Entering September, the most important task of Lingshanwei is the sowing of winter wheat. For a long time, the main crop of Aoshanwei has been winter wheat. Whether or not we can get a bumper grain harvest in June next year depends largely on the intensity of sowing seeds this autumn. Therefore, the urban management departments of all cities did not dare to take it lightly. Dou Shanbai is the first manager of the Lingshan City Management Division, and of course he is more careful.

"The seeds have been distributed."

"According to preliminary estimates, the sown area of winter wheat is more than 240,000 mu."

"Now, all the manpower, material and financial resources are invested in the sowing of winter wheat. I have called a meeting of the stewards, deputy stewards, deacons, and supervisors of each farm, and asked them to stay in the farm all night during the sowing season. All fields must be sown in September. ”

Dou Shanbai briefed Zhang Zhun one by one.

As the manager of the Lingshan Weicheng Division, Dou Shanbai is very clear about the situation of the farm below. The operation of the farm is very smooth, and the work of Tunding is unprecedented. In the past, a person could only sow one acre of land a day, but now, a person can sow at least two acres of land in a day. With the efforts of all the tundings, most of the farms have more than seventy percent of the sown area. Therefore, he was not afraid of Zhang Zhun coming to check.

"You guys are doing a great job! If you get off to a good start, your work will be much easier in the future! ”

"240,000 acres of sowing area is good! However, it is not enough! After sowing, we must actively organize tunding and open up more fields! We will strive to sow 400,000 mu of winter wheat next autumn! The year after that, it reached 600,000 acres! The year after then, it will reach 900,000 acres! ”

Zhang Zhun said enthusiastically encouraging.

Dou Shanbai said that he would definitely work hard.

Subsequently, Dou Shanbai accompanied Zhang Zhun to inspect several farms.

The positive surnames of the military families are very high, and all the farms are a thriving landscape. Compared with the indifference of Zhang Zhun when he came to Lingshanwei last time, Zhang Zhun finally saw some pleasant smiles this time. The reason is simple, they can eat enough and can raise children. Each tunding can get two catties of grain a day, and as long as there are three tunding in the family, the income is quite good.

In fact, most families have several tunding in their homes. The leftover food for adults is enough for the children in the family. Therefore, all the children in the Tunding family are also well fed. When you are full, you will naturally smile more, and when you play, you will also be vigorous. When Zhang Zhun first arrived, he basically didn't see children playing.

Of course, relaxation is also an important reason. The news of Zhang Zhun's defeat of the Tartars in Aoshan City has gradually spread. The news of the defeat of the Tartars from Aoshan City has always become the hottest topic in Lingshan City. In the streets and alleys, after tea and dinner, there are a large number of people talking about it. Whenever someone opened the gantry array, there were always a lot of listeners around.

Many people actually don't know how Zhang Zhun and the others defeated the Tartars, and they can't have been to the scene of the battle, but this does not prevent them from giving full play to their imagination, weaving heroic stories and depicting vivid characters, attracting a large number of listeners.

Although some people's descriptions are very absurd, if you think about it, you can detect the loopholes. However, no one pondered these loopholes. All they enjoy is the thrill of defeating the Tartars. As for how the Tartars were defeated, it doesn't matter. The people of Lingshanwei are not enthusiastic about joining the army, they just need to know the results.

In the repeated after-dinner conversations, the tension and uneasiness caused by the second entry of the Tartar into the plug are rapidly dissipating. Since the Tartar was defeated in the hands of Zhang Zhun, it shows that the Tartar is not so terrible. If others can't defeat the Tartars, it means that they are not capable. Zhang Zhun was able to defeat the Tartars, which shows that Zhang Zhun has the ability.

At the same time, the fear of the imperial court is gradually disappearing. The people's minds are relatively simple, and it is easy to draw analogies about relevant people and things. For example, the imperial court is not the opponent of the Tartars, and the Tartars are not Zhang Zhun's opponents, so the imperial court is naturally not Zhang Zhun's opponents. In case the imperial court wants to kill back, it will probably be defeated by Zhang Zhun.

Since the imperial court is not Zhang Zhun's opponent, then Zhang Zhun is in Lingshanwei, and he is a stable existence. Now everyone is working in Zhang Zhun's farm, doing their own things with peace of mind, and striving for more food rewards at the end of the year, it is enough.

"My lord, this is the account book of the First Farm."

Dou Shanbai handed a thick account book to Zhang Zhun.

"Good! I'll take a closer look! ”

Zhang Zhun took the account book and looked at it carefully.

According to the statistics of the account books, the No. 1 Farm currently has a total of 9,368 acres of land and a total of 1,000 people. At present, 3,199 acres of wasteland have been reclaimed. Eleven thousand three hundred and thirty-six acres have been sown. There is not much left in the field, and it will only take two days to complete the planting.

"Well, that's good!"

"After sowing, we must continue to encourage land reclamation!"

"For the activists of reclamation, we must give generous rewards!"

Zhang Zhun looked at the account book and said encouragingly.

Due to the war and drought, many fields in Lingshanwei were originally abandoned, and only less than 200,000 acres of cultivated land remained. Now, these wastelands are gradually being reclaimed and turned into patches of arable land. In fact, these wastelands are not difficult to reclaim, as long as they are willing to invest money and build water conservancy facilities, they can be turned into arable land. It's a pity that Wang Jian, the former commander of the guard, was a miser and was not willing to invest huge sums of money in building water conservancy. And ordinary military households, without such funds, have to watch these fields be abandoned.

After Zhang Zhun took over Lingshanwei, he invested tens of thousands of taels of silver to carry out large-scale water conservancy work. A large number of canals, dams, and reservoirs have been built, and wells have been continuously drilled to provide water to those remote fields. So far, at least three to four hundred deep wells have been drilled, which has greatly increased the irrigated area of the fields. The difficulty of reclaiming wasteland has also been greatly reduced.

Among them, there is a technological invention that makes it easier to build water conservancy facilities. This technological invention is cement. Cement can be solidified in water and is not afraid of water erosion, which is a powerful tool for building water conservancy facilities. In the past, the construction of a small dam, using materials such as stone, mortar, lime, etc., took several months to complete, and the quality was not very good. Now, using stone, steel, and concrete, it can be done in just one month, and the quality is guaranteed for at least 50 years.

The most important condition for agricultural production is water. As long as the water problem is solved, other problems are not a problem. Due to the construction of water conservancy, the area of wasteland that can be reclaimed has been greatly increased. The area under the control of Lingshanwei is close to 3 million mu, and it is not a problem at all to reclaim 30 percent of this area into cultivated land. In other words, Lingshanwei can reclaim more than 900,000 acres of land in total. After all, winter wheat is far less demanding on the field than rice. Ordinary land can be cultivated as wheat fields.

In fact, in order to increase their rewards, the stewards of each farm had already organized Tunding to actively reclaim wasteland before sowing seeds. Among the 20 farms, the largest field area has exceeded 13,000 acres, and the least has more than 11,000 acres. In other words, at least 40,000 acres of land have been added in the past time. The steward of a farm has already said that the sown area of the farm under his jurisdiction next year will exceed 20,000 mu.

Of course, this figure is still a bit far from the limit of 900,000 mu. However, as long as everyone works hard, the number of fields will definitely continue to increase. Eventually, one day, the area of cultivated land will reach or even exceed 900,000 mu. Dou Shanbai said with certainty that by next autumn, it should not be a problem to sow 400,000 mu of winter wheat.

Due to the division of the farm, most of the grain harvested will be concentrated in Zhang Zhun's hands. Twenty farms, 240,000 mu of sown area, calculated according to the average yield of 300 catties per mu, will have 72 million catties of grain income next year. The consumption of 20,000 tunding, two catties of grain per person per day, plus the year-end reward, is about 20 million catties. The remaining 50 million catties of grain will all be freely disposed of by Zhang Zhun.

Fifty million catties of grain!

What is this concept?

Zhang Zhun is looking forward to the harvest next summer. I'm afraid that there are not dozens of large warehouses, so there should not be enough grain, right? As long as there is a good harvest of grain on these farms, he should not have to buy grain from outside. Even, in the future, there may be grain exports!

For Lingshanwei's farm, Zhang Zhun is really loving.

Fortunately, the people of Lingshanwei did not divide all the fields, otherwise, according to the tax of 40 catties per mu of land, 240,000 mu of land could only receive less than 10 million catties of grain at most. Compared with the 50 million catties produced by the farm, it is really too far away. It seems that there will be opportunities in the future, and we will continue to build large farms.

With a happy mood, Zhang Zhun came to the front of Xiahe Village.

What was implemented before Xiahezhai was the policy of dividing the fields and land, and all the fields were distributed to individuals. The motivation of the people naturally does not need to be described. According to Feng Yangyi's report, the family in Xiahezhai is the most active in cultivating wasteland, opening up almost 200 acres of land. Their family consisted of nine people in total, two old men, three sons, two daughters, and two daughters-in-law. The old man in the family is called Luo Laohan, and he is the most active in the entire Xiahe Village.

Zhang Zhun came to the field of this family, and sure enough, he saw a large field. A considerable part of the fields have already been sown with wheat. However, there are still many fields that have not had time to be planted. At this moment, the family is busy continuing to sow seeds. A few figures were scattered across the vast fields, and if you didn't look closely, you couldn't see anyone at all.

"Old Luo, can you be busy?"

Zhang Zhun squatted on the edge of the field, and Luo Laohan had a homely meal.

"Try your best."

Luo Laohan rarely found time to chat with Zhang Zhun.

It can be seen that Luo Laohan is indeed tired enough.

Under the production conditions at that time, it was very difficult for each person to cultivate twenty acres of land. When Zhang Zhun formulated the "Juntian Order", he had fully taken this into account. Luo Laohan and his family actually cultivated 200 acres of land, so naturally they had to get up early and be greedy for darkness, and wear the stars and the moon. Even, it is possible to eat and sleep, and it must be in the field. Otherwise, it simply won't be busy. However, Luo Laohan is not afraid of fatigue at all. Thinking that the production of these 200 acres of land is all theirs, his face full of vicissitudes is full of smiles.

According to Luo Laohan, even if there is only 300 catties of harvest per mu of land, by the time of the harvest next year, 200 mu of land will be 60,000 catties of grain. After deducting about 8,000 catties of taxes, there are still more than 50,000 catties! More than 50,000 catties of grain is absolutely astronomical for the former Luo Laohan. Moreover, the yield per mu of some fields should be more than 300 catties. In this way, Luo Laohan's family has even more grain.

At that time, meat was relatively scarce, the food structure was relatively rough, and the strong labor force needed to consume more grain. People in later generations are already very edible when they eat a pound of rice every day. But at that time, a pound of rice or a pound of flour was not enough to eat. However, even if it is calculated according to two catties of grain per person per day, the amount of grain consumed in a year is only 800 catties. Nine people, every year to support death, that is, to consume 8,000 catties.

In other words, in addition to satisfying their own food, Luo Laohan's family also has at least more than 40,000 catties (about 200 stones) of grain, which can be stored or sold. According to the market price of one tael of silver per stone, it can be sold for almost two hundred taels of silver. No wonder Luo Laohan wants to go crazy and farm the land. Two hundred taels of silver, this is a huge income they never imagined! Two hundred taels of silver, you can build a few very good brick houses.

"Elder Luo, if you have large agricultural machinery, you can be a little more relaxed and you can cultivate more land. Lower costs, more efficiency, and easier work. ”

During the conversation, Zhang Zhun said to himself.

"What agricultural machinery?"

Luo Laohan obviously didn't understand the word.

"That's it...... Help you sow and reap ......"

Zhang Zhun said as vividly as possible.

(To be continued)