Chapter 22: The Pride of Tradition
Gu Ming was amused when he saw Zhang Chun's obsession with food.
This kid's aversion to selling grain is well-known in Yunlong Town. Of course, he is famous for having meat for everyone, and for having everyone eat three meals.
These two items alone make many mud-legged people yearn for the Zhang family very much.
However, there are indeed too many people in the Zhang family. This also includes Gu Ming himself.
"Mr. Gu, in fact, the taxes handed over to the imperial court in the past few years are not heavy, but the rent is heavy. The key to keeping the people clothed is land annexation. The Wu family suffered a big loss this year. We took advantage, in fact, it is land annexation, Yunlong Town is not without yeoman farmers, the Li family has it, but they are all children of the family, controlled by the family, and the number is very small. Most were sharecroppers. Some of them are simply long-term workers, similar to us. It is customary to collect more than 70% of the rent. That's why the people in the upper and lower villages are living so miserably. We only take 50% of the rent. But if you calculate, Grandpa Xiuqing's family is only more than 3,000 catties of grain. Fortunately, there are only three people in their family. There are about five people in each household in Henan Village, 3,000 catties of grain, counting summer grain, just food and clothing. It's not taxed yet, no one is sick, there's no clothes to wear. To do this, you can only save it from your mouth, how can you not eat bran vegetables? The average family in Shanglin Village is seven people, and there are eight people in the most. Twenty acres of land, just to survive, if something happens, get sick or something, it will be to the extent of selling children and daughters. ”
Gu Ming listened to Zhang Chun's slow and methodical calculations. The women who sifted through the rice seeds all had a desolate look. Reiz is also helping to pick up the grain in the sieve.
"Zhumen's wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road." Gu Ming sighed.
"That's right, but I still have to fool those old things. Because these people have all kinds of power in their hands. Zhang Chun smiled and said: "The people in the village of Zhupi are dying of hunger, why don't they rebel?" You're starving to death, what kind of rebellion are you making! A family with good wine and good meat, one person can sweep the bamboo skin to the village, Mr. Gu, do you believe it? ”
Gu Ming was silent.
"In fact, there are no heroes, heroes are eaten by eating, and well-fed bears can beat hungry heroes and can't distinguish between southeast and northwest."
Gu Ming sighed: "So the opium # soldiers of the Qing Dynasty can't win against the foreigners." ”
"Not only can't the opium # soldiers beat the foreigners, but the Boxers can't beat the opium # soldiers, except for those martial arts people, no matter where their money comes from, they can eat enough and have enough time to exercise. In order for the Boxers to be able to win the battle, they must have enough to eat, they must attack secretly, and they must not openly confront each other. But under the same conditions, a sneak attack can't steal the opium # soldiers, and it is even less comparable to the soldiers of the new army. Do you know how many people there were when Deng Guang came? There are no less than 300 people, but they can't beat Zhang Di more than a dozen people. In the end, they were all captured. In fact, there is no need to fight, let them starve for a few days, and they will all die. ”
"So you want people to eat three full meals, and you are reluctant to sell grain."
"Reluctantly, I will select these seeds, and I will raise as much as I can raise the grain output, if it can reach 400 catties, Shanglin Village will be able to mix food and clothing, and Nanzhang Village will be able to wear good clothes. If only it could reach five hundred pounds. Hehe. Zhang Chun smiled.
"Can it get to five hundred pounds?" Gu Ming asked suspiciously
"Yes, in my first year as a manager, I found that the good millet in the rice field only accounted for 20% of the whole rice field, and the yield at that time was 1780 catties. In the second year, it accounted for forty percent, and the output was about two hundred and twenty or thirty catties. This year is a little better, there are more than 300 catties. It would be better to plant a paddy field, and the yield in other paddy fields is good. ”
"How much more do you think you can improve?"
"About seven layers, I found that even the selected rice seeds are not all good. Rice seeds are one thing, but fertilizer is also important. Farmyard manure can improve soil fertility, and it has only been used for two years now, and the amount is too small, maybe a little more this year. When the fertility in the field comes up, the yield will naturally be higher. If nothing else, there is still hope for reaching 500 catties. I don't want the people in Shanglin Village to have enough to eat in three years. ”
"I know that there are some high-yield fields in the south that have this yield, so do you think it is reasonable to set the final rent at 30%?"
"Yes, Sancheng, the change of clothes in Shanglin Village can always be satisfied. But I'm afraid that it won't work for me to please the old men of the Wu family and the Li family, and I have to speak with my fists. Zhang Chun smiled faintly.
A group of twelve-year-old students from Meng Xuetang are about to graduate. They will enter the newly expanded Agronomy, Medicine and Engineering Schools.
"Everyone has learned about the habits of living things in the past few years, how important biodiversity is, and you should be able to understand that one of the most important things about Darwin's theory of evolution is natural selection, in which various organisms form a food chain and reach a balance. This kind of balance, which China can also call the way of heaven, cannot be violated, and if it is violated, it will inevitably be out of balance and will be punished. For example, frogs are natural enemies of various pests in rice fields, and bees and butterflies are able to pollinate various plants. But butterflies become insects, and insects eat the leaves of plants. But birds feed on all kinds of bugs. Birds also harm crops. We drive away birds as part of the biological balance. The goshawks on Niutou Mountain feed on birds and voles. But it also eats our chickens and ducks. When this guy grows up, even a child will take it away. Therefore, if the number of goshawks is too large, it is a scourge. But don't fight the owls of Niutou Mountain, this guy almost only eats voles. This is the Heavenly Dao, the Heavenly Dao Cycle. And we need to understand this and use this way of heaven to control pests and diseases in our crops. By the way, we all know how farmhouse fertilizer came from, and we are also very aware of the importance of farmhouse fertilizer for crops, which is also the way of heaven and part of the biological cycle. Eating, drinking, and Lazar are all part of the way of heaven. In the past, people didn't know what the cycle of the white path was, and they didn't understand what cause and effect were. What those monks talk about being kind to others and karma has some truth, but not all. That's another question, and we'll come back to that later. Therefore, the brothers and sisters who have turned 14 years old today have to go out and live alone in the Agricultural Research Institute, and what they have to do is to concretize these things, and you have to classify the plants in Niutou Mountain, Zhupi Mountain, and the fields, draw graphics, study the characteristics, and classify various insects and animals, and figure out the ins and outs. You have to manage our rice fields and see why the rice varieties we select by the selection method can increase the yield and how much it can be increased. Preaching the way of heaven is not to let my brothers and sisters become Taoist priests, but to do these practical things. Hundreds of people still have to rely on everyone to feed. ”
There was a burst of laughter from the podium. Nine men and women, who had reached the age of fifteen and had been studying for four years, sat in front. This is their graduation class, and they will all enter the agricultural school. Gu Ming and Yuan Fang also sat down and listened very carefully.
"You have a lot to do, Mr. Yuan's medical hall needs medicinal materials, you can't figure out the habits of animals and plants, and of course you can't understand the medicinal properties of animals and plants. Record your discoveries and pass them on to the next generation. That's what the dragon tasted herbs, and you are worthy of the gods. ”
There was another burst of laughter below.
"Don't laugh, what you have learned is the way of heaven, and in the future, you will protect our crops and bring us more food and more good seeds. Let thousands of people have something to eat. You are the gods. But you also have to maintain the environment of these thousands of acres, I don't let the kiln increase the yield, because it will destroy the soil and vegetation there, destroy the biological balance there, and this guy is also a big consumer of charcoal. However, it is still possible to maintain a certain amount of production. As long as it does not exceed the capacity of the environment. The farmland in Zhupi Mountain has been reduced by half, but you have planted a lot of fruit trees, let these fruits become our food, and the little princess of Lizhi will eat fruits, and work hard to eat fruits, boy. ”
Lizhi rushed to the podium amid the laughter of the fight and knocked on the head of Zhang Chun's lower waist. Then he ran down.
Zhang Chun pretended to be aggrieved and said: "You see, how pitiful I am, the beautiful little princess is going to knock me on the head, and I have to bend down." However, the little princess is happy, and it is not a reward, which is also part of the Heavenly Dao cycle. ”
Even Gu Ming laughed at this time.
"I believe everyone has a young man China saying that Mr. Liang, a coward, is hiding in Japan and will not come back. But we have to fulfill this ideal for him, do practical things, so that everyone has food to eat, meat to eat, and to strengthen their health. We are no longer the old man of East Asia, we are no longer the sick man of East Asia, and the Easterners and Westerners look down on us because we don't work hard enough. The ancestors proposed the way of heaven from Lao Tzu, and Darwin thought it was great when he made a theory of evolution. Oh, by the way, Julian, a foreign devil, seems to have come to town, and the year before last, he asked me why I looked down on the pharmacology and pathology of Western medicine. I didn't even bother to tell him, read Chinese medicine books, foreigner. The human body is a complex complex, and all kinds of organs, blood, muscles, bones, and muscles are mutually restrictive and balanced. The balance of the five elements, our body is a small world, they say that we have a lot of bacteria in our body, and we need to kill bacteria to cure diseases, but I don't tell foreign devils, these bacteria have been in our body for thousands of years, and our body has a whole defense system that can kill them. In Chinese medicine, it is called Wei Qi, the guard of defense. According to their evolutionary theory, bacteria are able to improve the defenses of our defense system. If he kills germs, the defense system will be less capable. It's a terrible thing. If Zhangjiabao's defense system is weak, it will suffer, because we don't know where the enemy comes from and how strong it is. ”
Zhang Chun took a sip of tea and continued: "However, our ancestor has a shortcoming, that is, he is vague. Traditional Chinese medicine has a whole set of theories, all of which are related to the way of heaven. The biological balance of the big world is also vaguely stated. All we have to do is get her figured out. The small world of the body should also be clarified, and the monks are also right when they say the three thousand worlds. But that's not your business, Mr. Yuan and Sister Xiu are doing these things. You little ones can join them when they grow up. Heck, I can finally say you little ones. Brother Zhang Di, go quickly, with you here, I am also a little bean ding. ”
Zhang Di is the leader of this batch of graduating teenagers, and now he is laughing so much that tears are about to come out.
"When it comes to the defense system, Mr. Gu and Mr. Yuan and Zhang Tian's brother Zhang Xiu are our defense system, defending against enemies, healing injuries and diseases, just like the body, it is the defense qi. However, Wei Qi cannot exist independently, and the acquisition of Wei Qi is based on the camp Qi. Brother Zhang Di, Zhangjiabao, Jinjiling, and the four villages are camps. It's the meridians, flesh, and bones. Without you, the body would no longer exist, would the guard still exist? To put it more broadly, this is the theoretical basis of the idea of defending the homeland and defending the country. By the way, Taoism and medicine also have the saying of spirit and spirit, and schools can teach students, which can be regarded as essence. Don't laugh so ugly, men and women, the way of family, and saints are respected. You were also born and raised by your parents. The school is the place where the strength of the country is nurtured. The institute is in God. Pay attention, refining and refining gas, refining gas and transforming gods. You have to figure out this order. Because the institute is not built on the body of so-called scholars, but on the field, the army, the medical center, and so on, and the experience gained from practice is the god of this world. That's why it's refining and refining gas, refining gas and transforming gods. It's not that I laugh at scholars, but that learning is not learning if it is not through practice, and Mr. Liang is an example. ”
Zhang Chun said with a smile: "No matter how good it is, it is better to do it well." That's why Young China said that it was up to us farmers to do it. Instead of the scholars to do it, well, I'm done slandering people. Mr. Gu must not complain to Mr. Liang, I am still a child, and there is no taboo in children's words. ”
Gu Ming pointed at Zhang Chun, who was a scoundrel, and laughed.
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