In the matter of the Xingyang granary, the First Emperor had secretly sent a special person to Xingyang to investigate what happened there.

If it is really as Meng Yi said, the granary is controlled by people, it is a very dangerous thing, and the phrase that the people take food as the sky is not the people, but the people of the world.

No one can survive without food, and the First Emperor is no exception.

As for the problem of food, it was handed over to Meng Yi to solve, and everyone was skeptical about this matter, after all, it was the grain of several counties, and it was not a small amount.

Even if Meng Yi has a clever plan, it is difficult to find a way.

Of course, Meng Yi patted his chest very firmly and said: "Your Majesty, rest assured, if I can't solve the urgent need for food, I am willing to relieve my armor and return to the field." ”

This can be regarded as a military order, since he dares to say so, the First Emperor will believe it.

The flowers bloom two and each have a branch, and the matter of Xingyang is progressing steadily, and Meng Yi is not idle here.

On this day, after returning from the court, he did not go straight back to his mansion, but went to Nanshan, where rice was cultivated, and just a few months ago, this place was a wilderness.

Through Meng Yi's efforts, this place has become a place of abundance.

Standing at the foot of the mountain, you can see the terraced rice fields planted in the middle of the terraces, and the water from the river is transported here by waterwheels to irrigate the fields.

In order to provide better fertilizer for rice growth, Meng Yi ordered people to sprinkle fish fry in the rice field, so that fish fry and rice can complement each other's advantages.

The fry use their excrement to nourish the rice, which provides the fry with sufficient oxygen and bait in the water.

After the rice is ripe, the rice fish living in the rice field can also be eaten, and it is definitely a double harvest.

Meng Yi took the agricultural workers in the house to the rice field, listened to the introduction of the agricultural workers, and had a general understanding of the basic situation.

"Second Young Master, the rice seedlings you provide are really amazing, they are stronger than the rice seedlings of other farmers, and as far as the current situation is concerned, the yield per mu of this rice will at least quadruple."

The speaker is a peasant worker managed by Nanshan, and he is also the leader of the peasant foreman, and in modern colloquialism, he is called "contract foreman", which basically means the same anyway.

He was very excited, the yield per mu quadrupled, which he had never seen in his life, and he couldn't help but feel a little heartbeat.

In ancient times, the people planted land, in fact, the yield of one acre of land is really very little, and now it is different, in the 21st century, the yield per mu is often 700 catties, or even thousands of catties.

But in the era of material scarcity, I am afraid that the yield per mu can reach 100 catties, which is definitely a bumper harvest.

This is also the fundamental reason why the country should "emphasize agriculture over commerce", the huge state also maintains basic operations, and must have food to feed, however, the low output of the farmer is the need for a large number of peasant households, from a philosophical point of view, this is the simplest quantitative change caused by qualitative change.

The peasant worker was very happy, but Meng Yi's reaction was average, his expression was flat, perhaps he had seen the world, and he was not very satisfied with the result.

Meng Yi said: "The output is still too low, and it needs to be at least six times higher to be qualified. ”

The peasant worker's face stiffened, four times he was already very satisfied, and now he was six times? Wouldn't it be incredible?

Seeing that the peasants were in a trance, Meng Yi explained: "If it is only used to buy, four times is indeed qualified, but it is still a little difficult to meet the food problems of several counties." ”

The peasant worker said that he didn't understand, of course, Meng Yi didn't need to explain anything to him, he just needed to let him know that the output needed to be increased.

"How many acres are there on Nanshan?" Meng Yi asked.

"According to incomplete estimates, there are 8,000 acres to say the least." The peasants replied.

Now, Meng Yi was injured and could not find out that twenty barren mountains had been reclaimed, that is, almost 160,000 mu, which was definitely an astonishing number.

According to the yield of 20 stone per mu of land, then the rice planted by Meng Yi can produce 80 stone, then the total output of all is more than 12 million stone, and even the national treasury does not have so much grain.

This can also solve a temporary urgency, but how could Meng Yi be limited to this, if he does not solve the urgent need, but can solve it completely, so that after something unexpected happens, he will not be controlled by others.

After understanding the general situation, Meng Yi said again: "But fertilize the rice field? Is there enough nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium? ”

Fertilization can understand, what the hell is nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium?

The peasant worker looked blank and said, "What is nitrogen?" ”

Seeing that the peasants and workers were puzzled, Meng Yishi realized that it was more than 2,000 years ago, and the common people did not have this concept at all, and they knew nothing about the elements of these plant growth.

"Nothing!"

Meng Yi didn't explain, he knew that even if it was an explanation, it would not be clear to explain, and it would be difficult for them to listen to what he said, and they would be confused.

After returning from Nanshan and returning to the house, Meng Yi realized a problem, that is, a very important reason for the shortage of food in ancient times was fertilization.

Although there was already a concept of fertilization at that time, there was no specific operational process, and even the earliest "Book of Fansheng" in ancient times was written in the Western Han Dynasty.

It is recorded in the book: The foundation of all cultivation lies in the time and soil, the manure, and the early hoeing and early harvest.

And there is a similar record in the "On Balance and Spontaneous Nature": "Deep ploughing and fine hoeing, thick family dung soil, reluctantly making people merit, in order to help the earth, its tree marries the other fertile, similar to the like." ”

Then, whether it is recorded in the "Book of Pan Sheng" or "On Balance", it is the importance of fertilization, but in the Qin Dynasty, it is difficult to have this idea.

Therefore, Meng Yi decided to process fertilizers.

Of course, due to the constraints of the conditions, it is impossible for Meng Yi to really blend the chemical elements of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium in a certain proportion, so the easiest way is to make simple fertilizer.

In modern life, the easiest way to make simple fertilizer is to use a variety of waste materials, such as: egg shells, fish bones, tofu residue, chicken feathers, etc. are good natural fertilizers.

These waste materials are ground into powder, and after encapsulation, they are allowed to ferment naturally, which can form a good nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium fertilizer.

Thinking of this, Meng Yi began his new invention.

Back at home, he went to the study and wrote down a bunch of messy things with a pen, most of which were discarded scraps from daily life.

"Someone!"

Meng Yi shouted.

Immediately afterwards, the next person pushed the door and entered, "What does the young master command?" ”

Meng Yi glanced at him and said, "What about Hao Jianren?" ”

Usually in this case, Hao Jian is usually the first to rush in, as the young master's little follower, how can this kind of "charging into battle" thing be less than him.

As long as Meng Yi shouted casually, this thing suddenly appeared like a ghost, and its whereabouts were unpredictable.

But today, Hao Jian did not appear, which made Meng Yi very strange.

Since I returned to Xianyang, this thing has been like missing, I don't know what the hell is going on?! Even Xiang Yu was gone.

These two goods are usually inseparable, why did they suddenly disappear, what happened in the three months that they were not in the house?!

"Xiang Yu is nowhere to be seen, what are the two of them doing?" Meng Yi asked again.

"Young master, don't you know yet, Brother Jian and Brother Yu have had a falling out recently, and they are preparing to fight to the death." The subordinate said.

Meng Yi's face was full of question marks, and he fell out? Still fighting to the death? With Hao Jian's small body, I'm afraid that he won't be able to withstand Xiang Yu's heavy punch.

To be able to make Hao Jian tough and fight to the death with Xiang Yu must not be too small.

Meng Yi knew that Hao Jian's goods were Liu Bang, the most famous scoundrel in history, between Liu Bang and Xiang Yu, it can be said that they were old enemies, and they wouldn't really fight.

"What the hell is going on? Tell me about it. Meng Yi asked.

The subordinates didn't dare to hide it, so they told the grievances and hatred between Hao Jian and Xiang Yu.

It turned out that since Li Si was raided, Li Xinyue, the daughter of Li Si, was demoted to a subordinate and renamed Yu Ji, and was later admitted to the house by Meng Yi.

But since Meng Yi went to Shangjun, Hao Jian felt that the tiger was not at home, and the monkey was called the king, and he was even more lawless, and launched a crazy pursuit of Yu Ji.

Hao Jian's skin is thicker than the city wall, Yu Ji doesn't know if he has rejected him once, but Hao Jian is like a dog skin plaster, sticking to the back of Yu Ji's buttocks, even if Yu Ji hates him very much, Hao Jian doesn't care.

In her heart, chasing girls requires perseverance, and no matter how much face and dignity she has abandoned, she can be caught.

Hao Jian is stalking again, and he is buying all kinds of expensive things, if he is an ordinary woman, he may really be impressed by his strength, but who is Yu Ji? The former eldest lady of the Li family, what kind of means have not been seen.

was not interested in Hao Jian's methods, but in the end, Hao Jian got nothing, not only did he chase Yu Ji, but he also lost all the money he spent to please Yu Ji.

This made Hao Jian very angry, Lao Tzu paid so much for you, but I didn't expect you to be unmoved.

Hao Jian is not a loser, in order to compensate for his financial deficit, he attracted Yu Ji's attention.

On this day, he deceived Yu Ji under the pretext of no longer harassing Yu Ji, and wanted to sell it to Qinglou, which should be able to get a lot of money, after all, thinking of a beauty like her can definitely be regarded as the top brand of Qinglou.

He had already found a buyer, and on the day he started, he was destroyed by Xiang Yu, who was secretly following, it turned out that Xiang Yu also liked Yu Ji, but he was diametrically opposed to Hao Jian and was not good at expressing his emotions.

After this incident, Hao Jian and Xiang Yu completely fell out, just like a snowball, the grievances became bigger and bigger, so that they developed like this.

Meng Yi basically understood, it was all Hongyan's fault, he put down the pig's knuckle rice in his hand with the fertilizer recorded, put it down, solved their problem first, and said, "Where are the two of them, take me over immediately." ”