Jiang Min is a local emperor, not to mention that he knows astronomy and geography, but he is also well-informed, and he knows very well that except for Jiangdong, which is colder in winter, there is no snow in the whole country, let alone ice. Even Jiang Min himself had only traveled to Zhiguo in the past twenty years and had seen Bing. Others have never seen it before, and they don't even know what ice is, not even that ice is made of water.

About a tea time later, Guo and Zhang went to the Guangxin Mansion, and Gui Lefang sued the two of them to the Taishou Mansion first.

Taishoufu is the highest administrative body of the local government, the land of Fengchan is no exception, all fiefdoms are directly appointed by the central government, even though Guangxin Gong is bold, usually still do things with his tail between his legs.

When Bai Liyan (also Wei Xian) rode back to Tunken Village, it was already dark. Liu Zao, Liu Chuan father and son first sent the pigs, cattle and sheep bones into the kiln in three batches for calcination, calcined with fierce fire, burned the bones into pieces, and then washed, and then calcined, and finally ground into fine powder with a stone grinding disc, and stirred into kaolin in a proportion of about 40 percent, so that bone china can be made.

The strength of kaolin porcelain billet with bone meal is higher than that of pure kaolin, and it has strong plasticity, and can be fired into ceramics with very thin tire walls and crisp and translucent sound.

Among them, the cow bone bone china is the top grade, the bone powder calcined by the beef bone is delicate and uniform, the whiteness is extremely high, the color is round and transparent like jade under the light, and the sound is like a bell when knocked lightly, crisp and long. Sheep bones and pork bones are second, the eyes are slightly darker, and the quality is inferior to beef bone meal.

The next day, when the sky was just bright, Bailiyan came to the kiln, and the father and son of the Liu family were raising the fire and preparing to burn the kiln.

"Mr. Wei, it burned until midnight last night, and there were only so many." Liu Zao pointed to the white bone particles in the sack, which was less than thirty-five or six pounds.

"It's all cow bones?"

"Exactly, according to Mr.'s instructions, calcine the beef bones first, and only take the best pure white bone grains, about thirty catties to take ten catties of these pure white beef bone bones, and the rest of the slag can only be discarded."

A considerable part of the bones is bone marrow, the impurities in the bones are calcined by fierce fire, part of the oxidation is blackened, after a washing, the second calcination of the fire, a considerable part of the calcium oxidation is very serious, and it does not have the value of preparing bone meal.

"Uncle Liu, the black bone residue can be crushed with a sledgehammer, and then sprinkled into the field, or mixed with feed to feed the livestock."

"I understand below."

"In addition, the bones of pigs, cows, and sheep are calcined and ground into a fine powder, the finer the better, and remember not to mix them up. Then I fired the porcelain with the recipe I gave you, and then we saw how it went. ”

Liu Zao couldn't help but worry and said:

"Mr. Wei, I have burned porcelain all my life, and I have worshiped three masters, but I have never heard of such porcelain in the world, and Mr. Pharaoh has never heard of it."

Bai Liyan smiled lightly and said:

"There is nothing strange in the world, there is no omnipotence, Uncle Liu only needs to do it, and when the kiln is opened, he will see."

Bailiyan didn't say it thoroughly, even if what he said was like a river, who would believe it before he saw the results.

Leaving Liu's house, he was heading towards the entrance of the village, and he could see that a carriage was coming from the west:

"From the Guangxin Mansion?"

The car ride of the Guangxin Mansion enjoys the ritual ceremony, so as long as you see the fur with three short mink fur hanging on the roof of the car, you will know that it is the car of the Guangxin Mansion.

The carriage came slowly, Chen Yunfeng lifted the curtain and saw Bai Liyan leading the horse and standing at the head of the inch. After a while, the carriage stopped at the head of the village, and Chen Yunfeng stepped out of the carriage and stepped forward:

"Brother Wei Xian, don't come unharmed." Chen Yunfeng gave a slight salute, and his face was relaxed.

"I don't see you in March, what kind of wind blew Brother Yunfeng here."

Baili Yan was sarcastic, but Chen Yunfeng smiled freely:

"Hehe, I have been away with the eldest prince for a few months, and I only returned home a few days ago. The things of the day were all foolish and careless, and I ask the virtuous brother to forgive me. ”

Chen Yunfeng led Bailiyan to the west chamber of the mansion three months ago and disappeared the next day, and there was no trace of him, saying that he followed the eldest prince Jiang Qian out to do so, but the next day others were still in the mansion, Bailiyan didn't know the inside story, and now no one knows.

"Brother Yunfeng, I'm here for Guo and Zhang." Bai Liyan asked tentatively.

"Brother Xian has already guessed, even so, I will say it directly. Fortunately, he didn't hurt the two of them yesterday, otherwise the matter would have been tricky. The lord has pushed this matter to the Taishou Mansion, and it is reasonable and lawful, Guo and Zhang are not responsible for this matter, you can rest assured. ”

After the battle of Jiangdong subsided, Dingyang City moved 10,000 soldiers and horses, eyeing Guangxin City. Guo Peng and Zhang He fought for the tiger, and they also relied on the strong soldiers behind them, and the Marquis of Dingyang won the power in the court.

At this time, Chen Yunfeng said:

"This time, the tax department sent the eunuch Chen Gelding to Guangxin, with the intention of seizing taxes, and the virtuous brother thinks there is a mystery in it?"

"Since the Department of Taxation has been controlled by the Queen Mother, I am afraid that the inner dynasty has changed. I am just curious, Guangxin territories are all Guangxin fiefdoms, why the Department of Taxation and Finance mobilized the public to inspect Guangxin City, even if it is found, it can't take away a penny. ”

All the land in Guangxin City belonged to Jiang Min, together with the tax burden, population, and production were controlled by Jiang Min, and there was almost no need to pay a penny of taxes. Even if he evades taxes, it is also a revelation that Jiang Min gets taxes on his own territory, and King Xian will not get a penny.

Sending people to supervise taxes in such a way is that Jiang Min leaks an astonishing amount of taxes. The eunuch surnamed Chen is probably only open, and there may be another way of people in the dark.

"Could it be that Guo, Zhang, and Chen are just bright lines, and there are secret activities in the dark line."

Bai Liyan guessed, and Chen Yunfeng affirmed the statement:

"The hero sees the same thing, the lord suspects that King Xian and the Queen Mother have another eyeliner to reach Guangxin, even if there is no matter of Guile Fang yesterday, Guo and Zhang will definitely set off other turmoil to divert our attention.

However, you are a good brother, you are a step ahead. ”

Chen Yunfeng had something to say, and Bai Liyan was stunned for a while:

"I don't know what Brother Yunfeng means?"

"It's quiet for the virtuous brother to pioneer and farm here, and I don't mind if the foolish brother walks here."

Bai Liyan thought to herself, this is probably the real purpose of Chen Yunfeng's here.

The so-called weapon fighting and tax inspection are nothing more than a reason, Jiang Min had prepared in advance, so there was no need to be so excited. Chen Yunfeng personally went out, obviously trying to find out what Tunken Village was doing in the past three months.

Although Chen Yunfeng is a literati, he is also familiar with the matter of farming, and he was surprised when he saw the rice seedlings at first glance:

"Brother Wei Xian, why are the rice seedlings growing so vigorously here?"

"Oh, just some fat."

Bai Liyan wrote lightly, Chen Yunfeng frowned and asked:

"The rice seedlings here are far denser than the acres of fields elsewhere, and this kind of growth is concerned, and the harvest after the autumn is less than four stones of rice, which is about three stones of polished rice, could it be that Brother Wei Xian is also good at farming?"

"Brother Yunfeng is really well-informed. To tell the truth, this place was originally a wasteland, and the fertility was very thin. If it were not for the improvement of the seedlings and transplanting of seedlings and the application of agricultural fertilizer, it would be difficult to have today's growth. ”

Most of the 500 acres of land rented are ownerless thin fields, and the yield is less than a stone, making it difficult to support the family, and even the seeds cannot be recovered if they are not careful. It is precisely because of the lack of fertility of the land that most farmers are reluctant to cultivate it.

Nowadays, rice is not popularized in seedling raising and transplanting, and rice planting is still mainly based on the planting method of digging pits and spreading seeds and then directly irrigating water.

The seedling transplanting method can greatly shorten the maturity cycle of rice in the field, increase the density of rice seedlings in the field, and after the improvement of seeds, it can change the rice that can only be one and a half seasons a year into two seasons, and two and a half seasons of rice into three seasons.

The season of Beihai County in Xianguo is between the tropics and subtropics, and most of the land of Changsun Country is located in the tropics, so it can plant five seasons of rice in two years, and can plant eight crops in three years, which is almost three seasons a year.

However, since the emergence of the seedling transplanting method in the Central Plains for nearly 100 years, it has not been popularized for a long time, and the reason is that the first choice is a kind of problem, and the seed quality can not meet the survival rate of seedlings.

Second, the current seedling transplanting method is far from mature, a nest of seedlings needs to be planted eight or nine seedlings, the survival rate is lower than turning over the ground and digging pits to sow seeds, and the cycle of raising seedlings is longer, coupled with the calendar is not accurate, it is difficult to grasp the solar terms and temperature, most of the people are unwilling to waste nearly a month of time to raise seedlings, and are more willing to spend a month to cultivate a few acres of land, which leads to the large-scale popularization of the seedling transplanting method.

A few years ago, after Zhao Xun was sealed, Bailiyan went to the fiefdom to understand the farming, has been trying to improve the seedlings, and now the new seedling transplanting method can reach the level of only four plants per nest of seedlings can survive one or two plants, which not only saves seeds, but also improves the density of transplanting seedlings, and shortens the maturity cycle.

In addition to this, good seeds are also crucial. By obtaining improved seeds, and starting the preliminary screening and breeding, breeding to improve the quality of seedlings at the same time, Bailiyan purchased a large amount of manure from Guangxin City, burned straw to make straw ash, and mixed the fermented manure into straw ash manure to increase the intake of phosphorus and potassium in the land.

A large amount of agricultural fertilizer produced by farmed chickens, ducks, pigs and cattle, combined with potassium nitrate, can also be used as supplementary fertilizer.

At present, the yield of one acre of fertile land is only three stones, the thin field is only one stone, the oligofield is less than half a stone, and even the seeds can not be recovered, one stone is about more than 100 catties, and one acre of land is roughly estimated to be more than 700 square meters, which is larger than 666 square meters in China.

Ideally, an adult man can cultivate seven or eight acres per season, and a family of seven can work together at most 20 acres, and if he counts as one stone in a thin field, he will harvest more than 2,000 catties of rice a year, which is equivalent to more than 1,400 catties of polished rice, and if there are two seasons of rice a year, the income will be doubled.

After paying the normal tax, the local government did not exploit it, and it could barely feed a family of seven, and the surplus grain could still cope with the expenditure of some necessities such as oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, tea, cloth, meat, farm tools, and ironware.

However, one person with great strength can plough up to 10 fields in one season, threshing more than 1,000 catties of rice, and the fertile fields are doubled or tripled. After the popularization of cattle ploughing, there are cattle cultivators in the family, and two people can plow more than 30 acres, and the rest plus the input of manpower, there is also spare power to cultivate and participate in other labor production, which greatly improves agricultural output.

For example, the 500 acres of contiguous rice fields like Tunken Village have harvested more than three or four stones of rice, even if they are placed under the rule of Guangxin City, it is rare, and four stones are still conservatively estimated.

If there is a good year, it is possible to have five stones per mu, and in a famine year, there can be an income of two to three stones.

Even if Chen Yunfeng is well-informed and wants to turn 500 acres of thin fields into fertile fields in three months, if he has not seen it with his own eyes, he does not believe that there is such a miracle in the world.

"Brother Xian, Brother Fool still has something to say, and I hope Brother Xian will advise." Chen Yunfeng said, looking at the busy figure in the field in the distance.

"Brother Yunfeng, please speak."

"This acre of land can be beaten with four stones of rice and cut two percent of the tax burden, why do you only collect one percent of the rent? Such a fortunate year is not a wasted effort. ”

"Brother Yunfeng really thinks that he will only collect 10% of the land rent in the future?"

Chen Yunfeng was even more puzzled, only Bai Liyan admitted that he only collected one percent of the rent, and at this time he denied it, Chen Yunfeng was naturally incomprehensible. I saw Bai Liyan wave his finger and pointed to the ducks in the distance and said:

"Brother Chen can see the duck catchers in the east?"

"What do you mean?"

"In the lower captive raised a number of boars, dozens of sows, chickens and ducks each 5,000 feathers, after the autumn to raise another 100 pigs, now a pound of pork 60 yuan, a stone of pork is about 7,000 yuan, can be exchanged for three stone rice. And a pound of chicken and duck meat is slightly cheaper than pork. Wouldn't it be more cost-effective to exchange meat for money than to forcibly requisition tenants? ”

"Shhh...... That said, it is also true. As long as the livestock were sold to the town store, they could exchange a large amount of gold, silver and copper coins, which they could then use to buy rice in the hands of tenants, or exchange meat for two pennies. Okay, that's a great idea. However, livestock still need to consume a lot of rice, and the virtuous brother has considered it. ”

"This matter is very simple, the chickens and ducks have just been stocked in the paddy field pond, and the chickens and ducks are looking for food, which can not only remove insects, but also be full, and a little rice can be applied to the shortcomings. As for raising pigs, there is a small river nearby, and the water and grass in the river are so fertile that people can cut and chop them, supplemented by miscellaneous grains to feed the pigs. ”