Chapter 230: Impressions of Agriculture

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Three four-wheeled carriages run on the dirt road, the middle one is the most luxurious, Lao Qiu accompanied Zhu Xi, sitting in the middle of the carriage, and Huang Gan also sat in this carriage, Huang Gan's task is to take care of the teacher and father-in-law at any time.

Zhang Haisan sat in the carriage in front of him to lead the way, and this carriage and the carriage following behind sat a Zhumen disciple, and for the sake of safety, two guards were specially arranged.

This is to go to the field to investigate the novel crop of sweet potato.

It's not the first time Zhu Xi has taken this carriage, the first time he took it, he felt that the feeling of riding in this carriage was so comfortable, it was not at all the feeling of riding in a carriage in the past, saying that the kind of two-wheeled carriage that he sat in on weekdays, Zhu Xi was enough to sit in it, and it was bumpy all the way, if he sat for a long time, an old bone almost fell apart, and there was a feeling of masochism. In comparison, this four-wheeled carriage ran on the cement road, smooth as the wind, and almost didn't feel any bumps, at that time Zhu Xi thought, this is mostly due to the good construction of the cement road, but can this kind of road be built by the Great Song Dynasty!

But now, the carriage is running on a dirt road that is more simple than the Great Song Dynasty official road, and it feels like it is only slightly bumpy than running on the cement road, and it is much better than the two-wheeled carriage, so Zhu Xi can still watch the scenery along the way. It's autumn, and it's still green along the way, and the surrounding grass and trees are green, and you can't see the autumn leaves withering or the red leaves fluttering.

The further back he went, the narrower the road became, and the road condition became worse and worse, but although the carriage bumped a lot, Zhu Xi still felt that it was far from being comparable to the violent bumps of the two-wheeled carriage.

So Zhu Xi deliberately asked the old hill next to him, Zhu Xi said in his heart that this old hill is a good teacher, and see what he can say about this carriage. Zhu Xi said:

"Mr. Qiu, the old man is old, he usually can't stand the bumps in the carriage, or the four-wheeled carriage made by Mao Te is comfortable to ride, I don't know what the mystery is, can Mr. Qiu solve a question or two for the old man?"

Lao Qiu Xin said that this is a high-end carriage specially used for reception in the Special Economic Zone, can it not be comfortable!

"Mr. Yuan Hui, this carriage is a little different from ordinary carriages. It integrates a lot of the advanced technology of this era, well, let's put a lot of thought into this car. For one, the carriage had four wheels, and four wheels were much smoother than two. However, Mr. Yuan Hui can not underestimate, add two wheels also have a knack, the front two wheels of the car specially made a steering mechanism, the front two wheels can be freely steered, don't underestimate this front wheel steering, with this steering mechanism, the carriage is very smooth when turning, if there is no steering mechanism, when turning, if it turns urgently, it may overturn, even if it does not overturn, because it can not overcome centrifugal force well, oh, anyway, the turning is not effective, most of the wheels will leave the ground, It's also uncomfortable for people to sit on it. This is one of them. ”

As soon as Lao Qiu said it casually, he talked about the centrifugal force, and he should pay special attention to the heart in the future, don't accidentally shake out the various technical concepts and words of the later generations.

When Lao Qiu came to him, he waved again:

"If the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period knew how to build this kind of four-wheeled carriage with front wheel steering, I am afraid that the car war will have to change the method of warfare, and I don't know if the Qin State will be able to dominate the world in the end!"

At this time, Lao Qiu thought of the four-wheel drive suV in his previous life, and he dared to run any broken road, if he drove to the battlefield of the Warring States, hehe, isn't it invincible in the world! But then I thought that Bai Qi would dig a pit, and the four-wheel drive suV was estimated to be good for Han Wei and Zhao, but it was still unreliable to deal with Qin State.

Zhu Xi smiled:

"We can't ask the ancients."

Zhu Xi is still a historical materialist!

But when it comes to this, Lao Qiu is a little entangled. It is said that we Chinese are smart, how come it is that until the Great Song Dynasty, a four-wheeled carriage with a front-wheel steering mechanism has not been built! It seems that the West was created in ancient Rome.

At this time, the carriage could not go any further, so it had to stop here. Zhu Xi got out of the car with the support of Huang Gan and Lao Qiu, Zhang Haisan greeted, and the group walked towards the sweet potato field. There is still a long way to go before we can reach the ground.

Lao Qiu walked forward as soon as he got out of the car, Huang Gan was going to hold Zhu Xi, but Zhu Xi felt that his legs and feet were almost good, and insisted on walking by himself.

"Dr. Peng's medical skills are very skillful, and the old man's leg is no longer in serious trouble. Hehe! ”

"That's good! That's good! Don't be too tired, sir, when you're old. "Lao Qiu said in his heart that Lao Peng's medical skills are really powerful, and he can't accept it.

"Mr. Qiu continued, what about the first one, and the second and third?"

"Second, this carriage uses bearings, and now it is a sliding bearing, and in the future, when the rolling bearing comes out, it will be even better. However, this has little to do with ride comfort. ”

Zhu Xi remembered a new term "bearing", as for what is a sliding bearing and what is a rolling bearing, Zhu Xi did not ask deeply.

"Third, the carriage uses an elastic suspension device, leaf springs and springs, and the function of leaf springs and springs is to reduce vibrations." Lao Qiu Xin said that this carriage is really a high-end configuration without bragging, and the leaf spring shock absorber and spring shock absorber are all on the same page.

About springs, Zhu Xi also knows, as for "elastic suspension", "leaf spring" or something, what is that?

"Fourth, Mr. Yuan Hui noticed that there was no rim of the carriage, the outer layer was a cowhide tire, and the inside was wrapped with a sponge, which was born from the bottom of the sea, extremely elastic, and it was very difficult to obtain. Lao Qiu estimates that the seabed resources are basically zero in these years, and the number of natural sponges should be quite a lot, but it is difficult to find a large number of sea areas to reproduce all of a sudden.

"Teachable!" Zhu Xi couldn't imagine that one car would have so many ways.

Lao Qiu said that he was excited, and he showed off again:

"Mr. Yuan Hui, let me tell you, this is not the best carriage, do you know, Maote has been trying to produce a hollow pneumatic tire, the principle is like the blowing football used by the Great Song Juju, when the elasticity is more sufficient, the ride is more comfortable. It's just that there are many twists and turns in the trial production process, and the tires are not durable, and they will leak if they are not done well, but they have made good progress recently, and they should be put into practical use in September. If the pneumatic tires pass the test, it will almost catch up with the level of Ha Tang Kingdom. ”

"Oh, really?"

"The most famous carriage in the Hatang Kingdom, the brand is called 'Labor to Death and Exhaustion', which is the pneumatic tire used, why is it called 'Labor to Death and Exhaustion'? It was said that the carriage was impeccably built, and that there would be nothing wrong with the horses until they were tired to death. ”

In fact, Gu Yongqiang, who participated in the pneumatic tire, complained one day, complaining that there was no rubber, but he had to forcibly put on the pneumatic tire, and after more than three months, people were almost exhausted. It's not about making a "Rolls-Royce".

"Oh." Zhu Xi smiled, and said in his heart that this surnamed Qiu really likes to brag about Haikan, but the pneumatic tires are quite exciting.

When the group came to the field, in fact, the sweet potatoes were already being harvested on the ground, so there was no need to do a face-saving project on Zhu Xi.

Zhu Xi looked at the appearance of sweet potatoes born in the soil with great interest, this thing has the same way as taro, but it is much larger than taro.

Zhang Haisan had already prepared the maza, and Zhu Xi asked the disciples to look at it and ask more questions, and he sat on the maza and stared, after all, he was old, and he didn't need to stand stupidly like a young man.

Zhang Haisan was fully prepared, and he also brought a scale with him, and when a piece of soil finished harvesting sweet potatoes, he carried a load of scales, and the final statistical results were:

"Two acres and four points of land, producing 2,100 catties of sweet potatoes, 875 catties per mu, or 525 kilograms."

After Zhang Haisan finished reporting, Zhu Xixin said that the yield of sweet potatoes seemed to be really high, and after thinking about it, he asked:

"Did you fertilize it? What kind of fertilizer is applied? ”

Huang Gan replied on the side:

"According to the farmer, he also applied some plant ash."

"Didn't you apply that struvite?"

"Not really."

Zhang Haisan explained on the side:

"This farmer was reluctant to use the struvite at first, fearing that it would be in vain, but later he learned about the function of struvite and the season had been missed, so he no longer thought about the struvite thing."

"I see." Zhu Xi nodded.

Zhang Haisan took advantage of the situation and said:

"On that day, intensive cultivation, sweet potatoes can hit 1,500 catties per acre, which was witnessed by the Guogong, this is ordinary land, not as good as that paddy field, and now it can produce as much as 100 catties, which shows that this sweet potato is a good farm crop."

Zhu Xi's disciple Huang Yiyong saw it with his own eyes, and his heart was quite shocked, so he said excitedly:

"I don't know if this sweet potato seed can be so high yield when it is introduced to Jiangxi?" Huang Yiyong is a native of Jiangxi, and immediately thought of introducing seeds back to his hometown to benefit his hometown.

This time, Lao Qiu will not let Zhang Haisan steal the spotlight again, and said with a smile:

"Sweet potatoes adapt to all kinds of land, you can Liaodong, Xia Yi Island such a cold place can also grow a season of sweet potatoes, a little care, a season of six or seven hundred pounds of sweet potatoes, when there is no problem, in the future can also slowly select seeds, after breeding good seeds, the yield per mu can easily go up to one or two thousand catties."

As soon as Zhu Xi heard Xia Yi Island, he immediately became interested, so he asked:

"Then Xia Island is said to be a bitter cold land, can it also be highly productive?"

Lao Qiu Xin said, Zhu Xi also digressed, but I liked it, so he showed off at that time:

"The climate of Naxia Island is actually similar to that of Liaodong, although the winter is cold, there is also a period of suitable climate in spring, summer and autumn. Of course, the climate there is not as good as Taiwan, but the territory is larger than Taiwan, the most commendable thing is that there are abundant whales, the number of fish is unimaginable, and it is still a rare horse treasure land, imagine the situation of thousands of horses galloping! Mr. Yuan Hui, when Qiu has some free time, he really wants to go to Xia Yi Island to see, but I don't know if Mr. Yuan Hui is willing to go with him? ”

Zhu Xi laughed, looked really happy, shook his head, and said:

"The old man wants to go there to see, but the old man is old, he can't tolerate the wind and cold, and he can't endure the long-distance sea voyage, otherwise the old man really wants to go and see."

I saw the harvest of sweet potatoes on the spot, and then went to see the harvested rice, Kaohsiung rice can be harvested three times a year, and rice can be planted at any time, Zhu Xi's hometown of Fujian mainly grows rice, and when I look at the rice ears, I know that the yield is not lower than that of Fujian.

In the end, Zhu Xi looked at the fields of sugarcane, and the growth was also good, and Zhu Xi's inspection of agriculture in the special zone came to an end.

In fact, Mao Geng did not put much effort into agriculture, that is, he gave a three-year tax exemption policy, but the enthusiasm of the farmers of the Great Song Dynasty for farming could not be stopped, if it were not for the rumors that the miasma prevailed in Taiwan, there would have been countless farmers in Fujian, where there were many people and little land, to flock to the special zone.

Zhu Xixin said, I tried my best to implement the "Meridian Law" and wanted to re-measure the land, but I was stunned that I couldn't measure it. Now that Taiwan has a lot of land, there is more land on Xia Island, and after the farmers come out to cross the sea to farm, the land in Fujian will not be so tight, and there may not be much resistance to measuring the land at that time.

Zhu Xi told Lao Qiu about this idea, and Lao Qiu said in his heart, if the matter of measuring land is put in the future generations, with hand-held GPS (hand-held GPS area measuring instrument), measuring land is a simple job. Later generations of rural cadres only need to find a sunny weather, and it will not take much effort to measure the authoritative land area. However, the farmers of later generations don't care about those few acres of land, you can measure as much as you like.

Lao Qiu said in his heart, this old man really has a persistent energy, and the right thing is not to give up. In other words, the size of Zhangzhou Zhizhou is also equivalent to the prefecture-level leader, and I haven't heard that the future generations will resign themselves when they become prefecture-level leaders!

This old man adheres to Confucian ideals, is this the Confucian personality? Well, anyway, it looks like a pursuit. If it is left in the Hereafter, I am afraid that I will be ridiculed as a fool.