In a normal year, the Huang family's land can harvest an average of three stones, and there are some bad dry fields that can also harvest two stones, and then plant some millet, peas, soybeans, sorghum, and thousands of stone grains can always be harvested in two seasons a year, with the current yield per mu, the wheat can only be harvested less than 500 stones, and the miscellaneous grains can not be harvested much, and the harvest of 1,000 stones may not be available, and the yellow list can be exempted, but the white list depends on the strength and connections of each family, Huang Yucheng's connections are ordinary, and he has been forced to pay a lot of taxes on the white list in the past two years.

And the people who help and Yusheng farm the land, the harvest is obviously different.

The fact is also in front of Huang Yucheng's eyes, and Yusheng's field is excellent, the wheat stalk exudes a blue-green luster, because the harvest is about to be completed, it is also a little yellow, and the wheat ears are heavy and full, and the wheat stalks in many acres are half-bent heads, which are bent by the heavy wheat ears.

"The land of Heyusheng ......" Huang Yucheng found the old farmer to judge: "An acre is at least four stones, and there may be more than five stones near the paddy field." ”

Exclamations sounded all around, and the eyes of many farmers who were still farming their own land were a little red.

Shanxi and Datong, the rated acres of land are very small, the population is not much, the annual tax amount is 2.8 million stones, in the northern provinces of the highest amount of payment, and this is only the yellow list, there are local taxes waiting, that is, the so-called harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes. If you just hand in the yellow list, the burden is not very heavy, and together with the white list, everyone will have a hard time.

Regardless of seeing a doctor, buying cotton, changing iron, it is all about food, in addition to paying taxes, few people use cash or copper money to trade, ninety percent of the people's transactions are made of grain, whether it is serious grain or miscellaneous grains, whether it is eaten by oneself or used for exchange, or to pay the national tax of imperial grain, food is the most reassuring thing, with it, the heart is stable, without it, it may be a broken family.

For the bankers in front of them, it is better to say that it is better to see than to believe!

Heyusheng's land, the water conservancy project is good, even if it is a dry field, it can ensure a minimum level of water use, in addition to water use, there are many differences in details.

The facts are in front of him, Huang Yucheng also spent hundreds of taels of silver to build a waterwheel to divert water and drill several wells, as much water as possible, but the weather is too bad, some wells are not deep, and the water diversion is limited when the water level is lowest in spring, and his land harvest is only more than two stones, or more watered acres, and dry fields with difficult water diversion are about one stone and a half.

In some dry fields where there are no water diversion projects at all, the average yield per mu is certainly less than one stone, and recently, quite a number of people who have fled from northern Shaanxi have said that the worst yield per mu there is not even able to harvest seed grain.

In the second year of the Apocalypse, the most serious disasters were encountered in the entire north, including Liaodong, and it was not until the Chongzhen period that it reached a new peak.

Compared with the Chongzhen period, the degree of endowment at this time is not very high, the control of the local government is still relatively strong, the imperial court also attaches more importance to the nine sides, and the center still has financial resources.

Huang Yucheng sat on the field stalk, looking decadent.

He is a very stubborn person, but he doesn't admit death, he just wonders in his heart, the same water is diverted, the same meticulous care of the field, why can't this land be planted with Yusheng?

A group of tenants and the village's farmers surrounded him, each of whom was a little embarrassed and did not know what to say.

Huang Yucheng's cousin, Xiucai Huang Yu'an, also came from the village, and Huang Yucheng was angry when he saw him. When it's hot, I don't wear a hat or a scarf, I tie my hair with a belt, and I can't see the color clearly in a bamboo cloth green robe that has been polluted by oil.

"Big brother, what are you going to do next?" Huang Yu'an smiled and said, "Do you want to sell the land?" ”

Huang Yucheng turned his head and said: "If you don't sell it, I don't believe that you can't grow people!" ”

"Qi." Huang Yu'an said: "What do you do with this strength, after selling the land, you have silver, go to the Chamber of Commerce to buy individual stocks, and take silver for dividends every year, which is not lighter than farming." Moreover, you can not sell it now, and you can rent it all to He Yusheng. ”

After the spring of the second year of the Apocalypse, He Yusheng rarely bought land in Datong and even in the entire northern Jin Dynasty, but it was replaced by Li Yuchun's suggestion: rent land.

Grain is the top priority, how not too much, you can use the whole piece of rented method to grasp more acres of land in your hands, this method is small, and it is not much hated, Zhang Han also agreed after thinking about it, recently many landowners are renting out all the land, anyway, the bones are still there, which is equivalent to renting the field, and this whole rent does not have to worry about the time for a long time, the field has been subleased many times, and finally was forced to go by Diao Min.

"Hmph." Huang Yucheng snorted and said, "It's better to sell it directly if you want to rent it, if I still don't believe me, I won't be able to." ”

Huang Yu'an looked disapplieving, Huang Yucheng's heart was on fire, and he put on the eldest brother's shelf and said: "You also do some serious things all day long, and the hungry family can't eat every day, and you also get some seal carving calligraphy to become a celebrity, these elegant things, wait until you are lifted!" ”

Huang Yu'an smiled and said: "What my brother said is good, but my brother doesn't plan to serve the country and help the people, he is narrow-minded, and he has never had any big ambitions to help the country and benefit the people. That inevitably takes the words of the saints too small and wastes his own time. Besides, how is my family doing, and I haven't asked my brother to borrow it, so why do I say such ugly things? ”

Huang Yu'an really wants to find Huang Yucheng to borrow some food for emergency relief, now is the last time of the green and yellow, Huang Yu'an's land is only a few dozen acres, all of which are leased to He Yusheng, and the harvest will not be less, but the famine after so many years is not small, and the family is quite unable to catch up at this time, but after listening to Huang Yucheng's words, Huang Yu'an is naturally not easy to speak.

At this time, the people around suddenly made a commotion, the two brothers of the Huang family were all in the head of the lawsuit, and they ignored it for a while, and then the people around them rushed behind them, Huang Yu'an stood up first, and Huang Yucheng also stood up.

"It's Kong Zhizhi." Huang Yu'an glanced over and saw a group of horsemen surrounded by the people, among whom was Kong Minxing, who was famous within two hundred miles of Li Zhuang.

Also famous is Zhang Han's father-in-law, Chang Jinyou, but it is obvious that Kong Minxing, an agricultural expert, is more popular with the people.

If it was before, Huang Yucheng would have mostly turned around and left, but today he was a little confused, standing in the field, and didn't leave for a while.

"Stay away, every man." Kong Minxing's attaché got off the horse and led the horse away, blocking the enthusiastic crowd as he walked: "Mr. Kong has always spoken in public, and there are no secrets, everyone just does what he tells him...... There are fewer such autumn dreams. ”

There are really a lot of people who have this kind of thought, there are a lot of immortals worshiped by the people in these years, and the scholars are regarded as the star kings down to earth, of course, the more successful the readers are, the more confirmed they must be the stars of the world.

Kong Minxing has a kind smile on his face, he has been running back and forth in the fields for a while, almost caring about other things, and Yusheng's main force went north, Zhang Han's no news and no meeting, he didn't pay much attention to these, back to Li Zhuang, Kong Minxing is like a disciple who has not seen a woman for a long time, and he suddenly pounced on the matter of the fields, he has been running around the manor for a while, and Yusheng directly and indirectly controls as much as 150,000 or 60,000 acres. It's enough for Kong Minxing to be busy for a while.

"It's a pity here."

The crowd gradually dispersed a little, which also allowed Kong Minxing to patrol the situation everywhere with the help of his attaché.

Different from the layman's blind view, Kong Minxing looks at specific things, whether the water diversion project is reasonable, whether the irrigation efficiency is qualified, the spacing between rows and ridges, pests and diseases, whether the seeds of each plot are different, whether the final breeding can be improved, and the use of fertilizer, the operation of pest control, etc.

In front of Kong Minxing's eyes, these plots of Huang Yucheng have done a very good job in water diversion and irrigation, but the details are not good, it is indeed a pity.

"The student dares to ask Mr. Kong, I don't know where the pity is?" Huang Yucheng thought about it again, but pressed his face, bowed to Kong Minxing, and accosted.

"Our farming in the north has always been inferior to the south, it used to be inferior to Jiangnan, now it is not as good as Huguang, and further south, it is even worse than Guangdong, and even Annan. The climate and water sources are a big factor, as are the different cultivation methods. In front of this land, the water is almost there, but the ridge deep ploughing, fertilization, breeding of good seeds, obviously not good, look at these wheat, the height is different, some are good, more are out of the general, the plots are different, the fertility is different, the seedlings are different, the final result is of course unsatisfactory. In the past, I used to say that the grain harvest in the south is more because people are willing to work hard, but what I have never said is that people are more effective in planting......

Speaking of farming, Kong Minxing is indeed very expert, and in a few words, he impressed all the people present.

The people around Huang Yucheng let out a good-natured laugh, and the meaning was also obvious, although Huang Xiucai was very stubborn, but compared to his actual ability, he was still too far behind Mr. Kong.

Huang Yucheng's face turned red, and after half a ring, he made up his mind and said to Kong Minxing: "Old man, I want to accompany you in my later life and listen to the teachings at any time." ”

Kong Minxing was a little surprised, and said: "You must know that if you walk with me, you will naturally help with things." ”

Huang Yucheng said: "If there is a send, of course, the late life will obey the order." ”

Kong Minxing hesitated, but still said, "Recently, I heard that Lord Patrol is impeaching Lord Zhang, do you know?" ”

Huang Yucheng showed disdain on his face and said: "Later students once invited friends from school to study together, all the ministers and princesses were afraid to move forward, patrolling and impeaching everything, and it seems that only a few things can be taken seriously by late students, and the rest of the things are mostly chasing after the wind or framing and slandering. ”