On 4 May, Yang Bo inspected Guashan Fort, which is located 10 miles north of Lushun, accompanied by a large number of relevant personnel from various departments, and a company of the 3rd Battalion of the Panshi Brigade was stationed at Guashan Fort, and the battalion commander Qiu Guang, instructor Zeng Debiao, and military discipline officer Yang Ming did not dare to slack off, and rushed to Guashan Fort ahead of schedule with the guards of the staff general's chamber to arrange vigilance related affairs.

Guashan Fort is a brick fort built last year, the circumference is two and a half miles, the fort is home to four hundred and eight displaced people, plus three companies of soldiers and horses, Guashan Fort can be regarded as the first fort outside Lushun, and the defensive equipment in the fort is also more than other forts, but to the disappointment of the battalion commander Qiu Guang and the tun commander Li Zhongren, the adults brought a group of people did not enter the fort at all, but went straight to the agricultural demonstration planting area outside the fort......

On the same day, under the instruction of Yang Bo, eight veteran candidates were selected, including Yang Bo, Bi Fangji, Tie Niu, Xiao Mochou, Zhang Dabao, He Jiu, Han Yan'er, Han Cai'e Eight people, Yang Bo was extremely disappointed after getting the list, and said to Wang Xiaoyu, who presided over the election: "Let them be re-elected"

In this way, the first election in the history of the empire, which was repeatedly criticized, was completed under the strong manipulation of Yang Bo, and the final eight people elected were Bi Fangji (church), Tie Niu (military), Han Yan'er (civil affairs), Zhang Shixiong (justice), Han Cai'e (women), Tang Ruowang (science and technology and industry), Jin Changgui (business representative), and Han Yourong (civilian representative).

Among them, Jin Changgui, the shopkeeper of the representative Xie Bai Trading Company, and Han Yourong, the third uncle of Mao Jiatun, did not have enough prestige in the eyes of everyone, and they barely passed after Yang Bo's intervention. The Ministry of Participation and Political Affairs has been officially formed, and the next time is for them to perform on stage.

Only Zhang Shixiong hesitated in his heart, and the status of the Senate was respected. The power is very large, Yang Bo personally nominated him to join as a judicial representative, which is definitely a great honor for Zhang Shixiong, who only served in Chongzhen's six years, but the condition is that he must quit the army to join the Senate, this choice makes him very disappointed......

Yang Bo came to this somewhat remote, small farm-like base surrounded by everyone. Outside the gate, there were four heavily armed peasant soldiers standing guard, probably knowing that Yang Bo and the others were coming, and their military posture was more standard than that of the soldiers. Yang Bo looked at the sign (Guashan Agricultural Demonstration Farm) hanging on the iron gate and smiled slightly. Zhang Fengjin, the tun secretary next to him, hurriedly introduced: "My lord, the bricks used in this farm are all fired by themselves, and it is really inconvenient to pull them from Lushun, the farm covers an area of more than 80 acres. At present, there are more than 50 veteran farmers who have been transferred from various places. There are also more than ten instructors from Tuntian Division, well, it's that one who takes the lead, that horse."

Ma Xinyi, who was planting high-yield crops, squeezed in and said, "Adult, little man Ma Xinyi"

Yang Bo nodded, looked at Ma Xinyi, who looked like a middle-aged old farmer, and said, "Take me to have a look."

When the group walked into the farm under the leadership of Ma Xinyi, Ma Xinyi pointed to the rows of poles by the river and said: "These lands are where high-yield crops are grown, and we have erected two windmills here. Used as irrigation. ”

This farm was built at the behest of Yang Bo, due to the busyness of things. It was the first time he came to inspect the results, Yang Bo took a closer look, most of the land is raw land, but it is also neat under the picking up of these old farmers, there is no stone branch to be seen, the soil is carefully broken, and the color is darker than other places, obviously after many fertile fields, there are some green seedlings in the field that have stubbornly emerged, Yang Bo came today to hope to help them pull out the seedlings with his experience in half a claw.

"These are wheat, and this year's goal is to increase the yield through intensive farming, and it is estimated that we can harvest three stones per acre," Ma Xinyi said with some confidence.

Yang Bo shook his head in his heart, but there was no expression on his face, he squatted down and looked at these seedlings carefully, and copied a handful of soil in the palm of his hand to watch carefully.

"Why are these seedlings so little apart?" Yang Bo, who had no planting experience, asked Ma Xinyi curiously

Ma Xinyi was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "Adults don't know, the land in southern Liaoning is barren and the fertility is not enough, in this case, it is necessary to plant densely in order to increase the yield, if the fertility is enough, then the sparse planting is good."

"Oh"

Yang Bo suddenly realized, nodded, got up and walked towards the next field, Ma Xinyi introduced: "The alfalfa planted here is recommended by local experienced old farmers, this kind of forage is cold-resistant, easy to plant, can be used as forage for animal husbandry, and planting alfalfa can also fertilize the field, in one fell swoop." Our plan is to start trial planting in 18 tunpu in Lushun and promote planting to other tunpu in the future. ”

Yang Bo nodded, alfalfa can be planted in a large area to solve the problem of horse forage, which is very helpful to break the bottleneck of the number of cavalry.

Ma Xinyi said: "It's just that this alfalfa has been planted for a long time, and it can only be supplied to the army in a short period of time." ”

Yang Bo turned his back to the next field, speaking of which, there is still a lack of fertilizer, the amount of farmhouse fertilizer is large, but the fertilizer efficiency is very low, so what is the composition of compound fertilizer in later generations?

At this moment, Yang Bo was shocked, and suddenly remembered a few words that his grandfather's generation often said: "...... There are three treasures in farming, nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium. ”

When everyone saw Yang Bo suddenly stop on the road, they didn't know what he was looking at, so they all stood behind and didn't dare to make a sound.

Yang Bo gestured to Xiao Wu, Xiao Wu took out a charcoal pen and paper from his backpack and handed it over, Yang Bo wrote something on the paper, and then got up and beckoned everyone: "Let's go, continue to look at the next field"

"These three acres are planted with tobacco leaves and grass...... Ma Xinyi pointed to the field with some embarrassment and said, everyone looked at it, the field was bare, and there was nothing.

Yang Bo squatted down, ignoring the stench of the field, he carefully pulled a few times, and the yellow-brown tobacco seeds in the land showed no signs of germination at all.

"The tobacco seedlings planted in Jimo are already so tall," Ma Xinyi gestured with his hand, and said, "Maybe southern Liaoning is not suitable for growing tobacco leaves."

Yang Bo nodded and didn't say anything, but carefully buried the seeds back, took the pen and paper and wrote "temperature." The word "sunshine", tobacco is native to South America, and the trial planting in Daming has been successful. However, the southern Liaoning region has not heard of a precedent for successful trial planting. Tobacco is one of the fist products that Yang Bo intends to dump in North Korea and Houjin, as early as the Wanli period Liaodong has the habit of smoking tobacco, whether it is the Ming Kingdom, Houjin or North Korea, many people are very fond of this kind of thing that can relieve fatigue, Yang Bo plans to build a new paper mill if it can solve the problem of rolling paper burning rate, due to a wide audience. Cigarettes and high-grade liquor will become the most lucrative industries in Lushun, and glassware and table clocks will instead be at the back of the line, just ......

Yang Bo sighed. Get up and walk to the next piece of land.

"These plots of land are planted," Ma Xinyi leaned down and looked at a wooden sign inserted in the field: "Sweet, beets"

Yang Bo knew in his heart that Gao Hongzhong sent someone to buy these beet seeds from the Dutch. Most of the farm's crops were bought back that time. It seems that sugar beet is more suitable for this climate, and can also adapt to the coastal soil environment with high salinity, the red and green leaves in these beet beds are luxuriant, and the growth is gratifying, sugar beet is a tuber plant, which can be used as food for people, can feed cattle, sheep and horses, and is also one of the important raw materials for sugar production.

The crops in the next few fields knew at a glance that the prospects were not good. The leaves are yellowish and thin. Most of them fell off, and without Ma Xinyi opening his mouth, Yang Bo had already seen the sign that read: "Sweet potato"

Yang Bo dug up a plant by hand, sure enough, this yellow and thin seedling, or sweet potato rhizome has begun to shrank and rot in half, and the potato nuggets are pitiful, according to this momentum, it can't survive at all, Yang Bo remembers that sweet potatoes are not picky about soil quality, and they are also suitable for planting in saline-alkali land, plus the planting areas are all by the river, there will be no lack of irrigation, in addition to the water and soil adaptation, it seems that sweet potatoes still can't adapt to the climate and environment here.

In other words, in May, southern Liaoning has not yet left the seedling stage and entered the leaf stage, so this year's maturity may not be expected, this season's planting can be said to have failed, potato is a low-temperature crop, cold-resistant, acid-alkali resistant, is one of Yang Bo's most confident high-yield crops, but the current situation makes him disappointed. The surrounding Ma Xinyi and those old farmers were also helpless, the so-called precision cultivation could not solve the dilemma of low yield of these crops, and they didn't know where the reason was, and everyone's eyes were a little evasive for a while.

Next, Yang Bo also inspected sugarcane, peppers and other crops, more or less there were some problems, but seeing that Yang Bo was silent, there was no blame on his face, as the chief officer of the high-yield crop planting demonstration office, Ma Xinyi, put down his hanging heart a little.

Shi Xingbiao, the chief officer of the Fisheries and Poultry Breeding Demonstration Office, took over the introduction of the task, and he pointed to the river and said, "My lord, let's go and see the results of raising grass carp in bamboo boxes"

Many people present are still the first time to hear about this method of feeding, are interested, under the leadership of Shi Xingbiao, everyone came to the river, this is a small river in the north-south direction, the width is about 20 steps, the two sections of the river are built with fired bricks to form a dam, the dam two sections of the opening drainage, a large wooden row is built in the middle, a group of people are working together to twist a huge bamboo box with a winch, Yang Bo and others just arrived at the edge of the wooden row, and heard the sound of the fish slapping in the water.

"Inspired by adults, we made this kind of terrarium, selected fresh bamboo chips as the skeleton, selected one or two size fry, and put about 200 fry in each cage, these fry have been stocked for more than a month, and I just want to know how much the fry have grown up now." Shi Xingbiao was overjoyed when he saw that the fish in the cage that was about to leave the water splashed in all directions.

"Lord Shi, why don't you just put the fry in the dam, and why bother to clean up these cages?" Someone asked.

Shi Xingbiao looked at Yang Bo and replied patiently: "Cage cage breeding is to lay the foundation for future marine fish breeding, adults said, cage feeding is more adaptable than pond stocking, faster growth, shorter adult fish cycle, let's catch a few in the dam for a while to compare it." ”

With the shouts of several farmers, the tank finally came out of the water, countless splashes scattered in the sun, and the fish in the tank swung their tails vigorously, and the sound of slapping was clearly audible.

Shi Xingbiao ran forward, untied the rope on the cage box, opened the lid and buckled the mouth of a fish from the inside, handed it to Xiao Wu, and reached out to grab a few and handed them to everyone. I mentioned it again, and the weight was about half a catty, and the length of the fish body was about the size of a palm.

Shi Xingbiao said: "The villain used to raise fish. This kind of grass carp grows fast, not picky eater, plus this cage cage culture, the villain is estimated to grow to about one pound in half a year, two years can reach six or seven pounds, at present, Lushun near the sea, the riverside of the Tunpu are breeding, a total of more than 30,000 grass carp. There are thousands of groupers, and the villain estimates that by the end of the year, the fish on our dinner table will not have to worry."

The words made everyone smile. Soon, a man hurriedly walked up and handed over a grass carp stocked in the dam, and everyone compared. Immediately understood the benefits of cage farming.

"What feed do you feed on weekdays?" Yang Bo asked with concern

"Aquatic weeds. Earthworms, maggots, and at most chicken manure, duck manure, pig manure, etc.

Yang Bo nodded and advised: "After the sugarcane and sugar beets are harvested, those leaves can be fed." The eggshell can also be added when it is ground, and the water quality in the breeding pond should be paid attention to on weekdays. When you see duckweed on the water surface, it means that the water is too fertile, and you need to increase the amount of water exchange. ”

Shi Xingbiao nodded, recorded Yang Bo's words, and said, "My lord, I must try the fish we raised ourselves tonight." ”

Yang Bo laughed, nodded and said: "That's natural, you have to pay attention to the breeding experience, precautions are recorded, this is not enough, but also let all the farmers in Tunpu master these techniques, this is the role of your demonstration office." ”

At that moment, Ma Xinyi, Shi Xingbiao and others all bowed down and said: "Yes!" ”

There was a rattling sound from the river in the distance, Yang Bo raised his eyes and saw that a large area of grass by the river was surrounded by a bamboo fence, Shi Xingbiao said proudly: "That's the ducks we breed, there are ten such fence duck sheds by the river, there are more than 300 ducks in each place, please ...... here."

Yang Bo listened to Shi Xingbiao's report as he walked.

"We have applied for five hundred kinds of chicken breeding duck funds this year, and we are ready to wait for the chickens and ducks to lay eggs, and after hatching, they will be promoted to all Tunpu breeding next year, but, but the finance department has not fully approved it, only half of it has been approved, and the villain inquired about it, saying that Miss Xiao was stuck after the audit" Shi Xingbiao whispered

Yang Bo nodded: "I can't help this, the Finance Department is responsible for the expenditure accounting of all projects, and silver must be used everywhere, you are hard, as long as you survive for half a year, won't the quantity limit be solved?" ”

Shi Xingbiao shook his head and said: "Adults don't know, as long as this chicken and duck are taken care of, not only the time is short, the fat grows fast, and there is not much feed, I have ten duck sheds here, as long as two or three people take care of it every day, it is much better than raising pigs and cattle, the villain means, it is better to reduce the input of other livestock, and increase the scale of chicken and duck breeding." ”

Yang Bo thought for a while, shook his head and said: "It's not possible, raising chickens and ducks is fast, but in case of a plague or something, it will be a piece of death, and your poultry breeding demonstration office, the core role is not to decide what livestock to raise, but to master the breeding technology as soon as possible, and then promote it, and then I will summarize a method of artificial incubation for you later, you follow the experiment, see if you can solve the problem of scale." ”

The fence is not high, everyone can see the situation inside when they go to the side, many ducks are leisurely looking for food in the grass by the river, and there are many floating on the river, from time to time into the water to peck out screws, fish and shrimp and other food, according to Shi Xingbiao, these duck seedlings are bought back from the Dengzhou area, and some were lost when they were transported back, but after adapting to the environment here, the growth is much faster, these ducks are all majestic and majestic, but the fluff that has not yet been cleaned has allowed some unlucky eggs to get rid of the miserable situation of serving the table tonight.

"Raising ducks and geese is inseparable from water, and the smell of duck eggs is relatively strong, so it is not as easy to promote as raising chickens, but after it is scaled, it is also a food guarantee for tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Lushun, isn't it?" Compared with Ma Xinyi and others in the high-yield crop planting department, the people in the fishery and poultry breeding department were much more energetic, and Shi Xingbiao's voice was much louder than Ma Xinyi's.

Yang Bo was noncommittal, and said: "There are few duck plagues, but it should not be taken lightly, and the duck shed is located at the water's edge, pay attention to the summer flood disaster, the fence is strong, let's go, let's go and see the chicken farm." ”

Seeing the results of the farm, Yang Bo swept away the depression just now, he as a traverser actually did not master much advanced technology in later generations, the key is a matter of concept, with advanced ideas can shorten the process of their independent exploration, even if it is implemented in a dictatorial way, this farm that embodies a lot of his efforts is the place to test this sentence.

Yang Bo said, everyone nodded and recorded with charcoal, this situation made Yang Bo feel very similar to the picture of the three fat soldiers of North Korea inspecting the army in later generations......

"I just heard from them that the bricks used in this farm were fired by yourself?" Yang Bo asked with interest.

"When I go back to my lord's words, I make them all by myself," Zhang Fengjin, the secretary of the Tun Affairs Department, finally found a chance to answer.

Yang Bo nodded and said: "I'm going to go to the brick kiln later, since there are materials, it's simple, you build a kiln, as long as the temperature of the kiln is maintained, the problem of hatching eggs is not difficult, the key is that you have to test it first, master the best temperature for hatching, this is not difficult, right?" ”

"Chickens hatch eggs, eggs hatch chickens, are you worried that you can't scale it? With the base, and then launch the manual cycle a few times, I'm afraid that you can't get feed, hot kang eggs in addition to temperature, I remember what humidity, ventilation requirements, you try a few more times, as soon as possible, I want Anton Wei, Jimo, Lushun, and the people of Tunpu can breed their own homes, to solve the problem of insufficient daily protein. ”

After Shi Xingbiao finished recording, he asked carefully: "My lord, what is humidity?" ”

Yang Bo scratched his head and explained: "Remember to put a few buckets of water in the brick kiln, but I can't tell the details for a while. ”

There are two kinds of chicken coops according to Yang Bo's instructions, one is made of bamboo cages, similar to the scale of breeding in later generations, in front of the bamboo cage is a row of straight troughs, and a sink is placed, these chickens have no space to move, except for eating and sleeping.

"According to the requirements of adults, feed three times a day, compared to free-range breeders, these chickens grow very fast, and they can be released in about two and a half months" Shi Xingbiao finished speaking, and then turned his head and ordered the people below to catch a free-range chicken to compare.

The chicken coop stinks, everyone can't help frowning, Yang Bo suddenly doesn't see it, and carefully looks at the environment of the chicken coop.

"Too much density"

Yang Bo shook his head and asked, "How many times a day do you clean, and the smell is so strong?" ”

Shi Xingbiao didn't dare to hide it: "Once in the evening, once in the morning"

"Sweep again at noon, the bottom of the cage should also be cleaned, this kind of breeding is most afraid of the plague, you remember one point, the plague is largely related to unclean, you can also use quicklime to soak in water, and then used for disinfection, the chicken coop should pay attention to ventilation, someone should patrol every day, find diarrhea, lack of energy chickens to immediately take out the isolation and observation......"

Everyone listened attentively, even forgot the smell, they didn't know why Yang Bo knew so much, many things even experienced old farmers don't understand, of course they don't know, Yang Bo since the large-scale breeding of broilers in Maojiatun failed, calm down and summed up many reasons for failure, these are the experience bought with silver.

At this moment, the free-range chicken was caught, Shi Xingbiao reached out to the cage door, and grabbed another one out...... (To be continued......)