Outside the city of Song Shou, a mountain on the sunny side of the mountain, the slope on the sunny side has been reclaimed into a number of "steps", and many people gather at the top of the steps, and there is a newly dug ditch on the top of the mountain, which introduces spring water into these "steps". Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Each "step" has a gap on the side of the ditch, and a wooden board is inserted in the gap to act as a water gate, and when the spring water is filled with one "step", someone closes the water door, and then the spring water continues to flow downwards to the next "step".

The flow of spring water is very large, and it didn't take long for the ten "steps" to be filled with water, and Wang Yuwenwen of Xiyang, who was in the forefront of the crowd at the top of the "steps", began to explain the new farming method in front of him - terraced fields.

There are many mountainous areas around the ridge surface, during which a large number of slang people live, as well as the Han people who settled in the south, people want to settle in a place and reproduce their offspring, they must have a stable source of food, so it is inevitable to open up the wasteland and farm.

However, farming in mountainous areas is not easy to say, and most of the arable flat land is fragmented, and there is no endless rice field scene in the Central Plains, and the lack of grain production directly limits population growth.

If you want to live in the mountains and hills and reproduce the population, you have to find a way to ask for land from the mountains and hills, and Yu Wenwen's suggestion is to reclaim the terraces, so that even if there is little flat land, you can grow rice on the slopes.

"This kind of field is cultivated along the slope of the hill like a ladder, which the widows call terraces, and although it is not as easy to cultivate as large flat land, it can be used to grow rice on the slopes, and although the yield is lower, it is better than nothing..."

"Since you want to farm, you must first have soil, so this terrace can only be cultivated on the soil mountain, pay attention to the sunny side, and the surface of the soil should be thick, if there is only a thin layer of soil on the surface, and the bottom is full of stones, it will not work."

"How thick should the soil be? It's very simple, look at this short spear, there is a mark on it, as long as it is inserted into the soil deeper than this mark and does not touch the stone, it means that the soil slope can be reclaimed. ”

"Of course, the soil slope should not be too steep, firstly, each terraced field will be very small, and secondly, the terraced fields that are too steep will be prone to collapse and landslide when it rains heavily..."

"You may ask how to prevent landslides during heavy rains in the terraces, it is very simple, first of all, the ridges of each terrace should be thick enough, and secondly, the terraces should have drainage ditches, and when the rainfall is too heavy, the ditches share part of the water..."

"Sowing seeds is done in the normal season, but before that, you have to release the water, which means to drain the water, and after the water is released, the soil in the terraces will be softened, and the sowing will make the rice grow better after the water is stored..."

"You can fish for some loaches in the river... I don't know what you call it here, but it's the kind of scaleless fish of this size, which is slippery and not slippery, and put it in the terraces, and after the rice is harvested in the autumn, it can be fished up and eaten..."

Wang Yuwenwen, who inspected and pacified all parts of Lingbiao, came to Anzhou Prefecture to govern Song Shou after a long journey, and became an agricultural extension "commissioner" to promote terraced fields to local hereditary officials in Anzhou.

He was dressed in civilian clothes, like a peasant, wearing a straw hat and trouser legs, stepping on clogs barefoot, holding a shovel in one hand and a dog's tail grass in the other, pointing to the first-class terraced fields in front of him, introducing the cultivation experience, essentials and precautions of the terraced fields.

Beside him was the general who acted as an interpreter, and on the side were the accompanying Shilong Taidame Xian Shi, the former Chen Guoling Metropolitan Governor Wang Meng, and the representative of the Chen family in Luzhou, Chen Fozhi.

There are still a few people who have already listened attentively, when the first man in his forties is Ning Mengli, the representative of the Anzhou Thorn History and the Anzhou Ning clan, and the rest are the elders of the Ning clan, they looked at the terraced fields in front of them, and their faces were full of excitement.

"Terraced fields, in fact, there are also ridges, when the widow passed by Shixing, he saw sporadic terraces outside the city, but I think it was unintentionally cultivated by the people, and it has not yet formed a scale."

"When the widow passed through Gaozhou and Takizhou, he had already arranged for experts to stay there and teach the local people how to reclaim the terraces on a large scale, and they also arranged the same way along the way to encourage the local people to reclaim the terraces..."

"Ning Zhijun, the widow observed on the way to Song Shou a few days ago, there are stone mountains and earth mountains on the boundary of Anzhou, and there are many earth mountains with gentle slopes, according to the widow's opinion, if it can be reclaimed as terraced fields and properly managed, Anzhou's grain output should be able to double in three years."

Ning Mengli, who was lean, nodded vigorously, looking at Yu Wenwen's gaze, which had changed from awe at the beginning to admiration, and the rest of the clan elders also looked at the young man in front of him with great admiration.

is so young, when it comes to farming, is it the truth, could it be that this "sunset king" is from a farming family?

"When the widow was in Anju... Ah, that is Anzhou in Shannan, and I also ordered people to try to reclaim terraced fields, and later Huangzhou... Well, it is Huangzhou in Shannan, and people have also been ordered to reclaim terraced fields, and the effect is still good... However, it was later cancelled. ”

Ning Mengli was a little puzzled when he heard this, he had seen the world, and he had also dealt with officials sent by the Jiankang Imperial Court, so he could converse in half-baked Chinese, although his accent was thick, but he was able to ask questions: "King, why is this?" ”

"Huangzhou, there are many hills, but there are also many tidal flats, the widow organized the people to build water conservancy, and reclaimed a large number of tidal flats for farmland, so naturally there is no need to ask for land from the soil and mountains, and the original terraced fields are all replanted with tea trees."

"Tea tree? Why didn't the king let people grow kudzu? ”

"Tea trees make money! Planted on the hillside, it will not compete with the crops. Yu Wenwen instantly changed from a rice farmer to a tea farmer, and began to speak at length again, "Tea may be sold at a good price, and the tea garden also needs a large number of people to help take care of it. ”

"When the farm is slack, you can't always stay at home to beat the baby and beat the mother-in-law, then go to the tea garden to help, the tea leaves are picked in spring and autumn, just off the farm..."

Yuwen Wen is a magistrate who does practical things, and when it comes to farming and planting tea trees, although it is inevitable that he will be suspected of half a bucket of water, he has surpassed most of the state and county officials, and Ning Mengli, who inherited his father's position and became the history of Anzhou, has rich experience in farming, and now he can listen to it.

Ning Mengli had dealt with many officials of the Jiankang Imperial Court, and saw that most of these people were greedy people, and they would only talk about it except for bribes and benefits, but now he was quite shocked to see a young and promising vassal king.

Chen Jun is finished, it was the Zhou army that took over Lingbiao, and the commander of the Zhou army is this Xiyang King, Ning Mengli heard that Yuwenwen was going to inspect Lingbiaozhou County and would come to Anzhou, he was a little resistant at first, but after learning about the other party's entourage, he had to put away his thoughts.

Mrs. Shi Longtai, who represented Gao Liang Feng Xian's family, came, Chen Fozhi, who represented the Chen family of Luzhou, and Wang Meng, who previously served as the governor of Lingnan in Chen Guo, also came, which shows that Zhou Jun has received strong support in Lingbiao, and the Anzhou Ning clan must be accepted if he is not satisfied.

In fact, he was not convinced, until now, Ning Mengli was really convinced, and he couldn't do it if he didn't accept it.

Chen Fozhi watched quietly on the side, he could see the change in Ning Mengli's expression clearly, the Chen, Feng Xian, and Ning families had frequent contacts with each other, and he knew very well the temper of this Ning family.

If you think you're a friend, then you'll be in a buddy, and if you're a bastard, you don't want to pay attention to it.

Now that Ning Mengli is in front of Yu Wenwen, who is as old as a son, he looks like he is sincerely accepting the teachings, Chen Fozhi doesn't feel that he is pretending, which means that this bull is convinced.

If you don't accept it, won't he Chen Fozhi also accept it?

On that day, Yuwen Wen entered the slang battalion, and Chen Fozhi, who was standing at the gate, suddenly made a difficult attempt to cut it down, but was arrested by Mrs. Xian after defeat, although his friend Feng Xuan interceded to avoid death, but he was still in prison.

Chen Fozhi thought that he was going to die of illness in prison, and it was over, but when Yuwenwen set off from Panyu to inspect and pacify the Lingbiao states, he released him again, and took him to Luzhou, which was Chen's territory.

Chen Fozhi thought that Yuwenwen was just going through the motions when he inspected various places, saying some scenes, promising all kinds of illusory benefits, and then patting his ass and leaving, but as soon as the other party came up, he wanted to buy stone honey at a good price, and also encouraged everyone to buy and sell a variety of sugarcane for stone honey, which really surprised Chen Fozhi.

Other mutually beneficial transactions aside, Yu Wenwen also suggested that terraced fields be cultivated in various parts of Luzhou, not only talking about it, but also bringing people to actually operate, so that the chiefs and cave owners in various places, including Chen Fozhi, opened their eyes.

In fact, this form of sloping paddy fields similar to terraces has also appeared sporadically in Takishu and other places, but people have always had to do it because they really have no land, and no one has ever thought of taking the initiative to reclaim terraces on a large scale.

As a result, Yuwenwen strongly advocated the large-scale promotion of terraces, and also gave detailed maintenance methods, as well as the output of terraces under various circumstances.

And every time Yu Wenwen went to a state, in addition to vigorously recommending the planting of sugarcane, he kept persuading everyone to reclaim terraced fields and increase grain production.

And made a promise, saying that the new government will appropriately relax the supply of iron products, especially the iron farm tools and tools used in the land reclamation, will be given priority, of course, the premise is to obey, who dares to melt iron to make soldiers, once discovered, will be punished for rebellion.

It can be seen that the king of Xiyang of the Zhou State really hopes that the new government will get along with the slang and cave owners from all over the country, and he really wants everyone to "get rich together".

And now, it was Niu Ning's turn to be convinced.

The terrain of Anzhou is as mountainous and hilly as that of Takizhou, and if you can really get the terraces, then a significant increase in grain production is inevitable, which is a real gift from Yuwen Wen, which is much stronger than what official wishes.

Yuwen Wen walked all over the Lingbiao, both grace and power, the slang and cave masters everywhere did not say that they were dead-hearted, at least for the time being, there would be no rebellion, thinking of this, Chen Fozhi couldn't help but look forward to a bright future that Yuwen Wen depicted for them.

This young man, speaking should be counted, then, a good day may be coming.