Chapter 150 Wasteland as Treasure Three-dimensional Farming (II)

There is no way for everyone to turn this swamp into treasure. 00 doesn't know the treasure that the crown prince refers to, and how much treasure it is. If it is very "treasured", how many swamps are there in the country? But everyone already has some thoughts in their hearts, most of which are related to lotus roots.

Not to mention

For the sake of the people of the Tang Dynasty, he had to let the crown prince be wronged. Put him down, Li Wei walked into the water, very happy, not for etiquette, took off his robe, went down for a swim, and if it was too late, the swimming water would be cold.

Try to get deeper, bending down from time to time to pick up the dirt. Looking at the black grudge, Li Wei smirked vigorously, good féi mud but Bi'er's heart ached, and said, "Your Highness, you come up." ”

He began to cry as he spoke.

Li Wei continued to walk in the water, getting deeper and deeper, afraid that something would happen to the prince, and several guards also took off their boots and accompanied him. Persuade from time to time. Li Wei turned his head to look at Bi'er and said, "Silly Nizi, what are you crying for, it's not cold, I'm very happy to look at the mud." ”

Zhu Jing looked at it, not knowing whether to persuade or not, Wei Yuanzhong said slyly: "Zhu Buque, the prince has lost his manners, don't you persuade him." ”

"Go"

"Hey, no, Zhu Buque, why are your eyes red?"

"Go"

Wei Yuanzhong patted him on the shoulder shamelessly and said, "This is moving? You haven't seen the Jitian Sacrifice yet, why did I help Di Ren in life and death. Look, as long as the crown prince transitions smoothly, the Tang Dynasty that you and I see will probably be one of the best dynasties in history. ”

Zhu Jing and Wei Zhigu were silent.

When a group of people arrived, they finally alarmed a few farmers in Huangzhuang and came to greet them. There weren't a few people, half of them didn't know where to play, they weren't there, but these three or four people were sleeping.

Li Wei also saw that it was almost there, came up and washed his feet, put on his boots, and found a stone to sit down very casually. They all gathered around to hear how the prince had turned this piece of land into treasure. Li Wei said to a few people in Huangzhuang: "The mud in this water is very féi. ”

"Oh, Your Highness, the servants and others often fish some and put them in the ground to improve the strength of the land."

"It's not enough to do that, in fact, if you make good use of it, these shallow swamps are a treasure trodge. Lone was in the East Palace, and the queen mother gave Lone a basket of new lotus roots, which made Lone think of many things. For example, in areas with deep water, lotus roots can be planted, but they are barren anyway. When digging every year, it may not be able to dig it up, the first year needs some lotus seeds, and the second year even the lotus roots are saved. ”

Excavation is also very troublesome, now there is no water pump, only some water wheels, may not be able to dry the swamp of three or four hundred acres, just dry it, Luoyang's winter will be very cold, and there is no long rubber boots, how people dig under the silt, will also have a headache. But there are many people and many ideas, and when they see the harvest, they will inevitably come. Therefore, Li Wei directly skipped it and didn't say it.

He continued: "As for the shallow places, you can grow some ground millet, and it is possible that the ground millet does not grow as well as the south. But it's not too tight, this is a start, to make a trial model for other places, just like the sorghum planted in the field of Chang'an. There are also vegetable eggs (Cigu) and Tuzhi (taro). Vegetable eggs have been seen in Guangchengze, and Tuzhi has been seen from Jingzhao to the Eastern Capital, and I haven't seen it yet, so I can also try to plant it, and I should be a model for the south. As for water chestnut, it is a good thing, and most of them can't be planted. Well, your mushrooms here are growing well, and they can be of many kinds, anyway, they are at the water's edge, and they are empty. ”

A farmer in the Huangzhuang said, "But the servants don't know how to plant." ”

"It's okay, the Lone Society will transfer a few people from some places who can plant, at least have seen it, to assist you, and bring some seedlings. Anyway, it's too late this year, so I'm just going to let you prepare. And that's just the beginning. At this point, he pointed to the surface of the water and said, "You can raise more fish." ”

"Fish farming?" Wei Yuanzhong and the others said in surprise.

Now fish are naturally caught and are not consciously farmed artificially. And how to get the fish fry, it is estimated that it will also be a problem, but this teamwork, jiāo has figured out a way for everyone, it is impossible for Li Wei to guide them one by one, besides, he only knows that these can be artificially planted and raised, and how to plant and raise them, and he doesn't know it clearly. It is mainly an idea, which can be popularized, and the experience can be slowly accumulated and enriched.

"yes, fish farming."

The mention of fish reminded him of one thing.

The normal diet of the Tang Dynasty was expensive to cattle and sheep, and the pig ròu was very shameful, but it was still very expensive, and the imperial history and others were not allowed to eat ròu on business. When the famous minister Ma Zhou inspected the states and counties for the imperial history, every food must enter jī, iǎo officials wrote a book to impeach, Li Shimin said, I forbid the imperial history to eat ròu, I am afraid of the labor fees of the states and counties, why should I eat jī? Of course, this is the beginning of the founding of the country, and now the country has been in a smooth transition for decades, the wind of luxury is gradually prevailing, and the ban is gradually relaxed, but when officials such as the imperial historian travel, they are not allowed to eat cattle and sheep in public, and it is good to entertain them with pigs. There are also dogs, ròu, which are eaten, but the price is cheaper and not popular, although they are all "natural dogs".

Many officials normally entertain guests with bean dishes, there are very few fresh vegetables, most of them are pickles, and there are steamed beans, put a handful of salt, and the beans are steamed and rotten, and they can be used as vegetables and rice. The other is fish, which southerners eat more and northerners eat less. There are a lot of fish in the ditch and pond, of course, there is a great drought in Guanzhong, and they eat everything, even the bark, and the fish. However, there are still people who eat it, and considering that Luoyang has merchants from all over the country, some fish that northerners look disgusting are also sold in the three markets of Luoyang.

Once Li Wei saw an eel weighing five catties, that is, more than two catties in later generations, in the North Market, and asked Shì Wei to buy it and bring it back to the East Palace, which scared a group of eunuchs and palace nv in the dining room of the East Palace. Let Di Renjie say fiercely, what do people say, it is not evil, but the selection of things is orderly, this thing is like a snake, if the bird knows it, it will not eat it, how can people eat it. Frighten the servants of the East Palace, spread it to the world, and the people of the world will laugh at it.

As a result, this extra-large natural yellow eel was not eaten, and it was given a training and had to be put back into Luoshui. However, normal fish, such as crucian carp, carp, and herring, are still eaten by the common people, but they are very cheap.

Therefore, Li Wei said: "Some eat, it is better than eating mud and leaves and bark." These fish, mushrooms, ground millet, lotus roots, vegetable eggs, tuzhi, and even water chestnut in the south can be eaten as vegetables and rice. This swamp is hundreds of acres, properly managed, and there will be tens of thousands of catties of various foods produced every year, plus fish, how many people can be fed. Not only that, but you can see the back. ”

Behind are several hillsides.

He also said: "Plant alfalfa on the hillside, and then raise some pigs, raise some jī, ducks, and geese, alfalfa can be fed to pigs, pig manure and alfalfa can be fed to fish, and aquatic plants and alfalfa can be used as green fodder for poultry." You can also load some fruit. It's just that the pig house and jī shed should be cleaned frequently, and the ground should be sprinkled with some lime, otherwise there will be plague. ”

Sprinkle lime will be better, and it will not completely prevent the plague, but this is free-range, not in the shed and intensively raised, the plague may exist, and the probability will not be very large.

Then his eyes lit up and he said, "As long as it takes two years, not even at all, by the end of next year, this piece of land will become a treasure land." ”

"But what about the manpower?"

The farmers of Huangzhuang listened with relish, and if it became a treasure land, their own treatment would be better. But there are still many problems.

"Rengu will transfer some to you, and once you do, there will be a lot of people. Not only that, but Lone will also give you 2,000 yuan to do some money transfers. "If you have money, you will have a lot of money, and besides, you will not ask for money immediately, in a few months, you will have more and more money in your hand, and by the time of the next year, the sugar will succeed and bring more money. So he said a lot of two thousand dollars.

After finishing speaking, he squeezed his eyes at Wei Yuanzhong, which was somewhat childish. is to tell Wei Yuanzhong, this time you can't say that the workshop is not good, it's not that workshop, Di Renjie can't get the funds for the case, and this piece of land will turn waste into treasure, and he won't be able to get the funds either.

Wei Yuanzhong understood, couldn't cry or laugh, and had no words.

"Whew," the farmer replied happily. However, Li Wei really wants to do this, they can't be the master of this imperial village, and they have to change to a capable steward, otherwise they will not be able to rule.

Wei Zhigu asked suspiciously, "Your Highness, is this method feasible?" ”

"It should be doable. It's just not good, even if success is the same, how many swampy places and low-lying places are there in the country? Lone in Xijing test sorghum, once said, don't ask for more, even if the new law, increase the yield of half a stone per mu, how many stones can the world increase? When he was in Shaolin Temple, Gu talked to Wei Qing again that because of the invasion of the fields, many people had no land to plant and had to flee households. If these hills and swamps were to be turned into useful places again, how many people would be fed? If there is no land, let it be conjured."

"The ministers have also read "Qi Min's Technique", and what His Royal Highness said, many of them were not mentioned in the book."

There are still very few people who read this agricultural book, but a few officials who went to Shaolin Temple with Baggage Wei took a look at it.

"The book is dead, everyone has read the "Zhou Li", some are still in use, some have been replaced, and some have not been adopted. These are lonely thoughts, maybe they are right and can be adopted. Thinking wrongly, it has not been promoted nationwide, and it will not cause harm. Besides, the situation is different from place to place. There is still a long way to go. But the method always has to change. Otherwise, now the 30 million people of the Tang Dynasty will be so tight. If it's 10,000,000, what about 20,000,000 people? ”

"Ten thousand, twenty thousand?" Zhu Jing whispered.

How easy is that? But the prince has this heart, it's always good, he really has 20,000 people, not to mention anything else, even the army will not be so tight, how can he chōu out of a 1 million 2 million army, and use the number of pressure to crush these countries in Tubo to death.

This is not necessarily, the Song Dynasty has a population of 10,000, but ......

But food is indeed the first problem in ancient times.

Li Wei said again: "There is another thing, it is possible that Lone may also try to grow it here." ”

"Your Highness, what is it?"

"The cotton huā of the Western Regions and Lingnan."

"What is cotton huā?" One by one, I don't quite understand.

"It's the kind of plant that makes white silk cloth." I went around in Luoyang East City, and saw this kind of cotton cloth, the price is still very expensive, and I also asked some, most of them are imported from Dashi, and some people in Gaochang and Lingnan in the Western Regions have introduced them. Lingnan's second. The exact circumstances are unknown. Probably estimating that the textile methods were very backward, Li Wei was worried that if even the seeds were forcibly peeled out by hand, the efficiency would be very low. During this period of time, Xu Jingzong had no thoughts. As soon as Xu Jingzong died, these things also put it on the agenda.

No matter how low the efficiency is, at least g a quilt, a cotton coat, and the winter days are better.

Poor cotton huā was used by him like this.

He didn't understand weaving, but there was a way to increase the output. This is not an occupation of land to grab grain, after all, for the sake of mulberry hemp, the state has also taken out a large amount of arable land and is planting.

Cotton huā, Li Wei also used it as a cotton coat and quilt, and everyone else regarded it as the wind in their ears. However, the prince just said very clearly, not to seek success, but only to succeed in one or two, which will be beneficial to the country. Therefore, there was no opposition.

So, this waste into treasure, three-dimensional farming, was once again neglected by everyone.

Of course, there is still a lot to be done, and the weeds on the hillside need to be removed, the most important of which is the reeds in the swamp, which is a headache. But this is not a business, there are no scruples, everyone is discussing, and before you know it, it is evening.

Li Weicai clapped his hands and said to Zhu Jingze: "That's all for today, everyone, don't forget, there is still someone waiting for you at home." ”

It refers to Li Weici's palace NV, this catch makes everyone cry and laugh again. But Li Wei only cared about his good intentions, but neglected one of the most important things......