Chapter Seventy-Nine: Autumn Harvest

At the end of August, Yucheng, the autumn breeze is slow, the fragrance of wheat is floating all over the earth with the autumn wind, the golden ears of wheat are rippling in the autumn wind, the farmer's forts in Yucheng have begun to harvest, the villagers are sweating like rain, there is a joy that can not be concealed, and Liu Feng's mood at this time is also excellent.

By the Huangsha Lake, the six big waterwheels are still rotating, Liu Feng stayed in Wu'an City for a few days, and after straightening out the affairs of the refinery, he quickly returned to Yucheng, such a major event as the autumn harvest, he still attaches great importance to it, as the saying goes, there is food in his hands, and he does not panic in his heart. That day, early in the morning, he and Yucheng Sitian Liu Yandong and others came to the farmland by Huangsha Lake.

Sufficient water source irrigation, coupled with the advanced production methods of large farms, the return to Liu Feng is abundant, 150,000 acres of farmland, all the harvest is imminent, the old farmer in charge of the field, the front wheat waves are rolling, holding the heavy ears of wheat, can't help but cry, perhaps this is the largest harvest he has seen in his life, according to his estimates, the average production capacity per mu has reached three stone grain, about 300 catties.

Such grain production in Yucheng, a barren place, has indeed never been, which is why the old farmers are so excited, in this era, a place in the north, the best fertile land, when the wind and rain are good, it is only more than two and a half stones per mu, if like this year, Cizhou, Luzhou, Baozhou and other places suffer from spring drought, a little better fertile land, is expected to produce more than one stone, the rest of the particles are not harvested or a few buckets per mu.

Yucheng can have such a large output, inseparable from Liu Feng's large investment, waterwheel irrigation well farming tools to cultivate cattle breeds, coupled with the unified guidance of the old farmers in the field of farming, which led to the explosion of Yucheng's yield per mu.

According to the estimate of three stones per mu, Yucheng, which has a bumper harvest, can get more than 400,000 stones of grain this year, and according to the tax set before planting, each tax is 20%, and about 80,000 stones of grain can be collected. There are more than 15,000 soldiers and civilians in Cizhou, and about 60,000 stone of available grain, so Liu Feng no longer needs to worry about food when he arrives.

In addition to Liu Feng's two percent of the grain, the remaining eighty percent of the grain is more than their yield per mu in previous years, which means that they can get more grain, and according to the rewards and punishments given to each farmer's castle by the Sitian Division, they may have additional rewards, and after half a year's hard work, they finally got rich results, how can people not be happy.

At this time, the stewards of the old farmers in the field of Yucheng were all excited, but they still quickly organized the villagers to rush to harvest, and if the wheat ears of Diandian could not be harvested, they were afraid that they would go crazy. Liu Feng pulled out the Yingyang Camp and grabbed it with the villagers everywhere.

The agricultural forts, busy and enthusiastic, the harvest situation, let Yucheng once again become popular, to and from Yucheng businessmen, once again witnessed the miracle here, busy for half a month, finally harvested.

Liu Feng has no leisure this half a month, sometimes he also participates in the harvest, sometimes he sums up the experience with the old farmers in the farmer's house, and discusses how to continue to maintain the yield per mu and improve the yield per mu.

But for the time being, I can't think of next year's harvest, this year's harvest, there will be a big celebration, Liu Feng's visit for a few days, but also understand that the convening of such a summary and commendation meeting, can continue to maintain the production enthusiasm of Nongbao, but also make these villagers more heartfelt, and this year's harvest also allows the villagers to have surplus grain in their hands, all this still needs to be planned, not only so that the villagers can live a good life, but also to benefit Yucheng.

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It seems that the matter of the wolf riding is about to go south, and the vigorous celebration meeting was held in Yucheng.

On the high platform erected in the school field of the Yingyang camp, the music and dance of the Sishen Restaurant are performed in the open air, and the villagers who come to the farmer's fort all over the place crowd crowd the school field, although they can't hear what is singing on the stage behind the crowd, they can still dance and hear the sound of instrumental music, which also makes the villagers who come to participate in the celebration have something to brag about.

In this era, although people's concepts rank agriculture behind the soldiers, but in fact, the status of agriculture is very low, and at the conference in Yucheng, these old farmers can also become high-profile figures.

In the political hall of Yucheng, a unique commendation meeting is also being staged, all who come here are a series of people in charge of the agricultural fort such as the old man Si An Tian Chang Captain and so on, half a year, the original eight agricultural forts in the south of Yucheng have now expanded to fifteen, Liu Feng sitting in the hall, the people under it, the heart is still a little proud.

After a brief greeting to everyone, Liu Feng asked Guo Chongtao to organize a reward for the outstanding township elder Si An Tianchang, and he convened such a conference, one is to let everyone adapt to the new governance model, and the other is to sum up better experience for next year's farming. What's more important is that the wolf rider is coming, so get these farmer castles ready.

Most of the township elders in the agricultural forts are local villagers, and there are also some people stationed in Yucheng, and the captains of Si'an are all former Liujiabao forts. Guo Chongtao, as a member of the army in Yucheng, is still very familiar with these villagers, he stood up, looked around at everyone, nodded and gestured, and said: "This year is our Yucheng, there has never been a bumper harvest year, such a harvest is unbelievable to teach me, but the real grain received in the warehouse, but also made our hearts become steady!" ”

When everyone heard this, they were also concerned and nodded approvingly.

He continued: "Such a bumper harvest is inseparable from the wisdom of the city lord! "It's not big, it's not too small, it's not too big to pat Liu Feng on the back. Liu Feng smiled and waved his hand, "It's also inseparable from your hard work!" After finishing speaking, he motioned to Guo Chongtao and continued to talk about his.

Guo Chongtao continued: "As the city lord said, you have also worked hard in the past six months! After the lord of the castle consulted with the government office, the secretary decided that the harvest would be rewarded with the protruding agricultural fort. ”

Although everyone in the hall had already heard the news, they were still very happy to announce it at this moment.

With Guo Chongtao announcing the rewards of the township elder Tian Chang one by one, the atmosphere of the venue gradually became lively and joyful, without the restraint just now, the fifteen agricultural forts except for the newly built several forts have not been harvested, and the other agricultural forts have received their own rewards, and the next is the highlight of the meeting.

Liu Feng does not think that his advanced knowledge can be better than the current people, so he can only move out of the magic weapon of "summary", most of the people here are old farmers who farm, and their respective experiences are slowly summed up, and mutual exchanges are still very beneficial.

Originally, Liu Feng was worried that the villagers in Nongbao would slowly become lazy, but in fact, in order to get more food, the villagers organized by the old field chief of the township never stopped, and at this time, Yucheng cultivated about 200,000 farmland, and a large amount of wasteland in the north of Yucheng was cultivated. However, in the discussion of the field chiefs, Liu Feng found that the efficiency of manpower labor is limited, and after having a certain amount of cultivation, if you want to make a breakthrough in expanding the farmland, you must work the tools.

With the current production conditions, each person cultivates 20 acres of land, that is, to the limit, this is still in the case of collective labor, if you want to increase the grain output of Yucheng, you can not blindly increase the number of farmers, you can only improve the farm tools.

When Liu Feng raised this point, everyone also realized the impact of agricultural tools on production, and Liu Feng did not continue to participate in their discussions, but just let them continue to spread their minds and think about how to increase food production.