Returning to Luoyang with corn and potato seeds, Liu Wei handed over the two things to the Ministry of Agriculture and taught them how to store them. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info These are all seeds exchanged for points, and where do the points come from, killing the enemy, this is the life of the general soldier, Liu Wei did not satisfy the appetite.

Liu Wei exchanged corn, potatoes, soybeans, and sweet potatoes, as well as the five grains that the Han Dynasty itself had, of which Liu Wei only advocated the cultivation of wheat and rice.

In the case of rice, only Nanyang is suitable for planting in Nanyang for the time being, and the cultivation period of these crops, in which wheat is secretly harvested in late autumn and early summer. Therefore, there is a proverb such as a three-layer quilt in winter, and sleeping with steamed buns in the coming year.

With the exception of wheat, all other crops are sown in spring and summer and harvested in autumn, with potatoes generally sown in February and harvested in May and June. Sweet potatoes are sown around March and April and harvested around September, while corn and soybeans are generally sluggish and can be planted according to seasonal changes to ensure that they ripen before autumn.

In this way, the people of Dahan will be busy, first at the beginning of the year, planting sweet potatoes and potatoes, then planting corn and soybeans, then planting wheat in the fall, and then harvesting the following year. However, there are some conflicts in this, and it depends on what the people choose to plant, and they can distribute it reasonably.

After these things were settled, Liu Wei concentrated on the establishment of the Second Department of Commerce and Agriculture, and the functions and powers of each department were gradually determined, and only waited for the talents to enter the Second Department after the imperial examination and officially operated.

And Mi Zhu also contacted merchants from all over the world, took out the temptation of ceramics and fine wine, and coerced them to join the merchants under the management of the Ministry of Commerce.

Time flies and in a blink of an eye, another imperial examination was ushered in, but this time the imperial examination did not surprise Liu Bian, and Liu Biao did not have many big fish when he rummaged through the admission list. After all, the main talents have been absorbed, and the talents of the imperial examination are just small talents, barely qualified for local counties and counties, as well as ordinary officials.

After the end of the second imperial examination, all kinds of talents were divided among the two departments of commerce and agriculture, and the framework of the two departments had been established, and as soon as the talents arrived, they were immediately put into operation.

On the side of the Ministry of Commerce, wineries and official kilns were established in various places, and the state cooperated with merchants to sell goods, and at the same time, many policies were introduced to facilitate merchants, and at the same time, commercial laws were also born.

However, those who have the ability to do business basically have assets, and ordinary people are still indifferent to the fields at home.

In terms of the Ministry of Agriculture, various localities began to publicize the planting methods in Jia Siyi's Qi Min's technique, encouraging the people to plant new crops, and tea trees began to be widely planted in various places.

All kinds of new farm tools have also replaced old farm tools, and zigzag plows and waterwheels have gradually become popular in various places. In a short period of time, major projects were not built, but small projects in the village were in full swing.

However, ploughing cattle is Liu Wei's biggest headache. After the establishment of the Ministry of Agriculture, the records of cultivated cattle in various localities were recorded, and the popularity rate of cultivated cattle was very low, and it was far from reaching the standard of one cultivated cattle per 80 households per mile.

"I still have to get a large number of cultivated cattle as soon as possible, and I don't know if this Ran Min is willing to cooperate." Looking at the data submitted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Liu Wei muttered.

At this moment in Yanmen, Yang Jiye received a letter from Liu Wei, asking him to trade with Ran Min to exchange the cultivated cattle needed by the Han Dynasty. Yang Jiye thought about it for a while, so he left the deputy general Lin Yu to guard Yanmen, and Yang Jiye led dozens of horsemen to Dingxiang to meet Ran Min.

There are four counties in Hetao, Shuofang, Yunzhong, Wuyuan, and Dingxiang, among which Shuofang County has the most water flow of the Yellow River, so the land is also the most fertile. Therefore, Ran Min's place of governance was set up in Shuofang Fertile Field.

Yang Jiye was over fifty years old, with gray hair, and arrived at Woye City after three days of westward travel.

A large amount of wasteland has also been reclaimed outside the city, and now it is the mushroom that is planted, the mushroom has withered and old, and when it comes to the harvest season, Yang Jiye stroked the long white beard and sighed: "The Hetao is really a piece of fertile soil, I don't know if the old man can see His Majesty recover the Hetao in his lifetime, alas."

Saying that, Yang Jiye urged him to step forward, and the soldiers patrolling at the head of the city saw Yang Jiye and others coming, recognized it as the Han army uniform, and asked loudly: "Who is coming?"

"I am Yang Jiye, the general of Anbei, and I am asking to see Ran Taishou, please report!" Yang Jiye replied loudly. The beggar sergeant hurriedly went down to inform Ran Min, theoretically speaking, Ran Min was the Shuofang Taishou canonized by the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, or an official of the Han Dynasty. Now that Yang Jiye is visiting, there must be something important.

The soldier came to the city to inform Ran Min, and after listening to the soldier's words, Ran Min was puzzled: "Yang Jiye is here again?" How many soldiers and horses did you bring? ”

"But dozens of riders followed." The soldier replied.

"Heh, this veteran really trusts me, so let's meet him! Ask him to come in, and call the other two military advisors. Ran Min said with a smile.

"No!" The soldier ran down quickly, but after a while, he took Yang Jiye to the mansion, and Guo Wei and Zhang Lu were also late. Ran Min asked people to prepare wine and meat for entertainment, and Ran Min still respected Yang Jiye, who had guarded Yanmen for most of his life.

Without saying much, Ran Min came up and toasted three glasses in a row, and then asked, "The old general is here to Shuofang, what is the so-called matter?"

"I'm here to make a deal with the general." Yang Jiye replied.

"Business?" Ran Min chuckled and said: "Although I have received the official position of the Han Dynasty, but in fact, they have nothing to do with each other, the Han is now strong, what business do I Ran Min do with a small person?"

"Although the Han is strong, he can't lack talents like you, the general." Yang Jiye said meaningfully.

A trace of displeasure flashed on Ran Min's face, and he snorted coldly: "Isn't it that the Son of Heaven wants to garrison the Hetao?" Send you to be a lobbyist. ”

Yang Jiye shook his head and said, "The general misunderstood, I am here to do business with the general, and everyone takes what they need." For example, today Zi has just destroyed Yuan Shu, and he wants to recuperate and devote himself to the development of agriculture, and there is a scarcity of cultivated cattle in my Han Dynasty, so I want to exchange things with the general for cultivated cattle. ”

Ran Min closed his eyes and pondered, although the Hetao area also grows grain, but it is only barely enough, many people are still hungry, but there are many, many more cattle, the land is vast and sparsely populated, the people can only plant so much land, even if there are ploughing cattle, they can't use it.

It is not impossible to exchange the surplus ploughing cattle for something beneficial to the loop. Ran Min looked at Zhang Ju and motioned to him that negotiation was not Ran Min's strong point.

Zhang Ju said knowingly: "I don't have many cattle in the Hetao, I don't know what the general will use in exchange, if we can't use it, we won't agree."

"What does the gentleman want?" Yang Jiye asked rhetorically.

"Food, weapons, armor, and salt are all available!" Zhang Ju replied.

Yang Jiye nodded and said: "If you have food, it will cost too much to attack Yuan Shu, and now the Han Dynasty does not have much surplus food, as for the weapons and armor, how about exchanging it for cultivating cattle?"

Zhang Ju pondered for a moment and said, "Yes! A set of armor, a gun, and a knife are a set, in exchange for a ploughing ox, what do you think? ”

Yang Jiye pondered for a moment and said, "I don't know how many ploughing cattle you can come up with?"

Zhang Judao: "Fifty thousand!"

"Okay, I promise!" Yang Jiye immediately agreed, a set of weapons and armor for a cow, it is not expensive, but 50,000 sets at once, but it is not a small amount, fortunately, there are many new iron mines in Dahan now, and 50,000 sets can be taken out.

Seeing that Yang Jiye agreed, Ran Min was also very happy, although his army was brave and good at fighting, but the weapons and armor were not sophisticated, if he could have good equipment, his combat effectiveness would definitely be able to improve to a higher level.

Yang Jiye continued to talk to Zhang Ju about the details of the transaction, stayed in Woye for one night, and returned to Yanmen the next day. After returning to Yanmen, Yang Jiye immediately wrote to Liu Biao asking Liu Biao to raise weapons and armor in exchange for ploughing cattle.

A few days later, there were continuous cattle from the Hetao to the territory of the Han Dynasty, and the armor raised by Liu Wei was also given to Ran Min by Yang Jiye. After the cattle are in hand, the Ministry of Agriculture distributes the families who can support them, and they become the people's public palace finances. And everyone understands the truth of fishing with all their might, Liu Wei asked Jia Siqian to challenge the cows among the cultivated cattle, breed, and strive to make the cultivated cattle popular among the Han people.

Everything was going on in an orderly manner, and the time gradually came to around October, and everywhere was busy, and at this time Liu Wei finally received a piece of bad news.

Sikong Ding Guan died of illness!

Ding Guan, one of the three dukes, died of illness, and Liu Wei was deeply saddened and ordered a three-day suspension of the dynasty to mourn the whole country. Posthumously sealed Ding Guan as the Taifu, the Marquis of Wenxin, and buried with the national rites and Mangshan, the emperors of the Han Dynasty were buried here, and Liu Wei's mausoleum was also here in the future, which is equivalent to giving Ding Guan a name for the burial of the emperor's mausoleum.

Ding Guan died, one of the three princes of Situ vacant, after the abolition of the dynasty, another meeting was held, Lu Zhi immediately came out and said: "Your Majesty, Ding Gong died, and now the vacant position is vacant, please ask Your Majesty to fill it with a virtuous person."

Liu Wei naturally didn't want to do this, he just waited for the three dukes to become vacant one after another, and then changed the system of three provinces and six ministries, how could he set up a commonplace. Although Liu Wei was reluctant to leave these old ministers, politically speaking, Liu Wei had already made plans after the death of Lu Zhi and others.

"According to Aiqing, who can hold the position of the third duke?" Liu Wei asked rhetorically.

This time, Lu Zhi was stumped, and now there are only a few old ministers left in the Han Dynasty, Zhu Jun is counted as one, Liu Yu is counted as one, Kong Rong is counted as one, and the others are all juniors, or their prestige is not enough.

Lu Zhi also said truthfully: "Zhu Jun, Liu Yu, Kong Wenju and others are all competent."

Liu Wei shook his head and said: "Old General Zhu is in Chang'an, he has always ignored government affairs, and now he is also sick in bed, I am afraid that it will not work, and Liu Yukong's integration in Qingyou is of great significance, and he can't get out." Do you have any other people to recommend? ”

"This ......" Lu Zhi was embarrassed, so he had to recommend Xun Yu, the current leader of the imperial court.

Xun Yu hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, how can Weichen He De hold the position of the third duke."

What kind of person is Xun Yu, doesn't he know that the establishment of the Ministry of Medicine, the Ministry of Commerce, and the Ministry of Agriculture is a signal for Liu Wei's restructuring? How could he go against Liu Wei, and immediately resigned. Liu Wei also followed Xun Yu's words and said: "Although Wen Ruo governs the country well, he is not qualified enough to be the third duke, according to me, this vacant position is missing, Xun Yu and Xun Yu share the three companies." When the right person is available, I am appointing a new officer. ”

Xun Yu and Uncle Xun glanced at each other, and they both came forward to receive their orders.