The Emperor's Son-in-Law

Duan Chun and Liu Er sat there, discussing carefully the detailed division of labor in the blacksmith shop these days.

Outside the square, at the entrance of the village, there was a large group of ragged old farmers wearing bamboo hats and carrying tools.

Coming to the square with doubts, there were no less than forty or fifty people.

"Meet the Major General!"

After a group of old men entered the small square, they all clasped their fists and saluted Duan Chun, who was discussing something.

"I'll go find Uncle Liu to discuss it later."

"Major General, I'll take my leave now."

Liu Er stood up, bowed respectfully, and asked the craftsman behind him to pick up the wheel bowl and horizontal axis.

He turned around and strode away excitedly in the direction of the blacksmith shop.

Duan Chun stood up, smiled and strode towards the group of old farmers.

"Everyone is exempt from the gift."

"Junior asked you to come here to discuss important matters."

Duan Chun said with a smile and clasped his fists.

"If you have any orders from the Major General, please just give them."

"My subordinates are all veterans under the general's command."

"It is only because of old age and frailty that I have to take off my armor and return to the fields."

"But if you want to go into battle with the general, we will have no complaints!"

The leader, an old farmer, cupped his fists and shouted.

"You guys have misunderstood."

"My father will indeed mobilize troops in the next two days."

"He went to the west to conquer Xirong, but he had no intention of deploying the veterans of the farm."

"This junior has asked all of you to come here because we have important matters to discuss."

Duan Chun smiled and turned to look at Zhang Wu and Zhao Changlong.

"Bring the money and give each of the old men who look after the fields on the farm one tael of silver."

Duan Chun shouted.

"Here!"

Zhang Wu and Zhao Changlong immediately accepted the order and waved their hands.

The guards surrounding him immediately stepped forward and took out money bags from their arms.

Walk up and distribute silver taels to each old farmer...

All the old farmers were stunned.

"Major General, what are you..."

The leader of the old farmers looked at Duan Chun in confusion.

"What's your last name, uncle?"

Duan Chunxiao asked.

"The villain Zhang Dagou is the former captain of the Huben Camp under the general's command."

The old farmer answered with clasped fists.

"Major General, he, he is my subordinate's father."

Zhang Wu said softly from the side.

"It turns out he is Uncle Zhang's father."

"Junior is disrespectful."

"Master Zhang, these silver coins are not given to you in vain."

"It's because this junior has something important to entrust to me."

"Every household with a field on a farm gets one tael of silver."

"Junior, I would like to invite you all during this autumn harvest."

"Seniors, please check each family's fields in detail. If there are full ears of rice, they will be picked separately."

"Then these special rice ears from all the fields are gathered together for safekeeping."

Duan Chun expressed his thoughts in detail in front of all the old farmers.

"Major General, are you selecting seeds to prepare for next year's rice seedlings?"

Zhang Dagou understood Duan Chun's meaning as soon as he heard it.

"Yes, but this time the selection is different from the previous selections by our predecessors."

"What the younger generation wants to choose is the best rice seedlings in Dakang, and even in the entire world."

"This year is just the beginning, and we will continue to select seeds in the next three, five, and ten years."

“In Dakang today, the grain yield per mu is only two to three hundred kilograms.”

"Juniors believe that our rice fields will never produce more than this."

Duan Chunzhengse said.

"Major General, you actually attach so much importance to farmland."

"Then do you think we can keep selecting seeds like this?"

“What kind of rice seed can I choose?”

“How much food can one acre of land produce?”

Another younger farmer asked in surprise.

"I won't hide anything from you seniors."

"What the juniors have in mind is that one acre of rice field must have a yield of at least 500 kilograms per mu to be considered qualified."

"Seniors, if you continue to choose seeds according to the ideas of the juniors."

"I believe we can achieve this goal."

Duan Chun replied with a smile.

"Five hundred catties per acre..."

All the old farmers opened their mouths in shock.

But here at Duan Chun, I couldn't help but feel secretly speechless.

An acre of land in the Dakang Empire was nearly twice as large as a modern acre of land.

But a modern small field with an acre can also achieve a yield of 1,000 kilograms per acre!

He was just a little polite just now so as not to shock these farmers.

"Junior's idea is very simple."

"We start selecting seeds from two aspects."

"This year, we will first select those seeds with full ears from the rice fields of our seniors."

"This tael of silver is the compensation for all the seniors."

Duan Chun nodded.

"One tael of silver is too much!"

"The grain from all my fields can't be sold for more than one tael of silver."

The farmers all shook their heads.

"It doesn't matter, this tael of silver will be regarded as the junior's filial piety to the seniors."

“All you need to do is be patient and pay attention during the autumn harvest.”

“Choose the best rice seeds to keep, regardless of the quantity.”

“All it takes is the best rice seed.”

"Next year, some fields will be reserved in your fields specifically for cultivating these rice seeds."

"Then select the best rice seedlings and breed them from generation to generation."

"The juniors will also send people to buy better rice seeds from outside and bring them over for experiments."

"Rice seed improvement will definitely lead to greater improvement in per-acre yield."

"The plan here is very complicated. The juniors will tell the seniors one by one."

Duan Chun said with a smile.

"The young general is mighty!"

"We are willing to obey the young general's orders!"

Zhang Dagou was very surprised to hear this. He was originally a farmer for generations.

Because he was so hungry when he was young, he abandoned his family and joined the army to follow General Duan to fight all the way.

Fortunately, he saved his life. After he got old, he concentrated on taking care of the farmland in this farm.

Every year, these farmers look at their own fields and continue to sweat just waiting for the autumn harvest.

But the output of grain fields has not been improved, and it depends on God's blessing...

Now the young general actually came to ask about the grain fields.

This made the old farmers feel grateful.

Duan Chun signaled Zhang Wu to prepare mutton hot pot to entertain these elderly farmers.

At the same time, he sat aside and detailed his plan to improve rice seeds.

Inform everyone one by one...

After understanding the specific plan of the young general, the old farmers no longer have to worry.

The fields here originally belonged to the general.

The food here also belongs to the general.

Even if the farmland does not produce grain, the general will buy enough rations for them from outside.

The young general wants to select grain varieties, and they just need to cooperate.

After spending a morning, Duan Chun has told all his ideas to the old farmers in the farm.

He also got their full support.

The old farmers were left in the square to eat mutton hotpot excitedly.

Duan Chun said goodbye and left, and began to formally deploy his blacksmith shop classification plan.

Ever since he came to the farm on the first day and saw the blacksmith shop in Xicun.

He already understood that the scale of the blacksmith shop opened by his father here was not bad.

But the manufacturing efficiency was very low because the division of labor was not well controlled.

Now, he only needs to sort out the division of labor of each department in the blacksmith shop.

In the future, the smelting workshop will only be responsible for smelting, and the mold workshop will only be responsible for making molds.

The foundry workshop and the forging workshop will do their own things.

The manufacturing efficiency will be increased several times, and the technology can be kept confidential.

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