[Yesterday's second shift, only now rushed out.] Let's see if we can finish today's portion on time. 】

Seeing that Wang Yi and Han Gang were going to have a long talk, Yun Niang got up again, "Sister, your third brother will talk first, and the younger sister will go to see what Niangniang has to say." As he spoke, he had to get out of the way.

"Sister, don't be in a hurry to leave, I still have something to ask my sister." Wang Yi pulled Yun Niang to prevent her from leaving, and sat down to talk together.

Seeing that Wang Yi was becoming more and more like a woman, the results of the Wang family's family education made Han Gang feel more and more at ease. If you are as sour and angry as Shen Kuo's good wife, you won't be able to stay in this house.

Han Gang didn't want to make trouble at home, so he had to step on the balance well, which was actually very sad. It's no wonder that Wang Anshi refuses to take a concubine, speaking of which, stepping on balance at home is not easier than standing in line in officialdom.

But this is also what Han Gang asked for himself. It's not that he has too many concubines—even if it's too many, it makes those officials who casually have ten or eight concubines around them laugh off their big teeth—but that he takes Yun Niang and them too seriously.

In today's world, few concubines are treated as ordinary people. It's all like goods, you can give it away if you want to give it away, and you can buy it again when you don't have it. If you are diligent, the faces of the people around you will be changed in three or four years. Sometimes, when a son is born or pregnant, he can still be sent out of his home.

For example, the famous Bao Zheng Bao Xiaosu, his son Bao Shou, was born to a concubine. Moreover, the concubine was sent home when she was pregnant. If it weren't for Bao Zheng's widowed eldest daughter-in-law, Cui, who sent someone to send money and gifts, and hugged Bao Shou back after he was born, the Bao family would really be extinct.

When Bao Zheng died, Bao Shou was only five years old, and because of Bao Zheng's posthumous watch, he was named Taichang Temple Taizhu - this official position from the Jiupin Beijing official was specially prepared for the son of the chief deacon, and the official position on the side of the king was Taichang Temple Taizhu - a few months ago, when Han Gang was still in Beijing, he talked about the youngest Beijing official in the chat, and it happened that Bao Shou was promoted to the Dali judge of the ninth grade because of Qin En, and was taken out by Wang Yan as a ready-made example.

Bao Zheng is an upright person, recognized by the world, and Bao Qingtian's name is still thunderous after a thousand years. He sent his concubine out of the house, and it cannot be said that he was at fault, and from the atmosphere and morality of today's society, there is nothing wrong with him at all.

It's just that Han Gang can't have such an idea, for Zhou Nan, Su Xin and Yun Niang, he cares from the bottom of his heart. And his wife Wang Yi, whose gentle and strong personality is also very much liked by Han Gang.

It's because it's in your heart, so you naturally have to worry about it. Only when there is no lingering heart can you calmly handle affairs, which is the realm of no desire and rigidity - you can't do it to your own family Han Gang.

Fortunately, the four girls are very peaceful, and they also know that Han Gang will not like them to be jealous, and they may have their own ideas in their hearts, but they can still be humble and considerate for the sake of their beloved. The things at home did not take up too much of Han Gang's energy.

Now he is concerned about how Gongzhou, the core of Xihe Road, should deal with the affairs of Tuntian. The harvest of summer grain is more important than the expansion of territory. In order to achieve long-term development, cotton-based cash crops are more important.

It's just that Han Qianliu can see the archives, but Han Gang can't see them. He is no longer an official of Xihe Road, and some data must be found by Han Qianliu.

From Han Qianliu's mouth, Han Gang heard about this year's summer grain production. It was much better than he expected. His father does have a hand in farming - this has been recognized by the people up and down Xihe Road, and even won the appointment of the Son of Heaven and Zai Xin - Speaking of which, there are many old farmers who are good at planting, but only Han Qianliu is lucky enough to get this position.

This year's grain harvest in Gongzhou has exceeded 300,000 stones, and it is going to 400,000 stones. For a border prefecture that has only been officially developed for three years, this number is definitely a lot.

However, these incomes are not included in the standing position. Although it does not include the production of wasteland reclaimed by immigrants, even if it is official land, only half of it can be put into storage, and the rest must be kept by tenants and settlers, and there is never a reason to swallow it all. Moreover, although there are more and more fields being cultivated, because the manpower cannot keep up with the needs, it cannot be carefully managed, and the average grain yield per mu is only a little more than one stone, which is lower than at the beginning.

The rations that can really be put into the regular position are only around 150,000 stones. The soldiers who go into battle to fight consume at least 400 catties of food a year. Horses have three or four times the appetite for food than ordinary soldiers, in addition to needing twice as much forage. To supply the daily consumption of 23,000 permanent troops and more than 3,800 military horses on Xihe Road, 150,000 stone can meet about 70%.

In addition, we must not forget that a quarter of these soldiers moved their families to Xihe, and they also had to eat, although they used military salaries to buy food, not provided by the government for free, but the food they ate was still real, and it came from this road.

In this way, the annual income of Chang Ping is at least 200,000 stone to be enough to guarantee the bottom. And if you want to prepare for famine and military affairs, you must reach 300,000 stones. Fortunately, the reclaimed fields will become so-called ripe fields in a few years, and as long as they are properly managed, they may not be worse than the Baiqu in Guanzhong in the future.

In the evening, after the family had dinner, Han Gang sat in his parents' yard. Drinking chilled honey wine, while enjoying the mountain breeze at night, he talked with Han Qianliu about agricultural production on the road. Han Ah Li took Han Gang's four wives and concubines to fly needles and threads on the side, preparing autumn and winter clothes for the two children - even if it is a rich family, female celebrities cannot be lost.

“…… In the child's idea, it is best to implement the rotation of the field, and leave the land once every two or three years, so as not to lack the soil and the harvest will be less and less after the last crop. Han Gang did not want to continue to expand the area of reclamation, and he had long understood the truth of sharpening his knife and cutting wood, "The fallow land is not left to be barren, and some alfalfa is planted, which is the forage that can fertilize the field." ”

Hearing Han Gang say this, Han Qianliu was very surprised: "I don't see the third brother, you go to the field, when did you know that the field is going to be rotated?!" ”

"From ancient books." Then Wang Yi, who had doubts in his eyes, added, "It's "Qi Min's Technique." ”

Crop rotation is an ancient method that has been practiced since ancient times. Divide the field into four pieces and rest every three years; Or divide it into three pieces, and rest every two years. At the same time, on the fallow land, plant some legumes to fertilize the fields. This is the common sense of the world, during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Northern Qi Dynasty Jia Siqian compiled the agricultural masterpiece "Qi Min Technique", there is a detailed record.

Han Gang had heard of the truth that leguminous plants could fertilize fields in his previous life, and he also found evidence of the "Qi Min Technique" he bought in Beijing. However, Jia Siqian said that the 'method of Meitian' is based on mung beans, followed by flax and adzuki beans, and Han Gang does not know whether Lu Dao is suitable for growing alfalfa on this land in Gongzhou.

If alfalfa is involved in crop rotation, not only can the feeding of military horses reduce food consumption, but also have enough benefits for the strengthening and maintenance of land fertility. Besides, alfalfa can also be used as a ration when necessary. Although the taste will not be good, the nutrition will not be too far behind, and it can still fill the stomach.

In the past, due to the shortage of fields in Gongzhou, Han Gang did not mention this matter. But now the situation has changed, and the fields are more than the current number of people can take care of them, which gives the rotation system plenty of room to grow. Farming according to authoritative agricultural books such as "Qi Min Yaoshu", even if it seems that the fields are not all used for food, they can still stop everyone's mouths.

"Daddy can also know the farming methods in the Taoist book, the child really didn't expect it." Han Gang smiled and patted his father's ass, he did a good job.

Han Qianliu shook his head and smiled without saying a word.

"Didn't your father say you wouldn't go to the fields?" Han Ah Li stopped the needlework in his hand and said to his son, "When there were more than 100 acres of land in the family, do you think your father and your eldest brother could take care of it?" He was divided into three pieces and ploughed. ”

Han Gang opened his mouth and stammered, the fields at home turned out to be crop rotation?

Su Xin and Zhou Nan, who were sewing clothes together, turned their backs and covered their mouths to laugh, and it was rare to see Han Gang making a mistake and being picked out.

"Yun Niang......" Han Gang turned his head to ask his child daughter-in-law who had been at home for ten years.

Han Yunniang also pursed her lips and nodded with a smile. She has been at home since she was a child, and unlike Han Gang's predecessor, she only needs to study and ignore household chores, and she has to go to the field to pick up wheat when she is busy with farming. In the old days, the family farming was much clearer than Han Gang.

Han Gang sighed, his predecessor was really focused on books, and he didn't know anything about his family. But that's okay, since an old farmer like Han Qianliu knows the benefits of the rotation system and has also practiced it, it will be easy to promote.

"Try alfalfa this year, you can report in the name of providing forage for military horses." Han Gang said, "The newly cultivated land was used to grow grain, and the first field was replaced with alfalfa. ”

"It's a little too rushed." Han Qianliu shook his head at his son's opinion, "It's okay to be soybeans, alfalfa has never been planted in the past, and I don't know the habits of the Dao." It's still the same as a cotton field, try to plant for a year or two first, and after you are familiar with your temperament, it's not too late to plant more. ”

"What Daddy said is that the child is too anxious." Han Qianliu is an expert in farming, and Han Gang humbly accepted it, "Just follow what Daddy said." ”

can make his son happy and surrender, Han Qianliu is a little proud, "Brother Yi will come back tomorrow, he has been delayed in Qinzhou for a few days, and he should have discussed it with several families in Qinzhou." Dealing with those profiteers is a matter of tongue, and the matter of the weaving workshop should also be summed up carefully. ”

Han Gang smiled, "Don't worry, the cotton fields are all controlled in your hands, and when it comes to the picking season, you have to rely on a lot of manpower, and the advantages are all on this side, who can fight for it?" However, it cannot be monopolized, each family has a profit, and it is a long-term plan to achieve a win-win situation. ”