Chapter 261 Fifty million kilograms of food!

As September begins, the most important matter of Lingshanwei is the sowing of winter wheat. For a long time, the main crop of Aoshanwei is winter wheat. Whether the grain harvest can be achieved in June next year depends on the intensity of sowing this autumn. Therefore, the urban management departments of each city dare not take it lightly. Dou Shanbai is the first manager of Lingshancheng Urban Management Department, so of course he is more careful.

"The seeds have been released."

"Preliminary estimates are that the sowing area of ​​winter wheat is more than 240,000 mu."

"Now, all manpower, material resources and financial resources are all invested in the sowing of winter wheat. I have summoned the managers, deputy managers, deacons and supervisors of each farm to hold a meeting and asked them to stay in the farm day and night during the sowing period. All the fields must be sown in September."

Dou Shanbai introduced the situation to Zhang Zhun one by one.

As the manager of Lingshanwei City Management Department, Dou Shanbai was very clear about the situation of the farm below. The farm was very smooth and the enthusiasm of Tun Ding was unprecedented. In the past, one person could only sow one acre of land a day, but now, one person could sow at least two acres of land a day. With the efforts of all Tun Dings, the sowing area of ​​most farms has exceeded 70%. Therefore, he was not afraid that Zhang Zhun would come to check.

"You have done a good job! Once you start, your future work will be much easier!"

"The sowing area of ​​240,000 mu is good! But it is not enough! After sowing, we must actively organize the garrison to open up more fields! We strive to reach 400,000 mu when we sow winter wheat in the fall next year, the sowing area will reach 600,000 mu in the year after next! Then, the year after next, the 900,000 mu!"

Zhang Zhun said enthusiastically.

Dou Shanbai said that he would work hard.

Afterwards, Dou Shanbai accompanied Zhang Zhun to inspect several farms.

The military households are very enthusiastic, and all the farms are full of thriving scenery. Compared with the indifference when Zhang Zhun arrived at Lingshanwei last time, Zhang Zhun finally saw some pleasant smiles this time. The reason is very simple. They can eat enough and raise children. Each resident can get two kilograms of grain every day. As long as there are three resident in the family, the income is quite good.

In fact, most families have several garrisons at home. The food left by adults is enough for the children at home. Therefore, all the children in the garrisons are full. When they eat, they naturally have more smiles. When they play, they are also powerful. When Zhang Zhun arrived, he basically couldn't see the children playing.

Of course, relaxation is also an important reason. The news of Zhang Zhun defeating the Tartars in Aoshan City has gradually spread. The news about defeating the Tartars from Aoshan City has always become the hottest topic in Lingshan City. There are a large number of people talking about this on the streets and alleys, after dinner. Whenever someone sets up the dragon gate formation, there are always many listeners around him.

Many people actually don’t know how Zhang Zhun and the others defeated the Tartars, and they couldn’t have been to the scene of the battle. However, this does not prevent them from fully exerting their imagination, weaving heroic stories, depicting vivid characters, and attracting a large number of listeners.

Although some people's descriptions are very ridiculous, and you can detect the loopholes in it just by thinking about it carefully. However, no one thinks about these loopholes. What they enjoy is the pleasure of defeating the Tartars. As for how to defeat the Tartars, it doesn't matter. The people of Lingshan Guard are not active in joining the army, they only need to know the results.

During the repeated topics of conversation after dinner, it turned out that the tension and uneasiness caused by the second entry of the Tartars into the Crossing were quickly dissipating. Since the Tartars were defeated by Zhang Zhun, it means that the Tartars were not that terrible. Others could not defeat the Tartars, which means that they were incompetent. Zhang Zhun was able to defeat the Tartars, which means that Zhang Zhun was capable.

At the same time, the fear of the court is gradually disappearing. The people's thoughts are relatively simple, and it is easy to analogize related people and things. For example, the court is not the opponent of the Tatars, and the Tatars are not the opponent of Zhang Zhun, so the court is naturally not the opponent of Zhang Zhun. If the court wants to kill him back, he will probably be defeated by Zhang Zhun.

Since the court is not Zhang Zhun's opponent, Zhang Zhun exists steadily in Lingshan Guard. Now everyone is working in Zhang Zhun's farm, doing their own things with peace of mind, and striving to achieve more food rewards at the end of the year.

"Sir, this is the account book of the First Farm."

Dou Shanbai handed Zhang Zhun a thick account book.

"Okay! I'll take a closer look!"

Zhang Zhun took the account book and looked through it carefully.

According to the statistics of the account book, the First Farm currently has a total of 9,368 mu of land, and a total of 1,000 people are stationed. At present, 3,199 mu of wasteland have been reclaimed. 11,336 mu of planting have been sown. There are not many fields left, and it can be sown in just two days.

"Yeah, not bad!"

"After sowing, we must continue to encourage land reclamation!"

"To activists who reclaim land should be generously rewarded!"

Zhang Zhun read the account book and encouraged him.

Due to war and drought, Lingshan Wei used to have many fields lost, leaving only less than 200,000 acres of arable land. Now, these wastelands are gradually being reclaimed and turned into pieces of arable land. In fact, the difficulty of reclaiming these wastelands is not high. As long as you are willing to invest funds and build water conservancy facilities, you can turn them into arable land. Unfortunately, Wang Jian, the former commander of the guard, was a wealthy slave and was reluctant to invest huge amounts of money to build water conservancy. However, ordinary military households did not have such funds, so they had to watch these fields lost.

After Zhang Zhun took over Lingshanwei, he invested tens of thousands of taels of silver to carry out large-scale water conservancy construction. A large number of canals, river dams and reservoirs were built, and wells were continuously dug to provide water sources on site for those remote fields. So far, at least three or four hundred deep wells have been dug, greatly increasing the irrigation area of ​​the fields. The difficulty of reclaiming wasteland has also been greatly reduced.

Among them, there is a technical invention that makes it easier to build water conservancy facilities. This technical invention is cement. Cement can solidify in water and is not afraid of water erosion. It is a powerful tool for building water conservancy facilities. In the past, it took several months to build a small dam to use stone, mortar, lime and other materials, and the quality was not very good. Now, using stone, steel bars, and concrete can be done in just one month, and the quality is guaranteed at least fifty years.

For agricultural production, the most important condition is water. As long as the water problem is solved, other problems are no problem. Due to the powerful water conservancy construction, the area of ​​wasteland that can be reclaimed will be greatly increased. The area controlled by Lingshanwei is close to three million mu, and it is no problem to reclaim 30% of the area into arable land. In other words, Lingshanwei can reclaim more than 900,000 mu of fields in total. After all, the requirements for fields of winter wheat are far less than that of rice. Ordinary land can be opened into wheat fields.

In fact, in order to increase their rewards, the managers of each farm have organized the garrison to actively reclaim wasteland before sowing. Among the twenty farms, the most land area has exceeded 13,000 mu, and the least one is more than 11,000 mu. In other words, in the past time, at least 40,000 mu of land has been added. The managers of a farm have already stated that the sowing area of ​​the farm next year will exceed 20,000 mu.

Of course, this number is still a bit far from the limit of 900,000 mu. However, as long as everyone works hard, the number of fields will continue to increase. Finally, one day, the area of ​​arable land will reach or even exceed 900,000 mu. Dou Shanbai said affirmatively that by next autumn, it should be no problem to sow 400,000 mu of winter wheat.

Due to the share of the farm, most of the harvested grain will be concentrated in Zhang Zhun's hands. The twenty farms and 240,000 mu of sowing area, calculated based on the average yield of 300 kilograms per mu, will have a grain income of 72 million kilograms next year. The consumption of 20,000 kilograms of grain per person, and the annual reward will be about 20 million kilograms. The remaining 50 million kilograms of grain will be freely controlled by Zhang Zhun.

Fifty million kilograms of food!

What is this concept?

Zhang Zhun yearns for the harvest next summer. I'm afraid there are not many large warehouses, so he should not be able to hold so much food, right? As long as these farms have a bumper harvest of grain, he should not have to buy food from outside. Even in the days to come, there may be grain exports!

Zhang Zhun is so loving about Lingshanwei’s farm.

Fortunately, the people of Lingshanwei did not take all the land. Otherwise, based on the tax of 40 kilograms per mu of land, the 240,000 mu of land would only receive less than 10 million kilograms of grain at most. Compared with the 50 million kilograms produced by the farm, the difference is too far. It seems that if you have the opportunity in the future, you will continue to build a large farm.

With a joyful mood, Zhang Zhun came to the front of Xiahe Village.

The Xiahe Village implemented a policy of dividing land and land, and all the fields were divided into individual hands. Naturally, there is no need to describe the enthusiasm of the people. According to Feng Yangyi's report, the most active family in Xiahe Village opened up almost 200 acres of land. The family had nine people in total, two old people, three sons, two daughters, and two daughters-in-law. The old man in the family was called Lao Han Luo, and he was the most active person in the Xiahe Village.

When Zhang Zhun came to the family's fields, he saw a huge field. A considerable part of the fields had been sown with wheat. However, there were still many fields that were not too late to sow. At this moment, the family was busy continuing to sow. A few sparse figures were scattered in the huge fields. If they were not carefully looked, they would not be able to see people at all.

"Old Luo, can you be busy?"

Zhang Zhun squatted by the field and chatted with Mr. Luo.

"Try to do it."

Old Man Luo rarely took time to chat with Zhang Zhun.

It can be seen that Old Man Luo is indeed very tired.

With the production conditions at that time, it was very difficult for everyone to cultivate twenty acres of land. When Zhang Zhun formulated the "Equal Field Order", he had already taken this into consideration. Lao Han Luo and his family had cultivated 200 acres of land, so they naturally had to get up early and go to bed late, and even eat and sleep on the fields. Otherwise, they would be too busy at all. However, Lao Han Luo was not afraid of fatigue. Thinking that the production of these 200 acres of land belonged to their family, his face was full of smiles.

According to Lao Han Luo, even if the harvest is only 300 kilograms per mu of land, by the time of the bumper harvest next year, 200 acres of land will be a full 60,000 kilograms of grain. If the tax of about 8,000 kilograms is deducted, there will be more than 50,000 kilograms! More than 50,000 kilograms of grain is definitely an astronomical figure for Lao Han Luo in the past. Moreover, the yield of some fields should be more than 300 kilograms of grain. In this way, Lao Han Luo's family will have even more grain storage.

At that time, there was less meat, the grain structure was relatively rough, and the labor force needed to consume more food. People in later generations could eat one pound of rice every day. However, at that time, one pound of rice or one pound of flour was not enough to eat. However, even based on the two pounds of grain per person per day, the annual food consumed was only 800 pounds. Nine people would have to die every year, which would consume 8,000 pounds.

In other words, in addition to satisfying the food of his family, Lao Han and his family also had at least 40,000 kilograms (about 200 shi) of grain, which could be stored or sold. According to the market price of one tael of silver per stone, it could be sold for about 200 taels of silver. No wonder Lao Han and his friends were going crazy about farming. Two hundred taels of silver, this was a huge income they had never thought of! Two hundred taels of silver, can buy several very good brick and tile houses.

"Old Luo, if there are large agricultural machinery, you can easily cultivate more land. The cost is lower, the efficiency is higher, and the work is easier."

During the conversation, Zhang Zhun said to himself.

“What agricultural machinery?”

Old Man Luo obviously doesn't understand this word.

"It's...help you sow seeds and harvest them..."
Chapter completed!