Chapter 102 Agricultural Problems

Since Shi Bin became the county magistrate, he has set a rule: every morning there will be a morning meeting for about a quarter of an hour to assign tasks and exchange opinions, and a evening meeting before the lamp to verify the implementation of the day's tasks and report on the problems.

At first, not only his brothers were not used to it, but even Liu Xiancheng, who worked in the county government all the year round, couldn't stand it. In his opinion, it is enough to assign a task for the following to do, and if you do a good job, you will be rewarded, and if you don't do well, you will be punished. What's this endless meeting? It's just a waste of time.

Of course, Shi Bin knew that these lazy guys always thought of what to do, and basically there was no plan, including Wang San. Naturally, you can't stand the same way of working as a machine, but in order to develop rapidly, you must follow the rules and not waste a little manpower and material resources.

It was another morning meeting, and today's morning meeting was different from the past, and most people were very excited because it was snowing.

Hunan does not often snow, just harvested the second season of rice is a bumper harvest, an acre of output reached an average of four stones, and now there is a heavy snowfall, is the so-called "Ruixue Zhaofeng year", there is such a snow next year will definitely be another bumper harvest. In this way, Xiangtan will definitely be able to completely stabilize, Shi Bin's hand can be stretched out, and the power of his gang will be greater.

It's all exciting, and there's basically no one unhappy about the morning meeting.

The only thing that makes people feel a little abnormal is Li Ergou, who is in charge of agriculture, only he is there to laugh, the flesh on his face is squeezed into a smile, but he doesn't even smile at all.

A supervisor is not very happy with the results he has achieved in this area, and there must be something strange about it. Although Li Ergou is not a humble person, and he still loves vanity to some extent, he is absolutely dedicated to the work assigned by Shi Bin, and he does not dare to be sloppy.

This performance can only show one problem: he is not satisfied with his work and feels that he has been entrusted by Shi Bin.

Noticing Li Ergou's attitude, Shi Bin ended the morning meeting early and left him in the conference hall on the grounds of discussing the further development of agriculture.

"Big brother, why did you leave me behind? I still have to go back to the new farming tasks. Li Ergou asked suspiciously.

"Don't pretend in front of me, what is there about you that you don't want to talk about?"

At this time, Li Ergou's face was full of shame, and no matter how Shi Bin urged him, he didn't say a word. Like a child who has made a big mistake.

"Big brother, the highest in the experimental field has reached four stones and five, which is indeed very good. But after we expanded the planting area, it was only four stones, and some of them were even less than four stones. Ergou is really useless, and he can't do such a trivial thing. ”

After making such a thing for a long time, Shi Bin couldn't help laughing, it seems that Li Ergou, a tenant, thinks that the large-scale cultivation of agriculture is too simple, thinking that as long as it is like planting those hundred or ten acres of paddy fields.

What impressed Shi Bin the most about agriculture was the complex irrigation system. If there are only two or three hundred acres of paddy fields, it takes a little manpower and a few deep wells to dig this irrigation problem, but tens of thousands of acres of fields are not this concept at all. In his opinion, it is already a great improvement to be able to increase the original yield of one acre of land from less than three stones to an average of four stones. But Li Ergou is still very self-blaming, which shows that he is serious and responsible for his work, and he is a good brother worthy of trust.

"I said Ergou, you are so frustrated for such a thing, are you too fragile?" Shi Bin said with a smile.

Frail? He never thought of that word, because he didn't think he was fragile at all, but responsible. Although he did increase the yield per mu a lot, it was nearly fifty percent, but it was too far from his goal, and in his opinion, he could only get by by with a yield of four stones and five buckets per mu.

"Ergou, eldest brother wants to ask you how those farmers farm?"

"How can you grow it? It's still like that, but the eldest brother exempted them from renting for a few years, and they are naturally full of energy, and they naturally take good care of the field, but they didn't expect that the yield per mu is still so much less. Big brother, don't comfort me, the yield per mu is less than five buckets, five buckets. A hundred acres is fifty stones. We have at least six or seven thousand acres of land, do you think I can not be in a hurry? ”

Shi Bin naturally could only comfort Li Ergou, saying that he had just come into contact with large-scale rice planting and had no experience, and it was already very good to be able to achieve five achievements in increasing yield.

Although he knew that this was what Shi Bin said in order to comfort him, he couldn't blame himself like this anymore, otherwise he would be too hypocritical and a little kicking his nose in the face.

In order to show his determination to complete the goal, Li Ergou also launched an oath, saying that he must complete the goal of producing four stones and five buckets per mu.

This surprised Shi Bin, in his opinion, Li Ergou was a little bandit with a bit of brains, but he didn't expect to pay so much attention to commitment.

"Ergou, although my brother has never farmed, he knows that this large-scale planting and small-area planting should not be the same thing. Look at our soldiers, a hundred soldiers with strong individual combat power can't beat a hundred soldiers who have only received ordinary training. Shi Bin looked at Li Ergou and said meaningfully.

After thinking about Shi Bin's words carefully, Li Ergou understood the meaning of his words. But he immediately said with a sad face: "Big brother's idea is good, but we don't have enough financial resources, insufficient manpower, and insufficient material resources, where can we have the ability to engage in unified farming?" ”

Of course, Li Ergou's words were realistic, so Shi Bin decided to let him lead the way to the field to take a closer look, hoping that he, a blind farmer, could also come up with a good idea.

On the way to the field, Shi Bin called Wang San over again, and with himself and Li Ergou went over, "three stinkers top Zhuge Liang", which can be regarded as a number of senior staff officers.

When a few people arrived at the edge of the field, Shi Bin, a person who was quite hygienic, immediately felt very uncomfortable, there was mud and excrement of people and livestock everywhere, and there was almost no clean place.

And the farmers who were farming didn't mind stepping on it, as if it wasn't a big deal at all. Maybe they were used to it, but for Shi Bin, who barely loved cleanliness, he immediately noticed the first problem: the ditch was seriously blocked.

Although silt and excrement were very beneficial for growing in the field, at that time it was for the plants in the field, not for the ditches that supplied the water. On the contrary, once the ditch is blocked too seriously, it will affect its irrigation efficiency, which is actually very unfavorable to ensure the yield per mu.

After all, if it is watered by human or animal power, at least you can know exactly how much you have watered, and once the ditch is blocked, it is difficult to master, so it is better to have nothing.

Therefore, Shi Bin's first order was to dredge a diversion ditch once in ten days, and whoever dared not immediately cancel the exemption would not only return to its original shape but also pay heavier taxes.

For this order, Li Ergou agreed to exempt the tax if he did not obey the order, but he was not very in favor of paying a heavier tax, which felt that it was too cruel.

Shi Bin smiled and nodded to Wang San, and motioned for him to explain to Li Ergou, saving him from playing a sideline game because he disapproved of this order.

"Brother Ergou, it's not that the eldest brother is ruthless, but it has to be like this. People have selfish intentions, not to mention that this ditch belongs to ours, not to those farmers, do you think they will love it? As long as it's not your own business, it's definitely hard to cherish, and most of it is just to deal with it, what do you say? ”

Of course, the words are very serious, but they are reasonable, and Li Ergou can only say that he will resolutely implement this order to ensure the increase in yield per mu.

In fact, looking at these rice fields covered with snow, Shi Bin is still very happy, with food, soldiers and horses, everything is possible, even if it only occupies the land of these three seedlings, it is very good.

At this time, Shi Bin stole a poem "Seven Laws and Winter Clouds" made by a great man to describe his mood:

The snow presses the winter clouds and white flocculents, and the flowers are scarce for a while.

The sky is rolling high and the cold snap is rapid, and the earth is slightly warm.

There are unique heroes who drive tigers and leopards, and there are no heroes who are afraid of bears.

Plum blossoms rejoice in the snow, and it is not surprising that flies freeze to death.

Li Ergou, who was a little depressed because of agricultural problems, came to his senses again when he heard such a proud poem.

Shi Bin, who felt that he had solved a major problem, was beaming and ready to move on, when suddenly a middle-aged man covered in mud came out of the field and looked at him hesitantly, it was obvious that he had something to say but didn't know if he could say it.

After all, it is safest to protect oneself and keep oneself high.

"The speaker is not guilty, but what good advice does this brother have?" Shi Bin said with a smile.

Seeing that Shi Bin was so talkative, and not as vicious as other officials, he immediately expressed his worries: It turns out that this paddy field not only needs to prevent drought but also prevent waterlogging.

These words surprised Shi Bin and the others, rice actually needs to be waterlogged, which is also too funny, and things that grow in water must be waterproof. Although Li Ergou also knew that it was necessary to prevent flooding, he only thought that it was a minor problem, because his fields were all terraced fields on the mountain, and basically did not suffer from flooding.

So the peasant man told an important news: if the drainage is not good, at least 30% of the grain will be harvested for one acre of fertile land. This made Shi Bin have to pay attention, so he immediately chatted patiently with the farmer.

I learned from him that even if the ditch was dredged, it was far from enough, and it was very incompatible. Because this waterlogging is also divided into clear waterlogging, dark waterlogging and salt damage, open waterlogging is above-ground flooding, dark waterlogging is groundwater flooding, and salt damage is the saline-alkali land formed by high groundwater level.

Therefore, this ditch system must not only have open channels but also culverts, otherwise it will not only affect the harvest but also provoke direct conflicts among farmers. Although everyone knows that there is no absolute fairness in the world, absolutely no one wants to suffer, so we have to find a way to improve the water supply and drainage system.

At this time, Li Ergou understood why there was such a big gap in the yield per mu of the field he was responsible for, and he immediately cast a grateful look at the farmer, and asked Shi Bin to promote him to his assistant and get paid.

Such a person who knows the local agricultural cultivation well and dares to speak out, of course, Shi Bin wants to vigorously promote, and Shi Bin immediately agreed to Li Ergou's request.

Seeing that his agriculture had another guarantee, he returned to the city overjoyed.

The three of them watched as they walked, and Shi Bin, a guy who had had enough of the noise of the city all year round, didn't care about the sound of the dilapidated watermills not far away. But Wang San and Li Ergou's faces became worse and worse, and finally Li Ergou couldn't bear it anymore and walked to the most dilapidated waterwheel and roared: "Who is using this waterwheel?" Get the hell out of here! ”

Soon, the five families who used the waterwheel came over, trembling at Li Ergou and Wang San's cold eyes, and they didn't dare to say a word.

gave them a hard lesson, and brought these five families to ask Shi Bin for their guilt, expressing that they no longer had any doubts about Shi Bin's order, and asked for a heavier punishment.

Of course, they couldn't follow what Li Ergou said, so the two sang double reeds, Shi Bin sang red face, and Li Ergou sang white face, scaring the five households into fear, lest they be punished and become homeless again.

They had no choice but to immediately say that they would not spend a penny from the public to make a new watermill as compensation. This example has also become a clause, that is, five households must ensure that a water wheel is used for more than five years, and if it is damaged in the middle, the user is responsible for repairing and resetting, otherwise the tax will be increased or expelled from Xiangtan.

I thought that the more thoughtful I thought about these homeless people, the better, but I didn't realize the huge difference between public and private, but the order to exempt the tax for two years has been issued, and it cannot be changed overnight, and only with additional clauses to ensure that it is not arbitrarily destroyed by those selfish guys.