Chapter 129: Spring ploughing is busy
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Time passed like flowing water, Li Su let Xia Yan prepare the seedlings have been completed, this time is also time for spring ploughing, contact Xia Yan, Li Su was busy for a few days to transport the seedlings to the warehouse, and at the same time taught the slaves and maids the method of planting these seedlings, so that they can plant in strict accordance with the planting method.
At this time, in addition to the 20,000 acres of land in each county, Li Su himself also had 80,000 acres of vacant land, and he had to speed up, because after the season, the harvest would be affected.
For this reason, these days, Li Su did not go to the research institute, but calmed down to prepare to do a good job in the spring ploughing work, in addition to his own vacant land, each county also has 20,000 acres of model fields, many people are reluctant to the imperial court to requisition these fields, because it is about to be the time to plant rice, they are worried that this year's harvest will be affected.
After Shangguan Yi and Li Su told about this situation, Li Su thought about it for a while, and he was unwilling to force them to do anything, but decided to take another method, that is, to treat these lands as rented by the Shu Wangfu, and each mu of Shu Wangfu would give each farmer a subsidy according to the harvest of the year.
Land is the life of the people, Li Su only then realized that he is taking it for granted many times, although he wants to do something beneficial to the people, but rushing to do it will only backfire.
But that's okay, the output of these lands is from the Shu Wangfu, and the people will believe it when they see the real harvest with their own eyes.
Of course, not all villages are skeptical, for example, Yangshu Village, since Wei Tieniu saw the wheat in a field, he made up his mind to believe Li Su, and now the entire model field in Longquan County is from Yangshu Village, which is indispensable to Wei Tieniu's credit.
In the Nanhe warehouse, the slaves and maids are carrying boxes of seedlings, for this spring ploughing, Li Su almost mobilized all the slaves and maids, and even dropped the official slaves, gathered five or six thousand people to start planting seedlings on a large scale, Li Su's 80,000 acres of land has been planted, and now it is beginning to transfer to other counties.
"Your Highness, can this potato really yield more than twenty stones per mu?" Shangguan Yi, Wang Yinlong, and Dou Xiande are also busy with Li Su these days, assisting in the dispatch of slaves and maids and coordinating the suitability of the land in various counties, and now they are finally a little more relaxed, looking at the boxes of seedlings that have been transported away, Shangguan Yi asked.
One stone in the Tang Dynasty is converted into today's unit of about one hundred and twenty catties, and twenty stones is about two thousand four hundred catties, Li Su's words to Shangguan Yi are of course to say less, the average yield per mu of potatoes in modern times is four or five thousand catties, and even tens of thousands of catties are better, Li Su does not expect the mu production capacity here to be the same as now, so it is less for Shangguan Yi.
Before Li Yu could speak, Wang Yinlong was also on the side: "And sweet potatoes are also this yield?" ”
"It's useless to talk to you now, when these things are harvested, you will naturally know!" Li Su said, no wonder they will be surprised, the Tang Dynasty land crop yield is very low, basically one mu can harvest one stone to two stones, this is still the situation of fertile land, sufficient labor, otherwise it will be lower.
"Then can this sugarcane and peanuts really make sugar and oil as His Highness said?" Dou Xiande allowed himself to read poetry and books, but he didn't understand the few things Li Su said, and now he is more and more unable to see through this Shu king.
Li Su shook his head, he couldn't explain it now, after all, this was something completely foreign to them, and they just had to accept this matter now.
While a few people were talking, Wei Tieniu came over with a few people, and when he saw everyone, he walked and said, "Your Highness, the seedlings in our village have been transported, and Tie Niu will go back." ”
Li Su said: "Remember to teach you the planting method, don't come nonsense, your village is the only village that has not paid rent, and you will be responsible for your own profits and losses at that time." ”
Wei Tieniu wiped his sweat and said: "Your Highness, don't worry, I won't come nonsense, the land of the whole village is gambled, if there is no harvest, the villagers will not eat me Wei Tieniu." ”
"That's good, remember to take good care of it when you go back, as long as you take care of it well and wait for the harvest to come down, I guarantee that your Yangshu Village will become the richest village among the fourteen counties in Yizhou City." Li Su encouraged.
When Wei Tieniu mentioned this, he laughed, "Just fight for this!" "The reason why Wei Tieniu now has such a high appeal in Yangshu Village is also caused by him leading the strong men in the village to Yizhou City to repair underground pipelines, at that time, half of the labor in Yizhou City was from Yangshu Village, so that Yangshu Village was really rich, and there was spare money in his hands, and every family praised Wei Tieniu, and now he is the village Lizheng, that is, the village head, not to mention the image power, last time Li Su took him to inspect the winter wheat, and after he went back, he told the people in the village about it, and said that there would be new crops in the spring, but the people in the village didn't say anything else, they all said that they listened to Wei Tieniu, obviously taking him as a leader.
Looking at the hundreds of people pushing the cart to transport the last batch of seedlings away, Dou Xiande said, "Does Your Highness still have seedlings?" ”
Li Su said: "Yes, do you want it too?" ”
"The Dou family also has 10,000 acres of land, I want to try it, but I have to go back and discuss it with my grandfather, so I ask first!" Dou Xiande said.
Li Su pondered for a moment and said: "Yes, yes, but this seedling costs money, even if Wei Tieniu just now has a harvest in the future, he will have to use the harvest to offset the seedling money, and you are a big family, let alone an exception." "This time the seedlings are out of Li Yu's own field, and everyone else wants money, and this free gift cannot be opened, otherwise it will become a habit, and it will suddenly be charged that day, which will cause resentment.
"Of course." Dou Xiande said.
"So what do you want to plant? I'm so prepared. ”
"Sugar cane and peanuts!" Dou Xiande said.
Shangguan Yi and Wang Yinlong glanced at each other, when the two of them walked together just now, they discussed what to plant in their fields, but they didn't expect this kid to coincide with their ideas.
"What about you!" Li Su turned to Shangguan Yi and Wang Yinlong, who had also made up their minds to plant new crops.
Shangguan Yi said: "We think the same as Dou Sima. ”
"You are looking at the land of the Shu Palace, most of them are planted with these two things!" The vast majority of Li Su's 80,000 acres of land and more than 200,000 acres of land are planted with sugarcane and peanuts, and only 80,000 acres are planted with potatoes and sweet potatoes, each of which is 40,000 acres. In his heart, the three of them had the idea that if they followed the King of Shu, they would have meat to eat.
These guys are shrewd.