Chapter 108: A Harvest (I)
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July of the sixth year of Chongzhen
In the two months of June and July this year, Daming had a lot of things, first the Sichuan soldier Deng Xi was instructed to suppress the Liukou, went to Jiyuan, shot the Liukou leader Zijinliang, and the thief army retreated to Linxian. Yang Yuchun chased and killed him, and died in ambush. Liukou stole his banner and booby-trapped other officers and soldiers, the Sichuan army was defeated, and on the fifth day of the first month, the army of Tusima Fengyi was also defeated by the righteous army in Houjiazhuang.
In July, the Houjin soldiers took Lushun. At that time, the chief military officer Huang Long was stationed in Lushun, because there was a war on the Yalu River, Huang Long sent a sailor to teach, Kong Youde and others detected the emptiness of Lushun, so they led the Houjin soldiers to attack its city. Huanglong was defeated in several battles, ran out of ammunition, and killed himself. Guerrilla Li Weiluan ** his family members died in battle. At this point, the last large stronghold of the Ming Dynasty in the northeast was also declared lost, and it also announced that the Ming Dynasty had lost its last control over North Korea.
A series of war faux pasas shocked the Ming court, and Emperor Chongzhen was thunderous and ordered the military department to reprimand Yang Sichang, who was the secretary of the military department at the time, and ordered Yang Sichang to wait for an opportunity to recapture Shushun.
And these things are really far away for the people in Yingzhou, and the eyes of the people in Yingzhou City are focused on Wulizhai, because this year's Wulizhai ushered in a bumper harvest. Almost the entire tenants and farmers of Yuejiazhuang and Wulizhai were immersed in the joy of the harvest, and there were laughter and smiling people everywhere.
On July 16, the entire Wuli Village officially began to harvest rice. In order to prevent accidents, Yue Yang specially ordered the troops to stop training, and except for the 2,000 soldiers and horses who were necessary to garrison the city, all the other troops went down to the fields to help the tenants harvest rice.
On the field of Yuejiazhuang in Wuli Village
Although the tenants who harvested the wheat in the fields were all sweating like rain, the joy of the harvest was rippling on their faces, heavy, and the golden rice bent their waists, but the hard work was worth it.
Yue Yang led Hai Lanzhu, the Linglong sisters, Yue Laifu, Shunbao, Hailou and other people to walk on the edge of the field, looking at the golden rice fields that could not be seen at a glance, and their hearts bloomed.
Hai Lanzhu is wearing a royal blue skirt today, looking beautiful and cheerful. She took Yue Yang's arm and looked at the endless golden rice fields, her eyes full of joy. She asked happily, "Yue Yang, no wonder you Han people are so rich, so much rice should be enough for us to eat for a year, right?" ”
Yue Yang nodded, his face also showed a hint of joy, looking at the harvest scene in front of him and the busy people in the rice fields, a heartfelt sense of satisfaction also welled up in his heart. It seems that this year's food is not to be worried.
Shunbao, who walked at the back, said excitedly: "Young master, our harvest this year is definitely the most that the villain has seen in his life, according to Xiao's estimate, this year's mu of land can reach at least 800 catties." ”
"Eight hundred pounds?" Yue Laifu, who was standing behind Yue Yang, glared at his son very proudly and said, "You little rabbit cub is too underestimating these seeds brought by the young master, what is eight hundred catties, the rice harvested from this morning has been reported." Our average yield per mu has reached 1,000 and 20 catties. ”
"What?"
"Hiss......"
"How is this possible?"
There was an exclamation all around, and most of the people present were from crop people, and they were all too familiar with how much grain could be produced from one acre of land. Shanxi belongs to the north of the Yangtze River, generally one acre of land is about 300 catties of grain, even the Jiangnan region, which is known as the land of fish and rice, is generally 400 catties, but now the yield per mu here has reached 1,000 catties, which seems to them to be like a dream.
Shun Bao was stunned for a moment. Suddenly, he slapped his thigh and shouted: "My God, a thousand catties of rice, how much grain can this make!" ”
Only Hai Lanzhu, who was born in Mongolia, didn't know the meaning of this, and asked curiously with big beautiful eyes: "Shunbao, is it remarkable to produce 1,000 catties of grain per mu?" ”
"Uh......" For this almost ignorant remark, everyone could only laugh helplessly, and in the end, Yuling quietly pulled Hai Lanzhu aside and explained the meaning to her softly. Hai Lanzhu, who finally figured out the meaning of this, stuck out her tongue at Yue Yang embarrassedly and laughed.
When Yue Yang walked to a field. As an old farmer who has been farming all his life, he is used to seeing the miserable harvest in his own field before, but he didn't expect that this year he would have such a bumper harvest after changing the wheat seeds provided by the young master of the Yue family.
He also heard some news from the fields that had been harvested, and the yield per mu was 1,000 catties! He calculated that there were five people in his family. A total of five acres of paddy fields were planted, and according to this harvest, five acres of land could be harvested into 5,000 catties of rice. In addition to the fifty percent of the rent he paid, he could also leave two thousand five hundred catties, which was enough for their family to eat with an open belly for a year. This makes him, who has been half-full all year round, how not ecstatic.
At this moment, the fields are full of tenants and farmers who are crying and laughing, for them, there is food in their hands and their hearts are always bumpy and unbreakable in the town, with this bumper harvest, this year can finally have a good year.
Yue Yang and his entourage spent a morning inspecting the situation in most of the fields such as Wulizhai, and he was already satisfied with this harvest. According to this harvest, Yuejiazhuang belongs to more than 12,000 acres of land, and each mu of land is harvested with 500 catties of rice, and 6 million catties of rice can be obtained, and then according to the rice yield rate of 70%, Yueyang can harvest 4.2 million catties of rice, so that he can feed his 8,000 army for a year and still be rich, and the remaining grain can also feed the cement factory, the black powder factory and the military workshop, so that they can basically achieve self-sufficiency, and wait until next year. Once the thousands of acres of land and newly reclaimed wasteland left by Wang Shoucheng that he purchased are harvested, then his strength will inevitably usher in a blowout exhibition.
"Yue Yang, people are talking to you, what are you thinking?" Suddenly, Hai Lanzhu's voice rang in Yue Yang's ears.
"Oh, I'm thinking about things, Hai Lanzhu, what's the matter with you?" Yue Yang, who was thinking about things, was stunned and turned his head to look at Hai Lanzhu.
After marrying Hai Lanzhu, with her cheerful, generous and heroic temperament and graceful means, she quickly conquered the hearts of almost all the people in the Yue Mansion, and even the old lady was very satisfied with her. But what made the old lady most dissatisfied was that Hai Lanzhu always called Yue Yang's name directly instead of calling him Xianggong or husband, which was unreasonable in the old lady's opinion, for this matter, the old lady said Hai Lanzhu several times, Hai Lanzhu always agreed in person but soon forgot about it.
But this kind of thing is not a matter for Yue Yang, he grew up in modern society since he was a child, he is simply too open to this aspect, not to mention between husband and wife, even fathers and sons and brothers are sometimes called by their names abroad.
Seeing her husband come over, Hai Lanzhu's face turned red, she looked at no one nearby, and said a little embarrassed: "Yue Yang, since you have obtained a bumper harvest, can you sell some to our tribe in late autumn?" Don't worry, we won't ask for it in vain, I Abu said, I can exchange cattle, sheep and horses with you, what do you think? ”
"Do you want food?" Yue Yang's heart moved, but his face showed a look of embarrassment, and after hesitating for a moment, he asked, "How much food does my father-in-law plan to want?" ”
Hai Lanzhu twisted and said: "I Abu said, at least 300,000 catties, if you can sell him 600,000 catties, it would be the best." ”
"600,000 catties is too much, if I take it out, I'm afraid it won't be enough on my side." Yue Yang shook his head, "You also know that the expenses on my side are also very large, there are nearly eight thousand soldiers to rely on me, and thousands of workers in those factories also have salaries, these are all very big at the beginning. I really can't spare much food to support my father-in-law. ”
Hearing this, Hai Lanzhu's face showed a look of disappointment, it stands to reason that although the Horqin tribe was relatively poor before they had dealt with Yueyang, they also came over like this. But as the old saying goes, from thrift to luxury, from luxury to thrift, since last year from Yueyang exchanged a large number of materials, after a good year, the Zhaisang and Horqin tribes who have tasted the sweetness are naturally unwilling to live that kind of bitter life again, which will not let the daughter blow the pillow wind.
Secretly glancing at Hai Lanzhu's face, Yue Yang felt that the time had arrived, and it would be easy to go overboard if he dragged it on. He smiled and said, "But Hai Lanzhu, don't worry, since we have become relatives, I naturally can't sit idly by if your father is in trouble." In this way, you write to your father that 600,000 catties of grain is impossible, and I can sell him up to 400,000 catties of grain, salt, tea, bricks, and other things, which he needs to exchange for 2,000 war horses and a number of cattle and sheep, what do you think? ”
"Really? That's just great! Hai Lanzhu's mood was like a roller coaster, he couldn't help but let the landlord Yue Yang kiss him on the face, and said happily: "Yue Yang, thank you so much, I thank you for the tens of thousands of herdsmen of the Horqin tribe." ”
"No thanks, who is with whom!" Yue Yang also laughed, but if someone who was familiar with Yue Yang saw his face at this time, he would definitely know what bad idea this guy was playing again.
In fact, Yueyang didn't have any good intentions when he sold grain to the Horqin tribe, and in later generations, as long as he was a little concerned about current affairs and politics, he knew that the best way to control a force or even a country was not to conquer it by force, but to control it from economic, political and other aspects is the most clever way, and the Horqin tribe was no exception.