In the golden autumn of August, corn and rice can be harvested, and the empty treasury of various county towns is about to be filled with grain. Huiji County is mountainous and has little land, and in the past, there was no need to send food to the Thorn Shi side, and it was already good that there was no need for support from there.

After Li Ming stayed at home for five days, he could only obediently go to Yuyao County, where he had a lot of land privately.

"According to my research, it is possible to grow two crops a year in the south, and the climate here is good! Even the beans of the previous season can be planted in the middle, and there is no need for a harvest, and I found that the beans can fertilize the land! Zhang Mo took Li Ming into the farmland and told him in detail about the experience he had summed up during this time.

"Yes, it's easy to make enemies with the family just like this!" Xun Biao must have come over as soon as possible, and he mainly prevented it from making enemies for himself in some arrangements.

After a pause, he continued: "One season a year, you can't change this yet, at most one season of beans can!" Seafood has gradually flooded the market, replacing some of the food consumed. Not to mention poultry and livestock farming. As a direct result, the price of food has dropped, but now there is a shortage of food everywhere, so it is not a big problem.

If we change to two crops a year, the price of grain will also plummet, although it will double. People who know that they don't need to worry about food will reduce the amount of food they hoard at home. Relatively speaking, it is a wealthy family with a lot of land and a lot of food, and the business has shrunk significantly! In my opinion, before pulling out the Zhang family and making it succumb, it is not advisable to start too quickly with the grain! ”

At present, the Gu family is still an important ally of the Li family, and it must not be pushed to the opposite side. As for the Zhang family, this is an object that has been discussed and must be pulled out, just because the Zhang family and the Zhang family in Hanzhong belong to the same lineage.

The secret guard has already discovered that there seems to be a connection between the two families, in other words, the main information of Huiji County may be passed through the Zhang family and finally passed to the hands of Liu Ting, the former deputy director of Yuntai, which is very unfavorable to Li Ming!

Li Ming's attack on salt is mainly based on this reason. Xun's meaning is that the tiger needs to be killed, otherwise it will be a trouble, and the established policy is to unite the other three major families in Wu County, the Gu family, the Lu family and the Zhu family. At this juncture, it is not good to offend the Gu family again.

"What do you think is the main crop that is better?" Li Ming looked at Zhang Mo, obviously deciding to compromise.

"Wusheng, Damo, Zhuji, Yuji, Sanyin, Yan, Lishui, Sendai and Shangyu, as well as Jinhua County, which is about to be planned and built, have abundant water sources and can fully meet the needs of rice cultivation. On the contrary, Yuyao, Juzhang, Cheng, Yin and Zhang'an counties, and of course Tiantai and Yongkang counties, although there are mountain springs flowing through, they are obviously not suitable for growing rice, and you can choose upland rice or corn! Zhang Mo said slowly.

Li Ming actually knows very well that the water veins in these years are very different from those in later generations, just as Zhang Mo said, there are actually no rivers in several counties, but there are some mountain springs on the mountains that will flow down. This water is not much, and it can be collected to meet the needs of life, as well as a small amount of agricultural needs, and it is inherently problematic to develop agriculture on a large scale.

In other words, the counties of Cheng, Yin, Yuyao, Juzhang, Zhang'an, Tiantai, Xianju and Yongkang can develop poultry or livestock breeding, but if they want to use it for the development of agriculture, it is estimated that they will suffer a big loss, and in the event of a drought in a certain year, there will be absolutely no harvest.

The key is that in many places, there are more mountains than flat land, and if you want to develop, you must develop terraces! The people of Zhejiang and Fujian were forced to do business and go to sea to earn a living, and to a large extent, they were forced out in this way!

It is close to the confluence of Gushui and Zheshui, and there are already plans to divert water to the past, and Xianju is also there.

"Speaking of which, how much has Yuyao increased production this year! In addition, I use a voluntary model, how many people are willing to join? Li Ming looked at Zhang Mo.

"Forty percent! Compared with the previous average yield, it has increased by 40%, and I am confident that it will only get higher and higher in the future, and will not decrease! In addition, I plan to improve the farm tools, if some farm tools can be improved, they can be further efficient, but ......" Zhang Mo said slowly, he knew very well what he was talking about.

"You mean, on the basis of the average yield, it has increased by 40%?" Xun Biao was the first to be shocked, you must know that in the case of the heyday of Dahan's agricultural technology, it can only be improved by two percent.

Yes, agricultural technology has been deliberately slowed down, and the wealthy families have directly used grain as hard currency, so the price of grain must not be too high or too low. One acre and three stones, which is the result of consultation between all parties.

It is not that Dahan does not have all kinds of advanced agricultural technology and farm tools, but even if all of them are put into use, they can only increase the output by 20%, and it is precisely because the improvement is too small that most of the families will choose to compromise. Forty percent, even the Xun family can't ignore it!

One acre is increased by forty percent, but how many hectares of land does Xun's family have? All of them are increased by forty percent, so how much food will you get!

"Escalated again?" Li Ming looked at Zhang Mo, clicked on the subordinate panel, and sure enough, he saw that his farming skills had been upgraded to LV4, and the skill description said that he could not only 'skillfully cultivate various crops, but also improve farm tools appropriately'.

"After improving the farm tools, does it help the yield?" Li Ming asked.

"No way! But you can save manpower! Zhang Mo shook his head, and then said with a smile, only one strong man is needed per acre of land, or even two female dependents or old people.

It is true that if the difficulty of farming is reduced, then the labor required can be reduced. The extra labor force can be used to build, work, become a soldier, go to sea to fish, or even go out to do business, and there are as many means as there are to make a living.

The population of Huiji County is not large, and it can squeeze out more soldiers, which will also be of great benefit to the subsequent struggle for world domination.

This is also what excites Li Ming the most, and he agrees to improve the farm tools without saying a word. This point is not denied, reducing the labor force also has the advantage of reducing the labor force, as long as the yield per mu is not too excessive, then it can be much easier to promote.

"Next year, I plan to promote new agricultural technologies in the area from Zhuji County to Damo!" Li Ming directly stated his intentions, "I have already found a few masters to help teach, and Cai Yan can be idle next year, and I will accompany you when the time comes!" ”

"Thank you, lord!" Zhang Mo rarely smiled. Career and love can't be both, but I have been separated from Cai Yan for many days, and I will inevitably miss some things in my heart. He also knew that Cai Yan had complained for a long time, and it was naturally best to be together.

Then he frowned, and asked, "What if the family is unwilling to cooperate?" His subordinates advocated improved agricultural technology in Yuyao, but there were not many responders. Only a few small families are willing to cooperate, and they don't have much land in their homes! There are also many people on the people's side who are watching......"

"Everything is voluntary, don't force it! The target of promotion is mainly ordinary people, and strive to let those people who go south try to use new technologies! Li Ming knows the difficulty of promotion, after all, a year's harvest that has failed for a year will suffer, especially those who have just moved south, and this year's harvest will be related to the survival of their family.

"Yes!" Zhang Mo received the order, and Xun Biao on the side was quite satisfied with Li Ming's arrangement. In this way, there will be a buffer of at least two or three years, and subtly, those families will not be able to object to anything at that time.