledge is broad and profound, but the predecessors did not study it in depth. His Majesty allowed the establishment of agricultural, engineering, and business schools. In the future, those from various science academies Talents, maybe they can bring more surprises to Your Majesty and to us Datang."

"Hahahahaha, what you're saying is that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, that idiot, dismissed all schools of thought and only respected Confucianism. He's really stupid. I won't repeat his mistakes."

Li Shimin was in a good mood, but although his laughter was loud, it couldn't cover up the gurgling sounds in the stomachs of many ministers and sergeants around him.

"Hey, my old black's stomach is getting worse and worse. It used to be fine if it didn't eat for a day or two. Now, it can't stand it if it doesn't eat a meal."

Although Yu Chigong spoke in a self-deprecating tone, no one could see the resentment in his eyes.

"Hahaha, this old man is blaming me for not arranging meals for him!"

Yu Chigong was not aware of being criticized in person at all, and said with a smile, "I dare not."

Then, he changed into an expression of seeing how you can arrange for me to have a good meal.

"There are things you dare not do, but when it comes to food, Zhengming is an expert. You should ask him if he has any good suggestions."

Li Shimin laughed and cursed, and many hungry courtiers also looked at Sun Xiangfu.

"Planting wheat hurts the field, the wheat is threshed, and the straw just burns the fertile field. Your Majesty, why don't you let everyone have a bonfire party on the spot, burn the straw and eat meat, just to celebrate the harvest. Everyone does it by themselves, eat and drink enough to finish. "

Hearing this, Yuchi Gong was about to run to the warehouse where the ingredients were stored in the village as soon as he was overjoyed, "Old man, I love meat the most, so I took the first step."

"Hehe, this old guy, it takes more than ten days to collect summer grain! There are too many ingredients in the warehouse, so there is no need to grab them. From now on, we in Datang probably won't worry about ingredients anymore."

"Yes! All of this is due to Zhengming's contribution. I suggest that Your Majesty promote Zhengming to Duke Nong to show his contribution."

Wei Zheng answered a sentence in a timely manner, which made the officials who rushed over to see the harvest nod their heads.

Everyone in the court knew that it would be a matter of time before Sun Xiangfu became the Duke of the State. In fact, as long as he did not rebel and commit crimes, the title of Duke of the State was of little practical significance to him. It was just a little more salary. Sun Xiangfu cared Some salary money?
It seems that since he became an official, he has never been to the household department to receive his salary.

"I originally wanted to reward him after the Eastern Expedition, but since Xuan Cheng proposed it first, let Fang Qing come back and draft an edict to promulgate it!
However, I feel that the title of a duke of a country is not enough to repay the merits of Zhengming. I intend to make his wife, Yu, the lady of An Guo, Yin's second son, the duke of Shanyang County, and the same as the duke of Nongguo, hereditary For nothing, what do you think? "

Li Shimin is like this. When he wants to give you something, he will definitely give you something that exceeds your psychological expectations and make you appreciate him. This is an art of being a superior. Many bosses in later generations will not understand this and spend money. , but did not have the corresponding effect, so that the elites of the subordinates were lost. In the end, the company failed to grow bigger.

This is the emperor's naked favor to his ministers. Of course, other ministers dare not object. Anyway, a few titles now represent only the status of a few first-class citizens and a monthly salary of several hundred. Financially speaking, it is not a burden at all.

"My lord, I have no objection."

The ministers responded almost in unison, but Sun Xiangfu was a little confused. What he was confused was not about his title, but worried about whether Hongmei and Chuntao would fight over the birth of a child.

After all, Li Shimin only said that the title of Duke of Shanyang was given to his second son, and did not mention the division of concubines. Datang's policy also tried to balance the division of concubine and concubine. This is also the method Sun Xiangfu and Li Shimin came up with to deal with the family .

Therefore, Hongmei and Chuntao, whoever gives birth to a son, will become the mother of the county princess, and the kind that will continue to be passed down, they themselves will also become the county lady by leaps and bounds. It is really difficult for them to maintain their psychological balance against such a big gap!

"Make another contribution! If you make another contribution, Your Majesty may give me a son." Sun Xiangfu muttered in such a low voice.

"What did you say? Your majesty has promoted you to the title, why don't you thank you?" Wei Zheng, the operator, didn't hear Sun Xiangfu's muttering clearly, but reminded him.

"Oh, yes, I thank Your Majesty Long En."

Sun Xiangfu, who was reminded by Wei Zheng, woke up from his daze, and bowed to Li Shimin apologetically.

Li Shimin, who had a panoramic view of Sun Xiangfu's expression, laughed and said, "I don't know you yet, I'm afraid I don't take the title of duke of the state seriously!"

"Well, His Majesty really hit the mark. In my opinion, titles and honors are not that important. As long as there is an opportunity to do things for the common people, it's really good if everyone is well!"

"Everyone is good, you are really good. Hehe, you can always say some good words, which is very appropriate. Hey, it's me. I have seen countless people in my life, and sometimes I am wrong."

"Who did His Majesty miss? Me?"

"Exactly, do you know what the sixteen-character comment I gave you back then said?"

When Li Shimin mentioned this, Qin Qiong's expression suddenly became complicated, as if he wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh.

"Sixteen-character comments? There should be words like handsome, romantic and suave!"

"Hahahahaha..."

Sun Xiangfu replied humorously, causing many courtiers to roar with laughter.

Li Shimin also laughed for a while, then sighed, "I don't have the face to say it now, let's go, the wheat is almost finished, after we calculate the production, have a drink to our heart's content, and forget all these embarrassing things good······"

Hearing this, Sun Xiangfu was stunned and said, "Why is it so embarrassing, Mr. Yi, are those comments really bad?"

Qin Qiong didn't speak, but nodded with a suppressed smile. The worse the comment, the more it seemed that Li Shimin was wrong at the time. No wonder he said it was embarrassing.

"Your Majesty, it's over 160 million bales."

"Oh..."

Hearing the data reported by Wang Deyong, many courtiers once again exclaimed in unison.

160 million bales, that is, 160 million shi, that is to say, the average yield per mu has exceeded five shi and three, reaching more than 600 catties.

"I will count the rest myself, and you guys will help me write down the records..."

Soon, Yu Chigong ran out of the village warehouse carrying a load of cured pork. Behind him, many soldiers from the fire house followed, all carrying loads on their shoulders. He touched his shoulder and said, "Hurry up and get the wine. Today, except for Qianniuwei who is on duty at night, all the sergeants have lifted their restrictions and are open to eating and drinking."

Yu Chigong, who turned into a porter, was overjoyed when he heard the words, and he never thought about whether it was unreasonable for him to go back and forth to the warehouse to pick up ingredients like the cook in the fire room.

"Your Majesty, 190 million shi..."

Seeing that the last small pile on the grain drying field could not hold hundreds of bags, Sun Xiangfu said, "Let's calculate it at 190 million shi! Then, the average yield per mu is six shi and six. This number is auspicious."

"Six stones and six, our Tang Dynasty actually planted wheat with a yield of six stones and six per mu...God..."

All kinds of shouts sounded on the grain drying field. This statistic is indeed too scary.

The history of wheat planting in the Chinese nation has been around for thousands of years in the early Tang Dynasty. Before the arrival of Sun Xiangfu, the production capacity per mu reached about two shi, which was already the best harvest in Shangtianzhong. Now, this harvest has suddenly been overturned. Three times, how could they not like it.

However, Sun Xiangfu was not very excited. The six stones and six are less than [-] catties, and they are still wet. After removing [-]% of the water, they are only about [-] catties. Although the size of the field is only [-]% of that of later generations. , but even if more than [-]% of the area is added to the area, the yield per mu is only about [-] catties, which is a little worse than the output of ordinary farmers in later generations, not to mention that Sun Xiangfu, a graduate student of the Agricultural University, followed the whole process. Into the test field.

Therefore, this output is not a surprise to Sun Xiangfu at all. However, if one or two or three seasons of Champa rice in the south is added, this output is enough to meet the needs of all the staple food of Datang population within a certain scale. Now, in the future, we only need to promote the planting technology of intensive cultivation to ensure the national grain production and increase it again. This is the main task of the Ministry of Agriculture in the next step. Of course, the agricultural school under Sun Xiangfu's control, or the future agricultural college, will be able to guarantee the grain production of the country and increase it again. research will not stop.

Low grain prices will hurt farmers, and the increase in grain output may not be a good thing for the common people. However, this is also the pain they must go through. If they do not first learn the planting techniques of intensive farming, they will not be able to plant with higher technical content. In order to change his current situation, Sun Xiangfu can just use the time when farmers learn farming techniques to advance the technology of planting cash crops so that they can plant them directly in the future.

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