"Brother Qingshan, what do you think of this year's harvest?"

"Brother Xiyang, you are asking me, this potato is new this year, the court said that it can be high-yielding, but how can I know the specifics, in short, when the spring begins, you and I have guided the spring ploughing according to the manual issued by the household department, hey... Let's see how much we can do. ”

Li Xiyang nodded and said, "Hey, I hope there will be a good harvest." ”

Saying that, Li Xiyang put his hand on the pergola and looked at the sun in the sky.

"It's August, why is it still so hot?"

"In the past few years, it has been a good weather, and in the last two years, this day is a little abnormal, I heard that there was a locust plague in Linshui County in the south a month ago, and the insects were overwhelming, and there were a lot of dealers who ate a lot.

The imperial court called in the army to exterminate the insects, and it was only then that these insects could barely be controlled.

”

Lin Qingshan sighed.

"I have also heard about this, fortunately, there are more poultry raised in the south, and the poultry are released, the imperial army, and the people have been exterminated, but in the surrounding counties, I am afraid that there is no harvest.

”

"Alas! Those people are having a hard time this year. ”

"Forget it, let's not talk about this, this kind of major matter can be solved by the senior officials of the imperial court, and small officials like us can just take care of this year's autumn harvest."

"What Brother Qingshan said is extremely true."

Although the disaster in Linshui County has been controlled, this small-scale locust plague has also sounded the alarm for Yang Hao.

China's 5,000-year-old history has been seriously affected by locust plagues.

Although Yang Hao doesn't know much about this, he generally knows several ways to prevent locusts.

For example, this time, although the locusts were successfully exterminated, several counties were considered to have no harvest this year, and after the autumn harvest, the imperial court had to arrange materials for relief, which was a lot of money.

If you want to eradicate locusts at all, you need to get rid of locust eggs.

Xu Guangqi mentioned in "Removing Locusts": "Seeds can be passed on, and one stone can reach a thousand stones, so digging in the winter moon is particularly urgent, and the agricultural resources are idle, so you can search calmly." ”

In addition, in the "Locust Hunting" also said: "It is easy to find when the winter is sunny and there is no rain and snow, so you must have the strength to search and dig, and set up a sign at the end of the dig, so that you can find it in spring." I have seen no children in the spring, and I should still watch it again in the early summer in case I miss it. ”

Although Yang Hao hadn't read these two books, based on what he had seen and heard in his previous life, and guessed with himself, he had also sorted out a similar way to exterminate locusts.

This method is theoretical, and the specific effect still needs to be improved according to the actual effect after practice.

Although there was a disaster this year, Yang Hao was not worried.

During the Zhou Dynasty in Chang'an, nearly half of the fields were planted with potatoes, and this high-yield farming was more than enough to cope with the famine in several counties, and did not cause large-scale fluctuations in grain prices.

And Yang Hao sternly ordered that the local government prohibit the private sector from hoarding grain for huge profits, and once discovered, he was immediately arrested and brought to justice.

For decades, Qi has not agreed with or opposed the policy of non-governmental commercial trade.

However, with the gradual enrichment of materials, the private business is tenacious, and over the years, the number of private businessmen has increased little by little.

Although grain is controlled by the state, there are also many grain merchants in the private sector.

Merchants are unrighteous, although Yang Hao hates these people, it is impossible to stop the circulation of commerce, because he knows very well that without these people, the Qi country will only be a backwater.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the leaves turned yellow, and the head of the household looked at the harvest reported by the villages and towns, and smiled from ear to ear.

"Good! Well, I didn't expect this potato to produce so much. ”

Although the yield of potatoes in this era is not as amazing as that of Yang Hao's era, compared with rice, the yield per mu is much higher.

The happiest are the peasants who were forced to plant potatoes, when they heard the news in the spring, everyone looked like they were mourning, and they couldn't wait to rush into the palace and scold this mediocre monarch in front of Yang Hao, but now they can only shout Wang Shengming.

This also indicates that after a few years of handing over the imperial grain, each family will have a lot of surplus, and after selling it, they will be able to have a good year.

Tear a few pieces of new cloth to make a new dress for your family, and when you think about it, you feel that life is not bad now.

The voice of the people, Yang Hao just smiled after listening to it.

People's desires are endless, and the old people who have gone through the tribal years are naturally more satisfied with today's life.

But the young people who have grown up have more needs.

Yang Hao believes that this is a good thing, and this is the yearning of human beings for a better life.

When the stomach is filled, people's heads will be full of cranky thoughts, and they will start to do things that are meaningful or meaningless.

Yang Hao is happy to see this happening, which means that the social state of Qi is still active.

A society with active minds will lead to more inventions and creations.

In particular, some examples of the carp jumping over the dragon gate and changing its own destiny by inventing something are widely spread among the people.

I didn't see that so-and-so just knew how to build bridges, and now he has become a five-grade official from a battle uniform.

Then he was directly invited to the Academy of Sciences, and the whole family was exempted from paying taxes for three years.

In this social atmosphere, Yang Hao was confident that the Qi State would be stronger than all the dynasties in the past.

Maybe in my lifetime, I can even see the shadow of modern times.

Whenever he thinks of this, Yang Hao always smiles smugly, watching an era born in his own hands is really an incomparably wonderful thing.

Winter solstice, the New Year of Qi.

The sound of firecrackers bids farewell to the old year, and the new year is coming, which also indicates a new atmosphere.

Especially the snow during the Spring Festival, Chang'an City is looking forward to a better year.

It's just that when the vast majority of people are immersed in the joy of the New Year, a certain place in Chang'an City is still in an extremely busy state.

"Squire! It's time to go. ”

Kong Shilang looked at the steel monster with a greatly changed appearance and nodded solemnly.

"Tell the craftsmen to be careful."

"Xia Guan understands!"

After a few shouts, the craftsmen filled the steel monster's open belly with coal from Qinzhou.

The flames rose, the heat hit, and everyone stared at the steel monster in fear.

With the sound of beeping, the high-speed air flow that erupted drove the complex connecting rod structure to move slowly.

As the temperature rises, so does the rotation.

Kong Shilang only felt that the noise made by the monster could not hide his beating heart.

Time passed little by little, half an hour passed, and there were no deafening explosions, no dead people, only the monsters that made noises as if they never stopped turning.

Until this moment, everyone realized that they had finally succeeded at this moment after years of hard work.