Chapter 20: The Farming System
A large cart of sweet potatoes and potatoes were carefully hidden in the cellar. This cellar was dug by Zhao Yan in advance and was very exquisitely dug, striving to control the temperature well.
Although sweet potatoes have high yields, they are more troublesome to store than other crops.
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In the past half month, the Zhao family recruited more than 30 literati, most of whom were only able to write and memorize, and only Zhang Buyun had a high diploma.
More than thirty people gathered in the hall, and Zhao Yan walked out with joy.
"I've met my boss." When these people saw Zhao Yan coming out, they hurriedly bowed and greeted him. Zhao Yan smiled and nodded, saying, "Don't be too polite for everyone."
After pondering, Zhao Yan said, "My Zhao family is a large family in Huang County. This time, the sky is hungry and bandits are everywhere, and they can't help but feel deeply saddened. I am not talented, and I want to train some villages to protect the country and safeguard the people and recruit refugees to resume production. However, there are many refugees and they are really powerless in management, so I asked everyone to come and help."
"It is rare for the boss to have such a sincere heart. If everyone in the world has such a desire to serve the country, why worry about the injustice of the world?" Zhang Buyun took a step forward and praised Zhao Yan.
"It's the extreme, it's the extreme~!" Several literati couldn't help but echoed.
"You are joking, let's just talk about it! At present, more than 7,000 refugees recruited by my Zhao family need to register their household registration and arrange military farming matters, and they also need to work hard. In my Zhao family, talent is the best. If you have no morals and have no talent, you will be selected as your ability. If you have enough abilities, you will definitely be entrusted with heavy responsibilities." Zhao Yan said with a smile.
"There is no Taoist costume and no talent, and no talent, what the boss said is very true. In today's officialdom, there are no Taoist costumes and no Taoist traces everywhere, so straight as a string, and the dead Taoist edge; curved like a hook, and the title of marquis is rebellious." Zhang Buyun talked loudly: "The business of the boss is like a small officialdom. If you want to avoid such a situation, you should open up a wide range of ideas."
Zhao Yan's eyes couldn't help but stayed on Zhang Buyun for a while, and this man was very active.
Haha, Zhao Yan laughed and said, "The Zhao family is just a rich man who cannot be put on the table. There is no small officialdom. However, if you have any good suggestions, you can put them out. If it is beneficial to the resumption of production, I will definitely have a heavy reward."
Zhang Buyun smiled, without saying a word, and his eyes looked at Zhao Yan with a deep meaning.
With more than 30 cultural people joining, various documents and affairs are quickly unfolding. Some of them are responsible for registering the household registration of refugees, their names, ages, marriages, families, and specialties must be registered and they must be compiled.
Some of them began to measure the land, and the villages around Zhaojia Village were all withered. Kong Youde's soldiers plowed the mountain, but the small fort in Zhaojia Village was hard to chew and didn't care. Most of the other villages that did not have the defensive ability were affected.
Therefore, many lands without owners were left. Some of them were masters, but they were unable to cultivate and could only be abandoned.
According to the calculations of a young and strong labor force requiring twenty acres of land and a middle-aged woman requiring ten acres of land, the conclusion is that more than 80,000 acres of land need to be enclosed.
If all these lands had to be bought with silver, Zhao Yan wouldn't have that much money. But he still had to buy them. Two taels of silver per acre of land was already a good price in Denglai.
Even if you want to sell a lot of land, no one wants to buy it unless those landlords think that the land is not enough.
Real estate in this era is highly concentrated, just like real estate in later generations, it is a resource that is highly valued. Whether it is landlords, officials, or those big businessmen, they don’t want to be like without land.
Zhao Quan and those literati were responsible for many matters in military farming. Zhao Yong, Lin Yi and Wang Wenyue were responsible for military training. Zhao Yan was the two sides of the control.
He does not need to intervene in the training at the moment. Let them practice gun skills, line up, and square formation first. The three of them are clear about the key points and have a good training. Everything will be implemented in accordance with the regulations preliminarily formulated by Zhao Yan.
Zhao Yan rushed to the military farming field.
Because sweet potatoes will be grown next year, Zhao Yan quickly wrote a book about some key points about sweet potato planting. After all, people are still unfamiliar with sweet potatoes and have no experience in planting.
Because of its high yield, sweet potatoes will gain something if they are inserted freely. Even in later generations, many farmers will grow sweet potatoes like this, and they will not care about them if they are inserted.
But that would not lead to much sweet potatoes. If the land was not semi-sandy, the yield might not be as high as the rice and wheat in later generations.
Before planting sweet potatoes, you must first carry out deep cultivation. Thousands of kilograms of farm fertilizer should be applied per mu. The seedlings should also be cultivated in advance. You should use greenhouses to grow seedlings in advance. You can also use fermentation to increase the temperature. The longer the sweet potato grows, the higher the yield.
After planting seedlings, you must replenish the seedlings in time, and after survival, you must also perform intercultural cultivation. Many things need to be paid attention to. Only by carefully cultivating can the yield of sweet potatoes be increased, and may be increased exponentially.
Zhao Yan also has only a general and general understanding of sweet potato planting technology, and many details need to be summarized specifically.
Just when Zhao Yan was writing "Elements of Sweet Potato Planting", Zhang Buyun came to make suggestions.
"What suggestions do Wenlong have?" Zhao Yan asked Zhang Buyun. Zhang Buyun's name was Wenlong. The ancients usually chose the word "大大" according to the same meaning of the name, so it is also called "大大". Because there is a saying of "大大大大大大大大大大大大大大大大大大大大大大大大大大大大大大大大大大大大大大大大大大大大大大大大大大大大大大大大大大大大大大
"The head of the army is about military farming, and there should be a specific system in management. In the past, there were two types of military farming in Cao Wei: Mintun and military farming. There are 50 people in the Mintun. The village has a Sima, and the Diannong Duwei, Diannong Clerk, and Diannong Zhonglang General. The harvest is divided by the state. Those who use official cattle are 6 people and 4 people. Those who use private cattle are divided by officials and civilians. Farmers in the military farming are not allowed to leave the village at will. Why don't the head of the army follow Cao Mengde?" Zhang Buyun saw the reason why Zhao Yan was a little confused in management, mainly because there was no specific system. Zhang Buyun read a lot of miscellaneous books and had a wide range of knowledge, but he remembered Cao Cao's military farming system clearly.
"Yeah! Not bad." Zhao Yan nodded. He was indeed considering the system. Zhang Buyun's ability to make such suggestions also demonstrates his differences from other documents.
Other documents do not read deeply and have not read many books, so even if you see specific problems, you cannot learn from the experience of your predecessors to give suggestions.
"It's just that the situation in Cao Wei was different from the current situation, so it needs to be changed." Zhao Yan thought for a moment and said that the military farming system during Cao Wei was indeed not suitable for him. Before, Zhao Yan only knew about military farming, but did not know the specific system. He just thought that people could arrange for farming. Now Zhang Buyun has reacted to the institutional problems, and military farming also needs further management.
"The so-called "nevery change is the only way to stay away from the roots. The advantage of farming is that it can provide food and military resources." Zhang Buyun continued.
Zhao Yan thought about it and the role of farmland seemed to be important in these two points. If you want to manage it in depth, the purpose is naturally to produce more grain and military sources.
"Then according to the military farming system in Cao Wei, 100 young and strong people were organized into one village, and the people who used the Zhao family to plow oxen for 64 points, and the private oxen for 55 points. One village was set up to one village chief, and one team was trained. The village chief was dedicated to farming and training, and the village chief was dedicated to training village chariots. The ten villages were set up to one club, and one team was set up to one club chief, and one team was guarded. The club chief was responsible for civil affairs, money and grain, guards were responsible for group training, and soldiers were prepared."
Zhao Yan paused and continued, "If the young and strong family members are all in the village. If there are no young and weak people raised by the young and strong, they will stay in the workshop to do some work within their ability. In addition, they should find more matchmakers to help those young and strong families build their families and strengthen their sense of belonging."
"Also, we must control grain as strategic materials. The grain obtained from military farming cannot be sold privately by others. If we want to sell it, our Zhao family will purchase it at a fair price." As soon as he opened his mind, Zhao Yan set up the system intermittently. Yuan'er took notes while taking notes, and looked like a secretary.
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Sorry, the break time is a bit confusing...
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Chapter completed!