Chapter 61 Autumn in the Western Suburbs
Wait for the cool breeze to arrive; The second candidate is Bai Lusheng; Three chilling cicadas. The beginning of autumn said, the wind and said beautiful, the autumn is high and refreshing, Emperor Jing and the prince Liu Che welcome the autumn in the western suburbs, and sacrifice the white emperor to harvest.
After the sacrifice, Emperor Jing sat on the chairman of the Taimiao Yuntai, with a lot of interest and a smile on his face. As the saying goes, "the beginning of autumn is sunny, the farmer does not exert himself", the beginning of autumn said that if the weather is clear, the wind and rain will be smooth, and there will be no worries about drought and flood in farming, and you can sit and wait for a bumper harvest. As an emperor who lives with the people, Emperor Jing is sincerely happy for the people.
Taichangqing Liu Wei is even more red-faced, too often in charge of temple affairs, generally does not participate in administrative affairs, he has not had a few opportunities to show his face throughout the year, today he naturally has to behave well, and it is good to be familiar in front of the emperor.
After obtaining the emperor's consent, Liu Xiao waved his hand and signaled that the sacrificial music would be played. Of course, Taile Ling will not drop the chain to the boss, and ordered the musicians to play the ancient song "Xihao" of the Zhou Dynasty, and the singers sang along with the song, and sixty-four musicians (dancers) from eight hundred and eight columns also danced one after another, which was the ancient dance "Giving Life".
The emperor and the ministers watched it with relish, but Liu Che, who was sitting on the right side of Emperor Jing, yawned for a long time. Although he knew that this was the classical culture of the Chinese nation and should be respected, he really couldn't arouse his interest. Especially from the Yang Palace, nearly 10,000 of the autumn greeting team, even the emperor and the prince have to wear white linen, and the accompanying singers continue to sing strange ancient songs, which makes Liu Che, a person in later generations, feel numb, why do you have to wear linen and filial piety, it is really unlucky.
In order to prepare the tribute to the temple, Emperor Jing also entered the garden outside the temple and shot a strong bison alone, indicating that he would come to the autumn to show his martial arts. When Liu Che saw Emperor Jing slowly walking out of the garden with a bucket-sized bison head, he almost fainted with joy. It's so shameless! This acting has to be a bit of a score, right? With a bow and a thick-backed sword, you can kill such a bison in half an hour alone? It would have taken more than half an hour to cut off the head of the bull.
And seeing Emperor Jing's fluttering white clothes and the appearance of a fairy who is spotless, the ministers not only did not show the slightest puzzled look, but climbed the mountain and shouted long live, Your Majesty is mighty. Liu Che felt that they were more shameless than the emperor's father, and those who played politics were always like this bird, but Liu Che felt that he would have to retain a trace of his human appearance in the future, so he would become a half-human and half-bird creature, referred to as Birdman.
Liu Che, who was really bored, had to squint his eyes and wander out of the world. The rice in the experimental field at the foot of Nanshan should be harvested soon, right? In order to improve the uniformity of seeds and facilitate the cultivation of strong seedlings, it is almost a matter of ordering the selection of seeds one by one, and the grains are huge and full. Seed disinfection is a waste of great effort, lime water, plant ash, copper sulfate solution, the existing means suitable for soaking seeds are used.
After all, Liu Che had never done farm work in his life, and it was not easy to translate the theories he got from the book into practice. Fortunately, there are a few old gardeners in the Imperial Garden, who were also from a farmer's family in the past, and are proficient in nursery breeding. At the beginning of spring this year, several people were sent to the agricultural college of the orphan's inner courtyard to be gentlemen, and they also engaged in 100 acres of experimental fields.
The current yield of rice may not be as good as that of corn and wheat, but Liu Che knows that after the advent of hybrid rice, rice will become the most important source of food for the Chinese nation. However, it is not easy to promote rice in Guanzhong, and compared to corn and wheat, rice requires too much water. Unless Liu Che can find wild upland rice seeds for cultivation, upland rice seeds have more aerobic demand and stronger water absorption when germinating, and less water demand, which is very suitable for planting in Guanzhong. Most of today's upland rice varieties are in Southeast Asia and South Asia, and the most likely place to get them is in South Vietnam.
The Nanyue Kingdom was established when the Qin Dynasty was about to fall, and was established by Zhao Tuo, the commander of Nanhai County, after annexing Guilin County and Xiang County. After the establishment of the Han Dynasty, Zhao Tuo declared himself a vassal to the Han Dynasty, and sent people to Chang'an to meet the Han Emperor in the spring and autumn every year, and accepted the orders of the Han Emperor like a prince. But in South Vietnam, Zhao Tuo still continued to use the name of emperor.
Now Zhao Tuo is ninety years old, even in the Jingdi Dynasty, where the average life expectancy is more than 70 years old, it is a rare high life. (Do not doubt that the early Han Dynasty was the era with the highest life expectancy in Chinese history, and the average life expectancy of the new China in the 21st century returned to the level of the Jingdi Dynasty.) Liu Che also knew that Zhao Tuo in history finally lived to be more than a hundred years old, not only survived all his opponents, but even the grandsons of his opponents died. In a sense, he was the one who really had the last laugh during the Qin and Han dynasties.
Now that the emperor of Nanyue is far away, and he occupies the mountain as the king, Liu Che really has more than enough heart and insufficient strength. But he has secretly made up his mind to get rid of Zhao Tuo as soon as possible. Upland rice is too important to be related to a series of future layouts. Without enough food, there will be no way to carry out population growth plans, there will not be enough troops for foreign conquests, and there will not be enough human resources for internal development. Liu Che did not consider sending people to infiltrate the country of Nanyue to find wild rice seeds, but it was whimsical to plant wild rice seeds directly in Guanzhong. The huge climatic difference cannot be overcome in a moment, and it must be cultivated on the spot first, and the varieties that are suitable for transplantation can only be planted in Guanzhong. In YY's novel, the miracle that you can plant a few acres of fertile land with a bag of seeds, Liu Che thinks that he does not have such a dazzling halo of the protagonist.
It wasn't until the head was west that the twilight drum of Chang'an City came from afar, and the singing and dancing in the temple ended and drove back to the palace. Liu Che really couldn't understand why the same song and dance could be tossed over and over again for several hours, and the emperor's father and the ministers were still happy. In later generations, which concert dares to fool the audience like this, the eight generations of ancestors have long been pulled out by angry netizens and turned a hundred and eighty times.
"Che'er, it's another bumper harvest year, look at the golden land, your credit is not small." On top of the dragon chariot, Emperor Jing looked at the endless golden corn fields in front of him, and happily patted Liu Che's back.
Liu Che was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then reacted, and said with a smile: "The father and the emperor praised it falsely, the son is just offering a small cocoon, and all this in front of him still depends on the father and the people's livelihood, and the people use their lives, how can the little means of the sons and daughters be credited." ”
Emperor Jing didn't speak, but his face blossomed. No matter how wise and martial the emperor is, he loves to listen to sycophants, not to mention that what Liu Che said is also true. Emperor Jing has been on the throne for more than eight years, and the Han Empire is full of warehouses, the treasury is full, and he has made great contributions to thrift and love the people.
Liu Che thought for a while and continued: "Now that the yield per mu of fertile land is only two stones, Erchen may have some methods to increase the yield per mu a lot. ”
"Oh?" When Emperor Jing heard this, his eyes lit up, and he became interested, he knew that his son would never be untargeted, and he would never fool him if he was not a little sure.
"Does my father know that his son has built a workshop in Shaofu?"
Emperor Jing nodded, Liu Che made such a big move, how could he not know. Shaofuqing Chen Yu was even more insincere, and complained to Emperor Jing several times, in the face of this loyal servant of the three dynasties, Emperor Jing could only say good words to consol, but did not intervene in Liu Che. Seizing the opportunity at this time, Emperor Jing pinched his beard and quipped: "Well, I heard Chen Shaofu say that he almost told the old man to return to his hometown." ”
Liu Che's face was slightly red when he heard this, he was indeed a little anxious at that time, and he was not kind enough, so he quickly changed the topic: "The chemical workshop can produce a thing called sulfuric acid, with sulfuric acid, you can make chemical fertilizer, which can help the growth of grains more than the filth discharged by humans and animals." ”
"Oh? What else is the effect of the naraushzi fertilizer you are talking about? It's just that your small workshop, I'm afraid it won't be able to supply much land? Emperor Jing asked suspiciously, although he didn't do farming, but he attached great importance to agriculture, of course he knew that the grain with manure would grow better, but how much manure a farmer could pull in a year was not enough to water half an acre of field.
"Father doesn't need to worry, the amount of fertilizer is very small, one acre of field, only one bucket of fertilizer per year is enough, too much. Although the workshop is small, the output is amazingly high, and there is a surplus of 100,000 stone fertilizers. As for the efficacy, Erchen had already ordered people to select part of the official field of the orphanage to apply it, although it only took a few months, the growth of millet seedlings in the field was much better than that of the surrounding fields, and when the autumn harvest came, you could know the yield per mu. ”
Liu Che replied confidently that although he does not know how to farm, as a master of the Department of Chemical Engineering, he is still certain about the efficacy of sulfuric acid fertilizers. In addition to changing the pH of the soil, ferrous sulfate also provides iron supplementation to plants. The compound fertilizer of ammonia sulfate and potassium sulfate is a good thing that can supplement nitrogen and potassium. As long as the dosage is reasonable, it is already the most conservative estimate to increase the yield per mu by half, after all, the yield per mu in the early Han Dynasty was only two stones, which was less than a quarter of the average corn in later generations, let alone hybrid rice seeds.
"Good! Good! Good! Emperor Jing praised three times in a row, he knew that Liu Che never dared to be unsure, and there was no need to deceive him, millions of acres of fertile land increased production, but it was a great event, and he couldn't help laughing and said: "If it is really as the emperor said, it is really a miraculous feat, and it is really a great man blessed by God!" At the time of the autumn harvest, I will definitely go with the emperor to see this auspicious thing that blesses all the people! ”
After speaking, he was afraid that he would forget it, so he quickly asked Sun Quan, the eunuch of the palm print, to write it down, and he must remind him when the time comes, and Sun Quan will naturally bow down and agree. In fact, even if Emperor Jing doesn't command, Sun Quan will remind him when he arrives, the inner servants on the side of the long-term companion, how can he not tell what the emperor values?
After a while, Sun Quan went out to deliver the decree that His Majesty would hold a banquet in the main hall of Weiyang tonight and drink with the ministers all night. The ministers couldn't help but look at each other, when did this stingy emperor become so generous? In the past, when the state affairs were occasionally busy, and the time of the next dynasty was missed, Emperor Jing left his courtiers to eat in Weiyang Palace, and he only served a coarse tea and light rice with three dishes and one soup. Today, His Majesty will take the initiative to propose a big banquet for the ministers, what kind of joy has he encountered? You must know that after the autumn ceremony in previous years, His Majesty drove the ministers back to their homes for dinner.
In short, Emperor Jing, who was generous once in a while, made the ministers struggle with their brains and turned white.
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