"......, he has no other skills, so his life is very poor, and no one is willing to marry his daughter to him, so he has been a bachelor until this age." Lu Lingfeng explained.

"Then today is the time for him to marry his daughter-in-law." Yun Xi said with a smile and shouted to Yang Ling: "Tell me, how much less will the harvest be?" ”

"If half the effort is reduced to turn the soil, loosen the soil, mix the soil, and break the soil, the harvest will be less than 20 percent; If you are less than half of the fat, then less than one percent. Yang Ling shouted.

In other words, the total harvest is less than 30%. Even if you use the new farming tools that the old man will give you, the harvest will be at least 20% less, right? Yun Xi said.

"Yes." Lu Lingfeng agreed first, and other farmers also agreed. Such a rich uncle, since he promised to give them new farm tools, how could he not deliberately deceive them.

"If you use half of your strength less, it is true that the harvest per acre of land will be less, but have you ever thought that if you use the remaining half of your strength to plant another acre of land, you can get seven or eight percent more harvest?" Yun Xi said suddenly.

"This!" Lu Lingfeng was dumbfounded. He never thought that Yun Xi would say this.

"Now there are few people in the Ming Dynasty and there is more land, although there are no rich fields in the suburbs of the capital, but there are still in Jiangbei. Huguang has countless fertile fields to be cultivated. ”

"If you change your mindset and with the same effort, you can double the number of fields, and the total harvest will be as much as sixty percent!"

What Yun Xi said is actually such a truth: the idea of agricultural planting has changed from the pursuit of the highest yield per unit of land to the pursuit of the highest yield per unit of individual. It's just that he said that the peasants definitely didn't understand, so after conducting research in the palace, he selected the best ratio for increasing agricultural production to promote.

Such an approach can only be practiced in countries with fewer people and more land. The result of the implementation in the case of a large number of people and a small amount of land is that a large number of peasants will lose their jobs, and it will be impossible for the cities to create a large number of new jobs in a short period of time, and in the end, it will lead to popular revolt and even rebellion.

But the Ming Dynasty had less than 70 million people at this time, and the territory area was extremely vast, and the land of the vassal country was extremely vast, according to Yun Xi's calculations, even if all the new farming methods were adopted, so many fields would not be planted, so he was naturally not worried.

The farmers couldn't understand the word 'concept', but they could understand the other words, and they were quite impressed. But someone immediately reacted and shouted: "Master, but there are no fields around the capital!" According to your old saying, half of the peasant households in the Zhuangzi can plant so much land, so what are the rest of the people doing? ”

"Master Ben has two paths for you to choose!" Yun Xi has long been prepared for this topic: "First, it is to work in the city. Master Ben also has many workshops and shops in his hands, and he also needs craftsmen and men, and the wages will not be less than those who stay in the village to farm. ”

"The second is to go to Jianghuai Province in Jiangbei to open up wasteland! Jianghuai province has few people and a lot of land, and there are large empty fields. ”

"Master, the land in Jianghuai Province is not as good as in the capital!" Someone shouted. They don't want to go either way. There is no guarantee to work in the city, and if things are not done well and you are dismissed, you will have no way to live; went to Jiangbei to open up wasteland, but he was reluctant because he was far away from the capital. But the matter of opening up the wasteland can be regarded as politically correct in the Ming Dynasty, if this lord is ruthless and reports to the court, the court will forcibly relocate them to Jiangbei to open up the wasteland, and they can only bear it.

But today, this old man came to tell them in person, it can be seen that he has made up his mind, and they can only choose one of the two. And most of the families with many children are divided into half, and everyone except the Zhuangtou's family may be sent away. In this way, the lesser of two evils, they would rather go to Jiangbei to open up wasteland. After all, the fields that are cleared are their own, and there is always a guarantee of how much the harvest will be.

But people have always taken advantage of it, and they can't just agree. So they pick up the problem and talk about it, trying to fight for some benefits.

"Anyone who goes to Jiangbei to open up the wasteland will be rewarded with a cow! Master Ben will also report to the imperial court, and the seeds of reclamation given by the imperial court are also indispensable to you! Of course, Yun Xi saw their thoughts, and immediately said.

"A cow!" Hearing this, everyone was stunned at first, and then became ecstatic. A cow, although the price has been declining these days as the booty has been transported to the Central Plains, but it is not something that ordinary farmers can afford, and it is worth it even if you go to open up the wasteland!

However, Yun Hee's mood was a little low. He jumped down from the cabinet and said to Lu Lingfeng: "Master Ben has already said everything that should be said, and you can deal with the rest." Pick out the people who stay in the riverside village, and if the rest are willing to enter the city as craftsmen or men, tell Master Ben. ”

Lu Lingfeng agreed and began to arrange. Yun Xi himself walked up to Zhu Yousheng, who had been watching just now, and said, "Brother, can you understand what is the reform of my brother?" ”

"Brother understood!" Zhu Youstew's expression was very happy: "In this way, the farmers of Daming will be able to plant more fields, and the grain output of Daming will be more, and even ordinary people will be able to eat all year round in the future." This is a world that has never been seen since ancient times. "He's a smart man, and he won't be easily fooled by the people who write the history books. The so-called rule of the world is mostly that ordinary people can eat seven points full, and it is good to have a full meal when the farm is busy.

"This is not necessarily true, at the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the climate was better than now, and the harvest of the fields was also more, although the fields were not as many as now, but there were fewer people, and it may not be impossible for the people to eat."

"There is also the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty. The prosperous era of Kaiyuan was greatly praised by the people who edited it in the history books, and it may not be all fake. Yun Xiqiang cheered up and said. The early Han Dynasty and the Kaiyuan period were also the only real reigns in Chinese history.

At this time, Zhu Youwei also noticed that his mood was not high, and asked curiously: "Brother, this method is so good, the farmers of this Zhuangzi are willing to implement it, and such a merit is beneficial at that time, why is my brother not very happy?" ”

"I wanted all the surplus farmers to go to the city to work, but it seems that none of them are willing." Yun Xi said.

"Brother, isn't it good to let them go to Jiangbei to open up wasteland? Why do you want them to work in the city? ”

"Industry is the foundation of a strong country, the so-called no agriculture, no stability, no work, just can't understand it when you talk to you." Yun Xi didn't want to explain more at this time, and Zhu Youstew really didn't understand, so he didn't say anything halfway.

Zhu Youwei was about to speak, but suddenly a voice came from not far behind Yun Xi: "Master! The villain has something to report to the master. ”

"What?"

"There was a man who was willing to go into the city to work."

"Anyone willing to go into the city to work?" Yun Xi's spirit lifted slightly, and asked, "Who?" ”

"It's Yang Ling who answered the master's words."

"Is that him?" Yun Xi glanced at the man and saw someone standing next to Yang Ling saying something, but he showed a look of nonchalance.

"That's it, since you are willing to work, accept him." The corner of Yun Xi's mouth suddenly showed a smile: "In the future, he will definitely make the people of the entire riverside village envious." ”