Chapter 50: Colonizing My Field (I)

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Zhao Wuxian pondered for a moment and guessed: "Did Wei Wei say that Wei Wuzi's last wish when he was seriously ill was a delirious life, and his orders when he was conscious were what he really needed to follow?" If I were Wei Wei, I would answer like this. ”

"Yes! Although there is a gap of a hundred years, the thoughts of the gentleman and Wei Liang coincide, no wonder the scholars and doctors in the lower palace have spread the word one after another, and the Zhao family has also produced a virtuous Linghu Wenzi! ”

Zhao Wuxian suddenly realized: "No wonder Mr. said that he has something to do with me, it turns out that Wei Liang has also done things to resist martyrdom, he is much more benevolent and wise than Qin Mugong and Qi Huangong in this regard, but unfortunately it was not promulgated in the form of a decree, pushing himself and others......"

Ji Qiao glanced at Wuxian again, thinking that in the Jin Kingdom, apart from your Zhao family, who would have the custom of wanton martyrdom, it was really not a backache to stand and talk.

"And then, Mr. hasn't said how the allusion to this knot of grass came about?"

"It was ninety years ago, in the seventh year of Jin Jinggong, Qin Bo sent troops to attack my Jin country, and the Jin army and Qin soldiers fought in the Fu clan. At that time, Wei Mei was a general, and when he was appointed to the teacher, he met Du Hui, a fierce warrior of the Qin State, and the two fought together. After the chariot was destroyed, he got out of the chariot and fought on foot, one holding a fight, and the other holding a halberd, fighting until the sky was dark. ”

"When it was difficult to distinguish, Wei Liang suddenly saw an old soldier of the Jin Kingdom using a straw rope to cover Du Hui's feet, which made this dignified Qin State Hercules stand unsteadily, fell to the ground, and was captured by Wei Wei on the spot, causing Wei Wei to defeat the Qin division in this battle!"

When Zhao Wuxian heard this, he clasped his palms together and smiled: "It turns out that this is the origin of the grass, the old man of the grass, isn't it the concubine and relatives who were saved by Wei Wei?" ”

"It was the father of the concubine, from then on, who used the metaphor of knotting grass to receive favors, and he would be rewarded with great rewards, and he would live and die. Gentleman, where did you hear that? Even in the Jin Kingdom, except for scholars, few people know this allusion! ”

"Sir doesn't believe it, it's what I rescued a few days ago."

Ji Qiao was amazed: "The gentleman's maid doesn't seem to be simple, and the rare allusions can come with his mouth open, like a lady of the scholar clan...... But it's normal to think about it, and Uncle Xiang Doctor also said that the descendants of the eight major clans of Luan, He, Xu, Yuan, Hu, Xu, Qing, and Bo in the past have all been reduced to lowly servants. Now, even the Yangyu, Qi, Xinghou and other clans have been annihilated, and the world is even more unbearable, maybe she is the descendant of one of them......"

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The previous gossip was just ridicule and embellishment before the dinner, but Zhao Wuxian came to Ji Qiao, but he had real things to discuss.

He sat down and said: "Sir, since the Cheng clan has fallen, time is running out, if you want to win the first place before the winter solstice next year, some plans will start in full swing." I think the most important thing is to ensure food production first, and I think that after the winter solstice, I will urge the villagers to start winter planting! ”

"Winter planting? What does the Lord plan to plant? ”

"Naturally, it's wheat!"

Tomorrow is the Winter Solstice Festival, and Zhao Wuxian thought that in his previous life in the countryside, his family would make wontons and noodles to eat on the winter solstice. This memory was out of control, and all kinds of delicacies made with wheat flour in later generations surfaced in front of me one by one, such as steamed buns, long buns, dumplings, oily noodles, pancakes, pastries, etc...... Zhao Wuxian is very resentful, he hopes that he will be able to eat these good things on the winter solstice next year, well, and share them with his sister Ji Huan.

Although he brought a lot of unhulled wheat from the lower palace, he still had to keep it for sowing, and it was better to be happy alone than to be happy with everyone, and it was his greatest pursuit to make the people of the country in Quanchengyi eat well than to satisfy his own appetite. Zhao Wuxian could only swallow his saliva and endure this winter.

Zhao Wuxian was obsessed with all kinds of pasta in the future generations, but he heard Ji Qiao sigh and said: "Sure enough, no wonder the Lord brought most of the wheat seeds in the treasury of the lower palace to Chengyi." However, listen to what the Lord said, this is not feasible! ”

Zhao Wuxian was originally excited, but now he was splashed with a scoop of cold water, and he asked rhetorically: "It's not feasible?" Why is that? ”

Ji Qiao said: "The gentleman doesn't know, Ji Qiao has been a planner for ten years, although he has never worked in the field, he also knows a little about it. Compared with wheat, which needs a lot of irrigation, corn is the most important thing next year, ranking first among the five grains, drought and cold-tolerant, and the staple food of the people of our Jin Kingdom. ”

However, the yield of millet and the population that can feed it are far inferior to that of wheat, and Zhao Wuxian's dream was hit, and he retorted: "Sir Hue Dekuang, I don't know how to farm, and I also know that wheat is planted around the winter solstice and can be harvested in summer and April, while corn is sown in May and harvested in autumn and September. This winter and summer, just a cycle, can not only increase a harvest, but also do not delay the agricultural time, as long as the people are urged to be more diligent, why not? ”

"As for water conservancy, under myself, Chengyi now has a hundred regular soldiers, and a hundred new guards have been recruited, so that when the farming is not working, they can be sent to dig ditches. As long as there is the help of Mr. and the coordination is appropriate, it is not difficult to divert the water from the stream near Chengyi to the farmland along the terrain, or dig some deep wells! ”

Ji Qiao still disagrees with Wuxian's statement: "The Lord doesn't know the difficulty of farming, as far as Qiao knows, in winter, the land is generally used for fallow, and the people will plant some beans in the field at most." ”

"If the Lord forces the people to plant wheat and not allow the land to rest, the people who own the land will probably be greatly dissatisfied. As the saying goes, if the soil is not growing, the grass and trees will not grow, and if the qi fails, the organisms will be sterile, and I am afraid that in a few years, the cooked land of Chengyi will be exhausted, become more barren, and the production will become more and more scarce. Lord, don't destroy a thousand acres of land in Chengyi because of a year's harvest! Don't ruin a century-old business for a moment's benefit! ”

Zhao Wuxian was stunned, "Fallow? This word is not heard much in the intensive agriculture of later generations, but in the previous life, Wuxian also spent some time in the countryside, so he has some impressions.

In order to keep the land capable of producing food, it is necessary to give it as much time as possible to recuperate in addition to farming, which is the traditional fallow system.

Although they already knew the role of green manure in the spring and autumn, when they came to Chengyi, Zhao Wuxian and they still saw some people returning straw to the fields in the dry land on the side of the road. However, livestock manure has not yet been popularized, and even if there is, it is widely sown at will, and it will not be manure. Even in the most backward Jiali, the people are still living a life of slash-and-burn.

In addition, the bottom of the fields in Chengyi is originally "under the soil", so there will be a situation of weak soil strength, and the villagers can only plant corn in the cooked land once a year, plus a few handfuls of beans, and there will be an unsustainable land crisis. However, it is more difficult to reclaim new land in the mountains and forests, relying on a large number of bronze and stone tools from the Bronze Age, and although iron tools called "evil gold" have appeared, they have not yet become widespread.

Therefore, in order to produce more corn after the land rests, wheat is not planted much, not to mention that the taste of wheat is not good, so the common people cannot afford to eat it, the nobles do not want to see it, and the two sides are not pleased.

Hearing this, Zhao Wuxian's eyes suddenly brightened, and he clapped his hands and smiled: "Mr. was worried about this!" Rest assured, you have a clever plan to keep the land cultivated in shifts without compromising the soil! ”

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