In Huile County, Lingzhou, Cheng Feng and Han Jian were copying materials in the archives room. Well, their educational level was limited, so of course they copied them by relying on their subordinate documents.

Cheng Shi has abandoned the fake name Guo Yu. After all, it was changed when he committed an incident, but now it has reached Lingxia. No one can hold him accountable. What should I do if I don’t restore my real name?

Appreciated by the Prince of Lingwu, Cheng Yan was appointed as the governor of Yanzhou and presided over the land reclamation affairs in Yanzhou, intending to develop this "inland" prefecture that has been neglected for many years into a money and grain base with certain grain production capacity.

Prince Lingwu has already said that Yanzhou has a normal foundation and does not need to develop well. Just finish what you should do and don’t waste it on a large scale like now. The agricultural management method is to farm and pastoral farming and pastoralism, but it cannot be given. They solved the source of beef cattle because they were sent to Lingzhou, so they found a way out themselves.

Cheng Wen has been in office for more than April. He has traveled all over the countryside, pasture land in Yanzhou, and carefully learned about the local people's conditions. Although this is the first time he has heard of the method of farming and pastoral development proposed by the Grand Marshal, But after thinking about it carefully, it is very suitable for the people's sentiments in the northwest.

The land is vast and sparsely populated, the land is large and the population is small, so it should be like this.

In fact, it is difficult to do intensive farming, otherwise the average yield per mu will not be only one hu. Unless you only have a few acres of land or more than ten acres of land in your home, you can spend a lot of energy to take care of the crops, otherwise you will not have that at all. Energy can only be extensively managed and widely cultivated and harvested.

In the early years of the National Dynasty, Ding Nan gave 100 acres of land, of which 20 acres were Yongye land, which was given to you by the court and could be traded freely. Another 80 acres of land were divided, and the government took it back after death and gave it to others. A hundred acres of land, do you tell me how to cultivate carefully? Even though the household registration increased significantly during the Tianbao period, in the north, it is common for men to have 40 to 60 acres of land, and it is still impossible to cultivate carefully.

In the south of the Yangtze River, such as in western Zhejiang (south Jiangsu and Zhejiang), the average household of 18 acres of land during the Yuanhe period is so that it is possible to cultivate carefully, harvest two seasons a year, and one season of rice and one season of wheat. The combined annual output is only Five or six hu per mu. But the manpower consumes too much, and it is unrealistic to increase the yield by relying on meticulous cultivation.

But completely extensive management is not possible. In this way, the yield per mu can be reduced to a few buckets, and it will be troublesome to harvest and you will be too busy at all.

Therefore, there is a balance point between meticulous farming and rough management, that is, the best profit point, that is, an average household of about 60 mu. A year, harvest sixty or seventy hu of millet, more than 30 hu of miscellaneous grains, and more than ten tangled farming The income of acres of farmland is similar, but people are relaxed, and at the same time, they are much higher than that of the rough and wide planting and thin harvest.

"Han Envoy, how is the wheat harvest of the 300 households in Lingzhou this year?" Cheng Yan sat at the table, with a pot of cooked tea on the table, which looked very leisurely.

"According to Li Pushe, we harvested two hu of wheat per mu and three tumblers of wheat fields for twenty acres of wheat fields, and nearly seventy hu were harvested." Han Jian said.

High yields for two consecutive years have proved that this model is feasible. Sixty acres of land, twenty acres of wheat are planted, and seventy hu of harvest can be harvested. After autumn harvest, some miscellaneous grains can be planted, and about fifteen hu can be harvested; twenty acres of Beans, harvest two crops and get more than twenty hu of cattle; 20 acres of Dayuan alfalfa raise cattle, and the milk produced in a small amount of a year is not a small amount. The farmer makes a lot of cheese, and it can be sold for profit in addition to eating it at home. Not to mention It is said that a cow itself is a resource, and slaughtering one is a big investment for family income.

There is a large amount of agricultural products that can be supported by people in cities who do not directly engage in agricultural labor. This is the prerequisite for the development of industry and commerce.

"Huaile, Baojing, Huaiyuan counties, 10,000 households have implemented this method of rotation this year, right?" Cheng Feng asked again.

"Some, according to the shogunate, there are actually more than 17,000 households. The more are soldiers, military academies, and officials' families who have extra money, buy cattle directly from various grassland departments." Han Jian sighed: "If it weren't for the land near the grassland,

How can it be like many cattle?”

Cheng Feng nodded, and he was captured by Li Kan in Jingnan and should have been beheaded, but the Prince of Lingwu called him, so his whole family was sent over. In Jingnan, rice and wheat rotation, and the family was exhausted.

It is enough to serve twenty acres of land and harvest more than a hundred hu of rice and wheat every year, which is equivalent to the harvest of the 300 farmers. However, they still get a lot of milk a year, and slaughter two cows every year, and get a lot of meat, horns and gluten.

, even if you can sell your skin, your income will exceed that of Jiangnan.

The Jiangnan in the frontier is well-deserved!

The Prince of Lingwu was also patient enough. He spent three years to try planting at the Longxing Temple Village. After success, he slowly promoted it in Lingzhou and other places, but it still took the third year to take effect.

I am really patient! I am really solid in doing things, dedicated to the people, and I am a magical tool.

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Near the Bogulu Canal in the southeast of Lingzhou, Xie Tong looked at the farmland everywhere and felt a complicated mood.

After being taken back to Bianzhou, Zhu Quanzhong was very enthusiastic about him, often had banquets and rewarded him a lot. But how to say, there was no place for Xie by the Prince of Wuxing. The number one strategist was Jing Xiang, and the number two strategist was Li

Zhen, as for Xie Tong, he got the position of Bozhou Tuan Jian, but this was just a free official.

In order to reflect his value, Xie Tong volunteered to go to Lingxia to investigate and touch the bottom of the Lingwu County Prince to see how strong this strong enemy is.

After hesitating for a moment, Zhu Quanzhong agreed and selected some elite troops from Tabaidu, joined a caravan, and went to Lingxia to spy on information.

They walked from Guanzhong, and the first stop was Yanzhou. However, there were no good things along the way, there were a lot of cattle and sheep, few farmland, and poor household registration, which made Xie Tong relax a little.

However, after entering Lingzhou, his three views were greatly challenged.

The extremely neat farmland is quite pleasing to the eye, but there is always a portion of it planted with "grass". Xie Tong didn't know what kind of grass it was, he only knew it was for food for livestock.

The livestock was built on the edge of the farmland and surrounded by low fences, where twenty cows were raised.

This happened when every household opened the wooden door of the cow pen. Without them driving it, one after another of the cows slowly walked into the grass field and started to eat and chew.

Some even ate and pulled it while eating, and they ate very happily and pulled it very happily.

Xie Tong still knows cow dung and is of great value. The prince of Wuxing set up horse government in Henan. The horse manure produced in the ranch has always been a big investment for officials of all sizes and even was ridiculed as "eating manure".

But making money is not shabby.

Xie Tong signaled that Xie Yanzhang, who was selling goods at the intersection, understood and pulled a farmer to ask, "Do you dare to ask what the grass in this field is?"

"Dayuan alfalfa." The farmer picked up silk and said, "This grass is good, it grows three times a year, and it must be thousands of pounds. It's also strange. If so much grass is produced, the land is not poor, two

After the New Year, you will plant wheat and harvest more than two hu of land per mu."

"Two Hu?" Xie Tong was surprised when he heard this and asked, "Can you really collect so much?"

"The households in Longxing Temple have harvested two hu of three or four tumbles in the past two years. After harvesting wheat and planting some miscellaneous grains, they can still harvest a lot. The harvest we planted in the first year is unknown after three years, but it should not be different."

He said without raising his head.

"What's the reason?" Xie Tong asked after a little uneasy.

"Did you see that manure?" The farmer finally raised his head and said, "If the manure of twenty cows is piled up and put into the fields, how can this land not be fat?"

Xie Tong was a little clear about it, but he felt that there were more than that, and there were probably other reasons.

"Which master has come up with this method?"

"Of course it's the King of Lingwu." The wrinkled face of the farmer finally showed some expressions, and he only heard him say: "Our farmer family pointed to the soil and fed. The King of Lingwu was given the Gods, Man and Heavenly God's teachings

, came up with this method, as long as it works, we would like to build a temple for him."

Of course, it is nonsense to learn from God, man and heavenly teachings. This method was not thought of by Shao Shude, but was the product of the accumulation of strength during the agricultural revolution in later Europe in the 16th to 18th centuries.

With this method, agricultural output in Western Europe has tripled in more than a hundred years. The secret is that for two consecutive years of fallow and legume crops fix nitrogen from the atmosphere, adding additional nitrogen elements to the soil. At the same time, through cow dung,

The nutrients absorbed during the growth of crops have returned to a considerable number of them back to the fields.

Moreover, this fallow is not a literal fallow. In fact, by planting beans and alfalfa, additional harvest can be obtained. At the same time, the soil has added nitrogen, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

In addition, rotation of different crops can reduce pests and diseases and further increase yields. Farmers can also reasonably adjust the planting ratio of different crops according to the prices of various agricultural products, instead of a single grain, which has a bit of a market-oriented commercial agriculture.

Finally, there is another advantage, that is, when disasters occur, the mixed-operated agricultural methods have stronger resistance.

"The harvest of grain and beans is no less than that of all the crops of millet and wheat, and there is also meat and milk production..." After the farmer left, Xie Tong muttered something.

The millet and wheat planted in the two provinces of Henan and Hebei are almost all planted in the fields every year, without stopping. The more you plant the ground, the poorer it is, and it is not easy to maintain a hu of per mu. The customs in Lingxia are like this.

different!

"Envoy Xie, if this matter is true, can you try it in Huaixi?" Xie Yanzhang walked over and asked.

"I'm afraid it won't work. There are so many plowing oxen in a village. The prince of Wuxing is still worried about raising official cattle to lend money. It is impossible to achieve the level of Lingxia." Xie Tong shook his head and said.

While the two were talking, the village suddenly became lively. It turned out that a family was going to kill cows. It was said that when they bought it from the grassland, it was an old cow, and it was already at the deadline.

Xie Tong wanted to laugh after hearing this, but it was normal to think about it. People have a limit, and cows naturally have a limit.

"Let's go and have a look." Xie Tong pulled Xie Yanzhang onto a dirt road and walked towards the village.

There is a cow pen on the left side of the dirt road. This family seems to be more particular, and they cut the alfalfa in the field and feed the cows. While chewing and eating, the cows look at Er Xie with innocent eyes.

There is also a family on the right. They are asking their neighbors if there are any turnip seeds. Turnip can still grow slowly in winter. After harvesting miscellaneous grains, they can alleviate the dilemma of insufficient feed for cattle and sheep.

"The farmers in Lingzhou have made use of the land to the extreme." Xie Tong thought to himself.

The two of them quickly walked to the middle of the village and watched for about a stick of incense. Suddenly someone shouted in the distance: "The Prince of Lingwu is in charge!"

A gust of wind blew up, and all the children around the cattle slaying scene ran towards the intersection. Some of them were holding cheese in their hands, looking like calves, and rushed to the intersection to see the passing army.

Xie Tong and Xie Yanzhang also turned around and looked. In the distance, a large group of cavalrymen opened their way in front, with flags everywhere in the back, swords and guns everywhere.

"This is the Tianzhu Army!" said a child.

"Nonsense, this is the righteous army!" said another slightly older child.

"Aren't Yi's army members all Dangxiang people? Why don't you lose your hair?" The previous child got into trouble.

"Soldier Dangxiang also wants to grow his hair, you don't understand." The older child said disdainfully, and then turned his head to look at the horsemen who were getting closer and closer, with his eyes focused and his expression extremely envious.

A few years older, I went to recruit a yamen army, put on this outfit, and spend a walk around the village. Isn’t it that if I want to marry any wife?

The army moved forward without stopping.

Xie Yanzhang was tense all over, as if he had seen a natural enemy.

A group of soldiers headed north from the village entrance road, and no one rushed into the village to rob, and there was no one even looking at this side.

The soldiers' faces were full of dust, but perhaps because they were close to the countryside, they were very energetic. There was no noise, the queues were neat, and the heads of the team with flags on their backs kept reminding the soldiers of the team to pay attention to the formation, and there were two sides.

The cavalry and the whistle and cavalry pass the orders, and everything is done step by step, busy without being messy.

After thousands of sports passed, a big star appeared from afar.

The children cheered warmly, and some people even fell off the cheese in their hands. They didn't panic and picked it up from the ground to continue eating.

"These urchins even know the flags. Is the Lingxia martial arts wind so strong?" Xie Tong smiled, but his mouth felt a little bitter.

Lingxia and Huaixi are almost two different worlds, customs and agriculture.

A carriage decorated with elephant (dew) drove over, following eight knights holding axes and halberds on the left and right, and on the outside were hundreds of well-armored personal guards.

This should be the car of the Prince of Lingwu. Xie Tong and Xie Yanzhang looked at each other and lowered their heads tacitly. They are not children, and keeping their eyes on them will be considered to be ill-intentioned. Don’t cause trouble now.

After the car drove past, there was an endless infantry brigade. Judging from the flag, it should be the Tielin Army.

Now everyone knows that Shao Shude did not set up a personal army, but Tielin Army was his de facto personal army. The troops that started their own business were more well-equipped, and the soldiers were very convinced of their commander. If they meet in the future,

This army should pay special attention, and it is most likely not easy to fight.

Behind the infantry were carts of wealth, copper coins, silk, fangs, and gold and silverware piled up the carriage.

The children almost exclaimed in unison.

Every time I go to the war, there are a lot of wealth and cattle and sheep, and now even the children know the benefits of going to the war.
Chapter completed!