This fertilization theory in ancient China was summarized over thousands of years, and is called: the soil can be replenished, the soil is always fresh, and although the soil is barren, manure is often added to enrich it.

The focus of the field-friendly method is to add fertilizer. Mainly before transplanting rice seedlings, the oil residue of pressed soybeans and rapeseeds is made into fertilizer and mixed with plant ash and spread.

The farmers in front of me were also killing insects while fertilizing and weeding.

The tobacco stems left over from tobacco production are useless in Europe, but they are a sought-after pesticide in China. After breaking the tobacco stems into pieces and throwing them at the roots of rice, many types of pests can be controlled.

Colbert looked at the farmers. They were all very energetic. Although they were covered in mud, they were far stronger than the French farmers.

What are French farmers like?

Thin, dull, lifeless, like a humanoid tool that cannot think.

The previous hundred years or so was an explosive period of land annexation in France. It was different from the British land enclosure movement. French farmers were forced to go bankrupt by rising taxes, and nobles, businessmen, and lawyers took the opportunity to buy land at low prices.

These landowners can bargain with tax collectors, or simply become tax collectors themselves. They pay less or even no taxes themselves, passing the taxes on to ordinary farmers, forcing more farmers to go bankrupt, and then taking the opportunity to continue to annex land.

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In addition, since grain cannot be sold at a high price, they grow grain on public land to avoid taxes and use private land to raise high value-added livestock.

As for infrastructure such as roads and canals, no landowner is willing to spend money.

When Colbert looked at the water canals extending in all directions in front of him, he knew that France was hundreds of years behind China. And these Chinese farmers, just looking at their mental outlook and health status, were all comparable to the small landowners in France.
Chapter completed!