Chapter 173: The Effects of Guano

Shao Yanqi said: "Can you increase the output several times? ”

Yang Hao nodded and said: "If the yield of one acre of land was only dozens of catties before, for the current ploughing and deep ploughing mode, I estimate that one acre of land can produce more than 100 catties of corn, if it is fertilized and watered, one acre of land can reach about 200 catties, and one person has three acres of land, conservatively estimated, a season of harvest will be extremely considerable."

In addition, the cattle and sheep that the tribe now grazes are supplemented with meat such as fishing.

Think about it, how rich our great qi will be.

In addition to a little bragging, Yang Hao's words also have some of his previous life experience.

Historically, if it is calculated according to the yield of millet during the Warring States Period, there were almost seventy or eighty catties per acre of land, and it reached nearly 100 catties in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and it reached two or three hundred catties in the Tang and Song dynasties.

Were there any changes in the varieties of millet in ancient times and in the Tang and Song dynasties? Yang Hao thinks that there is no change, the millet is still those grains, and the change is only the farming method.

The Daqi tribe has now completely abandoned the rough farming mode, and now has plenty of manure to supplement it, and there is no reason why it can't reach the level of the Tang and Song dynasties.

Three acres of land for one person, nearly six hundred catties of grain, is enough to feed a family in this era.

And these 600 catties are just the net surplus of the processed bran, which does not take into account such things as grain bran at all.

For modern people who are rich in food, no one eats bran, but Yang Hao had to count this thing into the tribe's food reserves.

In a disaster year, this thing is life-saving food.

Shaoyan and Yin are also extremely sensitive to numbers, and when they heard the output of more than 200 catties per acre, their eyes straightened.

They now eat at most one pound of rice a day, and this is still not counting the rest of the auxiliary food, so how long does one person have to eat more than 600 catties of food, even if they don't eat two meals a day, eat three meals, then they can eat for hundreds of days without doing anything.

Of course, the two of them knew that this was the ideal situation, and the actual situation was much more complicated than that.

But this is enough to surprise the talker.

"More than two hundred catties, chief, what you said is true?"

Yin even stuttered a little because of the excitement of the kingdom.

Yang Hao said: "As long as you cultivate strictly according to the methods of my religion, you can naturally do this." ”

"This is really good, in this way, I don't have anything to eat.

Shaoyan said excitedly.

Yin, on the other hand, was much calmer, and after knowing the preciousness of guano, he had to think about it at a deeper level.

"Chief, that guano island is so precious, and it is so close to Dongyi, my subordinates are worried that Dongyi will covet it."

Yang Hao nodded and said: "Dongyi is a problem, we are allies with them now, and the effect of guano will not leak out in a short time, but sooner or later they will find out."

We and I are ready to break the alliance with them, Guano Island belongs to our great Qi, and anyone who wants to get involved, we must send them back. ”

The two nodded.

Yin Dao: "Chief, if there is really so much food this season, then should we consider the expansion of the army." ”

Yang Hao touched his chin and pondered for a while, and said, "The size of the army will remain at its current size for the time being.

Unlike other ethnic groups, our armies are not engaged in production, and if there are too many troops, there will be insufficient manpower in the rest of the country.

We can only improve the combat capability of the army by upgrading the equipment and training of soldiers.

Yin sighed and said: "It can only be like this, when the tribe is stronger, we must lay more land and capture more population, when I was in Qicheng, I think a thousand people is already a lot."

But now, we have more than 10,000 people, and we feel that there are not enough people.

Shaoyan also said: "Yes, not only is there a shortage of people to work, but our officials are also a little short, especially literate officials are even scarcer, and many times, I need to go over and deal with it personally." ”

Yang Hao nodded, he naturally understood the feelings of these two people.

But these are not in a hurry, the population can not be changed, the current Daqi is in the development stage, not suitable for external expansion, the current more than 10,000 people, is already the limit of the Daqi tribe to bear.

If there is more, whether it is management or food, it will face a crisis.

And cultivating an official is not a simple matter, Yang Hao really wants to cut out the knowledge in his head and stuff it into the heads of these people, but obviously this is unrealistic.

Learning knowledge is a slow process, and there is no way to achieve it overnight, and there is nothing he can do about it.

He could also think of ways to speed up the dissemination of knowledge, such as the invention of paper and printing, through which knowledge could be disseminated quickly.

But can paper be made if you want to? Even if Yang Hao wanted to get it, he didn't have time to get it.

Everything in Daqi now is making way for grain production, and everything can only be studied after food and clothing have been solved.

As for the study of paper, Yang Hao estimates that he will also encounter many difficulties, such as the kind of ship with a compartment, and he still has no clue.

He is a little depressed now, why didn't he watch more miscellaneous studies in his previous life, and he came up with machine guns and tanks one after another, and directly bulldozed the world.

But then again, who would have thought that they would travel after death.

Yang Hao sighed and said: "The tribe is in difficulty now, those who can work harder, and when the tribe becomes stronger in the future, we can also be easier." ”

Yang Hao knew that this was just a, except for some comforting effects, there was no practical value at all.

The tribe is strong, and there will only be more work to face, as long as he Yang Hao is still alive and in the position of the leader, he will not be allowed to have corpses and vegetarian people.

As soon as Yang Hao finished speaking, his stomach gurgled, which made him a little embarrassed.

The two of them also heard this voice and then thought that Yang Hao had just come back and confessed again and again.

"The leader has worked hard all the way, and we really shouldn't have come to disturb the leader so late, please forgive the leader."

Yin said respectfully.

Yang Hao smiled: "It's okay, you are also dedicated to the tribe, it's too late for me to be happy, how can I blame you, but I'm hungry." ”

The two of them also smiled when they heard this.

Shao Yan said: "Then we will no longer disturb the leader." ”

At this time, Yin asked: "Chief, I don't know when you will be able to give lectures in the academy again, the officials have a lot of questions that they don't understand, and some questions are difficult for me and Shaoyan to answer." ”

Yang Hao said: "In a few days, when these few days are over, I will go to the school to give lectures, so that the officials don't have to worry." ”

"The officials will be happy to hear this news, the wisdom of the leader is as bright as the stars in the sky, and it is our honor to have the guidance of the leader."

Listening to Yin's compliment, Yang Hao smiled, "Okay, don't say it's useless, it's getting late, it's nothing, you can go back." ”

The two said: "We will retire!" ”