As the saying goes, "100 days to break the muscles and bones", the average person has to recuperate for about 100 days to completely heal if the muscles and bones are injured.

However, after only a few days of recuperation, he could not sit still, because it was the time of farming, and if he continued to recuperate like this, not only the cultivation of potatoes and sweet potatoes would be delayed, but also his improvement of rice cultivation methods would be delayed.

He remembered that in his previous life, every time this season, the countryside would organize "double robbery", that is, to harvest early rice and plant late rice, and he was very busy.

In this life, he found that at this time in the Ming Dynasty, the rice planting method seemed to be a bit problematic, and the common people seemed to plant double-cropping rice, but the harvest was far inferior to the double-cropping rice in later generations.

Because at this time, the common people planted intercropping rice, that is, the early rice was planted first, and the early rice was not harvested, and the late rice was planted in the gap between the early rice, and in the summer, the early rice was harvested first, and then the late rice was harvested in the autumn.

In this way, the yield is certainly not as high as that of harvesting the early rice completely and then planting the late rice, because intercropping is a waste of space, and the late rice will also be a little "malnourished".

In this way, the yield of the same seed can reach up to 70% of the harvest and replanting.

In other words, with a slight improvement in the sowing method, the yield of rice can be increased by nearly half without the need to improve the seeds.

Don't underestimate this half, the area of rice sown in the Ming Dynasty is at least two or three hundred million mu, even if the yield of one stone can only be increased per mu, that is, two or three hundred million stones, twenty taxes one, this alone can bring nearly 10 million taels of income to the imperial court!

Zhang Bin didn't understand why the people used this method to plant rice at this time, he wanted to try the method of planting late rice after harvesting early rice, but at this time, he was injured, what should I do?

Under normal circumstances, if the prefectural magistrate is unable to perform his or her duties due to special reasons, he or she can entrust the prefectural magistrate to handle it on his behalf.

Increasing rice production is a major event for the benefit of the country and the people, Zhang Bin didn't want to delay for a moment, he decided to let Hu Jiang test it on his behalf.

He couldn't wear an official uniform because of an injury to his arm, he couldn't go to the lobby, he couldn't even go to the Qinzhi Hall where he worked every day, and he sat in the hall untidy, which was illegal, and he could only recruit Hu Jiang to the main hall in the backyard to explain.

Hu Jiang didn't understand why the county magistrates were so seriously injured why they didn't recuperate, and after only a few days, they actually recruited him to discuss the matter!

However, he is only a county official, and he does not dare to disobey the orders of the county commander, so he can only obediently come to the main hall in the backyard.

At this time, Zhang Bin's image is really not flattering, due to an arm injury, he can't put on one sleeve, so he can only wear half of it like a monk's robe, wear half of it, wear half of it, and then put on a coat, giving people the feeling that it is simply nondescript.

However, Hu Jiang didn't dare to laugh at him, and after the two sides saluted, he asked respectfully: "I don't know what the county commander has to call his subordinates?" ”

Zhang Bin asked directly: "Master Hu, do you know anything about rice planting?" ”

When Hu Jiang heard this, he replied with a little pride: "Lord Hui County, my subordinates know a little about rice planting. ”

What he means is that he understands it very well, and a little bit of it is just a modest statement.

At this time, most of the officials at this time were disdainful of doing business, but they attached great importance to agriculture, and it was normal for a county order, a prefect, a political envoy, or even a scholar of the Six Ministries and a cabinet scholar to farm, let alone a county minister.

Since he understands it very well, Zhang Bin said directly: "The official wants to try it, harvest the early rice, and then plant the late rice to see how much the yield can be increased, but now it looks like this, but it can't do this experiment, so the official wants you to try, you don't need to test too much, one or two acres of land is enough." ”

When Hu Jiang heard this, he was quite embarrassed and said: "Well, Lord County Commander, please forgive your subordinates for offending, the common people have been like this for hundreds of years, why do you suddenly think of trying other methods?" ”

This is conformism, it is this kind of thinking that hinders the development of society, Zhang Bin asked a little annoyed: "What, can't it?" ”

Hu Jiang hurriedly replied in fear: "No, the subordinates don't mean that, the subordinates just think that the common people have been sowing rice like this for hundreds of years, and it is difficult to change." ”

When Zhang Bin heard this, he said firmly: "You can't give up because of difficulties, now the people of Daming are almost facing the problem of not having enough to eat and not wearing warm, as the parents of the people, we should find ways to solve this problem." ”

When Hu Jiang heard this, he said with a smile: "What the adults teach is this. ”

Zhang Bin then said: "Well, you can't be afraid of difficulties in doing anything, if there is any problem, we will solve it, and we can't be discouraged because of difficulties, don't do anything, what do you think is the main problem of changing the intercropping to double cropping?" ”

If you don't think about this question carefully, how can there be an answer, Hu Jiang couldn't help but say embarrassedly: "This, I really can't think of it for a while." ”

Zhang Bin nodded and said, "Is it because you can't cultivate seedlings this season?" ”

Hu Jiang thought for a while, shook his head and said: "This is not a problem, now in this weather, whether it is soaking, germination, or seedling raising, there is no problem." ”

Zhang Bin continued to ask: "Is that because there are no rice seeds suitable for this season?" ”

Hu Jiang thought about it, but still shook his head and said: "This problem is not very big, the late rice of interplanted rice can grow in this season, as long as it is screened a few times, it should be possible to select the most suitable rice seed for this season." ”

Looks like this guy really understands.

Everyone has his strengths, like this, although Hu Jiang wants to climb up with Xu Hui, as a county man, he is still very competent, at least in agriculture, Zhang Bin feels that he is very competent.

Zhang Bin still appreciates this point, he couldn't help but change his tone, and said step by step: "You see, these two biggest problems are actually not a problem, which proves that it is completely feasible to plant early rice and late rice, so what is the reason why people choose intercropping with lower harvests?" If you think about it, as long as you can identify the problem, there is always a way to solve it. ”

When Hu Jiang heard this, he couldn't help but ponder.

After a while, he took the initiative to speak: "Subordinates guess, mainly the problem of labor, at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, there were few people and more land, at that time, every household almost had more than 100 acres of land, even if every household had cattle to assist in farming, more than 100 acres of land, just harvesting, it would take almost a month, and then turn the ground, soak seeds, promote germination, raise seedlings, transplant seedlings, two months is not enough, so calculated, it is autumn, what else is there to plant?" ”

Hearing this, Zhang Bin nodded, and said with appreciation: "Well, this should be the reason, the labor is not enough, and it can't catch up with the farming time, so the people will choose intercropping." However, now, this problem doesn't seem to be a problem, isn't it just more than ten acres of land in the average farmer's home? ”

Hu Jiang shook his head and sighed: "The problem is that the average farmer has no cattle at home, and generally only Lizheng's family has cattle, not that they are unwilling to borrow it, but the problem is that the land in their hands is not ten acres, and it is too late to hand it over to the tenant farmers to cultivate hard." ”

This is true, Zhang Bin also went to Dongmen Mountain to see, now the average farmer really has no cattle at home, only Lizheng's family has it, and there is more than one, but the land in their hands is terrifying, and there is more than one tenant farmer under his hands, and the cattle really can't be lent to others when they are farming.

He couldn't help nodding and said: "Well, this is indeed a problem, but this problem is not unsolvable, you go and try it first, see how much the yield of single late rice can be improved, and the problem of cattle, the official will find a way to solve it." ”