After the celebration meeting ended, Li Songchen and Zeng Dong, under the guidance of Wang Sheng, immediately received representatives of the largest number of families in the group.

There were four people who met with them, two elderly people and two middle-aged people. The age of the two old men seems to be about seventy, one tall and one short, although most of the hair is gray, but the waist is still straight, and the eyes are shining, looking debilitated, and there is no appearance of old dragons. The two middle-aged men were estimated to be no more than fifty, one was slightly thin and seemed to be a little sophisticated, and the other was slightly fat, with a pair of glasses, like a scholar.

Wang Sheng hurriedly introduced that these four people were the oldest old man Gao Shunxiang and his eldest son Gao Shize, as well as the second oldest Liu Chenghe and his eldest son Liu Weizheng.

After introducing each other, and a few more polite words, Li Songchen said: " As a result of the invasion of the Eight-Nation Alliance, most of the peasants in Tianjin have now been lost, and although some of the peasants have returned, it is still far from enough, so we intend to concentrate the remaining fields, plant them in a unified manner, carry out farm-based production, and use scientific agricultural technology to build high-yield farms, not only to provide us with the necessary agricultural products; on the other hand, we can also give the peasants a demonstration, attract them to learn scientific agricultural technology from us, and help the peasants increase the yield of the fields。 ”

Gao Shi said: "Minister Li, how many acres of land do we have now?"

Li Songchen said: "This has not been counted yet, there are always tens of thousands of acres of land." ”

Gao Shi said: "Farming is not a difficult thing, do not hide from a few ministers, my father, Uncle Liu, and Weizheng, this generation is dealing with the land, so farming is our specialty, but if there are really tens of thousands of acres of land, the need for manpower is not a few, we only have 5,000 acres of land in the old time and space, but we still employ more than 60 people, this is still more than 20 sets of agricultural machinery, if only rely on manpower, I am afraid it will take thousands of people." ”

Li Songchen said: "Don't worry about manpower, we have captured more than 10,000 soldiers of the Eight-Nation Alliance, and we have as many manpower as we want." ”

Gao Shi immediately said: "That's easy to do, as long as there are enough people, farming is not a thing." ”

At this time, the old man Gao Shunxiang said: "Don't talk too much, we planted good land in the old time and space, but we may not be able to plant well in this era, don't look at the two of you are almost fifty people, but there are still few things to do? ”

Liu Cheng and the old man also said: "Yes, Minister Li, we are not retreating, as long as we can do it well, we will definitely try our best to do a good job, but now we need to understand the situation of this era first." ”

Li Songchen also nodded, the two old men were still more serious, and said: "You can go to the field at any time, it's a little late today, a few of you will stay in Tianjin for one night today, and we will set off to the countryside early tomorrow morning, and by the way, we can also go to our new rural construction site to see,

At this time, Gao Shunxiang said: "Director Li, in fact, there is nothing to steal from this farmland, and it is easy to say, as long as the four basic conditions are met, it will not be bad there, whether it is in the old time and space, or in this era." ”

When Li Songchen heard this, he also humbly asked him for advice: "Old man, are those four basic conditions?"

Gao Shunxiang said: "The first is fertilizer, the second is irrigation, the third is soil quality, and the fourth is pest control. ”

Before Li Songchen could speak, Zeng Dongji couldn't help but say: "Now the irrigation conditions in Tianjin should not be bad, I see that there is a river near every village, although the river is not big, but it should be enough to water the land, but I don't know what about the other three conditions?"

Liu Chenghe said with a smile: "But in these four conditions, fertilizer is the first place, farming is simple, that is, fertilizer, how much fertilizer, how much to get the harvest, what good seeds, good methods are not as important as fertilizer." However, at this time, the countryside should still use natural fertilizer, that is, manure, plant ash, and some rotting fertilizer. But one is that the source of natural fertilizer is very single, generally only human and animal manure, bones, sludge, etc.; the second is that the fertility of natural fertilizer is also limited, and in the process of collection, decomposition, storage, transportation, and use, there will be a large number of losses, at least more than half, so before the advent of chemical fertilizer, no matter how good water conservancy, good seeds, and good methods, it is determined that agriculture is impossible to have high yields. According to historical records, the highest grain yield per mu in China was in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and the grain crops in the north were mainly wheat, with an average yield of 1.3 stone per mu and about 75 kilograms, while the grain crops in the south were mainly rice, with an average yield of 2.5 stone per mu and about 130 kilograms, and the average yield per mu was always less than 100 kilograms. ”

Li Songchen and the others glanced at each other, and Wang Sheng said, "Is it only so low?"

Liu Chenghe nodded and said: "Yes, although before we crossed, Duxing ate pure natural food, not food with chemical fertilizers and pesticides, but in fact, China's grain output has always been the same as the increase in fertilizer production, in the old time and space, China was just founded in 1949, the output of chemical fertilizer was 6,000 tons, and the total grain output was 110 million tons; 30 years later, the output of chemical fertilizer rose to 12.694 million tons, The total grain output reached 320 million tons, and in another 30 years, the output of chemical fertilizers rose to 57,042,400 tons, while the total grain output reached 570 million tons. The average grain yield per mu has increased from about 70 kilograms in 1949 to more than 350 kilograms in 2013, which is the solution to the problem of feeding the people of the whole country. Therefore, without chemical fertilizer, it is impossible to increase the yield per mu. ”

After the three of them listened, they couldn't help but look at each other, Zeng Dong touched his head, and said: "I remember that some travel novels write that after some people cross, they use modern farming methods, and as a result, the yield per mu has increased greatly, reaching three or four hundred kilograms, which seems to be really unreliable." ”

Gao Shunxiang said: "This is not unreliable, if you give me a hundred acres of land, and then concentrate enough natural fertilizer, how to produce three or four hundred kilograms per mu, it is not a difficult thing, but this kind of cultivation can only be used in a small number of fields, it is impossible to spread to the entire countryside." Mainly because in this day and age, the source of fertilizer is extremely limited. ”

Li Songchen said: "What should we do then? Now that we have no chemical fertilizer, and I am afraid that we will not be able to produce chemical fertilizer in large quantities in a short period of time, is there no way to increase the yield of the fields?"

At this time, Gao Shi said: "Dad, Uncle Liu, I have discussed these situations with Weizheng, and I have some preliminary ideas, I don't know if it will work, but I can talk about it, let's discuss it together." ”

Li Songchen immediately said: "Mr. Gao, is there any good way? Just say it, we also want to learn a little more about agriculture, anyway, there is nothing to do now, so let's just chat casually." ”

Gao Shunxiang glanced at his son and said, "What do you think?"

In fact, Gao Shize and Liu Weizheng came to Tianjin this time, and they did make quite adequate preparations. After more than a month, the two families also recovered from the shock of the original crossing, after all, it is difficult to travel back, so it is better to think about how to survive in this era, and compared with others, their two families are very lucky, almost the entire family has crossed.

After thinking about this, the minds of the two families are also active, after all, there are indeed more opportunities in this era, and the space for development is also broader, and the number of their own families is large, and there is a great opportunity to support and help each other

During this period of time, the administrative management system in Tianjin, as well as the construction of the project have developed rapidly, from the three passenger ro-ro ships to draw a large number of relevant personnel, which also attracted the three passenger ro-ro ships people's hearts floating, although most people want to be the king in this era, wives and concubines are in groups, but always stay on the ro-ro passenger ship, can only go around near the mouth of Dagu, it must be no play, if you can go to Tianjin to find something to do, in order to open the mode of crossing. Although a small number of people could not stand the difficult environment of the construction site, returning to the Ro-Ro passenger ship also made many people dispel their thoughts.

But the Gao and Liu families were not moved by what happened to these people, after all, both families are from the countryside, although the living conditions of the two families in the countryside are good, but they are much more adaptable to the living environment in the countryside than others.

It's just that although the Gao and Liu families are the two families with the largest number of people in the crossing group, they are neither military nor engineering personnel, so their status in the crossing group is actually a minority group, relatively marginalized, and lacks the talents that the crossing group currently needs, as a result, since this period of time, only the second daughter-in-law of the Gao family, Fang Guizhi, has found a job position as a vice principal, and the others have nothing to do.

This time, Wang Sheng went to Dagukou to recruit agricultural technicians, which is exactly what the two families are good at, so Gao Shize and Liu Weizheng immediately came to Wang Sheng to explain the situation of the two families, and got Wang Sheng's promise to meet Li Songchen when he went to Tianjin to participate in the celebration meeting, and in these two days, Gao Shize and Liu Weizheng also did their homework and prepared to meet Li Songchen.

Although Gao Shize and Liu Weizheng were submissive in front of the two old men, it was because they were the sons of man, but in fact, Gao Shize and Liu Weizheng were both nearly fifty years old, and Gao Shize had grandchildren. Both have been farming for more than 30 years. Because of the good family background, and the two old people have seen the world and are willing to invest in the education of their daughters, so both of them have received a relatively good education, and they are not uneducated adults, but a new generation of technical farmers who combine practical experience and theoretical knowledge, otherwise it is impossible to run a large farm of more than 5,000 acres in the old time and space.