Chapter 182: Wheat Covered with Longhuang
The Tian family has few idle months, and people are busy in May. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info night to the south wind, wheat covered with yellow.
Before you know it, the wheat turns from green to yellow, and the field changes its original appearance. The air was filled with the warm smell of the sun, which was blown away by the gentle breeze. There was not the slightest heat on his face. The cuckoo calls are heard in the wind, which is to tell people that "spring has returned" and that it is the season of early summer and April
The warm weather in the south, as well as the early maturing varieties themselves, allowed Zhang Fan's wheat to ripen a month earlier.
The wheat fields are yellow. The thick orange stalks carry fluffy ears, ripe so deeply, like an endless golden sea.
The first thing Zhang Fan did when he returned to Huanglongzhai was to preside over the harvest of winter wheat. This will affect the rations of Huanglongzhai in the coming year, and the key to the smooth development and expansion of the first victory camp, and it is important to ensure that there will be no variables.
Zhang Zhao had already helped him purchase the harvesting tools and manpower properly, which made Zhang Fan very satisfied.
Although Zhang Zhao has not been in Huanglongzhai for a long time, the real talent is that as long as he is placed in the right position, he can immediately shine.
Because Zhang Fan gave him a considerable degree of freedom and trust, Zhang Zhao naturally reciprocated the favor and arranged the size of Huanglongzhai in an orderly manner and prosperous.
Prior to this, these miscellaneous matters were jointly handled by Huang Gao and Hou Sanbao, but as the scale of the tea division grew, Hou Sanbao also lacked skills; And Huang Gao is old, and with the expansion of Huanglongzhai, he is also a little lacking in energy to deal with affairs.
However, since Zhang Zhao came, he was familiar with the things in the village in just a few days, and he was able to handle many things easily, and everyone in the village was convinced, but Huang Gao and Hou Sanbao gradually became marginal people and assistants.
After Zhang Fan returned to the village this time, Huang Gao resigned on the grounds of old age, and Zhang Fan stayed to see that he insisted repeatedly, so he encouraged him and rewarded him with a lot of property, and allowed him to live for a long time.
At the same time, Zhang Fan also relieved Hou Sanbao of handling internal affairs, freeing him up to concentrate on the work of the tea department...... As a result, Zhang Zhao officially became the first Minister of the Interior under Zhang Fan.
"Lord, everything is ready, can you start the sacrifice?" Zhang Zhao respectfully asked Zhang Fan to say.
"Okay, let's get started!" Zhang Fan walked towards the altar under Zhang Zhao's guidance......
She is the god of the earth, and Ji is the god of grains. In ancient times, agriculture was the foundation, so the sacrificial activities closely related to agriculture were highly valued. The shrine festival has a long history, and it is held before and after farming and harvesting.
The shrine altar is a place of sacrifice, and it should be paved with five-colored soil. The color of the earth follows its orientation, green in the east, red in the south, white in the west, black in the north, and yellow in the middle to symbolize the five directions. The sacrificial shrine should be used too fast, that is, cattle, sheep, and pigs, and the bells and drums should sound in unison, singing and dancing, and its activities are very grand and enthusiastic.
After the sacrifice, Zhang Fan officially began to harvest wheat, because of the lack of manpower, so Zhang Zhao also invited some innocent ordinary people from nearby to help harvest.
At the same time, Zhang Fan dispatched the army to maintain order to avoid accidents, after all, rabbits will bite people when they are in a hurry, even if they are honest and flat-headed people, they may take risks when they are hungry......
This batch of wheat seeds alone cost Zhang Fan 9 million golden beans, plus the follow-up workshop spent money on research on chemical fertilizers, pesticides and manufacturing. These cost tens of millions of gold beans, which can be said to be a very large investment.
As the saying goes, a hard work, a harvest, these money is not spent in vain. In addition, Zhang Fan adopted the advanced insecticide, weeding, and pest prevention in later generations...... and a series of means, so that this batch of wheat growth is gratifying. In stark contrast to the wheat of the rest of the surrounding villagers, even with the naked eye, it can be seen that the yield has a clear tendency to be crushed.
The sun is gradually rising, the wheat field is in full swing, and the busy harvest scene, seeing this picture, Zhang Fan can't help but feel a sense of satisfaction.
The ripe wheat, with its heavy loins, rubbed against each other and made a trembling sound. The grains of wheat are set one by one, like small droplets of water, and there are long mangs of wheat.
Zhang Fan took an ear of wheat and rubbed it in his hand, put it in his mouth and chewed it, his mouth was full of fragrance!
"Lord, Lu Yu has news again!" Gongsun Jing handed a letter to Zhang Fan.
Zhang Fan took it and browsed it, the corners of his mouth turned up, and said with a smile:
"Tsk, Peng Hu and You Tu are really hot, and they are constantly deploying troops, and the fight is in full swing!"
"Thanks to the Lord's ingenuity. Now whoever wins can become the new king of Shanyue and dominate the Shanyue tribes...... No one can hold such a big temptation! ”
Zhang Fan looked at the field in the distance and sighed faintly:
"The hustle and bustle of the world is all for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit. Everyone fights for me, in the final analysis, it's not just for the sake of profit. As long as the situation is advantageous, there is naturally no way to go unfavorable. ”
Gongsun Jing echoed: "The lord is high-minded. Now Lu Yu's suggestions at several critical moments have helped Peng Hu turn things around, and You Tu has been defeated and retreated, Lu Yu said in the letter, it is estimated that in just a few days, Peng Hu will be able to completely defeat You Tu......"
Zhang Fan clenched his fists, "Very good, everything is under control." It seems that Pingding Mountain is getting closer and closer! ”
"Humble and congratulate the Lord in advance."
"Don't be careless, continue to monitor Peng Hu well, you can't make any mistakes at a critical moment......"
"No, I understand."
Gongsun Jingyuan saw Zhang Zhao coming from the field path on the other side, and took the initiative to salute Zhang Fan and say goodbye......
"My lord, I am very happy!" Zhang Zhao walked towards Zhang Fan with a red light on his face and a happy face.
Zhang Zhao is usually very steady and serious, and this is the first time Zhang Fan has seen him a little frivolous. Smile and say:
"What? Yield calculated? ”
Zhang Zhao said excitedly: "Exactly, the lord guessed it." Shenmai, it's simply Shenmai! The yield per mu is about 10 stones, and the best yield of 1 mu reaches 15 stones. In this way, we can harvest about 64,000 stones this year......"
10 stones, converted into modern catties is 600 catties. Zhang Fan knows that the yield of this winter wheat with the number IB01828/NP824 in modern times is more than 800 catties per mu. It may be that the management technology is not perfect enough, so the production has been reduced by a quarter.
Despite this, this yield is still generally not understood by cross-breeding, chemical fertilizer composition, insecticide and weeding...... This production is a miracle!
You must know that the general yield of wheat, and even other general yields such as millet, millet, and soybean, is between 2 and 3 stone 5 per mu. This production has nearly doubled, which is already quite terrifying.
In fact, Zhang Fan still underestimated the appearance of this kind of wheat seed, what does it mean?
Zhang Fan did not deliberately block this news, and there were many people, after all, there were many people assisting in the harvest at that time, not to mention the spies of other forces mixed in the Shousheng camp-
This news spread ten times to hundreds, and spread to the six counties of Jiangdong at a speed faster than the spread of the plague, and then to the thirteen states of Dahan, and even to the imperial palace, setting off a monstrous wave......
The country is based on food, and the people are based on food.
There is nothing bigger than what people eat: although society faces many crises, such as political, economic, faithful, territorial, etc., they can be solved one by one when there is food to eat.
Once the people have no food to eat, or there is a shortage of food, then the world will be in chaos, including the government, will be wiped out in the face of the food crisis.
In the past, storytellers sang Zhang Fan's celebrity anecdotes everywhere, and many low-level people just laughed it off and forgot about it later.
After all, no matter how awesome Zhang Fan is, it has nothing to do with him, and the people care more about what they eat tomorrow, rather than what Zhang Fan has done recently.
However, since the news spread that Huanglongzhai wheat yielded ten stones per mu, Zhang Fan became popular all of a sudden, and the fire was so hot that even the ordinary people at the grassroots level began to deliberately inquire about his deeds...... (To be continued.) )