Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 662 Adjusting Planting Structure
When Li Ke gave everyone a detailed analysis of Sun Xiangfu's magical operations in Jiuyuan County, and told his grandson Wuji all the plans he thought of, they suddenly realized that there is still a lot of people in the world. With such an operation method, it is no wonder that Sun Xiangfu dared to start such a big project with only a few million money confiscated from several families in Jingxiang!It turned out that from the beginning to the end, they didn't spend much money at all.

Thinking about spending tens of millions of dollars to the imperial court in Jingzhou in the past two years, Changsun Wuji felt ashamed and said, "Why didn't Zhengming explain the truth to the old man earlier, so that the imperial court can definitely save a lot of money. "

Sun Xiangfu shook his head with a smile and said, "Why does the imperial court need so much money? It is reasonable to spend it, speed up construction in all aspects, and let the people in need earn it away. Has Mr. Is it true that if the people are rich, the country will naturally be rich?"

Changsun Wuji was dumbfounded when he heard the words. Indeed, since the Great Reform of Zhenguan in the third year of the Tang Dynasty, the policy for the common people can be said to be getting better every year. However, the tax balance of the imperial court also started from that year. This year, it even reached 5000 million guan, which is nearly [-] times more than that in the first year of Zhenguan. This can be described as 'magic'.

And all the things the imperial court did during the whole process can be summed up in two words, 'enriching the people'.

"It turns out that the imperial court should spend the tax revenue collected to benefit the common people." Changsun Wuji and Li Ke nodded as if they were taught.

"That's the reason, the imperial court guides the people to continuously improve the country's infrastructure through such means of continuously collecting taxes and spending money, so that all places in the country become more comfortable and more livable places, which is laying the foundation for the country's long-term stability .

so!How a country spends money is a very learned thing, and it needs to be studied by brainstorming, similar to things that can bring benefits to the country's long-term stability, don't be afraid to spend money, sometimes even loans can be done, as long as there is a complete Infrastructure construction, all labor output will become more efficient, and if there is more output, you will not be poor no matter what. "

"Zhengmingguo has the ability to become a teacher of all peoples, and the old man has benefited a lot from what he said." Changsun Wuji bowed to Sun Xiangfu again.

Then, he remembered another purpose of his coming here, and asked, "Now, there are reports from all over the country that there are many people who want to return their land to the imperial court. It’s a pity to leave these fields empty like this, Zhengming, do you have any good suggestions?”

"There is not enough manpower, and there is no way to grow them. The reason why the people want to quit their fields is naturally because planting these fields will not bring them income, but will bring labor burdens. In addition to the need to introduce more labor In addition to making up, we also need to adjust the planting structure.”

In ancient times, population and labor were the source of all wealth. In the era when industrial machinery was underdeveloped, no matter what was done, manpower was needed to actually complete it in order to create results. Therefore, there are almost no Who is opposed to the strategy of moving people from other ethnic groups to the mainland of the Tang Dynasty to contribute labor? Of course, there is another reason for this. The Tang court itself has half of the Hu people's blood, and there is no such thing as too much discrimination against foreigners at present.

What really needs attention is not to allow those foreigners with low ideological awareness to take power, because they do not have a strong sense of belonging to this country, and the Han culture has not yet penetrated into their bones.

Since Changsun Wuji asked, he naturally wanted to understand the whole question, and said again, "The introduction of labor, the old man knows, is nothing more than a large-scale relocation of foreign people to the mainland of Tang Dynasty, but how to adjust the planting structure? , so that the common people are willing to plant more fields?"

Changsun Wuji also got the point. In this era, Datang could not import food or any other crops from foreign countries. Therefore, in the long run, it is still necessary to make the people willing to farm. So, he replied, " Of course, it is to make farming easier and make it easier for the common people to earn profits."

People who did not receive much cultural education during this period generally had low intelligence, but they were not stupid, and they would make some comparisons. When they worked hard to plant more than 100 acres of land, no one else could easily do it in a day. When they work for a few hours and earn a lot of money, they will also think about changing.

You know, farming depends on the sky, and it actually takes a lot of risks. The harvest is not stable. Once there is another better way out, they will naturally know how to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. This is how the tide of working for all people appears in the future. of.

"Make farming easier? Can you earn more money?" Changsun Wuji asked doubtfully, not quite understanding Sun Xiangfu's words.

"For example, when growing rice, plowing, harrowing, draining, fertilizing, seed soaking, seedling raising, transplanting, weeding, pest control, and water level control are required in the early stages. There is also a lot of work to do in the later stage of harvesting, threshing, and storage. Especially when the area of ​​​​the planted field is large, just cleaning the barnyard grass in the field requires them to stand in the sun and work in the thin mud. You may not know that there are more than a dozen kinds of weeds that are easy to accompany in the rice field after working in the field for a few days. Except for one crop, another crop will grow soon. Therefore, the common people planted Paddy fields are very hard work.”

When Sun Xiangfu mentioned this point, Li Ke, Li Yuanjing, and Li Yuanchang, who had been planting rice in the experimental field for two and a half years and had a total of five crops, felt the same way, and even had lingering fears.

It can be said that in the past two years or so, what they hate the most are these weeds. Of course, they also hate the people who forced them to go to the field to clean up the weeds. Moreover, once they see these weeds in the field, they will involuntarily want to uproot them. When they patrol the fields under control this year, they will personally pull out the weeds in the field. But the local people were moved badly.

Changsun Wuji, who grew up in the north and had never grown rice before, knew that it must be difficult, although he didn’t know it personally, because the people in the Yuantian area basically never stopped from spring plowing to autumn harvest.

Even so, each household only planted 25 mu. If they had spare capacity, they would definitely want to plant more varieties, after all, the yield of these fields is so high.

However, Jiuyuan County is now counting the opinions of the people, and it is preparing to gradually reduce the rice fields of each household. Next year, it will be reduced to the point where each household only grows [-] acres. If the people are still too tired, they may still Further down, according to Sun Xiangfu's suggestion, it is reasonable for a family of people to plant within ten acres.

Sun Xiangfu continued, "It's relatively easy for the people in Guanzhong to grow wheat. They just need to fertilize the whole field, sow the seeds, and then wait for the harvest. When the weather is good, they can harvest more. In drought and flood years, harvest less. In this way, one family of them can barely plant [-] mu of wheat fields.

The characteristics of these two crops are different, and the labor required is also different, but there are other crops that are more worry-free than these crops, and whose economic value is not inferior to these two crops, such as rapeseed, which is almost the easiest field crop to cultivate One, you only need to scatter rapeseed in the paddy field during the fallow period, and after forty days, the paddy field will be full of rapeseed, and its stability is particularly high, because there are few winters without snow, spring In the year when there is no rain at all in the world, as long as the plant is planted, the output will be guaranteed to a certain extent.

If the farmers just grow rapeseed, a family can plant not only [-] mu, but [-] mu. Anyway, it’s just a family fighting together, just sprinkle seeds in the field. At worst, when harvesting, spend some money Hire a few helpers.

Previously, in order to make it easier for some people with insufficient labor at home, I suggested that after planting a season of rice, they planted a season of rapeseed. Now, every household starts to eat stir-fried vegetables. Much bigger than food. "

When Sun Xiangfu said this, Changsun Wuji and the others showed a clear look, and then said, "You mean, let the people grow more crops that are less labor-intensive and can make money? But , we can’t all grow rapeseed in one go!”

Sun Xiangfu nodded and continued, "Of course not, so we need to develop more easy-to-grow and economical crops for the common people, such as flower fields, medicine fields, tea trees, fruit trees, etc. , as well as many emerging crops that may be brought back by overseas exploration fleets in the future, they must be promoted to the common people, so that they can grow the land easily and make money."

"Well, the old man now understands what you mean by adjusting the planting structure. Let the people who can grow high-yield rice be responsible for the food planting and provide the staple food needs of all the people. People who grow high-yielding rice plant other easy-to-grow crops to meet everyone's needs in other aspects. When I look back, the old man will give His Majesty a note and talk about this matter. If the various crops produced in the Tang Dynasty can be enriched, Then it will not be because one or two are particularly scarce, which will lead to high prices and the situation that the common people cannot afford to enjoy them. By the way, the overseas emerging crops you mentioned just now are also different from the main ones that I have in Datang. food?"

Sun Xiangfu nodded, "That's for sure. In my Central Plains alone, there are nine kinds of food crops, such as millet, millet, sorghum, rice, hemp, soybeans, and large wheat. In such a huge overseas place, is it still Are there any grains that are different from my Tang Dynasty?"

Hearing what Sun Xiangfu said, Changsun Wuji thought it was very possible, and said, "It would be great if we could have some high-yielding grains that are easier to grow than rice and wheat."

Of course there are. Potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn are not difficult to grow, and the yield is higher than that of rice and wheat. However, just like Jiugu, in the late Han Dynasty, it was basically simplified to five grains, because There are several kinds of them, they are too bad to eat, and there are few people who grow them, so they cannot be called staple food.

In the Tang Dynasty, all grains have been defeated by rice and wheat. Unless it is really difficult to grow wheat and rice in the north, a certain amount of millet, sorghum, sorghum, oats and the like are planted. Brewing wine and feeding livestock are really the staple food for people to eat. In fact, there are only two kinds of rice and noodles left, because the taste of rice and white noodles is the best among all kinds of grains. This is why people from the Western Regions came to Datang , they will naturally feel comfortable because the enjoyment of eating alone is beyond their own country.

However, Sun Xiangfu can't say anything about it now. As a native of Tang Dynasty, if he knows everything about overseas things without going to the far sea, it would be strange, so he said, "If they are here If the sea trip goes well, they may have found some overseas crops and started to return, and my request to them is to try to come back before the start of next year's sports meeting."

Changsun Wuji sighed, "Zhengming seems to be full of confidence in the overseas trip!"

Sun Xiangfu said with firm eyes, "Overseas land is not a restricted area for life. In fact, we have been preparing for it for six or seven years, from researching sea-going ships and exploring various navigation technologies to setting off with them. , almost every aspect has been thought of, there is no reason to fail."

(End of this chapter)